1895. 



GARDENING. 



99 



j. 5' AW.«. 

 Clarence. 



BOMB NEW CHRYSANTHEMUMS, 



flMFEUOFSIS VEITCflll. 



I notice that a correspondent says, that 

 after he set out the plant in his garden, 

 he nailed the vine to the wall and it 

 withered. I don't know the experienceof 

 others, but I almost invariably have had 

 the same result when endeavoring to 

 train any of the branches, they withered 

 and died, but soon sprang up again from 

 ■the roots. Let the vine have its own way 

 and there will be no trouble and although 

 Ihe branches may not at first go in the 

 desired direction yet in the end it will be 

 found entirely satisfactory. Although 

 perfectly hardy, joung plants should 

 have a little protection the first winter, 

 which can be done by keeping up a small 

 niciund of earth around the stem, and 

 which I find more satisfactory than 

 mulching. 



The A Veitchii was imported into this 

 country in the autumn of 1S6S by Mr. 

 Charlton, Rochester, N. V., who propa- 

 .gated a few plants and introduced it in 

 the spring of 1,S69. In I ite winter I pro- 

 cured a plant from him for the Washing- 

 ton Street Nurseries, Geneva, N. Y., and a 



few tiny plants were soon propagated, 

 one of which I procured and finally 

 planted at the front of my house in the 

 autumn of 1870, and it is probably the 

 oldest plant in the country. It measures 

 11 inches in circumference at the butt. 

 From its small, delicate appearance at 

 first, we thought it would make a fine 

 basket plant, but on experiment its 

 deciduous character was against its use 

 in that way, and finally when its strong 

 growth and perfect hardiness was ascer- 

 tained it was seen that it would be an 

 invaluable addition as a climber. My 

 plants covers the whole of the east and 

 south and about one-half of the north 

 sides of my home, and make a > ery beau- 

 tiful appearance. Geo. S. Conover. 

 Geneva, N. Y. 



CHINESE GOLDEN LARCH AND KflLMlfl IN 

 lOWfl. 



M. G. B., Eagle Gro%-e,Iowa, asks: "Do 

 you think the Chinese golden larch would 

 thrive in our northeastern climate? Also 

 would you advise the planting of Kahnia 

 latifolik here where the thermometer 



reaches 30° below zero in our winter ex- 

 tremes?" 



/1/is.— It is doubtful if either plant will 

 succeed in such a rigorous climate. We 

 have known the kalmia to submit to as 

 much cold as that in winter but it was 

 sheltered from sweeping winds and open 

 sunshine, and the climate was not as hot 

 in summer as is that of Iowa. The Chin- 

 ese larch (Pseudolarix) is such a rare tree 

 in cultivation that we really don't know 

 how much cold it will stand. But we 

 have sent you a few seeds of it and hope 

 you may raise some plants and try them. 



THE CflROLlNH POPLAR. 

 1 consider these poplars beautiful trees, 

 and am always a little grieved when I see 

 them recommended merely as stop gaps 

 till other trees shall have grown. I wish 

 G.VKDENiN'G would use all its influence 

 a ;ainst having them pollarded in the 

 barbarous way so many people do for 

 the purpose of making them grow 

 ■'thicker," like a chunky sugar maple or 

 tulip tree. The Cottonwood is a very 

 slender tree while young, but as it grows 



