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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



May. 1907 



GROWN IN GENEVA 



THE natural vitality of a tree or shrub is like the "constitution" of a man — it means ability to withstand 

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ROSES, ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS 



Every tree and shrub worth planting in this country is grown at the Geneva Nursery. Our Trees are 

 fine, strong specimens, and our Roses are field-grown plants, 18 to 30 inches high, with splendid roots. 



EVERGREENS 



This is an excellent time to plant evergreens, and every owner of a garden — large or small — should see 

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PROPAGATING BLUE SPIREA 



A. H. B._, Penn. — The blue spirea (Caryopterts Masta- 

 canthus) may be' grown from cuttingsof half ripened wood, 

 taken in the summer or fall and struck under glass. It will 

 take three years to get good flowering plants. 



SOURCE OF PANSIES 



E. P. N., Ky. — The heartsease {Viola tricolor), the parent 

 of our modern strains of pansies, is the common wild pansy 

 of Europe which has become wild in this country as it has 

 escaped from gardens. It will be easily recognized along 

 the roadsides from its appearance as a diminutive pansy. 



SMALL FRUITS FOR INDIANA 



W. A. B., Indiana — Prof. James Troop, Horticulturist 

 in the Purdue University, recommends the following varieties 

 of small fruits for growing in Indiana: Strawberries; Bu- 

 bach, Haverland, Clyde, Warfield, Senator Dunlap, Gandy. 

 Red raspberries; Cuthbert, Miller, Loudon, Haymaker, 

 Golden Queen. Black raspberries; Kansas, Eureka, Gregg, 

 Black Diamond. Blackberries; Snyder, Taylor, Erie, 

 Buffalo. 



PROPAGATING GENTIANS 



A. H. B., Penn. — The stemless gentian {Gentiand acaulis), 

 may be grown from seed. Sow them one-sixteenth of an 

 inch deep in a sandy soil. It is slow business, however. 

 If the seeds are very fresh, they may germinate in a few 

 weeks, but they are more likely to take a year. The soil 

 should be kept damp until they do germinate. Prick out 

 the seedlings while they are still very small. It will take 

 about three years to grow flowering plants from seeds. 



CHERRIES FOR MASSACHUSETTS 



H. S. S., Mass. — The following varieties of cherries are 

 recommended: Sweet cherries; Napoleon, Windsor, Dow- 

 ner, Black Tartarian. Sour cherries; Early Richmond, 

 Montmorency and Morello. You are perhaps aware that 

 Massachusetts is the northern limit of hardiness of the sweet 

 cherry, and it will succeed in your state only in the favored 

 locations, so if you have tried all the varieties recommended 

 and have tried them in the most favorable locations on 

 your place and they have failed, then grow some sour cher- 

 ries. They are much hardier than sweet cherries. There 

 are some sweet cherry trees in Dorchester that have at- 

 tained great age. 



HEDGES FOR SHADED PLACES 



J. E. D. B., New York — The native Rhododendron maxi- 

 mum appears to be the most likely plant to make a dwarf 

 evergreen hedge, if anything would. The advice given 

 cannot be positive without a full knowledge of the situation. 

 Talk the matter over with a local nurseryman who is ac- 

 quainted with the soil and climatic conditions. Another 

 possibility is the evergreen Hall's honeysuckle (Lonicera 

 Japonica, var. Halliana), which could be trained over the 

 fence. The same growth cannot be expected under heavy 

 shade as is made in the open. ' The Canadian yew (Taxus 

 Canadensis) should be ideal for the purpose, if it grows 

 high enough, but I would hardly call that a hedge. 



DOG-PROOF HEDGES 



A. B. G , Mich. — For a dog-proof hedge on a light sandy 

 loam which is subject to droughts in summer, and that will 

 repel stock, the honey locust (Gleditschia irtcanthos) is 

 perhaps the best but it bears no showy flowers. Nothing 

 will nibble it twice. The Osage orange (Toxylon pomi- 

 ferum, known in the trade as Madura aurantica), is another 

 close growing hedge plant which will undoubtedly prove 

 desirable. There is the common hawthorn (Crataegus 

 Crus-galli), too, which flowers in June, and the Japanese 

 quince (Cydonia Japonica), which has bright red flowers in 

 spring The rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa), is not easily beaten 

 for either hardiness or prettiness and it flowers all the season. 

 It could be used behind a wire retaining fence 



HOW TO GROW ROSEMARY 



E. P N., Ky. — The real rosemary of the old herbals and 

 of the folklore of England is a plant known as Rosmarinus 

 officinalis- This is something like the Salvia, having light 

 blue flowers and much sought by bees- It grows in France 

 on chalk cliffs near the sea coast. In America, the name 

 has been transferred to various species of Statice, which 

 has small blue flowers growing in loose, spreading panicles, 

 and on a stalk sometimes as much as three feet in height. 

 This is sometimes known as sea lavender, merely from the 

 color of its flowers. It is often grown as a garden plant 

 and may be raised from seeds sown in heat in early spring, 

 and treated in the same way as any other perennial Seeds 

 sown in February or March, in heat, will give flowering 

 plants that same year. 



