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GARDENING. 



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or vines infested with the San Jose scale 

 and proper penalties are provided for 

 offenders. This latter provision is the 

 "meat in the cocoanut." It is certainly 

 reasonable and right to require dealers 

 to make sure their stock is clean and to 

 punish them for selling any which is not 

 clean. No certificate subterfuge is pro- 

 vided. 



RELATIVE MERIT OF BULBS. 



The Gardeners' Chronicle of June 11 

 contains the following account of a bull) 

 election recently instituted by the Dutch 

 Bulb Society: 



HYACINTHS. 



Red and Rose-Colored. 



Votes. 



Moreno 268 



Lord Macaulej 225 



Charles Dickens 187 



General Pelissier 172 



Garibaldi 164 



White Colored (Single and Double). 



VoteS. 



Fabiola los 



Gertrude 107 



sii' John Foxburgh.. . 

 only 1 vote! 



Votes. 



Mina 211 



Blanchard 102 



Votes. 



Grand Lilas 101 



( 'a plain Ho\ toll 99 



Baron van Tuyll 99 



Lord Melville. 89 



Votes. 



L'lnnocence 2&3 '. 



Mile. v. d. Hoop 278 



Bar. van Tuyll 215 



Blue (Single and Double). 

 Votes. 

 Queen of the Blues ...183 1 



Czar Peter 150 i 



Blondin 113 



I uidas 108 : 



Yellow (Single and Double). 



Votes.' Votes. 



King of the Yellows. .191 McMahon 68 



Obelisque 89JKoenig van Holland.. 38 



Purple (Single and Double). 



Votes. Votes. 



Sir William Mansfield 129 Lord Mayo 50 



L'LTnique 52j Lord Balfour 49 



Tulips (Single Early). 



Votes. 

 Prins van Vosternyte.322 

 Silverin Standaard... 304 



M or Tresor 288 



King of the Yellows 273 



Couleur Cardinal 272 Maas 



La Belle Alliance Van der Neer 



Votes. 

 Gouden Standaard. ..211 



\\ itte Falk 200 



.lag! van Rotterdam.. 199 



Due van Tholl (rose). 179 



171 



171 



(Waterloo) 257 Due van Tboll (white)169 



Rembrandt 235 " " (crimsbn)166 



Nelly ...234 Koningin der Xeder- 



Duc van Tholl (yellow)223 landen 16C 



Brind van Haarlem. .. 222 Pottebakker (yellow) 156 



Le Mai. -las 218: 



Tulips (Double). 



Votes. Votes. 



C'ouronne d'Or 340 Rex Rubrorum (var- 



Titian 254 iegated) 141 



Gloria Solis 23l|Fluweelen Mantel.. ..139 



Couronne des Roses. . . 196 Geleroos 135 



Rubra Maxima 191 Leonardo da Vinci. ..134 



Blanche native 175 Lord Beaconsfield....l24 



El Toreador 160 Le Blason 113 



Wilhelm III 156|Lucreti» 113 



Mariage de ma Fille..l55!Pannesiano 104 



Tulips (Various). 



Votes. Votes. 



Parkiet Perfecta 14n 



•■ Adral. von Con- 

 stantinopeL.il 



(louden Kroon (sin- 

 gle, late) 97 



Picote 85 



Bouton d'Or 80 



Narcissi. 



Votes.] 



Golden Spur 126 Her Majesty 



Poeticus Oruutus 85 liieolor \ ietona. 



llenn Irving 74 Trumpet .Major.. 



Ubus Plenus Odoratus 44 Poeticus 



Bicolor Grandis 38 Barn Conspicuus 



Von Sion (double) — 37 



Votes. 

 .... 36 

 .... 35 

 .... 30 



.... 29 



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NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



The transformation of Robert Craig & 

 Son's place from a bower of floral beauty 

 at Easter-time to one of leafy luxuriance 

 at the present time is very nearly com- 

 plete. 



Mr. Robert Craig has come to the con- 

 clusion that the best kind of a house in 

 which to grow Cocos Weddeliana is a 

 very dark one. When crowded for room 

 for Easter flowering plants, the cocos 

 were put temporarily under the benches 

 along the side of the walk,- and they now 

 are wearing a dark, rich shade of green, 

 evidence that the partial darknes ssuits 



them. ... 



Mr. Craig, Sr., relates that he recently 

 saw in a lady's home one of the very best 



cocos of the species under consideration 

 he has ever seen, and it retained a beauti- 

 ful, rich dark green color, which he can 

 account for in no other way than that it 

 is growing in semi-darkness, as the place 

 it occupies is several feet from a window, 

 and the plant has been in the same posi- 

 tion for several months. 



This fact when generally known ought 

 to simplify the growing of this favorite 

 and graceful little palm, and at the same 

 time stamp it as one of the very best 

 plants in the whole list for home adorn- 

 ment. Another experiment the Messrs. 

 Craig are putting into successful opera- 

 tion is the planting out on tables under 

 glass of a number of our best known and 

 most useful decorative plants, such as, 

 Kentias, Pandanus Veitchii, Livistona 

 rotundifolia and the celebrated Boston 

 fern. 



In comparison with plants of the same 

 age, the L. rotundifolia growing in pots 

 and those planted out, the latter were 

 fully one hundred per cent better than the 

 former, being broader in the leaf, yet 

 retaining that compact appearance for 

 which it is noted, and at the same time 

 possessing a more thrifty appearance 

 generally. 



In a recent issue of the Gardening 

 World reference is made to "a beautifully 

 arranged and highly colored group of 

 crotons," exhibited at the Temple Show 

 by the well known firm of Messrs. James 

 Veitch & Sons, and among the varieties 

 named are many which have proven the 

 most satisfactory in some parts of the 

 United States for outdoor bedding; as, 

 Baroness James de Rothschild, Evansia- 

 num, Queen Victoria, Hawkeri, Emperor 

 Alexanderlll. and Mortii. During recent 

 vears there has been an increased call 

 for these gorgeously beautiful bedding 

 plants. In addition to the varieties above 

 named, Dayspring, Irregulare, Rubro- 

 lineatum, Fasciatus and Aurea Macula- 

 turn are good for bedding. The last 

 named is more especially suitable for the 

 edge of beds, being one of the small-leaved 

 section, with green leaves spotted with 

 bright yellow. 



Among the newer zonal pelargoniums 

 the Mtne. Bruant has made a very favor- 

 able impression upon everyone who has 

 seen it. It is quite distinct from anything 

 in this class, the most distinct since Souv- 

 enir de Mirande made its appearance nine 

 or ten years ago. The flower is white, 

 veined and distinctly edged with a bright 

 3'et delicate shade of solferino; it is very 

 pleasing to look upon and ought to make 

 an excellent market variety. It appears 

 to be a thrifty grower and a free bloomer, 

 with trusses of large size. Whether it 

 will succeed as a variety for outdoors 

 remains to be proven. It is well worth a 

 trial. 



Mr. Albert M. Herr says he is tn-ing 

 quite largely for next winter's carnation 

 campaign some of the latest productions 

 in new varieties — seedlings raised in Cali- 

 fornia. I hope he will meet with more 

 success than I did some years ago when 

 experimenting along the same lines. Mr. 

 C. Joseph Haettel sent a number of varie- 

 ties for trial selected from the standpoint 

 of the Californian and the best the Cali- 

 fornia climate produced at that time, but 

 not one among them proved to be of any 

 value with us. Louis J. Haettel was a 

 seedling of his, and met with some success 

 in some sections. It was a white with 

 deeply serrated petals and was quite fra- 

 grant. This variety, I think, was sent 

 out by H. A. Dreer, and was also tested 

 by the late Chas. T. Starr, and proved to 

 be the most satisfactory, so far as I can 

 learn, in and near Albany, N. Y. 



Carnations do magniftciently in Califor- 

 nia. 1 remember in the seventies a Mr. 

 Murphy — I think that was his name — 

 who brought them into San Francisco 

 literally by the bushel from his gardens 

 located on the bay near the Presidio. 

 Plants in one season would make a 

 growth on an average of not less than 

 two feet across. California, in many 

 parts of that favored state, has an ideal' 

 climate for the successful development of 

 carnations, but whether the varieties 

 produced under the very dissimilar 

 environment to which they will be sub- 

 jected in the less favored eastern states 

 remains to be proven. Many of the varie- 

 ties which 1 tried were raised near 

 Kedondo. beach, while others were pro- 

 duced in Piru. I hope Mr. Herr will have 

 flowers of the California seedlings on 

 exhibition at some of the meetings of the 

 Florists' Club of Philadelphia next fall 

 and winter and also at the meeting of the 

 American Carnation Society to be held in 

 the Quaker City next February. E. L. 



THE FLflNTINU OF CEMETERY LOTS. 



Cemetery planting, when attempts are 

 made to follow so far as possible the 

 wishes of the individual lot owners and 

 at the same time not violate the general 

 plan of the cemetery, is an exceedingly 

 difficult matter and is nearly always a 

 failure, artistically at least. The difficul- 

 ties are so gteat that most cemeteries 

 have given it up as an impossibility and 

 allowed the lot owner to practically go 

 as he pleases, subject on]}' to a few gen- 

 eral rules. Some few have taken the 

 matter entirely out of the hands of the 

 lot owners and allow nothing except with 

 a view to general effect and without regard 

 to its relation to individual lots. The for- 

 mer method results in a crazy patchwork 

 effect, while the latter is too apt to 

 estrange the lot owner and destroy his 

 active interest, removing any sense of 

 personal responsibility on his part. 



The American cemetery superintendents 

 as a rule are extremely well posted and 

 intelligent men, and without exception 

 ready and willing at all times to give the 

 lot owner contemplating improvements, 

 the benefit of their knowledge and experi- 

 ence, and every one of them are anxious 

 to have their cemeteries as a whole and 

 each individual lot in the best possible 

 condition. The ideal method of handling 

 this perplexing question would be by 

 friendly consultations between the lot 

 owner and superintendent and in avoid- 

 ing subjects which would be out of place, 

 selecting only such as would enhance the 

 general beauty of the grounds as well as 

 each particular lot. There are some few- 

 lot owners in every cemetery who will do 

 this, but they are in a small minority. 

 The great majority fail to recognize 

 their own absolute lack of knowledge, 

 and, ignore the fact that a lifetime 

 study of this class of work by an intelli- 

 gent man entitles his opinion to careful 

 consideration. 



It may be said that by the establish- 

 ment of rules the ignorant and obstinate 

 lot owner ma)- be forced to consult with 

 and be guided by the superintendent. 

 Unfortunately the courts do not look 

 with favor on such rules. They fail to 

 take into account thecommunity of inter- 

 ests that exist in a cemeter3 7 , and that 

 an unsightly piece of planting in one lot 

 is as damaging to the adjoining lot as 

 though it were planted on the latter. 

 Their tendency indecisions, nearly always, 

 is to guard jealously what they are pleased 

 to term the property rights of a lot owner, 

 and they will not uphold a rule which is 

 not general in its effect. For instance, a 



