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POPULAR GARDENING. 



June, 



My Summer Rose. 



What flower can rival my full-blown Rose, 



That sits, June's queen, upon its slender stem? 

 Upon Its damask leaf the sunlight glows, 



It wears morn's dewdrops as a diadem. 

 No limner's art has ever caught Its hue 



Of sunlight mingled with the crimson tide, . 

 The rich red tint that stains it through and tiirough. 



The soft glow radlent as a flush of pride. 

 No trick of man has caught the sweet perfume. 



Trembling upon the south wind's passing sigh; 

 The breath from out the challice in its bloom. 



That wafts like Incense to the summer sky. 

 Oh, Rose! June Rose! that I have prized so much. 



Fair as thou art, too well I know thy doom; 

 Up through the valley comes the storms chill touch. 



And with harsh tumult scatters leaf and bloom. 



Grasses creeping, 

 Flower-sprangled; 

 Rocks a-sleeplng, 

 Vine entangled; 

 Brooklets purling. 

 Ferns uncurling. 

 Tree- tops sighing. 

 Breezes dying; 

 Cloudlets shifting. 

 Insects humming. 

 Petals drifting. 

 Fragrance coming; 

 Dews a-glitter 

 Birds a-twltter— 

 Shine and azure 

 Without measure. 

 World, so gray and olden. 

 Thou art new and golden! 

 Of all bloom and bliss 

 For thine adorning, 

 Nothing dost thou miss 

 This spring-time morning! 



No insect fight; no crops. 



Aim for simple designs in bedding. 



The Ten-week-stock blooms are in. 



What flowering tree excels the Apple? 



For Bose insects consult last month's supple- 

 ment. 



The fruit grower's Spring tonic— ripe Straw- 

 berries. 



No trees can thrive on exhausted soil without 

 manure. 



Fancy gourds are a cheap delight for the 



children. 



The fertilizing value of one bushel of Apples 

 is less than one cent. 



Prune and rub off sprouts with an eye to the 

 future shai>e of trees. 



The more flowers are plucked the more new 

 buds will break forth. 



Try it. For best effect no vase or bouquet 

 flowers should be crowded. 



Visitors at Woodbanks e.icpress surprise at the 

 advancement of the operations. 



Would you add to the gaudiness of your sum- 

 mer flowers, then give liquid manure. 



Of horticultural implements select those that 

 will do the best work in the least time, and with 

 least effort. 



One of the handsomest gardens the writer of 

 this ever saw, was an Englishman's home vege- 

 table garden. 



The Lucretia Dewberry seems to have the nine 

 lives of a cat, and the enduring qualities of the 

 Canadian Thistle. 



To preserve fresh flowers for a long time a 

 writer recommends to put a pinch of nitrate of 

 soda in the water. 



Win you help? Last June was a heavy 

 subscription month for this journal. This June 

 should go far ahead. 



Dont wait until your plants are badly injured 

 by plant lice before applying the kerosene emul- 

 sion or tobacco water. 



To preserve raw fruit in perfect conilition, 

 wrap it in tissue paper soaked in a solution of 

 saliciUc acid and dried. 



The Lawn Hower, By all means rather let it 

 wear out than rust out. This course is better for 

 the mower, and best for the lawn. 



Smut in Corn can only be prevented by gather- 

 ing and destro.ving every affected part of the 

 plants, and by planting on new land. 



Tea Boses for Outdoor Culture, Bon Silene, 

 Souverir d' un Ami and Marie Van Houtte have 

 given me entire satisfaction. — M. L. S. 



Winter bouquets are interesting. Helichrysum 

 — the " strawflower " of the Germans— is one of 

 the most satisfactory flowers for the purpose. 



Slugs and snails sometimes are a terror in the 

 greenhouse. Bait them with slices of Potatoes 

 placed along the edge of the bench. Then gather 

 and destroy daily. 



Okra can never have the value for the cold 

 North that it has South, the pods in the former 

 section tending to become hard and woody even 

 before half grown. 



This is a good time to wash the trunks and 

 larger branches of trees with a mixture of soft 

 soap and water to which has been added a little 

 crude carbolic acid. 



The Lawson Pear. Has this not been intro- 

 duced long enough that growers could come to 

 deflnite conclusion regarding its value ? Hand- 

 some, early, and poor— is that the verdict? 



A sharp steel rake is the favorite weeding im- 

 plement used on the borders at Woodbanks. 

 This implies of coui-se that no weeds are e\'er 

 tolerated beyond a first showing above ground. 



The lawns and flower beds at our Railroad 

 stations (educators of public taste in tuemselves) 

 mark the rapid progress we are making in 

 national refinement and appreciation of the 

 beautiful in nature. 



The Sorgeat Quince is another new variety of 

 fruit which has yet to be tried in the balance. It 

 comes from Hampden County, Mass., and is 

 claimed to be early and free from many of the 

 defects of older kinds. 



The Uadeira vine may be used as a li\nng 

 ornament for pictures and frames. Plant the 

 bulb in boxes and fasten to the wall behind the 

 pictures. Dainty rimners will soon wreathe the 

 cords and frames in lining green. 



A Pleasing Wedding Present. A bride re- 

 cently received as a present a four and a six 

 leaved Clover growing in a silver dish. It will 

 be the coming plant for brides, being the sign of 

 good luck.— .4 una. 



Black knot, somebody reports, affect Plum 

 trees in preference to Cherry trees, in some 

 parts of Ohio, and Chei'ry trees in preference to 

 Plum trees in others. This is undoubtedly owing 

 to the respective varieties of these fruits. 



The Strawberry Bllte. BHntum capttatum—a 

 hardy persistent little weed, with brilliant crim- 

 son colored fruit, may be used in the flower 

 garden with good effect. Dr. Hoskins finds it 

 also a good substitute for Spinach, and hardier. 

 The Potato as Novelty. In the rage for nov- 

 elties may not some one try to introduce the 

 Potato plant with its flowers of a fine blue color, 

 as a new bulb, mth a name in which halt the 

 letters of the alphabet are used.— Sfe(or OracUms. 

 As a remedy for poisoning by Paris green and 

 other arsenical compounds, giveateaspoonful of 

 Mustard flour in warm water, a teaspoonful of 

 dialyzed iron mixed with the same quantity of 

 calcined magnesia every five minutes for an hour, 

 and afterwards plenty of oil, milk, or linseed tea. 

 The struggles of an aged Southern lady for 

 success in small fruit growing as told elsewhere, 

 are merely one instance of the similar chances, 

 having come under our personal observation, 

 that present themselves to enterprising people 

 in hundreds and thousands of Southern localities. 

 Salicilic acid is largely used by the Germans 

 for preser\ing fruits and fruit juices, seemingly 

 without fear of ill consequences, while such use 

 of the drug is forbidden by law in France. About 

 two teaspoonfuls of the crystalized acid are used 

 to every three pounds of fruit or fruit juice, with 

 or without sugar. 



A Bed of Tea Boses, With abundant food and 

 water, and the frequent removal of seed vessels, 

 it is almost as easy to have a bed of Tea Roses as 

 one of Geraniums, and to maintain as tree bloom. 

 A well-decayed and thoroughly enriched sod is 

 just the soil, and its occasional saturation with 

 liquid manure just the treatment for Roses. 



The Wayland Plum is a new introduction from 

 the South. It originated with Prof. H. B. Way- 

 land of Kentucky, many years ago. Great 



vigor, productiveness, beauty and excellent 

 quality as a late Plum, and exemption from 

 curculio and rot, are among the good points 

 which Prof. Munson of Texas claims for it. 



Saltpetre is recommended by Dr. T. H. Hoskins 

 as a quick acting manure for Strawberry or 

 flower beds that seem to be languishing, and 

 especially show small and pale leafage. A pound 

 should be applied to the square rod, and this 

 dressing will astonish you by its effect in stimu- 

 lating growth and enriching the color. Scatter 

 as evenly as possible on the soil, not on the plants, 

 and water liberally afterwards unless rain is ex- 

 pected to come soon. 



The Bed Cedar for Hedges. This flne native 

 tree (Junipenis Virginiana) is recommended as a 

 hedge plant for Wisconsin, but Dr. Beadle advises 

 to go slow in planting it for hedges in other 

 States, and in Canada. It starts off all right, but 

 after a few years' growth the foliage of the 

 lower branches and inner portion of the crowded 

 hedge row begin to turn brown, and gradually 

 to drop off, and in a few more years the lower 

 part of the hedge becomes bare and unsightly, 

 and indeed a positive eye sore. 



Didiscus Cceruleus is an exceeding pretty sky- 

 blue flower growing from one and one half to 

 two feet high, and is well worthy of a place 

 amongst our choice half-hardy annuals. Treated 

 like Schizanthus it forms a floriferous pot plant 

 for the conservatory. Apart from its beauty it 

 is singularly interesting as being the only known 

 blue flower in the extensive order of Umbelli- 

 tene, {Celery and Carrot family) the genera of 

 which contain over 1.500 species. It is a native of 

 Australia, is known also by the names of Trachy- 

 mene and Hugelia.— J. Murison. 



Clematis Jackmanii. My decided success in 

 growing this Clematis I think is all due to prun- 

 ing; and I merely cut all to the ground every 

 fall. The new wood grows to a height of nine to 

 eleven feet early in the summer and is covered 

 with a mass of bloom from two feet of the ground 

 to the top, almost hiding vines and foliage. I 

 have one plant that every spring throws up a 

 score or more of shoots which I trim to a dozen, 

 and no Clematis with old wood can be as hand- 

 some as this is every jear.—P.Hohlmon, Sidney,0. 



An American Sicentra. The best known and 

 by all odds the most valuable of the Dicen- 

 tras cultivated for ornament is the Bleeding 



The Squirrel Coi-n in Blnnm. 

 Heart Diceiitia spectabi lis, a grand plant that is 

 native to Siberia and perhaps to Japan. Of the 

 same genus there are several American species 

 known respectively as the Dutchman's Breeches 

 D. cuccidlaria. Red-flowered Dicentra, D.eximca, 

 and the Squirrel Corn. D. Canadensis. It is the 

 last named that is shown in our engraving on 

 this page. In habit this is a small plant with 

 elegant finely-divided leaves, and bearing pretty 

 greenish-white flowers tinged with rose and 

 pleasantly fragrant in Ma.v and June. It is to be 

 found in rich woods from Maine to Wisconsin, 

 with a scattering southward as far as Kentucky. 

 The leaves have a. slightly bluish or sea-green 



