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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



April, 1909 



"The home of hardy evergreens." 



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PROPAGATING HONEYSUCKLE AND 

 ARBORVITiE 



M. J. R., Penna. — Upright species of honeysuckle are 

 propagated from layers and also from cuttings of dormant 

 wood. The creeping varieties are propagated from cut- 

 tings of dormant wood. Arborvitae will not grow in shaded 

 situations. The best time to plant the latter is in May or 

 August; the honeysuckle in the fall or spring, as conve- 

 nient. Arborvitae makes the best hedge, but balsam fir 

 is quicker-growing. 



PEONIES FOR CUT FLOWERS 



C. A. G., Mich. — Some of the best pink and white 

 varieties of peony for cut flowers are: White- — Festiva 

 Maxima, Madame de Verneville, Avalanche, Grandi- 

 flora nivea plena, Monsieur Duperet and Duchesse de 

 Nemours; light pink and pink and white — Achille, Dor- 

 chester, Sarah Bernhardt, Mme. Calot, and Venus; deep 

 pink — Madame Ducel, M. Jules Elie, Comte de Paris, 

 Delicatissima and Lady Leonora Bramwell. These are all 

 early or second early varieties. A. H. F. 



STARTING IN BUSINESS 



F. A. W., N. Y. — If you are an amateur starting in the 

 florists' business, confine your efforts at first to subjects 

 that are easily handled, such as carnations, violets, sweet 

 peas, and bulbs, i. e., narcissus of various sorts and Roman 

 hyacinths. Grow smilax, asparagus and small ferns for 

 greens. Raise for sale, and for your own use, bedding 

 plants and early vegetables, e. g., cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, 

 egg plants, celery, peppers, etc. Lettuce and tomatoes 

 could be raised in the greenhouse in winter, but flowers will 

 undoubtedly pay better. 



VARIEGATED SHRUBS WORTH 

 GROWING 



G. S. J., New York. — Some of the best variegated shrubs 

 for general planting which can be obtained anywhere are 

 as follows: Golden and silver leaved weigela (Diervilla 

 foribunda, var. versicolor and D. forida, var. nana varie- 

 gata), the variegated rose of Sharon {Hibiscus Syriacus, 

 var. variegatus), Cornelian cherry {Cornus Mas), Siberian 

 dogwood {Cornus alba, var. argenteo-marginata), silver 

 margined kerria {Kerria Japonica, var. ar genteo-varie gata), 

 yellow margined California privet {Ligustrum ovalijolium, 

 var. aureo-mar ginatum), and the golden-leaved mock 

 orange. For more rank growth there is the golden-leaved 

 elder. J. T. S. 



EVERGREENS FOR THE NORTH 



J. D. F., New York. — Some hardy coniferous ever- 

 greens which you will undoubtedly find satisfactory about 

 your grounds in the Adirondack region are: Nootka 

 Sound cypress {Chameecyparis Nuthcensis, known in the 

 trade as Cupressus Nutkansis); Reeve's Chinese juniper 

 {Juniperus Chinensis, var. mascula, known in the trade 

 as var. Reevesi); Swedish juniper {Juniperus communis, 

 var. Suecica); prostrate juniper {Juniperus Sabina, var. 

 prostrata, known in the trade as J. prostrata); dwarf Mugho 

 pine {Pinus Montana, var. Mughus, known in the trade as 

 P. Mughus); Swiss stone pine {Pinus Cembra); Japanese 

 yew {Taxus cuspidata); and Siberian arborvitae {Thuya 

 occidentalis, var. Wareana, known in the trade as var. 

 Sihirica). Among the broad-leaved evergreens there is the 

 great laurel {Rhododendron maximum), and the mountain 

 laurel {Kalmia latifolia). 



PLANTING NEW STRAWBERRY BEDS 



C. R. W., New York. — The general practice in straw- 

 berry culture is to set plants in the spring and prevent 

 fruiting the first year by picking out the buds as they appear. 

 Cut off all runners in the early fall in order to throw the 

 utmost vigor into the plants for the next season's crop. 

 At the same time allow one or two runners to root from each 

 plant, if you wish to work on the renewal system for the 

 bed; that is, allow just sufficient runners to root to fill up a 

 row between the rows that are now planted and which 

 will fruit next year. After fruiting, the old plants are then 

 plowed or dug under and the new ones kept for fruiting the 

 following season. Generally speaking, however, it is 

 better to make a new bed in a new place, for that purpose 

 allowing as many runners as may be necessary from the 

 old bed which is then fruited for two years instead of one. 

 The careful gardener can plant in the fall, even as late as 

 October, if the ground is thoroughly enriched and properly 

 mellowed. The best garden practice, however, is to set. 

 out pot-grown plants in August for fruiting next year. 

 Such plants are to be bought from the dealers. 



