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CONTENTS. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



The chrysanthemum exhibitions (illus.) . 81 



Part of Philadelphia exhibition (illus.) 81,82 83 

 Arrangement in Japanese style (illus.) .... 82 

 New chrysanthemum Western King (illus). .81 

 New chrysanthemum Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson 



(illus) ... .84 



Plants at the Chicago exhibition (illus.). . . . 85 

 Chrysanthemum Mrs. Jerome Jones (illus ) 88 

 Chrysanthemum Mrs. S. T. Murdock (illus.) . . 86 

 Vase of chrysanthemums at the Boston exhibi- 

 tion (illus.) . . . 87 



Very dwarf single stem plants (illus.) 87 



Group of single stem plants (illus ) 91 



Exhibition at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (illus.) ... 92 



TREES AND SHRUBS. 



Birthday trees 



Preparing large trees tor removal . 

 Notes about trees 



. . .82 

 . . 83 

 . . .83 



ROSES. 



Preparing beds for roses 83 



Climbing roses and clematis 84 



Good roses for Washington, D. C .85 



Roses 86 



THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



Yuccas 



Lilium Wallacei 



Flower garden notes 



Euphorbia corollata 



Cosmos bipinnatus ... ... 



Campanula calycanthema (illus.) . . . 



Staking ta 1 growing plants 



In a California garden (illus ) . . . . 



I, inuni austriacum 



Helianthus annuus 



Helianthus multiflorus flore pleno 



THE FRUIT GARDEN. 



Fruit tree borers . . 



English goosebenies 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Chrysanthemum colors decoratively considered 



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Malta Alcea, an European perennial 

 growing some three feet high and as wide, 

 produces pale rosy-purple flowers in pro- 

 fusion all summer. It is well suited for 

 planting at the rear of a border. 



Among the pictures of chrysanthemum 

 exhibitions in this issue will be found a 

 number of views at the Philadelphia show. 

 These have a double use, as they not only 

 give glimpses of the exhibition but also 

 show the interior of the magnificent new 

 hall of the Pennsylvania Horticultural 

 Society, unquestionably the finest build- 

 ing in the country owned or controlled 

 by a Horticultural Society. The horti- 

 culturists of Philadelphia have indeed 

 reason to be proud of their beautiful new 

 home. May other cities emulate their 

 excellent example. 



The ordinary iron molasses faucet is 

 best for use in manure water casks. It 

 allows the water to run out quickly and 

 does not choke up or leak. 



When labeling newly planted trees 

 next spring include their height and date 

 of j'ear they were planted. In after years 

 this record will be interesting. 



Saintpaulia ionantha is a li tie gem 

 of a tender plant with violet-like flowers; 

 it was a seed novelty a few years ago. 

 We are informed that in the south of 

 France it makes a splendid outdoor sum- 

 mer bedding plant. 



Broom handles and the long window 

 brush handles, obtained from a broom 

 factory, and the slender ash rods used by 

 rattan chair-makers, are handy requisites 

 in a well regulated garden. These with a 

 bundle of cane stakes furnish all the ma- 

 terial needed to tie up plants. 



Heliopsis Pitcheriana used in large 

 bouquets to cover open fireplaces in sum- 

 mer, when backed with asparagus foliage, 

 is very effective. The deep golden yellow 

 of its petals, when loosely arranged are 

 well shown off by the foliage of this gar- 

 den vegetable. Both are good keepers 

 when cut. 



Anthemis tinctoria (yellow chamo- 

 mile) is a desirable hardy perennial pro- 

 ducing from July to November showy 

 golden yellow, daisy-like flowers from one 

 to two inches in diameter. The plant 

 grows nearly three feet high and in time 

 forms quite a clump. In exceedingly dry 

 seasons, unless watered occasionally, it 

 blooms out by August. It is a native of 

 England, thrives under ordinary cultiva- 

 tion and is readily increased by division 

 in the spring. 



Achillea Ptarmica flore pleno — 

 (double Sneezewort) is a free flowering 

 perennial, hardy as a rock and one that 

 should be grown in moderately poor soil 

 or else it will sprawl in an unsightly man- 

 ner. When grown in masses it does not 

 seem capable of being staked up in a tidy 

 form. If it can be kept erect, it grows 

 nearly two feet high and produces con- 

 stant^' all summer and until frost small 

 double white flowers in terminal corymbs 

 splendid for cutting. It is easily divided 

 in spring and in good soil spreads rap- 

 idly. It will do moderately well in shade. 



Clematis dirandi is a hydrid between 

 the European bush Clematis integrifolia 

 and the climbing Chinese C. lanuginosa. 

 It partakes of more of the characteristics 

 of the former species. It is an almost 

 constant bloomer and should be grown 

 as a trailer rather than a climber, as it 

 will not attach itself after the manner of 

 the ordinary climbing forms and only 

 grows about three feet high. Its large 

 open, rich blue flowers are very pleasing 

 and its freedom from disease and its har- 

 diness render it a worthy addition to any 

 collection. 



Lychnis chalcedonica fl. pl. pro- 

 duces, ifgrownin massesand well staked, 

 a sheet of scarlet of such a vivid hue that 

 if seen at a distance across a well-kept 

 lawn and backed by a mass of the taller 

 hybrid delphiniums, it stands out like the 

 glowing colors of the setting sun. For 

 broad coloring effect they should be 

 planted in groups of not less than eight 

 plants, set one foot apart, in a light 

 sandy loam well enriched with old ma- 

 nure, and well and firmly staked in such 

 a manner as to keep the blooms, which 

 are at the extremities of the many stalks 



sent up, close together, thus forming a 

 sheet of flowers. With me this plant 

 grows 4V 2 feet high and gives its best 

 bloom in July and well into August. 

 When the terminal blooms are faded cut 

 them off and you will get some blooms 

 during the balance of the summer from 

 the side shoots. It is a hardy perennial 

 and propagated by division in the spring. 

 The single form is not worth growing. 



Platycodongrandiflorum (Syn. Wah- 

 lenbergia grandiflora and Campanula 

 grandidora) is a beautiful flower of 

 many names, and apparently numer- 

 ous habitats, as it is given as a native of 

 China, Mandschuria, Japan and Siberia. 

 With good culture it produces its flowers 

 at a height of nearly three feet. The 

 stems arise rather stiffly and nearly 

 straight and unless staked are apt to be 

 broken by the wind. The buds before 

 opening are balloon shaped but when 

 expanded are like a shallow bell, of a 

 dark rich blue and two or more inches 

 across, and if the faded flowers are cut 

 it blooms continuously from June to 

 August. There is a dwarfer form of this 

 plant, recently introduced from Japan 

 under the name of Platycodon Mariesii 

 on which the flowers are larger than 

 the preceding. Their culture is easily 

 attended to. Provide them with a rich 

 deep soil and stake them when approach- 

 ing maturity. They are readily increased 

 by division or cuttings in the spring. 



THE CELLAR 



Is a capital storehouse for certain plants. 

 Such things as hydrangeas, crape myrtles, 

 oleanders, daturas, myrtles, sweet bays, 

 and the like should be kept in a cool part, 

 say where the temperature runs from 35° 

 to 40°; never let these plants get abso- 

 lutely dry. Drouth may not hurt the 

 daturas, fuchsias, and some others, but 

 it does them no good. Gladiolus, tigri- 

 dias, summer hyacinths and the like may 

 be kept dry in flats, or hung up in bags, 

 where they will be away from vermin, 

 and in a temperature of 45° or therea- 

 bout. Dahlia and canna roots, and 

 tubers of Ipomoea paniculata also live 

 well in the same. While tuberoses, cala- 

 diums, gloxinias, and other tropical roots 

 might exist fairly well in a low tempera- 

 ture we prefer one of 50° to 60° to keep 

 them in. A draughty cellar is bad for all 

 plants, and so is a dry parching place, 

 such as near the furnace. A wet cellar is 

 uncongenial to anything while deciduous 

 or leafless plants and tubers may he kept 

 in dark quarters, leafy ones as hydran- 

 geas or evergreen ones likeroses and myr- 

 tles or century plants or cactuses should 

 have a little light. Roses in the cellar 

 should be kept very cool, even to letting 

 a slight frost touch them, and faintly 

 moist at the root. 



STIPfl PENNflTfl. 



(Feather Grass ) 



This ornamental European grass is 

 well worth growing for winter bouquets, 

 as it is easily handled and perfectly hardy. 



The illustration shows the entire crop 

 from a plot four feet square, and it re- 

 quired nearly an hour's time to clean the 

 "beards" from their sheaves. The botan- 

 ical name signifies "a silky feathery sub- 

 stance," alluding to the creamy-white 

 plumes. It is an old plant in the English 

 gardens, and the plumes are said to have 

 been worn as feathers bv the ladies. 



W. C. Egan. 



Primula stellata, the star primrose 

 is a beauty. We have sixteen plants of 

 it is the greenhouse, and they are begin- 



