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The Art of Potting. 
Though it may seem a simple matter 
enough on the surface, there is a good deal 
of art in potting plants properly. The pots 
should be well drained, using for this pur- 
pose pieces of broken pots or crockery, and 
placing one large piece over the hole in the 
bottom of your pot. A little sphagnum or 
rough material of some kind should next be 
placed over the crocks to keep the soil from 
being washed down and blocking the drain- 
age. Then put an inch or so of soil before 
placing the plant in position, and fill in with 
the compost, pressing this down firmly with 
the fingers until the pot is nearly but not 
full. 
If the pot is over-filled, insufficient room 
is left for watering, while, if not filled full 
enough, not only does the pot not contain 
enough soil, but the plant is liable to be- 
come “drowned” when water is given. There 
ought always to be enough space left be- 
tween the top of the pot and the surface of 
the soil, to allow the giving sufficient water 
to saturate the whole of the soil and moisten 
all the roots. 
Some people seem to throw the plants into 
the pots almost anyway and still they grow 
and do well. This plan may answer well 
enough in a country garden, where plants 
seem to thrive under any condition, but too 
much care cannot be taken in the suburban 
or town garden. Most plants, especially 
those of the “ hard-wooded” or shrubby type, 
require to be potted very firmly — that is, to 
have the soil made almost hard in the pots, 
but in the case of soft-wooded plants, gen- 
erally, pot rather loosely for rapid growth, 
and more firmly for early bloom. In all 
potting operations, see that the roots of the 
plants are spread out in the soil, that is to 
say, they should not have the soil thrown on 
them, but among them. The soil should al- 
ways be slightly lower at the rim of the pot 
than at the neck of the plant. — Gardeners 
Chronicle. 
Let Children Have Flowers. 
If the round of one’s activities confines his 
attention to the sordid things of life; if he 
never takes the time to see and appreciate 
the numberless appeals that nature con- 
stantly makes to the finer instincts of his 
being, he will eventually lose the power of 
response and become blind to the beauties, 
deaf to the harmonies of his surroundings. 
I can imagine no greater misfortune be- 
falling a man than the realization in the 
later years of his life that he has passed 
through a world where others have seen 
beauty in myriad forms, harmonies of song 
in every bush and from every tree, to which 
he has been blind and deaf. 
We can do our children no greater wrong 
than to deprive them in their earlier years 
of the means of cultivating the highest sus- 
ceptibilities of their nature. On every farm, 
within the narrow limits of every city lot 
where children grow, in every school yard 
there should be as great a wealth as possible 
of blooming plants and shrubs, and the child- 
ren’s attention should be directed to the 
wonderful adaptation of insect to flower, of 
seed distributing attachments, the pappus of 
the dandelion, the down of the thistle, the 
wing of the maple, the parachute of the 
linden. 
Once opened to the beautiful activities of 
nature, the eye of the child will never cease 
to find new wonders ; his mind grows into 
the habit of seeking relations of cause and 
effect ; his soul becomes filled with admira- 
tion for the skill with which part has be- 
come adjusted to part, and he ultimately 
finds himself possessed of a source of pleas- 
ure which outlasts all the misfortunes of 
life. C. F. Davis, 
Colorado Agricultural College, Fort Collins, 
Colo. 
Slower (Brower 
The Best Hardy Shrubs. 
AUTHORITY GIVES LIST. 
“ What are the best shrubs introduced in 
recent years?” 
This question was asked of Prof. Charles S. 
Sargent, of the Arnold Arboretum, at Ja- 
maica Plain, Mass., the other day. It would 
be hard to find a man better qualified to 
answer such a question, for great numbers 
of new plants of all kinds are constantly be- 
ing tried out in the grounds of the arboretum 
to determine the ones most suitable for 
growing in the gardens of the United States. 
In discussing this subject, Professor Sar- 
gent chose to select those shrubs which are 
hardy and will thrive over a large part of 
the New England and middle western states. 
This classification would automatically rule 
out rhododendrons and azaleas, for these 
plants will not grow in a soil containing a 
large percentage of lime. 
At the head of the list, Prof. Sargent placed 
four of the cotoneasters of Western China, 
C. hupehensis, C. calocarpa, C. soongarica 
and C. nitens. These shrubs were all 
brought from China by Ernest H. Wilson, 
the famous plant hunter of the arboretum. 
They are admirably adapted to northern 
climatic conditions and may be used either 
for borders or for specimen plants. After 
flowering, they are especially attractive by 
reason of the wealth of showy berries they 
carry. 
NAMES CHINESE ROSES. 
Of newer shrubs, Professor Sargent named 
two Chinese Roses, Rosa Hugonis and R. 
Jackii. The former is regarded by rosarians 
as a splendid acquisition to the list of hardy 
Roses. It flowers early in the season and 
its blooms are large, single and of a pale 
yellow, set so close together on the stems 
that they touch. R. Jackii is a Korean Rose 
which was introduced by Mr. Jack, of the 
arboretum staff, for whom it was named. It 
is of a late flowering habit, and its pure 
white blooms are nearly twice the size of 
those of R. multiflora. 
Two Lilacs are included in the list, both 
from China. One of these, Syringa reflexa, 
is thus named on account of the pendent 
habit of the sprays of bloom, so vividly in 
contrast to the upright position of other 
Lilac blooms. The other Lilac is a native of 
northern China and bears the name of S. 
Sweginzowii. 
Diervilla florida venusta is the name of a 
species of the weigela, as this plant is often 
called, selected to grace this list, as the 
handsomest of its class. 
RARE SHRUB OF EARLY HABIT. 
A rare shrub which is of early habit is the 
Prinsepia sinensis. Its leaves unfold earlier 
than any other in the arboretum, after which 
it is covered with almost innumerable yellow 
flowers. 
Corylopsis gotoana is the name of a Jap- 
anese shrub which is given a place in the 
list. This bears drooping clusters of yellow 
flowers before the leaves appear. 
AJsculus georgiana and Spiraea Veitchii 
complete the list. The former is a dwarf 
buckeye, with large red and yellow flowers 
borne in compact clusters. The special 
value of the latter lies in the fact that it is 
one of the latest blooming white-flowered 
spiraeas. — Florists’ Review. 
John H. McKibbin 
Grower of Choice Gladioli 
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Flower Lovers 
Especially all of you who have grown 
Dahlias or tried to grow them. 
Tried to grow them is more correct especially 
if you live in that great middle western section 
where the mercury climbs to 103 in the shade, 
just when the Dahlia is making its nice suc- 
culent green growth, and then later when 
after weeks of petting, the flowers are open- 
ing nicely, along comes J. Frost and makes 
them look as if they had been gassed. 
I am going to find out something. 
I want to know what are the best growers, 
most drought resistant, freest blooming cactus 
dahlias for this great section of the U. S. A. 
and to that end I have purchased over one 
hundred varieties in all colors from the most 
prominent growers in all parts of the country. 
I purchased only varieties that bore the 
grower's highest endorsements as to the above 
qualities, attractive color being also specified 
as a prime requisite in each case. 
My next Fall’s catalog will list six to ten of 
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Walled Lake, Oakland County. Michigan 
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