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October, 1912 



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The Winter Behavior of Some 

 Plants in 1911-12 



T'HE winter of 1911-1912 was a peculiar one; 

 ■*- it gripped the country in an icy grasp and 

 scarcely relaxed for the customary January thaw. 

 Unlike our usual winters in North Dakota there 

 was no bluster, not a single blizzard from the be- 

 ginning of winter to the end of spring. There was a 

 fair covering of snow all winter; but the frost pene- 

 trated deep, the cold driving it in with irresistible 

 force. The two years previous had left the ground 

 rather deplete of moisture. Although of course the 

 plants were well watered and cultivated all summer, 

 it should be borne in mind that the soil moisture 

 which results from watering is not the same in 

 quantity or effect as that which is found in rain- 

 soaked land. The shrubs and perennials therefore 

 went into the winter somewhat dry, though to all 

 appearances the plants had had enough water. 



The old reliable Spiraa Van Houllei, than which 

 we considered nothing more hardy, has failed to live 

 up to its reputation. Many of these shrubs died 

 down to the root and others came into leaf feebly 

 and sparseb/. Nowhere will there be next spring 

 that bank of white that greeted the eye in other 

 years. The past winter, therefore, has proved the 

 limit of this shrub's ability to endure cold. The Tar- 

 tarian honeysuckle was clad in verdure and covered 

 with bloom while the spirea looked sick. Clearly 

 the honeysuckle can endure a greater degree of cold. 

 Berberis Thunbergi has gone through the past 

 winter much better than it does in a usual winter. 

 Even fall-planted Berberis Thunbergi has killed 

 back but very little while in other years it has killed 

 back almost to the ground. It would seem then 

 that the Berberis Thunbergi can endure as much 

 and perhaps a little more cold but much less wind 

 than Spirtza Van H outlet. 



Some of the matrimony vines situated on a steep 

 grade have died out, while all other vines have died 

 back in the cane. Elsewhere this vine has died 

 back in the cane likewise though not clear to the 

 roots. There is one in particular, established for a 

 number of years, ten feet high against a porch, 

 that this year had to be cut down. 



Tamarix, one of the most tender things that we 

 can carry through the winters of the Northwest and 

 which we expect to kill back to the stub every 

 year, has passed through the past winter in better 

 shape than usual. A number of the shrubs are 

 starting out up from the ground even as high 

 as three feet. 



Fall planted material has behaved rather well. 

 Hawthorns that were moved last fall are doing 

 finely. Cut-leaf sumachs set out in October leafed 

 out somewhat near the ground it is true, but no one 

 is going to criticise them for killing back a little. 

 Transplanted snowballs have also gone through 

 the winter well, high bush cranberry in like manner. 

 Transplanted lilacs are doing beautifully; a few of 

 the larger shrubs that were moved last fall 

 bloomed vigorously this spring. Why a Clematis 

 panicidala established for many years in a sheltered 

 location from the northwest winds should die 

 completely, and a Clematis Jackmani, twice moved 

 in fall, should live through the winter, is one of 

 those inexplicable happenings that meet the 

 gardener on every side. 



Delphiniums have gone through the winter in 

 excellent shape, while some of the garden pinks did 

 not. Sweet William also killed out consider- 

 ably. Phlox, both that planted in fall and also 

 well established plants, have done very well. Iris 

 pumila and the German iris, fall planted and old 

 clumps, are growing like weeds. The peonies have 

 done splendidly; the tiger lilies keep on multiplying 

 as you please; the lemon lilies and the blackberry 

 lilies, fall planted as well as established clumps, 

 have grown this year as never before. Oriental 

 poppies are more thrifty than ever. Boltonia 

 asteroides, situated at the edge of a three foot terrace 

 where there might have been a lack of moisture, 

 killed out completely. They bloomed, however, 

 last fall. Native wild sunflowers, transplanted 

 while in full bloom last fall, are coming up very 

 nicely this year. The plants were watered but 

 twice after being moved from the wild and the 

 ground froze up rather early. They received no 

 winter protection. 

 Of about fifty red cedars transplanted last fall 



