November, 1908 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



IX 



and scillas. These are so easy to manage that 

 it is merely necessary to plant and set them 

 away for a few weeks, keeping them moist, 

 and when they appear above ground bring- 

 ing them to the light. If the scillas and white 

 crocus are planted together in bulb pans the 

 effect will be lovely and furnish a charming 

 centerpiece for the dining table. As the 

 scillas flower is somewhat later than the cro- 

 cus they should be planted first in the center 

 of the dish, using half a dozen bulbs, and two 

 or three weeks later plant the crocus around 

 the edge of the dish. The Pride of Holland, 

 or the golden forty-flowered crocus, are the 

 best to plant, as they will give a succession of 

 fine flowers for weeks. 



In planting bulbs for winter blooming one 

 must not forget that cheerful little flower, the 

 Bermuda Buttercup Oxalis. This is one of 

 the most charming of winter bloomers, and 

 may be planted at any time. One small bulb 

 will cover a four-inch pot with bloom all 

 winter, but they are at their best in hanging 

 baskets, or in pots set on brackets in a sunny 

 window, as the flower stalks droop over the 

 edges of the pot very gracefully. They have, 

 in addition to their charming color, a most 

 delightful odor, and might be grown for this 

 alone. The other forms of winter blooming 

 oxalis, Duchess and the like, are much less 

 certain of blooming. Oxalis, like the freesias, 

 need no preparatory rooting period, but may 

 be planted in good leaf mold and loam, and 

 placed at once in a sunny window to grow. 

 Freesias, especially, should have a good light 

 from the start, as they are inclined to grow 

 spindly. They should be given some support 

 from the start and kept moderately moist. 



Most of the other bulbs recommended by 

 the florists are good to experiment with, and 

 one will do well to try a few each year, for 

 often an amateur will meet with success de- 

 nied a professional, every one has some spe- 

 cial plant with which they succeed or fail 

 notably. Personally, I could never make the 

 common ground myrtle (Perriwinkle) grow, 

 and I know a florist who can not bloom the 

 Eucharis lily. 



THE NEW HYDRANGEA 



ABOUT four years ago Mr. E. Y. Teas 

 wrote me that a new hydrangea had 

 been found, of immense importance. It 

 was as great a bloomer as paniculata, while 

 absolutely hardy, and beginning its bloom 

 early in June. Old man as he is now, his 

 enthusiasm was at boiling heat, and I could 

 see him as he was at forty years of age when 

 he originated those wonderful hybrid catalpas. 

 He sent me a small bush, which I planted at 

 Clinton in ordinary garden soil. This began 

 to blossom when two years of age, and now it 

 is absolutely covered with flowers from mid- 

 June until winter. It is hardy as an oak, for 

 twenty degrees below zero does not in the 

 least affect it. Its form of growth is more 

 easy and graceful than paniculata, bending 

 over some of its limbs, but breaking out into 

 bloom at every possible spot. It seems to me 

 pretty nearly the most wonderful shrub that 

 we have, and it is a native, found, I think, in 

 Indiana. The readiness of this hydrangea to 

 endure all conditions makes it likely that it 

 will prove to be a good hedge plant. Bear in 

 mind that Paniculata grandiflora does not be- 

 gin flowering until September, and its growth 

 is very stiff and brittle. The new variety 

 grows readily from cuttings and can be propa- 

 gated with great rapidity. It is already pro- 

 curable from most of the high-class nursery- 

 men. 



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