1897 
195 
RURAUSMS— Continued. 
the privet. We have tried them both and, also, 
many other hedges, and we have found none that 
suited us at all as well as the privet. It is easy 
to keep trimmed, and has none of the disadvant¬ 
ages of the thorns. Now we refer to ornamental 
hedges, not to the protective hedges. We have 
always found that the quince hedges look badly 
around the bottom, no matter what care one 
takes of them, and they are so much more likely 
to be affected with insect pests such as scales, etc. 
The California privet hedge here is used exclus¬ 
ively, and people who would have no other kind 
of hedge use it, and every one comments on the 
beauty of our hedges. 
We shall leave Mr. Campbell to answer 
why he leaves the Japan plums out of 
his list. Possibly, he has not had ex¬ 
perience enough with them to justify 
him in expressing any positive opinion. 
Yes, for our climate we do prefer the 
Japan quinces to the so-called California 
privet for an ornamental hedge. It 
makes so much growth every season as 
to require severe cutting back every 
spring, unless badly injured during the 
winter. We have often known the 
plants to be killed to the ground. Hence 
it is that, with us, the privet never 
blooms. We have never known the 
Japan quince to be attacked by scale or 
any other insect. A hedge made up of 
the different varieties is a beautiful 
sight while in bloom. For a hedge, we 
would select the following varieties : 
Grandiflora, Mallardii, Umbellicata, 
Maulei, and Atrosanguinea. It has been 
our experience that, for a purely orna¬ 
mental hedge, the plants are set too 
close together ordinarily. If not set too 
close together, we have never experi¬ 
enced any difficulty about keeping them 
in good shape around the bottom. 
C. A. Green, of Rochester, N. Y., 
has the following to say about the 
Minnewaski blackberry, which origin¬ 
ated with the late A. J. Cay wood about 
12 years ago : 
I notice, with surprise, that this variety has not 
succeeded at the Rural Grounds. When the va¬ 
riety was first introduced, I visited Mr. Cay wood’s 
place at Marlboro, and was greatly pleased with 
it as I saw it there. Several in this locality, im¬ 
pressed with the report that I made, planted 
Minnewaski by the acre, and are so weil pleased 
with it that they have decided to extend their 
plantations. At our fruit farm it does admirably 
well and is hardy. The fruit is not only of large 
size and glossy black, but there is no hard core, 
the entire berry dissolving in the mouth. I con¬ 
sider it of superior quality, and a valuable 
variety. 
Our own plants were received in the 
spring of 1887. The writer well remem¬ 
bers the party which visited Mr. Cay- 
wood’s grounds at the time to which Mr. 
Green alludes. We talked with several 
of the visitors afterwards, and they all 
agreed that they had never seen a finer 
display of blackberries or more prolific 
bushes. 
Among the plants tried at the Rural 
Grounds that we would especially com¬ 
mend to our readers, are the Anthony 
Waterer spiraea, the Blue spiraea (Cary- 
opteris mastacanthus); the Cercidiphyl- 
lum Japonicum and the Edouard Andr6 
clematis. 
Rosa Multiflora Japonica —Mr. 
Thomas N. Cook, of Cambridge, Mass., 
sent us a photograph of this rose, of 
which Fig. 87, first page, is a repro¬ 
duction. Mr. Cook tells us that the roses 
are two inches in diameter, semi-double, 
the petals are snow white, the anthers 
golden, making a pleasing contrast. 
The flowers appear in clusters of from 
25 to 50, and are exceedingly fragrant. 
They last about 10 days during June. 
The stems grow about 10 feet high, and 
are perfectly hardy. It is said that the 
heps are a bright red, and persist all 
winter. This rose is preferred by many 
as a stock upon which to bud others, be¬ 
cause it does not sucker... 
Mr. J. L. Normand, of Marksville, 
La., says that he can confirm the report 
we have made about the Imperial Japan¬ 
ese Morning-glorys. They are a grand 
success with him. Last year, he secured 
some selected strains of the Giant-flower¬ 
ing varieties from Japan, and he says 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
that they were a sight to behold. They 
were in bloom from May until late in 
November. From one ounce of seed 
planted, he gathered over 10 pounds of 
seed. These comprise nearly 200 colors 
and combinations of colors, some double, 
others fringed and fluted, with varie¬ 
gated foliage. 
We have several times alluded to the 
Lincoln Coreless pear. This variety has 
not fruited at the Rural Grounds, so that 
we have alluded to it merely from the 
introducer’s point of view. Mr. E. A 
Riehl, a horticulturist of Alton, Ill., 
writes us that he has fruited it for two 
seasons. He says that it is large and 
handsome, but that it is neither seed¬ 
less nor coreless, “ the flesh is woody 
and very astringent, never becoming 
eatable. In short, it is a first-class 
fraud.”. 
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