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March 21 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
; Ruralisms ; 
3^ y 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
Choice Hakdy Evergreens. —Early 
in the Fall of 1900^ just after the an¬ 
nouncement of the transfer of The R. 
N.-Y. horticultural experiments to their 
present location at Little Silver, Mon¬ 
mouth Co., N. J., R. Douglas’ Sons, of 
the Waukegan Nurseries, Waukegan, 
Ill., kindly forwarded a case of selected 
young conifers for trial. Unfortunately 
they were consigned to the city address 
of The R. N.-Y. and were so lost in the 
metropolitan freight blockade usual at 
the season that several weeks passed 
before they could be found and headed 
in the right direction. The packing was 
most excellent, but there was some dry- 
interesting and beautiful of its kind. 
The flowers are single or double, just 
the shade of Gen. Jacqueminot rose. The 
feathery foliage at all times makes it a 
very ornamental plant It has always 
been scarce, but is now offered at the 
reasonable price of 25 cents each. P. 
paradoxa varieties come next, with very 
double crimson and purple blooms. An¬ 
other European species with many tine 
double and single varieties, in colors 
ranging from almost pure white to bril¬ 
liant reds and purples, is P. oflicinalis. 
Some of these are quite fragrant, but 
usually this desirable quality is not so 
well marked as in the innumerable 
variations of P. albiflora, the white- 
flowered oriental species. These are the 
largest and finest of the herbaceous 
kinds, and come into bloom in early 
June. The blooms often reach eight 
inches in diameter, and the colors com¬ 
prise every imaginable shade from sil¬ 
very white through the most delicate 
rose and lilac tints to crimson and dark 
purple. Nearly all the named paeonies 
offered in this country belong to this 
class or section. The prices range from 
26 cents to each. 
ing out during the long passage which 
was quite evident when the box was 
opened. The roots were at once puddled 
in thin mud and the little trees, aver¬ 
aging two feet high, promptly set in a 
nursery row three feet apart in freshly 
plowed soil, the earth being well worked 
in and tramped about the roots. Autumn 
is not the best time to plant evergreens 
even if promptly handled, and we ex¬ 
pected a considerable loss under the cir¬ 
cumstances, but the little fellows win¬ 
tered very well, the deaths being con¬ 
fined to some of the commoner varieties 
packed in the ends of the shipping case. 
The precious Blue, Douglas and Engle- 
man’s spruces, the rare firs and the 
scarce ornamental forms of arbor vitae 
were all intact They have grown with 
satisfactory vigor, and last May were 
transferred in two large groups to their 
permanent positions on an eastern slope 
near a dwelling. At this writing they 
appear to have again wintered well, and 
we trust will long survive to beautify 
the Rural Grounds and afford compari¬ 
son with later introductions of the same 
character. 
Plant More Evergreens. —The plant¬ 
ing of conifers for ornament and wind 
protection is too much neglected here 
in the East. They are in much greater 
favor in the Prairie States, where wind¬ 
breaks are often of vital importance. 
Extensive nurseries there cater to this 
demand. There is a satisfaction in the 
development of symmetrical conifers not 
A Splendid White Paeony. —We have 
seen these beautiful Chinese paeonies 
bloom by the thousand, but confess to 
deep ignorance regarding the compara¬ 
tive merits of the varieties, though pos¬ 
sessing a great preference for the light- 
colored kinds. There seem to be too 
many purple and violet shades in collec¬ 
tions as commonly grown. A large dou¬ 
ble white sub-species of P. albiflora, P. 
festiva maxima, stands out as one of 
the very best It is a large globular 
flower, beautifully finished and very 
sweet. The color is pure white with a 
few touches of carmine in the center. 
The plant is vigorous and the foliage 
particularly neat in habit and outline. 
Strong specimens have a tendency to 
produce their flowers in clusters. There 
is a quite similar variety known as P. 
festiva with smaller blooms, always 
borne singly. It is desirable, but not 
as good as Festiva maxima. The latter 
originated over 40 years ago, and has 
always been admired and appreciated, 
but is still scarce because it never could 
be propagated fast enough. It sells for 
75 cents to $1 each, and is worth the 
money when it can be had. 
Yellow Kinds in Prospect. —A yel¬ 
low-flowered paeony, P. lutea, has lately 
been discovered in western China, and 
has flowered in Europe. The blooms are 
rather small, not exceeding three inches 
across, but the color is deep golden yel¬ 
low, not always free from a greenish 
tinge. It is not known to be very hardy 
and seems to be a slow grower. It will 
be eagerly seized on by hybridizers, and 
if successful it is reasonable to hope it 
will become a powerful means of extend¬ 
ing the paeony’s color range, w. v. r. 
SEVEN TO ONE 
found in even the best deciduous orna¬ 
mentals. They are very companionable 
during the bleak and bare Winter 
months and not without their peculiar 
attractiveness in Summer. Conifers 
have fallen in partial neglect to a great 
extent from former injudicious plant¬ 
ings of oriental varieties of doubtful 
hardiness. It is discouraging to grow 
fine and rare Retinosporas and cypresses 
for years into perfect specimens to have 
them suddenly marred or killed outright 
should the thermometer strive for a 
minimum record during clear windy 
weather. We have native species of sur¬ 
passing beauty and iron-clad hardiness 
suitable for almost any situation. Noth¬ 
ing is really more attractive for tree, 
clipped shrub or hedge effects than our 
common eastern hemlock, Tsuga Cana¬ 
densis, yet it is most sparingly planted. 
There is no need to confine our efforts 
to the leggy and mournful Norway 
spruce, though it is a good thing in its 
proper place in backgrounds. We can 
get great variety in color effect and out¬ 
line and yet keep to the thoroughly 
hardy kinds. 
Some Paeony Species. —The following 
paeony notes were crowded out of a 
late issue, and thus separateu from 
the context. Garden paeonies fali 
naturally into three classes, the Eu¬ 
ropean or early-blooming herbaceous 
section, the Chinese or late-blooming 
Chinese herbaceous varieties, and the 
Shrubby or Tree paeonies of Chinese 
origin. We have one native species, P. 
Brownil, in California. It is a small, 
dull, brown-red flower of little horticul¬ 
tural Interest. The earliest varieties all 
have bright single or semi-double flow¬ 
ers. P. anomala blooms in early May, 
bearing bright crimson flowers, while 
P. arietina often opens before the end 
of April. The flowers are single, solitary 
and dark red in color. P. tenuifolia, the 
Fern-leaved paeony, is one of the most 
Sometimes the weight goes 
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the good out of ordinary food. 
For those who are in need 
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COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE. 
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