| Show j 1 UNCLE CLE SMS AMS AIDS DS 1 i l G rn Varying Soil Conditions Personal Tastes Make Specialty Gardens I S S. S S a Rock Bock gardens and their care caro teach valuable lessons In plant management management management man man- and special soil modifications This is the eleventh of a series of articles on flower gardening written especially for NEA s. Service and The Telegram By DR WM Wl V A TAYLOR Chief Bureau of Plant Industry U. U S. S Department of Agriculture Specialty gardens are arc those that are out of balance when compared with the average They usually are I the result of some special preference or a consequence of special condi condi- lions The first of the rock gardens probably probably ably grew out of a desire to transform transform trans trans- form and beautify rocky s sites tes not suitable for more conventional gar dens Rock gardens are arc now almost in the fad stage and in some instances instances in stances have been developed with less lessof lessof lessof of an eye to beauty than to current vogue Nevertheless they are arc teachIng teaching teaching teach teach- ing valuable lessons in plant management management manage manage- ment and soil modifications and whee some some of the less ornamental rock piles have been cleared away to permit the pursuit of still another fad the gardens gar gar- dens of America will surely have benefited by the introduction of man many new plants and varieties Other specialty gardens result from marked preference for and admiration admiration admira admira- tion of a certain flower family of flowers lowers or color of flowers lowers Rose iris peony dahlia chrysanthemums lily tulip and delphinium gardens are arc familiar Sometimes these are arc developed to the exclusion of other plants Some of the most charming gardens however develop a considerable considerable consid consid- erable collection of a n favorite variety and arrange the rest of the garden to supplement and intensify the beauty of the favorites T TIlE THE E PERSONAL PERSONAE TOUCH Some gardeners plan specifically for or a long and continuous season of bloom and make a point of having no day in the season without fresh bloom Still others favor the blue garden including only flowers in m harmonious shades of blue or perhaps the bright or white garden with brilliant reds and yellows set of off with borders border of white blossoms Almost any of the specialty gardens if they are to prove successful call for progressive development as the gardener learns by experience and comes to know his plant material more intimately I There are arc other specialties that are enforced by conditions which the gardener gardener gardener gar gar- dener is unable to modify His soil may be poor and until he can improve it he must depend on the relatively few varieties which thrive in poor soil some doing even bet better r than they would in rich loam Some of the these e eare are Love lies princes princes-feath er coat Josephs marigold cape gode- gode tia tia dwarf nasturtium pink grass sweet alyssum garden balram bal sam ram rand and calliopsis ns ras well as a considerable considerable con con- number of perennials and rock garden plants FLOWERS FOR Fon SHADE Particularly in the cities many gardeners gardeners gar gar- labor under the handicap of north exposure and restricted sunlight sunlight sun sun- light for the garden Even here gardening gar gar- dening is by no means impossible S. S tt p S S' S i YS i 5 5 S tJ A. A S. S By catering to the soil requirements of plants that will bloom in partial or heavy shade the gardener ma may develop develop de de- attractive displays and enjoy enjo perhaps greater satisfaction than some gardeners whose plots are brilliantly bril lighted Of the perennials there are the tuberous tuberous tu tu- tu berous coral bells or heu- heu chera several of the Dutch bulbs some of the varieties of Japanese iris ins mallows violets tooth dog-tooth violets the hardy nardy orchids and others Some o of the annuals that thrive in partial shade arc flower Basket sweet sul tan clarkia platy-codon platy Drummon phlox pansy sweet alyssum alyssum alys alys- sum lupine and forget mc forget not Frida Friday Hardiness S. S 4 |
