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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
November 
Ruralisms 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
The Best Late Blooming Shrub.— 
Notwithstanding the immense popularity 
of the large panicled hardy Hydrangea, if 
asked to- name the most desirable late 
blooming hardy shrub we should unhesi¬ 
tatingly recommend the Rose of Sharon, 
Hibiscus Syriacus, as it may be had in 
great variety of color, and will grow and 
bloom well under the most ordinary con¬ 
ditions. The very distinct and showy 
Hydrangea paniculata affords us only 
White blooms, and demands liberal treat¬ 
ment if a good appearance is to be main¬ 
tained. There is room for both in every 
farm dooryard. and while the Rose of 
Sharon is an old favorite there are charm¬ 
ing new varieties that well merit atten¬ 
tion. One of the really good new kinds 
is shown in big. 345, first page. It is cat¬ 
alogued as Crested Beauty, and is charac¬ 
teristic of a superior type of double flow¬ 
ered varieties, having the supernumerary 
petals arranged in crested form in the 
middle of the bloom. Crested Beauty is 
a good grower and a very profuse bloom¬ 
er, even when quite small. The large 
flowers are pure white wi.h rich crimson 
“eye’’ or base and snow white crest. It 
blooms throughout August and Septem¬ 
ber, and being quite sterile is not exhaust¬ 
ed by profuse flowering like varieties that 
seed freely. There is a companion va¬ 
riety, soft pink with pink crest and crim¬ 
son eye. It is meritorious, but not as 
showy as Crested Beauty. 
The Pure White Jeanne d’Arc is an¬ 
other meritorious novelty, not too well 
known, though in commerce nearly 10 
years. It forms a compact, rather dwarf 
shrub, covered, in season, with a long suc¬ 
cession of snow-white double blooms, 
quite full and rounded like miniature 
double hollyhocks. Coming at a season 
when durable White flowers are partic¬ 
ularly scarce, they have value for florists’ 
design work, and were readily bought for 
such purposes the past season, noting the 
grower 50 cents the hundred. As this va¬ 
riety is particularly floriferous it is not 
without possibilities of profit when grown 
for this purpose. 
Meehan’s Variegated Althaea. —The 
P. T. Berclcmans Co., Augusta, Ga., offer 
under the name of Althaea Meehani a fine 
variegated-leaved Rose of Sharon bearing 
perfectly developed single lavender flow¬ 
ers. They claim it a great improvement 
on the well-known Buist’s variegated va¬ 
riety, which never opens its double, dark 
wine-colored blooms. They wither in the 
bud and "greatly disfigure the plant for 
several weeks at the time it should be in 
grea est perfection. T lie new kind grows 
about eight feet high, is compact in out 
line, and the beautifully variegated fob 
age, green, broadly and irregularly mar¬ 
gined with creamy white, contrasts well 
with the delicate shade of the widely 
opened blooms. It is claimed the ligh. 
portions of the leaves are not subject to 
sunscald, which would give it a great ad¬ 
vantage over many silver variegated 
shrubs. 
Fine for Hedging. —Botanists generally 
agree that the Rose of Sharon more prop¬ 
erly belongs to the genus Hibiscus than 
Althaea. Both names are used by nursery¬ 
men and gardeners, but it may "be well to 
confine the latter to the hollyhocks. The 
old botanical name of the Rose of Sharon 
was Althaea frutex, but it is now likely 
to be discarded. 1 he plant is so widely 
disseminated in cultivation that its origin 
is lost, but it is supposed to be native 
rather to China than Syria. As there are 
other Oriental and tropical shrubbery 
species of Hibiscus of great beauty it is 
evident that Rose of Sharon is the best 
name popularly to distinguish this hardy 
and desirable shrub. I here is really noth¬ 
ing better for ornamental hedges where 
close clipping is not desirable and reason¬ 
able height is not objected to. While ap¬ 
preciating good soil it may be planted 
anywhere in sun or partial shade. The 
habit is so good that pruning is only 
needed at long intervals. No insects ap¬ 
pear to trouble d, nor is it subject to dis¬ 
ease of any kind. The foliage is at all 
times attractive, but is particularly glos¬ 
sy after rains. T he large and conspicuous 
flowers, borne so late in the season, and 
the numerous seed pods that follow, give 
it a most distinctive character. Seedlings 
are often used for hedges, and if a good 
proportion of white and light-colored 
forms is secured they give good satisfac¬ 
tion. If a uniform effect seems desirable 
the single pure white variety, Totus albus, 
is one of the best. In general the purple 
and dark varieties should be avoided, as 
the tints lack clearness. There are some 
good red and violet kinds, and one pretty 
fle«h-colored double variety with hand¬ 
somely cut or laciniated foliage, known as 
Le®poldii flore pleno. j be past rainy 
Summer suited the Rose of Sharon-very 
well. T he plants were remarkably fresh 
and lovely throughout the whole growing 
season. T here is likely to be a revival oi 
interest in this most worthy shrub, espe¬ 
cially among those who are growing tirqd 
of too much privet. Propagation is read¬ 
ily effected by seeds, cuttings and grafts. 
Nurserymen generally keep fair stocks 
and offer named and new kinds at from 
25 to 50 cents each. Seedlings and mixed 
lots for hedging may often be had at very 
moderate prices. Few shrubs transplant 
more readily. 
Two Fungus Diseases. —It is interest¬ 
ing to note the effect of the hot and rainy 
season on the health of two important veg¬ 
etables, asparagus and celery, both sub¬ 
ject of late 'years to serious fungus dis¬ 
eases. Asparagus seems freer from rust 
at this writing, October 20, than at any 
time for the last six years. Along about 
1000 we expected to seLe the fields brown, 
even in August, but with the help of im¬ 
proved cultural methods, new planting oi 
the more resistant varieties and four suc¬ 
cessive rainy Summers, there has been 
steady gain until the average field is as 
green as ever up to freezing weather. 
T races of rust may everywhere be found, 
but the disease is eit-her less virulent than 
formerly or favorable conditions have so 
fortified the plants that they are able to 
overcome the infection and round out 
their full season of growth. 
Celery Blight, however, is general and 
very destructive, almost completely check¬ 
ing the growth of the early varieties. The 
plants in most cases s arted well, but the 
intensely hot September, with its accom¬ 
panying continuous moisture in the way 
of rain, fog and persistent dews afforded 
the blight germs every advantage for in¬ 
vasion, and they appear to have been 
pushed their development to a disastrous 
limit. Hardy, late, green-leaved kinds 
like Winter Queen and Fin de Siecle suf¬ 
fer least, as. their main growth is delayed 
until cooler weather, but the early golden 
and self-blanching varieties are badly 
hurt. Cultural conditions do not appear 
to affect the course of the disease, but 
well-fertilized.plants plainly have the bet¬ 
ter chance for recovery if drier, cool 
weather permits renewed growth. Bor¬ 
deaux Mixture is claimed to be the hope¬ 
ful remedy for the celery disease, of 
course applied before infection, and sul¬ 
phur for Asparagus rust, but tbeir effi¬ 
cacy and economy are so doubtful that 
most growers prefer to take their chances 
without the use of such.chemical remedies. 
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