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GARDENING. 



Aug. 15, 



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Don't use cotton wool in packing 

 plant.s or flowers. The editor of the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle writes: "There is 

 no more objectionable material for pack- 

 ing plants or fungi than cotton wool." 

 And certainly it is true, still many people 

 persist in using it. Use tissue paper or 

 thin soft, oiled or waxed paper. 



CMRYSANTHE.MUM FLORA.— That this is 



a summer-flowering variety there is no 

 doubt whatever since it has been produc- 

 ing its masses of light golden flowers for 

 some time past. In this respect it is use- 

 ful, and being dwarf as well as a most 

 constant bloomer, renders it a favorite 

 with quite a large number, so says the 



i.„...„...„ .. „ ,,., London Garden. 



addressed to The Gardening Company. Monon Bui d- 



rpaX°ISrortta'Up%'rs''hf5rea"dr.^1.d''i;;'t',?i some Good Peas.-Au English gardener 



Kdiiorot GARDENING. Scheniey Park. iMttsburg. Pa. says than Chelsea Gem and William Hurst 



(JARDENINO 18 gotten i^r Its readers and In their no" two better early peas can possibly be 



interest, and it behooves you. one and all. tfl make It found; to follow on use Wordsley Wonder, 



'irarwrt^te 'a'n!,' ^^^.Ti^^^I ^^^JT .^'''^^i Stratagem and Sharpens Queen and Auto- 



desire to help you. cratfor late. Allot these are hne peas here 



„o*w^e?s 1r'i;ts!i';Si;i?so^r';,1h?;i,rctffi'^rffl;,'g too. But for flavortheNe Plus Ultra and 



nmtere. We will take pleasure In answerlnK them. Champion of England arc still unsur- 



8ENI) us NOTES of your experience in Eardenlng In passed; pity thev grow so tall, 



any line: tell us of your successes thai others inay be ' •! . . f 



enllKhtened^and^^encouniKed. and ot your fa.lures, TrEE GOOSEBERRIES.— f)ne of our read- 



""end" PS "phonographs OB SKETCHES Of you CIS scud US a photograph of a gooseberry 



flowers, gardens, greenhouses, fruits, vegetables, or bush worked as a high standard that is. 



g";kv'^'"for''GA''R'.';ENmfi° """ "" """ """ '"' the stem is a clean straight stiff- one 3 to 4 



7-= ^ feet high, and at top is a bunch of branches 



CONTENTS. laden with gooseberries. He appreciates 



TREES AND sHRnns. the form and good-humoredly remarks. 



Covering tha stumps of trefs with vines (i1Iiis.):«4 "I preer to stand up straight when I 



How I grow rhododendrons .{54 -^ berries, and not get down on my 



Small trees for small gardens .VX) f ,-^ ., ,. t^ , j- ■ j j ,i 



The laburnum trees don't bloom S)5 knees to it." But our friend doesn t say 



LANDSCAPE gardemng. anything about mildcw. Our exper ence 



TcoV^^y '»ad°in fhe"NoJih"&roline moun-'^" ^'th standard gooseberry bushes is that 



tains (illus:) 3.56 thev are more prone to mildew than are 



Rooks on landscape gardening 356 lovv stemmed ones; vcs, even when the 



THE FLOWER GARDEN. M issouri curraut is thc stock. 



Our annuals «6 



^'a7delirnst'"la°w°n?- . . 1 1 l ! ! ' ! i ! 1 " Is SHE SrccEEDED.-Miss L Greenlee of 



Some good hardy perennials .... . . S.'iS North Carolina has gone into the busi- 



l.awntennis court (illus) 358 ness of raising bulbs and kindred plants. 



Fm^au?atumm"e^.^ ' '. '. 3^9 We advised her last spring against gio w- 



A book about flower beds 359 jng tuberous begonias, cyclamen, and 



THE GREENHOUSE. gloxiuias, bccausc of the difficulty and 

 Sow1o°g?ow''clc'tul "'.' ...;•::: :i9 uncertainty of raising them, and further 

 ROSES. of the bother she might have in market- 

 Some ol the newer roses 360 ;„„ them. She now writes: "I want to 



Sardymse? fn bloom Xugusi 11 . . . W '. mo tell you that I have succeeded in grow;ing 



Greenhouse roses under difficulties . . 860 cyclamens, tuberous begonias, and glox- 



A pleasing combination of roses .361 \a\a.s, especially the latter. I am grow- 



The fruit garde™." ."'^"'^ '!*'"""'.■ 361 ing them in slatted frames and mean to 



Berries 301 send some tubers to show you how mce 



Two bad bugs ,^ •■ ■ • . f'\ they are." Just like a woman, she had 



?"?nhousegVpes*^''^''^ ""^ .■.'■.: i! 3^ her own way anyway, and we are very 



THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. glad that succcss has attended her. 



Our vegetable crop 364 _ 



coodleuuces 364 The Wet Weather has been disas- 



.Melons and beans 366 trous to Our bedding plants; geraniums 



A new white flowe'red'^^ptr^^T"^' 366 have suff^ered more than any other kind. 



The Japan winebeiry 36ti and cannas less. We are lifting out the 



geraniums and replacing them with can- 



The New Cannas.— We have the new ^as, China asters, celosias, abutilons and 



cannas Italia, Austria and Burbank in other plants we happen to have a store 



liloom. and they all arc big flowered, of at hand. This is all very well in the 



splendid beauties and good growers. ease of beds filled with one sort of plant, 



LiLiUM Lowi is in good bloom at Kcw. but when it comes to carpet beds, and the 



The stems are 2 feethighand carrv oncor santolina, leucophyta or other panels rot 



two bell shaped flowers of a greenish out and there is no use of replacing them 



white color on the outside and flushed w-ith the same material, we are apt to 



with chocolate; on the inside thev are si'oil the good looks of the design, 



thickly spotted with crimson. Coleuses, except in very wet places, are 



,> , o in I. ^J keeping up well, and among them all 



Don t Steal the Melons. Bovs.-Mr. verschaff-eltii as a crimson and Golden 



A. \V. Smith of Amencus Georgia, a Redder as a vellow are the brightest and 



noted raiser of new melons, has a novel j^^^j, 

 and casv wav of getting ahead of the 



boys. When his choice melons are small To PRESERVE Maidenhair i-ronds.- 



he scratches his name in small letters on Says the Gardeners' Chronicle: "Dry in 



the melon with a pin; the scratch never the ordinary manner between sheets of 



heals up but as the melon grows in size of herbariuin paper under pressure, 



the scratch grows in proportion and pro- cliaiigiiig the sheetsol papertwice a week 



nouncedness. As no small boy, (or big tijl the snji in the frond is absorbed, then 



one, cither, or culled gen Meman") cares to secure with narrow strips of thin paper 



have a branded melon in his jjossession, laid across the stipes and branchlcts of 



lie passes on to the next man's patch. the frond. To give the fern fronds that 



are to be used in vases, etc., the desirable 

 softness and natural gracefulness, they 

 should, after drying, be laid in a vessel of 

 sufficient dimensions to accommodate 

 them when laid straight and flat, con- 

 taining a mixture of equal parts, spirit 

 and glycerine. Here the fronds should 

 remain immersed till they are saturated, 

 and then hung in a shady place to be- 

 come dry. The spirit evaporates while 

 the glycerine remains in the substance of 

 the frond. 



Kosv Cream Watermelon is a new 

 one that has been raised and perfected by 

 Mr. A. W. Smith, of Americus, Georgia. 

 He sent us a specimen for trial the other 

 day, and we all feasted on it and our 

 neighbors feasted, and each and everyone 

 of us pronounced it a most excellent 

 melon, tender, sweet and of fine flavor. 

 It was a monster and just fitted endwise 

 into a bushel basket. The skin is evenly 

 green, flesh solid, white or rather creamy 

 white faintly tinged with pink, and the 

 seeds are black. It was a beautiful exam- 

 ple of what fine perfection watermelons 

 attain in the south. Mr. Smith wr tes: 

 "After six years' work with it I deem its 

 character is fixed. The one sent you is 

 about the smallest I have gathered, the 

 patch being not only the finest 1 ever 

 gres as to size but the fin st I have ever 

 seen. One melon weighed SS^, pounds, 

 several weighed 55 pounds each, whilst 

 lew went below 40 pounds. I gathered 

 two from one vine, one being 47 and the 

 other 41 pounds. These weights were 

 not obtained by pampering but in an acre 

 patch as all melons are grown." 



Fancv-leaved Caladiums.— For filling 

 our conservatories in summer these are 

 very useful, and when the cold weather 

 comes theygotorestand arestored away 

 in some dry warm place and their room 

 is given over to winter blooming plants 

 that during the summer months, are un- 

 dergoing an outdoor course of treatment 

 to better fit them for their indoor duties. 

 But last April, finding we had very few 

 caladiums, we sent to John Saul tor some 

 hundreds of roots. They came in due 

 time, were planted in sand on a green- 

 house bench till they began to grow and 

 then potted singly and kept in the green- 

 house. Every tuber started and now we 

 have a fine lot of plants for a quarter of 

 the price we would have to pay bad we 

 imported them from Europe. We got all 

 of Dreer's collection too, but had to wait 

 for them till most midsummer till their 

 shipments from Brazil should arrive. 

 Several of them are now in open leaf and 

 grand, and the others have started into 

 growth. We get the tubers in a dormant 

 state as one does tulips, and considering 

 how very showy and useful they are, and 

 cheap, we feel assured many of our 

 readers who have nevergrown them may 

 like to try them next year. There is a 

 little confusion in the nomenclature and 

 many ot the names are in Portuguese, 

 but nevermind that, if you want rich 

 coloring, you can have it in these splen- 

 didly marked plants. 



The plan of the Glen Cove R. R. 

 station grounds is an admirable design; 

 not only does it look well on paper but it 

 treats the ground in an excellent way. 

 About six acres are contained in the little 

 park and roadway. Those ot our read- 

 ers who have visited Dosoris may remem- 

 ber the wretched old railroad station at 

 Glen Cove and its uncouth surroundings, 

 — the first three houses after leaving the 

 station being three saloons, but now 

 there are two stations in the village. The 

 old one is now called Glen Street, Glen 



