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RURALISMS 
Flowering Lawn Tree*. 
I N planting ornamental trees about the 
home, we naturally consider their 
utility in providing shade. There 
are. however, a number of beautiful 
trees, small in size, that occupy an inter¬ 
mediate place between shrubs and shade 
trees. Their beauty gives them a place 
,.f lnmor. but they should not be placed 
where (heir growth will interfere with 
. a her plants as they grow larger. 
The white fringe, or fringe tree. Chi- 
onanthus Virginica, is a native of the 
I'nited States, forming a large shrub, 
rather than a small tree, as it is rounded 
and bushy. It has large glossy leaves 
three to five inches long, dark green, that 
are handsome through the season; in 
May or June it bears tin abundance of 
white flowers, in drooping racemes; the 
blossoms have narrow, fringe-like petals, 
and are very graceful. One specimen 
under observation, now about IS years 
planted, is probably 12 feet high, a sym¬ 
metrical vase shape; it flowers abund¬ 
antly. A young specimen, suitable for 
planting, costs about 75 cents. 
The Judas tree, or red bud, is a very 
ornamental small tree flowering in early 
Spring, before the leaves appear. Two 
varieties are commonly grown, the Amer¬ 
ican. Cercis Canadensis ami the .Jap¬ 
anese. C. Japonice. The American Judas 
tree has pale green heart-shaped leaves; 
before these appear the tree is covered 
with delicate reddish purple flowers. The 
Japanese variety lms larger flowers, simi¬ 
lar. but a trifle; redder than the Amer¬ 
ican; the leaves are a deeper green. Both 
are beautiful; as a rule the American is 
catalogued at a lower price than the Jap¬ 
anese—they cost from about 50 cents to 
$1. The name of Judas tree is said to 
have been given because of the deception 
it makes with its beautiful show of blos¬ 
soms, without being followed by fruit. 
Flowering cherries and flowering crabs 
include some specially decorative lawn 
trees. Of the latter Bechtel’s 1/oublc- 
llowering American crab is especially 
beautiful; it is covered in early Spring 
with a mass of double pink flowers that 
look like small roses, very fragrant. The 
habit is like other crab apples. Young 
specimens of Bechtel’s crab usually cost 
about $1. The (Jarland-flowered crab 
(its dignified proper name is l’yrus 
mains eoronaria odorata) has extremely 
fragrant single blush flowers, usual price 
50 cents; it is very desirable. There are 
a number of other beautiful crabs, both 
single and double, some with deep rose 
or crimson flowers, and they are till de¬ 
sirable, including some of weeping habit. 
The flowering cherries include both 
white and pink blossoms. The Chinese 
double-flowered variety is very hand¬ 
some, the blossoms being white, and very 
double, but the Japanese weeping form 
with rose-colored (lowers is generally con¬ 
sidered one of the most beautiful of all 
weeping trees. It has slender blanches, 
falling gracefully to the ground, that are 
covered with rose-colored flowers before 
the leaves appear. Usually a little higher 
in price than other sorts. 
Chinese and Japanese Magnolias are 
especially desirable for lawn planting. 
They prefer a warm, rich dry soil, and 
should be planted carefully in the Spring. 
The Yulan Magnolia, M. conspieua, is 
very well known for its large white 
flowers, produced before the leaves. It 
is shrub-like while young, but becomes a 
symmetrical tree as it attains age. Simi¬ 
lar in habit, but blooming a little later, 
is Soulange’s Magnolia, flowers white and 
purple, cup-shaped, three to five inches 
in diameter. The foliage is large and 
massive, and this Magnolia is so hardy, 
vigorous and handsome that it is ex¬ 
tremely satisfactory to plant. Earlier in 
bloom thtin either of the preceding is 
Hall's Japan Magnolia (M. stellata), 
which is dwarf i:i habit, forming a bushy 
shrub. The flowers are pure white, semi¬ 
double and fragrant. It is not uncom¬ 
mon for it to open so early in April that 
there may be a light snowfall while it 
is in bloom; last year Hall’s Magnolia, 
Crocuses and snowdrops all received a 
mantle of snow while in bloom. Two 
very showy Magnolias with dark purple 
flowers are M. I.ennei and M. Norber- 
riana. These Magnolias vary in price 
from $1 to $ 2 , as a rule. 
The list given above is quite limited, 
but includes some of the most charming 
lawn trees. In planting, Judas trees will 
be especially effective in the vicinity of 
the white-flowered Magnolias, while the 
cherries and cr. bs show up gracefully 
with it background of dark foliage. 
E. T. R. 
Different Breeds of Bacteria. 
The Kentucky Experiment Station at 
Lexington has issued Bulletin 184, a 
very interesting study of the different 
forms of bacteria which are to be found 
"U the roots of the pod-bearing plants. 
Most of us have heard about the work of 
these bacteria. Clover and Alfalfa and 
similar crops cannot do their best work 
for us unless tiny forms of life are to 
be found upon the roots. Most readers 
"f farm papers have also beard the dis¬ 
cussion about Sweet clover, and the fact 
that soil taken from places where this 
Sweet clover abounds may be used for in- 
"oulnting Alfalfa fields. It is understood 
that when we speak of inoculating a 
s "il we mean introducing these bacteria so 
'bat they may develop and take their 
proper places upon the plant roots. The 
work recorded in this Kentucky bulletin 
was along the line of finding, if possible, 
the difference between the bacteria which 
are to be found on different crops. A 
most interesting plan was derived for 
testing this matter out. As a result it 
was found that the bacteria which de¬ 
velop on Alfalfa are practically the same 
as those to be found on Sweet clover. 
That is. Alfalfa could be inoculated from 
the bacteria which are taken from the 
Sweet clover, but these bacteria, however, 
(In not produce the nodules nor do their 
work upon the roots of clover or the 
other families of legume crops. 
It was found, however, that all the 
species of clover or Trifolium are af¬ 
fected by a single species of bacteria. 
Whether the variety be Red, White, Al- 
sike, or Crimson clover, the bacteria are 
apparently the same, and any soil where 
one variety of clover produces tin* no¬ 
dules may be used to inoculate some 
other variety. The same would be true 
with the culture or the artificial propa- 
tion of these bacteria. Again, however, 
as is the ease with the Sweet clover, 
these bacteria which develop on the clo¬ 
ver roots will not produce the nodules on 
Alfalfa, garden peas, Sweet clover, or 
beans. 
Then comes a third variety of bacteria 
which appears to develop only on vetch 
and garden peas. Those two plants being 
much alike, the bacteria of one appears 
to be able to produce the nodules of the 
other. The artificial cultures from the 
two chemists support the belief that they 
are identical. It is apparently one of 
the hardest things about this matter, for 
farmers to believe that oaeh class of 
plants has a special bacteria of its own. 
As we see, however, such is the case. 
The cow peas and other plants carry 
the nodules upon their roots. The or¬ 
ganism which produces these nodules is 
peculiar to tin* cow peas, and it does not 
produce them on any other familiar spe¬ 
cies. Efforts tu convey it to clover, Al¬ 
falfa. or vetch have failed. It is there¬ 
fore considered distinct. The peculiar 
tiling about this cow pea bacteria, how¬ 
ever, is the fact that it is commonly found 
wherever cow peas have been grown in 
the State of Kentucky. This is not be¬ 
cause the bacteria is always found in the 
soil, but because it is usually conveyed 
on the sec's themselves. We have ob¬ 
served this *ii our own ease, for cow peas 
bought, in the South and planted on our 
farm in New Jersey, almost invariably 
produce the bacteria, while Soy beans also 
brought in from the South rarely if ever 
do, so, unless tin* soil or the seed is in¬ 
oculated. 
The bacteria which work upon Soy 
beans are also distinct. They are not 
transferred to the cow peas, garden peas 
or to the clover or Alfalfa. To some ex¬ 
tent, it is said that this bacteria is car¬ 
ried on the seed, but apparently not so 
much so as with the cow peas. Another 
distinct organism is found upon garden 
beans. It is n matter <>f surprise that 
this organism cannot be transferred to 
cow peas and So.v beans, yet the fact 
seems to be that it, will not be transferred 
in this way. When we realize that prac¬ 
tically all the useful information we have 
regarding these low forms of life has been 
obtained in the last 20 years, we may 
marvel at the skill and patience of the 
scientific men who are now able to classi¬ 
fy them as they would breeds of cattle 
or sheep. 
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