September 29, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



341 



WHOLESOME CHESTNUTS. 



The fall is the best time to purchase 

 and plant peonies, it is also the best 

 time to divide peonies if siiih a proc- 

 ess is deemed desirable. 



When grape vines have bofii cleared 

 of fruit it is poor policy to neglect 

 them. Although not requiring such 

 constant care as when they held fruit, 

 still it will pay to attend to them in 

 the way of syringing occasionally, and 

 removing dispensable growtlis. 



Beds and borders wherein tulips, 

 hyacinths or other bulbs are to be 

 planted should be well and deeply dug 

 before the bulbs are planted: it' manure 

 is used for a fertilizer it should be 

 well rotted. Very few if any bulbs 

 relish green manure around them. 



Strawberries in pots for forcing will 

 LOW have their pots filled with roots, 

 and will require to be well supplied 

 with water, with the additional ap- 

 plication of manure water two or 

 three times a week. Plants showing 

 more than one crown should have the 

 weakest removed; one only should be 

 left. The plants should be kept free 

 from runners and weeds and care 

 taken that they do not root into the 

 material on which they are standing. 



There is yet a little time left for 

 the transplanting of small evergreens 

 in nursery rows. Almost every one 

 knows that quite a growth is lost if 

 transplanting is left until spring but 

 should there be a continued spell of 

 dry weather and no means at hand for 

 watering after transplanting if may be 

 safer to defer the work until spring. 

 Every effort should be made however 

 to get as many as possible moved 

 when indications are positively point- 

 ing to rain. 



Peach and nectarine trees from 

 which the crops have been cleared 

 should be looked over and crowding 

 of the wood prevented, and all 

 growths not required for next season's 

 crop removed; this will allow a free 

 circulation of air around all parts. 

 Young trees that have made very rank 

 growth should be kept a little warmer 

 than old trees in order that the growth 

 may develop in all essential parts nec- 

 •f-ssary for the maturing of fruit buds 

 for next year's crop. The drying of 

 peach and nectarine trees is now 

 recognized to be a mistake; if the right 

 temperature and sulBcient light is 

 given them they will mature all right. 



If there is any chance of a portion 

 of a bench in a greenhouse, either in 

 a private or commercial place, for 

 which there will be no pressing need 

 until spring, tomatoes will be found 

 to be a very profitable crop to raise 

 there, and should the idea take root 

 no time should be lost in getting the 

 tomatoes to take root also. There are 

 several good varieties of forcing to- 

 matoes, but I do not know that there 

 are many, on the whole, better than 

 the Loriilard. Whichever variety is 

 determined upon should be procured 

 from a reliable seed house and sown 

 in a shallow flat. When the seedlings 

 ■are large enough they should be Im- 

 mediately potted into the smallest- 

 sized pots and grown on in pots until 

 they are in three inch size; when they 

 tave filled these with roots they 

 should be planted in the bench. The 

 plants should be grown on single 

 stems and trained up on wires near 

 the glass. 



AQUATIC PLANTS. 



Our frontispiece shows Nymphaea 

 Bissetii, a new night-blooming hybrid 

 raised from seed from a cross on N. 

 dentata x N. Sturtevantii by Peter 

 Bisset. Twin Oaks, Washington, D. C. 

 The flowers are of a beautiful glowing 

 deep rosy-pink color. 10 to 12 inches 

 (1 cross, borne on fine stiff stems carried 

 well above the foliage. The leaves are 

 from 18 to 24 inches across, glossy 

 bronzy-red above and very much 

 crumpled at the edge. The plant is 

 very free in flower and growth; the 

 flowers are of good substance, ship- 

 ping well, and therefore should prove 

 profitable for florists' use. This is 

 without a doubt one of the finest night- 

 blooming water lilies ever sent out. 

 A silver medal was awarded this 

 variety by the Newport, R. I.. Horti- 

 cultural Society. The Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society awarded it hon- 

 orable mention in 1905. On the same 

 date the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society gave a similar award to 

 Nymphaea dentata magnifies, another 

 new night-blooming hybrid raised bv 

 Mr. Bisset from a cross on N. Bissetii 

 X N. dentata; differing from the latter 

 in the extra wide sepals and petals, 

 also in the beautiful cup shaped form 

 of the flowers. The flowers are of the 

 largest size, from 10 to 12 inches across 

 and of creamy white color. The plant 

 is very free in flower and growth. 

 The leaves are ovate, dark green with 



a slight bronzing in the center, under- 

 neath reddish brown, the margins 

 wa\T or crumpled. This is a splendid 

 flower and when better known will 

 entirely supersede dentata. This was 

 also awarded a certificate of merit at 

 Newport. 



The aquatic picture presented on this 

 page is used to show the effectiveness 

 of the several species of hemero- 

 callis planted in masses contiguous to 

 water scenery and in as-sociation with 

 grasses, irises and other appropriate 

 material. 



OBITUARY. 



Mrs. Emil K. Metzmaier died at her 

 liome. 1382 South Fourth street, Co- 

 lumbus. Ohio, September 20. The de- 

 ceased had been a great sufferer from 

 rheumatism for the last six years; was 

 born in Freiburg, Germany, 4G years 

 ago, and came to this city with her 

 husband and family in 1884. Besides 

 her husband, who is one of our promi- 

 nent florists, six children survive her. 

 >rr. Metzmaier is well known In the 

 trade here, and an active member of 

 the Columbtis Florists' Club; in fact, 

 one of its charter members. In mem- 

 ory of the deceased the club sent a 

 very handsome wreath of laurel, 

 lironze galax leaves, and white carna- 

 tions. The interment was at Green- 

 liwn cemeterv. 



