1885.] 



AND HORTICULTURIST. 



37 



measurement of shoots of this year's growth at ends 

 of lateral branches (usually the trees are well-bal- 

 anced and, except elms, symmetrical). The entire 

 upright growth and "lateral" growth on one 

 side in ten years after planting from limbs then 

 stumped is given where observed. In the last 

 column " B. G." means from the Botanic Gar- 

 den. The measurements given were made 14th 

 15th and i6th of September, 1884. Measure- 

 ments are in feet, or in feet and inches. 



[We give the above from a recent report of the 

 Architect of the Capitol at Washington, as an ex- 

 tremely interesting commentary on the prevalent 

 opinion, industriously fostered in some quarters, 

 that there is any serious difficulty in getting large 

 trees to grow. In this part of the world an exper- 

 ience of thirty years has shown that it is not neces- 

 sary for even the expense of the " ball of earth " 

 cared for in the Washington experiments. The 

 transplanter commences four or five feet from the 

 trunk, gets all the roots he can, and carries as little 

 earth as possible. A cart is placed up against the 

 tree, the shafts lashed to the trunk, a rope attached 

 to the top of the tree, and the axle serving as a 

 prop for the lever, a ton or two of tree is easily 

 lifted. A horse is attached to the tail end of the 

 cart, and, root foremost, the tree is hauled and 

 dropped into the hole prepared for it. A tree, by 

 this plan, 25 or 30 feet high, and with a trunk three 

 or four feet in circumference, can be dug, taken a 

 mile and replanted for about $25, and more safely, 

 we think here, than by the ball method. — Ed.G. M.] 



Myosotis Eliza Ganrobert. — Mr. F. E. Mc- 

 Allister, of New York, calls our attention to this 

 remarkable variety of P"orget-me-not. The flowers 

 are in a certain sense double, having double the 

 number of lobes to the corolla that is usual in this 

 family. The flower is from a quarter of an inch to 

 a half inch across. From the description we 





SCRAPS AND QUERIES. 



Worms in a Rose-bed. — A reader. New Jer- 

 sey, says : " I send enclosed in this a sample of 

 worm that is very troublesome to me in the green- 

 house, on the benches covered with soil. It de- 

 stroys the roots of plants in pots, particularly 

 geraniums. Thinking that you might possibly 

 know of a remedy I address you. I have been an 

 interested reader of your Monthly for over two 

 years, and have in that time been repaid, ten times 

 over, the price paid for it, and would not now do 

 without it if it were to be obtained at any price 

 within reach of a gardener." 



[The creatures were small centipedes, and are 

 not known to be specially injurious to vegetation. 

 They make trouble sometimes by keeping soil dis- 

 turbed. Watering with clear lime-water will get 

 rid of them, and be no injury to the plants. — 

 Ed. G. M.l 



Myosotis Eliza Ganrobert. 



should judge it would be a very desirable addi- 

 tion to our garden flowers, and be a particular 

 favorite with those who desire to grow flowers for 

 cutting purposes. Like almost all of the Forget- 

 me-nots, it is of a beautiful blue. In foreign 

 catalogues it appears under the formidable name 

 of Myosotis alpestris, grandiflora, robusta, &c. 



Japan Irises. — A correspondent says; " I like 

 the Japan Irises. 1 have some seedlings of im- 

 mense size, and with almost full double flowers, 

 nearly 8 inches in diameter. They please me 

 much. But you have no doubt the new named 

 varieties, if not choice seedlings of your own. The 

 first ones that 1 tried did not strike me as anything 

 very great, but in the past two or three years I 

 have changed my mind in regard to this class of 

 Iris." 



Prop.\gating Roses. — "Carrie B.," Pittsburgh, 



