The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-25
Flowers and FlotOer LoUers
BY THE FLOWER GROWERS ASSOCIATION

masses of wild trumpet-vine with It's scarlet blooms. wreathing the fences and turning the posts into pillars of fire, along the Norman Bridge Road.
 Mrs. Glen Andrews reported that her magnificent blue hydrangea was In fine condition. Mrs. Andrews and Mrs. c. R. Clark have the finest specimens of this plant in Montgomery.
 Mrs. Tyson was also In Pennsylvania and reported having seen hydrangeas that were almost trees.
 Mrs. R. F. Stout said that this sum- mer had been very unfavorable to chrysanth emufns. She Is one of the city's experts on this flower, but this seasons plants promise no such show as last year. However, the Associa- ton was informed that the "Tater- patch" was a great success! She has | been "sampling" 1t. She says that as soon as Jack Frost touches the vines. the Association will be urged to come out to help" garner the crop. Mrs. Merriman related her encouraK- ing success in roofing roses she has rooted nearly hundred this year. Mrs. Haw1ey told of her experiments with roses at her new home in Clover dale. She had successfully transplant ed a valuable climbing rose in mid summer.
 Mrs. Claude Cobbs told of a visit to the beautiful gardens of Mrs. Scribner. near Saratoga. N. Y. But here, amid all the science and art that now can come to natures aid, the crimson ram bier had blighted lust as badly as If In an ordinary Southern garden. l Mrs. Harvey Jones had spent her ya- cation under the greenwood trees" of | Old Virginia. After telling of the good times in the old colonial atmos- phere, she gave a vigorous account of how she had saved a fine crimson ram bier from the blight She had loosed the vine from the trellis and laying I them down on the ground, had scrub bed limb and leaf with bar-soap, water and scrubbing brush It was a glori- l ous success.
 The secretary told of a Ponderoser lemon afflicted with red spider. The plant had been carried into the yard. turned down on its side and nearly washed out of It's tub with the yflydrant spray. All the underparts of the leaves were removed and the plant left for further treatment. Several washings restored the plant to normal condition. and the one withered young lemon on it "frmed up," began to grow, and is now fine specimen. turning yellow to ripen. The plant is now covered with luxuriant new foliage.
 The question was asked as to the best time to set out Kenilworth ivy.
 Mrs. Pinckard gave a most interest ing account of the valuable lesson in tree-planting that Montgomerians are soon to have. Experts are coming in october to stay until spring. and they will demonstrate to and for the citi- zens the possibilities of successfully transplanting trees ten inches in di- ameter. and thirty feet highl Compn- cated machinery Is necessary, and trees will be obtained within five miles of this city; 1t will be all native growth.
 Mrs. c. R. Clark has been experi- menttng with the new-everblooming white hydrangea. This is a pure white variety and Is c great success in the North. The florists were doubt full as to its standing, the fierce long summers down here, but it has adapted Itself to it's new environments to the great qualification of all concerned. She also reported the possession of a great treasure in a perennial pea, called by Dreer white pearl" Her specimen has grown eight-foot in height. Its bloom Is very large and orchid-like and quite fragrant. Mrs. Clark has been experimenting with English Maliows''
 -or single, hardly hybiscus. They have bloomed profusely all summer and are to be had in all colors.
 Mrs. John L. Cobbs told Of "The City Beautiful" as she viewed 1t in Birmingham. No profusion of flowers, as with us. but graceful lawns, green grass covering all scars of difficult en- gineering work and turning all lines and vistas into things of beauty. Strawberries were the next subject of discussion. Several members were experts, and were called on for sugges- tions. The varieties found best adapt ed to our climate were Lady Thomp- son, Franklin and Brandywine; rows two feet apart, plant twelve inches in the row. After planting, mulching was absolutely necessary for satisfac- tory results.
 Mrs Gay desired advice as to how to overcome the disadvantages to her garden of great oaks on the side- walk.
 Mrs. Gayle and Mrs. Clark reported that Dahlias had failed as Fall bloom CTS for three years.
 Mrs. Gayle and Mrs. Wilcox went to Union Springs to obtain certain old fashioned shrubs; they bore in triumph home immense plants which they are anxiously watching to see If trans planting at so early a moment Tn the season will be fortunate or otherwise.
 The Association has received, through it's President, a beautiful sou venir post -card from Mrs. J. G. Win ter. who was in Germany. The card gives a grand view of the Witterhorn.