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“method of fertilization is worth noting 
and recording. Or even for practical 
purposes the nodula- bearing plants might 
be studied, for one might be found better 
than peas for developing the much-needed 
and valuable nitrogen. 
— Our Illustrations. — 
Pink Cupid.—Like the original Cupid, 
this hails from California. It is not a 
sport from the original White Cupid, but 
an actual departure from its parent, the 
‘tall Blanche Ferry. In habit and manner 
of growth it is strictly a Cupid, spreading 
from the root, from a foot to 18 inches 
around, growing from 6 to 8 inches high, 
and shooting up stems about 6 inches 
long which bear, in full bloom at once, 
from three to four handsome blossoms, 
all borne close to the end of the stem. 
The standard of the flower is wide, and is 
a bright rose pink, while the wings are 
pure white or light pink. The wings are 
very large and finely formed. The 
substance of the blossom is peculiarly 
heavy and it will appear fresh and 
‘vigorous in a giass of water long after its 
»long-stemmed parent has withered and 
died. The seed, which is black, is of 
wonderfully strong germination, and the 
plant an early bloomer, coming into 
bloom simultaneously with White Cupid, 
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Though flowering early, it continues in 
bloom very late, bearing a profusion of 
blossoins so thickly as to completely hide 
the plant, itself. A large piece of, them, 
looks as if the ground were literally 
strewn with bright pink rose buds. It is 
also delightfully fragrant. 
Blanche Burpee.—A white seeded, pure 
white of exquisite form and immense 
size, having a bold, rigid, upright shell- 
shaped standard of great substance; it is 
a wonderfully profuse bloomer, and 
generally bears three flowers on a stem. 
A very chaste variety, regarded by many 
as the finest Sweet Pea ever produced. 
Cupid.—The habit of this plant is 
dwarf and compact, and it does not exceed 
5 inches in height, the individual plants 
spreading to 10 or 15 inches in diameter. 
The foliage is dark green, the flower 
stems about 4 inches long, and bear near 
the end two or three blossoms of the 
purest white, and quite as large and 
as deliciously scented as those of the 
Kekford class, It is a wonderfully free 
bloomer, the plant being literally covered 
with the pure white flowers. 
A curiosity of Japan is the * insect bell’ 
—a black beetle, which emits harmonious 
sounds, like those of a little silver bell. 
February, 1910 
Root Propagation of Hardy 
Herbaceous Perennials. 
[By E. H. Jenkins. | 
No phase of gardening is more fraught: 
with interest than the general propagation 
of plants. That numbers of plants repro- 
duce themselves a hundredfold by means: 
of their roots is well known, and we have 
instances of this in mere weeds, as, 0.8.5 
the Dock and the Dandelion, or in the 
garden in certain sections of the Michael- 
mas Daisy. In these directions, however,. 
the knowledge we possess of these facts 
is of service in assisting to keep such 
rampant-growing plants within proper 
lim ts. But other plants display 
marked tendency to reproduce their kind 
by means of roots, which however, are of 
little value to the gardener for some 
Ot these the Hele- 
niums and the Phloxes are instances, and 
as the plants are easily increased by 
cuttings or division in the usual ways 
their multiplication by any other meaD* 
is neither desirable nor profitable. But 
there are other instances where root 
propagation is of much value, and patti- 
cularly so in those cases where the plants,. 
proljucing no cuttings in the usual way 
reason or another. 
