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PARK AND CEMETERY 
SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. 
A question which even good gardeners often ask 
is, whether trees should be watered at planting. 
Recollecting that a tree cannot live without water, 
the question is an easy one to answer. Should the 
soil be fairly moist, it does not want it; if evidently 
pretty dry, it does. 
Cedrela sinensis forms a tree of rounded outline 
such as a Norway maple takes on when given free 
room to develop. It has Ailanthus-like foliage and 
looks, but it is not one. It promises to make a fine 
shade tree. 
It is not too late to graft even wfien trees are 
in leaf, if the cions are in a dormant condition. Elms, 
mulberries and other weeping trees take readily when 
grafted. When grafts fail, budding can be done in 
summer. 
Southern nurserymen are advertising a climbing 
Clothilde Soupert rose, which should prove very val- 
uable. The common one is hardy about Philadel- 
phia, and should this new one prove so as well, it; 
will be a mate to the grand Gloire de Dijon, the only 
constant blooming hardy rose we have now. 
Golden Bells, Deutzias, Magnolias and other 
shrubs desired for flowering indoors in winter are 
much the better for being potted in spring and grown 
in pots through the summer. Potted in autumn, they 
bloom fairly well, but are not the equal of those done 
in spring. 
There are many varieties of box much superior 
to the old “tree box,” arborescens. Japonica, Ilands- 
worthii, rotundifolia and some others have larger, 
greener leaves, and are not nearly of as straggling 
growth. It is good to turn the hose on these plants 
pretty often, to dislodge the red spider. 
The Japanese tree, Koelreuteria paniculata, de- 
serves to be better known than it is. Its compound 
foliage is pretty all the season, but its immense pan- 
icles of yellow flowers, which come in midsummer, 
are what give it its chief value. 
Many rhododendrons and other evergreens have 
lost much of their foliage the past winter. The mer- 
cury was not low, but high, dry winds were frequent 
and the soil had but little moisture in it — a combina- 
tion which plays mischief with all trees, and especially 
evergreens. 
Besides the desirability of the various Forsytheas, 
on account of their beautiful early display of yellow 
flowers, a late frost a year or two ago proved the 
flowers to be capable of passing through a freezing 
unhurt, which destroyed the nearby open flowers of 
some magnolias. 
Yucca gloriosa recurvifolia is without the rigid 
leaves of the type. Its recurved foliage makes of it 
as pretty an ornament on the lawn as could be wished, 
and then it is among the hardy sorts, and it is one of 
the arborescent varieties. 
The common English Hawthorn is troubled by 
a borer, which attacks it at the base, boring them 
so badly that they topple over at times. Mr. Zim- 
merman, of Buffalo, N. Y., names the pest Saperda 
Candida — too euphonious a name for such a rascal. 
Our native kinds are not touched. Those who have 
this thorn should look for these borers, as is done 
with fruit trees. 
This is a good time to root prune trees suspected 
of having but few small roots. Where the large ones 
are cut, small ones will form, which will make the 
transplanting with some degree of safety feasible in 
autumn. 
The tall growing native ferns, as well as those of 
more humble growth, are just what are wanted for 
planting in shady places near buildings where but 
little sunlight occurs. The Osmundas are grand for 
large ones ; and then such evergreen sorts as Aspi- 
dium marginale, A. cristatum and A. acrostichoides 
must not be overlooked. 
Paulownias are often somewhat hurt by winter’s 
cold, and where such cases exist, it is better to cut 
the trees well back, permitting the making of strong 
new shoots. Any tree or shrub partly hurt is the 
better for being cut back well below the injury. 
Porch vines, especially honeysuckles and Akebias, 
need some pruning in spring, but do not cut too 
many shoots from the Akebia, or it spoils the crop of 
flowers for the season. 
Wistarias planted in spring and desired to grow 
up as shrubs, should be tied to a stake stout enough 
to hold the branches in position for two or three 
years, when they are stiff enough to hold themselves. 
When in this form they flower in less time than when 
in vine shape, and as lawn ornaments are very pop- 
ular. 
The downward tendency of the lower branches 
of the pin oak is a character possessed by but few 
or any other species. The horse chestnut has the 
same character where it has age ; and among ever- 
greens it is represented by the Himalayan Pine, Pinus 
excelsa. 
This is the time to secure young chrysanthemum 
plants, to set out of doors for autumn display. There 
are more hardy sorts than the small flowered, or 
pompones. Set out some of the large flowered ones, 
asking your florist for some early flowering kinds, 
as the late ones are apt to be caught by frost. 
No one will make a mistake in planting Crimson 
Rambler climbing rose. It’s a pity it does not flower 
all the season ; but then no climbing rose does it in 
the North. In Philadelphia, Gloire de Dijon, a tea 
rose, is quite hardy, and a splendid climber. Climb- 
ing Wootton is claimed to be hardy. A Southern 
nurseryman is advertising a climbing Soupert rose. 
This should be hardy, as the common one is. 
Joseph Meehan. 
