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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



October, 1911 



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experience, wet feet do not bother them in the 

 slightest. For selection of varieties I suggest: 

 yellow trumpets — Golden Spur, Emperor, Glory 

 of Leiden; bicolor trumpets — Victoria, Empress, 

 J. B. M. Camm; white* trumpet — Madame de 

 Graaff; incomparabilis — Sir Watkin, Autocrat, 

 Beauty, Stella Superba; Barri — Barri Conspicuus; 

 Leedsi — Mrs. Langtry, Katherine Spurrell; 

 poeticus — ornatus and the type. Doubles are 

 not recommended. Of the polyanthus or bunch 

 flowered narcissus which thrive outdoors here, 

 Paper White Grandiflora, Isaac Newton, Grand 

 Monarque and Queen of the Yellows give the range 

 of color obtainable. The Rugulosus jonquil is very 

 desirable for its earliness and perfume. 



Fine tulips can be grown in California as well as 

 anywhere else, but not by the inexperienced or 

 careless gardener. Lighter soil than for daffodils 

 is desirable and drainage essential. For good 

 results better dig out the soil for a foot, or deeper 

 if drainage is necessary, fill in with six inches of 

 soil lightened with sand and enriched with old 

 manure and plant the bulbs six inches apart on 

 this, seeing that they are free from contact with 

 manure. Raising the surface of the border is 

 desirable unless under drainage is good. If planted 

 where they will obtain only filtered sunlight or 

 sun for only half the day better results may be 

 expected than if in the open. Leave the early 

 flowering tulips alone, as in California these are 

 useless, blooming on stems so short that they can- 

 not even be cut. Grow cottage tulips and Darwins 

 and after you have had the pale yellow retroflexa, 

 the crimson Gesneriana, the pink Clara Butt or 

 the lilac Dream you will never yearn for Kaisers- 

 kroon again. The following will give a good range 

 of form and color in the cheaper varieties. Cot- 

 tage tulips, white — Didieri alba, White Swan; yel- 

 low — retroflexa, Parisian yellow, Gesneriana lutea; 

 bronze — Clio or Bronze Queen; pink — Ingles- 

 comb pink; rose — La Merville; red — Gesneriana 

 major, fancies — Picotee, Fairy Queen, Doris. 

 Among the Darwins White Queen, Margaret, 

 Loveliness, Edmee, Clara Butt, Farnscomb San- 

 ders, Glow, King Harold, Zulu, Dream and 

 Rev. H. Ewbank would be a good selection for a 

 beginner. 



Dutch hyacinths I have little enthusiasm over 

 as they are stiff in the garden, useless for cutting 

 and break up into small non-flowering bulbs. The 

 Roman hyacinths, however, are also hardy here 

 and if planted in October and watered they will 

 furnish flowers for Christmas decoration. 



In the article by Wilhelm Miller on " The Fun 

 of Collecting Anemones" (Garden Magazine for 

 June, 191 1), quite enough has been said of the glories 

 of the garden anemones to make everyone want 

 them, so that I have only to add that if the reader 

 lives in California he can plant them with every 

 hope of success. Cultural directions are quite 

 similar to those quoted from the "The English 

 Flower Garden" — namely, plant about three 

 inches deep and six apart in light, rich, well- 

 drained soil. I would add to soak the roots in tepid 

 water for a few hours to make them swell, so that 

 the prongs which are on the under surface may be 

 put in pointing downward and also that by extend- 

 ing the planting season from September to December 

 flowers may be had from February to April. The 

 first I saw last season were in Pasadena in January 

 and the last in Palo Alto in late April. I have tried 

 them in one of the lighter adobes, but the surface 

 baked so hard that the leaves could hardly get 

 through, so in future I will confine them to lighter 

 soils. In heavier soils they also have a decided 

 tendency to die out after the first year though I 

 think something can be done for this by raising 

 seedlings as some amateurs do here. 



California. Sydney B. Mitchell. 



A Dwarf Zinnia 



MY FIRST season's experience with the Haag- 

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 are quite different. The type is orange. There are 

 other yellows, however, and now and then beau- 

 tiful claret shades are combined with them. The 

 plants are less than a foot high and are masses 

 of small flowers. G. F. Y. 



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