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GARDENING. 



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gether at the Experiment Station there. 

 He writes us: "Itis our intention to make 

 this collection as complete as possible, the 

 object being to get out a report upon this 

 very interesting group of plants. The 

 nomenclature of the begonia is sadly in 

 need of straightening out and this will be 

 one of the primary objects of the work 

 which we have in hand." We are very 

 ulad indeed to know that this work has 

 l)ecn undertaken and we ask our readers 

 lo please send to Mr. Lodeman slips, cut- 

 tings or rooted plants of any begonias 

 they niny h-we that you think he may not 

 liave, togctlicrwilli tlKirnamis. We'shall 

 do all we can to help liini. Begonias are 

 among the most jxipular of window and 

 greenhouse platits. and deservedly so, but 

 their nomenclature except among the 

 commoner kinds is woefully mixed up. 

 Mr. Lodeman's chief aim in getting every 

 begonia known in cultivation with us to- 

 gether is to get their names straightened 

 but and afterwards keep them straight. 



Thk American Carnation Societv 

 held its fifth annual meeting in New York 

 L'Oth and 21st ult. In connection with 

 the meeting was an extraordinary dis- 

 play of carnation flowers, including all 

 the leading varieties, also new seedlings, 

 and other seedlings that were on exhibi- 

 tion a second or third time. The flowers 

 shown were as fine as the art of man 

 could produce. The prize varieties in- 

 cluded: white — Lizzie McGowan, Alaska, 

 Storm King, T'ncle John and Hinze's 

 White; light pink— Bridesmaid, Daybreak, 

 William Scott, Mme. Diaz Albertini; deep 

 jjink — Tidal Wave, and Thomas Cart- 

 ledge; in crimson — Meteor was alone; and 

 Portia and Hector were the winning 

 scarlets. Among the fancy flowers Kitty 

 Clover, Buttercup, and Bouton d'Or 

 were variegated with vellow ground; and 

 Helen Keller, ChesteV Pride, and J. J. 

 Harrison, variegated on white grounds. 

 The committee on nomenclature reported 

 that the names of over seventy new vari- 

 eties had been registered for 1895-6! 

 Well, it may be all right to register so 

 many new names, and grow and dissem- 

 inate the fair (we mustn't say sweet, for 

 only a lew of the carnations of to-day 

 can claim much fragrance) debutantes, 

 but a tenth of the number will never find 

 popular favor, then what's the use of 

 imposing them on the public? At this 

 rate new carnations are becoming almost 

 as numerous as new chrysthemums. 

 Pres. F. Dorner said in the Society's 

 amended list of carnations in last year's 

 report the names of .S.SO varieties are 

 given! 



ABOUT BEES. 



In the last issue of Gardening "A. I). 

 C." asks for some notes on bee cult- 

 ure. I have kept bees for twenty-five 

 years for pleasure. Of course there has 

 been some profit too, but a love for bees 

 was the inducement to keep them. If A. 

 I). C. does not know the .\ B C of bee 

 keeping, I would not advise him to .trj- 

 to learn it from bee notes in any periodi- 

 cal, although if they are written by a 

 practical bee keeper they must be interest- 

 ing and instructive. Let A. D. C. begin 

 by buying a good work on bee keeping 

 and "Ouinby's Xew Bee Keeping" (ad- 

 vised by the editor, page 168) is one of 

 best. When he has studied a little let him 

 get a colony of good Italian b;es in a 

 moveable comb hive, and here he should 

 remember that whatever hive he selects 

 he should use that kind altogether. It is 

 bad to have several kinds of hives. There 

 can be no interchanging of combs or fixt- 

 ures. The Italian bees should be kept by 



a beginner in preference to the black ones 

 because of the ease with which they may 

 be handled. The black bees on being dis- 

 turbed in opening the hive will run wild, 

 sometimes leaving the comb altogether 

 and clustering outside or under the hive, 

 while the Italians, if carefully handled, 

 remain evenly distributed over the coml) 

 and perfectly quiet. I have often held a 

 comb covered with bees and watched the 

 Italian queen in the act of laying, passing 

 from cell to cell depositing an egg in each 

 and paying no attention to the ' out- 

 sider." You can not do this with the 

 black queen, nor even find her except 

 rarely. The Quinby hive decribed in his 

 woi-k is easily made; there is no patent on 

 it and it can be enlarged to meet the needs 

 of the most prosperous colony or con- 

 tracted to a single comb if so desired. If 

 your Mississippi subscriber loves bees 

 there are many pleasant hours ahead of 

 him, perhaps some stings too, but per- 

 severance will over come this last 

 obstacle. P. F. 



Market Gardener, West ChestcrCo., .\. V. 



CflTflLOGUES. 



; seeds 



The Storrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, 

 Ohio, a 168 page catalogue of seeds, and 

 a great variety of greenhouse plants, and 

 ornamental trees and shrubs, fruit trees, 

 bushes, and vines. 



Frederick W. Kelsey, 1-15 Broadway, 

 New York; a dainty catalogue of choice 

 ornamental trees and shrubs, fruit 

 trees, etc. 



Wm. L. Swan, Oyster Bay,N.Y ; flower 

 and vegetable seeds, greenhouse plants 

 and ornamental hardy trees, shrubs, per- 

 ennials, roses, etc. 



Wm. G. McTear, Princeton, N. J ; a de- 

 scriptive list of chrysanthemums. 



Phoenix Nursery Co., Bloomington, 111.; 

 greenhouse plants, ro.ses, ornamental 

 trees and shrubs fruit trees, vines and 

 bushes. 



Parry's Pomona Nurseries, Parry, N. 

 J.; making fruit trees, nut trees, bush 

 fruits and vines a specialty. 



Wm. Bull, Chelsea, London, Eng. 



Currie Brothers, Milwaukee, Wi 

 and plants. 



Lovett Co., Little Silver. N.J. 



Sunset Seed and Plant Co., San I'ran- 

 cisco, Cal. 



Pitcher & Manda, Short Hills, N J. 



(ireen's Nursery Co., Koehester, N. Y. 



I. L. Buchan, Sturgeon Bay, Wis. 



Arthur J. Collins, Moorestown, N. |. 



J. C. Suff'ern, Voorhies, III. 



J.M. Kidd, St. Joseph, Mo. 



'G. C. Watson, Philadelphia, I'a. 



li.J. Hull, Olyphant, Pa. 



r. D. Imlay, Zanesville, O. 



N. Smith & Son, Adrian, Mich. 



F. S. White Seed Co.,DesMoines Iowa, 



O. A. E. Baldwin, Bridgman, Mich. 



A. L. Wood, Rochester, N. Y. 



The Fruit Garden. 



WINTER APPLES FOR WISCONSIN. 



H. Y. M., Milwaukee, asks for a list of 

 winter apples suitable for Wisconsin, and 

 the name of a good near-by nursery where 

 they can be obtained. 



Ans. The American I'omologieal Society 

 recommend Wealthy, Limb, r Twig, and 

 Golden Russet of Western New York as 

 the best winter apples for Wisconsin. .An 

 eminent pomologist frcnn your i)art of 

 the country recommends: 



Wealthy.— Large, dark 1 



excellent; ripening from November to 

 February. 



Woi-F River.— Very large, greenish yel- 

 low shaded with crimson, veryi good, 

 great bearer, ripe mid-winter. 



McMaiion's White.— Large, nearly 

 white, very good, ripening iu November 

 and December. 



LoNGFiELD. — Medium to large, yellow- 

 ish green with red streaks or blush; quite 

 good; November into winter. 



Good Pleasant.— Not unlike the Long- 

 field. 



Hibernal.— Large, showy, red striped 

 apples good . for desert or cooking, 

 November and December. 



If your country place is near Milwaukee 

 or in about as equally favorable location 

 our entomogical friend suggests the fol- 

 lowing varieties as being very likely to 

 live well and bear good fruit in your 

 orchard. 



WALiiRiDOE.-Medium, red striped, good 

 mid-winter. 



Utter.— Large, red, good, early winter. 



Golden Russet. — Medium, russet, win- 

 ter. 



Pewaukee.— Large, yellow shaded red, 

 late fall into winter. 



Northwestern Greening —Pale green 

 tinted with red, excellent, winter. 



Malinda.— Greenish yellow with dull 

 red side, good, mid-winter. 



Scott's Winter.— Medium, red striped, 

 excellent. 



As a second choice of winter varieties 

 for Wisconsin the American Pomological 

 Society recommends: 



Baltimore —Medium, red and yellow. 



Blue Pearmain.— Large, red. 



Edgar Red Streak. — Large, red 

 streaked. 



Fa.meuse.— Medium, red streaked. 



Jewett's Red.— .Medium, red. 



Roman Stem.— Medium, yellow, russet. 



Talman Sweet.— Medium, green and 

 yellow. 



Westfield Seek-no Fi'RTHKR.-Large, 

 yellow and red. 



Willow Twig.— Medium, vellow and 

 red. 



Wine.— Large, yellow and red. 



As regards a near-by nursery, never let 

 "near-by" have any weight when you 

 want trees, but send direct to some 

 responsible nurseryman for what you 

 want, no matter whether his nursery is 

 ten miles or ten hundred miles from your 

 home, we speak from experience. But 

 don'tbuyfromagentsor peddlers no mat- 

 ter from whom they come; send direct to 

 the nursery. Several Al nurseries adver- 

 tise fruit trees in Gardening. 



BERRIES. 



The following varieties and number of 

 each well cultivated, willgivea succession 

 throughout the season and furnish an 

 ordinary family with wholesome fruit, 

 fresh, canned, dried, or preserved during 

 the entire year; 50 blackberries. Ancient 

 Briton, Snyder; 50 black raspberries. 

 Palmer, Ohio, Gregg, Nemeha;" 50 red 

 raspberries, Marlboro, Cuthbert, Loudon; 

 25 raspberries, Shafi"er's Colossal; 25 

 gooseberries, Houghton, Downing; 50 

 currents. Red Dutch, Victoria, White 

 Grape, 12 grapes. Moors Early, Worden, 

 Brighton, Delaware, Concord; .SOO 

 strawberries; Warfield (p), VanDeman 

 (s), Miehels (s), Haveriand (p), Crescent 

 (p), Beder Wood (s); "p" means pistillate 

 or female, and "s" staminate or male. 

 The varieties having only pistillate 

 flowers cannot of themselves bear a crop 

 of berries, the flowers must be poHcnated 

 from the staminate flowers by means of 

 winds or insects, and therefore is it, that 



