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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
July 30 
Ruralisms ► 
Thkbk is a good deal to be said in favor 
of Saghalin (Sacaline); it is not a fraud. 
Horses and cattle are very fond of it— 
we know this. It will grow anywhere, 
and it will make a fine growth where 
the grasses will not grow. Try Saghalin. 
Try it upon rocks, upon poor soil. Try 
a few plants..'. 
Rosk bugs have decided tastes. At 
the Rural Grounds, their first choice is 
the bloom of the early Spiraeas, then the 
grape blossoms, then the Magnolia 
flowers. There are, at the Rural Grounds, 
three species of Polygonum, viz., cus- 
pidatuin, Saghaliuense (Saghalin or Saca¬ 
line) and amplexicaule or stem-clasping. 
We have never seen Rose bugs upon the 
first two, but the last has been so alive 
with them during the present season 
that the big leaves are fairly riddled. 
It is quite among the possibilities that, 
if P. amplexicaule were planted here 
and there among grape vines, the grape 
blossoms would not be molested. 
Blight of the Willahd Japan Plum. 
—We have already told our readers that 
one of our Willard trees was destroyed 
by blight. The leaves turned red, and 
dropped. The tree was burned. Two 
other Willards, the one standing about 
100 feet from the first, and a third (vve 
had but three) growing a quarter of a 
mile away—in The li. N.-Y. experiment 
field—are attacked. About one-third of 
the leaves are red or partly so. No other 
tree has been attacked. Does this par¬ 
ticular blight confine itself to the 
Willard?. 
Stuaktia pkntagyna. —Thisfiuehardy 
shrub is a close relative of the Camellia. 
We have had it for 25 years, and it has 
never been injured either by heat or cold. 
It is, in fact, a small tree, growing to 
the height of 12 feet. While it thrives 
in fully exposed situations, it will stand 
shade, and bloom profusely from year to 
year. It is a native shrub found in the 
highlands of North Carolina and Georgia. 
It has no “common” name that we 
know of. “ Shell flower,” as suggested 
by the late A. S. Fuller, would be very 
appropriate, since the petals do resemble 
shells, especially those known as scal¬ 
lops. The plants began to bloom in 
early July or late June. The flowers, 
which are white, are nearly sessile, the 
peduncles being scarcely a quarter of an 
inch long. The flowers are from four to 
five inches in diameter, five (often six) 
petals crimped on the edges as we have 
said. There are about 100 stamens that 
bear rather large yellow anthers, so that 
a pleasing contrast is made with the 
pure white petals. The outside of the 
petals is of a satiny texture. 
The leaves average four to five inches 
long, are ovate and regular in shape. 
The little tree is well clothed with its 
foliage, and quite symmetrical in shape. 
This Stuartia seems to be one of those 
grand native shrubs that has simply 
been overlooked and neglected because 
there has been no one to sing the praises 
of which it is well worthy. 
The Gault Raspberry. —It is about 
six years ago that we received plants of 
this blackcap. It is claimed that this 
everbearing variety ripens its first crop 
with the Gregg, producing more fruit of 
a better quality. It continues bearing 
on the new wood until severe frosts, 
“ frequently 80 to 100 berries on a single 
tip. It is a vigorous grower and ex¬ 
tremely hardy ”, The second year at 
the Rural Grounds, our plants made, 
indeed, a very vigorous growth, most of 
the canes being broadly fasciated. The 
plants were so severely attacked by an- 
Airacnose that they have never borne. 
All are now dead except one, and that is 
nearly dead. 
Mr. P. B. Kennard, of Hattiesburg, 
Miss., writes us that the Gault raspberry 
has fruited two years with him, bearing 
on the young canes until checked by dry 
weather. 
Mr. Kennard favors us with th fol¬ 
lowing notes: “The Columbian”, he 
says, “isthe largest and best berry of any 
I have tested.” “ The Wyoming grape 
does well with me, and is one of the first 
to ripen.” “The Brilliant (Munson) ripens 
among the first; bunch and berry large, 
color light red, quality all that can be 
desired.”. 
The New Sweet Pea, Pink Cupid. —It 
may be remembered that White Cupid 
was a failure at the Rural Grounds last 
year. The plants seemed to lack vitality, 
and most of them died before blooming. 
In the same place, we planted, last 
Spring (April 16), seeds of the Pink 
Cupid, also an introduction of W. Atlee 
Burpee, of Philadelphia. The plants 
now (July 18) are about eight inches in 
height. The foliage is dark green and 
healthy. All are alike in habit, and all 
of the flowers are of the same color. 
There are no sports. We have compared 
the flowers with Burpee's Earliest of All, 
the vines of which grow three feet in 
height; we cannot tell one flower from 
the other. The standards are pink, the 
wings a delicate, purplish white. The 
colored picture on the back of Burpee's 
catalogue shows, without exaggeration, 
the plant and flowers. 
The Logan Raspberry-Blackberry. 
—Our report this year is much the same 
as that of last year, except that the canes 
were not quite so badly cut back by the 
Winter. They are now four feet long, 
drooping like those of a dewberry, though 
the prickles are more like hairs than 
thorns. The plants have never bloomed 
at the Rural Grounds. We shall, how¬ 
ever, try it one more year. 
Our Japan Golden Mayberries were 
set during April, 1895. This year, they 
form beautiful shrubs, the leaves being 
deeply cut or lobed and of a dark, glossy 
green. The habit is compact. Thus far 
they have been so injured by the Winters 
that they have not bloomed. Evidently, 
they require a milder climate. 
Plants of the Strawberry-Rasp¬ 
berry, also set during April, 1895. are, 
as we have previously reported, trouble¬ 
some and vigorous weeds, without any 
value whatever, so far as we have been 
able to discover. 
Over 20 Years of experience with 
hardy grapes. 
“ What is now your choice” ? 
“The Diamond for white ; Campbell's 
Early for black.”. 
Hydrangea qukrcifolia. —Were this 
Oak-leaved Hydrangea a little hardier, 
we should hear more about it and less 
about the Great-panicled Hydrangea (H. 
paniculata grandiflora). We have had 
one plant of the Oak-leaved for 25 years, 
and though hardy enough to live and 
grow luxuriantly, yet it is usually so cut 
back that it doesn't bloom. The present 
season is an exception. At this time 
(July 12) it is the showiest plant in the 
Rural Grounds, except the Yucca fila- 
mentosa. The panicles are nearly a foot 
in length, more narrowly conical than 
those of Grandiflora. The large, sterile, 
white flowers are outside, concealing 
thousands of the little fertile flowers 
underneath. The leaves do resemble 
those of some oaks, being deeply lobed 
or cleft. Some of these leaves are a foot 
in length, and as with the mulberry, 
sassafras, etc., no two are alike, the 
new shoots are covered with a soft, vel¬ 
vety cinnamon or buff-colored down. It 
is altogether a showy, beautiful plant. 
It begins to bloom the latter part of 
June, continuing until mid-July. It 
will oe remembered that the Great- 
panicled Hydrangea does not begin to 
bloom until early September, so that it 
is desirable to have both plants. The 
foliage of II. paniculata grandiflora is 
far from attractive. The leaves droop 
during dry weather. We know of no 
other shrub that bears such large, lux¬ 
uriant leaves as docs the Oak-leaved 
Hydrangea. It is a native of the south¬ 
ern States—Florida and Georgia—and 
its native habitat seems to be wet or 
springj’ places. It thrives, however, 
upon uplands just as well. 
New Spiraeas. —Two of the most satis¬ 
factory Spirteas atthistime are Bumalda 
and Anthony Waterer. They bloom con¬ 
stantly and profusely until frost. Of the 
two we prefer Anthony Waterer, for the 
reason that the umbels are of a deeper 
pink color. Some of the leaves of Bu¬ 
malda are variegated with yellow, so 
that, by propagating these golden shoots, 
a variegated variety might be estab¬ 
lished. 
Primus Hybrid. —Mr. H. E. Van Deman 
favors us with the following : In Rural- 
isms for May 28, mention is made of the 
hybrid between the blackberry and rasp¬ 
berry originated by Luther Burbank, and 
by him named Primus. I have known 
this fruit from the time it was first known 
outside the Burbank grounds. He sent 
me specimens of the best and largest 
that he grew. In my official report as 
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