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THE OED-FASHIONED GARDEN IN LINCORN PARK, CHICAGO, WITH STATUE OF SHAKESPEARE IN THE DISTANCE. 
directions he is wise. The field is large enough to 
develop his cravings for more knowledge without 
trying to imitate the art of the sculptor or cabinet 
maker, or nature itself in producing the wild jungle 
sooner or later to become an uncontrollable wilder- 
ness full of dead and decaying vegetation, the 
course of nature’s own teachings — “the survival of 
the fittest” — and a breeding spot for insect pests of 
all descriptions. 
Let him remember, “We are a product of civi- 
lization, let our gardens be the same if gardens 
they be.’’ Extremes on both sides arc the prod- 
ucts of the undeveloped mind. James Jensen. 
SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. 
There is no better time than this to transplant 
evergreen cuonymus, box, yew, retinosporas and 
similar evergreens. Pour in enough water about 
them to make the soil like mush, and failures wiU 
be rare. 
Deutzia Lemonei, having as one of its parents 
D. gracilis proves as good or better for forcing 
than gracilis is. It has for its parents gracilis and 
parviflora. Florists say that when forced the 
flowers are more lasting than those of gracilis. 
A sowing of pansy seed made in early October 
will give excellent plants for spring blooming. If 
requiied for indoor flowering in early spring they 
should be in frames in winter just free from freezing. 
Silver maples grow late and their bark will often 
lift in early September sufficiently to enable them 
to be budded with Wier’s cut-leaved. This is the 
approved method of increasing this popular vari- 
ety, though seedlings ceme fairly true to type. 
Europeans rush for our trees of beautiful col- 
ored foliage in fall. On the other hand, for vari- 
ety sake, our people appreciate some trees which 
keep their leaves green almost to the last. In this 
they will meet with their requirements in almost 
all European trees, such as ash, oak, elm, Norway 
maple, etc. 
Horse chestnut seeds keep in sound condition 
but a short time. They must be sown shortly after 
they fall, and the bed covered with a few inches of 
leaves afterwards to keep them from severe freezing. 
Lift up a variety of early blooming shrubs and 
pot or box them for winter blooming. Set them 
in a sheltered place out doors until freezing weather 
comes, then place them in a cool shed till wanted 
to grow, when a warmer place must be found for 
them. Young shrubs with a good supply of shoots 
are best. 
Do not think of transplanting magnolias or 
tulip poplar in autumn. They will not grow, un- 
less in cases where pot grown. The disturbance 
of their roots seems fatal to them. 
Willows and larch are better set in the fall, as 
they push into leaf the first thing in spring, often 
before one is ready for them, and if this occurs they 
rarely live. Planted when entirely dormant spring 
or fall they rarelj. fail. 
Cuttings of geraniums may be made to give 
plants for next season. After inserting them in 
boxes or pots of sand do not water them for a week, 
and then but slightly. This treatment does not 
hurt them, and prevents their rotting, something 
sure to follow watering. 
Large trees or others deemed difficult to trans- 
plant may be root pruned to advantage now. Dig 
a trench around them, cutting off the larger roots a 
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