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cently been completed from plans made and ex- 

 ecuted under the direction of Mr. Clias. H. Miller, 

 the consulting landscape gardener of Fairmount 

 Park. The newspapers of that region speak in 

 the highest terms of the beauty of those grounds, 

 as improved by Mr. Miller. 



Single Tuberoses.— There is a tendency in 

 the Tuberose to produce plants with single flow- 

 ers, to the annoyance of the lovers of the real 

 double Tuberose. But of late the single flowered 

 form has been in demand for its earliness. It is 

 in the Philadelphia market two weeks before 

 the double, and brings good prices. 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES. 



Roses, Geraniums, etc. — A. C, Watson- 

 ville, Santa Cruz Co., California, writes: "See- 

 ing you answer questions from correspondents, 

 I should like to have you answer the follovving 

 questions, if it is not too much trouble: 1. What 

 is the matter with my roses ? They put out their 

 leaves and flowers very well early last Spring, 

 and then in a short time the leaves turned spot- 

 ted and dropped off"; put out another crop of 

 leaves, and they dropped; and another crop 

 again, which dropped olf also ; making three 

 crops of leaves this season. I send you a speci- 

 men to examine. 2. Is the Marechal Xiel rose 

 hardy, and what kind of treatment does it re- 

 quire? Last Spring I made up a club of fifteen 

 members and sent to the Innisfallen Nurseries 

 for roses and plants, and received 135 roses and 

 others. Among the lot there were 11 Marechal 

 Niels and 13 Duchess of Edinburgh, and there 

 are but 1 Niel and 3 Duchesses alive now. I had 

 heard so much about the Marechal Niel that I 

 supposed it was perfectly hardy, and was very 

 anxious to have one or two. Our climate is damp 

 and foggy in the fore part of the day, and sunny 

 and windy the latter part, but not cold. 3. I 

 send you a small branch of a shrub for name. 

 I received it from the Rural New Yorker last 

 Spring a year ago, but the name was so stained 

 I could not make it out. It is to me, at least, 

 one of the most remarkable plants I ever saw. 

 It is a shrub, to all intents and purposes, about 

 three feet high. Last season it grew about two 

 feet, and this Spring when it started to grow, it 

 put out four shoots about four inches from the 

 ground and started off like a vine; and as it was 

 in the way of the other plants I made a trellis- 

 frame about four feet high for it to run on ; but 



it was not long till it was away above that ; so I 

 spliced the frame about three feet longer, think- 

 ing that would be high enough for this season ; 

 but it is eighteen inches above the trellis now, 

 and has a fair prospect of growing three or four 

 feet more yet this season. It is, as I said before, 

 a perfect shrub in all appearances, except that 

 the vine or runners is well proportioned and 

 handsome, with golden, variegated leaves, and 

 about every two or three inches along the vine 

 it puts out sometimes two and sometimes three 

 branches from six to eight inches long, but there 

 are no tendrils to cling with for support, but it 

 has to be supported on a frame like a golden 

 honeysuckle, which it resembles very much. 

 Now what is it — a vine or a shrub — and what is 

 its name ? 4. Is there a book published giving 

 instructions for planting all kinds of shrub and 

 plant seeds, both for the garden and greenhouse, 

 and their management before and after they are 

 up? I can get information about planting seeds 

 in the catalogues, but they do not tell anything 

 about their management after they are up; and 

 I find that different plants require different treat- 

 ment. Some want a cool place, like the Chinese 

 primrose, and others like a warm place, and not 

 much water. In fact, I should like to get a book 

 that will give instructions about general propa- 

 gation, both by seeds, cuttings, and layers, and 

 their general treatment throughout. 5. I see the 

 Rural New Yorker, of August 9, page 502, speaks 

 of a new Pelargonium sent it by John Saul, of 

 Washington, D. C, called Madame Baltat, said 

 to be double and pure white. Last Spring I re- 

 ceived a Zonale Geranium from the Innisfallen 

 Nm-series, called Madame Baltat, double, and 

 represented to be pure white ; but it is a light 

 flesh color. Is the Madame Baltat a Geranium 

 or a Pelargonium, or is thei*e one of each of that 

 name ? 



[1. The specimen was entirely rotten, and ap- 

 peared as if it had suffered from some form of 

 mildew. 



2. The Marechal Niel ought to be perfectly 

 hardy in your part of California. It is a very 

 strong grower, and will not flower freely till two 

 or three years old. It should be grown on a 

 trellis or pillar. 



3. The little twig was entirely rotten, and 

 nothing could be made from its mortal remains. 

 The description, however, fits Lonicera fragrant- 

 issima. 



4. There is no such work. The best thing to 

 do is to send your troubles to the Gardener's 



