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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



Febbuary, 1912 



"How to Grow and Market Fruit" 



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The Hardiness of Shrubs 



A GENERAL definition of the word " hardiness " 

 may be given which will apply to all sections 

 of the country, but it will not apply to all shrubs, 

 trees or plants. Hardiness is the ability of a plant 

 or tree to withstand the soil and climatic conditions 

 in which it may be placed, so that its vitality will 

 not be lower than its natural or normal condition. 



Not enough care is exercised in applying this 

 word "hardy" to different trees and shrubs. 

 People of the East and South are especially in 

 error in recommending as hardy, various shrubs 

 and plants which, when transferred to the North 

 or some other locality, do not prove hardy at all. 



Catalogues and magazines published in the East 

 and South have recommended the ever-blooming 

 hydrangea (H. arborescens var. sterilis), also called 

 snowball hydrangea, as being perfectly hardy. 

 This seemed like a very desirable shrub for the 

 Northwest. We commenced to propagate it in 

 the summer of 1907. but in the winter of 1908 all 

 the plants practically froze back and we were 

 obliged to discard it. 



The Boston ivy, known as Ampelopsis Veitclni, 

 is recommended as being perfectly hardy, but with 

 us it frequently freezes back. There are many 

 winters when the tips of Berberis Thunbergii freeze 

 back. 



The Amoor privet has been exploited and 

 recommended as hardy wherever shrubs will grow, 

 yet there are many places where it is not hardy. 

 The pompom chrysanthemum is quoted by some 

 nurseries as being perfectly hardy, yet the average 

 winter in the Northwest will kill half the season's 

 growth. 



Shrubs or plants are not necessarily equally 

 hard}' in the same latitudes in the East and in the 

 West or Northwest. Mountains, snow, ocean 

 and lake temper the climate to a large degree. 

 In Northeastern Canada, peaches are successfully 

 grown; also many tender varieties of apples which 

 it would be useless to attempt to grow in the same 

 latitude as the Dakotas. 



The question of tree hardiness is an important 

 one to all growers in this section of the country. 

 Some close observers have attempted to classify 

 it as being associated with the thickness of the 

 bark; others declare that it is not the thickness 

 but the close grain and texture of the bark; others 

 claim that hardiness belongs to those trees which 

 drop their leaves early in the season, thus giving 

 them time to mature; but I contend that these 

 reasons are not definite or satisfactory: they are 

 only straws and suggestions, and they may all be 

 controverted. 



The buckthorn holds its leaves until late in the 

 fall, yet it is one of the hardiest shrubs we have. 

 The lilac frequently drops its leaves early, but it 

 is very hardy. The elm and ash, both hardy trees, 

 drop theirs early. 



The bark of some evergreens such as hemlock is 

 very thick, yet they are not considered more hardy 

 than the white spruce or Jack pine on which the 

 bark is much thinner. 



Should the attention be directed toward the 

 breeding of hardiness into trees? I believe that 

 hardiness may be bred into a tree as well as color 

 and quality bred into fruit. To plant a tree with- 

 out hardiness in the North Central States means a 

 waste of time and money, and can only result in 

 discouragement to the planter. 



Minnesota. E. A. Smith. 



[It is a fine point, open to debate, as to whether 

 an abstract quality like hardiness can be bred into 

 an individual or a species. That was the crystal- 

 ization of the International Conference on Hardiness 

 held in New York in 1906 and was never satis- 

 factorily answered. — Ed.l 



More About the Xmas Rose 



MANY people are interested in the Christmas 

 rose (Hcllcborus nigcr), but it is so seldom 

 to be had or seen that the general knowledge of it 

 is quite small. While I have cultivated the Christ- 

 mas rose quite a long time I do not even yet claim 

 to know it well, though it is one of the most inter- 

 esting plants in my garden. The plants came to 

 me as a gift from a friend who kept a sort of old- 

 fashioned c^rden and it would be hard to trace it 

 beyond th •! garden. It is by no means the certain 



