1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
299 
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Simple Fountain. 
A 
G. II., Macedon, N. Y. —I wish to make a foun¬ 
tain in my yard. I have plenty of water, which 
is brought to my buildings m a three-fourths- 
inch pipe from a spring about 800 feet away 
from the desired location of the fountain, and 
with about 20 feet fall. Could I use stone to pile 
up in a sort of cone with a pipe or pipes on the 
inside, or would it be better to use some other 
material ? 
Ans —Yes, we think that suitable 
stones arranged with taste would answer 
your purpose. Rough limestone or tufa, 
piled irregularly, should give you a good 
effect. You do not allude to any basin 
or pool around the fountain, but this 
would, of course, be needed. A small 
cemented basin, with a border of the 
rough stone, could be made sufficiently 
ornamental, either filled with aquatics, 
or merely edged with moisture-loving 
plants. A beautiful and inexpensive 
plant to fill such a basin, where the 
limited space would not permit the use 
of larger aquatics, is the Water hyacinth. 
Single Tuberous Begonia. 
M. E., Kane County, III. —I have a single tub¬ 
erous begonia wlncu was raised from seed last 
summer. I keep it in an east window; it made 
a good growth and is now several inches tall, 
and has seven stalks from the bulb. It has 
bloomed very freely for some time. How shall I 
proceed to let it die down and give the bulb a 
rest ? Can I keep it blooming in the house next 
summer, and give the required rest next fall ? 
Will a cutting from it take root ? 
Ans. —The season of bloom, under 
favorable conditions, is about six months. 
Remove the faded flowers, and give the 
plant occasional manure water while 
in good bloom. It will warn you that 
the season of rest is at hand by cessa¬ 
tion of bloom. Water must then be 
withheld, gradually at first, but entirely 
when the leaves begin to turn yellow. 
When thoroughly dry, remove the stems, 
clean off the tubers, and store them in 
pots of perfectly dry sand, as advised in 
a recent issue of The R. N.-Y., or leave 
them in the pots, perfectly dry, and 
keep them in a warm, dry place. 
Tuberous begonias can be propagated 
from cuttings or by division of the 
crowns ; choice named sorts are always 
reproduced in this way, instead of by 
seed. Division is the safer way, as there 
is the risk, with cuttings, of getting a 
plant that does not make tubers, and so 
cannot grow the second season. The 
cutting should be made from the base 
of the shoot just below a joint and, if it 
is a growing, not a blooming bud, a 
perennial plant will be produced. It 
would be useless to make the cutting 
from blooming shoots, when the season 
is advanced. 
Care of Lemon Trees. 
J. J. V. I' 1 ., Clover Hill, N.J. —I have a lemon tree 
nine years old, which is now bearing 11 lemons 
and an abundance of bloom. The fruit, however, 
usually drops before maturing. What sort of 
manure or fertilizer ought I to use, and how 
should the plant be treated ? 
Ans —The dropping of the fruit is a 
very common trouble with orange or 
lemon trees grown in pots or tubs, and 
may result from several causes, impover¬ 
ished soil and sudden checks in growth 
MOTHERS. —Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adv. 
being among them. A lemon tree re¬ 
quires generous treatment. A soil com¬ 
posed of one-half turfy loam, and one- 
half leaf mold and old cow manure, 
with the addition of a little clean sand, 
suits admirably. The soil should be 
rather coarse and rough, and ample 
drainage must be given. The plant 
must be watered freely, receiving a 
thorough soaking all through the soil ; 
good drainage will prevent it from be¬ 
coming sour or stagnant. Occasionally 
manure water will be of benefit, when 
the plant is growing well. The lemon 
does not require or enjoy full sun, and 
during the winter a temperature of 50 
degrees is amply warm enough ; if in an 
ordinary living-room, it is quite likely 
that J. J. V. F. is keeping his plant too 
warm. Many people store lemon trees 
over winter in a light and airy cellar, 
where, with water enough to keep them 
from becoming dust dry, they remain in 
good condition. See that the leaves 
are bright and clean ; a black fungous 
growth, looking like soot, frequently 
appears on the foliage when the plants 
are kept in too close a place, and this 
should be washed off with a sponge and 
lukewarm water. 
Cemetery Planting. 
Your article on cemetery planting is 
very good, and 1 write a few words in 
answer to A. K. P.’s question. As you 
remark, “ it is almost impossible to keep 
a mound in good condition where drain¬ 
age is good, and the mound dries out 
rapidly, so that grass or plants are 
literally baked.” You are entirely cor¬ 
rect in this opinion. At Fairmount, we 
have much trouble as to sodding graves, 
since the majority of lot-owners insist 
upon having the graves mounded about 
10 or 12 inches high, and this we fight 
against, knowing by experience that 
the lower graves are mounded, the 
longer they will preserve the grass and 
plants placed on them. We advise that 
all graves be mounded not over six 
inches high (four inches would be better), 
and sodded all over; to raise them 
higher destroys all harmony and insures 
a short-lived plant existence. You are 
right in saying that many of the new 
cemeteries do not permit any mounded 
graves, they being finished level with 
the ground. I have visited many of the 
modern cemeteries where this rule is 
enforced, and nothing seen but a level 
surface, thus forming a beautiful lawn. 
I have tried the Memorial rose for plant¬ 
ing on graves, and find the plant better 
adapted for covering graves than any¬ 
thing else I have ever seen. 
CHARLES NICHOLS. 
Supt. Fairmount Cemetery, Essex Co. ,N. J 
Border for Canna Bed. 
O. R. L., New York. —What contrasting plant 
can I use to border a bed of dark-foliaged can- 
nas? Small plants, like Dusty miller or silver- 
banded geraniums, would look too insignificant. 
Ans —An admirable plant for border¬ 
ing a bed of dark-leaved cannas is the 
abutilon Souvenir de Bonn. This has 
handsome green leaves edged all around 
with a distinct band of white, and is 
an excellent bedding plant. If stocky 
branching plants are selected they 
should be well covered with foliage 
right to the ground, so that no other 
edging plant is required. The contrast 
of the lighter abutilon with such a canna 
as Egandale, for example, is very strik¬ 
ing, and such a bed is showy and un¬ 
usual. As a border for a bed of green¬ 
leaved cannas, the bronzy Acalypha is 
showy, and as attractive as the com¬ 
bination with the abutilon. A green¬ 
leaved acalypha, A. Miltoniana, having 
sharply notched bright green leaves 
edged with ivory white, looks well with 
dark cannas, though hardly so showy as 
the abutilon. 
Seasonable Notes. 
In the rose garden, the protection is 
all removed, dead branches cut out, and 
a mulching of manure put over the sur¬ 
face. Hardy roses are planted ; the ten¬ 
der everblooming sorts may wait for a 
time yet. 
No bedding plants are put out yet, 
excepting pansies and daisies, but the 
beds which are, later, to contain cannas, 
coleus, geraniums, etc., should be spaded 
over and put in good condition. The 
second or third week in May is quite 
soon enough to put these plants out, 
for the nights are still cold, and nothing 
is gained by rushing them out too soon. 
The first flowers to bloom with us 
were hyacinths naturalized in the lawn, 
which were in flower April 10. These 
were from forced bulbs, which, after 
flowering under glass, were dried off 
and planted out in the grass. There was 
no bloom the succeeding season, but 
since then they have done well, and the 
early flowers dotted about the edges of 
the lawn are most attractive. Another 
very attractive spring flowering bulb for 
the lawn is the crocus ; these little bulbs, 
dotted through the grass in fall, will 
give a charming effect in spring. 
There is plenty to do in sowing flower 
seeds outside. Nasturtiums may still be 
sown, but they can go in quite as early 
as sweet peas ; indeed, the seeds may 
lie in the ground all winter without 
injury, and self-sown seedlings are often 
seen coming up in beds where the plants 
have been allowed to seed the previous 
season. Asters should be sown in a seed 
bed, to be transplanted later to per¬ 
manent place. Mignonette may now be 
sown out in the open garden, the tiny 
plants being properly thinned out. 
Earlier April sowings in a frame or hot¬ 
bed may be planted out. The same may 
be said of Drummond phlox and petunia. 
Other seeds to be sown now are sweet 
scabios, zinnia, verbena, sunflower, por- 
tulacca, four o’clock, cockscomb and 
morning glory. However, there is a 
great deal of difference in soils, and if 
the earth in the garden is still cold and 
sticky, so that it cannot be worked prop¬ 
erly, better wait a few days longer ; 
much depends upon the condition of the 
seed bed. 
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