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POPULAR GARDENING. 



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ing, showing tliiit it has not reached its per- 

 fection. The tanii also contains numerous 

 Water Lilies not excluding the Victoria 

 Kegia with its immense leaves, it not sliow- 

 ing flower at the time of my visit. 



In one of the Orchid Houses, Ferns and 

 other miscellaneous plants requiringa moist 

 air were introduced, and here the Fancy 

 Caladium was perfe'tly at home, in a large 

 number of varieties, it receiving its second 

 re-potting at the time. 



Mr. Kimball cuts great quantilies of his 

 flowers for charitable purposes, even his 

 Orchids. No lover of fine plants, Orchids 

 in jjarticnlar can afford to go 

 through Rochester witliont see- 

 ing Mr. Kimball's collection. 

 He most liberally throws open 

 his houses daily to visitors; 

 though thousands visit the 

 I)lace it is rarely ever that harm 

 is done. To Mr. George Savage, 

 much credit is due for main- 

 taining the collection in such 

 perfect condition; his long ex- 

 perience of the American cli- 

 mate, together with his Eng- 

 lish training, makes him one of 

 the most practical Orchid 

 growers of the country. 



I Wiis also permitted to visit 

 Mr. Kimball's private residence 

 grounds and greenhouses, and 

 could not help but notice the 

 great taste displayed in their 

 arrangement. 



The houses here contained nothing of par- 

 ticular interest excepting some large deco- 

 rative plants, one Palm being at the very 

 top and growing through the roof. Through 

 neglect, evidently, these were not in perfect 

 health and luxuriance, as the gardener who 

 has charge must have his time so fully oc- 

 cupied with the extensive and most beauti- 

 ful hardy borders, as, at this time in partic- 

 ular, to neglect these sub.iects under glass. 



plants adds very much to the attractiveness 

 of the lawn in the vernal season. 



While referring to the plantingof bulbs it 

 nuiy be well to say that for attaining good 

 results in the mi.xod bonlers, where these, 

 together with hardy and tender plants are 

 to be grown, it is nece.''.«ary that the prei)ar- 

 ation of soils, etc., should be thorough at 

 the outset. Deeply dug and in many cases 

 trenched borders, having good manure 

 workeil in are what is wanted. With the 

 right, thorough preparation, shrubs can be 

 planted and brought into the background 

 in a natural manner for forming an irregn- 



Bulbous Plants Grown in Grass. 



Situations are not wanting where bulbous 

 plants of various kinds can be grown with 

 good effect in the grassy sward about clumps 

 of shrubs and trees. Our illustration on 

 this page shows the Narcissus or Daffodil 

 put to this use, and it is safe to say that 

 there are few other plants as well adapted 

 to the purpose as are these. 



For this kind of culture the soil of the 

 lawn should be deep and fertile. Then with 

 bulbs properly set they will continue to 

 thrive for many years without molestation. 

 It is to be remarked that for Narcissus the 

 under stratum of ground may, under any 

 circumstances, be quite Arm, as they seem 

 to en.)oy a compact root-bed. 



Another kind especially well adapted for 

 grass planting is the little Crocus, the bulb- 

 lets of which can be planted at several 

 inches apart in clumps suited to the spot, 

 under and about shrubs, trees, or similar 

 po.sitions. The flowers ■ 



being almost the earliest > 



of our colored bloomers, ' 



provide a most pleasing "'"^'i^g"in''sod.'""' 

 sight in the early spring. 

 In addition to the Crocus may also be named 

 the following bulbous plants suitable for 

 this .style: Lilium Martagun, forming one 

 of the finest and strongest groups; the little 

 Star of Uethlehem ((irniUKiddUmt ujnbi-llti- 

 luiii) is particularly suited to a somewhat 

 moist spot. A striking effect is gained by 

 having a carpet of Arabis alpina, or of the 

 low creeping forms of Forget-me-not, in 

 which various of the finer Lilies are planted. 

 Summer SnowHakes, (iiKro/Hi/i irslipinn), 

 carrying large white rtowers tipped with 

 green, show to splendid advantage with a 

 shrubbery background. Such a use of 



FFECT OF NARCISSUSES AMONG SHRUBS. 



lar out-line with openings between the 

 shrub groups, being filled with plants like 

 those above mentioned, besides quite a 

 range of other subjects. 



In planting bulbs and plants with small 

 roots, in grass, and especially in the sward 

 of a well-kept lawn, many planters are at 

 a I0.SS as how to do the job neatly. We 

 herewith figure a simple method, well 

 adapted for this. There is one long cut, 

 with a short transver.se one, where planting 

 is being done. When ready to plant insert 

 the spade at u, and pull the handle down 

 so as to open the cuts at b. in which open- 

 ing set the bulb; upon withdrawing the 

 spade the earth returns to its natural condi- 

 tion, the plant being easily firmed by the feet. 



Flowers of the Polar Zones. 



An English botanist according to Lieut. 

 Schwatka, in Woman, estimates that the 

 Arctic zone gives about 1,000 or less species 

 of plants and with some ;3,1KJ0 among the 

 Alpine flora, forming a total of about 3,(X)0 

 species peculiar to an Arctic climate. Small 

 as this cold weather class is, it exceeds the 

 popular opinion that the polar regions and 

 snow-clad mountain tops are practically de- 

 void of vegetation. 



While there are 76'2 kinds of flowers in the 

 Arctic regions, yet within the Antarctic cir- 

 cle a flowering plant has never been found 

 as the weather is more severe and there are 

 few tracts of land on which plant life can 

 flourish. We see that it is on large land areas 

 where such life is the best in the .\rctic, 

 where it can absorb some of the little heat 

 that is coming down, without being chilled 

 to death by contiguous ice fields. 



But of these 762 flowering plants only 

 some fifty of them, so far as we know, are 

 wholly residents of the Arctic zone. The 

 few polar flowers that have any perfume 

 have crept I think over the border of the 

 Arctic circle; none of the fifty Es(iuimeau 

 flowers as we might call them, having any 

 appreciable fragrance. 



■I'lie colors of these boreal blossoms are 

 quite generally of thecold tints, in harmony 

 with the chilly surroundings. White and 

 light yellow preilominate, and these c(dors 

 seem associated with frosts atid cold wea- 



ther. It is in the depths of the Arctic ocean 

 that we And some of the largest ex pre.ssion.s 

 of plant life in that zone. Here are colo.ssal 

 Kelps and other life that grows continiuilly 

 throughout the year. 



The dwarfed condition of land plants, n 

 naturalist tells us, is notdue so much totlie 

 intense cold of the Arctic winter as because 

 they ilo not get enough warmth in the sum- 

 mer for development. Dr. Joseph Hooper 

 mentions it as a rare properly of one of the 

 (iraminaMthc (irasses,) Trimttim Kiihsiiira- 

 titiii. that it is e<iually an inhabitant of the 

 Arctic and Antarctic region. 



The seiuson is too short to 

 give annuals the time they de- 

 mand for the maturing of their 

 fruit, to insure the next season's 

 growth so that the plants arc 

 mostly, the perennials that, 

 like our hardy spring flora, 

 rapiilly push their growth be- 

 fore the snow is all off the 

 ground, and with the first ces- 

 sation of the vernal cold. 

 Middendorff, a Siberian travel- 

 er of note, says that he has seen 

 a Rhododendron in that 

 country in full fiower. 



Kll. Cinnamon Rote. I have 



never known any other name than 



Cinuumfm Hose. It is olii-l'iusli- 



ioned and found in old (gardens. 



Wherever once grown there will 



be an abundance of shoots .spriiiK- 



in(f up. It is tlie flret Rose out in the sprint' and 



very fratrrunt.— Mks. T. H. Lovk.jov, Mitrhi-II 



Co., Iowa. 



813. Black Spot on Boses. This is a fununs 

 KTowin(? on the leaves, which cau.ses them to 

 droll (itr iirematurely. lt« growth is most rapid 

 during cool, moist weather, and it attacks most 

 readily those Uoses that are growing in a very 

 rich damp soil. So far all attempts to eradicate 

 it ha\e been unsufoessful, as it is very tenacious 

 of life. A (roi.il |iic\ I'litive i.s tci kii-p thi- plants 

 in a wanii, dry utindspheio. say alumt 7i) ilcgrees, 

 and in order to pre\ cut the spread of the pest, 

 all leaves should be gathered and destrfiyed us 

 soon as tliey have fallen.— CH.iS. E. Paiinei.i., 

 Qurcii.y, L. I. 



771. Sowing Wallflowers. .Sow the seed in a 

 nicely prepared cold frame about the first of 

 May, and as .soon as the young plants are strong 

 enough to handle they should he planted out in 

 a well prepared border for the summer and 

 placed in rows two feet apart, the plants stand- 

 ing one foot apart in the row. Keep them well 

 cultivated, and on the approach of cold weather 

 take up and idace in as small pots as poasilile. 

 Winter in a cool gi-eenhouse. air freely, guard 

 against damp and green-fly. When growth com- 

 mences towards spring, encourage it by shifting 

 into larger pots, and liberal supphes of liipiiil 

 manure. 'I'hey should be given a compost 

 composed of two-thirds turfy loam, one-tlur<l 

 well decayed manure and a fair sprinkling 

 of bone dust, flood drainage and thorough 

 waterings are indispensable to success in pot 

 cidtvire. If the plants are intended for open air 

 liloom, keep them as ccxd as possible all winter, 

 harden off in March and plant out as soon as the 

 ground i-an lie properly prepared.— (;. E. P. 



777. Propagating Clematia. You can readily 

 increase your stock by layering the half ripened 

 wood. When the woo<I is in a proper condition 

 place the sho<iti* in any convenient situation, cut 

 thcra partially through on the up(ier imrt, and 

 then open a shallow trench and fasten the shoots 

 therein with a sluirt jieg, then fill up the tiench. 

 and liefore winter sets in cover slightly with 

 evergreen branches. The ne.vt spring these can 

 be tjikeii up and replanted.— Chas. E. I'aknki.i.. 



tM7. Plants After Blooming. Petunias and 

 Abutilons may be cut back rpiite s*'verely, and 

 in the case of large plants have fresh soil adik^l, 

 first removing a part of the old. Small ones can 

 be re-potted iiitii larger pots. Tulieroses and 

 similar Ijulbs to Ik- given a season of rest.— 

 W. V. L. 



s.M. Cyclamen Treatment. l^sually these 

 plants are grown as wlnt*'r and early spring 

 blooming phuit.", though they often carry theii' 

 flowers till liedding out time, especially if kept 

 quite cool after the.v hav«' come into full bloom. 



They may tie dried off and kept in a dr.\', t I 



place, watering only enough to kei-p the liultis 

 from shrivi'ling until the first or middle of Sep- 

 temtier, when they should lie pott<il in fr*-*sh soil. 

 Another way is simply to plant in open, shady 

 liorder during the summer. This I find perhaps 

 as good a way as the former.— \V. K. Lake. 



