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GARDENING. 



Nov. /. 



removing the crown. All other weeds 

 will die out by fiequent cutting. After 

 the first year we use a commercial fer- 

 tilizer, applying lightly two or three times 

 during the spring. We prefer it on ac- 

 count of the absence of weed seeds and 

 theconYenience of handling. Who will tor- 

 get the appearance or odor of a lawn that 

 has received a coating of fresh manure? 



The begonia, pansy and wild flower 

 beds are placed at the north side of the 

 house, where they are in shade until 

 about three o'clock in the afternoon. 

 These beds are filled in to a depth of 

 twelve inches with leaf mould and wood 

 earth carted from the forest. A small 

 portion of thoroughly decomposed cow 

 manure is added. 



Now a hedge is a very desirable thing 

 to enclose a lot, but where the lots are 

 only fifty feet or less in width, a dividing 

 line of any kind (in front), detracts from 

 the appearance, and the twenty-four inch 

 terrace obviates the necessity of a fence in 

 front. As the rear portion of the lot is 

 not to be a lawn, but devoted entirely to 

 flowers, it will look neater if enclosed. If 

 we use a hedge here the roots will en- 

 croach too far into the garden, robbing 

 the plants of food andaboveground cast- 

 ing a shadow and preventing a free cir- 

 culation of air, and, as we wish to use all 

 the available space forflowers, this would 

 never do, so we make a light fence of 

 three lines of one and one-quarter inch 

 gas pipe, passing through light posts of 

 locust or cedar. 



The main walks to the front and rear 

 of the house, including sidewalks, are 

 stone. All paths among the plants and 

 flowers are sodded and the grass kept 

 closely cut and neatly edged. Beds are 

 level with the paths, except the iris bed, 

 which is sunken. 



We make out our list of plants accord- 

 ing to plans, so as to get the orders to 

 the nurserymen in January, thereby re- 

 ceiving plants among the first shipments 

 in spring. With but few exceptions we 

 purchase natred varieties, and buy from 

 firms making a specialty of the plants we 

 want. We rarely plant out tender stuff' 

 until Decoration Day, as it will progress 

 more rapidly in the conservatory or sunn v 

 window and will be in no danger of being 

 stunted by frost. 



Such bulbs as cannas, tuberoses, glad- 

 ioli, caladiums and tuberous rooted be- 

 gonias we start in March, using flats 

 12x24- inches by 3 deep, filled with sandy 

 earth. To get large plants from seed of 

 begonia Vernon and cuberous rooted be- 

 gonias we sow in pans not later than 

 December, transplant often, harden off" 

 well, and set out after June first. We 

 always grow some cannas from Madame 

 Crozy seed, a great many will come true, 

 and if one foot high when set out will 

 bloom from July until frost. To get best 

 results from seedlings set them two feet 



apart, and cut off the old flowi 



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in warm water. Remove and plant those 

 that burst open the germ end; then take 

 the balance and cut oft' the hull on germ 

 end, which can be recognized by a small 

 spot on one end. Then plant in a layer 

 of one inch of sand with two inches' of 

 good soil underneath. 



EXPLANATION OF PLAN. 



1. Magnolia Watsonii. 



2. Magnolia stellata. 



3. Magnolia Lenneii. 

 ■t. Funkia Sieboldii. 

 5. Eulalia gracillima. 



0. Wistaria Sinensis, [)uri)le. Trained 

 over porch entrance. 

 7. Baltimore Belle rose. 



8. Clematis paniculata. 



9. Clematis Mme. Edward Andre. 



10. Clematis Jackmannii. 



11. Clematis Henryi. 



12. Arundo Donax variegata. 



13. Gladioli, white or pink, and Pearl 

 tuberose altemateh'. 



14. Canna Mme. Crozy. | 



15. Canna Florence Vaughan ! 



16. Canna Alphonse Bouvier ) 

 Tulips in early spring. 



1 7 . Clema tis Jackmanni. 



18. Clematis Mme. Baroniie Viellard. 



19. Ampelopsis Roy lei. 



20. Queen of the Prairies rose. 



21. Eulalia Japonica variegata. 



22. Funkia grandiUora. 



23. Betula alba pendula laciniata. 



24. Prunus pendula. 



25. Lily of the valley. 



26. Begonia Vernon. Hyacinths in 

 early spring. 



27. Ampelopsis Veitchii. 



28. Hardy ferns and native wild flow- 

 ers. 



29. Tuberous rooted begonias. Hya- 

 cinths in early spring. 



30. Eulalia zebrina. 



31. Pansies. 



,32. Aristolochia Sipho. 



33. Phlox decussata. 



34. Geraniums, balsams, heliotrope, 

 etc. Border of coleus, not clipped. 



35. I'ucca aiamentosa, 



36. Geraniums, tuberoses, gladioli and 

 tritomas. 



37. Herbaceous peonies. While plants 

 are small plant seedling canna between 

 peonies. Border of coleus. 



38. Iris Sibirica. 



39. 7r;'s Germanica. 



40. Iris Kcempferi. 



41. Water lily pond. 



42. Geraniums. 



43. H P. roses. 



44. Lilac Souv. de L. Spath. 

 45" Lilac Leon Simon. 



46. Lilac Marie le Graye. 



47. Lilac President Grevy. 



48. Prunus Pissardii. 



49. Sopliora Japonica pendula. 



50. Pyrus Malus Parkmannii. 



51. Cornus florida rubra. 



52. Cornus florida pendula. 



53. Lilium longiflorum. 



54. Lilium elegans atrosanguineum. 



55. Lilium speciosum album. 



56. Lilium speciosum rubrum. 



57. Lilium tenuifolium. 



58. Lilium elegans citrinum. 



59. Lilium candidum. 



60. Lilium auratum. 



61. Phlox Drummondii. 



62. Tall nasturtiums. 



63. Columbines. 



64. Evening primrose. 



65. Amarantus caudatus. 



66. Sweet peas. 



67. Irish yew. 



68. Bay. 



69. Hydrangea, Thos. Hogg. 



70. Hydrangea, Otaksa. 



71. .Agave Americana. 



72. Dwarf Japan weeping maple. 



73. Dwarf Japan weeping maple. 



74. Tea roses, carpeted with English 

 and Spanish iris. 



75. Shirley poppies. 



76. White" F/)/o.v Drummondii. 



77. Oriental poppies. 



78. White petunias, with Salvia 

 splendens. 



79. White and pink poppies with white 

 balsams 



80. King of Tom Thumb nasturtiums. 



81. Candytuft with blue Victoria bach- 

 elor's button. 



82. Dwarf ageratum and white bal- 

 sams. 



83. Conservatory. 



84. Amarantus caudatus. 



85. White hollyhocks. 



86. Double sunflower. 



87. Morning glory. 



88. Ipomoea paniculata. 



89. Concord grape vine. 



90. Narcissus poeticus. 



91. Narcissus Horslieldii. 



92. Narcissus Rmperor. 



93. Narcissus Empress. 



94. Narcissus Sir Watkin. 



95. Narcissus Henrv Irving. 



96. Heliotrope. 



97. White balsam. 



98. Rudbeckia. 



99. White asters. 



100. Tritomas. 



101. Pink asters. 



102. Blue and white asters. 



103. Hollyhocks. 



104. Sunflowers. 



105. Hollyhocks. 



106. Castor bean. 



107. Tree lilac. 



108. Fern leaf beech. 



109. Golden oak. 



110. Purple beech. 



111. Pin oak. 



112. American elm. 



113. ."imerican beech. 

 I'ittsburg, Pa. F. P. Livingston. 



Trees and Shrubs. 



As a rule the autumn coloring of our 

 trees has not been extra good this season 

 owing no doubt to the seven weeks' 

 severe drouth we have had this fall. 

 Among autumn-tinted trees and shrubs 

 however stands the 



Japanese WINGED EUONYMus(£.a/af us). 

 There is a specimen eight feet high and as 

 much through in a border here, and it is 

 wonderfully beautiful, light pink and dark 

 pink mixed everywhere through and over 

 the whole plant. Its orange-scarlet fruit 

 although small also adds to its beauty 

 now, and it would have been better were 

 it not for the injury done the blossoms by 

 frost. May 17 last. 



Winter Berry bushes {Prinos verti- 

 cillata) and P. Isevigata are verv beautiful 

 in fruit. 



Amelanchier Japonica, as a shrub 

 both for fine foliage and an abundance of 

 showy crimson-scarlet fruit is first-class. 



Cornus kousa known also as Ben- 

 thamia Japonica colorsup well in fall, and 

 retains its leaves into November, it also 

 is highly desirable on account of its white 

 wax-like flower bracts in June, and its 

 strawberry-like fruit in September. 



The Aconite-leaved Japan Maple 

 (Acer Japonicum var. aconitifolium) is a 

 wonderful shrub, other Japan maples are 

 well known and need no further remarks, 

 but the coloring every fall of this scarce 

 tree is really superb, let alone its deeply 

 divided foliage. Besides, the tree is hardy 

 and a good grower. 



The Sea Elder (Baccfian's halimifolia). 

 There are two forms, the male which is 

 worthless as an ornamental tree, and the 

 female which is exceedingly showy at this 

 time of year when its white pappus gives 

 the shrub the appearance ofa shower of 

 snow on a bush. Some plants display 

 their pappus early, others late, in all 

 covering the season from September till 

 hard frost sets in. And it is hardy and 

 easy to grow. We never propagate any 

 except the female form. 



