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THE BEST ROSES. 



Now any one who attempts to talk 

 about roses is sure to be asked which are 

 the best? In the bush roses, if I were 

 limited to a selection, I would name the 

 following: In hybrid perpetuals: Jubilee, 

 Mrs. John Laing, Ulrich Brunner, Dins- 

 more, Anna de Diesbach, Paul Neyron, 

 Mme. Gabriel Luizet, Helen Keller, Gen. 

 Jacqueminot, Baron de Bonstettin, 



GARDENING. 



to see them supplied next year at this 

 place by some other rose lover who will 

 brave criticism by making another plea 

 for roses. We may have our differences 

 of opinion as to "methods of culture or 

 selection of varieties, but it is safe to 

 assert that we are all agreed on one 

 thing, viz.: 



There is not a single Bower that grows, 

 {'an vie in beauty with the rose. 



July 



for a long time, it has always been scarce 

 and has not been generally introduced 

 into cultivation, but as its good qualities 

 become more widely known it is sure to 

 take a prominent place. It is well 

 adapted for planting in small places, full 

 gro wn specimens rarely exceedingly five to 

 ten feet in height and it being possible to 

 keep it down to the smaller size by prun- 

 ing. It is of good habit, with large, 

 downy, deeply cut foliage. As the plant 

 reaches maturity it flowers very freely, 

 the cymes of silvery white flowers being 

 borne gracefully on long, flexible branches 

 which are very decorative on the plant or 

 when cut for indoor decoration. The 

 berries are small and blue, the foliage 

 fading yellow in autumn. 



Viburnum pubescensis a neat low shrub 

 from three to four teet in height, a native 

 of the United States and very abundant 

 through New York state. Its habit is 

 dwarf and compact and foliage very fine. 

 It is of the easiest culture and a most pro- 

 lific bloomer, hence a very desirable shrub 

 for general planting. 



Among the viburnums also in flower 

 about the same time, which are well 

 worthy of cultivation, are prunifolium 

 and Lentago. V. prunifolium is a very 

 handsome large shrub or small tree grow- 

 ing anvwhere from five to twenty-five feet 

 it height and is a native of the United 

 States. It has rich glossy foliage, very 

 little subject to the attacks of insects and 

 its handsome flowers, closely resembling 

 the laurestinus of Europe, are borne in 

 great abundance. The fruit is blue black 

 in autumn. V. Lentago is also of large 

 growth with good, clean foliage and yel- 

 lowish white flowers borne in very large 

 cymes. It has a good autumn coloring 

 and the fruit, which is first red and after- 

 wards blue black, is edible. W. 



VIBURNUM PRUNIFOLIUM 



Baroness Rothschild, Mabel Morrison, 

 Margaret Dickson, Victor Hugo, S. M.de 

 Rodocannachi, Alfred Colomb. In hybrid 

 teas: La France, Souvenir du President 

 Carnot, Captain Christy, Kaiserin 

 Augusta Victoria, Mme. Caroline Test- 

 out, Souvenir de Wootton, Augustine 

 Guinoiseau, Mile. Germaine Trochon, 

 Madame Abel Chatenay, Belle Siebrecht. 

 Madame Schwaller and Camoens. In tea 

 and monthly roses: Souvenir de la Mal- 

 maison, Hermosa, Marie Guillot, Maman 

 Cochet, Clothilde Soupert, Marion 

 Dingee, Princess Alice de Monaca, Brides- 

 maid, Perle des Jardins, Francisca 

 Kruger, The Bride, Marie Van Houtte, 

 Sunset, Corinna, Devoniensis, Mine. 

 Welch, Mrs. Paul, Mme. de Watteville. 



And I would try hard to squeeze them 

 all in old and new. With this I close. 

 The trouble has been in preparing this 

 "plea" what to put in. There is no doubt 

 that many will find serious omissions; 

 they are granted in advance, and I trust 



Trees and Shrubs. 



VIBURNUMS. 



For park and garden planting the 

 viburnums are almost indispensable 

 among the showy blooming shrubs of 

 spring. The long period of blooming of 

 the many species, their showy fruit and 

 brilliant autumn foliage, their vigor, 

 hardiness and general adaptability serve 

 to make them worthy of a place in the 

 first rank along with the prunuses, 

 pyruscs and lilacs. 



Among the showiest bloomers at Deco- 

 ration Day are the two species which we 

 illustrate from photographs taken at the 

 Arnold Arboretum, Viburnum tomento- 

 sum and V. pubescens. The former is 

 supposed to be the original or "single" 

 form of the now popular V. plicatum. 

 Although known by botanists andothers 



PRUNING TREES. 



Now is the time to examine your orna- 

 mental trees that have been planted 

 within a few years. If any branches are 

 growing so as to cross others, and thus 

 in time chafe and injure them cut them 

 out; or perhaps they may be pulled one 

 side and aid in filling in a gap. Some- 

 times a tree is one-sided, leaving an open 

 gap in the foliage. Look and see if at the 

 sides of this gap there are not some 

 branches that might be spared and drawn 

 to one side to fill in the head. If so, 

 fasten them in place, using small rubber 

 tubing about the size of a lead-pencil cut 

 into lengths of four to five inches, through 

 which run strong hempen twine. Place 

 the rubber around the limbs; it will not 

 cut or injure them. Branches may be 

 spread apart by taking a piece of fishing 

 cane, cutting it the length corresponding 

 to the width desired to spread, making a 

 hole through the cane at each end and 

 tying it to the branches, thus holding 

 them apart. 



Sometimes there are two or more lead- 

 ers which is not always desirable. Choose 

 the one desired to remain in the ascend- 

 ancy and either cut back the others or 

 pinch out their extreme points. This 

 division of leaders generally occurs where 

 the original was cut out, or its terminal 

 bud killed, and they do not always stand 

 perfectly upright. If the one retained 

 is too "oblique, it may be desirable to 

 fasten it in a more upright position. Or 

 a single uninjured leader may for some 

 cause take a downward turn and require 

 straightening. Thiscan be done by splic- 

 ing or tying a slender cane or stick to the 

 trunk below where the leader starts, and 

 long enough to reach up and include the 

 leader. Use bast for t> ing as by the time 



