1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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Honeysuckles. 
Jleader, Passaic County , N. J.— Can I get aDy 
better climbing honeysuckle than the old-fash- 
ioDed one we all know ? Are there any other 
shrubby honeysuckles besides the wild white and 
pink ones ? 
Ans. —We prefer Hall’s Japan honey¬ 
suckle to the familiar vine we all know ; 
it is the best bloomer of all. It is nearly 
evergreen, holding its foliage until 
January, and is covered with its fra¬ 
grant flowers, pure white shading to 
yellow, from July to December. Another 
very handsome variety is the Japan 
Golden-leaved honeysuckle, the foliage 
beautifully netted with golden-yellow. 
The Scarlet Trumpet honeysuckle, Loni- 
cera sempervirens, is not fragrant, but 
very showy. The Monthly Fragrant or 
Dutch honeysuckle produces an abund¬ 
ance of fragrant red and yellow flowers 
all summer. 
The white and pink flowered native 
shrubs commonly called honeysuckle or 
Pinxter flowers are not honeysuckles at 
all, but azaleas or, according to recent 
botanical classification, rhododendrons. 
In some localities, the wild columbine 
(Aquilegia Canadense), is also called 
honeysuckle. The true honeysuckles 
are known to botanists as Lonicera. 
There are many shrubby-growing varie¬ 
ties which do not twine. One of the 
most familiar is the Tartarian honey¬ 
suckle, the type having dark green 
leaves and pink flowers, while there are 
varieties of it with white and bright red 
flowers. These form close, shapely, 
rounding bushes. Standish’s honey¬ 
suckle, a native of China, has fragrant 
creamy-white flowers appearing before 
the leaves in May. The Fragrant Up¬ 
right honeysuckle forms a spreading 
bush with deep green foliage, almost 
evergreen, small, fragrant flowers pro¬ 
duced before the leaves. These upright 
honeysuckles are used quite freely in 
park planting, especially the Tartarian 
varieties. They are very hardy. 
Variety in Lilacs. 
A. K. P., Passaic County, N.J. —We have plenty 
of the common garden lilacs, but would like 
greater variety among them. Can we get many 
distinct sorts ? 
Ans. —One of the leading nurseries 
catalogues 66 varieties of lilacs, so you 
see there is quite a wide range of choice. 
Among the new ones are some remark¬ 
able double-flowered sorts, such as the 
Rubella plena,olear violet red, and Hya- 
cinthiflora plena, lilac red. Another 
very meritorious lilac of more recent in¬ 
troduction is the Japan Tree lilac, 
Syringa Japonica. This grows to quite 
a good sized tree; it has stout, glossy, 
dark-green leaves rarely, if ever, affected 
by mildew, and great panicles of creamy 
white flowers. The flowers are without 
fragrance, but the period of bloom be¬ 
ing a month later than that of the other 
lilacs, gives this variety especial value. 
S. villosa is another Japanese species 
blooming two weeks later than the ordi¬ 
nary type; its branching panicles of 
fleecy-looking flowers are light purple 
in bud, but white when fully open. A 
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very graceful plant is the Chinese Weep¬ 
ing lilac, Syringa ligustrina Pekinensis 
pendula ; the flowers are white and fra¬ 
grant. One naturally thinks of all lilacs 
as fragrant, but this is not true ; there 
are many with little or no perfume. 
Among new varieties of the common 
lilac (Syringa vulgaris) President Gr6vy 
is one of the very finest; the flowers are 
very large and double, a beautiful blue 
in color ; the panicle very large. Among 
dark colors, Ludwig Spaeth is fine, deep 
purplish red, with large panicles. Frau 
Dammann is a very fine pure white. 
Lamarck is a good double, with large, 
rosy lilac flowers. 
Among older varieties of common 
lilac, which are not so expensive as the 
new sorts, Marie Legraye is an excellent 
white ; this is much used by florists for 
forcing. Charles X. is a fine variety with 
reddish-purple flowers and large, shining 
leaves. Ville de Troyes has large pani¬ 
cles of deep purple flowers. A very 
distinct species is Josika’s lilac, with 
dark shining leaves and rich purple 
flowers, produced in June, after other 
lilacs are over. The fragrant Persian 
lilacs are familiar, but the Cut-leaved 
Persian, with deeply-cut foliage and 
reddish-purple flowers, is not so often 
seen. The Rouen lilac (S. rothomagensis) 
is a very good sort, with fine, many- 
branched panicles. 
Hardy Tea Roses. 
Amateur, New Jersey. —I am told that there are 
some hardy Tea roses, and should like to plant a 
permanent bed with such. What varieties would 
you recommend ? The June roses are beautiful, 
but their season is so short. 
Ans—N one of the true Tea roses can 
be described as desirably hardy, but 
with slight protection, many of the 
Hybrid Teas will endure the winter. 
These may be bent down and protected 
with sods, as described in The R. N.-Y. 
for November 28, 1896, page 791, or cov¬ 
ered with dry leaves held in place by 
evergreen boughs. The following varie¬ 
ties, all Hybrid Teas, may be specially 
recommended for this purpose : Mrs W. 
C. Whitney, clear deep pink, very large 
and double flowers ; Souvenir de Woot- 
ton, rich crimson, very sweet; Kaiserin 
Augusta Victoria, cream-white, shading 
to sulphur at the heart; Meteor, vel¬ 
vety crimson ; Mme. Caroline Testout, 
satiny rose ; Triomphe de Pernet Pere, 
brilliant red ; Mme. Pernet Ducher, 
canary-yellow, long, graceful buds, very 
sweet; La France, silvery-rose. These 
are all free bloomers, and very satisfac¬ 
tory varieties. Properly treated, they 
will give Amateur a very beautiful bed. 
Bedding Begonias. 
B. A., Pennsylvania. —What sort of flowering 
begonia could I use in outside bedding? I have 
seen some very pretty pink-flowered ones bloom¬ 
ing as freely as geraniums in the garden, but do 
not know what they are. 
Ans.—T he begonia B. A. mentions 
was, probably, B. Vernon. This is a 
very popular bedding plant. The leaves 
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are glossy green, shading to red at the 
edges ; buds deep red, changing to rose 
when fully open. The flowers are very 
abundantly produced, and the plant is 
always so fresh and bright that it is 
most attractive, succeeding well in open 
sunshine, and appearing to thrive any¬ 
where. This begonia is very freely used 
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edged with Dusty miller being extremely 
showy. Begonia Thurstoni is a very 
stately plant for beddiDg in a partially 
shaded place ; the under side of the 
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flowers which seems very satisfactory 
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is a useful garden plant, bearing a con¬ 
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Rex Begonias. 
Subscriber, Michigan .—I have seen some very 
showy begonias resembling the Rex, but more 
brilliantly variegated; some covered with long 
hairs, and one with a strange spiral twist on 
the leaf just above the stem. What begonias are 
these ? 
Ans.—T he begonias alluded to are, evi¬ 
dently, some of the newer Rex varieties; 
a number of very beautiful forms have 
been sent out in this country, as well as 
those originating in France. The variety 
described as having a spirally twisted 
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dody ; it is metallic in coloring, with a 
silvery center. Louise Closson is an¬ 
other very beautiful sort, the center of 
the leaf deep bronze, with a broad band 
of silver, the whole spotted and suffused 
with rose. Queen of Hanover has a large 
leaf of velvety texture with a plush-like 
piie of red, the edge of velvety green, 
with a zone of silvery spots. Queen Vic¬ 
toria has a silvery leaf with reddish 
veins and fluted reddish edge. Bertha 
McGregor has a pointed, deeply notched 
leaf of silver and bronze, very distinct 
in marking. Magnifica is bronze broadly 
banded with silver, extremely hand¬ 
some. This list could be greatly ex 
tended, for there are now a large num¬ 
ber of these beautiful begonias. Al¬ 
though there is still a place for the old 
Rex type, many of these newer acces¬ 
sions are far beyond it in beauty of form 
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