Yellow sheets : Vol. 2, No. 3, March-April 1946 / Laura D. Cole.

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THE YELLOW

Laura D,.,.

Vol. 2, No. 3. March-April, 1946

In spite of the weather, the flood of
Christmas greetings and best wishes
which came to me after copy for
last issue had been sent out, made
this past Christmas a very happy one
for me. Am not physically able to
answer each one personally, rheuma-
tismm and the after affects of my series
of falls sharply limit my writing, but
one and all, | thank you.

Usually our winter does not begin
until last week of December, but this
time, our coldest spell of the winter
came in mid-December. We have ap-
plied for Butane gas for heating, but

must wait until the politicians and
racketeers permit delivery of the
needed underground tanks. In _ the

meantime, we have to depend upon
wood and that night, the wood stove
was not good enough.

My loss from the blizzard was
heavy, mainly in young stock of ship-
ping size. Over ninety percent of my
Chinese Temples, (Kalanchoe daiger-
montiana) of shipping age were killed
outright; same true of the Frog Leg
Cactus (Kalanchoe tubiflora), but
curiously, the mother plants of both,
and the baby seedlings, less than an
inch tall, were only slightly hurt.

Jade Plant (Crassula arborescens).

and Reurnia beguinea both killed out-
right. Heurnia schneedrania hurt but
may live. Both kinds of Pedilanthus
the green leaf (Red Bird Cactus) and

the variegated lost all their leaves.

Tops of some killed, but I think most
will put up later. Cannot sell any yet,

since leaves put out, am not sure
which is which,

e, Grannis, Ark., Editor

Elephant Bush (Portulacaria afra)
lost all its leaves but does not seem to
be killed Young leaves beginning to
show. Kalanchoe fedschenkoi has me
puzzled. Blooms on all nipped. Some
lost their leaves and some did not. |
cannot see what made the difference.
Those that kept their leaves now in

full bud.

1 did have three varieties of Sans-
evera, the common, the dwarf and the
gold banded. Not sure | have any now.
Time will tell. Last summer I bought a
young plant of the red bordered Sans-
evera. Paid 50c for plant and 6c post-
age. Plant was little more than a knob
from the root. Under same care as the
other kinds, it promptly died. I am not
enthusiastic over that deal.

Before this issue reaches the read-
ers, a number of native plants desir-
able for cultivation, will be available.
Viola rafinesque, the tiniest Viola of
my acquaintance, is already up. Good
in rock and dish gardens. Tiny, pale
blue, Pansy-like, blooms in February
and March. Makes seeds and then be-
comes dormant until next late winter.
Well deserves more recognition.

Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)
responds to protections from tramping,
surprisingly. Found along roadsides
where cattle trample it daily. Tuck it
away somewhere it will be in peace (no
cultivation needed) and the leaves will
make a mat a foot across. Two bloom
stalk and five blooms is heavy in the
wild. One corm in a No. 3 can ona
shelf back of the hen house has given
me sixteen bloom stalk and nearly two
hundred blooms in one season.

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Houstonia courulia (only they are
not all blue) is another dwarf well
worth more notice. Have not seen any
yet and too small for me to find them
until the bloom. Set them in poor soil
in full sun. They bloom, make seed and
then become dormant until next
spring.

Alumroot is a darling in a shady
rock garden. Hardy to the Canadian
border, but do not order until warm
weather. Will have to get them from
the No-Man’s-Land west of Grannis.
There are Timber Wolves in there.
When weather is warm and rabbits
plentiful, they are peacable; but every
few years, driven by cold and hunger,
they make some lone timber cruiser
climb a tree. Being a great-grand-
mother, | am too old to shinny up a
tree or pack a gun. Hence no Alumroot
until warm weather.

Biue and gold lris cristate will be
ready in March and fine for shady rock
gardens. Found east of Grannis, hence
can get it early. The amethyst colored
is out with the Alumroct.

I have several surplus sma!I plants of
an African wildling which I cannot yet
identify. Looks like a Bryophyllum but
is more hardy and does not propogate
like one. Lost only a few leaves from
the blizzard. 10c each.

Curiously, my Beefsteak Begonia,
and all but one plant of my common
Semperflorens Begonias were killed,
while a big leaf—one which I cannot
identify—was only slightly hurt. Not
one of the evansianas, I am sure.

Echeveria gibbiflora, unhurt. Hardy
in Texarkana, fifty miles south of
Grannis. Entire top of Aloe daviana
killed, but coming up nicely from the
roots.

HARDY ROCK GARDEN PLANTS
HARDY SEDUMS. All Sedums |

call hardy can survive 15 below zero
without protection. Some of them are
hardy in the sub-Arctic. Most are fine
for rock garden plants. Last year my
Sempervivums made almost no_ in-
crease. This year most are “hatching”
chicks, and when my backlog of orders
left from last year are filled, | hope to
have a number of varieties of hardy
Semps to offer. There is a rock garden
plant par exceilence. Most of the dwarf
plants listed under other heads, and
many of the wildlings, are also good
for rock gardens.

I have wholesale quaniities of the

following Sedums: Sarmentosum,
hardy to subarctic, pendant effect.
One sent me Glaucum, much like al-

bum, but different flowers and winter
coloring; Albuni white flowers; ever-
green with us, an alhum hybrid has
never bloomed for me, color of foliage
slightly different, a grey green one
which I| think is altissurn, good in rock
garden, dish garden or as a pot plant;
Acre and Sexanfulare much alike but
different, both dwarf and good ground
cover for clayey spots; Maximoiczi,
little known in U.S.A.—two varieties
which are in dispute among the botan-
ists who have seen them. The dealer
from whom J bought them identified
them as the rare pink-flowered Sto-
loneferum, and No. 28 as Stolonefe-
rum coccinea; and the faculty of our
State Experiment Station at Hope,
Ark., agrees with him. Other botan-
ists just as well posted_say that both
are unusual Spurium hybrids.

Have from one to a dozen plants
of other varieties. Will trade, plant for
plant, any Sedum listed for starts of
red, purple or variegated Spectibile.

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Have had all three and put them out
in the yard where Bermuda grass killed
them.

Any Sedum listed, labeled to the
best of my knowledge, 5c.

Seven well-rooted, small clumps, all
different, labeled to the best of my
knowledge, 25c, postpaid.

If selection is left to me, 50 weil-
rooted Sedums, 10 varieties labeled,
$1.00.

If unlabeled, Ic each in lot of 25.

Hemerocalis Kwansi, 5c.

CONFEDERATE VIOLETS, grey
effect, thrive in poor soil and can stand
more sun than others.

WHITE VIOLETS, force easily for
late winter blooming IF you can keep
mice away from the tiny buds. —

Wooly Violets, dwarf, very early.
Full sun and poor soil.

A red Violet, mid season.
moderate shade. .

Birdsfoot Violet, dwarf, very eazly.
Full sun and poor soil.

Wood Sorrell (wild Oxalis) attrac-
tive, edible foliage, early flowecing,
very hardy.

Viola rafinesque, very dwarf, fine
for rock and dish gardens. !0c per
doz.

Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)
early bloomer, responds to cultivation,
best of any wildling of my acquaint-
ance. Fuli sun or half shade.

Bluets (Houstonia coerula) Lut they
are of several colors. Very dwarf and
very hardy. 10c per doz.

Blue and gold Iris cristata. Needs
some shade. Will soon be up.

Amethyst Iris cristata, needs same
conditions as the other, but is especial-
ly good for wall gardens.

Virginia Creeper, well known vine.

Needs

Deep red in fall.

Five Fingers (Potentilla) small vine
with some medicinal value. Found
growing among rocks. Blooms in early
summer.

Christmas Fern, 2!/2 ft. tall. Green
through the winter with us, becoming
shabby in the spring. Needs shade.
Good for base plantings on north side
of house. Very hardy.

Ebony Spleenwort Fern, also green
through winter, and unsightly in the
spring. About 18 in. tall. Very hardy.
Can stand more sun than the Christ-
mas Fern, and often found growing in
cracks of rocks and among roots of
hardwood trees.

Blunt Lobed Woodsia Fern, often
found growing with the Ebony
Spleenwort. Same conditions. Dies
down in winter.

- Occasionally find three varieties of
Botrychiums; the Virginia Grape and
the Vernate Grape Fern, and a third,
still later which, so far, have not been
able to identify. They are very rare
here and | cannot promise positively
to find one.

The above is true of the Ressurec-
tion Fern (Polypodium polypody). No
wonder it is very dwarf, with such a
name.

Lady Ferns. These grow quite tall.
Die down in winter. Said to be able to
thrive in considerable drouth, but i
find them near water.

Braken, the dry land Fern. Needs a
little shade.

Wood Betony (Betonia). Good
ground cover for deep shade. Fern-like
leaves, deep red when: the first come
through. Yellow blooms, good stems
for cutting.

Red Tradescantia, so called from
the winter color of the leaves. Mother

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plants | brought in from clay bank
hillsides, light shade, had deep raroon
colored flowers; but only the Lord
Himself knows what color they will be
in your garden. Anything from bluish
white through all the shades of blue
and purple to deep maroon, will be
entirely normal. One of the native
Spiderworts. Very hardy.

[ hope to have three varieties of
ornamental Pepper plants in season.

Birds Eye, hotter than hot. Good
substitute for Tobasco.
Bouquet, small fruits, first green,

then cream, then lavender and finally
red. All colors on bush: at same time.
Too hot for me.

Squash Pepper, looks like a little
yellow Patty Pan Squash. Same garden
effect as a Giant yellow Marigold. Still
too hot for me.

Am planting a variety of seeds and
will be able to tell you more about
them later.

HARDY CACTI—-10c EACH

OPUNTIA VULGARE (Common
Prickly Pear) hardy, flower creamy
ycllow, fruit edible. Can be used as
pot plant. Thrives in poor soil.

OPUNTIA VASEYI, hardy on the
Colorado desert.

OPUNTIA ROBUSTA, stately lawn
plant, hardy here to 15 below.

OPUNTIA RAMOSISSIMA, hardy
and dwarf, good in full sun in rock
gardens, also good as pot plant.
An almost spineless Oyuntia found
here in only one spot that I know of.
May be Beaver Tail.

Any of the above plants 5c each,
unless otherwise noted.

HOUSE PLANTS

Common Green Leaf Wandering

Jew, 5c.

Large Green Leaf Wandering Jew,
Purple and = grey-striped Wandering
Jew, 5c.

Peanut Cactus (Chamecerous Syl-
vestris), 10c.

Optunia Vilyi (dwarf tender), 10c.

Optunia, either elata or subelata,
not sure which, ! Oc.

Cactus Echinopsis, 1c.

(When the babies are big enough).

Red Bird Cactus (Green Pedilan-
thus), 10c.

Variegated Pedilanthus, 10c.

Talinums, 5c each.

Chinese Temple (Kalanchoe Daig-
ermontiana), 10c.

Kalanchoe Fedschenkoi, 10c.

Billbergia Nutans, 10c.

Unless otherwise stated, -all plants
whose prices are not yiven, are 5c
each. Postage paid on orders of 50c
or more. [For less than that amount,
please add 5c.

Until income is bigger, the Yellow
Sheets will be published bi-monthly;
and until my cubs are home from the
war, more attention will be paid to
unusual plants, many from other lands,
than to our wildings.

TO SWAP—Hardy white, fali bloom-
ing Crocus, or other hardy plants and
bulbs, especially Tulips and Scillas.
Mrs. J. D. Cook, Whip-O-Will Hill,
Rt. 1, Box 490, Texarkana, Ark.

HILLSVUE GARDENS AND STU-
DIO—Will trade for Seeds, Plants
and Handwork. Music by mail, 25c. -

per lesson.

Colo. Seeds, Dormants, Berries and
Shrubs will be delivered in September:
Iris, etc., July to October. Arizona Cac-
tus, Polnis, Orange and Citrues Trees,
and Tropical Plants and Seeds. Cash
Only. Will take orders for a nursery.
Free Lists.

i.

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Have Pot-Holders, Hot-Pads, Small
Porch Rugs to trade. Mrs. B. A. As-
mus, Rt. 12, Box 934, Phoenix, Ariz.
DOUBLE PERENNIAL SWEET WIL-
LIAMS, Year-Old Plants. $1.00 doz.
Blooming size Plants, 60c doz. Small
plants, 3 doz., $1.00.

PINK THRIFT, a border plant, hardy,
60 plants for $1.00; 200 for $3.00;
400 for $5.00.

PINK AND RED AZALEAMUMS.
Hardy, hundreds of blooms; first year,
6c doz. price list. Other plants free.
Postpaid on $1.00 orders or more.
Mrs. Ted Leath, Trussville, Alabama.

CLASSIFIED ADS

Ic per word one insertion. Three
insertions for the cost of two. Numbers
and initials count as words.

When answering ads, please men-
tion that you saw their ad in The Yel-
low Sheets.

YOUR CIRCULARS mailed promptly
and efficiently in a neat, attractive
folder, any size up to 6x9 & 6x9, 4-
page folders,
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delighted with the results obtained. H.
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given with sample copy. Profitable
Hobbies and Avocations, at 10c. Six
months club membership, 25c; Hobby
Mail 3c.—Hobbifans, 710 Gaston,
Fairmont, W. Virginia.

HUNDREDS OF POSTMARKS to
trade for quilt piece. Cacti and Suc-
culents for sale. Mrs. E. J. Peterson,
Eagle Bend, Minnesota.

IRIS—San Gabriel, Shining Waters,
Lady Paramount, California Blue,
Mauna Loa, Alta California, Dymia,
Indian Chief, Carnation, 25c each, or

10c per 100, or 90c per.

$2:50 per doz.Daylilies: Ophir, W. H.
Whyman, Gem, J. A. Crawford, Mi-
kado, Dawn, Sir Michael Foster, 25c
each. Dauntless, Hyperion, Rajah,
Serenade, Mary Stoker, 35c each.
Rose: Wine and Red Shades from 50c
to $1.00 each. Lycoris Bulbs, 50c per

doz., or $5.00 per hundred. Giant Hy- |

brid Amaryllis Bulbs, 50c each. Mem-
ory lane -Iris Garden, 3139 Holly
Street, Shreveport, Louisiana.
TYPEWRITER RIBBONS, carbon pa-
per and other office supplies. Reliable
quality and fair prices. Golden Rule
Cooperative Soc., 654 No. Florence
St., Burbank, Cal:

AIR PLANTS (Bromeliads) make ex-
cellent house plants. Write for price
list. Mulford B. Foster, 718 Mag-
nolia Ave., Orlando, Florida.
“COLDPROOF” or New Delta Fig,
bears first year planted, large figs, fin-
est quality. Other fruit and nut trees.
Also Mexico-Texas gifts, curios, chil-
dren's toys.
4, Jackson, Mississippi.

FOR SALE—Quilt pieces, remnants,

music books, hobbies, antiques. Luella

Dahlstrom, 712 N. Ball, Owasso, Mich. -

NOAH’S ARK FOUND?
AMAZING DISCOVERY!
40-page Book 60c; Free Colorful
Tracts. and Catalog
LEWIS REINE
Desk J-4

tion of original cost. Kjelgaard, R.F.D.
No. 2, Hoosick Falls, N. Y.

If you want matching bedspread and
bath robe, both chcenille, or mat set,
or the new shag mat, one or quanti-
ties, write for price and information,
stating what you want. Mrs. Ed Stone,
Ri. 2, Adairsville, Georgia.

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New Delta Nursery, R.—

Sebastopol, California |
ALL TYPES of books for sale at frac- _

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PLANTS—SEEDS—TREES
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. Twenty vari-

eties, prize winners, different, yellow,
white, lavender, cream, pink, tan, red,
variegated. Guaranteed large type.
twenty, $1.20; sixty, $2.25; one hun-
dred fifty, $4.50 Postpaid. Address
W. W. McEver, Gainsville, Georgia.
FOR SALE—24 Nebraska hardy
Perennials, mixed and labelled for
$1.00. Postpaid. Mrs. John Bierman,
Battle Creek, Nebraska.

And why beholdest thou ihe mote
that is in thy brother's eye. but con-
sidereth not the beam that is in thine
eye? Mait. 7: 3.

if then ye have judgments of things
pertaining to this life set them to judge
who are least esteemed in the church.
I Cor. 6: 4.

‘In the above, Jesus lays the founda-
tion, and St. Paul prescribes the meth-
od for settling our mundane troubles.
First, make sure that we ourselves are
absolutely without fault in the matter,
then lay the facts before the church.

A great responsibility: is thus
thrown on the church: First, not to be
guilty of the besetting sin of most
churches—an emotional jag labeled
Christian duty. Second calm, impar,
tial fact finding for both sides.

concerned from the standpoint of the
New Testament rules.

Some may say “It won't work.”
The forces of evil will deride it, but
most of us really old folks have seen
it work in the local churches before
the railroad went through. |

Some women walking along the
road, were outraged at the language
of one of the brethren. It came out

lastly, an informed public opinion in
the church, regarding the individuals —

Bo

that at the time, he was plowing in
new ground. I moved that we regard
the fact as extenuating circumstance
and drop the charge. ‘The plaintiffs
joined in the laugh and a neighbor-
hood feud was avoided.

A widow with four husky girls and
a small boy needed groceries. The
girls were willing to work to pay for
them. Five minutes tracing among
farmers, and it was arranged on
w ose credit she would get the goods,
ane for whom the girls would work.

Case after case was settled, and the
cash saving to the county was enor-
mous. With the complex life of to-
day and the vastness of the matters
involved, the churches must stream-
line their organizations and pay more
attention to the plain directives of the
Bible, than to doctrines. For on the
church rests the responsibility for de-
veloping enlightened public opinion

on the God-demanded model.

One of my readers was kind enough
to write me that the Hen and Chicken
Cactus ‘is Sempervivum Tectorum. [|
sincerely thank her but have not been
well enough to write to her personally.

Too near to a bout with pneumonia,

jake any exertion which could well

omitted.
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I will be glad if some one who has
had experience with Crassula lyco-

(Se- |
and Sedum
Daisyphyllum will write me about the

poides, Miniature Joshua Tree
dum Gaudalmaeensis)
needs of those plants. Are they lime
lovers? The two Sedums eventually
die for me, and the Crassula lives but

does not thrive.

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