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Four Valuable Shrubs. 
Four plants of special value are: Hy. 
drangea paniculata grardiflora, Spiraea 
van Houttei, Cornussanguinea. and Tam- 
arix amurensis. The Hydrangea, with 
its magnificent white flowers; the Spiraea* 
with its long, graceful, snow-white plnmes: 
Cornus sanguinea, with its bright red* 
glossy wood, and the Tamarix amuren- 
sis, with its odd, green, feathery foliage, 
make a combination which cannot be de- 
scribed, and which must be seen to be 
appreciated. 
All of these shrubs are perfectly hardy, 
easily cared for, and can be pruned or 
trimmed into almost any shape desired. 
They are especially adapted to the hardy 
border, and are valuable and highly orna- 
mental as single specimen plants for the 
lawn, and are very effective for grouping 
or general background planting.— Michi- 
gan Fruit Grower. 
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How to Make the Hoya Camosa Bloom. 
The following treatment of the Hoya, 
or wax plant, to induce it to bloom after i[ 
is one year old, was learned from the late 
Peter Henderson : 
Withhold all water from the plant abouj 
the first of March, and do this until the 
leaves get soft and flabby, and lose their 
bright green look. No stated time for 
withholding water can be given. Much 
depends on the temperature of the room 
in which the plant is kept. It may be any 
bime from three to six weeks. The owner 
of the plant must use his own judgment; 
most persons usually give water too soon, 
as they fear the death or permanent in- 
jury of the plant. The Hoya will be 
found able to stand a good deal of this 
kind of treatment, therefore do not be in 
too great a hurry to give water. When 
you conclude the - time has come to end 
this part of the treatment, put the plant 
in the sur. and give water liberally, and in 
a short time it will take on new life and 
send out buds. — Ladies Home Journal. 
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Pruning Transplanted Trees. 
A correspondent in Meehan' s Monthly 
for December says: “ The question that 
often presents itself to gardeners at this 
season is concerning the wisdom of prur, 
ing trees and shrubs newly planted at thi s 
time,” and the editor of that journal re- 
plies : 
It is difllcult to lay down a general rule 
for these kind of cates. So much de 
pends on the kind of tree, and the spot 
where the tree is planted. 
If we remember why it is desirable to 
prune, we may know how to act in special 
cases. 
Where trees die after transplanting, in 
all cases, whether in winter or summer, i c 
is because the moisture passes from the 
branches faster than the roots can supply 
the waste. If cold drying winds in win- 
ter, or warm drying winds in summer, are 
likely to follow the transplanting, pruning 
lessens the quantity of moisture the roots 
are to be called on to supply. Hence, if 
a tree should have poor roots, — or if the 
earth is not packed tightly about the roots* 
or if the tree is to be exposed to harsh 
cutting winds, the judgment of the one in 
charge as to how to prune, or whether to 
prune or not, must be founded. It must 
be remembered that when a party buys a 
large tree it is always unfortunate that it 
should have to be cut at all. In a large 
number of cases, where the conditions 
noted are favorable, there is no need of 
any pruning. It is a question for intelli- 
gent judgment rather than rule. 
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Hydrangeas. 
Hydrangeas h^ve grown in popularity 
for garden purposes, especially Hydrangea 
paniculata grandiflora. The whole class 
has become quite special in Newport, R. 
I., chemical and other methods being 
made use of to effect variety in color 
The climate of that part of the country 
seems especially favorable to their nature. 
A writer in one of the New York dailies 
says: 
The Hydrangeas of Newport area sight 
worth a jourey to see. Being a flower that 
admits of much variety of treatment, this 
general fancy for them is far from result- 
ing in monotony of effect. Indeed, the 
variety of these effects is half the beauty of 
the display, for with variety it gains char- 
acter andindividuality. A manmayhave 
his Hydrangeas almost to his taste. He 
may have them as a bush no bigger than 
a rose bush: he may have them as a shrub: 
he may have them as a tree. He may let 
their foliage luxuriate at will, or he may 
suppress it altogether, subordinating the 
whole plant to one or more big and per- 
fect blooms These, too, he may have in 
a sufficient and pleasing variety. He may 
have them in the greenish white, which 
are familiar; he may have them pink, or 
with the aid of the chemist and the gar- 
dener to ‘‘doctor - ’ their roots he may even 
have them blue. Moreover, he may show 
his taste in the disposition of the plants. 
He may dispose them singly or in clumps 
or in one great mass of heavy-headed 
bloom. In Newport one sees all these 
methods tried. And it is interesting to 
note that where the preference is for the 
artificially colored bicoms the same taste 
directs the disposition of the plants. 
These choice products of the horticultural 
art are carefully disposed. The plants 
stand well apart, each one a “specialty” 
by itself, to be admired rather as an art 
object than enjoyed as a flower. The 
more common Hydrangea is left to grow 
as nature meant it. And the result of this 
is the prettiest effect in all Newport. 
Dominating the foreground of lawn in 
front of one of the cottages, in the middle 
of the deep green oval embraced by the 
two arms of the drive, is a splendid mass 
of greenish white blossoms. It must be 
fully forty feet in circumference, and the 
tallest heads tower bravely fifteen to 
twenty feet high, while others, heavy with 
their own weight, sink down upon the 
turf. The whole wonderful mass of bloom 
lies there upon the perfect green of the 
lawn like a huge bouquet, carelessly but 
artistically arranged. 
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Euonymus Berries. 
A remarkably fine specimen of Euony- 
mus Japonic us , recently noted, showed 
plainly its great value in its production of 
an abundance of scarlet fruit. As a win- 
ter effect — the berries contrasting well 
with the dense evergreen foliage — it is no 
mean rival of the holly. It is easy to grow 
and has but one serious enemy — the well- 
known Euonymus scale. This insect 
spreads rapidly, and, if unchecked, will 
finally cover the stems. There is no dil 
ficulty in detecting it, being while in 
color, and destroying it by several appli- 
cations of kerosene emulsions, finely 
sprayed on the bushes, or by a coating of 
slaked lime. The dark green foliage is 
very effective in the summer, as well, and 
is at its best if protected from the sun in 
winter. — Meehan's Monthly for Novem- 
ber. 
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Arctic Trees. 
A Maine botanist has just received a 
unique addition to his collection in speci- 
mens of Arctic trees that are fully ma- 
tured, but are only three inches high. 
They are of exceedi ng interest apart from 
their rarity and place of discovery, from 
their exact resemblance in every detail to 
the great trees of the same species found 
in the forests of the United States. For 
instance, the leaf is exactly the same, and 
the general appearance of the wood is the 
very same. One is a small willow, and 
it is curious to note that the leaf forma- 
tion and the quality of the sap is the 
same. One can make a very fair whistle 
out of the trunk of an Arctic willow, simi- 
lar to the one the youngster evolves from 
the twig of the common willow in Maine. 
The tiny trees came to New England in 
a recent private Arctic exploration party 
from Massachusetts. — New England 
Florist. 
