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Garden and Forest. 



[NoVEMr.ER 21, 18 



there, each head must get its allotted i>ortion, wliile in tlie 

 othercase the upper liead would he apt to get the lion's share 

 on account of its tendency to flow to the highest point. The 

 arms, which are renewed every year, Lieing in a horizontal 

 |)osition, the buds start with more general uniformity than 

 if they were more upriglit. Tlie trellis is inexpensive, and 

 is adapted to vineyard or garden. In the latter wood slats 

 can do duty instead of wires. 



Fig. 2 gives a view of a vme as it appears before pruning, 

 and Fig. 3 the same vine after pruning. The canes forming 

 the arms are the ones nearest the trunk of the vine, and are 

 cut from five to eight buds long. If longer the buds nearest the 

 trunk would be apt to start too feebly, and fail to acquire suf- 

 ficient vigor for next 

 year's arm; but if only 

 five or six buds long, a 

 very uniform growth is 

 obtained. By stopping 

 the growth of these 

 yoimg canes at the sec- 

 ond or third leaf be- 

 yond the last cluster of 

 fruit, the size of the 

 cluster and canes is in- 

 creased, and the base 

 buds are fully develop- 

 ed, so that the one near- 

 est the trunk generally 

 makes as good a cane, 

 and produces as good 

 clusters as those farther 

 away; and the fruit year 

 after year is kept in a 

 small area near the trunk 

 of the vine. The chief 

 objection to the system 

 is that the wind and rain 

 will sometimes break 

 oft" the tender shoots 

 while young and grow- 

 ing rapidly. To prevent 

 this I have used an extra 

 wire six inches above 

 the arms, to which the 

 young canes are secur- 

 ed, thus preventing any 

 loss from this cause. I 

 have taken this fall from 

 single vines thus trained 

 from twenty to thirty 

 pounds of fine fruit, 

 which satisfies me en- 

 tirely as to quantity. 

 E. Williams. 



Montclair, N.J. 



Rose Notes. 



American Beauty. — 

 The strong growth and 

 upright habit of this 

 Rose make it conspicu- 

 ous when planted out 

 in the same house with 

 other varieties. On 

 good, healthy plants of 

 this variety the shoots 

 will often attain a height 

 of six to eight feet, and 

 usually terminate in one 

 very large bud, the latter 

 having taken a good while to develop, but generallv proving to 

 have been well worth waiting for. After this terminal Hower 

 has been cut, it has been found best to tie down tlie shoots, so 

 as to induce the lower eyes on the plants to break, this 

 process usually resulting in more numerous flowers from the 

 secondary growth than would otherwise be secured, though 

 in some instances the individual ilovvers may be smaller than 

 those of the first cro|). This Rose, in common with a majority 

 of the Hybrid Tea class, being subject to attacks of "black- 

 spot," should be watered carefully, so as to keep the roots in 

 as healthy a condition as possilile. This fungus spreads 

 much more ra])idly on those ]ilants which have defective 

 root-action. 



Perle des Jardins.— In many cases the first crop of flowers 



Fis- 72. — Berberis Fendleri,— See page 460. 



of this standard sort will have been cut by this time, and it will 

 lie necessary to thm out some of the weak and comparatively 

 worthless growth around the bottom of the plants, so as to 

 allow more air and light. At the same time it is advisaljle to 

 give a little encouragement to the new growth liy the applica- 

 tion of fertilizers, preferalily in a liquid form, although good 

 results may also be olstained from a top tlressing of manure. 

 An objection has been urged against the latter method by 

 some growers, however, on account of tlje greater difficulty 

 of regulating the amount of moisture at the roots of the plants 

 when the surface of the soil is covered with a coating of 

 variable thickness and consistency. But whichever method 

 is adopted in the culture of this variety, it would be well to 



keep in view the opin- 

 ions expressed by sev- 

 eral of our leading Rose 

 growers, to the efl'ect 

 tliat the malformed buds 

 frequently seen on Perle 

 des Jardins during the 

 w inter months, are 

 largely due to too liberal 

 treatment or over- 

 feeding. 



Papa Gontier. — It 

 seems evident that this 

 Rose can be grown to 

 better advantage in a 

 house by itself, where 

 this is practicable, for 

 when grown among 

 other varieties its pe- 

 culiarities may be for- 

 gotten, and it may suffer 

 from too great heat or 

 too much water, when 

 the growth is sure to 

 become weak and the 

 leaves fall off rapidly. 

 Papa Gontier is natur- 

 ally a strong grower and 

 cjuickly responds to pro- 

 per treatment, giving a 

 plentiful crop of its 

 handsome buds in rapid 

 succession. During the 

 past summer it has re- 

 ceived' much praise 

 where it has been tested 

 out-doors, making 

 strong growth and pro- 

 ducing large and highly 

 colored flowers. 



The Bride has also 

 made a place for itself 

 in the foremost rank of 

 Roses for winter use, 

 and when aftbrded treat- 

 ment similar to that re- 

 com mended for its 

 parent, Catherine Mer- 

 met, it usually produces 

 a greater number of 

 flowers of the same 

 graceful form, and with 

 the additional advant- 

 age of being white, and, 

 therefore, of much 

 greater general utility. 

 In fact, this is now 

 claimed to be the most 

 general cultivation. W. 



useful white 



Philadelphia. 



Rose 



^PHRKIC 

 A the c 



Hard}' Perennials for Autumn. 



of the liest hardy plants for autumn blooming are 

 common Aster Nova Anglice, Anemone Japonica — 

 both pink and white varieties — and various species of Knipho- 

 fia, commonly known as Tritomas. I think it would be worth 

 the (rouble to prepare a bed for these specially to bloom to- 

 gether. The Aster is quite hardy, increases rapidly, either by 

 seeds or division, and requires no further care. Anemone 

 Japonica cannot be relied upon here to endure the winter, 

 nor even farther southward, in New Jersey, though Mr. 

 Vick, of Rochester, reports that it is quite hardy with him. 



