THE YELLO 
j_NOV.DEC,, 1943—-Laura D. “ple, Gandia 

No. 
Vol . we 
‘The weather reports show the season 
of 1945 to have been the wettest since 
-1892, and it is possible that that rec- 
ord may have been reached before 
the New Year. ‘The continued rains 
have made fall gardens almost an im- 
possibility’ in many places. My gar- 
den has been too wet to work much 
of the time; and until my son's return, 
‘the danger from breachy stock was so 
great that planting a fall garden in 
the open was hardly worth while. 
But breachy stock paid little atten- 
tion to plants on the stand, and last 
winter | kept two old women pretty 
well supplied with fresh lettuce from 
successive plantings in leaky slop iars. 
This season I am planning more salad 
stuff—lettuce and green onions. Did 
you ever try perennial onions as pot 
plants? Last fall I] received about a 
dozen plants from Mrs. B. A. Asmus, 
one of our advertisers. These were 
planted in half-gallon oil cans res- 
cued from dump heaps, and made 
good growth through the winter, giv- 
ing us a few treats. When spring 
came they were set in the open about 
12 inches apart. Made fine growth 
the main bulb dividing into several, 
and big clumps of small sets- forming 
on top of tall bloom stalks. 
Recently I filled a leaky preserving 
kettle about two-thirds full of leaf 
mat from the woods, and filled up to 
near the top with rich soil, adding a 
liberal dash of a mixture of Lime, Su- 
perphosphate and Vigoio, and then 
planted the tiny sets rather thickly and 
-set on one of the stands. They are 
growing rapidly and I think can stand 
thinning before Christmas. In se- 
vere climates they should probabiy 

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stand on Ey heey porch. 
During my visit to fexarkana last 
June, my hostess, Mrs. J. D. Cook, gave 
me a number of fall-blooming Crocus. 
The green leaves were then several 
inches tall. Not having ground ready, 
I had to plant them in cans. Natur- 
ally I did not expect bleom this year, 
but that proved a delightful mistake. 
They are blooming as nicely as though 
never moved. The big wit:ite blooms 
are quite showy and the long stems 
make them good cut flowers, though 
not as long lasting as sume. I think 
they would serve better planted in 
decorative pots with sume other plant 
having decorative folisge and used 
for decoration without cutting. The 
bulbs are so small that they can well 
share the same pot with another plant, 
and their foliage is very neat. One 
of my neighbors admired them so 
much that she swapped me a rooted 
Poinsettia for one blooming bulb. This 
Crocus is hardy. 
RE CORR TERED FLEE TEER TREES CURES Nee 
PARTRIDGE BERRY  (Michella 
repens). Hardy evergreen, ground 
cover. Needs acid soil, deep shade in 
the south, berries edible, ideal for ter- 
reniums. 
RED TRADESCANTIA, | so-called 
from cold weather coloring of the 
leaves. Color of blossoms seems to 
depend upon the nature of the soil 
and amount of the sun. One of the 
spider worts. Hardy perennial. 
GREEN BRIAR, vine stickery; me- 
dicinal vine, with rather attractive fo- 
liage and yellow flowers ir early sum- 
mer. 
VIRGINIA CREEPER, native vine; 
good cover for buildings, takes bril- 
liant autumn coloring. 
