was America's own sad one, and only in our garden's beauty can we 
in time forget. 
My note is about the Wall Flowers, which the editor says in the 
foot-note to Miss Jekyll's article, " can be used only as an Autumn 
flower unfortunately in America, and then are successful only when 
the first frost comes late in the season. " 
From my experience with wall-flowers in my Pennsylvania garden, 
one could follow out this planting plan with them as well as in England, 
only the plants would not be so large. 
Plant the seed in July; one could plant later as it germinates very 
quickly, but it is best to have the little plants well up and transplanted 
before the heat comes. " Spot them off in flats " as the gardeners say, 
when the third or fourth leaf develops, and then transplant them again 
to boxes 3 or 4 inches deep and about 3 inches apart each way. When 
the second transplanting is done, pinch the center or tap root, slightly. 
Leave the plants stand in these boxes the rest of summer, and place 
in cold frame over winter. In early spring plant them out and they 
will soon burst into bloom, even though they will only be a half foot 
high they make a brave show. 
One can also plant the seed in open ground in July, if one is a 
hurried gardener such as I am, or is going away for August as too 
many of us did in the old days. Then the planting in the shallow 
boxes and the pinching back of the root can take place in September 
if the plants are not too big. The point is to stunt them so they will 
not get too lanky. Some will be too big, by this method and will 
have to be lifted into a deep, cold frame for winter, where they may 
get killed off by low temperature. The little stocky woody ones are 
more immune. And they look very fascinating planted out in Spring 
between breeder Tulips and red shoots of up-coming Peonies. 
Frances Edge McIlvaine 
GlenlsleFarm ''The Weeders" 
Downingtown, Chester Co., Penna. 
February 13, 1920 
My Dear Mrs. Brewster, 
In connection with your note to Miss Jekyll's article in the Jan- 
uary Bulletin concerning wallflowers, in which you state that they 
can only be used for Autumn effects, and ask for suggestions as to a 
plant of similar form to use in their place, I am enclosing a brief 
account of my way of having wallflowers blooming in my beds in the 
spring which I think is not too troublesome for anyone who really 
cares for them. It took me several years to work it out, although it 
sounds simple, and it may save time for somebody else. 
Mary M. H. La Boiteaux 
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