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GARDENING. 



April is, 



To interest the mass of the people in 

 the planting of trees and in the parks, 

 Mr. William Falconer, superintendent of 

 = ^ === ^^^^= Schenley Park, Pittsburg, has arranged 

 „. , , t ~„ „„„.„„ x„,.™„ * or a special celebration of Arbor Day 



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(April 16), in which the school children of 



the city are to plant a "Columbus Grove," 



THE GARDENING COMPANY, each school to plant a certain number of 



Monon Building, CHICAGO. ^rees. He has also proposed a "Children's 



Jubilee on the last day of school in June. 



_ „ „ „ at which an attendance of 60,000 is 



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cultunst and pomologist, for nearly 40 



Address all communications to The Garden- years identified with the nursery firm of 



ing Co., Monon Building, Chicago. Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y., 



died March 29. Hewas born in England 



GARDENING Is gotten up for Its readers and In their : 1 SOB mirl rump tn Americn in1S51 



interest, and It behooves you, one and all. to make It ' n J, 8 -" ^"0 came /o America in loo 1 . 



Interesting, if It does not exactly suit your case, In the field of pomology he was the peer 



delfreto heVyoi. 16 " "" """" y ° U ™ at ' " ° Ur °<" the la te Charles Downing, Patrick 



ask any questions you please about plants, Barry and Marshall P. Wilder. His 



dowers, fruits, vegetables or other practical gardening w j de knowledge of all hardy fruits 

 matters. We will take pleasure In answering them. » J 



Send us notes of your experience in gardening In was extraordinary, and his phenomenal 



any line; tell us of your successes that others may be memory of varieties made identification 



&&WcE luS^T^' "" °' *"" fM " u "- of all specimens submitted a= easy mat- 



Send us Photographs or Sketches of you ter. His knowledge of trees and shrubs 



dowers, gardens, greenhouses, fruits, vegetables, or was a i so var i ec J anr J precise and he was 

 horticultural appliances that we may have them en- . . J: 



graved for gardening. passionately fond of flowers, the wild- 



- ' lings of the woods and fields as well as 



the cultivated forms among which he 



' labored. Of a quiet and retiring disposi- 



A back yard gIfd E en L (3Tlfu R s.T ARDEN ' 225 tion his temperament was nevertheless 



Pruning vines 226 always genial. His death is mourned by 



Cultivation of herbaceous plants 227 a host of friends. 



Bub-irrigation for large foliage beds (illus.). . . 228 



Spiraeas— Desmodium 229 THE PROCESSION OF THE Fl.OWERS and 



cantefbury beUs-Acacia-Centrosema. '. '. \ \ m Kindred Papers, by Thomas Wentworth 



Alstromenas . . . . . . 230 Higginson, published by Longmans. Green 



Gardening in Nebraska 230 & Co., New York; price $1.25. One does 



SSff&u*"/ : i i :: :::::: ■ !l "°t enter far into the opening chapter of 



Cannas . 231 this book of one hundred and seventy 



Canna iridiflora Ehemanni 231 pages, before he is aware that the writer is 



roses, not onlyacloseand intelligent observerof 



lesuus'onnfpro^rwinter protection. V. \ . i the floral kingdom, but that he possesses 



trees and shrubs. a genuine love for our wild flowers, as 



The weeping cut-leaved birch 232 seen and studied in their native haunts. 



The earliest shrubs to flower . 232 It is the work of an enthusiastic natural- 

 Replanting space occupied by dead trees. . . .232 • . • . rpcriniril pnnntrh tn he correct 



The bread fruit tree (illus.) 232 1st, just tecnnical enougn to oe correct, 



Some uncommon pines 233 charmingly written, and bristling with 



The umbrella tree ■ 233 instructive points. Commencing with 



miscellaneous. the blossoming of the alderin early spring, 



Ajapane.se flower seller (illus.). . . . . .234 the reader is ]ed b y the procession, and 



Azaleas in summer'. . . .' '. '. .' . .' .' .' . . .' .' 236 each participant in its turn is called to 



Sachaline 238 our notice, and commented upon until 



the aster and the golden-rod share with 

 the berried shrubs, the glory of the passing 

 season. The perusal of the second chap- 

 ter, entitled "April Days," awakens a 

 longing for the woods and fields, in its 

 appeal to all lovers of nature. This is 

 followed by a most enticing chapter on 

 water lilies. The closing theme "The 

 Life of Birds" is no less interesting, and 

 shows a familiarity with the songs, hab- 

 its and haunts of the feathered tribe, 

 gained only by a long association with 

 them. 



An American Beauty rose passed the 

 winter unprotected at Highland Park, 

 Ills., and is in good condition. 



The Society of Indiana Florists will 

 hold its eleventh annual chrysanthemum 

 show at Indianapolis November 2 to 6. 



Let some of our readers who have a 

 back yard "given up to an old barrel or 

 two and a few heaps of ashes" read the 

 article in this issue entitled "A back-yard 

 garden," and see what they can do with 

 but little trouble and expense. 



One of the most prominent and enter- 

 prising chrysanthemum growers of our 

 country has imported some chrysanthe- 

 mums that are said to bloom outdoors in 

 August and September. Before offering 

 them to the trade he desires to prove just 

 what they will do, and is therefore send- 

 ing some to parties in New York, Califor- 

 nia, Louisiana and Egandale, Highland 

 Park, 111. At these widely separated 

 places they will be thoroughly tested, and 

 a faithful record kept of the results. 

 Should they prove to be even September 

 and early October bloomers outdoors 

 they will be an acquisition to garden dec- 

 oration. 



When you write to any of the advertis- 

 ers in this paper please say that you saw 

 the advertisement in Gardening. 



THE ROSE IN HISTORY. 



The title "Queen of Flowers" was given 

 to the rose by Sappho, the Grecian lyric 

 poetess, some 200 years ago, who also 

 likened it tothe"most beautiful maiden." 



It was the favorite flower of both the 

 Greeks and the Romans, the former con- 

 secrating it to Aurora, Yenus, Cupid, and 

 also to Harpocrates, the God of Silence. 

 This consecration to Harpocrates un- 

 doubtedly led to the custom of suspend- 

 ing a white rose from the ceiling at con- 

 vivial meetings to signify that whatever 

 took place beneath it was to be consid- 

 ered confidential. Hence the term Sub- 

 rosa. 



In the Roman Empire at the time of 

 Augustus and under subsequent rulers, 

 the admiration for flowers was carried to 

 excess. The wealthier classes took their 

 meals while resting upon rose-leaves. 



Roses were scattered upon the beds and 

 floors of the guests' chambers, and at 

 times of public rejoicing the streets were 

 strewed with flowers. 



Extravagant sums were spent for roses. 

 Cleopatra entertained Marc Antony in 

 a room in which the floor was covered to 

 a considerable depth by them. Accord- 

 ing to Suetonius, the emperor Nero 

 expended "four millions of sesterces" 

 (about $150,000) in procuring roses for 

 one feast. How the florists of to-day 

 wish that Nero had partaken of the 

 charmed Apple of Life and was still enter- 

 taining! 



The Romans imagined that the roots 

 of the rose had certain curative powers 

 in eases of dog-bites and hydrophobia, 

 from which it is supposed came the name 

 Dog-rose, Rosa canina. 



There is still a very pretty custom in 

 vogue in some parts of France, inau- 

 gurated in the sixth century by the bishop 

 of Noyon, offering a crown of roses yearly 

 to the maid of the village who should 

 have earned the greatest reputation for 

 modesty and virtue. The villagers have 

 the power of naming her who shall 

 receive it, and it is awarded with great 

 ceremony and rejoicing. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



F. R. Pierson Co., Tarrytown N. Y., 

 seeds, plants and bulbs; Shady Hill 

 Nursery Co , Boston, Mass., trees, shrubs, 

 evergreens and herbaceous plants; W.and 

 T. Smith Co., Geneva, N. Y., general 

 nursery stock; E. H. Krelage&Son.Hille- 

 gom, Holland, novelties, herbaceous per- 

 ennials, bulbs, etc ; W. H. Small & Co., 

 Evansville, Ind., seeds; Thos. Meehan & 

 Sons, Germantown, Philadelphia, nursery 

 stock, tree and fruit seeds; Parsons & 

 Sons Co., Flushing, N. Y., select list of 

 hardy trees and shrubs; Webster Bros., 

 Hamilton, Out., roses, carnations, chrys- 

 anthemums, etc.; M. J. Lynch, Pough- 

 keepsie, N. Y., seeds, plants, shrubs, bulbs, 

 etc.; Sunnyside Nursery Co., Reading, 

 Mass., novelties and specialties in hardy 

 vines, climbers, water lilies, etc.; South- 

 ern Iowa Nursery, Cantril, la., nursery 

 stock; North- Western Seed Co., Faribault 

 Minn., seeds; L. W. Goodell, Dwight, 

 Mass., seeds, bulbs and plants; Seawan- 

 haka Greenhouses, Oyster Bay, N. Y., 

 seeds, plants and bulbs; Sunnyside Floral 

 Nursery, Fayetteville, N. C, trees, shrubs, 

 greenhouse plants, roses, bulbs; H. G. 

 Faust & Co., Philadelphia, seeds; Jas. H. 

 Gregory & Son, Marblehead, Mass., 

 seeds, plants and bulbs; Allen D. Manwell, 

 Yinton, la., plants and fruit; Bateman 

 Mfg. Co., Grenlock, N. J., sprinklers, 

 force pumps, etc ; Horsford's Nurseries, 

 Charlotte, Vt., hardy ornamentals, plants, 

 bulbs, ferns, shrubs, vines. 



Miscellaneous. 



A JAPANESE FLOWER SELLER. 



The perambulating florist in our illus- 

 tration offers quite a contrast to our 

 ideas, with his flowering branches stand- 

 ing in bamboo jars. The Japanese are 

 great flower lovers, and the flower vender 

 is a familiar sight in the streets of their 

 cities. They are very fond of floweiing 

 shrubs, cut sprays being much used in 

 decoration. But their ideas of floral ar- 

 rangement are very different from ours, 

 and our choicest decoration would be 

 coarse and inartistic in their eyes. All 

 their floral arrangements have an under- 

 lying symbolism which we find difficulty 

 in comprehending, though wc can rccog- 



