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Ocioniou 11 



insist (111 the coiiiiiarison as to merits 

 paiiiculata graiiditlora will siill'er every 

 lime — it uu(juesti()iial)ly is siijierior tu 

 that variety in many i)artieulars. 



The United States Aursery Co., of 

 Kicli, .Miss., made a ])laiiting of it last 

 fall, ami when in bloom last May it was 

 a sigiit never to be forjiotten. Thus it 

 shows that it grows ami blooms freely 

 in the warmer elimate. 



1 mij;ht add that immense stoeks of 

 Ihii hydrangea are being distributed to 

 the homes of this country without the aitl 

 of the nurserymen, who for some reason 

 have fought sliy of this shrul), buying it 

 in dribs and pushing the sale of much 

 less nu'ritorious shrubs. The growing 

 center of this shrub is Springfield, and i 

 have as yet to find any surplus stocks 

 unsold. John M. Good. 



SOIL FOR ROSES. 



I am sending you three rose plants 

 with soil for examination. We have tried 

 for years to grow iirstclass roses aiul 

 iiave' bought plants from the best rose 

 growers in the country ami still find our 

 |)lants do not give results. We do not 

 know whether it is the soil or the water, 

 cir the care we give them, but we hav(! 

 excellent success with carnations, mums 

 and other varieties of jdants, and though 

 we have given our roses the very best of 

 attention and care, they do not send up 

 tiie shoots or have the color that they 

 >liiiuld at tli(Mr liest. 1 am c(iming to you 

 to lind nut, if |i()ssible, wherein lies the 

 fault. These plants were benched 



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My oiowei- has been here for fifteen 

 years a'lid says they have always had the 

 sanu' trouble", so that I am sure it must 

 be scunething outside of the care we 

 give them. Will you kindly look into 

 Uh'sc sam|iles iiml give uw your 

 judgment in this matter .' 



show vigor. i am, however, confident 

 that until you change your soil you will 

 meet with disaj)pointment. 



Of course there may also be some de- 

 fect in house construction, such as in 

 ventilation, heating, etc., which only a 

 man on th(> ground could detect. 



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After a careful examiuiition of the s;)il 

 I am forced to tiie couidusion that the 

 trimble arises from that, it is too »lose 

 in sidistance ami when wet it is as plastic 

 as ]i\itty. It is also deficient in lime and 

 possesses few of the ((ualities reiiuired iu 

 rose soil. This would account for the 

 puny growth and also for the jtoor tex- 

 ture" of the foliage. 



Tiv to u« t a loamy soil, with a mix- 

 ture of .-lay ill it, and take iis imicli as 

 possible of' the to|) spit, which contains 

 the fibrous roots of tlie pasturage. Mix 

 this with cow manure iu the proportion 

 of one of maiMire to four of soil and 

 jidil a ,')-incli ])otful of bone meal to each 

 cubic y.ard of compost at time of 

 jdanting. 



In the meantime stir \\]> the surface of 

 the soil to the depth of one inch, jiutting 

 on a s]irinkliiig of bone meal before stir- 

 ring. Keeji the temiierature during day 

 time minimum (id degre(>s. luaximum SO 

 degrees, if jiossible. Night temperature, 

 ,-,0 to 58 degrees. Syringe twice a day 

 during bright weather and do not at- 

 temiit'^to feed until the jdants begin to 



HARDY ROSES. 



Will you please give me a list of roses 

 that would do for outside planting, with- 

 out any protection, in the vicinity of 

 HulValo", N. Y.? D. 'E. 



The following dozen hybrid perpetual 

 roses are reliable. They should have 



s(uue ciirth drawn up to them t 

 tion before the ground freezes, 

 even the hybrid per])etual roy. 

 classed as absolutely hard\ 

 northern states: Cieneral Jii, 

 Mme. (Jabriel Luizet, .Mrs. ,bi; 

 Frau Karl Druschki, I'lricli 

 Baron de Bonstettin, Ctiptain ; 

 Paul Neyron, Prince ('amille d 

 John Hopper, iJuke of Kdinli 

 Mme. Victor Verdier. 



Among other useful roses. .M i 

 tier (Bourbon) is perfectly liar. 

 Harrison's Yellow, Persian Yei' 

 triaii Copper and the various i 

 riigosa, also all the species roses 

 setigera, \Vicliuraiana, mult ill 

 biginosa (sweetbrier), lucidji, \i\: 

 blaiida. .Ml the hybrid sweetbi 

 be liardy. The everbloomiiig hyi 

 are not fully hardy, but if you 

 bury them in the soil just bci 

 groun,l freezes up they will come 

 all right. 



.Among reliable climbing ii.s. 

 Crimson Eambler, Dorotliy r 

 Tausendsclion, Lady Gay, Daws.i! 

 watlia, Farquhar, lialtimore Belie. 

 Sisters and (^ueen of the Prairi. . 

 mosa and Clothilde Soupert w 

 found excellent for massing, 

 should have some protection, liowc 

 \vinter. 



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HIBISCUS. 



IIow long should hibiscus be leii with 

 out dividing? ('.. II i'. 



Hardy varieties of hibiscus, sii.h ;i^ 

 militaris and Moscheutos, shoul.l <i;ui.l 

 a good number of years without cliu.liii::. 

 The last half of September and firs! hull' 

 of October is a good time to do the work 

 These varieties are increased easily trom 

 seeds, and make good flowering i nuts 

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SUGGESTIONS 



Sweet Peas. 



It will lie uecessaiy to look carefully 

 after the sup|iorts for the e.arlier sw(H't 

 pea sowings. A few d.ays' neglect may 

 mean a serious loss to the crop. Visiting 

 a large commercial establishment within 

 the last few days, we noticed that the 

 eailii'st sweet ]ieas had growths a foot in 

 length, that a jiouiid of seed had been 

 used where an ounce would have am|dy 

 sufJic(^d and that rows, instead of being 

 four to five feet apart, were not over 

 tw(d\f inches apart. This happened, wc 

 were informed, because carnation plant- 

 ing and other more im])ortant duties hml 

 to be atteiideil to. but that the jieas 

 wdidd be got around to shortly. Any 

 ]ilanfs, if wiirtli growing at all, are 

 surely wnrth growing well. Tt is quality 

 which always counts with sweet peas, as 

 with everything else. We mention this 

 as a not exceplional instance of how sweet 

 peas should not be grown. 



Suj)ports should be in jiosition by the 

 time the vines are two or th'ree inches 

 high and before they start to throw out 

 tendrils. If they are allowed to become 



tangled ;ind twisted, the shoots 

 many cases spoiled and one's 

 seriously ruflled at the same time. 

 seed has been thickly sown, do 

 afraid to thin. Far better have s.' 

 four to six inches apart than >■ 

 tfigether. The finest sweet jieas -. 

 saw were grown iu the open .ni 

 foot apart; almost e(|ually goo.' 

 ones were six inches .apart. ll" 

 they are left, the fewer spr.ays w i 

 three and four flowi-rs ;iml the 

 will the stems be. 



.\s the early mums jiass (Uit o' 

 it is a good plan to use at least ] 

 the space they have occu|iied t." 

 peas. By making :i sowing no\^ 

 crop of flowers early in the i>'" 

 will be assured. There are no bei 

 rieties than Watchung, Florence 

 and ^lont Blanc for whites, and 

 mas Pink, pink and white, for tli 

 ing. The lavender and other shad 

 a little longer to come in season, 

 account coddle the peas. They nni- 

 rich soil, abundant sunlight and :; 

 a night temperature not exceedi 



