September 8, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



265 



WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS. 



From indications it would seem that 

 those having good healthy violet 

 plants and are able to keep them so 

 will have profitable goods on hand 

 for the coming winter. 



There is no need ot endeavoring to 

 get large balls of earth to adhere to 

 field-grown carnations when lifting 

 them to plant in the benches, because 

 they will get checked but very slight- 

 ly, and because the soil provided for 

 the plant in the benches is usually 

 (at least it ought to be) more nu- 

 tritous than that of the field from 

 where they were lifted. 



The growing of Boston ferns and 

 kindred varieties planted in benches, 

 may produce larger plants, but I doubt 

 very much if after being potted they 

 appear as symmetrical as those that 

 were grown in pots right from the 

 start. I also doubt just as much if 

 the ones lifted out of benches are as 

 serviceable to purchasers as the 

 others, and still again I doubt if there 

 is much gained except in the way ot 

 rapidity of multiplication by following 

 the bench planting system to the en- 

 tire exclusion of the other. 



Those who are contemplating mov- 

 ing small and medium size deciduous 

 trees this fall or next spring should 

 now cut around the roots of these 

 just as far away from the trunk as 

 the length required for the roots to be 

 when moved. This will be found very 

 beneficial, because there will be time 

 then for the wounds to heal. New 

 growth of roots will spring from the 

 ends cut. In cutting use a sharp 

 spade for small trees; very little dig- 

 ging will be required, simply thrusting 

 the spade downwards along the line 

 indicated. 



The experience of many with hy- 

 drangeas after last winter's damage 

 ought to set them and others to think- 

 ing about the cause or causes of the 

 loss of so many plants, and after sat- 

 isfying themselves as to these, then 

 to set to work to prepare if possible 

 to avoid a recurrence of the trouble. 

 It will be remembered that last win- 

 ter was not a severe one as winters 

 go; on the contrary it was unusually 

 mild in most parts of the northern 

 States; nevertheless hydrangeas suf- 

 fered to an unusual extent. It will 

 also be remembered that the late sum- 

 mer and fall were unusually wet, 

 causing the wood of hydrangeas to 

 be very soft and unmatured, in which 

 state it was when an early and some- 

 what severe frost set in early in No- 

 vember. Then there was a rush to 

 permanently cover up hydrangeas, 

 with the result that this soft, un- 

 ripened wood was covered with soil 

 and, the winter's rains making the 

 soil very wet the wood rotted; it was 

 not killed by the frost. It might have 

 been better had the first covering been 

 only temporary, and been removed at 

 short intervals and the wood allowed 

 to ripen before the final covering. 



Herbaceous perennials havt many 

 good points to commend them to the 

 private gardener and the commercial 

 grower; neither the one nor the other 

 can afford to be without them and 

 expect to keep pace with the times. 

 Perennials in general are not difficult 



to grow. For quick effect and results 

 it may be advisable to purchase 

 plants in the fall, but if the seed ot 

 many kinds of perennials are sown 

 now good flowering plants can be had 

 for next .season. There is no time to 

 spare, however, it such a result is 

 desired. Obtain the seeds as soon as 

 possible, then sow them either in flats, 

 to be placed later in frames which 

 should be lightly shaded until the 

 seedlings appear over ground, or sow 

 the seeds right in the frames. In 

 either case whenever the little plants 

 are fit to handle, transplant them 

 into other flats or into another section 

 ot a frame. One reason why I prefer 

 flats is that in spring when planting 

 time comes the plants can be lifted 

 without disturbing the roots so much, 

 because the trowel may be pushed 

 under the roots, all ot which will, 

 with care, come away with the plants. 

 The plants should be wintered in cold 

 frames and protected from severe 

 frosts, but air should be admitted 

 freely whenever the weather admits. 

 By the time the frames covering the 

 seedling perennials are required for 

 other purposes, if they were trans- 

 planted into flats, these can be placed 

 out doors in a sheltered, southerly ex- 

 posed location until it will be time to 

 plant them in the open ground. 



ERADICATING FALL GRASS. 



The plan most successfully practiced 

 in the neighborhood of Philadelphia 

 is to stop mowing the lawn early in 

 July and allow the grass to develop. 

 Before the plant ripens seed put it to 

 the scythe and rake off. Early in 

 September sow a fairly thick seeding 

 of lawn grass on the surface. Most 

 of this will sprout where needed and 

 will have the start of the fall grass 

 next spring. 



I do not think that much of the fall 

 grass comes with the manure. It is a 

 native and grows everywhere and its 

 seeds are almost always present, wait- 

 ing for a chance. But being an an- 

 nual, as Mr. Hatfield says, the plan is 

 to get rid of the surface crop before 

 it seeds and the roots will die out 

 leaving room for the September seed- 

 ing to develop. G- C. W. 



VACATION'S OVER. 



Comes the saddened traveler home, 



Come the tourists trouping. 

 Manners lagging, footsteps slow. 



Heads and spirits drooping. 

 Office desk-stool, working chair. 



Wait reluctant rover; 

 Work is piled up in arrears. 



Vacation time is over. 



Past the lazy nook with rod 



By the grassy river; 

 Past the aimless, dreamy sail, 



Drifting on forever; 

 Past the blissful lack of care 



With its joys that hover; 

 Comes-again the worry-time, 



Vacation days are over. 



Pitch into the work ahead. 



No more dawdling hour; 

 Face the problems coming fast. 



Grip them with new power; 

 From the worries of the day 



Flee no more to cover; 

 You have had your time to play. 



Vacation now is over. 



— Baltimore American. 



AN ACKNOV>/LEDGEMENT. 



Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 30. 1906. 

 .Mr. W. J. Stewart. 



Sec'y, S. A. F.. 

 Boston, Mass. 



Dear Sir: — The handsome ring the 

 members of the S. A. F. presented me 

 was certainly the most unexpected as 

 well as highly appreciated token of 

 gratitude that was ever given to me. 

 I certainly give my most hearty thanks 

 to one and all and cannot find words to 

 express my feeling on being the re- 

 cipient of such an elegant present. 1 

 am positive that I shall always keep 

 a warm corner in my heart for the 

 S. A. F., and as long as I live this 

 ring will remind me of an everlasting 

 debt I owe to your benevolent Society. 



In case I may ever be of any assist- 

 ance to you in the future, rely on me 

 for I will always be willing to help the 

 S. A. F. 



Thanking you again and hoping to 

 see you at the next convention. I am. 

 Yours sincerely, 

 JOHN E. FREUDENBERGER, 

 Landscape gardener, N. C. R. Co., 



Dayton, Ohio. 



PERSONAL. 



.John Proctor has entered on his 

 duties as gardener to I. T. Burden, 

 Newport. 



Visitors in Boston this week: Miss 

 M S. Newman, St. Louis; Paul Berko- 

 witz. of H. Bayersdorfer & Co.. Phila- 

 delphia. 



Michael Adams now gardener for 

 Mrs Herman Oelrichs has secured the 

 position of gardener to Mrs. Dp Lancv 

 Kane at Newport. 



On Tuesdav, September 4, Jackson 

 Dawson completed thirty-flve years of 

 service at the Arnold Arboretum and 

 looks as though he might round out 

 another thirty-flve without much diffi- 

 culty. 



A.lfred Bunvard of New York and 

 Miss Idalian Hayes were married at 

 the Marble Collegiate Church on Fifth 

 Avenue on August 9 and have just re- 

 turned from their honeymoon at Lak"? 

 George. 



OBITUARY. 



Elizabeth, widow of the late James 

 Cartwright. died at her home In 

 Wellesley, Mass.. on September 4. 

 aged 83 years. 



.Tames Warburton. the oldest florist 

 of Fall River. Mass.. was found dead 

 in his home on New Boston road on 

 September 4. Death was caused by 

 gas asnhvxiation. Mr. Warburton 

 disposed of his interest in the florist 

 business to his son. C. Warburton, a 

 few years ago. 



Henry Graves, well-known from hW 

 connection with the New Jersey Flori- 

 cultural Society, and his enthusiasm 

 on the subject of orchids, of which he 

 had a fine collection, died at his sum- 

 mer home in Kineo. Me.. August 30. 

 Mr. Graves was about 68 years of age 

 and is survived by a wife, one daugh- 

 ter and three sons. 



