November 4, 1911 



Six Hardy Climbers. 

 There Is an admitted carclty of 

 good, hardy, ornamental climb 

 plants needi <i In every park and garden. 

 Here are six Clematis most an a ru- 

 bena (6 to 15 tt tall, flower rosj red, 

 late May), Clematis montana Wilsonii 

 is to 20 ft, tall, flowers white, July I, 

 Clematis nutans (10 to 15 ft. Mowers, 

 pale-yellow, September), Lonlcera tra- 

 gophylla (10 to 16 tt. tall, flowers gold- 

 llow, June), Vitis Davidll var. 

 Veltchli i in to 20 tt. tall, Btema splney, 

 leaves highly colored in autumn), Yitis 



llexuosa var. parvlfolla I I I" 10 It. tall, 



leaves small with shining metallic 

 lustre), For any ami every purpose 



thai WOOdy-cllmblng plains are needed 

 these six are ei mtident I > tecominended. 



The four flowering climbi 1 1 each 

 blossom in different seasons and col- 



lectlvely, span the Whole summer and 



autumn season. The honeysuckle is 



best In partial shade, being a woodland 

 plant, and does not like the knife 

 One and all are of simple culture, 

 easily propagated from seeds or cut- 

 tings, in the usual way. 



Six Flowering Shrubs. 



In recent years there has been an 

 enormously increasing interest taken 

 in outdoor horticulture generally and 

 flowering shrubs have, at last, entered 

 into their own. With a better appre- 

 ciation of their needs in the matter of 

 pruning and planting for effect, they 

 would give even better results than is 

 commonly seen— good as these usual- 

 ly are. Of spring-tiowering shrubs 

 we are. fortunately, well supplied, but 



shrubs flowering in August i Sep 



tember are decidedly scarce. Early- 

 flowering' or late-flowering there is al- 

 ways room at the top Flvi Ol Hie fid- 

 lowing COVer the season from early 

 June to September. Hie sixth, Coton- 



eastcr Dielsiana, is at the mo at of 



writing. Oct. 31st. a mass of bright 

 crimson scarlet fruits, with its neat 

 foliage assuming various shades of 

 orange: Deutzia Wilsonii (3 to 6 ft. 

 tall, (lowers pure white, earlj June), 

 Spiraea llentyii (3 to 5 tt. tall, flow- 

 ers pure white, early July.), Buddleia 

 variabilis magnifies (5 to L0 ft 

 tall, (lowers rich violet put pie. Sep- 

 tember!, Kosa Moyesii (6 to 10 ft. 

 tall, flowers dark bloodied, shaded 

 velvety maroon, July), Dipelta ventri- 

 cosa (1 to 10 ft. tall, flowers rosy-pink 

 with orange throat. June), Cotoneas- 

 ter Dielsiana (6 to 8 ft. tall, fruits 

 bright crimson-scarlet retained well 

 into the winter). 



The rose has the darkest and rich- 

 est Colored flowers of any wild spe- 

 cies and is well worth the attention 

 of hybridists. The Dipelta is a new 

 genus, allied to Diervilla. Like the 

 above mentioned climbers, these 

 shrubs require no special soil or situ- 

 ation, are quite hardy, root easily 

 from cuttings and. save the Buddleia. 

 come true from seed. 



Six Evergreens. 



If there is one class of plants more 

 badly needed here in New England 

 than another, it is, unquestionably, 



broad-leaved evergreens, in nothing 



is the povertj "f ill. native tlora or 

 gardens more marked. Now broad- 

 leave 1 evergreens are a feature of 

 rain forest floras of temperate climates 

 and, in a general wa always 



associated with woodland and forest 

 vegetation. Drought, whether it be 

 caused by frozen soil around the roots 



HORTICULTURE 



or by lack of water in the soil, is 

 deadly lo them. It is not so i 



low temperature as the hot sun in 



March ami April when the grotm 

 frozen and Hie hot, dry summers thai 



render the cultivation of these ever- 



is so difficult here in New Eng 



land. By judicious care In planting, 



with especial reference to the matter. 

 site ami moisture, much can de done 

 to minimize these evils. Granted the 

 exercise of these important details 

 the following six are calculated to 

 withstand the worst this New I 

 land climate has in store: Bei i 

 Wallichlana (true Chinese type, not 

 tie plant generally grown under this 

 name), Ilex Pernyi (5 to 18 ft. high, 

 densely crowded with small Bpinej 

 leaves), Viburnum rhytidophyllum ( .", 

 to S ft. tall, flowers white, fruits Mack, 

 leaves 6 inches long, wrinkled above. 

 densely lilled beneath), Lonicera ni- 

 tida, (3 to 5 ft. tall, flowers small. 

 creamy white, fragrant, fruits blue- 

 purple, leaves small, shining green). 

 Sarcococca ruscifolla (3 to 5 ft. tall, 

 flowers Inconspicuous, fruits dark red, 

 foliage small, shining green), Strans- 

 vaesia undulata ("i to 10 ft. tall, flow- 

 ers white in flat corymbs 4 to 5 inch- 

 es across, fruits scarlet, leaves assum- 

 ing fine crimson tints in late autumn 

 and winter and retained until the new 

 foliage develops the following spring). 



These six are, for evergreens, fairly 

 i asilj propagati d by cutting and read- 

 ily raised from seed. The Barberry is 

 a particularly useful subject and will 

 some day be largely used for making 

 hedges around houses, etc. Its dark 

 gri ii. Miff, leathery foliage, fringed 

 by spiney bristles, is pleasing at all 

 seasons. 



Six Trees. 



We are well off for trees, but the 

 following six are particularly ornamen 

 tal: Micromeles Folgnerii (a graceful 

 and elegant tree, 10 to 25 feet tall, with 

 corymbs of white flowers followed by 

 orange-red fruits, haves white on un- 

 der side), Styrax Eiemsleyanus (20 to 

 40 feet tall, (lowers in white, large, 

 erect in racemes), Cornus Wilson 

 iana (20 to 40 feet, flowers, white in 

 corymbs), Davidia Involucrata (35 to 

 50 feet tall, pyramidal in outline with 

 two huge, white bracts sub-tending the 

 flowers). Populus lasiocarpa i4u to GO 

 feet tall, with leaves 8 to 1L' inche 

 long, 10 inches wide — the largest 

 leaved poplar known I. Euconiniia 

 ulmoides (30 to 50 feet. tall, the only 

 hardy rubber producing tree in the 

 world). 



The Kiiconimia and Davidia arc- 

 monotypes and two of the most inter 

 esting trees known to science. The 

 Davidia, with its huge bracts, is the 

 most strikingly beautiful of all trees 

 in the temperate flora. A young tree, 

 nine years old from seed, flowered in 

 England this year for the first time; 

 cut sprays were exhibited at the Tem- 

 ple Show and the plant was unani- 

 mously awarded a first-class certificate 

 of merit. 



Six Conifers. 



Western China is particularly rich 

 in conifers, especially spruces and 

 Bllver-flr. A great many are now in 

 cultivation, but it is too early to speak 

 of their hardiness or adaptability to 

 cultivation generally. The following 

 six are particularly handsome trees in 

 their native haunts: Abies reel 

 Abies Fargesli, I'icea complanata, 

 Picea purpurea, Pinus Wilsonii and 





\rmamlii. The last-named is a 

 whit.- pine and has, for several years, 

 been in cultivation with Mr. Walter 

 iinnii. .... n at Wellesley ami In the 

 Arnold Arboretum. It is quite hardy, 

 grows freely and promises to be a 

 ,il addition to the pirn-turn. 



Six Brambles. 

 A remarkable feature of the Chinese 

 Mora is its wealth in handsome orna- 

 mental brambles. Several of them 

 are worth cultivating as a future 

 6 of new berries, others are val- 

 uable for their handsome foliage, 

 white stems, and graceful habit: Ru- 

 bus Innomlnatus (0 to 10 feet tall, 

 fruits orange-red in thyreoid panicles, 

 il flavor, ripe in September), R. 

 amabllts (4 to 6 feet, flowers large, 

 white, solitary, fruit red. with splendid 

 flavor, ripe in July), R. lasiostylus 

 (6 to 8 feet tall, stems pure white, 

 bristly and very ornamental), R. pilea- 

 t us (6 to 8 feet tall, stems glaucous 

 in winter, fruits orange, delicious fla- 

 vor), It. bambusarum (8 to 12 feet 

 tall, leaves three foliolate on whip-like 

 branches), R. flagelliformls (8 to 10 

 f.ct tall, leaves ovate with velvety 

 markings, branches whip-like). The 

 last two thrive best in shade, being 

 woodland species. 



Rhododendrons. 

 About one hundred and fifty species 

 of rhododendron are known from 

 China, and nearly a hundred of these 

 are now in cultivation. How many 

 will succeed here, around Boston, is 

 a moot point, but surely an odd one 

 or so may reasonably be expected to 

 win through. In China these rhodo- 

 di nilroiis vary from tiny shrubs, 6 

 inches to a foot tall, on the Alpine 

 moorlands, to trees in the forests 

 di pths 50 feet or more tall. The 

 llow.rs tire of eve rj hue — yellow being 

 amongst them, too. Rhod. micran- 

 tlinin has small trusses of Ledum- 

 llke white flowers and promises to be 

 hardy hereabout ... It flow, is in a 

 small state and is a floriferous and 

 pleasing shrub. R. flavidum and R. 

 ambtguum are both small growing spe- 

 with yellow flowers which quite 

 probably will be hardy In this neigh- 

 borhood. 



Willows. 



Willows are abundant in Western 

 China and some ol tie m are remark- 

 ably "unwillow-like" in appearance. I 

 have here specimens of two species. 

 One. S. Bockii, is worth growing as 

 an autumn flowering shrub." The cat- 

 kins are white (yellow anthers in the 

 male), borne on the current season's 

 growth (an almost unique character) 

 and in such profusion as to warrant 

 Us being classed as a shrub with orna- 

 tal flowers. The other. Salix mag- 

 i. is worth growing as a foliage 

 plant! The largest leal on the specl- 

 hefoi-e you measures, exclud- 

 ing iln- petiole, 8 inches in length, 

 and is a', inches wide. Can you con- 

 any plant more unlike- a willow 

 than this one? 



Hardy Orchids. 

 Some of you present make a 

 alty of orchids. Now China 

 ot a good orchid country, al- 

 though several fine Dendrobiums are 

 found there, including one of the 

 most popular of all, D. nobile. Among 

 i i Test rial orchids several fine Cy- 

 pripediums occur. I would draw your 



