December 14, 1892.] 



Garden and Forest. 



595 



fond of moisture and is usually located near the base of the 

 plant, but its threads reach throughout an affected plant. 

 When cuttings of a diseased plant are placed in the sand the 

 new conditions of additional moisture favor the fungus, and 

 soon the stem softens at the base and the black specks appear 

 upon the surface of the decaying tissue. Shortly the cutting 

 has rotted off. It is, therefore, very important to use healthy 

 stock for the cutting-bed. This is sometimes illustrated in the 

 propagating-bed when all cuttings from certain plants fail 

 while others from neighboring stock do not. 



The last trouble to be here mentioned differs very much 

 from all those above given. The affected plant shows no rust- 

 patches, no colored spots of the Septoria or black speck of the 

 colletorichum species. The whole plant is sick, fails to grow 

 and bloom, and the leaves have a shriveled or somewhat 

 wrinkled appearance, with peculiar minute ashy or yellowish 

 markings, as if something had scratched the leaf internally. 

 There is no sign of any insect at work and no filamentous fun- 

 gus. Bacteria swarm in the faded streaks, but they may follow 



Mrs. Isaac Price very much resembles the old Golden 

 Dragon, except that its flowers are sulphur-yellow. It makes 

 a very handsome low-growing specimen. For the reason that 

 its hooked and twisted petals interlock, it is useless for ship- 

 ping, either as specimens or cut flowers. Its cut blooms do not 

 associate with other varieties, or even in groups by them- 

 selves, but singly in glass bottles or small vases they are 

 superb. 



O. P. Bassett is another variety introduced last season, and 

 generally condemned because of its lateness. A friend of 

 mine speaking of it says the color is precisely that of the 

 famous G. W. Childs, deep velvety crimson, while its blooms 

 are equal to that variety in size, and superior in form, being 

 quite double. Whether or not it will make a good bush speci- 

 men I am unable to say. 



Syringa has always been too late for the exhibitions here. 

 Once it had many admirers ; now it is nearly forgotten on ac- 

 count of its lateness. It is an excellent kind for cutting, making 

 large, elegantly incurved, flesh-pink blooms. Molly Bawn is 



Fig. 102.— Branchlets of the Weeping Spruce (Picea Ereweriana). — See page 591 



and not precede the disorder ; it may be that the trouble is at 

 the root. Persons in sending specimens that answer to the 

 above-attempted description should include the root. 

 Rutgers College. Byroti D. Halsted. 



Late Chrysanthemums. 



■\17'HEN the Chrysanthemum exhibitions are over there 

 » • seems to be a general feeling that the season has gone 

 by. What few remain must be varieties with special qualities 

 to commend them. So late in the season it is hard to endure 

 any but the best, and little attention has been given to late va- 

 rieties by raisers. 



Ethel is a white-flowered, straight-petaled Japanese sort ; 

 good either for specimens or cut blooms, and it comes into 

 bloom about Thanksgiving. If kept cool, many flowers will 

 hold until Christmas. Mrs. H. J. Jones is a yellow sport from 

 Ethel, and identical in every particular except the color of its 

 blooms. 



C. B. Whitnall, one of last year's introductions, is a Japanese 

 incurved kind of great merit. It certainly is the best late va- 

 riety of its color, which is a deep claret, with silver-lake reverse. 

 Its habit is all that can be desired, either for bush specimens or 

 cut blooms. 



a pure white sport from it, and among the handsomest of the 

 late white bloomers. 



Gold-finder has never bloomed in time to exhibit. The 

 blooms are of an uncommon type. Their chief beauty lies in 

 the infolding of the florets with age. A handsome yellow one 

 of this type, named Gloriana, was exhibited by Mr. J. V. May 

 at the late Madison Square Exhibition. White Cap, a recent im- 

 portation of Halleck's, is another late variety having the same 

 peculiar character of bloom. This year has added some pink 

 and violet colored ones to the list which will be sure to come 

 into favor. 



Mrs. Humphreys I consider the best late white for any pur- 

 pose. It makes a handsome specimen. The blooms are sup- 

 ported on good stiff stems. The florets are stiff, close and 

 straight, fitting it especially for shipment. It is, moreover, 

 sweet-scented. Marvel created quite a sensation a few years 

 ago when introduced by John Thorpe. The blooms are parti- 

 colored, the outer florets being white, centre bright pink, 

 making a striking contrast. It grows into a cheerful-looking 

 specimen, and very few visitors pass it by without some com- 

 plimentary remarks. Marvel is seldom seen now, mainly from 

 the fact, I suppose, of its being late. We only once had it in 

 time for exhibition. t n zj 



Wellesley, Mass. T. D. H. 



