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BUDDLEIA HYBRID A EVA DUDLEY is one of the best. 

 It has the form and color of B. MAGNIFICA" and the 

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Nature's own "snow." For this reason the 

 Alpines of Switzerland are beautiful in the 

 Spring after being so snugly covered with 

 a blanket of snow and. in like manner, 

 our own hardv perennials here are much 

 better and stronger after a Winter in which 

 the snow had constantly covered them until 

 Spring had come. 



How foolishly mulching is sometimes 

 done ; the material being banked up around 

 the stem of the plant instead of extending 

 as far as the spread of the roots. Trees 

 of a good size, when planted in the Fall, are 

 greatly helped by mounding the soil up 

 around the stem in addition to the usual 

 mulch of manure. This mounding serves 

 to keep the tree from swaying and also pre- 

 vents deep freezing. 



All newly transplanted slock, whetlur 

 trees, shrubs, evergreens or perennials are 

 benetited by a good liberal mulch, using the 

 lightest material to cover such of the latter 

 as have esculent roots and stems.— Florists 

 Il.ychaii"c. 



RENAMING GERMAN IRISES. 



Certain ill-advised .\mcricaiis. endeavor- 

 ing to demonstrate their patriotism, are 

 out with the suggestion that the tierman 

 irises should be renamed. It may be re- 

 called that during the war these same senti- 

 mental patriots wanted to call german 

 measles, "liberty measles," apparently un- 

 willing that even disagreeable things should 

 bear German names. Overlooking for a 

 moment, the warped psychology in the case 

 of the measles, we may point out that the 

 reason certain irises are called German 

 irises is because they are derived from a 

 species of Central Europe named Iris 

 Gcrmanica. This species was long ago 

 named according to scientific usage which 

 does not recognize sentiment as an excuse 

 for changing names. We may call the 

 flowers liberty irises if we choose, but the 

 species will continue to be Iris Gcrmanica. 

 The popular appellations of plants may be 

 changed at will, and doubtless many of the 

 decorative plants with German names will 

 be re-christened to fadlitate sales on this 

 side of the world. It is a foolish fad, how- 

 ever, to name plants after nobodies on 

 cither side of the .\tlantic. The great men 



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atul women of the world may well have 

 I)laiits named in their honor. InU in all such 

 cases a single word is sufticient to indicate 

 the one honored. When it becomes neces- 

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