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POPULAR GARDENING. 



August, 



of our southern states, but is known and 

 loved wherever flowers are grown. The 

 beautiful creeping Moss Pink (P/ilo.r sitbi/- 

 hita) with its dense tufts of rose-colored 

 flowers in May, abounds on rocky hillsides 

 from Pennsylvania to Georgia and Kentucky 

 and yet makes a charming addition to the 

 choicest flower garden, being widely culti- 

 vated. The eight other species of Phloxes, 

 included among Ameri- 

 can wild flowers are 

 found in various parts 

 of the country, every 

 one of which is pleasing 

 and interesting and not 

 a single member pos- 

 sessed of weedy charac- 

 teristics. 



It is a noble family 

 of American flowers, 

 perennials and annuals, 

 and one which can only 

 bring joy to him who 

 beholds the various 

 species either in the 

 wild state or where 

 cultivated. 



It is a popular class 

 of flowers. No person 

 who sows a dozen pack- 

 ets of flower seeds fails 

 to make two or three of 

 them Drummond's, 

 Phlox In some of the 

 many colors from pure 

 white to richest crim- 

 son and violet that the 

 class atTords. No plant- 

 er of a garden of hardy 

 flowers sets a dozen 

 kinds without including one or the other of 

 niimeroushardy Phloxes in the collection. 



The Phlox as the national flower would 

 call forth the favoralile comments of other 

 nations for these choice Americans are 

 much cultivated and most highly esteemed 

 everywhere abroad. Witness for example, 

 a leading German seed house offering seeds 

 of 13.S varieties of annual Phloxes in his 

 catalogue, while leading foreign nursery- 

 men include hundreds of named varieties of 

 the perennial species of Phloxes in their 

 lists of hardy plants. 



Of Plums I should want without fail 

 Green Gage, Lombard, Pond. Reine Claude, 

 and Shropshire Damson. Of the natives i 

 should demand Robinson, and De Soto, or 

 at least two of the most prolific. There is 

 not so much difference in the quality of our 

 natives as in their bearing proclivities. 

 Some of these will not bear at all. Wild 

 Goose under ordinary circumstances Ls ab- 



Fruits, Shrubs, and Flowers for a 

 Small Home Lot. 



E. 1'. POWELL, ONEIDA CO., N. Y. 



" I am going to move out of this large 

 city with its crowd, and with my wife and 

 two boys take up a bit of land in Nebraska, 

 and put. into it some ell)0w grease and pa- 

 tience : not expecting to get rich all at once, 

 but to get comfortable and live as we go 

 along. Now will you make a list of fruits 

 ,iust such as you would plant if you were 

 going to start a small home of your own ? 

 I shall not want one extra tree or bush, for 

 there will be no market ; but I shall want 

 every sort needful to round out the seasons 

 with all sorts of natural good things." 



That is the right sort of the fellow I said. 

 So I began to think what fruit I could not 

 do without. I must have of apples, for 

 summer. Sweet Bough, Red A.strachan, 

 Summer Rose ; for autunm, Porter, Au- 

 tumn Strawberry; for winter Baldwin, 

 Greening, Fameuse, Northern Spy, Wagener, 

 Hubbardston, Roxbury Russett, Pound 

 Sweet, and another very late keeping sweet 

 of superb quality and great beauty that I 

 intend to let the public have some day. 

 These will be Apples enough ; and a list to 

 cover the seasons ; not one of which I could 

 myself spare. 



Of Pears I should insist on the following 

 as needful to my comfort: Tyson, Bartlett, 

 Anjou, Flemish Beauty, Sheldon, Howell, 

 Seckel; and for dwarf Josephine, Louise, 

 and Dnchess. 



WEST LAWN (4 ON MAP) AT WOODBANKS SHOWING IMPROVEMENTS OF THE PRESENT SEASON. 



solutely barren, therefore to be omitted. 



Of Cherries nothing could coax me to be 

 without a small garden of Morello, Early 

 Richmond, Large Montmorency ; and 

 where the Begarreaus will thrive I should 

 have Elton, Gov. Wood, and Napoleon. 



As to Apricots everyone must judge for 

 for himself. But Quinces I would not do 

 without,planting only the Apple or Orange. 



Grapes I grow with zest, but could reduce 

 my list to the following and still remain 

 happy : Diamond, Duchess, Gaertner, Wor- 

 den, Brighton, lona, Goethe, Jefferson, — 

 the last three for moderate climates. There 

 are three or four more I think I should 

 very much want. 



Of Currants give me only White Grape 

 and Versailles. Of Gooseberries Smith or 

 Houghton will do ; but Industry will not do. 

 We have not yet an ideal Gooseberry. 



(Jf Strawberries 1 should select Haver- 

 laud, t'Umberland, Sharpless, Bubach No. 

 5, and Jessie ; or if only two are wanted 

 Haverland and Sharple.ss. 



Of Raspberries you will do well to select 

 Turner, for early, Cuthbert for late; and of 

 blacks take Palmer for early, Hilbom for 

 medium and Ada for late. If a yellow is 

 needed select Brinckle's Orange or Golden 

 Queen. The first is far the best but not so 

 hardy. Tyler or Souhegan will make fine 

 crops of flue berries if you choose more. 

 But I think we can safely settle down to the 

 three first named Palmer, Hilbom, Ada 

 for a succession of superfine berries and 

 truly hardy; as Gregg is not. Then for 

 purple you can plant New Rochelle and 

 Shaffer's Colossal. 



Of Blackberries select a clean spot that 

 you can give up entirely to them and plant 

 Agawam, Minnewaski, Erie, Snyder ; or if 

 only one, plant Agawam. Let them cover 

 the ground and mostly go uncultivated. 



Here you have all you need for a small 

 place to give you full succession. Set your 

 Apple trees thirty feet apart and the Plums 

 and Cherries be in rows between. Let your 

 Pears stand in your grass lawns, only have 

 them forked about and mulched. 



The berry garden should be planted so far 

 apart in rows that you may grow your veg- 

 etables between ; say eight feet, and the 

 work will mostly be done with a horse. 

 My suggestions are wholly on the supposi- 

 tion that you intend to raise only for home 

 use. Take of Apples and Pears two trees 

 of a kind ; of Plums one, and two if you 

 have room ; Grapes one vine of each, always 

 buying two year olds ; 

 of Currants and Rasp- 

 berries you can't get too 

 large a supply from 25 

 bushes of Currants, 25 

 of red Raspberries, 25 of 

 blacks ; and 35 purples. 

 Do not plant many 

 Strawberries but till 

 well. 



O R N AM E N TALS.— My 



correspondent also asks: 

 " Will you tell me what 

 shrubs and plants you 

 have especially become 

 endeared to, and can't 

 get on without ? I am 

 sure it will aid me a 

 good deal in selectiug 

 when I am to be con- 

 fined to a few roots and 

 must restrict my greed 

 for everything pretty." 

 Some people have a hob- 

 by or a few hobbies, and 

 are guided in their se- 

 lection a good deal by 

 fashion. Fashion in 

 trees and flowers 

 changes as it does in 

 dress and style. I 

 would not go off on a Chrysanthemum 

 craze, or a Sunflower craze, or any other 

 craze ; but would have such flowers as 

 specially do me good. Now there are .some 

 such that inspire one physically with 

 health and psychically with good wholesome 

 thoughts. At random I select as most im- 

 portant a plenty of clover ; if you cannot 

 have it in fields, cultivate small lawns of it 

 for the wholesomness of the odor. Do 

 not mow it but grow it. Then I want 

 as many Lilacs, Syringas, White Lilies, and 

 as much Mignonette as possible. Sweet 

 flowers are sanitary, and go not only to the 

 heart but the brain. I like also a group of 

 old fashioned herbs, Fennel, Summer 

 Savory, Thyme, Bergamot and Wormwood. 

 These are useful in winter but they purify 

 the air in summer. 



As for Roses everybody needs a nice as- 

 sortment ; and it really is not so very im- 

 portant which of a dozen lists one prefers. 

 I have a special fancy for a few of the older 

 sorts such as Madam Laffay, Cabbage, .Jules 

 Margottin and even the old Cinnamon Rose.. 

 If brought down to five sorts perhaps I 

 should select General Washington, Her- 

 mosa, La France, Papa Gontier, and Gen- 

 eral Jacqueminot ; but should immediate- 

 ly wish to add five more and then probably 

 double that list. 



Now you want a few sorts of flowers that 

 give most satisfaction with least trouble. 

 Select (1) Perennial Phloxes ; (3) Gladiolus ; 

 (3) Lilies candidum, speciosum, tigridiuni, 

 auratum, canadense and Harrisii, a bed of 

 each, (4) Hollyhock, (5) Geraniums, (ti) Dah- 

 lias. Of annuals get on with only Mignon- 

 ette, Nasturtium, and Sweet Peas ; or one 

 or two old friends. 



The prettiest home in the world makes 

 use of native trees. Keep the ojd trees that 

 you find standing if you go to a wooded 

 district. When buying trees not native get 

 only one of a kind no matter how pretty 

 you think them — that is for a small lawn. 

 Every locality has also some fine native 

 shrubs ; by all means use these. Plan more 

 for outdoor life than for indoor ; and consi- 



