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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
pass without flowers, even in the worst 
cold, is the dainty “Daily Pink” or 
“Christmas Rose.” The upright honey¬ 
suckle—Lonicera fragrantissima—is a 
modest shrub whose highly-scented 
flowers were not checked in the least by 
the big freeze. English violets also 
were faithful in that dark hour. 
Unfortunately many people do not 
know which are hardy plants, nor which 
will bloom in winter. I have always 
found it very difficult to learn if any 
proposed addition to the garden has these 
important qualities. Usually there are 
ample descriptions of the growth and 
blossoms, but no mention of when they 
may be expected. In the hope that it 
may be a guide to someone who would 
need just such a thing, I have prepared 
a list of ornamentals suitable for winter 
effects. The trees, shrubs, and vines 
are each divided into four classes. First, 
those which are hardy, evergreen, and 
winter-blooming or bearing decorative 
fruit; second, those which are evergreen 
but not winter-blooming; third, those 
which are winter-blooming or of con¬ 
spicuous foliage but tender, although 
not easily killed, recovering quickly if 
injured by frost; fourth, deciduous and 
hardy, but winter-blooming. This last 
class, so generally neglected, can be 
very useful where sunlight is needed 
during the winter, and shade in sum¬ 
mer. There is also a list of hardy palms 
and cycads; another list of permanent 
bedding plants, perennials, bulbs, and 
scenic plants, many of which do well in 
partial shade; and a list of annuals, 
which, though more or less tender, will 
give a wealth of bloom during the aver¬ 
age winter with a little care. The seeds 
should be planted in early October 
where they are to grow. Nasturtiums 
will bloom all winter with slight pro¬ 
tection on frosty nights. The large 
apron I wore at the art students’ league 
has' helped more in saving nasturtiums 
than in painting masterpieces. October 
is also the time for sowing Italian rye 
grass on the lawn. Although not per¬ 
manent nor sufficiently tough to with¬ 
stand hard wear, it will make a bril¬ 
liantly green lawn all winter if given 
water and a little fertilizer. 
There is not space for me to give 
even short descriptions of the plants in 
these lists. Many are too well known 
to need explanation, and most of those 
less familiar can be found in articles 
appearing in previous records of the 
society. Of these I will mention par¬ 
ticularly a paper by Mr. George A. 
Purdy in 1905; another by Mr. Schna¬ 
bel in 1913 on vines; and four papers 
by Mr. Nehrling, the first in 1908 on 
bulbous and tuberous-rooted plants, one 
the following year on palms; another 
in 1910 on Chinese and Japanese ever¬ 
greens, and the last in 1912 on bam¬ 
boos. 
Attractive homes should not be the 
exception, but the rule; for everyone in 
a community should take pride in the 
beauty of the place and feel it his priv¬ 
ilege to do what he can to make it more 
lovely, even if that little is merely to let 
the roadside flowers bloom unmolested. 
A little child should be taught never to 
pick other people’s flowers, and when 
he picks his own to gather them from 
the backside of the bushes, where they 
