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POPULAR GARDENING. 



October, 



^^!(|^(iHT ^SOCIETIES 



PEiNi^ Matter ThatDeserves 



TO BE WIDELY KNOWN 





An Edible Mushroom 



(Liici-ipcnlan yiyatiteum), 

 15 inches across, was shown 

 at the New York State Fair. 

 The Red Pine wants trans- 

 planting every few yeai'S 

 in the nursery to Iseep the 

 root* well under control, 

 flttinjf them for moving.— J. W. Manning. 



Wet Soil3 and Warmth. Contrary to the com- 

 mon opinion. Dr. Beal of Michigan has found 

 that wet soils are not necessarily the coldest. 



Pests of thePomologist. The New Yorli World 

 commenting on Prof. Lintner's able paper before 

 the Pomological Society states that by strange 

 oversight he made no mention of the small boy. 

 Those who delight to see large Pears are sure 

 at the exhibitions to be satisfied with the plates 

 of Souvenir du Congi-ess. They I00I5 hlse a much 

 enlarged Bartlctt, while the taste is similar. Tree 

 vigorous and pyramidal in form. 



An Incorporated Society. The American Po- 

 mological Society became such by a unanimous 

 vote of the last meeting, in order to comply with 

 the conditions of the bequest of $.5,000, made by 

 the late Marshall P. Wilder to the Society. 



A Strong Word for the Wistaria. I should 

 like to say something in favor of the Wistaria 

 magniflca. It blooms twice a year. It is not a 

 climber, but a winder. It does not injure the 

 wall of the house, and is exceedingly rapid of 

 growth, and beautiful. You can easily keep it 

 trained, and it will take a neat and shapely form 

 of itself. It makes a very desirable plant, and is 

 very hardy.— iVfr. Alhatiyh, before the Ohio Horti- 

 cultural Sdcietji- 



Workingmen's Flower Show. The Co-opera- 

 tive movement was represented at South Ken- 

 sington, London, on August 23d, on the occa- 

 sion of the National Co-operative Flower Show, 

 It was an exhibition of the products of bona flde 

 workingmen's gardens, grown from seed sold in 

 penny packets. The show was both interesting 

 and instructive, as it thoroughly represented the 

 gardening capabilities of small cottagers through- 

 out the length and breadth of the land. Cheap 

 excursions were organized from all parts of the 

 kingdom. A conference was held in the after- 

 noon on the possibilities of Co-operative Allot- 

 ments and Associated Gardens. 



The Climbing Hydrangea in Ohio. Mr. Har- 

 rison calls this Hydrangea scaudens, and says it 

 must not be confounded with Schizaphragma 

 Hydrangeoides, being much more desirable. 

 Leaves heart-shaped, sharply toothed, dark 

 green. The flowers, which he has not known to 

 be produced anywhere except in Northern Ohio, 

 are white, in loose clusters. It is proving hai-dy 

 with him and he thinks it will be throughout the 

 state. He thinks it very desirable for ornament- 

 ing buildings. Secretary Campbell said that it 

 grew very successfully indeed, and seems per- 

 fectly hardy at Delaware, Ohio, which he de- 

 nominates as cold a place as any in Ohio. He 

 thinks it will be a very desirable plant. 



Where the Difference Comes In. C. L. Smith, 

 of the Minnesota Horticultural Society, alluded 

 to visiting a farm wfiere they had an abundance 

 of Currants and Raspberries year after year, and 

 on the table cooked fruit with food which cost 

 almost nothing. Half a imle further on he had 

 Prune pie the next day, not equal in quality to 

 the first mentioned, but costing more, as the 

 Prunes were impoi-ted, costing ten cents a 

 pound, and were paid for with wheat at fifty- 

 two cents a bushel. This man could not afford a 

 dollar for membership in the Horticultural So- 

 ciety, but had just given an order to a tree ped- 

 dler for a dozen Strawberry i)lants with some 

 high sounding name, at two dollars, a Russian 

 Mulberry for one dollar, five Apples "direct 

 from Russia " for two and one-half dollars, and 

 various " Tree " Currants, Tree Roses, etc., at 

 extravagant rates. There is still room for the 

 spread of intelligence among the people. 



Planting and Mulching. At a meeting in 

 Michigan, TiionnisWilde said the best time to plant 

 Straw beriics was as soon as vegetation starts in 

 spring, so as to get the benefit of all spring 

 showers. Planting may be done in May or June 

 by removing the fruit stems and some leaves. 

 The time for planting in autumn is when the 

 new plants are fully matured. A. G. GuUey said 



we can seldom get new plants before September, 

 and it is best to let them wait till spring. T. T. 

 Lyon had found that plants set in early spring 

 were two or three times as far advanced in June 

 as some set a week later, and he was convinced 

 that they could not be set too early. For mulch- 

 ing, he said that sorghum bagasse is highly 

 recommended, and being crushed it soon decays 

 and forms a useful fertilizer. Dr. Marehall used 

 planing-raill shavings with success; E. S. Scott 

 said marsh ha.v, cut before the seed ripens, does 

 well, and A. G. Gulley advised spent tan-bark. 



Articles Shown at the Florists' Convention, 

 Chicago. Vaseii and Pot,% Nee Ban, Chicago; 

 Oilored Lithooraphs of Flowers and Catalogue 

 Covers, Beatty & Co., New York; Baskets and 

 F7mi'.s(.s' Supplier, M. M. Bayeredorfer & Co., 

 Philadelphia; Secfiona! Hof irftterilertffr. J. D. 

 Carmody, Evansville, Ind; Barbed Olazier 

 Points, B. B. Chandler, Hyde Park, Mass.; Land- 

 scape Arehitect's Designs, Cai)arn & Son, Mil- 

 burn, N. J.; Hot Water Boiler, Devine's Boiler 

 Works, Chicago; Rock Work Material, Wm. Dil- 

 ger, Sandusky, O.; Armored Hose, W. I. Dicker- 

 man, New Haven, Conn; Petunia and Gloxinia 

 Bliioms, H. A. Dreer, Philadelphia; Wrovyht 

 Welded Hot Water Boilers, Eclipse Manufactur- 

 ing Co., Chicago; FloiHsts^ Wire Designs, Falls 

 City Wire Works, Louisville, Ky.; Setdling Ahu- 

 tilonf, John S. Forster, Evanston, 111.; Philoden- 

 dron Pertusum, Fhyiver and Friiit, J-ustiKia coc- 

 clnea, O. Gqrke, Douglas Park, Chicago; Metal 

 Glazing Joint, Electric Temperature Alarm, J. 

 M. Glasser, Cleveland, O.; Bulbs. Sash Lifter and 

 Steam Call Bell, E. Hippard, Youngstown, O.; 

 Statuary, Floucr Pots, Vaso!, etc., C. Hennecke 

 & Co., Chicago; Pnttijing Machine, J. H. Ives, 

 Danbury, Conn,; Designs, Dried Flowers, etc., 

 Immoi'teUe Design Co., Philadelphia; Novelties 

 in Floiists' Ba.'ihels, Ed. Jansen, New York; 

 Sphaynum, HoUij, elc, Z. K. Jewett, Sparta, Wis.; 

 Wldte Doves, Koehler & Bro., Philadelphia; 

 Bulbs, Florists^ Supplits, James King, Chicago; 

 Imnun-telle Letters and I)igcriptions, W. C. Krick, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y.; Wire Design and Design of 

 Dried Iflowers, C. A. Kuehn, St. Louis; Aster 

 Flowers and Plants, John Lane, Chicago; Cijpress 

 Sash Bars, Lockland Lumber Co., Lockland, O.; 

 Bouquet Hjldersfor Dress, R. F. Lawrence, Buf- 

 falo, ii . Y .; Bulbs, Immortelles and Palm Leaees, 

 F. E. McAllister, New York; Baskets and Flor- 

 ists' Supplies, Marscheutz & Bacharach, Phila- 

 delphia; OladvAus Flowers, S. C. Moon, Morris- 

 ^•iUe, Pa.; New Single Tuberose, Michel Plant and 

 Seed Co., St. Louis; Speeimens Printing, J. Hor- 

 ace McFarland, Harrisburg, Pa.; Ii'on Frames 

 for Slate Benches, Chas. S. Price, Landsdowne, 

 Pa.; Copies of Illustrated Dictionary of Garden- 

 ing and Encyclopaedia of Horticulture, J. A. Pen- 

 man, New York; Venlilating Apparatus, Quaker 

 City Machine Work, Richmond, Ind.; Orchid 

 Blooms, Charles Reissig, Chicago; I'obacco Soap, 

 Rose Manufacturing Co., New York; Putty Bulb 

 and Rubber Sprinkler, John A. Scollay, Brook- 

 lyn, N. Y.; Orchid Blooms, Siebrecht & Wadley, 

 New York; Flower Pots, Taylor & Schofield, 

 New Brighton, Pa.; Gladiolus Fhiwers, James 

 Vick, Rochester, N. Y.; Bidbs, Florists' Supplies. 

 Holly, etc., J. C. Vaughan, Chicago; Glazing 

 Tool, Labels, Mailing Boxes, H. W. Williams & 

 Sons, Batavia, 111.; Force Pump, Cedar Plant 

 Boxes, Frank Whitnall & Co., Milwaukee; Hot 

 Tl'a(frJ3«itot!, Th(.s. W. Weathered, New York. 



Hedge System of Growing Hardy 

 Roses. 



iFYom a paper read by Mrs. Wade Bui-tlen before 

 Greene Coxmty, Mo., Horticultural Society.'] 



Many years of experience has convinced 

 us that the best and easiest way to grow 

 hardy Roses is in hedges. By hardy, we 

 mean the Roses that will endure our most 

 severe winters with little or no protection, 

 such as Hybrid Perpetuals, Mosses, and some 

 ever-blooming Roses. 



For starting a hedge spade deep and pulverize 

 thoroughly a border about two feet wide and as 

 long as you wish. Set plants about a foot and a 

 half apart, firm down well ab<iut the stem, water 

 sparingly for two or three days, and shade, if 

 necessary, until well set, then discontinue water- 

 ing, as it tends to encourage surface roots, and 

 they do not winter as well. 



Stir the soil fi-equently, cut back after every 

 period of bloom and cut off all Roses soon after 

 they are well opened. Some Roses are inclined 

 to throw up too many shoots; part of these should 

 be rubbed off when they first stait. Any ordi- 

 nary soil will do for a hedge. 



Do not cultivate late in fall but let the soil be 

 firm close around the roots. Fill up the border 

 with chip dirt well above the crown. Prune 

 sevei-ely aft^r the growing season is over. Don't 

 disturb the plants in spring until all danger of 

 fi'eezing is over, then dig up the border and cut 

 out all the dead wood. 



We have had very little trouble with insects; a 

 few caterpUlars or an occasional Rose bug have 

 been the extent so far. These must be watched 

 for and picked off by hand. 



By following these directions we have always 

 had healthy plants and abundance of bloom in 

 the same spot. There is a Rose hedge in this city 

 that has not been moved for ten or fifteen years, 

 and it is in fine condition. 



Such Roses as the Hermosa, Malmalson and 

 Apolline are good hedge Roses; also the Wash- 

 ington and Caroline Marinesse. We are trying 

 the La Prance, but cannot recommend it from 

 our own experience untU further trial, though 

 have seen it growing for years. Othei-s make 

 more buds than they can open; the^e should be 

 thinned out. 



Some of the Teas are also quite hardy in Mis- 

 souri; they are killed to the ground in winter but 

 make rapid growth in spring, and are generally 

 in bloom as soon as the Hybrids and annual 

 Roses. A neighbor has a Tea Rose that is thirty 

 years old. It is said to be a Safrano, and has 

 stood in the garden summer and winter all that 

 time. It is now covered with blossoms. 



Biennial Meeting of the American 

 Pomologists, Boston. — The Mass- 

 achusetts Society's Show. 



The twenty-llrst session of the American 

 Pomological Society, held at Boston, Sept. 

 14-17, was a very successful meeting. The 

 papers presented, together with the discus- 

 sions, were varied and instructive, the at^ 

 tendance of delegates good, the exhibits, 

 combined with those of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, were large and at- 

 tractive. Boston itself, with its many hor- 

 ticultural, pomological and other attractions , 

 was found to be a most charming and in- 

 structive place for such a meeting, and the 

 visits of delegates to the attractive places 

 about the city, like the public gardens and 

 cemeteries, the botanic garden at Cambridge, 

 Arnold's Arboretum, the various nurse- 

 ries and private places were, during the 

 course of the meeting, numerous. 



Upon this meeting devolved the solemn duty 

 of electing a successor to the lamented Wilder, 

 who for upwards of thirty years, and to the time 

 of his death, had occupied the position of its 

 president. The new choice fell upon the widely 

 known pomologist of the Southern States, Mr. 

 P. J. Berckmans, of Augusta, Ga., a choice which 

 must meet with the widest approval from all 

 friends of American pomology. The other offi- 

 cers elected were: 



1st Vice-president, T. T. Lyons, South Haven, 

 Mich. Vice-Presidents by States: J. S. Newman, 

 Alabama; A. P. R. Spofford, Ariz<}na; E. F. Bab- 

 cock, Arkansas; Dr. J. D. B. Stillman, California; 

 Dr. Axel Shaw, Colorado; P. M. Augur, Connccti- 

 cut; L. D. F. Poore, Dakota; Edward Tatnell, 

 Delaware; WiUiam Saundei's, District of Colum- 

 bia; D. W. Adams, Florida; Dr. Samuel Hape, 

 (rcorgia; William H. Drake, Idaho; Parker Earle, 

 Illinois; Sylvester Johnson, Indiana; J. A. Ftire- 

 man, Indian Territory; Col. G. B. Brackett, Iowa; 

 G. C. Brackett, Kansas; E. F. Hillemeyer, Ken- 

 tucky; S. M. Wiggins, Louisiana; G. B. Sawyer, 

 Maine; S. T. Jenkins, Maryland; WilUam C. 

 Strong, Massachusetts; E. H. Scott, Michigan; 

 John S. Harris, Minnesota; J. H. Cassell, Miss- 

 iisippi; N. J.Colman, Jfissuw-i; John Jones, Mi)»- 

 tana; Samuel Burnett, Nebraska; J. H. Kirk- 

 wood, JVfi'aria; C. E. Grosvenor, iVctc Brunswick; 

 Frederick Smith, Nc w Hampshire; William Parry, 

 New Jersey; N. E. Andrews, New Mexico; C. L. 

 Hoag, New York; Dr. J. W. Green, North Caro- 

 lina; Rev. J. B. Hart, Nora Scotia; George W. 

 Campbell, Ohio; L. Woolverton, tjntario; H. W. 

 Prettyman, Oregon; Josiah Hoopes, Pen nsylrania; 

 Robert Jack, Quebec; Joseph H. Bourn, RItodc 

 Island; W. D. Johnson, South CaroUiM; A. W. 

 Weber, Tennessee; T. V. Munson, Texas; C. E. 

 Johnson, Utah; Dr. T. H. Hoskins, Vermont; 

 H. T. Lyman, Virginia; Philip Ritz, Washington 

 Territory; D. H. Strt>ther, West Virginia; James 

 M. Smith, Wisconsin; John W. Hoyt, Wyoming. 

 Secretary, C. W. Garfield, Grand Rapids, Mich.; 



