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THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY 



[August, 



NEW OR RARE PLANTS. 



Ellwanger's New Seedling Roses. — While at 

 Rochester, recently, the editor was very much 

 interested in Mr. H. B. Ellwanger's seedling 

 roses. They were not then quite in bloom. 

 The crosses are between such unlikely things 

 as Teas and Hybrid Perpetuals, and similar dis- 

 tinct races ; but the foliage and general charac- 

 teristics of the seedlings showed that the ex- 

 periments were complete successes, so far as 

 uniting the races were concerned, and it is no 

 wonder rose growers awaited with much interest 

 the actual floricultural results. Since returning 

 home we have a blossom of one he marks ''No. 

 5," which is a remarkably large, sweet-scented 

 flower, and of very beautiful form. The exact 

 value will, of course, have to be tested by 

 comparison of the plant with others already 

 in existence, but so far as we can judge 

 from a single flower, we feel safe in saying 

 if there are many equal to this one the race 

 of roses does not need much improving. Mr. 

 E. deserves the thanks of all lovers of roses 

 for the enthusiasm with which he pursues 

 rose culture. 



Gynura aurantiaca. — The Belgian papers are 

 in raptures about this new bedding plant. It is 

 said to be a Composite, with violet, velvet-look- 

 ing foliage and orange flowers. " The aspect 

 of ihe plant is really splendid," says N. E, 

 Brown, an American Horticulturist settled in 

 Belgium. 



WiEGELA CANDIDA.— At Rochester during the 

 nurserymen's meeting, EUwanger & Barry ex- 

 hibited cut specimens of this pretty white va- 

 riety. There are a number of white varieties 

 now under culture, but we regard this as one of 

 the best. It has the habit of W. rosea. 



A New Upright Honeysuckle (Lonicera 

 Alberti).— In the December number of Regel's 

 " Gartenflora" just received is a colored figure 

 and description of a new Honeysuckle, lately 

 discovered by Dr. Regel's son, Albert Regel, in 

 the alpine regions of Eastern Turkestan. It is 

 a dwarf shrub, very diff'usely branched, and 

 furnished with small, narrow leaves, from the 

 axils of which the blossoms are produced. 

 These are in pairs, star-shaped, and of a pleasing, ' 

 rosy, lilac color. This desirable shrub, which ' 

 will probably turn out to be hardy, we hope may ' 

 eoon be seen in our gardens. — Garden. 



SCRAPS AND QUERIES. 



Some Rose Questions.— Miss Mattie W., Qua- 

 ker Hill, New York, says : " I am a very in- 

 terested reader of the Gardener's Monthly and 

 enthusiastic cultivator of flowers and fruits on a 

 small scale, but I often have sad failures with 

 my pet plants, and seek information for their 

 proj)er treatment from every reliable source. I 

 will state my perplexities, and trust some kind 

 readers of the Gardener's Monthly will favor 

 me with their advice as they have in the past. 



" I have some fifty roses, many of them the 

 choicest varieties, mostly monthlies, and I would 

 like to so manage them as not to lose one, which 

 if I do, will be contrary to my past experience. 

 They grow and bloom nicely during the summer, 

 but I think there must be some fault in potting 

 in the fall, as many die during the winter, and 

 some after they are brought from the cellar in 

 the spring. In taking them up is it better to try 

 and take some earth with them ? Often the 

 roots go so deep that it seems impossible to do so. 

 I would also like to ask, how to care for a Jas- 

 minum d'Orleans? It is said to bloom freely 

 through the summer, but I cannot make mine 

 grow. Where should it be wintered?" 



The Hemlock Spruce in England. — This is 

 not often seen in English gardens, and the gen- 

 eral impression from this is that it will not grow 

 there. But a correspondent says : 



"The hemlock does well in England, but is 

 not so common as yew. There is a grand speci- 

 men at Dropmore, planted by Frost more than 

 fifty years ago, but I forget the dimensions; it 

 was a fine tree when I saw it nearly thirty years 

 since." 



From this it would seem that the only reason 

 for the scarcity is the want of enterprise among 

 English nurserymen in introducing it. 



AlLANTUS AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH. — " H. S. 



A.," Selins Grove, Pa., writes : " I am at present 

 very much interested in getting the latest and 

 best information about the qualities of the 

 Ailantus tree. The Town Council of Selins 

 Grove have just ordered the destruction of two 

 fine Ailantus trees standing in front of our 

 homestead, on the ground of unhealthiness. If 

 they are right I would like to know it. In the 

 American Agricultivrist, April, 1878, is an item 

 thus : ' Prof Sargent, Director of the Arnold 

 Arboretum, of Harvard, and also a member of 

 the Mass. S. B. of Agriculture, has contributed 



