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THE MAZE AT HOTEL DEL MONTE, MONTEREY. CALIFORNIA. 



tion. They are surrounded by four large 

 white bracts, which produce a white 

 snowy effect when seen from a distance. 

 The involucre of Cornus Nuttalli is com 

 posed of from four to six oblong bracts 

 often three inches long;, generally white 

 sometimes tinged withred. Thesame but 

 tone of coloring is present in the eastern 

 form and in one instance the "tinge of 

 red" became so intensified and fixed that 

 we now have a red flowering dogwood, 

 as well as the white. 



TnE EUROPEAN LINDEN. 



A very attractive tree on the campus of 

 Cornell University at the present time is 

 the European linden, Tilia Europea. A 

 few specimens also may be noticed in the 

 streets of Ithaca, where they are equally 

 conspicuous. Its trim and natty oval 

 shaped head is well known and does not 

 differ materiallv when young from the 

 American type, except that it is some- 

 what closer headed; but it was of the 

 basswood in blossom that I wished to 

 speak. The European species is now in 

 full bloom and is indeed handsome, draped 

 with its covering of lght yellow flower 

 clusters. The flowers persist for twelve 

 or fifteen days. They are not deliriously 

 scented like the American, but more del- 

 icate and beautiful to the eye. Having 

 said this one leels that he has done full 

 justice to the European linden which in 

 my opinion is inferior to the American 

 for economic as well as ornamental pur- 

 poses. John Craig. 



Ithaca, N. Y. 



Missouri State Horticultural So- 

 ciety.— West Plains, Mo.i will be the 

 scene of the annual summer meeting June 

 7, 8 and 'J. An elaborate program has 

 been prepared and premiums will be 

 offered for exhibits of both fruits and flow- 

 ers. An especial effort has been made to 

 cause the meeting to be of practical value 

 and a large attendance is expected. 



fl CALIFORNIA MAZE. 

 The illustration on this page shows the 

 entrance to the maze at the Hotel del 

 Monte, Monterey, California. It is an 

 intricate complication of puzzle paths, in 

 which visitors take a pleasure in being 

 mystified. The hedges and other topiary 

 effects are ' sculptured" out of Cupressus 

 Macrocarpa, better known as the Mon- 

 terey cypress. This conifer is rather re- 

 markable for the number and variety of 

 its uses in horticulture. It grows rapidly 

 and makes an excellent windbreak when 

 planted in rows or clumps. Its graceful 

 habit also makes it a desirable lawn tree 

 when given ample space to develop. 

 Taking a couple of seedlings from the 

 same box, one can be planted as a hedge 

 plant and trimmed to remain a hedge 

 plant for probably a century, while the 

 other, if planted in an unconfined space, 

 will attain a height of fifty to sixty feet 

 in twenty years. W. 



ORNAMENTAL HARDY VINES. 



Among hardy vines varieties of clema- 

 tis hold a prominent place. The large 

 flowered ones of the Jackwanni type are 

 much admired tor their large and beauti- 

 ful flowers, existing as they do in somany 

 colors. Some of them flower occasionally 

 throughout the season, in addition to the 

 full display they make in June. But it is 

 to the smaller flowered ones of the Bam- 

 ula and vitalba type that we look for the 

 most rapid growth. When quick cover-" 

 ing and light shade is required such sorts 

 as the two named, with paniculata and 

 Virginiana added, are the best for the 

 purpose. 



The English ivy is quite hardy in this 

 state, contrary to the general belief But 

 from some cause unexplained it fails to 

 cling nicely to plastered walls. It may 

 be that the heat of such walls prevents 

 the rootlets taking hold firmly. On brick 

 walls it appears to catch hold very well. 

 This is the only good evergreen hardy 



climber for this section, and, so far as its 

 power to stand our winters is concerned, 

 there need be no fear of it even further 

 north than this, especially when planted 

 on the north or east side of a building. 

 Trumpet vines are coarse growing, but 

 there are buildings where their presence 

 would be desirable, and they are valuable 

 for their large scarlet flowers in midsum- 

 mer. For climbing up old trees or cover- 

 ing logs and such objects, they are very 

 desirable, as they are self-climbers like 

 the ivy. 



For a good, handy, crimson flowered 

 climbing rose nothing exceeds in usefulness 

 the Boursault. Then, too, it is almost 

 thornless, and like the Prairie Queen, Bal- 

 timore Belle, and nearly all others, it 

 flowers but the once, in June. Where 

 winters are no more severe than they are 

 with us, the lovely tea rose, Gloire de 

 Dijon, is available. It is entirely hardy 

 here. It flowers in the utmost profusion 

 from June till frost, the blossoms varying 

 in color from flesh to rosy cream. 



The Japanese vine, Akebia quintata, is 

 not nearly as well known as it should be. 

 While of slender graceful growth, it is as 

 hardy as can be, a rapid grower, has 

 beautiful foliage and sweet-scented, plum 

 colored flowers, which appear almost 

 with the first new leaves in spring. It is 

 one of the very best vines for porches and 

 situations near a dwelling, where a coarse 

 vine would be out of place. The Japan- 

 ese ivy, Ampelopsis Veitchii, is the one 

 vine of all for the walls of a dwelling. 

 Close growing, neat, pretty green foliage 

 all summer, which changes to a scarlet 

 color in the fa'l, no other vine can take 

 its place. Our native ampelopsis, the 

 Virginia creeper, is too coarse for dwel- 

 lings, but for garden walls and such like 

 places there is nothing better, and like 

 the preceding one, it colors brightly in 

 autumn. 



A native vine, Celastrus scandens, 

 called staff vine and bitter sweet, has 



