Anything that either Dr. Donald Wyman or Dr. John C. Wister write about lilacs is well worth reading carefully. for few have had as much experience with the lilac, as it grows in the Eastern half of this continent, as these two men. While differences in personal taste are evident in their preferences for varieties, […]
Archives for July 2010
Heirbloom Beans A Gift From Indians
Heirbloom Beans, what are they? Heirloom beans are the ones that our fathers, grandfathers and great grandfathers have been growing year after year here in New England. They have selected them over a long period of time to suit the climate and soil and to give them a quality that New England people like. They […]
The Common Rock-Lichen… Our Oldest Plant
Many persons have exclaimed with delight over a brilliant patch of the little red-crested lichen, or British soldiers, growing on sterile soil, and have gathered it for dish-gardens and table decorations; or have noted the widely-spreading, grayish green tufts of the so-called reindeer “moss,” one of the commonest of the soil lichens. But the soil […]
Now Is The Time To Visit Gardens
Despite all that may be said or that may be read, most of us learn by example rather than by precept. Visiting a garden is usually a most enjoyable occasion and very frequently a most profitable one, for the opportunity to make one’s own appraisal as to the value of practices and material is not […]
The Upstanding Lotus
The name LOTUS has many different meanings in various parts of the world. Poets speak of the “lotus eaters”; this plant is believed to be a jujube, possibly Zizyphus. Here in America, the word has been given to various water-lilies, including even the Nymphaea, of which our lovely white water-lily is the most familiar example. […]
July Garden Task To Be Completed
July brings the first long-awaited opportunities to sit back, in your porch rocker or lawn chair, and enjoy your garden’s rewards in beauty and flowers. With most chores completed, you may now concentrate on maintenance and watering. Enough emphasis cannot be placed on watering as much of the progress or failure of your garden depends […]
July Tips for Northern Gardeners
The bloom pageant of early summer has now reached its peak. Soon the growth cycle that is initiated about midsummer will begin. Buds on trees, shrubs, vines and fruit trees will become vegetative (producing shoots) or fruitful (producing flowers). Some growth can be influenced by culture, some cannot. Cutting back the long green shoots of […]
