April 3, 1909 



HORTICULTURE 



483 



strawberry tree (E. Americana). The 

 sea buckthorn (Hippophae Rham- 

 noides) is also attractive in winter 

 because of its yellow black dotted 

 fruit, which is very persistent. 

 Many of the roses are extremely 

 beautiful as their fruits are often 

 large. One of the best is the 

 Japanese rose (Rosa rugosa), whose 

 large haws or berries are highly col- 

 ored and remain long on the plant to 

 brighten up the landscape. Rosa mul- 

 tiflora, whose fruits, although smaller, 

 are borne in large clusters and last all 

 winter. Rosa lutescens has the largest 

 fruit, some of which are one inch long 

 and are borne in clusters of four. 

 Rosa blanda is also useful. 



The privets, both the 'common (L. 

 vulgare) and the Japanese (L. Ibota), 

 have large clusters of shining black 

 berries, and are very striking with a 

 background of the snow. The snow- 

 berry (S. racemosus) with its profuse 

 masses of white berries, and the coral 

 berry (S. vulgaris) are both splendid 

 species for effective winter planting. 

 When planted in masses in richly pre- 

 pared borders, they produce riotous 

 masses of fruit. The European buck- 

 thorn (Rhamnus catharticus), so often 

 used for a wind break, has attractive 

 black fruits, as has also Rhodotypos 

 kerrloldes. The stag-horn sumac 

 (Rhus typhina) produces a marked ef- 

 fect in a winter landscape with its 

 antler-like dense clusters of berries. 

 The smooth sumac (R. glabra) is also 

 useful as a winter fruit plant. 



The European mountain ash (Sorbus 

 aucuparius) with its bright red berries 

 in large clusters is especially useful 

 for winter effect, and the yellow ber- 

 ried form is also useful for variety. 

 With an evergreen background they 

 are especially attractive. Among the 

 vines for winter effect nothing can sur- 

 pass the bitter-sweet (Celastrus scaa- 

 dens) with its winter array of orange 

 berries, when the vine is allowed to 

 grow as a shrub, forming an uneven 

 mass of twining stems; covered with 

 attractive fruits it is particularly fine. 

 C. articulatus is also a splendid ber- 

 ried vine similar to the bitter-sweet. 

 Vitis heterophylla, whose grape-like 

 clusters of whitish-blue berries offer a 

 variety in berry color, are also inter- 

 esting from the standpoint of winter 

 effect. 



The variety of berried plants is not 

 seriously limited by the effect of the 

 higher latitudes, and when planting for 

 winter effect is planned we may enjoy 

 a profusion of color all winter, which 

 •will please the eye and make our win- 

 ter walk through park or home 

 grounds a joy which belongs peculiarly 

 to the winter season. 



Bright Colored Twigs and Stems. 

 One of the very best opportunities 

 for brightening up the winter land- 

 scape is offered to us with a lavish 

 hand in the bright colored branches 

 and twigs in shrubs and trees. Who 

 of us has not been charmed after the 

 leaves have fallen with a large mass 

 of the red osier dogwood (Cornus sto- 

 lonifera) as seen from the window of 

 a train; the effect is lasting. A num- 

 ber of the cornus are useful in planting 

 for winter effect. The best Is C. alba 

 Siberica, and C. stolonlfera for red 

 stems, and C. stolonlfera var. flavi- 



ramea for the yellow effect of its 

 branches. When planted in large 

 masses beside the brilliant green 

 branches of Kerria Japonica, the effect 

 is really wonderful. There are numer- 

 ous species of cornus, among which 

 might be mentioned C. Amomum and 

 C. circinata, with bright colored bark 

 which gives us shades of color, which 

 are useful for winter effect, and as 

 their berries are quite persistent and 

 usually of a bluish white shade, the 

 contrast between stems and fruit is 

 good. The red stems of Rosa lucida 

 are also used to advantage. 



In large shrub borders, along mar- 

 gins of ponds and edges of creeks, the 

 brilliant colors form an important part 

 of the winter landscape. About the 

 best are the golden branched willow 

 (Salix vitellina var. aurea) and the va- 

 riety Eritzensis with reddish branches. 

 Salix viminalis, the basket willow, has 

 also bright yellow stems and is especi- 

 ally valuable. Salix purpurea, the pur- 

 ple osier gives us a chance to intro- 

 duce a purple h\ie into the winter 

 landscane, which in the distance is par- 

 ticularly enchanting. Salix palmaeo- 

 lia has also purple branches and is 

 very useful. As a purple branched 

 shrub, Derberis vulgaris purpurea, the 

 purple leaved barberry, is often used 

 in small plantations. 



{To tr continued) 



OBITUARY. 



Ernest Weber. 



Another sudden death among the 

 Chicago florists was that of Ernest 

 Weber, which occurred Mar. 23. The 

 funeral was from the residence. 2386 

 Lincoln Ave., Mar. 25, and was largely 

 attended by his friends in the trade. 



Ernest Weber came to Chicago direct 

 from Germany, twenty-five years ago. 

 After working for various florists, Mr. 

 Weber and his brother Fred started 

 in business together. Later on Fred 

 was ready for a place of his own, and 

 since that time Eraest has continued 

 the business alone. Mr. Weber was 

 known as a very successful grower and 

 his loss will be felt in the market as 

 well as socially. He left no children 

 and the sympathy of the trade is ex- 

 tended to the invalid wife. Mr. Weber 

 was ill but two days with erysipelas 

 and his sudden death was a great 

 shock. 



Mrs. William E. Doyle. 

 Katherine E., wife of William E. 

 Doyle of Boston, died on March 29 

 from the effects of a shock with which 

 she was recently stricken. Mrs. Doyle 

 was born In E. Cambridge, Mass., in 

 1848. She is survived by her husband 

 and three children. 



Warren B. Madison. 



Warren B. Madison, professor of an- 

 imal husbandry at the State Agricul- 

 tural College, Kingston, R. L, died on 

 March 22, of pneumonia. He has been 



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Edward Dale. 

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 on March 17, aged S2 years. Mr. Dale 

 settled in Canada in 1S73 and engaged 

 in the market gardening and florist 

 business. He was the father of 

 Thomas Edward and William Dale. 



Edward Gill. 



Edward Gill, a native of New Jersey, 

 and prominent in horticulture on the 

 Pacific coast, died in W. Berkeley, 

 Calif., at the age of 69. 



