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POPULAR GARDENING. 



February, 



Japanese, {A. polymorphum) d-j. 



Blood-red-leaved Japanese, (I'ar. aanguin- 

 euni) D-j. 



Dark Purple leaved Japanese, war. atropur- 

 pureuyn) D-j. 



Various-colored Japanese, (rar. versicol- 

 or) D-J. 



Cut-leaved Purple Japanese, (tiar. dissec- 

 tum) D-J. 

 Oak. Purple-leaved, (Quercus robur atropur- 



purea) b. 

 Plum. Purple-leaved, [Prunus Pissardi). 



SHRUBS. 



Berberry. Purple-leaved, (Berberris vulgaris 



purpurea) H. 

 Enonymcs. Purple-leaved, (Enonymus Euro- 



paens ntropurpureus) G. 

 Hazel, oh Filbert. Purple-leaved, (Coryhis 



avellana purpurea) G. 



Class 6.— Kinds of Pendant or Weeping 

 hnhit. 



TREES. 



Ash. Weeping European, (Fraxinus excelsa 



pendvia) c. 

 Beech. Weeping, (Fagus sylvatica pendula) b. 

 Birch. Young's Weeping, (Betula alba pendula 



Youvgii) D. 

 Buckeye. Dwarf Pendulous, UJSsmlus pavia 



pumila peniula) c-D. 

 Cherry. Dwarf Weeping, {Prunus avium pu- 



milapeudiita) C-D. 

 Elm. Weeping Small-leaved, (Ulmus campestris 

 microphylia pendula) c. 

 Weeping Cork-barked, (I'or. suberosa pen- 

 dula) B. 

 Weeping Camperdown, (C/. montana Cam- 



perdowni) B. 

 Weeping Scotch, (Dor. pendula) B. 

 Kough-leaved Weeping, (nor. pendula ru- 

 gosa) B. 

 Honey Locust. Weeping (Gleditschi% Bu- 



jotii) B-J. 

 Larch. Weeping European, {Larix Evropiea 



pendula) a. 

 Mountain Ash. Weeping, {Pyrus aucuparta 



pendula) d. 

 Oak. Weepiug, {Quercus roburpendula) B. 

 Poplar. Weeping tooth-leaved, (Popuius gran- 

 didentata pendula) D. 

 Athenian Weeping, (P Graeca pendula) b. 

 SoPHORA, Weeping, (Scphora Japonica pen- 

 dula) B-D. 

 Willow. Babylonian or Weeping, (Salix Baby- 

 lonica) c. 

 Kilmarnock Weeping, (S. Caprea pendula) c. 

 American Weeping, or Fountain, (S. pur- 

 purea pendula) D. 



SHRUBS. 



Berberry. European or Common, (Berberis 



vulgaris) G. 

 Dogwood. Weeping, (Cormis/Iorido pendula)c. 

 Forsythia. Weeping, (Forsythia suspensa) e. 

 {To be continued next month.) 



A Choice Basket Plant: Russelia 

 Juncea. 



wn.BUR F. LAKE, ERIE CO., N. y. 



It is to be regretted that this plant, pes 

 sesslng as it does the most desirable features 

 for basket or vase culture, is not more widely 

 cultivated. The price for a nice thrifty plant 

 is not high, neither can its newness account 

 for its scarcity, for its introduction dates 

 back to 1813. The writer is led to believe 

 that in the general craze for the more showy 

 flowers, this, like many others of delicate 

 beauty, has been passed unheeded by. 



The Russelia is a twiggy, rush-like plant 

 of slender habit, with greenish branches 

 which spring apparently from the base, 

 having small, smooth, opposite ovate leaves, 

 and a great profusion of trumpet-shaped 

 bright scarlet flowers. The latter which 

 are about an inch long, are produced fi-om 

 the axils of the leaves upon somewhat an- 

 gular stalks, so as to form loose panicles at 

 the end of the branches. 



To see this plant in all its natural beauty 

 and perfection of grace, it should occupy 

 the side of a vase, or be suspended from a 

 basket. So treated, the branches are enabled 

 to droop and bloom right along. 



The coloring of the conspicuous flowers, 

 too, being a bright fiery scarlet, is scarce 



among basket plants, thus giving an addi- 

 tional point of value for this puri)Ose. 



As to general requirements, these are 

 simple, when given an average temperature 

 of not lower than .5.5 degrees. Although 

 needing an abundance of root room, with 

 this, as with most other plants, it is a seri- 







THE WEEPING SOPHORA. 



ous fault to over-pot. For compost, use one 

 part well-decomposed cow manure, two parts 

 well-decayed sandy sods, some rotten hop 

 refuse, and a liberal sprinkling of bone dust. 

 Of course, insect pests must be expected un- 

 less prevented. For this fsequent syringings 

 are of great benefit, as this not only prevents 

 their attacks, but tends towards active 

 growth in consequence of keeping them 

 clean. To propagate it place cuttings of 

 half-ripened wood in sand in gentle heat 

 where they will soon strike root. 



The Russelia belongs to the natural order 

 Schophulariacew, the generic name being 

 given in honor of Dr. Alexander Russel, a 

 celebrated EngUsh physician ; aiid the spe- 

 cific name with reference to the rush-like 

 branches of the plant. 



Strawberries for Best Profits. 



M. T. THOMPSf^N, EAST ROCKPORT. OHIO. 



As to what should be planted, I would say 

 it depends a great deal on both the soil and 

 the market you have. In some markets 

 small berries fetch almost as much as large 

 ones, in which case plant the small prolific 

 kinds like Capt. Jack, Crescent, Wilson, 

 May King, and others, choosing the most 

 productive on your soil. 



I find Capt Jack to be very productive, of 

 good color and it increases well. Cre.seent 

 is very productive, beautiful, and sells well, 

 but the trouble is it gets matted very thick 

 and with dry weather at picking time half 

 the berries do not mature. With it one 

 should get a good stand of plants and if 

 growing too thrifty cut off some of the run- 

 ners. This applies to most all kinds. 



The importance of getting a full crop of 

 berries not only lies in its being easier to get 

 them picked, but also in its being easier to 

 sell them. Most people like a large berry. 



but many who work for small wages cannot 

 afford to pay big prices for such, so we must 

 raise something that can be sold cheap or 

 we lessen the consumption, vihich should 

 not be done. The children of the poor should 

 eat Strawberries as well as the rich. The 

 poor class of people do the hardest work 

 and they should have an abundance of such 

 healthful luxuries. I don't agi-ee with one 

 gentleman who once said in my presence 

 that it was not necessary for workingmen 

 tx) buy the best of flour. I happen to know 

 that this "gentleman " never did one hard 

 day's work in his life. 



For a large Strawberry I find the Mount 

 Vernon to be the most profitable of any of 

 the old kinds; next comes the good old 

 Sharpless. It is large, and if not of quite as 

 good a shape as I would like, the shape don't 

 hurt the taste. Of this I raised many the 

 past season that would lay on the open top 

 of a tea cup and not fall in. If not allowed 

 to grow to thick in the row and on good, 

 heavy ground, this variety with me averages 

 the largest of any grown. One objection to 

 them can be raised, they do not ripen as 

 even as I would like. With me they do 

 better the second year than the first, some- 

 times double or more, as a result of cleaning 

 them all out after I get through picking the 

 first year. Sometimes I have went over 

 them three times pulling off all the nmners 

 before they struck root. But for this I would 

 not have had so many bushels of berries, nor 

 got as much per bushel tor them. 



As regards price I generally get twice as 

 much for Sharpless as I do for Wilson, 

 while they are larger, hence cheaper to pick. 

 With only half the crop of the former I make 

 more money. Our market (Cleveland) is no 

 doubt different from some others, for large, 

 good looking berries like Sharpless, Mount 

 Vernon, Great American, Jucunda, etc., 

 bring from a certain class of rich people 13 

 to 15 cents per quart when Wilson and the 

 smaller berries sell for 5 cents. Let me not 

 be understood as claiming that these large 

 sorts are the most productive; what I do 

 claim is that they pay me the best. The 

 Manchester is very productive, but with me 

 rusts badly. The great merit of the Mount 

 Vernon is, it comes in about ten days later 

 than Sharpless and as most others are getting 

 poorer, so it generally sells well. 



While the berries named do so well with 

 me it is not likely they do as well every- 

 where. Some are sectional no doubt. What 

 I would urge growers to do is to try a few of 

 each kind until you find which do the best 

 in your soil and location. It is not, of course, 

 best to invest in any new kind heavy at first; 

 sometimes you might hit it, but most times 

 you will miss it, I recall once putting 

 in 10,000 of a new kind because they done, 

 and sold well with a friend of mine,as they do 

 to this day, he raising no others; but with me 

 they were a complete failure. In my patch 

 I also planted a row of another new variety 

 from another friend. This man had not 

 fruited it at that time. The following spring 

 I had lots of nice plants, so asking him of 

 his later experience he said they were " no 

 good. " Taldng his word I did not set a plant 

 of it that spring, only to regret it at picking 

 time, for here in my grounds the same 

 variety made one of the prettiest, best loaded 

 rows of berries I ever saw, and they keep up 

 doing as well. My friend, learning how well 

 they did, tried another row of the same, 

 and this time they succeeded remarkably 

 well. The whole trouble at first had been 

 that he let the plants get so thick the berries 

 could not properly develop. 



Both these friends were honest in their 

 opinions, but in one case my soil was not 

 adapted to the kind while the other was; 

 in the other case my friend did not give his 

 berries a chance to develop. This same 

 thing is occurring everywhere, not only in 



