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Garden and Forest. 



[Number 451. 



flowers are pleasing and cover quite a range of colors. The 

 bright scarlet hips which follow the llowers are also highly 

 ornamental. The more recent introductions of this class are 

 specially fine. Lucy Bertram is a beautiful rich crimson with 

 pure white centre ; Jeannie Deans is crimson scarlet, semi- 

 double, and flowers in clusters ; Green Mantle, bright rich 

 pink, with a band of white encircling the anthers, is also pretty ; 

 Catherine Seyton is a pleasing tint of rosy pink ; Julie Mauver- 

 ing is a lovely porcelain pink, and Minna a pure white of large 

 size. All these are decided acquisitions and should become 

 popular when procurable at a reasonable price. 



Among the newer hybrid Tea Roses, Belle Siebrecht bids 

 fair to become extremely popular. It was extensively planted 

 for forcing during the past season by many of our leading 

 Rose growers. It is too soon yet to have their opinion of its 

 merits, but it is expected to rank high during the coming 

 winter. Madame Abel Chatenay, sent out by Pernet-Ducher, 

 is a new hybrid Tea of real merit. The flowers are full, the 

 buds spiral in form, rosy carmine in color, shaded with ver- 

 milion-rose and tinged with salmon. Souvenir de President 

 Carnot, also raised by Pernet-Ducher, is much after the style 

 of the old Niphetos, with a stiff, erect habit. The buds 

 are long, color of flower rosy flesh, shaded with white. 

 Beaute' Lyonnaise, from the same French hybridist, is a very 

 large and full white Rose of stout, erect growth. The flower 

 is slightly, but pleasingly, tinted with pale salmon. In Mr. 

 Turner's nurseries these three Roses are being largely propa- 

 gated, and are highly thought of, and they certainly seem 

 likely to be better known in the near future. Mrs. W. C. 

 Whitney, another comparatively new but well-known hybrid 

 Tea, has also been generally planted this year. A few plants 

 we have look very promising. The buds are long and of 

 extra-large size; the flowers are of a beautiful cream-pink 

 shade, and they hold their color well in winter. Those who 

 handled it last winter speak highly of Mrs. Pierpont Morgan, 

 and it has received certificates wherever shown. It is a sport 

 from Madame Cusin, but is a much stronger grower than the 

 parent and produces larger flowers, which are of an intense 

 rose-pink shade, with a rich Tec. fragrance. I recently saw a 

 bench of this variety which showed remarkable vigor. It is 

 said to be a profuse bloomer, even in the dullest winter months, 

 and it ought to be a decided acquisition. 



Marchioness of Londonderry gives promise of being a high- 

 class hybrid Perpetual. It has made vigorous growth here 

 during the past season and has not mildewed at all. It is a 

 welcome addition to the white-flowering section. Clio, which 

 is something after the style of the ever-popular Baroness 

 Rothschild, also seems likely to be valuable. The flowers are 

 flesh-color, shaded rosy pink toward the centre. Marchioness 

 of Devonshire, satin-pink in color, is also good. Two of 

 Dickson's new varieties, Helen Keller and Mavourneen, as 

 seen last July, are very fine. The first-named is a beautiful 

 rosy cerise color, while Mavourneen is a delicate, silvery flesh- 

 white, shaded with rose. Both are said to be of vigorous habit. 

 Mrs. R. G. Sharman Crawford has not made very good growth 

 here. This Rose is of a rich rosy pink shade, the centre petals 

 pale in color and white at the base. None of the newer intro- 

 ductions approach Mrs. John Laing in all-round excellence. 

 It is a fine autumnal bloomer, and every shoot has a flower on 

 it. "Here it has given us many fine flowers during September. 

 It is much to be regretted that so few Roses of the hybrid 

 Perpetual class give us any flowers except for a couple of 

 weeks in June. 



Taunton, Mass. W. N. Craig. 



Flower Garden Notes. 



OWING to protracted rains, the outdoor garden is less 

 attractive than we ever remember to have seen it at this 

 season. Asters, Boltonias, Silphiums and Pyrethrum uligi- 

 nosum, which ought to be making a superb display, are but a 

 sorry spectacle, and the only really bright thing we have is the 

 Scarlet Sage, Salvia splendens, and a few Zinnias. These were 

 planted where the first frost could not touch them, and it is 

 surprising how much influence neighboring trees can exercise 

 in keeping off the earliest frosts that usually blight the tender- 

 est plants. 



It has not been safe in past years to lift plants or roots from 

 a permanent border in the autumn months ; there are so many 

 things that are invisible above the soil at this season, that it is 

 wise to defer thinning out until spring, when all are appearing 

 above ground. If, however, it is desirable to add plants to 

 make losses good, or, even to remodel altogether, it is always 

 best to do as much as possible now before the soil loses its 

 warmth and while it is well moistened down to a good depth. 



As soon as all border plants have died off or turned yellow, 

 so that they can be cut down, we shall add the annual top- 

 dressing of well-decayed leaf-mold, putting it on to a depth of 

 at least four inches all over the beds. This makes a good pro- 

 tective covering as well as a fertilizer, and brings in far fewer 

 weeds than stable litter. At this season it is economy to save 

 every leaf that can be gathered and heap them for future use ; 

 it takes two years for them to decay thoroughly, and a turning 

 over once or twice a year will materially hasten the decompo- 

 sition. If lime be not present in the natural soil of the locality, 

 it will be well to add it to the heap as it is turned over ; it will 

 also help the process and add to the value of the whole as a 

 fertilizer, but care must be taken not to use any of the com- 

 post for Ericaceous plants, such as Rhododendrons, Kalmias, 

 Ericas, Andromedas or other allied plants, for lime is poison 

 to the roots of all such. Many have found how difficult it is to 

 cultivate these plants on a limestone formation. In this sec- 

 tion no limestone is in the rock formation, so that an applica- 

 tion of lime is a help to soils that are under cultivation lor any 

 length of time. 



We have already lifted and replanted all the Narcissus-bulbs. 

 This was the year to separate the clumps that had been grow- 

 ing larger than was good for the best results, and all have been 

 replanted again. It is not too late to do this work now, but it 

 is not safe to defer much longer, because the roots are in 

 active growth soon after the fall rains set in. A light mulch 

 over all when planted will keep out a lot of frost and induce a 

 strong growth this fall, which will greatly improve the display 

 next year, besides acting as a fertilizer for such annuals as are 

 used in the borders. 



Some recent exhibits of Salpiglossis before the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society have enlightened many as to their 

 value for summer-border use ; there seems to be a great ad- 

 vance made lately with this beautiful annual. It is also a 

 mistake to plant the seeds in the greenhouse, for the young 

 plants do not like transplanting, and thrive well when sown 

 where they are to bloom ; the colors are very beautiful in the 

 softness and delicate marking. The Salpiglossis is among the 

 best of garden annuals for house decoration when the flowers 

 are cut and used in vases, and they last well. 



Any plants that are needed for propagating, if herbaceous, 

 should be lifted soon and stored in boxes in cold frames until 

 March, when they may be put into a warm greenhouse and 

 cuttings made of the young shoots. Most herbaceous plants 

 root freely in this way, and soon make strong plants to set out 

 in spring. This is the best way to increase the finer forms of 

 garden Phlox, Veronicas, Helianthus, Campanulas, Lychnis 

 and the like. 



Bulbs of tender plants must be taken up as soon as the tops 

 are browned by frost ; Gladioluses, Cannas and Montbretias 

 may be laid out to dry for a few days before storing in the 

 winter quarters. We put the Gladiolus corms in bags and sus- 

 pend them in a cool cellar; Cannas seem to need a warmer 

 place. A temperature never less than forty-five is best suited for 

 them, or many will be lost from damp and decay. 



South Lancaster, Mass. E. 0. Orpet. 



Some Little-known Plants. 



/"'OREOPSIS ROSEA, a pretty little native species, has been 

 ^ in flower in this garden for the past six weeks. It grows 

 about a foot high, with branching stems and opposite linear 

 leaves from one to two inches in length. The flowers are 

 some half an inch in diameter and freely produced if it has a 

 sunny position in the hardy-plant border. It is a perennial and 

 easily propagated by seeds, flowering the first year if the 

 seeds are sown early in the greenhouse and the young plants 

 grown on. 



Tylophora aristolochioides is a rapid-growing twining plant, 

 with opposite oblanceolate leaves from four to six inches long 

 by two wide. It is a native ot Japan and belongs to the Milk- 

 weed family. It has not yet flowered 111 this garden, but if it 

 proves hardy it will make a useful plant for climbing porches, 

 etc. T. sublanceolata, var. obtusata, is a diminutive twining 

 plant, growing only about two feet high, with small opposite 

 leaves and cymes of small, brownish purple flowers. It is also 

 a native of Japan. Both species do well in a sunny position, 

 but of the two species T. aristolochioides is by far the better. 



Hydrocotyle Asiatica is a low-growing umbelliferous plant, 

 with leaves so like the common Violet that the plants are often 

 mistaken for Violets. The flowers are inconspicuous, being 

 very small, dull pink in color and almost sessile on the creep- 

 ing stems. If it proves hardy, which is not probable, it may be 

 used with good effect in some positions in the rock garden. 

 H. moschata is a much more diminutive species, growing 



