July 14, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



33 



HARDY PLANT NOTES. 



An improvement over the old fash- 

 ioned Ampelopsis virginica is the 

 variety Engelmanni, as it clings more 

 closely an<l the foliage is not so loose 

 in habit of growth. 



Taxus baccata aurea looks very good 

 at this period. It came through last 

 winter better than usual. Hydrangea 

 radiata now in flower, bears flat heads 

 of white flowers four and five inches 

 across. It can be distinguished from 

 the others by the light silvery color 

 on the under side of the leaf. 



Eleagnus longipes is now ripening 

 its fruit and it makes a very pretty 

 effect. 



Spiraea regelianum should be re- 

 membered, when a bed of flowering 

 shrubs is desired, as it blooms just 

 at this period when the majority of 

 others are done. Its spikes of red flow- 

 ers show off to good effect. 



Berberis Fremonti, having very 

 light blue foliage, is rather a dwarf 

 grower, and would therefore do well 

 for edging. 



An unusual form of hypericum is the 

 variety Moserianum tricolor. The 

 variegated foliage is very effective. 

 The llower is about the same as the 

 parent, Moserianum. 



Hedge plants of dwarf habit are often 

 wanted and among the list the dwarf 

 snowball, Viburnum opulus nana 

 should receive mention. It is quite 

 slow in growing, but makes a very 

 compact plant. 



Anyone desiring to have small ever- 

 greens for holiday decoration will do 

 well to dig the plants about the close 

 of August, and prevent them from get- 

 ling browned by the fall frosts. 



It is regrettable that so many plants 

 imported from Europe, come under 

 incorrect and misleading names. Box 

 plants and retinosporas are very much 

 confused, and each year seems to add 

 to the trouble. 



The variegated form of the shrubby 

 Hibiscus syriacus, though pretty in 

 foliage, has a small dark colored 

 double flower that seldom opens and 

 is not desirable when it does open. A 

 new variegated variety and bearing a 

 very jiretty single blue flower will be 

 introduced this season. 



Ligustrum Ibota Regelianum is 

 unquestionably the finest privet for a 

 graceful hedge. The writer recalls 

 seeing a hedge that had been trimmed 

 and the new growth allowed to make 

 about six to eight inches. The pretty 

 pendulous habit of these new tips re- 

 moved the formal look so often pres- 

 ent in the common California variety. 



A new, but decidedly pretty Hibiscus 

 syriacus is the variety coelestis. It 

 hears single flowers of a glorious 

 shade of blue with no purple in it, 

 such as nearly all the other dark 

 shaded varieties have. 



The dying of so many Kilmarnock 

 willows during the winter, is due to 

 sun scald. If the stem is protected by 

 a wrapping of straw or cloth, better 

 results may be expected. 



An evergreen that should interest 

 florists, owing to its adaptability for 

 formal use in boxes and pots. Is 

 Juniperus stricta. It is very compact 

 and symmetrical, of a pretty glaucous 

 blue color, and somewhat uncommon. 

 WARREN J. CHANDLER. 



During Recess 



••Ji'st :niil youthful .lolity. 

 Quips anil Traiiks iiud Wiinton \Mles, 

 Nods uuil Hecks aucl wn-atlicil hniUfS, 

 Sport tliat wriiiklod Caru derides, 

 Aud LiUifc'bter boUliiiK hoth Uis sides. 



Wyndmoor, Pa., was the scene of a 

 spirited baseball game between the 

 Niessen and Burton nines July 7. The 

 ball-vard was near George Burton's 

 greenhouses and that gentleman was 

 the loser thereby to the extent of sev- 

 eral panes of glass and a quantity of 

 provender. On the other hand he ac- 

 quired several bruises and a vast 

 amount of popularity. Score, 14 to 6, 

 in favor of the Niessens. 



CALIFORNIA NOTES. 



The first of this month the State 

 Promotion Committee reported that 

 •■California is promised a bumper crop 

 of barley, a larger than usual crop of 

 hay, a better crop of wheat than for 

 the past two years, and the usual good 

 crops of other farm products, with the 

 exception of several varieties of fruits, 

 and that with these large crops assur- 

 ing us of plenty of money from now 

 on through the crop year_ our trade 

 outlook continues brilliant." 



California's orange season of 1905- 

 06 is practically at an end. In all the 

 orange-growing territory there are 

 probably not more than 1200 carloads 

 of fruit on the trees or ready for 

 shipment. August 1 probably will see 

 the last carload sent out. Big prices 

 will obtain for the oranges now being 

 held for demand, and it will be m 

 line with the success of the season 

 so far, as it has been a prosperous one 

 for the growers. Although the oranges 

 have been smaller the prices have 

 been better, and the total showing is 

 expected to be ahead of last year. The 

 shipments thus far for the season 

 have amounted to 20,688 carloads of 

 oranges and 2930 carloads of lemons. 

 The total shipments for the citrus 

 season are expected to reach 22,000 

 cars of oranges and 4000 of lemons. 



John Isaac, secretary to State Horti- 

 cultural Commissioner EUwood Cooper, 

 announces this week that he has on 

 hand colonies of the parasites for the 

 codlin moth and the parasites for the 

 cottony cushion and the black scales 

 are hatching rapidly. These parasites 

 are for free distribution and may be 

 had by applying by mail to Secretary 

 Isaac. The last colony of the parasite 

 for the brown apricot scale has been 

 sent out. 



Charles Stappenback has re-estab- 

 lished his flower store at his residence 

 in the Western Addition and is prepar- 

 ing to build a temporary structure at 

 his old stand which was completely 

 crushed by the earthquake and burned 

 two days later. Also Fregosi & Co., 

 formerly in business in Geary street, 

 have opened at McAllister and Fill- 

 more streets, and Podesta & Baldocchi 

 are locating in their new temporary 

 store at Polk and Sutter streets. 



SCALES. 



June 25, 1906. 

 To the Editor of HORTICULTURE. 



Dear Sir:— I have two bay trees that 

 are infested with scales, and for over 

 one year I have tried in vain to clean 

 them off. Could you tell me of a mix- 

 ture or something similar to spray the 

 trees and kill the scale for sure? 

 Yours respectfully, 



P. C. 



A number of materials are used for 

 spraying scale insects such as lime, 

 salt and sulphur, lime and sulphur, 

 resin washes, kerosene emulsions, and 

 whale oil soap. The first two are the 

 ones extensively used for the San Jose 



Any of these are valuable If you want 

 to go to the trouble of preparing them, 

 but as you have only two trees it would 

 hardly be worth while, so I advise you 

 to buy some reliable prepared material 

 such as Goode's Caustic Potash Whale 

 Oil Soap No. 3, Anchor brand soap or 

 Tree Soap, any of which can be pro- 

 cured from anv seed house advertising 

 in HORTICULTURE. These are 

 easily dissolved in water at the rate of 

 one pound to four or six gallons of 

 water. 



Kerosene emulsion can be used as de- 

 scribed in HORTICULTURE, June 6, 

 for black aphis, having the rate one 

 part stock solution to four parts of 

 water instead of one to nine. 



Several sprayings at intervals of two 

 weeks are better than one application, 

 as these spravs kill by corrosion and 

 sufl-ocation, and to be effective must 

 touch every insect, something rather 

 hard to accomplish the first time. 



R. L. ADAMS. 



PERSONAL. 



Louis Schmutz of Flatbush, N. Y., 

 sails for Europe on Saturday, July 14. 



Hugo Schroeter, of Detroit, was 

 married on June 30 to Miss Aurelia 

 Russell of Newport, R. I. 



Phil F. Kessler of 55 West 26th 

 street. New York, will sail on August 

 11th on a visit to Germany. 



Visitors in Boston: D. MacRorie, 

 South Orange, N. J., and A. D. Rose, 

 Montclair, N. J. 



J B. Keller aud family of Bay 

 Ridge, Brooklyn, N. Y., arrived last 

 week on their return trip from Egypt. 



William Tricker, late superintendent 

 to Percival Roberts at Narberth, Pa., 

 has located at Lansdowne and intends 

 to conduct a landscaping and jobbing 

 business there on his own account. 



Frank McMahon, accompanied by his 

 wife and niece, started on Thursday, 

 July 12. on an automobile trip from 

 Seabrigiit, N. J., to the White Moun- 

 tains. They will be absent two weeks. 



OBITUARY. 

 Mrs Mary A. E. Reddy, wife of 

 Nicholas Reddy of Fall River, Mass., 

 died on July 3. Beside her husband, 

 three daughters and two sons are left 

 to mourn her loss. 



Chas. Sim, of Philadelphia sails for 

 the old country July 14th on the S.S. 

 Columbia from New York. He will 

 visit Belfast, Dublin, Liverpool, Lon- 

 don, Edinburgh and spend a few- 

 weeks at his old home in Kirriemuir, 

 returning September 15th. 



On July 2d, Matthias C. Schillo, 

 junior partner in the Schillo Lumber 

 Company, of Chicago, died suddenly. 

 He is survived by a wife and daugh- 

 ter. Mr. Schillo was but 30 years of 

 age. 



