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ORCHMIOISSI GARDEN 
this one may conclude, even without a 
trial, that its proper place is among green- 
house Ferns, and that a simply warm room 
in the house will meet most of its require- 
ments as to temperature. The stipes, as is 
usual in the Adiantums, are ebony or pol- 
ished black: but at their base or origin they 
are golden yellow, suggestive of the com- 
mon name. The growth is open rather 
than dense, and this characteristic, added 
to its gracefully curving pinnatifid fronds, 
gives the plant a high degree of pictur- 
esque beauty, which makes it worthy of a 
place even in a small collection. 
The Jerusalem Cherry. 
Nearly all berry-bearing plants, as they 
are called, are desirable subjects for the sit- 
ting room or the window garden. An old, 
but still very good one. is the Jerusalem 
Cherry ( Solatium Pseudo - Capsicum.) of 
which there are now several varieties, the 
seeds of which are sold under the name of 
‘‘Hybrids." and may usually be found in 
seedsmen's catalogues under the heading of 
“Ornamental and Fruit-bearing Plants.” 
The plants are easily grown, and a well- 
grown specimen, when in full fruit is very 
ornamental. The small white flowers are 
succeeded by scarlet fruits about the size of 
a cherry, which they somewhat resemble, 
and hence the common name, or at least a 
part of it. There used to be a white-fruited 
variety, always rare, and now seldom seen. 
The Jerusalem Cherry may be grown from 
seed or from cuttings. Those who wish for 
large specimens for the next winter should 
sow the seed indoors from January to 
March, and repot from time to time as the 
plants need it. They may be grown in the 
tree form by running the stem up a foot or 
6o, and on that forming the head, which 
can be made very symmetrical by a little 
pruning and pinching occasionally. The 
soil should be moderately rich and light, 
and it will be well to use a little drainage 
when five-inch pots are reached, as the 
plants are somewhat impatient of a sodden- 
ed soil. This is a very pretty plant for the 
amateur’s window garden, and has always 
been a special favorite with the ladies as 
well for its handsome berries as for the lit- 
tle trouble with which it can be grown. 
Chrysanthemums after Blooming. 
It is getting to be quite common to see 
the Japanese Chrysanthemum at the win- 
dow. even in the country. Some of these 
are bought when just coming into bloom 
and others are grown at home. There are 
many who do not know what to do with 
the plants after they have ceased blooming, 
and in consequence either lose them or car- 
ry them through the winter under condi- 
tions that so greatly weaken the plants that 
half the following season is wasted in bring- 
ing them into a healthy state again, and 
they generally fail to bloom. Some throw 
them away as being of no further use, 
which is good for the man who sells them. 
Those who have a cold pit can safely store 
them in that; but the great majority of 
amateurs have none. In that case cut the 
plants down as soon as they have done 
blooming, and place them in the coolest 
part of the cellar, or in some unheated 
room where it is not likely to freeze hard. 
The plants have been made somewhat 
tender by being kept in a warm room, but 
a little freezing will not hurt them, though 
a hard freeze would very likely break the 
pots. The plants will need a little water 
occasionally: just enough to keep the roots 
from drying off. Very few plants will be 
lost when kepi in this way. See that the 
young shoots around the crown are entire- 
ly free from insects before putting the 
plants in their winter quarters. 
Some Mention of Roses. 
The beautiful new Rose Mrs. John Laing, 
which we took occasion to praise on its first 
appearance here, now takes a prominent 
place on the exhibition table. We com- 
mended it also as a good Rose for the ama- 
teur and for winter blooming, and we are 
glad to see that it is fast finding a place in 
amateur collections. An amateur’s Rose 
should at least be hardy and fragrant. By 
amateur we do not mean merely a “fancier” 
or a “specialist,” so called, but all who grow 
flowers because they love them, and not for 
profit. 
* * * 
Speaking of Roses reminds us that Etien- 
ne Levet is a beautiful Rose for the exhibi- 
tion table when at its best: and the same 
may be said of Madame Gabriel Luizet. 
Both these Roses were shown in fine condi- 
tion at the June exhibitions, and this in a 
bad season. It must be borne in mind, 
however, that the best exhibition Roses are 
not always the best Roses for the gardens. 
A few blooms of Her Majesty were also 
shown, but in a form to furnish additional 
evidence that this Rose will never, in our 
climate, sustain its reputation at home. 
The last seasen, however, was not one to 
favor excellence even in the best of Roses, 
and called for copious applications of water 
by artificial means. Roses, however, are 
never poor except comparatively. — P. B. 
Mead. 
Apple Families. 
I DO NOT know that I have not before al- 
luded, in these columns, to the peculiarity 
of apple culture, in northern countries, in 
the formation of distinctly recognisable 
families. This arises, no doubt, from the 
fact that only a few kinds are found suffi- 
ciently resistant to winter’s cold. The seed- 
lings from these, not being exposed to out 
crossing, as in more southern orchards with 
many varieties, come more or less true from 
seed. This accounts for the apples of the 
Province of Quebec being largely of the 
Fameuse type; while in Russia, which 
covers a vast territory, v\ ith very little 
inter-communication net«een its parts, the 
same influences lead to establishing local 
families of fruit, all closely resembling each 
other, but of differing seasons of maturity. 
The Borovjtzky (.Oldenburgh) family em- 
braces some six or seven distinct varieties 
already knowm in this country, and we find 
in a number of cases of recent importation 
such names as Titus of Voronesh, Titus of 
Riga, &c; while we have the Antony (An- 
tonovka) of early and late strains. In this 
last case a good many of us have been disap- 
pointed in getting at first, from Mr. Gibb 
and Prof. Budd, a so-called winter Anto‘ 
novka which hardly keeps through Novem- 
ber. This is a fine apple of its season, and 
the tree is very handsome, vigorous and 
productive, but it is too early to be called 
even an early winter apple. Yet, (as I un- 
stand from Mr. John Craig, Director of the 
Experiment at Ottawa,) the variety which 
he distinguishes as “ Stone Antonovka” is a 
true winter son, such as Mr. Gibb described, 
and no doubt thought he was sending to me. 
I have a number of fine trees of the latter 
now in bearing, but do not care for more of 
its short season. 
Of all the Russian apples, Borovitzky, 
( Oldenburgh, ) seems to have yielded the 
greatest variety of sorts of different seasons, 
and notwithstanding the dictum of not a 
few who claim to be apple experts, it has 
shown the capacity of producing seedlings 
of keeping quality. Mr. Pfeffer’s winter 
seedling, Pewaukee, is half Borovitzky; 
while the new all- winter apple “ North 
Star,” which originated in northern Maine, 
is a pure Borovitzky seedling, which Mr. 
Gilbert, Secretary of the Maine Board of 
Agriculture, assures me to be not only large, 
handsome and good, but to be a good keeper, 
at least where it originated. I have trees 
of it on trial in my orchard, and shall soon 
be able to speak more positively of its qual- 
ifications. It is in the hands of Chase 
Brothers, Geneva, N. Y. for introduction. 
I think it very well worth while to note, 
for the benefit of your many readers in the 
“Cold North,” these peculiar points of Rus- 
sian apples. Every thing relating to them 
is of importance to that section. I suppose 
that very few of these readers have yet in 
possession specimen trees of the newer 
Russians of the Borovitzky family, — all fall 
apples, but, though hardly distinguishable 
to sight, of somewhat different season, and 
quite different qualities. Five or six years 
ago Mr. H. H. Howlett of Baraboo, Wis., 
kindly sent me a half dozen varieties of 
Russian apples of the 1870 importation 
which were new to me. Among them was 
one labeled “Yellow Anis,” which I was 
glad to get, as I had (and still have, so far 
as I know,) no tree of the true Anis family. 
This season this tree fruited, but instead of 
the small Anis it proved to be a large apple 
of the Borovitzky family, indistinguishable, 
externally, from Oldenburgh. This I am 
inclined to believe to be the “ Anisofky ” of 
the 1870 list, which is an earlier Oldenburgh 
in appearance, but of much less acidity, 
being a \ erv good dessert apple. In regard 
to these variations of the Oldenburgh type, 
Prof. Budd said, recently, in Rural Life ; — 
“ Of the Duchess family we have the Anis- 
ovky, Voronesh, Cinnamon, and others, 
