March, 1917 
THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
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acters of diverse nationalities 
that may easily be drawn 
into it. 
Not every one has time or 
space for much experiment 
and no one desires to fill his 
garden with uncertainties. 
For this reason I am sending 
the following list of plants 
that have been collected out 
of those tried in the past three 
years, to become permanent 
residents of the garden. All 
are hardy and desirable. 
Alyssum rostratum* and argenteum. 
Anchusa myosotidiflora*. 
Aster (hardy) Glory of Colwell, Feltham 
Blue, Mrs. Perry Improved, Thom- 
son!, Climax. 
Campanula lactiflora alba magnifica*, 
E. Molineux,* Brantwood,* carpatica 
White Star.* 
Corydalis cheilanthifolia*, and lutea.* 
Delphinium Lizzie, Clivedon Beauty. 
Capri, Amos Perry, and the varieties 
of grandiflorum, Blue Butterfly, "Azure 
Fairy.* 
Doronicum plantagineum var. excelsum. 
Erigeron speciosus* var. superbus. 
Eupatorium ageratoides (for shade). 
Euphorbia polychroma — “Spurge.” 
Geum, Mrs. Bradshaw.* 
Iris setosa, Labrador,* lurida, Monspur, 
lutescens. 
Lilium Brownii, Hansoni, croceum. 
Linaria dalmatica.* 
Muscari (Grape Hyacinth) Heavenly Blue. 
Narcissus, Beauty, Katherine Spurrel, Madame Plemp. 
Oenothera Afterglow,* and fruticosa. 
Paeony, Mme. Emile Galiee and Albatre. 
Papaver rupifragum.* 
Primula pulverulenta.* 
Phlox Peach Blow, Africa, Wanadis, America, Baron von Dedem, 
Rijnstroom, Le Mahdi. 
Salvia virgata nemorosa, Sclarea, “Clary*,” and uliginosa. 
Scutellaria baicalensis. 
Thalictrum dipterocarpum,* glaucum and minus adiantifolium.* 
Tulip (Cottage) Moonlight, Inglescomb Pink, John Ruskin. 
Tulip (Darwin) Mystery, Salmonea, Flamingo, Crepescule, 
Duchess of Hochberg, Bleu Celeste. 
Verbascum Miss Wilmot, phlomoides* and Apricot Hybrid.* 
Viola G. Wanberg.* 
ROCK PLANTS 
Aubrietia Lavender.* Mrs. Lloyd Edwards.* 
Arenaria montana.* 
Achillea Clavennae* and tomentosa. 
Armeria setacea* (syn. juncea). 
Campanula pusilla*, and Portenschlagiana.* 
Dianthus atrorubens,* arenarius,* caesius.* graniticus,* neglec- 
tus,* petraeus,* superbus,* sylvestris.* 
Erysimum pulchellum (syn. rupestre). 
Gypsophila repens.* 
Helianthemum vulgare,* and Mrs. Croft.* 
Lychnis alpina.* 
Mentha Requieni. 
Pyrethrum leucophyllum.* 
Silene asterias,* alpestris,* and Schafta.* 
Stellaria Holostea — “ Stitchwort.” 
Those marked * were raised from seed. — 
Louise Beebe Wilder, N. Y. 
Snow Wreath! Why So Rare? — As it 
seems to be in order now to pay attention to 
the lesser known, but perhaps, at the same 
Cyclopedia says: “It likes 
a loamy, well drained soil.” 
It seems to grow well, too, at 
Rochester, N. Y. The plant 
is a medium sized shrub and 
the leaves ovate, doubly ser- 
rate, and the five sepals are 
quite conspicuous and persis- 
tent. 
The plant has been recom- 
mended for forcing indoors, 
but I have never seen it used 
that way; but where it will 
thrive in the open garden I do 
not know of a more graceful 
shrub in its season. The 
feathery blossoms attract a 
great deal of attention. Their 
character is well shown by 
the accompanying illustra- 
tion. — L. B. 
What’s this Variegated Vine? 
— Will Bernard H. Lane, who 
wrote of the Pepper Vine 
in the February number (or 
any one else) tell me the name 
of my variegated-leaved vine, 
which must be quite nearly related to the 
Pepper Vine? It is a rather slender, tendriled 
vine, with grape-like leaves and reddish stems. 
The berries are blue and similar in appearance 
to the Pepper-tree berries that I have seen in 
California. The vine is nearly hardy here, 
having wintered without protection for some- 
time, though it does not increase in size very 
fast. It is very handsome, on account of 
both the green-and-white leaves, which look 
like a small grape leaf, and the berries. I 
have supposed that it was a Vitis, but it may 
belong to the closely-allied Ampelopsis. — 
John Chamberlain, Buffalo, N. Y. [Possibly 
Ampelopsis heterophylla, which was, however, 
formerly called Vitis heterophylla. 1 here is a 
variety amurensis, which is a stronger grower, 
and makes a good live wall cover. — Ed.] 
The Modem Covers are Liked. — After 
looking over back files of The Garden Mag- 
azine i wish to congratulate you on the im- 
provement in the cover designs. The one 
from your November number now hangs on 
the wall of my den, framed in a narrow antique 
gold frame. The articles “What Kind and 
Why” by Adolph Kruhm are the best garden 
articles I have read in twenty years — Ross 
Nicholds, Portland, Oregon. 
Snow Wreath (Neviusia alabaraensis) a southern native shrub that grows well in New York State. 
Flowers white in May. It is allied to the Spiraeas 
time, more worthy native plants, I would 
introduce for favorable consideration the 
Snow Wreath, Neviusia alabamensis, named, 
as I learned, for its discoverer, the Reverend 
R. D. Nevius. About three years ago, a 
friend in Rochester, N. Y., gave me a small 
piece of this little shrub, in general habit like 
the Spiraeas to which indeed it is closely 
related, and it has been growing at Garden 
City, and flourishing indeed ever since. In 
its season of bloom it recalls in a way the 
Fringe Tree, only in miniature and shrub form. 
At Garden City it flowers during May and is 
completely gone by the end of that month, 
although it is described as flowering in June 
and July. 
There is only one Neviusia and that is found 
near Tuscaloosa Ala. and on Sand Mountain. 
The entire flower looks like a tassel of creamy 
white filimus. There are no petals and the 
flowers are produced in profusion along the 
slender wand-like branches. In the Standard 
Cyclopedia of Horticulture we read: “It does 
not seem perfectly hardy North of Philadel- 
phia, though it can be grown as far North as 
Massachusetts in sheltered localities.” At 
Garden City it grows in the full exposure 
without any injury. The soil is open, loose 
gravel, and therefore well drained. The 
THE MONTH’S REMINDER 
M ARCH should be a month of most 
active preparedness rather than one 
of watchful waiting. The lazy gar- 
dener may lie down on the job, if he 
wants to, with self satisfaction; but it is also 
the month when the energetic gardener grabs 
I ime by the forelock with both hands and 
gives him the biggest yanks he is capable of. 
The count is taken in June! 
KEEP UP-TO-DATE ON EQUIPMENT 
r\ON’T spend all your evenings with the 
seed catalogues. Keep up-to-date on 
garden helps as well as on vegetable and flower 
varieties. Within the last five years there 
have been at least a score of practical and 
really helpful little inventions and intro- 
ductions that save time or make garden results 
surer or earlier. For example the paper pot. 
For “pot plants” of tomatoes, peppers, etc., 
and starting things that are not usually trans- 
C lanted, such as Sweet Peas, melons, lima 
eans, sweet corn, etc., paper pots are superior 
to the ordinary clay flower pot; they hold a 
third to a half again as much soil in the same 
space, and do not dry out, giving stronger 
plants with less care. They are to be had in 
various sizes and depths either in individual 
pots, or in “multiple,” like an egg-crate filler, 
designed to fit into a flat. With the latter, 
even such plants as cabbage and lettuce may 
easily be grown as “individuals,” giving 
plants that are not checked in transplanting, 
and therefore gaining several days over the 
ordinary kind. Plant “forcers” or “boost- 
ers” of various types, designed for con- 
tinuous rows, individual plants, and hills, 
are also indispensable to the gardener who 
is looking for the earliest results; with them 
cabbage and early plants can be set out 
as soon as the soil can be dug, and growth 
will begin at once even if there is a “ relapse” to 
bad weather such as usually happens after the 
first few good days. Other handy accessories 
include a new type of sled or scuffle-hoe; a 
handy little adjustable marker; a pulverizer 
and seed-bed preparer, new this year; handy 
celery bleachers; plant protectors and sup- 
ports of various kinds. [Next month’s 
Garden Magazine will give special attention 
to recent inventions in tools and appliances.] 
