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GARDENING. 



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iV. OF LAWN IN MR EGAN S GARDE^ 



eighteen inches apart, so as to allow the 

 planting of annuals between later on, 

 were hyacinth and narcissus and in the 

 canna beds were the early and late tulips, 

 which, when the time comes for planting 

 out the cannas, will be taken up and 

 heeled in elsewhere to be ripened off. As 

 the bed is rounded up towards the center 

 for the tulips and lower and flat for the 

 cannas part of the soil will be carried 

 awa\' Jtme 1, which is about the time the 

 cannas are planted, they having been 

 started in a hotbed. 



To-day, April 21, Magnolia Soulan- 

 geana, which in a sheltered place has 

 rested all winter with a heavy straw 

 wrapping is in bloom, and while it may 

 not be as vigorous and full-flowered as it 

 might in a more genial clime, it gives 

 pleasure to me and mine. Pninus pen- 

 tliila and P. serotina pendula, two forms 

 of weeping cherries, are showing color 

 well, while P. triloba is in open bloom. 



As a rule plants have wintered well. 

 Among perennials and biennials Coreopsis 

 graiidittora and fox gloves were winter 

 killed, but Coreopsis lanccolata has 

 proved hardy and I supposed C. grancli- 

 flora would also, but I was disappointed. 

 [Uon't despair, young plants may yet 

 spring up from pieces of the roots.— Ed.] 

 Ketinospora plumosa and its variety, 

 aurea, are looking fairly well and not as 

 much winter-burned as garden plants of 

 our native spreading juniper, Juniperus 

 prosf rata, especially the handsome golden 

 form. [This juniper always gets metallic 

 brown in winter, losing its golden color 

 completely, but this is no sign of ill-health 

 or winter-killing; wait till June and then 

 see if it won't be as bright and j-ellow as 

 ever you saw it.— Ed.] Retinospora Fiil- 

 leri, as usual, is in splendid shape. Picea 

 Nordmanniana (Nordman's silver fir), 

 supposed not to do well here, is in good 

 form. The plant is about five feet high 

 and has been protected from the winds 

 three winters by a temporary solid board 

 fence around it. [One of the best conifers 

 in clay ground. — Ed.] 



This is not a peach region, but it is a 



pleasant thing to eat the luscious fruit of 

 your own raising. Early frosts generally 

 do the main damage. I plant close to the 

 south side of a barn, trainingthe tree fan- 

 shape flat against a wide open lattice work 

 set six inches out from the side of the 

 barn. About January 1 I hang common 

 bagging over the tree, leaving it on until 

 about April 20. This retards the swelling 

 of the fruit buds and still allows free circu- 

 lation of air. 



I am still holding back the Azalea mol- 

 lis now in my cellar, as I do not want the 

 bloom caught by any late frost. This 

 plant, wintered outside, while in fair 

 form, is nowise as robust as are those 

 that have been wintered in the cellar. 



My record of bedding roses wintered in 

 a cold frame may be of some interest. 

 Those that have come out strong arc: 

 Papa Gontier, Tea; Safrano, Tea; Maman 

 Coehet, Tea; Meteor, H. T.; Kaiserin Au- 

 gusta Victoria, H. T. 



Those are in good condition: Brides- 

 maid, Tea; Lettv Coles, Tea; Comtesse 

 de Labarthe, Tea; Bon Silene, Tea; Co- 

 quette de Lyon, Tea; Etoile de Lyon; 

 Marion Dingee, Tea; Marie Guillot; 

 Marie Lambert, Tea; Baronne de Berge, 

 Tea; Princess Bonnie, Tea. 



Those that died: The Bride, Tea; Perie 

 des Jardins, Tea; Mme. Hoste, Tea. 



The easiest handled and best summer 

 bloomer among the teas is Papa Gontier. 

 With small plants of the "Three La 

 Frances," La France proper; Augustine 

 Guinoiseau and Duchess of Albany, all 

 hybrid teas, and excellent summer 

 bloomers, the Duchess of Albany win- 

 tered best. They were laid down and 

 covered with earth. W. C. E<;an. 



Highland Park, near Chicago, April 21 , 



1896. 



ROSES AND OTflBR NEW PLANTS. 



The Crimson Rambler has exceeded my 

 expectations. One year old plants of it 

 potted into 7-inch pots December 31 last 

 were masses of bloom in February and 

 early March. It is one of the most en- 

 during njscs we have, flowers remaining 



on the plant several days without fading. 

 The Golden Rambler or Alister Stella 

 Gray is also fine; this variety is an al- 

 most continuous bloomer when well 

 established. Plants of it potted January 

 3 were in fine bloom in 6-inch pots during 

 the latter part of February. It blooms 

 in clusters ot 10 to 12 flowers each. The 

 color of the buds when fully opened is a 

 fine yellow changing to white, and the 

 flowers are fragrant, about two inches 

 across and very double. To obtain the 

 best results with it under glass it should 

 be grown cool; it is a fi.st class noisette 

 rose and probably hardy. As regards 

 the White Rambler, I am waiting to find 

 out what it is. 



Lord Penzance's sweet briars come of a 

 hardy race and are most desirable; they 

 are good healthy growers with foliage as 

 fragrant as the old sweetbriar and they 

 root quite freely; I will try the plants 

 in the field this season. 



The king of hardy H. P. roses is a new 

 dark variety known here as No. 15; it is 

 a good grower with flower large, double, 

 and of a color almost black and glossy 

 beyond description. It is away ahead of 

 Baron Bonstetten or Prince Camille and 

 Jean Liabaud. 



In other new plants the new Bougain- 

 villea Sanderiana has fully met expecta- 

 tions; plants here have been in constant 

 bloom for the past six months; the flowers 

 will keep for weeks after they are cut. 



The newjusticia Velutina is a treasure; 

 its color is a beautiful clear pink and it is 

 a most profuse bloomer, and it can be 

 bedded out in the flower garden the same 

 as a geranium. 



Spirjea Anthony Waterer is proving to 

 be the best dwarf crimson flowering 

 si)ira'a in cultivation. 



Vitis Coignetix (King of Autumn), 

 Japan maple and Ampelopsis Veitchii 

 look washy in company with this vine 

 from Japan. In summeV it is no better 

 looking than any common grape vine, 

 when autumn comes, however, it appears 

 in all its glorv-; and the plant is as hardy 

 as a hickorv. 



