THE YELLOW SHEETS 
than the common Yucca, upright; 
dainty white at first, now changing to 
a greenish pink little bangles. Very 
ornamental. I have not cut any of the 
leaves yet. Waiting for the seeds to 
ripen. 

My hardy Cacti have had me wor- 
ried. No way to protect.them from our 
excessive winter rains. So many of the 
pads turned black and shrivelled. Did 
really lose a number. Was afraid that 
they were diseased and I would have 
to burn the lot. Did cut off a lot of the 
blackened pads and burned them. Re- 
maining parts putting out vigorous new 
growth. 
Have had. rather a peculiar experi- 

ence trying to get a start of Partridge 
Cochin baby chicks. My friend, Mrs. 
Hetzler, sent me a catalogue of a 
northern hatchery handling that rare 
breed. Prices for eggs and breeding 
stock were given but not chicks. I 
wrote asking if they could send me 25 
day-old chicks of that breed, and at 
what price. No answer but about a 
month later they sent me their cata- 
logue. I repeated my request, but still 
no answer. Now I am skittish about 
dealing with such methods. Will be 
glad to hear of some other hatchery 
which can supply day-old Partridge 
Cochin chicks. 
ae 
HARDY ROCK GARDEN PLANTS 
HARDY SEDUMS. All Sedums I 
call hardy can survive 15 below zero 
without protection. Some of them are 
hardy in the sub-Arctic. Most are fine 
for rock garden plants. Last year my 
Sempervivums made almost no_ in- 
crease. This year most are “hatching” 

chicks, and when my backlog of orders 
left from last year are filled, | hope to 
have a number of varieties of hardy 
Semps to offer. There is a rock garden 
plant par excellence. Most of the dwarf 
plants listed under other heads, and 
many of the wildlings, are also good 
for rock gardens. 
I have wholesale quaniities of the 
following Sedums: Sarmentosum, 
hardy to subarctic, pendant effect. 
One sent me Glaucum, much like al- 
bum, but different flowers and winter 
coloring; Album white flowers; ever- 
green with us, an alhum hybrid has 
never bloomed for me, color of foliage 
slightly different, a grey green one 
which I[ think is altissurn, good in rock 
garden, dish garden or as a pot plant; 
Acre and Sexanfulare much alike but 
different, both dwarf and good ground 
cover for clayey spots; Maximoiczi, 
little known in U.S.A.—two varieties 
which are in dispute among the botan- 
ists who have seen them. The dealer 
from whom | bought them identified 
them as the rare pink-flowered Sto- 
loneferum, and No. 28 as Stolonefe- 
rum coccinea; and the faculty of our 
State Experiment Station at Hope, 
Ark., agrees with him. Other botan- 
ists just as well posted say that both 
are unusual Spurium hybrids. 
Have from one to a dozen plants 
of other varieties. Will trade, plant for 
plant, any Sedum listed for starts of 
red or purple. Have had both and put 
them out in the yard where Bermuda 
grass killed them. 
Any Sedum listed, labeled to the 
best of my knowledge, 5c. 
Seven well-rooted, small clumps, all 
different, labeled to the best of my 
knowledge, 25c, postpaid. 
wai Slee 
