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The Garden Magazine, February, 1924 
A LAMP POST TO MATCH 
Even the most utilitarian objects can 
become decorative features instead of 
merely necessary adjuncts if treated 
with a bit of imagination. A good 
type of post (cypress, stained brown) 
for individual or community use de¬ 
signed by William Pitkin, Jr., Land¬ 
scape Architect, and Clement R 
Newkirk, Architect, to harmonize 
with the home (shown at right) in 
English cottage style of Mr. Richard 
U. Sherman at Utica, N. Y. 
The “Rosy-fingered” Double Flow¬ 
ering Plum Withstands Dakota Cold 
To the Editors of The Garden Magazine : 
S OME time ago a writer in your col¬ 
umns recommended Prunus tomen- 
tosa as a flowering shrub that would 
prove hardy for the northern high plains 
and far into Saskatchewan and Alberta. 
However, Prunus tomentosa seems to be 
very difficult to obtain, and I wish to 
bring to the attention of your readers 
in this territory a worthy substitute in 
the form of Prunus triloba, or Double 
Flowering Plum. The latter beautifies 
the springtime in Riverside Park in 
Minot, North Dakota, and I have a fine 
specimen in an exposed situation on my 
grounds six miles from the Saskatchewan 
TAINTED 
V'ERM'l'ON 
VERMILION 
a 
CHAMFER 
border and close to the Montana line; so it is apparently hardy as far north and 
west as one cares to go. 
It is really a lovely shrub. The branches are literally wreathed, before the 
leaves appear, with double rosy blossoms. Seen against a background of green grass 
the effect is charming, and I know of nothing else that so well deserves the Homeric 
epithet of “rosy-fingered.” 
The next best thing to it, Amygdalus japonica or Flowering Almond, does not ap¬ 
pear to be very hardy north of southern Minnesota, and we in this region must forego 
the lovely Bechtel Crab, so you will make no mistake if you pass them both by and 
plant Prunus triloba instead. 
I wish to thank the Editors for the caption, “Mr. Truax. Take Notice!”, in 
the June number, and also Polly Anthos, T. A. W., and Joseph Jorgenson for their 
kind replies to my queries about the culture of Lupinus polyphyllus. 1 wish to say to 
Polly Anthos that things which are “easy” in New York may be far from easy here in 
a region of scant rainfall, high and incessant winds, and sudden and extreme variations 
in temperature. T. A. W. kindly bears me out, however. It is a fallacy that L. 
polyphyllus is a “lime hater,” for who ever saw a legume yet that did not crave lime 
or actually demand it? If yours are not doing well, give them partial shade, a rich 
limy soil, and plenty of moisture and you will succeed.—A. L. Truax, Crosby, N. Dak. 
Acknowledgment. —The photographs used to illustrate the article “Garden 
Spots in Old New Orleans” on pages 153, 154, 155, 156 of the November issue were 
made through the courtesy of Mr. Whitsell of New Orleans, an active supporter of 
the New Orleans Garden Society and prominent in local gardening activities. It is 
unfortunate that this acknowledgment should have been omitted at the time of 
publication.— Ed. 
