HORTICULTURAL NOTES. 75 



Mr. Strand : How long have you had the Calycanthus ? 



Mr. Cummins : O, I have had those for years. 



Mr. Benjamin : I have tried planting by digging down the year 

 before I wanted to plant such trees as the oak and black walnut 

 and cutting off the tap root as deep down as possible letting them 

 grow a year, and then they can be easily transplanted. I am going to 

 take up a lot of trees that way this fall. 



Mr. Kellogg: You don't need to cut that tap root deeper than 

 a foot. 



Mr. E. G. E. Reel : How about those mocassin plants ? Can 

 they be transplanted? 



Mr. Cummins : Yes, you can move them all right, but you want 

 to take a little soil with them. I think they also want protection 

 in winter. 



Mr. Reel : Will the purple variety grow in ordinary garden 

 soil ? 



Mr. Cummins : Yes, they will grow in common soil. 



Mr. Husser : We transplanted quite a few of the moccasin flow- 

 ers, but they never bloomed after the first year, and I believe from 

 our own experience it is something that does not pay. 



Mr. Cummins : You ought to give them some water. The small 

 ones will bloom every year. 



About the cut leaf birch. It will live a great deal longer if a 

 man makes a hole and puts in stones when planted. It is some- 

 thing that wants a whole lot of moisture, and the stones help to 

 supply moisture in a dry season. Stone will help to draw mois- 

 ture out of the ground. 



Mr. G. A. Anderson : Do you regard the horse chestnut as hardy 

 in protected localities in good soil ? 



Mr. Cummins : It will grow anywhere. I know one at Shako- 

 pee that must have been there for twenty years, and mine have been 

 planted for twelve years and have never been hurt- The Ohio buck- 

 eye is not so hardy. Mr. Sherman claims there is not much differ- 

 ence, but there is. The Ohio buckeye leaves are larger and thicker, 

 but the Kansas variety is not so large. 



Mr. Benjamin : What variety of nut trees would you advocate 

 for roadside planting? 



Mr. Cummins : I don't know that I would advocate any, be- 

 cause you have to cultivate them. I don t think I would recom- 

 mend any for that place. 



