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scieniitically but sad experience has taught 

 what absence of sufficient light will do to 

 growing plants and 1 have failed to note 

 any appreciable difference in the growth ot 

 plants growing in the vicinity of electnc 

 arc lights. Until we get more information 

 we shall have to follow old practices to 

 enable us to pay the taxes to carry on the 

 experiments. . . 



Whatever mav be the results of scientific 

 experiments made by experts, the practical 

 grower who has lived with his plants night 

 and day, vear in and year out. comes pretty 

 near knowing to a nicety the effects of light 

 and heat on the various plants under his 

 care.— The National Nurscryiiian. 



CHOICE OF LILACS. 



Hardly a week passes without a letter 

 addressed to the Arboretum asks lor the 

 names of the best, or of the best six or ot 

 best twenty-tive Lilacs. There are now one 

 hmidred and hfty named forms of the com- 

 mon Lilac in the collection. They are all 

 or nearly all handsome plants, and no two 

 persons ever agree about their individual 

 value. Some persons prefer flowers ot one 

 color and other persons prefer flowers ot 

 another color ; some persons like the Lilacs 

 with double flowers and others detest them. 

 \11 the forms of the garden Lilac have 

 practically the same habit and foliage, and 

 the same inconspicuous fruit; they all 

 bloom freely nearly every year, and breed- 

 m" and selection have not affected their 

 perfume as it has that of so many much 

 "improved" plants, like many of the mod- 

 ern Roses. There is considerable variation 

 in the size of the individual flowers; the 

 double flowers open generally a little later 

 than the single flowers and last longer, but 

 there is really little dift'erence in the time 

 of flowering of all these plants. The size ot 

 the flower cluster varies somewhat on the 

 different forms; it is larger on young plants 

 than on old ones, and it can always be 

 enlarged by severe pruning which increases 

 the vigor of the flower-bearing branches. 

 Choice therefore depends on color,^^ and 

 really none of these Lilacs are "best" for 

 everybody ; one color or one shade is "best 

 for one person and another color or another 

 shade is "best" for another person. Many 

 persons who come to the Arboretum hnd 

 the old Lilacs which have been growing on 

 Bussey Hill for nearly a hundred years 

 more beautiful than any of Leinoine's re- 

 cent creations because they are the Lilacs 

 which have long been common in old New 

 England gardens and beloved by genera-_ 

 tions of New Englanders. A choice ot 

 Lilacs being largely a matter of taste in 

 color or of association. — Arnold Arboi-L-tiini 

 BuUctui. 



TRANSPLANTING. 



Transplanting is most successfully ac- 

 complished after a rain, during cool cloudy 

 weather, also just before a rain. At any 

 event the ground should be moist for the 

 best results. 



If transplanting is in hot weather, late 

 afternoon or evening is the best time. In 

 this way the plant may have time to 

 strengthen up before the hot sun hits it the 

 following day. 



H the season is very dry the plants may 

 be watered; after the water has soaked 

 into the soil, dry dirt should be placed 

 around it, preventing the evaporation of 

 moisture, and preventing the soil from 

 baking. This dry dirt forms a mulch. 



Only the most vigorous and well-formed 

 plants should be used. There should be 

 enough plants that a selection can be made. 

 Thin, slender, soft plants should always be 

 discarded. 



HARRY RALDWIINJ 



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