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GARDENING. 



May 13, 



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CONTENTS. 



California scenes (illus) 



Notes ir Egandale 257 



The weeping beech (illus.) 



Some half hardy shrubs 258 



Hotel del Monte, Monterey, Cal. (illus.).... S5S 



Hardj herbaceous perennials 268 



Sophora Japonica 258 



Prunus Maackii 258 



Sweet !"■:! ri"' 1 *^ 260 



Orni nial bedding (illus.) 261 



Ponds and lakes for aquatics. 261 



Park and Outdoor A rl Association 262 



Trans-Mississippi Exposition (illus.) 262 



Park notes '-''•'■' 



Ghent quinquennia] show 



Lawn grasses and white clover 263 



Planl is 265 



w orkers in horticulture i portrait) !65 



Securing a cropol '_t:j!"'- 365 



Raspberries in Wisconsin 260 



Greenhouse pests, legislation vs. insects 266 



Catalogues received 268 



The olive growers of Eseondido, Cal., 

 will organize an association having for 

 its purpose the study of the growth and 

 curing of olives and the ultimate estab- 

 lishment of an olive plant. 



The Secretary of State of Illinois has 

 licensed the corporation of The Effing- 

 ham County Agricultural Board, at Wat- 

 son, III. The incorporators are D. L. 

 Wood, H. Ruffner and T. P. Mantz. 



A committee consisting of Messrs. W. 

 Warnaar, L. Van Leeuwen and Baart- 

 nian passed through Chicago, May 15, 

 en route to Washington to investigate 

 the bulb growing prospects of that state. 



Tent CATERPILLARS are reported by 

 Mr. Murhland, of the New Hampshire 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, as 

 readily attacking the foliage of roses. 

 Spraying with Paris green is recom- 

 mended. 



If you are starting any perennials Irom 

 seed, remember that they are generally 

 slower to germinate than annuals. 

 Therefore do not throw away the seed 

 boxes until 3'ou have given them a good 

 chance. 



Prince Theodore, Galitzine, a new 



orange yellow tea rose, will be sent out 

 this spring by Messrs. Ketten Bros., of 

 Luxemburg (Grand Dutchy). It is de- 

 scribed as being very large and lull; long 

 buds, stiff stems and very fragrant. 



The San Jose scale has been found on 

 nearly all classes of nursery stock, both 

 fruit and ornamental, commonly grown 

 in northern nurseries. 



Aphis on young nursery stock can be 

 controlled by dipping the infested tips 

 of branches in a solution of whale oil 

 soap, one pound to seven gallons of wa- 

 ter, according to a late bulletin of the 

 New York Experiment Station. 



The new climbing rose Psyche, origi- 

 nated by Messrs. Paul lV Son, Cheshunt, 

 England, is a cross between a Polyantha 

 rose and Crimson Rambler. The flowers 

 are of good size, very double and of a 

 light rose tint. 



Many of us, especially those employing 

 gardeners, always raise a few more seed- 

 lings than we use ourselves. Do not 

 throw away the surplus, but hunt up 

 some poor woman who loves flowers and 

 gladden her heart by a donation. 



In planting roses this spring, climbing 

 or bush forms, cut them back to within 

 six inches of the ground, unless you are 

 buying plants in pots and in active 

 growth. This rule applies to the various 

 forms of woody vines, Boston ivy.akebia, 

 etc. 



I'm sis triloba is at its best and a 

 glorious sight it is. Its pink rosetted 

 flowers cover the limbs as thickly as the 

 cells in a honeycomb. The best time to 

 cut it back, where needed, is when the 

 flowers are past, thus insuring specimens 

 of good form for next year's blooming. 



Tests at the New York Experiment 

 Station show that spraying carnations 

 with salt water is of no value in checking 

 rust, and no benefit could be seen in any- 

 way from such applications. The appli- 

 cation of salt to the soil was found 

 to be decidedly injurious. 



M. Lemoine, of Nancy, France, will 

 send out, soon, several double and semi- 

 double flowered varieties of Begonia 

 semperflorens which he has succeeded in 

 raising. If they retain the vigor of 

 growth and free flowering character of 

 the single varieties they should be very 

 valuable acquisitions. 



Hibiscus Manihot, the handsome ten- 

 der perennial that blooms so late the 

 first vear from seed that the frost often 

 catches i1 , can safely be carried over win- 

 ter if taken up and kept in a dry frost- 

 proof cellar. If then started in a hot-bed 

 it will bloom much earlier. 



At the annual meeting of the Florida 

 Horticultural Society to be held this 

 month it is announced that papers on 

 tobacco culture will De presented. Hor- 

 ticulturists do not generally discuss meth- 

 ods of growing "weeds" but tobacco may 

 claim their attention because of its 

 "bouquet." 



If planting clematis this spring against 

 the house, porch or fence, run strings up 

 for their support, using hempen twine, 

 which is strong enough for one season's 

 growth. In the fall cut string and vine 

 down to within a foot of the ground. If 

 well done it is neater than wire, and 

 being removed in the fall is not a winter's 

 eyesore. 



The canna leaf roller is a source ol 

 considerable annoyance to canna grow- 

 ers in some parts of Florida. In bulletin 

 No. 4-5 of the Florida Experiment Station 

 Mr. A. I., (juintance gives a full account 

 of the insect and its life history. The 

 only remedy suggested is picking and 

 burning the infested leaves and trash 



from the buds, as the insects pass the 

 winter in them. 



Rollin Ellison, of La Grange, Ind., 

 has this spring set out 1,000 peach 1rees, 

 1,200 cherry trees and 1,500 plum trees, 

 and in the fall will set out a second 1,000 

 peach trees. In this orchard of thirty- 

 two acres he has constructed a complete 

 system of underground tillage through 

 which water will be passed as soon as 

 drouth begins, thus affording a practical 

 test of sub-watei ing which will be watched 

 with general interest. 



The early blooming tulips, Belle Alli- 

 ance, a vivid scarlet, and Chrysolora, a 

 pure yellow, are very reliable and sure 

 bloomers, making a handsome combina- 

 tion when planted,in masses. Those who 

 planted them last fall had no idea that 

 they might be charged with unpatriotic 

 sentiments this spring for having the 

 Spanish colors so prominently set out, 

 but if so accused they can escape by 

 answering, "Yes, those are some Spanish 

 colors we have captured." 



A new way of watering street trees is 

 now adopted in Berlin. Around each 

 tree and at some distance from the base 

 of the stem small well-like excavations 

 are made, and the inside of each is lined 

 with earthen tiles, the sides of which are 

 perforated with holes. These tiles are set 

 vertically, their ends being closed with 

 plates of cast iron like those used for 

 stopping up the ends of water pipes or 

 gas pipes. When the tree is to be wa- 

 tered, the well-like excavations are filled 

 and the water is thus distributed exactly 

 on the outside of the circle, where the 

 rootlets of the tree occur. In this way a 

 saving of water and of labor is effected. 



Evaporated vegetables is an industry 

 carried on by Mr. F. A. Pulleine, of Lobe- 

 thai South Australia, who, according to 

 an Australian contemporary, is "making 

 a name for desiccated vegetables and 

 fruits; and, although several others are 

 in the habit of evaporating fruits on a 

 large scale and make a first class-article, 

 he is the only one, so far as we know, 

 who deals with vegetables during the off 

 season for fruits. Carrots, pa snips and 

 potatoes are reduced to about one-eighth 

 part of their original bulk and weight; 

 onions are brought down to one-twen- 

 tieth part. Reduced thus in bulk and 

 weight, vegetables can be transported to 

 distant parts at a very moderate cost 

 and they will keep perfectly good for two 

 or three years. When required for use 

 the articles are soaked in five or six times 

 their weight of water for twenty-four 

 hours, when they are ready for cooking 

 like fresh vegetables." 



The woods north of Chicago all the 

 way up to Waukegan are enlivened with 

 the bloom of the juneberry, often called 

 the shad bush in the East, as it is sup- 

 posed to bloom at the time of the "shad 

 run." It is the Amelanchier Canadensis 

 of botanists, and there are several varie- 

 ties, wild and in cultivation, including a 

 d\\ arf form that is being grown as a gar- 

 den fruit. If you want to transplant 

 some to your own grounds, especially at 

 the edge of a wood, if you possess one, 

 hunt up some small vigorous specimens, 

 preferably those standing alone, and dig 

 a moderately deep trench around them, 

 from one to twoleet away fromthetrunk, 

 acci >rding to the size of the tree, severing all 

 roots outside the ball. Return the soil, and 

 next fall take them up. In transplanting 

 commence yourdiggingoutside the trench 

 and endeavor to retain all the new roots. 



