The Garden Magazine, July, 1923 
339 
AS ROSES CLIMB IN KANSAS 
A garden neighbor in western Kansas sends us this good news: “Climbing American Beauty is a very desirable 
Rose for this climate—this plant supplied dozens of beautiful flowers for us on Decoration Day. We have not 
yet had to take any precautions to save the foliage.” Garden of Miss Viola McColm, Bucklin, Kansas 
Making Your Own Rose Hedge 
To the Editors of The Garden Magazine: 
N THE April issue W. E. Bontrager asks about raising Hybrid 
Rugosa Roses. The method recommended to him (grafting in win¬ 
ter in the greenhouse) may be the best, but many of us have no green¬ 
house and have to experiment with other methods. On reading this 
item in the Open Column 1 thought my own experience in raising these 
desirable Roses might be some encouragement to the inquiring neigh¬ 
bor. 
1 desired a hedge of the Rugosa Roses and have acquired it by raising 
them from cuttings. The method was very simple. 1 had a trench 
dug on the line of the proposed hedge; the subsoil removed, rubbish of 
various kinds put in for drainage, then the top soil mixed with bonemeal 
and compost till I had formed a narrow bed for the distance (between 
fifty and sixty feet) which I intended to plant. This was done in the 
fall, and allowed to settle. Then the cuttings were put in eighteen 
inches apart, and each covered with a glass jar, and left' to root in the 
winter. I had set them where they were to remain to avoid transplant¬ 
ing risks in the spring. 1 also put in a number of extra jars of cuttings 
to replace those that might fail to root. Some jars were knocked off 
during my absence in the winter, but the percentage of loss was small 
•—it seemed as if nearly every one rooted. 
1 took my cuttings from Sir Thomas Lip-ton, Blanche Double de 
Coubert, Nova Zembla (white); Conrad F. Meyer, New Century (pink); 
Agnes Emily Carman (red). I had also some cuttings from a seedling 
Rugosa raised by a neighbor.—A. H. Botsford. Edgemoor, Delaware. 
Scilla Campanulafa Will Multiply 
To the Editors of The Garden Magazine: 
HE Open Column of the June number, on page 274, contains a 
statement which i interpret to mean that Scillas “do not increase 
after the manner of Tulips and Daffodils by free multiplication of the 
bulb. They must needs be raised from seed.” My bulbs of Scilla 
campanuiata, the blue Wood Hyacinth, have not only increased in size 
each year but multiplied very satisfactorily. Since the Federal quar¬ 
antine has been keeping the bulbs out, my stock of blooming bulbs has 
at least trebled by its own efforts, and I have given many away; more¬ 
over, I have numerous baby bulbs that are steadily reaching blooming 
size. As 1 knew I couldn’t get any more I have saved all the bufblets— 
even the smallest ones will produce flowers in a few years. The bulblets 
average the size of a pea, and some of them will bloom the first year, 
though of course the flower spikes are small. 1 plant them in rows in 
a seed bed, about half an inch deep and an inch apart, and set them in 
their permanent quarters the second year. This is a most attractive 
spring flower and will thrive in either dense shade or sun. In rich 
ground with sunshine part of the day it will reach a height of at least a 
foot, with bells nearly as large as a thimble. There is a white variety, 
which is not so attractive as the blue. Now that the quarantine has 
been lifted temporarily gardeners who take the opportunity to get a 
start with these bulbs can in a few years view with indifference the 
“verboten” of the Federal Horticultural Board.— Bernard H. Lane, 
Washington, D. C. 
Where Autumn Crocus Is Available 
To the Editors of The Garden Magazine: 
N A recent number some one inquired where she could obtain seed of 
certain herbs, including among them the Autumn Crocus (Col- 
chium). It seems odd to list this plant among herbs as it is bulbous. 
The bulbs can be purchased—July delivery only—from Chautauqua 
Flowerfield Co., Bern us Point, New York. 
If raising it from seed is preferred, there is one seedsman at least in the 
United States who catalogues the seed, Ralph E. Huntington, Paines- 
ville, Ohio. 
He publishes a separate list of perennial seeds, and among them quite 
a good many varieties which are not usually furnished bv American 
