October 24, 1908 HORTICULTURE 539 



ing, and his estimate of the wood was seventy-five cords tiful florets match together so well that a single stem 



to the acre. More than two-thirds of this is suitable for in a vase is a bouquet of itself of marvelous loveliness. 



box boards, and is worth at the mill, three miles distant, It has one defect; it is a slow multiplier, but I find I 



$6.00 per cord. can increase it fairly well from the roots. When planted 



Land per acre $6.00 near others it is marvelous how it will impress itself. 



Setting trees 7.00 You sow the seeds in the fall, and the next summer 



Taxes 11 - 00 you are in a garden of delight, filled with surprises of 



Total cost per acre $24.00 beauty. 



j * ./■ »» „.. .. Associated with this, I have, from the seeds of the 



50 cords at $6.00 300.00 ' 



25 cords wood at $2.00 50.00 Coquehcot, which is a feeble plant with small flowers, 



increased the size one-half with a plant of twice the 



Yield per acre $350.00 • n , , ^ , .... 



vigor ot the parent. Crepuscule is quite variable m 



The late Kichard Simpson set a piece to pine thirty- color _ In om . hot climate it endures the heat the best 



one years ago on land too poor to cultivate. The wood of anVj and the flowers are nearly white with a crimson 



now is estimated to be worth $150.00 per acre, at least. &tar i„ the center, while in Colorado at Boulder at Mr. 



The groves of which we have spoken have had no Andrews' place I was shown some of that name with 



treatment to hasten their growth or improve the quality much darker flowers with no wMt eness about them. I 



of the lumber, and, with the exception of the removing told Mr _ Andrews I was sure he did not have the right 



of one or two dead trees, it might be said that they have kind . But this fall after the frosts I notice that mine 



taken care of themselves. Had these plantations been have changed color materially. The normal color is 



pruned, so that the whole growth of the branches had wllit e, shaded violet, and the shading is deeper in a 



been thrown into the trunks, they would have been cooler climate or in the autumn . 



worth at least fifteen per cent. more. Notwithstanding the one defect of a slow propagator, 



I have secured some splendid crosses. One I call Arete, 

 taking the names from the classic dictionary. This is 

 the ideal flower. The blossoms are larger and much 

 the color of the parent. It is about half-way between 

 Richard Wallace ami Crepuscule. It endures both 



Arnold Arboretum, floods and drouths without wincing. It stools vigor- 



Boston, Mass. ously and the head is full of seed. In fact it seems to 



be interested in the business all over and ready to help 



along all the lines. Phloxes never or seldom reproduce 



The Propagation OI PhloXeS themselves from seed, but with seed from the finest you 



„. ,. ,. . stand a chance for improvement. Another cross I 



Many kinds now in cultivation are not satistactorv. -, -, 7 , , , . , . , , . , , 



,..,,„ , , , . , named Venus, now changed to Alcyoni (daughter of 



The individual flowers may be large, but there is not a . , , N , ,, , , . , ... 



. , , , j;, . . ° . _ Atlas), because there was another phlox of the same 



full symmetrical head. I his is very important. We T , „ . .. , . 



J ,.,,,, name. 1 have seen a great many of various kinds and 



want the crown to appear like one great beautiful bloom. , , , , ,, . ... 



11 ° colors but have never seen anything to compare with 



Again we want a plant that will propagate readily, one ,,. Q . , a , , , ,, , .. m , 



8 v if . ,.. this. Single florets are much larger than a dollar. The 



that will stool out and understand and practice multi- , , . , v , n , , , , , . 



• .. r , general lorm is much like Crepuscule, only the blooms 



plication. For instance I\arolme von Sossburg is one e i •* -j.i & ■ ■ , ■ ,i 



r „ , ., ° are ot snowy white with five crimson stars artistically 



of our most beautiful plants with its flowers of porce- ■, -, • ,, , m , , . . , , ., 



. , . ,, . . , . \ placed in the center. Though of vigorous habit, un- 



lam whiteness, but it lack?; a well rounded head, and you * , , , ,, . , _. . , 



' . fortunately this is a very slow propagator. It takes 



can raise it a year or two with no increase. This is not , , , , , -^ ... 



J about two years to come to its best. However, it is now 



profitable to the average grower who does not have a e , T ,,. , T n ... ., 



r , ,. ci ■-,-,-, oi sucn V1 o or 1 think I can reproduce it from the root 



greenhouse tor propagation. Some, indeed, plant cut- ,,. . r , 



& ' . n cuttings so in a few years 1 can have some to spare. 



tings out of doors but they are uncertain. w , ., , » . ,. . 



* . -, , , , , We Jlave qmte a number of new ones of other colors 



I hen again, you want healthy plants. At least one- ,i » ,- , , , , -n , ,, 



& ' •'. J f . on the way of which we have great hopes. But they 



halt ot those we import are worthless. It it is very wet i^iViii i i^ ,, 



,,.., ., , ,.».,. , , , ., must first be tested- year by year before we can give them 



they blight terribly, and li it is very hot and dry they , ,, ,,. m i i ,, ■ , 



J & , . ' . . , „•,„.,,,, to the public, loo many untested new things have 



cannot endure it: so it is hard to find the ideal phlox. , , ,, ij.tj.-u- • ■*■ , 



1 been put on the market. In this trying climate of 



I have been at work for years endeavoring to originate a i j 3 i.j -ji -u j. • i t -,-. n ■ ,i 



" 5 , floods and drought with hot winds and 110 in the 



new sorts from the best strains. 1 iound Crepuscule to -, -, - c , ,-, ■ , ,, ,.,. 



. f shade, if we get anything to meet the condition we can 



be a remarkable flower. Ihe individual blooms are i j -j. / 



depend on it anywhere, 

 often larger than a silver dollar. The color is variable. 



The name. I believe, is twilight or fading light. It has * A A/, A~^.a 



the most glorious symmetrical crown of any I have ever ( ^ /TlA/ X *v » v T • 



seen. It is a continuous and a late bloomer, November ' 



sometimes finding it in its glory The large and beau- ' 



