1887. 



POPULAR GARDENING. 



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North and South than has been known for years, 

 making the Southern crop bring less; as also 

 Northern berries. 



That theorv that is going the rounds that pistil- 

 late Strawberries are changed in appearance and 

 flavor by the sort tliey are fertilized with is only 

 a theory originating in the mind of a theorist. Soil 

 and location will change the flavor and appearance 

 of fruit. We remember two well known horticult- 

 urists eating r'oncord Grapes from our gravelly 

 south side-hill vineyard, and they could hardly be- 

 lieve they were Concords— they were so sweet and 

 delicious. Theirs grew on heavj' clay soil. 



The new process of knocking off black and red 

 Raspberries may make a revolution in Raspberry 

 growing. Henceforth the paying 

 two cents per quart for picking 

 (which is too much and has been 

 a harvest to the pickers) has used 

 up the profits to the growers— we 

 shall try it this year and report. 

 Of course thev cannot be knocked 

 off for marketing fruits, but for 

 evaporating purposes it does not 

 matterhow many sticks and leaves 

 are among them, as these are easily 

 cleaned out by passing the fruit 

 through a fanning mill. 



affects only the twist and not the metal. The cable 

 is carried to one of the stakes and fastened with a 

 ptaple; two other poles are then placed near this 

 stake with crotch under the cable and pushed up to 

 pull the wire as tight as a bowstring. A No. 14 

 wire is then stret^^hed at the bottom from one stake 

 to the other and intermediate supports are placed 

 at intervals. Cords can then be tied between the 

 upper and lower wires, and the trellis is ready. I 

 like the lower cable composed of No. 16 wires. 

 Common tying twine can be used to form the net. 

 The trellis should be run in the direction of pre- 

 vailing winds. The intermediate supports should 

 incline a little towards each other. I prefer to 

 plant the beans four to five inches apart. This 



Condensed Gleanlngrs. 



Copperas for Orape Bot- I 

 believe that copperas is a prevent- j\^ 

 ive of grape rot. In a vineyard in '(\3 

 Ohio, where a quart to the square \ v 



rod has been sown in July for ',l( 



three years, there has been no rot, y ^ 

 while other (irapes in the same yj^ *^ 

 neighborhood have rotted more or \j(- 

 less every year. They formerly 

 rotted here too.— M. Crawford, in 

 Wine and Fruit Growing. 



The Field and Farm says: Ex- 

 perience has proven that nuts may 

 be raised successfully in many of 

 the Northern States, while the cH- 

 mate of the more Southerly States 

 opens up an avenue for large rev- 

 enues from Nut culture. Our Colo- 

 rado farmers have caught on to 

 this idea. Farmer G. W. Webster, 

 of Hygiene, in Boulder County, 

 has a grove of cultivated Walnut 

 trees but a little more than a 

 decade old, but from which he 

 harvested a nut crop last season that brought him 

 a net profit of five and more dollars a tree. In this 

 country a Black Walnut will Ijear fruit in five or 

 six years after planting. 



Kew Method of Strawberry Propagation. A 

 Tuscarawas County, <_>hio, fruit grower adopts the 

 following method for rapidly increasing his stock 

 of plants of high-priced varieties. As runners get 

 ready to root the help pass along the rows, cut off 

 all the young tips and drop them into a pail of 

 water. The cuttings are then planted in rows 3J^ 

 feet by 18 inches, watered and shaded for a day or 

 two, when they grow more readily than young 

 plants with tender milky roots. Half an acre 

 planted in this way last year was in fruiting this 

 year, the best of any out of four acres planted last 

 year. Another method is to place the plants close 

 together in a cold frame, shade and water a few 

 days, when they will at once make roots and be- 

 come fit for summer planting. New tips will be 

 rapidly thrown out from the parent plants, which in 

 the same way can be cut into water and bedded out 

 from time to time with a wonderful increase. From 

 1200 to 150U plants have been propagated from one 

 stock plant in a single season. This same method 

 is also being tested on Raspberries that root from 

 the tip with promise, as there need be no loss from 

 drought or by being blown away by the winds. 

 The tips shoiild be cut when they begin to ripen by 

 turning a reddish brown at the ends. After these 

 are cut off the plants will oftentimes throw out 

 lateral tips for field propagation later.— J. H. Halb, 

 in Farm and Home. 



Lima Beans Without Poles. Two stout, hard- 

 wood stakes about four feet long are driven into 

 the ground at an angle of GO degrees, leaving one 

 foot above ground. These stakes are placed 300 to 

 400 feet apart. Three or four feet from the stakes 

 two poles are raised; these are crossed and tied to- 

 gether near the top, at about seven feet above 

 the ground, with a piece of small wire. The wire 

 cable is then fastened to the stake and passed over 

 the crotch of the poles. Twisted wire is best for 

 this purpose, as the expansion of heat and cold 



PLANT OF DIPLADENIA TRAINED OVER TRELLISE. 

 allows a share for the grubs. With a good wheel 

 hoe the vines can easily be kept clear of weeds. — 

 Mr. Wm. Hewitt, in the Rural New Yorker. 



Clover as a Fertilizer. It has long been a 

 mystery how clover was such a fertilizer from 

 merely growing on the soil. It was evident that 

 the plant drew the elements of fertility from some 

 source, but where from? It is now said that science 

 has solved the problem. It is demonstrated that 

 all leguminous plants, shrubs or trees, act as nitro- 

 genous fertilizers, and among these clover is one 

 of the best. Dr. Voelker, a distinguished German 

 scholar, by a series of the most exhaustive analyses 

 of soils and plants, has discovered and established 

 the important fact that an immense amount of 

 nitrogenous earth food accumulates in the soil dur- 

 ing the growth of clover, amounting, including 

 that in the roots and tops of the clover, as well 

 as that conducted to the soU, to the almost 

 incredible volume of 3 ^ tons of nitrogen per acre, 

 "equal to \\-i tons of ammonia." This is impor- 

 tant, and this learned scholar announces it as an 

 established fact, backed by his reputation as a 

 scholar . And this is why the close observing 

 farmer has discovered that while some crops are 

 exhaustive, others are recuperative. Clover, Vetch, 

 Peas, Trefoil, etc., of plants, and among the trees 

 of the forest are the Walnut. Logwood, Rosewood, 

 etc., and among shrubs, the Cercis, Acacia, etc., 

 are all leguminous, and are ever conducting nitro- 

 genous food to the earth. Among us it has long 

 been known that Walnut only grows on the richest 

 soil, when the fact is now elicited that it is the tree 

 which produces the rich soil, and not particularily 

 the rich soil which produces the tree.— Cor. Ameri- 

 can Cultivator. 



The Dlpladenla. 

 This is a genus of handsome summer flower- 

 ing plants, all of which are climbers. The 

 species make excellent specimens for the decora- j 

 tion of the hot house or for exhibition purposes. 

 If for exhibition, they should be trained upon ' 



wire trellises, as shown in our engraving, but 

 the young growths should be allowed to grow 

 upon strings up the rafters of the house, and a 

 short time before the blooms open they should 

 be taken down, and fixed upon the trellis. 



Dipladenias will be found to succeed admira- 

 bly under the following treatment: Pot them 

 in a mixture of turfy loam and peat, in equal 

 proportions, with the addition of a good portion 

 of silver sand; good draijiage is also of particu- 

 lai- importance with these plants. They require 

 a moist atmosphere, and a bottom heat rang- 

 ing from 80" to 90", together with full expos- 

 ure to the sun's light. But although we 

 recommend bottom heat for 

 these plants, we by no means 

 consider it desirable that they 

 should be plunged into it; rather 

 let them stand over this heat, 

 and keep the atmosphere moist 

 by sprinkling the stages and 

 paths with water. 



Towards the end of summer, 

 after they have done flowering 

 and have finished their growth, 

 remove them to a cooler house, 

 and fully expose them to stm- 

 light, to ripen the wood. The 

 temperature they enjoy is in 

 summer from {\W to 85°, with 

 a moderate quantity of water, 

 which must be applied with 

 great care. In winter very 

 little water will be required, 

 and the temperature should be 

 reduced to BO^-OS"; from this, 

 if they are wanted for exhibit- 

 ing in May or June, thej' must 

 be lirought and placed in heat 

 again about the beginning of 

 January. 



Among the more valuable 



Dipladenias may be mentioned 



the following: />. aw ahilis, one 



of the finest of the family, and 



a garden variety. The flowers 



are borne in clusters, and are 



very large, of a rosy crimsom 



color, the lobes of the flower 



being very round and stiff. It will continue 



blooming from May to September, and makes 



a fine exhibition plant. 



X). a7na;nrt.— This in habit of growth is 

 even superior in some respects to D. amahilis. 

 The lobes of the flowers are round, and do not 

 reflex, and it is a great bloomer. The color is a 

 deep rose, with orange-yellow throat. 



D. Bolivii'nse.— A -plant of less robust habit 

 than the preceding, and differing from all the 

 other known members of the genus in the color 

 of its flowers, which are pure white with a 

 lemon-colored throat ; it is an abundant bloomer. 

 D. insignis. — A superb variety of garden 

 origin ; the leaves are oblong-acuminate, dark 

 green on the upper side, paler below; the flowers 

 are large and of great substance ; the lol>es of 

 the limb are bright rosy carmine in color, the 

 throat slightly darker, and yellow at the base; 

 whilst the tube outside is pure white. 



D. WiUiamsii. — This fine garden variety 

 is thoroughly distinct from any of the pre- 

 viously named kinds; it is remarkably free, 

 both in habit of growth and flower. The leaves 

 are stout, oblong, tapering to a sharp point, 

 and upwards of six inches long, by about an 

 inch in breadth at the widest part. The flowers 

 are produced in large clusters in the greatest 

 abundance, indeed a marked feature of this 

 variety is the great length to which the spike 

 reaches, and consequently the greater quantity 

 of blooms; the flowers are lai-ge and of good 

 substance, measuring upwards of four inches 

 across the limb; the lobes are round and full; 

 the color is delicate soft pink, whilst that of the 

 throat is deep warm rose. As this combination 

 of colors is not found in any other kind it ren- 

 ders it a valuable addition to our stove climb- 

 ers, and also to exhibition plants. 



