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DOUBLE -FLOWERING PLUM (PRUNUS TRILOBA). 



This-treewas planted some fifteen years 

 ago and is now over thirty feet high. To 

 me it is one of the finest ornamental trees 

 in cultivation. As Mr. Falconer says, 

 plenty of moisture is necessary to its suc- 

 cessful cultivation. No tree or shrub on 

 my place do I watch so carefully in this 

 respect. 



I am rather surprised that Mr. Egan 

 should recommend Hydrangea paniculata 

 grandiflora for the third shrub on a small 

 place. For six weeks in the fall it is very 

 pleasing; the remaining forty-six weeks 

 of the year there is nothing to its credit. 

 T would substitute Berberis vulgaris. 

 When I left my place the first week in Jan- 

 uary the berberises were a glory, while 

 the hydrangeas had been simply a bundle 

 of sticks since the first of October. 



H. Heaton. 



Amherst, Mass., Feb. 8, '97. 



preventive, as during five years of partial 

 drought no fire-blight has been observed 

 on apple or other trees in this vicinity. 

 Davenport, Iowa. J. T. Temple. 



DOUBLE FLOWERING PLUM. 

 (Prunus Triloba.) 



I send a photograph of a double flow- 

 ering plum in bloom in my grounds, 

 which so entrances all visitors that they 

 desire to secure a plant at once. 



The specimen shown has been planted 

 about twelve years, and at the base has a 

 diameter ol fifteen feet and stands about 

 eight to ten feet high, each stem before 

 the leaves expand being covered with 

 bright red buds and pink flowers of the 

 size shown. 



Some seasons it is in bloom for late 

 Easter, and its long stems, from five to 

 six feet long, thickly filled with flowers, 

 are a delightful addition to the stock of 

 usual flowers for that season. 



This plum is very hardy and free from 

 insects, and requires no special care in its 

 cultivation. It is said to be subject to 

 the fire-blight that affects apple trees, but 

 my observation and experience leads me 

 to believe that thorough drainage is a sure 



WOODBINE-SAVIN JUNIPER. 



1. Please tell me what "woodbine" is. 



2. How shall I treat the savin juniper 

 to make it more bushy? I have a large 

 clump but it is very loose and straggling. 

 How can I increase it? By cuttings, or 

 layering the outer stems? 



Nebraska. Wm. Frost. 



1. The term "woodbine" is often used 

 in English poetry , referring to the English 

 honeysuckle ( Lonicera periclymenum.) 



2. To make Juniperus Sabina bushy 

 cut the branches severely into the old 

 wood. They will break out from the 

 inside. Let the upstanding shoots grow 

 and keep them pinched every year. In 

 two or three years the plants will be 

 bushy. When ycu have youngripe wood 

 layer them in the usual way. Let them 

 remain two seasons on the mother plant 

 and then transplant them. Cuttings 

 would be unsatisfactory in your case as 

 you would not have the conveniences to 

 handle them to good advantage. 



J. R. Trumpy. 



JAPAN MAPLES-MAGNOLIAS. 



Tell us something about the cultivation 

 and management of those varieties of 

 Japan maple, naming them, that succeed 

 in the vicinity of Chicago. 



Also about magnolias, especially those 

 varieties that retain the bush form and 

 bloom with their foliage. F. N. B. 



Crown Point, Ind. 



The Japanese maple cannot be depended 

 upon in the region around Chicago, 

 especially where subject to the influence 

 ol the Lake winds. Some varieties will 



live a number of years if in a protected 

 situation, but they are never in a vigor- 

 ous condition. Acer japonicum and its 

 varieties macranthum. microphyllum and 

 palmatum come nearer thriving than any 

 others, and might succeed at Crown 

 Point, Ind., if sheltered. The polymor- 

 phum section seem more tender, the har- 

 dier forms being atropurpureum, dissec- 

 tum atropurpureum and sanguineum, but 

 we doubt if they would prove vigorous in 

 northern Indiana. 



Magnolia acuminata, a tree growing 

 sixty to ninety feet high, is hardy without 

 protection. A small plant of M. speciosa 

 bloomed last spring near Chicago, having 

 been unprotected the previous winter. 

 M. Soulangeana has done fairly well in 

 a sheltered position and the tree well 

 wrapped with straw. M. stellata, more 

 dwarf than the others, requires the same 

 protection, but does not do as well All 

 these can be kept to a bush or tree form. 

 W. C. E. 



JAPANESE MAPLES. 



Editor of Gardening: — Can vou tell 

 me what is the matter with and "how to 

 treat my Japanese maples? 



They have a good bed over two feet 

 deep of rich soil, best of care and culture. 

 They look beautiful early in the spring, 

 then the leaves curl arid dry up at the 

 ends and sides, presenting the appearance 

 of being burned, as though they were 

 sprinkled with water in a burning hot 

 sun. I have been so disappointed thelast 

 two summers have been inclined to take 

 them out. J. F. P. 



New Jersey. 



It may be some little comfort to our 

 correspondent to know that his experi- 

 ence is that of every one else who has 

 had to do with Japanese maples. It is 

 generally supposed to be caused by lack 

 of moisture in ourclimate. These maples 



