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ORNAMENTAL BEDDING. 

 PART IV. 

 For construction of a square we use the 

 sides and for control the diagonals. Sup- 

 pose we lav out an eight foot square, 

 Fig. 12. 



First get the base a-b eight feet long 

 and set pegs; from one of these b for 

 instance, measure eight feet out about 

 square on the base and set a peg, C, with 

 a radius of eight feet "shoot" rf from a 

 and c and put a peg there, now tie a piece 

 of twine from a to d, from d to c andtrom 

 c to b\ measure the diagonals a-c and b-d, 

 and unless you have been very lucky, one 

 is longer than the other. Take up pegs c 



Fig 13- 



and (/move them a little in the direction 

 of the shorter diagonal, set them in the 

 ground again with the twine stretched, 

 measure the diagonals and if not yet 

 alike, proceed as before until you have 



them equal. This is a way 1 have found 

 easy and practical, but the same resull 

 can be had in many different ways. 



Some good designs for squares are as 

 follows: 



Fii;. 13. 1, Alternanthera amoena spec- 

 tabilis; 2, Coleus Golden Bedder; 3, C. Ver- 

 schaffettii. 



Fig. 14. 1, Alternanthera Reeresii; 2, 

 Mesembryanthemum corditolium varie- 

 gatum; 3, Santolina incana; 4, Alternan- 

 thera aurea nana; 5, Achyranthes Lin- 

 denii. 



Fig. 14 —An eleven-foot square. 



Fig 15 — A twelve-fool square. 



Fig. 15. 1, Alternanthera paronychi- 

 oides major; 2, Mentha Gibraltarica; 3, 

 Alternanthera amoena speetabilis; 4, San- 

 tolina ineana; 5, Alternanthera aurea 

 nana. II. Hansen. 



The Greenhouse. 



NOTES ON NEW GARNATIONS. 



I spent a pleasant hour, a few days ago 

 with Mr. Peter Fisher, of Norwood, Mas--. 

 Having seen his new carnation, Mrs. 

 Lawson, in its prime, I wanted to see it 

 again at the end of the season. Consider- 

 ably stripped for stock, it is remarkable 

 ho w it holds 011 1, a perpetual bloomer with 

 Mahnaison proportions. Though not 

 generally known, it is a cross between 

 Daybreak and Van Leewen, which latter 

 will be remembered as resembling Tidal 

 Wave, and belonged to the European 

 type of perpetual. Experts know Mrs. 

 Lawson well; to others we would describe 

 it as a salmon tinted, rose pink. Three 

 thousand flowers were gathered from five 

 hundred plants during the month of 

 March. 



Klondike is not so large but is better in 

 form and color than Mayor Pingree. It 

 is early, productive, with a well built 

 flower, a good stem and tolerably free 

 from rust. No yellow as yet, rank with 

 Eldorado when well grown. Klondike is 

 a cross of Edith Foster and Thos. Cart- 

 ledge. All Mr. Fisher's yellows have had 

 Cartledge as part parent. This same 

 cross produced Morr.ing Star, a new 

 white now under a second year's test" 

 This is not an exhibition variety, though 

 commercially among the most profitable. 

 Fragrance, form, productiveness and 

 purity of color are all that could be 

 desired, the flower lacking only size. 

 Freedom improvts every season. It is 

 distinctly perpetual, early, large, and 

 fully justifies its name. When well grown, 

 there are few poor flowers. Mrs. Bradt 

 is considered an acquisition among striped 

 varieties, and here as elsewhere it has 



shown a red sport. This sport, I am 

 told, is not reliably constant. Freedom 

 has been crossed by Mrs. Bradt, giving 

 two-thirds purple and one-half single 

 flowers, none worth keeping. My seed- 

 lings of the reverse cross, to bloom this 

 season, will be watched with interest. 

 Nicholson's Camp Fire is productive and 

 easy to manage, but not quite up to. the 

 standard among scarlets. Mr. Fisher's 

 comparison between Bon Ton and 

 Wellesley is decidedlv in favor of the 

 latter. 



Among coming novelties much is ex- 

 pected of The Maine, an improved Mrs. 

 Lawson. I can imagine the experts say- 

 ing: "One at a time, please." Here is 

 also an improved Wm. Seott, named 

 Alice. In habit there is no difference, and 

 the variation can only be seen when two 

 flowers are placed together. The purple 

 tint unnoticeable in Scott alone is seen at 

 once on comparison. There is also a new 

 Daybreak from Mrs. Lawson, and an 

 improved Morning Star. This latter is 

 not a seedling from Lawson. T. D. H. 



THE RUST OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



Some days ago while on a visit to a 

 large floral establishment my eye fell 

 upon the chrysanthemum rust again, and 

 it seems wise to give this new pest in 

 America a notice. This fungus disease 

 is closely related to some others that 

 have proved very troublesome among 

 greenhouse and ornamental plants and it 

 may spread and be as serious to chrys- 

 anthemum growers as the carnation rust 

 has been to the propagators of the car- 

 nation. 



The accompanying engraving will give 

 a fair idea of the appearance of the dis- 



OHRYSANTHUMUM RUST. 



eased leaves. The two specimens are 

 somewhat reduced in size and therefore 

 the rust pimples are smaller than usually 

 seen. Frequently the spots are in clus- 

 ters, there being several arched ones 

 around a common center. The color is a 

 chestnut brown, and therefore much 

 darker than the closely related rust that 

 has brought ruin to the hollyhocks in 

 man}' localities within the past few years. 

 The spore spots appear upon both 

 sides of the leaves but as a rule are much 

 more abundant upon the under side, and 

 therefore the foliage needs to be lifted 

 before the observer gets a full view of the 

 spore formation. The writer has not as 



