April 11, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



565 



A PROMISING SEEDLING CARNA- 

 TION. 



The cut shows Frank niiida, of 

 Farmiugdale. Long Island, N. Y., with 

 an armful of his sensational white car- 

 nation, a cro^ between Prosperity and 

 Enchantress, which he has been grow- 



ing for the past five years and which 

 will be introduced probably next sea- 

 son. This seedling took second prize 

 for vase of 100 white. Matchless win- 

 ning 1st. Every bloom exhibited 

 measured four inclies or over, and its 

 wonderful keeping qualities were well 

 shown by the fine condition of the 

 blooms at the close of the show. Mr. 

 Dinda is building a new range exclu- 

 sively for this carnation. King con- 

 struction and Kroeschell boiler and 

 piping system. The accompanying pic- 

 ture was badly focussed, but it suf- 

 fices to show the remarkable size of 

 the blooms. 



MUSHROOMS IN CELLAR. 



I wi.sb to .isk a question in regard to 

 growing mushrooms in a cellar. I liave 

 a box in ttie cellar where the temperature 

 has l)een nil along very close to 70 degrees, 

 that is, wlien I put the thermometer under 

 the cover on top of the box, which is a 

 cover fixed up of paper. I planted the 

 spawn tlie first of February, had straw 

 placed over it until I noticed the shoots 

 coming up through the soil. Now the 

 surface of the loam, in the box, is all over 

 with white shoots just long and thin like 

 a bnd, but a few days ago I got two good 

 big musliroonis from it and not one since. 

 I watered it when it began to look dry 

 and have taken good care of it. I placed 

 about eight inches of horse manure, well 

 turned over, in the bottom of this box, 

 damped it well, did all things according 

 to directions and now I'd like to know if 

 I ought to have good mushrooms liy this 

 time. 



Hoping you will give me your oiunion 

 on same, I am. 



Yours truly, 



Campello, Mass. P. A. McC. 



Mushrooms are such a precarious 

 and uncertain crop that it would be 

 impossible to say, unless one saw the 

 conditions, why more of the fungi have 

 not appeared. You should be cutting 

 mushrooms now, if as you say, the bed 

 has spawned on the first of February; 



but it very often happens that even 

 when all the requirements are followed 

 carefully the bed is a failure. Tem- 

 perature and the atmospheric condi- 

 tions are two matters of great im- 

 portance, and we think a temperature 

 of 70° considerably higher than is de- 

 sirable. A moist atmosphere and a 

 temperature of 55° would be much 

 more suitable. 



A FLOWER SHOW QUESTION. 



Editor of HoRTtctTLTUKE; 



Dear Sir: It seems to me that some 

 methods should be devised whereby 

 the bona fide gardener would be able 

 to obtain admittance to all flower 

 shows without being compelled to pay 

 for every time he re-enters, and to be 

 able to enter without temptation to 

 subterfuge to escape payment. In dis- 

 cussing this matter with several gar- 

 deners who attended the New York 

 show one told me that he had paid 

 no less than eight times to get into 

 the show, and another that he had 

 gone in a backway and escaped pay- 

 ment altogether. Surely both methods 

 are entirely unnecessary and I would 

 suggest that for the gardener who 

 travels from a distance and intends 

 to make the show his headquarters 

 for appointments during the week or 

 for the duration of the show, a lump 

 sum might be paid to cover that period. 



A strange fact in regard to many 

 of the wholesale exhibitors of plants 

 was that they had not a representative 

 to explain their exhibit to the public, 

 with only a tew exceptions, and ap- 

 parently these booked many orders. I 

 think the sundriesmen, in every case, 

 had an attendant, but not so the plants- 

 men. 



Ver.non T. Sherwood. 



Charlestown, N. H. 



OH, EVER'THING'S A-GOIN'. 



When ever'thing's a-goin' like she's got 



a-goin', now — 

 The maple sap a-drippin', and the buds on 



ever' bough 

 A-sort o' reachin' up-ards all a-trlmblln', 



ever' one. 

 Like 'bout a million brownie fists a-shakin' 



at the sun. 

 The children want their shoes oft 'fore 



their breakfast, and the spring 

 Is here so good and plenty that the old 



hen has to sing! 

 When things is goln' this a-way, w'y, 



that's the sign, you know, 

 That ever'thing's a-goin' like we like to 



see ber go! 



Oh, ever'thing's a-goin' like we like to 



see her go ! 

 Old winter's up and dusted, with his 



dratted frost and snow. 

 The ice is out o' the crick ag'in, the 



freeze is out the ground, 

 And you'll see faces thawin', too, ef you'll 



]es' look around — 

 The bluebird landin' home ag'ln, and glad 



to git the chance, 

 'Cause here's where he belongs at; that's 



a settled circumstance. 

 And him and Mr. Robin now'si a chunln' 



fer the show. 

 Oh, ever'thing's a-goin' like we like to 



see her go ! 



The sun ain't jes' p'tendin' now — the ba'm 



is in the breeze — 

 The trees '11 soon be green as grass, 



and grass as green as trees. 

 The buds is all jes' eechln', and the dog- 

 wood down the run 

 l8 bound to bust out laughln' 'fore 



another week is done. 

 The bees is wakin', gapy-like, and rum- 



blin' fer tbeir buzz, 

 A-thinkin', ever wakefuler, of other days 



that wuz — 

 When all the land was orchard blooms 



and clover, don't you know. 

 Oh, ever'thin's a-goin' like we like to see 



her go ! 



—James Whiteomb Blley. 



ACACIA PUBESCENS MEETS ITS 

 MASTER. 

 Acacia pubescens is notoriously a 

 bad propagator. But was there ever 

 a problem in propagation too hard for 

 .lackson Dawson? In (his picture we 

 have this invincible veteran plant 



propagator standing alongside of three 

 plants of Acacia pubescens which 

 were grafted one year ago last July. 

 Notice the height. Can you beat it? 



HARDY DWARF-GROWING 

 EVERGREENS. 



Will any reader of HORTICULTUHB 

 name six varieties of evergreens not over 

 four or five feet at maturity which are 

 perfectly hardy in this section? 



Is there any reason why evergreens 

 should not be planted on the south side 

 of a residence? 



Swampscott, Mass. A. B. 



Replying to the foregoing inquiry re- 

 garding evergreens, we would say, that 

 we find evergreens when well estab- 

 lished generally withstand drought or 

 heat better than deciduous trees or 

 shrubs. They, therefore, and particular- 

 ly the dwarfer varieties, are very use- 

 ful for planting on the south side and 

 close to a building where on account 

 of heat and scarcity of moisture shrubs 

 of many kinds would not succeed. The 

 following named varieties of ever- 

 greens are very hardy and are dwarf 

 and can be used in grouping to good 

 advantage. 



Juniperus Chinensis argentea, J. 

 Japonica aurea, J. sabina, J. tamari- 

 cifolia, J. Pfitzeriana. 



Plcea Gregoriana, P. pumila, P. 

 pygmea. 



Pinus mughus. 



Taxus cuspidata, T. c. brevlfolia. 



Thuya globosa, T. Hoveyi, T. minima. 

 John Kirkegaabd. 



Bedford, Mass. 



