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'i'HLC KUKAL M EVV-YOKKiiK 
Ruralisms 
GENERAL PELISSIER HYACINTH, 
T HE bulb shown in the picture was 
potted about the first week in Octo¬ 
ber in a pot containing small stones, 
charcoal, rotted cow manure and good 
garden loam, and was set in a cool, dark 
cellar. January 0 the hyacinth which 
had been growing in a glass had faded, 
so I decided to try shifting this one as an 
experiment. I took it out of the pot and 
carefully washed all the dirt off the roots, 
set it in the glass and returned to the 
cellar. The leaves were about two inch¬ 
es high with the bud beginning to show 
February 4. It was brought up and set 
in a north window, the flower head being 
Hyacinth Gen. Pelissier. 
about 2 1 /j inches high. It was left here 
until the leaves became green, when it 
was placed in a south window Feb. 13. 
The flowers began to open and it lasted 
about nine days. The head was so heavy 
it was necessary to prop the bulb in the 
glass. This named variety was much 
more satisfactory than the common sorts, 
being much larger and the flowers much 
closer together on the stalks, s. E. h. 
H. N.-Y.—It is always wiser to buy 
named varieties of bulbs for pot culture. 
General Pelissier is a standard forcing 
sort, with a handsome spike of deep car¬ 
mine red flowers. 
Transplanting Laurels. 
C AN you tell me if I can transplant 
laurel bushes to make a hedge or 
border, and if so. when to do it, and 
how to go about it? I know nothing 
about such work, but if it is practicable, 
would like to try it. w. a. b. 
West Cornwall, Conn. 
Assuming Kalmia latifolia (mountain 
laurel) is meant, will state briefly that 
large plants when transplanted from the 
woods very seldom succeed. Small plants, 
however, from six to 12 inches, if care¬ 
fully handled, may be transplanted from 
the woods with success. These should 
be planted in nursery row eight to 10 
inches or more apart in the row, and if 
possible, given a partially shaded situa¬ 
tion. After they have been thus under 
cultivation for a year or two, they may 
be safely transplanted as most other 
evergreens. Mountain laurel is rarely 
used for hedge purposes, though when 
plants of nearly uniform size can be 
procured and everything else being favor¬ 
able, there is no reason why they should 
not be used for the purpose. Their broad, 
glossy, green foliage, and large clusters 
of pink and white flowers of unique shape 
in early Spring easily secure them first 
place among the native evergreen shrubs. 
K. 
Over-pruned Grapevines. 
W ILL grapevines that have been 
pruned of every branch require to 
be laid on the ground and covered 
with earth to form new branches, or must 
they be cut off at the ground and come 
up new? I had a jenter. and before I 
knew it the grapes were pruned till they 
looked like a rope. m. b. 
Lincoln. Ind. 
While pruning of the grape such as is 
described here is not to be recommended 
for American varieties at least, the vines 
will not need be laid on the ground and 
covered in order to get new growth. It 
is probable that at least one bud was left 
at the base of some of the canes pruned 
away, and these will start in the Spring. 
If this be not the case growth will start 
from dormant buds along the old stem 
and arms. However, very little fruit will 
be borne on the canes that develop from 
the old wood directly, so that such growth 
is of use only in shaping the vine for the 
year following. That growth, which 
arises from the basal buds of the canes 
cut away, is fruiting wood if the canes 
were not over a year old. f. e. g. 
Pollinating Walnut With Butternut. 
W E have a butternut tree about 100 
feet from two English walnut trees, 
(’an you tell me whether this tree 
is necessary for the pollinating of the 
English walnut trees, or are the latter 
self-fertile? Could this butternut tree be 
grafted to English walnut? E. c. C. 
II rock port, N. Y. 
Usually the English walnut is self- 
fertile. Sometimes, however, the pollin¬ 
ation is imperfect or even wanting and 
the proximity of other walnut trees, pol¬ 
linating at the right time, would be an 
aid. E. C. C. does not say whether his 
English walnut trees are bearing or not. 
Under the conditions he states I should 
say that the presence of the butternut 
was probably not necessary to the fruit¬ 
ing of the English walnuts. But this 
statement is no insurance policy for him 
to go and cut down his butternut. Much 
better make it over into an English wal¬ 
nut tree by top-working it. This can 
be done as described for hickorynuts in 
the issue of Tiie It. N.-Y'. for Dec. 12. 
The butternut, being usually a short-lived 
tree, does not make as good a stock for 
the English walnut as does the Black 
walnut. w. c. DEMING. 
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