July 24, 1920 



HORTICULTURE 



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A MIDSUMMER RAMBLE 

 The garden was gay wilh flowers, 

 bill we waiileii to go on a ramble, to 

 see the white Japanese iris abloom 

 above the brown waters of the brook. 

 So down we went by the corner of the 

 woods where the stately foxgloves 

 w^ere reaching up against the brown 

 trunks of the pines, and the pyrola 

 was ringing its dainty bells. Here 

 the yellow loosestrife was also in 

 blossom with the flowers growing out 

 from the whorls of the leaves, while 

 by the brook we found the taller ya- 

 riety with its tasselled top. Here also 

 by the brook were the bright red 

 berries of tlie early blossoming elder 

 and the bountiful blooms of the later 

 kind. .\ shrub so full of flowprs this 

 summer that we feel that it almost 

 compensates for the heavy fall of the 

 winter snows, which wettins down 

 around its roots has brought us this 

 profusion of bloom. .\bove a gray 

 stonewall the spikes of purple fireweed 

 rose, and the snow white blossoms of 

 the swamp azalea seemed the most 

 beautiful of all. Unless we except the 

 tall feathery blooms of the meadow 

 rose, the hybrids of which in the 

 glaucum and dipterocarpum variety 

 have brought such beautif\il tall 

 flowers to our gardens. 



The asters or Michaelmas daisies 

 are not yet in blossom, but the daisy 

 fleabane suggests the wealth of 

 beauty which will later come from 

 them. The brown-eyed Susans or 

 rudberckias are already making glad 

 our fields. Quarantine 37 may keep 

 many flowers from our houses and 

 gardens, but we all like to be good 

 Americans today, so let us take these 

 rambles among the flowers of our 

 woods and fields, 



M. R. C.xsE. 

 Hillcrest Gardens. July 15, 1920 



BUDDING ROSES. 



July and August are the two most 

 suitable months for budding. As a 

 rule, neither buds nor stocks are in 

 the best condition until then, while 

 to delay until September often means 

 an indifferent union of bud and stock 

 through the sap not remaining suffi- 

 ciently active, says a writer in Gar- 

 dening; Illustrated. Budding should 

 be done when the bark lifts readily 

 from the stock, and when the bud 

 can be taken from the portion of 

 rose growth easily and cleanly. It 

 often happens that the stocks are dry 

 at the root. A thorough watering 

 will generally have the desired effect 

 in about a couple of weeks. Much of 

 the flow of sap is checked by any 

 pruning away of growth previous to 

 budding. If it is necessary to do this, 

 by all means let it be done a fort- 

 night or so beforehand, as we want a 

 free flow of sap while the bud is 

 setting. 



Another too-frequent mistake is 

 using buds that are not even half ripe. 

 The stock is often, also, operate:! 

 upon in much too young and soft a 

 condition. Both should be in what 

 I may. ])erhaps. best describe as ma- 

 tured without being ripe, and it is 

 very essential that the bud be ma- 

 tured. More thought should be given 

 to the "seat'' or "heel" of the rose 

 bud. which is exposed upon removing 

 the small portion of rose wood cover- 

 ing it after it is taken from the plant. 

 Unless this is prominent and well de- 

 veloped so as to rest upon the ex- 

 posed wood of the stock it seldom 

 grows, and never makes a really good 

 union. If too forward, the seat or 

 heel will tear out with the portion of 

 rose wood, and leave a hollow and 

 valueless space. If too young, the 

 seat will not have developed, and, of 

 course, is equally unsuitable. 



Numerous cases come before me 

 where the operator has cut too deeply 

 into the wood of the stock, and upon 



not a few occasions I believe this to 

 have been I he sole cause of failure. 

 The cut should never penetrate more 

 tlian just deep enough to allow of the 

 tiark being lifted from the wood, and 

 this should be done with as little dis- 

 turbance of the glutinous sap as pos- 

 sible. Some few readers may not 

 posses a knife with a properly-con- 

 structed handle for lifting the bark 

 readily. Let such shave up a piece 

 of hard wood or bone, and they will 

 find these answer equally well. 



Always tie firmly, more especially 

 around the eye or bud, so as to make 

 sure of the seat or germ coming well 

 into contact with the wood. 



TRUSTWORTHY TREES 



In buying nursery stock the pur- 

 chaser is utterly at the mercy of the 

 seller. The same is true in the seed- 

 man's business. In all commercial ac- 

 tivities a reputation for trustworthi- 

 ness is the most valuable of assets, 

 but for the nurseryman and the seeds- 

 man it is absolutely indispensable. 

 Their goods must be bought on faith 

 and their records must indicate that 

 faith is not misplaced. 



The American Association of Nurs- 

 erymen, which has just been in con- 

 vention at Chicago, lays great stress 

 on the necessity of selling only perfect 

 stock. "Trustworthy Trees and 

 Plants" is the trade-mark of the asso- 

 ciation. No misrepresentation of any 

 kind is tolerated. All stock must be 

 advertised under its correct name. 

 Trees and shrubs which may other- 

 wise be up to specifications, but which 

 are too old or which are adapted only 

 for certain soils are not shipped ex- 

 cept with due notice of the facts. 



Chicanery in the nursery business 

 is peculiarly contemptible because it 

 is so easy. The country's reputable 

 nurserymen, many of whom are lo- 

 cated in the near vicinity of Tacoma. 

 are determined to rid their business of 

 unprincipled competitors. This is the 

 day of honest advertising and square 

 dealing, and the nursery interests are 

 wise to keep their reputation un- 

 smirched by the hocus-pocus of any 

 who may hope to derive profit through 

 dishonest dealings. — Tacoma. Wash., 

 Times. 



