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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 19 18 



Defensive Warfare 



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Accepted by successful gardeners everywhere as the standard 

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Good for potted plants, in which it destroys eel and angle 

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(Coiicludrd from page 154) 

 magenta, when the one word would settle 

 the question clearly, and avoid creating 

 confusion of meaning. The true Roseum 

 elegans is very beautiful indeed and far 

 superior to the false one. So far as I know 

 there is only one nursery in this country that 

 I am yure has it in stock.- — Harold Hill 

 Blossom, M. L. A., Mass. 



In order to classify more definitely according 

 to color, the list of Rhododendrons submitted 

 by your correspondent in the February 

 number, it has seemed to me desirable to 

 include some other colors in addition to those 

 mentioned and also, it seemed worth while 

 to add a number of kinds of varieties. Practi- 

 cally the entire list here given is made up of 

 easily obtainable kinds, which are hardy from 

 New York southward, and most of them 

 somewhat north of there. 



Red: Atrosanguineum (one of the earliest red ones; out of 

 bloom before most of the others). Charles Dickens. II. H. 

 Hunnewell. Gen. Grant. Kettledrum. Mrs. Milner. Lady 

 Clermont (Foliage apt to turn yellowish in sun). James 

 Mcintosh. Prometheus (Wonderful in color; perhaps not as 

 hardy as might be desired, but worth coddling in a protected 

 situation). F. D. Godman. James Baieman. Charles Bagley. 



Purple-Red: Caractacus. Abraham Lincoln (Pres. Lincoln 

 is said to be different; rose-lilac perhaps). 



Pink: Alexander Dancer. Henrietta Sargent. Charles S. 

 Sargent (dark). Mrs. Charles S. Sargent (sometimes known as 

 the Pink Everestianum). Ignatius Sargent (The Boss). Lady 

 Armstrong. Roseum superbum. Hannibal Smirnovii (A newly 

 introduced species; very fine). 



Magenta-Pink: Roseum elegans. Hannah Felix. 



Dark Magenta: Catawbiense grandiflorum. 



White (substantially so; sometimes faintly flushed pink, 

 especially in bud stage). Album elegans. Album grandiflorum. 

 Album novum. Boule de Neige (Dwarf; the earliest one of the 

 list; out of bloom before the beginning of any of the others in 

 this list). Catawbiense album. Candidissimum. Delicatissimum 

 (The latest one of the list; only the tail end blooms of some of 

 the others will slightly overlap the beginning bloom of this 

 one). Mme. Carvalho. 



Reddish Plum, or darker: Pres. Roosevelt. H. W . Sargent. 

 Se/ton. 



Lavender (or rose-lilac): Everestianum. Lady Grey Egerton. 

 Kissena. 



Purple: Purpureum elegans. Purpureum grandiflorum. 

 Purpureum crispum. 



In explanation it should be said that this 

 classification will do for practical purposes; 

 accurate classification in accordance with a 

 scientific color chart might give different 

 results. As a rule, any combination of the 

 kinds in one color section will be harmonious, 

 but if the kinds composing such a combination 

 be separated by a little white, the proposition 

 will be safer. 



The kinds listed under Purple-Red, Magenta- 

 Pink, and Magenta are the most dangerous 

 as to color, because they are just "off" 

 being good reds or pinks, and yet are near 

 enough to be sometimes classified under 

 these colors, and so used. Each one of these 

 kinds kept by itself, or mixed with white, 

 is very effective, but in company with good 

 reds or pinks, loses in brilliance and becomes 

 dingy and disappointing. Possibly the two 

 varieties named under Magenta-Pink harmo- 

 nize together, but they surely do not with 

 any other color. 



The Lavender and Purple kinds harmonize 

 fairly well together, and, of course, go well 

 with white, but not with any of the other 

 colored ones. Most people will agree to 

 this if they have it pointed out to them when 

 the plants are in bloom; nevertheless it is a 

 fact, which seems rather curious, that many 

 people like the violent combination produced 

 by putting red and purple together, say F. D. 

 Godman and Purpureum elegans. The effect 

 is certainly striking; stuns one from afar in 

 fact. It affects the eye powerfully, almost 

 as Limburger cheese affects the nose. If 

 you like that sort of thing, all right; but most 

 people are apt to cry out, as your corre- 

 spondent in February, Help! Help! — Hans 

 J. Koehler,- Penna. 



Helping Mother Nature 



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 your seedling plants, which is easily done by 

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