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HORTICULTURE 



October 22, 1910 



GRAPERY BORDERS AND HEAT- 

 ING. 



Is an outside grapery border very 

 essential, and is It advisable to have 

 return pipes of beating system run 

 through center of inside border in 

 wooden (non-conductive) box through 

 peach and grape bouses, or should all 

 pipes be on top of ground? WEST. 



Many of us have seen very good 

 grapes grown in houses without out- 

 side borders, but the men who grew 

 those grapes doubtless could have 

 grown a still better grade if an outside 

 border had been provided. It is well 

 known that grape roots have an active 

 habit of following up any trace of con- 

 genial food, and this necessity can 

 more conveniently be supplied by in- 

 viting them outside and adding to 

 their pastures as they extend, and at 

 the same time the inside border should 

 be well cared for, and I do not hesitate 

 to say that when best and lasting re- 

 sults are wanted it is essential to have 

 an outside border. 



The heating pipes for peach and 

 grape houses should under ordinary 

 circumstances all be on top of ground 

 so as to conserve all available heat, 

 and pipes should pass through as near 

 to the centre of the house as conven- 

 ient, to insure an even temperature 

 throughout the house. Placing them 

 near the base of the plants should al- 

 ways be avoided, as the extra heat 

 near the pipes is favorable for the in- 

 crease of red spider, which is often 

 troublesome in fruit houses. 



JAMES ROBERTSON, 



Newport, R. I. 



FLOWERING PLANTS FOR COOL 

 CONSERVATORY. 

 One of our customers has enclosed 

 a porch with glass in which they will 

 be able to carry a temperature of 

 from 50 to 70 degrees, and ask us to 

 furnish a list of plants that could be 

 grown and bloom this winter. As 

 this is entirely out of our line, can 

 you help us by furnishing a small list 

 of plants which you think could be 

 successfully grown? 



LANDSCAPE. 



Our correspondent does not give any 

 idea as to the size of the enclosed 

 porch, so we shall have to do some 

 guessing. Climbing plants are espe- 

 cially adapted to such a position, and 

 there will be no diiliculty in gi-owing 

 at the temperature indicated such 

 roses as Marechal Neil and Gloire de 

 Dijon. Then there are Tacsonia Van 

 Volksima, Allemandas Lowii and Wil- 

 liamsii, and if real beautiful things of 

 latest introduction are wanted we 

 should recommend Jasminum primu- 

 linum as one of the newest and best, 

 easily grown, and bearing an abund- 

 ance of fragrant yellow flowers from 

 Thanksgiving until April. Also Clem- 

 atis Armanda, which is also in the 

 front rank. Freesias, lily of the val- 

 ley. Erica melantbera, Chinese prim- 

 roses, cyclamens, geraniums, callas, 

 and all the Dutch bulbs are well- 

 known easy subjects which we need 

 scarcely allude to, and there are 

 many of the hardier ferns, especially 

 the Nephrolepis list, which will do 

 well among the flowering plants in 

 such an arrangement. 



PROPAGATING CALIFORNIA 

 PRIVET. 



Please inform me through your col- 

 umns which is the best way to propa- 

 gate California privet? S. L. 



In Bailey's Encyclopedia Henry 

 Hicks treats this subject so fully that 

 we cannot do better than to quote for 

 our correspondent Mr. Hick's remarks 

 in full. He says: 



California Privet for Hedges. 



First Method- — Cuttings 8-14 inches of 

 1-year wood are made in fall or win- 

 ter, preferably the former, as they are 

 occasionally damaged by the winter, 

 even as far south as Alabama. These 

 are tied in bundles and buried during 

 winter. In the spring they are stuck 

 in rows 2-6 inches by 2-3% feet, and 

 kept cultivated. They are sold at 1 

 year, when l-2i/o feet high, or at 2 

 years, when 2-4 feet high. 



Second Method- — Cuttings of 5-G inch- 

 es of stout, 1-year wood, are made in 

 November. The cuttings are made 

 short so that the roots will not be 

 cut off by the tree-digger. The leaves 

 are stripped off, and the cuttings tied 

 in small bundles, as large bundles 

 mold. These are buried, tops up, over 

 winter. In the spring, before growth 

 starts, they are planted in rich, mel- 

 low land, 4 inches apart, with rows 8 

 inches apart. To plant, a back fur- 

 row is plowed in the center of the 

 block, the top raked oif, a line 

 stretched and pegged down. The cut- 

 tings can then be inserted nearly full 

 length. The trampling of the row 

 settles the soil enough to expose the 

 top buds. With a one-horse plow the 

 bottom of the furrow is loosened 

 where the planters have paciied the 

 soil, and new furrows are made 

 around the strip planted. The cut- 

 tings are tilled during summer with a 

 wheel-hoe or hand-plow. To make 

 wide plants, the tips of the shoots are 

 pinched when they are about 3 inches 

 long This is repeated at intervals of 

 about three weeks during the summer. 

 Nitrate of soda may be used to hasten 

 growth. 



Third Method- — At Biltmore Nursery, 

 North Carolina, the Privet cuttings are 

 lun through a stalk cutter and the 

 pieces sown in a furrow. 



A NEW PERIODICAL. 



The first number of Landscape Archi- 

 tecture, a quarterly magazine, the of- 

 ficial organ of the American Society of 

 Landscape Architects, has just been 

 issued. We extend the right hand of 

 fellowship to this new-comer in the 

 field of the "Art which doth men's 

 Nature," and sincerely hope it will 

 live long and prosper. The char- 

 acter of the magazine may be 

 readily surmised from the list of con- 

 tributors to the first issue, which in- 

 cludes Frederick Law Olmsted, Robert 

 Wheelright. Harold A. Casparn, James 

 F. Dawson, Charles W. Eliot and Benj. 

 M. Watson. There is room for "Land- 

 scape Architecture," under such aus- 

 pices and we can assure our readers 

 that a subscription for same will not 

 be an unromunerative investment. The 

 office address is 103 Park Ave., New 

 York City, and price $2.00 a year. 



We learn from several places that 

 florists who placed orders for lily 

 bulbs to be delivered this fall have 

 been notified that their shipments will 

 be cut down from 20 to .'iO per cent., 

 owing to the floods in Japan. 



CROMWELL JOTTINGS. 



A. N. Pierson Company, of Crom- 

 well, Conn., have two rose novelties 

 which they will disseminate this com- 

 ing season. One is Mrs. Taft syn. An- 

 toine Rivoire. It is a very attractive 

 tint of luminous light pink, with band- 

 some foliage. The other is known as 

 Dark Pink Killarney. The latter has 

 been described several times during 

 the past year and is already well and 

 favorably known. It originated at the 

 Montrose Greenhouses. The color is 

 uniformly a deep glowing pink and it 

 holds its color in all seasons and any 

 kind of weather — a very desirable im- 

 provement on the original Killarney. 

 Another rose which Mr. Pierson re- 

 gards very highly is Lady Cromwell, a 

 creamy pink sport from My Maryland, 

 originating at this place. It will not 

 be sent out this year. He has a big 

 stock of Radiance, one of John Cook's 

 introductions, and Mrs. Aaron Ward, 

 the popular new yellow. 100,000 roses 

 are grown in this mammoth establish- 

 ment of which about 60,000 are Kil- 

 larney in its several forms. 780.000 

 Manetti are being imported this year 

 for grafting. This is believed to be the 

 largest number of Manetti used by any 

 single firm in this country. 



A chat with Wallace R. Pierson on 

 crop topics is a treat at any time, be- 

 cause he is so observant and practical 

 and then so outspoken and sincere. 

 Looking over the vast expanse of 

 chrysanthemums which fill house after 

 house to the number of 160,000 plants 

 he says — No more October Frost for 

 us. Its percentage of poor blooms is 

 too large and there are too many other 

 good ones now which are nearly or 

 quite as early — for instance. Early 

 Snow, Kalh, Virginia Poehlmann and 

 Tousset. Among the varieties making 

 an unimpeachable record at the pres- 

 ent time are Golden King, Elise Pap- 

 worth (white), Mrs. W. C. Kelley (yel- 

 low), Comoleta (best early yellow) and 

 Nagcj-a (yellow). June planted chrys- 

 anthemums come in a reasonable 

 height and in Mr. Pierson's experience 

 are the best sellers. 



The usual large number of carna- 

 tions are being grown this year. Mr. 

 Pierson's selection of the best includes 

 Pink Delight, Dorothy Gordon and 

 Mrs. C. W. Ward. 



Extensive general improvements and 

 additions are constantly going on at 

 Cromwell. Nearly an acre of new 

 glass has been added this year and a 

 large addition to packing room facili- 

 ties is under way. There is a box 

 factory and a machine shop, a big new 

 garage and a herd of 75 cattle to sup- 

 ply the manure required to run the 

 outfit. It is the intention to grow 

 practically everything that florists re- 

 gard as standard stock. 



A CORRECTION. 



The price of the new Scott roses in 

 advertisement of S. S. Pennock- 

 Meehan Co., last week, was printed 

 wrong. $250.00 per 1000 for Melody 

 and $150.00 per 1000 for Double Kil- 

 larney is correct. 



Bar Harbor, Me.— The Mt. Desert 

 Nurseries have closed their Main 

 street store for the winter season 

 and Mr. Dorr has granted the Bar 

 Harbor Horticultural Society the use 

 of the premises for their winter meet- 

 ings as heretofore. The usual facili- 

 ties for reading and recreation will 

 be at the {"isiiosal of the members. 



