Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1894-04-17
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or IN The cultivation OF such plants as
she could get. And as / look back
over he forty intervening years, how
poor the little collection appears, and
yet how she and / loved them, and
"reared them up with tan der haud
from the irst opening bud" ] re-
member th1ss roses t1at were our
especial prid tho Micr)phyela, 0 la
hate aud Baker ross. Why this IA st
one was 80 namsd 60 no, rem 1mbl~,
bat il was r very dark or IN l)1, a1d
to my young eyes the very queen of
the gardens. Their w'rs also soma
blue or purple hyscinths and the Old
fashioned yellow tulips. After some
years there appeared among the tu-
lips one of dingy, dark red color |
had never seen or heard OF such q
thing before, and to me it was as rare
as the "Flower of the Holy Ghost"
Ny affection has never weakened for
those old friends OF my boy hood,
and this spring some Of them bloomed
beautifully on my borders.
But my objsc' in wr,ting this
piece was to tell sbOnt som, n)wsrs
which / now have, aud which |
think rare in some respects. | have a
the Brulnt, which bought
of Judg' J.T Savage in the spring OF
'92. There was nothing peculiar
about il Mt ths tims excep5 1t was
new, and highly priz vi by Anists.
1t produced beautiful semi-double
HoSers aud was well pleased with
my purchase. During the summer
I '93 it did not bloom at all, but
to grow like shrub, yet
any branches, In the fall it
was two feet high with just one sin,
gle stalk aud no sign of blossom
bud. | then changed it to a six inch
pot putting in very rich soil. My in
tention was to cut it down to half at
least, but my wife said let 1t grow,
and see what it will do And | did so,
it in the pit with the others.
1t continued to grow through the en-
tire winter, and about the lst OF
March | discovered bloom bud. |
then brought it into our room where
it still remains, aud it has grown and
rapidly. 1t is now four
feet high from the top OF the jar, has
fourteen latersls or branches, and is
doubt the hsndsomest plant
| have ever seen of the geranium sps-
cies. 1t now has two we'll developed
blooms, aud the stems on which they
are borns are respectively IL and ID
inchvs in length. Some Of the single
pips measure two inches in diameter,
and the whole truss is thirteen in cir
cumferencs, The foliage is as large
in proportion as the bloom, sld the
plant is simply magnificent.
Another flower which | prizs highly
is the rose Niphstos. This | have had
for fifteen years aud it is still strong
and vigorous. l have kept it in the
pot all of the time, though of course
changing the soil often. Olce when
il looked badly from ths effects of red
worms in the jar, | took it out, washed
the roots thoroughly in strong soap
suds, aud used tobacco freely in re-
potting. 1t has looked we'll ever since
that time, aud is now la ge bush,
1t has Ueeu blooming all the spring
and is large pure white buds and
flowers are unequaled by any known
to me. Last Sunday my daughter
wore one, aud the Lalf opened bud
measured 81 inohs in length, and
81 in circumference. consider that q
very iine specim "a.
have another hoSsr whjch is ul
known to the aors a. far as my
snowledSe extends. IL is lily, and
was louni on the farm of my friend
Thos, j Tan iy who, presented it to
me about four years ago, IL resem-
bles the Tiger Lily more than any
other member Of this family of plants
But it is unlike it from the fact that
1t Is not bulbous, that the foliage
comes out at regular intervals from
four to five inches apart, and com
letely en circliug the stalk. The
bloom is similar, but of deeper red
aud not so large The original plant
was not over foot high, aud the
b oom dimin rive, As il was found
in cool swampy pace | planted il
on the north side OF my house in {
very rich soil au Idor a tin pipe
that kept il moist for tbe greater pan
Of the -umm't. L,st year il hal in
creased to seven OF eight STALKS anc
the largest was fully eight lot his |
and eco gnsd with sixteen we'll dsv-
opad b,pJms |, is ts s,rhght anC
graceful As N Etstsr P.lm,Nu ch /
grea' ly rerembles, an 1 70 be OR
appreci "a | mi,t bs seen. 1t b oJm
the lFt'rpWtoi July ald remaiu
Ia hlwrr lor ssyrral weeks | hay
named il The Tnndy Lib ia n,no
Of my ireni who hrsl found urd pre-
sented il to me,
\ Wherever kuoSa | an satisfied
will be gTea IN lmired hy all lover