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GARDENING. 



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VASE FILLED WITH ROSA MULTIFLORA JAPONICA. 



are those known to belong to a warmer 

 clime. The paulownia, crape myrtle, 

 leycesteria, Limonia trifoliata and south- 

 ern oaks may be mentioned. And one of 

 the greatest helps to newly planted trees, 

 is to mulch them well with some material 

 to keep the frost from their roots. 

 Philadelphia. Joseph Meehan. 



EUONYMUS RflDICflNS. 



Who can account for the inherent 

 power of this plant to control its habit of 

 growth, and without the aid of man, be- 

 come eith r a low bush or a climber? 



I grew it as a border to a small bed. It 

 formed a low hedge, never attaining a 

 height of over fourteen inches, standing 

 upright and never trailing. Two years 

 ago I put an oak post at the end of this 

 "hedge" to support a new honeysuckle I 

 was trying. Last spring I noticed that 

 the euonymus nearest the post had taken 

 advantage of the opportunity offered and 

 climbed up the post about five feet. That 

 part of the plant that could la\- against 

 the post climbed, the balance remained in 

 bush form. I have put a variegated form 

 of this plant against a brick wall to see 

 if it retains the climbing instinct of the 

 type. 



This plant is sometimes called the Jap- 

 anese box. It is very neat in its appear- 

 ance, grows readily in sunshine or shade 

 and the winter coloring of the variegated 

 form is exquisite. It seems perfectly 

 hardv, and is classed as an evergreen. 



Highland Park, 111. W. C. Egan. 



Roses. 



ROSfl MULTIFLORA JflFONIGfl. 



The early history of my plant is un- 

 known. In the spring of 1888 a friend 

 (an old London gardener) brought me 

 from London two plants. Hesaiditwas 

 'a rose of which he had forgotten the 

 name, but they are rare and not to be 



had in America." I planted the two in 

 my observation corner for a year until I 

 could determine their habits, and in the 

 spring of 1889 planted one bush in the 

 place shown in the photograph, and gave 

 the other plant to a friend. When the 

 plant at the Arnold Arboretum was fig- 

 ured I identified it as the same as mine 

 and when my plant was in bloom the 

 next year sent leaves and flowers to Mr. 

 Jackson Dawson who agreed with me. 



The plant which I kept I planted near 

 the porch of the side door of our old 

 house in Cambridge, Mass., having a 

 southwest exposure, first preparing the 

 ground b\ f throwing out about four feet 

 of pure sand and filling in with old turves, 

 well rotted dressing and a few handfuls 

 of bone meal. I then covered the porch 

 with the strongest wire netting I could 

 get, five feet wide. As fast as the shoots 

 grew they were secured to the netting so 

 as to cover the porch, and so fast did it 

 grow I was obliged to trim out on the 

 entrance side. 



After planting it had the same atten- 

 tion as my other roses, washing with 

 whale oil soap in the early spring, a good 

 washing once or twice a week with the 

 hose, and an occasional dusting with 

 "slug shot," and in the fall a thick but 

 light mulch with rough stable dressing, 

 which was shook out in the spring, and 

 the fine part with a handful of bone meal 

 dug in; and as the subsoil was pure sand, 

 an unlimited supply of water. It flow- 

 ered very well in 1891, but in 1892, '93, 

 '94 and '95 it flowered grandly, and the 

 photograph was taken June 14, 1894. 

 The plant was then 15 feet high and 9 

 feet wide, and would have been two or 

 three wider on the door side if we were 

 not obliged to trim it out. 



Rosa multiflora Japonica is a stout 

 bush, arching above the middle. The 

 stems are bright green and round, armed 

 with strong and sharp sfines. It flow- 

 ers in great racemes of 20 to 50 flowers, 

 each as large as a silver quarter, pure 

 brilliant white with bright golden sta- 



mens pnd a powerful rose perfume that 

 spreads for blocks around and brings all 

 the honey gathering insects for miles. 

 One hour after the picture was taken an 

 enormous swarm of bees settled on the 

 fence, and they must have come from at 

 least four miles as there were none kept 

 nearer, our part of Cambridge being 

 thickly settled. The flowers last ten 

 days. The htos are bright red and per- 

 sist all winter and are handsome. 



In November, 1895, I moved the plant 

 to my present home in Brookline, and the 

 shock was too great for so large a plant 

 so that it killed back to within a few feet 

 from the ground. This spring I took it 

 up, trimmed back the top to a foot from 

 the ground pruned the roots, and planted 

 it in a specially prepared spot and am 

 glad to say it has thrown up ten new 

 and strong shoots now six feet long, and 

 in a few years I will have a much larger 

 plant than before. It is perfectly hardy, 

 the tops have never killed back with me, 

 and it has no protection except the mulch 

 which I think is necessary to prevent 

 earlv action. T. N. C. 



ROSfl SFINOSlSSIMfl VflR. ALTfllCfl. 



(R. grandiflora. ) 

 Mention has already been made in Gar- 

 dening of the beautiful species from the 

 Altai mountains of Siberia. In fact it 

 was Gardening that called my attention 

 to it and caused me to procure it. It 

 certainly is a charming rose, and now 

 that the single-flowered roses are receiv- 

 ing more attention than in the past this 

 one should not be overlooked. It is 

 classed among the Scotch or Burnet roses, 

 forming a bush three to four feet high, 

 and blooming in May. The flowers are 

 large and showy and a very pure white. 

 It blooms some the first season planted, 

 but is more profuse when established. It 

 is catalogued by an American nursery as 

 R. grandiflora, which must not be con- 

 founded with a hybrid polyantha form 

 known in England under the same name. 



W. C. E. 



