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POPULAR GARDENING. 



August, 



DiERviLLA, Bush Honeysuckle.— Grown from 

 euttingrs of the new wood, with a little of the 

 old wood at the base. 



Eleagnus.— Some of the species in this genus 

 are very ornamental. Grown from seed soaked 

 for about twelve hours, mixed with sand, and al- 

 lowed to fi'eeze. Also grown from cuttings put 

 out in the fall, same as Currant, and mulched ; 

 or cuttings can be kept in sand and put in the 

 propagating pit in the Spring. 



EnoNYMus, Strawberry Tree. — 5'ropagated 

 from seed kept dry until spring then soak and sow. 



FoKSTTHiA.— Propagated by seed or cuttings. 



Hydrangea. — Very ornamental shrubs. Prop- 

 agated from cuttings of the new wood. Put un- 

 der glass in the fall, and potted during winter. 



Hypericum, St. John's Wort. Hypericum Kal- 

 mianuin. — A dwarf shrub. Propagated from 

 cuttings with bottom heat. 



LiGUSTRUM, Privet. — Grown from seed treated 

 same as the Cherry or graft on the Ash or Lilac. 



LONicER A, Honeysuckle. — Beautiful flowering 

 shrubs. The climbers are propagated by layer- 

 ing ; tree forms from cuttings. 



Mahonia. — Imported dwarf shrubs. Projia- 

 gated same as Barberry. 



MoRUs, Mulberry. Mollis Tartarira. — Cut- 

 leaved Mulberry. May be iiropagated from cal- 

 loused cuttings, or budded on common forms. 



Panax. Pauar 8essifl(wiuni. — A flowering 

 shrub. Propagatt^d from root cuttings. 



PHiLADEi.pnu.«, Syringa; Mock Orange.— Prop- 

 agated from cuttings put out in the fall. 



POTENTILLA, Five Finger. — Small flowering 

 shrubs. Propagated by division of roots or sto- 

 lons. Diflicult to propagate by cuttings. 



Rhamnus.— Grown from seed kept in sand or 

 dry over winter. Ornamental forms may be 

 budded on the common seedlings. 



Rhus, Sumach.— Some of the imported species 

 are very ornamental. Grown from suckers, or 

 cuttings put out in the fall. 



RiBES, Currant.— All of them are propagated 

 from cuttings of the new wood put out late in 

 the fall. If desired to grow in the tree form, 

 rub oif the buds at the base of the cuttings so 

 they will not throw up suckers. 



Rosa, The Rose. Rosa niyosa. — One of our 

 most beautiful hardy Roses. Most frequently 

 propagated from cuttings put to root any time 

 from September to January, or by budding in 

 spring and summer. 



RUBUS, Bramble or Raspberry.— Rt(&i« odor- 

 attjs. — Flowering Raspberry. Hardy shrub. 

 Propagated from root-cuttings or suckers. 



Sambucus, Elder.— Besides our common Elder- 

 berry there are several cut-leaved ornamen- 

 tal varieties. Grown from cuttings put out in 

 the fall ; also from seed. 



Spir^a.— This genus contains a number of 

 beautiful flowering shruha.—Splr<ea fraxinifolia, 

 arid all those that sprout, may be propagated 

 from root^cuttings or sprouts.— Sptrcea salici- 

 folia, and all of this habit of growth, are propa- 

 gated from stolons.- SpiJwa opulifolia, and all 

 those that do not sucker or throw out sprouts, 

 are propagated by cuttings put out in the fall. 



Symphoricarpus, Snowberry.— Small flower- 

 ing shrubs. Grown from seed mixed with sand 

 and allowed to freeze, or from stolons. 



Syringa, Lilac.— Usually grown from stolons. 

 May be grafted on the Ash. 



Tamarax. Tamarax Africana.—A very beau- 

 tiful shrub. Propagated from cuttings put out 

 in the fall, or in the greenhouse by bottom heat. 



Viburnum, Snowball.— Beautiful flowering 

 shrubs. Propagated by layering, or from seeds. 



Wlstaria.— A strong climber. Increased from 

 seed and layering. 



The Lily. Its Culture and Varieties. 



{By O. W. AUlrich, before the Cuiumbxts, Ohio, Horti- 

 eultural Society.'] 



The remarks I shall make upon this sub- 

 ject are based upon an experience of some 

 years in another State, where I had in my 

 grounds nearly every kind I could hear of, 

 being more than forty different varieties as 

 named in the catalogues, though many could 

 hardly be distinquished from others of the 

 same class. 



Varieties. I will first call your attention to 

 the varieties, as there will be a difference of the 

 culture required in the different classes. 



Probably the most common in this locality is 

 the old-fashioned White Lily Liliuvi candidum^ 

 which bears its flowers upon a stalk about two 

 and a half feet high. They are pure white, st>me- 



what Uke a bell in shape, most beautiful and 

 perfectly hardy. A double variety of this is not 

 as beautiful as the single. 



Another variety very common in Illinois, is the 

 old fashioned Tiger Lily or Lilium tigrinum. 

 This grows from four to si.x feet high, has salmon 

 colored flowers with black dots on the the petals. 

 It is perfectl.v hardy of easy culture, and worthy 

 of a place in the garden. There is a larger grow- 

 ing variety which grows six or seven feet high 

 with a much larger number of blossoms than the 

 common variety, which I never saw except on 

 my own grounds. There is also a double flower- 

 ing variety and another one quite like it called 

 FuHunii. This is very similar in flower, but 

 more slender, and has no black bulblets on the 

 stalk as has the Tiger Lily. This one is from 

 Japan, the Tiger Lily from China. 



Another class of LlUes is the tubular flowered 

 white Lily, called long flowered or hmyiflonim. 

 One of the larger flowered varieties is called 

 eximlum and there are two varieties of recent 

 introduction, HarissU and fkiribunda which 

 produce a larger number of flowers than the 

 common varieties. None of this class can be 

 called perfectly hardy though I have succeeded 

 in flowering the common varieties out-of-doors 

 several times, but as they start very early it is 

 diflicult to protect them without imparing the 

 young growth before the weather is warm 

 enough to uncover them .safely. The.v are very 

 desirable as pot plants, to blossom in March in 

 the house. 



Another class the flowers of which arc born on 

 upright stems and whose flowere resemble a 

 large single Tulip in shape is called the umheUa- 

 tum or Tliutihcrgianum. These are of two classes, 

 one growing about two feet high with reddish 

 flowers spotted with black, which are perfectly 

 hardy. One of (his class called venuMum is 

 worthy of a place in any collection. The other 

 class is of dwarf habit, growing but ten to fifteen 

 inches in height, and are ijuite difficult to raise. 

 One of them called citrinum Is a very beautiful 

 buff Lil.v, but this requires a good deal of care 

 and one will lose many bulbs, even if given. 



Another variety called MaHagon has small 

 flowers of inirple, scarlet or white color, but 

 whUe they are pretty would not be worth raising 

 unless one was making a large collection. 



One of the most desirable of the Lilies of large 

 growth is the cxcelmim, which grows from four 

 to six feet high and produces ten or twelve Lilies 

 of fair size and of a beautiful buff. The petals 

 are more recurved than the common white Lily, 

 but not so much so as the Japan Lilies hereafter 

 spoken of. The bulbs are large and the plant 

 hardy and healthy. 



There are a number of beautiful Lilies which 

 are quite difficult to grow, among which are two 

 scarlet ones, one of which is called teimifoUum 

 which blossoms about the earliest of any variety; 

 but I have not succeeded in keeping the bulbs 

 but a year or two, and the other is called Chalce- 

 dmiwum, and the California Lilies, the white 

 Wa^hingtimianum and yellow Humhotdtii are 

 very difficult to grow here and this is true of the 

 small varieties. 



The CanoAleme is a perfect gem, producing 

 generally two beautiful drooping flowers of a 

 red color with white or yeUow spots, but it is 

 hard to make the bulbs grow after transplanting. 



I will mention the sitpe7-lmm., a rather tall grow- 

 ing yellow native Lily, and the pomponium so 

 called because when the flower stalks comes up 

 it resembles a pompon or tuft, the crown of 

 leaves at the top looking like a round paint 

 brush an inch and a half in diameter. 



There remains but the Japan Lilies, of the 

 lancifolnm or specUiSum varieties. They bloom 

 later than other varieties, usually in August. 

 The stalks are from thirty to forty inches high; 

 the flowers are from four to five inches in diam- 

 eter, with recurved petals, and on either a face 

 of white or white dotted and splashed with pink 

 and crimson. Here let me say when you have 

 got the jmhrum or roseiinu which will cost you 

 twenty-five cents per bulb, do not pay high 

 prices for other varieties; for the probabilities 

 will be that when you get them you cannot tell 

 them from the common kinds. 



There is, however, a difference between the 

 white varieties. The commonest, called album, 

 is one of the more slender growth and is more 

 difficult to keep than roscum or 7-vbi'vm; but 

 there is a variety called prcec&x, which is vigor- 

 ous and hardy as the pink varieties. It is a solid 

 color but has a slight i^ink flush in the center of 

 each petal and is well worth the higher price 

 charged for the bulb. Another variety called 



monstrosum is very distinct in habit. The stalk 

 is flat frequentlj' an inch and a half wide, and I 

 have had single stalks with over forty full blown 

 white lilies open at one time. The individual 

 flowers are not quite as long as the other varie- 

 ties being of the same shape and about three 

 inches across, but as the common varieties rarely 

 have more than six or eight flowers, the flat- 

 stemmed ones are much more showy. The queen 

 of Lilies is however the Golden-banded Lily of 

 Japan, auratum, with flowers which are, when 

 fully expanded, as large as a dinner plate, the 

 petals pure white with a strip of gold running 

 lengthwise in the center of each and the center 

 spotted with brown or crimson dots, each plant 

 var.ving in the color of the stripes, and in some 

 the stripe is a crimson. The flowers exhale the 

 most delightful perfume. A strong plant will 

 produce five or six flowers on one stalk, and they 

 blossom in July. They are beautiful pot plants, 

 but are considered difficult to keep out-of-doors, 

 seldom blossoming more than one year and then 

 dwindle away; but by following the plan here- 

 after spoken of, I have kept them several years. 



It will not do to overlook the Japanese Leich- 

 tini, which is of comparatively recent introduc- 

 tion, as it is a desirable flower. The bulb is small, 

 the stem slender, and grows about two feet high. 

 The flower is yellow with a slightly greenish 

 tinge and is really beautiful. It has proven 

 perfectly hardy with me. 



The Brownii a beautiful tubular flower of large 

 size, white on the inside and with a shade of pur- 

 ple on the outside is still rare and high priced as 

 it is difficult to propagate. 



Culture. Most of the Lilies increase by division 

 of the bulb, and those of the longifolium, specU 

 ri.fum, tiyrinmn and uvthellatum species from 

 small bulblets along the stem under ground 

 which in two or three years make flowering 

 bulbs. When it is desired to propagate largely 

 the bulb may be divided into single scales and 

 then i)lanted in pure sand, and if kept at the pro- 

 per temperature and moisture a small bulb will 

 form on the inside of the base of each scale. 



The loiigiflorum and the auratum varieties 

 are suitable for pot culture, and may remain in 

 the pots for several years if care is taken to 

 ripen. For out-door culture the beds should be 

 well drained, as but few varieties wUl thrive 

 when water can stand around the roots. 



The beds should be trenched about eighteen 

 inches deep, and in this locality about one-third 

 of the soil be replaced by sand and about a 

 quarter with leaf mold, chip manure or some 

 vegetiible manure of this kind, but do not put 

 any barnyard manure about the bulbs. 



In setting the bulbs, place a spadeful of sand 

 under the bulb, and cover the small sized ones 

 with three or four inches of soil; but I have 

 obtained the best results with the large sized 

 bulbs, especially of the Chinese and Japanese 

 varieties, by setting a foot or more in depth, hav- 

 ing in this way kept the auratum for several 

 years. But in setting at this depth the soil must 

 be kept porous by the use of leaf mold or other 

 manure and sand,. 



Most of the Lilies may be set at any time in the 

 fall between the time of foliage ripens and the 

 gi-ound freezes, but the bulbs will do better if 

 planted in a short time after digging. The can- 

 diilum, however, makes a new gi'owth of leaves 

 in the fall and therefore should be planted earlier, 

 usually as early as August or the bulb will be 

 weakened and delayed a year or two in blooming. 



While most of the Lilies are hardy they will do 

 better with some protection in winter. 



In growing the auratum I generally place some 

 well rotted manure on the bed before the fall 

 rains set in, and when the ground froze I covered 

 the beds with twelve or fifteen inches of leaves 

 packed down so as to shed the rain, and hold 

 them down with some litter, not to keep the 

 ground from f rezing, but to keep the water from 

 stiuiding around the bulb. Upon uncovering the 

 bulbs in the spring they should be cultivated, and 

 I beUe\e that it is an advantage to set out some 

 bedding plants which do not grow too tall, 

 between the Lily stalks so as to partially shade 

 the ground. 



The bulbs should not be disturbed, oftener than 

 once in three or four years. 



CONDENSED GLEANINGS. 



Orapes as Food, It is now conceded by 

 scientists and well-informed men, in all pro- 

 fessions, that, as food for human beings, there is 

 nothing in the vegetable world, superior to good 

 varieties of ripe Grapes; and they not only give 



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