38o 



GARDENING. 



Sept. /, 



ties: Meteor, La France, Mme. Caroline 

 Testout, Mine. Schwaller, Souv.deWoot- 

 ton, Triumph de Pernet and Augustine 

 CSuinnoiscau. The above will be found a 

 good list for outdoor planting. 



Of the American introductions thisj-ear 

 the most popular are Mrs. Pierpont Mor- 

 gan and Belle Siebrecht. Mrs. Pierpont 

 Morgan is a sport from the well known 

 Madame Cusin. It is a stronger grower 

 and the flowers are much larger and 

 darker in color Belle Siebrecht is a seed- 

 ling, a cross between La France and Lady 

 Mary Fitzwilliam. The flowers are of a 

 beautiful shade ot pink and the buds long 

 and pointed. Theseroses are being largely 

 tested this year for winter forcing, and it 

 is to be hoped they will stand the test. 

 Both are of a splendid color and a step in 

 the right direction. 



There is an increasing demand for large 

 flowers with long stems, such as the 

 American Beauty, American Belle, 

 Madame Caroline Testout, Bride, Brides- 

 maid and Meteor. While the latter is not 

 an extra large flower, yet it is the best red 

 rose we have for winter forcing. On the 

 other hand, the demand for flowers of the 

 hj'brid perpetual class, Brunner, Laing, 

 Baroness Rothschild and others, seem to 

 be on the decline. This is especially no- 

 ticeable in Boston, New York and Phila- 

 delphia. 



A few varieties that I consider good to 

 grow young stock of in the greenhouse in 

 summer and lift and pot in fall, winter in 

 a cold frame and plant outdoors next 

 summer are Countess Riza du Pare, 

 Coquette de Lyon, Dr. Reymont, Mme. 

 Schwaller, Etoile de Lyon, Hermosa, 

 Meteor, Mrs. Degraw, Marie Guillot, 

 Papa Gontier, Souv.de Wootton, (jueen's 

 Scarlet, Souv. de Malmaison, Marie Van 

 Houtte, K. A. Victoria and Mme. Caro- 

 line Testout This list might be consider- 

 ably lengthened, but the above mentioned 

 varieties are all good bloomers, and in 

 most localities hardy with slight protec- 

 tion. 



CflRNflTION DISEASES. 



Mr. Fred Domer of Indiana said: Our 

 learned men have helped us a great deal 

 in defining diseases, and no one is more 

 thankful than I for their knowledge so 

 freely given. They show us the character 

 of the disease, how it develops and grows, 

 but they as yet could give us no sure 

 remedy. They tell us sulphate of copper 

 and other chemicals will kill fungus, just 

 as well as a doctor of medicine will tell us 

 that quinine will cure fever. But very 

 often in the face of these remedies a 

 patient will die, and the rust will kill our 

 plants. Our professors have not the 

 practical knowledge of the culture of the 

 carnation, which is essential for attack- 

 ing the disease with success. 



The Vegetable Garden. 



EGO PLANT FRUIT. 



J. L., Milford, Pa., writes: "Please tell 

 me if egg plant can be kept in winter. I 

 put away fifty last fall on the approach 

 of hard frost, with other vegetables, in 

 the cellar, but they only lasted a few days 

 when they commenced to rot. I am told 

 that they can be kept, but no one seems to 

 know how." 



About the middle of October, or before 



we expect a sharp frost, we pull up some 



egg plants, cut offtheir leaves and all too 



old or too young fruits, then hang the 



rC()NTINt'i:i) ON PACK .S82.1 



BMABIiAINS IN FLOWERS 



\ Wli.a.t "yoix Oa,xx ]Bviy foi* SO CJents- ( 



j-a.'j Best Single Tulips, »11 different. 

 H-40 Ass't. Tulips, Double, .Single and Parrot, 

 ou may selPCt half of any two 6ets for 50 cent 



ing Chrvsanthemums,50cta 

 e Palms, - SOcta 



1 .5 sets for K.OO. the enlire 



When wrltlnK mention Gardening. 



Have You Yet Heard of Cupid? 



The Floral Wonder of the Age! 



• White as 8n^^^ D W A RF S W EE T PE A, t luit ,•: > In . i, ,.!,,- Ii i^-h. Itcnr- 



Farm. Itiswur 

 ingCrPl'Opaij 



HORTICULTURAL BOOKS. 



We can supply any of the following books, postpaid, 

 at the prices given. 



How TO Grow Cut Flowers (Hunt). 

 —The only book on the subject. It is a 

 thoroughly reliable work by an eminently 

 successful practical florist. Illustrated, 

 $2.00. 



Greenhousc Construction (Taft).— It 

 tells the whole story about how to build, 

 and heat a greenhouse, be it large or 

 small, and that too in a plain, easily un- 

 derstood, practical way. It has 118 

 illustrations, $1.50. 



Bulbs and Tuberous Rooted Plants 

 (Allen). — Over 300 pages and 75 illustra- 

 tions. A new work by a specialist in this 

 line. Tells about lilies, cannas, dahUas, 

 hyacinths, tulips; and all manner of bulbs 

 and how to grow them indoors and out- 

 sides, summer and winter. $2.00. 



Mushrooms: How to Grow Them 

 ( Falconer) .^The only American book on 

 the subject, 29 illustrations. Written by 

 a practical mushroom grower who tells 

 the whole story so tersely and plainly 

 that a child can understand it. This book 

 has increased mushroom growing in this 

 countn.' three fold in three years. $1.50. 



Success IN Market Gardening (Raw- 

 son).— Written by one of the most promi- 

 nent and successftil market gardeners in 

 the country, and who has the largest 

 glasshouses for forcing vegetables for 

 market in America. Outdoor and indoor 

 crops are treated. Illustrated, $1.00. 



The Rose (Ellwanger).— The standard 

 work on roses in thiscountry and written 

 from a field afibrding the widest experi- 

 ence in practical knowledge and opportu- 

 nities for comparison, and where every 

 variety of rose ever introduced is or has 

 been grown. $1.25. 



The Higgle Berry Book (Biggie).— A 

 condensed treatise on the culture of straw- 

 berries, raspberies, currants and goose- 

 berries; with truthful colored illustrations 

 of 25 varieties of strawberries, 8 rasp- 

 berries, 5 currants, and 5 gooseberries; 

 35 illustrations in black and white; and 

 portraits of 33 of the most noted berry 

 growers all over the country. SOcts. 



The Propagation of Plants (Fuller). 

 —An illustrated book of about 350 pages. 

 It tells us how to propagate all manner 

 of plants, hardy and tender from an oak 

 to a geranium, and describes every pro- 

 cess — grafting, budding, cuttings, seed 

 sowing, etc , with every manipulation 

 pertaining to the subject It is the voice 

 of practical experience, by one of the most 

 brilliant horticulturists living. $1.50. 



Manures (Sempers).— Over 200 pages; 

 illustrated. It tells all about artificial, 

 farmyard and other manures, what they 

 are and what they are good for, the dif- 

 ferent manures for the difterent crops and 

 the different soils, how to apply them, 

 and how much to use and all in such a 

 plain way that no one can misunderstand 

 it. The author is an active, practical, 

 horticultural chemist. 50 cents. 



Dictionary of Gardening (Nicholson). 

 —An inimitable work. An encyclopaedia 

 of horticulture. It is the ready book of 

 reference for all cultivated plants, includ- 

 ing the most obscure genera and species 

 as well as the most familiar. It is stand- 

 ard authority on nomenclature. An Eng- 

 lish work but as much appreciated here 

 as in Europe. Four volumes. $20.00. 



Fruits and Fruit Trees of America 

 (Downing). $5.00. 



Fruit Garden (Barry). $2.00. 



American Fruit Culturist (Thomas). 

 $2.00. 



Small Fruit Culturist (Fuller). $1.50. 



Gardening for Profit (Henderson). 



2.00. 



Practical Floriculture (Henderson). 

 $1.50. 



On theRose (Par-sons) $1.00. 



Truck Farming at the South (Oemler). 

 $1.50. 



Window FlowerGarden (Heinrich). 75c. 



Ornamental Gardening (Long). $2.00- 



Volumes 1 and2of Gardening.— Bound 

 in half leather, beautifully illustrated, 

 $2.25 each. 



We are prepared to furnish any other book on any horticultural subject. 

 Please mention what you wish to get in this line. 



. . THE. GARDENING CO.. Monon Buildino. GtiicaQO. 



