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GARDENING. 



Jan. IS, 



oaks do. The trees illustrated would 

 touch each other at 30 feet, so if 60 or 75 

 feet were given it would allow for devel- 

 opment for many years to come. I may 

 add that but one other oak, Quercus dis- 

 color, transplants as easily as the pin oak 

 does. It is a tree of massive foliage and 

 growth. Jos. Meehan. 



Philadelphia. 



FLORIDA SHRUBS. 



H. A. B., St. Louis, writes: "Pleaseinform 

 me where I can find theshrnbs mentioned 

 by 'E.,' Florida, page 102. I cannot 

 find them in the catalogues I have. Are 

 thev hardy in this localitv?" 



Send to M. E.Ten Eyck, UeLand, Florida. 

 They are not hardy in St. Louis, but you 

 can grow them well, by planting them 

 out of doors in summer and wintering 

 then in a pit, cool greenhouse or cellar as 

 you would an orange tree or oleander. 

 The bottle brush shrub is largely grownin 

 pots by some florists around New Yorkto 

 sell when in bloom as they do azaleas. 

 The abelia is very easy to grow even here 

 and will bear 10 or 12 degrees of frost 

 with apparent impunity, and it blooms 

 all summer with us. The cassia we win- 

 ter in a greenhouse and plant out in sum- 

 mer for a display of yellow blossoms in 

 late summer. The tecoma we haven'tgot 

 but have sent for to try it. 



"yELlOW-FRUITED WlNTERBERRy. 



E. F. C , New Haven, Connecticut, 

 sends us some sprigs of the winterberrj' 

 (Prinos verticillatus) full of yellow ber- 

 ries, and one with the typical scarlet ones, 

 for comparison, and writes: "It attracted 

 my attention owing to the color of the 

 firuit, as you will observe it is a light 

 orange yellow instead of the usual bril- 

 liant red. Is such a break from the type 

 a common occurrence?" 



It is a very uncommon occurrence. At 

 the same time yellow-fruited wild plants 

 have been found beiore now, in fact there 

 is one in cultivation. We have a specimen 

 of it at Dosoris and it berries full every 

 year; the color of the fruit is of a clearer 

 and brighter yellow shade than that of 

 the one you send. See it mentioned in 

 Gardening, page 137, January 15, '94. 



67 years of age, and have a lot attached 

 to my home. The garden has a southern 

 exposure, and is 14y2x65 feet with a 2V'2 

 foot walk in center, upon this small space 

 of ground, I have several large rose 

 bushes, one fine peach tree, and this year 

 I raised 75 fine chrysanthemums, 37 of 

 them I had on exhibition at Armory Hall 

 at our recent show. Besides I raise ver- 

 benas, geraniums, etc., so you see my lit- 

 tle piece of ground is pretty well utilized, 

 (all my flowers are raised in open air). 

 Upon the arrival of Gardening, I invaria- 

 bly look at the heading, "Contents" to 

 see if there is anything upon chrysanthe- 

 mums, which I read and study carefully. 

 It has only been during the last three or 

 four years, that I have taken any interest 

 in the raising of flowers, in fact before 

 then I knew nothing about their cultiva- 

 tion. Any one who will take an interest 

 and has a small space of ground with a 

 southern exposure can do as well as I 

 have and all the labor I gave them was 

 morning and evening before and after 

 business hours. J. C. H. 



Frederick, Md., December 27. 1894.. 



Snow on Evergreens. — After every fall 

 ofsnowitwill pay you to put on your 

 rubber boots and take a long bean pole 

 or wooden rake and go around among 

 your evergreens and shake the snow off of 

 them while it is soft and will fall easily. 

 This is to prevent the branches from 

 breaking or becoming unduly spread by 

 the weight of show. The greatest dan- 

 ger comes when the snow, by reason of 

 sunshine or a little thaw gets wettish and 

 then freezes on to the bushes or trees, 

 when it cannot be easily shaken off, and 

 if there starts a brisk windstorm big 

 branches are apt to break and branchlets 

 nip off. 



The Flower Garden. 



AN fllHflTEUR'SGflRDEN. 



I have taken a deep interest in the rais- 

 ing of flowers, and more particularly 

 chrysanthemums; I am the lumber man 

 referred to by Mr. Kemp in his description 

 of our recent flower show, pagclOO. For 

 two years past 1 have received first 

 premiums for the best general display, and 

 all the information I received came 

 through the columns of Gardening. I am 



LILIES. 



Subscriber, Moundsville, \V. Va., asks: 

 "Are Lilium Humboldtii and L. Washivg- 

 tonianum hardy in this latitude, and do 

 they require more than ordinary care in 

 cultivation?" 



They should be hardy with you. We 

 grew them at Boston years ago in superb 

 condition. We had Washingionianum in 

 a large pocket in a rockery which was 

 slightly shaded in the afternoon, in rich, 

 deep, perfectly drained but not stiff' soil. 

 It bloomed every year in great beauty. 

 In winter we laid a good armful of leaves 

 over the patch and some twigs on them 

 to keep them in place. Contrary to ad- 

 vice generally given, we did not plant the 

 bulbs a foot deep, they were only four 

 inches under the surface of the ground. 

 The Humboldt lily also did well with us 

 in another rockery in a level and more 

 exposed place, but otherwise similarly 

 treated. It did far better, however, 

 planted out in a cold frame at the back 

 of a wall. Our experience with these 

 Pacific lilies is that they are not long 

 lived and need watching to keep in good 

 condition. But it is with them as it is 

 with auratum and some others, they may 

 luxuriate without a particle of care in one 

 yard and no amount of care can coax 

 them into good behavior in another 

 garden. 



FLOWERS AT CHRISTMAS IN NEW ORLEANS. 



As our gardens look so lovely Christ- 

 mas I must let you know what we have 

 in bloom: First come roses, 1 have some 

 thirty varieties in flower. Among them 

 are Mme. Lambert, Marie Van Houtte, 

 Mme. de Vatr3', Emperor of Russia, 

 Tabor, Ductess de Brabant, Mme. Joseph 

 Swartz,MarechalNiel,and others. I may 

 also mention that Winnie Davis is making 

 fine buds now. 



In the way of annuals and other plants, 

 we have in flower cannas. Cassia cormy- 

 bosa, acasias, pansies, daisies, balsams, 

 zinnias, violets, tagetes, calendulas, petu- 

 nias, vincas, Roman hyacinths; sweet olive 

 with its fragrant perfume and numerous 

 other plants, such is azaleas and camel- 

 lias. 



During the past season I have noted a 

 few things that are worth growing in 

 summer. First comes cannas; Madame 

 Crozy, J. C. Vaughan, Chas. Henderson, 

 Paul Marquant, Alphonse Bouvier and 

 Capt. De Suzzoni. 



Seedling dahlias seem to revel in this 



climate. I had some beautiful colors 

 among the few I had planted and the 

 enormous tubers they made during the 

 season were wonderful. Heliopsis Pitcher- 

 ianus is another fine summer plant both 

 for garden display and cut flowers. 

 For fall comes the chrysanthemum. 

 As regards the numerous varieties, 

 the trouble arises which shall we 

 select so as to get the best results on 

 a limited area of ground. I havecarefully 

 noted what kinds have done the best 

 during the past season, they are W. G. 

 Newitt, Geo. W. Childs, Golden Wedding, 

 Mrs. Drexel, Pitcher & Manda, Eugene 

 Dailledouze, Princess of Chrysanthemums. 

 Zambesi, Mrs. S. Coleman, EmmaDomer, 

 Harry Baljlev, Roslyn, H. V. Hallock, 

 Eda Prass. Achilles, Mrs. J. G. lis. 

 Laredo, Kioto, Inter-Oeean and The 

 Queen. For cut flowers Flora Hill, Golden. 

 Wedding, Golden Gate, Mrs. Craige Lip- 

 pincott. If a fair amount of atten- 

 tion be given them the most fastid- 

 ious should be satisfied with this 

 list. We have had one of the long- 

 est dry spells of weather that has 

 been known in New Orleans, otherwise 

 the weather is beautiful. Just fancy the 

 thermometer running up to 90° and no- 

 lower than 50° for Christmas. C. R. P. 

 New Orleans. 



BLACKBERRY LILY, FUNKIA, COREOPSIS, ETC, 



I notice in Gardening, page 36, Octo- 

 ber 15, 1894, the Chinese blackberry lily 

 (Belamcanda Chinensis). We have in 

 addition three varieties of similargrowth 

 and appearance, but with larger flowers. 

 One has orange flowers, another bright 

 pink, and the third pale yellow or creamy- 

 white — all dotted with purple, and fol- 

 lowed with the blackberry like seed. They 

 were sent to us as Morea Japonica. 

 What are they? [When they come into 

 bloom you should send samples of them 

 to the Missouri Botanical Garden for 

 identification —Ed.] They are very pretty 

 and deserve some notice. 



There is a very pretty blue lunkia that 

 blooms much later than the common 

 blue, and is of much more delicate and 

 slender growth. What is it? [Funliia 

 lancifolia, probably. It has long narrow 

 leaves, has bluish flowers, and is the lat- 

 est blooming one we have. — Ed.] 



We have a native coreopsis growing 

 along streams which I believe is C.auricu- 

 lata. It blooms much more freely with 

 us, and for a more extended period than 

 the popular C. Innceolata, which also- 

 grows wild here. Our experience with C. 

 lanceolata has not been encouraging. 

 Yet it is a plant that is needed — till we 

 get a better to fill its place. We have for 

 trial "C. 1. Harvest Moon." 



Can you give me a suggestion as to the 

 best aiid cheapest way of heating a very 

 small greenhouse, only 10x20 feet, for a 

 general assortment of plants? [The best 

 is a base-burner hot water boiler, but it 

 is not the cheapest at first. When we 

 take into consideration the health of the 

 plants, safety and cleanliness in its use, 

 easiness to work, permanency, etc., we 

 have no doubt it will be the cheapest in 

 the end.— Ed.] Edward Teas. 



Missouri. 



JAPAN ANEMONE "WHIRLWIND." 



This is a garden variety of the white 

 flowered Anemone Japonica, that origi- 

 nated at Rochester, N. Y.,some years ago 

 and was "sent out" by Jam sVicks'Sons. 

 Cooper, Tabor & Co. of London distrib- 

 ueted it in Europe two years ago. In the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle of December 1, last 

 is a pretty illustration of it engraved 

 from a sketch made of some flowers and 



