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13 



Vol. V. 



82.00 a Year. 

 24 Numbers. 



CHICAGO, DECEMBER 15, 1896. 



Single Copy 

 10 Cents. 



No. 103. 



EXOCHORDA GRANDIFLORA 



Trees and Shrubs. 



EXOGHORDA GRANDIFLORA. 



Among the good things that northern 

 China has given us Exochorda grandi- 

 Bora stands out most prominently. It is 

 perfectly hardy, but undoubtedly blooms 

 more freely in very cold climates if planted 

 in a protected position. It blooms in 

 May; flowers white, large and produced 

 in slender racemes. The foliage is a soft 

 light green that contrasts well with the 

 dark green foliage of Styrax Japonica. 



Once in a while a plant is subject to 

 that mysterious disease known as "the 

 Japanese die-back." During the growing 

 season, when in apparent full health, one 

 or more of the main branches will die 

 back to the trunk, the balance of the 

 hrub evidently maintaining perfect 



health. Next year, at some time during 

 the summer other branches act the same, 

 and in time the plant is worthless. But 

 these are isolated cases, and plants are 

 easily replaced from am- good nursery. 



TRANSPLANTING EVERGREENS. 



Almost everyone who has planted ever- 

 greens has a favorite time he can name 

 for planting. One person plants in spring 

 and is successful, another in summer and 

 meets with reward, and still another in 

 winter and the trees grow, and from this 

 they form the conclusion that they have 

 found out the proper time for the work. 



A good deal of the success in planting 

 comes from favorable seasons following 

 the work. A harsh winter finishes fall 

 plantings in some cases and a dry sum- 

 mer, those of spring. In nurseries where 

 all work is done for profit, experiments 



are started early to find out the best time 

 for planting, and it is thegeneral practice 

 to set out evergreens in the spring. Many 

 kinds are set out in late summer with 

 good success, notably retinosporas and 

 other fibrous rooted kinds, but there is 

 no time like spring for the whole collec- 

 tion of evergreens. 



Whenever the soil has warmed up a lit- 

 tle and has become so friable that it will 

 crumble up fairly well, the work should 

 be proceeded with. With us the time 

 comes about the close of April. The soil 

 should be in condition to oreak up well, 

 that the fine particles can be got in about 

 the roots to fit well. 



When the plants are very small and are 

 to be planted in rows, trenches are opened 

 and a buck t of puddled water prepared. 

 Into this puddle the plants are placed, 

 and taken out by the handful and set in 

 their places in the trench, fine soil thrown 



