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ABIES LASIOCARPA AT DOSORIS. 



those the old variety /apon/ca, or Gold 

 Dust Tree, is perhaps the best; it attains 

 to a large size in the upper sections of the 

 South and isatits best when jjiven partial 

 shade and very rich soil. ,4. macrodontba 

 and Himalayaica are the best of the 

 fjreen-leaved "sorts and are beautiful in 

 fall when laden with dark red berries. 



El.sagnus or J.\p.\n Oleasters are 

 exceedingly valuable and beautiful. The 

 variegated varieties like pungens wacu- 

 lata and reflexa aurea are unquestionably 

 among the best plants for raising; they 

 retain the golden color of their foliage 

 throughout the warmest weather and are 

 as bright in midwinter as in early spring. 

 Contrasting with these are the plain- 

 leaved sorts like Simonii and Macroptiylla, 

 whose silvery under surface of the foliage 

 give them a metallic hue. 



ESCALLONIA MONTEVIDENSIS is One of 



our best summer blooming shrubs; its 

 flowers are pure white in large umbels. 

 It is not hardy in the upper sections. 



(iARDENiA Florida, or cape jasmine, is 

 found in almost every garden, whether in 

 city or in the backwoods. It grows to a 

 height of 1.5 feet in very rich soil and pro- 

 duces innumerable large white flowers 

 iluring May, June and July. Their 

 fragrance is so intense as to be objection- 

 able at times, but even if the plant were 

 flowerless its beautiful, glossy green 

 foliage would make it a desirable one in 

 any garden. 



Cerasis Laurocerasus or English 



Laurel. — In the colonial times when most 

 e-xotic plants introduced in the South 

 came from English growers the name 

 English was given rather indiscriminately 

 to many plants and trees which are 

 natives of other sections, thus we still 

 hear of English peas, English grapes, 

 English walnuts, English mulberries and 

 English laurels, and those names have 

 stuck. English laurels are not sufficiently 

 appreciated in landscape work; they are 

 hardy, take to almost any soil, grow 

 rapidly, have bright glossy foliage and 

 stand all kinds of weather. By grouping 

 the various forms, such as Cokhica, 

 Bertini, rotundifolia, camel/tictolia, etc., 

 a pleasing contrast is obtained. 



Helianthemum Algarvense or Cistus 

 (Rock rose.) — A medium growing shrub, 

 thriving in dry soil, and during May and 

 June is literally covered with large white 

 flowers with a dark spot on each petal. 

 It is a beautiful plant, and while its 

 flowers close at middaj' they are pro- 

 duced daily in great profusion. It is not 

 hardy in the upper sections. 



Magnoll\ Fuscata or Banana Shrub 

 is an old favorite of old Southern gardens, 

 but little known elsewhere. The brownish 

 yellow flowers which appear in early 

 spring emit a delightful banana fragrance. 

 It is hardy south of Atlanta and grows 

 best in very rich soil, and like all magnolias 

 it is partial to a liberal supply of plant 

 food. 



Olea fragra.ns, or Chinksk Tea Olive, 



is another well known and exceedini-ly 

 valuable plant, and hardy as far north as 

 Atlanta. Its flowers are small, pure 

 white and produced in clusters at irregu- 

 lar periods from September to March. 

 They emit a most delicate fragrance, a 

 single plant wafting its sweetness to a 

 great distance. 



VlItURNUM TiNus OR Laurustinus is a 

 most profuse fall and winter blooming 

 shrub; flowers are white or flesh color in 

 umbels. The plant thrives in any good 

 garden soil. P. J. Berckmans. 



Atlanta, Oa., Aug. 21, 'Of, 



TWt CflLIPORNIft YlfllTB FIR AT DOSORIS. 



( Abies lasiocar/ia. ) 



Fir tree is the common name of trees of 

 the genus Abies, spruce tree of the genus 

 Picea, and jjine tree of the genus Pinus; 

 nil a e evergreen trees, and some of them 

 besides being of great economic value are 

 among the most valuable ornamental 

 trees of our gardens. Among spruces all 

 are familiar with the Norway spruce 

 (Picea e.Yce/sa) and the white and black 

 spruces of our northern mountains; and 

 as a refined garden tree with the Colorado 

 l)lue spruce. In ourgardens we also have 

 Hiigleman's spruce. Oriental spruce, tiger 

 tail spruce, Alcock's Japanese, and Smith's 

 Himalayan spruces. Sprucesareshapeily, 

 straight stemmed trees, easily grown, 

 and easily transplanted (the Oriental mav 

 be, excepted ). The cones of spruces hang 

 down when growing, those of firs stand 

 up; most anybody can tell them apart 

 from this peculiarity alone. 



.\s a rule the fir trees coming from lower 

 altitudes than the spruces are not quite 

 so hardy as the3' are, still many of 

 them arc hardy enough as far north as 

 Boston, and the balsam fir to the arctic 

 regions. Nordman's fir is the most 

 esteemed in gardens, but of many others, 

 (or instance, firtna, bracbyphylla and 

 Veitchii. from Japan, also the Cephalonian 

 fir,Cicilian fir, Spanish silver fir (Pynsapo) 

 Algerian fir (Hiimedica) Cephalonian, 

 Saghalien, Siberian, nobilis, and others, 

 there are fine specimens at Dosoris, and 

 several of them have already been illus- 

 trated in Gardening. 



For general planting in the eastern and 

 northern states the Colorado mountain 

 white silver fir (Abies concolor) is the 

 best and hardiest. The same species also 

 occurs in California, but like the Califor- 

 nian forms of the blue spruce {Picea pun- 

 gens) and Douglas fir, the Pacific forms 

 of the white fir are less hardy than are 

 those of the Colorado hills 



Our illustration, engraved from a pho- 

 tograph taken at Dosoris a year ago, 

 shows you a pretty little tree' of Abies 

 lasiocarpa, a Californian form of .4. con- 

 color. It is a handsomer tree than the 

 typicalColorado plant, but not reliably 

 hardy in the north, except in mild and 

 sheltered places. Our illustration must 

 also appeal to you in another sense: be- 

 hold the shape of that plant, branched to 

 the bottom and full to the top, and this 

 is how all evergreen trees should be 

 grown. 



While we used to transplant evergreen 

 trees in earlj' fall with perfect success at 

 Dosoris, we prefer to advise our readers 

 to let the evergreens alone till spring; 

 they are apt to recover (|uicker then than 



Pruning Shrubs.— M. F. M., Detroit, 

 asks: "Will you tell me when and how 

 the following shrubs should be trimmed: 

 Hydrangea paniculata grandiffora, Cor- 

 nus Sibirica, and Amorpha I'riiticosa'f" 



