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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1913 



Is a fine garden 



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The best food comes from the garden and, 

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A fine garden is such because it has been 

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trouble with the winter, but is favored by a low 

 hillside and some trees toward the north. After 

 twice seeing this papaw in flower I quite agree with 

 the authority who suggests in the course of his 

 technical description of it that it is "well worth 

 a place in the garden." It is handsome of form and 

 blooms freely when of only the height of a tall shrub. 

 The fairly large chocolate-colored blossoms are 

 more curious than beautiful but would lend the 

 garden or shrubbery border an odd bit of color. 

 They are good diverters of the attention of some 

 troublesome small flying insects. The fruit is 

 edible, though the very aromatic flavor and large 

 seeds are obstacles to general popularity aside 

 from the negro race. This papaw is not to be 

 confused with the tropical paw-paw (Carica 

 papaya), which is a tropical tree bearing no resem- 

 blance to it. 



Two other trees that I have been astonished 

 to find thriving within the limits of New York 

 City are the native persimmon (Diospyros Vir- 

 giniana) and the English walnut (Juglans regia). 

 Like the papaw, both are worth taking home "on 

 suspicion." The persimmon, which grows wild up 

 to latitude 38, is said to be one of the most difficult 

 of all trees to transplant, on account of the long 

 tap root, but can be grown as easily as peaches 

 from pits. The English, or Persian, walnut, long 

 important in the commerce of California, is hardy 

 "in parts of New York." It was on Staten Island 

 that I saw this and the native persimmon. The 

 noble great laurel magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora) 

 is still another southern tree that deserves more 

 northern opportunities than hitherto have been 

 its lot. With favorable surroundings it has been 

 found to do extremely well in Connecticut and 

 New York, though it does not remain an ever- 

 green in the North. 



New York H. S. Adams. 



Growing Tritomas from Seed 



MOST of the seed catalogues of the last few 

 years have been offering tritoma seed saved 

 from this or that "unrivalled collection." The 

 cultural directions given are that if planted early 

 they will bloom the first season. In the spring of 

 1910 I brought a package of seed and planted 

 them outside in April, using a small glass covered 

 seed frame, but not a seed germinated. 



That fall, while seeing the last of the outdoor 

 chrysanthemums at a neighboring nursery, I noticed 

 that the tritoma plants were seeding heavily and 

 obtained a generous supply of seed. 



Thinking that the outdoor planting was unsuc- 

 cessful because of lack of moisture and heat, I 

 decided to plant the seed at once. The seed was 

 planted in a box of earth from the woods. The 

 box was then placed in a south window in the 

 cellar with only a minimum of light and sunshine. 

 The watering was done'daily with a spray pump. 



Germination was very slow. Roughly not more 

 than half the plants appeared in the first month. 

 The seedlings then grew fairly rapidly. Gradually 

 the surface of the earth became covered with a 

 green mould from the moisture but this seemed to 

 do no harm. 



In late February, having had this success, the 

 plants were transplanted in rows in the same box 

 to make room for more seed. This was the seed 

 offered by about half a dozen seedsmen. The 

 new seed did not give as satisfactory a germinating 

 percentage. 



In late March all were transplanted outdoors. 

 The first batch of seedlings were much larger and 

 more vigorous than the others, the base being 

 about one fourth of an inch in diameter. The 

 later seedlings were still small and about one eighth 

 of an inch in diameter. 



The drought compelled watering and probably 

 retarded the growth of them all. 



Now as to the statement of seedsmen, "will 

 bloom the first season if planted early." Possibly 

 with ideal weather conditions, but with the average 

 eastern summer no such success seems possible. 

 The method outlined above, however, shows that 

 with no facilities one can have stocky plants for 

 spring planting and try the gamble of raising 

 seedlings. There is the possibility that the seeds- 

 men could be induced to supply the fresh seed 

 early in the fall. 



New York. Charles Krumwiede, Jr. 



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all who "Farm" and "Garden." 



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