The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1917-03-19

ever, anu We nave never seen Mr.
Keats statement to the above effect
successfully contradicted. there are
some places we have seen in our re
cent travels through Florida that are
genuine glooms.
We do not refer TO the effects of the
freeze which hit our floral life pretty
heavily. but to other things that do
not belong TO the kingdom Of botany.
And we say that now, while every one
Is getting ready to replant and re-
decorate houses. lawns and garden,
persuade your neighbor to join in
with you and help push the good
work along
The State gets its name from the
impression it made on the artistic
Spaniards who discovered it, This
was. however. before the advent of
the porcupine quadruped with the
whetted vertebrae and the Water.
bury watch COW ii. e. full OF ticksl.
And there must have been good rea.
son for Mr.. De Leon and his boy
scouts TO apply the epithet to the
land they had discovered. For II is
well known that where given half n
chance the light soil OF Florida will
repay hundred fold the little atten.
ton given to make it produce some.
thing purely decorative
Every one knows that the poinset
tia, the hibiscus. oleander, Cherokee
rose. the bignania and a hundred
other tropical plants are grown here
in profusion. Nor is any garden
complete without its row of natstur.
uums and ealendula. Our attention
is going to be directed to other plants
which ought to be grown. or at least
tried here. but which are conspic.
uous for their absence.
we are at present experimenting
with some seeds of the Lvsium Chi. |
nensis popularity known as the Ma. |
hensls, popularity known as the Mat. |
rlmony Vine. This is a trailer and !
ciimDer and is grown generally |
throughout the North. 1t has a dark
green shiny foliage and will prow
sometimes twenty feet in the short
hoi'herh summer. II has tiny
mower, but its real beauty is seen in
the fall, when thousands OF small
heartshaped scarlet berries give II an
appearance equal to the holly. Our
own observations have shown that
this vine is particularly free from in.
sect pests.
men there is another beautiful
'nrup known the the Butterfly Bush.
or summer Lilac, which we have
looked for here in vain II bears ~
botanical moniker "Buddleya yiria.
oiiis Magnifica." This was originally
uopicai plant brought from Amer
ica 10 England by the famous DIR.
nuaih Buddle. and propogated with /
WONDERFUL success. 1t has been re-.
Gently introduced on a large scale IN
.he horth' especial In the eastern 5
states and has met with whirlwind
OF success, This plant will grow no
hien as six feet in northern sum.
iLer ana bears continuously. Its flow. 8
CT racemes. which are freopent,v
eiehteen inches long. are covered with I
'iny lilac colored flowers which hear 4
scent peculiarly their own suggest.
Ing the combined odors of heliotrona :
lilac and sweet no, :,
ops eAceiientiy after cutting. es. Q
peciaiiy II the end is taken out oooh !
uay and cut afresh. The Miami - !
called the Butterfly Bush from ~ :
- 'na' II simply acts as a magnet '
- me most gorgeously colored snec. !,
mems VINO can be found abont its
all day adding beauty TO the y
''ehe. IL is sometimes deciduous aud !
semiherbaceous in higher !
'ieuues' and should do wonderf,uv ),
.eii mere. We hope to have few :,
: ''ese pushes ourselves as soon as
- 'ah get the seed house to sunnlv !,
hem. " supply u
c., "a
sweet peas in the South are sadly y
esiec'ed. The ones we have have
cen are a disgrace. They need ! a,
,eh enriched soil. chicken manure y
faced deep in the trench. which Is 70 >,
oiu 'he peas several weeks before y
,ah.'hg Is the right idea. The rows
nouid run. where possible. north and 81
ou,h. Don't plant to close. Make !,
.ep trench at least six inches and ii,
iant the seed; cover an inch o. ,n.a -
~ M IN as the plants grow. This m
lsures deep growth during the no, N
lIlIner After | haye Io,.oiaa :.