276 ♦ PARK AND CEMETERY. 
SUGGESTIONS FOR FALL PLANTING 
BULBS IN ROCK GARDEN, MT. HOPE CEMETERY, ROCHESTER. N. Y. BULBS IN BORDER PLANTING. 
Perennial borders and rockeries which 
are ordinarily bare and unattractive until 
late in the spring are made objects of rare 
beauty in some parks and cemeteries by 
the judicious planting of spring flowering- 
bulbs. Some idea of what was accom- 
plished in this way last spring in Mt. Hope 
Cemetery, Rochester, N. Y., may be had 
from the illustrations on this page, planted 
under the direction of John W. Keller, 
superintendent of Mt. Hope. Crocusses, 
grape hyacinths, Jonquils, narcissi, tulips 
(early and late), hyacinths and other harb- 
ingers of spring made most attractive bor- 
ders and were followed in their season by 
hardy perennials. These beds are usually 
prepared in October and November and in 
the extreme South as late at December. 
PREVENTING DEATH OF CLEMATIS PLANTS 
The sudden dying of clematis plants, 
especially where the large-flowered kinds 
are grown extensively in America and Eu- 
rope, has been noted for many years, and 
the cause and methods for prevention of 
this disease have recently been reported in 
the Journal of Agricultural Research of 
the United States Department of Agricul- 
ture, by W. O. Gloyer, of the New York 
Agricultural Experiment Station at Gene- 
va, N. Y. This investigator found that the 
primary cause of the dying of these plants 
is a fungus known as Ascochyta clemati- 
dina. 
The disease shows itself differently on 
various species. On hybrids grown in the 
field it is a stem-rot, while at the green- 
house, where cuttings are propagated, it is 
a leaf-spot as well as a stem-rot. On the 
clematis paniculata the disease takes both 
forms. 
I lie following methods for controlling 
this fungus are recommended : 
There is less disease when the hybrids 
are supported while growing than when 
they are permitted to trail on the ground. 
In the case of the clematis paniculata, how- 
ever, the selling price of this variety does 
not warrant incurring the expense of sup- 
ports. The author in this case advises 
transplanting the plants from the beds to 
the open field after the first year and 
placing them far enough apart to prevent 
matting, which is always a condition favor- 
able to the disease. The following spray 
applied lightly controls the disease on cle- 
matis peniculata growing in the beds and 
on cuttings in the greenhouse : One pound 
of laundry soap and six pounds of sul- 
phur to fifteen gallons of water. The dis- 
ease can be controlled on the hybrids in 
the forcing frames or in the greenhouse by 
the use of sprays. In all cases it is best to 
remove the diseased leaves and dead vines 
before spraying. It is particularly impor- 
tant to clear out such leaves and vines, 
especially if the plant is wintering out- 
doors, as the fungus is able to survive cold 
weather. This indicates also that the same 
beds should not be used for clematis during 
successive years. 
The retail purchaser of clematis can pre- 
vent the dying of plants by taking proper 
simple precautions. The plants should be 
placed in good soil, well drained and on a 
sunny exposure. As soon as the new 
shoots have formed the old vine tissues 
should be carefully cut away close to the 
new shoots, removing all traces of the 
brown, discolored wood in which the fun- 
gus is to be found. Proper ventilation is 
obtained by training the plants to a strong 
trellis. 
SOME STOCK MONUMENT FORMS RE-DESIGNED 
Suggestions for improving the contours and simplifying the decora- 
tions of some poorly designed stock monuments , by J. W. Wyckoff. 
Too many monuments are evidently 
designed like Fig. 1, with a hammer and 
chisel, seemingly, by the workmen with 
no knowledge of form, proportion or 
decoration. 
If a cheap monument with some sem- 
blance of form were wanted, Fig. 2 
might be made by cutting off the ocean 
waves and placing very simple decora- 
tion on the face. 
If one would use such a simple form 
and place different kinds of flowers 
and leaves over the surface, the result 
would be something like Fig. 1. But 
here every line is simple and there are 
not many of them, which results in a 
dignified wEole. Such simple decoration 
is practical for both hammered and pol- 
ished work; it is shown hammered with 
the decoration sunken. It could be used 
polished in the same manner, although 
