The Garden Magazine, October, 1921 



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THE PERENNIAL PEA LENDS ITSELF GRACIOUSLY TO DECORATIVE USE 



Surpassing the Rose in lasting quality and of remarkably graceful habit, the Perennial Pea holds its own with the 

 best of cut flowers. The variety "Apple Blossom" shown above is a recent Pleas triumph characterized by Mr. 

 Farr as "a wonderful and continuous bloomer;" its flowers are, as the name would indicat , tinged rosy pink 



recommended for terraces and rough places. Strange to say, setting 

 seed does not seem to impair the flowering vigor at all. — Sarah A. 

 Pleas, California. 



Mitigating the Mole Nuisance 



To the Editor of The Garden Magazine: 



IN THE hope of assisting Mrs. Applegate of Maryland in her war- 

 fare against moles of which she writes in the September issue, I 

 am glad to pass along three suggestions — none of which I have my- 

 self tried out as yet, but all of which sound practicable and easy. 

 She has apparently discovered what seems to be becoming generally 



known, namely, that traps are comparatively useless in the loose, 

 friable soils that characterize many — ptrhaps most — American gardens. 

 In England, I am told by one who knows, the stiff clays lead the lit- 

 tle animals to consistently use a few main runs or burrows in which 

 traps can advantageously be placed. In loose, sandy soils it is about 

 as easy for them to take a new route every time they cross the garden; 

 at all events, they are very likely to discard any run that has been dis- 

 turbed by the setting of a trap or that otherwise exhibits signs of con- 

 tamination by man. The problem of mole fighting, where necessary, 

 (for in many cases a small number of moles do less damage than they do 

 good in destroying grubs and other insects, mice doing much of the 

 bulb eating often blamed on the moles) is therefore a difficult one. 



