Wallflower Spring hardly ever wakes all the favorites in our borders, no 
For Spring matter with what care we have tucked them away, nor how kindly 
Blooming the snow has blanketed them. For years I struggled with wallflowers, 
led on by their heavenly fragrance, and by the fact that some few of 
them stood some winters, and repaid me for the many that were lost. 
At last I have hit upon a device, simple enough for anyone who has a 
cold frame. 
I raise the plants from seed the preceding summer, sowing in 
July, transplanting twice, finally into four inch pots. These are set 
in the tall end of the cold frame late in October, the pots being sunk 
in the ground. The plants are then about ten or twelve inches high 
and have room to make a little growth and set their buds in the early 
spring. 
When the borders are ready, so are the plants, and they are really 
most useful for fiUing in the bare spots which are sure to appear here 
and there. They never fade, having had their roots undisturbed, 
and there is no doubt of their doing well. 
In much the same way I start my season for primroses about 
two weeks ahead by wintering a good many plants in the frame, but 
these do not require pots as they do not wilt easily. 
With these two helps I can make a picture in my garden very early 
in the spring, and without much danger of loss, for both wallflowers 
and primroses stand a good deal of cold. The primroses which have 
wintered out begin to bloom a little before the forced ones are over, 
and my primrose season lasts about five weeks. 
Wallflowers placed among plants of Mertensia Virginica make 
a beautiful effect. 
Mary M. H. La Boiteaux 
The following letter from one of the most enterprising of our 
smaller nurseries deserves our consideration and respect: 
February 12 th, 1920 
Rare Plants I notice what you say regarding the necessity of gardeners in this 
country now trying to raise their own choice varieties of plants. May 
I not suggest that this is just what we have been trying to do for the 
American pubHc for the past five years? We have hsted Primula 
denticulata and P. d. alba, along with thirty other varieties, for a long 
time, but I noticed Mrs. Hill states it can be obtained at theLowthorp 
School. 
I am anxious to add to our collection just as fast as possible but 
unless the American public recognizes the privilege of obtaining these 
plants without the trouble and expense of importing, it is impossible 
for us to make the list as large as we would like to do, for it is very 
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