

THE YELLOW 
Laura D,.,. 
Vol. 2, No. 3. March-April, 1946 

In spite of the weather, the flood of 
Christmas greetings and best wishes 
which came to me after copy for 
last issue had been sent out, made 
this past Christmas a very happy one 
for me. Am not physically able to 
answer each one personally, rheuma- 
tismm and the after affects of my series 
of falls sharply limit my writing, but 
one and all, | thank you. 
Usually our winter does not begin 
until last week of December, but this 
time, our coldest spell of the winter 
came in mid-December. We have ap- 
plied for Butane gas for heating, but 
must wait until the politicians and 
racketeers permit delivery of the 
needed underground tanks. In _ the 
meantime, we have to depend upon 
wood and that night, the wood stove 
was not good enough. 
My loss from the blizzard was 
heavy, mainly in young stock of ship- 
ping size. Over ninety percent of my 
Chinese Temples, (Kalanchoe daiger- 
montiana) of shipping age were killed 
outright; same true of the Frog Leg 
Cactus (Kalanchoe tubiflora), but 
curiously, the mother plants of both, 
and the baby seedlings, less than an 
inch tall, were only slightly hurt. 
Jade Plant (Crassula arborescens). 
and Reurnia beguinea both killed out- 
right. Heurnia schneedrania hurt but 
may live. Both kinds of Pedilanthus 
the green leaf (Red Bird Cactus) and 
the variegated lost all their leaves. 
Tops of some killed, but I think most 
will put up later. Cannot sell any yet, 
since leaves put out, am not sure 
which is which, 


e, Grannis, Ark., Editor 
Elephant Bush (Portulacaria afra) 
lost all its leaves but does not seem to 
be killed Young leaves beginning to 
show. Kalanchoe fedschenkoi has me 
puzzled. Blooms on all nipped. Some 
lost their leaves and some did not. | 
cannot see what made the difference. 
Those that kept their leaves now in 
full bud. 
1 did have three varieties of Sans- 
evera, the common, the dwarf and the 
gold banded. Not sure | have any now. 
Time will tell. Last summer I bought a 
young plant of the red bordered Sans- 
evera. Paid 50c for plant and 6c post- 
age. Plant was little more than a knob 
from the root. Under same care as the 
other kinds, it promptly died. I am not 
enthusiastic over that deal. 
Before this issue reaches the read- 
ers, a number of native plants desir- 
able for cultivation, will be available. 
Viola rafinesque, the tiniest Viola of 
my acquaintance, is already up. Good 
in rock and dish gardens. Tiny, pale 
blue, Pansy-like, blooms in February 
and March. Makes seeds and then be- 
comes dormant until next late winter. 
Well deserves more recognition. 
Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica) 
responds to protections from tramping, 
surprisingly. Found along roadsides 
where cattle trample it daily. Tuck it 
away somewhere it will be in peace (no 
cultivation needed) and the leaves will 
make a mat a foot across. Two bloom 
stalk and five blooms is heavy in the 
wild. One corm in a No. 3 can ona 
shelf back of the hen house has given 
me sixteen bloom stalk and nearly two 
hundred blooms in one season. 
