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pointing out very clearly the mosl essential 

 methods to follow, and the soil the tree 

 should have to start in new growth. lie 

 also made some remarks on the pruning 

 of shrubs and landscaping. His talk was 

 to the point and highly appreciated by those 

 present. Carter H. Fitzhugh of Lake For- 

 est spoke of the advance made in cold stor- 

 age and root cellars and described the sev- 

 eral methods used in the different States of 

 the Union. Mr. Fitzhugh has made a care- 

 ful study of this problem, having observed 

 the advantages and disadvantages of stor- 

 age for fruit and vegetables in all parts of 

 the United States. 



Professor Cole of Chicago University 

 will be the speaker at our next meeting. 

 J. R. Clarke, Cor. Sec'y. 



THE QUESTIONNAIRE 



Subscribers are imitcd to make free use 

 of this defartment to soH-e problems that 

 may arise in their garden work. Questions 

 on' the ordinary pursuits of gardening, that 

 can be readily answered by applying to the 

 usual reference boohs should not be re- 

 ferred to the Questionnaire. 



Can you tell me where I can obtain seed 

 of the following Gesneraceae; isoloma. 

 gesnera and achimenes? — R. P. B., Md. 



liacli of the three genera of the faniil\ 

 Gcsiicracccr mentioned contain numer- 

 ous species, which in the case of achi- 

 iiiciirs. especially, have become much con- 

 tused hy hybridization, and rarely come 

 true to name. .A.chimene's seeds, mixed. 

 are listed by Carters, Boston, but not the 

 others. In all probability, that firm, or 

 Suttons would be able sooner or later to 

 supply isolotiia and gcsuera in certain 

 species. — .A. S. 



I have in my garden a few white cur- 

 rant bushes. Can you inform me how 

 I can multiply them, as I would like to 

 have more plants of this same variety. 

 — F. R., N. J. 



\\ lute currant.-^ are easily propa,gated 

 by cuttings of last year's wood taken 

 now. They may be inserted in sandy 

 soil in the open ground or in a cold 

 frame, keeping the sash on until rooted, 

 and shaded from hot sun. Another meth- 

 od is to mound up the bushes with 

 earth about a foot deep; the shoots will 

 throw out roots into the new- soil which 

 can !)e removed from the parent bush 

 the following Sprin.g. Stronger plants 

 are obtained by the latter method, as it 

 enal)les a bush to be divided into well- 

 rooted parts, but a larger qitajttity of 

 young plants can be obtained in one sea- 

 son by taking cuttings. — A. S. 



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RE-NAMING GERMAN IRISES 

 Editor (j.\Ki)EN'EK.s' Chronicle: 



If the critic who claims an inaccurate 

 statement in .4iiicriiaii Botanist will look a 

 little closer at the text, he will note that tlie 

 statement reads "the reason certain irises 

 are called German irises is because they arc 

 derived from a species of Central F.urope 

 named Iris Gcrmanica." This is exactly 

 the truth. No claim is made that all 

 bearded irises are Clerman irises. You will 

 note that certain irises only are mentioned. 

 Nor i.t the claim made that any of these 

 grow in Germany. The habitat of Iris Gcr- 

 manica is given as "Central and Southern 

 Europe." Under the circumstances the 

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