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THE POMOLOGIST. 



August 



A Select List of Hardy Perpetual Roses 

 for the 'West- 

 Baron Prevost, very large, rosy blush, free, 

 robust. 



Charles Lefevre, large, dazzling crimson 

 scarlet. 



Dr. Arual, superb crimson, vigorous, fra- 

 grant. 



Duchess Cambaceres, bright rose, large, 

 fine, strong. 



Eugene Appert,, dark velvety crimson, 

 extra. 



Francis 1st, full double, deep cherry red. 



Gen. Jacqueminot, brilliant velvety crim- 

 son, very free bloomer. 



Q-en. Simpson, fiue form, bright clear pink. 



Gen. Washington, brilliant rosy crimson, 

 large and flue. 



Giant of Battles, very full crimson. Chang- 

 ing to purple. 



La Brilliant, medium clear, brilliant, light 

 carmine red. 



La Rhone, very large, full, brilliant ver- 

 million. 



Madam LtiflFay, rosy crimson, large and 

 full. 



Madame Bonnaire, large, full, pure white. 



Maurice Bernadin, brilliaut vermilliou, 

 large. 



Prince Camille de Rohan, lull, crimson 

 maroon, extra. 



Prince Albert, full double, deep red, very 

 fragrant. 



Souvenir de L. R. de Beige, very deep, 

 crimson red, very fragrant. 



Triumph de L'Exposition, very large, full, 

 magnificent, but blooms once. 



Victor Verdier, very large and full, clear 

 carmine. 



The above list of hardy perpetual roses 

 embraces all the difl'ereut shades of color, and 

 form and as far as the list goes is among the 

 very best cultivated, and will give full satis- 

 faction in the west. 



J. S., AssT. Ed. 



For the Western Pomologist. 



Drying and. Preserving Flowers and 

 Plants. 



It has been trul)' said, " there is no lu.xury 

 so cheap as green leaves and sparkling and 

 deliciously scented flowers." 



The season of flowers in this northern lat- 

 itude is so limited that very many of our 

 most beautiful plants and flowers have but a 

 very brief existence. But the seiisou of their 

 enjoyment may be perpetuated in the Her- 

 barium, and to this end I will give my meth- 

 od, a very simple one, (and by the way, that 

 I learned from the columns of the old North- 

 western Famier, pubsished in this city some 

 yearsago by the now Ed. of the Pomologist.) 



Take printing paper— old newspapers will 

 do — fold and cut, make sheets of any desira- 

 ble size. Lay three or four of these sheets 

 on a level, smooth board. On this spread 

 out the specimen, its leaves in as perfect and 



natural position as possible. Let the .speci- 

 men be of good size, giving a correct idea of 

 the ]jlant — if small, the whole plant should 

 be taken. At any rate, be sure and get the 

 leaves which spring from the root, ifther^ 

 are such. If the plants or flowers be small^ 

 two or three may be laid side by side, ac- 

 cording to the size of your sheets. Over 

 these, lay several more sheets carefully, so as 

 not to displace the petals or leaves, and then 

 more plants and papers, and so on. On top 

 of all lay another board, with some kind of 

 weight of 40 or 50 pounds. For the first few 

 days cliauge the papers, and dry them twice 

 a day ; after that, once, till the plant is pretty 

 dry. If fine leaves or flowers become crum- 

 pled, in first putting them in press, the next 

 time you change the papers, take a knitting 

 needle and straigthen them. 



When dry, lay them aside between .sheets 

 of newspaper till you haveag<iod collection) 

 when you may arrange them in an Herba- 

 rium, which should be made of stiff paper. 

 Have some fine glue (dissolved) in a cup 

 standing in a^ sauce pan of hot water on the 

 table beside you. Take a specimen, lay it on 

 its face on a newspaper. With a painter's 

 brush, about the size of your little finger, 

 apply the glue light!)- to every part of the 

 back of the plant ; then qviickly lay it upon 

 the page as you wish it to remain. Lay a 

 piece of newspaper on it, and with a cloth 

 press it down firmly — examining to see if 

 every part adheres to the page. Before the 

 march of improvement many of the wild 

 flowers of the prairies are fost disappearing, 

 and a collection made in a newly settled 

 country will ere long be of rare interest and 

 value. S. T A. 



Dubuque, Iowa. 



Care of Rose Bushes. 



The practice of budding and grafting roses 

 on the roots of some strong, growing, wild 

 variety is a common one, and is done because 

 the choice blooming variety is thereby made 

 to grow more strongly and give larger and 

 more beautiful flowers. The results are 

 always good, if the owner will but remem- 

 ber to watch and carefully cut away every 

 sucker shoot that may spring from the wild 

 roots, and at this season of the year it is more 

 especially a care and observance that be- 

 I'lngs to every owner of a budded rose bush. 

 Neglect of this item at this time is very 

 liable to Ciiuse many rose owners to impugn 

 the honesty and truth of nurserj'men and 

 commercial" fiorisls, when their own inatten- 

 tion and practical labor was the Ciiuse of 

 their rose beds being filled with briers in- 

 stead of hard}' monthly roses. 



The little .slug or worm that appears on 

 the li-avesof rose bushes, should be watched, 

 the leaf at once picked ofl' and destroyed. 

 A little daily attention will keep the bushes 

 clean all .summer, but if the work is neglect- 

 ed until! the worm gets abundant, syringe 

 with a solution of strong tobacco water, let 

 it dry, then syringe with clear water, and at 

 once dust witli fresli quick lime or flour of 

 sulphur. — Addi, in Cleveland Herald. 



A new class of Petunias has made its ap 

 pearance in Europe, called the Anemone 

 flowered. 



Climbing Annuals. 



Climliing Cobfea (C'otea scanaens.) — A rap- 

 id growing vine of great value where im- 

 mediate shade is desired. 



Cypress Vine (QuamoctU Vulgaris.) — A 

 plant with elegant eypres.s-!ike foliage ; re- 

 quires warm soil and exposure to succeed 

 well; flowers of various colors, as scarlet, 

 white, and rose. 



Morning Glory (Ipomcen purpurea.) — A 

 well-known plant of much beaut}' and vari- 

 etj- ; flowers variously covered, but blue pre- 

 vailing, more or less striped or margined 

 witli white. 



Balloon Y'ine(Cardin.spermum Jialicacabum.) 

 — A fine growing plant, climbii.g by tendrils, 

 chiefly ornamental on account of its inflated 

 pods, which give tcj it its common name. 



Calamples Scnher. — A plant of rapid ex- 

 tension ; foliage thin and scattered; valuable 

 for partial shading, flowers tubular, orange- 

 colored 



Lopliosperinum Scandens. — Equal to the 

 Cobsea in rapidity of growth, and valuable 

 where a large surface is to be covered iu a 

 short time. 



Maurandea Burdayana. — A small foliaged 

 graceful-growing plant, with trumpet flow- 

 ers of various colors; the white variety very 

 delicately beautiful. 



Thunbergea Alata. — In rich soils this will 

 make a good display ; on dry, light soils, it 

 burns out in dry weather; flowers — orange, 

 white and yellow with dark edge. 



Plants in Rooms. — The Sural Sew 

 Yorker says not far from New York City is 

 a house with one charming room iu it. One 

 of the charms is the border created by two 

 pots of ivey. It has been growing three or 

 four years, and now runs entirely around 

 the room, over the tops of the windows, and 

 is beautiful beyond description. Plants and 

 flowers may be made to furnish a room be- 

 yond the reachjof satin and rosewood and at 

 small cost. 



Ne'ver train or support a plant unnat- 

 urally. Climbers will do hanging about. — 

 Trailers will not do climbing. 



Embargo on California Fruit- 



A correspondent of the Chicago Tribune 

 speaks disc<mragingly of the shipment of 

 fruit from California. He says : 



";I am sorry that I cannot tell the readers of 

 the Tribune that they will have their palates 

 tickled with the delicious fruits of California 

 tliis season ; but such things cannot be. The 

 experience of last year demonstrated that to 

 ensure a decent profit on fruit shipments to 

 the east, the freight to Chicago should not 

 exceed 5;600 per car load. A convention of 

 fruit-growers met here and held a consulta- 

 tion, through a committee, witli the Pacific 

 Railroad Uompanies, but could not get the 

 tiiriff reduced to the figures which would 

 warrant the venture being made, and, con- 

 sequently,no large shipments will go forward. 

 The tariff adopted by the two Pacific Rail- 

 roads for this year is: From Stockton to 

 Omaha by freight train, f600 per CAV ; by 

 passenger train, $850; to Chicago or St. 

 Louis $650 by freight, and $950 by passenger 

 trains. 



Who is to blame for the crushing out of 

 an important interest I do not know, but the 

 Central Pacific C;ompany declare that they 

 are readj' and willing to do the fair thing if 

 the other company would do the same. As 

 it is, the tariff is practically an embargo on 

 shipments, and thousands of tons of such 

 fruit as you never raisetl, and never could 

 raise cast of the Rocky Mountains, must 

 be fed to the hogs or rot on the ground in 

 California again this year." 



