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CHICAGO, MARCH i, 1897. 



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No. 108. 



PHILADELPHIA LEMOINEI AVALANCHE 



Trees and Shrubs. 



PHllflDELrfluS LEMOINEI AVALANCHE. 



The generic term philadelphus, given to 

 the mock-orange, signifies as we all know 

 brotherly love. A rather peculiar feature 

 connected with this shrub has been noted 

 once before in Gardening, namely that 

 the people have chosen the generic name 

 of the lilac {Syringa) for a common one 

 of the philadelphus. 



This shrub has native representatives 

 of the family in central Europe, Japan, the 

 Himalayan mountains and North Amer- 

 ica. P. coronarius, from Southern Eu- 

 rope, is the most common form culti- 

 vated, whose sweet orange-scented flow- 

 ers first suggested the name mock- 

 orange. All are of easy culture and hardy. 



They flower on the ripened wood of the 

 previous season's growth, therefore the 

 proper time to prune them is immediately 

 after blooming. This induces vigorous 

 shoots, which if well ripened, furnish the 

 next season's flowers. There are several 

 old varieties handled by the nurserymen, 

 all of which are good. In the way of a 

 golden leaved shrub, the yellow leaved 

 form of P. coronarius is quite effective. 



Of late years Messrs. V. Lemoine & 

 Son, Nancy, France, have been hybridiz- 

 ing the various species with success and 

 introducing them to the public, one of 

 which is the subject of our illustration. 

 It requires no facile pen to extoll its beau- 

 ties as an isolated shrub upon the lawn 

 as the camera has caught its charms in a 

 most fascinating manner. It is described 

 as follows: "The branches are two 

 metres (over six feet) long, gracefully 

 curving with the weight of the flowers, 



which are white and in masses on short 

 laterals, as large as those of P. corona- 

 rius and of a sweet odor." Its catalogue 

 price is six francs. 



MOVING LARGE HAWTHORNS. 



Within the last few years quite a num- 

 ber of fair sized hawthorns have been 

 removed from the woods to the private 

 grounds of residents along the lake shore 

 north of Chicago. During the early fall 

 when they are in berry the would-be 

 owner goes into the open woods and 

 selects his tree, choosing those that suit 

 his fancy either in the vivid color of its 

 fruit or in the symmetry of its branches. 



Earlj' in December men dig a trench 

 some three feet wide and the same in 

 depth all aroimd the trunk, leaving a ball 

 of earth fully eight feet in diameter. 

 The earth is thrown out of this trench. 



