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The sweet bay of Europe is Laurus nobilis. It is 
having great sales here, grown as pyramids or in um- 
brella shaped heads. It is closely related to the “bay” 
of the south, Laurus Caroliniensis, the leaves of both 
having the same odor. Why could not the southern 
one compete with the European? 
The sweet gum, Liquidambar, when set out in an 
open place, makes a round-headed tree of fine appear- 
ance. Its bright green, star shaped leaves are pretty 
all summer, and in autumn change to a brilliant scarlet. 
The old garden balsam, Impatiens balsamina, is a 
splendid annual for a damp, half-shaded place, where 
but little else will grow. There are numerous colors, 
and the display they make in summer is very pleasing. 
Once established, they come up every spring from 
the seeds they scatter. 
How the business of spraying trees has grown ! In 
many large cities and their suburbs men make a busi- 
ness of it, having the compounds to suit insects or 
fungi. And not only are the pests kept in check, but 
the trees appear to thrive better than they did before 
the enemy attacked them. 
Clerodendron Bungei, of the old gardeners, foeti- 
dum of the newer botanists, is not a hardy shrub. It 
dies to the ground, but will come up afresh in spring 
if a mulch sufficient to keep out frost be placed over it. 
The shoots which spring up flower in August. 
What a lesson there is to be learned by noting the 
various geranium beds one sees in summer. When 
strong plants are set out, and set out early, there is 
perfection of bloom by mid-July. On the contrary, 
little plants take the whole season to become of good 
size, and are never satisfactory. Make it a rule to set 
out early “great big” plants. 
Given sandy soil and a half-shaded position, Daphne 
cneorum may be had in flower to some extent all win- 
ter long. Its odor is delicious. On account of its 
low growth and persistent leaves, it is known as the 
creeping evergreen daphne. 
Long after the hybrid rhododendrons are out of 
flower the native one. Maximum, comes in. In its 
Pennsylvania home it flowers in mid-July. The flow- 
ers are pink in the bud, almost white when expanded. 
It is being planted a good deal and should be more so. 
The variegated-leaved Althaea, with single flowers, 
lilac with crimson center, has been named Thomas 
Meehan by the P. J. Berckmans Co. It‘s a good va- 
riety. There is another variegated-leaved one^ with 
double flowers, which rarely fully expand. Because 
of their variegated leaves, both of these sorts are used 
to form small boundary hedges. 
The common huckleberry bushes, Vaccinium Penn- 
sylvanicum and vacillans, besides being useful for 
binding the soil of sloping ground, has nice fruit, as 
most every one knows. Cut back well when trans- 
planted, they are not hard to move. 
It would be hard to name a better all-round rose 
than the Japanese rugosa. Strong, hardy, and of 
lovely foliage, free from insects and fungi, it adds 
large single flowers in both pink and white varieties. 
As soon as the flowers are over the berries or haws 
come, and these are as ornamental as the flowers, 
looking like red crab apples when ripe. 
Many willows are not thought to be of pretty foli- 
age, but pentandra or laurifolia must be excepted. 
Its shining, laurel-like leaves make it an extremely 
ornamental small tree, or large bush, as one may prefer 
to grow it. 
In the eastern states catalpas are being largely eaten 
by a worm which seems peculiar to this tree. In a 
short time a large tree will be defoliated. Paris green 
soon fixes the i)est. It takes two sprayings to properly 
protect the trees. 
Clematis flammula is the true sweet-scented clematis 
which nurserymen are so often asked for. Neverthe- 
less paniculata, though perhaps not so highly scented, 
is sweet smelling, and in all other respects is better 
than flammula. It is a stronger grower, makes better 
shade and has bright green foliage. It flowers in Au- 
gust, several weeks later than the other. 
Many evergreens, notably the white, black and Nor- 
way spruce, are greatly troubled with red spider. This 
is the time to svringe them with kerosene emulsion. 
Sometimes heavy syringing of pure water will dis- 
lodge and discourage them. It’s a bad thing to let 
them go unchecked. 
This is the time to see to the budding of many trees. 
Keep in mind the ornamental cherries, peaches, crabs, 
apples, plums and like trees. Sometimes a fruiting 
tree of some of these sorts would be the better for hav- 
ing itself transformed to a flowering sort. Whatever 
the desire, now is the time to bud. There is no better 
season than this to look around one’s grounds and put 
into shape trees and shrubs. Summer pruning is 
easier and better done than winter. Shoots out of 
place, needing shortening, gaps which judicious prun- 
ing or arranging of branches will fill in, are seen at 
once. A little shoot, cut novv with a pocket knife, 
would need a saw in a year or two. 
The Chinese trumpet vine. Bignonia grandiflora, has 
a large yellowish red flower, quite different from our 
native radicans. It’s a good thing. In growth it is 
less rampant than radicans. 
Groups of the wild rose, Carolina, are exceedingly 
pretty when displaying their single pink flowers in 
late June and early July. And then the bright red 
fruit follows. Naturally this rose grows in quite low 
ground, but it doesn’t require it, as flourishing- plants 
on higher ground are often met with. 
If evergreens can be dug up and quickly planted 
and then well flooded with water for several days, this 
is one of the best seasons for planting. The water 
and warm soil forces out fresh fibers almost at once, 
and with these successes assured. Joseph Meehan. 
