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Reinc Claude de Bavay ; this one should be included in planting, al- 

 though it does not fruit heavily every year; ripens miMdle of Septem- 

 ber when others are scarce ; gets sugary and delicious ; it is a white 

 or greenish, European. Robinson ; an American and a sure fruiter 

 being loaded down annually ; fruit not first class in cjuality, but fair. 

 Rollingstone, Wyant and Wolf each have their merits. Stanton is 

 an excellent late European variety. Union Purple is fine and large, 

 but nearly always rots. Victoria is a beautiful thing when it chances 

 to ripen, but it is a shining mark for rot. Wild Goose is a leading 

 commercial variety, but needs a pollinator; Newman answers the 

 purpose. Yellow Gage is susceptible to rot. but when it escapes is 

 fine. 



Many varieties possessing some merits have been omitted for 

 fear of making this report too long. In a test this season to determine 

 what varieties were able to fertilize themselves, it was found that one- 

 third of the total number were more or less self-sterile. This was de- 

 termined by placing paper bags over several of the twigs on each tree 

 before the flowers open and afterwards noting how many set fruit in 

 the sacks. It has not yet been satisfactorily worked out just what 

 varieties are incapable of fertilizing themselves nor the best trees to 

 plant for pollinators, but it is conceded by all who have investigated 

 the subject, that there should be a mixture of varieties in the plum 

 orchard. 



ORNAMENTATION OF HOME GROUNDS. 

 (By Ruth Jackson, Columbia, Mo.) 



There are two destinct types of landscape gardening — the geome- 

 trical and the naturalistic. To these Edward Andre adds still another, 

 the composite style, which is a blending of the other two. 



According to the geometrical style of landscape gardening, the 

 grounds are laid out in squares, circles or other geometrical designs : 

 the trees are planted in straight rows, the shrubs trained to regular 

 patterns, the walks and drives from definite, and sharp angles. On 

 the other hand the naturalistic style attemps to follow the plans sug- 

 gested by nature. It cannot be wholly natural, for there must be 

 walks, drives, fences and buildings, but these may be so arranged as 

 to harmonize with the natural features about them. 



As to the relative value of these two styles of landscape art, we 

 may say they are of equal merit under certain conditions. The geome- 



