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GARDENING. 



Nov. /, 



eAIDENIN6 



William Falconer, Editor. 



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S. Reynolds Hole (the Dean of Roches- 

 ter, England) is in this country on a three 

 months' visit. He is one of the greatest 

 rosarians living:, and wrote "A Book 

 about Roses." He is the man who grew 

 roses because he had roses in his heart. 

 Dean Hole loves roses and grows them 

 and everj'body loves the Dean. 



White Sweet Peas. — Over in Europe 

 they are having considerable discussion 

 about which is the better white sweet 

 pea, Emily Henderson or Mrs. Sankej-. 

 Our advice is grow both. If you want one 

 for forcing try the former, a d the same 

 if for early outdoor flowers. For general 

 and late crop, though we will stick to 

 Mrs. Sankey till we know more about the 

 other, but we believe there is room fur 

 both. 



Scented Geraniimp.— In the Garc/eners' 

 Magazine]. Hudsonnames the following: 

 Balsam scented (Pelargojiiam radula 

 major), nutmeg scented (P. fragrans), 

 peppermint scented (P. tomentosvm), 

 rose scented (P. capitatum), orange 

 scented (Prince of Orange), lemonscented 

 (P. crispuw), filbert scented (Shotteshani 

 Pet), turpentine scented (Lady Ply- 

 mouth), and almond scented (Prettv 

 Pollv). 



GARDExrNG Is gotten up for Its readers and In their 

 Interest, and It behooves you. one and all, to make It 

 Interesting. If It does not exactly suit your case, 

 please write and tell us what you want. It Is our 

 desire to help you. 



ASK ANY QuESTioxs you please about plants, 

 flowers, fruits, vegetables or other practical gardening 

 matters. We will take pleasure In answering them. 



Send us Notes of your experience lo gardening In 

 any line; tell us of your successes that others may be 

 enlightened and encouraged, and of your failures, 

 perhaps we can help you. 



SEND US Photographs or Sketches of your 

 Hewers, gardens, greenhouses, frulta. vegetables, or 

 horticultural appliances that we may have them en- 



graved for gardexixg. CliAKLES A. Dana, thk iiw.xkr of 



DosoRis — n McChire's Magazine for 



CONTENTS. October thirty pages are devoted to an 



. THE FLOWER GARDEN. interesting skctch of the life of Mr. Dana, 



Igeramm.'aufrnf^rh'era^Vtc- '. '. t with several portraits of this noble man. 



New Cannes at Boston ... 50 and views at Dosoris. His public life is 



Lily disease ..... 60 the topic touched upon. It is as he is at 



Weed™in"thLTwn'' .^ 50 ^°^^ that we know him, and a purer. 



Lilies to bloom in August. . .51 grander, or nobler gentleman than he is 



Wintering tender bulbs and tubers 51 we do not know. He has owned Dosoris 



?he='"Me".^icaTgimrose;.^. :.:;.; i ; . ;i} for twenty years. 



Large leaved magnolia and paulownia. .. . 51 Canna Sl'XSHI.XE,— Apropos of our 



Hafdy'shnihrii'Sctobe'r- ' ' . . . 1 ti notes page 23, October 1, F. R. Pierson 



Advice about shrubs ' =,i Co., Tarrvtown, N. \ ., the raisers of this 



The hybrid catalpa . . 52 new canna write: "I tell von Sunshine 



C.eepmgs^nowberry^^^^_^^^ ^^^^^^^^^. . . . 52 is a grand thing. It is the freest bloom- 

 Rex begonias (i'llus ) '. . . ' '. . . . 52 ing canna we have ever had; there is no 



A pit to winter plants in '. . . . .52 canna that sends up flower stems with 



Crimi^Ki?ki? won't bloom 1 the freedom that this does. It is away 



Early chrysanthemums 54 ahead of Paul Marquant; it has a brighter 



Chrv'santhemum Miss M.M. Johnson (illus.) . .55 color, better Howers, and is a freer 



?e°gol'°R;r'"- •.• ■ .• • .■ it bloo.>"er. Vou may think ths incredible, 



A greenhouse in winter '.'51 but it IS SO. 



Polyantha roses in California 54 Pi rm-Fc Spt.t>s iv Pni ixirs iiipntpv 



Roses for Buffalo, N. Y. . . . .55 t- LOW ER SEEDS I\ lOLlTICb. Anentei- 



sclect roses . ■'•''. 55 prising candidate for Congress in a state 



The Washington roses . i 55 where the ladies vote, recentlv applied to 



The Indian cetonif(iihl's.7'"'' 55 ^he Secretary of Agriculture for a su, pl.v 



Injurious beetles ... 56 of g"'' flower seeds to be distributed 



Locust-tree borer (illus) . ...■..'■....; 56 among the ladv voters of his (the candi- 



Th^squ^aslfbug"''^'' ''""'•' % date's) district 'with the view of influenc- 



Scaleongreenhouseplanls ' .'..'!'..'!.. 56 i"g their votes in his favor. The honor- 



THF. FRUIT GARDF.N.' able sccrctarv promptlv denied the re- 



^u"^r^nts°%"|;'o'Sefr?er .*'""'' ' i . ' fl ^}^^^^ ^""^ ^"^"t t"^? ^''P'^'^.^^ ^ f^f^^ 



Fruits for Arkansas . . ,57 letter of reproof .\nd we sincerely hope 



Japanese sweet chestnut '.....' ,57 the ladies will add to the reproof by re- 

 Maiden ''■^^.^jj|j-^;|^^j,_.j.^^j^j;^^j^Pj;^ 5" fusing t^ recognize the man who should 



The vegetable garden ' . .59 descend to such base practice. 



Egg plant ... ' ' ' 60 



K;rpinga,^d'°p"^^?^rng hen manure- ' ' ! ! IS LANDSCAPE Gardeni.ng -The Ganlen- 



Asparagus in win er . . . . . . ! ! 62 ers Chronicle gives the following advice 



to a young g irdener: "If you intend to 



C annas grow i!ir, or remain dwarf just follow landscape work as a means of get- 

 as they arc well fed or starved. Planted ting a live'ihood, you should place your- 

 in the open garden and unattended to as self under some landscape gardener of 

 regards watering in summer Star of '91 acknowledged ability, paying a premium, 

 grew 30 inches, Crozv 40 inches, Sarah You would require to have a knowledge 

 Hill 38 inches, Paul Mar<iuaiit 36 or of land surveying, plan drawing, and 

 thereabout; in speciallv manured and levelling, together with a thorough ac- 

 deeply worked ground Star grew to i rjuaintancc with trees, shrubs and garden 

 feet. Crozy to 5 feet, and Sarah Hill, Sec- plants generally, forestry and cognate 

 retaiy Stewart. Chas. Henderson, Bou- subjects, and more than all you should 

 vier, Cabos, Paul Bruant, and some have ideas— in fact, you should be an 

 others to 6 and 7 tcet, and Marquant artist or you will never be more than a 

 about G feet. copyist. " 



Franchett's Ground Cherry or 

 Strawberry Tomato {Physalis Alke- 

 kengi Franchetti) is a nevi- and robust 

 plant recently introduced from Japan by 

 Mr. James Veitch. The old strawberry 

 tomato (P. .4/A-eien^') from Europe and 

 Asia, is not tincommon in our gardens 

 where as a cultivated or naturalized 

 hardy perennial we enjoy its cheerful red 

 calyces and fruits. This new comer is of 

 annual duration, and far more robust in 

 body than the other one and its fruits 

 and inflated calyces are much larger and 

 the crimson and yellow coloring more 

 pronounc d. We hope to get it among 

 seed no ve ties in the near future. 



X Variegated Fireon-the-Mountain 

 Plant I Euphorbia heterophylla) . — Last 

 spring Mr. A. W. Smith of Georgia sent 

 us a variegated plant raised from seed 

 and another raised from a cutting. Both 

 grew well and we found very little differ- 

 ence between them as regards habit, 

 vigor or variegation; the leaves are much 

 blotched or marked with creamy j-ellow. 

 In late summer or autumn the tip leaves 

 become marked with a large scarlet 

 blotch in the middle, presenting a verv 

 noticeable effect. The variegated as well 

 as the green leaved ones have this vivid 

 marking. The green-lea%ed form has 

 nothing verv striking about it till it 

 "blossoms" in the fall, but the variegated 

 form is a marked plant all of the time. 

 Cnder date of October 19 Mr. Smith 

 sends us a lot of cut sprays of his varie- 

 gated plants, and they are very much 

 colored and very beautiful. He' writes: 

 "Xo number of sprays can give an idea of 

 the plant asitgrowshereoutdoors, where 

 it is three to four feet in height, and two 

 to three feet through, with its innumera- 

 ble markings in every shade of yellow, 

 green and scarlet. It is certainly the most 

 brilliant of all variegated plants, and I 

 feel well repaid for my five years' work in 

 bringing it to its present perfection." 



TECflNICflL NAMES FOR PLANTS. 



.\ few days since I was at Highland 

 Park, and one morning before he wasout 

 of bed strolled through the grounds of 

 Mr. \V. C. Egan. His place is decidedly 

 the best kept and most attractive so 

 far as la w n and floral effects go of any in 

 the town. Mr. Egan being out of busi- 

 ness has ample time to cultivate his 

 natural taste for horticulture. If he in 

 writing on the subject of plants, shrubs 

 etc., would call them bj' their plain barn- 

 yard American names amateur readers 

 of Gardening might catch on to his valu- 

 able suggestions and information. 



Oeonomowoc, Wis. Edgemoor. 



In Mr. Egan's writings, w henever there 

 is an accepted English name for a plant 

 he generally uses it, and he knows enough 

 not to manufacture an English name or 

 use a literal translation of the technical 

 one to designate the plant he is referring 

 to, because neither being in common use 

 would be comprehensible to the reader. 

 Mr. Egan is strictly an amateur in gar- 

 dening in heart, practice, and pen; his 

 beautiful garden and country home are 

 his own creation, and his vast array of 

 lovely flowers are, each and every one, 

 the children of his own loving care and 

 selection. Should he, or we, or anyone in 

 our columns w rite about plants that you 

 are not familiar with by the names given 

 please write to us about it. It is ourduty 

 to give our readers all the light in our 

 power and to make gardening easy, 

 ])leasant, and interesting to them; and it 

 is (Mir wish ami aiiiliilion to do this. 



