Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-18 | Page 5 | The Devil's Walking Stick is Rare Plant in Garden of Murray Man

The Devils Devil's w Walking Balking Stick Is Rare Plant in Garden Galden of Murray Man I i I l r Jf Jr k II S. S n 1 oA A o r j V Va V a 4 v i I V R k i I II I 1 t r n z 4 X it t N Nr r t J. J l. l ti G t j F i v r t 0 b H r P i T rI r- r e v u j jV V I wt 1 i iF 5 x rf-j rf i g v a. a 5 r ww The extremely handsome and tropical looking fruits of th the devils devil's walking stick with one leaf are here shown The shrub from which these were taken is grown b by Y Her Herman lan Holmgren of Murray 1 who has found it takes kindly to his garden It is properly properly prop prop- properly erly called aralia B By MAUD CHEGWIDDEN Telegram 1 Garden Editor The Devils Devil's Walking Stick is the succinct name given to a shrub or small tree not seen vcr very often orten In Inthis Inthis Inthis this part of the country but grown b by Herman Holmgren past president president president dent of the Murray Garden club at athis athis his home in Murray Its corr correct ct name is aralia and this latter word meaning full of spines will give the reader an andea idea dea as to why the nickname Is ap- ap plied Arabia Aralia is well worth a place laco in every garden arden because of Its ts extremely handsome foliage its flowers and It Its fruits The leaves arc are large with as man many as 23 or 25 leaflets arranged along a midrib sometimes two feet teet long The f flowers flowers flow flow- ers irs are in enormous clusters whitIsh whitish whit whit- Ish sh or creamy and the fruits which I form orm after the blooms fade resemble resemble ble le almost almos a D. mass of at flattened blackberries But the spines on the I branches and trunk of aralia make the most arresting feature feature in in more senses than one of one of this plant They are strong trong thick and very business business- like Other common names for the Devils Devil's Walking Stick are Hercules' Hercules Club and the angelica tree Its bark possesses medicinal properties In time it will reach a height of or 40 10 feet and may be train trained cd to o a single stem for tree effect or may be al allowed allowed allowed al- al I lowed to grow at will with several stems It has a handsome appearance appearance appearance appear appear- ance either cither way In the neighborhood neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood of Salt Lake City planting should be done in a rather sheltered sheltered shel shel- lored position since our very severest severest sever sever- sever sever- est winters may not be to its liking