fBnwrft- JfS-00 PER YEAR. 
■““"IS . , Single aio., Eight Ct 
Cents, 
NEW YORK CITY AND ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
HT<rTrrQ ■ i 5 Be«Umnn s ‘-, New York. 
iJi x llrXib . | ilultnlo Sst., Hooiiester. 
YOL XXIII. NO. 18. 
lorimlfnrr. 
PRIMULA—MRS. JOHN SAUL. 
Mu. P. R. Elliott writes us ns follows: 
I have been a daily observer of the beauty 
and productiveness of bloom of a Primula 
sent me Inst spring by 
John Saul, under name 
of “ Mrs. John Saul.” 
On its receipt I put my 
“ pat” against it as a 
pet of the originator and 
gave it into the hands 
of a friend who lias so 
grown and bloomed it ^ 
that I have had to take 
away my “ pat” and 
acknowledge it as the 
best Primula that I have MU 
ever seen. Its growth is w 
vigorous, while its pro¬ 
duction of flowers is 
literally profuse, and I 
only wonder, as in the 
old elegy, that one small 
head or plant can carry 
all and live to bloom 
I wrote Mr. Saul for ; 
a drawing, thinking that 0 lz WfSEmlm 
perhaps his plants were j 
evert better than those of ('• if 
my friends here, and lie S;f r ■■sjlMlrwMwM 
has kindly sent me the 
accompanying, made as mM l 1 \'M 
1 understand him by his |M|I mJ VViir'W 
daughter, not yet six- yj/-' uy 
teen, but so much ahead , 
of my own work that * 
I hesitate not to ac¬ 
knowledge the talent of 
the young as superior to 
the drag method of the 
old. I regard it tire best 
Primula ever yet intro- 
duced to the public, and 
one that should be in 
every amateur green- 
bouse in Ibis country. ||§pi!f|§ 
Tlie large drawing is a JMHSP5 
full and fair representa- M; _ 
tion of the plant; Fig. 
1 shows more definitely ^ 
and correctly the full ffw-S \ 1 
size and form of its 
flower. Fig. 2 is a bloom flll l'V 
of another new variety, f\W%/ 
originated by Mr. Saul, I|p 7 
but not yet sent out. It jl/ 
is an immense flower; 
but whether it produces 
to equal " Mrs. Saul” is 
yet a matter to be tested. 
Mr. Saul is an enter¬ 
prising florist and regu¬ 
lar advertiser in the 
Rural New-Yorker. Our columns have 
hitherto given evidence of his enterprise and 
skill in his specialty. 
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 0,1871. 
tered nccorrtlng to Act of Congress, In the year 1871, by D. D. T. Mooue, tn the office at the Librurum ot Congress, at Washington.] 
WHOLE NO. I MO, 
Alyssum, Sweet, (Koniga mariUma,) flowers 
small and sweet; 6 inches. 
Amnrantinw bicolor, crimson and green varie¬ 
gated foliage; 8 feet.. 
Amananttw* tricolor, red, yellow and green 
foliage; 8 feet. 
AmarwtthtM speciosissimus, carmine and yellow 
foliage; 2 feet. 
Anayallls grandiflora, Napoleon III, rich ma¬ 
roon color; fl inches. 
AnagaUis grandiflora, Eugenic, blue; 0 inches. 
Balsam, Dwarf Camdia-flowered,—Ye ry tine; 
about 0 inches. 
Browallia CervMWUtfltt. — Blue, with white 
center. 
Browallia data alba.— White. 
Cacalia coeetnea.— Scarlet; about 18 inches. 
Camlia coccinea, florc-lvtep.— Yellow; about 18 
inches. 
Centaurea depra&t.—Blue, red confer; lfoot. 
Centaurea rosea .—Pretty : rose, pink center; 
1 foot. 
Nigdla Hispanlca altja — Largo-flowered;very 
fine; 18 inches. 
PalafoHa Tlookerlana .—A very lino now an¬ 
nual, of a dwarf habit; flowers rosy crimson, 
with a dark center. 
Pcrilla Nankinensis.—A. very fine, ornamental 
leaved annual; loaves deep purple; 18 Inches. 
Phlox Drummondii.—Muny colors; 1 foot. 
Petunia hybrhia grandiflora .—Various colors, 
ail good ; 2 feet. 
PorluUtca .—Various colors, all good; 0 inches. 
Tropceolum minus .—Dark crimson; 1 foot. 
Tropttolum minus.—Crystal Palace Goin, sul¬ 
phur, spotted with maroon; 1 foot. 
Zinnia, new double-flowered. - Elegant plants, 
growing 2 feet high; flowers of various colors. 
•-- 
FLORAL NOTES AND QUERIES. 
The I.nmistlnc, (Viburnum Tiuiis.) 
Is the Lauristine an evergreen, and is it 
hardy V—F. A. A., New 
Haven, Conn. 
The shrub known as 
Lauristine, in European 
mmjjlgp gardens, is an cver- 
Bfj lSa^ green, but not hardy in 
~ : ^r our northern States. It 
is cultivated to some 
extent in greenhouses 
for Its beautiful wbito 
flowers, which are pro¬ 
duced in abundance in 
early spring. We have 
many native species of 
the Viburnum and near¬ 
ly all of them worthy 
of cultivation, as orna¬ 
mental Bbrubs. The 
common snowball of 
vj our gardens is only a 
variety of the wild cran¬ 
berry tree, ( V. Opulus.) 
The sbeepberry (F. 
Lentago ) of nealy all 
our low swamps and 
woods is really a liand- 
!K #!'\a some large shrub when 
.$mit cultivated in the gar* 
den. The same may lie 
said of Hielliack I law, 
( V. jtrumfolimn,) which 
grows wild from Con- 
, J necticut. to Illinois, with 
\i) Vy its glossy leaves and 
beautiful corymbs of 
fragrant white flowers. 
The Lauristine of south¬ 
ern Europe has but the 
one merit, that of being 
l an evergreen, to make 
it preferable to many of 
|fl. " \ our native species of tlie 
Game genus. 
DPRIINdlTTLA. 
JVCIRS- JOHN SAUL. 5 
Our columns have 
CHOICE LIST OF ANNUALS. 
In Rppal New-Yorker, April 23 , we 
gave a list of some sixty species of perennial 
plants that will furnish a succession of flowers 
from early spring until late in autumn. AVe 
now give a similar list of annuals, "with brief 
description of color aud bight of plant: 
A In on (a uhnbellata, rosy lilac; beautiful, half 
trailing habit. 
(vstlmlls. summer; scarlet; 1 foot. 
A a ’ i8 . autum »alts , autumn ; blood-red; 1 foot, 
in^ms h/gh. C ° m,HCUU " 1 ' purc white ; about 18 
Ageratum Merimnurn, blue; 1 foot. 
incl.S TPurpurea, dark red; fine; 18 
int\%T Cmma NCW Scart€t ’ 8 Plendid; scarlet; 18 
in iZ" temrm ^ ^ fiae deep r03e col ° r S 18 
AnayaUis grandiflara, sanguinea, showy; bright 
red; 6 inches. 
Argemone grandlflora, white petals, yellow 
stamens; 2 foot. 
Argemone Mexicana, bright yellow; 2feet. 
Figure 1. 
Aster, Truffaut's Pceony-flowered, very largo, 
beautiful flowers; 2 feet. 
Aster, Truffaut's Pceony-flowered. sky-blue and 
white; new colors of this really superb Aster. 
Balsam, Rose-flowered. — Very double and of 
various colors; 18 inohes. 
Centaurea tnvoluerata.— Fine, yellow; 1 foot. 
CtUUrhoepedata.— Purplish-crimson, with white 
edge; 2 feet. 
C( Mir hoe pedata, liana .—Rich violet-crimson, 
with white eye; l foot. 
Clarhia Pulchdla, flore-pleno. — Double; rich 
magenta color; new; 18 inches. 
ClarkUi ekoamaWa 1U>re~pleno .—Double white: 
new ; 18 inches. 
Delphinium AJaets hyaeinthitiorum, (Double 
Dwarf Rocket.)—Fine; 2 foot. 
Delphinium datlor flore-pleno (Tall Rocket.)— 
Fine large plant, and very showy ; 2 feet. 
Erysimum Perowskianum.—Deep orange flow¬ 
ers; 18 inches. 
EryMmumArkansanum .—Sulphur yellow, flue; 
18 Inches. 
Esclmhoitxia Califomtca .—Bright yellow, dark 
in center; 1 foot. 
Esehscholtziaalba .—White and line; 1 foot. 
Hibiscus immutabills .—Rosy flowers; 3 feet. 
Hibiscus coccineus. Scarlet; 3 feet. 
IAnum graniHflorum rub rum. — Red flowered 
flax; 2 feet. 
NemophUa insignis. — Beautiful light blue; 1 
foot. 
NemophUa insignis, striata .—White and blue 
striped. 
Nigella JDamascei ia.—Light blue; double; 1 foot. 
Ileseda odorata (Sweet Mignonette.)—A well 
known fragrant annual. 
SMpiybmis caecinea .—splendid scarlet. 
Salpiylossls azurca grandlflora.— Large, blue. 
/f ^ TV l 
Figure 2. 
Salpiglossis purpurea—V u rp 1 e. 
Scabiosa atropurpurea .—Dark purple, 1 foot. 
Scabiosa atropurpurea. — Dark purple and 
white; 1 foot. 
Scabiosa alba.— White; 1 foot. 
■W v:s Vl Transplanting Koko*. 
h\ I WiLLyou please state 
I M ^ ) V\ when is the best time 
V '■ }-i )\ for transplanting Da- 
1 mask rose bushes?— 
M Albert J. A llen, Otse¬ 
go Vo., N. Y. 
Early in spring is 
the best, time to trans¬ 
plant all kinds of hardy 
roses. After lifting the 
bushes, cut out old wood 
and shorten the young 
to about one-half its 
original length, and 
then plant in the richest 
soil you have or can make. The richer tlie 
soil for roses tlie more vigorous the growth 
and abundant the flowers. 
Tlie Best New Enclmia. 
The editor of the Gardener’s Monthly is 
asked to name the best new ftichsiu, and 
says:—“So many new ones are good, it is 
hard to choose the best. But Madame De- 
proost is good; it lias a bicolored corolla. 
Starlight and Marksman are also two very 
good varieties.”_ 
A New Mignonette. 
Tiie English papers mention a nearly 
white large flowering mignonette, named 
Reseda odorata mmia, noted for its superb 
spikes of richly fragrant flowers. One great 
value attaching to it is its adaptability for 
cultivation in pots for early blooming in the 
conservatory. 
A lady asks ns the botanical name of the 
Smoke Tree, or Venetian Sumac. It is Rhus 
Cot]nus, and ia a beautiful ornamental shrub. 
