Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-05-30

Campanuias-
One of the showiest and tallest OF
the campanulas is Campanula pyra.
midallis, which some times grows to
the height OIL five feet. It's numer-
GUS spikes in blooming season are
covered with blue and white fcSers
1t will endure shade aLd can be plan..
ed in front OF borders. y is NOT a
long lived plant and should be given
ed hair bell" canpanula glomerata.
good winter protection. The cluster
is chiefly interesting ON account of
its intensely purple flowers and their
peculiar arrangement in densely
clustered heads. 1t is good for
border or rockery. The Chinese and
Japanese bell flower, platycodom
grandiflorum and p. mariesi resemble
the campanula and are most salts
factory border plants. They may be
planted in clunps in a mixed border
or Will make fine showing in beds
by themselves. There are blue and
white varieties and both single and
double kinds
Rhusarb.-
Two oozen good rhubarb roots viii
supply large family, will live for
years and yield abundantly Rich
mellow soil is needed Spade out a
bed three feet deep, fill in with well
rotted manure to within foot of the
level, throw in the top soil and set in
rhubarb roots with the crowns q
inches below the surface, firnies
them with the feet The stalks
should not be cut for use Until the
second year, but the first as well as
the succeeding fall some coarse man
ure should be thrown over the
crowns to be forked or spaded in
nightly when spring opens. In grow
ing Seeding rnubarb, the seed may be
sown in a cold frame in March or
April, protected from freezing and
in two months the plants will be
ready to set in rows, IL inches apart.
Deutzias.--
For snowy blossoms IN early sum
mer few shrubs excel the deutzias.
The flower clusters. which are usual
ly white, are displayed SO prominent.
ly and with such profuse prodigality
springing from the young wood Of the
previous years growth, that they are
especially desirable for the embellisn-
ment of home grounds The flowers
do not last long when cut but their
snowy effect. with their gracefully
arching sprays Is well worth enjoy
ing. Most OF the species respond
readily to cultivation in any fairly
good soil when II is well drained.
s.any OF the best kinds are hardy
even in the New England states.
Deutzias should be pruned any time
after the leaves have fallen IN the
late fall or during the winter. The
young wood of the previous years
growth must not be cut back. but
the old towering sprays should be re-
moved and weak spindling wood and
decrepit branches cut out The
plants appear to be remarkably free
from the attacks OF insect pests. II
Is unfortunate that shrubs deserving
popularity as much as the duetzias
have no simple English name Deut.
zia gracillas is native OF Japan, a
low, neat growing shrub seldom over
two feet and half high with
branches slightly arching from which
panicles OF white blossoms are
abundantly produced. It comes in.
TO bloom the first week in June. II
is Well adapted for planting in the
foreground Of tau shrubs or similar
habit. and for nassing and grouping
at the foundations OF building where
tall shrubs cannot be used. This is
one OF the easiest shrubs to force In,
to bloom In green house when care
fully potted in the fall.
Deutzia parviflora Is a native OF
northern China and the Amoor coun
try. II is perhaps one OF the harii-
est species and comes into bloom a
week or so after gracillis. The
corymbs. or convex fiattish clusters
of handsome white flowers are pro
duced in great rrofusion frequently
extending for several feet above the
stems The plant grows from FIVE
10 seven feet The upright stout
branches are covered with brownish
yellow bark which is quite noticeable
in winter
5lackberries.--
The essential point In growing
blackberries successfully is moist
soii--not one in which water WI.
stand but one rich enough in humus
10 hold sufficient moisture to carry.
the plant through the growing sea.
son. II Is usually best to carry the
blackberry bushes In the fail. set
ting the smaller growing kinds Xxi
feet apart and the larger varieties
6xS feet. Thorough cultivation
throughout the season will help in a
material degree to hold the moisture
necessary TO perfect a good crop. The
soil should be cultivated very shall.
low. so rs not to disturb the roots
Breaking the roots starts a large
number OF suckers which have to be
cut out and DESTROYED.