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A GLIMPSE OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW AT MORRISTOWN. N. J. 



shire, this avenue consisting of a double 

 row of A. imbricata about 500 yards 

 long, the trees being perhaps 50 feet high. 

 Unfortunately A. imbricata is not hardy 

 in this country so far north as Newport, 

 K. I., and it is therefore seldom met with 

 except as a conservatory plant, and for 

 that purpose is not quite so ornamental 

 as the better known Norfolk Island Pine, 

 Araucaria excelsa. W. H. Taplin. 



EUONYMUS THUNBERGlflNUS. 



Ed. Gardening: — Will you please give 

 me the name of a shrub a leaf of which I 

 enclose? M. L. Gale. 



The twig is Euonymus Thunbergianus. 

 better known as alatus. It is one which 

 is quite uncommon in cultivation, while 

 being one of the prettiest, on account of 

 the winged branches. A thin, flat, corky 

 substance forms along the branches, 

 which adds to the general attract iveness 

 of this species. 



All the deciduous euony muses are valued 

 for their orange scarlet fruit in the fall. 

 The twig sent us was well filled with it. 

 There is much complaint from many who 

 have euon3'muses of the ravages of a 

 white scale, called the euonymus scale, as 

 it confines itself entirely to this genus. If 

 let alone it completely covers the bush in 

 time. It takes in ail kinds, evergreen, 

 deciduous and creeping, native and 

 foreign. Its presence should be closely 

 watched for and when detected an appli- 

 cation of kerosene or common whitewash 

 made to the bushes. It has been known 

 to become so bad on large bushes of the 

 evergreen one, Euonymus japonicus, that 

 they were cut downalmost to the ground, 

 as the most satisfactory way of starting 

 a new and clean growth. 



known. It is a Japanese species, closely 

 resembling our native striped maple, Acer 

 pertasylvanicum, having the same leaves 

 with three acuminate lobes near the ape, 

 and the same striped bark. The striking 

 difference is in the glorious autumn dress 

 the Japanese one assumes. At the present 

 time its foliage is ofa rich reddish yellow, 

 and as the days go by, it becomes entire 

 red in color. 



There is no other tree of like character 

 that resembles it. Its habit of growth is 

 somewhat pyramidal, much as is that of 

 striatum, but perhaps rather more bushy. 

 The striatum, of which there are many 

 specimens here, never colors that I have 

 observed, and in this respect it is where 

 the two differ so markedly. When the 

 leaves have fallen there is displayed the 

 same beautifully striped bark on both, 

 and at any time, save in the autumn, 

 they would be declared one and the same 

 tree. Joseph Meehan, 



Philadelphia. 



CflTflLPflS. 



Please let me know through Gardening 

 if there is a double flowering catalpa. 

 Also give me description of the flower of 

 the true Teas' hybrid catalpa. 



Winona, Minn. Alvin C. Einfeldt. 



We do not think there are any double 

 flowered catalpas in cultivation. None 

 have come under our notice. 



Teas' hybrid catalpa has flowers white, 

 with purple dots, and which are slightly 

 fragrant. The panicles are not so large 

 as those of the native sorts, in this 

 respect partaking more of the character 

 of the Japanese, from which it is descended. 

 And with us it blooms later than the 

 native sorts by about two weeks, 



ACER RUFINERVt. 



Acer rufinerve is a maple but little 

 known in collections, but it is one destined 

 for great popularity as its merit? become 



Correction. — Phellodendron. Joseph 

 Meehan writes us that in the setting up 

 of his manuscript or in the proofreading, 

 the name phellodendron was changed to 



philodendron, an entirely different genus. 

 Philodendrons, as he says, are mostly 

 tropical plants, while the phellodendron 

 he wrote of is a large growing hardy 

 tree. The article in which the name 

 occurs will be found on page 51, issue of 

 November 1. 



The Greenhouse. 



MlGROLEPlfl HIRTfl GRISTflTfl. 



Kindly inform me what treatment will 

 ensure success with the fern Mircrolepia 

 hirta cristata. I have purchased this fern 

 of different florists with like results, they 

 always die. 



Do they require high or low tempera- 

 ture and much moisture? I have two 

 greenhouses heated by hot water pipes, 

 one for roses and geraniums, the other for 

 begonias, ferns palms, etc., and am very 

 successful with other varieties of ferns. 

 Why do I always fail with this one? I 

 notice they never look healthy on their 

 arrival, as other ferns do. 



M. W. Ranney. 



Microlepia hirta cristata is not con- 

 sidered a difficult subject to manage, and 

 will grow freely in a temperature of 60°. 

 The greenhouse in which begonias, palms 

 and other ferns are grown ought to prove 

 a congenial plnce for this species. Perhaps 

 the plants have been dried out when 

 received, and then reootted without soak- 

 ing the old ball, and if so their decline 

 would be due to insufficient moisture. 



This species is a free rooting one and 

 requires plenty of water when established, 

 while a good rose soil with the addition 

 of some sand is all that is required in com- 

 post. The naturally pale green color of 

 this fern, especially when grown in a light 

 place, would account for the apparently 

 unhealthy appearance of the plants when 

 received. W. H. Taplin. 



