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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



{.July, 



yellow flowers, and blooms a little later in the 

 reason. A variety of this is also obtainable, 

 having' brown sjiots at the base of the flowers. 

 It is recommended that every third or fourth 

 year the bulbs be lifted, separated,, and re- 

 planted." 



The Tri.ir Trkk. — A Vineland correspondent 

 of the Conntni Grnllomin has the following good 

 words for this very beautiful ornamental tree. 

 The practical experience detailed will be of great 

 value to those who have not succeeded with it. 

 We may add that no tree relishes more being 

 pruned at tran.splanting : — "In 1870 I bought 

 twenty, about four feet high, of a dealer here, 

 and gave them good clean culture two years, 

 when I had them transplanted and set on my 

 roadside as shade trees — to comply with the 

 Vineland shade tree law. They had a perfect 

 mass of fibrous roots, several times more, in- 

 deed, than seemed necessary. Not one of them 

 died ; all are alive now, growing finely, and are 

 about fifteen feet in height, and give every 

 promise of making a magnificent row of trees. 

 But I keep them cultivated and intend to do so 

 several years yet, as I have not much faith in 

 growing trees in grass. 



" I saj' then, to those who desire this splendid 

 flowering tree, and must buy them, to buy them 

 small and cultivate for a few years. Some may 

 die in transit, but the loss in cost will be insig- 

 nificant compared with the loss in trees from 

 six to eight feet high. In a wholesale price list 

 before me, I see that plants one foot high are 

 furnished at $3 per 100, while those from six to 

 eight feet high cost $60 per hundred ; or ten of 

 the first will be sent for fifty cents, and ten of 

 the latter for $7.50. The 'immediate effect' of 

 ordering the last size for long distances will af- 

 fect the purse more than the lawn or the road- 

 side. Buy small ; cultivate ; transplant at your 

 leisure, and then you can plant trees of uniform 

 height, and can count on their living. In plant- 

 ing, pare the mangled ends of the roots, and 

 from all those of any size, a half dozen or more 

 new branches will put out. A few shovelfulls of 

 pulverized muck, worked in among the roots, 

 will aid to retain moisture, and do something to 

 insure growth. 



" All that Mr. Bacon says in praise of this tree 

 is just; only he has not said all he might. Its 

 foliage, its flowers, its shape and its wood, are all 

 unsurpassed, while a crowning negative merit is, 

 that it has, as yet, no insect enemies. Most 



shade trees have these in certain sea-sons, but the 

 tulip, so far a.s I ever observed, or road of, or 

 heard of, is exempt. It is, too, a ra])itl grower; 

 nothing desirable equals it here in growth except 

 the soft maple, and it is becoming par excelUmce, 

 the standard tree of Vineland. More trees of 

 this variety have been planted during the last 

 three or four years than all other kinds put to- 

 gether. At seven or eight years after permanent 

 transplanting the blossoms appear, and they are 

 almost as beautiful and fragrant as a water lily. 

 A few of the ' pioneers ' are beginning to blos- 

 som here, and every year will increase the 

 number." 



NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



Pyrus Maulei. — This desirable new fruit has 

 been introduced into England from Japan ; ii is al- 

 lied to the Japan Quince. The fruit is the size of a 

 moderate Quince, of a bright apricot-color, and 

 makes a rich conserve. The flowers, which are 

 produced in great profusion, are of a most bril- 

 liant orange scarlet color. It is one of the most 

 beautiful flowering trees of recent introduction, 

 as well as a valuable fruit. — John Saul. 



Phellodendron amurense. — A very hardy 

 ornamental tree, flowered last season at the 

 Cambridge Bot. Garden. It has been there 

 fifteen years, so is quite hardy. The plant is 

 dioecious and a native of Maudchuria. It grows 

 in its native places fifty feet high, and has a 

 trunk one foot thick, with a corky bark. It is 

 allied to Ptelea and Xanthoxylum, Prof. Sar- 

 gent contributes a fuller note on the subject to 

 the April American Naturalist. 



New Magnolias. — We have from Mr. R. B. Par- 

 sons & Son, flowers of Magnolia Lenn6, M.Thur- 

 beri and M. Halleana. These are varieties — the 

 first of purpurea, and the other two of the Chi- 

 nese. The Lenne differs from the M. purpurea 

 in having very broad petals. Halleana has nu- 

 merous narrow, white petals — is in fact semi- 

 double, and Thurberi is a fine petaled variety, 

 more on the cream. In I'eference to these we 

 have the following note : — " I sent you yester- 

 day by mail, a box containing flowers of Mag- 

 nolia Thurberi, as we named it long ago. Since 

 sending it, Mr. T. Hogg tells mc he is under 

 the imjiression that he bloomed it some time ago 

 under the name of M. stellata. We have grown 



