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GARDENING. 



13^ 



ANEMONE WHIRLWIND. 



leaves sent to the editor by Messrs. Bar- 

 bier of Orleans, France. The editor says 

 "The flowers are semi-double, and more 

 than that some ot the outermost sepals 

 are more or less leafy in character, so that 

 a collar of green more or less completely 

 surrounds the semi-double white flowers. 

 The plant is, we are told, as hardy and 

 as free-flowering as the original form." 



Apropos of the above we wrote to the 

 Messrs. Vick, who have replied as follows, 

 and send us the accompanying illustra- 

 tion. But this picture isn't as pretty as 

 the one in the Chronicle. 



This variety originated in this city in a 

 bed of the white Anemone Japonica. va- 

 riety Honorine Jobert. P^xccpt in the 

 flower, it is in appearance in other 

 respects like the other plant. Height of 

 plant, vigorous growth and free-bloom- 

 ing habit are all the same. The flowers, 

 however, are more lasting both on the 

 plant and in a cut state. [This is gener- 

 alh' the case in double and semi-double 

 flowers.— Ei).] 



They are from two and a half to three 

 inches in diameter. In one respect esjje- 

 cially the plant has an advantage over 

 the plain white variety. It is hardier as has 

 been proved here several times. In severe 

 seasons the crowns of the white variety 

 will get killed back if left uncovered, 

 while "'Whirlwind" imder the same con- 

 ditions is uninjured. We regard it as a 

 valuable acquisition. 



James Vick's Sons. 



Rochester, N. V.. December 31 , 1894. 



T«E yELLOW ZEfflYRflMflES. 



Floral Home writes: "I got some bulbs 

 of the yellow zephyranthestwo vearsago 

 but I have not succeeded in blooming 

 them. How shall I treat them?" 



Under the name of Z. sulphurea we also 

 got some of these bulbs, and tlicv bloomed 



beautifully with us out of doors in sum- 

 mer. The catalogue description is; "This 

 rare variety grows taller than the others, 

 and has large, beautiful flowers of aclear, 

 brilliant sulphur yellow." This repre- 

 sents its behavior here exactly. We lift 

 them in fall, cut the tops off and save the 

 bulbs dry in a moderately warm (say 

 50° ) cellar, and plant them out when the 

 ground is mellow about the end of April. 

 It is a lovely flower and very distinct. 

 Be careful of it, for the stock is ver\' 

 scarce, and the supply from Mexico is 

 apparently limited. 



Roses. 



HOW I PROTECT MY ROSES IN WINTER. 



Noticing an inquiry in Gardening, page 

 102, about La France as a hardy rose, I 

 send you my plan of protecting roses in 

 winter. But first let me say that I have 

 a La France rose planted ten years ago 

 where a farmer had his wood pile for 

 probably thirty years, and bark and 

 wood had decayed and formed a rich 

 black soil over a heavy clay loam. The 

 soil was deeply dug, mixed and pulver- 

 ized and the rose planted, and for years 

 it has been a thing of beauty. Go out on 

 a fine morning just after sunrise, and see 

 a dozen choice roses on this bush; you will 

 then know why Scott wrote "The rose 

 is fairest when 'tis bathed in dew." I have 

 other La France roses that flower well, 

 but I think none that produces such mag- 

 nificent flowers as this one. 



I have no set time for covering my 

 roses, but wait till it begins to freeze 

 pretty hard, then I take a one horse 

 wagon with dump boards, because they 

 lay flat, and drive to the side of a fence 

 when the grass has not been cut or 

 pastured for vears and the sod is thick, 



tough, and will not break in handling, 

 and with a sharp spade cut sods about 

 ten by fourteen inches and about three 

 and a half inches thick. When I have 

 covered the dump boards with one layer 

 of sods, 1 drive to the roses. An assistant 

 takes hold of a bush, brings the shoots all 

 close together and gently bends them to 

 the ground and I lay a sod on tbem to 

 keep them down. I then place a sod on 

 each side, being careful to cover the root, 

 and then one on the top, and unless the 

 bush is a large one, it is done. 



It looks a light covering and the bush 

 is not pressed to the ground either, but 

 arches up from four to six inches. Of 

 course the air gets in, but judging by 

 past experience it is sufficient. This is 

 nothing new, I have done it for years; 

 and if I have ever lost a rose by winter 

 killing it is so long ago that I have for- 

 gotten it. W. 



Wisconsin. 



ROSES FOR SUMMER EFFECTS. 



On one side of my front walk I planted 

 three dozen Hermosa roses, on the other 

 three dozen Madame Pierre Guillot. Both 

 were great successes— Guillot being much 

 admired. Result.second summer, Hermosa 

 was not near so good, it had too much 

 old wood, and Guillot wasnearly all win- 

 ter killed. These roses had good care in 

 well trenched soil, and Hermosa was 

 pruned back pretty severely. Please name 

 some good roses for such eflect as I am 

 striving for, solid color and steady bloom, 

 as I want one or two other beds. What 

 do vou think of Madame Plantier, for 

 one? C. M. C. 



Washington, D. C. 



Hermosa may have been pruned too 

 close. In my experience we prefer shorten- 

 ing strong younggrowth and cutting out 

 very old wood — no severe pruning. As the 

 beds in which the roses were grown were 

 well prepared it is likely that Guillot made 

 a late soft unripened growth and would 

 necessarily suffer. When wood is thoi^ 

 oughly ripened, nearly orquite all ourtea 

 roses properly protected, can be carried 

 safely through our Washington winters; 

 I have carried through by well protect- 

 ing our most delicate roses. 



Mine. Plantier as hardy is useful north 

 but cannot be recommended for this lati- 

 tude. [Madame Plantier is the best all- 

 round hardy white rose we have at Doso- 

 ris, it is the one we can go to with a 

 bushel basket every day for nearly two 

 weeks, but then it stops absolutely for 

 a year — ^not one late summer or autumn 

 bud ever appears on it. But it isn't 

 a refined appearing rose at all.— Ed.] 

 True it is quite hardy and pretty 

 when in bloom which is in our hot 

 weather, but it lasts but a short time. 

 When the beautifiil teas can be so easily 

 grown it should give place to them. I 

 name a few distinct good bedding teas: 

 Empress Augusta Victoria, white blended 

 with cream; Maman Cochet.Memiet and 

 \-ellow; Marion Dingee, carmine; Brides- 

 maid, pink; Golden Gate, golden yellow; 

 L' Ideal, gold streaked red; Marie Guillot 

 white tinged with yellow; Mme. M. Van 

 Houtte, pale yellow, tinted with rose; 

 Papa Gontier, bright rose-red; Etoile de 

 Lvon, deep yellow. John Saii,. 



I am much pleased with Gakdening. I 

 have no trouble finding out what I want 

 to know through its columns. May it 

 prosi)er. H. A. B. 



St. Louis. Dec. 16. '9-1-. 



