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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 19 18 



time to lay your plans, to arrange that you 

 maj 1>< able to gather your own crops of 

 fruir in time to come. 



I lu wanton destruction of thousands of 

 bearing orchards in Belgium, France, Italy 

 and other countries within the war-zone adds 

 to our obligations. We must provide the 

 fruit these countries need, not only during this 

 war, hut unril such time thereafter, as their 

 newly planted or worked over orchards come 

 into bearing. Both France and Italy ex- 

 ported lots of fruit in peaceful times; but that 

 cannot be the case in the near future. The 

 supply must come from new sources. Can we 

 take care of every need thus arising? 



Most assuredly; but we must act promptly. 

 Each individual reader of this magazine 

 should consider it a solemn, patriotic duty 

 to plant as many fruit trees, plants and berry 

 bearing shrubs this month as space permits. 

 Bear in mind that many dwarf forms of 

 fruit trees make possible the cultivation of 

 the "orchard" fruits in even small space as is 

 explained elsewhere in this issue. 



This spring the supply of young fruit trees 

 in this country is abundant. But it has taken 

 years to work up this supply, with France 

 furnishing most of the seedlings or seeds 

 from which to grow the seedlings. That 

 supply has definitely ceased. Another year 

 may see a decided advance in the cost of 

 fruit trees. Are you prepared, as an economy 

 measure, to plant y r ours this spring — now ? 



Get Your Spraying Machine Now 



CTRAY pump manufacturers report an 

 ^ unparalleled demand for spray pumps of 

 all kinds. With the value of crops constantly 

 rising and labor at a premium, America's 

 horticulturists and agriculturists are not 

 missing any bets in the way of crop insurance. 

 That's what spraying really amounts to. 

 Any one with even a few fruit trees, shrubs, or 

 berry plants, tomato plants, or a potato or 

 cabbage patch, should be prepared to give 

 the insects and fungi the kind of reception 

 that will settle them for good. 



Order your spray pump and materials now! 

 We shall tell you next month how to use them 

 to best advantage, when to spray for the 

 different pests, and what with. 



The Contrast — In the calm and quiet of the 

 country, amid the beauty and color of the 

 garden, in shady noods and wooky glens, there- 

 is the air ot peace in its most attractive 

 appeal. Think of the contrast! Abroad, in 

 France, under a ram of shot and shell, amid 

 clouds of poisonous gas, in furrows stained 

 with blood and filled with mud, the pride of 

 our youth is fighting to hold back the most 

 dangerous foe to freedom that ever menaced 

 mankind in civilized times. This fact alone is 

 compelling enough to make everybody feel that 

 conscience, more than duty, dictates most 

 earnest support of the campaign for the sale 

 of the Third Liberty Loan Bonds. 



Reference Indices. — The "Readers' Guide 

 to Periodical Literature for 1917" (The H. W. 

 Wilson Co.), just issued, spreads before the 

 surveyor a remarkable bird's eye view of 

 the year's doings and sayings reflecting the 

 trend of public thought as shown by articles 

 in the leading periodicals of the year (in- 

 cluding The Garden Magazine). "Canning 

 and preserving" occupies four times as much 

 space as in 1916 — "Cost of living" has 

 swelled to twice its former size. The European 

 war naturally overshadows all other topics! 

 Here are thirty pages of references to every 

 phase of this vast subject — more than 2,000 

 entries, under 128 subheadings. "Food 

 Conservation," "Bread" and "Coal" — once 

 lightly regarded as commodities — reflect here 

 their newly acquired importance. The Guide 

 is in public libraries everywhere. The same 

 publishers also issue the "Agricultural Index" 

 During the year this Index will be issued ten 

 times and cumulatively each quarter. Articles 

 will be indexed from seventy-eight publications 

 (including The Garden Magazine) in the 

 United States and ten foreign countries. In 

 addition, there will be references to material 

 issued occasionally from numerous unrelated 

 sources. 



A New Bellflower for the North. — A new 

 Bellflower named Marian Gehring, after the 

 wife of Dr. J. G. Gehring, of Maine, in 

 whose garden it originated, gives promise 

 of becoming an excellent perennial for northern 

 gardens. It is the result of an accidental cross 

 between Campanula punctata, and the dark 





' Everywhere in France " where the invader has been. This systematic destruction of the orchards will have its influence 

 in the demands made on this country for food material and nursery stock 



New hardy Bellflower (Campanula Marian Gehring) sup- 

 posed spontaneous hybrid in a Maine garden 



blue, single - flowered Campanula Medium. 

 The new plant appeared in Dr. Gehring's 

 rock garden. To quote Dr. Gehring: 



"About the first of July I found this plant 

 standing finely erect, with the foliage of 

 punctata, the general habits of the Canter- 

 bury Bell, and large numbers of lavender 

 buds. Soon the buds began to open, and the 

 new flower stood before me an established 

 fact. To me, indeed, it seemed a miracle. 

 Doubtless the bees took the pollen from 

 punctata and crossed it upon the Canterbury 

 Bell. The former being white, and the latter 

 dark blue, I got a fifty-fifty cross, an even 

 split into halves of the color pigment. Al- 

 though the plant is erect, it is not stiff. It 

 grows from two to two and a half feet high. 

 Propagation is easy because many stolon-like 

 runners are produced, each with bunches of 

 young plants here and there. The plants 

 obtained from these underground runners 

 nearly always live and blossom the second 

 year. Separating a plant that has flowered 

 the preceding year does not seem satis- 

 factory. No plant is easier to care for, but 

 it requires deep, rich soil." 



This new Campanula has proved absolutely 

 hardy in Maine and also in Vermont. In 

 these northern locations it begins to flower 

 about the last of June, and will bloom well 

 into August if the old blossoms are kept 

 picked off. The freest blooming period, 

 however, is early in July. The flowers last 

 well when cut. Indeed, some of them bloomed 

 in water last season for nearly three weeks, 

 every immature bud coming to maturity. 

 The flowers are reddish lavender, and about 

 the same length as those of the Canterbury 

 Bell; the teeth are more pointed, however, 

 and the bell is more slender. 



Apparently the only bad habit which the 

 new plant has is that of decaying in spots 

 during the summer, when the weather is 

 warm and muggy. This is especially likely 

 to follow close planting, but the blemish is 

 shared with the Canterbury Bell itself. Seeds 

 have never been produced. The best results 



