El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-04-12

; terly REGARDLESS Of the fact that the
plant is thereby rendered incapable Of
producing flowers and therefore seeds
during that year.
Children are much addicted to pick
inc wild flowers: it Is one of their
faVOrite amuSementS- Ihey are en-
co5Irao-ed nv parents and teachers 10
do il. Women teachers win smat-
rerfnc- knowledge Of botany take their
DuDiIs out into the woods and fields
and invite them to rob every wild plant
Of its blossoms. often they dig up the
nlantS themselves, ana N TINS way the
snacfes ire wholly wiped out locally
The Wild Flower Preservation So
cietv wants 10 put a stop to this sort
which formerly covered themselves
with dainty blossoms in springtime, as
with a carpet, are barren The flower
picking business IS process Of vege-
table determination Where a com
r,.lrat fyelv rare plant such as the trail
ing arbutus is concerned no very long
tine is required TO accomplish its to-
tai In e ne meantime, however. wild flow
ers have come to be much better ap-
preciated than used 10 De Ine case.
Landscape gardeners are using them
for the adOrnmenL OF meadows and
stream banks For this purpose they
are prOpagated in greenhouses and set
out in the open. being scattered to imi-
tate nature The beautiful rOse-pink
blossoms of the Wild marshmallow af-
ford a most charming decoration for
banks Of streams and ponds.
White vfolets are likewise very ef-
fective when used in the same way.
There are also yellow VloletS and req
violets, both of which (Jhough unfa-
miliar to most people, have been re
duced from the wild state TO domeSti-
cation within the last few years. With
the buttercup 1t is the same way. Sew
eraI varieties Of double buttercups are
now under CULTIVATION lake Nlolets'
they are multiplied by dividing the
roofs
The common daisy OF the fields was
formerly despised, but today there are
cultivated varieties which are highly
esteemed, great numbers Of them be-
ing raised in hOthouseS- They are
''farmedH so to speak on the floor OF
the greenhouse, requiring only summer
heat and plentiful sprinkling with a
hose tOthrive and bear pro1uSely- one
kind Of cultivated daisy, the Shasta,
is AZ inches in diameter. There is also
In to the present time the dande-
lion has been glected-alth0ugh Cul-
tivated by French gardeners for use
in salads. But its time IS sure 20
arrive. One should remember that. the
wild chrysanthemum is not much big
ger and scarcely handSomer than the
dandeIiOn. vet behold what scientific
cultivation has made OF it, The pos
sibiiities Of the dandelion may be as
great Under cheeSclOth tents IL is
found to grow like Jacks tabled bean
stalk. and II is easy 10 imagine that
in future centuries the flowers, six
inches or more in diameter. with cur
". golden petals, viii fetch enormous
The Cultivated Pansies.
Our cultivated pausies are derived
from an European plant which cen
fury ago was known only in the wild
state. It was first introduced into cul-
tiVatiOn by a little girl named Mary
Bennett. whose father. the earl OF Tan
kerVille. had a fine estate at Walton
On-Th1mes- That was IN the year is TO-
Mary had a garden, and in one bed she
planted all the varieties OF pansieS
(they had rather tiny flowers she
could find. Seeds OF others were sent
20 her by friends from elsewhere, and
this was the. beginning OF .pansy cul-
ture. which later became the rage OF
Europe Even nowadays horticultural
societies in England. France and Ger
many offer prizes for the finest pan
sizes, and seeds Of the most esteemed
varieties fetch So an ounce.
Many people, who are fond Of ara
leaS and who have found II difficult 20
make them grow and flower. viii DC
glad to learn that the problem is solved
by furnishing them with q mixture Of
four parts half-rotted leaves and one
part sand TO grow in. instead Of ordi-
nary soil It is best 10 double-pot
them. e. TO put a smaller pot inside
of a bigger pot. with a filling Of sphaE-
mum moss between TO prevent the pot
that holds the plant from getting dry.
If il gets dry, the roots are liable TO
he killed.
In view of what has been said about
the cultivation OF aZaleas. lady Slip
(to say nothing OF hlueberries), IL is
easy to understand that the discovery
mere described opens the way TO an en-
tirely new kind Of horticulture. 1t
ton OF a good many valuable species
Of plants which hitherto have refused
70 be domesticated-
Rene Bache