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THE YELLOW. SHEETS 
Laura D.. Cole 
Grannis, 
"Ark; Editor 

In spite of excessive rainfall, early 
gardens are truly early this year. Nor- 
mally, by early April, a variety of 
salad plants are ready, Peas and Beans 
come in May, while the tender stuff 
frequently begin in June. 
I spoke too soon when | wrote that 
the baby seedlings of the Kalanchoes 
were only slightly hurt. Almost with- 
out exception they pindled away and 
died. Mother plants left, but-no young- 
sters for several months yet. 
Houstonias and Viola refinesque 
done for this year. Best to order them 
in late February and early March, and 
carry as house plants until ready to set 
them in permanent place. Spring Beau- 
ties, still blooming but will not last 
much longer. This is one plant which 
can hold its own with Bermuda. The 
corn was used by the Quapaw Indians 
as food, roasted as we do peanuts. Iris 
cristatas in bloom. Surprising how 
quickly they bloom after the leaves 
start growing. 
We have a tiny dwarf Iris in bloom 
in an old gallon lard bucket. Definitely 
not a cristata but no bigger; pale yel- 
low blooms down among the leaves. 
Would be good as a border plant, or 
in pots. | have only the one plant. 
Think it is named Philemon. 
An elderly German couple lived for 
years near Wickes, Ark., our former 
home. I learned much from them. 
They had a Rose Garden divided into 
beds; and the beds were edged with 
Strawberry plants. The effect was both 
interesting and ornamental and enough 
berries resulted to supply their need. 
of Roses, my friend, 
Mrs. Spring, has a bush that is worth 
talking about. In 1840 a family by the 
name of Poe moved from South Caro- 
lina to Arkansas. Mrs. Poe brought 
with her a young Rose start taken from 
a very old bush at her old home. In 
1850, a neighbor living across the road 
was given a start of this Rose. Both 
farms are now a part of Grannis. The 
old bush was grubbed out as being 
“too old fashioned,’’ but the one set 
in Mrs. Spring’s yard is still thriving 
after nearly one hundred years. An 
aged daughter-in-law of the original 
Mrs. Poe is still living—across the 
street from Mrs. Spring, and of course 
has first hand knowledge of the bush. 
And speaking 
It is a pillar Rose, double, creamy 
white, and a profuse bloomer in its 
season. May is our regular month of 
Roses, but this one is in full bud now, 
and some opening. Earlier than the 
Ramblers, which are now in full bud 
but not showing color. 
I think this Rose is the old French 
Felicite de Perpetuite. We know from 
histories, thatvafter the Revocation of 
the Edict of Nantes, that many of the 
Huegenot families, some of my ances- 
tors among them, fled to South Caro- 
lina from the ensuing persecution. Ex- 
cess baggage cannot be carried under 
such circumstances, but a number of 
the ladies took cuttings of Roses and 
Lilacs and wore them as hairpins, until 
safely on shipboard. A bush that was 
very old in 1840 might well have been 
a daughter of one of the original hair- 
pins. 
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