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POPULAR GARDENING. 



August, 



Morning Glories. 



I watch them as they climb the trellis o'er, 



To look out on the world iu glad surprise, 

 Seeming content to asit for nothing more; 

 There are the blue ones, like a child's dear eyes, 

 That, startled as the sudden breezes blow. 

 Half shyly, half in fear, glance to and fro. 

 Here Is a rosy-tinted bloom whose cheek 



Would put to shame a maiden's radiant flush — 

 Perhaps a roving sunbeam did but seek 



To steal a morning kiss, and hence the blush; 

 Or it may be her listening heart has heard 

 The echoing love song of some wooing bird. 

 And there a blossom, delicate and white. 



Quivers and trembles in the early day. 

 As if the long, dark hours throughout the night 



Had wearied her and chased her bloom away; 

 Or else a swift, sharp pang, a sudden fear 

 Has left her grieving, pale and troubled, here. 



Jennie Noonan Wheless. 



Rain. 

 With a candence soft and low 



Falls the rain ! 

 All the heavy grasses seem 



Bowed with pain; 

 While the tender flowers droop 



To the sod. 

 Bent like penitents that kneel 



To their God; 

 Oh ! my garden brings a joy 



To my heart. 

 As 1 stand and watch the rain. 



Lee C. Harby. 



It is evening In the park. 

 And the softly coming dark 



Sees the toads 

 Snipping up the helpless flies. 

 Each a dainty, juicy prize. 



In the roads. 



Washington Critic. 



Sepair the glass now. 



A fibroas soil for Carnations. 



Asters begin to fill their place. 



For spring greens sow some Spinach. 



Subscriptions may begin with any issue. 



Which is it, a clean lawn or a weedy one '? 



Horticultural Hall at the Fair will need your 

 help. 



Would you have Pansies? August is the 

 time to sow. 



It is painful to see Gladioluses bending to the 

 KTOund tor want ol supports. 



Evergreens may safely be moved this month, 

 but all the better if the weather be damp. 



Lilies may be injured by application of rank 

 cow manure through the breeding of insects. 



Hot weather never affects our appreciation of 

 new subscribers. We have received hundreds 

 recently. 



Hail Insurance. It would have to be a pretty 

 severe hail storm that would injure Grapes that 

 are properly bagged. 



The better way is to allow resting plants to 

 start some new growth in the old pots before 

 repotting into their winter quarters. 



A neglected roadside is inexcusable. We trust 

 all our readers will take the lead in reforming 

 them with scythe and weed spud as needed. 



The hardy Gaillardia promises to become a 

 popular sort for the multitude. Easy of growth 

 and it is nothing less than exceedingly showy. 



Summer Flowers have been greatly added to 

 through Clematis Jackmanii becoming so com- 

 mon. What hardy plant can equal a finely grown 

 specimen of it in full bloom ? 



Improved Horticulture would take a percepti- 

 ble stride forward if for each reader Popular 

 GARDENrNG AND FRUIT GROWING uow has, the 

 list should be increased by anywhere from two 

 to a dozen. It can be done. 



Refuse Apples as Fuel. I burnt bushels of 

 decayed Apples this winter in the house furnace. 

 Without smell, and lessening use of other fuel, 



while destroying all insects in the fruit, which 

 was the main object in firing it.—Steplien Power. 



Purple or Copper Beech Leaves are made up 

 .with corsage bouquets of Niphetos Hoses. 

 Sheaves of Roses, tied around with their natural 

 stems like a standing sheaf of Wheat, are the 

 newest fancy for center piece decoration to the 

 table.— Public Ledger. 



A fine Auratum. I have an Auratum Lily, 

 now in bloom in an eight-inch pot, 30-inch stalk, 

 with five flowers remarkable for size, 17 inches 

 across the face from tip to tip. Wish I could 

 keep it and take to the annual meeting at New 

 York next month.— John Lane. 



As presents, flowers are always suitable, be- 

 cause they are an assertion that a ray of beauty 

 outvalues all the utilities of the world. Their 

 gay nature contrasts with the somewhat stem 

 countenance of ordinary nature ; they are Uke 

 music heard out of a workhouse. 



Persimmons in Florida. One of the prettiest 

 sights I ever saw was a Japan Persimmon 30 feet 

 high, spread some 15 feet, in January, with not a 

 leaf on it, but carrying about five bushels of fine 

 bright red fruit— a sight once seen long to be re- 

 membered.— Robert Reid, Orange Co., Fla. 



Collection of Lilies. Mr. Thomas S. Ware, of 

 Tottenham, London, Eng., writes: " I have one 

 of the best collection of Lilies in Europe, includ- 

 ing at least ten varieties of Superbura and 

 thirty or more of Paradalinum, all more or less 

 distinct; also have two forms of Washing- 

 tonianum, etc.— F. E. B. 



Petunias, I am taking up a few single 

 Petunias for winter flowering. I shall grow 

 them stocky, in order to have good strong, well- 

 rooted plants. I had a white and a pink in one 

 pot, last winter. They blossomed abundantly 

 all winter, and gave more satisfaction than any 

 of our other plants.— i. L. 



Onions for Seed. Scallions (some call them 

 seulhons) or any Onion having a stiff, strong 

 neck should never be saved for seed. They are 

 very apt to propagate that kind of an Onion. It 

 is true that the season and soil have something 

 do with it, but the parentage of the seed more.— 

 n'. J. J., Fairfield Co., Conn. 



Sealing with Sparrows in a way which Mr. 

 E. P. Powell, of Clinton, N. Y. tells of having 

 practiced, may be well worth trying: He took a 

 kettle and put in it some wetted meal and Paris 

 green, and hung it on the trellis; what effect it 

 had on the birds he cannot say, but they quit at 

 once, and did not touch a Grape afterwards. 



For Winter Flowers. In cutting back and re- 

 potting large plants of Fuchsia, Calceolaria, and 

 the like, the rule applying to nearly all plants, 

 is that it is an advantage to use a smaller pot, in 

 some cases, only half the size of the one from 

 which they were taken, shifting as required by 

 growth. Many fine plants are annually lost by a 

 disregard of this simple matter.— IF. F. L. 



Oats to Protect Flowers. Sow Oats in Straw- 

 berry and flower beds, early enough so they will 

 be four or six inches high when hard frosts 

 come. They will choke down the late weeds, 

 and the frosts will cut down the oats and leave 

 the frosted foliage as a covering and protection 

 to the plants. It is easily applied, and requires 

 no removal as other coverings do.—Elder^s Wife. 



Flower pots for winter use should now be 

 looked to. Some new ones will be needed likely, 

 and those needed, if ordered at this slack time, 

 many times can be had at reduced prices. To 

 free the old ones from the adhering greenish 

 substance, and to wash thoroughly, I boil in 

 soap-suds, having some lye added. Besides 

 increased rigor of plant growth, there is also an 

 important gain in appearance, not obtainable 

 in pots covered with mold and slime, with a pos- 

 sible chance of an injurious effect on human life. 



Native Lilies. There is now in my garden, 

 June, 29th, a Lily six and a half feet high, with 

 eight large flowers, and fifteen buds. It is a 

 Humboldtii, but entirely unspotted, light 

 orange petals, very thick and glossy. It was 

 found with one other like it, among a large 

 number of the common spotted Humboldtii 

 in Yuba County, Cal. One had forty flowers, 

 the other nearly as many. Are our florists 

 testing these and other native species of Lilies 

 as thoroughly as so important a species would 

 seem to deserve'/— Fan »i/ E. Brigax- 



French Flower Hood. On the opposite page is 

 shown a device employed by French gardeners 

 for protecting their tree Roses and other choice 

 flowers from the midday sun and from rain. It 



will be observed that the frame is of heavy wire, 

 bent first to form a circular base, from which the 

 supporting end extends downward for attaching 

 to the plant stake. Crosswise of the circular 

 part arises a wire, shaped for giving the cover, 

 which may consist of any light fabric, a slightly 

 conical form. With the intense heat of our sum- 

 mer sun, such a device or a modified form would 

 often prove of service. 



" Quince Culture." In a volume of 144 pages 

 bearing this title the author, Mr. W. W. Meech, 

 of Vineland, N. J., gives the first separate work 

 on the cultivation of the Quince that has ever 

 appeared. In its scope it is full and comprehen- 

 sive, dealing with the subject fi-om all practical 

 standpoints, and employing ViZ engravings to 

 elucidate the text. Mr. Meech is well quahfled 

 to treat this subject, being a grower of Quinces 

 for market, the introducer of Meech's Prolific, 

 and secretary of the Vineland Horticultural So- 

 ciety. O. Judd Co., pubUshei's ; price, $1.00. It 

 may be ordered from this oflBce. 



A Non-kinking Hose, At the State Farm, 

 Geneva, N. Y., we saw a non-kinking rubber 

 garden hose, that possesses some advantages. 

 Everyone knows that the giring away of a hose 

 is in this order, a kink, a break, then a leak. 

 But the hose referred to is prevented from kink- 

 ing by being armored with galvanized spring 

 steel wire wound around it spirally as shown in 

 the engraving, and which entirely does away 

 with short tjends and kinks. It also protects the 

 hose from ordinary wear. This hose has found 

 Its way into the hands of dealers, and may be 

 had for a cost of about sixteen cents per foot. 



The Leaves in Good Shape. A comforting fact 

 for fruit-growers lies in this, that the foliage of 

 fruit trees is generally in so healthy a condition, 

 as a brief recent run through different sections 

 shows. Not for several years has so little 

 trouble been experienced from worms, bliglit, 

 yeUows, etc. Many growers have practiced 

 spraying their trees, and in general given better 

 care and herein probably lies the secret of the 

 unwonted healthfulness noticeable. As an 

 indication of a good crop, many cooper shops 

 are working to their full capacity. The Cook 

 fruit gatherer is being u.sed to some extent, it 

 being practical and more expeditious than hand 

 work.— Virfjil Bogue. 



Work and Happiness, In his own unique and 

 happy style Mr. A. I. Root, of Medina, Ohio, has 

 written a series of practical articles entitled 

 "What to Do, and How to be Happy while Doing 

 It," and these he has recently brought out in a 

 book, a copy of which has reached our table. 

 The work relates mainly to matters of rural art 

 and gardening, and consists, as the au thor him- 

 self says, of "suggestions to those out of em- 

 ployment on how to find something to do, right 

 at home ; how to be your own boss, and how to 

 enjoy your work." Mr. Root himself has been 

 very successful in the Unes he here treats upon, 

 and it would be strange 

 if every reader should 

 not find the book profit- 

 able for its practical 

 not to say its moral 

 and religious ideas. 

 Pages, 188; price, 62 

 cents post-paid. To lie 

 had from Popular 

 Gardening oflice. 



A Non-kinking Hose. 



Calandrina Occiden- 

 talis. Two years ago I 

 received a plant brought from a peak on the 

 coast, to which Mr. Meehan gave the above 

 name, and said it was only known very recently. 

 When not in bloom it would easily be mistaken 

 for a Crassula, for the thick fleshy leaves form a 

 rosette as regular and compact as the old plant 

 commonly known as " Hen and Chickens," and 

 throws out runners with off-shoots in the same 

 way. The bloom-stems start^ from under each 

 leaf of the lower rows, and at first are covered 

 by a curious little fringed bract that looks like 

 a small green bug. Mine had three rows of 

 flower-stems. Flowers, crimson-rose, not as 

 pretty as some Calandrina species. The leaves 

 are long and narrow, broadening towards the 

 end, and endingabruptly in a point.— Fa«ny E. 

 Brings, Clarke Co., Wash. Ter. 



Protection for Fruit Growers. An exchange 

 asks " Why should sheep or hoi*se stealing be 

 reckoned a crime, and the stealing of fruit and 

 garden truck be considered a joke'/ " New York 

 has a statue which covers the ground and may 

 be worthy of cop.ving by other states. One of its 

 sections is as follows; Any person who wilfully 



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