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merit all around. This raw pine gum may be mixed with the hard 
paraffins of high melting point in such a way as to make them adaptable 
for warm climates and it avoids the cracking and flaking of parowax. 
As a matter of convenience, Messrs. Eimer and Amend, 3rd Ave. and 
18th St., New York City, have agreed to keep in stock paraffins of both 
high and low melting points and also the raw pine gum (common 
turpentine) obtained directly from the pine trees. An additional 
advantage of this mixture consists in allowing us to use less expensive 
brushes for grafting work. The common 5c camel’s hair brushes 
mounted on quills that are found in the drug stores may be utilized by 
simply putting a long stick in the open end of one of the quills thus 
allowing us to use the brush in the paraffin melter. 
I have successfully grafted Peaches and Apples in December when 
employing this mixture.— Robert T. Morris, 114 East 54th Street, 
New York City. 
Sixty Days from Start to Finish 
To the Editors of The Garden Magazine: 
'T'HE accompanying snapshots show results attained in sixty days 
1 in my small garden pool made last summer and a source of 
pleasure to both myself and mv friends. The pool is concrete, 10x15 
ft. and 2 ft. deep; the water being supplied from cistern and city. 
The plants are hardy Nymphaeas—variety pulcherrima, one of the 
most beautiful—the flowers measure 8 inches in diameter, and are of a 
A 10 x 15 FT. GARDEN POOL 
Where Water Lettuce, Lilies, Water Hyacinth, and other aquatics took prompt and full 
possession, as this snapshot, made in the summer of 1923 just two months after plant¬ 
ing, plainly shows. Garden of Mr. William L. Harned at Woodbridge, New Jersey 
delightful blue color. 1 also have Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes); 
Water Chestnut (Trapa natans); Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia); 
Cat-tail (Typha latifolia); and Limnocharis nymphoides, a very rapid 
grower with bright yellow flowers. 
As 1 had twelve goldfish, mosquitoes never bothered me and 1 saw 
no signs of the wigglers that hatch into mosquitoes at any time. About 
the middle of October I took out the twelve original fish, placing them 
in aquariums in the house, and discovered an increase of at least 
seventy-five young fish.— Wm. L. Harned, IVoodbrid&e, N. J. 
I am sending a bud of this flower under separate cover for your 
inspection, and I wish that Mr. Duffy might see this as I would like 
very much to have his expert opinion.—H. N. Heflin, M. D., Ke- 
wanee, Illinois. 
—1 can’t very well give Doctor Heflin an “expert opinion” because 
1 can’t qualify as an expert, being merely a toiler of the fourth estate 
who gardens for dissipation. My article was merely a matter of 
reporting personal experiences with such information as I have gleaned 
from a study of such Iris literature as I could command. 
1 received the bud of Doctor Heflin’s seedling in a badly withered 
condition owing to the fact I was out of town, and can judge of the 
bloom only as to the form of its standards and falls which were still 
in shape to unfold and spread out for study. The stitching on the 
edges of the standards still was plainly evident. The falls seem to be 
better than those of Mme. Chereau in width and form, and the standards 
of greater width with fully as fine, if not finer frilling. As to the color, 
1 could gain no idea as the bud had turned brown before I saw it, but 
so far as I can judge Doctor Heflin has a very good plicata, something 
on the order of Camelot and some of the Bliss seedlings of Chereau type. 
I do not know its height. 
I did not mean to convey the impression that Mme. Chereau never 
reproduces herself, for that 1 don’t know. I know she has never done 
so for me, and that I get about one plicata type in thirty or forty plants, 
sometimes not that high an average. 1 secured one out of twenty-six 
this year. Mine have invariably had the stained or washed standards 
in varying degrees of intensity. Plicatas do not produce 
plicatas, according to my experience; and plicatas are as 
likely to be found in pallida seedlings as plicata. Of the 
twenty-six which bloomed for me this year, the large majority 
were red-purples of mediocre quality, only one, a lighter Ca¬ 
price of good form, being worth keeping. The one plicata was 
a miniature, a foot high, with small flowers, but I did not see 
the open bloom so don’t know whether it was worth keeping 
or not. It was the smallest “tall Bearded Iris” I ever saw. 
I hope next year to get a chance to see Doctor Heflin’s Iris 
as Kcwanee and Ottawa are in the same neck of the woods in 
the days of the automobile.— Sherman R. Duffy, Illinois. 
Grafting Tree-Peonies in Japan 
To the Editors of The Garden Magazine: 
I HAVE found an interesting clause “why grafting brings 
frequent disappointment” in Prof. A. P. Saunders’s article 
“Tree-Peonies in My Garden and Yours” as I read over the 
June, 1923, number again. Grafting of the Tree-Peony with 
the offshoot is not difficult or disappointing to the Japanese. 
The plants intended for stocks are obtained neither from 
seed nor dividing; the seedling is the old way and the only 
way for raising new varieties. The color of flowers is light 
and, as to be expected, petals of smaller number than their 
parents make their appearance after six years. The dividing 
is performed in fall (middle of September at Fuchisakimura; 
latitude is 34.5 degrees) with the offshoots grown from the 
parent. The strong and healthy offshoots are divided, then 
planted in a favorable position, well drained and loam soil. 
As the Tree-Peonies dislike moisture, too compact soil 
should be avoided since it retains water on the surface. 
As regards the improvement of the soil in a nursery, a 
heap of manure is desirable. The stock raised in soil richly manured 
is better than that grown in bad soil. Plants readily detect the 
Iris Mme. Chereau and Her Offspring 
To the Editors of The Garden Magazine: 
I N HIS “Speculating In Irises” (Garden Magazine for June), 
Sherman R. Duffy states: “Mme. Chereau seems capable of pro¬ 
ducing almost everything except herself —1 have never secured a Mme. 
Chereau type of standard from Mme. Chereau seed.” 
At the time of reading I happened to have a seedling of Mme Chereau 
in bloom, which seemed to be very much like its parent, only, I think, 
more beautiful both in coloring and form. 
THE JAPANESE METHOD OF 
CROWN GRAFTING 
Sketch showing vertical section of bamboo 
tube with scion inserted in stock (at center) 
and firmly bound by hemp-palm rope. The 
tile across the top of the tube is left until 
mild weather in spring (see detailed descrip¬ 
tion on opposite page) 
difference. The ground is broken up before fall, and the soil and 
heap of manure mixed or deeply plowed together. New manure is very 
bad for the Tree-Peony. Therefore it is scattered over the surface of 
the ground in December or January for protection from frost after 
Bean-cake manuring under the surface of the ground between the stock. 
