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GARDENING. 



May is 



Spanish, contrary to what I have read of 

 the experience of some others. Theyoung 

 seedlings from imported nuts of the Span- 

 ish nearly always partly winter kill the 

 first winter or two, the Japanese never 

 do. Nuts of the Spanish from home 

 grown trees give hardy seedlings, and the 

 varieties mentioned, Numbo, Paragon 

 and Ridglev seem perfectly hardy herea- 

 bouts. These kinds are preferable to 

 common seedlings for that reason, and 

 for their bttter sized nuts 



Of all kinds tried the Japanese is the 

 earliest bearer. I have seen three year- 

 old seedlings, still in seed bed, with burrs 

 on, and it is not uncommon to see little 

 bushes of five to six feet endeavoring to 

 fruit. It is at best a comparatively small 

 sized tree, fitting it for placing in gardens 

 of moderate size. In habit ol growthitis 

 pyramidal, quite unlike the round-headed 

 growth of the Spanish and, indeed, of our 

 native sort when it is in an open situa- 

 tion. 



1 he chestnuts are among the trees 

 which planters class as hard to trans- 

 plant But there is a way to be tolerably 

 successful with them, which is to use tlie 

 pruning knife freely, cutting in the 

 branches about one-half their length. As 

 with all other trees, keeping the roots 

 fresh and ramming the soil in tightly 

 about the roots, go a great way towards 

 gaining success. 



Before closing I would call attention to 

 the chinquapin chestnut, a dwarf, bush- 

 like species which bears small, shining 

 black nuts, of much sweetness of flavor. 

 It is wild in Delaware and Virginia, and 

 it' takes kindly to cultivation. 



Philadelphia. Joseph Meehan. 



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in colors rich and gleaming. 

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