1897 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
427 
Azalea Mollis. 
E. W. M , Acushmt, Mass. — What shall .1 do to 
root Azalea mollis ? 
Ans —Layering in spring, tbe part 
buried being wrapped in moss, is a cus¬ 
tomary practice ; the layer must be left 
two years before separating. Cuttings 
of the previous year’s wood may be 
rooted in early autumn ; they should be 
two or three inches long, taken with a 
heel, and rooted with sand. If placed 
outside, they should be covered with a 
handlight 
Ornamental Nut Tree. 
A. B. C., Ocean County, N. ./.—What is the best 
rapid-growing nut tree to be used for shade and 
ornament ? 
Ans. —We should choose the Ridgeley 
chestnut, the pecan next. A well¬ 
shaped chestnut makes a very handsome 
tree, apart from its economic value, and 
it is an object of great beauty when in 
bloom. A. B. C. may be determined in 
his choice of a nut tree by his soil and 
location. The chestnut thrives in a 
light, well-drained soil, largely com¬ 
posed of sand and decomposed quartz or 
slate, but it does not like heavy clay or 
limestone. In New Jersey, it is found 
in comparatively low-lying situations, 
but with a sandy or porous subsoil. The 
pecan likes a deep, moist soil, and grows, 
by preference, in such a situation. If 
planted in a light, dry soil, it should be 
enriched, and a mulch of leaves, straw 
or old manure put over the roots of the 
newly-planted tree to the depth of three 
or four inches. It will be wise to con¬ 
tinue this mulch until the tree attains a 
good size. 
Climbing Greenhouse Roses. 
J. B. Y., Montrose County, Col.—l. The center 
bed in my greenhouse is about four feet from the 
ground floor, and there is a space above the bed 
about five feet to the center of the top. I would 
like some climbing roses to place in the center 
bed. Will you tell me the best for such a situa¬ 
tion and the soil best adapted for them ? I prefer 
roses for winter blooming. 2. I would also like 
the names of some bush roses that would bloom 
best in winter. 
Ans. —1. J. B. Y. does not say whether 
the bed is to be occupied by other 
plants, as well as the climbing rose ; if 
so, he must be careful that too much roof 
space is not occupied, or the plants be¬ 
neath will suffer for want of light. The 
climbing rose most commonly seen in 
greenhouses is the beautiful Noisette 
Marechal Niel, without doubt the finest 
of all yellow roses, but unfortunately, 
it is a cropper, and will not give the 
flowers when J. B. Y. needs them. 
Climbing Perle des Jardins, yellow, 
would be fine for the purpose ; it is very 
vigorous and free-blooming, and the 
flowers are fine and salable. It is a 
sport from the old Perle des Jardins, the 
standard yellow for forcing. Climbing 
Meteor, crimson, is an other good rose for 
the situation given, but it is quite pos¬ 
sible that it would require a higher tem¬ 
perature than the Perle, for the bush 
form of Meteor, from which it sported, 
requires more heat than any other Hy¬ 
brid Tea. With plenty of warmth, it 
flowers most abundantly, while in a tem¬ 
perature tnat suits other Hybrid Tea 
roses it will sulk all winter, producing a 
sparse quantity of stunted and badly- 
colored blooms. Qloire de Dijon, rosy 
salmon and yellow, exquisitely fragrant, 
is a fine Climbing Tea, while for summer 
bloom, the old Bourbon Souvenir de la 
Malmaison, flesh shaded fawn, is often 
grown as a greenhouse climber. There 
is also a climbing form of the beautiful 
silvery pink La France, and this is a 
good winter bloomer. The soil for these 
is the same as for other roses grown 
under glass ; a compost formed by stack¬ 
ing fibrous loam and manure in layers 
outside, the pile being turned and 
chopped over at intervals, until all is 
well rotted together. When used in the 
greenhouse benches, a small quantity of 
bone dust is a desirable addition. J. B. 
Y. may have to modify the stacking 
process, however, in Colorado, owing to 
the dryness of the climate, which, pos¬ 
sibly, will not permit the slow rotting 
that takes place in a lower altitude. 
2. The best “ bush roses for blooming 
in winter,” would be some of the Teas 
and Hybrid Teas ordinarily forced under 
glass. The following list comprises 
some of the best for general commercial 
use: The Bride, white; Bridesmaid, 
bright pink shaded flesh ; La France, 
silvery rose, changing to pink; Belle 
Siebrecht, rich crimson pink, with sil¬ 
very shadings, very fine ; Mrs. J. Pier- 
pont Morgan, rich crimson pink ; Perle 
des Jardins, the best forcing yellow ; 
Mme. Cusin, rosy crimson, shaded yel¬ 
low at base, a beautiful rose, but does 
not do well in all sections; Mme. Caro¬ 
line Testout, satiny rose, shape of La 
France, very fine; Kaiserin Augusta 
Victoria, pure white, shading to amber 
at center, very popular, especially for 
summer use; Mme. Pierre Guillot, cream, 
banded with carmine pink, base of 
petals coppery orange ; Mrs. W. C. Whit¬ 
ney, clear deep pink, fine foliage, very 
sweet; Souvenir de Wootton, crimson. 
The last named, though a very beautiful 
rose, is now being superseded by Meteor, 
but the fact that it does not demand so 
high a temperature as Meteor, makes it 
valuable where a crimson variety is 
needed in a house of mixed roses. 
SEASONABLE NOTES. 
The rosy-flowered Oxalis is blooming 
very freely, making a fine show out in 
the sun. In a bed shaded during a part 
of the day, the flowers close up, so a 
sunny place should always be selected 
for this plant. In a very sunny place, 
especially a dry, sandy slope, where most 
plants refuse to grow, the common 
Prickly pear (Opuntia) and mixed Por- 
tulacas make a fine show without 
trouble. 
In a bed shaded by large trees, and 
protected from the full force of the 
wind, palms, rubbers, and Begonias, 
which are used as house plants during 
the winter, spend the summer to great 
advantage. Rubber trees are often seen 
growing up to one very tall spindling 
shoot, without any disposition to branch; 
this should be altered by pinching out 
the top bud in the fall, causing the plant 
to form other shoots. As a rule, the 
rubber plant does not branch without 
pinching out, under our system of cul¬ 
ture, though one well-known florist is 
familiar in the trade as the producer 
of naturally branching rubbers, without 
the pinching process. We should hardly 
advise putting the variegated rubber 
plant outside during summer, because it 
is so very susceptible to leaf injury ; in¬ 
deed, we should not recommend it as a 
house plant, either. When in perfect con¬ 
dition, the foliage is very handsome, 
but it is extremely subject to a species 
of leaf blight which, beginning in the 
creamy variegation, gradually extends 
over the remainder of the leaf. This 
trouble attacks the plant even under the 
most favorable conditions, though it is 
naturally intensified by any check to 
growth. No doubt it is the result of 
constitutional weakness, of which varie¬ 
gation is often an evidence. Some of 
the large wholesale florists have almost 
given up growing the variegated rubber 
for commercial purposes, on account of 
this trouble. 
German Irises have given a very fine 
show this year, as usual. These are 
some of the most satisfactory plants in 
the hardy border. They seem to thrive 
equally well in any soil or situation, 
and give an abundance of bloom, in all 
shades of blue, purple, white and yel¬ 
low. Old-established clumps of these 
plants make a fine feature in the edges 
of a lawn or shrubbery bed. A little 
later the Japan Irises (I. Kmmpferi) 
will be a very showy feature. 
Among red roses, none now in bloom 
is more satisfactory than Fisher 
Holmes and Marie Baumann. T h e 
former may be described as an improved 
Gen. Jacqueminot; it has the brilliant 
color, good foliage and vigorous con¬ 
stitution of the last-named rose, but is 
fuller and more shapely in bloom. Marie 
Baumann is a brilliant crimson, though 
less fiery than Fisher Holmes, the flower 
extremely full. No flowers should be 
allowed to wither on the plant, as by 
cutting them we insure some scattering 
autumn blooms. In the case of the 
beautiful pink-flowered Mrs. John Laing, 
the fall crop becomes more than a scat¬ 
tering ; this variety can usually be de¬ 
pended upon for autumn roses. The old 
Hybrid China Mme. Plantier is now a 
mass of white flowers; the blooming 
season of this rose is short, but while it 
lasts it is most attractive. It is very 
hardy, healthy and free-blooming ; a 
fine rose for cemetery planting. 
VICTORIES. ^ 
FOUR MEDALS—3 Gold and 1 Silver. World’s Centennial 
Cotton Exposition, New Orleans, 1884. 
HIGHEST AWARDS—Nebraska Agricultural Fair, 1887. 
DIPLOMA—Alabama Agr’l Society, Montgomery, 1888. 
AWARD—Chattahoochie 
bus. Ga., 1888. 
Valley Exposition, Colum- 
HIGHEST AWARDS—St. Louis Agricultural and 
M echani cal Association, 1889. 
GOLD MEDALS and 6 DIPLOMAS—World’s Colum¬ 
bian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. 
HIGHEST AWARDS—Western Fair Association, Lon¬ 
don, Canada, 1893. 
SIX GOLD MEDALS and Diplomas—Cal. Miciwinte7FaIr~’94. 
SILVER MEDAL —Industrial Exposi t ion. Toronto, Canada, 1895. 
345,584 Home Comfort Ranges Sold to Jan. lst.'<>7 
t?T Range illustrated sold throughout the United States and 
the Canadas at a uni form price from our ow n wagons. 
Made of open hearth, cold rolled steel-plate and malleable 
Iron —will last a life-time with ordinary care. 
MOTHERS. —Be sure to use “Mrs. Wins¬ 
low’s Soothing Syrup ” for your children 
while Teething. It is the Best.— Adtv. 
WROUGHT IRON RANGE CO., 
Founded 1864. Paid up Capital $1,000,000. 
Factories, Salesrooms and Offices: ST. LOUIS, MO., and TORONTO, CANADA. 
Western Salesrooms and offices: DENVER. COLO. 
H^ We^manufaeture and carry a complete stock of Hotel Ranges and Kitchen goods; 
STEEL* FURNACES, Write for catalogue and prices. 
tmequaled HOME COMFORT 
also the 
Macbeth lamp-chimneys are 
right if yon get the right one 
for your lamp. 
Let us send you the Index. 
There is no other way to 
enjoy your lamp and avoid 
expense. 
Geo A Macbeth Co 
Pittsburgh Pa 
(Haking 
and health making 
are included in the 
making of HIRES 
Rootbeer. The prepa¬ 
ration of this great tem¬ 
perance drink is an event 
of importance in a million 
well regulated homes. 
HIRES 
Rootbeer 
is full of good health. 
Invigorating, appetiz¬ 
ing, satisfying. Put 
some up to-day and 
have it ready to put 
down whenever you’re 
thirsty. 
Made only by The 
Charles E. Hires Co., 
Philadelphia. A pack¬ 
age makes 5 gallons. 
Sold everywhere. 
—This little circlet 1 
of balls. They make ] 
The Peoria 
Washer 
its kind. 
Ball 
Bearings 
Like a 
Bicycle. 
A Thorough 
Cleanser. 
No wear 
and tear on 
clothing 
Booklet Free. 
Cl.ARK, QVIF.N & MORSE, 
315 W. St., Rear in, Ill. 
FINE FRUIT AND TRUCK FARM of 90 acres 
for sile cheap for cash Possession at once 
0. K. COMPTON. Redden, Sussex County, Del. 
SI DO YOU SHAVE? SI 
If so, you want a good razor—one that 
you can’t make cut you. There is only 
ODe such. It is the Safety. The price 
is ®2. You can’t buy it any place for 
less, because it is worth it. For just one 
month—J une—no longer, no shorter, we 
will let you have one for less than they 
cost us by the dozen. Any time during 
the month of June, you may send us one 
new subscription and $2, with 10 cents 
extra for postage, and we will send you 
the razor by return mail, and the paper 
for a year to the new subscriber. Of 
course, you will get 81 for the new sub¬ 
scription, so the razor will cost you only 
81 besides the postage. This will hold 
good only for the month of June. We 
positively will not repeat this offer after 
June. If not satisfied, we will return 
the money. Now is the time to act if 
you want comfort for the rest of your 
life in shaving. 
The Rural New-Yorker, New York. 
