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THE KURAIi NEW-YORKER 
August lr 
Ruralisms 
Dry Weather Shrubs. —We are now 
in the midst of the sharpest midsummer 
drought yet experienced on the Rural 
Grounds. Scarcely one-tenth of the 
usual amount of rain ha§ fallen from 
the end of May to the middle of July, 
while the weather for the whole period 
has been much hotter than the average 
for the season. Great havoc has been 
wrought among susceptible plants, and 
the end is not in sight. Among the 
shrubs that best endure these dry and 
torrid conditions we note the privets 
and Elceagnus or bush olives. Both hold 
their foliage intact if not starved by 
overshadowing trees. Both the oval- 
leaved or California and Ibota privets 
are green and handsome when most 
other shrubs are yellowing or dropping 
leaves. Both have given profuse bloom 
this season where not closely trimmed, 
and though the characteristic odor is 
not generally liked there is no denying 
the attractiveness of the abundant pan¬ 
icles of small fleecy, white, lilac-formed 
flowers. Both species bear conspicuous 
black fruits or berries, but they are 
usually more abundant on the Ibota 
privet than on the ordinary kind. In 
the South the Amur River privet, which 
is supposed to he a variety of the 
Ibota is preferred, as it is there al¬ 
most or entirely evergreen. It grows 
and thrives well quite to the Gulf 
Coast, and is a very decorative lawn 
and hedge scrub. In the North itj 
loses its foliage in midwinter and is 
doubtfully hardy. 
Elaeagnus Longipes and E. umbel- 
lata look as comfortable on their dry 
hillslope this burning weather as in sea¬ 
sons of abundant rain. Longipes is 
loaded, as usual, with its brownish red 
cherry-like fruits, that are quite toler¬ 
able eating when fully ripe. Birds take 
to them when the late Mazzard cher¬ 
ries are gone and the red raspberry 
supply runs low. Umbellata blooms 
later and the berries which are smaller 
and drier than those of Longipes, ripen 
in October. Chickens are extravagantly 
fond of them, and will clamber all 
over the bushes to get them. Um¬ 
bellata is enormously prolific, and a sure 
cropper, but as the species is partially 
dioecious, the blooms of some individ¬ 
uals being almost entirely staminate, 
it is necessary to procure grafted 
plants to be certain of fruit. These 
hardy bush olives are very ornamental 
and appear absolutely free from dis¬ 
ease or insect disturbance. They only 
ask a sunny situation and sufficient 
space for development. It is not gen¬ 
erally known that most species of 
Elseagnus have their roots thickly set 
with tubercles, and appear to darken and 
enrich the soil in which they grow. 
Another very meritorious species of 
Elaeagnus with evergreen, holly-like 
foliage and profuse sweet-scented bloom 
in October is E. Sirnoni, supposed to be 
a variety of the Japan E. pungens. Our 
plant, of course, does not fruit, as the 
flowers are usually cut short by frost, 
but is appreciated for its neat appear¬ 
ance throughout the year. The leaves 
have twice dropped because of severe 
freezing during the last seven years, 
but the shrub has not shown any other 
injury from Winter cold. For dry situ¬ 
ations the privets and bush olives are 
to be recommended, and they thrive 
in proportion when better conditions 
can be obtained. 
Perennial Peas. —One of the very 
best cover plants for arid slopes in 
pleasure grounds is the everlasting or 
perennial pea, Lathyrus latifolius. It 
is slow to establish from seeds, and 
difficult to transplant from the open, but 
if good pot-grown plants are set in 
pockets filled with good soil, even in 
the most unpromising situations, they 
will in time take full possession, 
scrambling over bushes, rocks and soil, 
and give a wealth of bloom for several 
weeks in Summer. They will endure 
considerable shade but appear to best 
advantage in full sun. Several barren 
elevations, known in Pennsylvania as 
“hogs’ backs” so sterile and rocky that 
they had remained almost bare of vege¬ 
tation, have been covered by the use 
of hardy peas, and now form most 
attractive features ' of the grounds in 
which they are situated. The variety 
most in favor for this purpose is 
Mary Lovett, producing in great abund¬ 
ance light pink flowers of an apple blos¬ 
som shade and having faint but agree¬ 
able fragrance. There are several eood 
white kinds coming fairly true from 
seeds. A very superior white having 
broad winged flowers as perfect and 
almost as large as the new fancy sweet 
peas has been sent us by a German cor¬ 
respondent. It is not well fixed, as 
nearly two-thirds of the seeds produce 
plants bearing ordinary purple blos¬ 
soms, but when true is the finest hardy 
pea we have ever seen. The ordinary 
rose or purple flowered type is a use¬ 
ful and attractive plant, forming 
mighty clumps in time, with thousands 
of blooms useful for cutting, and broad, 
tough, leathery roots, almost strong) 
enough to stop a plow, when established 
in the open. Blooms of several vari¬ 
eties of perennial pea are shown, re¬ 
duced in size, in Fig. 271, page 615. 
All are good, but the pink and white 
sorts are naturally best for florists’ use. 
Though lacking the rich fragrance of 
sweet peas the clusters are larger and 
the blooms more enduring in water. 
The foliage and broad stems also are 
lasting and decorative in their way. 
Special sorts, such as Mary Lovett, are 
propagated by cuttings of the young 
shoots made and rooted under glass. 
The others are most conveniently 
grown from seeds, hut not all of the 
pink and white seedlings come true to 
color. 
Starting Perennial Peas. —Ama¬ 
teurs often have poor success in grow¬ 
ing hardy pea seeds. They germinate 
slowly in the open, and make a very 
spindling growth above ground the first 
year as most of the plant’s energy is 
used in developing its long thong-like 
roots. Better results are had by sow¬ 
ing the seeds thinly in a pot or box 
in the greenhouse or window garden in 
December or January, after soaking 
them 24 hours in tepid water. About 
six inches of good light soil should 
be provided, and free drainage must not 
be neglected. The seedlings will likely 
appear slowly and at irregular inter¬ 
vals. They usually grow well, however, 
and need not be disturbed until time 
to plant out in May where they are 
to remain. Started in this manner they 
often show blooms the first year, and 
become well established by the end of 
the season. 
Other Perennial Peas. —While the 
Lathyrus latifolius varieties are best 
adapted for the climate of eastern 
America, there are several other spe¬ 
cies that merit attention. L. grandiflorus, 
from southern Europe, has- thick heavy 
stems but is not as lusty a grower. It 
does well in shade and is adapted for 
planting among shrubs and in rocker¬ 
ies. The blooms are rather dark pur¬ 
ple. L. rotundifolius or Persian pea 
has rosy-pink flowers, borne in fine 
clusters. It rather prefers shade and 
should have some Winter protection. 
Our plants generally die the third or 
fourth year. L. Magellanicus, Lord 
Anson’s pea, is of feeble growth in our 
locality, but bears very pretty dark 
blue flowers. The foliage is very dark, 
and persists until hard freezing weather. 
L. splendens, the much advertised Pride 
of California, is not hardy enough for 
our Winters. It makes a fine green¬ 
house plant. The blooms we have seen 
are nearly violet in color, though there 
are said to be rose-colored varieties. 
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