The Garden Magazine, March, 1921 
Team-Work in the Vegetable Garden 
To the Editor of The Garden Magazine: 
H ERE are a few vegetable combinations that 1 have found to grow 
well together so 1 pass them on for the benefit of other gardeners, 
i Ever try planting your Cucumbers in your Asparagus bed? 1 did, and 
i obtained good results. The Cucumbers were of course planted after 
the Asparagus had finished cropping. Although 1 planted the non- 
t climbing variety of Cucumber, many of the plants developed tendrils 
| and clung to the sprays of Asparagus. When the gardener across the 
way was complaining that his Cucumbers had stopped fruiting and 
gone to seed because of the dry weather, there were nice, long, green 
t fellows growing among the Asparagus. 
The late summer and early fall Lettuce did especially well between 
the rows of Raspberries (they were not ever-bearing berries). The 
Lettuce did not go to seed quite so readily as it usually does in warm 
weather. I thanked the protecting shade of the berry bushes for that. 
The winter Cabbage did well between the rows of early Potatoes. 
When the late Cabbage was ready to be transplanted, the Potato tops 
had finished growing and were commencing to die; so there was no 
. danger of their crowding out the companion crop which then reaped the 
benefit of the well worked soil between the rows of Potatoes. I 
have learned that there are two things to guard against when growing 
. vegetables in combination: first, that one vegetable does not thrive at 
the expense of the other; and second, that the plants are not denied 
ample cultivation because of the garden’s crowded condition. — J. J. D., 
Pa. 
The White Campanula Isophylla 
To the Editor of The Garden Magazine: 
C AMPANULA isophylla variety alba, a native of Italy, is a rapid 
growing perennial suitable for window boxes, hanging baskets, 
and rockeries. Its growth is pendent and spreading. The flowers come 
i in late summer in snow-white masses that last until November. The 
TRAILING BELLFLOWERS IN A CALIFORNIA GARDEN 
type form has bluish flowers but its growth and freedom of bloom does 
not equal this alba variety. The stems are extremely brittle and it 
does not stand rough handling or brushing against. It is grown from 
soft wood cuttings in the spring. Its cultivation should be in abun- 
dance, it is such a satisfactory plant for growth and bloom. — Kate O. 
Sessions, San Diego, Calif. 
Here’s a New Type of Rose 
To the Editor of The Garden Magazine: 
A ROSE which attracted much attention last season at the 
** Minneapolis Test Garden and in the few other places where it 
was seen growing is called F. R. Grootendorst. I am fortunate to 
have two plants of this Rose in my garden and have been greatly 
pleased with it the past season. It is distinctly different from any 
! other Rose in existence, but has much the same habit as the Baby 
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NEW HARDY ROSE F. R. GROOTENDORST 
Said to be the product of Baby Rambler and Rosa rugosa. The fluted petals 
are carnation red 
Ramblers, that is to say, it throws large clusters of flowers in generous 
quantities. It grows taller than a Baby Rambler, however. In fact, 
it becomes, I understand, a fair sized shrub in the course of time, and 
probably it should be treated as a shrub rather than given a place in 
the rose garden. 
The Grootendorst Rose originated in Holland, and is understood 
to be a seedling between a Baby Rambler and Rosa rugosa. Prob- 
ably it is the first of a new type of Rose. Its most noticeable char- 
acteristic is the fluting of the petals. This fluting is very strongly 
marked, and gives the flowers much the appearance of a Carnation. 
The resemblance is heightened bv the fact that the color is almost 
exactly that of several red Carnations in cultivation, and most people 
who see the Rose for the first time remark upon its resemblance to 
members of the Dianthus family. It cuts well, lasting for a long time 
in water. Of course it has to be handled in clusters because of its 
habit, but as the individual flowers are small, the effect is excellent 
when they are displayed in the proper holders. 
It does seem as though this flower held great possibilities for land- 
scape planting and for park work. Indeed, it probably could be used 
for hedges, like Rosa rugosa or Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, although I 
have not yet seen plants large enough for hedge purposes. 
1 understand that a fair supply of plants now exists in this country 
and that the Grootendorst Rose will be put on the market the coming 
season. — E. I. Farrington, IVeymouth Heights, Mass. 
What Will Grow in a Cold Climate? 
To the Editor of The Garden Magazine: 
1 WOULD like to hear from your readers through the open column, 
relative to anything that they have succeeded with in such a rigor- 
ous climate as the northern part of South Dakota. 1 n this locality, rain- 
fall is rather scant and the summers are hot, dry, and windy. In 
winter the thermometer sometimes registers lower than 40 below zero. 
Atmosphere, on account of altitude, rather rare compared with other sec- 
tions of the country and not often laden with moisture. Have tried 
out nearly everything in the catalogues several times and am still at it; 
and while I have a good collection of things growing, yet 1 would like my 
yard as complete as possible. The Garden Magazine’s articles and 
illustrations, as well as those contained in catalogues and books offer 
many fine suggestions, but few of them can be successfully carried out 
in our climate and location. — W. Issenhuth, Redfield, S. Dak. 
• — Does not Mr. Cowperthwaite’s comprehensive article elsewhere in 
this number answer your problem? — Ed. 
The Doubleness of the Double Cosmos 
To the Editor of The Garden Magazine: 
I AST summer we planted seed supposing it to be that of a double 
Cosmos and although but one out of eight plants bore double 
blossoms, we felt well rewarded for they were such beauties — of a soft 
