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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1913 



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fine fruit of a rich, deep, velvety, scarlet color of 

 good size, until September. 



Among the good later varieties with scarlet fruit, 

 Chalk's Early Jewel, Success, Matchless and Stone 

 are recommended. 



Among the purple or pink fruited sorts June Pink 

 is early and good. The Globe and Ponderosa are 

 also well known purple sorts. The latter is one of 

 the largest tomatoes grown, but it is apt to be rough 

 and irregular in shape. 



The little Superb Salad tomato grows in clusters 

 and yields heavily. When a small tomato is 

 wanted to serve whole on the table, with lettuce 

 leaves, it answers well, but it is too small for a 

 market variety. 



New Jersey. Walter P. Stokes. 



An American Substitute for 

 Heather 



ALONG the sand dunes of the eastern shore of 

 Lake Michigan there occur small heaths 

 carpeted with Hudsonia tomentosa, a member of 

 the rock rose family. The plant occurs in pure 

 sand, alone or associated with dune grass, and 

 either completely covers the surface with a heather- 

 like growth, or in more exposed places forms 

 rounded tufts. Its whole aspect is like heather. 

 According to Gray it is a "bushy, heath-like little 

 shrub covered with small awl-like, alternate, per- 

 sistent, downy leaves," and its color and general 

 character are decidedly those of heather. As I 

 have seen these Hudsonia heaths only in the late 

 summer or autumn I have for several years made 

 the mistake of thinking it to be heather, for in its 

 general picture the plant brought back memories 

 and impressions of European heather. But I never 

 could find it in flower, and it was quite evident that 

 it spread rapidily from year to year by seed. 



The problem was finally solved for me by Pro- 

 fessor Gleason, of the botanical department of the 

 University of Michigan, who had seen the plant 



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A practical American substitute for the heather 

 is found in a native plant of our Atlantic coast 

 (Hudsonia tomentosa) 



in flower. It blooms in May and June, having 

 many small but showy bright yellow flowers 

 crowded along the upper part of the branches. 



It is variable, some plants being taller, looser 

 and more hoary, others are more reddish and 

 heather-like. A variety intermedia is mentioned 

 in Gray, as having more awl-shaped leaves and 

 peduncled flowers. Hudsonia ericoides (downy but 

 greenish, with flowers on slender naked stalks) 

 occurs in dry sandy soil on the Atlantic coast from 

 Newfoundland to Virginia. 



The Michigan species is certainly an interesting 

 plant and might be introduced into our gardens 

 and utilized in various ways. In sandy soils, on 

 the coast or on the lake shores, it could be used for 

 a heath effect or as a sand binder. It would also 

 be an interesting plant for the American rock 

 garden, or a good edging plant for a spring border, 

 with its bright show of yellow in early June and its 

 hoary, heath-like appearance making a good effect 

 for the remainder of the year. 



Michigan. Aldred Scott Warthin. 



