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{Continued from page 78) 



beside the Birches we also find the Hazelbrush 

 and Ironwood able to hold their own in exposed 

 locations. 



It will of course require much experimental 

 work to correlate cause and effect and bring 

 our knowledge thereof on a scientific basis, 

 but the fact exists and cannot be ignored. 

 The hardiest trees on the prairies of the North- 

 west are trees of the wettest wood and a dilute 

 sap. 



Thus far in developing apples for the North- 

 west, the work has all been upon the fruit and 

 the character of the tree has received scant 

 attention. Of the trees' sap nobody seems to 

 have thought. Yet all the varieties that have 

 shown sufficient stamina to withstand the 

 rigors of the extreme Northwest have been 

 subject to blight. This fact itself gives evi- 

 dence of a moist and rapidly growing wood. 

 If then a strain of trees be developed with an 

 abundant and dilute sap and the fruit be im- 

 proved after the tree itself has proven hardy, 

 the goal might be sooner reached than present 

 indications promise. — C. L. Meller, North 

 Dakota. 



Trachelium coeruleum. — Treated as a 

 biennial the Throatwort, Trachelium coeru- 

 leum, is one of our most desirable summer- 

 flowering plants for pot culture. While it 

 may be very easily propagated from cuttings, 

 the plants raised in this way are dwarfed 

 and far less robust than seedlings. Seed 

 sown in June or July will produce plants 

 sufficiently large for 8 or 10 inch pots by the 

 following summer. It takes just about 

 twelve months from seed sowing to flowering. 

 Seeds can be started in a coldframe and germ- 

 inate very readily. They should be pricked 

 off into flats or under a coldframe sash and 

 later potted. A cold greenhouse or a pit 

 used to store hard wooded plants will carry 

 them successfully through the winter. In 

 spring give them a light, airy position in the 

 greenhouse and pot on as needed, being sure 

 to use a generous compost. If bushy plants 

 are desired some pinching can be done, but 

 by far the best effect is produced by allowing 

 the shoots to run up, then treated thus they 

 will branch out and throw their much- 

 branched panicles of flowers the whole length 

 of the stems. The flowers are of a lovely blue 

 shade, although a certain percentage will come 

 pure white. The colors can be determined 

 while the plants are young by the stems, the 

 dark ones producing blue flowers and the 

 green ones white. Tracheliums are of very 

 easy culture and remarkably free from insect 

 pests. The flowers have wonderful keeping 

 qualities in water, and I don't know of any- 

 thing which will keep better in hot weather. 

 I have occasion to send them 500 miles per 

 express frequently and no matter how warm 

 the weather they always arrive in perfect 

 condition. Plants of Trachelium are fine for 

 piazza use and associated with white Specio- 

 sum Lilies are particularly charming. While 

 old plants can be carried over I find seedlings 

 much more satisfactory. In Great Britain 

 this makes a good border plant in partial 

 shade, but here, with our drier climatic con- 

 ditions, pot culture is needed to see it at its 

 best. As the plants seed very freely it is 

 very easy to secure and sow. The natural 

 flowering time is during the month of July 

 and August, and the cloud-like head of blue or 

 white flowers should appeal to every flower 

 lover. — W. N. Craig, Brookline, Mass. 



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ORCHIDS 



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GROWERS AND ORIGINATORS OF FINE VARI- 

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FAIRFAX ROSES 



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OAKTON, VA. 



