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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1912 



A 



Sound Living 



Tree has a money as 



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tree as before to one side and pushing the plat- 

 form underneath. Put planks and rollers into 

 position so that when the 

 tree is standing erect it 

 may be rolled to any de- 

 sired place much in the 

 manner of moving a 

 house. If the intention 

 is to move the tree a 

 considerable distance it 

 can in this manner be 

 loaded on to one of these 

 low hung, strongfy built 

 wagons that are used for 

 carting heavy masses of 

 stone. In loading, make 

 the incline from the 

 ground on to the wagon 

 as gradual as possible, and 1?£ 

 block securely to prevent ];,fe5 

 all chance of a breakdown. ;-W 

 Pulling up this incline '..V 

 will have to be done with 

 block and tackle. 



This method enables 

 one to move a tree at 

 most any time of the year, 

 as it is more in the nature 

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Once free and clear, 

 the tree can be moved 

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 lowered into its new 

 location 



The Beautiful Auricula 



IN 1909 I made up m)' mind that I could grow the 

 auricula (Primula auricula) if I tried, despite 

 a reputation that has kept it out of most American 

 gardens. I bought one plant in May and in 

 October had the good luck to receive a present of 

 nearly fifty seedlings. Some of the latter were 

 not over hah an inch high but every one pulled 

 through the winter in the open border with no 

 protection save a few loose leaves under a bridge 

 of cornstalks. They gave me only one solitary 

 bloom the next May, even the larger purchased 

 plant failing me, but a year later I had most en- 

 couraging floral reward. In fact any one of the 

 single stalks of bloom was beautiful enough to 

 reward me for the little labor that I had expended 

 upon the plants, which had then withstood two 

 winters without mortality. The chief care was 

 seeing that they did not get too dry in summer. I 

 found that I had given them too hot a place at 

 first; so I moved the entire lot. Most of them are 

 now in raised beds where an apple tree shades them 

 in hot weather but does not shut off the sun when 

 they are coming into bloom. Raised beds are 

 necessary, as the plants must have good drainage. 

 I am not sure that I have yet found the ideal 

 conditions for auriculas to make themselves thor- 

 oughly at home in a southern New England garden, 

 because some of my plants still refuse to make leaf 

 growth that is necessary before the bloom is normal. 

 I think, however, that I can bring these around by 

 next May if I use a little fertilizer. Auriculas — 

 the alpine type is used for the garden — may be 

 taken up after blooming and planted in rows in some 

 shaded spot for summer growth, but what I am 

 trying to do is to get them so they will stay in one 

 spot like my other hardy primulas. Meanwhile I 

 hope that my success so far will encourage others 

 to take up the culture of a remarkably beautiful 

 hard) - plant that is widely honored in England. 

 Connecticut. B. G. 



