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Ruralisms 
Flowering Vines for Porch 
(Jurs is an old-fashioned, low-postod 
house. We have lately added a porch, 
facing the south. We need more shade iu 
Summer. What would be the most satis¬ 
factory climber to set out for shade in 
Summer? Would a Wistaria be practi¬ 
cal? I would prefer a vine that blos¬ 
soms. T. E. w. 
Brunswick, Me. 
Wistaria would be beautiful, but is 
not usually rapid in growth at first, so 
it would not provide immediate shade. 
When well started, it is a rampant 
grower, making a dense shade, if the soil 
conditions are congenial. It would be 
well to provide some trellis or support 
that would relieve strain on the wood¬ 
work of the porch, for a heavy old Wis¬ 
taria sometimes wrenches woodwork 
apart. In planting it should have a deep 
rich soil, and if, as often happens, sub¬ 
soil has been used to grade around the 
porch, a place should be dug out and 
filled with rich soil, to give the vine a 
start. Hall’s Japan honeysuckle is an¬ 
other very good vine for sucll a location, 
and is quite rapid in growth. The little 
Clematis puuieulata. which is a sheet of 
fragrant white flowers, small in size, in 
August and September, is another excel- 
Jractive when out cf bloom. 'As its na¬ 
tive home is the Caucasus region, we 
might with propriety call it the Cau¬ 
casian peony, but we think the term 
fern-leaved or cut-leaved will continue 
popular. 
Earthworms in Flower Pots 
I take great pride in keeping a few 
ferns at home and have had them some 
time; but occasionally they will fall back. 
Then, seeking the cause, it often appears 
that the fern has a worm. Is there any 
way that these worms can be brought to 
surface of soil, so (hat they can be re¬ 
moved without injuring the plant? When 
looking for these worms we always dug 
out the soil carefully and picked them out, 
but this always sets a plant back some. 
East Orange, N. J. mbs. r. 
Earthworms in pots containing house 
plants are an unsightly nuisance, and 
their continual passage through a small 
body of soil induces a pasty consistency, 
often quite detrimental to the plant. They 
can be brought to the surface by watering 
Avith lime water, and then removed. They 
usually get into the pots while the plants 
are outside in the Summer, and for this 
reason potted plants should not be set 
This picture shows a specimen of the Star apple cut through the center so as to 
show the characteristic shape of the core, from which the name of the variety is 
taken. It is an early variety, useful chiefly for cooking, and not recommended for 
general planting. 
lent vine for the porch. This would die 
down in Winter, giving the bouetit of 
sunlight at that season, but grows rapidly 
and vigorously in Summer. We infer 
that your Winters are quite severe. The 
Japanese Wistaria, W. floribunda, is 
hardier tbau the Chinese, iW. sinensis, 
but the horticulturist at your State Ex¬ 
periment Station, Orono, would be able 
to advise ns to relative hardiness of 
flowering vines. 
The Fern-leaved Peony 
l.ate last May I observed in a neigh¬ 
bor’s garden a plant with the habit and 
flower of a peony and toliage exactly that 
of the Cosmos, the color of the double 
bloom being a dazzling crimson-red. In¬ 
quiry of the neighbor as to the name of 
this (to me) very strange perennial, for 
such he informed me it was, failed to re¬ 
veal its identity, he being as much at sea 
in that respect as myself. I notice in 
the Flower drover for August an item 
briefly describing the moss peony (Pmotiia 
tenuifolia) a native of Russia, introduced 
in 1705. The item further stares it is 
also known as the fern-leaved peony, and 
that there is a double-flowered form 
known as Tenuifolia Flore Plena. In 
consulting peony catalogues I flml P. 
tenuifolia flore plena, the fern-leaved 
peony, described as follows: "Dazzling 
crimson-red, with very double flowers, 
lias finely cut foliage like a fern." First 
part of this description fits perfectly, but 
I should not say the foliage on the plant 
in my neighbor’s yard in any way resem¬ 
bles that of any fern I ever saw . What 
is the correct name of the "peony" l dis¬ 
covered in my neighbor’s yard? 
Omaha, Neb. j. K. b. 
The plant you describe is Pa'onia 
tenuifolia flora plena, a very beautiful 
old peony. The varietal name tenuifolia 
means thin-leaved or tine-leaved: if a 
botanist wished to call if fern-leaved he 
would probably name it tilicifolia. The 
finely cut foliage of this peony is not at 
all fern-like, but people like simple names 
for plants, even if not really accurate. 
This is a very hardy peony, with hand¬ 
some (lowers of dazzling eolor. and both 
the single and double form- are worthy 
of a place in the garden. The foliage is 
very ornamental, making the plant at- 
clirectly on the ground. If stood on 
flower-pot saucers there is no opportunity 
for the worms to enter the drainage hole, 
while if the pots are (o be plunged in the 
ground, to prevent drying out, a thick 
layer of coal ashes under them will pre¬ 
vent the entrance of worms, without in¬ 
terfering with drainage. 
English Ivy in Exposed Place 
Is it possible to make English ivy 
thrive where fully exposed to the sun dur¬ 
ing the entire day? Early last Summer I 
planted some ivy on my cemetery plot in 
a very exposed location. The natural 
soil is an almost pure sand. Top soil 
was added, but the soil is still very light. 
The ivy is alive and looks healthy enough 
in a way, but all the leaves are small and 
the new oues are very light of color. On 
the same plot, and under similar condi¬ 
tions crab grass is very troublesome. 
Trenton, N. .T. A. G. N. 
English ivy grows best in a moist, rich 
soil, and shady location. Light soil and 
an exposed situation would be very un¬ 
congenial to it, and we should not expect 
it to do Avell under the conditions you de¬ 
scribe, It is often killed out in ceme¬ 
teries, or badly affected by sunscald. dur¬ 
ing severe Winters, and protection is 
often needed. 
Ou an exposed cemetery plot, Avith 
sandy soil, the little Memorial rose. Rosa 
Wicnuraiann, would be preferable to Eng¬ 
lish ivy. lr makes a thick mat of foliage, 
naturally trailing in habit, in its season 
a mass of single white flowers. The peri¬ 
winkle, or trailing myrtle. Vinca minor, 
will also do Avell in such a place. While 
the rose is bare of foliage in midwinter, 
it is no more unsightly than browned ivy. 
The myrtle is an attractive evergreen at 
all times. 
Crab grass is usually troublesome in 
such a place, and must be hoed or pulled 
out. If the Memorial rose covers the 
ground it Avill smother any Aveed. 
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