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GARDENING. 



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VIEW IN THE CONSERVATORY OP MR. H. H HUNNEWELL. WELLESLEY. MASS. 



Violets in variety are grown largely. 

 To have them all winter the frames must 

 be kept snug and warm and no frost 

 allowed to get at them. If grown only 

 for spring flowers a light frost won't hurt 

 them, but if it can be kept out so much 

 the better. 



The Christmas roses, although quite 

 hardy, do ' etter in a deep frame, as the 

 flowers are then clean and can be used for 

 cutting. If left outside they are always 

 dirty and there is not much beauty about 

 them. They should be planted in a frame 

 and left there from year to year, a partly 

 shady spot being selected for them. 



Much room in the frames is given to 

 hardy perennial plants that are too small 

 to plant out, such as the choice delphini- 

 ums, linarias, Verbena renosa and many 

 others. Then we have the tender bulbs 

 such as the calochortus, brodiajas, ixias. 

 Bride gladiolus, freesias, anemones and 

 such plants which need a frame. But 

 these will not be planted till late. We 

 have one frame that is full of these bulbs, 

 being left there all summer, but plenty of 

 air was given by tilting the sash at the 

 back and keeping all rains from them 

 after they had died down, and we expect 

 them to come out all right. Don't caddie 

 your plants in the frames, give plenty of 

 air at all times; this will cause them to 

 be hardier and stockier and more able to 

 stand the cold winter that is before them. 

 Keep the ground around the plants well 

 stirred and give water when needed, 

 which will not be often through the win- 



ter months, but now, and in early spring, 

 thej T will take plenty of it. 

 Mahwah, N.J. David Fraser. 



The Greenhouse. 



CONSERVATORY OF MR. fl. fl. nUNNEWELL. 



The accompanying engraving shows a 

 portion of the conservatory of Mr. H. H. 

 Hunnewell, Wellesley, Mass., whose 

 blooming rhododendrons and Italian 

 garden we have already illustrated. The 

 fine display of orchids and stately palms 

 and other decorative plants are well 

 shown in the engraving. Mr. Hunnewell 

 is catholic in his tastes and there is no 

 phase of gardening in which he does not 

 take pleasure. In addition to the con- 

 servatories there are several houses de- 

 voted to fruits, including peaches and nec- 

 tarines. 



In Nicholson's Dictionary of Gardening 

 the height of Cyperus alternitolius (some- 

 times called "Umbrella plant") is given 

 as one to two and one-half feet, but in 

 the conservatory of Mr. W. H. Chad- 

 wick, Chicago, is a specimen nine feet tall, 

 and another one near by is eight feet in 

 height. Both are planted out in a solid 

 border in a collection of palms and simi- 

 lar plants. When seen at a little distance 

 the writer thought the plant must be 

 Papyrus antiquorum but inspection 



showed that it was certainly the first 

 named. Mr. Chadwick has now in fine 

 bloom a plant of the ' Goose flower" 

 (Aristolochia gigas Sturlerantii). The 

 "goose" form is most noticeable before 

 the flowers are fully open. On this plant 

 there are dozens of buds in various stages 

 ofdevelopm nt and thedisplay of "geese" 

 and "goslings" is always of interest to 

 visitors. 



The Fruit Garden. 



TROUBLE WITn THE QUINCE. 



In regard to the quince — what causes 

 the drying up of some of the fruit early in 

 the season? A portion falls and the re- 

 mainder upon the tree becomes hard as 

 wood. What is the cause of the brown 

 spot of varyingsize which appears around 

 or at one side of the bud end of the fruit, 

 extending to the core? What causes the 

 fruit to crack, the break starting at the 

 bud end and often extending to the stem 

 and in to the core? What causes bunches 

 of leaves to die, I think near the dried 

 fruit first mentioned, while the balance of 

 the tree remains fresh and healthy? What 

 is the remedy for each of the above defects? 



Mass. Svlvanus H. Cobb. 



The injury to the quince is the work of 

 a fungus, and is prevented by spraying 



