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GARDENING. 



Nov. 75, 



full sunlight, in which case, if the summer is 

 a warm one, they will commence blooming 

 about the middle of September and con- 

 tinue until frost. Even before blooming 

 they are very ornamental, especially as 

 centers of small beds. 



Last year I had a newly-planted tree 

 die early in the season, yet too late to be 

 replaced. The tree hole was some six feet 

 in diameter, cut in the grass. In the cen- 



already spoken of. Trumpet vine, wista- 

 ria, staff vine, dolichos, matrimony vine, 

 (lycium) moon seed vine, (menispermum) 

 silk vine (periploca) flowering grapes, as 

 well as common fruiting grapes, are all 

 to be included in the list. 



The yellow jasmine, nudiflorum, must 

 not be pruned, as the flowers come on the 

 long shoots made the past summer, and 

 we want all the bloom we can get in 



BRIDGE AT EDGEMOOR. 



ter one H. manibot was placed and the 

 balance planted with Torenia Fournieri. 

 For that style of planting it was one of 

 the most attractive I have seen. 



This perennial may be taken up when 

 the frost overtakes it and its roots stored 

 under the same conditions usually given 

 to dahlias. When packed in sand or any 

 soil and placed in a warm cellar it is al- 

 most certain to rot. Plants wintered 

 over and put out after danger from frosts 

 will bloom in July if in a warm situation. 

 W. C. Egan. 



only reclaim considerable land, but could 

 be so planted as to become quite orna- 

 mental. The spot here illustrated, before 

 Mr. Dupee took hold of it, was only un- 

 attractive, but intelligent application of 

 time and money has produced a great 

 change. 



BERRIED SHRUBS. 



I have just read Joseph Meehan's arti- 

 cle in last Gardening on "pretty berried 

 trees and shrubs", and it seems to me he 

 has overlooked one very essential shrub 

 to fill out the list, the Viburnum opulus, 

 or what is called the "High Bush Cran- 

 berry". It resembles the common snow- 

 ball in both wood and leaf. The bloom is 

 very much the same but not so heavy and 

 full. The berries have some resemblance 

 to the Mountain Ash, but are flattish and 

 longer and the seeds are but one to the 

 berry. The taste of the fruit is entireh- 

 different from any other berry known, 

 having an aromatic flavor of its own. 

 The berries stay on the bush until long 

 into the winter. I have sometimes found 

 a few in early spring. The shrub is of easy 

 propagation from suckers but from the 

 seed it will not grow the first season. The 

 height of the growth is from three to five 

 feet. For lawns and ornamental grounds 

 I think this one of the prettiest and hardi- 

 est shrubs known. Z. K.Jewett. 



Mr. Jewett isquite right, I did overlook 

 this pretty bush, and it is well worthy 

 a place on the list. As he says, the berries 

 are often on the bushes when winter is 

 over. It is the Viburnum oxycoccos of 

 nursery catalogues, but correctly Vibur- 

 num opulus. It is a native of both this 

 country and Europe. It is worthy all 

 the praise Mr. Jewett gives it 



Joseph Meehan. 



PRUNING VINES IN TrlE FALL. 



The rampant, straggling growth of 

 vines, which so many porches and other 

 places display at this season of the year, 

 is often lelt untouched until spring, 

 detracting from the neat appearance 

 which is so desirable. There is no neces- 

 sity to leave the work of pruning till 

 spring as most every one does. The work 

 done late in the fall or in early winter 

 would make the premises much prettier. 



In my own case I do not prune the 

 honeysuckle nor the akebia at this time, 

 as both are very nearly evergreen here, 

 and it does please me so to see the green 

 foliage about the house in the winter sea- 

 son. But many of the shoots are brought 

 into position, to keep up a nice appear- 

 ance through the winter. These two 

 vines are pruned in spring. I have read 

 that the akebia should not be pruned in 

 spring, as it would bleed to death. My 

 vine on mj' porch has been pruned every 

 spring since planted several years ago 

 now, and it could not be in better shape 

 than it is, 



Deciduous vines of all kinds are as well 

 pruned now, besides for tbe reasons 



early spring. It will permit of a little 

 digression to say here that this early 

 flowering jasmine should be planted on 

 the northern side of a dwelling, or the 

 flowers come so early that they are 

 nearly always caught in a late frost. 



The new vine from Japan, Vitis coig- 

 netiw, said to be of brilliant colored 

 foliage in autumn in its native country, is 

 being much planted here now. So far the 

 foliage is but little better than that of a 

 Concord grape, which it much resembles 

 in other respects, minus the fruit, of 

 which none has yet appeared. But I have 

 hopes that as it gets age and makes 

 strong canes, color may come to the 

 leaves. Joseph Meehan. 



BRIDGE AT EDGEMOOR. 



We present herewith an illustration of 

 a bridge at "Edgemoor," the beautiful 

 summer home at Oconomowoc, Wis., of 

 Mr. John Dupee. It is an instructive pic- 

 ture in showing what may be done in 

 grounds where sufficient water is obtain- 

 able, or where a stream naturally flows 

 through it. Too often these opportuni- 

 ties are overlooked, and small streams 

 that might be made attractive are allowed 

 to remain with unsightly banks. For- 

 tunately for that part of Lake La Belle, 

 Mr. Dupee is a man of taste, and an en- 

 thusiastic lover of all matters pertaining 

 to ornamental horticulture. The luxuri- 

 ant growth of the cut-leaved maples at 

 the right, and the laurel-leaved willow in 

 the centre, show unusually intelligent 

 care and attention. 



We should have more of this kind of 

 planting. Many large estates possess 

 considerable area of low lands requiring 

 drainage, where a wide ditch would not 



ARflUGflRlflS. 



In all of the florists' catalogues there 

 are several species of araucarias men- 

 tioned, one of which I am familiar with 

 as a parlor pot plant. In this country I 

 have not seen the tree araucaria that is 

 such an ornament in English grounds. 

 Can you tell me the special name of it? 

 Also why it is not grown here? 



In a place that we rented in Hampshire, 

 England, there was a fine one on the 

 lawn; it was as large as a full grown 

 maple tree and perfectly symmetrical, 

 really a most beautiful object. I had 

 never before seen a tree araucaria and 

 was told that this one was a native of 

 Australia, where the popular name was 

 Monkey's puzzle, because no monkey 

 could climb it. I soon found out the rea- 

 son of this, because if one pulled one of 

 the lower branches it set all the branches 

 vibrating up to the top, and for some 

 minutes they would jump up and down. 



In the island of Guernsey almost every 

 garden was embellished by one of these tree 

 araucarias. I fancy that they might be 

 grown in the neighborhood of Newport, 

 R. L, as that climate is similar to that of 

 Hampshire and the Channel Islands. 



Subscriber. 



All of the araucarias grow to be trees 

 of considerable size in their natural hab- 

 itats, but the one referred to by our cor- 

 respondent as the "Monkey Puzzle arau- 

 caria" is Auracaria imbrkata, and is a 

 native of Chili, where it reaches to a 

 height of 100 to 150 feet. 



This species is the hardiest of the arau- 

 carias, and as stated by "Subscriber," 

 grows finely in the south of England, per- 

 haps the most noted example being the 

 araucaria avenue at Bicton, in Devon- 



