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Garden and Forest. 



[October 8, 1890. 



Mr. H. B. Ayers reports the discovery of the Hemlock in 

 Section 10, Township 48, Range 16, Carleton County, Minne- 

 sota, thus extending the range of this tree further west than it 

 has been before reported, western Wisconsin having up to the 

 time of Mr. Ayers' discovery been considered its western station. 



A new Carnation with unusually distinct stripes of red and 

 white has been sent to this office by Messrs. Peter Henderson 

 & Co. It is said to have originated with Mr. George Bergman, 

 of Flatbush, Long Island, as a sport from Portia, which will 

 account for the vividness of the red in its marking. The 

 Mower is very fragrant, and it has been christened The Ameri- 

 can Flag. 



The report of the Botanist of the Nebraska State Board of 

 Agriculture, Dr. Charles E. Bessey, is an admirable mono- 

 graph on the Grasses and forage plants of that state. Mr. 

 Herbert J. Webber, the Assistant Botanist, adds a " Catalogue 

 of the Flora of Nebraska," which is valuable not only for its 

 facts as to the distribution of the Grasses, trees, shrubs and 

 other higher forms of vegetation, but also for its account of 

 the Fungi and other lower plants, many of which are of direct 

 economic interest to man. Of Grasses proper there are enu- 

 merated 106 wild species, besides twenty-two which have been 

 introduced purposely or otherwise by man and have subse- 

 quently "run wild" to some extent. 



The place which Tuberous Begonias have gained in popular 

 favor is shown by the fact that an English journal recently 

 spoke of a nursery garden where about 200,000 of these plants 

 were growing, all this year's seedlings. Although the season 

 has not favored them, the writer says: "There are many 

 superb Mowers in the open ground, but it is upon the plants 

 in pots that the grand flowers are to be seen. Among the 

 white and yellow varieties the greatest improvement appears. 

 Plants with a drooping habit, eminently suited for hanging 

 baskets, are here to be seen heavily laden with bloom, whilst 

 the large pot plants exhibit the point which Mr. Laing had be- 

 fore him in the improvement of the Begonia — namely, erect 

 flowers which can be seen without raising them." 



Monsieur Carriere describes and illustrates in the September 

 issue of the Revue Horticole a new hybrid Rose produced by a 

 gardener near Paris by crossing the Japanese Rosa rugosa 

 with the well known Hybrid Perpetual Madame Abel Carriere. 

 This new addition to the Rose garden is described as a vigor- 

 ous shrub, forming a stout bush five or six feet high by as 

 much in diameter, with handsome dark green, lustrous 

 foliage and flowers produced in large many-flowered corymbs. 

 They are semi-double, with white or pale pink petals, and the 

 curious thing about them is that the petals are conspicuously 

 and deeply notched or fimbriated at the summit, a peculiarity 

 to which the plant owes its name, Rosa rugosa fimbriata. It is 

 described as a continuous bloomer, producing flowers from 

 June until October. 



The Revue Horticole says: "An idea which at first seems 

 bizarre and a little facetious, but is at bottom very sensi- 

 ble, has just been suggested by Garden and Forest. This 

 is : that hair-pins may be used to fasten to the ground the 

 branches of border plants. The advantages offered by these little 

 instruments, which thus far have had little enough to do with 

 horticulture, are increased by the fact that they are manufac- 

 tured of different degrees of length and thickness. These new 

 hooks are very strong, and, moreover, very inconspicuous, 

 and modern methods of manufacture render them very 

 cheap." We may add that the neat little bundles in which 

 they are sold seem to make them so convenient to carry, that 

 no gardener need ever be without an immediate remedy for 

 a wayward shoot. 



A scheme is afoot for converting the banks of the River Lea 

 into boulevards for the recreation of the inhabitants of East 

 London. It is proposed to acquire strips of land extending for 

 twelve miles and to lay them out as parks, cricket-fields, 

 etc. "The idea," says the Gardeners' Chronicle, "is really 

 a somewhat tremendous one, but the most careful inquiry 

 and calculation have led us to the conclusion that it is not 

 only perfectly feasible, but may be carried out to the letter. 

 The advantages to be gained in many ways are simply incal- 

 culable. Much of the land is absolutely valueless under the 

 present condition of things. This course, which will unques- 

 tionably take effect sooner or later, will not only transform a 

 dull and dangerous pail of the country into a series of charm- 

 ing boulevards, but will have the effect of immediately en- 

 hancing the value of the property in the vicinity." 



In the Journal of Mycology, published by the Department 

 of Agriculture, Miss Southworth writes of a new disease of 



the Hollyhock quite distinct from the well known Hollyhock 

 disease [Puccinea Malvacearum), or from the spot disease 

 described by Professor Halsted in the issue of this journal for 

 March 26th, 1890. The trouble made its appearance five years 

 ago, and has proved so destructive where Hollyhocks are 

 grown for bedding purposes that the price of the plants has 

 quadrupled in New York during the past two years. The 

 Fungus attacks leaf, petiole or main stalk; the flow of sap is 

 stopped and the parts of the plant beyond the diseased portion 

 shrink and die. Treatment with the copper solutions was not 

 completely successful this year; but a thorough spraying with 

 Bordeaux mixture on both sides of the leaves as soon as the 

 young ones appear, and again later, should be tried next season. 

 Of course, all diseased plants should be removed from the 

 green-house, and whenever practicable the plants should be 

 grown out-of-doors. 



The death of Miss Marianne North, which occurred recently 

 at her home in Gloucestershire, in England, closes the career 

 of a woman of remarkable energy, courage and perseverance 

 — the greatest traveler of all her sex, perhaps, and a charming 

 and sympathetic personality. Ample means and abundant 

 leisure made Miss North a traveler, and a traveler whose 

 journeys produced visible results, which have served to in- 

 struct and delight the world. Long ago she formed the idea 

 of turning her skillful brush to good account, and all her later 

 and most difficult journeys were undertaken for the purpose 

 of transferring to canvas the most remarkable and interesting 

 aspects of the vegetation of the world. To do this she visited 

 the forests of Brazil and California, the mountains of Peru, 

 New Zealand and Australia, the East and West Indies, China 

 and Japan, northern and southern Africa, the Himalayas and 

 wherever else English enterprise had gained a foothold. Such 

 journeys are in themselves difficult, hazardous and fatiguing, 

 and when they are accompanied by the exposure and strain 

 attendant on the labors of an artist painting from nature, often 

 under the most severe conditions of climate and surroundings, 

 they tax the strength of mind and body to the utmost limits of 

 endurance. Four or five years ago Miss North went to Chili 

 for the express purpose of obtaining pictures of the remarkable 

 forests of Araucaria which are found there only on some of 

 the highest mountains. But her constitution, weakened by 

 long residences in the hottest and most unhealthy parts of the 

 world, gave way under this new effort. A long rest in the 

 healthy climate of the mountains of Jamaica failed to restore 

 her wasted energies, and she was forced to give up a proposed 

 visit to Mexico (almost the only part of the world she had not 

 seen) and return to England, which she was not destined to 

 leave again. The enjoyment of her last years, clouded by 

 long and painful illnesses, was found in gardening, to which 

 she became enthusiastically devoted, and which she carried 

 on with great success. Miss North presented her most im- 

 portant works, illustrating various aspects of vegetation, to 

 the British nation. They represent a series of nearly six 

 hundred pictures, which are preserved in the " North Gallery," 

 which she caused to be erected, at her own expense, within 

 the Royal Gardens at Kew, where it forms one of the most 

 instructive and popular departments of that great establish- 

 ment. Miss North passed a summer in the eastern states 

 many years ago, residing for a considerable time on the north 

 shore of Massachusetts Bay. The friends whom she made 

 in this country at that time, and those who have been fortunate 

 enough to enjoy the hospitality she dispensed so charmingly 

 in London or at her last home at Alderley, remember her with 

 admiration and affection. 



Catalogues Received. 



F. E. McAllister, 22 Dey Street, New York ; Bulbs and Seeds.— 

 John Gardiner & Co., 21 North Thirteenth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.; 

 Spring-flowering Bulbs and Roots. — T. S. Hubbard & Co., Fre- 

 donia, N. Y. ; Grape Vines and Small Fruits. — F. Sander & Co., 

 St. Albans, Eng. ; Orchids. — Hartman Manufacturing Company, 

 Beaver Falls, Pa.; Wire Specialties. — Wm. Parry, Pany, N. J.; Fruit, 

 Ornamental Trees, etc. — Peter Henderson & Co., 35 t.ortlandt 

 Street, New York; Autumn Bulbs, Plants and Seeds. — S. C. De Cou, 

 Moorestown, N. J. ; Small Fruits and Plants. — Vilmorin-Andrieux 

 & Co., 4 Quai de la Megisserie, Paris, France; Seeds and Bulbs for 

 Autumn Planting. — John R. & A. Murdoch, 508 Smithfield Street, 

 Pittsburgh, Pa.; Trees,. Bulbs and Flowers. — Currie Brothers, Mil- 

 waukee, Wis.; Flowering Bulbs, Plants, etc. — August Roi.ker & 

 Sons, Station E, New York ; Select Flower Seeds. — Sidney Tuttle 

 & Co., Bloomington, 111.; Trees, Plants, Shrubs, Roses, Bulbs, etc. — 

 Eli.w anger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y.; Pot-grown and Layer 

 Strawberries, and Novelties and Specialties for Fall Planting. 



