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GRAFTING AGAINST MILDEV. 



A conrespondent says: "I send you 

 a clipping from the Oakland Tribune 

 on the discovery of Mr, Lilienthal. After 

 reading this you surely will come to a 

 conclusion that the Pacific Coast is going 

 some — and that graft ia bound to be 

 a panacea for all tiouMosi. " The clip- 

 ping is as follows: 



''Hugo H. Lilienthal, of Berkeley, 

 organizer of the National Juvenile Hor- 

 ticultural Society and expert in plant 



.life, will give demonstrations next Satur- 

 day during the educational, botanical 

 and floral exhibition at the Melrose 

 grammar school, of a new method of 

 grafting, whereby all seedlings of new 

 creation in roses, which are bothered 



'with mildew, can be saved from destruc- 

 tion by vegetable grafting behind the 

 bark of the dog rose — Eosa canina — and 

 other varieties. Yesterday in a communi- 

 cation to Secretary of Agriculture Wil- 

 son, Lilienthal made the first announce- 

 ment of his discovery. The process prom- 

 ises to be one of the most important 

 finds of recent years in horticulture. 



"Lilienthal is persuaded that his so- 

 lution of the problem will be final. It 

 is new in two particulars, both the 

 method of the graft and its applica- 



. tion to the mildew problem. It will in- 

 crease to an enormous extent both the 

 production of new varieties and the 

 preservation of older ones. It will per- 

 mit the production annually from each 

 bush of not less than 3,000 usable slips. 

 The operation is a delicate one and re- 

 quires the greatest care that is known to 

 the horticulturist surgeons. With the 

 spread of knowledge of the method, how-, 

 ever, it is believed that it will come 

 into general use and prove a great boon 

 to the growers of the rose. The Melrose 

 grammar school will be honored with the 

 first announcement because it is the first 

 school to harbor under its roof a branch 

 of the Juvenile Horticultural Society, "i 



PLANTS FOR SHADY PLACES. 



What to plant in shady spots, or in 

 the garden which is all in the shade, as 

 is often the case in the city, is a ques- 

 tion that perplexes many. There are 

 few flowers which do not require sun- 

 shine during some part of the day. The 

 National Council of Horticulture says 

 most suitable material for planting in 

 shady places is found in the wild flowers, 

 ma^ny of which are extremely handsome 

 and easily cared for. Solomon's seal, 

 Canterbury bells, mayapple and spider- 

 wort, bleeding heart, violets and colum- 

 bines, are among the best for such a 

 place. Then the ferns may be relied 

 upon as the best shade loving plant we 

 have. Our native maidenhair does well 

 in thoroughly drained situations -and 



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there are many cultivated flowers which 

 like best the places where they are pro- 

 tected from the sun's rays. Forget-me- 

 nots, lobelias and the improved variety 

 of the cardinal flower known as the 

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 spring, of dwarf habit and white flow- 

 ers. Ordinarily the shady nooks should 

 be well drained and have plenty of 

 light, rich soil, of which leaf-mold and 

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