HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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August, 1910 
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ly killed it, and similarly my flourishing 
colony of Mandrake ( Podophyllum pelta- 
tum), met its death. 
The Closed Blue Gentian ( Gentiana 
Andrewsii) , I am glad to number among 
my successful experiments in the border. 
The lovelier blue Fringed Gentian (G. 
crinata ), I sometimes bring home when it 
is budded and let it blossom in the gar¬ 
den, which it does willingly enough. It 
is easily raised from seed sown indoors 
in pans, but that sort of gardening illy 
accords with my restricted leisure. The 
Cardinal Flower ( Lobelia cardinalis ) 
thrives for me in an ordinary sunny bor¬ 
der. It does better in a fairly moist place, 
however, and certainly never looks so 
well as in surroundings approximating 
the wild. Close by the Cardinal Flower 
thrives equally well a handsome blue 
member of the mint family ( Salvia ly- 
rata ), that I pulled up on a Virginia 
roadside. Coltsfoot ( Tussilago farfara), 
that I found running wild in a great city, 
and Arnica from Nantucket, are neigh¬ 
bors that take quite as kindly to their new 
quarters. 
Flat failures must inevitably figure in 
a field of gardening that perhaps never 
ought to be regarded as successful — one 
might even say allowable — when it over¬ 
steps the bounds of naturalization. Or¬ 
chids I count as failures, because I have 
not had the time to give them the con¬ 
ditions without which it is not only use¬ 
less, but cruel, to bring the plants home. 
I have tried half a dozen kinds, all with 
the same result; only the Yellow Lady’s 
Slipper ( Cypripedium pubescens ) endur¬ 
ing much over a year. Last January I 
found in the Bahamas, in the pine barrens 
of New Providence, Bletia verecunda, 
the first of all exotic orchids to be intro¬ 
duced into England, and cultivated by 
Collinson so long ago as 1731. Though 
I knew that I should have to pot them, 
I ran the risk of digging — again with 
that penknife — a few of the bulbs. Doubt¬ 
less this purple orchid will be another 
failure, but I have minimized my per¬ 
sonal responsibility by dividing up my 
spoils with others who have better facili¬ 
ties. The Trailing Arbutus ( Epigaea 
repens), I must also count among my 
failures — which have not been over-num¬ 
erous, probably because I was early 
taught the proper care of growing things 
of all kinds. 
My experience, as a whole, has been 
that while it is always best to reproduce 
natural surroundings, as well as soil con¬ 
ditions, as nearly as possible when bring¬ 
ing home wild plants, there is an aston¬ 
ishing number of them that will adapt 
themselves to what would seem, on first 
thought, really adverse circumstances. 
Which is not to be wondered at, inas¬ 
much as many of the commoner culti¬ 
vated perennials are growing wild in 
some parts of this country. Obviously, 
wild plants should not be rooted up indis¬ 
criminately; the best plan is never to 
take more than one specimen where there 
is not an abundance. 
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