January 17, 1920 



HORTI CULTUKii 



LONICERA MAACKI. 



It is interesting to find that Loni- 

 rera Maacki in its improved forms has 

 become as popular across the water as 

 in this country. One of the English 

 papers has the following to say about 

 this splendid honeysuckle: 



L. Maacki is a native of Manchuria 

 and China, the first plants having been 

 received from the former country 

 about forty years ago. The plants re- 

 ceived on this occasion did not create 

 any special interest, and it was not 

 until 1900, when Mr. E. H. Wilson sent 

 seeds of a very free-flowering form 

 from China, which has since been 

 named L. M. podocania, that general 

 interest began to centre in the plant. 

 It is a summer-leafing shrub 10 feet 

 high, with long, arching branches. The 

 flowers, borne very freely in Jlay 

 practically from every leaf-axil, are 

 white, turning to cream with age, 

 and deliciously fragrant. A well- 

 flowered bush is a very desirable ob- 

 ject, and a further period of beauty is 

 apparent when the bright red, almost 

 transparent, berries are ripe early in 

 July. It grows freely in good loamy 

 soil and forms a shapely specimen 

 without pruning. It is advisable to 

 leave plants unpruned as long as pos- 

 sible, only cutting back the branches 

 when they are outgrowing their space. 



INJURY FROM GALVANIZED WIRE. 



It would be interesting to know if 

 garden makers in this country have 

 noticed any injury from the use of 

 galvanized wire. In answer to an in- 

 quiry the editor of one of the English 

 papers says that harm is done to the 

 tender shoots of fruit trees, climbing 

 plants, etc., by allowing them to come 

 into contact with wire of the galvan- 

 ized type. He explains the statement 

 by saying that the acid used in gal- 

 vanizing the wire is very destructive. 

 At the same time he points out that ill 

 eitects may be prevented by giving 

 the wire two coats of the best white 

 lead paint as soon as it has been fixed 

 in position. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



J. Otto Thilow greeted his old 

 friends at Dreer's on the 5th inst. and 

 received their congratulations on his 

 safe return from his trip to Australia. 

 He is looking well and hearty and 

 says he had a fine time but just the 

 same is mighty glad to be back again 

 by the banks of the green Delaware — 

 even if the green is hidden by ice and 

 snow. 



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