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T H E G A R D E N M A G A Z I N E 
March, 1915 
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Shrubs and Flowers. 
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the loam was tossed to the other side of the bench 
and then back and forth until the ingredients were 
thoroughly incorporated. 
The condition of the mixture he judged by plung- 
ing his hand into it and letting it run through his 
fingers. 
He showed me that one kind of loam was not 
suitable for all plants and that there was a general 
rule to follow as to the kind and amount of ingre- 
dients to use for the various combinations. 
When he mixed the loam for ferns it was very 
rich — about three quarters loam and humus with 
a sprinkling of sand. For palms there was a smaller 
percentage of manure and the amount of sand was 
increased, while geraniums required little manure 
or humus but a rich loam with a liberal addition of 
coarse sand. It was a great surprise to me to see 
to what extent the sand was used. One gardener 
said that sand was used in every combination and 
should be the coarse, mason’s sand. 
Another thing I learned was that it is a mistake 
to take the soil out of the garden to use for potting 
house plants. When the gardener takes the soil 
from the garden he screens it, mixes fresh soil with 
it and tones it up with manure and sand, and after 
such preparation it is fit for use. 
In potting plants like azaleas the loam was 
rammed in with a stick, so hard that it seemed that 
some injury would be done to the roots. When 
potting such plants as geraniums, the earth was 
firmed by tapping the pot and pressing with the 
fingers. 
When cuttings were made they were thrown into 
a pail of water or covered with wet paper. They 
were not allowed to dry. Geranium cuttings were 
started in shallow boxes packed in close. 
Worms are driven out of the ground by an appli- 
cation of a solution of lime. This brings them to the 
surface in a hurry. 
New York. A. W. Duffy. 
The Peach-Leaved Bellflower 
T HE peach-leaved bellflower (Campanula per- 
sicifolia) last year achieved a charming acci- 
dental group in my garden. Lovely as the flower is, 
and well as it happens to grow here, its color lacks 
definition in the border; it is too foggy a blue to be 
satisfying, left all to itself. Its white variety does 
not seem so hardy over winters here; and ever, when 
planted together, the white is not strong enough to 
tone up the blue. 
Last year I bought some of the alpine Aster 
subcaeruleus, and for no other reason than that I was 
in a hurry planted it down by the bellflowers and 
A delightful combination is the peach-leaved bellflower 
and the alpine aster 
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