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CONTENTS. 



TREES AND SHRUBS. 



Philadelphus Leinoineii Avalanche (illus.) . . 177 



Moving large hawthorns 177 



Wistarias ... .... 178 



Hypericum Moserianum (illus) 1,8 



Successful transplanting of the oak 17)5 



THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



Flower garden notes 178 



Vines to cover a board fence J 79 



The snow drops (illus.) ISO 



Chrysanthemums for the garden lru 



The cow-parsnip . . . 180 



Gardening in Texas— Aquatics 181 



Polygonum Baldschuanicum (illus.) ... 181 



Carpet bedding 181 



Wall trellis . . 181 



Pyrethrum uliginosum (illus ) 182 



WINDOW PLANTS. 



Nicotiana affinis (illus.) 182 



ROSES. 



Climbing roses ... 182 



Results of proper winter protection 183 



Rosa moschata 183 



THE GREENHOUSE. 



A new use for sulphur 181 



Greenhouse building 181 



Begonia Froebelii incomparabilis 184 



Sago palm 184 



Kerosene emulsion 181 



Tree ferns 181 



Swainsona galegifolia alba (illus.) 18j 



THE FRUIT GARDEN. 



Hardy fruit trees 187 



The quince 188 



Strawberries -asparagus 19U 



Our attention has been called to the 

 fact that in the article on Hydrangea 

 Otaksa in last issue we failed to note the 

 color of the flowers, which is pink. One 

 of our readers feared that the illustration 

 would lead the uninformed to believe the 

 flowers were white. We might add that 

 under certain conditions of soil the flow- 

 ers are blue. 



Two vines of the handsome half hardy 

 Mina sanguinea came under our notice 

 last summer. One in rich light soil, abund- 

 antly watered, grew vigorously but gave 

 very few flowers. The other, planted in 

 a rather strong clay loam and receiving 

 only the water that came from the 

 heavens, grew only about eight feet high 

 but bloomed profusely. 



In one of thesuburbs of Chicago, so far 

 away from the more thickly settled part 

 that a public walk at one side of the road 

 is sufficient, the space on the other side, 

 between the road and fence, some twenty 

 five feet wide, is planted largely with 

 groups of sweet briars. Hundreds of 

 plants are used. The delightful perfume 

 emanating from them after a rain makes 



a ride past them a feature well worth a 

 special effort. 



Ipomea Heavenly blue in rich soil and 

 plenty of moisture, grew strongly but did 

 not bloom before the frost caught it, 

 while plants in a window box, where 

 root growth was somewhat restricted, 

 bloomed freely. 



Those of our readers who have planted 

 Bechtel's double flowering crab (and all 

 lovers ot a handsome flowering small tree 

 should have it), had better examine them 

 and see if the rabbits are injuring them. 

 These rodents seem to be particularly 

 fond of this species, as in a group of 

 twenty yourg trees over two-thirds had 

 been visited by them to our knowledge. 

 Where this variety had been grafted upon 

 young wild stock in the borders of the 

 woods, they cut off the young growth as 

 far up as they could reach, but did not 

 touch the wild stock. 



The term Hawthorn or Haw-thorn, 

 with which we are so familiar, means 

 literally "hedge thorn," as in the earlier 

 English days the words "haw" or "hay" 

 were synonymous with the word "hedge." 

 The cratjegus was used at a very early 

 date for hedges, and also bore the name 

 "Quick" or "(Juick-set." Alexander Pope 

 mentions in his humorous catalogue quo- 

 tation "A quick-set hog, shot up into a 

 porcupine, by its being forgot a week in 

 rainy weather." At one time the white 

 thorn (C. oxycantha) was believed to 

 have been used for the sacred crown of 

 thorns placed by the Jews upon the head 

 of our Lord. 



The Plant-lore and Garden-craft 

 oi SiiAKi-spEARE.by Henry N.Kllacombe, 

 M.A., published oy Edward Arnold, Lon- 

 don and New York. This most interesting 

 work bythe Vicar of Bitton is now before 

 the public in its third edition, with a large 

 increase of illustrations over the former 

 issues. As the title indicates it appeals 

 to all those who associate sentiment and 

 poetry with their love for flowers. Some 

 378 pages are devoted to quotations from 

 Shakespeare's works touching upon and 

 referring to plants known in his time, 

 exhibiting the same intimate knowledge 

 of them that he displayed of the various 

 workings of nature, and of the crafts and 

 professions of men. Not the least inter- 

 esting part ot this work is the etymolog- 

 ical history freely dilated upon of some of 

 the quaint common names that still 

 cling to many denizens of our gardens, 

 introducing to explain them, quotations 

 from the early writers Gerard, Bacon, 

 Parkinson and others. Price $3.50. Can 

 be obtained of the publishers of Garden- 

 ing. 



Vegetable Gardening, by Samuel B. 

 Green, Professor of Horticulture in the 

 University of Minnesota, Webb Publish- 

 ing Co. St. Paul, Minn. This class book 

 manual of some 220 pages, prepared as 

 stated in the title page, "expressly for 

 the classes of the school of Agriculture of 

 the University of Minnesota," contains a 

 concise description of the practical 

 methods of the cultivation of all garden 

 vegetables. It is especially valuable to 

 the growers of the Northern Mississippi 

 Valley, as but few works covering the 

 subject, adapted to this range of climate, 

 have yet appeared. Yet its teachings 

 maj', with some allowance for climatic 

 conditions, be followed elsewhere, as the 

 principles involved in the method of cult- 

 ure advocated are sound, and are based 

 upon the results of recent experiments 

 there and elsewhere. Full instructions 

 are given upon the treatment of manures, 



hotbeds and vegetable greenhouses. 

 Eighteen pages are devoted to insects 

 injurious to vegetables and the best 

 methods of extermination. The book 

 contains 115 illustrations, most of which 

 are original. Price $1.25. Can be ob- 

 tained from publishers of Gardening. 



If you want an easily grown centre 

 piece for a home dinner decoration, 

 take two or three baked clay fern dishes, 

 sold by all dealers in flower pots, say 

 nine inches in diameter, fill with soil, 

 placing pieces of broken pots over the 

 drainage hole, on which place an empty 

 glass tumbler. This tumbler is imbedded 

 in the soil and stands right side up. Sow 

 in this soil evenly seeds of the annual 

 Gypsophila muralis, and imbed the fern 

 dish in ashes in some sunny position, 

 watering it occasionally in dry weather. 

 Allow plenty of room for each fern dish, as 

 when the gypsophila grows up to a height 

 of about a foot it will spread and slightly 

 droop over the sides of the dish. Some 

 will produce more perfectly shaped plants 

 than others. When the fairy-like minute 

 pink flowers appear, and you desire to 

 use it on the table, lift from" the ashes and 

 you will find that the dish will wash off" 

 bright and clean. The glass in the center 

 will be entirely hidden by the plant and 

 the cushion-like fleecy mass can be used 

 as it is. Or the glass may be filled with 

 water and cut flowers appropriate for 

 the situation placed therein. When 

 through, the dish can be replaced in the 

 ashes and remain until wanted again. 



Browallia elata, a tender annual 

 from Peru, produces a fine mass of deep 

 blue flowers from the middle of June until 

 frost, if started in March in a hot-bed. 

 It commences to bloom when but a few 

 inches high and continues on until it 

 reaches a height of about eighteen inches. 

 It seems to carry about the same number 

 of flowers at all times, always presenting 

 a tidy appearance, as the blooms drop off 

 as soon as faded. If grown in a mass, as 

 it should be, it requires no staking, as its 

 numerous branches interlace with each 

 other until well towards the end of the 

 season, when heavy storms sometimes 

 crush down some portions of the mass. 

 By driving down light cane stakes a few 

 inches in from the margin of the group 

 and running a light string around them, 

 and through the bed here and there from 

 stake to stake, carrying the string a few 

 inches below the blooms, thev can be 

 kept in form and the stakes and strings 

 not seen. To cross from stake to stake, 

 take a thin piece of cane longer than the 

 diameter of the group, cut a hole in the 

 thicker end so as to form an "eye" to 

 your improvised needle, which can be 

 passed through in between the stems 

 without damage and carry the string 

 with it. 



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Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester. N. Y., 

 price list of trees, shrubs, new and stand- 

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 Columbus, 0., seeds, plants, bulbs, small 

 fruits, implements; Harmon & Son, South 

 Bend, Ind , seeds, fertilizers, implements, 

 etc.; Alpine Nurseries, Boulder, Colo., 

 hardy perennial plants; Benj. Hammond, 

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 B. Faxon, Boston, Mass., pansy, aster, 

 sweet pea, nasturtium seeds; John Fay 

 Kennell, Rochester, N. Y., price list of 

 gladiolus bulbs; D. Hill, Dundee, 111., ever- 

 greens, ornamentals, fruit trees, etc.; 

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 itoba, bulbs, plants, cut flowers, nurserv 

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