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any accumulated moisture can ilrain away through the 

 stalk. If they are placed in a frost-proof cellar, they 

 usually keep alright, but will need some attention. If 

 placed in a cellar where there is a furnace, the dry at- 

 mosphere may cause the bulbs to shrivel. This can be 

 prevented if some simple precaution is taken to guard 

 against it, such as a light covering when shrivelling is 

 detected. 



If any alterations or rearrangements are to be done 

 in the Hower borders, it should be done in ( )ctober, if 

 possible, while some root action can be made. \\'hen 

 November is here the soil looses heat, and the time is too 

 short for the plant to become established. If, howevei, 

 it cannot be accomplished before that time, it is best to 

 postpone dividing and transplanting until the Spring. 



Cut back somewhat the long and straggling growth of 

 the hybrid teas and hybrid perpetual roses, which prevents 

 some damage from winds and storms. 



This is a good time to secure any stock of roses for 

 Spring plantmg. They can be laid in and protected 

 during the Winter, and will lie on hand when wanted nexi 

 season. 



The clearing up of leaves will take up a lot of time 

 these days, and they should be carefully stored away for 

 making leaf soil, or for use in protecting rose beds or 

 other subjects. 



Keep the lawns trim until the growth ceases : after that. 

 have the mowing machines thoroughly overhauled and 

 put away in readiness for next year's work. 



Plant deciduous trees and shrubs. Prepare holes for the 

 reception of apple and pear trees so that thev can be 

 planted as soon as they are received from the nurseryman. 

 Plant firmly and stake securely. A good mulch will be 

 beneficial to the newly planted stuff and will protect the 

 roots during Winter. 



AN ARNOLD ARBORETUM PLANTSMANS 

 WORLD TOUR 



(Continued from page 289) 



totally useless and is so soft that when the settlers made 

 an attempt to get rid of one of the trees by cutting into 

 it and introducing a heavy charge of dynamite which 

 was exploded, the charge simply blew itself up through 

 the tree as though it were so much water or air. leaving 

 the tree still standing. There was not enough resistance 

 in the pulp matter to give the explosive any hold. 



In Java there are abundant tropical resources which a 

 large and docile native population cares for, while colTee 

 and cocoa are the leading products. Much rubber is also 

 being grown, but the latter proves a mere bagatelle com- 

 pared with what Mr. Wilson saw between Penang and 

 Singapore in the Federated Malay States. For over seven 

 hours, he rode at least three hundred miles through un- 

 broken rubber plantations, and this illustrates the general 

 tropical tendency of the substitution of cultivation for 

 forest life and the consequent extermination of species. 



Kashmir was found not less lovely than it is poetically 

 reputed to be. Mr. W^ilson was interested in visiting 

 in the garden of Xazimbaugh across the lake from the 

 capitol. Srinagar. the giant plane tree planted by the same 

 Mogul emperor who built the famed Taj ^lahal at Agra. 

 This is none other than the oriental plane often seen in 

 American parks. The famed Taj Mahal quite realized 

 his highest expectations. In Assam he searched for thai 

 rare tree, the Khasya pine. At a point near Shillong. the 

 capital of Assam, is the wettest place in the world with a 

 rain fall of over six hundred fifty inches a year. In the 

 Nilgiri Hills Mr. Wilson visited the sacred Bow tree. 

 Ficus rcligiosa, under which Gautama Buddha sat when 

 he received his revelation. 



In Africa after passing thrcnigh the big game country 

 from Mombasa to Xairobe and reaching the -\berdare 

 ^fountains which are exactly under the equator but cov- 

 ered with perpetual snow, he slept one night at an altitude 

 of 10.000 feet which while above the timber line was not 

 up to the snow line. Mount Kenya, the loftiest of the 

 range, reaches a height of 18,620 feet. 



Jluch of the Kenya and Uganda region has a salubrious 

 climate, is a "wdiite man's country" and produces increas- 

 ing quantities of cotton. There is also considerable ranch- 

 ing here and some Americans were among the ranchers. 

 Many parts of Uganda are tropical. On Lake Victoria 

 Xyanza, Mr. Wilson saw beautiful islands evidently once 

 inhabited, and asking why no one lived there now, he was 

 told that the sleeping sickness had killed every one. 



Un the equatorial mountains. .Mr. Wilson found the 

 great African juniper, Junipcrus proccra one hundred 

 fifty feet high and twenty feet in circumference, a full 

 brother of our c(jmmon red cedar. The baobab or cream 

 of tartar tree is abundant here; tree heaths are innumer- 

 able, and from these are made briar wood pipes ; also 

 tree lobelias of great altitudes and the famed "deadly 

 upas tree." which by the way is not deadly at all and 

 never was. It is as innocent of all detriment or offence 

 as a rose bush or an apple tree. The carbon dioxide which 

 settled in certain valleys and caused deaths among those 

 wdio slept there, did not come from the upas tree. Under 

 the sprays of the sublime Mctoria Falls of the Zambesi, 

 Gladiolus priniulinus grows most luxuriantly, and with 

 the unceasing clouds of mist this gladiolus appears to be 

 continuously in flower. 



The Monterey pine of California nearly extinct in 

 America has been introduced in Cape Colony where it 

 thrives most amazingly and promises to be of great eco- 

 nomic value. The Monterey cypress also confined to a 

 narrow strip in Californa has found favorable conditions 

 lor its development in Cape Colony. On the Lion's Head 

 and spurs of Table Mountain is a most remarkable tree, 

 survival of an earlier age in the world, the silver tree, 

 Lcucodcndron argcntimn, which is to be found nowhere 

 else in the world. The silver tree while resembling no 

 conifer, bears as its abundant fruit, cones each as big 

 as a large tea cup. The cone is covered with seeds, each 

 of which has on its top a fleecy arrangement of wings or 

 "planes," more or less twisted or involuted like the blades 

 of a ship's screw propeller. At the moment when in the 

 process of ripening the seed is detached from the cone, 

 the pod opens and the black seeds about as large as a 

 pin. drop to the full length of a black cord about an inch 

 long. The wings of the propeller now catch the wind and 

 the "parachute" starts off on its aerial journey to be 

 deposited at last where it is expected to germinate. It 

 greatly surpasses in complexity and beauty the maple 

 and linden, but alas, this marvelous contrivance goes for 

 naught. The silver tree belongs to the banished geologic 

 past. Xewer growths have crowded it out and offer it 

 apparently no chance whatever. 



In Cape Colony are five hundred varieties of ericaceous 

 plants : whole hillsides of Erica mclantliria in four colors 

 make wonderful pictures. Here Amaryllis belladonna 

 abounds and blossoms better after severe fires have swept 

 over the land. Disa grandiflora on the dripping cliffs of 

 Table Mountain well earned the title of "the pride of 

 Table ^Mountain." South Africa is a white man's country 

 and the resources are enormous. In South Africa, as 

 elsewhere, Mr. Wilson received a most cordial welcome, 

 not only from forestry and conservation authorities, but 

 from the government authorities who gave him every 

 facility and paid him much honor. The fame of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, its collections and resources, had gone 

 before him. 



