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CONTENTS. 



Exhibition American Carnation Sm-i.'ty (illns.) 177 

 American Carnation Society's convention 177 



— I 'arnatiiin II. a una 1 1 chart 177 



—Awards ]7S 



— Nomenclature 17X ■ 



—Moisture the plant's greatest requirement (2 



illus.) 179 



— Carnation G. H. Crane (ill us.) 170 



— Carnation Mayor Pingree (illus.) lsi 



Lasl season's introductions \*l 



—Carnation .Mrs. Thos. Lawson (illus.) 182 



— Varieties exhibited.. 182 



Carnation Arbutus (illus.) 183 



Notes on lmvlti'-s 1M4 



Magnolia notes ....184 



cr<'<'pi a l' Ha nts for shail j places 1K5 



Workers m horticulture (portrait) 185 



Tomatoes under glass 185 



Pithy celery 186 



The S:m Jose scale si -an- [86 



Yard culture of. ms'-> [86 



Iris Kasmpferi i-t 



Fruit prospects are generally good 

 throughout the country. 



One chrysanthemum SHowin England 

 had 32.55S patrons last season, and over 

 £600 was taken in cash at the doors. 



The tobacco crop of Victoria, Austra- 

 lia, for the season of 1897-9S is reported 

 a failure, and "blue mould" is given as 

 the cause. 



The fruit growers of Tasmania have 

 completed arrangements for the shipment 

 of 12,000 cases of apples to London not 

 later than the middle of March. 



The sweet pea articles promised in 

 our last issue are held over to March 15 

 to make room for the report of the annual 

 convention and exhibition of the Carna- 

 tion Society. 



The best carnations of the day appear 

 to be Evelina, white; Jubilee, scarlet; -Mrs. 

 McBurney, light pink; Mayor Pingree, 

 yellow variegated; Empress, deep crim- 

 son; Mrs. G. M. Bradt, white variegated. 



A bill has been passed by the govern- 

 ment of New South Wales which will 

 restrict, if not altogether prevent, the 

 importation of insect and fungus pests 

 into that country through the agency of 

 diseased fruits. 



In a recent French chrysanthemum 

 election Madame Carnot heads the list 

 with 1,011 votes. The first American 

 variety is Col. W. B. Smith, with 706 

 votes. Other sorts produced in this coun- 



try occur in the following order: Mrs. 

 Henry Robinson, 623; Xiveus, 58+; Wm. 

 Falconer, 57*; Philadelphia, 557; Eda 

 Prass, 4-21; The Queen, 411 votes. 



One of the new things offered in sweet 

 peas this year is the variety Countess 

 Fitzwilliam, a cross between Cupid and 

 Emily Henderson. It is described as of 

 semi-dwarf habit, with large, pure white 

 flowers produced in great abundance. 



It is reported to be so dry in some 

 parts of western Kansas, says the Cali- 

 fornia Fruit Grower, that a man had to 

 run his well through a clothes wringer 

 every morning in order to get water for 

 cooking purposes. In other places water 

 is damp only on one side. 



A new poinsettia was recently exhib- 

 ited in Paris by M. Fatzer. The plant is 

 said to be the result of a cross between 

 P. pulcherrima and P. rosea, and its 

 bracts of very bright color reach their 

 most decorative stage some fifteen days 

 earlier than the former. 



The blue dahlia is sought by one of 

 our correspondents, and we regret that 

 weare compelled toinformhim that there 

 is none. Like the blue chrysanthemum, 

 the blue rose and the blue carnation, this 

 so far is only a dream of the enthusiasts, 

 but there are many earnest men who 

 believe that the dream will yet be realized. 



Crocus zonatus is described by the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle as a lovely autumn 

 flowering species, which grows in loamy 

 soil, and commonly found in the cedar 

 and juniper forests; often also in the 

 Alpine region of the Cicilian Taurus. The 

 flowers are of a silky, pale violet color, 

 with distinct golden yellow marks at the 

 base. 



Fifty crates of pineapples, shipped 

 from Honolulu to Los Angeles, Cal., have 

 been buried because they were found to 

 be badly infested with mealy bug. The 

 consignment was examined by one of the 

 horticultural commissioners, when the 

 mealy bug was at once detected. This 

 bug is a most dangerous pest in the fruit 

 districts of California, and its appearance 

 in a few orchards several years ago caused 

 a great deal of trouble and expense before 

 it could be eradicated. 



Forestry laws in Ohio will be made 

 to do the work which they were designed 

 to accomplish, if the horticulturists of 

 that state are enabled to carry through 

 their plans. The Columbus Horticultural 

 Society held a special meeting recently in 

 one of the halls of theOhio State Univers- 

 ity to hear the report of the committee 

 for revising the forestry bill. On the com- 

 mittee were Prof. K. Lazenbv, chairman; 

 Mr. D. C. Burson, Prof. Thomas F. Hunt. 

 The bill provides that a department of 

 forestry be established which shall be 

 under control of the Ohio State Uni- 

 versity trustees, to promote the preser- 

 vation and planting of forest trees in 

 Ohio. A tract of land belonging to the 

 Ohio State Universitv is to be set apart, 

 and also four other tracts to be secured 

 as substations. In view of the benefit 

 derived, whatever number of acres are 

 planted with trees, according to specifica- 

 tions, outside of incorporated towns and 

 cities, the owner should be entitled to an 

 easement of twice the acreage in taxa- 

 tion; also woodland, according to spec- 

 ifications, shall be exempt from taxa- 

 tion. To carry into operation the pro- 

 visions of this act $8000, or as much 

 thereof as may be required, may be 

 expended bv order of the trustees during 

 the year l',N9S, and $7000 during the 

 year 1899. The preceding articles were 



adopted with great unanimity by the 

 society, and as it is not an experiment 

 but in a line with the methods adopted 

 or under consideration in nearly all the 

 states, the bill ought to meet with favor- 

 able consideration. 



NOTES ON NOVELTIES. 



It is often wise for those possessing 

 either a limited planting space, or a slim 

 pocketbook, to postpone the purchase of 

 plant novelties until they have been proved 

 worthy of culture by others with better 

 facilities in their immediate neighbor- 

 hood; and it is plainly the duty of those 

 who do make a practice of toying with 

 these brilliantly heralded debutantes to 

 inform their flower loving friends of those 

 that possess sufficient merit to warrant 

 general cultivation. 



The climatic conditions prevailing in 

 Chicago and along the southern shore of 

 Lake Michigan are not such as to pro- 

 vide a genial homeforout-door roses, and 

 therefore any additions to this favorite 

 family of plants which will succeed here 

 are doubly welcome. I have wintered 

 and bloomed Lord Penzance's hybrid 

 sweetbriars.and found them strong grow- 

 ers, free bloomers, and far more interest- 

 ing in color and form of flower than the 

 type, and strongly recommend their 

 introduction into the gardens of this 

 region. 



I can say the same of Manda's 

 hybrids of Rosa Wiehuraiana. The Crim- 

 son Rambler has ceased to be a novelty, 

 and does well here if planted in the open 

 where it may have a free circulation of 

 air. When trained against a wall, it mil- 

 dews badly. 



Lambert's "Three Graces," viz., Aglaia, 

 the Golden or Yellow Rambler, Euphro- 

 syne. or Pink Rambler, and Thalia, the 

 White Rambler, are under trial, and the 

 coming summer should determine their 

 value. The Empress of China has proved 

 valuable, when given a slight winter pro- 

 tection. W. C. Egan. 



Highland Park, 111. 



MAGNOLIA NOTES. 



It is generally understood among 

 planters that spring is the proper time 

 to plant magnolias. Just why it is that 

 fall planting is not a success I do not 

 remember ever having seen explained. 

 But I have an opinion on the subject, 

 which is that they die when fall planted 

 because of mutilated roots. I think that 

 if care were taken not to break a root 

 the planting would be as successful as 

 that of any other ordinary tree. My 

 reason for this opinion is that nursery- 

 men tell us they never hesitate to plant 

 small magnolias in the fall. The stock 

 which has been layered through the 

 summer is taken up in the fall and placed 

 elsewhere, and none of it dies. It is the 

 same with small plants. There seems no 

 other explanation than that of its being 

 a question of whole roots. The young 

 plants retain theirs and they live, the 

 larger plants lose more or less of theirs 

 and they die. It is probable that decay 

 sets in where the roots have been broken. 

 In the spring the ground is becoming 

 warmer day by day and growth becomes 

 active, preventing the decay of the roots, 

 which appears to set in on those that are 

 dormant. 



Perhaps it is the necessity of warmth 

 of soil which has led to the almost univer- 

 sal opinion that just as the buds are 

 bursting is the best time to plant. It is 

 beyond controversy that they rarely die 

 planted at that time. For all that, I 

 would be quite willing to run the risk of 



