Copyright, 1699, by 

 FUORISTS' PUBUIStlllNG CO.. 520-535 Gaxton Bulldlnft, CtllCAGO. 



Vol. m. 



CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, APRIL 20, 1899. 



No. 73. 



LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 



It is pleasing to note tliat owners 

 of subiui)an residences are paying 

 more and more attention to tlie proper 

 planting of their grounds and the flor- 

 ist is frequently called in to give ad- 

 vice and to undertake the planting of 

 hardy subjects. Therefore the florist 

 doing a general business should be 

 something of a landscape gardener as 

 well as a florist. 



there can " be seen here one of the 

 best general collections of hardy 

 plants to be seen on any private place. 

 In the picture only a group of yuc- 

 cas are seen in bloom but a trip 

 around the border of the lawn at any 

 time during the summer is full of de- 

 lightful surprises, and a true lover of 

 flowers and gardens will nesd several 

 hours -to complete the journey. The 

 view gives the handsome general ef- 



The Lawn at Egandale. 



As suggestive in this direction we 

 l)resent a view of the lawn at Egan- 

 dale, the country resilience of Mr. W. 

 C. Egan, Highland Park, HI., near 

 Chicago. The grounds comprise only 

 six or seven acres but as tlie result 

 of admirable treatment in planting 

 seem to be much greater in extent. 

 Nearly every department of gardening 

 Is represented on these few acres, and 



feet but tells nothing of the beauties 

 to be found in the bays that often 

 extend back to the tree line which in- 

 dicates the bank of the ravines that 

 bound the grounds on the west and 

 south. 



Formal bedding is used in other 

 parts of the grounds but in that shown 

 in the picture the effects are main- 

 tained almost entirely with hardy sub- 



jects. Still there is never a scarcity 

 of bloom. We may print something 

 later as to selection of plants and 

 shrubs to produce a continual display 

 throughout the season. 



The second picture gives a sky effect 

 and view of Lake Michigan obtained 

 from a bay that extends in among the 

 trees seen in the background of the 

 flrst picture. This is one of the many 

 happy surprises to the visitor and 

 helps materially to give the impres- 

 sion of great extent to these compar- 

 atively small grounds. 



Mr. Egan, who has retired from bus- 

 iness, devotes his whole time to mak- 

 ing Egandale the loveliest spot in the 

 west, and to his duties as secretary 

 of the Horticultural Society of Chica- 

 go, to which organization he has been 

 a tower of strength. 



GRAFTED ROSES. 



Would It be wise to leave grafted 

 stock of Brides, Bridesmaids and 

 Kaiserins in the benches containing 

 4'/:; inches of soil in which they were 

 forced last year; or would it be ad- 

 visable to replant in fresh soil? Or 

 would better results be obtained from 

 young plants of this season on their 

 own roots? SUBSCRIBER. 



If young grafted stock can be pro- 

 cured, we would consider it infinitely 

 better to replant the houses with it, iii 

 Ijlace of running the old stock another 

 season on raised shallow benches. 



The only way we advise growing 

 grafted roses the second year is by 

 planting them in solid benches in G to 

 S inches of soil. But even here, taking 

 all things into consideration, we find 

 the advantages so slight that we have 

 abandoned this method in favor of re- 

 planting with young stock each sea- 

 son, on raised benches in 4 to 5 inches 

 of soil, adding liberally in the way of 

 animal manures during the winter and 

 spring months. 



We find it best to allow grafted roses 



