GARDENING. 



Dec. /, 



Sunbeam and is I think of New Jersey 

 origin. These new cannas have been 

 beautifully grown this summer on the 

 grounds of my neighbor Mr. Denys Zirn- 

 giebel, and if they fulfil the promise of 

 this season bid fair to make some of their 

 elder kindred "hide their diminished 

 heads." Mr. James Farquhar has several 

 seedlings of great merit. Mr. Few'kes's 

 Mrs. W. H. Cowing, seemingly a bit shy 

 in flowering and not a vigorous grower 

 out doors, is a lovely window plant, very 

 dwarf and constantly in flower. In an 

 S-inch pot it makes a plant about two 

 feet high of three to five stalks, and given 

 a sunny window is a beautiful object 

 throughout the winter. Of late years 

 seedling cannas have come forward m 

 swarms both here and abroad and great 

 advances have been made. Doubtless 

 new surprises await us at the hands of 

 our own countrymen. Up to date how- 

 ever, while we mav be permitted to crow 

 over the results of a few athletic contests 

 and in a mitigated way a yacht race, we 

 shall have to admit that in the waj' of 

 jiovelties in cannas, the honors rest with 

 M. Crozy. W. H. C. 



West Roxburv, October 12. 



twiner from South Africa and a happier 

 selection could not be made. It was 

 planted between the akebia roots and in 

 addition to forming a charming mat all 

 over the ground, it climbed up among the 

 hardv vines, blooming inside and outside 

 the porch in a most bewitching manner. 

 Sitting on the porch and having thou- 

 sands of black-eyed trumpets looking at 

 one was a sensation I never enjoyed be- 

 fore. At this writing (October 7) the 

 flowers on the outer face of the net-work 

 of vines are dwarfed by the cold nights, 

 but those looking in being somewhat 

 protected, are still of good size. This 

 thunbergia should be started in a hotbed, 

 window or greenhouse in spring to get it 

 early enough. W. C. Egan. 



Highland Park, 111. 



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J. P. T., Mingo, W. Va., asks about 

 LiLiuM AUEATUM.— "I have some bulbs 

 which were unluckily eaten off" last sum- 

 mer just as thev were cominginto bloom. 

 They seemed however to have very few 

 flower buds, so 1 doubt if they were a 

 good kind. Are thev likely to have made 

 fresh btdbs, and would it be worth while 

 resetting them and depending on them to 

 flower next vear?" 



Ans. It is hard to tell. Lift one or two 

 of them and if they are sound let the 

 others alone, but if diseased or rotting, 

 lift all of them, wash or pare the bad 

 parts away, and keep the bulbs in a box 

 of moist sand out of doors under a big 

 heap of leaves or hay till eariy spring, 

 when thev should be planted out again. 

 In this case expect very few flowers from 

 them. You had better plant a few fresh 

 bulbs. . , • X T 



Japanese Ivy {Awpelopsis Veitchii). 1 

 set out a plant in the garden, against the 

 chimnev, nailing the vines to the wall, 

 but they withered. Should the roots be 

 protected over winter?" 



Ans. While protection isn't necessary 

 mavbeitis a safeguard, and can do no 

 harm. A wreath of oak tree leaves with 

 a little rough stuff strewn over them to 

 keep them in place will answer very well. 

 Hall's Honeysuckle. "Will it need 



Clematis Paniculata Seed, 

 time to gather it. It may be sown in 

 boxes (seed flats) now and these laid in a 

 cold frame over winter and covered with 

 some leaves or litter and shutters to keep 

 the frost from heaving the seed out of the 

 ground; or you may sow theseed directly 

 in the frame. In either case the seeds are 

 apt to germinate about or before July. 

 Frost won't hurt them. Or you may 

 keep them till earlv spring and sow them 

 then. In fact, where the seeds fall to the 

 ground from the vines, if at all moist and 

 a little shaded from wami sunshine, they 

 are apt to grow in quantity. Second 

 vear old seedlings, if well treated, blos- 

 som, and of course they increase in size, 

 strength and floriferousness each succeed- 

 ing j-ear. No one having a garden should 

 be without this vine. 



Hardy vines as cut flowers.— When 

 there is a reception party or wedding 

 here at this season I can send over long 

 sprays of clematis with laterals unbroken 

 and not tangled because I grow them on 

 a string. I also grow the cinnamon vine 

 as you grovif Asparagus p/umosus, and I 

 also grow Lobb's nasturtium on a mound, 

 training the shoots in radiating lines 

 away from each other, and when wanted 

 I can cut long pieces in splendid form for 

 decoration. W. 



Chrysanthemums. 



DISPLfty OF CflRYSflNTflEMUMS IN TflE 

 FflRKS AT ALBflNY, N. Y. 



I have not tried to give a display of 

 enormous blooms or monstrosities 



winter protectioti? It seems to me better gj^gig or specimen flowers; I have at 



+ ^ riclr i + c eiirvivinS' because, of course it . — .,„4-.^.l ■„.:4^V, c,-,«i^ cii(>^>f»cc fr» rnllpi^l 



to risk its surviving because, of course 

 cannot be protected when it becomes a 

 large plant." , , , -j., 



Ans. It should be perfectly hardy with 

 vou. At the same time an armful of oak 



leaves laid over its root 



winter does it 



tempted with some success, to collect 

 such a number and variety of plants as 

 would give a fair representation of the 

 chrysanthemum family. Those most in- 

 terested and posted in chrysanthemums 

 amateurs, have a decided prefi 



good. There are lots of plants barely j-^^. ^^jj g^own, bushy plants, holding 

 reliably hardy when young, that are^ many blooms of moderate size, and I 



after a few years, and when their roots 

 penetrate deep into the ground, quite 

 hardy. 



fl FRETTY ANNUAL VINE. 



(rhunbcr<,na alata). 

 The border along my porch 



think commercial growers will find that 

 as the taste or love for these plants be- 

 comes more general, that except in a few 

 individual instances the demand for the 

 future will be for small, stocky, vvell 

 grown plants furnished with good foli- 

 nge and abundant bloom; and small 



nlanted with akebia and various forms of single flowers of the anemone type will 

 clematis. When first planted and^for a be preferred to the stiff-, rigid flowers re- 



few years after I grew ageratum, Zinma 

 Haageana, etc., at the base, but when the 

 vines became strong I noticed that the 

 plants set directly over the roots of the 

 akebia were stunted, causing an unpleas- 

 ant uneven growth. This year I planted 

 Thunbergia alata, an interesting annual 



ccntly exhibited in New York in vases. 



My endeavor in Albany has been not to 

 glorify myself, but to cultivate a taste 

 for the beautiful in flowers and foliage. 

 My taste is for the (|uiet, restful arrange- 

 ment of border planting, and for harmony 

 in color and not glaring or striking 



effects. Much of this effect is secured by 

 foliage plants and not with flowers. 



I give annually a mid-summer exhibit 

 in the Lake House of Washington Park, 

 ofcrotons, caladiums, and assorted or 

 selected bench plants in addition to the 

 fall exhibit of chrysanthemums. It seems 

 to me it is the province of every park de- 

 partment or executive officer to provide 

 the public with such exhibits. The effect 

 is to interest the public in the efiorts 

 made in their behalf, and to refine and 

 educate theraasses to a proper apprecia- 

 tion of the beautiful in nature. The more 

 interested the public become, the less 

 occasion have the authorities to find 

 fault with the many trespasses usually 

 committed upon turf, leaf and flower. 



Of course all the leading varieties are 

 grown here; if they stand the test of our 

 svstcm of cultivation and exhibition they 

 are retained, if not, afier a \ ear's trial 

 they are discarded. Tall, naked stemmed 

 sorts, or ones specially subject to mildew, 

 or such as need special cultivation to 

 have them produce creditable blossoms 

 we do not care for; we wantgood health, 

 good habit, and clean, abundant and 

 vigorous foliage, as well ■ as beautiful, 

 clear, distinct, and lasting flowers in 

 our plants. In addition to the named 

 varieties we grow a large number of plants 

 from seed, and some of them are very 

 pretty. In arranging the exhibitions 

 these seedlings are kept apart from the 

 other kinds. 



The exhibition lasted from Nov. 4 to 

 18, opening at 9 a m. and remaining 

 open till 10 p. m. and it was free to all. 



The propagation and cultivation of 

 the plants were under the immediate 

 direction of Mr. Charles Sanders, the 

 head gardener here, and the comments on 

 the following varieties are by him. 

 new varieties sent out in 1895. 

 The varieties are included under the 

 headings of the florists who raised or 

 disseminated them. 



Thos. H. Spauldlng. Mrs. M. K. 

 Parker, Jr., rich deep pink, early; Edith 

 Smith, white, early; Helen Bloodgood, 

 true clear pink; Mrs. Higinbotham, 

 rich bright pink, medium season; Miss 

 Georgia Compton, deep golden yellow, 

 late, and Mrs. J. H. White, rich crimson, 

 late. The above are all good varieties 

 and so too are the following, but with 

 me they are quite late; Miss Gladys 

 Spaulding, white, grand; Autumn Leaves, 

 white, red and yellow; Octoroon, ox 

 blood red; and Brigand, deep crimson. 

 The pea green, Ethel Amsden, is odd but 

 not beautiful. 



Graham. Philadelphia, white, good 

 and Katherine Leech, pure self pink, very 

 good. 



Pitcher & Manda. J. H. Troy, white; 

 J. E. Lager, early, yellow; W. B. Dins- 

 more, golden yellow, and F. S. Atkins, 

 pearly white, are all good. 



/. iV. May. Sunrise, red, early, very 

 good; Dean Hole, white, good; and 

 Trilby, clear white, but too small. 



Hill & Co. Miss M. M. Johnson, yel- 

 low, early, good, and The Egyptian, 

 large, red, but dull color. 



general collection of varietie.s. 

 We are adding to and drcvpping from 

 this list every year. 



Very -good this year. W. H. Lincoln, 

 yellow; Mrs. J. B. Crane, deep rose; 

 Maud Dean, fine pink; Marie Louise, 

 white, large, early; Princess of Chrys- 

 anthemums, delicate pink, very large; 

 Christa Bell, apricot yellow; Clinton 

 Chalfant, golden yellow; Pitcher & 

 Manda, yellow and white; The Living- 

 stone, liidian red; Vivand-Morel, pink. 



