April, 1920 
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American Rose Society. 

REGISTRATION OF NEW ROSES. 
The following Rose has been offered 
for registration and accepted by the 
Rose registration committee of the 
American Rose Society. Unless ob- 
jections are received by the Secretary 
within three weeks of this publication 
the registration will become perma- 
nent. 
Name— Silver Star. 
Class — Hybrid Wichuriana. 
Parentage— Silver Moon x Marie 
Van Houtte. 
Description— Habit of growth, 
bushy, but with a climbing tendency ; 
foliage, similar to Silver Moon ; very 
vigorous, hardy and disease resistant ; 
flower, large, semi-double, cream white 
with a mass of golden yellow stamens, 
quite fragrant ; bud, pointed yellow ; 
twenty-two petals ; an ever blooming 
Rose with excellent lasting qualities ; 
flowers until October. 
Introducer— Frederick R. M. Un- 
dritz. 
Frederick R. M. Undritz, West New 
Brighton, S. I., N. Y., has requested 
permission of the Executive Commit- 
tee of the American Rose Society to 
change the name of the variety of 
Rose registered by him August 23, 
1917, as Frederick R. M. Undritz to 
General John Pershing. Inasmuch as 
this Rose has not yet been dissemi- 
nated, the Executive committee of the 
American Rose Society voted to allow 
this change of name. Unless objec- 
tions are received in the office of the 
Secretary of the Society within three 
weeks of this publication, the registra- 
tion will, become permanent. 
General John Pershing. H. W. Dr. 
W. Van Fleet x Mrs. W. J. Grant (Belle 
Siebrecht). Climber; foliage same as 
Dr. W. Van Fleet ; very vigorous, per- 
1 j fectly hardy ; flower double, 4 inches 
a in diameter, dark pink, center project- 
ing, medium long, quite fragrant ; bud 
pointed and firm ; fifty-three petals, 
; curved, stiff, center close ; blooms pro- 
" ; fusely in June ; may bloom later ; last- 
? ing quality, on bush five or six days. 
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The Perennial Pea. 
The Perennial Pea is a very useful 
flower, being a very persistent grower 
and fine as a cut flower. Some call it 
the Everlasting Pea. 
There are two well known varieties ; 
though the typical color is a Rose pink, 
there is a pearl white variety. In some 
cases it has been found necessary to 
plant both these varieties together to 
secure a good setting of seed. 
The Perennial Pea, Lathyrus lati- 
folius, is overshadowed in popularity 
by the ordinary garden Pea or Sweet 
Pea, but it possesses good qualities 
which are not found in its more showy 
relative. The fact that it is perfectly 
hardy and not at all particular as to 
kind of soil makes it exceptionally 
valuable. It is important, however, 
that the soil should be perfectly sweet, 
and a well-limed soil is an advantage. 
The Perennial Pea, while a climber, 
does not attain to great height. In a 
well fertilized soil it will grow to a 
height of five or six feet. If the 
blooms are kept cut it will bloom for a 
long period and it makes a very at- 
tractive appearance. Lacking the fra- 
grance and variety of coloring of the 
Sweet Pea it will never attain the popu- 
larity of the Sweet Pea, but it is a 
flower which no hardy garden is com- 
plete without. 
The Hardy Chrysanthemum. 
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The hardy Chrysanthemum is des- 
tined to become the third greatest per- 
ennial. This claim would already have 
been universally acknowledged if 
dealers had tested thoroughly all the va- 
rieties that have been introduced during 
the past fifteen years. As the situation 
is today, I dare say that only one 
variety out of a dozen in some cata- 
logues is worth while. The remaining 
other eleven are not hardy, bloom too 
late, are weak growers, shy bloomers, 
or have flowers of poor colors. 
A case in point is that of one variety 
that has been lauded to the skies, 
Lillian Doty. This variety is hardy; 
but in other respects it has not much 
excuse for being. It blooms too late 
for most sections of the country, is such 
a rank grower that it sprawls “all over 
creation” and yields only a few perfect 
flowers. Only the terminal blossom on 
each stem is perfect and this one, I 
must admit, is really a beauty. But is 
such a variety worth growing? Grant- 
ed that a three year plant would have 
a dozen stems, it would mean that you 
would only get a dozen blooms. In ad- 
dition you must take a chance on its 
blooming before freezing weather, for 
if the Autumn weather should be ex- 
ceptionally cool and cloudy, this sort 
would not get far enough advanced to 
open its flowers. 
I could go on to illustrate and point 
out the failings of any number of 
varieties that clutter up quite a number 
of catalogues; but time and space for- 
bid. I feel that I am qualified to make 
such strong statements and assertions, 
for the reason that I can take friendly 
issue with any firm in the land, in say- 
ing that no one has so systematically 
tested out so many varieties as I have 
done. 
H. W. Groschner. 
Meadow-Sage for the Border. 
There are few fall flowers for the hardy 
perennial border which furnish just the 
lovely shade of blue now so popular, the 
blue which is seen in the Ageratum and in 
some varieties of Delphinium. There is a 
most charming variety of Salvia or Meadow- 
sage growing wild, quite commonly in our 
section of the state, which I have utilized 
successfully as a hardy perennial, in my 
garden. 
The blossom differs from the scarlet Salvia 
in color, only, being a delightful porcelain 
blue. 
The plant is found growing along the up- 
land edges of marshes or on wooded river- 
banks, and although it seems naturally to 
prefer a moist situation, it does well in the 
garden, blooming profusely during August 
and September. This pretty addition to the 
garden may be transplanted while in bloom 
if a generous amount of soil is taken with 
the roots, the flowers removed, and the 
plant kept well watered and shaded for a 
few days.— (Mrs. William Habermann in 
Wisconsin Horticulture.) 
The Glad Philosopher’s 
Musings. 
Josh Billings said, “ when we lose 
our health, then we begin to take care 
of it.” Isn’t it the truth ? And just so 
with our plants ; not until they begin 
to get sickly do we usually bestow 
much care on them. The old saying, 
“ An ounce of prevention is worth a 
pound of cure,” has always held good 
and always will ; so, as the preacher 
says, “ Let us spray.” 
Look here, you plant wizards. Get 
busy and give us a perennial Gladiolus 
that will not have to be taken up every 
fall and replanted every spring. “Why 
don’t you produce it yourself?” say 
you? Well, I am not a plant wizard. 
Some flowers are like some people ; 
they can’t stand prosperity. If given 
too rich soil, some flowers, the Nas- 
turtium, for instance, will make a 
rank growth of vine and foliage, with 
little bloom. 
Nature resents over-stimulation. 
Once, in conversation with an experi- 
enced horticulturist, I asked his advice 
about using nitrate of soda as a ma- 
nure for Roses. He advised, “ Go slow 
with that stuff and use it sparingly ; 
it’s a powerful stimulant— we call it 
‘ plant whiskey,’ as it seems to affect 
plants much 'like booze does a man.” 
Ever since then I have been careful to 
use it temperately. You understand, 
of course, I am talking about nitrate 
of soda. 
“ I did not have time,” is a common 
excuse with some people. Often it 
would be better said if expressed, “ I 
did not take time,” for usually the per- 
son who did not have time to perform 
the important task used up more time 
in doing some less important thing. 
When I was a boy I did not always 
have time to weed the garden or hoe 
the beans, but I usually had time to 
go in swimming or go fishing. 
If you should happen to overhear 
one Gladiolus grower tell another that 
he has “just cleaned up several thou- 
sand,” remember, he may not have 
meant dollars, he probably referred to 
the big job just completed of remov- 
ing the old corms, dirt and roots from 
his bulbs. 
The Glad Philosopher. 
