1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
267 
A Few Good Cannas. 
Subscriber, (No address)—Vi hat good cannas 
would you recommend for an amateur ? I shall 
try some of the new sorts experimentally, but I 
want tried and familiar sorts to make a big 
show. 
Ans. —There is a tremendous list of 
cannas to select from, and the number 
increases every year. Omitting newer 
introductions, one may find an excellent 
selection, capable of affording a fine 
show. Among dark-leaved sorts, Egan- 
dale is especially good; the leaves are 
purplish-bronze, flowers currant-red. 
When planted in a mass, the flowers 
have a particularly vivid effect. J. D. 
Cabos is a very good sort with dark 
foliage and apricot flowers ; it is vigor¬ 
ous and free, but the flowers burn a 
little under a very hot sun, thus giving 
a faded effect. Among varieties with 
flowers giving an effect of yellow 
(though not pure yellow), Capitaine P. 
de Suzzoni and Florence Vaughan are 
the best of the older sorts, the last 
named giving the more vivid effect. 
Among red-flowered sorts, we can 
select a large list of meritorious varie¬ 
ties. Flamingo, with its vivid coloring, 
continues to retain favor. Alphonse 
Bouvier bears compact spikes of pur¬ 
plish-carmine flowers ; its growth is 
very neat, and it is altogether a very 
satisfactory sort. Chicago has dazzling 
vermilion flowers. Columbia, with 
brilliant crimson flowers produced in a 
large cluster, and very dwarf habit, is a 
beautiful thing, but does not seem quite 
as popular as it promised at introduc¬ 
tion. 
In spite of all the new introductions. 
Mme. Crozy has never been really super¬ 
seded among the yellow-banded sorts ; 
it is still the general utility canna. 
Queen Charlotte is a fine thing, without 
doubt, but an uninstructed eye does not 
see sufficient difference between it and 
Mme. Crozy. Mrs. Fairman Rogers, in¬ 
troduced last year, scarlet banded with 
yellow, seems to be extremely promis¬ 
ing ; we have had glowing reports of it 
from New England. In spite of all the 
new acquisitions, the old Ehemanni, a 
tall-growing variety bearing drooping 
spikes of crimson-pink blossoms, is still 
worth growing; the flowers are very 
beautiful. This is an excellent con¬ 
servatory plant in the winter. A “ Pink 
Ehemanni ” was introduced last year. 
Cemetery Planting. 
A. K. P., Passaic County, N. J.—l. How can I 
plant a grave attractively ? The mound always 
looks ragged aDd uneven; grass does not grow 
well, and the little trailing myrtle looks no bet¬ 
ter. I should like flowers, If I could make any¬ 
thing grow there. 2. What flowering shrubs 
could I plant in the lot ? 
Ans. —1. It is almost impossible to 
keep a mound in good condition. A 
cemetery is usually situated on a slope, 
or high, rolling ground, where the drain¬ 
age is good, and the mound dries out so 
rapidly that grass or other plants are 
literally baked. Many of the newer 
cemeteries, which are aiming to produce 
the most beautiful landscape effect, do 
not permit any mounded graves, they 
being finished level with the surround¬ 
ing ground. We recommend you to 
follow this plan. The eirth with which 
the grave is filled being, as a rule, very 
poor, remove this to the depth of 15 or 
18 inches, and fill in level with good, 
rich soil. Sod over entirely, or leave a 
space for planting. Pansies, planted 
now, would be attractive until hot, dry 
weather sets in. For permanent plant¬ 
ing, A. K. P. should try the little Me¬ 
morial rose, Rosa Wichuraiana. This 
rose, which has been mentioned several 
times before in Thk R. N.-Y., trails 
upon the ground, forming a thick mat 
of deep green foliage. In June it is 
covered with small, single white flowers, 
followed by bright red heps. Two large 
plants, or four small ones, would soon 
cover the grave, and form a permanent 
rose bed. 
2. Very few cemetery lots have 
much room for shrubs, especially where 
monuments are used. Some of the most 
beautiful cemeteries restrict the use of 
monuments, and thus have better scope 
for landscape planting. One excellent 
shrub for cemetery use is Hydrangea 
paniculata grandiflora, and the fact that 
it gives the finest effect late in the sea¬ 
son, when other shrubs have lost their 
beauty, makes it the more valuable. 
Several of the spiraeas, such as the double 
form of S. prunifolia, S. Cantonensis, S. 
grandiflora (Exochorda grandiflora) and 
others, are useful for this purpose. 
Yucca recurvifolia is excellent for ceme¬ 
tery use ; the foliage is fine at all times, 
and, during their season, the noble spike 
of waxen, bell-like blossoms makes a 
beautiful object. 
Book on Botanical Terms. 
N., Bellaire, O.—l And in reading Thk R. N.-Y., 
such terms as ajstlvalls, anthracuose, vinlfera, 
etc., which cannot be found defined in diction¬ 
aries. Is there a book in which I can find such 
definitions ? 
Ans. —The terms you have reference 
to are defined only in botanical diction¬ 
aries. Crozier’s Dictionary of Botanical 
Terms, price $2, will give you much of 
the information required. For the 
specific names of plants, with their 
definitions, we must go to such works 
as Nicholson’s Dictionary of Gardening, 
four volumes, $20. 
Ca/las Not Blooming. 
J. B. S., Bureau County, III. —I have several 
calla roots which have not bloomed for two years, 
though they produced flowers formerly. They 
appear to be in good health, the leaves being in 
fine condition. 
Ans. —J. B. S. is hardly definite 
enough ; it would be difficult to give a 
satisfactory opinion without learning 
just how the plants have been treated. 
Frequently lack of bloom in eallas is 
due to imperfect ripening of the tubers, 
the plant not being properly rested 
during the summer. See that you give 
them full three months’ rest. Begin to 
lessen the water supply about the middle 
of May ; in June turn the pots on their 
sides in some sheltered place outside, 
where they will be out of the reach of 
drip. Leave them there until Septem¬ 
ber, when they should be repotted in 
rich soil. Do not fill the pot with earth 
right up to the rim, as in about two 
months’ time you will want to add a top¬ 
dressing of well-rotted manure, earth 
and bone dust. When the flower stalk 
begins to push up, give manure water. 
Never starve a calla ; it wants plenty of 
food and water. It may be that J. B S. 
has not been sufficiently liberal in treat¬ 
ment, and this, like deficient ripening, 
would discourage bloom. 
Filling Hanging Baskets. 
Hanging baskets form a very pretty 
garden decoration around a country 
house, not only on the porch, but pen¬ 
dent from trees about the lawn. A good 
many people favor the rustic wood or 
MOTHERS.— Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
earthenware basket, but we consider a 
basket of stout wire, lined with sheet 
moss before the earth is put in, pref¬ 
erable in many ways. It is strong, 
light, durable, and cheap. An earthen¬ 
ware basket becomes exceedingly hot if 
in the sun, baking the roots where they 
touch it. Make the soil very rich ; in 
addition to well-rotted manure some 
bone dust will be an advantage. Give a 
soaking with water once a day—a soak¬ 
ing, not a sprinkle. When the plants 
are put in the basket cover the surface 
of the soil with moss ; this helps to re¬ 
tain moisture, and also prevents the soil 
from washing out when the basket is 
watered. 
As for the plants in a basket, their 
selection depends on the taste and re¬ 
sources of the owner. Geraniums are 
always good, and make a nice center for 
a basket of ordinary size. Lobelia 
Erinus is often used, and, at first, gives 
a good effect, but its flowering season is 
soon over, and it looks like a weed for 
the rest of the season. The little varie¬ 
gated geranium Mountain of Snow is 
showy, and makes a good contrast with 
crimson-leaved aehyranthes. Coleus and 
petunias are good. Trailing vines must 
be used freely to droop over the edge, 
and for this purpose German ivy, Kenil¬ 
worth ivy, single petunias, Vinca major, 
green and variegated, nasturtiums, Man- 
ettia bicolor, abutilon and Moneywort 
are all useful. For a basket in a shady 
situation, Begonia Rex, Begonia scan- 
dens and variegated Wandering Jew 
make a good combination. Solanum 
jasminoides (sometimes called the White 
potato vine), is a showy plant for a 
basket. 
A handful of horn shavings or hoof 
parings put in the bottom of the basket 
will be appreciated by the plants late in 
the season, when the soil is becoming 
exhausted. 
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