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not really require dividing, for they may 

 remain undisturbed for ten years or more, 

 forming large compact clumps and bloom- 

 ing profusely year after year, but to in- 

 crease the stock there is no safer time for 

 separating the crowns than after their 

 flowering; fall or spring division with 

 them is usually followed by more or less 

 dead crowns. Violets of all kinds and the 

 dwarf double daisies can be divided as 

 late as July without any risk of losing 

 next spring's display. Mertensias and 

 pulmonarias are sure to flower abund- 

 antly the following season if treated in 

 the same way. Owphalodes verna may be 

 separated and replanted any time in June; 

 it surely will bring forth a multitude of its 

 pretty forget-me-not-like blue flowers in 

 spring, so will Polemonium rcptans. The 

 dwarf early flowering irises, as purnila, 

 cristata, olbiensis, etc , if stock is wanted, 

 can be taken up and divided, but when 

 planted for show, a thinning out is prefer- 

 able because old plantings invariably 

 flower more freely. For doronicums it is 

 also advisable to defer division until after 

 their blooming time is over; they are free 

 growers and form good strong plants 

 before winter sets in. Asperula odorata 

 makes such a matted growth that it be- 

 comes necessary to replant every two or 

 three years; if we do this in June we get 

 the benefit of all the flowers from the old 

 dense mat. The same holds good with 

 the pretty Stellaria Holostea 



Primulas of most kinds should not be 

 disturbed before their flowering period is 

 over; they will be fully as strong and 

 floriferous the following season if divided 



some varieties become lengthened so 

 much that the lower leafless part shows 

 too much. The plants may not need 

 dividing, unless we want to increase the 

 stock, but they should be taken up and 

 planted deeper so as to hide the bare neck 

 of the plants; new roots will be formed 

 along the stem and the plants will grow 

 with renewed vigor. 

 We usually have more time to spare in 



where plants have been dug up, in many 

 instances may safely be dela3'ed until 

 after their flowering time is over, with 

 the early blooming species at least; the 

 later flowering kinds can be attended to 

 as early as convenient in spring as these 

 will not show the bad effects of disturb- 

 ance at the roots to such a degree as the 

 spring bloomers. J. B. Keller. 



Rochester, N. V. 



NO 2. 



THE LOG HCUjE No 3 



at this time. The weaker growers should 

 not be cut up too small and for two or 

 three weeks they should have an occa- 

 sional watering if the weather be dry and 

 hot. An open porous soil, where the 

 roots can easily find their way down- 

 wards, is best fjr them, and they will 

 here develop their flowers more freely 

 than in a stiff and compact soil. Auricu- 

 las, with us do not require separating so 

 often as the primulas, but after a few 

 years of undisturbed growth the stems of 



June than early in spring when so many 

 other things require our attention, the 

 general work is not so pressing and we 

 can perform the operation of dividing 

 and replanting with more exactness and 

 be more careful with the rarer and less 

 robust varieties, than we would probablj' 

 be earlier in the season. The forking or 

 hoeing over of the ground between the 

 plants must be attended to as soon as 

 the plants have made a fair start, but 

 the replanting or filling out of the rows 



Trees and Shrubs. 



SOME VIBURNUMS. 



The earliest to flower of all viburnums 

 that I know are two. Lantana and cotini- 

 folium; these two are much alike, cotini- 

 folium appearing as an improvement on 

 Lantana, so that one description will 

 answer for both. The flowers are white, 

 in nearly flat corymbs, and are conspicu- 

 ously beautiful in early spring. At this 

 writing, May 17, the flowering is over. 

 Berries succeed the flowers, which pass 

 from green to red and from red to black, 

 and often the three colors are displayed 

 together at one time. The foliage is large, 

 and appears early, and is maintained 

 very late, much later than the majority 

 of shrubs. 



In the snowball section, the past few 

 days have brought to perfection the old 

 one, opulis sterilis and plicatum, variety 

 rotundi folium. These two lead plicatum 

 by about a week, hence are quite valua- 

 ble. 



Rotundifolium has dark red young 

 wood at this season, and in autumn the 

 foliage changes to a decided copper color. 

 The "snowballs" are very large, the indi- 

 vidual flowers are larger and iperhaps 

 whiter than plicatum, and the whole 

 forms an irregular head, not as evenly 

 rounded as in plicatum. 



Viburnum Sieboldianum is in full dis- 

 play. This, too, is nearly evergreen. The 

 large heads of flowers would almost pass 

 for clusters of those of the elderberry; and 

 then reddish black fruit follows. This is 

 an extremely vigorous grower, making a 

 small sized tree when grown to one stem, 

 in which shape its large leaves and gener- 

 ally strange appearance make it an object 

 of much attention. There is no need for 

 anyone to brush against its foliage, but 



