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GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



Germanica and other forms or species — 

 they are not true German irises. One may 

 call them what he pleases. But when it 

 comes to botanical species 'he rules of 

 nomenclature govern, and sentiment, preju- 

 dice, and sectionalism have no bearing in 

 the matter. 



WiLL.ARD N. ClUTE, 



Tiditor America)! Botanist. 



THE WISTARIA 



Amongst the most beautiful sights 

 that may be seen one may place that of 

 a fine old and well-grown wistaria drap- 

 ing the face of a massive building, and 

 when it is understood that the same plant 

 which flowers so well in May or June (ac- 

 cording to climate) will produce a second 

 crop or aftermath in .'\ugust or Septem- 

 ber, it will be conceded that few others of 

 our wall plants give so good a return. 

 This second flowering happens, more or 

 less, every year with W. sinensis if the 

 plant is slightly cutover as soon as the 

 first flowers have faded. Undoubtedly a 

 warm house front with south aspect is the 

 best place for wistarias in this country, 

 though in the milder portions they are 

 also effective as coverings for pergolas 

 and arbors, if it is borne in mind that 

 once the plant begins to grow freely it 

 should be given plenty of room and very 

 little curtailment beyond removal of the 

 unripe wood, and keeping the main 

 branches fairly thin so that they can get 

 the full cITects of sunlight and air to ripen 

 them. Personally, I think wistarias are 

 best when trained horizontally on a wall 

 with tiers of branches one above the other, 

 and this is the method and position T 

 should always choose. 



The one difiiculty is to get young plants 

 to grow freely, as they are ofien stubborn 

 in the matter of growth for a year or two 

 after planting. To those, however, wiio 

 know how to wait, it may be consoling 

 to learn that even if growth is slow during 

 the first year or two, the progress after 

 they have become established is very rapid, 

 and lost time is then soon made up: 

 and there is also the satisfaction of know- 

 ing that no plant is more accommodat- 

 ing when once established, and that a 

 good start once made gives a result that 

 will last for many generations. 



I know plants in this country with an 

 approximate age of 150 years, plants with 

 stems nearly one foot in diameter, and 

 covering a whole house front year aftci 

 year with beaut\-, and showing no signs of 

 ill-health. In building up young plants all 

 growth should go on unchecked so as 

 to stimulate root-action. Sometime in the 

 early Spring all unripe tips should be re- 

 moved and growth again encouraged 

 without curtailment. In future years the 

 aim should be to choose the best shoots 

 for training into position until the whole 

 available space is covered. For a few 

 years flowering racemes may not be over 

 numerous, but when the- wood gets large 

 enough and firm enough flowering spurs 

 will become more plentiful, until at last the 

 whole space becomes covered with flowers 

 in their season. The soil should be rich and 

 well drained so that the ripening influence 

 of sunshine, is assisted. — O. A. Amateur 

 Gardening (English). 



USE OF VARIEGATED TREES AND 

 SHRUBS 



In no class of ornamental planting is 

 more judgment and discrimination required 

 than in the use of variegated and colored 

 trees and shrubs, as these plants can easily 

 be overdone and a patchwork landscape be 

 evolved that is never entirely satisfactory. 

 The first thing to remember when planting 



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I Pro German Irises i 



I In the face of all the discussion | 



§ that has been going on in the | 



= horticultural press about arop- j 



I ping the word German and even j 



i germanica, in referring to tne 1 



[ bearded Flag Iris, it is impru- | 



j dent and indiscreet, to say the | 



I least, to flaunt this word betore | 



I the public, as some nurserymen | 



j are doing, in their advertise- | 



I ments. I, for one, intend to use j 



I always the more beautiful and j 



1 now widely accepted name and | 



1 thereby to avoid all appearance | 



r and all suspicion of evil. | 



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