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PARK AND CEMETERY. 
SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. 
The male flowered Chionanthus Virginica has 
much prettier flowers than the finest bearing one, 
which compensates in some degree for the lack of 
beauty which the fruit bearing one possesses. 
Cuttings of the young growth of privets put in 
boxes of sand in the greenhouse during summer 
root readily, offering a good chance for rapidly 
increasing the stock of this most useful hedging 
plant. 
Bechtel’s double flowering crab is a grand 
acquisition to the list of ornamental trees flowering 
in early spring. Get buds of it and place them on 
any apple or crab tree you have. Its flowers are 
large and beautiful, and they come later than other 
flowering apples and crabs. 
Early blooming columbines will soon be ripen- 
ing their seeds. If these seeds are sown at once, 
and the seedlings encouraged to grow, they will 
make nice plants for flowering next spring. A 
great many perennials may be treated the same 
way. 
Evergreens may be made very bushy by pinch- 
ing out the central shoot of the new growth now 
forming. The side shoots get all the strength then. 
White pines treated this way become so bushy that 
birds can hardly get through them. 
The golden leaved privet must be watched and 
the green leaved shoots cut out as they appear, or 
the golden leaves will entirely disappear in a short 
time. There is a tendency to revert to the green 
state all the time, which must be checked by cut- 
ting it out. 
Weeping trees, such as Camperdown Elm, Teas’ 
Mulberry, Japanese Cherry, etc., are apt to make 
more growth on some shoots than others, making 
the heads unshapely. A pinching oft of the ends 
of these growing too fast will better the shape as 
well as promote bushiness. 
While elms are growing straighten the shoots of 
those to be budded by using a stake if necessary. 
Left to itself a young elm has a somewhat leaning 
top. The slippery elm, fulva, is the best to use for 
a stock for grafting or budding. It forms a 
stronger, straighter tree wdien young than any 
other species. 
To have nice geranium plants for winter bloom- 
ing strike cuttings now, and grow the plants in pots 
through the summer. Plants lifted from the ground 
in the fall do not flower well in winter. 
The hint given in last month’s issue to layer 
shrubs to increase them should be kept in mind 
still. June and July are the principal months for 
the work. There are a few obstinate sorts which 
won’t root, but they are exceptions. 
Magnolia grandiflora, the grand evergreen of 
the South, is difficult to transplant from the open 
ground. Get small plants in pots, growing them 
on for a year or two before planting them. There 
are lots of sheltered nooks in all large parks and 
gardens wffiere this noble evergreen would thrive. 
Many of the finer roses can only be had to grow 
well when worked on the Manette stock. But this 
stock is apt to make shoots of its own. Watch 
plants you think may be budded, and if a spurious 
shoot appears from the base cut it ofif close to the 
base as possible. 
Nurserymen have found that both Styrax 
Obassia and Pterostyrax hispidum, its close rela- 
tion, have to be removed from the list of shrubs, 
wffiere they were placed when first introduced, and 
placed with trees. Both bear racemes of lovely 
white flowers. These should be marked for fall 
planting. 
It is rather late to speak of the matter to be of 
service this year, but it is a common mistake to 
raise the soil of flower beds above the surrounding 
ground. This encourages water to run off quickly, 
the reverse of what is desired to keep the soil 
nearly level with that of its surroundings and the 
plants will thrive much better. 
When the young growth of evergreens has be- 
come somewhat hard, which in these parts is about 
the close of June, they may be safely removed and 
transplanted from one part of the grounds to 
another. Keep a ball of earth about the roots, and 
after planting flood them with water for a day or 
two. This solidifies the soil about the roots and 
places water where it is badly needed at that time. 
Purchased trees usually have their names at- 
tached by wired labels. As the tree grows these 
wires need loosening, or serious damage may be 
done. At the same time see that the writing is 
legible, as the correct name of a tree interests 
every one. 
One of the best of almost white roses for ceme- 
tery planting is Clothilde Soupert. It is a per- 
petual bloomer and is quite hardy from New York 
City southward, and possibly it is so north of New 
York. It is superior to Caroline Marniessc, an old 
favorite for the purpose. If cut back a little after 
each crop of flowers is over it blooms the better 
for it. 
Fuchsias are excellent outdoor plants in summer, 
planted on the eastern side of a house or in a 
similar situation where but little sun will reach 
them. They will bloom continuously in such a 
situation until cold nights come. 
The Mountain Ash is unusually attractive when 
its bunches of scarlet fruit are displayed from late 
summer to well into winter. Borers delight to find 
a retreat in the stem of this tree, and they must be 
