1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
75 
A Blue Rose. 
W. D. 1)., Ontario— Where can tlie blue rose, so 
highly spoken of in The R. N.-Y., be obtained ? 
Ans. —W. D. D. is in error when he 
says that a blue rose was highly spoken 
of in The R. N.-Y. No blue rose is 
known to exist ; the nearest approach 
to it are some of the Hybrid Remontant 
varieties in which crimson shades to an 
ugly, slaty violet, such as Violet Queen 
or Reine des Violettes. Although there 
are some families of plants which repro¬ 
duce all three of the primary colors in 
their flowers, the rose is not one of them. 
There is a green-flowered rose, Viridi- 
flora, and a very insignificant blossom 
it is ; but the blue-flowered rose is, evi¬ 
dently, first cousin to that Mexican 
variety described as possessing flowers 
that were red in the morning, white at 
noon, and blue at night. 
weakness. The bed should be in a 
place where water cannot lie on it; in 
fact, it will be all the better if made six 
inches higher in the center than at the 
sides, sloping very gradually. The varie¬ 
ties given comprise but a few of the 
very large list of worthy sorts. L. 
tigrinum, the Chinese Tiger lily, has the 
peculiarity of producing, at the axils of 
the leaves near the flower stem, a num¬ 
ber of small embryo bulbs, odd little 
shining black balls. These may be re¬ 
moved when they part readily from the 
stem, and planted in rows in a bed 
where they can remain two or three 
seasons ; they may then be transplanted, 
and treated like the older plants. This 
variety often produces some roots around 
the stem, just above the ground ; when 
this is noticed, a top-dressing of rough, 
hard manure may be placed around the 
plant for the benefit of these roots, 
which will materially strengthen the 
bulb and its flowering capacity. The 
double variety, L. tigrinum fiore-pleno, 
is more showy than the type. 
2. The Childsii gladiolus is desirable 
for any garden ; this section gives great 
beauty of color and marking, and the 
culture is the same as for the ordinary 
types. 
3. The name of the rose you mention 
is commonly pronounced Mar-nee-esse, 
with the accent on the third syllable. 
It is a very worthy variety ; one of the 
hardiest of the Noisettes. 
Lilies for Ohio — Gladiolus. 
Inquirer , Central Ohio.— 1. Will you name six 
varieties of lilies, embracing a good range of 
color, that will be hardy and satisfactory in cen¬ 
tral Ohio ? 2. Is the Childsii gladiolus desirable 
for the ordinary grower ? 3. How do you pro¬ 
nounce the name of the old rose, Caroline Mar- 
nieBse ? It has grown and bloomed for many 
years in my yard, with only slight protection in 
winter, seeming hardier than Hermosa. 
Ans. —1. There is quite a long list of 
lilies suitable for your locality, under 
proper conditions. The lily bed should 
be very carefully prepared beforehand. 
A heavy sandy loam is the most desir¬ 
able soil; if a tough clay loam, some 
sand should be mixed with it. In plant¬ 
ing the bulbs, Inquirer would do well 
to dig a hole 18 inches deep, put in the 
bottom a good layer of rotten sod, with 
an inch of clean sand on the top of it; 
lay the bulb on this, cover with sand, 
and then fill up the hole with rich, well- 
rotted compost. Never let manure it¬ 
self touch the bulb. In winter, put a 
heavy mulch of coarse manure all over 
the bed, and during the summer a light 
mulch is necessary, to keep the ground 
cool. Lilies usually do extra well in the 
edges of a shrubbery border, where there 
is shade enough to keep their roots cool; 
they give a beautiful effect among rho¬ 
dodendrons. 
The following varieties should do well 
with Inquirer : Lilium tenuifolium, a 
very hardy variety from Siberia, the 
earliest to bloom, with brilliant red 
flowers ; the pure white St. Joseph’s lily 
(L. candidum) hardy and reliable ; Gold¬ 
en-banded lily (L. auratum), noblest of 
all ; L. Batemani, sulphur shaded apri¬ 
cot, large and showy ; L. Krameri, beau¬ 
tiful pink ; L. speciosum album, white, 
L. s. rubrum, rose, both very reliable ; 
L. tigrinum, orange ; L. Browni, white, 
shaded outside with dull purple, large 
and showy. 
Lilium candidum should be planted as 
soon as the fresh bulbs can be obtained, 
before August 15 ; the others should be 
planted early in October, or, if this be 
impossible, in earliest spring. Never 
use a bulb that has a wilted or wrinkled 
appearance ; even if it do ultimately re¬ 
cover, much time is lost through its 
MOTHERS .—Be sure to use “ Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It ii the Best — Adv. 
Vine for Draping a Tree. 
C. Me V., Staten Island. —I wish to train some 
ornamental vine up into the branches of a willow 
tree. Would the lavender-flowered Wistaria be 
suitable ? 
Ans. —The Wistaria is a fine thing, 
either trained along the eaves of a house, 
where its pendent racemes are very 
showy before the leaves are unfolded, 
or trained up into a tree. In the present 
case, our only objection would be the 
fear of its breaking the branches of the 
willow. Willow is always very brittle ; 
we often see large limbs broken off by 
wind, and as a Wistaria, in a few years, 
becomes very thick and heavy, it might 
be a source of danger to the tree. This 
vine is very often trained up into trees 
by the Japanese, and it forms a beauti¬ 
ful object, hanging in heavy wreaths 
from one tree to another. The Japanese 
variety, Wistaria multijuga, is more 
showy than the commonly grown Wis¬ 
taria Chmensis, and is to be preferred. 
The general appearance is similar to the 
Chinese, but the racemes of bloom are of 
extraordinary length. A Japanese nur¬ 
seryman tells us that, on some old vines, 
the raceme is often five feet in length, 
and specimems in this country have pro¬ 
duced a bunch of bloom two feet long. 
Instead of the Wistaria, why not try 
Clematis paniculata ? This grows very 
quickly, often producing shoots 15 feet 
long in a single season. It might be 
treated as a herbaceous plant, and cut 
IT’S CURES 
THAT COUNT. 
Many so-called remedies are 
pressed on the public attention 
on account of their claimed 
large sales. But sales cannot 
determine values. Sales simply 
argue good salesmen, shrewd 
puffery, or enormous advertis¬ 
ing. It’s cures that count. It 
is cures that are counted on by 
Ayer’s .Sarsaparilla. Its sales 
might be boasted. It has the 
world for its market. But 
sales prove nothing. We point 
only to the record of Ayer’s 
Sarsaparilla, as proof of its 
merit: 
50 YEARS 
OF CURES. 
down nearly to the ground in the 
autumn, thus doing away with the dead 
weight of vine on the willow branches 
during the stormy winter months. It 
produces a great abundance of small, 
white, fragrant flowers in September, 
and is a very beautiful thing. C. McV. 
might associate Clematis Flammula with 
it; this is of similar type, but blooms a 
month earlier. It should be treated in 
the same way as C. paniculata. Both 
are hardy, but will appreciate a little 
mulch over the crown in winter. So far, 
these small-flowered Clematis have not 
appeared so susceptible to fungous 
disease as the large-flowered varieties, 
and they are very graceful and beautiful 
vines. Of course, they need support 
until they can twist themselves upon the 
branches ; they do not cling like ivy or 
ampelopsis. 
Liliput zinnias should not be omitted 
from our list of summer annuals. They 
are small and neat in habit, and the 
trim little double flowers are very bril¬ 
liant in color, without the flat tints 
which often give the larger zinnias such 
a weedy look. 
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