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Didn’t Keller and Rutherford and How- 
ell and Gross make a dandy quartet? And 
we, as a ready chorus, held our own. 
Gruss an Teplitz was the brilliant red 
rose so abundantly in bloom in the parks 
and gardens of St. Louis. It is a vigorous 
grower and in blossom all summer long. 
That “nobody loves a fat man” is all 
nonsense. The hearty good will of every- 
body extended to Jacob Schwab, of Chi- 
cago, proved this sufficiently. 
It is gratifying to see the interest Cana- 
dians take in the association. Fred Ruth- 
erford, of Hamilton, never misses a meet- 
ing, and at the sessions his queries are fre- 
quent and pointed, and, too, he insists upon 
their being answered. Last summer I saw 
his cemetery in Ontario ; it is beautifully 
kept and progressively maintained ; indeed, 
it is the pride of his city. 
Ed Merriam, with lifetime Northern ex- 
perience, three years ago went to Chatta- 
nooga as superintendent of Forest Hills 
Cemetery, and is delighted witlr his work, 
the people and the place. He has a good 
word for everybody down there, more espe- 
cially for our old friend, Dr. Bushnell. To 
remind us of the sunny South he brought 
up a big bunch of evergreen magnolia (M. 
grandiflora) sprays, to show the beauty of 
its scarlet fruit. 
That Dixie’s land is much interested in 
progressive cemeteries was evidenced by 
the number of prominent men present at 
the convention. Dr. Kesterson came from 
Knoxville to tell us of the beauties and 
growing favor of his mountain cemetery, 
and in photographs showed us the floral 
loveliness of the entrance gates designed 
by Sid J. Hare. Mr. Hooper, from Rich- 
mond; Mr. Yates, from Lynchburg, and 
Mr. Broughton, of Norfolk, all from Vir- 
ginia, strongly impressed us with their de- 
termination that all of what is modern in 
cemeteries shall not alone be found in the 
North. And what a fine lot of men they 
are ! 
A delightful feature of these conventions 
is the aftermath — that is, stopping over on 
the way home to visit some of the leading 
cemeteries in the cities we pass through. 
For instance, groups of superintendents 
stopped over at Peoria, Cincinnati, In- 
diapolis and other towms, even in smoky 
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Norfolk 
spent a week-end with us, to our great 
profit and pleasure. 
Did Oregon get cold feet? A year ago 
a member from the Pacific coast worked 
enthusiastically among us at Buffalo to get 
the 1915 convention to Portland, and I be- 
came interested and pledged my willing- 
ness to go there, and several others did the 
same. But when the proper time came to 
decide where to go there was no invitation 
from Portland before us. Fooled again. 
Yes, I have a kick coming. At the the- 
ater all of the baldheaded men got the 
front row of seats, but in that splendid 
picture of the members taken in Calvary 
Cemetery, St. Louis, only one of the fa- 
vored few occupied the seats of honor, and 
were it not for the ladies who wedged him 
there he, too, might have been where we 
were. 
SEASONABLE NOTES ON TREES AND SHRUBS 
Some Winter Shrub Suggestions. 
While lilacs, snowballs and certain other 
shrubs should be let alone during the win- 
ter, being neither trimmed nor covered with 
straw and manure, other bushes need spe- 
cial attention, says a recent bulletin of the 
Department of Agriculture. Hydrangeas 
(semi-herbaceous) in the South will last 
cut the winter, says the Department, if 
properly cared for out of doors. The tops 
should be protected with straw or brush. 
This may be held in place about the bushes 
with a little manure or stones. The flower 
buds of the hydrangea form in the fall, 
and this cover will keep them from winter- 
killing while shielding the bush from winds 
and sun. In the North hydrangeas must be 
taken up, planted in tubs and placed in the 
cellar. This is generally true of latitudes 
north of Philadelphia. 
The shrub known as brugmansia should 
be treated as is the hydrangea. The brug- 
mansia (known botanically as Datura) is 
also called thorn apple. It is a cultivated 
form of Jimson weed and has long, bell- 
shaped white flowers and rather coarse 
foliage. The Department advises that as 
a rule shrubs should not be trimmed in the 
fall. This process is timely immediately 
after the blooming period, if this is in the 
spring, as in the case of the snowball. If 
the shrubs bloom in the fall, as do some 
hydrangeas, the rose of Sharon, and some 
lilacs, they should not be cut directly after 
blooming, but in the spring of the follow- 
ing year. 
The mock orange, which is also known 
as “syringa,” needs no special treatment to 
help it winter the severe weather. The 
name “syringa,” although popularly applied 
to the mock orange, is really more appro- 
priate for the lilac, which is known botan- 
ically by that designation, while the mock 
orange is botanically “Philadelphus.” 
Roses. — Almost all kinds of roses are 
hardy in the vicinities of Washington and 
St. Louis and to the south of a line drawn 
between these points. From Washington 
northward local conditions influence the 
successful cultivation of certain varieties. 
Some roses, as the briar and rugosa, need 
no protection, but other varieties, such as 
the hybrid-perpetuals, teas, and hybrid-teas, 
need special care, particularly north of the 
fortieth parallel. Teas and hybrid-teas 
hardly succeed in Chicago, although the 
hybrid-perpetuals grow as far north as Can- 
ada. All these classes do well on Long 
Island and in Boston, near the sea. when 
proper care is given them. 
Fall Work Against Tussock Moth. 
The caterpillar of the tussock moth, 
which is noticeable because of three long 
black tufts of hair protruding from its yel- 
low body, has done considerable damage to 
many shade trees in the city of Washington 
during the summer and fall. This insect, 
which extends through the eastern United 
States, as far west as Iowa, seems to pre- 
fer poplars, maples, elms, alders, birches 
and willows. Besides injuring trees, its 
barbed hairs occasionally produce consider- 
able irritation on the skin of people upon 
whom the caterpillars drop. To control the 
ravages of this pest the coming season, the 
conspicuous white egg masses laid by the 
moth should be destroyed after the leaves 
have fallen, when they may be very easily 
noticed. 
The U. S. Department of Agriculture s 
entomologist considers the above method 
preferable to that of banding the trees 
after the egg masses have already been laid. 
During the past season a number of trees 
in the city of Washington have been band- 
ed to prevent the moths from climbing up 
their trunks when there were already egg 
masses above the bands which hatched out 
caterpillars. These caterpillars were pre- 
vented from coming out of the trees as 
much as others were prevented from com- 
ing into them. Of course, if the owner of 
a tree is sure that it is absolutely free from 
egg masses (which are always conspicuous 
and usually are found low down on the 
trunk) he may use a band to advantage to 
keep out intruders. For this purpose in- 
sect lime, of which there are several brands 
on the market, is the best substance and a 
ring made around the tree will give service 
for several weeks in warm weather without 
being renewed. 
As soon as the leaves have fallen, egg 
masses should be scraped from the trees 
and then detroyed by burning. The work 
must be absolutely thorough, and not an 
egg mass overlooked. A better way, how- 
ever, is to use applications of creosote oil 
on the eggs. This is 'similar to the liquid 
that is used against the gypsr^ moth in Mas- 
sachusetts. About 50 per cent of turpentine 
is added to it to keep it liquid in cold 
weather. The workman is furnished with 
a pole, to the end of which a small sponge 
is tied. He goes from tree to tree, dipping 
the sponge occasionally into the creosote 
preparation and touching with it each egg 
mass found. This is a simple and very 
rapid method. As with the other method, 
the work must be absolutely thorough. 
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