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GARDENING. 



July 



no holding it in one place, or ever killing 

 it if once it gets a good hold. Plain fenc- 

 ing wire makes the cheapest and best 

 clothes line, the twisted wire breaks a 

 strand at a time and generally tears a 

 hole in some of the clothes before you are 

 aware of the break, either will last a 

 long time. Lvcy G. Chrism.xx. 



Rockingha.n Co., Va. 



A MOCK ORA.NGE. — M. W. S. Mankato, 

 Minn., writes: "Enclosed herewith please 

 tine, leaves and flowers of a hardy shrub 

 that I have been calling a jasmine, but a 

 ))arty to whom I sold it this spring and 

 with whom it is now in bloom calls it a 

 syringa, and is much disappointed. What 

 is the proper name of it? It is perfectly 

 hardy in this climate, standing 30° below 

 zero.'' Ans. The sprig sent is is of P7u7- 

 adelphus coronarius, the fragrant mock- 

 orange or "syringa," as it is often called: 

 No wonder your customer was disap- 

 ])ointed. There is no true Jasmimtm oi 

 any kind hardy in Minnesota. 



Some trui-; Jasmines? Asks M. W. S.— 

 Ans. Jaswinum nudifforum, an arching 

 viney shrub, evergreen at Washington 

 but (leciduous at Dosoris, and which has 

 yellow blooms in mild weather in winter 

 or earliest spring. /. officinale, the com- 

 mon white jasmine, a vine, barely hardy 

 at Dosoris. /. Samhac, or the Grand 

 Duke jasmine, a favorite pot plant in our 

 dwellings. 



The European I^inden.— G. W. M., 

 Philadelphia, asks: "What is the com- 

 mon and botanical names of the tree, a 

 leaf and flower ol whichi herein enclose?" 

 .4ns. It is one of the forms of the com- 

 mon European linden {Tilia vulgaris). 

 We may remark that there are three dis- 

 tinct species of European lindens com- 

 monly catalogued as Tilia Buropasa, they 

 are f. platyphyllos, T. vulgaris, and T. 

 ulmi folia, and of each of these there are 

 several varieties. None of the varieties 

 can be definitely named without the fruit 

 as well as foliage and flowers, to judge 

 from. 



Roses. 



T«E ROSE GflRDBN, JACKSON PflRK.CillCflGO. 



The conclusions drawn from this year's 

 flowering of the World's Fair rose garden 

 confirms, in the main at least, those noted 

 last year. The blossoming season, how- 

 ever, is from two to three weeks in ad- 

 vance of that of '95, owing to the unusu- 

 ally warm weather in April. But a ter 

 some th ee weeks of cool rainy weather, 

 during which most ofthe roses did finelvl 

 a sudden change to oppressive heat on 

 June 5, brought the first and chief flow- 

 ering to an abrupt close. The experience 

 of every year since the garden was estab- 

 lished confirms the fact that roses are a 

 delightful possibility even in Chicago, 

 providing the varieties are well chosen 

 and well tested methods of protection 

 and cultivation are followed. 



Among the varieties used here Mrs, 

 John Laing stands at the head as the 

 most satisfactory all round rose, yet the 

 past winter's experience proves that it is 

 slightly less hardy than many other vari- 

 eties used. [Perfectly hardy at Dosoris. 

 —Ed.] 



Pink Roses.— Mrs. Laing being the 

 leading rose is, of course, also the leading 

 flower in its color. It blooms abund- 

 antly in June and givts a fair number 

 of flowers throughout summer and fall. 

 Jeannie Dickson stands next and is good, 

 but like Laing is also somewhat tender. 



Then Anne de Diesbach, which seems to 

 me the fine.=t pink rose and that no one 

 need wish a finer rose in any color. It is 

 nearly like Paul Neyron in size, color and 

 habit, but, as grown here Diesbach is 

 rather more floriferous and it is hand- 

 somer in the form of its flowers, particu- 

 larly in the fullness and arrangement ot 

 the central petals. Where it does well it 

 certainly is an ideal rose. Magna Charta 

 makes a good impression; it enjoys a 

 rather cool atmosphere and plenty ol 

 moisture. But it blooms but once, and 

 has never any roses after the June season 

 closes. Other pink roses include Duchesse 

 de Morny, John Hopper, Paul Neyron, 

 Baroness Rothschild, an exquisite shell 

 pink flower of beautiful shape; Caroline 

 d' Arden, which flowers abundantly in 

 the regular season and is also one of the 

 best summer bloomers; Mme. Gabriel 

 Luizet, a good variety similar to Jeannie 

 Dickson in foliage and flower, the petals 

 having the same peculiar, silvery border. 

 Belle of Normandy which is very hardy, 

 the stems coming out green in spring even 

 when fully exposed during winter. This 

 variety is much better this year than ever 

 before, really one of the best in the gar- 

 den. Last year both Normandy and 

 Francis Levet refused to open their buds 

 and so did Francis Trevet, a red rose, but 

 all have done remarkably well this sea- 

 son. The secret of the difference is no 

 doubt found in the contrast between the 

 hot, dry weather prevailing during the 

 rose season of '95 and the cool moist 

 weather that continued until the major 

 part of the roses matured this year. 

 Augnste Mie is another pink rose that 

 has behaved in the same way. The re- 

 maining pink and rose colored flowers 

 are Comtesse de Serenve, La France, and 

 G. M. Maurande. The cream of the list, 

 to ray mind, are Mrs. Laing, J. Dickson, 

 Anne de Diesbach. Paul Neyron, Baroness 

 Rothschild, Belle of Normandy and Com- 

 tesse de Serenye. 



White Roses.— This list includes but 

 four varieties barring the moss and rugosa 

 roses that come under their own head- 

 ings. They are Merveillede Lyon, Mabel 

 Morrison, Perle des Blanches and Mme. 

 Plantier. Although the last named flow- 

 ers in June only, no garden can afford to 

 be without it because it is so hardy and 

 flowers so generously. Of the white hy- 

 brid perpetuals, Merveille de Lyon is the 

 best bloomer, though some think Mabel 

 Morrison is a more charming flower. As 

 grown here I can scarcely choose between 

 the rather loosely built Morrison and the 

 cup shaped Merveille de Lyon with its 

 short, closely massed inner petals. While 

 classed as white roses both show more or 

 less pink, Morrison sometimes bearing a 

 flower that is pale blush throughout or 

 with petals more or less tinged with 

 deeper pink along the edges, and Mer- 

 veille de Lyon beautifully flecked with 

 clear pink on the border of ihe petals. 

 Both resemble Baroness Rothschild in 

 habit and Morrison is decidedly like it in 

 the build of its flowers. Perle des Blanches 

 seems to be only semi double and is less 

 hardy than has been supposed, for it 

 froze back badly last winter when pro- 

 tected as the bulk of the H. P. roses were 

 and will hereafter be classed among the 

 varieties that must b .■ pinned to the 

 ground in winter. 



Red Roses— Marshall P. Wilder con- 

 tinues the first choice among reds. It is 

 splendid in color and in abundance of 

 bloom and no varietv flowers better 

 throughout the season. Nearlv aa pro, 

 lific and richer in the velvety eflPect, of its 

 magnificent flowersstands Alfred C-oJomb, 

 a ros? among roses, fiarl of Du^rin ix 



also a choice red rose of the vivid red 

 class similar to Wilder, and Gen.Jacquc 

 minot is excellent, giving great satisfac- 

 tion. Other good ones are Souv. de Lou- 

 ise van Houtte, like Gen Jacq. but darker 

 in color; Jean Liabaud, a vivid scar- 

 let crimson, velvety rose; Preonia, 

 Fellemberg, a semi double beautifully 

 colored rose that shows a generous 

 abundance of bloom that would reassure 

 even a pronounced rose pessimist, and 

 that goes steadilj' on flowering until fall. 

 This variety froze back pretty badly on 

 the exposed wood but it throws up such 

 an abundance of new shoots, every one of 

 which is tipped by a big cluster of buds, 

 that it sometimes outstrips its unfrozen 

 neighbors. 



Dark Roses.— Prince Camille de Rohan 

 is the leading dark variety and is a rich, 

 velvety rose of great merit. It does well 

 here, being hardy as any H. P. and flow- 

 ering well. Its deep crimson maroon 

 blossoms are an essential note in the color 

 scale — one that corresponds to the bass 

 note in a chord of music. Blooms of the 

 Prince last well, retain their color and do 

 not fade to the objectionable purple tone 

 that soon spoils the effect of most dark 

 roses. 



Moss Roses —The old White Bath and 

 the common moss are the most satisfac- 

 tory moss roses here, being hardy and 

 blooming well. The white one bears the 

 loveliest buds and the common moss the 

 sweetest flowers among moss roses. 

 Salet is hardy too, and flowers abund- 

 antly, but the blooms fade quickly and 

 to a disagreeable color. For me they 

 quite spoil the eflect of a bed and would 

 be better omitted. Blanche Moreau, 

 white, and Comtesse de Murinais, rose, 

 are the hardy varieties among the so- 

 called perpetual flowering mosses. The 

 Comtesse seems to be the most reliable 

 bloomer, the other showing but few flow- 

 ers this year, although they did fairly 

 well last year, but all belie their title by 

 refusing to bloom at all after the June 

 flowering. 



Climbing Roses.— The climbing roseS 

 in beds have done less well this year than 

 last, being less vigorous in growth and 

 more chary of flowers, excepting only 

 Queen ofthe Prairie, which is good. The 

 last is used in bush form as a border to 

 the bed of frightened-looking standard 

 roses. Gloire de Dijon, Reine Marie Hen- 

 riette and Mme. Pigny froze back badly 

 and flowered very sparsely. Tea roses, 

 however, are given but small space here 

 and are not expected to amount to much. 

 But these three climbers should be of 

 great value to amateurs who are willing 

 to give them the extra care they need in 

 the way of winter protection. Turned to 

 the ground, well covered with dry leaves 

 and then sheltered b\' boards to shed 

 water I think they would do well even in 

 this cold climate. The Pride of Washing- 

 ton is trained on two horizontal wires 

 and used as a hedge that entirely encloses 

 the rose garden. It has grown in this 

 position since the spring of '92. winter 

 killing more or less every year. The hedge 

 looks better now than ever before, being 

 quite full and even in growth everywhere 

 except for about one hundred feet in each 

 direction at the southeast comer of the 

 garden. Why it winter killed here so 

 much more than elsewhere is unaccounta- 

 ble on any visible grounds. 



RuGOSA Rosa.— Rugosa rosea, and its 

 white form and the lovely hybrid rugosa, 

 Mme. Georges Bruant, are as good as 

 ever. Nothing could be more satisfactory- 

 than their thrifty growth, handsome foli-. 

 uge that is in itself more ornamental than, 

 that of many shrubs grown for theiic Coljl- 



