Cardinal Flowers
I have read Mrs. Ruth D. Grew’s article on a cardinal flower in Horticulture with interest, appreciation, and complete agreement except for one point: I would be less cautious and
Flowering
Highlight Your Garden With Lilies
Most gardeners tend to concentrate their flowering plants and bulbs in perennial borders, and this is a natural tendency since that is what borders are for. However, when it comes
Tulip Time In Holland
Holland in the springtime provides visitors with a fabulous automobile drive along 100 miles of roadways lined with fields of blooming bulbs which include colorful tulips, hyacinths, and narcissus that
The Curing And Preserving Of Gourds
Both the curing and the preserving of gourds are dependent upon the quality of the fruits and their maturity. If they are damaged by skin bruises, there is no method
Selecting Alliums
Following the early bulbs, alliums are of growing interest for garden accent and color. Kinship with the onion is well disguised in most kinds, although A. schoenoprasum, with pretty lavender
Plant Them Where They Belong
Since shrubs constitute a long-time investment, it is important that their selection be made with reference to the spot. Where they are to stand and the shape they will assume,
Tulipomania Is Still With Us
Most home gardeners are familiar with the fascinating story of the tulip mania which took place in Holland before the middle of the seventeenth century. The development of the classification
Get Acquainted With Crinums
The Charm of Crinums It is true that many of the crinums indeed require more room than the ordinary amaryllis bulb or geranium plant, but so do the eremurus and
The Violets Pass In Review
Next to the dandelion, which grows in every part of the country, the common kinds of violets are the first flowers with which the average country-born child becomes acquainted. Their
An Appraisal Of New Lilies
Lilies have been grown in gardens as far back as the memory of man can truce, but they have been singularly resistant to the wiles of the hybridist until recent