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GARDENING. 



Dec. /J, 



large, reflexed, and Helen A. Babcock, 

 crimson and gold, of the Mrs. C. H. 

 Wheeler type, it is one of Mr. Barr's seed- 

 lings. 



AN flMflTEUR'S CHRySflNTHEMUMS. 

 I have just been reading the November 

 15th Gardening with great pleasure, even 

 more pleasure than usual, for it seems to 

 me to be one ot the best numbers ever 

 published, and I am moved to tell of my 

 way with my first chrysanthemums by 

 way of encouragement to very busy 

 amateurs. 



The plants, mostly florist's young 

 stock, were put into 5 and Cinch pots; 

 using a few 4's fur the weakest, early in 

 May; and plunged in the garden, and well 

 mulched. Allan— our factotum— was in- 

 structed to water them with the hose 

 daily, except upon rainy days and to 

 commence giving them liquid manure on 

 the 1st of August and another thought 

 was never given to them until September, 

 when some swaying stems were tied to 

 stakes. About the 18th of the month the 

 pots were brought into the i onservatory 

 and from that time I watered them my- 

 self mornings, and Allen spraj'ed the 

 plants in the afternoon. They were dis- 

 budded to the extent of only afl .wing ne 

 bud to a sho t, or in case of one stem, 

 thinning to 4 or 5 buds, and the black 

 aphis were dribbled with tobacco tea as 

 they appeared and as the buds and blos- 

 soms became heavy, an occasional 

 stake was needed, more to assist in 

 thorough syringing of the foliage than to 

 keep the stems upright. 



Thisisthe record ot the labor part, now 

 comes tbe enjoyment. Our c nservatory 

 is to lean-to, opening out of the dining- 

 room, and has on the house side a shelf 3 

 feet from the floor, and another one IS 

 inches above it; upon these were placed 

 the smallest and most regular shaped 

 plants, and a row of taller ones set on 

 stands on the floor, making a bank of 

 foliage and flowers 7 feet high. Opposite 

 is the usual long bench, which is a pictur- 

 esque tangle ot bloom. We dawdle over 

 our meals and enjoy the siiht. At an end 

 window especially left for large plants is 

 a jumble of Marie Louise, Bard, Niveus, 

 Eda Prass, (very slightly pink), a tall 

 red and yellow and a very crooked Puri- 

 tan that would be a jo\- to any garden 

 lover; Bard, is a pretty red, when the sun 

 strikes it. The first plants to be in full 

 bloom were Mrs. J. G. VVhilldinand Domi- 

 nation and they went to church about 

 the middle of October; both in 6-inehpots. 

 Domination has ten splendid flowers, is 3 

 feet high, and is just commencing to fade; 

 isn't this an unusual height for this 

 variety? [Ves, but much depends upon 

 the method of cultivation.— Ed.] Mrs. 

 Whilldin is of regulation size and shape, 

 is still in fine condition and I found no 

 bettir plant of her kind, at the Chicago 

 show. Waban is the most admired by 

 visitors, but Wm. Robinson is my favorite, 

 it is so free blooming and graceful, and 

 the first shadings of tawny orange were 

 exquisite. Minnie Wanamaker is better 

 than Queen with me, and Mutual Friend 

 is the dwarfest white, and best shaped 

 bush. In yellows Major Bonnaffon dis- 

 appoints my careless culture, it is not 

 large enough; Tokio is an old time favor- 

 ite, though late; and Lincoln and Rohal- 

 lion are still later and fine; Hicks Arnold 

 is lovely; Mrs. Jos. White gives variety by 

 looking more like an aster than a chrys- 

 anthemum, and a semi-double seedling is 

 a real little gem, it came from a packet of 

 "summer blooming ' seed sown last -April 

 but is in blossom now, for the first time. 



Robert Mclnnes is superb. In fact all on 

 my modest list have proved to be emi- 

 nently satisfactory except Good Gracious, 

 Dailledouze and Pitcher & Manda, but 

 the pinks are pale; and L' Enfant desdeux 

 Mondes always hangs her head. Thereis 

 but one plantgrown to a single blossom, 

 a Jessica, and it is so large and beautiful 

 that we mean to try it again. 



We have some 65 pots, and the iims- 

 tion has come up, how to find room for 

 more. Do you think the following plan 

 likely to succeed? At the east end of the car- 

 riage house, we would make a 3 feet wide 

 bed and plant out in it, also have a similar 

 bed for pot plants; over them, we would 

 place a cheap glass structure, mostly 

 made of hotbed sash, and furnish what 

 heat would be needed for November and 

 early December, would not a kerosene 

 heater answer? When cut down the 

 plants could be heavily mulched, but if 

 they did not survive the winter, 

 the loss would not be irreplaceable. 

 We would like alist ofearlya'-d desirable 

 varieties, for the planted out bed. 



F. N B. 



Crownpoint, Ind., November 27, 1S95. 



Against the east end of the carriage 

 house would be a good place for a bed of 

 chrysanthemums. But if you intend 

 covering it with hotbed sash, 3 feet wide 

 will be too narrow. If your temporary 

 glass house when finished is IVi feet high 

 at back, 5 feet wide, and 5 feet high in 

 front, it will just take a 6 feet long sash 

 to fit the tops, giving overlap enough. 

 For this the bed need be only 4 feet wide, 

 the branches of the outer row can lean 

 over enough to fill the space between it 

 and the glass. Instead of setting upright 

 sashes in front have it boarded two 

 boards deep next the ground, then a row 

 of 3 feet sashes on their sides between the 

 boards and the eaves, and fastened in 

 place by wooden buttons held by screws; 

 this holds the sashes firmly in place and 

 by turning the buttons we can lift down 

 the front sashes at will. Don't have an 

 upper shelf in this house. If this building 

 seems to you to be too high, for instance 

 if you grow short stemmed vaieties like 

 Ivory and Domination, one b ardin front 

 under th • sash is enough. 



Yes, kerosene heaters might answer, but 

 the heat from them isn't very evenly dis- 

 tributed, it may be too-hot close by them 

 and too cold at the furthest distance from 

 them And one must be very watchful 

 lest they emit noxious gases. In the 

 event of a sharp frost, if you have a strip 

 6 or 7 feet wide of coarse canvas or bur- 

 lap, to tack on over the roof, and a piece of 

 3 feet wide old matting to hook on over 

 the glass on the sides, it is a great protec- 

 tion against frost, and if you have artifi- 

 cial heat in the house, a great saving of 

 fuel. 



True, it might be possible to save all of 

 the old roots, mulching them as you 

 suggest, at the same time the surest way 

 perhaps would be to have a pot plant in 

 your regular conservatory of every vari- 

 ety grown in the make-snift house. One 

 old rout kept over winter should, if di- 

 vided in spring, give you from three to 

 ten young, rooted sprouts. 



In the way of early varieties Ivory, Jes- 

 sica, Domi' ation and Gloriosum are 

 excellent. See also li.sts given in last issue 

 incceniber 1) of Gardening. 



ding shows some of the beautilul new 

 varieties which he has raised from seed. 

 They include 



Nanshon, white. 



Columbine, red and gold. 



T. R. Keim, bright red and old gold. 



Rena Dula, pink early. 



Pride of Castlewood, finest white. 



Jessie Whitcomb, yell )w, a seedling of 

 Golden Wedding. 



Phryne, large chrome color. 



Mrs. C. B. Freeman, hairv,clearvellow. 



Red Warrior, W. W. Coles color' early, 

 opening October 10 and being the earliest 

 good dark one we have. 



Clarence, carmine red and old gold. 



MR. T. fl. SFflULDlNO'S NEW GHRYSflNTHE- 

 MUMS. 

 Our illustration, which we had en- 

 graved from a group ofphot"graphs taken 

 in November last sent to us by Mr. Spaul- 



NEW CflRYSflNTftEMUMS. 



[see pages 100 AND 101.] 



These are three very beautiful new 

 chrvsanthemums raised and named by 

 Mr! Thos. H. Spaulding of Orange, N. J. 



Red Warrior. — Extra early, opens 

 about October 5 to 10, and is one of the 

 earliest dark red flowers we have got. 

 The flowers are eight to nine inches in 

 diameter and very showy, and the plant 

 is healthy. 



Daybreak —This is a lovely clear pink 

 flower shading deeper to the centre, it is 

 quite early, blooming about October 10. 



Marion Cleveland.— A fine full early 

 white flower suffused with creamy yellow. 



Trees and Shrubs. 



THE CHINESE MflTRIIHONY VINE. 



{Lycium Cbineiise.) 



H. E. L , Conn., wanted another vine to 

 add to those already planted alongside 

 the piazza, and being attracted by the cat- 

 logue glorj' of the above, bought one and 

 planted it with much care. "It did not 

 grow so very muc i the first year, but all 

 last winter we enjoyed in anticipation 

 that beautiful vine which was to be cov- 

 ered with lovely flowers and brilliant 

 scarlet fruit from early spring until late 

 fall. * * * It did grow, and grow, but 

 the branches instead of twining about the 

 wire trellis stood out straight. * * * 

 Late in the summer, after a minutesearch 

 the "lovely flowers" were found, very 

 small, too small to be seen a few steps 

 away, but the scarlet berries nearly an 

 inch long came not at all. The plant 

 was also covered with insects all summer 

 long, and nothing seemed to drive them 

 away or kill them. In the early days of 

 November the vine was dug up, root and 

 branch, and thrown away." 



Knowing that there must have been a 

 mistake somewhere we picked a spray of 

 the true Chinese matrimony vine, in full 

 fruit, and mailed it to our correspondent, 

 who now concluded that her vine was 

 not the same as ours at all, but "one of 

 the many substitutes sent by the florist." 

 Well, we guess it was the common matri- 

 mony vine ( Z,. barbaruw), which as a 

 decorative plant is vastlj' inferior to the 

 Chinese one; we never knew the latter to 

 fail to fruit well, in fact Irom October till 

 Christmas it is the most showy plant in 

 fruit at Dosoris. But its flowers, al- 

 though very numerous, are neithershowv 

 nor beautiful, and they don't come in a 

 crop till late in summer; and the fruit 

 does not ripen up till fall, but it is bril- 

 liant in color and extravagant in abund- 

 ance. Neither does the plant twine around 

 a support nor climb, it is a sprawling, 

 spreading or arching shrub like vine 

 which, like a running rose, has got to be 

 tied up to make it effective. 



