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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 11, 
Ruralisms 
The Philippine Lily in the Garden. 
—Accounts of the new Benguet or 
Philippine Trumpet lily, Lilium Philip- 
pense, appeared in The R. N.-Y. for 
Jan. 8, 1908, and previous issues. Up 
to that time this graceful new lily had 
been almost exclusively used for Win¬ 
ter flowering under glass, but it now ap¬ 
pears from extensive trials made near 
Sylvania, Ohio, by the Cushman Gla¬ 
diolus Co., that it is also highly suitable 
for Summer garden culture. A por¬ 
tion of one of these Ohio plantings is 
shown in Fig. 143, page 335, the photo¬ 
graph having been taken in August. 
The plants grow vigorously under the 
most ordinary garden conditions, the 
immense snow-white trumpets, nearly 
nine inches long, being supported on 
slender stems two feet high, thickly 
clothed with narrow foliage. The per¬ 
fume is rich and powerful, and the 
blooms themselves rather more lasting 
than those of Harrisi and other forms 
of L. longiflorum. The Cushman Co. 
give the following directions for the gar¬ 
den treatment of this interesting and 
beautiful new species: 
In the garden or border no lily is easier 
to grow. Select a place in full sunshine, 
if possible, away from trees or tall plants 
that might take the moisture and light. 
Plant in May not less lhan four inches 
deep in loose, mellow soil. Beware of 
fresh manure or acid fertilizer. Give plenty 
of water when growing; in their native 
mountains they are deluged nearly every 
day during the growing season. In cut¬ 
ting the Power be sure to leave enough 
foliage to develop and ripen the bulb. When 
the foliage ripens in October, dig the bulbs 
and store in dry sand or earth. With a 
light mulch the bulbs seem fairly hardy, 
hut they are so easily kept in sand that it 
seems advisable to lift and store during 
Winter. 
The Philippine lily is native to the 
Island of Luzon, Philippine Archipelago, 
where it grows abundantly on elevated 
plateaus, dry at one season and very 
rainy at others. The bulbs force well, 
but are not always easy to bring into 
bloom by Easter. Each produces from 
one to five immense trumpets, the long¬ 
est and most elegantly formed of any in 
the genus. Bulbs and plants are healthy, 
and so far free from the disease that 
so frequently affects other white florists’ 
lilies. This species, unlike most va¬ 
rieties of Longiflorum, may repeatedly 
be forced for Winter bloom, appearing 
to gain vigor each season, if allowed 
to mature in a natural manner after 
flowering. Bulbs are now blooming in 
the Rural Grounds greenhouse that 
have been grown in pots three successive 
Winters, and are far larger and more 
vigorous than ever. We keep the pots 
in full sunlight after blooming, and 
water regularly, using occasionally very 
weak liquid manure or guano water. 
When the leaves all turn yellow we 
turn the pots on the side in a sheltered 
place, where they will not entirely dry 
out, and leave them until sharp frosts 
in November, when the bulbs are 
shaken out and repotted in fresh, clayey 
soil, stored in cool cellar and brought 
into heat as wanted. The garden cul¬ 
ture is a new idea, and as it appears 
entirely practicable, will doubtless 
greatly extend the popularity of this 
charming plant. 
What is the True McPike Grape?— 
My experience with the McPike grape dates 
back almost to the year of its introduction, 
when I obtained one vine, bearing the in¬ 
troducer’s seal, from a local nursery. After 
the vine had borne fruit for a couple of 
crops, and finding its fruit so greatly in¬ 
ferior to the McPike which I bad seen on 
display for advertising purposes., I com¬ 
plained to my nurseryman that I doubted 
if the vine he had sold me was true to 
name. To this he replied that such com¬ 
plaints had been so common that they had 
quit handling the McPike altogether. Still 
anxious to get the true McPike, I then 
wrote to a distant nursery firm, asking 
them if they could furnish this variety of 
their own growing, with cuttings taken 
from bearing vines, which they could guar¬ 
antee being true to name. They replied as 
follows : “We have offered the McPike grape 
and have sent out some that were genuine 
and a great many that were not genuine. 
We do not know who is to blame. The 
nurseryman who bought and introduced it 
claims' that the originator of the grape 
mixed the stock, and the originator claims 
that the man who sold it mixed it up. We 
do not know anything about that, but we 
do know as put out and sold the first two 
or three years it was badly mixed.” I 
bought my second vine, from a New Jersey 
nurseryman, who was sure be bad the 
genuine McPike. This was three years ago. 
After comparing the fruit from the two 
vines last year I decided that my old and 
new McPike were identical. Now, I read 
in the grape report from the Rural 
Grounds that the McPike is a strong grow¬ 
ing, productive vine, and the fruit certainly 
shows much similarity to Concord ; so after 
all it seems that I have the same grape 
that Ruralisms describes for McPike. Can 
some one tell me just where the trouble is? 
I do not have the McPike as I have seen it 
exhibited at the time of its introduction. 
Neither do the catalogue descriptions of 
this variety fit my McPike. Is the McPike 
- of the Rural Grounds untrue? Or are we 
to conclude that this variety was over¬ 
boomed at the time of its introduction and 
when grown under less favorable conditions 
and localities it has failed to live up to 
its early promise on the originator’s 
grounds? f. m. 
IndiaAL 
The] McPike vines on the Rural 
Grounds, three in number, were pro¬ 
cured eight years ago direct from the 
introducer, each bearing his seal. They 
have grown extremely well, bearing 
heavy crops annually for the last five 
years. Vines and foliage are entirely 
healthy. The berries are of the Con¬ 
cord or rather Worden type, black, with 
thick blue bloom, large, juicy and well- 
flavored. Bunches large, often shoul¬ 
dered, and well-filled, but with some 
tendency to uneven ripening when over¬ 
bearing. The season is 10 days later 
than Concord. There are many simi¬ 
larities to Worden, but Wordens, from 
reliable propagators, planted at the 
same time, have not made anything like 
the same growth, nor borne as good 
crops as these “McPikes.” We have al¬ 
ways assumed these vines to be true to 
name, as we are not otherwise acquain¬ 
ted with the variety. There is no doubt, 
however, that the McPike grape has 
proved a bitter disappointment to plant¬ 
ers generally. All sorts of reports are 
made as to vine, fruit and quality, show¬ 
ing that the stocks sold may have been 
badly mixed. We should like informa¬ 
tion on this point. What is the true 
McPike grape—what are its qualities 
and who has it? 
The “Sweet Paragon” Chestnut.— 
There appears to be some confusion 
among chestnut growers regarding the 
quality of the Paragon variety. Sample 
nuts have been received from several 
sources, the senders each claiming to 
have the only true “Sweet Paragon.” In 
every instance these nuts turned out to 
be ordinary Paragons as grown on 
grafted trees distributed by H. M. Engle 
& Sons, Marietta, Pa., introducers of 
the variety. In our experience genuine 
Paragon nuts are invariably sweet, free 
from astringency, and comparable in 
quality to all but our best natives. The 
senders of the samples all appear to 
think there are bitter and inferior types 
of Paragon, and it may be that seed¬ 
lings or varieties of low quality have 
been substituted when that excellent 
kind was called for, but when it has 
been furnished true to name there is no 
criticism regarding quality. It is natural 
that the possessor of a true Paragon 
tree, where there are many false ones, 
should imagine he had in comparison 
something immensely superior, and wish 
to introduce it as a novelty. The 
real Paragon is without doubt the most 
desirable chestnut variety yet dissemin¬ 
ated, and has already proved its com¬ 
mercial value in many localities. It is 
most at home in the Middle Atlantic 
States, where it is displacing all other 
large-fruited kinds, but appears some¬ 
what lacking in hardiness in New Eng¬ 
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