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The Garden Magazine, November, 1923 
INSPIRED BY NATIONAL GARDEN WEEK 
Zinnias, Cornflowers, and Giant African Marigolds literally by hundreds along the driveway of this Tennessee home, and around the 
porch abundant bloom of the Rosy Morn Petunia bordered with blue Ageratum-—all planted in May and June by Mrs. H. W. Rey¬ 
nolds who writes us from Bristol that she “took a special interest in this planting because of National Garden Week, hoping that an 
object lesson would do more for this town than all of the talk and written articles.” (See letter below) 
A Japanese Wisteria Completely at Home in Texas 
To the Editors of The Garden Magazine: 
| WANT to tell you of my ever-blooming Wisteria and what it has 
1 accomplished in its five years of age. In 1917 a friend gave me a 
slip and when I got home and left my car I picked up a trowel and dug a 
shallow hole bv the rear garage door, putting in the slip and forgetting 
all about it as I was extremely busy at the time. 
It made no growth that year but remained alive and plump. In 
March of 1918 I noticed some green shoots starting and marveled at 
it’s “grit.” However a dog bit all these off when they had grown four 
feet long and 1 gave it up for lost as I knew this was a death blow to 
most plants. In a month, however, I saw more brave shoots coming 
and determined these should have their chance to grow. A frame was 
put around it and also fertilizer dug in. The shoots reached the roof 
by autumn—some seven fine stems. 
In the summer of 1919 I had a pergola made for it adjoining the 
east side of the garage. This measured 12 x 30 feet. My friends 
laughed and said 1 would have to plant other vines to cover it. By 
watching and guiding the very slender growth (you know the Ever- 
blooming is nothing if not dainty) the entire netting covered pergola 
(netting laid over the uprights) was thinly covered by November. 
There were two four-foot swings under it and also a table for im¬ 
promptu teas. Grass was kept fresh and green. In 1921 I had an 
extension built to the pergola, making it now 30 x 60 feet and covering 
the entrances to rear door of garage, storehouse and washhouse. I also 
added another four-foot swing and some chairs, making this a very 
pretty part of the lawn. A row of American Red Cross Cannas border 
the side of the garage and add their flaming color to the charming 
scene. Afternoon guests rarely get farther than this spot. What 1 
shall do with the encroaching vines 1 do not know. Come to see me 
and get a generous supply of this most marvelous vine (to my knowl¬ 
edge) for its age. 
A picture can but faintly portray the beauty of the lilac-colored 
blossoms that lap over themselves in such riotous profusion and can 
give no idea whatever of the delightful fragrance that is scattered far 
and wide. Nothing about the Ever-blooming gets coarse like its Chin¬ 
ese sister variety; and as it leaves out before it blossoms, the vine 
presents a more graceful appearance, although the length of blossom 
stem is shorter. It will also bloom several times during the season, 
though never many clusters at a time as at first blooming.— (Mrs.) 
John Clarkson Darnell, Katy, Texas. 
—Unfortunately the photograph of this ambitious vine sent us by Mrs. 
Darnell was not sufficiently sharp to,reproduce successfully and so our 
readers must be deprived of a glimpse of its stupendous activity in 
covering so many feet of pergola in so short a time. See also page 103 
of the October G. M. for Mr. Wilson’s account of a similarly amazing 
Wisteria seen in Japan.— Ed. 
Chrysanthemums in North Carolina 
To the Editors of The Garden Magazine: 
O STATE it very mildly, I have become quite enthusiastic over the 
Hardy or Garden Chrysanthemums, especially the singles. From a 
start with a single white one, I now have seventy-five or more varieties. 
At this date (August 25th) Kitty Riches, a single pink from Chas. H. 
Totty, is in full flower and has been since the 18th. Is this not unusu¬ 
ally early, even for North Carolina?—R. O. Gapen, Reidsville, N. C. 
National Garden Week in Eastern Tennessee 
To the Editors of The Garden Magazine: 
S SO few Southern gardens have been depicted in the magazine, 
perhaps you will be interested in this picture of mine. My gar¬ 
den was planted in May and June, all of the plants were grown by my¬ 
self and as the place was new and we had just moved in on May first, 
the ground was hard clay and full of rocks. The parkway I had 
ploughed and planted in Zinnias, literally hundreds of them, using at 
one end Ragged-robins or blue Cornflowers with the Giant African 
Marigolds. People from everywhere 'rode by to see. Around the 
porch I used the Rosy Morn Petunia with a border of blue Ageratum. 
1 thought the whole was remarkable for the first summer, showing what 
can be accomplished in eastern Tennessee with old-fashioned flowers at 
small expense. 
I took a special interest in this planting because of National Garden 
Week, hoping that an object lesson would do more for this town than 
all of the talk and written articles. I have given away plants, Zinnias, 
etc., by the hundreds and hear favorable remarks about plans for next 
year.— Mrs. H. W. Reynolds, Bristol, Term. 
