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• GARDENING. 



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CUPID SWEET PEA. 



but the common Oriental poppy has in 

 recent years, been broken up into several 

 shades' of salmon and rose as well as 

 scarlet; and the color of the blooms of 

 Papaver pilosum is a sort of salmon-pink. 

 All are easily grown and good perennials. 

 Pilosum is readily raised from seed. 



Chrysanthemums. 



My CHRySflNTflEMUMS. 



My chrysanthemums have done quite 

 as vvell as'could be expected, considering 

 the indifferent place have had to bloom 

 them in; some have been excellent, nota- 

 blv Rider Haggard, Mrs. E. D. Adams, H. 

 Balsley. Latest Fad, Katherine Leech, 

 Mme. Ed. Rev, Yellow Queen, Miss Tacie 

 H Harper, Philadelphia, Kioto, Marie 

 Louise, Eugene Dailledouze, M. Jeffords, 

 \Vm. Falconer, Col. Tobin, Mrs. M. R. 

 Parker, Jr., Chalfant, Niveus, The Queen, 

 Constellation, Mutual Friend, Rose 

 Wynne, Mrs. J. H. White, Master of the 

 Ciarden, Mrs. Jos. Rossiter and Golden 

 Dawn. Helen Bloodgood, Fisher's Torch, 

 .Mrs. W.H. Trotter and Esther Cleveland 

 were very unsatisfactory. It may be 

 when I get into ray greenhouse another 

 year I may have better success with the 

 disappointing ones. Fisher's Torch, as I 

 have it, is worthless. Octoroon is just 

 coming out and gives good promise. 



Whitehall, Mich., Dec. 5. C. W. R. 



CflRySflNTHEMUMS FROM CUTTINGS. 



A. B., N. J., asks; "When is the proper 

 time to take chrysanthemum cuttings?" 

 I'he best time to "take these depends upon 

 the purpose for which the plants arc 

 wanted; if it is desired to have plants in 



large pots for specimen plants the cut- 

 tings should be taken early, say from the 

 middle to the end of January, and as soon 

 as they are rooted grow them on as cool 

 as reasonable. If for ordinary bush 

 plants the end of February or March is 

 time enough, and if for small pots and 

 specimen blooms the end of May or early 

 in June is soon enough. The same time 

 will apply for plants to be grown in 

 benches for specimen blooms, such as are 

 grown for the large cut flower markets 

 and for exhibition purposes. 

 Summit, N, J. John N. May. 



CHRySflNTHEMUMS FOR THE BORDER. 



Much has of late been said and written 

 about chrysanthemums that would grow 

 and bloom in our open borders, and give 

 us that very much wanted mass of colors 

 in a time of the year whin only here and 

 there a few late comers still remind us of 

 the fast disappearing summer. But 

 where is that chrysanthemum that will 

 give us this pleasure? It certainly would 

 be welcome. 



At the close of the World's Fair I ob- 

 tained some chrysanthemums under the 

 name of Golden Fleece, of the pompon 

 type— if I mistake not they were exhibited 

 by Dingee & Conard — which were claimed 

 to be hardy and they have proved so. 

 But unfortunately those beautiful blos- 

 soms that should give tint and color to 

 our fall landscape are wanting. The 

 plant has budded well every year, but at 

 the time buds are going to open cold 

 weather has already set in to such a de- 

 gree as to check the developing of any 

 flowers save a few crippled ones. The 

 plants have always been in a sheltered 

 position and could not be given better 

 protection. The same will apply to 

 Cosmos bipimiatus also, but this plant 

 being a little earlier sonte pleasure is de- 

 rived from it. 



The perennial borders should never be 

 without chrysanthemums wherever 

 grown and bloomed successfully, but I 

 doubt very much if we ever will be able 

 to see our gardens gay with them in this 

 part of the country. ' Jas. Jensen. 



Chicago, 111. 



[About New York and southward the 

 pompons live well and bloom well out of 

 doors, but north and west where the 

 winters set in earlj- even they are not sat- 

 isfactory. But if we mistake not we shall 

 soon have an early blooming race of 

 chrysanthemums that will be of use to 

 you.— Ed.] 



Roses. 



MILDEW ON ROSBS. 



A. B., Middlebrush, N. J., writes: "My 

 roses are badly mildewed. What can I 

 do to stop it or destroy it? I have tried 

 dusting with sulphur but it has failed to 

 do any good." 



The best way to check this trouble is 

 to mix some sulphur to the consistency 

 of paint, then with abrush orstub broom 

 give the pipes in the greenhouse a thin 

 coat when they are quite warm, the even- 

 ing of a cold day is the best time to do it. 

 Care must be taken not to put on too 

 heavy a coat, as it will then destroy the 

 color of the flowers. After applying it be 

 •eery careful to attend to the airing of the 

 greenhouse regularly, as the young foli- 

 age will get badly damaged if the tem- 

 perature is allowed to run up too high 

 without ventilation, particularly if with 

 bright sunshine — the greatest preventive 

 of mildew is judicious ventilation, for 

 plants like animals delight in fresh, pure 

 air— start giving air in the morning as 

 soon as thetemperaturein the greenhouse 

 reaches C2° or 63°, gradually increasing 

 it as the thermometer rises, and reducing 

 it in the same way in the afternoon, this 

 keeps the plants in such a sturdy vigor- 

 ous condition that mildew seldom gets a 

 foothold. JOHxN. Mav. 



Summit, N. J. 



Climbing Roses.— W., Durham, N. C, 

 asks: "Is climbing La France really a 

 climber? Is climbing Perle des Jardins a 

 climber? I have them, bought of reputa- 

 ble florists, and they have failed to climb." 

 .4 ns. Yes, the climbing La France is 

 really a climber. See picture of it, 

 engraved from a photograph, in Garden- 

 ing, page 149, February 1,1893. Itsonly 

 fault is, so far as we know, that it is 

 rather shy blooming. The climbing Perle 

 is also a climber. We saw it in fine form 

 the other day, trained alongthe raftersia 

 the conservatories of Mr. Wm. Brown, 

 at Flatbush, N. Y. 



The Greenhouse. 



GREENHOUSE PLANTS IN BLOOM NOW. 



The Catalonian jessamine (Jasminum 

 grandiHorum) has fragrant white flow- 

 ers and is very useful for cutting. Ha- 

 hrotbamnus elegans has purplish red 

 flowers and blooms nearly all the winter, 

 and so does H ( Cestrum)aurantiaciis with 

 orange colored flowers. Varieties of the 

 old fashioned and now much neglected 

 camellias with red, white and variegated 

 flowers are in bloom. The white flowereu 

 laurestinus ( Viburnum Tinus) is a capital 



