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POPULAR GARDENING. 



June, 



Roses, 



Roses in the land again ! 

 Roses brigliten all the lane! 

 As we wander to and fro, 

 Other roses sweeter grow. 

 Roses in the hedge, the ground, 

 Roses in your cheeks are found, 

 Roses were in bloom last year 

 When I plucked a rosebud here, 

 For to tell my love I chose 

 Thine own flower— a blushing rose. 

 Roses whispered, she is true, 

 When I plighted troth to you. 



— London Society. 



Buttercups. 



Have the sunbeams, all unknowing. 

 Taken root on earth, and growing. 

 Flowered in yellow Buttercups ? 



Bonny Buttercups, beguiling 

 Human sorrow with the smiling; 

 OflFering to each new comer 

 Golden salvers full of summer. 

 All the sunny Maytime I 



How they nod. and smile, and glisten. 



As they turn their heads to listen 



To the whispering of the breezes lingering 



above them ; 

 Giving their long-hoarded treasure 

 In such free, unstinted measure. 



Who could choose but love them y 



— Mai'y Bowles, in Golden Days. 



The Queen Is enthroned. 



Prune to induce stockiness. 



Ever see so early a season ? 



Asiatic Lilacs are the finest. 



Fuchsias do best in partial shade. 



Saving Pansy seed may commence. 



Crowding jilants is a common fault. 



Decoration Day is May-day in America. 



The Century Plant does well planted out. 



Flora bestows abundant favors this month. 



Everybody loves the Pansy — yes, everybody. 



The Mock Orange has been cultivated 300 

 years. 



The Sunflower is grown for fuel in some 

 places. 



Box Edging should not be allowed over three 

 inches high. 



The long rosy plumes of Tamarisk are now 

 conspicuous. 



Dangers of Spring: The leaves shoot forth 

 everywhere. 



What a void in our flowers if no Rose had 

 been created. 



" Eose ! what dost thou here, bridal royal 

 Rose?" — Mrs. Hciii/inii. 



Water the plants at the end of the day, 

 rather than under a hot sun. 



For a somewhat shady place the Musk plant 

 is an e.xcelleut basket drooper. 



Supports should be given to the young 

 climbers early. Don't forget this. 



The Night-blooming Cereus sometimes has 

 over one hundred of its large flowers in one 

 season. 



" As for me," whispered the hungry cater- 

 pillar to the tree, "I'm going to turn over a 

 new leaf." 



" It has already been worth several times its 

 price to us," writes Mrs. Charles Green, from 

 Madison Co., Alabama, concerning Popular 

 Gardening. 



This is a good time to start in on weeding 

 the lawn of Plantains, Dandelions and other 



perennials. They will dig easier now than 

 later, when stronger. 



There can be no doubt that insect ravages 

 are largelj' due to the unhealthy, unthrifty 

 condition of the great portion of our cultivated 

 plants. — Prof. W. R. Lazenby 



In this season of rapid growth our list of 

 subscribers should grow immensely. There is 

 no better way for our readers to help this 

 paper than by raising clubs now. 



Early Potatoes. According to the London 

 Practical Confectioner, the potato introduced 

 in England in 1000 was first eaten as a sweet- 

 meat, stewed in sack wine and sugar. 



The Wild Plum {Pninus Americana), is 

 almost unequaled as a flowering tree. The 

 blossoms are pure white, large, of good tex- 

 ture, and load the air with their fragrance for 

 some distance. 



The spring months, so far, have been very 

 productive in subscribers to this paper. Let 

 there be a constant increase all during the sea- 

 son of active gardening. Now is a capital 

 time for getting up clubs. 



Moss on the Surface. Sometimes moss and a 

 kind of green lichen grow on the surface of the 

 soil of the Camellias or other pots. This is harm- 

 ful rather than otherwise and should be dug 

 out, afterwards facing the top with fresh soil. 



Moving trees or shrubs in leaf can be done, if 

 must be, as late as this, by stripping off all 

 the leaves before the operation; a new crop 

 appearing later. Trees have been moved a 

 few rods in mid-summer with perfect success. 



To plant the new Clematis Coccinea in beds, 

 with roses, shrubs, etc., is recommended by 

 Mr. E. L. Beard, of Cambridge, Mass. He 

 says that when it is allowed to climb over 

 them as it pleases, it forms a very attractive 

 feature on a lawn. 



The Red Bose. According to ancient fable, 

 the red color of the Rose may be traced to 

 Venus, whose delicate foot, when she hastened 

 to the relief of her husband, Adonis, was 

 pierced by a thorn that drew blood, which, on 

 the White Rose being shed, made it forever 

 after red. 



Personal. At the date of issuing this month's 

 paper, we can happily say that Mr. Long is on 

 the road to recovery from his protracted ill- 

 ness. But his many correspondents may have 

 to exercise patience for some time yet, before 

 he can bestow due attention to all their com- 

 munications. 



Vases, hanging baskets and window boxes 

 may have the plants set closely together with- 

 out harm, because air and light have free 

 access to them. But when many plants are 

 thus brought into a small space the soil needs 

 to be decidedly rich, or soon it will become 

 exhausted detrimentally. 



The Red Horse-chestnut. Everybody knows 

 the common but attractive flowers of the 

 White Horse-chestnut, but everybody may not 

 know that there is a variety which bears large 

 spikes of rich crimson flowers instead of white, 

 and also one with double blossoms. The crim- 

 son flowering one is the handsomest. 



An Art Treasure. We are indebted to Mr, 

 James Vick, Rochester, N, Y., for a Portfolio 

 of Rare and Beautiful Flowers, consisting of 

 six original water-color sketches painted from 

 nature. The subjects are chiefly Orchids. The 

 work is offered at $2 per copy, which is low 

 enough considering its high merit. 



Allamandas. If these have long straggling 

 shoots, which show no flower buds, they should 

 have their points nipped out, which will cause 

 a quantity of black eyes to break that in due 

 time will show bloom. When flowering begins, 

 like the Hydrangea they are benefitted by 

 weekly supplies of diluted manure water. 



Soil for Evergreens. While the White Pine 

 and Red Cedai' thrive in poor, sandy land, and 

 the Black Spruce and Hemlocks in wettish 

 places, and Nordman's Fir in heavy clay, these 



in common with most all Evergreens, thrive 

 better in fairly good, free loam; in fact com- 

 mon garden soil is well suited for most Ever- 

 greens. — Cor. American Garden. 



Michigan Agricultural College. The bulletins 

 which we have great satisfaction in receiving 

 from this college from time to time, show that 

 much careful experimental work is being done 

 on the college farm, located at Lansing, Michi- 

 gan. Those which bear upon horticultural ex- 

 periments, as conducted by Professor L. H. 

 Bailey, seem to us to possess merit in a marked 

 degree, relating as they do to matters of prac- 

 tical value to all gardeners. An extract from 

 Bulletin No 13 is given on another page. 



Kotes, suggestions, inquiries and answers to 

 inquiries, from our readers are always welcome 

 at this office. So, will not everybody send in 

 some contribution, however brief, to help make 

 this paper even more lively and newsy than it is 

 now. Postal card contributions are always 

 acceptable. Please don't hesitate to write 

 because you may feel you are not a fine writer. 

 Fine writing we don't lay much stress upon, 

 as all our readers know by this time. Plain 

 every day English suits our family well. 



Shape Up the Evergreens. The Norway and 

 other Spruces, Firs, Hemlocks and Arbor 

 Vitaes thrive under the free use of the prun- 

 ing knife and shears, and their shapes may 

 often be improved by this means. Now is a 

 good time to prime, while the young growth 

 may be clipped back without fear at any time 

 during the summer. To get a dense, pyra- 

 midal form, starting at the ground, the lower 

 branches should be kept the longest. An Ever- 

 green pruned to have a bare trunk is a poor 

 looking object. 



Narcissus. To J. D. E. we would say that 

 as j'our Narcissus did not bloom well, it would 

 be better to lift them and replant in deep soil. 

 If it is light and sandy all the better, if not, 

 some sand may be mixed with it. They will 

 flower better the second and third year than 

 the first, and may remain in the same place 

 four or five years. The best time to lift them 

 is in July, when the leaves are quite dead. 

 They may be transplanted at once, for unlike 

 some other bulbs, they are not improved for be- 

 ing left out of the ground. 



Many persons who have gardens are just now 

 waking up to their real needs in the line of 

 gardening information. Such persons, if ap- 

 proached by some member of the Popular 

 Gardening family and asked to subscribe for 

 this paper, would respond at once. Will not 

 every one of our readers see what they can do 

 at this time in extending our circle. We are 

 sure that each member of the family could 

 easily add one new name to our list, in this 

 way. It would be an act very helpful indeed, 

 to our own endeavors in establishing this new 

 periodical on a paying basis. 



Achimenes. Our correspondent, W. F. Lake, 

 of Wayne Co., N. Y., writes thus: These 

 bulbous plants created quite a sensation here 

 when I first began growing them. I like them 

 for baskets, planting the small, drooping, 

 scarlet variety around the edge, finishing with 

 the more erect varieties in the center. The 

 bulbs multiply very rapidly, and any one 

 starting with a dozen bulbs will have an over- 

 abundance in a few 3-ears. The Achimene re- 

 quires a season of rest after blooming, as it 

 does, very profusely for a dozen or more weeks. 

 There are but few varieties generally grown.' 



Lasiandra macrantha floribunda. This plant 

 is not as widely known and cultivated as it 

 deserves. The name is derived from lasios, 

 wooly, and aner, an anther. It was introduced 

 from Rio Janeiro, in 18:30. The leaves are of 

 singular beauty, being covered with short 

 plush-like hairs. It bears large, deep purple 

 flowers. I have for several years cidtivated 

 this plant, and found it equally adapted for the 

 winter window garden, or bedding out during 

 the summer. Inclined to grow tall, I have 



