_Editor Mayflower:_
Last winter a lady gave me some cuttings, among them a piece of green
and white striped "Wandering Jew." I put this cutting in a pot with some
hardy plant, and when the freeze came it was forgotten, and of course it
froze. I dug it up and found one joint green, so planted it. It soon put
out two shoots and it was transplanted to a two-gallon pan of well
rotted manure and leaf mold, given an abundance of water, and how it did
grow! It has covered the pan and hangs down, many of the vines being
over a yard long,--one is 57 inches long. But when it first began to
grow some of the shoots were perfectly green, and all branches from
those shoots are green. Many other shoots were beautifully striped, and
some nearly white. I also have a fine box full of purple striped
Wandering Jew, but I prefer the green and white, for it hangs so much
more gracefully. These common plants, if grown at their best, are lovely
for small stands, hanging baskets, or any place where a trailing plant
is desirable, I have grown delicate vines in pots very little, but a
Kenilworth Ivy I have has encouraged me to add others to my gallery
garden, and I expect to take great pleasure in training them.--_Mrs. L.
B. R._