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GARDENER'S MONTHLY

AND

HORTICULTURIST.

DEVOTED TO

HORTICULTURE, ARBORICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS.

EDITED BY

THOMAS MEEHAN,

STATE BOTANIST OF PENNSYLVANIA,

FORMERLY HEAD GARDENER TO CALEB COPE, ESQ.. AT. SPRINGBROOK, AND AT THE BARTRAM BOTANIC

GARDENS, NEAR PHILADELPHIA. GRADUATE OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW (LONDON),

ENGLAND. MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES. AUTHOR

OF "AMERICAN HAND BOOK OF ORNAMENTAL TREES,"

"FLOWERS AND FERNS OF THE U. S.," ETC.

VOLUME XXIV, 1882.

PHILADELPHIA :

CHARLES H. MAROT, Publisher,

No. 814 Chestnut Street, ,

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Adiantum aneitense,

Anthurium scherzerianum maximtini,

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Bignonia magnifica,

Calendula officinalis meteor,
Celosia. President Thiers,
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Map of Cook's Ranch, California,
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Nepenthes Madagascariensis, .
Nepenthes IMorganiae,
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Nertera depressa,

Pavonia Makoyana,
Phihtdendron carderi,
Pritchardia grandis,

Rheum officinale,
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Rosa villosa, .

Selaginella Victoriae. 2 cuts
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Vol. XXI Y.

JANUARY, 1882.

Number 277.

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

In starting on our New Year's journey, it may
be well to remind the reader that gardening is to
be followed chiefly for the pleasure we derive
from it. Pretty flowers and handsome trees,
beautiful lawns and artistically^ designed grounds,
are the essential elements of gardening. As in
other rational enjoyments, the more intelligence
and mental culture we throw into the work, the
greater enjoyment does gardening aflford. At the
present time there is something of a revival in
true gardening taste. Works on art in gardening,
publishers tell us, are in more than usual request,
and fijie books like "Scott's Suburban Home
Grounds." have a more than usual sale. Maga--
zines which in years gone by, would busy them-
selves only with how shall we eat, and what shall
we wear, now find some of their most popular
articles are those which relate to garden culture
and garden art. We cannot forbear repeating ^
what we have taken several occasions to say of'
late, that there is a great want of intelligent
landscape gardeners of business tact and talent
to meet with this increasing demand. Many, to
be sure, have had little encouragement of late
years. When a chance has offered for good work,
it is disheartening to find some one engaged in
it, utterly ignorant of what good gardening

requires. But the good landscape gardener must
remember that this is the fate of all professions ;
lawyers, doctors, clergymen, and other profes-
sions, have a dozen incompetents for every one
fit for his business. The intelligent man must
wait for his chance to show what he is. There
are few large cities now in the Union but would
welcome an intelligent landscape gardener
among them. In some places where there are
already a few, there is room for many more. It
will also be well for those who are about. to make
or improve their gardens, to remember that true
garden taste ought to save and not sp.end money.
It is often sad to pass by places being "laid out"
by some bungler, where hundreds of dollars are
being wasted, under the name of "practical
gardening." It will be money saved to try to find
out the man who understands what fine land-
scape gardening is.

We have often stated that one of the grievous
errors of American gardening is that gardens are
too large. American fortunes are not so steady.
We have a succession o'f years of prosperit3', and
among other luxuries form a good garden ; but
it is hardly put in fair order before we find that
its necessary expenses are too large for our income
and the establishment runs down. We see these
places everywhere. Here are gardens which
ought to have half a dozen men to keep them
properly, cut down perhaps to one laborer, be-

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sides the gardener; and the gardeners engaged
are of the cheapest kind, and for all grudgingly
paid. It should never be forgotten that it costs
something to keep up a garden as well as to
maintain horses and carriages. We build sta-
bles, and buy fine animals, but we well know
that this is but the beginning of an annual cost. A
garden must be viewed in the same light. Many
lose interest in their gardens through getting
poor gardeners. There is nothing new, no taste,
no enjoyment. Far better to get some one of
superior education and pay him well, though
we have but half the extent of ground, or a much
less number of greenhouses. We should advise
all our friends to cut down their large gardens,
employ with the difference only first-rate men at
a fair price, and it will be wonderful how much
the interest in the garden will grow.

Some judgment is required in pruning flower-
ing shrubs, roses, etc., although it is usual to act
as if it were one of the most common-place opera-
tions. One of the most clumsy of the hands is
commonly set with a pair of sheers, and he goes
through the whole place, clipping off everything
indiscriminately. Distinction should be made
between those flowering shrubs that make a vigo-
rous growth and th ose which grow weakly ;
and between those which flower on the old wood
of last year, and those which flower on the new
growth of next season, as the effect of pruning is
to force a strong and vigorous growth. Those
specimens that already grow too strong to flower
well, should be only lightly pruned; and, in the
same individual, the weakest shoots should be
cut in more severely than the stronger ones.
Some things like the Mock Orange, Lilacs and
others, flo'wer on the wood of last year— to prune
those much now, therefore, destroys the flower-
ing; while such as Altheas, which flower on the
young wood, cannot be too severely cut in, look-
ing to that operation alone.

Among the prettiest effects in gardening is the
combinations of various plants. A mass of Hol-
lyhocks for instance, in front of an evergreen is
singularly pretty. In the fall of the year the
colored leaves of the .Andromeda arborea, give
great beauty to a mass of Rhododendrons, as
also do Chrysanthemums and Japan Anemones
in the fall of the year. There are positions in gar-
dens where hardy Cactuses, and such artificial
things as Yuccas, look particularly beautiful.
It is the test of true garden culture, that one
is able to bring ovit fine effects from these simple
and well known things.

COMMUNICA TIONS,

RARER ORNAMENTAL TREES AND
ORNAMENTAL GARDENING.

BY SAMUEL PARSONS, JR.

(Prize Essay for Massachusetts Horticultural Society.)

(Concluded from page 359.)

Among the lindens, our attention is attracted
by a curious variegated linden, which shows
leaves spotted and streaked with yellowish-
white, often to the total exclusion of green.
And we must not forget to notice, down near
the stream, a fine specimen of the purple-leaved
birch. It is one of the best among new acqui-
sitions of lawn planting material. The general
habit is that of a somewhat dwarf-growing birch,
but the color is brownish red, copper color, or
more truly a deep rich purple. Good purple-
leaved varieties of any tree are not common.
Indeed, we may not hope soon to gain anything
of equal value with the purple beech, but the
birch is in itself so fine that it is a great thing
to discover a purple-leaved variety of that tree.
I feel that I have only touched on the manj'
new and valuable deciduous trees on the lawn,
but have accorded them more space than the
evergreens, because I believe deciduous trees
are, in the main, best suited to our lawns in
America. Intense though short-lived heat and
sudden changes do not favor the growth of ever-
greens in the same degree as the more equable
climate of Europe. We find, however, on this
lawn, a very choice collection of new evergreens.
Among the spruces we noted several, and chief
among those the large-leaved hemlock (Abies
Canadensis macrophylla), the weeping hemlock
(Abies Canadensis pendula Sargentii), and the
blue spruce of the Rocky Mountains (Abies pun-
gens). The hemlocks of this trio are peculiarly
suited to small places, but the last named spruce
is of larger size. Breadth and depth of masses
and color, statuesque form and curious yew-like
habit characterize the broad-leaved hemlock.
It has little of the ordinary appearance of the
hemlock about it, and is more hardy under the
peculiar conditions that sometimes affect the
common hemlock. It was a seedling discovered
in Flushing a few years since, yet it has already
achieved favorable recognition from the best
judges of lawn planting material. If the broad-
leaved hemlock is somewhat stern and mascu-
line in its outline, the weeping hemlock is es-
sentially feminine in its graceful curves and
fountain-like sprays of green. Many ordinary

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hemlocks take on this weeping form in early
youth, but it soon passes away with increasing
years. With Sargent's weeping hemlock, how-
ever, this beautiful habit is absolutely perma-
nent on all specimens grown from grafts of that
tree. Mr. H. W. Sargent discovered this weep-
ing hemlock about twenty years ago, near his
place, at Fishkill on the Hudson, and moved by
his enthusiasm and appreciation of choice orna-
mental trees, entrusted it for propagation to the
distinguished expert J. E.. Trumpy. Turning
from this queenly tree, we note the rich grand-
eur of the third member of our trio of distin-
guished evergreens. Abies pungens is said to be
very grand in its natural home of the Rocky
Mountains, but its young and more carefully
cultured growth on the lawn is without question
more beautiful and charming. It is, moreover,
the bluest of evergreens, and extremely hardy
and vigorous growing withal,

I should, perhaps, note in passing a fine large
Abies excelsa elata, a very singular variety of
Norway spruce originating in Flushing. It grows
strongly and throws out long branches of gro-
tesque form. -One might fancy it, by a little
stretch of the imagination, a fit substitute for
Araucaria imbricata, which many wish to grow
on their lawns in America, but cannot.

The next group of evergreens we notice is
Japanese, and clustered variously in the same
section of the lawn. Abies polita, the tiger-tail
spruce, is one of the finest and most valuable of
the Japanese conifers. It is rich and very char-
acteristic in form. The yellow-barked branches
extend out stiff and straight, and the glossy
bright green stiff-pointed leaves are as sharp and
not unlike the spines of a hedgehog. The
curious appearance of the ends of the young
growth or half bursting leaf buds doubtless sug-
gested the name tiger-tail spruce. Abies polita
grows slowly, and therefore belongs to the class
of evergreens specially fitted for small places.
But this little cluster of evergreens close by is
even better fitted for such work. They are
Japanese junipers, and very hardy. Their ele-
gant forms and rich tints would indeed render
them distinguished anywhere. One is silvery,
at least on a portion of its leaves ; another is
almost solid gold, and another, Juniperus aurea
variegata, has its leaves simply tipped with gold
in the daintiest fashion imaginable.

Let us look at these two Japanese pines that
show so richly even at a little distance. One is

Pinus densiflora, with bright green leaves, long
and very effective. This tree grows very rapidly,
soon requiring the application of the pruning
knife. In coloring and general habit it is, per-
haps, the best of Japanese pines, except Pinus
Massoniana, which only surpasses it in a yellow-
ish tint that generally pervades the leaves. But
the Pinus Massoniana par excellence is the
golden-leaved form of that species. It is bright
gold, that seems to gain a touch of deeper gold
as you pause to look at it. This peculiar effect
is greatly enhanced by the fact that Pinus Mas-
soniana has two leaves only in a sheath, and
these leaves are so clustered on the end of the
branches as to spread in every direction. It
was this peculiai'ity that gave rise to the name
sun ray pine. But the noteworthy habit of this
pine is its late variegation. In June, while iri
full growth, it is rather greenish golden than
golden, but all through the summer its yellow
grows brighter, until in September, it makes a
very striking object amid the fading leaves of
fall. It makes, in fact, a worthy companion for
the golden oak, Quercus Concordia, which you
will remember has the same peculiarity. It
should be also noted that the brightness of the
sun ray pine remains uninjured during winter,
and never burns in summer, a quality that other
so-called golden pines have sadly needed. The
bright yellow of the sun ray pine is confined in
a peculiar manner to about two-thirds of the
leaf. Beginning at the base, first comes gold,
then an equal amount of green, and then again
as much gold at the tip. The dividing lines
between these colors are marked out with singu-
lar distinctness, thus giving the utmost delicacy
and finish to the variegation. Pinus Massoniana
variegata is on the lawn in question, but it is
nevertheless very rare and hardly to be obtained
anywhere.

We come now to theEetinosporas, Japan cy-
presses, choicest, I was about to say, of all ever-
greens ; certainly the choicest, as a class, of all
recently introduced evergreens. To Robert For-
tune, the great English collector of plants in
Japan, we owe probably the real introduction of
the leading species of Retinosporas, namely :
R. plumosa aurea, R. pisifera and R. obtusa, and
a greater benefit could hardly have been done
the lawn planter than the introduction of these
evergreens. They are hardy, of slow growth,
and of most varied beauty in individual speci-
mens, the latter being a quality greatly wanting
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out the country, arborvitaes for instance. And
apropos of arborvitses, let me say that the
retinosporas bear a much more close relation to
that species than they do to cypresses, notwith-
standing the latter has been adopted as the
English name. The retinosporas graft readily
on the thujas or arborvitJE, and bear a certain
resemblance to them, but the resemblance only
that can exist between a beautiful plant and one
much less attractive. Let us look at a group of
the new and rare retinosporas, although unfor-
tunately all retinosporas are comparativelj' rare
on our lawns. In asking you to look first at
fllicoides, I am selecting one of the very choicest
and most curious green species or varieties. If
it were not for a peculiarly thick, curled border
along the leaf of this retinospora, it might be
readily taken while young for an evergreen fern.
It is a spreading plant, of slow growth and great
hardiness. Indeed, I might say once for all, that
the retinosporas are of unexcelled hardiness,
both winter and summer, and that their variega-
tions are all permanent. Can a higher character
be given to any other evergreen ?

There are two distinct kinds of weeping reti-
nosporas, namely, a beautiful fern-like pendu-
lous form of R. obtusa, originating in Flushing,
and an extravagant attenuated form imported
recently from Japan through Mr. Thos. Hogg.
The long thread-like leaves of this variety fall
directly down and curve about the stem in
swaying meagre masses, which suggest that in
this plant the extreme of the weeping form
among evergreens has been reached. Almost as
curious as this is another introduction of Mr.
Thos. Hogg — R. filifera aurea. We have known
R. filifera for some time as a rare tree, with
tesselated, shaggy masses of green thread-like
foliage, but Mr. Hogg's new variety offers the
same strange mass of foliage, only in this case
it is turned into gold — broad, solid, permanent
gold. While I am pointing out the golden reti-
nosporas, which are veritable sunbeams amid
other evergreens, let me call your attention to
R. obtusa aurea, one of the best and most dis-
tinct of all variegated forms. It is free-growing,
with a beautiful combination of gold color inter
mixed with glossj'-, rich green all over the plant.
Although not exactly a new plant, I am con-
strained to call your passing attention to R.
obtusa nana, one of the very best of dwarf ever-
greens, a dense, flat tuft of glossy deep green
spray, a cushion or ball of evergreen foliage that
will hardly gi-ow two feet in ten years. The

golden form of R. obtusa nana is charming. It&
yellow is a rich bronze, and I do not know any-
thing of the kind more attractive. R. pisifera
nana variegata is also very beautiful, a dense
miniature bush of a general bluish-gray aspect,
except a portion of the lesser branchlets and
leaves, which are pale yellow. But do not think
I have begun to exhaust the curious forms of
these retinosporas. I have only given the most
noteworthy to be'found on a superior lawn. Any
large group of R. obtusa will give you a dozen
beautiful diverse forms of weeping, pyramidal
and dwarf or spreading evergreens. All, or
practically all, kinds of retinosporas now used,
came from Japan, where they are common but
highly valued in the beautiful gardens of that
country. Mr. Hogg has not only introduced
several of these new retinosporas, but has given
us possibly more new Japanese plants than any
collector since the time of Robt. Fortune's fa-
mous horticultural explorations. I must not
leave these retinosporas without calling attention
again to their excellent adaptation to small
places. If we restrict the planting on a small
lawn to Japanese maples, retinosporas and two
or three shrubs like Spirea crispifolia, we may
almost defy, with a little skill, the power of time
to compass, by means of trees, the destruction
of our grass plots. I must add, however, one
other conifer to this seemingly short but really
varied list of new, hardy plants suited to minia-
ture lawn planting.

I refer to Sciadopitys verticillata, the parasol
pine, one of the most extraordinary evergreens
known. The plant we see on this lawn is
scarcely two feet high, and yet it is more than
ten years old. Travelers in Japan tell us of
specimens in Japanese gardens fifty and one
hundred feet high, but certainly in youth the
plant is wonderfully dwarf. Its strange habit
is produced by the curious long, broad, dark-
green needles, or narrow strap-sha2:)ed leaves
that cluster in parasol-like tufts at the end of
each succeeding year's growth. The color is as
dark as that of the yew, and the growth as com-
pact. It is, moreover, very hardy, and thus
presents a combination of choice qualities of
the most strange, attractive and valuable char-
acter. The plant is so entirely original in its
forms, that it seems some lone type, the correla-
tions of which are lost or yet to be found. As
we look upon it we commence to realize how
thoroughly most plants of the same genus, all
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because we can think of nothing else that re-
sembles the parasol pine.

A Japanese yew near by, of rich and spread-
ing habit, exemplifies this resemblance between
various members of a sonus situated in various
pai-ts of the earth. This Japanese yew, Taxus
cuspidata is, however, very noteworthy for great
hardiness, a character that can be scarcely ac
corded to any other yew in this climate. Thui-
opsis Standishii is another Japanese plant on
this lawn of comparatively recent introduction.
I want to call your attention to it, situated near
the retinosporas, not only because it is a beau-
tiful evergreen, somewhat like the Arborvitae in
general appearance, but because it does belter
here, apparently, than in England. This is a
peculiarit}'- remarkable in an evergreen, for the
moist climate of England seems to make for
them a very home.

I should like to speak of other plants on this
lawn, but they are either too difficult of attain-
ment, like theCercidiphyllum, a promising tree,
or like the dwarf pines and spruces, hardly new
enough to come within the scope of this essay.

Before leaving the spot entirely, however, let
us stand a moment and take a last look at the
unity of effect accomplished on this lawn
Streams, borders of foliage, statuesque small
trees and larger specimens, all flow, as it were,
together in natural lines. Indeed, harmony of
color, and lines combined with conti-asts distinct
enough to give variety, characterize the entire
scene. The position of each plant is so related
to the other, for purposes of beauty and perfect
development, that one delights in the fair pro-
portion and entire unity of the design. It is a
picture and yet something more than a picture ;
a combination of foliage and grass constructed,
riot in servile imitation of nature, but on the
principles employed by nature in her most
pleasing work. The copse or glade is suggested,
and yet the treatment of each plant of our lawn
is v«ry different from that of the wild wood, and_
indeed more honorable to that plant's highly
cultured nature. Perfect maintenance, exquisite
keeping are evident everywhere, from the skill-
fully-pruned shrub to the velvet turf that catches
athwart its beautiful surfiice the level rays of the
setting sun. Unfortunately such lawns are ex-
tremely rare in America. We are learning to
appreciate them, and in time will have them,
though the progress in that direction is slow;
and I feel certain that nothing is more likely to
aid in the development of a true knowledge of

the resources of lawn planting than the consid-
eration of new hardy ornamental trees and
shrubs, and their tasteful and effective arrange-
ment.

MR. HUNNEWELL'S GARDEN AT WEL-
LESLEY, MASS.

BY WILLIAM FALCONER.

NO. I.

The garden of Mr. H. H. Hunnewell, at Wel-
lesley, needs no introduction to American hor-
ticulturists ; it ranks pre-eminent among private
gardens. Wellesley is a town on the Boston and
Albany Railroad, and some forty-five minutes
ride from Boston. Mr. Hunnewell's garden u
fifteen to twenty minutes walk from the depot.
Some visitors like to walk there, others to ride
from the station— the latter may find good and
reasonable accommodation at a stable near the
depot.

The garden comprises some forty acres, and is
beautifully situated with the Waban lake on its
north side, Wellesley College and its park-like
grounds, and a wooded hilly country beyond the
lake, and an uneven timbered country broken
up with handsome and well- tilled farm lands all
around. Before the south front of the mansion
is a manj'-acred open lawn that in unbroken
sweep reaches to the turnpike limit. Deciduous
trees and evergreens are set as isolated speci-
mens, groups, groves and avenues, towards the
side out- edges of the lawn until they reach and
form a part of the pinetum or rather arboretum.
The terrace garden lies between the mansion
and the Waban lake, as also the rockery and
wild garden. There are some flower-beds near
the mansion, but the main flower garden is a
short distance off, somewhat of an oblong
square in form ; on two sides bounded by hedges,
and on the others by a curving belt of trees and
shrubs and a mixed border. The beds are cut
out on grass, and the patterns in the beds por-
trayed by the plants used to fill them. There is
a Rhododendron garden, an Azalea garden, a
kitchen garden, and a village of greenhouses in
which are grown handsome plants and lovely
flowers and tender fruits. Mr. Harris, who is
the gardener, is a man of fine professional talent,
cordial disposition and gentlemanly bearing.

I cannot well refer in detail to so large a gar-
den, but will confine myself to a few of its
prominent features.

Greenhouse ptor?/s— include leading decern--
tive sorts, and some of the choicest and rarest of

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exutics. J^ratn'MMs mi; a specially, and besides
the elite of such kinds as may he seen elsewhere
there is a house well-nip;h filled with Wellesley
seedling plants, at once remarkable for their ex-
ceptional beauty, substance and vigorous consti-
tution. A bold, sturd}"- nature seems to pervade
the whole race, and their coloring is deep and
well defined. Some are named Mrs. Hunnewell,
Waban, Bella and Harrisi, and others deserve
countenance. When Phyllota?nium Lindeni and
Alocasia crystallina were sent from Wellesley to
the Boston exhibition they were declared the
finest examples of cultural skill that had been
seen anywhere, and now Mr. Harris points out
to me Alocasia Thibautiana, a young plant with
leaves 16 to 20 inches long, deep crimson on the
back, and broadly marked with silver on the
front, and tells me this is the coming king.
Aralia spinulosa is another novelty. Berto-
lonias glitter inside cases; Hibiscus schizopeta-
lus is in bloom, so are Dipladenias fastened to
tlie rafters, and many other seasonable plants.
But for a winter show of blossoms what can be
brighter or better than Zonal pelargoniums?
Wonderful, New Life and C H. Wagner are
among the many in a greenhouse here; the
others have too hard names in French for my
remembrance.

Orchids.— My. Hunnewell has gathered to-
gether a large namber of these, especially the
freer blooming and more serviceable sorts.
There are large pans of Cypripedium Doyanum,
a handsome leaved as well as a pretty flowering
plant, but more decided in the variegation of
its foliage, is a companion specimen of C. Law-
renceanum. Several other species are in bloom,
and on one plant of insigne I counted forty-three
flowers. A very fine lot of Phalaenopsis grandi-
flora, amabilis and Schilleriana were growing in
a dark corner, and far away from the glass. The
pots containing them were set upon empty pots
that were standing in saucers filled with water;
these act as evaporating pans, and at the same
time prevent the approach of wood-lice, cock-
roaches, slugs and other insects that might in-
jure the flower-spikes or roots. Mr. Harris ex-
pressed himself as averse to growing the mass of
orchids up close to the glass, and quoted his
Phalaenopsis as an example of shadier treat-
ment. We also remembered the splendid Mas
devalleas at Albany, and which were the biggest
and thriftiest specimens I ever saw, and they
were grown right by the floor of a high green-
house with apparently as little concern as if

they were palms or club-mosses. But notwith-
standing these exceptional examples, I am in
favor of nearer the glass.

The Dendrobiunis were gathered together in a
cool house to ripen their shoots. D. Goldii with
terminal spikes of purple flowers, and Formosum
giganteum, white and yellow, were beautifully in
bloom. And in a little basket overhead I beheld
D. Brymerianum with two shoots about eight
inches and thirteen inches long — ten guineas
worth ; and near by the almost equally choice
Laelia anceps alba with four flowers. It would
take too much space to wander through the host
of Cattleyas, Calanthes, Odontoglossums, On-
cidiums, and other genera, but their uncommon
thrift and vigor are well worth critical examina-
tion.

IPOM/EA CRANDIFLORA.

BY P. D. BARNHART, BANKSVILLE, PA.

On page 269, September number of Garden-
er's Monthly, you ask for some information
about Ipomsea grandiflora. In reply, will say
that I have cultivated it for the past five years
and find it to be a very desirable plant for cover-
ing trellises, summer houses or verandas, it
being a rapid grower, with large heart-shaped
leaves, and the flowers, which are very large^
seven inches in diameter — of the purest white
and delightfully fragrant, expanding only at
night. They begin to open — a curious sight to
see — about 6 o'clock p. m., and close the next
morning, to be succeeded by a new flower the
following evening. It seldom seeds, but is a
tender perennial of the easiest propagation.
There is one peculiarity about its flowering stem
that I have never seen in any other plant. The
stems start from the axil of a leaf and continue
to grow and produce blossoms the entire season.
I have had them grow ten inches long, with uo
signs of stopping, when the cold weather cut it
short I may say that on that stem were pro-
duced twelve flowers. It thrives well in hot, dry
situations.

On page 280, the question is asked whether
any one Paiows where Teasel is cultivated in
the United States. In our section of the State
it is so much of a pest that it is with diffi-
culty we get it exterminated. It crowds out
grass, and the stems while in bloom are as hard
as young hickory trees, and if cut before bloom-
ing they throw out a multitude of smaller heads
later in the season, which necessitates two cut-
tings in a season.

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I have made a rough diagram of a hot-
bed which I find much better than the old style.
First, for durability; second, the difference in
cost of making ; third, to regulate the heat at
will. The arqh and furnace walls only made of
common brick, and the flue made of small
stones which generally abound in this section of
country.

BERMUDA CRASS.

BY ELBERT S. CARMAN. EDITOR RURAL NEW YORKER.

Referring to your note (page 311 Garden-
ers Monthly) let me say : Early in the sum-
mer I received a sod of Bermuda grass about
a foot in length by three inches in width
from Tennessee. It remained in the office
until thoroughly dry and apparentlj'^ dead.
It was then taken to the Rural Farm and
planted in a very dr^"- muck-and-sand soil. In a
few days it showed signs of life, and in a few
weeks was a mass of green, of a bright blueish-
green color. It soon began to send out its short-
jointed, wiry shoots in all directions, which grew
on an average an inch and a half in twent\'--four
hours, rooting at each joint as they proceeded
a,long the surface of the ground, easily making
their way under stones, pieces of wood, etc.,
which had been placed to ascertain in how far
these would obstruct or in what way change the
growth. From so small a sod a little plot seven
feet .in diameter had formed by the latter part of
August. It has bloomed freely during the entire
summer, and is blooming now (November 12).
While all other grasses were browned or killed
by the severe drought which prevailed from mid-
summer until mid-October, this retained its
fresh, pale green color throughout. Its flowers
are borne in spikelets of from three to five, two
inches long, similar to those of common crab
grass (Panicum sanguinale). Though nearly
positive, it would neither seed nor prove hardy
so far North, my object in the experiment was
to settle those questions beyond doubt. You
are aware how the rootstocks of couch grass
(Triticum repens) grow. They run underground,
rooting at every joint, from each of which an-
other plant grows. The rootstocks (as we may
call them) of Bermuda grass creep on the sur-
face of the ground by preference, rooting like
couch grass at every one of its joints. Though
the leaves are narrow and short, this grass forms
a network of roots, rootstocks, stems and leaves
that soon become an entangled mat, and take
complete possession of the soil.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Golden Plume Arbor ViT.ii:.— We are glad to
find our excellent contemporary, the American
Agriculturist, in the field with us against the
European absurdity of long Latin names for
mere garden varieties. It christens Retinospora
plumosa aurea, "golden plume arbor vitae." In
this crusade against the absurd, it will, however,
be necessary to guard against confusion. The
names should be given at the first introduction,
and then stick to them, just as Americans have
done with the "George Peabody" and "Tom
Thumb" arbor vitae, in spite of European re-
pudiation, and attempt to stick on the fearfully
useless Latin abominations.

For some years past this Retinospora has been
known as "Golden Japan Cedar," and it may be
as well to decide at once which one of the two
to retain, the old one or the new one suggested
by the Agriculturist. In regard to botanical
names, the decision is on the question whether
it is best to have to learn for one plant one
"hard" Latin name, or several score of "easy"
English or vernacular ones.

An Avenue of Cryptomeria Japonica. — Mr.
Maries writes to the Garden, that starting from
Nikko, which is two days journey from Yeddo,
in Japan, there is an avenue of Cryptomeria
Japonica, along the roadside, extending for fifty
miles. One of these trees, blown down, meas-
ured one hundred and seventy-three feet long.
The common Brake fern of our country and
Europe, Pteris aquilina, was also abundant in
the Japanese forests here.

History of the Manetti Rose.— This variety,
once very popular in America as a stock to bud
garden roses on, is said, in a recent treatise on
roses, to have been obtained "from Como by
Mr. Rivers over thirty years ago." We do not
know exactly what may be meant by "over" in
this connection. Certainly a good many years
over thirty years ago it was in common use
about Philadelphia for stocks, and it is very
nearly about that time since the force of public
opinion caused florists to utterly discard it.

It has long been a matter of conjecture with
us what this rose sprung from. A recent mono-
graph of roses, by a distinguished Russian
botanist, classes it with Rosa sempervirens, a
native of Southern Europe. It may be, but the
botanical characters agree exactly with our own
native Rosa lucida in every thing except the

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superior vigor of the Manetti, and it is very rare
that a double variety grows stronger than the
single original from which it sprung.

Railway Gardening.— The Boston and Maine
Company now allows its station agents $10 a
year each with which to buy seeds, plants, etc.,
and ofiers prizes of $50, $30 and $20 to the agent
whose stations are best kept and present the
neatest and most attractive appearance. — Scien-
tific American.

Fine Chrysanthemums. — At the November
meeting of the Germantown Horticultural So-
ciety, some remarkably fine varieties of Chry-
santhemums were exhibited by Mr. Walter Coles,
gardener to J. I. Blair, Esq , of Belvidere, New
Jersey. They showed that the improvement of
this pretty fall flower has not yet been finished.
These had the petals all of one uniform breadth,
and all curved inwards regularly. The flowers
attracted much attention Mr. Coles is one of
that class of gardeners whose intelligence and
genuine love of his profession makes gardening
so attractive to so many.

The Cactus Dahlia.— Blooms of this new
species. Dahlia Jaurezi, were exhibited by Peter
Henderson at tlie November meeting of the New
York Horticultural Society.

Florida Jute.— The mixing up of common
names among numerous plants, is a fearful pest
to the intelligent reader. The newspapers tell
us that " a plant which grows wild in Florida —
Florida Jute," produces an article " in tensile
strength superior to Indian Jute," and that a

company has been formed in Philadelphia.
Strangely, however, we are told in the same
paragraph "seed has been ordered from India,"
although the "indigenous Florida jute" is so
superior. At any rate what is Florida jute?

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

TN.IURED Bark. — "L.W.," Philadelphia, writes:
"Some vandal permitted his horse to bark two
of my maple trees, both within three feet of
hitching posts. The weather and growth of
trees burst the strings with which I had secured
a plaster of earth and cow dung, and I find the
edges of the bark healed, but a good deal of bare
wood exposed. Is there anything I can put on
to prevent a rotting of this wood. The trees are
about twelve years old and very healthy.''

[It is best in these cases to paint the wood, to
keep it from decaying, until the new wood and
bark at each side grow over the exposed part. —
Ed. G. M.]

A Blue Bedding Plant. — " W. D.," Sandusky^
Ohio, says: "Can you- give me the name of a
bedding plant that can be used in ribbon gar-
dening, as blue, in making a banner or flag
(Union), with acharanthus and centaurea for
red and white, or any other plant, no matter
what size. Please let me know, if this is not
asking too much from you, for which I shall be
thankful, and oblige."

[Do any of our readers know anything better
than blue Lobelia?— Ed. G. M.]

Greenhouse and House Gardening.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

Flowers grown in pots often need re-potting
while they are growing. This is an operation
requiring much thought and care. As a rule
there is more danger of a plant being in too
large than in too small a pot. It may not grow
well in a small pot ; the leaves may not be of as
dark a green as when it has plenty of earth to
grow in. The trouble with a large pot and a
small plant is that the water does not always run
away fast enough. When this is the rase small
mould grows, or, as gardeners say, the soil gets

sour, and the young and tender points of the
roots are rotted. The plant sickens and very
often dies. In old times, say forty years ago,
there were gardeners who prided themselves on
their success with what they termed the '' one-
shift system." A plant would be taken from a
thumb pot, and at once put into one six, eight
or ten inches in diameter, and they often did
succeed admirably. But it was very much like
the effort of the celebrated driver, who loved to-
see the wheels of his vehicle go straight along
within a quarter of an inch of the chasm, with-
out throwing you a thousand feet down below.

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You would prefer the driver who kept further
away. These " one-shift" fellows had to use
unusual care. One-third of the pot would be
filled with broken pots or broken bricks, and the
soil would be turfy, cut up into squares, or used
in very coarse pieces. All these precautions
enabled the water to pass rapidly away. It ih
safest especially for those with no pretension to
skill not to re-pot unless the plant has a number
of active roots, and to put it in a new pot not
more than a half inch or an inch larger than
before. The hole at the bottom of the pot
should be carefully guarded so as to be sure it
will not get choked. It is this which allows of
the rapid escape of water, which is the great
essential of successful plant culture. The soil
for potting is usually one-third of sand, and this
is to enable the water to pass rapidly away. For
nourishment nothing is better, if it can be had,
than thoroughly decayed cow manure. Any
kind of manure, if thoroughly decayed, is good
fur pot plants. It is not easy to give special
rules for different plants, though in some re-
spects there are variations on which one might
fill the whole magazine with rules. For instance
we might say :

Tree Carnations. These now indispensable
winter flowering plants, want a very light
place to do well. They do not generally care
about very large pots — about five or six inches
— but they are very much benefited by rich ma-
nure water.

The Calla Lily is now extremely popular. This
also loves light. It must have a good supply of
water, and good soil to flower well.

Towards spring the Cineraria comes in re-
markably well for cutting. This is a "queer"
plant. It is one of the easiest to suffer from
frost, and yet will not do well in a high tem-
perature. It also requires much light, and to
be very near the glass. So also of the Pansy
and Violet, although some frost will not hurt
these.

If Pelargoniums are wanted to flower well next
May and June, they should be attended to, and
grow well through the winter. They want a
rather warm house to keep them growing, and
should be pinched back as they grow, to keep
them bushy.

A good supply of young Fuchsias should be
coming on now— re-pot as their roots fill each
pot, let them not want for moisture or light; do
not pinch off their tops, but let them grow rap-
idly. The temperature in which thej' are grown

should not exceed 55°. A turfy loam, moder-
ately enriched with well decayed manure, and
well drained with charcoal, suits them ad-
mirably.

This is only an illustration of what all plants
require, and any one who gets the exact idea as
to how to pot and care for plants, could adapt
the rules given to these few items, to almost any
other plant.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

THE CINCINNATI FLORAL COMPANY'S
ESTABLISHMENT.

BY WALTER GRAY, COLLEGE HILL. CINCINXATI, O.

Those who are conversant with horticulture
will do well to pay a visit to this extensive plant
establishment. In addition to the many thou-
sands of new plants this enterprising com-
pany is forming a large collection of orchids
and nepenthes, all of which are in remarkably
fine health. There are to be seen some fine ex-
amples of Dendrobium nobile, which, with
judicious treatment, can be flowered at almost
any season of the year. D. formosum, D. Jame-
sianum, D. "Wardianum, D. thyrsiflorum, D.
suavissimum, D. Findlayanum^ etc., all making
splendid growths, and many completed and put
into their winter quarters to resft The Cattleyas
are also remarkably well grown, showing their
many flower spathes for a good display of flow-
ers next season. AU the best varieties are grown,
including the beautiful C. Warnerii, C. gijas, C.
intermedia, C. Mossise grandiflora, C. Skinnerii,
C. citrina, C. marginata, etc., a long season of
rest is very advantageous to these plants, causing
them to flower freely and grow more vigorously
afterwards. Cypripediums are also well repre-
sented. There are fine examples of C. Sedenii, a
plant which, when established, is nearly always in
flower. A most beautiful hybrid raised between
C. Schlimii and C. longifolium ; good grown
plants of C. Stonei 0. niveum ; C. Harrisianum,
another hybrid rai=ted between C. barbatum and
C. villosum, exactly intermediate ; C. candatum,
C. Lawrenceanum, C. venustum, C. insigne, C.
barhatum, all these varieties are well adapted
for a warm greenhouse, as they are of easy cul-
tivation, requiring a liberal supply of water at
all seasons. The remarkably handsome Cymbi-
dium eburneum is just showing its flower spikes.
The pretty small-growing Pleione lagenaria is in
bloom. This is frequently called the Indian
Crocus. Odontoglossum citrosmum, O. Rossii

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majus, 0. vexillarium, 0. Roezlii, Cwlogj-ne cris-
tata, Oncidium Kramerianum, O. incurvum, O.
flexuosum, 0. varicosuni, Phalsenopsis Schilleri-
aiia, P. amabilis, P. grandiflora, and a large im
portation of Lielia mnjalis, with numbers of
others, are in such condition of strength and
vigor as is not usually met with. A fine stock
of the New Anthurium Andreanum, an
extremely attractive plant when in fiower. It
remains in perfection for three months, render-
ing it a valuable plant ; the cultivation required
is the same as A. Scherzerianum, of which the
Cincinnati Floral Company have a large stock.
To give the public some idea of the import-
ance of this collection, this company was
awarded at the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition
of this year no less than fifty-two first prizes for
plants. Their Crotons, Palms, Ferns, Pandanus,
Musas, Marantas, Dieflfenbachias, Caladiums,
were grand objects of cultural skill, filling an
area of nearly six thousand feet in the horticul-
tural hall.

A HOTHOUSE ALARM TO GUARD
AGAINST FROST OR GREAT HEAT.

BY CHAS. DUDLEY WARDE, CONCORD, N. H.

To any one who has had the care of a hot-
house during one of our terrible northern win-
ters, the mere mention of a frost suggests hours
of anxious watching and apprehension. I have
sometimes thought that the pleasure taken in
my hothouse during its first winter was more
than counterbalanced by the constant anxiety
and fear lest by some unforeseen circumstance
the little silver column should drop below the
fatal point, 32°, and in an hour the result of the
patient labors of months, and the objects of my
especial pride, should turn to blackness and de-
cay. This fear grew 'to become a perfect night-
mare, and my slumbers were frequently dis-
turbed with visions of plants frozen and covered
with ice. One cold night, after having made
three visits to the hothouse to see that all was
right, I resolved that something must be done,
and commenced soon after to investigate the
subject of electricity and its adaptation to burg-
lar and fire-alarms. After a series of futile ex-
periments, I obtained a small Hat rod or bar
about twelve inches long, three-eighths inch
wide, and one-sixteenth inch thick, formed by a
thin piece of brass and a similar piece of steel
fastened securely together. This was suspended
by one end being firmly fastened in a small
block of wood placed on a board, and the rod

was so placed that the free end could swing back
and forth and just clear the board. On both
sides of the bar, and about one inch from it,
near the free end a thumb-screw was placed, so
that if the bar be moved it would strike the ends
of the screws. The end of the bar was fastened,
and the screws were so arranged as to be esisily
connected with wires. Now the well-known law
of physics that "heat expands and cold con-
tracts" is true in metals, but in a different de-
gree, and by consulting the tables of the expan-
sive qualities of metals it will be found that steel
and brass are widely difierent in this respect,
and in the arrangement above described it was
found that when heat was applied the brass ex-
panded more than the steel, causing the rod to
bow, and the free end to swing in the direction
of the screw on the steel side of the bar ; and
the application of cold caused the brass to con-
tract more than the steel, and the bar to swing
in the other direction. By testing this machine
in various different temperatures, it w-as easy to
make a scale, and to place the thumb-screws so
that the end of the rod would touch them at
any given point of temperature. Then obtain-
ing a common electric call bell, and a battery,
such as the telephone companies use (any good
battery will answer, but this one is always in
order), the bell was placed in my chamber, and
the battery and machine previously described
placed in the coldest part of the hothouse. One
pole of the battery was connected by a copper
wire with the bell, and from the bell the wire
was carried out to the machine and connected
with the end of the bar that was fastened, and
the thumb-screws connected to the other pole of
the battery. I then placed the screw on the
brass side so that it would come in contact with
the bar in case the thermometer should reach
40°, having previously found that the slightest
contact would complete the circuit and ring the
bell. After waiting about two weeks without
hearing anything from the apparatus, I was
startled from my chamber by the ringing of the
bell, and hastened out to find that a sudden and
severe change had lowered the temperature to
38° in the hothouse, and but for the increased
fire that was added the plants would have suf-
fered a bad chill, if not frozen before morning.
This has been kept in operation for two years,
and has several times saved my plants from total
destruction, or at least from great injury. By
adjusting the screw on the steel side of the bar
too great heat is easily detected. Since thor-

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oughly testing the alarm have come to put great
confidence in it, as it can be regulated to within
a single degree, and while absent or asleep my
anxiety is reduced to a minimum.

TAR WATER FOR INSECTS.

BY D. M. DEWEY, ROCHESTER, N. Y.

In conversation to-day with a farmer friend, I
got from him what I think every planter should
know. As he is a reliable man, I give you his
statement, believing you will confer a favor on
many of your readers by pubhshing it :

Gras tar water sure death to potato hugs- Mr.
S. R. Hart, of Brighton, N. Y., near Rochester,
has for two years past used on his potato vines
water which has been impregnated with gas tar.
Two quarts of gas tar in a pail, and fill the pail
with water ; stir it up well, and let the tar settle.
Then sprinkle the vines with the water from a
sprinkling pot. This has proven more effective
than Paris green. He has also tried it on cur-
rant bushes, and finds it equally effective. It is
inexpensive and perfectly reliable, and no doubt
will prove equally sure death to insects of every
kind on trees. This gas tar can be had for $1.00
a barrel, and one barrel would supply a whole
township. I give you this information, believing
your readers will find it a great desideratum in
these days of insect pests.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Growth of Plants by Electric Light. — We
do not know how the idea originated that plants
do not grow in the dark, though the idea seems
widely prevalent in Europe. In America it has
been proved that Indian corn grows more rapidly
by night than by day. In American cellars
potatoes sprout, and all kinds of vegetables grow
to our aggravation, if there is any heat much
above the freezing point. True they require
light to make a green growth, but the actual
rapidity of growth is at least the same. It does
not seem to be true in England, however, where
they are much exercised over Dr. Siemen's ex-
periments with the electric light. The doctor
has a large forcing-house, in which are many
kinds of fruits and vegetables which mature dur-
ing the winter. There has to be a steam engine
to make the electricity which gives the light;
and the waste steam from the engine, condensed,
gives hot water, by which the temperature is
kept at 60 degrees.

So far as we have been able to gather from
Dr. Siemen's experiments, they are not com-
parative. The electric light was kept all night
in his forcing-house, and under this perpetual
brightness by night and by day, the crops were
wonderfully productive and remarkably satis-
factory. This is all the experiments amount to.
There was not another house just alike, and
under the management of the same excellent
gardener, to show how much better the lighted
house was.

So far as the electric light on the growth of
plants is concerned, we do not feel that it will
be of great value in our culture, not only be-
cause plants grow as well in the dark, but be-
cause the means of communication between the
tropical and the arctic portions of our country
are so perfect that we can have the rarest sum-
mer fruits and vegetables on our tables while
zero winds are blowing on our homes. Forcing-
houses are not as popular as in the old world.
But there is great value to us in Dr. Siemen's
experiments as showing how the introduction of
the electric light may be made use of in heating
greenhouses. As a general rule it will not pay
to buy and run a steam engine for lighting our
country homes instead of gas or oil ; but if at
the same time we can heat our greenhouses with
the waste steam, or make the engine useful in
other things, it may come into general use.

Sick Trees and Flowers. — Mr. Walter Elder,
of Philadelphia, makes the very good point that
the knowledge obtained from long experience
and close study of the laws of health in vegeta-
tion, is deserving of as much pecuniary reward
as, at least, the knowledge required for sick ani-
mals. There should be physicians of trees and
flowers, as well as doctors for horses, cows, dogs
and cats. And we have no doubt that people
would be just as willing to pay for good advice
for a valuable plant as for a valuable animal, if
only those who have the knowledge would
charge for their advice and services. There is
Mr. Elder himself, for instance, who has for so
many years contributed of his knowledge freely
to so many periodicals, could render valuable
assistance to his Philadelphia amateur friends in
this way. There is no reason why he should not
be consulted and paid for his advice. We have
no doubt it would be well w»rth the small fee he
would charge.

Tuberous Rooted Begonias. — An Upland (Pa.)
correspondent of the Ridley News gives a highly

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interesting account to that paper of the re-
markable manner in whicli the tuberous Begonias
have been improved by a Mr. Tipping, of Not-
tingham, England.

Choosing Hyacinths. — A correspondent of the
Oardensays: "Nothing, I am told by an emi-
nent seedsman, amuses the trade more than the
prejudices of gardeners on the subject of Hya-
cinth bulbs. Customers come to the shop and
pick cut the largest roots only, while others will
only have the heaviest and pay no regard to the
size. Both, my informant says, are mistaken in
thinking they are securing the best blooms by
their choice in this way. It is getting much like
trying to determine the sex in eggs, but, as a
rule, those bulbs which are high in the shoulders
• produce the best blooms, and it is said that the
Oerman bulb growers select these when they
wish to produce fine examples of culture. Some
of the ugliest and most lumpy-looking bulbs
they say do best."

A EoYAL Bouquet.— Success in floral arrange-
ments— whether such consist in their disposal
in a vase, a bouquet, a button-hole, or any of the
many ways in which flowers are now so much
used— depends upon the taste of the individual
engaged in the work. A combination of the
most graceful forms and beautiful colors which
the world of flowers affords ends in failure unless
the executant is possessed of a naturally artistic
«ye. Amongst those who stand out as particu-
larly successful in the leading competitions with
bouquets is Mr. Cypher, of Cheltenham, whose
productions — made by his daughter — are invari-
ably illustrative of correct taste alike in the
combination of form and color of the flowers
used as in their arrangement. On the recent
visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to
Chepstow, Miss Cypher had the honor of pre-
senting a bouquet to the Princess, which was
graciously received by Her Royal Highness. It
was composed of Gardenias, Stephanotis, white
Lapagerias, Eucharis amazonica, Dendrobium
formosum, Odontoglossum Roezlii, O. Alexandrse,
and the violet Cattleya Loddigesii, intermixed
with the ferns Gleichenia rupestris and Maiden-
hair.— Gardener's Chronicle.

NEW AND RARE PLANTS.

are Heinze's white and Heinze's red, which are
local varieties, having been raised some years
ago by Mr. Heinze, florist of that place.

Mr. H. takes great interest in raising carna-
tions, as well as importing all the best kinds that
can be obtained from abroad.

Cymbidium eburneum.— The increased atten-
tion given to orchid culture in the United States
renders any information about them particularly
desirable. Some of them are particularly hand-
some, and many of these have in addition a de-
lightful fragrance of the genus Cymbidium. One
species, C. aloifolium, is not uncommon in
American collections, where it is highly appre-
ciated for its delicious fragrance, though the dull
brown flowers are nt^t showy. In this species,
C. eburneum, we have one which not only has
the same odoriferous trait of character, but also
large waxy white flowers. It has been intro-
duced through the efforts of Mr. William Bull,
of Chelsea, near London, England, and will, we
think, become an universal favorite. See cut.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Fine Winter Flowering Carnations. — Mr.
A. D. Mylius tells us that the most popular
varieties for growing for cut flowers in Detroit

Eucharis Amazonica. — A Philadelphia corres-
pondent says: "I have about three hundred
blooms now out, and have a specimen with
fifteen flower stems. To my mind nothing can
be handsomer."

New Coleus, — "T.W.," New Albany, Ind., says:
"Enclosed please find a leaf of our new Coleus,
which is a sport of the Kentish Fire. We have
kept it all summer, and find it good in every
respect. It has not gone back in any instance.
Also find a leaf of our new seedling Begonia.
Will be glad to have your opinion."

[The Coleus is very good. Its value for bed-
ding will have to be decided by competition with
others already known. Begonias of the Welto-
niensis class sometimes come with spotted leaves
like those sent. — Ed. G. M.]

Medinilla magnifica. — "P." a.sks : " Will some
of the readers of the Monthly please be so
good as to give me some information concerning
the treatment of Medinilla magnifica?"

Odontoglossum Cervantesii. — "F."asks: "Will
C. H. S. please give me a few hints as to the cul-
tivation of Trichopila suavis and T. tortilis, also
Odontoglossum Cervantesii?"

Begonia Schmidtii. — "C. E. P." says : "If any

1882.]

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of the readers of the Monthly have had any Seedling Coleuses.— John S. F., Evanston,
experience with, or can give me any informa- 1 Ills., writes : " By this day's maill send you two

CYMBiDiUM EBURNEUM. (See Opposite page

tion concerning Begonia Schmidtii. I would I of my seedling Coleuses, which I think are an
esteem it as a great favor." | acquisition to our list of Coleus ; they are good

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bedders. I had them planted out fully exposed
to the sun, and they never burned. The yellow
variety is dwarf and bushy, the other not so
much so. Give your opinion of them through
the Monthly and greatly oblige."

[The Coleuses are very good, but the full
value for bedding will have to be decided by
competition with others already known. — Ed.
G. M.l

Fruit and Vegetable Gardening.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

PLUM STOCKS FOR PEACH TREES.

BY W. C. STRONG, BRIGHTON, MASS.

As you invite testimony on this question in
your November number, I give my limited expe-
rience. The growth of Myrobolan stocks is so
vigorous that I was tempted to bud the peach
upon it, three years since. The buds have taken
only fairly well, and the subsequent growth has
disappointed me. The stocks have been on
heavy and also on upland soil. Though I do
not yet abandon the trial, yet the indications are
not favorable for a vigorous and healthy growth.
On the other hand, the white and pink almond
and Prunus triloba, as also the varieties of plum,
make a very strong growth on this stock. This
season, I have budded into the Damson and St.
Julien stocks, but as yet cannot report results.
These experiments have been made on a consid-
erable number of stocks, in order to arrive at a
definite conclusion. For it has seemed to me
rejasonable to expect that the plum stock would
give exemption from the fungus which we call
yellows, and also might give us a more perma-
nent tree, and in heavier soils than the peach
stock will thrive in. Considering the common
European practice of budding upon the Muscle
stock, it is surprising that this question has not
long since been tested and decided in this coun-
try. It seems to me that no other question in
fruit culture is so important, at the present time,
as this. If we can find a plum stock which
suits the peach, and will give us exemption from
this greatest drawback to peach culture, the yel-
lows, and may possibly add some other advan-
tages, then indeed shall we make an immense
advance in our art. I can think of no field so
encouraging for experiment. In this connection,
and as a warning to make haste slowly, and also
because I owe it to the public, I must state that

my experiments in budding the pear upon a
strong seedling of Cydonia (or Pyrus) japonica
have proved disappointing. The buds grew well
the first season, and some varieties have con-
tinued to grow for the second and third seasons.
But, the indications are plain, after several years
of extensive trial, that there is a want of con-
geniality between the stock and the cion. Of
course, everybody is now wise enough to see
that a Pyrus communis will not thrive on a Py-
rus japonica seedling, however strong it may be.
Well, I am content to be a martyr for, the public
good. For one, I confess that I did not know
until the trial was made.

PLUM STOCKS FOR THE PEACH.

BY H. F. HILLENMEYER, LEXINGTON, KY.

I notice an inquiry from " A.," Union Springs
N. Y., as to the value of plum stocks in the pro-
pagation of the peach.

Eight or ten years ago we worked a small lot
on native and imported stocks, part of which
were sold, and part planted on our own grounds.
Of ten varieties planted in our own orchard, all
are gone, except two Oldmixon Free trees. None
of the trees did well. The growth was dwarfed,
and the crops, though full, were inferior. The
fruit, in quality, did not compare with that of
the same variety grown on our peach roots. The
trees were not altogether exempt from the borer;
none developed a tendency to the yellows, but
seemed to perish from an unsuitability of the
stock.

Some of these trees, planted on tenacious
clay, deemed unsuitable for the peach, on its
own root, have done no better. The same ex-
periment, made by my father, twenty years be-
fore, on different soil, developed exactly the
same results. Peach on its own root does well
here, and if pruned and kept free of worms will
generally last twenty or twenty-five years.

1882.1

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THE TRUTH AS APPLIED TO TREE
AGENTS.

BY CHARLES FREUND, GENEVA, N. Y.

Having recently noticed in your magazine
also in the Neio York Weekly Sim, some remarks
in regard to tree agents, it would seem, notwith-
standing the ingenious letter written by a Ko*
chester dealer, and which you published a short
time ago, that the plain truth hud nofc been
stated.

You qualified your remarks, by stating that
the public need not be afraid to purchase from
the authorized agents of responsible firms; but.
unfortunately, the public is not very discrimi-
nating in its treatment of tree agents; as a
rule, classing them all alike, and in sections,
where some man has misused them, it makes no
difference how good a firm a man represents, he
is classed as a fraud.

The writer of the article in the Sun, with all
due respect to his literary abilities, proved, by
his sweeping and ignorant abuse, that he knew
as little of the manner in which nursery stock is
sold, retail to the public, as the buyers know
themselves ; and it would have been but simple
justice, on his part, to have, by proper inquiry,
placed the blame and fault where they properly
belong.

The majority of tree agents are employed by
nurserymen and dealers, and therefore, in view
of foregoing facts, it is plain to be seen that, in
the present state of the case, the public are
more than likely to make the many suffer for
the faults of the few, and thus inflict a great and
too often irreparable injustice on an honest and
hard-working class of men.

The only tree agents who can swindle the
public are those who sell for themselves, and
they constitute a very small portion of those
engaged in the business, probably not the one
hundredth part. These men, being irresponsi-
ble and having no reputation to lose, sell for just
such prices as they can obtain, irrespective of
the market value of nursery stock, and when
they come to purchase what they have sold,
often find that they cannot fill their orders with
genuine trees, except at a loss, and then, per-
haps, as a not unnatural consequence, they buy
whatever they can obtain the cheapest, and
make such as they purchase take the place of
what they have sold. The greatest, as well as
the most innocent, swindler in the tree business
is the harmless little label, and if it could only

speak what trouble it would cause — what fraud
it would e.xpose.

The remedy for the fraud practiced in the tree
business is in the hands of those who have its
welfare at heart— the responsible nurserymen
and dealers throughout the States, and if they
would but use their influence to prevent all
wrong doing, the nursery business would be ele-
vated to the position that its great usefulness,
and the many benefits it confers, justify it in
holding.

The agents who represent nurserymen and
dealers cannot swindle the public, for the reason
that they neither grow the stock they sell, nor
pack the orders they take, and being, as a rule,
when they engage in the business, inexperienced
as to the values of the various varieties of fruits
that they sell, tell people just what their em-
ployers instruct them to say, or what the des-
criptions of the various plates they have in
their books, represent such fruits as they describe
to be.

If there is any swindling done here the agent
is certainly not the guilty party.

The public is, like nature, very cruel, and
often makes assertions that it cannot sustain.
As a rule, a man Avho buys trees, and who
for want of proper care loses them, considers
that he has been swindled, and consequently
calls the agent who sold them a fraud. Nine-
tenths of the people who purchase nursery stock
give it little or no attention, and seldom if ever
plant it properlj', and as a very natural result
lose most of what they purchase ; and this ac-
counts for nine-tenths of the so-called swindling
on the part of tree agents. The other tenth may
be ascribed as explained in this letter, or to the
peisistent resolve of the public to buy trees from
those who can tell the biggest stories and sell
the cheapest, irrespective of whom they are buy-,
ing from ; they have yet to learn, at least in the
nursery business, that the cheapest is not always
the best; and as soon as our pomological socie-
ties can make the public understand that the
value of a fruit is not to be measured by the
size of the tree on which it grows; that all trees
do not grow straight and large; that nature, and
not the nurseryjuan, shapes them ; that trees
will at times die from natural or unnatural
causes, such as excessive drought, cold. &c , for
which the nurseryman, being but human is not
to bliine, just so soon will they cease to make
moat ol their complaints of having been swin-
dled. The act of delivering any d-ce tli;U ,s not

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perfectly straight, to some people, is quite suffi-
cient cause to them to complain of being swin-
dled.

Let us be just to the tree agent, so that he
may not be prevented by wrongful accusation
from earning his livelihood; and let us also en-
deavor, through the powerful mediums of the
press, that are directly connected with the busi-
ness, and of which your magazine is such an
able representative, to instruct the public what
is best for them to plant, in their section, and
also from whom they should purchase — viz.,
responsible men, or their authorized representa-
tives only.

To obtain reform we must first have reformers,
and the most needed reforms in the tree business
are the following :

1. Education of the public, by means of the
press and pomological societies, as to the nature
of trees and plants ; their various habits, their
adaptability to different sections of country, and
to the important fact that they should purchase
only from responsible parties, or their author-
ized representatives, who can if necessary prove
their responsibility.

2. Public and prompt exposure of all known
frauds in the business.

3. Sufficient testing of new varieties before
selling them.

4. Honest and careful discrimination in sell-
ing varieties best adapted to different localities.

We live in a practical age, and men will
readily learn what it is to their advantage to
know.

I ask you to publish this letter in the interest
of and in justice to a A'ast number of men whose
appellation of tree agent makes it, at present,
difficult for them to reap a just return for their
labor, and who I am sure will gratefully thank
you, for anj^ effort on your part to place their
position properly before the public.

EDITORIAL NOTES,

Stealing from Gardens.— It appears that in
England as well as in America, there are lawyers
and judges who do not know the law. In a recent
trial for stealing hot-house grapes, the prosecu-
ting attorney said :

" It was a part of our law that a man could not
be charged with stealing growing grapes, and as
these had been cut from a vine, the prisoner
could not be charged on that account. But a
pair of scissors had been stolen from the same

place and at the same time, and therefore he
would be tried on that charge."

The judge regarded this as good law, and for
stealing a pair of grape scissors tne prisoner was
sentenced to three months' imprisonment.

In spite of this " whipping the devil around the
stump," the English law stands as follows :

" Sec. 24th and 25th, Vic, Chap. 96 : Whosoever
shall steal or destroy, or damage with intent to
steal, any plant, root, fruit, or vegetable produc-
tion growing in any garden, orchard, pleasure
ground, nursery ground, hot-house, green-house
or conservatory, shall on conviction thereof be-
fore a justice, either be committed to the com-
mon gaol or house of correction, there to be im-
prisoned and kept to hard labor for any term not
exceeding six calendar months, or else shall for-
feit and pay over and above the value of the ar-
ticles stolen or the amount of the injury done,
such sum of money, not exceeding twenty pounds,
as to the justice shall seem meet."

Shippers and Growers. — Mr. M. T. Brewer of
San Francisco, in an address before the Califor-
nia Horticultural Society, contended that the
fruit grower should consider the interest of the
shipper his own interest. As it was, some fruit
growers did not deal fairly — mixing inferior fruit
with good fruit in the crates, or otherwise prac-
ticing deception, or " want of thought," by which
the shippers lost trade, and eventually the grow-
ers. Honesty is the best policy in all cases, but
especially when it is necessary to do business
through an agent.

Painted Labels. — The writer was just in from
puzzling over some " tree labels," just after a rain
shower. These labels had been written less than
two weeks, and were almost illegible. On the ta-
ble were some samples of " machine painted la-
bels" from the Penfield Block Company, of Lock-
port, and they were there just in time to impress in
the most emphatic manner their immense value.
It will not be long before the tree seller who does
not use these labels will be regarded as a fossil of
tlae most indurated type.

Bad News for Tobacco Raisers.— After a
careful investigation by disinterested scientific
men, the French Government has concluded
that the use of tobacco interferes with the men-
tal faculties, and general ability to study, and
has prohib'ted absolutely its use in all the Gov-
ernment schools. It is also said that no regular
smoker ever took the highest degree in Harvard,
and the authorities there are inclined to look
into it.

Glout Morceau Pear. — The Garden quotes
Dictionarie de Pomologie, as authority for the state-

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17

ment that Glout Morceau is the same as Beurre
d'Arenberg, and gives it as but a synonym of the
latter name. Years ago this was discussed in
America, and the conclusion reached that they
were different fruits. Yet it is remarkable that
no one is able to give any separate history to the
Glout Morceau. It is said that Parmentier gave
it the name temporarily^, because the original
name was lost.

Bees .\nd Grapes. — The honey bees, like many
other creatures, seem to profit by experience^
and grow wise in their generations. Every year
there is increasing trouble in Germantown gar-
dens from the ravages of bees on grapes. We
never knew the fruit to be so badly injured as
last year by them. It may be that the very dry
season was unfavorable to clover, and other blos-
soms, and they were driven by necessity to feed
on the grape. But however this may be, we
fear they will not forget in the future how good
grapes are. To be sure, a bee only lives one
season, but we suppose an acquired habit is in
some degree hereditary.

Curing the Yellows in the Peach. — There is
a prevalent belief that when a tree once has the
disease known as the Yellows, it can never be
cured. Yet we frequently read of apparently
well authenticated cases of cure. When these
are brought to the attention of practical men,
they shrug their shoulders and s.ay, "The tree
probably had yellow leaves from starvation, or
from injuries from the borer, and not the disease
known as the Yellows." Does any one know of
a case , recognized by those who know, as being
diseased, that ever recovered, either by being left
to nature or through any supposed treatment?

Improved Cranberries. — Few fruits have
greater commercial importance than the Cran-
berry. Those who labor for improvement in
them deserve credit. Some varieties are better
able to resist unfavorable circumstances than
others. Some are earlier, some larger, and oth-
ers again more productive. There are many
fields in which improvements may be worked
out. Among varieties well spoken of, are " Ea-
ton's Bell" and "Mansfield Creeper." The
former ripens in Connecticut by the 5th of Sep-
tember.

New Varieties of Fruit.— Mr. M. S. Combs,
in a paper read before the Kentucky Horticultu-
ral Society, asserts that it is far better to spend a
little pains in crossing, than to rely on chance

seedlings for the improvement of the varieties of
fruit.

Wearing Out op Soil.— Our farmers and
gardeners in the West who regard the soil worn
out after they have taken twenty years of crops
without manure, from them, must not lose heart.
An exchange says that around Shanghai in Chi-
na, the ground has been cropped for " countless
generations," and is as good or even better to-
day than it ever was. When nature has done
with the ground, art can recover it always. Man
is greater than nature when he sets himself to
work.

Peach Yellows.— W. K. Higley contributes to
the Am. Naturalists paper on the scientific study
of the disease known as the "Yellows," in the
peach. His conclusions, however, do not seem
to have any direct connection with his experi-
ments. '' Care must be exercised in cultivation,
pruning, &c.," and the yellows come ''from a
lack of phosphoric acid and potash." Just what
this " care " is to be ; what kind of " cultivation "
is to be practiced ; how the " pruning " is to be
done ; or what the ''e< cetera " is to cover, is not
quite clear, and it is just possible, though this
paper appears as a contribution to science in an
able scientific serial, that the author does not
quite know himself what he means. Certainly
we do not.

Henderson on Delusions.— Few men keep
doing so much for horticulture as Mr. Peter
Henderson does, by his shrewd, practical com-
mon sense. He may sometimes get wrong, but
he is generally right, and always does good. In
a recent paper on " Delusions," he shows up the
notion that plants in sleeping rooms are inju-
rious ; that money is to be made from the busi-
ness without practical knowledge of the business ;
that there is much special virtue in special
manures for special crops; that plants take more
nitrogen from insects than they can get from the
atmosphere in the ordinary way; that the pro-
duction of variegated leaves by inoculation is a
proof of the truth of graft-hybridism, and some
other notions of similar character. Let us hope
that Mr. Henderson will keep at it. There is
plenty of such work to be done yet.

The Keiffer Pear. — We are watching with
some interest the behavior of this interesting
hybrid, as it comes into bearing in other than its
original locality. The editor of the Germantown
Telegraph reports on some which he has had this
season, and which he reports favorably, as to

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quality. The editor of The Country Qentleman
has had some from New Jersey and from Ro-
chester. Of the former he speaks favorably ; the
latter were poor. We have had some on our
table this winter that were delicious — and some
from the same grower that were as poor as poor
can be.

jvbjv or rare fruits.

Tomato— President Garfield. — This is the
title of a new tomato advertised in Germany.
All the information we can gather concerning
it is that "it will not fail to cause a great sensa-
tion."

Peach — Dyer's June. — This is a chance seed-
ling which was found near Ava, Missouri. It is
said to be a good addition to the early kinds. It
is three inches across, which is a good size for
an early peach. Unfortunately it is a cling-
stone.

Ruby Currant. — The American Garden has a
pretty illustration of this variety which was
raised by Mr. Jacob Moore, the originator of the
Brighton grape. The branches, as represented
here, are five inches and a half from their at-
tachment to the branch to the terminal berry.
Mr. Hooker— excellent authority — vouches for
its superiority. The berries, though not so large
as either the Versaillaise or the Cherry, are next
to them in size, with the advantage of larger
bunches and better fruit. It was raised from
the Cherry, believed to have been crossed with
the White Grape.

The Two Sisters Pear.— Pears and other fruits
are so often named after the raisers, discoverers,
or places where found, that it is worth noting
when one can be named after some peculiarity;
of its own. The "Deux Soeurs" is a French
variety, raised by the two Misses Knoop, of
Malines, and which at the same time usually
has the fruit appearing in pairs. It is allied to
the Marie Louise class, and may therefore not
be of great value in our country, where they
are no sooner ripe than rotten. But it makes a
beautiful picture in the Florist and Pomologist.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Progress in Raspberry Culture. — Mr. N.
Ohmer, of Dayton, Ohio, writes : " Raspberries
are attracting much more attention at this par-
ticular time than ever before. Raspberries have

always been appreciated more or less on account
of filling in the place nicely between strawber-
ries and blackberries. It is a fruit much ad-
mired by many, though never so popular as the
strawberry. Up to within a few years there
were but few varieties. . The Red Antwerp,
American Black, or common Black Cap and
Brinkle's Orange, were popular as far back as I
can recollect. As much improvement has been
made in late years in the raspberry as in any
other fruit ; we are now not confined to three or
four varieties, but varieties of distinguished
merit can be counted by the dozens. I have
grown the raspberry more or less since I have
been engaged in fruit culture, now twenty odd
years, but never to the same extent as at present.
I now plant largely of them, because I find
their culture profitable. I can and do grow
raspberries almost as cheaply as I do corn (not
counting the cost of gathering), and any of you
can do the same if you have suitable soil, varie-
ties, and understand the proper mode of culture.

Winter Nelis Pear. — We made a ilote of the
superior reputation the Winter Nelis Pear had
achieved about Rochester. The ink was scarcely
dry before a sample came to hand from Ell-
wanger & Barry, and they were indeed worthy
of all that had been said about them. With
them were samples of Josephine de Malines,
and the Jones' Seedling, also remarkably fine.
We believe E. & B. were chiefly instrumental in
making the last known, and it surely does credit
to their good judgment.

Gros Colman Grape.— "G. H.," Yarmouth,
Mass., says: "Please let me know in your Gar-
dener's Monthly of Gros Colman grapevine.
Will it do for a cold grapery, quality, color, size
of bunch ?"

[The Gros Colman grape is not considered a
first- class variety for a cold grapery, and it does
not stand as the highest for warmer houses. —
Ed. G. M.]

Japan PERSiMMON.-Mr. P. J. Berckmans writes :
" I send by mail two specimens of Japanese Per-
simmons. The large is Tanenashi or Seedless,
not ripe, but may become eatable in a couple of
weeks. Fruit is not more than two-thirds the
size it attained last year, owing to protracted
drought.

" The small one is Kurokume, and will be ripe
in a few days. I notice that birds begin to find
them out. This specimen is one of fifty-five,

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grown upon a tree planted in March, 1880, and
now 3i feet high. It is one of the smaller va-
rietes, but of excellent quality."

[Hard worked editors cannot get around to
see all the new things as they would like to do,
and are always grateful to those who help them
to keep their knowledge up to the times in the
kind manner Mr. Berckmans has done. It was

a pleasure to see such fine fruit. One of them
weighed 6^ ounces, and was exhibited to the
Germantown Horticultural Society.

We have tried, and know others try, many
varieties near Philadelphia, but all have been
killed to the ground by the winters ; but why
can they not be grown in tubs as oranges and
lemons are?— Ed. G. M.l

Forestry.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Timber is King.— Prof. P. W. Sheafer, of Potts-
ville, in his excellent paper on the geology of
Schuylkill county, says : " In Schuylkill county
we are specialists. We are dependent on one
substance ; coal is king." We fancy after
awhile it will be found in Schuylkill county that
timber is king. It is not possible to work a coal
mine without timber. Of Pinus rigida alone
enough is used by one company in that county
in one year to reach, if the logs are placed end
to end, from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific.

Forests will soon have to be planted there in
an intelligent manner, or coal will no longer
have regal honor.

Pkotection to Forestry. — The United States
Government is already doing much to protect the
lumber interest in so far as it concerns the des-
truction of our forests, and there can be no
reason why it should not recognize the same
principle in the encouragement of new planta-
tions. While farmers and fruitgrowers have t©
build their own railroads, or construct their own
canals, the Government spends money for the
sole reason that the forest-owners may get theirj
timber to market. Immense sums of money
have been spent on the Guyandot River in West
Virginia, for no other reason than improving
on raft navigation.

Protection of Forests a Necessity.— By S-
VanDorrien. New York : B. Westerman & Co.
This is a pamphlet of thirty-one pages, which
goes over and over again the same old story :
trees, clouds ; clouds make rain ; rain makes
springs ; springs make rivers ; rivers make seas ;
seas make universal prosperity. Well, everj'-
body knows the story. What is really needed is

not sermons of this sort ; but to know what is the
best method of encouraging timber culture ? It is a
pity some good, practical mind does not turn its
attention more to this matter, and to ease the
minds of the poets and philosophers, who are
forever urging that " something must be done,"
but leave to others the work of doing and paying
for it. We read carefully through this pamphlet
to get some good idea as to what ought to be
done. To our amazement, the only comfort
after reading thirty-one pages is the assurance
that " what is to be done, must be done at
once."

There is one satisfaction, however, in reading
it; we may learn what not to do. If there is
any special object in the author's mind as he
wrote, besides the furnishing of a pen -portrait of
an arboreal Jeremiah, it is that our Government
should do something, — something because for-
eign governments have done something; but a
careful reading of what he tells us about the
action of foreign governments, shows their action
to have utterly failed to be of the slightest
benefit. No one would for an instant want to
liave repeated here what has been attempted
there. Strange to say the writer seems to sym-
pathize with the tremendous tyranny and oppres-
sion which has often been attempted under the
name of forestry laws. He takes occasion to re-
flect on the " demoralizing penuriousness of the
agricultural classes," who seemed to think they
had the same right to try and make all tbey
could from their land as the mill-owner would
from his mill ; he thinks it scandalous that the
farmer should '' loudly demand indemnity " for
being compelled to keep his land in forest when
it would pay him so much better to make graz-
ing ground of it; and he can scarcely find lan-
guage strong enough to characterize his detesta-

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tion of the "narrow-mindedness which was re-
luctant to make a personal sacrifice for the in-
terest of all." He looks back lovingly to the
time in France when the "Church and religious
institutions," and great land-holders in their in-
terest, had possession of most of the lands of
France. Then they had forests indeed ! and the
happy owners would hunt and sport to their
heart's content.

Fortunately, these views do not suit our
American atmosphere. We want timber be-
cause we have use for it ; we want planting en-
couraged where it can be done with some show
of being within no remote time useful. We do
not want to tax ourselves too heavily for the
benefit of posterity ; but it is the duty of govern-
ments to look after that which private enterprise
will not do, when it bears on national prosperity ;
but no American wishes that all the cost of this
national work should fall on the " penurious
farmer." They are all willing to lend a hand,
and would rather raise a "penny subscription
from every American," than be charged with in-
justice.

Lumber in Virginia.— The Chesapeake & Ohio
Hallway is now consuming lumber and timber
at the average rate of 600,000 feet a month. In
the seven past months of this year, its consump-
tion has been 4,200,000 feet, brought mainly
from along its line in West Virginia. Much of
this has been used in the Newports-News ex-
tension.

A Large White Oak.— A white oak tree re-
cently cut in Salem County measured six feet
and two inches across the stump. Trees of this
size are now scarce in South Jersey ; or East
Jersey either for that matter.— iV; J. Mirror.

Waters of Lake Ontario.— The daily papers
say that :

" No little concern is felt by persons interested
in the harbor accommodations of Lake Ontario
by reason of the assured fact that the level of
the lake has fallen steadily, and in a marked de-
gree, for many years. The records have been
accurately kept, and leave no room for doubt.
Many wharfs in many ports were formerly ac-
cessible to vessels which cannot now come near
them. The entrance to the harbor of Toronto
has been kept open only by means of thorough
dredging, and now, when rock bottom has been
reached, there is scarcely enough water to float
the largest of the vessels which seek to pass.
Various explanations for the subsidance of the
water have been offered, but none of them seems
to be adequate."

In these cases geological reasons are usually
satisfactory. A change in the streams which
flow underground, make a great diff'erence in
the flow of a lake. But it will be in order to
have the above paragraph in the next treatise on
forestry.

Forest Fires. — Ontario is said by the daily
papers to have lost $10,000,000 by the forest fires
of last season, — and next year, and another, and
another, she will probably lose $10,000,000 every
time. And yet all this may be avoided by
spending a few hundred thousand dollars in
carefully keeping down underbrush ; and insist,
ing on the burning at once of the waste from
forest clearings. But somehow it seems both to
Canadians and Americans much easier and more
humanitarian to raise half a million dollars to
give to the widows and orphans of suff"erers by
fire, than to spend a quarter of a million in pre-
venting their homes, with the fathers and hus-
bands, from being burned up. It is a funny
world, especially where it is about forestry.

Natural History and Science.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

SCIENCE NOTES-

BY PROFESSOR T. C. PORTER, EASTON, PA.

In a recent number of the Monthly you say
with a doubt, that you encountered the famous
potato bug on the plains of Colorado in 71. In 73
I saw a stalk of Solanum rostratum in a new
street on the outskirts of Denver, covered with

them, and saw them also on the same plant at a
railroad station of the Kansas Pacific, between
Salina and Denver.

Is Campanula rotundifolia to be Hair-bell, or
Hare bell ? The Origin of the name should de-
termine that. I see no connexion between the
flower and the hare. The plant grows on steep,
rocky cliffs, which hares do not frequent. Nor do
I see any connexion between the flower and hair,
except the remote supposition that it might have

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been so called because used by ladies to adorn
their hair, or because the slender peduncles have
a capillary look. My own conjecture is that the
name is a corruption of Air-Bell, confused
through similarity of sound with the true Hare-
bell, which is probably a Muscari. Looking up
at them from the base of a cliff, as I have often
done in my walks about Easton, the tiny bells of
Campanula rotundi folia appear as if suspended
in the air on invisible threads, and might well
suggest the name. Why not adopt it and so
write it?

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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Work for Natural History Clubs. — In
young clubs it should not be a point to get new
fcicts, so much as to familiarize the members
with common ones. This is best done by each
member making original observations and re-
peating them, instead of studying from books.
We were much interested in the way this is done
in the Agricultural College at Lansing, Mich., as
reported in the College Speculum.

" An illustrated paper was presented on ' A
Comparison of the Flowers of Apple Trees with
those of Pear Trees,' by F. F. Rogers. In gene-
ral the apple flowers are larger than those
of the pear. The sepals of apple flowers are
shorter and broader than those of the pear.
In both the sepals are more or lees woolly.
The sepals of pears are at least half as long
as the petals, and are usually quite long and
taper-pointed. Their stamens are not very un-
like. The most marked difference is seen in the
styles. In the case of the apple the styles are
united from one-fourth to one-half of their length,
forming a stalk or stipe ; while in the pear the
styles are distinct to the base. The calyx tube
of the pear is somewhat globular, while that of
the apple is urn-shaped."

Here is information, communicated by a col-
lege student. The facts no doubt numbers have
seen, but which very few, probably, really knew.

Calochortus.— The common name in Califor-
nia is Mariposa Lily. In Colorado, Dr. Newberry
says, the two species Calochortus Nutt^llii, and C.
Gunnisonii are known as ''Black-eyed Susan."
The Indians of Utah call it " Sego.''

Hyqeinic Value of Jussieua grandiplora. —
Dr. Cartwright of Natchez, attributes the exemp-
tion of some districts of Louisiana frora malarial
fevers to the abundance of this pretty, creeping
aquatic plant. We feel bound, as news-gather-
ers, to record this piece, because it will no doubt
have wide currency, but have^o confess that we

see no other ground for the doctor's opinion than
because it so happens that this plant grows there.
Probably hundreds of other plants are abundant
there as this ; and even then the abundance is
no proof of value.

Torch Lilies.— The great objection to com-
mon names is that they become so very com-
mon that each plant gets a score, and no one
knows what the other person is talking of. It is
not altogether because names are hard that
English ones are chosen, but because the Latin
ones seem too learned for common people. What
is easier than Tritoma? yet our people made it
" hot poker flower." Not to accept a name from
Americans the English christened it over again*
They name it "Torch lily," according to Mr.
Robinson's Gardening Illustrated. But in Mr.
Robinson's new book it is again named " Flame
flower." We see by these illustrations that how-
ever easy it may seem, and desirable to accom-
plish, it is impracticable to make any reforms in
this manner. We hope our good friend, the
Garden, will pause in its efforts in this way.

Malarial Fever.— We are often misled by
names. Malarial fever has nothing to do with
malaria as we used to understand it— gases frora
decayed matter along rivers and in marshes. A
letter from Las Cruces, in New Mexico, now be-
fore us, speaks of the alarming extent of mala-
rial fever this year, in a country usually as dry as
dust.

Flowering of Bermuda Grass.— Dr. G. W.
Smith, Canton, Miss., says :

" I think you are mistaken in regard to the
common belief as to the flowering of the Cynodan
dactylon in the South. It is not that the grass
produces no flower spikes, but that it does not
perfect seed; and when it is not kept down by graz-
ing, it produces, on good land, flowers in profuse
abundance, but diligent and repeated search has
failed ever to find a seed."

Introduction of the Camellia. — In a recent
article we showed the strong probability that the
weeping willow was introduced to Europe from
China by the Dutch, when they enjoyed the ex-
clusive privilege of trade with China in the earli-
er times. It is known that the camellia came in
that way. It was first carried by them to their
settlements in the Phillipines, and brought from
there to Spain by a priest named Camelli, after
whom it was named by Linnjeus.

An Almond Growing from a Peach. — The
Rural Press notes the case of an almond pushing

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out from among the branches of a fruiting peach
tree. A correspondent refuses to believe in such
bud variation, but the editor properly reminds
him that it is too late in horticultural experience
to deny the existence of sports. Certainly the
cases where the nectarine has pushed out from
peach branches have been too well attested to
admit of doubt. It originated in that way.

Local Names of Plants. — If any of our readers
know of any common names of "plants which
have not come into general use, or may not be
generally known, Dr. W. R. Gerard, 9 Waverly
Place, New York, would like to have them. He
is making this department of popular history a
si:)ecial study.

Cambridge Botanic Garden.— John A. Lowell
has left $20,000, on condition that it be called the
" Lowell Botanic Garden."

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Autumn Flowers of the Berkshire Hills.—
An English lady, after a trip in late autumn
through this beautiful district of Massachusetts,
writes : " I have just returned from a most de-
lightful trip (principally by carriage and horses)
through the Berkshire Hills. The beauty of the
countr}' reminded us constantly of England, and
the wild asters by the roadside, in such a won-
derful variety of color, delighted us. It seems
to me that large beds of them— in public parks,
etc., in the autumn — would be very attractive.
I am in some perplexity as to whether a profu-
sion of straight stemmed plants, covered with
blue flowers, are gentians or penstemons. If
gentians, they do not much resemble their Caro-
lina cousins, and are certainly far more lovely.
I found them between Pittsfield and Lenox,
growing on the hillsides, while our gentians have
the deep shade of swamp land."

White Cedar.— "F,," Vineland, New Jersey,
writes: "In the East where I came from, the
Arborvitse is known as white cedar ; but here I
find a very diflferent wood called white cedar.
What is the proper one, and how does this con-
fusion arise?"

[The " confusion arises" from the mere use of
common names, which, unlike botanical names
originate with people who are not recognized as
authority in naming plants. Anyone has the
right to give a common name to a plant, and no
one can decide which is the "proper one."

There may be a score of different white cedars
for aught we know In Oregon the Lawson
cypress is " white cedar." In California, Liboce-
drus decurrcns is " white cedar." In New Jer-
sey, Cupressus thuyoides is " white cedar," and
" white cedar" in New England is Thuja occi-
dentalis. As there is no authority to decide
your question, you will have to choose one for
yourself.— Ed. G. M.J

' Early Weeping Willows in America. — W.
Kite, Germantown, says : " I see in thy Monthly
some notices of willow trees. If it will be of
interest I can tell of one.

"In the yards back of the old mansions on
the north side of Chestnut street, grew many
fine old trees. One of them was called Frank-
lin's willow — a stately tree of say eighteen inches
girth, (diameter? — Ed.)— sixty-five years ago
when I used to see it daily. I had it from my
grandparents that Franklin did plant it. The
usual story of the osier basket and the green
twig was attached to the history of this tree.
It was as handsome a weeping willow as one
often sees."

Twin Apple.— James H. Cook, Strathroy, On-
tario, sends a very pretty specimen of a twin
apple. Such cases sometimes occur. The two
original stems are less than one-fourth of an
inch apart. From this upwards there is a com-
plete union for about three-fourths the distance
to the apex, where the apple again separates to
two distinct ones, each having its separate calyx
and crown. It shows that in some very early
stage the two apples were quite distinct, and
united later. But as there is no trace of skin in
the joined portion, we may learn this further
fact, either thaf skin is not formed until there is
a contact with the atmosphere, or else it is ab-
sorbed and changed into ordinary cell tissue
after being formed. In the Wistaria bark — that
is skin — is often found in the stem after the
wood has been cut across, it having come about
by the over-growing of the irregular outline of
the wood, which does not grow in regular cir-
cles. The bark is not absorbed in these cases,
so we are brought down to the probability that
these twins, originally distinct, formed their
union before they had any skin properly so-called.

Bracts and Leaves. — In a recent number we
gave, in a reference to Antigonon, some idea as
to how large leafy calyxes are seen to represent
the leaves they really are. This change from
leaves to floral parts is more readily seen in the

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case of plants belonging to the Arum family, of
which the common Richardia, or Calla lily, is a

and the flower stem is seen to be nothing but a
mass of leaves coiled up so that all trace of the

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ANTHURIUM SCIIERZERIAXUM MAXIMUM.

Striking example. In that case the usual white I original leaf stalks of each leaf is nearly lost,
spathe often is half as green as in a real leaf, | In the plant here illustrated the spathe is scarlet

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instead of white, and the real flowers are the
little angular figures on the worm-like spadix.
The common Anthurium Scherzerianum is now

well known. This one of Mr. Wm. Bull's intro-
ductions is double the size of that very popular
species.

Literature, Travels I Personal Notes.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

NOTES AND QUERIES-NO. 30.

BY JACQUES.

The following scraps for the Qardener's
Monthly were found on a table by the death-
bed of Mr. John Jay Smith, after his decease.
It is a remarkable illustration of how the love
of horticulture entered even into his dying
thoughts :

Goldsmith.— Wh.0 does not like Goldsmith and
his writings does not enjoy one of the most
genial and pleasant authors of the English lan-
guage. The series of " English men of letters,"
small as they are, give to the present generation
an opportunity of enjoying the characteristics
and peculiarities of the persons who pleased the
leisure hours of our grandfathers, while they
taught them what literature is. The life of Dr.
Johnson, by Leslie Stevens, as already remarked,
is one of the most agreeable and informing
books in the language ; Goldsmith's life by Wil-
liam Mack, the novelist, fairly comes within the
list for high praise. Impecunious, careless.
Goldsmith was ; he adds another to those so
frail, so seemingly inapt, who are the instru-
ments through which providence works its will
upon the world. What a large army they make
coming down to our own time. What an
anomaly was Poe ; bis career has now been the
topic of many writers who agree as to his ability,
but do not save his habits from severe animad-
version ; how curious that his first biographer,
Griswold, should owe his name being saved from
oblivion by this one act of unworthy vitupera-
tion. Very few can have perused Goldsmith's
life of Beau Nash, but it is worth being over-
hauled. He says what was eminently true of
the ladies of those days and their want of edu-
cation : " But were we to give laws to a nursery,
we should make them childish laws ;" the women
ef that day were little more than infants in men-

tal acquirements. "Followed your prescrip-
tion ? No," says the Beau, whose intellectual
capacity is not magnified. •' Egad, if I had, I
would have broken ray neck, for I flung it out
of a two pair of stairs window." The work con-
tains some excellent warnings against the vice
of gambling.

The had practice of pulling flowers by children
and even grown people, who ought to know bet-
ter, continues. Let out a few city youthful
tramps into a new park and the chances are that
all the butter cups in a given space will be gath-
ered and almost instantly withered, leaving
nothing for the next comers, and so with other
things. The park planter will tell you that ivies
and all running vines are no sooner planted than
they are pulled up and carried home. A lady
was arrested the other day with her apron la-
dened with new ivies, and by good luck only,
escaped a week in jail. This tendency to theft
can be partially corrected by careful teaching in
the public schools. The police of public gar-
dens would be greatly more useful if they were
taught the difference between weeds and flowers.

Greai attention is now very properly paid to the
cultivation of the. important cinchona, or qui-
nine bark. New specimens have been intro-
duced into Madras by the government, obtained
in South America at a distance of three hundred
miles from the coast ; the Santa Fe variety
yields, by analysis, ten per dent, of pure sulphate
of quinine. Jamaica, too, is growing very val-
uable kinds.

Improvements in agricultural machinery feed a
hundred men with greater ease than at one time
a man could feed himself alone. — Seientifie
American.

The enemy of the vine Phylloxara is declared to
be mightier than a German army, for the latter,
once satisfied, goes home, but the former stays
forever. Creatures, unconscious of what they
do, terrify whole nations and give the lie to the
arrogance of man.

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The Rose.— The passage " Mary Ann" would
seek from Spencer, is this :

"Eternal God, in hia almightie power
To make ensample of his heavenly grace,

In Paradize whylomedid plant this flowre;
Whence he it fetched out of her native place.
And did in stocke of earthly flesh enrace.

That mortal man his glory should admyre
In g«ntle ladies' breste, and bounteous race

Of womankind, in fayrest flowre doth spyre,
And beareth fruit of honor and all chast desyre"

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Odr Correspondents. "A friend in Indiana,
pleasantly writes :

•' I was very much pleased with Mr. Harding's
* Under the Hawthorn,' which in this connec-
tion was doubly interesting to me. But the
Monthly has such a splendid corps of contribu-
tors that every page is replete with information
for all classes of readers, and I always think after
reading each number, what a treat you must
have, to be in correspondence with such enter-
taining and instructive gentlemen and ladies
ft-om all parts of the country, and most likely
entire strangers, personally, to you."

Pleasant it is, and yet it has its dark side. It
is unfortunately the case that there are but
twenty-four hours in one day, and of these even
six or seven must go for sleep. Hence, the edit-
or's correspondence has to be very one-sided.
Fortunately the great majority are tender hearted
and kind, and write him dozens of letters to his
one in reply. They know it is easier f»r a hun-
dred persons to write to one than for one to
write to a hundred. Yet the editor often wishes
he could show his appreciation of his correspon-
dents better than he does.

The Phylloxera in France. — By the kind-
ness of Mr. Charles Joly, we have received the
report of M. Tisseraud, on the efforts made to
conquer this foe to the vineyard during the year
ending 1880. It is very pleasant to learn from
M. Tisseraud that " the Phylloxera, like the vine
mildew, is in a fair way to be conquered by sci-
ence." It appears the insect can certainly be
destroyed, wherever the grapes are in a situation
to have the roots submerged during the winter
season, and some useful insecticides have been
discovered. The best preventative is the roots
of American species.

Horticulture.— There seems to be a misap-
prehension in the minds of even intelligent per-
Bons, as to the use of the word "horticulture."
In moat cases they mean pomology. Horticul-

ture has to do with fruit culture ; but then, so
has agriculture. Wliether it should be treated
from the agricultural or the horticultural stand-
point, depends on its special treatment. As a
general thing, however, our Professors of horti-
culture are really agriculturists.

Laws Against Weeds —A correspondent from
Berlin, Conn., writes :

" I have been querying of late what course our
law-makers will take when next they meet, in re-
gard to the law about carrots and Canada thistles.
No attention is paid to the present law by the
majority of the people, and it does not beget re-
spect for law to have plain, specific directions re-
main a dead letter on the statute book."

"We do not know what more anyone could ex-
pect. If our correspondent will examine the
back numbers of the Gardener's Monthly, he
will find that we have always opposed these en-
actments as silly in the extreme.

Diamond Tuberose. — After our letter-press
was struck off for last month, w^e received a brief
note from Nanz & Neuner not to make any note
of it. It was of course too late. After this the
advertisement came to the publisher, as the
reader may have noted, (page 14, Dec. No.) with-
drawing offers to sell it. Since then we have had
notes from Peter Henderson, V. H. Hallock, Son
& Thorpe, to the effect that a tuberose under
this name was offered to them, and found to be
in no way different from the Pearl, and suggest-
ing that Nanz & Neuner had been victimized.
Whether Nanz & Neuner had this suspicion
when making the advertisement above referred
to, we do not at this moment know. For fear
there may be something wrong we think it due
to our readers, as this number is now going to
press, to make this cautionary signal, as the
weather men would say.

Law of Branches Overhanging Neighbors.—
The Philadelphia PuUic Ledger says :

Two persons own land separated by a line
fence, which is common property between the
two parties. One has a.n apple tree on his side
of the fence, whose limbs overhang the fence on
the side of the other. Apples fall on either side.
The question often asked is, Do the apples that
fall on one's land belong to one or the other, or
to both ? This subject haa been several times
discussed, with some contradictory decisions and
judgments, but the rules are now pretty well es-
tablished . If the stem or trunk of the tree grows
so close to the line that parts of its actual body
extend into each, neither owner can cut it down
without the consent of the other, and the fruit is
to be equitably divided. If the stem of the tree

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stands wholly within the boundary line of one
owner he owns the whole tree with it« products,
although the roots and branches extend into the
property of the other. There was an old rule of
law that the latter might claim from the yield of
the tree as much as would be an ofiset for the
iiourishmerit it derived from his estate, but this
is now obsolete. The law gives the land owner
on whose soil the tree stands the right to cut it
down at his pleasure, and to pluck all the fruit
from it while it atands. In New York State the
courts have decided that trespass for assault and
battery would lie by the owner of the tree
against the owner of the land over which its
branches extended if he prevented the owner of
the tree, by personal violence, from reaching
over and picking the fruit growing upon these
branches while standing on the fence dividing
the lands. The owner of the land over which the
branches extend may lop the branches close to
his line. He may also dig down and cut the
roots square with his line, if he so elects. In
jilain terms, if no portion of the trunk is within
his line he may refuse all trespass of the tree on
liis premises, either above the ground or below
it. But if he gives the tree license either to ex-
tend its roots under his soil or to hang its branch-
es over his premises he does not thereby gain
any right to its fruit. He cannot pick it for him-
self nor interfere with the picking by the owner,
as long as the latter remains in the tree or on
the fence which divides the })roperty. This
right to the fruit does not, however, permit the
other owner to come upon the soil on the other
side of the line to gather the fruit, and all the
fruit which falls without violence to the ground
on that side may thus become the property of
its owner.

Areca Baueri. — Seaforthia robusta, is a syno-
nym of Areca Baueri, as no doubt most persons
who read the note at p. 380, last month, under-
stood, though the accidental omission of the usual
marks ( ) of parenthesis, made it, perhaps, ob-
scure to some.

Ancient Ploughing.— The annexed illustration
of an ancient British plough and ploughman, is

from a recent lecture by Mr. C, C. Babbington,
as given in The London Gardener's Chronicle.

Scholarly Writing, — Sometime since we noted
the request of a correspondent to " excuse his
poor writing, as he had not the benefit of a scho-

lastic education." "We copied a piece from a
school book by Oomstock, and hoped our cor-
respondent would continue to write somewhat
different from such an example of the scholas-
tic. A contemporary copies what we said, and
gives the following from another school book, by
a Professor Harris, but the title of the book is
not given :

" The reality pushes out the potentiality. Or
there may be a reality whose actuality and po-
tentiality exclude each other. Or, when all po-
tentialities are real, it is an immortal being. Or,
when one potentiality is real all its potentialities
are realized in itself."

Southern Nurseries. — Nothing gives us more
pleasure than to see or hear of the increase or
prosperity of first-clasa Southern nurseries, for
there is no part of the Union which has so many
facilities for the best specimens of gardening as
the Southern States. There are already quite a
number of excellent fruit nurseries, and some,
especially that of Mr. Berckmans, of Augusta,
have quite a high reputation for general nursery
supplies. We hear from a friend who has re-
cently visited the Rosebank Nurseries near
Nashville, that these also are taking a high stand
in this superior line. As they are the oldest
nurseries in the South it is quite a pleasure to
know that they are also up among the leaders in
the new order of things. ♦

T, R. Trumpey. — Among the many changes so
frequent in gardening and nursery establishments
it is pleasant to note the fact of Mr. T. R. Trum-
pey having just passed his twenty-fifth year as
propagator to the Messrs. Parsons, of Flushing.
A quarter of a century with one firm is truly re-
markable. Of the many thousands of rare trees
now giving pleasure to numbers over the length
and breadth of the land, how much of this pleas-
ure is due to Mr. Trumpey's labors ! It may be
that he is not yet rich in this world's goods, (how
that may be we do not know) but he must at
least be rich in the satisfaction he must feel
when he thinks of these things.

James Markey, ihb Celebrated Potter. — On
the evening of November 15th, James Markey,
who has gained a national reputation as an ex-
pert greenhouse workman, dropped dead of
heart disease, near his residence on Jersey City
Heights. Though only thirty-four years of age,
he had been employed in the greenhouses of Pe-
ter Henderson for nearly twenty-three years —
having begun at the early age of eleven years.
In all operations in the greenhouse Mr. Hen-

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derson has always claimed he had no peer for
rapidity and neatness. In the operation of pot-
ting he daily did the work of two average men,
and was paid accordingly.

It will be remembered that some years ago
when Mr. Henderson asserted in the columns of
the Monthly that James Markey potted 7,500
plants in ten hours, several of our readers ques-
tioned the fact. Long since then INIr. Markey
had fiir surpassed even that extraordinary record,
and had repeatedly potted 10,000 in one day of
ten hours; and on one special occasion, in April
of this year, potted 11,500 rooted cuttings of ver-
benas in 2]- inch pots ; a feat probably never
equalled or even approached. Besides being an
extraordinary workman, few men of his years
were possessed of such varied and comprehen-
sive knowledge of greenhouse work. Mr. Mar-
key waa a native of county Meath, Ireland, but
came to this country at an early age, and, ex-
cept two years which he served in the war of the
Rebellion, had been from first to last in the em-
ployment of Mr. Henderson. He was modest
and unassuming to a fault ; a generous-hearted,
open-handed fellow, and enjoyed the respect of
his employer and fellow-workmen to an extent
that few men ever attain.

A. S. Fuller. — This well-known entomologist
and writer on gardening has taken to the study
of mineralogy. At least, he was at last accounts
directing some silver mining operations in New
Mexico.

M. J. Donnelly. — This well known Rochester
nurseryman we find claimed by the Montreal
Post as being formerly " one of them," before
Jonathan absorbed him. He does not, however,
forget his old friends, as he went back there last
September and astonished them with an exhibit
of one hundred varieties of apples, and forty of
pears.

The Botanical Index. — The publication of
this valuable quarterly has been temporarily
suspended, the editor, Mr. Cage, having had to
engage in the meantime in some pursuits which
would interfere with his work on it. There are
numerous admirers of this unpretending effort
who will be glad to welcome its reappearance.

The Flowers and Ferns of the United
States. — When this work was commenced it was
regarded as but an experiment, and it was issued
as an experiment by Messrs. Prang, who promised
to issue one series of 196 chapters only. So far

as popular support went, it was a great .success ;
but they found, as being in the business of litho-
graphic printing, it was not wise for them to go
into a publishing business. Over 5,000 subscri-
bers were found for the work, a number perhaps
unparalelled for a mere scientific work.

Mr. Charles Robson, who purchased the work,
concluded also to try the series, plan, before
issuing it as a regular thing. In this way a
second successful series was issued. It became
evident that the American public would perma-
nently sustain a work of this character, and ar-
rangements were in progress to commence a
regular monthly issue on this first of January.

The drawings were all pi'epared, and the edi-
tor has over fifty chapters ready, so as to be sure
to always have enough ahead to guard against
sickness or accidents interfering with the regular
appearance of the work, when Mr. Robson died
suddenly, of cholera, in September, leaving no
arrangements whatever for the continuation of
his business.

Up to this time the administrator has not been
able to make a satisfactory sale of the right to
'• Flowers and Ferns," and thei'e is therefore no
one as yet to continue the publication of the
work, as was intended. As soon as this matter
shall be settled and another publisher found, the
author hopes to continue in a permanent form
a work which he is pleased to know has given
pleasure to so many thousands of men and wo-
men all over the world.

Proceedings of the Georgia State Horti-
cultural Society. — President P. J. Berckmans.
We note that the Nickajack apple is losing favor
in Georgia. In i-egard to peaches, the Alex.an-
der seems the favorite among the societies.
Numbers of new-fangled things, with high re-
commendations, were voted worthless, or nearly
so; and the famous old Crawford's early, and
Crawford's late, still found to be at the top of
the favorable list. . The society seems to confine
itself entirely to fruit culture, and to be doing
excellent work in that line.

American Newspaper Annual, for 1881, by
N. W. Ayer & Son, Newspaper Agents, Phila-
delphia. There is nothing more necessary to a
successful business than judicious advertising.
Fortunes are made and fortunes are lost by ad-
vertising. To advertise, and to know just how to
advertise, is the mainspring of success. If a pa-
per has a hundred thousand readers, and you
have that to sell which a hundred thousand

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readers want, that paper is just what you need ;
but, even then, you must be sure that the adver-
tisements are read by the "readers," or your
money will be thrown away. It may be that
what you have to sell will not be needed by one
in a thousand, in that case a paper of ten thou-
sand readers will be just as well as one of a hun-
dred thousand, and perhaps better. These, and
points "too numerous to mention," as the hand-
bills say, enter into the success of advertising.

It seems to us that the great merit of this An-
nual is, that it gives attention to these matters,
more than similar works have done in the past.
It gives some account of the business and sur-
roundings of the leading towns in the country,
among the people of which the papers circulate,
and this is a great help to the advertiser, in de-
ciding whether such " readers " are likely to be
any use to him. Probably too much importance
is still given to mere " circulation ;" a set of figures
supposed to represent this standing after each
paper's name. Of course, some idea of circula-
tion must enter into an idea of advertising, but
the great trouble is to get at the accurate figures
and the character of that circulation. We know,
for instance, of a paper which has less than two
thousand which is given here as eight thousand ;
such errors are very annoying to other papers
which tell the truth, and exasperate them
against " Annuals " of this kind. But, granting
that some idea is necessary, it is difficult to see
how the editors of these books are to do any
better, where they have so many to guess at ;
and all we can say is that it only illustrates an
every-day fact, that the innocent must continue
to suffer for the guilty. We cannot, on account
of this difficulty, avoid the conclusion that, for
all, advertisers cannot afford to do without a
work like this.

A Practical Treatise, on Tree Culture in
South Australia. — By J. G. Brown. Published
by the Forest Board of South Australia.

South Australia sees, as other portions of the
earth see, the absolute necessity of looking for-
ward to its forest interest. It has not yet been
shown that a forest planted to-day will prove
profitable to the owner within a reasonable
time, neither is it always made manifest that
one who plants a forest is investing safely for his
children. Yet it is a national interest that there
should be forests. Thousands of interests de-
pend on timber, and it therefore becomes the
duty of governments to encourage that planting

which it will not pay an individual to do for
himself. Our American State governments have
recognized this principle in various ways,
though their manner of doing it has often been
puerile and sometimes ridiculous. In Pennsyl-
vania, for instance, one dollar is deducted from
the road tax of the person who plants four trees
along the road-side ! In other words the whole
community is to wallow in slush, and wade
through a quagmire to pay a dollar for every
four trees, which, after all the planter may cut
down for bean poles a few years afterwards, for
all the law, as it is written, prevents him. The
only good of such a simple law as this is that it
virtually acknowledges the duty of a State to
enact protective laws in the fostering of forestry.

South Australia, as we find by Mr. Brown's
work, acknowledges its duty in a more sensible
manner. It first looks about to see where for-
ests may be needed. It does not like the Penn-
sylvania law, pay a man twenty-five dollars for
a hundred trees planted in front, perhaps, of a
huge forest which is so inaccessible that it would
not pay for firewood ; but it decides first on what
part of the colony shall be a " Forest district."
In such district, and on his own actually-occu-
pied land he must plant five acres, the kinds
prescribed by the government forester as fit for
that district. The tract must be securely fenced
from cattle. The trees are to be set in accord-
ance with good rules provided, and at the end
of five years, " if the trees are in a vigorous,
healthy condition," and " at least ten feet high,"
he is entitled to two pounds sterling ($10.00) for
every acre so planted. There are some other
minor details, but this is the main feature of this
intelligently practical law.

This work of Mr. Brown is intended to teach
farmers how to plant and care for the forests,
and all they are likely to want to know in order
to make their plantings successful. It seems an
admirable plan all through.

Plants of Indiana. — Catalogue by the editors
of the Botanical Gazette and Charles Barnes,
Lafayette, Indiana. Local catalogues are of
great value. They not only aid the collector,
but they serve very materially those who are
studying the geography of plants ; for we are
not only able to judge of distributions as they are
now, but by comparing them with lists that have
been made in the past, we get an idea of the
changes of location that are continually going
on. It is chiefly through local lists like these

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that we have learned of late j'ears that plants
are almost as restless as man. They are con-
tinually on the move, and the very term " in-
digenous" has to be limited to modern times.

According to this list there are now known as
indigenous to Indiana 1,432 species and 577
genera. Among some recently suggested changes
here adopted, the critical botanist will notice
his old friend the " Pearl Everlasting'' Gnaph-
alium, or Antennaria margaritacea, has been
removed by Bentham and Hooker to AnaphaJis.
It is now Anaphalis margaritacea. This genus
was made manj'- years ago by De Candolle to
cover a dozen or more of old time Gnaphaliums
of the East Indies, and this change gives
America a representative in this Indian family.

Indian Corn. — An essay by Prof. Beal. This
is another of those little pieces of excellent work
which Prof. Beal is continually performing. One
might read a heavy volume on corn, and not
learn more than is taught here. A point which
interested us very much in this paper is that
though the effects of crossing will often be
shown in the grain of the same season, it is not
always so. Sometimes the characteristics of the
male parent do not appear in the seed till the
succeeding generation. This is a very impor-
tant fact which Prof. Beal should have the
full credit of discovering. Even the fate of a
lawsuit might hang on such knowledge.

General Index to the Nine Eeports on the
Insects of Missouri. — By Charles V. Eiley.
Published by the United States Entomological
Commission.

The great want of the age is the indexing of
the facts brought to light of late years. Socie-
ties and public bodies year after year give to the
public " original papers," which are in no sense
new, but a sheer waste of time and money to
publish ; and chiefly for want of good indexes,
few know what is new. The government can
do no more useful work than issue papers like
these.

A Glimpse at Michigan Horticulture. — By
Charles W. Garfield, Secretary of the State Hor
ticultural Society. This should have been enti-
tled Michigan Pomology, for it deals with this
single branch of horticulture. It shows a won-
derful advance in fruit culture in the State, and
how well the State is adapted to fruit growing.
Mr. Garfield concludes his able remarks by ob-
serving :

"Michigan has a motto upon her coat of

arms. Si quccris pemnsulum ammnam circumspice —
If you wish to see a beautiful peninsula, look
about you. That is no flaming advertisement
of exaggerated proportions, but is a simple in-
troduction to those who enter our borders, the
apparently complimentary language of which
is found by every visitor to be a truthful state-
ment.

"The old derisive songs that told of ague,
marshes, rattlesnakes and wolverines as the
natural products of Michigan, are not sung any
more ; and none visit the peninsular State who
do not go away with pleasant accounts of her
climate, soil, productions and people."

The Hessian Fly.— By Dr. A. S. Packard, Jr.;
being Bulletin No. 4, United States Entomologi-
cal Commission. Published by the Department
of the Interior.

This is another of the very useful treatises
published by the United States Government for
which the people will thank their representa-
tives.

No. 5 of the same series is by Dr. Cyrus
Thomas, and treats of the chinch-bug.

The Wild Garden; or, our groves and gar-
dens made beautiful by the naturalization of
hardy exotic plants ; being one way onward
from the dark ages of gardening, with sugges-
tions for the regeneration of the bare borders of
the London parks. By Wm. Robinson, London,
and New York, Scribner & Welford. 1881.

This heavy title reminds of the revival of
learning, indeed, when the mighty warriors in
the cause of truth, issued their "Sandy foun-
dations shaken," or " Satan attacked by his own
sword," or some other equally valiant book
which carried defiance on the very title page.
Yet we sympathize heartily with the object of
the work, and hope it will be the means of not
only inducing a greater love of hardy exotics,
but also for the many pretty native plants in
which British woods abound.

Mr. Robinson's books are always as beautiful
as they are useful, and this, to say the least, is no
way behind any of its predecessors. We hope
it will have a large sale, both in this country as
well as in the old world, aiding, as we are sure it
must, a genuine love for flowers. In perusing
its beautiful and instructive pages, the only thing
we are sorry for is to find that Mr. Robinson is
not yet convinced that his well-meant efforts to
avoid the use of hard Latin words of plants are
only leading to unutterable confusion. We had
hoped it would have stopped with the Garden,
and not have found a place in a work of such

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permanent value as this. There is no doubt
that the work will lose very much of its value
in this country where the local English names,
or the new ones coined, will not be understood.
Not half the readers here will have any idea
what plants are referred to. If one meets with
a botanical name, and does not know what the
plant is, a reference to some botanical work will
explain it; but there is no work that will tell
him anything about plants with these funny
names. We venture to say that if a list of them
were given even to a first class English nursery,
the order would be returned with the remark
that they could not be supplied, simply because
they are not known by those names. Though
we have endeavored to keep the track of Mr.
Robinson's new names as they appeared in the
Garden, we find a large number here that we
know nothing about, and in consequence all
that he says about the plants might as well have
been written in Chinese. We suppose "Ched-
dar pink" is some sort of a Dianthus, and have
something of an idea what a " wind gentian,"
" Bavarian gentian," or " Caucasian comfrey"
may be; among the many of these species there
is some sort of chance to understand how they
look ; but when it comes to " Barren wort,"
" Mug wort," '■ Handsome evergreen alkanet,"
"Pretty little Rosy Bindweed," and so on, even
" can imagination paint" becomes a question.

Moreover, it does not seem to us that the ob-
ject sought — the introduction of easy names
over hard Latin ones, is really accomplished.
"Geneva Bugle dwarf Boragewort" does not
seem easier to say than if we use its full botani-
cal name — whatever that may be. " Goat's beard
spirsea" is surely no better than Aruncus; and as
for "Bears-breeches," we fancy Acanthup, clas-
sical though it be, will be preferred to the plain
English,

It is some sign, however, of a faltering in this
confusing work to find Mr. Robinson himself
evidently disgusted with it before he gets
through. When he comes to give lists of flow-
ers adapted to his wild garden, he uses nothing
but botanical names. That he may go on under
this conviction of wrong-doing will be the wish
of the many admirers of his useful labors.

The New Botany. — A lecture on the best
methods of teaching. By Dr. W. J. Beal, Pro-
fessor of Botany in the Agricultural College,
Lansing, Mich.

Neither botany nor horticulture is what it was

a half century ago. True gardening in these
days embraces a knowledge of flowers to an ex-
tent that makes the gardener really a botanist,
while botany is a great deal more than a mere
classification of a lot of dried sticks. In the
new order of things botany deals with plant-life,
! just as gardening does. Few have done so much,
j probably no one has done more to make botany
' popular than Professor Beal. In this lecture he
j tells how he does it. No better service could be
j rendered to botanists and gardeners than to
! have this lecture in the hands of every teacher.
We hope it will have a wide circulation.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Various Questions. — " G. McC," Boulder,
Colorado, sends us various questions, written on
both sides of a sheet of paper, which prevents us
from classifying them, as it is generally best to
do; so we have to find a place for all of them
under the '' literary " head. It is never wise to
write on more than one side of a sheet when
sending matter to the press. He says :

" Will you please give me information upon
the following points in the Gardener's
Monthly : 1. What work on landscape garden-
ing is best adapted to small rural places ? Can
you recommend Scott's?

" 2. Give the names and addresses of the secre-
taries of the State Horticultural Societies of Cal-
ifornia and Kansas, also Utah, if there are such.

" 3. It is said that fruit of first-class flavor can-
not be gi'owa on land on which water is allowed
to stand, and hence such fruit cannot be grown
in localities which require irrigating. Further-
more, it is said that California Oranges and other
fruits, though often of monstrous size, are defi-
I cient in flavor, and cannot compete in the eas-
I tern markets with those grown in Florida or
Louisiana. Is this true?

'' 4. An esteemed horticultural friend of mine
takes strong ground against horticultural socie-
ties and journals. He says, ' When an inventor
discovers any thing of general value he at once
secures to himself the advantages by letters pa-
j tent, instead of turning it out to public use.
Why, then, should a pomologist be expected to
be so generous as to give away the results of
long and costly experiments 1 As to horticultu-
ral papers, it is generally the novice that writes
for them. The experienced and successful man

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holds his tongue, and endeavors to profit by his
discoveries.' This reasoning seems cogent. What
says the Gardener's Monthly about it?"

[For first-class work, on large or small places,
there is no work like Scott's. Every one inter-
ested in genuine horticultural taste should have
this work in his library. For smaller efforts,
such for instance as the making of a farm neat
and cheerful in its surroundings, the work of
Elliott, published by Dewey, of Rochester, gives
valuable assistance.

2. There are either horticultural or pomologi-
cal societies in all the States named. The officers
are usually changed about this time every year ;
but if you will write to Mr. John Reading, Salt
Lake City, Utah; Mr. Charles H. Shinn, Niles,
California, and J. K. Hudson, Topeka, Kansas,
they will no doubt with pleasure give the names
of those in office.

3. Report is correct ; but why should water be
allowed to "stand?" It seems to us no more
difl&cult to under drain land that is to be irrigated
than land which is watered by the rain. The
writer of this paragraph has had three separate
occasions of being personally well acquainted

with the soil about Boulder city, and is quite
sure there is no more reason why as good fruit
cannot be grown there as in any part of the
United States. Indeed he looks on irrigation as
a better agent, in successful agricultural or hor-
ticultural operations, than the agency of nature
in her fickle rule of rain, and has seen nothing
to take back since he announced these views in
an address in Greely, in 1871.

4. Your friend is perfectly right, if all the
knowledge he expects to gain is only such as
inventors can patent, or such as any man may-
be largely interested in keeping to himself. We
quite agree that no man should be expected to
be so generous as to give away the results of
long and costly experiments.

We do not pretend to give, for two dollars a
year, this costly and valuable information. But
though our readers may not get a thousand dol-
lars' worth of information for two dollars, it is
generally believed that they do get two dollars
worth ; and we have little doubt, if the esteemed
friend did not want quite so much for the money,
he would find two dollars spent on the Garde
ner's Monthly worth at least that sum.]

Horticultural Societies.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS.

BY WILLIAM SUTHERLAND, PHILADELPHIA.

On page 320 of the Gardener's Monthly, for
October, you ask why do not exhibitors exhibit,
and say that those engaged in getting up exhibi-
tions have generally to get on their knees and
beg of exhibitors to send something to the fair,
etc. Now, I had an idea that editors were well
posted persons on all subjects, and that the editor
of the Gardener's Monthly was the best in-
formed man among them all. But I regret to
see that I have been mistaken.

Why exhibitors do not exhibit is simply be-
cause the premiums are not enough to cover
the expenses. Allow me to give yourself and
readers some incidents of personal experience.
In September, 1876, at the Pennsylvania Horti-

cultural Society's autumnal fair, I exhibited one
hundred varieties of succulents, consisting of
Echeverias, Sempervivums and Cotyledons —
many of them were new plants shown for the
first time, and were growing in four, sjx and
eight-inch pots. The cost of getting them to and
from the hall, cleaning the pots and labeling
the plants, was as follows :

Two men one day each (at $1.50 per day),
$3.00; one load furniture car to hall, $1.00 ; one
load furniture car from hall, $1.00; one hundred
large labels for plants, $1.00 ; one man one-half
day returning with plants, etc.,75 cents ; making a
total expense of $6.75. This exhibit covered about
one hundred and fifty square feet of table room,
and, although it was the centre of attraction, the
committee for awarding prizes gave a special
premium of only $2.00. You will readily srn
that I was likely to be $4.75 out of pocket. Eii
be it said, to the credit of the secretary of ti.o

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society, that he was so ashamed of the action of
the committee that he made up the deficiency
out of his own private purse; but exhibitors do
not always come out so well, and consequently
will not bring their best productions to the ex-
hibition.

Last year, at the State Fair of the Pennsyl-
vania Agricultural Society, I exhibited fifty dis-
tinct varieties of Coleuses, grown in eight-inch
flower pots, and, after sending a man to water
them every other day during the fiir, which
lasted two weeks, I received the munificent sum
of $3.00 for my prize — about one-fourth the price
of the production of the specimens, and certainly
not half the price paid for the plants, as many
of them were new varieties.

Again, look at the Chester County's Agricul-
tural Society premium list of the State Fair,
held at West Chester in September. For green-
house plants (strong growing collections), first
prize, $5.00; second, $3.00; while for the Bicycle
race the first prize was $20.00; second, $10.00.
For designs of cut flowers for table decoration
the first prize was $2.00; the second, $1.00;
while for the best carriage afghan of zephyr
work, which any one could roll up and carry
under his arm, a prize of $3.00 was given for the
best, and $2.00 for the next best.

Now this kind of treatment is not very en-
couraging for horticulturists to bring their best
productions to the various exhibitions, and, as
long as the prizes will not cover the expenses,
exhibitors will be scarce.

I- is all very well for those who have the
getting up of exhibitions in charge to tell ex-
hibitors that it acts as a good, free advertisement,
thus bringing their names more fully before the
public, etc., etc.; but the most of exhibitors — at
least all of the commercial ones — are willing to
pay for printer's ink for that purpose, and gener-
ally do so.

EDITORIAL NOT^S.

Pennsylvania State Horticultural Society.
— The annual meeting will be held this year in
Harrisburg, on Wednesday and Thursday, 18th
and 19th of January, in the rooms of the State
Board of Agriculture. The usual programme
will be ready shortly.

State Horticultural Societies. — Most of
these have their annual meetings in January ;
nnd after a while we shall have requests foru

" notices," to appear in our January number.
It does not seem to occur to all of our readers
that the preparation of a monthly magazine be-
gins a month before the date of its appearance.
At the time of this writing we have no notice at
hand of any one of those meetings. We can
only say that in former times, when devoted to
fruit growing for market chiefly, they were
always interesting, but since the most of them
have changed from pomological to horticultural
societies, and now take in every branch of gar-
dening, they appeal to every person of intelli-
gent culture, and are more than ever worthy of
the support of the best people in the districts
where the meetings are held.

Horticultural Exhibitions. — According to a
recent paper by M. Joly, the first horticultural
exhibition ever held in France, »vas by order of
Francois de Neufchateau, Minister of the Inte-
rior. It was held in 1798, and brought out 110
exhibits. The Horticultural Society of Paris
was founded in 1827 ; held its first exhibition in
the orangery of the Louvre, and of the Luxem"
burg Palace. Vilmorin had much to do with
their success. The grand international exposi-
tions of 1855, 1867 and 1878, in Paris, did a great
deal to foster and encourage horticulture.

In referring to the exhibitions of London, M
Joly shows how much of the success is due to the
enterprise of its leading nurserymen ; and
names especially in this connection Veitch, Bull,
Sutton, and Carter. He claims that France
should be, by virtue of its climate, the garden o f
Europe ; but inclines to the belief, that the
princely love of flowers is not as great as in Eng"
land. He believes that the French horticultural
societies have a mission to fulfil in doing more to
reach the floral eminence of England.

Essays at Horticultural Meetings. — The
Germantown Horticultural Society had essayists
who were appointed at one meeting to prepare a
paper for the next. This worked well for a little
while, but it was found in time that all the work
fell on a few. Now a person is appointed to pre-
pare a subject for discussion. The subject is
announced at one meeting, to be discussed at the
next. In this way the members come prepared
either to ask more questions, or to communicate
what they may know. A recent discussion on
rose culture was especially interesting, from the
many good points thrown in by persons who
sually say not a word.

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Edited by THOMAS MEEHA.N.

V^ol. XXIV.

FEBRUARY. 1882.

Number 278.

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

It is often a matter for surprise that the
English should grow what they call "American
plants" better than we can. These plants form
the greatest attraction of their grounds. Why
should not America grow American plants?
Now, what they call American plants are only
those chiefly which belong to the Ericaceous
family. These are Khododendrons, Azaleas,
Kalmias, Andromedas and such well-known
beautiful flowering shrubs in which America
abounds. But it is not generally known here
that they could not grow them there if it were
not for the garden art and garden skill at the
back of their culture. We could grow them
just as well here if we took pains to understand
theif wants. All these plants have delicate,
hair-like roots, and require a cool, aerated soil
to do well in. They hate water above all things,
and yet desire a soil in which moist air abounds.
In their native places in our country they are
often found growing, apparently, in swamps;
but when we examine carefully none of the
roots, or at moat only the tap roots are down in
the water; all the hair-like roots are in the moss
which abounds above the water in the swamp, or
in the cool peaty matter which is above the water
in those places. There is moisture in this material.

It can be often squeezed out as from a wet
sponge ; but there is air, too, any quantity of it,
and it is this combination which these plants
desire. Not even England, where the atmos-
pheric condition is so favorable from the combi-
nation of air and moisture, would the plants do
well unless the same conditions were supplied
to the ground. The good gardener would not
think of planting these shrubs in the ordinary
earth. Soil is usually provided for the pur-
pose, and tons and tons of peat often brought
from long distances in order to grow them well.

It is not necessary that we should get peat for
them. Anything that will tend to lighten the
soil and permit the free passage of air and water
through it is sufficient. Broken bricks, stones
old boots and shoes, rotten logs — anything of
this kind will do, and of course the part of the
grounds the least subject to drying winds should
be chosen. There is no reason why, with a little
study to adapt our circumstances to the wants
of these plants, we should not have as good
"American plants" as they have in England.

As the season for planting is approaching, it
may be as well to remind the planter that there
are now thousands of beautiful trees and shrubs
to choose from. At one time there was some
excuse for the man who planted, over and over
again, soft maples and poplars. These have still
their uses, but the choosing of more variety and

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beauty is one of the best marks of an educated
taste. Those of our readers who have followed
the excellent papers on new or rare trees and
shrubs given in our columns last year, will have
good guidance as to what to choose.

All of this in a general way. It may be as
well to offer a few practical suggestions in the
matter of detail work suited to the season.

Many delay pruning shrubbery until after se-
vere weather passes, so as to see what injury
may be done — but with March all should be fin-
ished—taking care not to trim severely such
shrubs as flower out of last year's wood, as for
instance, the Wiegela — while such as flower from
the spring growth, as the Althaea, Mock Orange,
&c., are benefited by cutting back vigorously.

Those which flower from young wood, cut in
severely to make new growth vigorous. Tea,
China, Bourbon and Noisette roses are of this
class. What are called annual flowering roses,
as Prairie Queen and so on, require much of last
year's wood to make a good show of flowers.
Hence, with these, thin out weak wood and
leave all the stronger.

To make h,andsome, shapely specimens of
shrubs, cut them now into the forms you want,
and keep them so by pulling out all shoots that
grow stronger than the others daring the sum-
mer season.

Graft trees or shrubs where changed sorts are
desirable. Any lady can graft. Cleft grafting is
the easiest. Split the stock, cut the scion like a
wedge, insert in the split so that the bark of the
stock and scion meet; tie a little bast bark
around it, and cover with Trowbridge's grafting
wax, and all is done : very simple when it is
understood, and not hard to understand.

If flowers have been growing in the ground
for many years, new soil does wonders. Rich
manure makes plants grow, but they do not
always flower well with vigorous growth. If
new soil cannot be had, a wheelbarrow of ma-
nure to about every fifty square feet will be
enough. If the garden earth looks grey or yel-
low, rotten leaves — quite rotten leaves — will im-
prove it. If heavy, add sand. If very sandy,
add salt — about half pint to fifty square feet. If
very black or rich from previous year's ma-
nurings, use a little lime, about a pint, slacked,
to fifty square feet.

If the garden be full of hardy perennial flow-
ers, do not dig it, but use a fork, and that not
deeply.
Dig garden ground only when the soil is warm

and dry. Do not be in a hurry, or you may get
behind. When a clot of earth will crush to
powder as you tread on it, it is time to dig — not
before.

If perennial plants have stood three years in
one place, separate the stools, replanting one-
third, and give the balance to your neighbor
who has none.

Box edgings lay well now. Make the ground
firm and level, plant deep, with tops not more
than two inches above ground.

Roll the grass well before the softness of a
thaw goes away. It makes all smooth and level.

In planting trees remember our repeated ad-
vice to use the pruning knife freely.

We would again repeat a suggestion we re-
cently made in regard to rustic summer houses.
They can often be very cheaply made. In our
country they should be open on all sides.

COMMUNICATIONS.

PROPAGATING YUCCAS.

BY A LADY OP CHARLESTON, S. C.

Yuccas, or as we in South Carolina call them,
" Spanish Bayonets," grow wild with us. At a
pic-nic in the woods I had left our party and
was hunting wild flowers at the edge of a tide
swamp when I came upon a quantity of large
Yuccas lying across my path. Evidently they
had been cut oS" the land to clear a path for
some wood cutters, and there they lay in the hot
sun in a heap.

I had the handsomest brought to Charleston,
and used them on my house for Christmas de-
coration, where certainly they remained for
several days. They were afterwards thrown into
a corner of the yard. Sometime afterwards I
perceived my trees were throwing out roots, and
I finally planted them about the garden. They
all grew but one, and are now fine specimens.
As I put in the ground the great stems entirely
without roots, I thought it might interest florists
to know they can be propagated in that way.
Planted in the shifting sand of a bluff by the
sea, they prove excellent aids to preserve the
bluff from being blown away by the wind, and
when in bloom in large heaps, as we see them,
they are very imposing, the heads of blossom so
exquisitely white against the stiff dark leaves.
There is a large-flowered Evening primrose,
CEnothera, (originally the seed was brought from
Germany, it is said,) which covers the sands

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every summer on the coast near Charleston,
which has lately attracted much notice from its
beauty and profusion. The flowers bloom close
to the ground, and are so numerous that the
sands are golden in the evening. The plant has
thick reddish stems, which throw out deep stiff
roots, holding firmly to the sand. The leaves
are insignificant and greyish in color.

SOME NEW ROSES OF 1881.

BY JEAN SISLEY, LYONS, FRANCE.

Tea, Etoile de Lyon (Guillot), splendid yellow,
large, free bloomer, strong grower.

Tea, Beauts de 1' Europe (Gonod), very vigor-
ous, like Gloire de Dijon, large, very full, dark
yellow.

He Bourbon, AbbcS Girardin (Bernaix), large,
full, well shaped, delicate pink, darker centre.

Hybrid perpetual, Ulrich Brunner (Levet), is-
sue from Paul Neyron, cherry red, large, well
made.

Hybrid perpetual, Violette Bouyer (La-
charme), large, well shaped, white, shaded
flesh, style of Jules Margottin.

Hybrid perpetual, Helene Paul (Lacharme),
verj' large, globular, beautiful white, sometimes
shaded pink. Style of Victor Verdier.

PUBLIC GARDENS OF ST. LOUIS.

BY CHARLES CRUCKNELL, ST. LOUIS, MO.

One of the favorite parks of St. Louis is
" Lafayette," and a beautiful place it is. Thou-
sands of people gather here, more particularly
on Sunday, and are seen wandering through the
shady avenues, or sitting about under the trees
enjoying the beauties of nature. The park con-
tains about thirty acres, is centrally located and
of easy access by street car. Near the centre is
erected a bronze statue of Benton and beneath
are the words, "There is the East; there is India,"
from a speech of the great statesman. On the
south side of the park is a statue of Washington,
around which are planted very pretty beds of
foliaged plants. The carpet and mosaic beds
have been a chief feature of the attractions this
season. No less than twenty-five thousand plants
were set out, chiefly foliage plants. These are
contracted for and furnished by the city florists.
In addition many beds are made up of annuals,
Cannas, Caladiums,-grasses, roses and herbaceous
plants. Nine hundred Coleus Verschafi"elti and
fifteen hundred Coleus Setting-sun were planted,

these being the only Coleus used. The last
named bids fair to equal the former in general
usefulness. It has stood the heat and dryness of
the past season extremely well, and being of a
rich golden color has imparted a glorious effect
to the grounds. A variegated Stevia worked in
well for lining the designs. "Lafayette Park"
in large letters cut in the grass near the walk
proved an immense attraction to j'oung and old.
Two rows of Echevaria secunda glauca formed
the outside, and a single row of Alternanthera
spathula in the centre completed each letter. A
c'rcular bed of more intricate design contained
the Missouri coat of arms. The ground work of
this appeared to be a dwarf Pilea about three
inches high, and remained green all through the
season. The bears in this bed made a good deal
of amusement for the youngsters but they were
perfectly tame.

Another bed cut in the shape of a large cornu-
copia, the mouth filled with tea roses, and the
balance planted with various colored foliage
plants was charmingly pretty. Of the many
carpet beds planted, nearly all retained their
distinctive features until the first frost of the
season occurred, November 2d, thus ruthlessly
destroying the floral beauties of this, the garden
park of St. Louis.

BROWALLIA AS A BLUE BEDDER.

BY CHARLES E. PARNELL, QUEENS, L. I.

In reply to W. D., who asks for the name of a
blue bedding plant in the January Monthly, page
8, 1 would say that I know of none better than
Browallia elata major, (grandiflora of some cata-
logues). This Browallia is an old plant but is
not as extensively known as its merits entitle it to
be. It is a half-hardy annual growing about
eighteen inches in height. It can be readily
raised from seed. The plants should be set about
ten inches apart. The flowers are produced in
the greatest abundance and are both beautiful
and delicate. I do not think that the blue
Lobelia will answer W. D.'s purpose and would
advise him not to try it.

MR. HUNNEWELL'S GARDEN AT WEL-
LESLEY.

BY WM. FALCONER.
NO. II.

Rhododendrons.— There is no finer show in any
other garden in the country than that afforded
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May. There are hundreds upon hundreds of
half-hardy plants, vast bushes and little ones,
tastefully arranged in beds upon the grass, un-
der the skeleton framework of a mammoth
tent. While the shrubs are in blossom, the can-
vas is spread over the frame, but as soon as the
flowering time is over the canvas is removed
and the shrubs allowed to make and ripen their
new growth unshaded. Old flowers and seed
vessels are picked off and lots of water given in
protracted drouths. In November these half-
hardy Rhododendrons, with as good balls of
roots and earth as can be taken with them, are
transplanted, or " heeled-in " rather, in earth
beds, in large cellars and other more favorable
quarters, specially constructed for them. Here
they remain cool and uninfluenced by variations
of temperature till April, when they are again
transferred to their outdoor places, as before.
Besides the spacious accommodations formerly
provided for wintering half hardy rhododen-
drons in, Mr. Hunnewell has just had completed
a substantial structure of masonry, with an in-
side measurement of 66 feet long, 18h feet wide,
and 12 feet high; light and ventilation are ad
mitted by windows on the roof and ends. This
building is among the trees on a northern (I
think) slope, and is provided with large doors
and a good cartway leading to them, so that very
large plants may be conveniently handled. An
older but somewhat similar cellar-building is
fitted up with double sashes and shutters as
proof against severe weather, and in it is a fire-
place and flue to be used in case of dampness.

In the summer time palms and other suitable
plants are associated with the rhododendrons
under the tent frame, the pillars and timbers of
which are clad and draped in Clematises, Wista-
rias and other permanent vines. And surround-
ing this are deep banks of hardy Ehododen-
drons, backed for effect and shelter's sake with
other shrubs and trees, and on one side with
hedges. Lilies and other bulbous plants grow up
among the bushes and prolong the flowering
time. But outside of this particular spot, rhodo-
dendrons, old and large, are massed in groups,
banks, and beds, and in great numbers too.
In the case of the hardy rhododendrons, the
beds containing them were deeply and well
made, to begin with, and now they are heavily
mulched with tree leaves every fall. These
leaves are a partial protection against frost in
winter, and are allowed to remain during sum-
mer, partly for nourishment, and partly as a re-

lief against drought. But Mr. Harris says he
should prefer to have the rough leaves removed
in spring, and a dressing of rotted leaf soil ap-
plied instead, as he would thereby not only be
feeding the plants, but bringing their roots
within the influence of every passing shower, in
spring and summer, whereas, when the heavy
mulching of undecomposed leaves remains upon
the beds in spring, many a light but beneficial
shower is spent upon the mulching without
reaching the roots. The following hardy and
half-hardy kinds of rhododendrons are recom-
mended by Mr. Harris : Hardy, — Album elegans,
blush, changing to white ; Alexander Dancer,
bright rose with pale centre; Archimedes, rosy
crimson ; Caractacus, rich purplish crimson ;
Charles Dickens, dark scarlet; Delicatissimum,
pale blush ; Everestianum, rosy lilac ; H. H.
Hunnewell, dark rich crimson ; H. W. Sargent,
crimson ; Lord John Russell, pale rose (apt to
get a little winter hurt) ; Mrs. John Clutton,
white, very fine ; Mrs. Milner, rich crimson and
Purpureum elegans, fine purple. Half-hardy, —
Alarm, white, edged with crimson ; Auguste Van
Geert, rosy purple ; Brayanum, rosy scarlet ;
Cynthia, rosy crimson ; Elfrida, rose, much
spotted; Fleur de Marie, rosy crimson; James
Macintosh, rosy scarlet ; J. Marshall Brooks,
rich scarlet; John Waterer, dark crimson ; Jo-
seph Whitworth, dark lake ; Lady Armstrong,
pale rose, and Lady Eleanor Cathcart, pale rose.
Indian Azaleas are largely represented, and in
addition to forming with the hardy varieties and
the Rhododendrons a special show in the spring,
they are in blossom in succession from Christ-
mas till June. As they finish blooming they are
introduced to warm, moist quarters, and encour-
aged in growth. They are then gradually inured
to cooler treatment, and in the summer time
plunged out of doors, in a well-sheltered yard,
there to remain till the end of September or first
of October, when they are removed to cool
greenhouses or pits. They remain in these pits
till December when a majority of the latest of
them are moved into the cellars with the Rho-
dodendrons, to stay till spring. When any of
them grow out in a straggling, misshapen man-
ner, Mr. Harris has no hesitation in pruning
them hard into the old wood ; this he does early
in the season, and introduces them at once into
heat, moisture and shade. Buds break out all
over the old wood, and although an idea prevails
that this first year's wood will not yield flowers,
Mr. Harris tells me he succeeds in getting some

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blossoms from it. Among the more recent addi-
tions, Mr. Harris recommends Empress of In-
dia, Charmer, Madam Jean Wolkoff, Oswald
de Kerchove, Jean Vervain, Paul de Deschry-
mer. Countess of Beaufort, Princess Louise, Ar-
gus, Imbricata, Madam Marie Van Houtte, and
Segismund Rucker. And he speaks highly of
Prime Minister, Lady Musgrave, and one or two
other varieties of Amoena, and which are an im-
provement on the typical form ; they must be-
come popular, as they are so easily forced.

Deciduous or hardy Azaleas are the chief ful-ni-
ture of a garden, by themselves, where they are
grown in beds like roses. They comprise what
are generally known as Ghent Azaleas, also the
Japanese mollis, and its many varieties. The
azalea garden is surrounded by trees and shrubs,
and it is instructive to note how the azaleas
turn their backs to their shade-bearing shelter,
and stretch forth their branches to the light.
They are not mulched with leaves, as the Rho-
dodendrons are, but instead are top-dressed with
compost. The brilliance and variety of these
beautiful shrubs, when in bloom, are great, and
they are so hardy too that they appeal to every
amateur. Although there are many named va-
rieties, Mr. Harris is of the opinion that mixed
varieties are good enough for any purpose.
Speaking of azaleas reminds me of a remark by
Professor Sargent, and made to me in his garden
a year or two ago : " If I were confined to one
shrub, I should choose the hardy azalea."

remarks about designs, letters, or otherwise in
beds, not being done with neatness. I have
read and travelled for information on this sub-
ject, but have always come back home with your
opinion. Bedding I have studied for years as
done in Europe and elsewhere.

r thank you for your kind remarks on my
beds, of which I sent you photographs, which
only give you an imperfect idea of what they
are, as many other designs are just as correct in
line and form as those sent.

BLUE FLOWERS FOR MASSING.

BY N. ROBERTSON, GOVERNMENT GROUNDS, OTTAWA,
CANADA.

For "W. D's.," Sandusky bed, instead of the blue
Lobelia (you suggest) to accompany the Achry-
anthus and Centaurea would be the Ageratum
John Douglas, and then the Achryanthes and
Centaurea will have to have frequent stopping to
keep them to one height and be effective.

A better bed can be made of his design if he
will use any of the following plants that I sug-
gest: Alternanthera, red ; LeucophytonBrownii,
white, and then blue Lobelia, as they grow about
one height, and the two first will bear trimming.

Another, Phlox Drommondii, scarlet and
white and blue Ageratum, but must be in good
mass, the phlox to be pegged down to the same
height and line, which will much add to the
poass of color.

I can assure you that I agree with you in your

NOTES FROM THE WEST.

BY IROQUOIS.

How we all admire a beautiful lawn, during
summer, with a well selected collection of orna-
mental trees, shrubs and vines, properly trim-
med and otherwise cared for, but how desolate
and dreary this same lawn usually looks, for at
least four months of the year, especially if not
well supplied with evergreens. Now we all
know that nearly or quite all the so-called ever-
green trees and shrubs, not included in the class
of Conifers, in this latitude (40° North), wil
retain their foliage but a short time after the
cold and freezing weather of autumn and early
winter has fairly set in ; and that the true ever-
green of our temperate zone must, almost ex-
clusively, be a Conifera, which is not, as a rule,
a popular or even desirable tree or shrub to
plant on the lawn, with the majority of our peo-
ple, whose idea of a fine tree or shrub is one that
produces " lots of flower? " during spring. As a
rule, the existence of the lawn during the winter is
perfectly ignored, except possibly to tie up a
favorite and tender rose and shrub with a big
bundle of straw or some other equally unsightly
object.

Now it is a well known fact that our native
trees, shrubs and to a large extent our native
vines are not considered worth the time and
trouble of transplanting, by the majority of our
people, consequently, not being saleable, our
nurserymen devote very little time and attention
to their culture and improvement. But there
certainly are among our native forest trees, many
that are worthy a place on any lawn, and equal,
if not superior, to many foreign and unaccli mated
species for which we are all often only too glad
to pay an exorbitant price to secure even a poor,
sickly specimen. Among the number of worthy
native trees— and the last whose foliage seems to
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power of endurance — is the oak ; and, as if to add
additional beauty to its majestic form in the
last days of autumn, it is clothed with the most
gorgeous dress of crimson, bronze and green,
which makes it the glory of our autumn
forest. However, their foliage is in time seared
and browned from the effects of the continuous
frosts and crisping autumn winds, and although
often attached to the tree for a long time, still,
by the middle of November or first of December
their beauty is gone for the season. Were it
not for an insignificant, and (by the landscape
gardener) rejected native vine, our forests would
be entirely devoid of green foliage after the first
of December. This despised vine, our native
Smilax, or as it is popularly called by the
country people, the Bramble or Greenbrier,
comes nearer being a true evergreen than any
of our native deciduous plants. Holding as it
does its large glossy green leaves until late in
the winter, it forms a very conspicuous feature
in many a thicket and grove, especially if it be
in a warm and sheltered position. In our
enquiry among those living near its native
habitat, no one seems to know It by the names
of cat brier China brier, rough-bindweed, or
even sarsaparilla as the popular name is some-
times said to be applied to it in some botanical
works.

Our standard botanies enumerate fifteen
species as natives of the United States, all of
which are found growing wild in the great Mis-
sissippi Valley, and all of which are worth culti-
vating; but I do not remember to have ever
seen a single specimen under cultivation. I
very much doubt there being a half dozen plants
so grown in the country. All portions of the
world furnish a proportionate number of spe-
cies, many of which are of great economic
value in their contributions to medicine ; while
a few foreign tropical species are among our
choicest greenhouse plants. Perhaps it would
not be amiss to say that Sir Joseph Paxton, in
his Botanical Dictionary, reduces the whole
species of Smilax to six, four of which are found
in North America and two in China, while the
remaining forty species he classes as varieties or
eynonyms of valid species. This is without
doubt too conservative a view of the subject to
meet the ideas of the botanical student of
today.

As Smilax rotundifolia, or the large round leaf
Bramble would be to our notion the handsomest
and most desirable of all our native species for

cultivation, we will call particular attention to its
many good qualities, with the hope that it may
stimulate a desire on the part of those want-
ing plants of actual merit for ornamental pur-
poses, to make a trial of this native vine ; for the
effort certainly will repay all cost and trouble.
As seen in its uncultivated condition, we find
this species growing in moist, rich ground,
usually in a thicket of underbrush, where its
long and flexible stem often reaches the length
of thirty feet; not usually, however, growing
more than ten or fifteen feet high, but creeping
from branch to branch, holding fast to each one
by its wire-like tendrils thrown out from the
base of each leaf-stem. While the whole upper
portion of the stem is thickly covered with large
round-ovate or heart-shaped leaves. Sometimes
it prefers a location in a neglected fence corner,
when it trails along the fence, occasionally grasp-
ing a stray weed or shrub for additional support ;
and rarely it is seen climbing to the height of
twenty or twenty-five feet from limb to limb on
a thorn-apple bush or something of similar
habit, where its glossy foliage makes it an object
of great beauty after the tree has dropped all its
leaves and fruit. Now, if we only follow nature's
instruction and plant in deep rich soil and ^ow
them to cover a fence, frame, or even on a low-
growing tree, and to make up for their natural
lack of branches, plant a number of specimens
near together, we have from our own fields what
we cannot procure from the nurseryman, i. e., an
evergreen vine, hardy, and most certainly adapted
to our climate. One serious objection to its
popularity with many will be its inconspicuous
greenish flowers, but its bunches of bluish
black fruit in autumn will more than compen-
sate for the loss of flowers in spring when all
nature seems to be alive with flowers.

A FEW HINTS ON THE CHRYSAN-
THEMUM.

BY WALTER COLES, BELVIDERE, N. J.

Having received several inquiries respecting
the Chrysanthemums I exhibited at the Ger-
mantown Horticultural Society, probably a
short article on their culture would be interest-
ing to lovers of this beautiful Fall flower. I
have been asked what varieties they were, and
where they can be obtained. There were only
four in number, which were George Glenny,
Venice, Virgin Queen, ' and Eve, which I got
from Mr. Peter Henderson of New York ; there

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are many more varieties which are just as good,
if not better than those named. While in Phila-
delphia, in November last, I made a visit to the
Horticultural Hall at Fairmount Park. The
Palms and Ferns were a lovely sight, and in ex-
cellent condition. But to my eye the most
striking thing there was a house of Chrysanthe-
mums. There was almost every color you can
mention, with the exception of blue, and that
we must never expect to see, if we look into the
natural law of colors. I made note of one or
two of the most striking varieties, — Temple of
Solomon, a very large yellow, extra fine ; Hero of
Stoke Newington, Antonella, Empress of China,
Jardin des Plantes, Mrs. George Mundle, and
many others. I find it best, if good specimen
plants are wanted, to start the cuttings from
November to January, but I prefer the former ;
after the cuttings are started, a cold greenhouse
near the glass is the best place to grow them ;
never let them get dry or pot-bound. "When
they have obtained a height of four or five in-
ches the top should be pinched out, to encourage
side shoots ; as soon as the small pots are filled
with roots give them a liberal shift, which, by
the end of June, will require pots from eight to
twelve inches. I think the Chrysanthemum,
like the rose and strawberry, delights in new,
fresh loam, with one-third good, rotten cow ma-
nure. Some people will advise to fill the pot
one-third full of bi-oken pots, for drainage ; but I
think it is quite time for us to leave ofi'such old
whims, that our grandfathers practiced years
gone by.

1 found last summer I had to water our plants
twice a day, without any crocks at all in the
bottom, only a piece of rough turf, and the pots
plunged into the ground to their rims. I think
nine out of ten will agree with me that good,
rough, rich loam is better for a gross feeder like
the Chrysanthemum to grow in, than a lot of
old broken pots. In stopping the shoots it is im-
portant to stop them all at one time. i''ou will
often see some a little stronger than others; but
you will find if they are stopped, and the weaker
ones are left, the growth will run to the ones
left untouched, and an uneven plant is the result.

Last May I planted a row of young Chrysan-
themums in a border, on the north side of the
house, forming a back row of some bedding
plants, mixing with each plant a good spadeful
of well-rotted manure. From the end of October
to the middle of December, this row of Chrysan-
themums was the admiration of the town. Thev

flowered fully two weeks later than our neigh-
bors'. The Chrysanthemum can be trained to
almost any shape, of which I will write some
other time, should the editor think it would be
interesting to our readers.

A BLUE BEDDING PLANT.

BY C. D. WARDE, CONCORD, N. H.

In answer to the inquiry of " W. D.," in the
January number, would suggest as a fine blue
bedding plant for ribbon beds, and as a most ex-
cellent companion for Centaurea and Achyran-
thus, some of the dwarf compact growing varie-
ties of the Ageratum mexicanum. Have seen
beautiful efiects produced with them in the
Jardin de Luxembourg, in Paris, in the fine
gardens of Hon. S. W. Hale, of Keene, N. H.,
and elsewhere. Start the plants early and trim,
to the proper shape.

N£IV OR RARE PLANTS.

New Alterkanthera Aurea.— This is a great
acquisition for yellow lines in ribbon-line plant-
ing; of a fine habit, dwarf and compact ; foliage
light green and golden yellow— the yellow pre-
dominating.—P. Henderson.

Dwarf Double Geraniums. — These are the
"newest novelties" in the Geranium line. On the
Continent of Europe, they have now Princess
Stephanie of this class. It grows only from ten
to twelve centimeters high. The flowers are
double, rose color with a light centre.

New Dahlia, " Juarezii."— The grandest nov-
elty of the year, and not only a novelty but a
most valuable and useful decorative plant for all
purposes through the late summer and autumn
months. Its blossoms are of a rich scarlet, and
very much resemble in shape and color the well-
known Cactus, Cereus Speciosissimus. Height
about 3 ft., very bushy, flowers of very striking
appearance, and quite unlike those of an ordinany
double Dahlia, the florets being flat and pointed;,
during the fall and winter the flowers sold at
fifty cents each.— P. Henderson.

New Dwarf Sweet Chestnut.— A new orna-
mental shrub lately introduced from Japan.
The fruit or nuts are edible, and are produced
freely on plants three feet high. The nuts are as.
large as the common " Horse Chestnut," and are
equal in quality to the common small chestnut.

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The enormous size and good quality of the fruit
will undoubtedly make it a valuable article of
commerce, while the ornamental character of
the shrub will recommend it for lawns or hedges.
Perfectly hardy around N. Y. — P. Henderson.

Improvement of the Common Garden Mari-
gold.— Among the ti-iumphs of modern garden
art is the taking up of old garden flowers, and
making them yield to the improving ideas of the
florist. Every body knows the common garden
pot Marigold ; and, pretty and popular as it is,
who would suppose that after culture for so many
hundred years, anything more could be made of

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

CALENDULA OFFICINALIS, METEOR.

it? Yet here we have a drawing of one sent out
by Haage & Schmidt of Erfurt, and which they
call " Meteor," which is as " double as a daisy."
Besides the double flower it has the novelty of a
pale orange stripe down the centre of each straw
colored petal. Now that improvement has been
started, we shall expect a race of new kinds in
this popular garden flower.

The Diamond Tuberose. — We are crowded
this month, and have hardly room for all the
long correspondence on hand in regard to this
plant. It seems sufficient to note that Nanz
& Neuner say they were aware that an attempt
was made to impose on two eastern firms a kind
which was " far from being the Diamond which
we offer." They "know it to be just as they repre-
sented it," except that it was an error to say as
we did, "five to eight inches ;" it should be " fif-
teen to eighteen inches." But, since the ques-
tion has been raised, they decided not to sell till
they had exhibited plants this summer, so that
all could see for themselves. This seems fair
enough.

The Drop Worm. — W. F. Bassett, Hamraon-
ton., N. J., writes : '• If I understand what you
call ' Bag. or Drop Worm,' I think you are in
error on one point. Some of the cocoons are
doubtless emptj', but others are full of eggs for
next year's crop, and if all of them are care-
fully collected now and burned, there will be
none next year; as the full-grown cocoons are,
from their color and size, much easier seen than
the small ones, this comparatively leisure sea-
son is a much better time to destroy them than
summer."

[Mr. Bassett is right. The statement was one
of those unaccountable slips sometimes made
for which there is no excuse. — Ed. G. M.]

Hardiness of Rose Reine Marie Henri-
ETTE. — Mr. Terwilliger, of Saratoga, N. Y.,
writes : " Please state that the rose ' Reine
Marie Henriette,' stood outside uncovered dur-
ing the winter '80 and '81, mercury going to 32°
below zero, and came out nicely, bloomed all
summer and is now in bloom (Sept. 6). La
France was by them, also unharmed, plenty of
snow to cover them."

Greenhouse and House Gardening.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

CULTIVATION

OF THE
MUM.

CHRYSANTHE-

BY D. RHIND,

With very little
ment I have good success with these,

canandaigua, n. y.
care and simple treat-

I propa-

gate in March ; as soon as well rooted pot them
in two and a half or three inch pots, pinch-
ing them if they grow too lanky before planting
out, which I do as soon as the ground can be
got ready. They should be placed in a cool
house or frame for a few days previous to setting
out; frost won't hurt them if so treated. When

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they have grown about a foot, cut them back
near the ground so as to get them stocky with
as many branches as possible. Afterwards only
pinch the strongest shoots every third or fourth
week ; it should be discontinued some time in
August, according to the weather. Water when
necessary; make a small basin around each
plant to hold it. Lift and pot as soon as the
flower buds can be seen. I get plants by this
system having from thirty to fifty shoots. As
soon as potted plunge in a tub of water, which I
do with all plants taken up at this season. Place
in the shade and sprinkle overhead as long as
necessary. The large flowering varieties, like
Empress of India, should be disbudded, leaving
only one bud to a shoot. After two weeks use
liquid manure till they are almost in full bloom,
then discontinue — the flowers last longer. I
grow about a hundred plants this way. If there
is a shorter way I would be very glad to find it
out.

ISOTOMA LONCIFLORA.

BY V. DE NIEDMAN, WASHINGTON, D. C.

In the December issue of the Gardener's
Monthly I have noticed the remarks on Isotoma
longiflora, and was surprised at the price asked
for this plant, Isotoma longiflora, or Rapuntium,
or Hippobroma longiflora Don., is an inmate of
our gardens here for more than thirty years, and
as a native of Jamaica it will never make much
in winter in a cold or greenhouse, while in a hot-
house it will thrive very luxuriantly, and rather
too much so, as often to my great amazement —
will not say at all '' a pleasant surprise." I
find the Isotoma, together with Pteris serrulata,
Oxalis and a few more other good things, to
overrun our orchid and stove-houses to such an
extent that it is at times difficult to state which
of them is the worst weed and the most trouble-
some to the grower, as the Isotoma seeds in
great quantities and freely, although the flowers
generally come one by one. The plant itself, by
this latter quality, will never produce a showy,
striking eS"ect as a winter-blooming hothouse
plant, but is likely more adapted for out of door
culture in a rockery, perhaps, among other
herbaceous plants. In regard to using Isotoma
for cut-flower work, I would have little to say,
as I never have used them, but would think
little adapted for this kind of work on account
of their length and soft character. In speaking
of the fragrancy of the flowers, I would like to

mention that Isotoma belongs to the order of
Campanuleae lobeliarise, and, like a good many
plants of the same order, possesses in all its parts
poisonous properties, even also in the odor or
fragrancy ; and as there are records of people
having suffered from effects of this poisonous
plant, I thought a little cautioning would be per-
haps not altogether disregarded.

THE AUSTRALIAN GLORY FLOWER
CLIANTHUS DAMPIERI.

BY WILLIAM FALCONER, CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

At Oakley, Mount Auburn, on November 20th,
I saw a lovely specimen of this most gorgeous
plant. Last spring Mr. Allan, the gardener, had
a lot of seedlings, robust plants in good bloom-
ing order; some he grew in cold frames and
others planted out in the borders ; those in the
frames gave most satisfiiction. Seeds ripened
by those plants were sown on August 4th, and
the beautiful specimen just referred to is one of
these late seedlings. It is growing in a cold
frame, well packed around with dry litter and
matted over when occasion requires to exclude
frost. The earth in the frame is about fifteen
inches beneath the glass surface, and the
branches of the plant, about four feet in spread,
are trained out horizontally about eight inches
under the sashes. The plant is growing vigor-
ously, and from every leaf axil arises a cluster
of blossoms or buds. When we saw it, about a
dozen clusters were fully expanded, and Mr.
Allan assured us he had already cut off twenty-
three clusters. The sunny position of the frame,
the nearness of the Clianthus to the glass, and
the cool temperature of the season, incited a
brilliance of color not attained in the blossoms
of spring and summer.

The great difficulty in growing this Glory
Flower successfully is its susceptibility to damp
off at the neck and sensitiveness to root-mutila-
tion in re-potting. To avoid these, Mr. Allan
grows his seedlings in three-inch pots, and just
before they would likely need shifting knocks off
the bottoms of the pots, and without disturbing
the roots in the least sets the pots to within an
inch of their depth in prepared beds, where the
roots can ramble at will. The little pot acts as
a collar-guard to the plant, and no water is
afterwards allowed to be given within that col-
lar ; thus although the roots may be well watered
the neck of the plant is kept dry.

The Glory Flower is a native of the desert

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regions of Australia, where it assumes the form
of a small scrubby bush or woody vine. Its
leaves and young wood are thickly clad with
white woolly hairs; its brilliant scarlet blossoms
have a large black-purple spot at the base of the
standard, are very showy, and vividly distinct
from any other of our cultivated flowers. Al-
though a true perennial, as a garden plant, it
has usually given most satisfaction when treated
as an annual.

TRICOPILIA TORTILIS AND T. SUAVIS,

BY C. H. S,, BALTIMORE, MD.

The above Orchids can both be cultivated in
the same way though they come from different
countries. Owing to their mode of flowering
they are best cultivated in pots, and I find that
tney are impatient of too much water when they
are beginning to grow, being liable to damp off
if too much heat and moisture is given at that
time. I fill the pots to within two inches of the
top with broken crocks, then fill with sphagnum
moss tightly pressed down, and then make a
mound nearly two inches high, and on the top
place your plant. This is necessary, because the
flowers are pendant. It would be advisable in
making pots for orchids to have some small
holes under the rims, through which to run
copper wire to secure the plants on the moss.
After they have become well rooted the wire
may be drawn out. This mode of potting is
suitable to all the Tricopilias, Lycastes, Maxil-
larias, Pilumnse, Bollas, Batemania and other
orchids that have large flowers with short stems.
I prefer, with any of the above, to give the roots
a good soaking, by putting the pots in water
once every two or three days, to slightly damp-
ing the moss with a syringe. This will be often
enough even when in active growth, and when
they have finished, once a week will be suffi-
cient. Tricopilia tortilis and suavis do well with
a rather dry temperature of from 50° to 60°
from November 1st until April, and after that
to be kept from 60° to 75°. It may be that at
times the thermometer will go up to 90° in spite
of shading, but it will do no harm if the house
is kept well saturated with moisture. Odonto-
glossum Cervantesii and all its near allies, are
a little difficult to grow nicely, owing to our ex-
tremely hot and dry climate. They come from
an elevation of about 4000 feet in Mexico in the
shady valleys. The young growth is easily rot-
ted ofi" by too much heat and moisture, which is

also the case with most cool orchids. I grow 0*
Cervantesii in saucers, such as are used to place
under flower pots, but the saucers are hung
vertically, and the plants secured by wire through
holes made for the purpose. I am growing
many small Orchids in these saucers, which are
one and a half inches deep and of various diam-
eters. Odontoglossum Rossii, 0. Ehrenberghii,
Oncidium Kramerii, O. varicosum, all do well,
and it is impossible almost to overwater them,
even though they ai-e dipped every day, in the
growing season, as any surplus immediately
runs off. These saucers can be made of any
size. 0. Cervantesii should be grown as cool
as possible in summer, and at about 50° through
winter.

STEAM HEATING.

BY WALTER M. TABER, DETROIT, MICH.

If agreeable to the readers of the Gardener's
Monthly, we accept Mr. Fowler's invitation and
give our experience with steam heating, well
knowing that if it give others the satisfaction it
has given us, the days of hot water heating, as
well as those of all other modes are short. In
August, 1880, we intended placing in our green-
houses a hot water apparatus, when the articles
in this magazine by Mr. Bochmann and Parker
Bros, on steam heating, attracted our attention.
And after quite a correspondence with these
gentlemen, and for whose kindly suggestions we
are grateful, we erected what we believe to be
the first successful steam apparatus in the West.
Our boiler is below the radiating pipes, thereby
doing away with the use of a steam trap, which
would only be necessary were the boiler placed
above the pipes, and which comes to the relief
of those who cannot secure drainage, to place
their boiler below the ground surface. We carry
the steam from the boiler through a two inch pipe
to a two inch pipe crossing the ends of all the
houses, above the doorways in the shed, with a
drop pipe and valve of from one to one-and-a-
half inches for each coil, according to the amount
of radiating surface in the coil, which connects
by a manifold with one inch radiating pipes
under the bench, running the entire length of
the house, with eight inches fall in one hundred
feet, connecting at the further end of the house
by manifold pipe and valve with a two inch re-
turn pipe to boiler, which crosses the ends of all
the houses, receiving the condensed steam from
all radiating coils — the return pipe being about
one foot under the ground, and having a fall

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towards the boiler, thus obtaining a complete
circulation much the same as in a hot water
apparatus. In the severe weather of last winter
with the thermometer fifteen degrees below zero,
five pounds of steam was all that was necessary
to maintain a temperature of sixty-five degrees;
and we find that steam will circulate in all the
pipes when the guage shows not one ounce of
pressure. We have visited the establishment of
the Messrs. Reneman & Bro. of Pittsburg, whose
apparatus was erected we believe by Mr. Boch-
man, and noticed that their radiating pipes were
two inches, each pipe being supplied by a three-
quarter inch pipe, with an outlet of one half
inch, their boiler being above the heating pipes;
they use an Albany steam trap to return the
condensation to the boiler, the use of which I
think objectionable, where not necessary. Mr.
Fowler says, " Regarding the larger pipes, their
cost is nearly double that of the smaller, and if
the latter can be made as efi'ective. this is surely a
saving." While I do not see any special advan-
tage of large pipes over small except in cheap-
ness, Mr. Fowler must know that more heat is
obtained from one two inch pipe, than from two
one inch pipes. Others were so pleased with the
working of our apparatus, that to-day there are
six greenhouse establishments in this citj' heated
by steam, all erected the past summer; and as
far as I know are giving entire satisfaction.
Steam has been used to some extent in Chicago,
but has never been made a success, and as I
intend visiting that town soon, I may be able
to tell the readers of the Monthly in a later
number, why it is thus.

THE OLEANDER.

BY FLORAMANT.

The Nerium, commonly called the Oleander,
is a much neglected though a very beautiful
plant. It is an erect-growing, evergreen shrub,
of the easiest culture, abundant in flower, ex-
quisite in fragrance. They flower freely when
scarcely a foot high, but will attain a height of
ten or twelve feet. Hardy along the gulf coast.

To bloom them in perfection they need a
stove, and yet do well in the parlor and out of
doors, budding out finely. In potting give plenty
of pot room, and use a soil composed of equal
parts of loam, well rotted manure, and peat or
leaf-mould.

Their natural period for blooming is July; but
that may be changed and bloom produced at any

season. Under favorable conditions they will
bloom until frost, bedded out.

One way to manage these plants is to let them
have a short rest after the summer flowering,
which can be effected by drying. Then trim to
within a few ej'es of the previous year's wood,
having due regard to the symmetry of the plant,
and place in a warm greenhouse, encouraging
them to make a short growth before winter sets
in. In the spring shift into above compost, and
stop the young growth so far as necessary to
make good heads. If not convenient to shift as
the plant grows, give liquid manure.

Another system is to pot in spring as above ;
and if any of the plants have bad heads cut them
down to the shape desired. The old wood will
push new shoots. Keep the plants thus headed
down until May, when they may be planted in
the garden ; or if that cannot be done, turn them
out, reduce the ball of earth by probing with a
pointed stick all around the sides and bottom of
the ball, cutting off any very matted roots. If
any of the roots are decayed cut them into the
sound wood. Re-pot into same tub, filling in
with fresh compost, and give very little water
unless there are signs of vegetation.

These plants may also be re-potted in August;
and as they are of a strong habit will not be in-
jured thereby, and that is a convenient season to
do the work, as it is out of doors. They may be
wintered in the house or in a light cellar, and
should then be but slightly watered; during the
growing and blooming seasons, however, they
should have plenty of water. Cuttings strike
root with great ease if kept moist.

Neriums are generally seen, when blooming,
with as much growth above the flowers as below
them ; this is the result of neglect. Soon after
the trusses of bloom show themselves, young
growths of wood start from the base, and if these
are allowed to remain, the flowers are weakened
and hidden. Pick them out as soon as seen,
and the flowers will form beautiful heads above
the foliage.

Flower buds frequently form late in the fall,
lie dormant all winter, whilst the foliage and
branches continue to grow, and in the spring
expand into full-blown flowers, which then ap-
pear stuck in the midst of leaves, with branches
all around them.

These plants are frequently infested with
white scale. For that, scrub stems and wipe
leaves with a strong decoction of tobacco, heated
to about 100°, and clean afterwards with soap

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and water ; or, with a whisk broom sprinkle
thoroughly with Paris green prepared in water,
as for potato bug, repeating several times
through the summer.

It must be noted that the wood, bark ^and
leaves of this plant are all poisonous. Death
has resulted from eating meat in which skewers
of Oleander wood have been used ; the pow-
dered bark is used as a rat poison, and an infu-
sion of the leaves is a powerful insecticide.

The principal varieties described are Nerium
oleander, the common rose-colored single-flow-
ering species, from which many varieties have
originated ; N. 0. splendens, the most popular, a
double rose colored flower; N. 0. striata fl. pi.,
with double flowers, striped rose and white ; N.
album maximum, semi double, white ; N. grand-
iflorum plenum, double rose ; Shaw's seedling,
deep crimson, single ; N. macrophyllum, very
double and large, deep pink ; N. album plenum,
double white; N. atropurpureum plenum, dark
. purple, rich ; N. cardinale, double rich purple
vermilion, lighter in centre of petals, very fine.
N. flavum duplex, double yellow, fine and dis-
tinct ; Geant des Battailles, single, light blue cen-
tre, petals edged with crimson, very fine; N.
madoni grandiflorum, double white, free flower
ing, fine ; Professor Durand, fine double yellow ;
N. 0. Eleganti ssimum, a most beautiful plant
with deep, silver-edged foliage, and young wood,
striped white and green ; and many other fine
varieties. The writer, however, doubts whether
there is such a thing as a truly double white, or
a true vellow.

STEAM HEATING.

BY ALEX. MURDOCH, PITTSBURG, PA.

Friend Fowler can rest assured that steam will
not ''smoulder." It is undoubtedly the coming
heater for greenhouses — until superseded in its
turn by electricity — and before long is destined
to enter into the construction of all new ranges
of houses ; if not substituted for other methods
in those already built. Around Pittsburg it has
been introduced with invariable success, and
rose-growers from Summit and Madison have
been here taking notes. Where we (John R. &
A. Murdoch) grow our roses in the 22nd Ward,
we this summer took out a No. 16 and a No. 17
Hitching's corrugated boiler and two thousand
feet of four-inch pipe ; and after making an ex-
tension of 100 feet by 20 feet, put in steam with
most satisfactory results, adding a steam-pump,

with which we raise water from the brook below
to water the houses and supply the boiler.
Two-inch pipe was used excepting where the
valves were placed; here we used one-inch pipes
and smaller valves to reduce the cost of valves.

We consider steam as safe as hot water, and
much easier to regulate, aside from the economy
of labor resulting in the decreased number of
fires necessary. After a winter's experience, we
may refer again to this important topic.

DENDROBIUM CAMBRIDCEANUM.

BY WALTER GRAY.

"G. C." will find this plant do best to grow it on
a block of wood or in a basket, with peat and
moss ; suspend it from the roof and as near the
glass as possible. It requires plenty of heat and
moisture when growing, and when it has made
its growth, should be placed in a cooler position
with less water until it begins to grow; then
bring it back into more heat and moisture to give
it a quick growth. It produces its flowers upon
the first season's growth early in the spring.
It is a grand species ; flowers, dark yellow, some-
times orange color, tip crimson.

ON THE CULTURE OF THE CAMELLIA,

BY JOHN WOODING, PENCOYD, MONTGOMERY CO., PA.

The soil heat adapted to the growth of Camel-
lias is a mixture of peat and rotten sod in nearly
equal proportions, with a little silver sand added.
Where the soil is peculiarly light and sandy, a
less quantity of peat is requisite. Mix this well
together, but not sifted ; use it as rough as possi-
ble, as it is necessary the soil should be open and
porous ; the plants will have a more healthy ap-
pearance. In potting use plenty of broken
crocks, thereby securing a free drainage, a cir-
cumstance indispensable to the success of the
plants. The proper season for the general shift-
ing is when the young growth is hardened, and
the blossom buds for next year can be detected
at the extremity of the shoots. After shifting
all those that require it, place them <)ut in the
open air in a shady place; an occasional
sprinkling of the foliage will improve the ap-
pearance as well as be beneficial to the health of
the plants. At all times attention must be paid
to watering them properly, the roots being apt
to become matted in the pots, so as to render the
ball of earth impervious to moisture ; hence it is
necessary to see that the ball of earth is moist-

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ened by the water poured upon it instead of the
web of fibres only, this requiring an examina-
tion of the roots, and reducing or pruning them
at least once a year, a measure almost indis-
pensable.

At the respective periods of growth and flower-
ing, the plants will require plentiful watering,
during the latter, if not regularly supplied, the
bloom buds will infallibly fall off instead of ex-
panding into flower. At other times a moderate
supply is essential. The eff'ect of constantly
watering may be presumed to diminish or des-
troy the fertility of the small quantity of earth
allotted to each plant; therefore, when the an-
nual re-potting occurs, carefully take away as
much of the former ball of earth as can be done
without injuring or cutting the roots.

The Camellia may be considered as a hardy
greenhouse plant, requiring a temperature only
just above freezing point. Like the myrtle, it
will succeed much better than when grown in a
higher temperature.

The usual methods of propagation are by
grafting and budding on the single red Camellia,
cuttings of which are found to strike root more
readily than of the double varieties. The cut-
tings are taken as soon as the young shoots are
sufficiently ripe at the base. They are carefully
prepared by being cut smoothly over with a
sharp knife at a joint, and divested of one or two
leaves at the bottom, and then planted firmly
about two inches deep in pots filled with the
Camellia compost, before described, and the
upper part filled with fine sand. They are then
well watered and the plant^s plunged over a little
gentle heat and kept closely shaded for three or
four months, by which time short fibres or a
callus, from which they afterwards diverge, are
produced, When suflftciently rooted to bear re-
moval, they are potted singly in small pots, the
sand being then carefully removed. The pots
should be well drained and filled with the
Camellia compost, with the addition of a little
white sand. They are afterwards to be sprinkled
with water and placed in a close frame or pit,
until they begin to root afresh, and by degrees
exposed to the air.

The succeeding season they may be potted in
the same soil as the other Camellias, and simi-
larly treated, and many of the plants will then
have obtained sufficient size and strength for
budding, and all of them by the following sea-
son. The best time for budding is as soon as the

new wood is sufl3ciently ripened, but it may be
done at almost any season of the year.

NICHT-OPENINC FLOWERS.

BY J. H. KRELAGE, HAARLEM, HOLLAND.

The fact related in the Gardener's Monthly
of November, 1881, page 341, of a Cactus flower-
ing usually at night, and by exception in the
daytime is very interesting, and it would be of
great interest to know the name and origin of
this plant. From the given notice it might be
Cereus triangularis (Haw.); Cereus compressus
(Mill.); Cactus triangularis (Lin.); Cactus triangu-
laris aphyllus (Jacq.); which in our climate usu-
ally opens at six o'clock in the evening, and lasts
till eleven o'clock the following morning. It has
fine white flowers, and broad flat epiphyllum-
like leaves. Here it flowers very rarely, and
only when of some age, and when permitted to
fix its aerial roots in some brick wall. Cereus
Napoleonis (Grab.) ; Cereus triangularis major
(Salm. not Pfeifier's), is very near to this, also with
white flowers, but which open in the morning
and close in the evening of the same day. If
this last w^is not so very scarce, one could think
the described Cactus to be a hybrid between the
triangularis and Napoleonis. Like some hybrids
of Cereus grandiflorus, the well-known night-
bloom^g Cactus, also, has here a different flow-
ering period.

ROSES FOR ORNAMENTAL FRUIT.

BY W. C. STRONG .

Fully endorsing your opinion as to the desira-
bleness of the Dog, Cinnamon and Carolina Roses,
for their showy fruit in autumn, let me add that
Rosa rugosa (Japan) is superior, by far, to any
other variety in this respect, and also that its
large flowers and rich, luxuriant foliage render
it one of the most desirable shrubs of recent in-
troduction.

DENDROBIUM CAMBRIDCEANUM.

BY MANSFIELD MILTON, YOUNGSTOWN, O.

This fine Orchid from the north of India de-
serves more attention by lovers of the beautiful
than it gets. It is a deciduous drooping species,
and is shown to best advantage when grown in a
basket, given plenty of water during the period
of its growth, gradually withholding as the

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shoots mature. The flowers, which are of a j temperature to grow in, and will produce its
bright orange, having a crimson blotch on the i flowers more abundantly if well ripened by

jASMixuM GRACiLLiMUM. (See Opposite page.)

lip, are produced on the young growths during I being kept close to the glass, having plenty of
-the spring months. It requires a good high | light, but not too much of the burning sun.

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NEW OR RARE PLANTS.

Jasminum gracillimum (see illustration on
preceding page). — We have briefly noted this
novelty in our last year's volume. It seems
to be an introduction of more than ordinary
value, on account of the great demand for
first-class winter-blooming flowers. We give the
following representation of it, together with a
sketch of its history with which we have been
favored by Messrs. J. Veitch & Son, of Chelsea,
London, through whose enterprise it was first
introduced to public notice :

"A beautiful Jasmine, collected for us in Bor-
neo by Mr Burbidge.

"The following is Sir J. D. Hooker's descrip-
tion of the plant in the Gardeners' Chronicle for
January 1st, 1881 :

" ' A very near ally of the well-known Jas-
minum pubescens of India and China, the type
around which are to be arranged a good many
closely- allied species, differing in habit, in the
size and number of flowers, and of the divisions
of the corolla, all of them natives of Eastern
Asia and its islands.'

" ' Of these Jasminum gracillimum is one of the
most distinct in its graceful habit, and in the
abundance of its large sweet scented flowers,
w'hich are also more copiously produced, in
which respect I know of none to compare with
it. It appears to be a small species, with long,
very slender branches springing from low down
on the stem, and curving over on all sides,
weighed down by terminal globose panicles as
large as the fist.'

" We may add, that as a decorative plant for
the stove and w^arm conservatory, Jasminum
gracillimum is probably the best of recent intro-
duction. It is exceedingly floriferous ; a flower-
ing shoot is produced from every joint, which
terminates in a dense cluster of pure white frag-
rant flowers. The plant is continuously in
bloom from October to January, and its grace-
ful habit renders it one of the most beautiful of
flowering plants for table decoration at that
season."

" It received the award of a first-class certifi-
cate from the Royal Horticultural Society, De-
cember 14th, 1880.

Cyrtodeira metalica. — A new basket plant
now popular. Of creeping habit. Its leaves are
a rich bronze color, marked in the centre with
pink. The surface of the foliage being covered
with minute white hairs, gives it a silvery ap-
pearance ; very beautiful . — Henderson.

Begonia Schmidtit.— Although we have seve-
ral times referred to this pretty addition to the
popular Begonias,we continue to have inquiries
concerning it, and have thought that the follow-

ing sketch of its history, furnished by Haage &
Schmidt, of Erfurt, will be generally interesting :

"Begonia Schmidtii, Kegel. A new species
grown from seeds which we received from the
South of Brazil. It neither belongs to the tu-
berous-rooted nor to the large-leaved ('Rex
hybrid') sorts and maybe classed to the shrubby,
small-leaved and free-flowering kinds such as the
well-known species : Dregei, incarnata, Ingrami,

Weltoniensis. Among'these it is certain to rank
foremost and become a very popular sort on ac-
count of its extraordinary abundance of flowers ;
the latter are white, slightly veiled with pink,
and form an agreeable contrast to the foliage,
being dark green with a metallic lustre. The
dwarf branching and regular globe-shaped habit
of the plant makes it a most desirable acquisi-
tion for decorative as well as for market pur-
poses. Literally covered with flowers from May
to the end of October, it will continue in bloom
through the winter if treated under any ordi-
nary circumstances ; so that this species may
justly be called a perpetual-flowering Begonia.
The culture is tlie same as of all the other
shrubby sorts, thriving well out of doors during
the summer and in a temperate stove during the
winter months.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Shy Flowering Plants.—" B." says : "Can you
or some of your readers inform me what treat-
ment is required to make Ageratums bloom
freely? I have three fine varieties, Blanche,
Lady Jane and John Douglas, and they grow
very vigoreusly but produce very few flowers.
How long does it take seedling Geraniums to

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flower? I have some twenty which I raised from
seed last winter, and most of them are over one
foot in height but only one shows any signs of
flowering."

Violet Eubra Plena. — " C. E. P." says : " If
any of the readers of the Monthly have had any
experience with Violet rvibra plena, which is
described as ' being of a red (?) color and very
distinct,' and Violet Marie de Savoy which is
described as being ' very large and fragrant and
of a deep blue color with a white centre,' they
will confer a favor on me by reporting the result
through the columns of the Monthly?"

Anthurium crystallinum. — " Subscriber "
wants to know: ''Can you or some of your
readers give me some information concerning
the treatment of Anthurium crystallinum ; of
what country is it a native ; do the flowers possess
any beauty, or is it grown only for its superb
foliage? I am giving my plant the same treat-
ment that I would give A. Scherzerianum ; but
it does not seem to thrive under it."

Harris' Lilium longiflorum.— Mr. Kift places
on our table a plant of his ''Floribundum," to
show how freely it flowers. It having been
grown in a three-inch pot. This is indeed re-
markable.

We have no doubt in our mind that Mr. Kift's
Lily and Mr. Harris' are essentially the same,
and that it is not worth while perpetuating the
two names. As Mr. Harris' was first named,
we suppose under the rule of priority it will con-
tinue to be called the Harris Lily. From all we
can learn this variety has become partially
naturalized in Bermuda, and has come to us both
direct from the island and also sent through
Florida. Its original home is in Japan.

Double Red Bouvardia.— -F. Morat, Louisville,
Ky., writes: "I sent you to-day by mail, one
flower of a rose colored double Bouvardia. It
is a sport of double white A. Neuner. It is quite
constant. I have about 300 plants of them now
in bloom."

[This is very beautiful, and to say the least is
quite as desirable as the double white. — Ed. G. M.]

Fruit AND Vegetable Gardening.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

In managing the vegetable garden the highest
excellence should be aimed at. This is the chief
source of pleasure in a garden. If one can take
no pleasure in his garden, — if the watching of
the beautiful processes of natiire in furnishing
him food, and the many lessons they teach him,
which he in a thousand ways can so pleasurably
and profitably apply, have no] charms or attrac-
tions for him, — he had better give up gardening,
for assuredly, in most cases, — even 99 in 100
instances, — the market gardener will bring the
vegetables to his own door cheaper than he can
grow them. Amateur gardening should prima-
rily be pursued for the lessons it teaches, and the
pleasure it affords ; when it ceases to do this it
should be abandoned.

All those kinds that are grown for their leaves
or stems require an abundance of nitrogenous
manures ; and it is useless to attempt vegetable
gardening without it. To this class belong cab-

I bage, lettuce, spinach, etc. The other class,
which is grown principally for its seeds or pods,
as beans, peas, etc., do not require much ma-
nure of this character — in fact they are injured
by it. It causes too great a growth of stem and
leaf, and the earliness — a great aim in vegetable
growing — is injuriously affected. Mineral man-
ures, as wood ashes, bone-dust, etc., are much
better for them. For vegetables, requiring rich
stable manure, it is best that they have it well
rotted and decayed. Nothing has yet been found
so well fitted for the purpose as old hot-bed dung ;
though to the smell no trace of " ammonia " re-
mains in it.

All fruit trees like a rather dry, rich soil. On
a cold, clayey bottom, diseases are usually fre-
quent.

Do not plant deep; cut off tap roots, and do
all you can to encourage surface fibres. Surface
manuring is the best way of doing this, after the
tree is planted. Do not allow any thiag to grow
vigorously around your trees the first year of

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planting, nor allow the soil to become hard or
dry. Let trees branch low, and prune a little at
transplanting.

The Strawberry, where it has been covered
during the winter, should be uncovered as early
as possible in spring, that the warm spring suns
may exert all their influence on producing an
early crop. As soon as growth commences, a
sowing of guano has been found to be of great
benefit to the crop of fruit.

Raspberries and Blackberries may be planted
towards the end of the month ; they should be
cut down to within a foot of the ground at
planting ; they will, of course, not then bear the
next season after planting. But this is a benefit ;
no fruit tree should be allowed to bear the same
season.

Pruning of fruit trees, when required, should
be proceeded with at favorable opportunities.

The rule, in pruning grape vines, is to shorten
the shoots in proportion to their strength ; but,
if the advice we have given in former summer
hints has been attended to, there will be little
disproportion in this matter, as summer pinch-
ing of the strong shoots has equalized the
strength of the vine. Those who are following
any particular system will, of course, prune ac-
cording to the rules comprising such system. As
a general rule, we can only say, excellent grapes
can be had by any system of pruning ; for the
only object of pruning, in any case, is to get
strong shoots to push where they may be de-
sired, or to increase, with the increased vigor of
the shoot, which pruning supposes will follow
the act, increased size in the fruit it bears.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

FRUIT CROP IN TENNESSEE.

BY E. S. NIXON, CHATTANOOGA, TENN.

In this part of the South, the fruit crop of
the season just closed affords a subject for reflec-
tion and thought that is worth looking into.
Not that there can be any remedy, as the terri-
tory affected is so extensive, but a knowledge
of the probable cause of the failure may do some
good.

In the early spring it was noticeable that there
were some localities, particularly in low ground,
where the peach trees failed to bloom, and the
trees looked as though they were dead, not a
single bloom appearing on any of them, while on

higher grounds on either side within a short dis-
tance all the trees were in full bloom.

A strip of this kind running parallel with, and
east of Missionary Ridge, in Tennessee, extended
quite a distance into Georgia. This was our first
trouble.

Subsequently, or on the first day of April,
there was a heavy snow storm, the wind blowing
from the north-west ; the weather after it re-
mained was very cold for several days. At this
date the fruit trees were in full bloom. It was
a beautiful sight, but to the fruit-grower a very
unwelcome one.

The cold wave seemed to take a south-east
course, its eastern edge being about the line of
the Nashville & Chattanooga and Western & At-
lantic Railroads, resulting in the almost total
destruction of the fruit crop of Alabama and that
portion of Georgia west of said line, and south of
Atlanta. Apples, pears and peaches all fared
alike, the pears probably came off a little the
best.

At Calera, Alabama, there are a few pear or-
chards that are well cared for ; they bore proba-
bly one-tenth of a crop of defective fruit, and this
was the best that could probably be produced in
the State.

During the summer I visited several counties
of North-east Georgia, east of the Western &
Atlantic Railroad and north of Atlanta, and the
fruit crop there was immense. I saw hundreds
of peach trees with every main limb broken
down with the very heavy load of fruit on them.
The apple trees were equally well loaded, but
they were able to sustain the weight.

It must be remembered that the trees have no
care whatever, never having been pruned to
make them able to sustain the weight of the
fruit. The people said this was the first crop
they had seen in four years.

East Tennessee, which also escaped the cold
wave, has had the best fruit crop it has had for
some years. The people of that section dried
the most of their fruit, which brought them a very
good price, while the people of Georgia, with
very few exceptions, saved but very little of it,
the hogs coming in for the largest share. Some
of the finest was hauled to the railroads, where
the parties lived adjacent to them, but hardly
any of it was shipped off. Most of the peaches
(being grown on seedling trees) were small and
the owners did not know how to dispose of
them.

In several localities I noticed that the Shock-

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ley apple trees looked very badly rusted, the
leaves dropping off; many of them were dead
outright, while other trees in the same or-
chard looked green and healthy. I fear the days
of the Shockley — in the South at least — are num-
bered. It promised to be the best late apple
ever introduced in the South, and I have seen
some very fine ones this fall ; but from the way
the trees are decaying in various places that I
have seen, even before the dry weather set in, I
would not plant another tree of it, or advise any
of my friends to do so.

FORCING STRAWBERRIES IN POTS.

BY WALTER COLES, GARDENER TO J. I. BLAIR, ESQ.,
BELVIDERE, N. J.

"P. F.," Jersey City, N. J., in your November
Gardener's Monthl-s;, asks for a few hints on
strawberry forcing, which no doubt will be in-
teresting to most readers of this paper. I willstate
the method I have most successfully fruited them.
The first thing is to get a mixture of soil three
parts good rotted sod, previously cut from an
old pasture and one part well rotted manure thor-
oughly mixed. Fill as many three inch pots as
the required number of plants you wish to force,
sink them to their rims alongside of the rows
from which you propose to obtain your plants ;
this should be done as early as possible, for in
this earliness depends the success. Layer the
young runners into the three inch pots; keep them
well watered, and in about three weeks they will
be rooted nicely. Be careful only to have one
plant in a pot, as one plant produces better results
than two or three. As soon as the small pots
are filled with roots, they are ready to be potted
into six inch pots which I consider the most
suitable. They should be potted with the soil
above described, rather firm. Then stand them
in a open, airy situation; never allow them to get
dry,but encourage them to make as much growth
as possible, so as to get the six inch pots well
filled with roots. If not well filled with roots
before the end of the season j'ou might as well
throw your strawberry plants away as to attempt
to force them. If it is convenient, after the plants
are potted they had better be plunged to the rim
in sawdust, coal-ashes or waste tanbark, which
will keep the plants moist. Be careful not
to plunge them or place them anywhere for the
worms to get through the bottom of the pots.
Leave the plants in this open situation until tne
middle of November. Then they should be put

in a cold frame, the pots plunged to their rims
! in some light material, or an old hotbed pit, filled
' with dry leaves would do as long as it keeps the
roots from freezing, and so they can" be got at
I easily at any time for the forcing department.
The ashes should be put on to keep the plants
from severe freezing, but air should be admitted
I on all favorable occasions to keep them as cool
, as possible, for one should imitate nature as near
as possible; therefore, the plants should be in
j their dormant state at this time. Now the time
1 of introducing the first lot of plants to heat will
be considered with due regard to the time when
' ripe fruit is expected.

j If wanted by the first of March, the first lot
I had better be brought in about December loth
or 20th, into a heat not exceeding 45° or 50°;
about this temperature should be maintained
until the fruit is set. After the berries are set
the temperature may be increased to 60° by
night and 80° by day, with sun heat, with plenty
i of moisture. The plants should be liberally
! watered with liquid manure while they are
swelling their fruit. As soon as the fruit begins
to color, less water should be applied and more
air ; it makes the fruit firmer and better flavored.
Of course a batch can be brought in every two
weeks in succession. We are not yet done with
those forced plants, for if planted out in the
I garden in April, and all the runners kept pinched
off, they will fruit again in autumn, when a dish
of strawberries would be very acceptable. I
have forced many hundred strawberries every
year, for eight years, until this year. But here, I
am sorry to say, we have not the room or con-
veniences.
I ■

I FRUIT NOTES FROM ENGLAND.

BY C. M., RYDE, ISLE OF WIGHT.

I have been interested in your American fruits
and have obtained many sorts for trial in the
past few years. I have a good stock of them
now, and next season hope to fruit quite a num-
ber of them. Of strawberries I am much pleased
with the Boyden. Some that I had in pots last
season forced well, fruited freely, and the fruit
was very fine. The Cumberland Triumph also
promises well. But T am disappointed in Charles
Downing, The fruit was very small, which sur-
prised me, for, from what I had read of it, I had
formed the idea that the fruit was of good size.
The peaches promise very well. The Alexan-
der's Early gave me a few fruits last season, as
also did the Oldmixon — the latter very late in

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the season. I see Rivers speaks very highly of
the Alexander. It seems to bear very abun-
dantly. The stock on which you work the peach
— the seedling peach I think — seems much better
suited to the healthy growth of the tree than
does the plum stock used by our nurserymen ;
and I like the look of American trees much bet-
ter. With these trees stock and graft swell away
together. This is not the case with the plum
stock. The peach never takes kindly to it, and
the result is a gnarled looking joint which does
not suggest, nor is it favorable to a healthy
growth.

I doubt not but I shall get something good
from American pears and apples, but I must wait
awhile before being able to say anything positive
of them.

American blackberries do well with me, but
somehow I don't think they would be cared for
by our people. Of all the American raspberries
that I have tried, there are none better than our
own, if so good. There is a certain flavor which
the Antwerp class have which seems lacking in
American sorts, decreasing their value. They
seem not so soft, even when fully ripe, as ours
are, and not so good flavored.

I have not yet fruited any American grape vines,
but .1 have a Concord planted in a favorable
place, and from the good growth made last year
I, think I shall get fruit this season. But our
summers are hardly hot enough for these grapes
out of doors, even here in the south of England.
Occasionally a summer will be favorable enough
to color grapes of the Black Hamburg, grow-
ing against a south wall, but never enough to
ripen them. Still, American sorts may do better
with us.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

ANEW Tree Label.— "J. H.", Stanwood, Iowa,
writes: "I send you a sample of a new Label
designed to be used on all nursery stock. The
name is to be written on the outside, and inside
it is also to be written, to keep a record of the
name in case the outside should be washed out
by the rain or weather. They are not very

Kansas Products. — The farmers of Kansas
raised nearly one hundred and twenty-three
millions of dollars of produce the past year.
Pretty good for a State reputed to be " drouthy,"
and in a " drouthy " year.

Mild Weather. — The English seem to have
had the same mild weather to new year that we
had. A correspondent of the London Daily
News says on December 5th : Fucshias were still
in bloom in the open air of the Isle of Wight,
and that he gathered ripe raspberries from
late Pall growths, and strawberries were getting
ripe.

smoothly made yet, but you can see what they
are meant for. Please attach them to a tree,
and you will see how they will do. I have some
that I have used for a year, and the writing in-
side is as good as when put on, but the outside
is gone."

Remedy for Bark Scale.— An Iowa City,
Iowa, correspondent sends us an article on his
manner of applying a wash for scale, but has
omitted to state what it is that is to be used as
the wash.

Season and Pears.— Few fruits are more easily
affected in their good qualities than Pears. A
correspondent of the London Garden says,
that in England, Williams' Bon Chretien— our
Bartlett— was almost flavorless in his part of
England this year. Even with us the time of
gathering makes some difference. As a rule we
believe the Bartlett is best "when gathered before
it is thoroughly mature. In other words best
when ripened off the tree.

Phylloxera Laws.— The Am. Naturalist says :
The existing laws regulating the traffic in plants
with a view of preventing the introduction of the
Grape Phylloxera, are thus summarized in the
annual report of the Syndical Chamber of Nurse-
reymen at Ghent.

" Introduction of living plants is wholly for-
bidden in Italy, Spain, Turkey, Roumania, Alge-
ria, Cape of Good Hope.

" Introduction of living plants is permitted, as
usual, except in the case of vines, which are pro-
hibited—Germany.

" Introduction of living plants packed as usual,
\s permitted, but with a certificate of origin, in

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Switzerland ; and a similar certificate attested by
a consul in Austria -Hungary,

" Introduction under ordinary conditions if
provided with a consular certificate, viseed, is al-
lowed in Portugal and its colonies."

Protectiok from Drouth. — While some are
talking of contrivances against drouth, Mr. C. M.
Clay, of Madison, Ky., gives us the following ex-
cellent ideas :

Deep cultivation is therefore essential to all
high culture. It gives more food and space to
the roots of plants, and thereby increases pro-
duction, but in dry times it especially secures
more moisture. The deeper the culture the
more rain is secured against surface drainage;
Hence, steep lands deeply ploughed are often
saved from washing, the soil absorbing all that
falls, and no surface drainage taking place. I
am now eating roasting ears of sweet Mexican
corn which grow upon stalks having had hardly
a single inch of rain. The ground was ploughed
deep and well pulverized; then the crop was
ploughed and hoed often, not waiting for weeds.
The space was small and used as an experiment.
The light rains and dews were utilized by imme-
diate hoeings, breaking all ciods, and drawing
the damp surface into broad, flat hills, thus
covering up, to some extent, the moisture.
Squash vines, which could not be hoed, laid
down in the same soil and ploughing, are entire-
ly dead ; and watermelon vines in grass sod,
turned ten inches deep, and followed by a small
plow throwing five inches more soil upon it,
making in all fifteen inches of depth, are barely
alive. Yet the corn grows under culture, the
melons not permitting it.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Grapes for a Cold Grapery,—" S. H.," Yar-
mouth, Mass., says: "I wrote you last month,
but it may have arrived too late. Which is the
best vine for a cold grapery, Gros Colman or
White Syrian, and which are best vines to get
from the South of France? Please answer in
your Gardener's Monthly."

[It should be borne in mind by correspondents
that it takes a great many days work for the Ed-
itor to answer all the letters, and prepare for a
whole month's number of the magazine. The
matter for the printer has to go to the oflSce, for
the greater part, a month before the date of pub-
lication. Yet it is not unusual for some corres-
pondent, who may write on the 20th of the
month, to wonder why there is no notice of his
letter, when the magazine appears a few days
later. We do not wonder at this misconception,
for^few persons have a full idea of the immense
amount of work involved in getting up a num-

ber like ours. In regard to the grapes, we would
not advise either of the grapes for a cold vinery.
There is nothing equal to the Black Hamburg
for this purpose. Nor do we think there would
be anything gained by introducing, for this pur-
pose, any from the South of France. Those
which have been already well tried in our vine-
ries should be preferred. — Ed. G. M.]

Culture of the Quince.— Mrs. Alice M. A.,
Kennett Square, Chester Co., Pa. This lady in-
quires for information as to the cultivation of
the quince. It is remarkable that so little has
been said of the culture of this fruit in works on
fruit culture, for it is one of the most useful of
fruits, and when well cultivated one of the most
profitable for market ventures. Though not
seemingly understood by authors on fruit, it is
by the old-fashioned but truly practical German
fruit gardeners of Southern Pennsylvania, where
large quantities are very profitably grown.

For their successful cultivation there ia
nothing like a rich sandy soil. All fruits hate
poverty, but none turn up their noses more at the
man who cannot afi'ord manure, than the quince.
It dearly loves to be where it can have the wash-
ing of land above it, and hence when it finds
itself at the base of a steep hillside, it feels just
at home. Although for this reason it loves river
bottoms, it does not like standing water about
its roots; indeed, what is jocosely termed wet
feet by some fruit growers, is the especial abhor-
rence of the quince. All persons cannot have
just such situations for their quince trees, but
fortunately the plant will grow on the dryest
soil, with good success, if the surface be well
mulched. If one has the chance of hauling
some sand from ditches or river bottoms and
spreading it under the high ground trees, they
will do well. If this cannot be had, old corn
roots, gathered in spring from out of a corn
field, or any similar waste material that may
help to keep the body of the soil moist and
cool, does good. Kitchen waste mixed with
coal ashes is a capital mixture to spread under
the trees to keep the surface cool and make the
trees grow.

To keep the soil cool and to keep the plants
manured enough to grow strongly, is the chief
art of quince culture ; but a few words may be
added on pruning. No fruit tree is so much
benefited by the free use of the knife, but only
to cut out the poor, weak branches. The strong
and vigorous ones should never be touched.
The chief troubles arise from the fire blight,

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spur blight, and the quince borer. The best
precaution .against blight is annual washing of
the tree with a wash of lime and sulphur. It
may not be a perfect insurance, but it goes a
good way. The quince borer works in near the
ground. If a piece of brown paper be tied
around the stem, below the ground, and extend-
ing several inches above ground, and then well

greased or tarred, it is a complete protection ;
but one must be sure there are no borers in the
wood when the paper is put on. It is best to go
over the trees the following season and see
whether any have been accidentally enclosed.
Where a borer has gained an entrance a piece
of flexible wire is the best kind of messenger to
send in with a notice to quit.

Forestry,

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Unexplored TERRiTORY.-r-If the enclosed news-
paper paragraph correctly represents the case,
there ought to be a good field here for the botan-
ist as well as the lumberman :

" Vast pine forests containing upward of 24,000
millions of feet of a superior quality of pine
lumber, with facilities for getting it to market
equal to the best, have been discovered up the
Spanish River in Ontario."

Eedwood Timber, — Some Redwood timber,
Sequoia sempervirens, used in the stockade at
Fort Ross, in Mendocino Co., California, by the
Russian Fur Company, in 1811, was found re-
cently to be perfectly sound, though in the
ground seventy years. It has the habit of sprout-
ing when cut down, as the chestnut does in the
East, and this second growth makes equally good
timber with the first.

Timber of British Columbia. — Professor Daw-
son estimates two-thirds of this territory to be
yet under timber. The Douglas Spruce "West-
ern Hemlock," and " Red Cedar," are said to be
the chief timber trees.

Forest Schools in the Old World. — We are
often told that our country will never manage
forests profitably till we go to the old world and
learn how to do it. But there is the celebrated
^' New Forest " of England. It comprises 63,000
acres. The timber is saleable, but the sales last
year were about $540,000, while the expenses
were about $600,000, or $60,000 loss, from even
full grown timber.

Profits of Forestry — It is very difficult to
gather from figures in foreign works whether

the forestry of the old world is profitable or not.
For instance, one of the best in England is said
to be the 20,000-acr« forest of Dean. It is said
to be very profitable. But the only figures we
find are those which show the income over ex-
penditures in a single year. Last year it is said
to have been " very profitable," because the in-
come was over $24000, and the expenditures but
about $15,000. No reference whatever is made
to the capital account, or the years when nothing
came in. It will be seen that even this way of
counting " profit " only gives 45 cents an acre.

Rapidity of Growth in American Timber
Trees. — In Europe — at least that part of it which
influences our literature — forest trees grow
slowly and endure long. The " preservation "
of old forests, and especial protection to young
ones, becomes a question of grave national im-
portance. Most of the newspaper talk, if on
forestry in our country, is derived from library
studies, and not from practical acquaintance
with American trees. Noting the opinions of
the Gardener's Monthly on this subject, the Lan-
caster Farmer well remarks :

" As a general thing, people greatly exaggerate
the length of time required for a forest to grow
up, and it is this as much as anything else, that
causes the reluctance that exists in regard to
planting. Let any man who located in Lan-
caster thirty years ago, take a stroll along those
places which had not a tree or shrub on them
then, and he will be astonished to now find large
buildings perfectly embowered in trees. Thirty
years more, and many of these trees will become
large, unwieldy and perhaps dangerous, and will
have to be removed, and younger and smaller
ones planted instead. If sixty years develops so
much, what may be expected from one hundred
and sixty or two hundred in an open country ?"

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Natural History and Science.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

FERTILIZATION OF KALMIA.

BY PROF. D. P. PENHALLOW, CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

The stamens of Kalmia are drawn down and
backward by the expanding corolla, to such an
extent that, when released from their attach-
ment by insects in search of honey, they throw
their pollen up and forward toward the stigmatic
surface with considerable force. A few measure-
ments gave the following as the distances to
which the pollen was projected :

Kalmia glauca.

Vertically.

Horizontally

5.2 c. m.

7.5 c. m.

6.0 "

8.0 "

7.5 "

Kalmia latifolia,

14.0 "
9.0 "
13.0 "

From this it is evident that, while the direc-
tion of the pollen is toward the stigma of the
same flower, the chances are more favorable for
its reaching any other flower of the same inflor-
escence.

KALMIA POISONOUS TO SHEEP.

BY W. F. BASSETT, HAMMONTON, N. J.

Since writing upon this subject for a previous
number of the Gardener's Monthly, I have been
informed by a Hammontonian who formerly
owned a sheep farm in Pennsylvania, that he had
often seen sheep poisoned by " Laurel," and I
have no doubt that if necessary, I could soon
produce positive evidence sufficient to convince
the Editor even without a chemical analysis ;
although I see no reason why if prussic acid
exists in our Kalmia, it cannot be taken from it
as readily as from the European Laurel.

A case of poisoning bj' Wild Cherry was re-
ported in Massachusetts some years since, but
in this instance it was either a horse or a bovine
that was poisoned, and the branches of the tree
were cut off" and thrown over a fence. I think I
saw this in the N. E. Farmer, and in comments
upon it the editor or another correspondent stated
that Wild Cherry and Peach leaves contained

prussic acid, but in small quantity, and animals
seldom ate enough to produce serious effects,
and that the animal poisoned had probably eaten
more freely because the leaves were wilted.

[Wild Cherry — Cerasus serotina — does contain
prussic acid, as also does the Laurel, which is
Cerasus lauro-cerasus. But the " Laurel " of the
Hammontonians is not a laurel, and therefore
need not necessarily contain the poison which
the laurel has.

There seems to be no reason to doubt but that
sheep and perhaps other cattle sometimes die
after eating, not only Kalmia leaves, but many
other green things, when they suddenly come on
them amidst the hunger of a snowed-up time.
As chemical analysis seems unable to find any
poison in these plants, it is just as reasonable to
suppose they died from having made beasts of
themselves under temptation, as that the plants
are poisonous. We have known cows, horses
and rabbits, time and again to die from eating
clover ; but who will say clover is " poisonous?"
It must not be forgotten that we do not dispute
the death of the cattle ; our point is that the
laurel is not poisonous. — Ed. G. M.]

NICHT-OPENINC FLOWERS.

BY J. H. KRELAGE, HAARLEM, HOLLAND.

Referring to my letter of 14th of November
last, I can now give a new example of the chang-
ing of the flowering time of hybrids of Cactus
obtained from the night-blooming sorts. There
are several such hybrids already known in col-
lections. Under the name Cereus hybridus spe-
ciosus cum grandiflora (Newbert) there is given
in the Deutsche Magazin fur garten und Blumen-
kunde, Stuttgart, 1881, number 10, page 809-311,
description and colored plate of a Cactus ob-
tained from Cereus speciosus crossed with Cereus
grandiflorus. It has somewhat the form of the
last and much of the color of the first. The
flowers of this hybrid open in the evening, and
last till the middle of the following day ; it has
scarcely any smell. This is a new proof that
hybrids between night-blooming and other Cac-
tuses have an intermediate period of flowering.

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EDJTQRIAL NOTES. Ig^age of woe thereat, and wish them all abol-

1 ished. But they are not all so by any means,

and where they are failures it is the defective
STOMATA.-The College Speculum states that a , ^lanagement. and not that the principle is
student of the Lansing Agricultural College, i ^^^^^ The fact that some have proved institu-
found that the upper surface of a leaf of man- ^^^^^g of which the whole nation is proud, shows
gold, Calendula officinalis, of four square inches ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ necessities that should be encour-
contained 27,008 stomata, the lower 40,512. ^^^^ r^^^^ failures only show that education ia

Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel- j like any other business in which the failures ar&
PHiA. — For the ensuing year the officers elected j always more numeroias than the successes. It

were: President, Dr. Joseph Leidy; First Vice
President, W. S. Vaux ; Second Vice President,
Thomas Meehan ; "Recording Secretary, Dr. E. J.
Nolan ; Corresponding Secretary, Dr. G. H. Horn;
Treasurer, W. S. Henszey. Dr. Euschenberger,

is a pleasure to know that the Missouri college
at Columbia is following in the track of its suc-
cessful sisters. By judicious management, over
$200,000 have been realized out of a part of their
college lands, and in all probability the balance

for twelve years President, but who declined a will bring enough to make a fund of nearly half
re-nomination, was added to the councillors. ! a million dollars. We happen to know that

i among the sciences, botany and horticulture —
How Trees Spread Over Cleared Land— If | ^^-^^ ^^^ ^^^^ science-have always commended
a large tract of land is cleared for culture, and, j themselves strongly to the management, and we
after some years it is neglected, it is not long , ^^^ therefore always glad to hear of the financial
before forest trees spring up all over it. This is I g^^^^^g ^f ^^^ Institution,
a well known fact, especially in the Southern

States. It is not that the seeds are already in the 1 Flowers of a Fig. — Talking to some young
earth, or they would have sprouted and been j folks recently about flowers and fruit, and re-
destroyed by cultural operations ; but the seeds j marking that no one could produce an instance
are carried there by various outside agencies. I of any fruit without flowers, a young lady said
Pine seeds for instance are blown some distance that surely there were no flowers on the fig, for
by wind or on to the feathers or backs of animals, [ her parents had a plant growing in a tub for
and are dropped often at long distances from the , years, alwaj's producing fruit, but it never had a
parent tree. Heavier seeds with acorns and nuts j flower on it. But there is flower even to the fig,
are carried by birds or animals as food, and a few j hundreds of them inside a single fig, for it is inside
escape eating, and then grow, and in numberless of what is popularly called the fig that the flowers
ways get a chance to grow a long distance from j are found. As we told our young friend, if the
the original tree. lu a few years, according to fig is cut open in an early stage, and the interior
their kind, these again produce seed and form face examined with a common pocket lens, it
new centres of distribution, till, in say one hun- \ -will be found completely walled with little flow-
dred and fifty years forests may appear as many j ers, having each the usual parts of fructification,
miles away from an original forest centre. If j This also may be further remembered when
however anything happens to keep the trees from examining the interior of a ripe fig, for the ma-
growing high enough to mature seed, such as the j ture seed will be found, such seed having been
browsing of animals, or prairie fires, extension j produced by a single flower.
from a centre could not go on. We thus see how \ q^^ t^^j^g however is true, they have not the
there are circumstances which sometimes favor flowers of ordinary plants, that is to say flowers
the extension, and sometimes restrict the forest that we can readily see and admire, as we can
^^6^- the flowers we ordinarily cultivate for their beau-

These views have been recently narrated by
the writer of this in papers on the "origin of
grassy prairies," and "on the timber line of high
mountains," but some recent inquiries make a

tiful blossoms. Still they have many of them
beauty of form, especially in the foliage, and are
very popular on this account. They deserve
more than ordinary attention from the cultivator,

repetition necessary. i because of their ease of culture, very few plants

The University of Missouri.— Some of the | taking to neglect as kindly as they do. They are

agricultural colleges have been great ftiilures, I especially valuable for room culture, perhaps from

and the agricultural papers are full of the Ian- ' this very fact that they can stand abuse. There

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are hundreds of species known to botanists, but It has been introduced from the South Sea Islands,
somehow not a large number of them under cul- j The leaves are shortly stalked, lanceolate in out-
iure. One of the best that we know of is a com- j line, and sinuately lobed, the lobes again sinuate

paratively recent introduction, and known as | so as to produce a prettily-cut margin, the curi-

Ficus exculpta. A handsome plant, furnished
with evergreen leaves of a peculiarly elegant form.

ous crenations giving the leaf the appearance of
having been stamped or punched out. In the

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upper half the lobes become so much enlarged
that the margin is deeply pinnatified. This was
one of the twelve new plants with which Mr.
William Bull of Chelsea, near London, England,
gained the first prize at the Provincial Show of
the Royal Horticultural Society, held at Preston
in 1878.

A Lucky Botanist. — There is a great deal in
industry, but after all there is such a thing as
luck. " Only think," said recently to the writer
of this, friend Isaac C. Martindale, the well-
known banker and botanist, of Camden, N. J.,
" I had all the known ferns of the United States
in my herbarium but five, and was wondering
where I could possibly procure them, when I
chanced to examine a bundle which had been
waiting some time, and which I did not consider
of great importance. Judge of my surprise and
pleasure when I found four of the five in that.
Now, when I get Adiantum tricholepis, I shall
have a dried specimen of all." And so we write
this paragraph, not merely to suggest to the lazy
that there may be " luck in old chests that have
long lain hid," but also that if any one has a
spare bit of the much desired treasure, they
could not do better with it than gladden the
heart of one who studies chiefly that his own
collections of intelligence and material may be
freely at everybody's service.

The Candle Tree. — This Chinese tree, which
for a hundred years or more has been one of the
popular street trees of New Orleans and other
Southern cities, is creating some attention in
California just now. It is believed that tallow
can be obtained from these trees cheaper than
the illuminating oils now used in light-houses
and elsewhere. The colored candles used in the
decorations of our Christmas trees, are said to be
made from this wax. Can any of our New
Orleans correspondents tell us of any experi-
ments actually made there? The botanical
name is Stillingia sebifera.

Sparrows in Australia. — The Sydney Mail of
of July 16 says : " On Wednesday a deputation
from the Agricultural Society and Chamber of
Manufactures interviewed jthe Chief Secretary,
to ask him to introduce an act for the destruc-
tion of sparrows, and pending this to appoint an
honorary Sparrow Board to prepare and distri-
bute poisoned wheat and give advice. Mr. Bray
would not promise to introduce a Bill until it
was known what action the other colonies had

taken, but thought a board might be ap-
pointed."

Odor in Butterflies. — Miss Mary E. Murt-
feldt calls attention, in the April number of
Psyche, to the fact that she. observed, while
spreading fresh male specimens of Callidryas
eubule, a delicate, violet-like odor emitted from
the specimens, and which was retained, to some
extent for several days ; the females being not
at all fragrant.

•Double Broods of Insects. — At the Lansing
College Natural History Society, Professor Cook
spoke of the curious fact that many insects are
double brooded this year, such as were never
known to be so before. He mentioned particu-
larly the tent caterpillar, the tomato moth, and
the luna silk moth, although the latter is com-
monly double brooded farther south.

Movement in Roots. — At the Cincinnati Meet-
ing of the American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, Dr. Beal presented a pa-
per on " The Movements of Roots in Germinat-
ing Indian Corn, of which the following is an
abstract : '' Mr. C. Darwin in his last book says,
'In whatever direction the primary radicle (or
root) first protrudes from the seed, geotropism
(or the attraction of the earth) guides it perpen-
dicularly downwards.'

" Dr. Beal studied over 400 kernels of sprout-
ing corn, of seven or more varieties. These,
after starting a little, were pinned fast to a stick
and put in a dark place, over water. Most of
the roots went obliquely downwards, many mak-
ing one or more coils on the way, while some
went off liorizontally ; some went upwards, di-
rectly or indirectly. One of those which went
upwards made two coils, another made three.
All the experiments did not coincide with those
of Darwin."

Flowers of South Carolina.— The following
extract from a letter of a lady living in a small
country village in South Carolina will please our
readers : " You must be aware how very difficult
has been in our State, the collection of wild
flowers ; for the deadly eflfects of malaria engen-
dered in our swamps deters the boldest from fre-
quenting their environs. Happily our village is
healthy, and from it we make long journeys
with a light rockaway and good horse, the
trip often lasting all day long. I doubt if any
spot (except California) in our country produces
more lovely flowers than our own environs."

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SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Fruiting of the Maiden Hair Tree. — Mr. B,
Landreth writes : " In the report of a meeting of
the Academy of Natural Sciences in the Phila-
delphia North American, I read that Mr.
Meehan referred to some seeds of the Salisburia,
or Ginko biloba, from a tree growing on the
grounds of C. J. Wister, in Germantown, and
stated that they were probably the first pro-
duced in the United States. The plant has been
considered strictly dioecious, but the fact that
these seeds were borne by a tree at Germantown,
there being no flowering specimens nearer than
Woodlands, would indicate that the commonly
received opinion is not correct. The subject of
the sexes of plants was further considered, and
evidence was advanced to support the opinion
that distinctions of groups in coniferse, founded
upon sexual characters were not of much value.

''I have noticed the above paragraph respecting
the seeding of the Salisburia, and take pleasure
in informing you that the largest tree at Blooms-
dale has produced fruit since 1871 — ten years ;
the past season fully a peck. There is no
other tree that I know of for miles near it."

Evolution of Heat in Plants.—" D. P. F.,"
Hanover, York Co., Pa., asks : "Can you tell me
where to find any information in regard to the
evolution of heat in tlie growth of plants? Is
there much heat evolved and is this in propor-
tion to the amount of growth and vigor or not?"

[We do not think there has been much written
anywhere about this subject, except what has
appeared from time to time in the pages of our
magazine.

We have taught in our pages that in all vital
action, equally in the vegetable as in the animal
kingdom, the evolution of heat is an attribute
of life. In other words the decomposition of
food is essential to life, and heat is evolved by
this decomposition. That there is a specific de-
gree of heat in plants is proved in various ways.
For instance, if a maple tree be subject to sev-
eral weeks temperature, say of near zero, and
suddenly the temperature rises to 38°, the sap
will run out in streams from a cut branch, and,
during the night following icicles often form a
foot long. If there were not a specific degree of
heat in plants the juices of the tree would freeze
solid, and it would take days to thaw when pro-
tected as it is by non-conducting bark. The sap

could not run out freely, immediately the tem-
perature of the atmosphere rose above the freez-
ing point.

Again, a very good illustration of the way in
which a plant can hold its heat in spite of exter-
nal influences may be seen on a warm day
towards spring, when the leaves and fences are
covered by thawing snow. The steam will arise
under the warm sun, from corn stalks, dead
leaves, or dead wood in fences, but not from
living leaves. The dead matter readily receives
heat from the sun— the living plant resists heat
as readily as it resists cold. A living tree seems
cool to the hand in hot days, when a dead tree
or a post is warm.

Sometimes we find parts of plants warmer at
times than at others, and especially when they
have a great deal of work to do — just as we find
to be the case in animals. It has been found
that when a palm or a large flowered aroid is
about to open its blossoms a thermometer thrust
into its spathe will show a temperature of 80°,
while the external air may be but 70°. This
shows that plants have some specific heat.

Just what this is, however, so far as we know,
has never been determined. What has been
ascertained is chiefly in the direction we have
here outlined, and may be reduced to little more
than this, that life in plants and life in animals
in its relation to heat is substantially the same.
—Ed. G. M.l

Bauanas from Seed. — " D. B. W.," Crockett's
Bluff, Arkansas, writes : " You say ' it is gener-
allj^ known that the ordinary banana never pro-
duces seed.' ' The fruit is a pulpy seed vessel,
but the seeds never perfect.' I can hardly think
this entirely correct. There must be some place
where this plant perfects seeds, else where do
the varieties come from ? I have found instances
of individual plants of a polygamous species,
like the persimmon or grape, that produced fine
fruit containing no seeds, but had supposed that
all plants that produce what are commonly
termed fruits also produced, at least some of the
plants of the same species, perfect seeds. I be'
lieve we have plants that flower but give no
seeds ; also plants that neither flower nor pro-
duce seeds. For instance we have a rank grow-
ing three-sided and very common sedge in the
Illinois river swamps that produces neither seeds
nor blossoms. I am also informed that the
'cane' of the Southern 'cane-brakes' neither flow-
ers nor seeds ; also the ' sugar cane.' The sweet

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potato shows no bloom in the Middle States,
but it must give bloom and seed somewhere.
With the cane of the ' cane-brake' I have heard
the rumor that it does not bear seed, disputed.
As a fact I found young, small isolated plants of
it everywhere in South-western Arkansas, seem-
ingly seedlings. The query results, do not all
species bear seeds under certain conditions? Or
are there some that only reproduce their kind
by self-division ?"

[When a botanist or gardener says " never,"
he seldom means that there is no possibility of
an exception. He simply means that this is the
rule within a very wide experience. There is
little doubt but that the banana has produced
sometime during its existence, and possibly
would seed, — perhaps does seed at times
somewhere on the earth at the present time.
There are perfect female flowers and perfect
grains of pollen ; it is only necessary that some
conditions occur in addition to these to make
the flowers seminally fruitful. For all this it is
true so far as we know, that no person living
«ver saw a banana seed.

Varieties, however, are not necessarily pro-
duced from seed. We received once from the
editor of the Prairie Farmer, a bunch of sweet
potatoes, all attached as they grew to one parent
stem, in which half the tubers were tapering and
white, and the other half blunt and red. But
this plant never flowers under Illinois culture.
The kinds originated as many other things do,
by " bud- variation,"— Ed. G. M.]

Cambridge Botanical Gardens. — "Dear Edi-
tor : As it is not true that the late Mr. John A.
Lowell left $20,000 to this establishment 'on
condition that it be called the Lowell Botanic
Garden,' we should like to have you contradict
the statement. That would not be like Mr.
Lowell in any case. Certainly not in a case

where other individuals have given as much,
and where other equally generous gifts are ex-
pected.

" What Mr. Lowell did was to add $20,000 to
the original subscription fund for the foundation
of the garden, and to ask that this be named the
Lowell fund, in memory of his grandfather, who
originated the subscription and was most influ-
ential in furthering it and in founding the gar-
den. The announcement of the terms of the
bequest was, in the first instance, clear enough;
but one Boston paper misread it, and distant
papers and magazines— your own among the
rest— copied the error, which appears to spread
farther and faster than our correction. It is
still open to any liberal man of wealth by making
a sufficiently ample donation to have this garden
named after him. Asa Gray."

Coco Grass.—" D. B. W.," Crockett's Bluff; Ar-
kansas, writes : " In our travels in Arkansas we
came across a grass with the local names of
' coco grass ' and ' Johnson's grass,' near the
mouth of the Arkansas river. This grass ap-
pears to be a terror to the cotton planters, for
when it gets a start on a cotton plantation they
cannot kill it out or get rid of it. It grows from
four to eight feet high, and spreads rapidly from
under-ground stems, or rather suckers from the
roots. It also grows readily from seeds. By
some it is thought to be a great acquisition to
this almost grassless region, for it makes a great
abundance of most excellent pasturage for stock,
and on good land makes from two to four heavy
crops of haj^ in a season, that sells in the I^ew
Orleans market for nearly the same as the best
timothy hay. What can you tell us about it, if
you can recognize it by these local names ?"

[We do not know the plants intended by these
local names. — Ed. G. M.l

Literature, Travels I Personal Notes.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

NOTES.

BY JACQUES.

The Mandrake.

Not poppy'nor mandragora,

Nor all the drowsy syrups of the'world

Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep

Which thou ow'dst yesterday. Othello ni.

Mandrake is a solanaceous plant and partakes
of the usual poisonous character of the order.
The roots will sometimes go four feet deep, and
have been known to live for fifty years. Some-
times they fork so as to somewhat resemble hu-
man forms ; but many of those offered in Europe
are made from grafted Bryony roots. The

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"insane root" of Shakespeare (Macbeth) is the
Mandrake. Mandragora officinarum is the full
name.

In our country •' Mandrake pills" are made
by the quacks from Podophyllum peltatum, a
plant of the Berberry family; the May-apple
of the woods. The Skunk weed is of the Arum
family. Mandragora officinarum is a native of
the south of Europe— Greece, &c.

The Salisburia again.— In a long course of read-
ing on horticulture and arboriculture, the writer
recollects of no allusion in the English books
to the peculiar use mentioned in these columns
of training it to shapes and on walls. " You can
do anything with it," is a true remark. If any
reader can point out notices, or even a notice of
this we should be glad to have the reference.

Grouping. — Nothing perhaps in the way of a
small group can excel the Dogwood and Judas
tree planted almost in contact. They bloom
early and together, the one nearly white and
the other red.

The Eucalyphis, as it is more and more planted
and studied, continues to prove a success. In
Algeria the best results are found, malaria dis-
appearing wherever the wonderful tree is
planted. On the Campagna around Rome, at a
place called the Three Churches, a place aban-
doned every night because of the disease pre-
vailing, it is found suflBciently healthy and the
monks sleep there with impunity. What a
blessing this proves, and how sad to think that
the world has been so long deprived of the bene-
fit. With quinine and Eucalyptus, a new era in
medicine, nay, in the world, begins.

Ants. — A new traveller in Africa has come
across a part of the country where ants are found
as large as roaches, and prove themselves masters
of man and beast. They make every known
animal disappear, infesting the napes of cattle
and killing them outright. Dr. McCook, we
hope, will not endeavor to introduce them for
examination.

Sir John Lubbuck, who is a minute observer of
nature's doings, says : " The flower of the little
Linaria of our walls pushes out into the light
and sunshine, but as sure as it is fertilized it
turns round and endeavors to find some hole or
cranny in which it may remain safely until the
seed is ripe." See his curous articles repub-
lished in the Popular Science Monthly.

Virginia and the Grape. — It appears that Vir-

ginians in the neighborhood of Charlottesville
have turned their attention, successfully, to rais-
ing wine grapes, and that an American Bur-
gundy they make is in greater demand than the
supply. Thus far the great enemy of the grape
vine has not appeared there.

UNDER THE WILLOWS AT LICHFIELD.

BY WM. T. HARDING, MOUNT HOLLY, N. J.

An able and pleasant writer, much impressed
with the grandeur of arboreal beauty, thus feel-
ingly alludes to his leafy favorites. " Trees seem
almost human in sociability, and in isolation."
And while acknowledging the truth of his ob-
servations, your correspondent has often thought
there could be little that was human in the bi-
pedal creature, in whose bosom there is no love
for either flower or tree.

History informs us, that from the first man
made, to the wisest of men, trees and flowers
were duly valued for their relative uses, and pic-
turesque beauty. And that the modern man of
refinement and taste, greatly enhances his happi-
ness in their cultivation and care, is obvious, to
all who see and understand.

That certain biblical trees were justly regarded
with feelings akin to. reverence, by the pastoral
patriarchs of old, the sacred writ frequently testi-
fies ; and that we, in our day, should love them
for their own sakes, is not to be wondered at.

A grand and stately old tree is a living monu-
ment of the creative power of the Great Archi-
tect of the universe, who made it '' a thing of
beauty," to make glad the heart of man, who
wisely appreciates the good our Father sends.
Setting aside their mercantile, economic or do-
mestic uses, there are many other reasons why
we should encourage their presence, which add
so much to our health and comfort in making
the world more beautiful wherever they grow.
Their aesthetic, sanitary and humanizing influ-
ence around our domiciles, are undoubtedly
many, as every day's experience proves.

The recorded associations of great men and
trees are numerous, and their authentic history
often reads more like the pages of romance than
of fact. But the writer's intentions are not to
dilate upon the many interesting narratives,
legends, reminescences, or traditions, our ances-
tors give of past events, connected with memora-
ble men and trees, otherwise than a brief allu-
sion to Dr. Johnson and his willow.

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61

While on a tour in England, during the past
summer, I paid a visit to " the ancient and re-
spectable city of Lichfield," as an observant old
writer designates it. From the noted house in
Saint Mary's Street (the lower part of which is
used as a draper's shop), where the celebrated
Dr. Johnson was born, is but a short distance
to a very remarkable edifice, in Saint John's
Street, on which Henry II. settled a valuable
revenue for its maintenance. And Edward VI.
also further endowed it. But it is most remarka-
ble for having been the Alma Mater of Addison,
Wollaston, Ashmore and Dr. Johnson — men of
mighty minds.

After viewing the many archaic specimens of
architecture about the city, and feeling a strong
predilection for all things Johnsonian, I made
my way to the magnificent Cathedral, the origin
of which dates back to A. D., 675. In the south
transept of the sacred fane, placed side by side,
are two conspicuous monuments, erected to the
memory of those famous men, David Garrick
and Dr. Johnson.

On a large mural tablet, surmounted by a
marble bust of the Doctor, is the following in-
scription : " The friends of Samuel Johnson,
LL. D., a native of Lichfield, erected this monu-
ment, as a token of respect for a man of exten-
sive learning, a distinguished moral writer, and
a sincere Christian. He died the 13th of Decem-
ber, 1784; aged 75 years."

Deeply impressed with the solemn grandeur of
the superb structure, and the many mementos
of former greatness around me, I thoughtfully
passed along the richly fretted silent aisles, to
the green yard outside. And not far from the
gatewaj^ void of all sepulchral pomp or sculp-
tured ostentation, beneath a mass of pretty flow-
ers, calmly lay the mortal remains of one of the
most remarkable, exemplary and useful men of
his time, the late Bishop Selwyn.
. Pursuing my way to the adjacent fields, along
the same hedgerow foot-path the Doctor had
often trod, the spot was soon reached where " the
great Lexicographer" used to rest beneath the
peaceful shade of a venerable wiUow, Salix Rus-
selliana.

The original noted tree kiiown as Johnson's
Willow, in 1810, measured in circumference 21
feet at six feet from the ground. But as trees
and men only bide their time in our mundane
world, so it was with both the Doctor and his
favorite tree ; they each succumbed to the fell
destroyer, and ceased to be.

The writer well remembers his father pointing
to the decayed old tree, when prostrated by a
storm in 1829. And much regretted, thus ended
the life of a veritable arboreal magnate among
willows — as much so as was the erudite Dr. John-
son among his fellow-men.

After the ancient ligneous denizen had passed
away, a thrifty branch raised from the old tree
was, with much ceremony, planted in the same
place, and to this day successfully grows in ita
stead.

About a quarter of a mile off, and in full view
of the tree, stands the old Church (and close by
the holy (?) well) of Saint Chad's, founded twelve
hundred years ago. And near the ancient pile»
standing on a slight eminence, embowered in
lovely unbrageous trees and shrubs, is the commo-
dious and comfortable old mansion of Stow Hall,
once the residence of the renowned Molly Aston,
whom the Doctor always called upon whenever
he returned to his native city.

At the time of my visit. Willow 11. was in a
flourishing condition, and promises well for the
future. Running a tape-line around its hand-
some bole, its girth measured twelve feet seven
inches, at four feet from the base. The height
was about eighty feet, and a more perfectly
formed or better balanced tree is seldom seen.

In conclusion, I have only to say the citizens
of Lichfield take great pride in protecting and
showing the handsome successor they hopefully
planted in 1830, for its honored sire's sake.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia. — Thi»
beautiful building, destroyed through proximity
to a burning church, a year or so ago, has been
rebuilt by W. L. Schaffer, President of the Penn-
sylvania Horticultural Society, and was re-
opened on the 5th of January. It is 200 feet
deep by 75 feet wide. The main hall for exhibi-
tions is 140 feet long, 70 feet wide, and 30 feet .
high. As a measure of safety to a large audi-
ence in case of fire, there are seven doors lead-
ing from the building.

A grand concert was given in order to test its
audiphonic powers, and it was pronounced a
complete success. Horticultural Hall was. with
all its supposed faults, an almost indispensable
building to Philadelphians. and one of which
they were always proud, and the congratulations
to the President of the Horticultural Society, ia

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[February,

the re-erection of the beautiful building were
on the re-opening numerous and sincere.

High-toned Papers. — The publisher once in
a while drops into the Editor's box items he
thinks may be of interest to his department,
and among others he finds just now the follow-
ing from " W. H. O.," Geneseo, N. Y., " Please
discontinue the Gardener's Monthly. It is a
splendid magazine, but too high- toned for an
ordinary cultivator." I

At the end of- every year, everj^ periodical
has some discontinuances among many new ac- j
cessions ; but it is not often that there is a dis- j
continuance for fear the subscriber will learn I
too much. The Colorado friend, referred to in j
our last, would not subscribe because papers like
ours are " not high-toned enough," — written by
novices who did not know enough for him. We
should be glad to please all parties certainly,
but amid so many contradictory desires, it is
safest to assume that most persons are striving
to learn more than they already know, and that
there is no reason why even an ''ordinary" cul-
tivator should rank below his neighbors in ordi-
nary intelligence. The true aim of the Garden-
er's Monthly is rather to elevate the horticultu-
rist, and it is a real pleasure to us to find
wherever we meet one who really loves his
garden, that he or she is generally one who, for
intelligence, is ranked far above the average.

The Uncertainties of Expositions. — The
Emperor of Germany offered a premium of
$3,500, at the great Exposition at Sydney, for
that exposition of an industry that should be
likely to prove most valuable to Australia. After
all we have heard of Australian wool, Australian
meat, Australian wheat, and Australian mine-
rals, it is a surprise to find the premium awarded
to the wine makers ! After all, it will no doubt
please the Emperor to know that the immigrant
from the Rhine carried away his premium in
that distant land. There is this fitness in the
result of the award of the jury, although the
Australians themselves seem by no means satis-
fied with the award, from other considerations.
They contend that juries are "oncertain," as
some of our fellow-citizens have it.

Masdevalleas. — Mr. Falconer informs us
that the magnificent Masdevalleas at Albany, of
which he wrote, were grown by Mr. Tweddle.

CoL. M. P. Wilder. — Our readers will be glad
to learn that the health of our venerable friend

continues excellent. He took a prominent part
in the Centennial exercises of the Honorable
Artillery Company recently, himself the oldest of
all living members, on which occasion he made
one of his usual speeches of masterly eloquence-

The "American Naturalist." — The December
Number closes the 15th volume of this admira-
ble monthly magazine. It is one of those able
scientific serials of which Americans may
well be proud. A marked feature is the employ-
ment of specialists for separate departments.
Entomology is edited by Prof. Riley ; Botany by
Prof Bessey ; Microscopy by Dr. R. H. Ward ;
Geography by Ellis Yarnall ; Anthropology by
Otis Mason, and next year a new department.
Mineralogy, will be under the charge of Prof.
Carvill Lewis, one of the ablest of the rising
generation of scientists.

It is published, at $4 a year, by McCalla &
Stavely, Philadelphia.

The American Farmer. — This, one of the old-
est and best known of American agricultural
monthlies, has changed from the ordinary maga-
zine form, and appears among the folio sizes.
With this change of form it will also appear
tw'ice a month by its old publisher and editor,
S. Sands, Jr., Baltimore, Md.

Transactions of the Massachusetts Horti-
cultural Society for 1881. — Received from
Secretary, Robert Manning. — Since the celebrated
T. A. Knight and his contemporaries made, by
their contributions to the Transactions of the
Horticultural Society of London, a work of refer-
ence valuable for all time, we know of nothing
approaching that series in excellence so nearly
as this. It is really worth being a member of the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society, though one
lives hundred of miles from the place of meeting
and never sees the exhibitions, even if they get
nothing more for the annual subscriptions than
these volumes. A society with a secretary like
Mr. Manning is particularly blessed.

Bacteria, — the smallest of living organisms,
by Frederick Cohn, translated by Charles S,
Dolley, Rochester, N. Y.

Bacteria, — their relations to plant culture, by
Thomas Taylor, Washington, D. C.

These two pamphlets are very timely in view
of the recent discoveries of Prof. Burrill, in con-
nection with "Fire-Blight" in the Pear and the
Yellows in the Peach. As our readers know
Bacterium is the smallest of all vegetable organ-

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isms. They are always present in ferments and
putrefactions ; and they abound in the circulatory
vessels of human beings, and animals suffering j
from epidemic and contagious disorders. Prof, j
Burrill found them in great quantity in the j
early stages of the Pear and Peach diseases, and j
matter taken from a diseased part induced dis- [
ease in healthy places, yet none of Cohn's experi-
ments prove that Bacteria ever interfere with life.
Their mission seems to be to rot up rapidly
organisms from which life has departed. They
are the scavengers of nature.

Yet it has to be explained why they are in such
immense numbers in sick people, and why the
virus in which they abound carry the diseases
to the Pear and Peach tree. We have no doubt
these seeming 'contradictions will yet be recon-
ciled. It will not do to say the observations con-
tradict each other, and so both cannot be true.
There is no doubt of the correctness of the
observations on both sides, and it will be the
province of future researches to reconcile them.

Art Museums and their Uses.— By Dalton
Dorr, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Museum
and School of Industrial Art.

This is an appeal for an effort in the direction
of higher art education, and the establishment of
industrial education. The interesting facts gath-
ered together in this pamphlet must be of great
value to all who desire to study these great
questions. But the weak point of the treatise is
in its lack of any feasible plan of operations.
There is the usual vague suggestions, about the
State's duty, and municipal duty, and the duty
of citizens, and the very common recommenda-
tion with every thing under the sun that " it be
introduced into the public schools." The fact is
no one disputes the needs or advantages of indus-
trial education. The real question is, what is the
best method of introducing it? And it is the
misfortune of this as of all good subjects that
they are ruined by the introduction of crude and
ill-digested plans. For instance, the State of
Pennsylvania gave in 1873, $1,500,000 to erect a
hall in Fairmount Park as an industrial museum,
but not one dollar to sustain it afterwards. The
present prospects are that the hall will be closed
before many more years elapse.

In like manner those who clamor for the intro-
duction of such teaching in the public schools
have no practical knowledge of school manage-
ment. Th ere are but about five school hours, and
already in the primaries and secondaries of

Philadelphia there are about ten different branch-
es of study, or only about a half hour to each.
It is no uncommon circumstance as the writer
of this knows from actual experience as a
director of the public schools of Philadelphia,
that children pass through all the grades of the
primaries and reach the highest in the se-
condaries, with but a crude knowledge of the
three studies of most general importance. The
great portion of children want to leave school
when they reach the highest «grade in the se-
condaries, and this want should be encouraged
by those who desire to see their children thrive
by manual labor; but under the present plan of
teaching a little of everything, and nothing
thoroughly, it is necessary for a child to go
through grammar or high schools, and reach
the age of eighteen or nineteen perhaps, before
he has a thorough knowledge of language or
figures, and by which time he has lost all taste
for that "industrial" life which is to get him a
living by the use of his hands.

These practical questions seldom occur to
authors of theoretical works like this before us.

Sheldon's Dairy Farming.— Published by
Cassel, Petter, Galpin & Co., New York. Part
twenty-five of this beautifully illustrated subscrip-
tion work is on our table, and which completes
the work. The colored plate represents an
Alpine Dairy Station, and the text refers to dairy
commerce.

THE FLOWER.
Once in a golden hour

I cast to earth a seed,
Up there came a flower,

The people said, a weed.

To and fro they went

Through my garden-bower,
And, muttering discontent,

Cursed me and my flower.

Then it grew so tall

It wore a crown of light,
But thieves from o'er the wall

Stole the seed by night.

Sowed it far and wide.

By every town and tower,
Till all the people cried :

"Splendid is the flower."

Read my little fable,

He that runs may read ;
Most can raise the flowers now,

For ail have got the seed.

And some are pretty enough,

And some are poor indeed ;
And now again the people

Call it but a weed.

— lenny'ioii.

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[February,

Lines on a Head of Cabbage.— The best poets
are often familiar with numerous branches of
science; on the other hand men devoted to
science are not unfrequently gifted with the
poet's fire. Prof. T. C. Porter, the distin-
guished botanist, was known as the " plant-
presser" in his earliest years. The following
lines, quoted from Lafayette College Journal,
written when but seventeen years old, shows
a love for the Muses quite as worthy of re-
cognition as wasi^his other love :

Let frog-devouring France and beef-fed Bull

Disdain thee, Cabbage, when their mouths are full ;

Let laay Neapolitan discard.

Who eats his macaroni by the yard ;

And Chinese gourmand think that dish the best

Which savors of the swallow's gluey nest ;

Or, brought from distant ocean-isles, prefer

The relish of the costly biche-de-mer;

I^t Abyssinian cut the quivering flesh

From the live heifer and devour it fresh.

While Alpine monk esteems the slimy snail

Above the juice of broccoli or kale;

Let Paddy whistle at the very thought

Of nevi paratees boiling in the pot.

And Yankee tell, with rapture in his eye,

The varied virtues of the pumpkin pie —

But, as for me, sprung of Teutonic blood,

Give me the cabbage as the choicest food.

O far-famed Sauer Kraut ! compared with thee,

All dainties rifled from the land and sea

Were heaps of trash, and viands on the boards

Of prodigal Lucullus, or the hoards

Of which renowned Apicius could boast.

Detestably insipid— and the host

That followed Epicurus, at the best.

Mere common swine, unpampered and unblest.*

Had but the gods on high Olympus' brow
Caught thy rich odor wafted from below,
Loathing as bitter their celestial bread.
They all in haste to Germany had fled.

What gave the fierce Barbarian strength to wield
His ponderous weapon on the battle-field.
When from the North his brawny right arm hurled
A bolt of vengeance o'er the Roman world?
Thy hidden power, O matchless Cabbage, thine.
Dweller upon the Danube and the Rhine.

Ye vain philosophers of titled worth.

Go to this lowly denizen of eaith.

And read a lesson from his furrowed leaves ;

Their words are truth ; that volume ne'er deceives.

Castles and monuments have passed away.

Pillars and temples crumbled to decay.

Leaving no trace behind them to proclaim

To after ages their possessor's fame.

While on his brow unfaded yet appears

The wrinkled wisdom of six thousand years.

I love thine honest countenance, old friend ;
My earliest mem'ries with thy history blend,

•Me pingnem et nitidum bene curata cute vises,
Epicuri de grege porcum. Hor. Ep. 1-4 : 16.

And Hallow Eve, free to the wile and plot
Of boyish cunning, cannot be forgot;
The ringing shout, the merry laugh and cheer,
Still and will ever linger in mine ear.

May never he who slanders thy good name
Have hi.s recorded on the scroll of fame !
May he ne'er taste thee, whose proud looks (l^spwe.
But Time increase thine honor as he flien I

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Paw-paw, Michigan.— E. A. Dodge says : " In
relation to ' Paw-paw,' Michigan, I can say it
was named after the Papaw fruit which I have
seen growing there very luxuriously. Why it
came to be spelled Paw-paw I cannot tell."

" Ozone" for Coring Meat. — R. B. Warder
writes ; " And has it come to this that even so
high-toned a journal as the Gardener's Month-
ly lends its aid to the popular delusion that sul-
phurous acid gas ' is simply and purely ozone, as
produced and applied by an entirely new pro-
cess?' The real character of the 'ozone' adver-
tised so widelj' was described in the Cincinnati
Commercial and Gazette of the 23d inst, I may
send you a copy."

[The editor is not responsible for what appears
in the advertising columns. Even if he had
been, he should probably have ,been no wiser
than the publisher; for he has to confess that he
did not know that the material offered was
simply sulphurous acid disguised, until this note
of Professor Warder directed his attention to the
proceedings of the Cincinnati Academy of Sci-
ences. There certainly is nothing on the face of
the advertisement to indicate any more fraud
than in the average of " patent" stuff, which we
are sorry to say, high-toned papers must
advertise, so long as thousands of high-toned
people are willing to use and want to buy. High-
toned papers only advertise what they are con-
vinced high-toned people want to get. Professor
Warder and the Academy of Sciences deserve
public thanks for their services in this matter.
The reading columns of the Gardener's Month-
ly are always open to this good work,whether the
vile stuff happens to sneak into the advertising
columns of this paper or not. Publishers are
but fallible men, and are liable to be imposed
upon as well as any other member of the com-
munity.—Ed. G. M.]

THE

GARDENER'S MONTHLY

A\D

HORTICULTURIST.

DEVOTED TO HORTICULTURE, ARBORICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS.

Edited by THOMAS MEEHA.N.

Vol. XXIY.

MARCH, 1882.

Number 279.

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

There is no doubt the fashion now common of
clipping evergreens till they look like the little
mossy toys children play with, is an abomination
not to be tolerated in tasteful grouncJs. But it is
not wise to abhor all trimmed trees. It is the
fate of all good reforms to be run to extremes.
The taste for the natural in gardening is one of
these good reforms exaggerated. We do indeed
often meet with wild spots that are charming. A
huge pile of rocks, with ferns and mosses spring
ing from any nook or cranmy that will catch a
little soil, shaded by trees, and these again
draped and festooned by hanging vines ; or it may
be clump of wild bushe-' on mossy banks, along-
side of which gurgling streams or babbling brooks
pursue their everlasting way— all these antl other
lovely snatches of nature's art in landscape
adornment, are always to be admired— but gar
den art is another matter. It is not only that
we wish to get perfect specimens of natural
beauty; we wish furllier to show that we can
make nature do more than she would ; we love
to make her bend to our whims and fancies, and
then garden art will ever be more than mere
nature can give us. There is beauty in a wild
meadow with its buttercups and daisies, and the
tall grass bending before the breeze like the

ocean waves; but no less beautifnl is the closely
shaven lawn. The hedge, beautifnl as the wild,
wayward plant might have been in some lonely
and neglected spot, is no less beautifnl under the
artistic shears of the hedge trimmer. In like
manner there should be no objection to trimmed
trees, when there is evidently an ideal of beauty
underlying the gardener's art. Mere resem-
blances to beasts or buildings without any other
meaning are usually failures. Trees clipped into
fancies, without any ideal beyond an effort at
resemblance, caused the reaction against all
clipping. But what is there against an arbor
formed by the drawing together of the tops of
half a dozen Linden or O^age Orange trees, and
then to have windows or doors cut as they may
be desired through the leafy mass? Why may
we not have clipped archways over gates, clipped
avenues, clipped ^^creciis, and even clipped trees
when they are trained to shapes in keeping with
some of the surroundings? There seems no
more reasonable objection to clipping trees and
shrul)S judiciously as a genuine part of good
garden taste, than to clipping our hair, and it
is to l)e hoped that there will be more of it seen
in good garden work than there has been. All
this is suggested by the fact that spring is the
best time for trimming evergreen hedges and
other plants that it is at all desirable to trim.
Trimming should be left till all danger of cold

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winds are gone, but the sooner before the young
growth is made the better.

Ornamental hedges judiciously introduced into
a small place, add greatly to its interest. No
easier method offers whereby to make two acres
of garden out of one in the surveyor's draught-
The Arbor-vitae (Chinese and American), Hem-
lock, Holly, Beech, Hornbeam, Pyrus japonica,
Privet and Buckthorn may be applied to this
purpose.

Shrubs are not nearly enough employed in
planting small places. By a judicious selection a
place may be had in a blooming state all the j'ear ;
and they, besides, give it a greater interest by
their variety, than is obtained by the too frequent
error of filling it up with but two or three forest
trees of gigantic growth. Plant thickly at first,
to give the place a finished appearance, and thin
out as they grow older. Masses of shrubs have
a fine effect on 'a small place. The center of
such masses should be filled with evergreen
shrubs, to prevent a naked appearance in the
winter season.

Herbaceous plants do badly if several years in
one place. Every second year, at this season,
take up and divide them. Sow as soon as possi-
ble some hardy annuals. The earlier they are
in the ground after the frost leaves it, the finer
they bloom.

This is the proper season to lay down box-
edgings. To make them properly, the soil along
the line of the edge should be first dug, and then
trod very hard and firm, so that it may sink
evenly together, or the line will present ugly-
looking undulations in time. Rooted plants
should be employed; cuttings are feometimes
used, but frequently die out in patches ; a good
edge can rarely be made from them. The plants
should be set pretty low down, leaving the plants,
when set, one or two inches above the soil,
according to their stockiness. Sometimes box
edgings are laid around beds formed in grass.
When so, a few inches of clear ground should be
kept clean between the grass and the box, or the
weeds will be so intermixed with the box, after
awhile, as to render it a nuisance.

Walks should now have their spring-dressing
— the verges cut, and a thin coating of new
gravel laid on. Before putting on the new, har-
row up the tace of the old gravel with a stroag
iron-toothed rake. Roll well after the new is
laid on.

This is particularly the month to pay attention
to the hardy annuals. The sooner they are

sown, the finer they will flower; that is, provided

they are really hardy. Tender annuals, such aa
Globe amaranthus. Balsams, &c., rot if they are
sown before the weather becomes quite warm.
The seedsmen's catalogues usually distinguish
these classes for their customers. In sowing
annuals, the soil should be slightly stirred with a
broad-bladed knife or trowel ; and after the seeds
are sown, they should have a little soil sprinkled
over them, about one-sixth of an inch deep,
according to the size of the seeds ; barely enough
to cover is all that is required. Failures usually
arise from the seeds being buried too deeply-
Failures also frequently occur from the soil with
which the seeds are covered being too stiff or
clayey, " baking " after a rain. Light sandy
earth or decayed vegetable loam from the woods
should be employed for the purpose. Stick a
peg in where the seeds are sown, so that when
turning out the plants in May from pots, the
annuals will not be disturbed. Also take care to
preserve the names of the kinds. This is a great
part of the interest in flower-garden.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

MR. HUNNEWELL'S GARDEN AT WEL-
LESLEY.

BY WM. FALCONER.
• NO. III.

The Italian Garden, of which an excellent
illustration appeared in Harper's Monthly, p. 517,
March, 1881, lies between the mansion and the
Waban lake, and consists of a series of terraces,
whereon are growing many trees clipped into
curious and abnormal forms. It is the most ex-
tensive and pertinent garden of the kind in
America. The clipped trees consist of White
pine, Norway spruce, Hemlock spruce, Arbor-
vitae, Retinosporas as squarrosa, obtusa and
pisifera, American beeches and European lar-
ches. And here and there upon the banks are
spread thick mats of such Junipers as tamarici-
folia and squamata. Mr. Harris tells me that,
although these Junipers do so well on this nor-
thern exposure, in other portions of the garden
facing south, they do not thrive.

The Arboretum is well stocked with many rare
and handsome trees, particularly evergreens, as
pines and spruces, junipers and retinosporas.
The pinetum is on mostly sloping ground, and
includes fifteen to twenty years' old specimens
of many subjects that are yet novelties in our

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gardens. There are some exceptionally fine
specimens of Abies Nordmanniana, Engelmanni,
alcoquiana, orientalis, picbta, grandis, excelsa
inverta, Douglassi, nobilis, and others. The
golden variegated form of the white spruce is a
pretty tree, and one of the finest specimens and
bluest varieties of the Colorado blue spruce, is
conspicuous on the slope. But the trees and
shrubs are too many for detail. There is an
extensive collection of Japanese maples. Pre-
paratory to planting trees, holes some eleven
feet in diameter are dug out and filled in with
good soil, and in after years dressings of manure
are freely given to petted plants. For trees, Mr.
Harris strongly recommends good soil to start
in, when they are up a little they will take care
of themselves, and plenty of manure for ever-
greens. And, considering the condition of these
trees, and the dry gravelly soil of the land, his
treatment deserves r-ecognition.

Fndt growing under glass is an important fea-
ture here; but at the time of my visit, in No-
vember, beyond some grapes still clinging to the
vines, and figs swelling and ripening on the
bushes, all was cool and leafless, and inactive.
For general purposes, Mr. Harris considers the
Black Hamburg and Muscat of Alexandria as
the best of grapes. His favorite peaches are
Early Rivers, Early Beatrice, Hale's Early, Fos-
ter's Seedling, George the Fourth, and late Ad-
mirable; nectarines. Lord Napier and Stanwick ;
apricots, Moorpark, Brussels, St. Ambroise, Bre-
da and Peach ; plums, Angelina Burdett, Jef-
ferson and Standard of England; and Brown
Turkey as a fig. The Castle Kennedy and some
other figs grow too much.

A BLUE FLOWERING BEDDING PLANT.

BY MANSFIELD MILTON, YOUNGSTOWN, O.

In the Gardener's Monthly, just at hand,
you ask if there is anything better than lobelia for
a blue bedding plant. There is. The dwarf blue
Ageratums are far ahead of it for free flowering
during the hot weather. I have three varieties
of ageratun)s, any of which are very suitable for
forming ribbon lines with achyranthus and cen-
taurea. One, named J. Douglas, will do well if
planted between the achyranthus and centaurea.
Another I have under the name of Countess of
Stair is a much dwarfer, but of as free blooming
habit, as the one mentioned ; the most suitable
place for it is in front of the centaurea.

These ageratums are so much ahead of the old
late-growing kind, which does not flower until late
in the fall, in the flowering qualities, and dwarf-
ness of habit, that it gives them much more value
as bedding plants. They begin to flower just as
soon as set out ; in fact they are never out of
bloom from the time they leave the cutting
bench until the frost catches them in the fall.
It is difficult getting cuttings off" them free of
flower bud*.

The lobelia does well in a partially shaded
position, or when it is newly set out; but when
the dry, hot weather sets in it quits flowering,
and does not make a very attractive plant again
until late in the fall, when it begins to flower,
and continues until frost. I tested last summer
in several positions the ageratum and lobelia,
alongside of each other, but the ageratum in
every position was far ahead of the lobelia.

AGERATUM.

BY MRS. H. E. WHITE, BRYAN, BRAZOS CO., TEXAS.

There are two varieties of Ageratum that I
have found growing in the river bottom, near
me, and on the Post Oak hills, beyond the river.
TheVariety growing in the bottom is sometimes
two-feet high, and the fringe-like blooms are
pale blue, fading to white. The roots are peren-
nial, and if killed by frost put up again when-
ever we have a week or two of warm weather.
It is a vigorous grower. The ageratum of the
sandy " Post Oak " land is low and bushy in
growth, like the dw.arf ageratum of floral cata-
logues; the color is a lovely purplish blue. I
planted one in a pot, and the root threw out
white, succulent shoots, underground, that grow-
ing near the surface put up leaves that grew
into bushes, and it spreads thus somewhat like a
verbena. The pot looked as if little seed plants
were coming up all over it, when really they
are root plants. I think this variety a valuable
acquisition as a bedding plant. Indigenous
plants stand the variations, the heat and dry-
ness of our climate, much better th^ imported
plants.

FLORIST FLOWERS.

BY A. VEITCH, NEW HAVEN, CONN.

Those who take an interest in the improve-
ment, as they believe, of florist flowers are now
receiving little encouragement from a class of
writers in English journals, some of which
claim that better results would have been ob-

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tained had as much attention heen bestowed
upon single as has been upon double varieties.
And others, again, regard wild flowers with
greater fiivor than they do garden varieties ;
thus raising an issue without cause, as each class
in its own phice is worthy of all esteem.

Florists need have no contention with those
who prefer flowers in their natural state to cul-
tivated varieties, and many of them look upon
all natural productions with as much interest as
do those who protest against the changes which
have been wrought on many by their hands.
The clear-sighted among them can see two
fields wherein to exercise their faculties, the one
wide as the flora of the globe, the other an en-
closure wherein are gathered the choicest speci-
mens, and such as are best adapted for use and
show. In this limited field the mind is less
liable to be distracted by a multiplicity of objects
than in the other, and is therefore at greater
liberty to concentrate its energies upon a few
chosen specimens with which to experiment and
cultivate up to ideal perfection. In so doing no
violence is done to nature, for " The art itself is
nature," and as they find her so far yielding to
their wishes as to permit changes which, al-
though not conducive in every case to the go'od
of the individual, adds so much the more to
their own and to others enjoyment as to entitle
them to a place among puVjlic benefactors.

A similar course has been pursued in the im-
provement of vegetables. While we know not
with what esteem Brassica oleracea and cam-
pestris were held by primitive man, we do know
that those products would make a poor display
now, in the garden or on the farm, in their nor-
mal state. But since they have "grown great in
bulk and succulent of leaf," by cultivation, Ru-
tabagas and Drumhead cabbage are justly held
in high esteem. So it has been with the dahlia
and the rose. In their natural state both are
interesting and attractive ; but he who would
prefer them in this state to the double forms
now so common, and which add so much to the
beauty and ^traction of modern gardens, must
have a poor conception indeed of elegance with
grandeur combined.

And yet, because of their unassuming elegance
and grace, a single wild rose may make a deeper
impression upon the mind than could be pro-
duced by any one with a fuller compliment of
petals. Objects of this nature address themselves
directly to the finer feelings of mankind, and
excite a sympathy which is ever responsive to

the calls, or seeming calls of every thing that ia
tender and beautiful. Such were the feelings of
Robert Burns, when, on that farm of his, he
turned a daisy under the sod to bloom in his
verse for evermore. Wordsworth, too, was un-
der the same inspiration when he said :

" To me the meanest flower that blows can give
Thoughts that too often lie too deep for tears."

This, in part, might be regarded as the sentimen-
tal love of flowers, and is strongest in minds of
deep reflection and poetic taste; it stoops not to
commercial valuations, but is fully occupied
with that beauty in flowers which addresses
itself alike to the imagination and the judg-
ment.

But the florist must be true to his calling,
which is not so much to hold to the sentimental
and severely simple as to make use of every
flower at his disposal which may aid in making
his flower beds and greenhouses showy and
attractive. And few will dispute that garden
varieties, in their rounded fullness, are better
adapted for this purpose than their representa-
tives in a natural state.

But double varieties are especially obnoxious
to a class of writers who claim that the highest
types of beauty are to be found amongst those
that are single, which claim may be true ; but it
is also true that very high types of beauty are to
be found amongst double sorts, such as the
Marechal Niel rose and double white Camellia
fully attest. In setting forth the superior claim
of single varieties it has been asked, " Why are
the primrose, the wild daisy, or the buttercup so
much admired, and the dandelion held in con-
tempt? It is gaudy, it is inelegant, it is a wisp of
of petals, hence it is a failure, a ' hissing and a by-
word,' and— and a model for florists." This is
hard on the dandelion and the florist; but, had
the writer studied more closely the elements of
floral beauty, he would not have so estimated
the dandelion, and also have given due credit to
the florist, for selecting such a flower for his
model. At the same time, the statement is what
might be expected from one who believes that
the highest beauty consists of simplicity and
elegance, combined with delicacy of color. A
statement by no means complete, and no state-
ment of principles can bes complete which does
not give due prominence to form, congruity. or
harmony and smoothness, as well as delicacy of
color. And, moreover, we do not see how sim-
plicity can be regarded as an element of floral
beauty, but rather as the outgrowth and so-

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quence of a happy combination of such ele-
ments as have been named. If this is not so. a
blow is struck at all ornamenttition, and by the
same token a flail is more worthy of admiration
and esteem than a threshing machine, or a
phial three parts filled with water suspended by
a cord attached to the bottom, than an elabor-
ately' constructed barometer, with all modern
improvements. But this will not be believed ;
neither can we believe that the beauty of a
flower depends upon simplicity, but upon the
harmonious blending of such elements as enter
into its composition, no matter whether the
petals be many or few, provided they are all
perfectly formed, all harmoniously arranged, all
delicately smooth, and of whatever color, clear
and distinct, or when of different shades, these
60 disposed as to produce the most agreeable
impressions.

I do not pretend to give a complete analysis
of beauty in flowers, but only to draw attention
to some of its principal constituents, and as
every family has its own kind of ideal beauty,
the criterion for one may not meet the case of
another. This is equally applicable to the dif-
ference between double and single sorts of the
same species. But if the petals of a single rose,
for example, come up to the standard of utmost
perfection, no difficulty can be felt in recogniz-
ing the importance of symmetry and proportion
in those that are double. And yet. strange to
say, the men who are loudest in their protesta-
tions against double flowers stand up in defence
of semi-double ones, in the new strain of dahlias,
which, if we may judge from wood-cuts, come
nearer to being " wisps of petals " than the under-
rated dandelion. But they say they are finely
colored. Be it so; but color alone, however
elegant, cannot make up for a deficiency of
form, symmetry and proportion. And, we re-
peat, that these principles are of the utmost
importance in all flowers either single or double.
Without them, they may be gaudy, but they
cannot satisfy the judgment which takes cogniz-
ance of order and congruity, as well as of
color. As well say that a human countenance
of fair color is beautiful, when the features are
ill-formed, irregular and disproportioned, as that
a flower, especially a double flower, is beautiful
without these prerequisites. And perhaps it is
not too much to say, that greater progress
would have been made in floriculture had culti-
vators attended more strictly to the principles
I have endeavored to set forth.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Ornamental Rhubarb. — We have several
times called attention to the great beauty of the
large-leaved herbaceous plants, when set out as
specimens on the lawn or worked in with
shrubs or trees, even in massing. The common

RHEUM OFFICINALE.

garden rhubarb is rather coarse as an ornamen-
tal plant, though striking when in full flower;
but there are some species not used as esculents,
that have greater elements of beauty. HaageA
Schmidt, of Erfurt, have introduced two that are
particularly beautiful, and of which we give

RHEUM RIBES.

illustrations here. One, Rheum officinale, has
an additional interest in this, that it is
the species from which the medicinal rhubarb
root is prepared. The Rheum ribes is so called
probably from the resemblance of its panicle of
fruit to bunches of currants or Ribes, is particu-

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larly ornamental by reason of its leaves as well
as flowers and fruit. The old Acanthus of the
poets is another very pretty leaf plant for single
specimens on lawns.

PiLEA REPENS. — This is reported to be an ex-
cellent plant as a green base to flower beds. It
has a moss-like habit.

Ornamental Grasses. — Few have any concep-
tion of the immense demand for ornamental
grasses. We have heard of one seedsman whose
stock of seed of the feather grass (Stipapennata)
alone was this winter eight tons.

Crat^gus arborescens. — Dr. Engelmann, in a
recent issue of the Botanical Gazette, says this is
the largest N. American Hawthorn. It grows on
the alluvial river bottoms below St. Louis. It
makes a trunk often 28 inches in diameter. The
red or orange-colored fruit persists all winter,
long after all other kinds of Hawthorns have
fallen.

Arnold Arboretum.— By the Annual Report of
Director Sargent, we find that the city govern-
ment of Boston has not yet provided for the
joint occupancy of the Arboretum and the city
as recommended by the Park Commissioners,
according to the plan given by the Gardener's
Monthly last year. It is to be regretted, as it
would make one of the most instructive and
beautiful public grounds in America.

Rare Trees in Germantown.— The death of
Mr. Norton Johnson, of Germantown, Philadel-
phia, removes the last male representative of a
family which has been closely identified with the
fame of Philadelphia as a horticultural and
botanical centre. One of the streets running
through the estate is named Upsal Street, after
the home of the great Swedish botanist, Lin-
naeus. One of the brothers, who died a few
years ago, left all his property after the death
of his wife, to the Academy of Natural Sciences
of Philadelphia.

On these grounds is the famous Silver Fir of
Europe, planted in the beginning of the present
century, one of the first four introduced into the
country by the Princes of Flushing, and which
has been so often written about and pictured.
It is one hundred feet high, but has been on the
downward path for some years. The finest
American Yew in the world is probably the one
here. As generally known, it is rather a trailer
than an erect grower as the European is. This
plant makes a dense mass over fifty feet wide,

rising to about six feet in the centre. It forms a
circular bush of rare beauty. It is also about
one hundred years old.

The only livingspecimen of the great Sequoia,
a mammoth tree of California, that probably ex-
ists in the Atlantic States, is here. Under our
suns the lower branches die, and generally after
a few years die upward so rapidly as to kill the
tree. This specimen happens to be growing
under the shade of some huge white pines, which
have lost their lower branches; hence though
the mammoth tree loses the greater number of
the last year's side shoots, the growth of the dis-
ease is not rapid enough to kill all the same
season, and hence there are enough to start the
growth the next year. This sole representative
of the California wonder is not therefore any-
thing to boast of as a matter of beauty. Besides
these, are some remarkably pretty Cryptomeria
japonicas, which seem to be quite hardy after
they have once been able to get a deep tap root.
Pinus excelsa has also grown here to a very
beautiful tree. In the garden borders are numer-
ous rare herbaceous plants.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Hardy Cy.pripediums. — " If any of the readers
of the Monthly can give me any information con-
cerning the treatment of Cypripedium acaule,
parviflorum, spectabilis, and pubescens, I should
be very thankful for it." — Q.

A Fine Ohio Thorn. — L. B. Case, Dayton, 0.,
writes : " In a former note to you I expressed a
doubt of there being an evergreen thorn in this
latitude ; at least I never had seen one. It was
never my good fortune even to see a tree retain
its fruit plump and perfect until mid-winter. But
to-day I saw a tree about fifteen feet high with
about ten feet spread of branches growing in an
open woods about two miles east of Xenia, Ohio,
with its bright golden yellow fruit hanging on its
branches in perfect condition. The leaves
had entirely disappeared, but the fruit
made the tree very attractive and ornamental."

Winter Flowers in Texas.— Mrs. S. E. Byers,
Houston, Texas, under date of January 9th,
writes : " I sent you a cigar-box containing a few
roses with my card, from the out-door flower
garden. I scarcely hoped that they would reach
you before their leaves had fallen. The large
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constant bloomer, and best in my collection of
three hundred varieties — over a dozen white
roses. I have read with interest, from time to
time in Gardener's Monthly items on roses, and
often console myself with the thought that we
can grow roses to perfection in Texas, in the
open border.

This list is now in bloom in the garden ; my
garden is well protected by evergreens. Solfa-
terre, with highly perfumed golden buds ; Jean
d'Arc, beautiful evergreen foliage, and white |
pointed buds— both Noisette roses. Banksia, |
gaudy with snow-white flowers and evergreen j
foliage, very hardy here, but blooms once, and
that for about six weeks; Jacqueminot, Mad.
Chas. Wood, Crown, and other Hybrids, besides
a host of Tea Roses ; while Devoniensis, Mad.
Damasin, Bourbon and Bengal Roses, all have
their representatives. Of Perpetual, the rose
Belle Allemande is certainly here never out of
bloom, unless frosted, and soon rallies after a
freeze. Bella is not much found here, unless it
would be under glass, as it yields only flowers in ;
the winter. j

I have half a dozen Seedling Roses of my own '

raising, that are very good, and may some day
find admirers. One closely resembles Appolline,
a very constant bloomer. I often wonder that
our Southern amateurs do not experiment more
with rose seeds. The plant 1 have bloomed
when three months old, and only four inches
high, so that anyone can see the color, and if
double or single ; still, they have to wait a year
or more to get a strong plant from seed. It is
important to pick off" the buds in order to get
strong growing plants. We know of a Marechal

Niel Rose, grown by a Houstonian, Capt. T ,

that occupies three hundred and twenty square
feet, and bears thousands of roses. There are
quite a number of fine M. Niels about town ;
this is the largest one known to me. It is eight
years old.

[These flowers arrived in excellent condition,
except that those roses which had partially
opened when gathered, soon dropped their petals
when taken from the bud. If gathered when
not quite mature, a Philadelphian might have
flowers from his farm in Southern Texas fresh
on his table every day, at but a trifling expense.
—Ed. G. M.J

Greenhouse and House Gardening.

COMMUNICA riONS.

CCELOCYNE CRISTATA.

BY MANSFIELD MILTON, \OUNGSTOWN, O.

All Ccelogynes are beautiful — in fact, all
flowers are beautiful — nature is not the author
of anything ugly ; but she appears to combine in
some particular objects more attractions than in
others ; the subject of these remarks is one of
them. Who can look at a flower of Coelgyne
cristata and be an infidel ?

The flowers are produced on drooping spikes
proceeding from the base of the ball. They are
of a beautiful white with a yellow blotch on the
lips, and will last a long time in perfection.

It is an evergreen orchid, and succeeds best in
a pot, with equal parts peat and moss. Give plenty
of drainage, as during its season of growth it re-
quires an abundant supply of water, withholding
as the bulbs mature. Give but little water when

at rest, and keep in cool house, and by all means
prevent from exciting into growth prematurely,
as by doing so the flowering of the plant is often
checked. Keep the leaves scrupulously clean,
and encourage a good growth of bulbs and roots.
Be careful to protect the latter from the depre-
dations of woodlice, slugs, and other insecta
which are very fond of them. Keep a dry at-
mosphere during the time the flowers are open,
as damp is apt to make them spot and decay
soon.

CLERODENDRON.

BY CHARLES E. PARNELL, QUEENS, L. I., N. Y.

The showy Clerodendron (C. speciosissi-
mum) forms a dwarf branching plant, growing
from four to six feet in height with large
cordate leaves and a furrowed almost square
stem. It is also one of the most distinct and
prettiest species, and produces its flowers in
large terminal panicles on healthy and well

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grown specimens from July until October. The
flowers are of a vivid scarlet color, the single
flowers being over an inch and a half in length,
and as the large panicles are thrown up well
above the foliage they render the plant re-
markably attractive. The flowers last for a
considerable time.

Propagation is effected by cuttings of the young
wood, and if the young plants are repotted as
often as necessary and liberally treated, they
will form flowering plants in the course of a year.

It is a plant of easy culture, and in the mixed
border is peculiarly attractive ; when grown
for this purpose it can be planted out in good
rich soil about the tenth of May, or when all
danger of frost is over. Water freely in dry
weather, and on the approach of frost take the
plants up carefully, pot them, and place in a
greenhouse having a temperature of 50° or 55°.
When they have ceased flowering the plants can
be placed under the stage if the room is desired
for other purposes. While in a dormant state
give but little water.

If grown as a pot plant it must be given an
abundance of room for its roots, good drainage,
an abundant supply of water during its sea-
eon of growth, and a compost of two-thirds
well rotted sods and one-third manure well
mixed. During the summer season plunge the
pot in a sunny position, give it a watering of
liquid manure water once a week, and it will
produce its scarlet panicles in such beauty as to
surprise all who are so fortunate as to behold it.

When the plant is grown in the greenhouse
during the winter season it is unfortunately very
subject to the scale, mealy bug and red spider,
so that great care will be necessary to keep these
pests in check.

large plants of Coelogyne have been undisturbed
for four years, and have now bulbs three inches
long and very strong flower spikes. Good drain-
age is essential, as the plant after growth has
fairly commenced, can hardly get too much
water. My plants are set on benches covered
with an inch of sand, and are watered thoroughly
twice a day from the time the new growth shows
until in September, when the flower spikes ap-
pear prominently from the base of the bulbs ; then
the supply of water is reduced somewhat as the
plant goes gradually to rest, until now (Decem-
ber) the plants get a watering once a week if in
pots and an occasional light syringing over the
leaves besides. Those on blocks will require
dipping about twice a week if there is considera-
ble moss on the blocks, which there should be.
The plants should never get entirely dry or the
bulbs allowed to shrivel much. One plant in ten
inch pan is now showing thirty flower spikes,
(very strong) and ought to give one hundred and
fifty flowers. Last year it had eighty-four flowers
which lasted five weeks in bloom. Five plants
were taken ofi" last spring, each of which will
bloom in February. The Coelogyne is not partic-
ular as to temperature, though in warm houses
it will bloom earlier. My little orchid house
14x14 is ventilated under the benches, with slight
roof ventilation. The door and ventilators are
generally kept open night and day in summer
except in storms. The roof is whitewashed
which gets off" in October and is renewed in
March. In this house are grown one hundred
and fifty orchids all in the best of health, and
some in flower at all times. The attention given
is less than is required by a general collection of
plants, and the results far more satisfactory.

CCELOCYNE CRISTATA.

BY F. W. WOODWARD, EAU CLAIRE, WIS.

" G. C." asks in December number for a few
notes on the culture of Coelogyne cristata. This
plant with me is one of the easiest of all orchids
to grow and flower, now that its wants are under-
stood. It will grow well either in pots or upon
blocks with sphagnum moss. If in pots it grows
very luxuriantly in moss alone, without the
addition of peat which is an injury to any orchid
in my opinion. At least orchids have never
grown well for any length of time in a potting
material of which peat formed a portion, even
the pure Jersey article. While in moss some

GREENHOUSES HEATED BY STEAM.

BY AUGUST D. .MYLIUS, FLORIST, DETROIT, MICH.

Mr. Fowler's article about steam-heating for
greenhouses in December number, is in the
right direction. It is throwing money away to
pay two dollars for what can be bought for
seventy-five cents. I saw how steam worked last
winter in greenhouses, and I never saw healthier
roses and plants of every description than those
grown with its aid. I made up my mind then
after noting how well everything did with steam,
that I would not build another house without it.
I took out hot water boiler and flues, and put a
ten horse power boiler in to heat four houses,
each twenty-two feet by sixty. Now to heat this

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amount of glass well it takes two hot water
boilers, doable amount of pipe ; besides, hot
water pipe is four inch, where steam pipes are
only one inch, except main pipe which is two
inch, from this the one inch pipe gets its supply.
The price for steam heating is, boiler $200; pipes
and fittings, $400; or everything complete in
working order for $600; and if put up last year
when iron was lower in price, perhaps it would
not have cost $500. For hot water it would have
•cost me at least $1,500 or more, with less satis-
faction. It takes less time to tend to fire, and
less fuel. Mostly all florists here will use steam
after this; they all see it is a success, and all are
wondering why it was not used before this date
for structures of this kind. Five or six florists
here put in steam last summer, and others that
possibly can will put it in next year.

CCELOCYNE CRISTATA.

BY WALTER GRAY, COLLEGE HILL, CINCINNATI, O.

Kindly allow me a few words on the cultiva-
tion of the above in reply to " G. C," p. 369
This plant will thrive well in any warm green-
house, in pots, in a compost of rough peat and
moss. The pots should be well drained, so as to
let the water pass quickly through the compost.
If it should require potting, it is best done when
the plant begins to grow. It requires abundance
of water in its growing season ; in fact, should
never be allowed to get dry. I have grown this
plant beautifully upon blocks of wood ; also, in
baskets suspended from the roof near the glass.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

RoGiERA GRATisiMA. — A plant about two feet
high, and about two feet thick, with scores of
bunches of fragrant whitish flowers was ex-
hibited by Alex. Young, gardener to Mr. R. S.
Mason, at the January exhibition of the German-
town Horticultural Society, showing it to be an
admirable kind for conservatory decoration at
that season of the year.

Steam Heating. — There is little doubt that
where there are large ranges of plant houses to
be heated, steam is destined to play a much
more important part in American gardening
than it has yet done. There is no reason why
it may not be employed in connection with the
electric light and the warming of whole blocks

of houses by one steam-heating company in each
block, and we pay for the steam we use as we
pay for gas. This will be a great boon to the
florist who may be near such a public steam
company. Only think of the enjoyment of going
to bed at nights without worrying over fires ; no
coal bills to pay, no dirt, no dust, no smoke, no
trouble but to grow flowers or fruit, and turn
these to pleasure and profit ! Will it not be
glorious ?

LiBORNiA Penrhoseana. — A plant of this about
two feet over, with I'terally thousands of flowers,
was one of the gayest of the many pretty things
exhibited at the January meeting of the German-
town Horticultural Society. It came from Mr.
Gallagher, gardener to Amos R. Lyttle, Esq.

Cut Flowers in Paris.— The chief flowers
forced for cutting in winter, are Hydrangea
paniculata, White Lilacs, Lantanas, Violets,
Stockgillies, ''Anthemis"— which our growers
would perhaps translate to "Daisies" — Roses,
Azaleas, New Holland Acacias, Epiphyllums,
Tulips, Hyacinths, Narcissus, Chinese Primroses,
Ericas, or Heaths, and " Muquets " or Lilies of
the Valley. It seems strange that so very useful
a plant as the Myrsiphyllum, or " Smilax,"
should not be known there in connection with
cut flower work.

Stephanotis floribunda. — This waxy white,
and sweet flower, would be extremely profitable
to that florist who could discover how to get it
in bloom cheaply and profusely all winter. It
seldom flowers, however, before the winter and
season for expensive flowers is almost over.

AcALYPHA marginata. — These, so numerous
as the species are, afford little of interest to the
cultivator ; but Acalypha marginata, as shown
by Mr. Kinnier, at the January meeting of the
Germantown Horticultural Society, shows this
one to be as beautiful as the choicest coleus
which the prettily-margined leaves very much
suggested.

Buttonhole Bouquets -These are not as popu-
lar in our country for everyday use as they are
in Europe, on account of the dryness of the at-
mosphere causing the flowers to wither very
soon. But there are many flowers which might
be selected of more enduring character. The
double white Bouvardia seems one of this
character.

Chrysanthemums. — Referring to Mr. Walter
Coles' article on the Chrysanthemum, it should

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read that the Chrysanthemum should be planted
on the south side of the house instead of the
north.

Cut Flowers in Eastern Cities. — Many of the
plants used for cut flowers are grown in open
ground during summer, and transplanted to the
forcing houses in the fall. The past season in-
terfered very much with the summer growth of
these plants, and hence they have not given the
amount of flowers as usual. On the other hand,
there seems to have been a more active demand,
and hence prices have been very well sustained.
General Jacqueminot Roses still bring the high-
est price of any rose. Cornelia Cook and Cathe-
rine Mermet are growing in popularity ; though
Bon silene, SafTrano, Isabella Sprunt, and Mar-
shal Niel, are still the main dependence.

The best class of bouquets brought generally
from $10 to $15 each. Bouvardias, Mignonette,
Callas, Heliotrope, Carnations, are still the
chief reliance of florists. Violets, Orchids,
and other rare things are special fancies.
There seems to be an increasing tendency to
value some special novelty. Any florist who has
courage enough to grow some really beautiful
thing in large quantity and can get the use of
some large firm to introduce it, can usually suc-
ceed.

Red Berries in Winter Pot Plants. — Few
plants are more desirable for pot plants in win-
dows than Ardisia crenulata. The holly-like
berries are really beautiful, Cotoneaster Sim-
mondii is equally beautiful, but not so well
known.

NB^ OR RARE PLANTS.

A Double Dahlia.— There are already double
Dahlias and single Dahlias so-called, but this
doubling is simply the enlargement of the disc
petals. A real double is now ofiered in England.
The disc florets have sm.qller ones inside their
little cups. It is called " Double floret Dahlia."

President Garfield Zonale Geranium. — This
is a new introduction in England. It is said to
be a sport from Vesuvius, and to be of the color
of Jean Sisley, with large white eye.

Improved Chinese Primroses. — At the recent
meeting of the Pennsylvania State Horticultural
Society, Mr, Brenneman, florist of Harrisburg,
had a fine collection of Chinese Primroses, of the

Rupp improvements. They are of many forms
and shades of color, andja decided improvement
on the old stock.

A White Heliotrope. — A pure white Helio-
trope, long desired, seems to have been at length
produced, judging by the following from the
Journal of Horticulture : " Fragrant flowers are
general favorites, and any improvement upon
those we already possess must be welcome
to all. This Mr, H. Cannell has unques-
tionably provided in the new Heliotrope White
Lady, which was shown in excellent con-
dition at Kensington last week and awarded a
first class certificate. The chief characteristics
distinguishing it from other varieties of the well-
known plant are the great size of the corymbs,
the large individual flowers of which are quite
white, and the fragrance is powerful even for
Heliotrope, The habit, too, is compact, and the
plant appears to be sturdy and floriferous in no
mean degree."

Steam Heating. — Mrs. M. P. Green remarks :
" None of the writers on steam heating of green-
houses has told us definitely about their radia-
ting surfaces. Do they use two inch, or larger,
or smaller pipes as radiating surfaces, the whole
length of the benches or houses, or do they use
shorter ' coils ' at separate distances after the
manner of heating dwelling houses. One uses
two inch and others use various other sizes of
pipe, but we want more definite details about
the radiators."

Asparagus plumosus. — "J. R. G." St. Stephen's
Ch. P. 0., Va., writes: "Can the Gardener's
Monthly tell me if Asparagus plumosus is
hardy. From the beautiful print of it and
the editorial endorsement I am anxious to
get it."

[With no personal knowledge of the culture of
this plant, the Editor can only say that from its
native country and other associations, it ought to
do well in a cool greenhouse.]

Ixora splendida. — Among the most valuable
flowering plants are those furnished by the order
Rubiaceae, of which the well known Bouvardia
may be taken as a type. There are other genera
closely allied, which are also very beautiful, such
as Pavetta, Rondoletia, Rogiera, and Ixora, of
which we give an illustration here. Ixoras are
particularly showy, and in places where specimen
plants are cared for, always find a favor. Like
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in winter. There are a great number of species
scattered chiefly over the Islands of the Indian

vation. The species here illustrated, I. splendida,
is one of these recent introductions for which the

Ocean, and new ones are being continually dis- 1 floral world is indebted to the enterprise of Mr.
covered or introduced for the first time to culti- 1 Wm. Bull, Chelsea, near London.

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SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Asparagus Plumosus. — Mrs. " R. B. E." says :
" In the December Monthly inquiry is made
about Asparagus plumosus, and whether it is in
this country. John Saul, of Washington, and
Hovey & Co., of Boston, advertised it in their
catalogues for the spring of 1881. I have never
seen it in growth, however, but if the illustration
is correct, and its habit of growth satisfactory,
it must be a verj'^ great acquisition."

[This illustrates a point we often make, when
people write to niagazines to l?now where they
can get rare or interesting plants or fruits. The

editors of these magazines cannot always know
these things ; indeed such question^ come rather
under the head of business matters, and are
more adapted to the advertising than the read-
ing columns. But to the point referred to,
which is, that the best way to get at these ques-
tions is io write to or send for the catalogues of
the firms who may have eminence in these
branches. If they hav^not the kinds ready, on
application, they soon get them. — Ed. G. M.]

Begonia Schmidtii.— Messrs. Nanz & Neuner
find Begonia Schmidtii a desirable acquisition.
Besides good habits and foliage, it is a profuse
bloomer.

Fruit and Vegetable Gardening,

SEASONABLE HINTS.

The pruning knife often injures as much as it
benefits, and hence arises two schools in garden-
ing, namely, those who prune on all occasions,
and those who prune not at all. As an instance of
very bad pruning, we may go to many dwarf-pear
gi'ounds, and fir.d them continually shortened
in till the tjnd is like that of the injudiciously
pruned maple trees, along city streets, they die
altogether, or present so poor an aspect that the
owner concludes, not that he is a failure, but
that dwarf pears are not worth growing. Much
of the failure with the dwarf pear comes from
bad pruning, though with the best of care there
are few places where they succeed to such an
extent as to warrant the extravagant encomiums
showered on dwarf pear culture a quarter of a
century ago. The dwarf pear delights more,
perhaps, in the pruning knife than any* other
fruit tree, except the grape; but instead of short-
ening in the vigorous shoots, which are the life
of the tree, and leaving the weak and half dead
wood, it is this small trash that should be cut
away. Then, again, we have to look at the
questions of growth or fruitfulness. If a tree is
already growing with great vigor pruning will
only induce a more vigorous foliaceous growth,
which is antagonistic to fruitfulness. And again,
if not growing as vigorously as we desire, one

good pruning may remedy this. Pruning is a
great art, and yet one which is soon understood,
if we reflect on a few fundamental truths.

Grape-vines in the open air, on arbors and
trellises, should have their pruning finished be-
fore warm Spring days set in, or they will bleed.
It does not injure them much, but it looks bad.
The pruning must be regulated by the condition
of the vine. If thts vines are young and the
shoots weak, cut them all back, to make a new
and vigorous growth. If already a fair quantity
of strong shoots of last season's growth exists,
cut out the weaker ones, so as to leave enough
of stronger ones. The cane sj'^stem, slightly
modified, is best for arbors and trellises in the
hands of amateurs generally. This implies a
new set of canes every year or two. If, as fre-
quently happens from bad management, all the
young and strong-bearing wood exists only at
the end of the vines. — and these latter have be-
come nothing but long, ropy-looking apologies
for what a vine should be — the whole cane may
be buried down in the soil to where the strong
shoots spring from, and the young wood of last
season trained up from this. The plant will
then recover its good appearance quite as well
as by cutting down, with the advantage of not
sacrificing a year's crop of fruit.

Pruning of most kinds of fruits has been ac-
complished through the winter. It is customary,

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however, to leave the peach till towards spring,
in order to cut out any wood that may be in-
jured through the winter. In other respects, the
peach should have little pruning at this season,
as it tends only to make it grow more luxuri-
ously; and a too free vigor of growth is a fiiult
of the peach in this climate. The only pruning
admissible is that which has for its object the
production of shoots in naked or desirable
places.

After a crop has been borne, however, prun-
ing may be more severely practiced. We once
heard a good fruit grower say that peaches sel-
dom had the yellows till after they had borne
one good crop, and that a good pruning the
winter following the first bearing was a sure
protection against the dire disease. How mufh
there may be in this notion is not clear, but it is
worth a thought.

In the vegetable garden we might give a hint
in asparagus culture, that if very large stalks are
desired, the soil must be very rich, and the
plants set as wide apart as rows of corn. It is to
be observed that those who believe there are
some varieties of asparagus that may be repro-
duced from seed urge the necessity of planting
very wide apart. We do not know that very
large stalks are especially desirable, and for
ordinary use would set the plants about twenty
inches apart; about four inches beneath the
surface is deep enough to set. Good deep soil is
generallj' good; but if in a stiff soil, deepening
it for asparagus, only makes a well into which
the surrounding waters drain. It is much better
in such situations to plant in raised beds. The
alleys between them serve as surface ditches.
Many failures in planting asparagus arise from
this depth of bed, under such circumstances.
The plants rot from water about them.

In vegetable garden culture, it must be re-
membered that we have to operate the reverse
of fruit culture. A woody growth is what we
require for fruit trees; but we need for vegeta-
bles a soft, spongy, succulent character, the very
reverse of this. For this end the ground cannot
be too deep, too rich, or too much cultivated.
The hoe and the rake should be kept continu-
ally going, loosening the surface and admitting
"air and light," as the old books used to say.
There is not only an advantage in this for the
direct benefit of the plant, but an early use of
these tools keeps down the weeds, and thus we
save labor. It is a great thing to be ''fore-
handed " in the weed war.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

PRUNING FRUIT TREES.

BY REV. L. J. TEMPLIN, HDTCHINSON, KANSAS.

It is doubtful whether there is any other sub-
ject connected with fruit raising upon which
there is such a wide difference of opinion as that
of pruning.

Two wide extremes are held by different men ;
some holding that pruning should be done at
almost all times and with but little limit to the
quantity. On the other hand, there are those
who are opposed to pruning at any time and in
any quantity.

The one argues that nature knows the needs
of her own productions better than man, and if
it were best for the growing tree for a considera-
ble portion of its annual growth to be cut away, it
would either not he produced, or it would fall
away of its own accord. And this is what does
take place in the case of forest trees; when the
growth is too thick so that some of the branches
do not receive a sufficient amount of light and
air, such branches die and fall oflf. By this pro-
cess of natural pruning the lower branches of the
treps in the thick forest have been gradually re-
moved till the trunks are entirely devoid of them
for many feet. From this it is argued that if
fruit trees be left to this natural process of prun-
ing, they will be both more healthy and more
fruitful. But would this follow as a consequence
of this let-alone system ? It appears to me there
are very strong reasons for believing that it would
not. It should be remembered that the condi-
tions of the forest tree are wholly natural, while
those of a fruit tree in the orchard are largely
artificial. The forest trees are generally crowded
so closely together that the sunlight and air
are largely excluded from the lower branches^
which being thus deprived of their natural
stimulus, die and fall away. The fruit tree, on
the other hand, is, or should be, planted out
in an open space where it receives abundance
ol both light and air, so that so far from its being
deprived of its surplus branches by natural prun-
ing, the tendency is to grow thicker almost
without limit. Again, the acerb and astringent
fruits that are produced by the trees of nature's
own planting and pruning, are hardly to be com-
pared with the highly developed, luscious fruits
of our cultivated orchards. It is doubtful
whether even those who contend for leaving the
pruning to nature would be satisfied with that

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which is produced without the aid of artificial
means. It has been my observation that or-
chards, even though composed of the better va-
rieties of cultivated fruits, if permitted to go
without any pruning, soon become so overgrown
with useless, or, at least, surplus wood that
the fruit, though abundant as to numbers, is
very inferior as to quality. An excessive growth
of wood is incompatible with the production of
abundance of good-sized, high-flavored fruit.

For the development of fine flavor in fruit, it
is essential that it be exposed to the rays of the
sun while ripening. Fruit that is grown in the
shade is always insipid compared with the same
variety that has been freely exposed to air and
sunlight. Some trees, if not kept somewhat in
check by pruning, will run to wood to such a
degree that but little of their vitality is left to
produce fruit. Others with such an abundance
of branches set such a large amount of fruit that
none of it can reach much excellence. It is
evident that a judicious amount of pruning will
remove these evils by thinning out the surplus
branches, thus concentrating the sap in a smaller
number of branches and buds, causing a more
vigorous development of the fruit. At the same
time, this thinning out of branches admits the
air and sunlight to all parts of the tree, causing
a more perfect elaboration of the sap in the
leaves, and of the juices of the fruit.

Assuming, then, that a certain amount of
pruning is required for the fullest degree of ex-
cellence in the growth of fruit, I proceed to a
brief descrfption of the principles of pruning.
And in this inquiry there are three things that
present themselves as claiming attention and
elaboration. First, the time when pruning
should be done; second, what should be cut
away in the operation ; and, third, how pruning
should be done. As to the first, much depends
on the object sought by the operation.

There are various and apparently contradictory
ends to be attained by pruning. We prune to
reduce the vigor of trees ; to increase the vigor of
trees ; to thicken the head of branches ; to induce
fruitfulness; to reduce the tendency to form fruit
buds ; to cause a more spreading growth ; to
induce a more upright growth, and various other
purposes. From this it will appear that in order
that pruning may accomplish the end desired, it
is essential that it be performed under such con-
ditions as will secure that particular object. It
is evident that if it be not done with a correct
understanding of the principles involved, a very

diQ"erent result may be produced than the one
intended. The difference in result depends very
much on the season of the year and condition of
the tree when the pruning is done. In order to
understand the physiology of pruning it is
necessary to have some knowledge of the princi-
ples of vegetable physiology. The fruit tree is a
living being influenced by soil, climate, and
especially the seasons of the year. The internal
condition of a tree does not diff'er so materially
as the outward manifestations at the diS"erent
seasons of the year. No sooner has the leaf fallen
in the autumn than the tree begins the process
of accumulating a store of moisture charged with
vegetable food for the use of the tree during the
following growing season. This is evident from
the fact, that if a tree be examined just after the
fall of the leaf it will be found comparatively
destitute of sap; but if the examination be made
in the spring, the wood will be found full to
repletion with the moisture that has been grad-
ually accumulated during the winter. During
this gradual increase of sap, there is a considera-
ble amount of tree food carried up and deposited
in various parts of the tree, near where it will be
needed for the early growth of the season.

Of course the more branches and buds the tree
has the more this plant food is divided, and the
less relative efTect is produced on each part.
Now it is evident that if a portion of the branches
be cut away early in the season, the remaining
buds will receive a greater proportional amount
of the nutriment accumulated afterwards. The
result would be increased vigor in the growth of
the remaining portions. If the desire is to in-
crease the vigor of a tree, according to this theory,
the pruning should be done as soon after the fall
of the leaves as practicable. But if there is
already sufficient vigor, pruning at this season
will have a tendency to increase the number of
branches, as the material laid up will cause
adventitious buds to form which will produce
numerous water sprouts that cause a thickening
of the sprays that will increase the evil that was
sought to be remedied by pruning. This ex-
plains why many persons complain that pruning
only makes the matter worse.

If the desire is to reduce the vigor of a tree
and thus cause it to form fruit buds and bear
fruit, the pruning must be done at a time when
the tree has expended the material for its season's
growth ; say about July or August. But a tree
to endure much pruning at that season should be
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strikes at the life of the tree. Between these two
extremes there is a season during which the vigor
of the tree will be but little if at all affected. This
is evidently the best time to prune for the pur-
pose of simply removing surplus branches. My
experience and observation have led me to be-
lieve that the best time to prune, if this be the
purpose, is just at the time the tree is making its
most vigorous growth of the season. This, in the
Northern States, is during the latter part of May
and fore part of June, varying with the latitude
and the earliness of the season.

What to prune will be determined in part by
the purpose for which the operation is performed.
But it is evident that all branches that cross and
chafe must be removed. With most trees the
pruning should begin at the center and progress
outward. The head of the tree should be kept
open so that air and sunlight may have free
access. If a tree is inclined to grow lop-sided
the branches are to be pruned off and cut back
till a proper balance is secured. All water
sprouts and other branches that start where they
are not needed should be removed at once. The
better way is to rub or pinch them off with the
fingers as soon as they have started.

If a tree is too upright in growth, it may be
made more spreading by cutting the branches
back uniformly to buds that point outward. If
on the other hand, the growth is too spreading,
the pruning is to be done to buds pointing up-
ward or inward. But little remains to be said on
how pruning is to be done. The common fault
of leaving a stub where a branch has been
removed is to be avoided. The branch should
be cut off with a smooth cut just where the
swelling at the base begins, so that the wound
will be just the size of the large part of the
branches. Large branches are to be removed
with a fine saw, and the wound pared perfectly
smooth with a sharp knife, and then covered
with a coat of white lead or shellac dissolved in
alcohol.

Pruning done with intelligence and skill is a
blessing ; but if done in ignorance and in a bung-
ling manner it were better not done at all.

mate than they can at the South. A French

savant has recently uttered a thought confirma-
tory of my position. "Tropical fruit grown in the
temperate zone is greatly improved," or words
to that effect. As an instance, Florida oranges
are a hundred fold better than the same fruit
grown in the West Indies. Certainly we cant be

FIC CULTURE AT THE NORTH.

BY GEO. F. NEEDHAM, WASHINGTON, D. C.

In a note before me from Mr. Thos. D. Lloyd,
Barrie, Ont., Canada, he is quite jubilant because
he has ripened tigs in the open air. I sincerely
believe that we can grow better figs in our cli-

worse off than the fig-growers of Georgia, who
for two years have had their trees cut down by
frost. In fact our trees being protected are alive
and flourishing.

In France and Germany where the climate is
often as cold in winter as in Canada, figs are ex-
tensively grown and mature in the open air. The
branches are simply bent down and covered by
earth during the winter. De Breuil gives the
annexed illustration of a plant in which the
branches have been arranged in the form of a
cross before putting the earth on them.

CULTURE OF TEASEL.

BY J. MCLAUGHLIN, SKANEATELES, N. Y.

Our attention has been called to an article in the
January number of the Gardener's Monthly,
written by P. D. Barnhart, of Banksville, Pa., in
the course of which he gives a reply to the ques-
tion asked on page 280, as to whether any one
knows where the Teasel is cultivated in the
United States. We can give a more definite an-
swer than your correspondent above mentioned,
for what is a " pest " in his section, the farmers
in this part of New York State have converted
into a useful and valuable article of commerce,
which brings them annually about half a million
of dollars. The two towns of Maroellus and

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Skaneateles in Onondaga County, produce all
the teasels grown on this continent. They were
first introduced here about fifty years ago, by
the celebrated English pill doctor, John Snook.
Having realized a large sum of money by the
sale of his receipt for making his pills, he came
to this country with the intention of raising tea-
sels. He visited several different localities
throughout the country, but could find no soil
suitable to produce a perfect teasel, until he
tried that of Skaneateles and Marcellus. His
first attempts were successful, but such was the
prejudice at that time against everything Ameri-
can, that he was obliged to sell his production as
French growth, and it was not until about
twenty years ago that the American teasel was
admitted to be the best grown in the world.

The seed is sown about the beginning of May,
and about one month afterwards is given its first
hoeing. In another two weeks it is ready to
thin out, which is done by hand, one plant being
left every six inches in the row, and the rows
three feet apart. In August the ground is again
hoed for the last time in the first season. The
second season we keep the horse cultivator at
work pretty steadily for two weeks, and the
plants that were formed from the seed the first
year, throw up a main stalk the second year, and
when about two feet high, a leaf makes its ap-
pearance, which gradually forms a cup around
the stalk ; from the base of this other
branches arise, and these in turn repeat the pro-
cess, until the*plant has from forty to fifty stalks.
On the end of each stalk is a teasel. The cups
act as reservoirs, with a capacity of from three
to five quarts of water, and thus keep the plant
supplied from one rain-storm to another. The
main stalk teasel is called the " King," and is
the male part of the plant. It blossoms first, be-
ginning at its apex and gradually going towards
the base, and while this is in operation, it sheds a
fine pollen over the other teasels, called queens,
by which they are impregnated. They all blos-
som with a white flower, and as soon as this
drops, they are fit to cut. When taken from the
fields they are placed in drying sheds built for the
purpose, and cured. When they are ready for
market, they are bought by dealers, who take
them into their factories, and prepare them for
the woolen mills. The preparation consists in
clipping off, by hand, the beard that grows at
the base of the teasels cutting the stems to about
three inches in length, sorting them into four
different qualities, into eight different lengths, and

gauging them by machinery into thirty-six dif-
ferent diameters. The different lengths, diame-
ters and qualities are packed sj'stematically in
separate boxes, measuring 3Jx3Jx5 feet. There
are seven different houses engaged in shipping,
employing from twenty to fifty hands each,
throughout the year, with trade extending from
St. Jose, California, on the West, to St. Peters-
burg, Russia, on the East, including the Canadaa
and Mexico.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Sowing Seeds. — It requires much judgment to
sow seeds properly. It is an art that cannot be
completely taught, though a few hints may be
given to put the learner on the track. We must
first remember that it requires an effort to push
the young growth through the earth, and that
all efforts require food. The material in the
seed feeds the young plant, and the greater the
effort to get through the earth, the weaker it
will be when it gets to the top. Many seedlings
burn off, because they are too weak to live by
the time they get to the surface.

Then we must remember that seeds must
have some moisture, and an absence of light.
The deduction from all this is that the seeds
must be as shallow as possible in the ground,
consistently with darkness and moisture. How
just to do this must be determined by each
sower. It is just here that the point so much in-
sisted on by Peter Henderson is of so much
value. By " firming " the earth about a seed, it
may be sown much shallower, and yet meet with
the necessary conditions of darkness and mois-
ture.

Coal Tar. — At a recent meeting of the Mont-
gomery Co., O., Society, Mr. H. C. Smith stated
that pitch tar was found to be more dangerous
than coal tar to keep insects from injuring the
bark of trees. This is very important informa-
tion, as the general belief has been the reverse.

Hothouse Geapes. — Few people have an idea
of the vast strides which have been made in the
skilful culture of the hothouse grape. The
Florist and Pomo^ogist. has recently placed on
record the full notes made at the National Show
of 1881, at Manchester, in England. The prem-
iums for the heaviest bunch of grapes was
awarded to Mr. Roberts, gardener to the Countess
of Charleville. It was the variety GrosGuillaume,
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one bunch of Trebbiana, a white grape, which
weighed twenty pounds, three ounces. The
premiums ranged from $100 to $150.

Plum, Bassett.— The Bassett Plum is receiving
encomiums at the West. Prof. Budd speaks
well of its doings at Ames, Iowa, and doubts
whether it is a variety of Prunus maritima.
Stark & Co., of Louisiana, Missouri, have this to
«ay of the relative value of the fruit for that sec-
tion :

" A remarkably prolific variety. While it is
not of first quality, it is good, and bears abun-
dant crops and is practically proof against the
curculio. Fruit small ; deep crimson with a
heavy bloom ; sweet, rifch, and pleasant. Ripens
last of September and will bear shipment in per-
fect condition, almost any distance. The great
value of this plum is for culinary uses — it has no
equal for dessert — for which it is superior to the
cranberry, as it requires very little sugar, and
needs only a little cooking to prepare it for use."

Raspberries in the North. — The raspberry is
a native of high northern or mountainous re-
gions, and hence we read of success with kinds
in the cooler portions of our country with varie-
ties which, becoming enervated by climates they
are not adapted to become the prey of the in-
sects or diseases, and are then too tender to stand
even a moderate winter. The editor of the
Canadian Horticulturist gives a list of kinds which
do well in that region. He commends Highland
simply for ita earliness, though the Turaer, bet-
ter in other respects, is nearly as early. It a
a profuse suckerer, and must have the hoe kept
going freely over the ground in the growing sea-
son. He thinks well of the Cuthbert, and re-
gards the Niagara as a promising variety. The
Caroline is a fair white kind. Philadelphia is
valued for its enormous crops, but nothing more.
Franconia and Clarke, with some faults, seem to
be the favorites.

The Earliest Peach.— In some extended ob-
servations at Rochester the past season, Mr. W. C.
Barry finds the Brigg's Red May ripe on July
24th, though he had splendid specimens of Alex-
ander and Arasdea on July 26th. Waterloo
came in on the 27th. Beatrice was ripe on the
4th of August ; Louise on the 7th ; Rivers on the
10th ; Le<jpold on the 15th ; Rivers' Early York,
18th ; Early Mignonne, 20th ; Hale's Early Au-
gust, 22nd.

Some years ago, when introducers claimed
that their novelties would ripen ten days or two
weeks before the Hale's Early, it was thought
almost too good to be true ; but we find here

that nearly a month has been gained, at least in
the latitude of Rochester. This is certainly a
great advance.

Raspberry, Shaffer's Colossal.— This seems
to be one of the native class, perhaps of the race
of the Black Caps. Mr. Green compares it with
the Mammoth Cluster. It is in season about
the same time, and roots from the tip, as do
others of that class. The color is reddish brown.
Mr. T T. Lyon says that it has more than the
usual vigor of Rubus occidentalis. It has a ten-
dency to fruit on the growth of the same season
as the Catawissa does. From accounts it appears
to be a promising fruit. It was introduced to
notice by George Shaffer, of Wheatland, Monroe
Co., N. Y.

Bees and Fruit. — At the recent meeting of
the Pennsylvania State Horticultural Society, a
member contended that bees could not, from the
structure of their mouths, penetrate the skin of
a grape, unless the fruit was cracked, or in some
way injured first. The evidence, that where
flowers were scarce, bees did immense damage
to fruit, was conclusive, and that bunches were
always saved when enclosed in paper bags,
seemed to prove that the bees did all the
damage.

Very Hardy Apples. — A large number get in-
jured by Canadian winters. The Canadian Hor-
ticulturist reports the following as always hardy
there. Tetofsky, Yellow Transparent, Duchess
of Oldenburg, Wealthy, Magog Red Streak, and
Scott's Winter, and all first class varieties.

Apple, Rome Beauty. — This variety is consid-
ered one of the most valuable from Southern
Ohio.

Can Fruit Trees be Over-fed ?— President
Barry believes that trees or plants that are
under-fed become stunted and are neither use-
ful nor beautiful. The sooner they die the bet-
ter. Those that are over-fed make a rank,
watery growth, which does not ripen, and is not
in a condition to resist cold.

Phylloxera. — The Journal of Horticulture
says : Considerable success, we are informed,
has attended the experiments of M. Thiolli^re
de risle at Tain, in France, to check the ravages
of Phylloxera, by planting his vines in a soil
especially prepared with sulphide of carbon.

Flat Culture in Potato Growing.— A few
years ago there was much dispute whether

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potatoes were more healthy and prolific when
grown in ridges or when in flat land. The dif-
ference in the reports disgusted the simple in-
quirer after truth. It has since heen found that
soil and climate have much to do in varying the
results. As a rule, the modern experiments
favor ridge or hill culture. In wet or low soils
it is certainly the best. In very sandy soils,
liable to drought, flat culture wins.

Sponge Growing. — Sponge culture is a new
and promising industry in Florida. Pieces two
inches long are planted, and are found to grow
to seven inches in seven months.

The Blackman Plum. — The secretary of the
Rosebank Nurseries, at Nashville, says : '' This
variety was first brought to our notice last year.
It originated in Nashville, Tenn. It is an acci-
dental seedling from a tree of the Wild Goose,
which stood in close proximity to some peach
trees, and the foliage and habit of the tree of the
Blackman plum so much resembles the peach
that it leads to the belief of a possible hybridiza-
tion with the peach.

" The fruit is equal to the Wild Goose in size,
as brilliant in color, a little later in the season of
ripening, and of better quality, having more of
the firmness of flesh found in foreign sorts. It
makes a beautiful tree in a nursery, is as free
from thorns and spurs, and as strong a grower
as the peach."

Linseed Oil as a Remedy for Scale.— Our
readers may remember that the writer tried lin-
seed oil on his own fruit trees with admirable
results, and fortified by this experiment gave
the result of his experience to the readers of the
Gardener's Monthly. But others who tried it
afterwards killed their trees. We give the fol-
lowing from i\\e 1^01^(^0X1 Journal of Horticulture,
as it shows the same varying experience there:

" On opening the Journal of Horticulture this
morning, I was surprised to see an old letter of
mine again appearing in print. The two up-
right pear trees alluded to in my letter were not
injured in the slightest degree by the painting of
boiled linseed oil which my gardener gave them,
but it was ''all over " with the scale, and the
trees were not infested with that pest again.

"Three years ago, an upright-trained apple
tree was painted with this oil ; care, however,
was taken not to touch the flower buds or the
leading shoots of the year. This tree is now in
good, healthy, fruit-bearing condition, and is
quite free from scale. My gardener has also
painted a peach tree. The last year's growth
and the spurs were not painted, and the result
was most satisfactory. Care must be taken to

obtain pure linseed oil, aa much inferior oil is
now sold under the name of boiled linseed oil.

" I feel I am so much indebted to Mr. Wm.
Taylor for his admirable communications to our
Journal, that I shall be most willing to answer
any further questions he may think proper to
ask on this subject. — C M.

[" A letter will be published next week from a
gardener of great experience, who has found
linseed oil dangerous, and he does not advise its
use as an insecticide. If in the meantime any
one applies the oil to fruit trees, it is important
that the above injunction be borne in mind, and
the oil be obtained pure."]

Gros Colmar Grape. — A correspondent re-
cently inquired about this variety. An English
grape grower, writing to the Gardeners' Magazine,
names it at the bottom of his list ; but has the
following good points to note concerning it :

"The only other black variety I shall recom-
mend is Gros Colmar, unquestionably the most
telling of all the black kinds. Its clusters of
huge deeply-colored berries are sure to bring the
cultivator much credit, and when fully matured
it is not by any means indifferent in quality.
Complaints are frequently made of the inferior-
ity of Gros Colmar, but it has not deserved all
the hard things that have been said of it, and in
many instances the grower rather than the
grape has been at fault. When we hear it
spoken of as being so poor in flavor as to be
hardly worth eating, we may be sure that it has
either been grown in too low a temperature or
has been cut before becoming perfectly ripe.
Gros Colmar is not a cool-house grape; it re-
quires a temperature fully equal to that neces-
sary for the Muscat of Alexandria. I was per-
fectly aware of this when in charge of the Ealing
Park Gardens, and in planting my long lean-to
Muscat house a few canes of the Gros Colmar
had a place in it. They are now removed to
enable me to devote the house entirely to Mus-
cats ; but during the two or three years the latter
were invariably of a rich golden hue two or three
weeks before Gros Colmar had taken on the deep
Color for which it is distinguished. It has also
been long known to me that the bunches are not
fit to cut immediately the berries are black ; and
further, to have the grape in its highest perfec-
tion, it should hang from six weeks to two
months after the coloring process has been com-
pleted. It IS remarkable, considering the length
of time it will hang, for the extreme thinness of
its skin, which to many is a decided recommen-
dation."

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Levy's Late or Winter Peach.— Mr. Need-
ham sends us a copy of a letter from ex- President
Grant, dated New York, November 22d, acknowl-
edging some of the fruit, as showing how late in
Me season this remarkably fine Peach is in

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A Nl) HOR riCUL TURJST.

season. Mr. Dewey has had colored lithographs
taken of it.

A Fine Peach.— Mr. T. V. Munson, Denison,
Texas, under date of November 10th, 1881, writes :
To-day I mail you a specimen (medium or under)
of a new Peach originating in this Grayson Co.,
several years ago, and which has fruited several
times. It is not yet ripe. For fear of losing the
remaining fruit on the tree, by theft or otherwise,
they were taken off to be sent to a few competent
judges for opinions of its merits. When fully ripe
it has a bright carmine cheek where exposed. It
matures here (N. Lat. 34°) from November 1st to
15th, and exceeds in size and quality any other
cling Peach of its season I know of in the South.
It first appeared in a large orchard in eastern
part of the County, belonging to A. H. Shirley,
but was brought to the notice of our North Texas
Horticultural Society by Mr. Z. P. Stoneman.

The society wished me to send samples to a few
parties for a critical opinion as to its quality, &c.
Downing has been requested to name it and give
classical description if worthy. The tree ia
vigorous and like the Heath to which it seema
aUied, sufficiently productive. This is its north-
ern limit of ripening, but through the Gulf States
and especially in Southern California, it ought to
do well. It is so firm, even when fully ripe, it
can be shipped almost any distance. It shows
no signs of rot. It often reaches ten inches and
over in circumference. The fall here has been
too cloudy and wet for it to acquire high color
or its usual sweetness.

[This fine Peach weighed six ounces. If Mr.
Downing thinks it sufficiently distinct from the
late white Peaches already in existence, to
describe it, we should be glad to have the name.
—Ed. G. M.l

Forestry.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

School of Forestry. — There is a school of
Forestry at Nancy, in France, and the Forestry
Department of India, is having young men
educated there for service in the East Indies.
There is no school of forestry in England, and
hence advantage has to be taken of the French
establishment. It is unfortunately getting to be
too much in England as here, that a diligent
student of forestry would stand little more chance
of an appointment with his graduation papers
than without ; and hence there is little encour-
agement to sustain these schools. In the matter
of appointments, they serve usually to illustrate
that " kissing goes by favor." But there will be
a reaction, and those who know something have
alwaj's the best chance.

Cottonwood in Kansas. — Some cottonwoods
set out near Salina, as cuttings eight years ago,
are now twenty to thirty feet high, and Salina
is by no means one of the most favorable spots
in Kansas for tree culture.

Joaquin Miller on Forestry. — We are not
of those who admire Joaquin Miller's poetry, but
his prose on forestry in the recent number of the
Independent, is j ust of the right stripe. He thinks

as we do, that the owner of a forest who leaves
dead tree trimmings and dry underbrush loose
in the forest, to make fuel for tremendous forest
fires, ought to be held responsible for all the
damage which ensues to others.

In almost all our conventions we have talk
about rewards for those who inform on the hun-
ters whose wads start a fire, the railroads whose
sparks ignite dead grass, or the poor wanderer
whose camp fire makes a new start after- he has
departed, as the cause of a forest fire.

But if the undergrowth is kept down and dead
matter not allowed to accumulate, there will be
no fire to hurt the living trees. We know of a
piece of wood that is burned under every year
by sparks from the Reading Railroad company's
locomotives, but the standing timber has never
been injured.

It will not cost a thousandth part as much to
clear out all the brushwood in the United States
as we lose in one year by forest fires, and the
true way to preserve our forests must start from
just here.

At any rate this idea removes the great objec-
tion to forest planting, that it may get burned. If
rank vegetation is kept down for a few years
during the growth of the forest, it will by its own
shade keep down the growth thereafter.

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Timber on the Pacific Coast. — It appears
Eastern Oregon and Washington Territory are
already troubled about the approaching end of
the " trackless " forests of those regions. Patents
for land on the condition that trees are planted
are popular, but it is charged that numberless
patents given in this way have been evaded, and
popular opinion is growing strongly in favor of
pressing the law against the delinquents.

Elms of Ohio.— At a recent meeting of the
Montgomery Horticultural Society, " Mr. Snyder
claimed there were three distinct kinds of elm,
namely: the yellow, red and white. The yellow
will split like a chestnut; the red is like a Dutch"
man — it likes to go its own road; it is a little
stubborn ; but the white, no man, not even the
lightning can rive it. In selecting your shade
trees be sure and don't get the yellow — think
Bome of the boys have got it — the white is what
you want."

The white elm is we suppose Ulmus Americana,
and the red, Ulmus fulva, also known as slippery
elm ; but which is the yellow elm ? The facts are
useful if we can identify the kinds.

Forestry Meeting.— Dr. Warder informs us
that a convention will be held in April, in Cin-
cinnati, in behalf of forestry interests, and that
the Forestry Association meets there at the same
time.

Honey Locust Timber.— Prof. Budd, of Ames,
Iowa, has a good word for this timber. It will
probably be found very durable for posts, and as
it grows rapidly,* and is not known to have
many insect enemies, it may be valuable for
this purpose. It is, moreover, almost if not
quite as rapid a grower as the Robinia or yellow
locust. It may not be any better than yellow

locust to nail to, which is the reason why yellow
locust had to be abandoned as railroad ties.
Does anybody know how this is ?

AiLANTHUs Timber.— How ever this tree ob*
tained a reputation for durable timber we
never knew, and have been surprised at the
enormous demand for timber planting in the
West. A correspondent of the Country Gentle-
man from Middlethorpe, New York, says he "set
about twenty ailanthus posts six years ago.
They were large and sound, some whole, some
split in two, and others in four posts. In three
years they showed signs of decay. Now there is
not one that is not rotted entirely off, or that
could not be broken by a man pushing against
it." This does not decide the matter, as there
are often local circumstances, but it accords
with our impression. How is it?

Spruce Gum — Forty thousand dollars' worth
of chewing gum is gathered in the State of
Maine every year. In Oxford county is a man
who makes it his business to collect spruce gum.
Every year he buys from seven to nine tons.
The gum is found chiefly in the region about
Umbagog Lake and about the Rangely lakes. A
number of men do nothing else in the winter
season except collect gum. With snowshoes, ax,
and a sheboygan, on which is packed the gum,
they spend days and nights in the woods. The
clear, pure lumps of gum are sold in their native
state, the best bringing one dollar per pound. —
Scientific American.

Locust Shingles. — A correspondent inquires-
about the value of yellow locust shingles. They
would probably split under hot sun, but we-
have no certain knowledge. Has any one tried
them?

Natural History and Science.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

THE BACTERIA THEORY.

BY A. A. BENSEL, NEWBURG, N. Y.

When you say, in the February number, that
•' none of Cohn's experiments prove that bacte-
ria ever interfere with life," you give utterance
to the plain truth in regard to all other experi-

ments, and theories on this subject. Bacteria
can only live and increase upon inert matter.
In healthy trees, the rapid passage of the fluid
containing them through the fibrous tissues will
break and destroy the simple and very delicate
organism. The increase of these bacteria is the
first indication of the suspension of vital activity
in trees and vegetables. The virus passed into
healthy pear trees by inoculation from those-

1882.]

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diseased is not the virus produced by bacteria ;
but the poison originates in vitiated sap. Now,
this sap is simply that which has accumulated in
(fee tree and its branches since the fall of the
leaf, and has not been aerated, but frozen and
devitalized during the winter. Remaining in
the tree in spring, it clogs the channels and dis-
turbs the whole economy of the structure.
Warm weather and a mingling of this inert
fluid with the active sap causes a great increase
of bacteria— the operating principle in all fer-
mentation— and when the disease reaches a cer-
tain stage it becomes apparent in suddenly
blackened leaves and withering branches. This
is the only theory that can satisfy all the re-
quirements of the case.

There must be some error about bacteria
abounding in the circulatory vessels of human
beings. They are not in the blood, and can be
found nowhere but in the large intestines. In-
fusoria are, doubtless, in the human body, but
they possess an independent motion, and differ
widely from bacteria.

THE INFLUENCE OF ELECTRIC LIGHT
ON PLANTS.

Translated for the GARDE>fER's Monthly from the
Berliner Tribune.

BY S. M.

How much of human progress we would miss
if we could not master electricity ! As it is,
epace and time are almost annihilated, and elec-
tricity begins even to compete now with the sun.
Night is transformed into day, and that time
may not be distant when every steamer, crossing
the ocean, will carry its electric sun to chase
away the terrors of the night. In this line elec-
tricity seems likely in future to substitute the
sun also for the field and the garden, and may
attain an incalculable importance.

We have heretofore been told that the benefi-
cent influence of alternating day and night on
us mortals is effected both through the change
from activity to rest, and from light to darkness
Our eyelids would not droop so easily, and sleep
would not be so refreshing if the stimulus of
light were uninterrupted. We are likewise in-
clined to believe that the repose in darkness is
necessary for plants, as though it were a rest
from the stimulus of the light of day. Closely
considered, we find that the change from day to
night is after all but a relative one on our plan-
et, and subject to the widest variations. On
one hand, the constantly equal length of night

and day under the Equator ; on the other hand,
night of six months' duration at the poles, and
all the gradations between. This would seem to
prove that, as a general principle, the alterna-
tion of day and night would not be necessary for
plants, and the investigations of Mr. C. W.
Siemens, in London, would almost make sure
that many plants at least not only can stand
constant light, but will improve under it in
growth.

As long as eighteen months ago, Mr. Siemens
already published his experiments on the influ-
ence of electric light on vegetation, and they
showed that its effects on plants were similar to
sunlight, that they formed chlorophyll (leaf-
green) ; that, under it, blossoms and fruit, odor-
iferous and savory, were developed — in fact,
that a periodical withdrawal of light during the
twenty-four hours was not generally neces-snry,
but that, on the contrary, many plants would
grow stronger and richer if, in winter-time, (ex-
posed by day to sunlight, by night to electric
light.

Since then Mr. Siemens has continued his in-
vestigations on a larger scale, and they claim so
general an interest, that it seems proper to spoak
about them here, after his report read last Spp-
tember before the British Association.

Mr. Siemens used two electric lamps, worked
by the currents of two electro-dynamic ma-
chines, each supplying the light of four thousand
candles. One lamp was hung inside of a glass
house of 2,318 cubic feet of space, over the en-
trance, and a metallic reflector was fixed bet': re
it for the purpose of collecting its rays and turn
them on the plants, which otherwise would have
lost them. The other lamp was hung in the
open air, twelve to fourteen feet high over some
low-situated glass houses. These experiments
lasted from the 23rd of October, 1880, to the 7lh
of May, 1881. The electric light glowed from
six in the evening, and, during the shorter
days, from five in the evening. The only
rest given the plants was during Sundays.
There were peas, string beans, wheat, barley,
oats, cauliflower, raspberries, strawberries,
peaches, golden apples (tomatoes?) grapes,
and some flowers, such as roses, Rhodo-
dendrons and Azaleas. The lamp in the
open air had a glass shade, the lamp inside had
none. The effect of the two lamps immediately
showed a great difference. The plants under
the first prospered exceedingly; under the
second they soon got to look wilted. But as

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soon as a thin colorless glass was fixed between
the plants and the light the pernicious influence
cciised — a remedy acting in wonderfully quick
time. Again, if the glass was fixed so as to in-
tercept the light only on some parts of the
plants, leaving others exposed to the naked rays,
the influence of protection and exposure showed
itself in one single night, and very markedly.
The exposed parts looked shrunk, the protected
parts looked sound and strong. And not the
leaves alone showed the marks of the destruc-
tive power, but also, though less markedly, the
young stems showed them after they had been
exposed to the open light at a distance of about
twenty feet from it.

Now, why does that glass shade protect the
plants? The really illuminating rays are not
obstructed by it. Stokes, however, has shown,
in the year 1853, that the arc of electric light is
rich in those invisible rays of great frangibility,
which are of ultra violet color, and also that the
greater part of them is absorbed by glass. It con-
sequently seemed as though thesie were the ene-
mies of plants, whilst the illuminating rays of
less frangibility would stimulate their growth. To
arrive at greater certainty, Mr. Siemens planted
mustard and other quickly germinating seeds,
dividing the ground in equal radii, so that all
the plants should be at an equal distance from
the light. Part of them were exposed to the
naked light, another part was covered with a
pane of glass, a third with yellow glass, a fourth
with red, and a fifth with blue glass. The rela-
tive development of* the plants was noted down
every day, and the diti'erences were of a marked
character. The plants under the colorless glass
were strong and health}'^ beyond all the rest.
Next came those under yellow glass ; they were
as large as the former in size, but color and
thickness of stem were less than in the former.
The plants under the red glass were lanky, and
their leaves had a yellow tinge. Under the blue
glass they were still more lanky, and the leaves
looked sickly. The plants under the naked
light were worst of all, looking very poor, their
leaves very dark and partly shrunk. These re-
sults agree with those which Mr. Draper in the
year 1843 obtained, in his investigations of the
influence on plants of the different colors of the
solar spectrum, viz., that it is principally the
yellow rays which work the disintegration of
carbonic acid in the cells of the plants, and not
the violet rays, contrary to their usual chemical
effect.

Mr. Siemens, after these experiments, put a
glass shade round the electrical lamp, and ob-
tained marvelous results. Peas, sown end of
October, gave a ripe crop on the 16th of Fafth
ruary. Raspberry plants, brought into the
greenhouse on the 16th of December, had ripe
fruit on the first of March ; and strawberries,
planted at about the same time, bore ripe fruit
of superior flavor on the 14th of February.
Grapevines making shoots on the 26th of De-
cember, bore ripe grapes on the 10th of March,
but these were more acid than usual. Wheat,
oats and barley grew with tremendous rapidity,
but did not ripen in proportion to their strength,
they had grown too fast, and when twelve inches
high had fallen to the ground. When sown out
of doors, and exposed until beginning of May to
the electrical light, hung in the open air, after
having been sown on the 5th of January, and
retarded in their growth for some time by snow
and frost, they developed quickly as soon as
mild weather set in, and had ripe grains end of
June following.

The next experiment was to find whether, con-
trary to the doubts of botanists, such planta
would propagate their kind. So peas; grown
under the constant influence of the electiric light,
and gathered on the sixteenth of February, were
planted on the eighteenth of February. They
came up in a few days and grew finely. How-
ever further requirements will be necessary to
establish positive conclusions.

Now, although darkness seems to favor length
of growth in stems, Mr. Siemens is of opinion,
after experiments made in the course of two
winters, that the continual stimulus of light calls
forth an accelerated and sound growth of the plant
through all its stages, from the first leaf to the
ripened fruit. Moreover the fruit, thus obtained,
is superior in size, aroma and flavor, and finally
the seed in it will germinate and produce. A
particularly strong influence had his light on a
Banana plant, which was twice exposed to it, first
during its first stage of growth, next during the
stage of fruiting — February and March, 1880 and
1881 — and produced fruit weighing about seventy-
five pounds, each banana of unusual size, and
declared by connoisseurs of unsurpassed taste.
Melons also succeeded remarkably and were of
unusual size and aroma.

These experiments were not made to obtain
results in the way of quantity, but to establish
the influence which electric light had on plants
generally. Nevertheless, Mr. Siemens thinks

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87

that it will not be long before electric light will
be of great service to horticulture, inasmuch as
it makes the gardener independent of climate and
season ; and, he adds, it might further lead to
the production of new varieties. What he has
obtained thus far, warranted him, he says, in
obtaining better and better results, as soon as he
learned the proper conditions of temperature
and the proper strength of light applied. He
will not let these experiments stand as mere
curiosities, but he will try to make them practi-
cally useful to agriculture. Here, of course, the
cost comes in and decides. To produce electric
light a motive power is required, putting in mo-
tion a dynamo-electrical machine yielding the
required electrical current. Where there is water
power, the cost will obviously be small. But the
cost of steam can also be reduced, if after having
done its work for the dynamo-electrical machine,
the steam were used to heat the greenhouses and
saved fuel there; otherwise daylight would be
equal to a positive loss. Again, the electro-
dynamic machine, used by night to produce
electric light, could in the daytime be used to
furnish power. The electrical current might be
directed through wires to various points on the
place and drive electro-dynamic machines for
various purposes, such as cutting wood, pumping
water, etc., perhaps also for threshing, mowing
and ploughing. These things are now done by
movable steam engines which require water and
fuel all the time, and also a skilful and careful
attendance, and are comparatively heavy. Elec-
tro-dynamic machines on the other hand are
comparatively light and are simply fed through
wires with electricity, produced at the central
station, and there less fuel is necessary to pro-
duce steam than in the open field.

Thus electricity seems to claim a new field and
a promising" one in the development of our
civilization.

FREMONTIA CALIFORNICA, AND A
HOWL.

BY A COLLECTOR.

Our Fremontia was once known as Cheiranth-
odendron Californicum. I revere the name of
the man who changed it.

There are probably very few of your readers
who have ever seen the Fremontia in bloom ;
and when gathering its seeds in the fall, I almost
wish there were none of them who desired to do
so. Yet I wonder why there are no more who
undertake its cultivation. It cannot be very

tender, for I find it growing so high upon the
mountains that no one attempts to raise any
sort of vegetables. Where it freezes every
month in the year, there it grows, in low bushes
three or four feet high. This is the highest lo-
cality I know of. Lower down it extends almost
to the level of the valley; one bush growing
near the mouth of Lytle Creek. A few miles
further up this stream it is in its glory ; large
spreading bushes, eight to tenjfeet high,Iclothed in
the spring, with dense masses of bloom, which so
thickly cover the twigs, that'one flower crowds
the next. From the ground to the summit one
mass of golden yellow flowers, scarcely a glimpse
of the little oak-shaped green leaves can be seen
through the glow or color. Its large flowers are
an inch or two across, and last quite a long time
in bloom. After the fading of the flower, comes
a long, pointed seed vessel, containing a few
small, black, hard, round seeds, with a little
golden-yellow dot at one end, where they grow
fast to the capsule, the outside and inside of
which is covered with a thick coating of short,
stiff, sharp hairs, that cause vexation to the
spirits, and itching to the skin of the collector.
In gathering the seed on a warm day, the irrita-
tion caused by these little prickles, is almost un-
endurable ; on cleaning the seed in the cooler
weather in the fall, I find the irritation much
less.

Ah, the torments I have endured in gathering
Fremontia seed ! When arriving hot and sweaty
at the bush, you begin gathering carefully, cut^
ting them off with a knife. This does well for a
time ; but'presently you strike your hand against
a twig full of them. How they sting— the villain-
ous things ! You become more reckless ; the
back of your hand is covered with their little
prickling points. Gathering with a knife is slow
work ; surely one can carefully gather them by
hand ; to be sure, that gets along faster. But
have I got the hives ; or what is this intolerable
stinging between the fingers in the tender skin
at the j unction with the hand ? Why, Fremontia
stings ! As I live by bread, I would almost as
soon be rolled in a nest of ants. And to cap
the climax, one or two get down the back of my
neck, leaving a long stinging trail as they roll
over and over on their long journey to my waist.
I never before knew my back was so long.

My belief is that the first Fremontia was
white. A prehistoric'collector came along hunt-
ing for seed, began gathering ; and the more he
gathered, the hotter his temper got, until finally.

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the sulphurous fumes of his cursing became en-
crusted on the flowers so deeply and indelibly,
that their color was changed and their progeny
has retained it to this day. I doubt if one
could conscientiously remain long a deacon in
the church and be a collector of Fremontia seed
at the same time.

Perhaps you think if it is such a vile stinging
thing, " I won't try to grow any." For your
consolation be it known, that it is very likely
not to seed with you, and as the capsule alone is
the annoyance to be found, this need be no
detriment, as it is a shy seeder in its native
habitat, and in a new home might not seed at
all. Even should it do so, you are under no ob-
ligations to go clawing around among them as a
seed collector is compelled to do.

I would be sorry to deter any one from the
cultivation of this beautiful shrub. When cov-
ered in the spring with its spreading wealth of
yellow flowers, few can equal it in beauty.

As regards hardiness, I think it could be
raised anywhere in the Eastern States ; but it
would be in its prime at, and especially south of,
Philadelphia. The seeds are hard to germinate,
and the plant is not a rapid grower, but, like
many good things, requires time to mature. I
would recommend the thorough soaking of the
seed until swollen, and not too sandy soil to grow
them in, as it loves best a red soil with considera-
ble clay in its composition, but not stiflTwith it.

This is not apt ever to become a fashionaWe
flower, as it is harder to start, and not as easily
raised as a florist likes to have plants; besides, it
did not come from Japan, which just now seems to
be the criterion of the East. Perhaps if it was ex-
tensively advertised as the Fremontia Califor-
nica"from Japan," more might be induced to
try its culture ; but simply an American plant,
"why, it must be common." In Europe, the
thing is reversed. "From California? why, it
must be good," and they buy it.

The time may come when Americans will
raise American plants, as well as wear American
silks and American watches. Does not the
broad sweep of hills and prairies and plains,
from ocean to ocean, from the twin gulfs of the
South to the land of blue noses and snow of
Cousin Johnnie, possess plants enough worthy
of a place in our gardens, that we must play
second violin to European flower merchants,
who furnish us with most or nearly all of our
novelties ?

Who knows ; perhaps my coUectoral grapes

may be sour. I never expected them to contain
over ten percentum of saccharine matter ; but it
is provoking after having gathered seeds of some
handsome flowers, and written, trying to induce
some one to try a few, to receive for answer^
" but this, but that, but the other thing." All
meaning that they are afraid to risk a few dol-
lars or cents on a new American thing, because
people will not buy it. I don't know how they
found out; they never seem to try, but go on in
their catalogues, up one page and down another,
Callirhoe, Calandrina, Candy- tuft, Catch -fly,
Clarkia, Collinsia, the same old weary grind of
common trash, scarcely worth weeding. Why,
there are going to waste on American lands and
pastures, or hill-top and mountain valley, and
the hot sands of California deserts infinitely
handsomer plants and often as easily raised.
Yet they drone over and over the same old
stereotyped list year in and year out, both
wheels in the rut, and no wish to get out of it.

" Yes, but because it is new is not saying it is
good." True for you most sapient florist; but
perhaps the collar will fit the off" horse. All that
is old may not be good ; you know everything
that is, is not alwaj's right.

I fancy the fault is as much with the people as
with the florists. They have not the true love
for flowers that causes them to hunt for new
ones ; they desire more a show of bright colors to
please the eye, secured with as little labor as
possible. Some cheap showy annuals fill the
bill for them, and the florists pander to their
wishes.

Give us a larger list. Oh ye brothers of the pot
and package ! Increase your borders and enlarge
your catalogues, whistle the star spangled banner,
tell the printer to buy a new electrotype with an
addenda on it, where a few, ever so few native
plants may appear.

Think what a catastrophe a war with Europe
would be for seedsmen, so dependent are they on
foreign dealers. I wonder how many of them
could keep on for six months. I do not wish to be
understood as begging custom as a collector, as
my bread and butter is secured from another
source; but I plead as an American for as com-
plete an independence as we can achieve, as a
lover of plants, for the diff'usion of desirable
species ; but chiefly because I love to watch a new
plant develop its leaves, see the new growth
start, observe the expanding buds and wonder at
the shape of the flowers. And, Mr. Seedsman,
there are hundreds just like me, simple male and

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female mortals that love flowers and like to work
among them, and try new ones as our means
permit; when the opportunity presents itself we
buy. Offer us the chance and perhaps we will
buy more frequently.

[Perhaps some of our readers will think some
of the fuzz from the Fremontia capsules are wor-
rying our friend's back even as he writes. We
mufl": say a word for American horticulturists.
We do not believe any such a dislike for Ameri-
can plants exists as our correspondent supposes.
Nine-tenths of all the plants in cultivation in the
Atlantic States are of American origin. Japan
trees are only popular because they have gener-
ally been found to thrive well in the climate
California annuals are popular because they
mostly do well. California trees and shrubs are
not popular for no other reason than that they
have not been found to do well. The Fremontia
deserves all the commendation our correspon-
dent bestows on it, but we do not know that it
has ever been tried under culture in the East.
Though experience with so many other things is
against it, it would be well worth a trial. — Ed
G.M.I

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Coco Grass. — We have three answers to our
Arkansas correspondent's query, at page 59, in
our last.

One says, ''The awful nuisance referred to is
Cenchrus tribuloides." But this is an annual
grass, while our corre.spondent describes his as a
perennial, and the "great nuisance " comes from
its perennial roots.

Another correspondent, having evidently the
perennial root in mind, writes : '' He means Cy-
perus rotundus, var. hydra. It is a horrible
pest ; " but here again we are met with the
statement that it " grows from four to eight feet
high," which we are sure Cyperus hydra never
does.

Two correspondents write that " Johnson
grass is Sorghum halapense," and this may be,
SIS that is a tall perennial grass, but yet hardly
likely to be a serious pest in a cotton field. It
seems as if" What is it? " is still a fair question.

The P.\st Season in California. — A corres-
pondent from Nordhoff, Ventura Countj% writes
that there has been no rain there for nine
months, to January 17th. Sheep have been of

fered at 75 cents each, and no buyers. Stream*
for irrigating are low, but still sufficient to keep'
the crops in fair heart. The climate is, however,,
admirable for those suffering from pleural trou-
bles. The mountains are covered with a luxu-
riant forest vegetation. He encloses some-
spirited lines from a local poet, representing
Diana complaining to Jupiter of the woodman's-
axe in other parts of the country, destroying
the arborescent retreats given to her and her
chaste maidens for the pleasure of the chase,
and Jupiter directing her to these woods of the
Ojai (pronounced 0-he) valley, where they will
probably never be disturbed.

Section of the Mammoth Tree of Califor-
nia.— Can any of our readers tell what became-
of the large section exhibited at the Centennial f
A correspondent would be glad to know.

North American Lichens.— A synopsis by
Edward Tuckerman is in preparation, and vol-
ume first will be issued from the press early in^
the spring.

The Winter in France.— Under date of De-
cember 25th, Mr. Jean Sisley, writing to a friend
in this country, describes the French winter a»
being open and peculiar, much the same as ours,
has been.

Desmodium penduliflorum. — Under thi»
name, and also that of D. racemosum, one of the
most beautiful hardy herbaceous plants known
to our gardens has been rather widely circulated
since it was admired in the Japanese garden in
the Centennial grounds in Philadelphia. Dr.
Hooker has recently examined the history of"
the plant, and finds its proper name to be Les-
pedeza bicolor.

Pritchardia grandis. — Palms have their
homes in tropical climes. Their remains are
found in arctic geological formations, but nothing
like palms grow there now, so tropical are they
that they barely enter the limits of the United
States. In the Atlantic region of our country,
the Palmetto and other allied species are found
from, say, Louisiana eastwardly down through
Florida, and a few years ago a species was found
coming up on the west into California. This wa*
at first supposed to be a Brahea, a genus allied
to Corypba, which is well known to those who
love to grow palms. With better knowledge it
was found distinct from Brahea, and it was placed
in Pritchardia, under which name our pretty

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California Palm is yet generally known in collec-
tions; though as it has been still better studied it is
found by Wendland not to be even a Pritchardia,

Palm, gives an interest to all those of ita old
name, and with which it is so closely allied. We
now give an illustration of a new species just

but an entirely new genus which he names j made known to horticulturists by Mr. William
Washingtonia. However, the widespread name Bull of Chelsea, near London. It was discovered
of Pritchardia in connection with the California I in the South Sea Islands by one of Mr. W. B.'a

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Plant Collectors, and takes rank amongst the
most distinct and attractive palms ever intro-
duced. Of robust compact habit, producing large
handsome leaves, which are nearly orbicular in
general outline, with a wedge shaped somewhat
truncate base; the venation is palmate, and the
margin for the greater part of the circumference
is divided into narrow oblong lobes, each of which
is slightly notched. The leaves are originally fiat,
but become convex above as they grow older ;
they are of a dark shining green color above,
paler beneath, and the surfjice is quite destitute
of pubescence.

The Rain Tree.— There seems to be no doubt
of the truth of the travelers' statement that
Pithecelobium Saman has the power of growing
in the driest deserts, and of condensing from
the atmosphere the moisture it needs, which
falls in drops from the tree to the ground. The
English government is introducing it to cul-
ture in India.

The Chinese Varnish Tree. — In the last re-
port of Kew Gardens, the feet for the first time
appears that the Chinese Varnish tree is a very
distinct plant from the Japanese. The latter is
Rhus vernicifera, closely allied, if not indeed
quite the same with our poison ash, Rhus vene-
nata. The Chinese is Aleurites vernicia, one of
that class of euphorbiaceous plants to which the
candle tree belongs.

Arctic Conifer^.— The following are the
Pines which Baron Nordenskjold found to the
extreme north of the Russian possessions : Larix
Sibirica, Pinus Cembra, Pinus Sibirica, sometimes
known as R. pichta, Pinus sylvestris, a Scotch
Pine, and Picea obovata, which is the same or
nearly the same as that grown in our nurseries
as Oriental spruce.

A Sweet Orchid.— Cymbidium aloefolium is
not a remarkably showy orchid, nor is the Mig
nonette a showy plant. This orchid is sweeter
than the mignonette. A plant with five fine
spikes of flowers at the January meeting of the
Germantown Horticultural Society, filled the
hall with fragrance. How sweet must be those
East Indian woods in which it grows wild.

Influence of the Stock on the Graft. —
Dr. Sturtevant in the proceedings of the Massa-
chusetts Horticultural Society, has an exhaustive
paper on this subject. Thirty-eight cases where
there appears to be some influence, and twenty-
six where the scion had an influence on the

stock. Most of the latter however seem to refer
chiefly to variegation. It is interesting to note
that this fact seems to have been known. Dr.
Sturtevant quotes from John Bartram, February
3d, 1741-2, viz.: "Take a bud from a variegated
jessamine and insert it into a plain jessamine ;
not only the bud will continue its variegation,
but will also infect and impregnate the circula-
ting juices that the branches and leaves above
and below the bud will appear variegated." —
Darlington's Memorials, 148. And there are earlier
cases on record in England. The other cases
seem to us to need confirmation. The following
case for instance is one, on which we have before
commented as doing, we believe, injustice to
Prof. Beal : " A potato scion set into a tomato
plant induced the latter to set small tubers in the
axils of its leaves, as we see sometimes on the tops
of potatoes. The grafting of an artichoke plant
into a sunflower caused the latter to set tubers un-
der ground."— Pro/. Beal, Ag. of Mich., 1876, 204.
In the way it is presented here, and has been
in other papers. Prof. Beal is made to appear as
the authority for the fact, while if we remember
correctly, Prof. Beal was only enumerating what
had been reported to be done by some unknown
person . To our mind such a fact as this reported,
should be repeated and placed bej'ond the shadow
a doubt before it is an accepted truth. A few
cases are recorded where there seems to have
been some distinct character, a sort of hybrid-
ization or crossing effected, but in a general
way there is little but what may be referred to
nutrition. That is, the plants or the fruit were
larger or smaller, highly colored or dull colored,
sweeter or more acid, flowered earlier or flowered
later, any of which might be produced by varia-
tions in soil or situation as well as by the influ-
ence of the stock. In other words various stocks
have the same varying influence in afi'ecting
nutrition as varying soils would.

Our own opinion is, after carefully going over
the ground, that there is reason to believe that
distinct varieties (not merely temporary changes)
may originate from grafting, but that the un-
doubted facts recorded are too few to render it
wholly safe to believe that this ever occurs to
any great extent.

Manipulated Wines.— It is said that a large
quantity of first cla-ss wine exported from
Europe is made of 90 per cent, water, 10 per
cent, alcohol, and 5 per cent, tannin with some
variation in the relative proportions according
to the brand.

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Literature, Travels I Personal Notes.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

IPROF. C. V. RILEY AND THE YUCCA
MOTH.

BY PKOFESSOR C. V. RILEY, WASHINGTON, D. C.

The above is the title of an editorial in th e
October number of the Gardener's Monthly.
Though containing reflections upon others, as
well as myself, I have taken no notice of it till
now, which I hope will be evidence to you that
in what I now write I have no personal feeling
beyond the friendliness that has for so many
years existed between us.

First, then, it is to be regretted that you are
not more careful in your quotations. You
charge me with using the following language in
the paper which calls forth your comment:
"misrepresentation," "gross misstatements,"
" misconstruction unjustifiable." There is not
one of these expressions in my paper, and
this fact very well illustrates the inaccuracy and
looseness of your article. The expressions which
you correctly quote, viz. : " unscientific state-
ments," " pure misstatements," and " famous "
ones, are more than justified by the text of my
criticism, and (as I think you will admit upon
reflection) are not in that case of such a charac-
ter as to warrant your charge that said criticism
is an " attack " upon you. If you 'deny this as-
sertion, please publish the criticism, and leave
the judgment with your readers.

The gravest charge in your editorial alluded
to is, however, not against me, but against the Per-
manent Secretary of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science, who has during
so many years earned the confidence and re-
ceived the approbation of the Association for his
impartial editing of its proceedings. You say,
" The volume has just been issued, and besides
•the paper ordered to appear are copious foot-
notes added, which the ofl&cers of the society did
not order in. Thus we have the anomaly of a
volume of ' transactions ' issuing a paper which
was never transacted." Not to comment on the
oddity of the sentence, or the " anomaly " of a
volume issuing a paper, I must remark that the
statement in the sentence is utterly false.

My paper appears as it was read and pre-
sented, though in order to occupy less time, as

stated on the occasion, the foot-notes were but
briefly referred to and the substance only of the
more technical and classificatory material was
given. Having been a member both of the Sec-
tional and Standing Committees which passed
upon the papers, I know that the oflBcers of the
Association ordered the paper printed without
reading the whole of it. This, as you are very
well aware, is the common practice even with
papers not read from manuscript, but of which
the substance merely is given by the author be-
fore some particular section of the Association.
Large discretion is necessarily left with the Secre-
tary, on whom your unjust accusation really
falls.

The approbation which you offer to the officers
of the Association in the concluding paragraph
of said editorial is, therefore, as awkward and
disingenuous as the compliment you pay me, for
I beg to assure you, in conclusion, that my
criticisms were not, as you put it, " simply a
thoughtless act of impropriety," since they were
well weighed and, in my judgment, well de-
served.

They give the gist of my comment in unre-
ported discussion before the Association of some
of your communications thereto, during the
past few years, and if, as I believe and hope, you
are working for the truth rather than the en-
forcement of any pet views or theories, you will
find room in the columns of your magazine for
this communication, and I will then follow it by
a brief statement of the points at issue be-
tween us.

[We must decline Professor Riley's offer to
continue the discussion of this subject. It will
be apparent to the reader that the only excuse
the editor can offer for the admission of even this
letter is, that some personal feeling might be at^
tributed to him by declining it. Those who care
enough for the subject to see how " utterly
false " the editor's statements were, will of course
read the "Proceedings," and judge for them-
selves.—Ed. G. M.]

THE WILD GARDEN.

LETTER FROM MR. W. ROBINSON, THE EDITOR OF
THE GARDEN.

I had never much reason to suppose that you

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sympathized, greatly with plain ways of talking
about things, especially about plants. But I am
sure you do not want to be unjust to my book,
and therefore I want you to print a few words
about your notice of the " Wild Garden." From
the tenor of your review any one would suppose
that my mission was to use English names in-
stead of Latin ones! I never thought of this,
though I have sympathy enough with non-tech-
nical people— that is to say, with the public,
educated or non-educated — to know that you
will never succeed in cramming Latin — dog
and otherwise — down their throats. I also
know that in other countries, as scientific as the
country of your adoption, or as this country,
writers habitually use their native tongue in
speaking of plants and other things that men of
science talk about. I could refer you to excel-
lent books in French and German where men of
the highest knowledge use their own language
(sometimes in addition to the Latin nomencla-
ture) in speaking of things that ought to be so
familar to everybody as the flowers of our gar-
dens, and the trees of our woods. No one
would suppose, from your review of the '• Wild
Garden," that the Latin names were given in the
descriptive part, as well as the English names,
when good or fitting English names happened
to exist. When you go on to criticise the Eng-
lish names that are given, and express surprise
at such a name as the " Cheddar pink," then
one sees the amount of attention you have paid
to the subject.

You say : " Though we have endeavored to
keep the track of Mr. Robinson's new names as
they appeared in the Garden, we find a large
number here that we know nothing about, and
in consequence all that he says about the plants
might as well have been written in Chinese. We
suppose " Cheddar pink " is some sort of a Dian-
thus."

If, indeed, your knowledge of the English
flower does not inform you that the Cheddar
pink is a well-known English plant, that grows
in that most interesting and beautiful rocky
gorge at Cheddar, in Somerset, then one cannot
suppose you have gone very deeply into English
plant names. The name Cheddar pink is not
mine, but a well-established English name. So,
too, the other English names you speak of are,
some of them, mere translations, which ought
not to be difficult to anybody that knows plants,
and which would be used in preference by many
persons who knew both names. I have no
doubt that many American lovers of plants

would willingly use fitting English names, and I
have reason to know that the leading weekly
journals in America sympathiate with eflforta in
this direction.

Further on you take a set of phrases used in
the '' Wild Garden " as descriptive, such as
"pretty little rosy bindweed," which is part of
the text, and has nothing to do with English
names, and you call it an English name !

If one advocated the abolition of Latin names
altogether — an absurdity, in the ftice of the fact
that we have no organized English names — one
could understand your objections in the matter,
but that you should object to the use of an Eng-
lish name where it is possible to get a good one,
or to the invention of a name where the Latin
one is very awkward, seems to us to indicate a
want of sympathy with the real wants of the
flower-loving public, as distinguished from those
brought up on botanical terms, so to say. It
may suit a minute philosopher to raise a question
of this kind (entirely apart from the aim and plan
of the book), and to take no account of the
book itself, its artistic illustrations or what it ad-
vocates. But that is not fair to the book, and is
scarcely common sense. English names are in
no way made more prominent than they are in
Professor Gray's book on the plants of North
America, abook on a professedly more technical
subject. Indeed my practice is that of your best
American authors, and is justified alike by the
genius of our language, the wants and tastes of
our people, and in the interest of science itself!
We have no right, as the Professor of Anglo-
Saxon at Oxford says, to bar the fiiirest gate of
knowledge, by the use of more technical terms
than are necessary. I find that American books
and American literature help me, in my desire
to give an English name in addition to the Latin
one. I am now preparing the English Floiver
Garden, the vast mass of matter for which must
be arranged alphabetically after the Latin names,
but it is pleasant to be able, instead of saying
Epigaea repens alone, to add the pretty name of
May flower, which is an American name. How
very shocking of some American botanists to
add that this plant is also called " trailing arbu-
tus! " I am sure they will meet with your disap-
probation ! But this simple New England name,
with the associations it calls up, tells even in this
country, where it has only been used of late,
more of the history of the plant than its Latin
name ever can. Wishing you a happy New
Year, and that Heaven may deliver you and

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every earnest soul from pedantry and bad Latin,
love of jaw-breakers, and every other misfortune
and illusion.

[Certainly, we do not " sympathize with plain
ways of talking," as illustrated by Mr. Robin-
son's letter, which is inserted only because jus-
tice is invoked in its behalf. We are proud to
believe that the style of writing, employed both
by Mr. Robinson and Mr. Riley as above, is not
popular "in the country of your adoption."

And, as it is a question of justice, our readers
will see it is far off the mark. We have never
objected to common names when they are com-
mon. We have Pansy, Violet, Sweet William
and hundreds of similar common names. These
are genuine common names, and we wish we
had more of them. We use " May flower " and
" trailing arbutus ;" these came to us from the
common people. They are truly common names.
Our point with Mr. Robinson is, that he is man-
ufacturing and issuing names as common names
which are not common, and of which not one in
a hundred ever will be.

Dr. Gray is referred to as though he had coined
names as what Mr. Robinson is doing. If he
has, he is probably sorry. The writer of this
has attempted something of the kind, and
certainly regrets it. He fell into the error he
believes Mr. Robinson is still under, of believing
he could make common names for the common
people. He found they will make their own
names, and however desirable and pretty they
may be, we must wait till they make them. It
is not with common names, but with what in
propriety we may call their spurious and whole-
sale manufacture that we contend, proceeding
which the people themselves will overturn when
the " names " in question become common
enough for the public to take a vote on them. —
Ed. G. M.]

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Legend of the Cornelia Cook Rose.— This
rose we believe was raised by Mr. Koch, florist,
of Baltimore, in the usual way that new roses
are raised. He will no doubt be amused at the
following account of his eflforts, as given in the
Philadelphia Press :

'''Cornelia Cook' is another very beautiful
specimen of the flower queen. This species is
quite a recent addition to the variety, and was
forced by judicious transplanting and gra/ting.
It is of a creamy white color, large and full, and

also worth fifty cents apiece. Quite a little ro-
mance, so I was told, is connected with its name,
A young florist was deeply in love with a beauti-
ful young girl named Cornelia, and was engaged
to be married to her. However, she sickened
and died a few days prior to the wedding. The
heart-broken lover was almost distracted with
grief, and spent hours at her grave transforming-
the gra.ssy mound into a bower for Titania. In
life the young lady had a delicate creamy com-
plexion, and the lover determined to produce a
rose which would remind him of his lost one.
After repeated failures with different plants, he
at last succeeded, and christened the graceful
blossom Cornelia Cook. Sometimes it is called
' Love's Last Gift.' "

Flora of Australia. — Robert Brown, in the
beginning of the present century, collected an
enormous number of species. He made no dis-
tribution, however, till the collection fell into
the hands of Mr. Bennett, in 1858. Bennett
died in 1876, when the collection was divided.
Although the collection which went to Kew was
but the third set, it contained the great number
of 3,015 species.

Pennsylvania Fruit Growers' Society. — This
Society, after a struggle of twenty-two years with
a limited name, becomes the " Pennsylvani?*
State Horticultural Association." Under its old
name it was found next to impossible to interest
the general public in its real work. At the re-
cent meeting in Harrisburg, there was scarcely
more than a dozen of the citizens at the meet-
ing, outside of the very large attendance of mem-
bers from other parts of the State. The general
belief was that a '' Fruit Growers' Society " was
a body of men who met together to groan over
the prospective short crop of peaches which
never occurred, but served to put up prices on
the down-trodden consumer ; or similar '' shop "
work. The Society has always embraced among
its objects everything which tended to make the
garden not only more profitable, but more lova-
ble, and in the pursuit of these objects it will not
at least be burdened in the future with a name
which misrepresented it before the best classes
in the communit)\

Michigan Horticultural Society. — The roll
of some of our Western horticultural societies
shows that the Great West is growing out of
childhood. Mr. A. Sigler, of Adrian, has been a
member of the Michigan Horticultural Society
for a quarter of a century. It must be a source
of pleasure when these old members look around
them and note how much for good has been ac-
complished by their public-spirited labors.

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Disappearance of a Gardener.— Robert Carey,
a gardener, and well-known successful hot-house
grape grower, of Hnlmeville, Backs Co , Pa.,
disappeared in January, and has not since been
heard of. He was about Go yeai-s of age, had
lorig been with his employer, and was regarded
as a remarkably steady and sober man. He
was sent to Philadelphia to settle accounts and
make purchases, and in searching for him he
was found to have faithfully executed all his
commissions, except one of 62.00 before trace
of him was lost.

W. O'Brien. — Among those recently deceased
we have to notice this gentleman, who was for-
merly one of the most intelligent and successful
gardeners in the East ; but for years past was the
able manager of the Belle Conservatories of Sa-
cramento. He was especially successful there in
growing the famous Victoria Lily. His death is
classed with that of B. F. Fox, a serious loss to
California Horticulture. He died on the loth of
January.

The Florist and Pomologist. — This very beau-
tiful monthly magazine gives in its January num-
ber colored plates of Lilium Parryi of California,
and L. polyphyllum from the East Indies. It
is one of the most valuable European magazines
that comes to our table, and we are glad to know
that it has a growing and appreciative patronage.
It gives every month a colored plate of some
new and desirable fruit as well as one of flowers.

We notice, by the way, that its editor, Thomas
Moore, who, since the death of Dr. Lindley,
has been jointly with Dr. Masters, editor of the
London Gardener's Chronicle, retires now from
that responsible position, with renewed work, as it
would seem, on the Florist and Pomologist. He
has been for many long years a patient worker
in horticulture and kindred arts and sciences
without much recognition of the valuable work
he has done. The Gardener's Chronicle, Treasury
of Botany, Epitome of Gardening, Ferns of Great
Britain, Index Filicum, Handbook of British Ferns,
edition of Thompson's Gardener's Assistant, be-
sides the Florist and Pomologist, have all been
under obligations, while he still continues his
many years' labors as Curator of the Chelsea
Botanic Garden. ^ Some of us in America think
we work hard for the public good, but we have
at least aa good an example in Mr. Moore.

Produce of French Vineyards. — By the kind-
ness of Mr. Charles Joly, we have received the
•tatiatical results of last year's crop of wine in

France. For the eight years previous to 1879,
the average production of wine each year was
about 54,000.000 hectolitres. The highest (1875)
gave over 83 000,000, and the lowest (1873), nearly
30,000,000. But in 1879, the serious troubles be-
gan, and the product sank to 25,770,000. Since
then there seems a gradual recovery, and the
past year shows a production of 34,138,000. The
calculation has been made by districts, so that it
is seen that the increase in the average is not
through the great advance of a few favored spots.
Some few districts still show a loss over last
year,— still going down hill,— the Department of
Herault, for instance, showing a loss over last
year of 1,273,000. But :\s a general rule, those dis-
tricts wliich have lost last year, have lost
very little, while most of those which have
gained, have gained enormously. It is evident
that the Phylloxera is not the formidable foe
any longer it was once, either in France or in
America.

It will surprise those not well conversant with
French products, to note the enormous amount
of cider produced in France, which shows it to
be an industry of as much importance in many
respects as grape-growing. In 1875. there were
j8,257,000 hectolitres produced, which is, how-
ever, the highest during the past ten years. Last
year the product was 17,122,285, higher than it
has been any year since 1875, and remarkable
when we consider the reports which come to us
of the great losses among fruit trees in Europe
by the winter of 1880-81.

General Index and Supplement to the Nine
Reports on the Insects op Missouri.— By
Charles V. Riley. Being Bulletin No. 6 of the
United States Entomological Commission.

Prof. Riley's work as Entomologist of Missouri,
did infinite credit to the State which employed
him ; but these labors are considerably en-
hanced in value by this Index. It is often a
matter of astonishment that there is not more of
this indexing done by public bodies.

Report of the Royal Gardens for 1880.—
From Sir Joseph Hooker, director. — As in our
country, so in the old world, government print-
ing is slow work, and it seems slow work to read
in 1882 of what was reported on a year ago. On
reading this admirable report, one cannot help
wishing we had such a garden in our own coun-
try. Great attention is given to the examination
and exact determination of the various economic
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appear, with careful suggestions as to how these
may be made to aid English interests. This
report is especially rich in information about the
various kinds of India rubbers and gums of that
class.

Bulletin of the United States Geological
AND Geographical Survey of the Territories.
— Vol. vi. No. 1 and No. 2 of Hayden's reports
has just been issued by the Department of the
Interior. No. 2, contains the Birds of Nevada,
North American Moths by Grote, and much very
interesting paleontological matter. No. 1, has
the account of the Rocky Mountain Flora by
Gray and Hooker.

Annual Report of the Chief Signal Officer
OF THE Army to the Secretary of War. — As we
recently noted, among the silliest of questions is
that raised by some of the leading newspapers,
Of what use are expeditions to the North Pole?
No one knows of what use to humanity any new
fact may be. One cannot go into any unknown
region, or enter any unknown field of research
without stumbling on some new fact. What use
we make of this new fact we cannot tell till we
get it. As regards Arctic research the probabilities
in favor of useful facts are greater than we might
expect from any other part of the world. Our
climate depends wholly on these Arctic wastes.
Did they not exist, the Northern United States
might be but a desert waste. The heated mois-
ture of the tropics is forced to rise by the pressure
of the heavier cold waves from the Arctics, and
the condensation of the moisture by the meeting
of the warm and cold currents gives us our rains
and snows. It is of immense importance, espe-
cially to us as cultivators to know ail about the
weather. We all know how great has been the
advantage to us of even the daily prognostica-
tions; how much more should we be benefited
if we could see for a week or a month ahead.
We do know now the main principles of climate,
and the great relation which these ice fields
bear to it. There is nothing improbable in that
when we shall know more of them in detail we
shall be able to get this exact knowledge. Even
this present season, with its mild winter so far,
was clearly foreseen when earlier it came to our
knowledge from some of the Arctic expeditions,
that the great ice fields had pressed much further
westerly than usual. The natural consequence
of this must be that the warmer atmosphere of
the Gulf Stream would also press further west
than usual, following the retreat of the ice, and
necessarily modify the usual severity of winter.

It is just in this direction that we have to collect
the exact facts on which to build a true science
in meteorology.

The signal officer well sets forth in this report
the value of this Arctic knowledge. He says :

'•The study of the weather in Europe and
America cannot be successfully prosecuted with-
out a daily map of the whole northern hemis-
phere, and the great blank space of the Arctic
region upon our simultaneous international chart
has long been a subject of regret to meteorolo-
gists. I was, therefore, pleased to have an oppor-
tunity, with your permission, to carry out the
promises of my predecessor, and to co-operate
with the International Committee on Polar Re-
search, which has during the past two years
organized a system of stations in both the Arctic
and Antarctic regions.

"These stations will conduct simultaneous
hourly or bihourly observations in meteorology,
magnetism, and tides, and special observations
on gravity, auroras, earth currents, earthquakes,
&c. The general object is to accomplish by
observations made in concert at numerous sta-
tions, such additions to our knowledge as cannot
be acquired by isolated or desultory traveling
parties. No special attempt will be made_ at
geographical exploration, and neither expedition
is in any sense an attempt to reach the North
Pole. The single object kept in view is to eluci-
date the phenomena of the weather and the
magnetic needle, as they occur in America and
Europe, by means of observations taken in the
region where the most remarkable disturbances
seem to have their origin."

Horticulture of Boston and Vicinity. — By
Colonel Marshall P. Wilder. It is surprising
what a wonderful amount of work Colonel Wil-
der has done for one of his years. The writer of
this was talking of Colonel Wilder with the
venerable General Patterson a short time before
his death, and happened to say he was about en-
tering his eighty-third year. ''Oh! nonsense," re-
marked the General, "tell him he is but a boy
compared with me." One might surely think
Mr. Wilder was nearer the boy than the patriarch
judging by the work which he does. Here before
us is a pamphlet of eighty-eight pages, giving a
history of Horticulture about Boston and vicinity
from its first settlement to the present time, and
which must have cost a great amount of research
to say nothing of mental labor. Governor Endicott
bought 250 acres of land for 500 apples trees in
164S. The first colonists under Governor Win-
throp had fruit-seeds of all kinds, as part of their
cargo. This is among the first facts dwelt on by
Mr. Wilder, and he goes on through all the
records that can be obtained to the present day.
All the public spirited citizens o^ Boston, and not
merely those devoted to horticulture, should be
proud of this work. It makes a valuable chapter
in Boston's local history, one that will be the more
valuable with every year that rolls over it ; and
the city may well be as proud of this one of its
merchant princes, as horticulturists everywhere
are to have him in their ranks.

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DEI/OTED TO HORTICULTURE. ARBORICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS.

Edited by THOMAS MEEHA.N.

Vol. XXIV.

APRIL, 1882.

Number 280.

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

Just now the newspaper wits see in Oscar
Wilde a shining mark. They have their fun at
the esthetic craze, and their little giggles go the
rounds. Perhaps the philosophy of Mr. Wilde
has been run to the extreme by would-be fash-
ionable people. There are always some whose
cravings for social distinction outrun good sense
— idiotic people, whose only notions of taste and
culture are to do that which some one else does,
and whose efforts naturally result in poor
counterfeits of excellent originals. So far as the
jokes of the scribes, and the satire of " Patience "
hit these people, no one need care who is hurt.
But this ought not to blind sensible people as to
the real objects of Mr. Wilde's work. He sees
that the world is beautiful, and that to join with
nature in the culture of beauty, is the noble
work of man. But there is a time and place for
all things. Tt does not follow because we assent
to this principle, we need discuss whether a pig-
sty should be built after the Norman or the
Grecian style ; whether the street-sweeper should
study whether his mud pile would be better in a
conical than in a square heap ; or whether a lady
with a sunflower on her bosom is more becomingly
ornamented than if a bunch of humble violets
occupied the honored place. But it does follow

that the humblest home is more enjoyable, and
the humblest person more agreeable, when in
proper time and in proper place, beauty is culti-
vated as it should be. Especially is this princi-
ple acceptable to gardening people. The vines
and climbers around the cottage door ; the win-
dowsill and the window-jambs crowded with
humble pot-plants, or bearing the brackets or
hanging-baskets, from which the trailing plants
depend ; the little front yard, with its roses,
shrubs, or choice dwarf tree—any of these com-
pared for an instant with the miserable hovels
too often seen, is enough to make one embrace
the most aggravated forms of Wildeism, stupid

i conventionalities and all, in preference to the
utter barrenness so profusely observed in every

I walk around. Even the best of us may do more
in garden beauty than we do ; and, very often, at

I little cost of either money or of time. Let us, at
this season of the year, give a little thought to
our surroundings. The little taste displayed in
even arranging properly a few native flowers
from the woods, will not be lost on the character
of the planter. He will himself feel that he is a
better man after his work is done, and his neigh-
bors will think the more of him that he gives
some attention to this aesthetic work.

With this seasonable hint as to the wisdom of
garden adornment, we may add a few on mere
practical matters of detail. The garden is made

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up in the main of trees and shrubs, lawn and
flower beds. Of tree-planting we have said so
much in the past that even the "line upon line,
precept on precept," for the necessity of which
there has been so many sermons preached,
seems stale doctrine. It may, however, be as

for watering this way cools the soil, ultimately
hardens it, and in other respects works to the
injury of the transplanted tree.

In your flower-beds, if the plants sickened last
year, change the soil. Renovated earth is
renewed health to consumptive flowers. Sow

early sowing and deep covering rots seeds very
often. This is frequently the cause of one's
seeds being "bad." Prepare flowers in their
winter quarters for the summer campaign, by
gradually inuring them to the air before setting
out finally. Set out when all danger of frost is
over. Don't set out a plant with a dry ball ; but
water well while in the pot an hour or so before^

COMMUNICA TIONS.

well to say that to prune out the weak shoots, I Annuals as soon as the ground is warm. Too
leave the strong ones, and press the earth about
the roots as firmly as it is possible to press it, are
among the secrets of successful planting.

Not to let the roots dry for an instant between
taking up and planting, everybody knows, but
everybody don't do it; in fact, everybody de-
ceives himself. We have seen this distinguished
individual leave the tops of trees exposed to the
sun, with a mat or straw thrown over the roots ;
and think all was right,— or heel in for a day or
two, by just throwing a little dirt over the roots.
This is a little good; but everybody's fault is,
that although this may be ten minutes of good,
he expects to get ten hours, or even ten days'
value out of it, and thus he suffers more than if
he had done nothing, because he forgets that the
branches evaporate moisture from the roots in a
dry wind, and the juices go from the roots
through the branches, very nearly as well as
directly to the air from the roots themselves.
So with heeling in . The soil is thrown in lightly,
or, at most, just "kicked" down. "It is only
temporary," very few of the roots come in con-
tact with the soil. They can draw in no mois-
ture to supply the waste of evaporation, and

PUBLIC SQUARES OF PHILADELPHIA.

BY WALTER ELDER.

The sketches of public gardens and private
grounds which, from time to time, appear in the
Gardener's Monthly, are, I am sure, read with
pleasure by thousands. It is worthy of the cos-
mopolitan character of the magazine, that we
thus get information of what is going on to the
uttermost ends of the earth. It will do no harm
to consider now a little of what is going on near
the home of the Gardener's Monthly, in the
public squares of Philadelphia. As often noted.

they are a disgrace to modern civilization.. Even
thus they stay day after day, — everybody satisfied j people without a particle of taste have become
because he sees the roots covered, — really ^orse i ashamed of them ; and the pressure from this
than if they had been exposed. We have no 1 source has resulted in at least a mechanical im-

doubt that more trees are lost from imperfect
heeling in than from any other cause whatever.
Of course, if the tops be covered as well as the
roots, there is less waste of moisture and more
chance of success.

provement in Independence Square, and the
commencement of a similar attempt for Wash-
ington Square. Even here, no attempt whatever
is done in the way of gardening taste. Trees are
left which would be better away ; others are

Place broad-leaved evergreens where they will j taken away which might as well remain. They
get no sun in winter, yet away from where the j are pruned with a vengeance ; or, that which
roots of trees will make the ground dry in sum- j should be thinned out left to offend. Insects,
mer. Deep soil, but shallow planting, is all im- i which any person of intelligence could control,
portant for them. In transplanting, take care '\ are left to destroy the most valuable material,
of the roots. Good roots are of more importance i and things are planted so that they cannot live,
than good " balls." Balls of earth are useful in i or in places where they could not live even
keeping fibres moist ; but don't sacrifice the best j though the editor of the Gardener's Monthly
fibres five or six feet from the tree for the few | planted them. There is no question but though
fibres in the ball at the base. When roots are j special pains were taken to select from the million
rather dry, after filling a portion of soil, pour in ! the most unfitted to improve or look after our city
water freely. After all has settled away, fill in | squares, the city money could not be more ig-
lightly the balance of the soil, and let it rest for j norantly or more wastefully squandered. Why
a few days. This is as a remedy, not as a rule; ' is it that so intelligent an art as gardening should

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fall into the hands of ignoramuses? Can any-
one tell?

[Our correspondent has not exaggerated the
state of affairs. The city squares are in the De-
partment of City Property, which means a very
varied species of supervision. A Commissioner
of City Property may be remarkably well fitted
for some of those duties, and yet not know a
maple tree from a cedar of Lebanon. For any
thing he know^s, a man who is able to distinguish
a wheelbarrow from an express wagon is a first-
class gardener, and the employment of such a
one will seem to him all the more proper per-
haps if he is able to command a few votes at
election times ; for even a commissioner is hu-
man, and will stretch a little to hold a fat office
if he possibly can.

The best remedy for the disgraceful state of
things referred to by our correspondent, would
be to place these small city parks under the care
of the Park Commission. But the Commissioner
of City Property, by virtue of his office, is a
member of the Park Commission, and it might
be that he would still be a "sub-committee " to
superintend the squares. There would, however,
be this advantage, that a body of men with more
intellectual pride than a mere "City Commis-
sioner" is supposed to need, would be responsi-
ble for the disgrace.— Ed. G. M.l

A BLUE BEDDER.

BY W. ROBERTSON, GOVERNMENT GROUNDS, OTTAWA.

In bedding, some of the principal points seem
to be often lost sight of. One is in the use of
plants dissimilar in height, and that cannot
be trimmed to it. If flowering plants are used
in conjunction with foliage, the lowest grower
should be chosen, as foliage can be trimmed
to any height almost ; but flowering plants can
only be pegged down, and many of them do
not well admit of that.

Let us take as an example W. D.'s bed, where
he wants to represent a flag, red, white and blue,
and use C. W. Warde's plants. The first point
is to look from what point this bed is to be most
seen, and place it so that the design can be
best distinguished; the lowest side to that point ;
now, by the use of Ageratum Mexicanum, the
highest will be closest. This plant grows two
feet, pegs badly, and will be one foot higher than
the others, Centaurea and Achyranthes, and the
effect is lost and confused, as an even surface is
indispensable to show this design. The Agera-

tum, John Douglas, is a low, compact grower,
and will show a compact mass of blue the whole
season if treated properly ; there is no better blue
— is one of our best bedders. I never strike them
sooner than a month before I use them, as they
are very liable to red spider, and if put out old
and affected with them, they soon burn up and
make a poor show. Let the cuttings be put in
soft a month before use, and they will be one
mass of blue in a short time. There is no doubt
but the Ageratum Mexicanum is good in rib-
bon lines.

Browallia, recommended by C. E. Parnell, is a
plant growing one and a-half feet ; flowers late
and small, with much foliage, and will make a
very poor show of blue. Now, if W. D. does not
get his bed to show an even surface, the effect
will be lost, and like many designs, we have to
be told what it is. before we can tell what is
meant by it.

It will never do to plant and expect that lines,
&c., will be complete without frequent trim-
mings. When plants are growing rapidly, I
look over them once a week, and see if leaves
or shoots are getting out of place, and have them
trimmed ; never wait till you see them in disor-
der, so that when you trim you take the most
beautiful part of the foliage; in fact, never allow
them to grow so that trimming will be noticed.

NOVELTIES.

BY EDWARD KOETHEN, PITTSBURG, PA.

It is difficult for purchasers who are com-
pelled to buy by catalogue to judge of the value
of horticultural novelties, and probably always
will be so. Many new things are thrust on the
market with what seem to be the best of recom-
mendations, and are advertised in all available
ways, which have only been tested in one
locality, and in many cases not in this country
at all; but even in this country the climate is so
varied that but few things do well and are valua-
ble acquisitions all over the States. Yet the de-
mand for novelties is so great that dealers are
compelled to buy most of these much-heralded
varieties, and grow them for sale, until they are
either admitted among the standard articles, or
are rejected as worthless, and in most cases they
are catalogued at high prices, with their original
descriptions, without first being tested at all.
Thus the purchaser who buys from these deal-
ers, is no more certain of getting a good thing
than the dealer was, and the public it seems

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will never learn that the most advertised articles
are not necessarily the best. Now, here comes
in one of the great uses of the Gardener's
Monthly and other similar journals. By read-
ing comments on these novelties, from different
persons in different localities, we are enabled to
decide on their true worth.

It is with these thoughts that the writer de-
cided to speak of a few of the newer, or poorly
appreciated plants which are in the market at
the present time. Among the newer Abutilons,
none better deserve mention than A. Darwinii.
This beautiful plant is too free a bloomer to be a
rank grower. Planted out in the spring it will
be a continual mass of bloom, from planting
time till the severe frosts destroy it in the fall.
It is as hardy as a geranium, and seems to de-
light in dry, hot weather. It is delicate in color
and graceful in habit, and sells well in spring, as
it is sure to be in bloom at selling season. A.
Snowball is the best white one we have seen, and
is an improvement over Boule de Niege in being
more compact in habit and a free bloomer.

Of the new Geraniums which Mr. Thorp sent
out last fall, Richard Brett has proved the best
with us. We also tested three varieties of Acal-
pha this last summer, as bedding plants, and are
well pleased with the result. For though Mr.
Henderson asserts in his "Handbook of Plants "
that A. tricolor is the only one worth cultivat-
ing, we find by test that A. marginata, A.
mosaica, and A. Macafeeana are not only worth
cultivating, but that they are real valuable ac-
quisitions to our list of bedding plants. A. mar-
ginata is the strongest grower of the three. The
foliage is ovate acuminate with long petioles.
In color the leaves vary from dark green to a
reddish tinge, with dark red veins ; the margin
is shaded with a band of light colors, varying
from bright crimson and pink to yellow. In
large specimens they measure nine inches in
length and five in breadth. A. Macafeeana is
next in rapidity of growth ; its leaves are cordate
and very irregular, often having deep folds in
them. The larger ones are often eight inches
long and six inches broad. Thej^ vary in color
from dark bronze to bright red, blotched with
yellow and crimson. A. Mosaica is a dwarf
grower, but is probably the best of all. Its leaves
are variegated in rectangular and irregular
blotches of rose, yellow, pink and bronze. The
yellow usually being the predominant color.
They also have a tendency to curl downward.
There was a bed of this variety planted out in

the Allegheny parks during the last summer
which made quite a striking appearance.

In the way of double Petunias, we have seen
nothing to beat Charm, for robust habit, good
shape and freedom of bloom. Two Begonia rex
varieties, which are new to us, promise ta
become valuable for cutting leaves for floral
work, besides making handsome plants. Their
leaves, when full grown, are never too large to
use for baskets. There is but little difference
between them in appearance. Both have a pe-
culiar gloss, such as we see in shells, and less
hair on their surface than we find on the old rex
varieties. Indeed, the probability is that they
are a cross between the rex and the flowering
varieties; they seem to be free bloomers. Their
names are Louise Cretine and Countess de Thell-
uson respectively. The former has a reddisli
shading in the leaf, near the centre which the
other does not possess. The latter is the freest
grower. Boiivardia A. Neuner is, we believe, alt
that is claimed for it.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Blood-leaved Trees.— The three best are per-
haps the Blood-leaved, or Schweidler's Norway
Maple, the Purple Beech, and Purple Birch.

Cercidophyllum Japonicum. — This, a corres-
pondent of the London Garden found one of the
finest forest trees of Japan.

Schizophragma hydrangeoides. — There was a
difference of opinion expressed in our columns
a few years ago, as to the ornamental merits of
this plant. Mr. Maries, the Japanese traveller,
tells the G'arrfenthat " the most beautiful climber
is Schizophragma hydrangeoides. This does al-
ways best on a living tree with a long branch-
less trunk, and requires to be old before it
produces flowers. I have seen trees perfect
masses of large Hydrangea-like blossoms."

The Largest Norfolk Island Pine. — This
beautiful denizen of Eastern greenhouses is
hardy in those parts of California where there is
little frost. The finest one in the State was in
the Post Office yard of San- Francisco. It had to
be removed for improvements, and though only
thirty feet high, those who undertook it, were
not equal to its success.

Improvement of Agricultural Grounds. — A
large number of Agricultural and similar socie-

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ties have permanent exhibition
grounds, and it is sad to reflect
that these bodies, wliich one
would suppose to be leaders in
art and culture in true taste, gen-
erally have the most disgustingly
neglected properties that it is
one's misfortune to meet with.
They give •' premiums " for works
of art and improvement, and
present themselves the most
wretched examples of that which
they profess to encourage. Occa-
sionally there are some attempts
at cultural decency, and we have
pleasant recollections of one in
New Orleans as we write; but
these instances are rare.

We have a plan of an improved
place before us as we write,
which, though somewhat of a
private rather than a public en-
terprise, suggests these thoughts,
and in the hope that others may
profit by it, we have had an en-
graving of it made expressly for
the Gardener's Monthly. It was
designed by Mr. VVm. Webster,
the eminent landscape gardener,
of Rochester, K Y.

SCRAPS AND
RIES.

QUE-

Trees and Shrubs for the Sea-
side.— ' W. C," Bayview, Glou-
cester, Mass., writes : " Will you
please be so kind as to inform me
what kind of shrubs I can find
hardy enough to withstand our
extreme peculiar climate, on the
north-west side of Cape Ann.

" Such plants as Lilacs, Sy-
ringas, Forsythia, Deutzia, Al-
thea, Ribes, Guelder Rose, Wie-
gelia, Japan Quince ; also, the
Norway Spruce, Common White
Pine, Austrian Pine, all winter
kill.

" I think it is more from the
effect of the vapor rising from
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weather, than from the intense cold, as the
above-mentioned plants all thrive when planted
either on the south-east side of hills, or any-
where under shelter within two or three hun-
dred feet from the water; hut as soon as ever
they get tall enough for the north-west blasts
to strike them, down they go."

[It is the salt in the vapor, blown into the
plants by the keen sea-breezes, as much as
the wind itself, which does the damage. The
following list of plants is of such as do not mind
a salt atmosphere so much as others, and we
should select from it, for experiment, in situa-
tions suggested :

Acer campestre, Amorpha fruticosa.

Ailanthus glandulosa, Azalea viscosa,

Aliius glutiiiosa, Berberis vulgaris,

Alnus maritiiiia,
Aralia spinosa,
Amelanohier botryapium,
Betula popullfolia,
Catalpa bignonioides,
Ccltis oocidentalis,
Nyssa multlflora,
Populus alba,

" angulata,

" monilifcra,
Prunus Americana,

" chicasa,
Quercus nigra,

" obtusiloba,

" tinctoria,
Sallx alba,

" Russeliana,
" vitellina,
Tamarisk Africaua,
" Indica,
" tetandra,

Carragana arborescena
Cephalanthus occidentalis.
Chionantlius Virginica,
Clethra alnifolia,
Fothergilla alnifolia,
Itea Virginica,
Myrica cerifera,
Prinos verticillata,

" arliutifolia,

" floribunda,
Viburnum nudum,

" prunlfolium,

Andromeda calyculata,
Arctostaphylos uva-Hrsa,
Kalmia angustifolia,
Leiophyllum buxifoUum,
Pinus inops,

" muglio,
Prinos glaber.
Yucca fllamentosa.

—Ed. G. M.l

Greenhouse and House Gardening.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

THE ROSE-CROWINC CRAZE.

BY PETER HENDERSON.

The readers of the Gardener's Monthly in
remote rural districts are unconscious of the
extent to which the culture of roses is extending
in and around our large cities. In consequence
of the extraordinary prices obtained for rosebuds
during the past two or three years, not only have
the regular tiorists used their large profits in
extending their greenhouse structures for that
purpose, but the fabulous reports of the profits
of rose-growing has excited the cupidity of many
capitalists in the vicinity of New York, Boston
and Chicago, and in all probability in the other
large cities of the Union. These men have an
abundance of means, and begin on a scale usu-
ally at which the ordinary florist, who had to
climb his way up, ends; so that we have already
in the vicinity of New York at least a dozen
establishments for the forcing of rosebuds in
winter, owned by men who count their capital
by millions. These gentlemen, of course, know
nothing practically about the business, relying
altogether upon their gardeners for success ; —
for who ever heard of a millionaire florist?

Whether they do succeed or not in making a
profit of a few thousand, dollars a year is not
vital to men who count their income by the
hundred thousand ; yet it is curious with what
interest the rise or fall of a few cents in the rose
market is regarded even by them. New Jersey
has more than her quota of these millionaire
fl&rists. Already we have four in Madison, one
in Summit and two in Orange, New Jersey, and
it is said that there is as much interest mani-
fested by them in the prices at which, in the
technical slang of the flower-shops, "Cooks,"
"Jacks," "Mermets" and "Perles" are quoted
in Broadway, as is evinced in Wall Street in
" Wabash," " Lake Shore," "Erie" or " Central."
It is true that one, at least, of these gentlemen
gives all the profits that accrue from his roses
to charitable purposes; but it is feared that he
has few imitators among his compeers in this
particular ; for the motive is the same as in all
other investments— to get the largest profit po8«
sible from the smallest amount of money in-
volved. A wholesale dry goods merchant, or a
manufiicturer, doing a business of a million dol-
lars a year, is amply paid by a net profit of five
percent.; but Avhen he is given to understand
that some illiterate digger of the soil, by an in-
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profit of twenty-five per cent., he foolishly
imagines that a larger amount of capital invested
will bring corresponding profits. Such, at least,
seems to be the opinion of many capitalists; for
within the past twelve months I have been con-
sulted by at least a score of gentlemen about to
embark in the business of rose-growing, and I
have no doubt others in the trade have had the
same experience. Only last week a gentleman
entered into negotiations with a greenhouse
builder in Jersey City to construct at his country
residence, some sixty miles from New York,
600x20 feet, or nearly 15,000 square feet of glass,
as a "beginning," which, furnished, heated by
hot water and stocked, will cost not much less
than $15,000. It is true that many of these
amateur florists will get their fingers burnt, and
will not only never realize a dollar on their in-
vestments, but will work at a loss; yet enough
of them will succeed to give zest to the risk, for
at present prices, when success is attained, the
profits are so great as to produce the present
craze on the subject — a "craze "that probably
will result exactly as the Morus Multicaulis did
in 1840, or the grape vine fever in 1865. We
Jill know the disastrous results of these
speculations. Hundreds thought there were
"millions" in it, but found, to their sorrow, that
they were thousands out. So, we predict, will
be the result of the rose mania, for an over-
supply may quickly change the fashion. For,
assuredly, when the plebeian Smiths or Browns
can buy rosebuds suited to their limited means,
the Flora McFlimseys will turn up their aristo-
cratic noses even at the rose. All experience
shows that, in the perishable commodities of
fruits, flowers or vegetables, whenever an over-
supply floods the market and brings down the
prices below a paying level, less is sold than
when they bring a fair price. Two years ago, in
.Tune, strawberries and cabbage in the New
York markets got so low as not to pay even the
cost of marketing. The result was that hun-
dreds of loads had to be taken back and dumped
in the manure yards, as they could not be dis-
posed of at any price. Some thirty years ago
peaches one day fell down to twelve cents a
basket in Washington Market, New York, and
would not sell at that. In those daj's the crop
was perhaps held by a score of dealers only.
They got their heads together and decided to
destroy every peach in the market. It was
done. A scarcity was produced, and in twenty-
four hours peaches went up to $1.00 per basket.

The lejider in the movement had no doubt been
a disciple of Adam Smith, and had wisely
studied the laws of supply and demand.

The present excitement in rose-growing is no
doubt largely due to th« unprecedented prices
realized this winter, which has been caused in a
great measure by the unusual heat and drought
of last autumn, which weakened in many cases,
and in others entirely destroyed, the plants that
would have been used to produce the crop of
flowers. This, together with a brisk demand,
has resulted in profits which it is unreasonable
to expect can ever be long continued in any
legitimate business.

STEAM HEATING.

BY W. C, BAY VIEW, MASS.

I am glad to see the subject of steam as a
heater being discussed through the columns of
the Monthly, and should it prove as great a boon
over hot-water as hot-water has over the old
brick flue, it will be a great relief to gardeners
and their assistants. But the main question is
will it be as economical as regards fuel, and can
boilers be made that will keep up steam say from
10 o'clock, P. M., until 6 o'clock A. M., without
attention? If this can be done then we may
say good-bye to hot water; if not, then we must
understand the management of hot-water boilers
better than is now generally understood. The
great fault with most makers of boilers is mis-
representation, r. e., they invariably represent a
boiler to be capable of heating, say 1,000 feet of
four-inch pipe, when under ordinary circum-
stances it will heat about 700 feet. Another
fault, not generally understood, is in not putting
enough pipe into greenhouses. Invariably you
will find greenhouses, say one hundred feet long
by twenty to twenty-five feet wide, with eight
rows of piping— that is, four pipes on one side
and four on the other. Now, to think that, with
that amount of pipe you can maintain a tem-
perature of 65° in zero weather, is entirely out of
the question, no matter what kind of a boiler
you use. The fact is, put in four more rows of
pipe, and a boiler capable of heating the con-
tents of said pipe, and then you will get satis-
faction.

HINZE'S RED AND WHITE CARNATIONS.

BY AUGUST D. MYLIUS, DETROIT.

Mr. Hinze tells me, since the January number
of Gardener's Monthly appeared, he receives

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scores of letters inquiring about his carnation
eeedlings. And as Mr. Hinze is not accustomed
to English writing, he is not able to answer these
inquiries, but would be glad for me to state in
your magazine all about the above. The seed
was imported from Europe some years ago, and
as soon as the merits of these plants were known
the florists around Detroit City would not grow
other varieties, except for the sake of other
colors. Mr. Hinze tries new plants every year,
but these are his best. Any other florist would
have advertised these plants and sold them for
high prices. Mr. Hinze did nothing of the kind ;
he raised a large stock and had the best of
the flower market for two years or more. Since
then all about Detroit have them, but very few
florists outside of Detroit knew of their existence
till the appearance of little article in January
Monthly. They bear double as many flowers,
and are very healthy plants in all seasons, and
are stout and strong growers. I had 3,000 put
in this winter for cut flowers, and I can speak
from experience. I am propagating 6,000 for
next year, all for cut flowers. I found one
house of these pay better than anything in the
flower line. The single flower is very large>
larger than of other varieties, and they are
pleasantly scented. The Red is a very bright
pure red, and the White a very large pure
white.

HOT WATER BOILERS.

BY WILLIAM SUTHERLAND, PHILADELPHIA.

During many of my summer rambles among
the horticultural establishments of this vicinity
I have noticed a tendency to discard the old
smoke-flue, and to use hot- water heating appara-
tus in houses of any pretension. Many
florists are puzzled to know what boiler to use
for the heating of water. There are now so
many kinds, sizes, shapes, and patterns, and
each inventor claiming that his particular boiler
is superior to all others, &c., that to choose be-
tween them is indeed a difficult task. What is
wanted is a boiler that attains a rapid circula-
tion, and, consequently, the quickest with which
to heat water ; at the same time burning but a
small quantity of fuel. Hearing that several
commercial florists in the neighborhood of this
city were adopting locomotive boilers, I paid a
visit to the extensive establisnment of H. A.
Dreer, at Eiverton, N. J., who has had two in use
the past winter, and gleaned the following facts

through the courtesy of the foreman, Mr. J. D.
Eisele.

The boilers in use in this establishment are
what are known as fifteen horse-power boilers
with two and a-halfinch tubes, though a boiler
with three-inch tubes would be better, if at all
procurable. These boilers cost about one hun-
dred dollars, and the necessary fixing, so as to
make them adapted for greenhouse heatinc.
costs some twenty dollars. So it may be counted
that a good locomotive boiler can be procured
and adapted to horticultural purposes for one
hundred and twenty-five dollars.

This boiler, if properly set, will heat twenty-
five hundred feet of pipe, besides a smoke-flue
of seventy-five to one hundred feet in length.
Last winter, which was a very severe one. fully
tested the eflSciency of these boilers. On the
coldest nights, the fires were fixed up at 10 o'clock
p. M., and were not touched until six the
next morning. Each furnace consumed twenty-
five tons of coal, making fifty tons for both
boilers, and each boiler heated five greenhouses,,
one hundred feet long by sixteen feet wide, mak-
ing sixteen hundred square feet of surface room.

It is well known that a locomotive boiler is
the quickest with which to make steam, and
therefore must be the quickest with which to
heat water. With proper care it will outlast any
other boiler, for, being made out of wrought
iron, it possesses this advantage, that any of its
parts can be replaced without much trouble.

ODONTOCLOSSUM CERVANTESII AND
TRICHOPILIA SUAVIS.

Anticipating " C. H. S.'s " reply to the inquiry
of " F," regarding the treatment of the above,
permit me to say that there have been two dis-
tinct plants oifered by the importers as Odont-
oglossum Cervantesii the past season. The first
with light, pea green, soft, roundish, wrinkled
pseudo bulbs was not true, but was Odontoglossum
nebulosum, and identical with the 0. nebulosuni
imported by the same party two years ago. The
true 0. Cervantesii imported by the same firm
subsequently, has small, rather dark green, flask-
shaped pseudo bulbs, often spotted with brown
near top, and resembling in growth and in-
florescence, Odont. Rossii. This is scarce and
rare, but much easier to grow and flower than
O. nebulosum, not being as impatient of any
excess of moisture or of sun heat. I have it with

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flower spikes soon to bloom. I have not suc-
ceeded in bloonnng O. nebulosum. All the
Trichopilia suavis I have seen were either
touched with frost before arrival and subsequently
perished, or excessively dry. The latter are now
coming out well, thanks to good care and gener-
ous treatment. It is perfectly wonderful what a
drying and wasting away some of these epiphytes
can survive. There are said to be two varieties
of Trichopilia tortilis, and I supposed I had both
the summer and the winter blooming varieties ;
but I find that by the same treatment the plants
that bloomed for the past two summers are in
bloom this winter also, and I conclude the differ-
ence is only due to the date of importation.
Some varieties are more distinctly marked than
others, however.

LUCULIA CRATISSIMA.

BY A. J. E., SOUTH AMBOY, N. J.

This beautiful plant is worthy of a place in
every collection however small it may be. None
but those who have seen a specimen can form
any idea of its beauty, when covered with its
immense Hydrangea-like trusses of rosy pink
flowers, as fragrant as a Heliotrope ; in fact it
fills a whole house with its perfume. There is
in Mr. Geo. Such's Camellia house, South Am-
boy, N. J., a magnificent specimen planted out
amongst the camellias. All those who saw this
plant just before Christmas will forever think of
its beauty. It lasts for several weeks in bloom,
and is in great demand by the florists, which
makes it more valuable, at that season of the year
especially. Why is it that this plant is neglected
so long when it is without doubt on« of the finest
plants in cultivation, and so easily grown when
planted out?

CULTIVATION OF EUCHARIS.

BY W. RHIND, CANANDAIGUA, NEW YORK.

For the third time 1 have succeeded in flower-
ing this valuable plant in greenhouse tempera-
ture, and as many persons own it who only have
a greenhouse, with your consent, Mr. Editor, I
shall briefly state how I do it.

About the end of March I shake all the soil off"
the plants, preserving the roots as well as possi-
ble, place an inch of drainage in large pots,
covering with some rough material — tobacco
stems suit well. Grasp as many of the bulbs
by the leave.* as the pot will hold, each clear of

the next a fourth of an inch, then work the soil
in among the roots, tapping the pot on the bench
as the work proceeds ; by so doing the soil is
made firm about the roots without the pound-
ing-stick, which in this case would break the
roots. Common potting soil is used, as rich
compost will rot the roots before they commence
growing. Three stakes are placed around the
plant, on these a string to support the leaves ;
water with warm water, and the operation is
completed. Pots of any size may be used, from
six inches up. After they get fairly to growing
use liquid manure freely until the end of August ;
by that time they should have made the season's
growth. Rest them by withholding water, only
giving enough to keep from wilting. In a month
or six weeks they will send up their flower stems ;
then resume with liquid manure while the
flowers last, afterwards watering sparingly. The
growth of young leaves Avill surely damp away
at a temperature of 45°. The foliage must be
kept clean at all times by the frequent use of
the syringe in summer and the sponge in winter..

MEDINILLA MACNIFICA.

BY JAMES TAPLIN, MA-SWOOD, N. J.

This fine growing Melastomaceous plant, being
a native of the hottest part of the world, requires
a very strong heat at all times and also liberal
feeding. It can either be grown in a mixture of
peat and loam, or a good turfy loam, with some
well-decayed manure. The main fault is that it
makes too large a plant for a reasonable sized
house in a short time, as a plant from a cutting
will be six feet or more through in one season.
It requires abundance of water during the sum-
mer, both overhead and at the root, with plet*y
of potroom in the growing season, and in the
winter just water enough to prevent the foliage
turning yellow. With plenty of heat and light
it will show blooms at every joint. If sufficient
room is available it may be cut in after flower-
ing, the ball may be reduced, and it may be re-
potted in the same sized pot and treated as
before, but every cutting will strike in a strong
heat; in fact, every eye will strike, which is
probably the best way to grow it in a limited
space, it being one of the strongest and freest
growing plants in existence where a strong heat
can be maintained.

jq^OTE.— Trichopilia suavis and T. tortilis are
best grown in pots, in a mixture of sphagnum
and peat, in a house ranging from 50° to 60° in

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the winter. Odontoglossum Cervantesii is best
grown on blocks, in about the same temperature
in winter, but in summer grown in a north house
and always kept wet. I have a number of these
now coming in flower under this treatment. I
would like to know if " C. H. S." has grown any
of these plants, under treen in the open air, and
how (hev have succeeded?

GLAZING.

BY M. M. GREEN, I,OtIISVILLE. KV.

Having built a house with permanent rafters,
and desiring to glaze it in such a manner that
the glass could be easily removed in the sum-
mer, I stretched ordinary candle wicking from
end to end of the rafters, letting it lie on the
shoulder of the rabbet, and bedding the glass on
this, not lapping it, but laying it with one end
against the other and tacking it down with ordi-
nary tacks, four to each pane. I have in this
the closest roof in a range of eight houses glazed
with putty. The work of removal, as any prac-
tical man will see, will be very light, with but
little danger of breakage, and the work of re-glaz-
ing will be as light as at first.

RAISING CHINESE CHRYSANTHEMUMS
FROM SEED.

BY W. FALCONER.

Dr. H. P. Walcott, of Cambridge, has succeed-
ed in raising a large number of Chinese and
Japanese Chrysanthemums from seed. Some of
his seedlings are of good merit, especially a pale
pifrple and a chestnut-colored Japanese, and a
crimson and yellow reflexed Chinese flower.
Now, raising seedlings of Chrysanthemums (C.
Indicum) is no uncommon thing in Europe, but
I have not heard of it before in America ; still,
seeds of it are advertised in some seedsmen's
catalogues. Whence are the seeds obtained?
From plants grown in the Channel Islands, the
South of France and Algeria, but mostly from
Algeria. But Dr. Walcott's seeds were raised,
in 1880, in his own garden at Cambridge.
This is the first instance of raising Chrysanthe-
mum seeds in America that I have heard of; do
any of your readers know of another?

The seeds were sown out of doors in July ;
they soon germinated, and by the end of August
had formed nice little plants, which were lifted

and potted into four and five-inch pots, and
nearly all of them blossomed during the last two
weeks of October and the first fortnight of
November.

The Doctor tells me that the plants from which
he saved the seeds, at and after blooming time,
were kept in the greenhouse, where the atmos-
phere was as dry as he could keep it, without
using unnecessary fire-heat. He considers that
a dry atmosphere is essential to success.

On December 17th, the Doctor told me he
had recently returned from a visit to Georgia,
and was assured there that the cultivation of the
larger Chinese varieties was on account of their
hot, dry, summer weather — an impossibility. He
further told me that he did not think he should
be able to secure any seed from his own plants
this season, nor did he find any of the plants in
the Southern States with perfected seed ; the
moisture of their Novembers seems to be as fatal
to the ripening of the seed as our greenhouse
conditions are.

HEATING BY STEAM AND WATER COM-
BINED.

BY JAMES BROWN, GARDENER, STATE FARM, LAN-
CASTER, OHIO.

I notice in the Gardener's Monthly that the
subject of steam heating for greenhouses is at-
tracting a good deal of attention at present ; and,
if agreeable, I will relate our mode of heating
with steam and water.

We use the ordinary four-inch cast iron pipe,
put up the same as for hot water apparatus ; but
in place of hot water boiler, we have a cast-iron
tank, five feet in length and two feet in diameter,
placed in north end of house, underneath the
floor, below the level of the pipes. In this tank
there is a coil of one hundred and fifty feet of
one and one-quarter-inch steam pipe. The steam
is brought from a main pipe in one of the build-
ings nearest to the greenhouse in the same sized
pipe, inch and a quarter, the entire distance from
boiler, seven hundred feet, with twenty pounds
of steam pressure. We have about five hundred
feet of pipe in this house, and raising this one
and aquarter-inch valve the thirty-second part
of an inch, will make the water boil. You can
readily calculate how much water this steam
will heat by opening the valve to its full extent.

In reading Mr. Murdoch's article in the
MoNTrtLY, where he tells about taking out two

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thousand feet of four-inch pipe, and putting in
steam-pipe, I think he made a grand mistake, as
he had the pipe on hand. And for all those con-
templating putting in steam, I believe this mode
of heating far superior, especially for those who
have hot water in operation, because of it being
more economical and safer ; for in case anything
should get wrong with the steam, you have the
pipes in the greenhouse full of hot water, which
will retain the heat much longer than in steam
pipes, and is more economical because of the
saving of fuel to generate steam.

A CHEAP PLANT STAND.

BY W. F. BASSETT, HAMMONTON, N. J.

We made a very eflective plant stand for our
front yard last summer in the following manner:
A cedar stake two or three inches in diameter
was driven into the ground so as to stand firmly
and of the required height, a small piece of
board nailed across the top and another piece a
little larger nailed over this so as to make a sub-
stantial base, and a cheese box nailed to this.
Then we filled the box half full by putting in a
couple of inches of sand and sphagnum over it.
The whole was then covered with the pendant
lichen which grows on our swamp cedars, so as
efiectually to conceal the materials used m its
construction, and the box filled with plants in
pots — tall ones in the centre and smaller ones
around them with trailing plants to hang over
the sides. It was shaded by trees during the
hotter portions of the day, and such plants as
Glechoma, Alyssum, Ivy, Othonna crassifolia, &c.,
succeeded finely by merely pressing a handful
of sphagnum around the base of cuttings and
pressing them into the spaces between the
pots.

MEDINILLA MACNIFICA.

BY MANSFIELD MILTON.

The first time I saw this plant in flower was at
Craigo House, Forfarshire, Scotland, and I do
not know if I ever came across a plant since
which left such an impression from first sight as
this one did. A fine, large, magnificent specimen,
growing in an eighteen-inch pot, had hanging
from the points of its shoots large racemes of pink
flowers, — a gorgeous sight. The plant, when
not in flower, is ornamental, the leaves being
large, smooth and of a dark green color.

As this plant produces its flowers from the
previous year's wood it is necessary to have it
well ripened, as unless this is attended to but
few flowers will be seen. I have seen specimens of
this plant grown, year after year, without ever
a single raceme of flowers being seen, the mis-
take being in not ripening the wood sufficiently
the previous year. It requires a high tempera-
ture to grow in. For soil, a mixture of peat and
loam with plenty of sand is most suitable, and
upon no consideration over-pot.

It holds good with almost all plants grown in
greenhouses and hothouses, ihat those whith
produce their flowers on the previous year's
wood should not have too much root room, while
such as produce their flowers on the present year's
growth will bear more liberal treatment in this
respect. Unless with very succulent growing
plants, very large shifts are not advisable with any
kind.

RHYNCOSPERMUM JASMiNOIDES.

MRS. M. D. WELLCOME.

I have a very attractive climber with the above
name that 1 think cannot be extensively grown,
or I fail to find it in any of my catalogues,
though from the largest floral firms in this
country. It was sent to me about six weeks ago
from Indiana, and it very soon began to throw
out new shoots full of buds, and the main stalk
has grown more than half a yard since it came
to me and is in bud and bloom. The flowers are
pure white, fragrant, and hang in clusters over
the rich, dark green leaves which greatly re-
semble those of the Camellia japonica, though
not so glossy. I have it trained on a small pot
trellis, and it is very handsome.

CIRRHOPETALUM MEDUS/E.

BY A. J. E.

This is a very rare Orchid and seldom found in
collections, and is a most singular plant. It has
flowers in masses having the appearance of heads
with long hairs hanging from them, these hairs
being twisted about in a strange manner. It
succeeds well on blocks of wood, or in a pot with
rough peat and sphagnum moss, but I prefer the
former and the flowers show to better advantage.
If grown in a pot it is as well to keep the active
part near the edge a§ possible, so that when in

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bloom the flowers will be free from the pot, and
it can be suspended to the roof of the house, and
the flowers will be free from damp, to which
they are very liable. It is easily grown in a warm
house. The flowers are of a creamy white spotted
pink. It is a native of Singapore.

SMALL GREENHOUSES.

BY J. C. C, PROVIDENCE, K. I.

It may be interesting to some who are not
'blessed with ranges of '"glass-houses," and whose
wants exceed their means, to have a trifle of the
experience of one, who for three short years
enjoyed a very small span-roof house, (only 12x
12) and from which he gained not only much
ipleasure and recreation, but also a deeper knowl-
edge of floriculture than constant reading would
have given him in thrice that time. The green-
house was situated in a large city, where yard-
room is an expensive luxury ; and few would
have thought that so many plants could be grown
successfully in so small a place. For six months
before building the writer had contemplated a
house, but his ideas, like those of most amateurs,
were on a much larger scale than his plot of
ground would allow. But finally he built a house
which was so erected that, by taking out one end,
it could easily be enlarged. The wood-work
beneath the benches was double, so that no heat
should be lost; three inches empty space between
the outer and inner boarding. Although a fill-
ing of sawdust was recommended, it was never
found necessary. The house was heated by three
rows of four inch pipe, carried from a Smith &
Lynch boiler, capable of heating 150 feet of pipe.
The boiler was at first placed in a trench in a
corner of the house and worked from the outside ;
but as this was found to be not only inconvenient
but also unpleasant to work in severe or stormy
weather, and as it was also difficult to keep water
out of the trench, the boiler was finally placed in
the cellar of the dwelling; the flow and return
pipe being laid in a wooden box beneath the
pavement. This arrangement worked admirably,
although there was considerable heat wasted,
but that was a small matter when we consider
the ease with which the fire was run. In the
winter of 1880 and 1881, which was as constantly
severe as Philadelphia has experienced for many
years, only two-and a-half tons of coal were
burned, the thermometer ranging from 40° to
50° Fah. at night, and from 60° to 70° during the

day. The fire was usually covered at eleven P. M.,
and not looked at until seven A. M.

At first the writer— like many other beginners
— tried to grow anything and everything, but he
soon found out that such a course was by no
means practicable. Camellias and Azaleas did
not enjoy a heat suited to Begonias and Marantas,
or, in other words, plants that luxuriate in a
temperature ranging from 50° to G5° could not
be placed alongside those that enjoy stove treat-
ment. So in the course of two years Camellias,
Carnations and Roses gave place to Azaleas,
Amaryllis, Geraniums, etc. And it may seem
almost incredible to the readers of this article,
who have had no experience with a small green-
house, when the writer says that he had at times
upwards of 400 plants in his house, some of them
by no means small, but every inch of space was
brought into requisition by means of shelving
and iron brackets. The plants were kept from
being drawn only by constant turning and re-
arranging, and although that pest, the green fly,
would occasionally appear in the early spring,
yet a couple of careful tobacco fumigations would
be sufficient to smother hitn. The writer thinks
that there are few who have five times his space
who could boast of such a blaze of Azaleas,
Amaryllis and Geraniums, the last named plant
constantly in bloom from the first of December
until time for bedding in the spring. The average
time spent in this house for watering, repotting,
etc., was one-and-a half hours a daj*.

Fearing that this article is already too long for
a corner in the Gardener's Monthly, and that
the editor may think it an old story, which has
been told too often, the writer will conclude
rather abruptly, at the same time hoping that his
experience may cause some one else to try a
small house, and enjoy it until he is able to build
one of larger proportions.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

JusTiciA CALYCOTRICHA. — A plant which is much
more valuable than is commonly supposed is
Justicia calycotricha. When cut the inflorescence
is most useful for vases, and it lasts in beauty a
considerable time. The flowers are very numer-
ous and of yellow color ; they do not individually
last long, but open in succession. Not only is
the corolla yellow, but also the calyx, which is
formed with long slender lobes about equal to
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the inflorescence. In the Cambridge Botanic
Garden this plant forms quite a useful and orna-
mental feature in the stove. There it grows in
the soil beneath the stage and pipes, quite hiding
the latter with luxuriant foliage. Hundreds of
flower heads have been produced during several
weeks, and almost always it may be found in
bloom. It grows better as above situated than
in pots. If pot culture is desired the chief con-
sideration is to overcome so far as possible its
naturally tall habit. To this end it should be cut
back periodically, and to form a specimen several
may be planted together in a pot. It is fond of
moisture, and to produce the best result strong
shoots must be grown for flowering. This is the
Justicia flavicoma of Lindley, under which name
it is sometimes known. It is a native of Brazil.
— Journal of Horticulture.

Dinner Table Decoration. — This is a matter
which many take great interest in, and to which
they devote much attention. Like all other
fashions it needs to be changed to retain admir-
ers. When the numbers at dinner vary and the
tables are changed in size accordinglj', plants of
diff'erent size can be worked in, and a change of
the plate or chief centrepieces affords the same
chance. Alterations of the kind are always
favorable to those who decorate, as none of us
like to have the table the same night after night
before the same company. •

As a rule lightness is always appreciated.
Plenty of green with a few bright colors is gen-
erally most effective. Small glasses are, to our
mind, much more pleasing than spreading the
decorations on the cloth, and the main pieces
should always be done well. Of these we have
arranged many, but one of the best we had
recently. The stand has a massive silver base
some two feet wide, and on this stands for figures
holding a flower basket over their heads. This
basket is about eighteen inches across, and is
sometimes filled with plants and sometimes with
flowers. On the occasion we refer to there was
a good plant of Cocos Weddelliana in the centre.
A quantity of a small green Selaginella covered
the pot of this and filled the basket. As a fringe
Adiantum farleyense was used, and white Chin-
ese Primula and Roman Hyacinth spikes were
cut and placed, not too closely, over the surface
of the green. The effect of this was more pleas-
ing than any centre we have made. The Prim-
roses and Hyacinths looked as if they were
growing on the little green mound, and the
graceful Palm spreading over the whole made

the combination complete. — M. W. in Journal of
Horticulture.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Steam Heating.—" T. J.," Hartford, writes :
" I notice, in your February number, an article
on steam heating, by Mr. Taber, in which the
author asserts, as a well-known fact, ' that more
heat is obtained from one two inch pipe than
from two one-inch pipes.' Now, I am using one-
inch pipes under the impression that two of
them present the same heating surface and
therefore give as much heat as one two-inch
pipe, besides taking only one-half the quantity
of steam and consequently consuming less fuel.
Will Mr. Taber please inform me through the
columns of your Monthly, whether I am right
or not, and if not, why not ?"

Steam Heating— Mr. Mylius, Florist of De-
troit, says : " Mr. Taber, of Detroit, writes an
able article about steam, and he states what I
know are facts. I think few will use other than
steam for heating, in time. Mr. Taber has the
same size boiler as mine, but I heat double as
much glass with mine as he does with his."

Camellia Bud Dropping. — " W. F.," Sandusky,
Ohio, writes : " I have a Camellia (double red)
which has about fifteen buds. They seem to be
on a standstill, and I think they should be open-
ing now. I have had them this way before
when they finally dropped oS". I had a double
white one in full bloom, about a month ago ;
they both had the best care, their leaves being
sponged every day since last fall. I have them in
a front room, where geraniums, roses, azaleas,
heliotropes, and other flowers are in bloom ;
average temperature about 60° Fahrenheit ; hard
CDal stove in adjoining room. No buds dropped
oS" as yet. If j^ou could advise me what to do,
to save the buds and get them to bloom, I shall
be under many obligations to you.

[There are so many reasons why Camellia buds
drop, that without seeing the plants no one could
give a reason in a special case. If for a long
time the plants have been in the shade and sud-
denly removed to bright sunlight, they may
drop. If sulphuric acid gas, from bad coal,
attacks them, they may fiill. Or they may fall
from anything which injures the tips of the
roots — that is fungus, stagnant water, or dryness
of the soil— Ed. G. M.]

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Fruit and Vegetable Gardening,

COMMUNICA TIONS.

PLUM STOCKS FOR PEACH TREES.

BY W. F. HEIKES, HUNTSVILLE, ALA.

Noticing the interest manifested in your pages
of late, upon this subject, I am tempted to give
a few facts from my experience with peach on
plum in the nursery. As long ago as 1866 my
attention was called to an experiment made by
Mr. David Miller, formerly of Carlisle, Pa. — a
gentleman well known to horticulture — on the
Sand Hill Plum, known locally as the Sand Hill
Cherry (Prunus pumila), common to the sand
hills of Kansas, Nebraska and the Northwest.
Mr. Miller had bearing peach trees on this stock
at that time, and wrote me very favorably of the
result. I made a determined effort to get the
pits of this plum, but there was so much con-
fusion concerning the name and so much pro-
crastination in the minds of those to whom I
applied, in neighborhoods where I supposed
them to abound, that I did not get any until I
went for them myself, and then with difficulty,
as no one seemed to know them by any name
that I had ever heard. Finally, it was found on
Saline Fork, Kansas, after following an old man
eeveral miles over the sand hills, in a doubtful
way, after what he and his neighbors called the
Mountain Cherry. I procured pits enough to
make an experiment, in view of their propaga-
tion in the nursery. The peach buds set well
and they made a healthy growth, but what with
the difficulty of getting the pits, the slender
growth of the seedlings, and their disposition to
drop their foliage before budding time, I was
forced to abandon the project.

I also experimented with Myrobolan as a stock
but found it very unsatisfactory. The buds set
well, but their growth was very irregular, and
whilst there was an occasional tree that seemed
healthy the most of them seemed stunted in
growth and sickly in foliage. I never tried the
peach on Horse Plum or St. Julian, because I
could not grow plum trees upon them profitably.

The subject of the plum stock for the peach held
its fascination for me in view of its probable
value in exempting the peach from its great foes,
the yellows and the borers, and the prospective
prices for the young trees should I succeed.
Upon taking the management of the nurseries
here I noticed the striking similarity of the foli-
age and habit of many of the seedlings of the
Wild Goose Plum to the peach, and I was in-
duced to try the peach upon the Chickasaw of
this particular type. After growing trees upon
this stock for three years in succession I felt so
strongly convinced that I had found the true plum
as stock for the peach that we budded over thirty
thousand of them in the summer of 1880, and
as they have done each year, they grew very
perfectly and regularly — a little more stocky and
better branched, although not quite as tall as the
peach on its own roots. This stock makes hand-
some fibrous roots, on our soil, and carries its
size up well to the peach, completing a perfect
union.

I have noticed also that this stock is influenced
much less by drouth than any plant in the nur-
sery. The past summer was remarkable for its
great heat and severe drouth, so trying to nur-
serymen who had much to bud ; there was not a
day in which it could not be budded, and the
buds put in lived, whilst buds inserted in peach
stocks at the same time perished. It is strictly
healthy every way, holding its foliage and con-
tinuing its growth until chilled by frost, equaling
in this respect the Mahaleb Cherry. After my
experiment of the first year with this stock, my
expectations of its value were greatly strength-
ened by the experience of Mr. John Frazer, our
superintendent, who had a thorough education
and much practice in this business in England,
where the peach is grown exclusively on plum ;
and also from his knowledge of a peach tree in
Missouri worked on this stock, which is distinc-
tively healthy and bears fine crops of fruit. The
wood of the peach on plum is more solid, stur-
dier and hardier than on peach, as any one will
believe who has grown the Apricot on the difler-
ent stocks and noted the difference.

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HOW I CROW CELERY.

BY AUGUST D. MYLIUS, DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

I think there are few localities better adapted
to celery culture than that around Detroit city.
The soil is well suited, being heavy and of a dark
sandy nature. Of course celery will do very
well in other soils, such as a light sandy one or
clay, if manured heavily. And, indeed, celery
gives good returns for manure, no matter what
the soil may be. Cow and hog manure are best;
fertilizers are of little use except on low lands.
I have raised the best of crops on new ground
of a dark, heavy nature without manure. The
time for sowing seeds with us is, one lot the first
week in April, the other the third week in the
month. The seeds are sown in rows, in beds,
and well patted down with the spade afterwards.
This makes the earth firm around the seeds and
is worth a dozen w-aterings. Planting is com-
menced about the middle of June and continued
until the middle of July. The first planted we
commence to earth up the end of August. This
is done three times ; the final banking up being
about the middle of September. Celery bleaches
best when boards are used, but the boards stop
the growth by confining the plants too much ;
hence such plants are not as large or as heavy as
earth bleached ones are. For winter use we dig
trenches a foot wide, standing the plants close
together and putting earth on the roots only. A
foot board covers the top and horse manure is
put on it little by little as the cold increases.

YELLOWS ANDPEACH CULTURE.

BY CHARLES BLACK, HIGHTSTOWN, N. J.

Enough has been said about the character and
causes of this so-called disease of the peach by
experts. I do not propose to explain the origin
or character of it ; but give a few hints of practi-
cal experience of several years past.

I do not intend to deny the existence of such
a disease as the yellows ; but think it is often
blamed for the distraction of our orchards, when
the real cause is something else that is within
our power to avert. I intend mentioning several
causes, the most important being starvation,
either from close setting or insufficient cultivar
tion when the trees are set, or very often from
both.

Many of our orchardists appear to think the
more they get on an acre the more fruit they
will get. This is a serious mistake, for one
might as well expect ten head of cattle to live on

one acre of pasture as long as one would. When
planted thickly they exhaust the natural ele-
ments of the soil and in a short time become
yellow, dwindle to nothing, then yellows is said
to be the cause. This is especially the case up
the Hudson. Some of our friends there set as
close as eight to ten feet, when they should not
be less than eighteen or twenty. At eight feet
they have sixty-four square feet to live on, at
twenty, four hundred square feet, and then to
help consume the needed food of the trees small
fruits are planted between them. In this half-
starved state is it any wonder that fungus, black
aphis, or any other foe has an easy prey?
The dead and dying are examined ; these foes
are found on them, and ascribed the real cause.
When thus diseased, I am satisfied that the
ofispring of such trees, either from seed or buds,
would be short lived and worthless and should
never be used, as it is the principal cause of dis-
eased trees seen occasionally in the best or-
chards.

It is not only the richest soil that is best for
peach culture ; in fact sometimes on such they
will become diseased as soon as on poorer soil,
as they make too rapid and succulent growth.
They appear to get surfeited from too much
food or from improper elements of the soil.
The very best soils for peach are high, rolling
or hilly, with warm loam and clay sub-soil.
Peach trees will succeed in a great variety of
soils and situations; but are very sensitive to a
cold, retentive soil and should never be planted
largely on such.

Another cause of failure is from planting trees
from any source they can be purchased the
cheapest. Every few years trees are in great de-
mand, at good prices. At these times around
nursery centres generally, and elsewhere, num-
berless small nurseries spring up, and the owners,
knowing nothing of the principle of the busi-
ness, and having no reputation at stake get
buds, seeds, etc., where they can get them the
cheapest, particularly the buds. They go to
those having orchards, and not knowing the va-
rieties, or a healthy tree from a diseased one,
procure buds for nothing and raise what ap-
pears to be a first-class tree. These trees are
generally bought by dealers, many of them
peddled around the country by agents ; badly
raised, badly packed, and in a half-dead
state they are delivered to the planter, and
if they live at all they never can make healthy
trees. Southern planters do not suffer from this

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cause, as long experience has taught them to
deal direct with honest, reliable nurserymen,
who have an interest in every tree sent out.

Insufficient cultivation is another cause.
Many plant healthy trees at proper distances, and
if they are cultivated once, they think this is
sufficient, and they become stinted and yellow.
By all means, give young peach trees as thor-
ough cultivation as you would a cornfield, if
you expect to raise a long-lived, healthy peach
orchard. If you reside in a peach section, select
high, warm soil. Procure from a reliable
source small, healthy trees, raised from long-
lived Southern seed, and budded from healthy,
young nursery trees and not from fruiting or-
chards. Plant from eighteen to twenty feet each
way, being careful not to set the trees deeper
than they were in the nursery. Give them good,
clean cultivation, or, better still, raise corn or
some cultivated crop that needs constant care.

If the soil is light 'and no means of properly
fertilizing the crop, better not raise anything
with the trees; but just give clean, thorough
cultivation up to August 1st, then sow rye with
300 or 400 lbs. bone or phosphate to an acre ;
let this stand until it shows signs of heading the
following spring, then roll or drag down and plow
under. In this way an orchard can be raised and
manured cheaper than any other. To avoid the
borer, make a small mound of earth as compact
as possible and six to ten inches high around
the trunk of the trees. This must be done by
June 1st. Let this remain until September 1st,
then remove mound from trees and with a
coarse cloth rub the portion of the trunk that
was covered with the soil thoroughly; this will
cleanse the trees of any signs of borers ; and if
this method is followed for two or three years
there will be no loss from borers. After the
trees get older with an unbroken bark, they can
make but little headway.

The best method of pruning and that which
our most successful and intelligent orchardists
follow here, is when the trees are first planted to
cut the main stem down to within eight to
twelve inches of the root — small trees are better
for this mode ; let three or four shoots start
from the main stock. This makes a low head
in every way preferable to a high head formed
from large trees. Where a vigorous growth is
made it is well enough to cut back one-half of
the present year's growth. Keep young, feeble
branches well thinned out inside^so that plenty
of air and light can get through, them.

As to varieties, it is best to depend on old,
well-tested varieties known to succeed in the lo-
cality. If the natural elements are provided to
the peach tree, its long life will astonish many
who look on it as a short-lived tree. I have in
mind a tree standing alone over twenty years
old, vigorous and healthy, and no other cause
than that it stands where its roots can reach out
every year and supply it with the food required
to makejust a medium growth, and it does not
starve or get overstimulated.

Let anyone who has an orchard that they
think has the yellows, leave occasionally one of
the best, and if the soil is well cultivated and
fertilized, these trees will turn green, live and
produce fruit for several years, and only because
they have room to procure the elements they
need from 'the soil. When occasionally a tree
in a young thrifty orchard becomes sickly take
it out ; but when your orchard turns yellow gen-
erally, give them more thorough cultivation
and fertilize them if the soil is poor.

If your trees are .too thick, pull out every
other tree or row, and as a rule you will cure
the yellows ; if your orchard has been started
from healthy trees, some seasons have a great
effect on them, and they may appear diseased
and failing one year, and the following season
being more favorable they will be healthy and
all right.

THE CROS COLMAR CRAPE.

BY A. SIGLER, ADJIIAN, MICH.

In your January number of Gardexer's
Monthly, I noticed an article of inquiry about
the size and quality of the Gros Colmar Grape.
I would not differ very materially from the
answer it received from the editor. But as I have
had some experience in the cultivation of
forcing grapes under glass for nearly twenty
years I will give my experience with that variety,
and must say that it is a very shy bearer in a
cold grapery and not first quality. It produces
very large berries but no long clusters, and it
takes almost a lifetime before you get any fruit,
at least seven to eight years after setting before
you get fruit.

PETITE MARGUERITE PEAR.

BY C. G. WKIKERSHAM, PARSONS, KANSAS.

My Petite Marguerite Pear has fruited with
me here, three seasons. The last season I picked
live bushels, and placed them for marketing in,

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baskets graded ten to the bushel, and took one
dollar per basket, and realized the snug sum of
fifty dollars net for the fruit. I had but few
Peaclies last season, and the Alexander did the
best of the early kinds. The prospect now is
good for all kinds of fi-uit the coming season.
I fruited the Bidwell Strawberry last season
and was much pleased with it. I have in my
collection about twenty varieties and think the
Bidwell takes the lead.

A CURATIVE AND PREVENTATIVE FOR
THRIP ON CRAPES.

BY JOHN PEATTIE, GARDEXER FOR MRS. WM. KELLEY,
RHIXEBECK, N. Y.

As the time is drawing near for starting our
early graperies, I wish to relate to the profession
and horticulturists, my experience of last season
with grape growing under glass. For some years
back I have been very much annoyed by the
aphis or the so-called light brown thrip, which
has been a great deal of vexation to most grape
growers, at the latter part of growth destroying
the foliage and also leaving a filth on the fruit.
Fumigating destroys them somewhat, but is not
effectual ; fumigation also leaves a taste on the
fruit which gentlemen of refined taste dislike,
and is a discredit to the grower. I have asked
some of our best chemists to give me a remedy
for this pest without injury to foliage or
fruit, but found none until last season. After
thinning my early house of grapes, foliage
being young and tender I did not wish to fumi-
gate; it destroj's many tender points. Finding
Mr. Thrip making headway and having a large
bale of tobacco stems on hand, I mulched the
whole inside border or floor with it, which
gave with the heat and moisture a strong gas
of tobacco or what the chemist calls nicotine.
This completely destroyed the thrip or drove
them out, giving no injury to either fruit or
foliage, and my vines ripened with a beautiful
golden foliage. I followed up the same remedy to
the second house, then to the third, and all three
houses gave me great satisfaction and relief, and it
was a pleasure to look on both foliage and fruit.
I renewed the mulching in all the three houses
about three times during the season, adding a
little fresh stems to keep up the so called nico-
tine. I also found that the wasps and flies did
not injure my ripe fruit or care to come in the
houses. Since I made this discovery I have also
used the same mulching on roses, and find it
destroys the green fly. I have no doubt if it

was applied to the rose beds outside in the
summer, it would have the same effect if the out-
side evaporation is not too much. Outside I
have not tested the effect, but will guarantee the
inside. I have no doubt your readers will be
satisfied with this plan and would like to hear
from some of them through your columns after
testing.

JAPAN PERSIWIMONS AS TUB PLANTS.

BY J. B. GARBER, COLUMBIA, PA.

I notice in the January number of the Gar-
dener's Monthly that Mr. Berckmans, of
Georgia, sent you some specimens of Japan Per-
simmons and that they were good fruit. You say
all the trees planted around Philadelphia have
been killed by the severe winters. You then ask,
"Why can they not be grown in tubs like
oranges?" These trees can be grown in tubs
like oranges without difficulty and make beau-
tiful dwarf shrubs.

I had a tree of the Japan Persimmon growing
for several years in a nine-inch pot, and in 1880
this shrub ripened five fruits, yellow as an orange
and of a most delicious quality — none of the
astringency of our native varieties. Last spring
I gave it a larger tub and it bore no fruit, but
made a good growth. All my native persim-
mons bore no fruit last season. Though the
trees (half-dozen) were not injured I suppose the
fruit buds must have suffered by the severe cold
of the winter of 1880 and 1881—22° below zero.

Yes, these Japan persimmon shrubs may easily
be grown in tubs and they can be placed in a
cellar or some out-house in the winter. The
ground in the pot of my plant was frozen hard
as a rock, yet it did not injure the plant, unless
the cold may have injured the buds, but the
shrubs grew well last season. I have now several
other varieties which I intend to grow in the
same manner, in tubs.

BENTLEY'S SWEET APPLE.

BY J. r. k., near lovettsville, va.

I send you two apples by mail— Bentley's
Sweet — which you will see described by Down-
ing. I don't remember ever seeing it mentioned
in my nurseryman's list or catalogue, and pre-
sume it cannot be in general cultivation. I got
it from Ohio, Downing says it is a Virginian.

It comes up so fully, as I think, to the require-
ments of a first-class apple, that I am induced to
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the most perfect bearer I ever saw ; bears heavy
crops of the most perfect apples. The fruit is so
regularly distributed all through and over the
tree, that every apple has a full chance for de-
velopment. The tree makes a regular symmetri-
cal head, with no crowding of the branches.
The fruit is borne on spurs and small branches
on the large limbs, and out on the limbs, and
nowhere in clusters, consequently giving the en-
tire crop a chance to become perfect. It prom-
ises to be an excellent keeper— is just now be-
ginning to ripen.

While it is a sweet apple, it is still remarkably
sprightly, as you will discover from the speci-
mens. They may not yet be as ripe as they
should be to have their best flavor. I should
say, too, that the tree bears very young.

[This came to hand on the 20th of February.
The apples were in first-rate condition, and had
the appearance of being able to keep a long
time yet. Though a sweet apple, it compares
favorably with many Baldwins, which are the
popular table apple of this section at this season,
and perhaps would suit some tastes better. It
ought to become a standard variety. — Ed. G. M.]

JAPANESE PERSIMMONS.

BY OLD DOMINION.

It may be of interest to you to know that the
Japanese Persimmon is hardy in Virginia, lati-
tude of Norfolk. Grafted plants imported in
1879, bore fruit the past season which ripened on
the tree at the Barker Floral Gardens, Bram-
bleton. One small tree, not two feet in height,
bore nine plums, three of which remained upon
the tree until fully ripe, and the largest meas-
ured three and a-half inches in diameter, and
ten and a-half in circumference. They were of
the seedless variety, and resembled the native
persimmon in flavor, but very rich and of the
consistency of the custard apple. Dried like
dates and figs, they must be very delicious.

[This note on Persimmons, from Virginia, re-
minds us of an anecdote told in connection with
the celebrated Captain John Smith, who in days
long before woman's rights became a popular
question, was protected by Pocohontas. He sent
some of our native persimmons to Queen Eliza-
beth, which, we are told, "turned her Majesty's
face awry." But Smith said the Indians called
them "Pasheman." So far as we know the
meaning of Persimmon in the language of the
Virginia Indians, has never been ascertained.

We don't know how the orthography became
changed to the modern usage, and we call atten-
tion to Captain Smith's mode of spelling it, as
perhaps affording some better chance of getting
at the explanation. — Ed. G. M.]

LONGEVITY OF APPLE TREES.

BY MILD BARNARD, MANTENO, ILL.

The minds of horticulturists in this prairie
country are very much exercised over the seem-
ing fact that apple orchards must be renewed
every fifteen or twenty years, and the question
naturally suggests itself, why this short life and
early decay, when forest trees seem as healthy
and as long-lived as in other countries?

The hypotheses advanced to account for this
state of things, vary as much as do specifics for
pear-blight or hog-cholera. One man thinks the
trouble is climatic, and another thinks it is
something in our soil, or something lacking in
the soil; others think it is caused by the present
mode of propagating the apple tree by root-
grafting, pasturing our orchards, close planting,
low-branched trees, and high-topped trees, etc.,
We often hear of apple trees in the Eastern
States and tn Canada living and producing
bountifully for a hundred years or more, and
just in their prime at forty or fifty years old. Is
this a fact? and, if so, what varieties attain to
such longevity? Is it the improved varieties, or
the seedlings of ye olden time ?

Can you give us any informtition in regard to
the short career of our apple orchards ?

[There is little doubt but the average life of an
apple tree in Pennsylvania is about fifty years.

The length of life in any tree depends on its
vital power. The English oak, in England, has
an average of 500 years. In America, its aver-
age, so far as the few instances known will allow
us to judge, is but about 100. The apple, we be-
lieve, has about the same comparative duration
in the two countries.

Anything that affects the vital power of a
plant affects its longevity. A tree which has to
struggle with high winds and a low temperature,
will not live nearly as long as the same kind of
tree protected from these trying circumstances.
In like manner, one subjected to very dry or
very wet influences, or anything that is not the
most favorable to vegetation, will not live as
long as one which has everything favorable
about it.

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Thus we see that all the hypotheses named by
our correspondent may have an influence so far
as they bear on this question of vital power.
Climate, soil, management, all relate to the
question. We could make trees live as long in
Illinois as anywhere else, but it would probably
be at the expense of something we prize. What
we call culture, is usually opposed to abstract
laws of health in plants. We want something
which nature unaided would not give us, and
she insists if we will have it, it shall be only at
the expense of something else. It may be that
we have the best of it, even with a shortened
longevity. This is the practical as against the
abstract question.— Ed. G. M.]

case with much of the fruit this season in New
England. On being placed in a box in a very
damp cellar, without straw or paper wraps, the
fruit has kept nicely, can be brought into eating
condition in a few days when exposed to a
warmer temperature, and as noted above will
keep three months longer than usual. What
occasions this is an interesting question.

Seckel Pears were abundant here this season
but not up to the usual standard of excellence,
while Sheldon's were fair in form, and of high
flavor.

WINTER NELIS PEAR.

BY A. HUIDEKOPER, MEADVILLE, PA.

Several articles have lately appeared in the
Gardener's Monthly, with regard to this Pear,
which I think is deserving of the notice taken of
it. Thirty-six years ago I got a tree of it, with
some other kinds, from Messrs. Ellwanger &
Barry, and it is now the sole survivor of the lot.
I do not mean to say by this that there is any
unoccupied space in my little orchard.

The Nelis has some distinct characteristics.
In growth it cannot be called a shapely tree.
Some branches shoot upwards, while others have
a tendency to droop and become bushy. A pro-
per application of the pruning knife is the
remedy for this.

The tree is profuse in its flowering, yet (with
me) seldom sets more than a proper amount of
fruit. Occasionally a branch or two will require
thinning. The fruit matures here at latest period
that is safe for it to hang on the tree and escape
frost. After being kept five or six weeks it is fit
for the table; and may be classified among the
finegrained, juicy, sweet varieties, very good, and
oftentimes among the best. The predominant
color is yellowish green, but many specimens
have a rich russet at mellow maturity. It has
generally lasted with me until about the 20th of
November; and I began to doubt if my tree was
the winter or autumn Nelis, until this year, when
the fruit promises to keep until the Ist of March.
The fruit this season was large, many specimens
weighing ten ounces, a larger portion weighing
eight.

The fruit on being placed in a dry room had a
tendency to wilt, and this seems to have been the

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Catching the Codling Moth with Sweets.— It
has been disputed whether the Codling Moth can
be caught by sweet liquids in bottles, as wasps
are caught. Professor Claypole, of Antioch Col-
lege, 0*iio, says he caught some the past year in
a sugared dish .

Birds and the Gardener.— A beautiful paper
on our feathered friends was read at the Penn-
sylvania State Horticultural Meeting, by S. P.
Eby. It created a spirited discussion in which
the other side was heard. Few would be with-
out the birds, we must have them, should en-
courage them, but have to study how to guard
ourselves when they become audacious. The
European sparrow found many enemies among
the speakers ; a few who thought it too soon to
decide, and no earnest advocate.

Silk Culture.— The Women's Silk Culture
Exhibit, held in Philadelphia last month, was a
very successful one. Instructions for raising the
worm and reeling the silk are sent free to any-
body. So far as we know there is a ready market
for all the raw silk that can be raised, and the
prices are fair. Miss. H. Annie Lucas, 1328
Chestnut street, is the Corresponding Secretary
of the Association.

Choice Grapes. — By attention to firm and
rather dry soil it is now known that almost any
kind of true native grape maybe made to thrive
in any part of the Union. Loose open soil is
unfavorable.

Newtown Pippin Apple.— Judging by the notes
in English papers, it appears that considerable
quantities of this variety are yet received in
England from America. The general impression
here is that it is rapidly giving out. Probably^

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the one famous spot on the Hudson River
where it found itself at home, still keeps up a
good supply for England. It is extremely rare
to find a barrel on sale in the Philadelphia
market.

Burdock Roots. — It is said these make a fair
vegetable when cooked. The flavor resembles
salsify. The Japanese have improved the wild
kind till it has become much superior to the
original.

The Ribston Pippin Apple. — This has long
been the most popular of English apples, but we
judge by the remark of the Garden, concerning
a recent exposition, that the " Ribston is still
often seen in good form," that it is regarded as
on the downward track.

Profitable Peaches. — It is a nice thing to
have peaches to sell when your neighbor has not
any. The winter of 1880-81, which destroyed so
many fruit buds, made a fortune for the owner
of trees which escaped and thus furnished a new
illustration of the old story about th6 bad wind.
Last autumn, Mr. Aaron Rhodes, of Highland,
received $721 from ninety-five Stevens Rareripe,
set out in the spring of 1879. The number of
baskets was 143 — being a trifle over $5 each.
One shipment, October 6th, 14 baskets, (14 quarts
each basket) brought just $100 as follows, one
basket $8, two baskets $7.20 each, 11 baskets at
$7 each. Mr. Rhodes has 650 trees which cleared
$3,300. Mr. Charles Downing, struck by the
figures, made some inquiries and has reason to
believe that they are strictly correct.

The Baldwin Apple. — One of the reasons for
the extensive planting of this apple in Mass., is
that in does well on high dry soils, where
other more surface rooting kinds compara-
tively fail.

Over-cropping. — President Barry tells the
members of the Western New York Horticul-
tural Society that '' In the management of fruit
trees over-cropping is a great and very general
evil. A tree overloaded with fruit can neither
perfect the fruit nor ripen its wood properly and
in a severe climate is quite likely to succumb to
a degree of cold, which under proper treatment,
it could have resisted perfectly. It is safie to say
that millions of trees are annually ruined in this
country by overcrops. The grape is very sensi
tive in this respect, if overloaded the fruit will
not color nor ripen, nor will the wood ripen. It
is not uncommon to hear people complain of

their grapes not ripening and the vines being
killed and ascribing the trouble to every cause
but the right one, over-cropping. This is an
error committed not by novices only."

SuBSOiLiNG. — Mr. Barry advocates subsoiling
for fruit trees, and all farm and garden crops.

Lemon Trees. — It is surprising that more per-
sons do not grow these in pots and tubs aa room
ornaments. A comparatively young plant will
grow from twenty-five to fifty lemons a year, and
usually they are much better than those we buy.
We saw a test recently where one was taken from
a tree which yielded double the quantity of juice
to a first-class store fruit.

Remedy for the Currant Worm. — Mr. Long-
streth of Dayton, Ohio, believes that the best
remedy is a strong tea of the white hellebore,
applied with a syringe to the young wood and
under surface of the leaves before the insect is
hatched, when they will turn white, drop
ofi", and the bushes and fruit will mature ad-
mirably.

Value of Worms.— Dr. Storer of Harvard
University, has entered the list against Darwin's
views of the value of the earth worm. He
concludes a long paper in the Country Gen-
tleman, by asserting that though they may
sometimes do good, they may also work to
cause sterility.

Raspberry, Reder. — This is of unknown
origin, at least it was seen to be something differ-
ent from the rest in a bed of some kind, at
Bayview, Mich. It has some repute in the
Chicago markets.

The American Wonder Pea. — This variety
introduced by the Messrs. Bliss, is holding its
ground admirably in England, where the pea is
a standard crop, and good varieties in constant
demand.

Strawberries in Michigan. — According to
recent reports, the most popular strawberries in
the State are Wilson and Crescent. The Michi-
gan Farmer suggests they are popular because
they are the " Lazyman's " varieties.

Mulberries for Chickens. — The fruit ripening
and falling so long in succession, makes the tree
an excellent one for planting in chicken yards.
The birds are very fond of the fruit. The White
Mulberry or perhaps the everbearing sorts, will
be the best to have.

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Forestry,

COMMUNICA TIONS.

AILANTHUS AS A TIMBER TREE.

BY R. DOUGLAS, WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS.

I noticed an article in Country Gentleman on Ail-
anthus. We grow the tree but do not recom-
mend it for durability ; and you may recollect
how quickly I called your attention to an error
in Gardener's Monthly, where you had me as
recommending it for durability. You will see
that we recommend it as being of value for fuel
and cabinet work. Prof. C. S. Sargent is having
it tested on Boston and Providence Railroad, for
ties, along with Catalpa and other kinds.

You will see by our mailing circular that we
■only recommend it south of forty degrees, and
especially recommend it for poor, dry, barren
land only. We are planting two hundred acres
of Ailanthus for a Boston capitalist, four by five
ffiet, in Southeast Kansas ; also planting them
•on the railroad tree section in same locality,
where small one and a half year old trees, cut off
<o four inches of ground, make a growth the first
year equal to broom handles and hoe-handles,
and do not kill back at all. We find that seed-
lings do not sucker at all so far, and as the trees
shade the ground completely after two years'
growth there can be no danger of suckers till
the plantation is thinned.

I don't think Ailanthus trees have been planted
to the extent you intimate, and it is all a mistake
about there being an " enormous demand for
them in the West," as I think we are the only
firm who have offered them until this season.
Now, you will perhaps be surprised to learn that
of all we have grown and sold, at least two-thirds
of them have been sold to eastern parties and
the remaining one-third has gone mostly to Cali-
fornia, Oregon, Salt Lake and Texas. The Mor-
mons call it the Paradise tree.

I think the Ailanthus fills a place for the
Jersey shore, and the arid lands in the far West,
where no other tree will do as well or be as pro-
fitable. Somehow it has become a habit with
eastern men to give the western men some hard
hits, and for this reason it is a great satisfaction

to me to be able to say that this tree was grown
by us at the suggestion of eastern men ; two
men, who have said little, but have been the
means of more forest trees being planted than
any other two men in America.

It may interest you to know that with the two
hundred acres of Ailanthus, referred to above,
we are planting three hundred acres of Catalpa
speciosa, and sixty acres of white Ash, five hun-
dred and sixty acres in one body. Within four
miles of this plantation lies the railroad section,
six hundred and forty acres. The incessant rains
last Fall, and at present, will retard us so that
we will not get all planted till next Fall.

[Our remarks on the paragraph in the Country
Gentletnan, were not intended as hits at any-
body. It seems as if nothing positive is known
about the value of the Ailanthus wood, and it
is desirable to get tkis information if we can.
—Ed. G. M.]

EDITORIAL NOTES.

New Work on Forestry.— Dr. Franklin B,
Hough, United States Commissioner of Forestry,
is preparing a work concisely outlining the
general subjects of Forestry in Ameiica.

Timber in Virginia.— Black Walnut and Tulip
Poplar are mostly exported in logs. Over one
thousand of these logs went over a single rail-
road—Norfolk and Western— during the single
month of October, last year.

Timber Planting Along Railroad Lines.—
The newspapers say that Burlington and Cedar
Rapids Railroad Company is planting trees along
the line of their road, between Muscatine and
Nichols. In the East the railroads are cutting
trees away from their tracks, because of the ten-
dency to fire which the collected leaves and dead
branches excite.

American Forestry Association.— As noted
in our last, this Association, in connection with
the National Forestry Congress, will meet at Cin-
cinnati from April ?5th to 29th. Dr. Warder has

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[Aprit,

been untiring in the endeavor to secure a full
attendance, and has been so successful that the
meeting promises to be one of the most valuable
in its results. Every one feels the need of more
attention to our forestry interests ; but just what
should, or what can be done, has not been well
defined. Some important, practical suggestions
will no doubt be the result of this promising
meeting.

Timber Duration in Iowa. — Professor Bqssey
believes timber is less durable in Iowa than else-
where, and that the abundant presence of the
dry rot fungus is the cause thereof.

Timber Cdlture in Australia. — It is proposed
in South Australia that a block of 200,000 acres
be reserved for systematic tree planting, and
that in the first year $70,000 be expended upon it,
and in each of the eleven following years $52,500,
a total expense of $650,000. After the first five
years it is estimated there would be a revenue
from periodical thinnings of $175,000, and in
twenty-one years they would possess 310 square
miles of forest.

United States Timber Laws.— We recently
referred to the evasion of the timber laws in
Oregon. The law is : " Any person who is the
head of a family, or who has arrived at age of
twenty-one years, and is a citizen of the United
States, or who has filed his declaration of inten-
tion to become such, who shall plant, protect
and keep in healthy growing condition for eight

years forty acres of timber, on any quarter 8ec>-
tion (one hundred and sixty acres) of any of the
public lands of the United States, or twenty
acres on any eighty acres, or ten acres on forty
acres, or five acres on any twenty acres, shall be
entitled to a patent for the whole quarter-section
or for such legal sub divison thereof as he may
have taken up, at the expiration of eight years,
on making proof that the terms have been ful-
filled, by not less than two credible witnesses.
Moreover, any person having a homestead on
the public domain who, after three years' resi-
dence thereon, shall, in addition to the improve-
ments now required by law, have under cultiva-
tion for two years, one acre of timber in good
thrifty condition for every sixteen acres of the
homestead, shall, upon proof thereof by two
credible witnesses, receive a patent for the home-
stead." It will be well for those who intend to
act under this law to get from the Commissioner
of the General Land Office at Washington, a list
of trees acceptable to the government. By a
recent decision Catalpa, Ailanthus and Osage
orange are ruled out, or^ the ground that only
such kinds of timber already well known in
lumber markets were intended.

Since this was written we learn that N. C. Mc-
Farland, Commissioner in the General Land
Office, has announced the intention of the office
to regard Osage orange, Catalpa, and Ailanthus
as timber trees entitling the planter to land under
the United States laws.

Natural History and Science.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

WILD GARDEN.

BY ED. L. JELLETT, GERMANTOWN, PHILA.

The season of the year is now at hand in
which we can go with pleasure to the woodland,
the hillside, and the meadow, and find objects
worthy our closest attention and consideration.
The love of flowers is natural, and this love

coupled with a spirit of investigation creates a
pleasure which corresponds to the amount of
effort put forth. In the selection of objects for
pleasure or study, we should discard those thor-
oughly " epicurean " in character, and select
those combining as much as possible — pleasure
present, and pleasure in its permanence ; their
object seems to be found in scientific pursuits,
and especially among the objects of the vegeta-
ble kingdom. We should therefore take advan-

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tage of the opportunities aflforded ua, and espe-
cially of those which are scattered around us in
such abundance. It is well known that '' wild
flowers " in general are looked upon as " weeds,"
but that does not in the least detract from, or in
anywise alter their beauty. To persons who
consider things from an intellectual point of
view, wild flowers are far more interesting than
those which are cultivated. It is not plants
under cultivation which Shakespeare, Words-
worth, Burns and a host of others tell us of, but
flowers in the simplicity of their beauty. It is
of a few of these, therefore, that it is now pur-
posed to speak, and to show that it is possible for
all to enjoy their beauty with a very little amount
of effort.

One of the earliest flowers to make its appear-
ance, and one of the most eagerly sought after,
is the Trailing arbutus (Epigsea repens). It
usually may be found in flower about the 15th
of March ; in favorable seasons it may be found
much earlier. The flower-buds being formed
the autumn before, open at the beginning of fair
weather ; the pale pink flower may then be
seen peeping from some mossy bank, or incon-
spicuous, as they often are,

"But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes,
Or Cytherea's breath."

It is a prevalent belief that it is impossible to
transplant the Arbutus, and numerous cases of
failure have been reported me. But if the con-
ditions under which the plant is found growing
be taken into consideration, success is almost
certain. The plant will be found on high banks
where moisture is abundant, and where the
drainage is perfect. In transplanting the great
difficult}'- appears to be to obtain a place where
the roots n>ay be kept moderately dry. The
great secret in transplanting anything, and this
plant especially, is to press the soil around the
roots as firm as it can be done with the thumbs;
when first transplanted it should be thoroughly
soaked with water, and then watered only when
necessary. Having tried this plan, I have suc-
ceeded in each instance, but destroyed a plant
that had been growing eight months, by giving
it too much water.

About the 15th of March the Hepatica (Hep-
atica triloba), or Liverwort, may be looked for;
it also may be found earlier in favorable sea-
sons. The flowers first make their appearance,
followed later by the new growth of leaves. It
is one of the most beautiful of our native flowers.

and even if the flowers were worthless, the plant
is worthy of cultivation for the leaf. It is one of
the plants easiest to move, and when replanted,
it will thrive from the start. The custom of
planting bulbs (in the autumn) which is so com-
mon, is noticeable from the fact that it totally ig-
nores our native bulbs, many of which are
worthy of cultivation. It is urged that the
flowers of our native bulbs are too transitorv in
their character. While this is undoubtedly true,
the same may also be said of all the bulbs, the
Crocus, the Tulip, etc. And, again, it is urged
that the flowers are too inconspicuous, which is
also to a certain degree true ; but it is not pro-
posed to plant one to the exclusion of the other ;
acknowledging the merits of the one, the pur-
pose is to point out some of the merits of the
other.

One of the earliest of our bulbous plants, as
well as one of the handsomest, is the Sanguin-
aria canadensis (Blood-root) of our woods. It is
worthy a place in any garden ; the whole plant,
the flower, the leaf, and the tubes, is intensely
interesting. By a series of observations made in
a previous year, I discovered the average dura-
tion of the flower to be three days, and as the
flowers do not all bloom at the same time, their
period of bloom lasts for an extended time ; and
after the flower has passed away, the leaf is an
ornament to any wild garden. It has only to be
planted for it to grow. The plant may be looked
for about the 10th of April.

About the 10th of April may also be found the
Spring beauty (Claytonia Virginica). It usu-
ally will be found growing in rich ground, in
woods near creeks ; the bulb will be found from
two to three inches below the surface, and to ob-
tain it without injury to it, a trowel is required.
Although the foliage of the plant is not espe-
cially desirable, the flower is very beautiful, and
is desirable on that account. The Thalictrura
anemonoides, commonly known as the Anemone,
may be found about the same time, and the
Anemone nemorosa a little later on ; both are
worthy of place, and will grow well in a shady
place in the garden. About the 4th of April
may be found the Houstonia coerulea, known as
the Quaker lady. Dwarf pink, Bluetts, and by
numerous other names. It is a very delicate
little flower, growing in grassy fields and
meadows. The color varies from sky-blue to a
pure white. It is too well known to need fur-
ther mention.

The Goodyera pubescens, or Rattlesnake plan-

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tain, may be found from the first of April until
late in the fall. It is one of the finest of our na-
tive leaf plants, few, if any, of our cultivated
plants surpassing it in the beauty of its mark-
ings. It is somewhat rare in comparison to the
plants previously mentioned, but when once ob-
tained, it may be kept in good condition without
any difficulty. The Saxifragacese come in bloom
about April 18th. There are two varieties : the
Saxifraga Virginiensis and Pennsylvanicum ; the
former is more desirable because of its dwarf
manner of growth, but the latter would make a
very pretty plant for a rockery. The specimens
of the Liliacete growing about, among which are
the Solomon's seal and the Polygonatummultiflo-
rum, will be found coming in flower from May
10th to May 25th. They both will be found
growing in the woods, and both grow freely
when transplanted. The flowers of both varie-
ties are very pretty, and when they have passed
away the berries of the Solomon's seal are won
■derful in their beauty. Both are plants very de-
sirable in any* wild garden.

As the wild garden is the object for which this
was written, enough has been said for the pur-
pose mentioned. The foregoing list of our
spring plants does not by any means include the
whole number, but only a few of the most promi-
nent, and those mentioned are not calculated to
impress all with a sense of their beauty. The
individual fancy will continually suggest new
things in connection herewith, and will be guide
in this matter. The great thing in this matter,
AS in all others, is to start it ; it will then grow
of itself, and if the writer mistakes not, will be-
come the most attractive part of the garden.
When once planted it is permanent, and daily
increases in beauty, which, as the poet says, " is
a joy forever;" and joys enjoyed "will never
pass into nothingness.''

POISONING BY KALMIA.

BY E. S. MILLER, WADING RIVER, N. Y.

In a previous number of the Monthly I saw
Mr. Bassett's article on sheep poisoning by Kal-
mia. I at once wrote to Mr. Stratton, the herds-
man on Montauk Point, who has had years of
•experience in the care of the thousands of
sheep, cattle and horses which have been pas-
tured on the Point. His reply runs thus : " I
have made inquiries concerning sheep poison-
ing, though not with entirely satisfactory results.
I can hear of no one that has made a thorough

examination with regard to this matter ; but it
is the general opinion about here that the sharp
points of the leaves cut the lining of the
stomach, thus causing inflammation, which usu-
ally results in death, but not always. I shall
probably have a chance to make an examina-
tion before spring, as Mr. Benson has over two
thousand sheep here for us to care for. The six
or seven hundred that have been pastured here
in previous years have been driven on about the
2.5th of March, Occasionally we have had snow
storms after that; then, unless we watched them
all the time, large numbers of them would kill
themselves. They will not touch the laurel so
long as they can get any grass, but when the
ground is covered they go for it instantly."

This seems to me quite as likely to be the
case as the poisoning by the presence of prussic
acid. I shall endeavor to learn more about it
from Mr. Stratton and communicate the result
to you.

PAWPAW.

BY DR. W. R. GERARD, NEW YORK.

Some one takes one of your correspondents to
task for spelling '' Papaw," Pawpaw. The latter
orthography is perfectly correct, the word is very
often spelled so; and, moreover, it represents the
accepted pronunciation of the name in the
Southern and South-western States; The name
was applied to the tree by the colonists, and was
transferred from the Malay name Papaya, _(Sp.,
Papaya; Fr., Papaye; Eng., Papaw or Pawpaw,)
of the tropical Carica papaya — probably, as Dr.
Gray remarks, from a fancied resembla'nce in
form or flavor. Our plant does not even belong
to the same natural order with the latter, and there
is no reason why the spelling of the common
name should be made to conform in structure
to the Malay word; and there is every reason
why it should be made distinct and be spelled as
pronounced, Pawpaw. The earlier writers on the
vegetable productions of this country spell it
Papau, Paupau, Papaw and Pawpaw. The
Michiganders have named their town correctly.

The Indian (Algonkin) name of the fruit waa
Assimin, "Stone-fruit," (from the numerous
seeds which it contained,) and hence the French
name Assiminier or Aciminier, and the modern
genus-name Asimina. It is a pity that in this
case, as well as in numerous others, where our
native plants had well-sounding aboriginal
names, such names had not been preserved.

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EDITORIAL NOTES. .^^^w, but are wholesome mealy esculents when
■ I roasted. The children know the flowers better

Arum Family.— Almost all our readers are ' as "the Preacher in the pulpit," alluding to the

familiar with the Indian turnip — small roots j slender column of flowers which rises in the
from the woods which blister the mouth when ! centre of the hood-like spathe. This is a good

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illustration of the Arum family as we find them
in our wild places. The common skunk-cabbage
is another of the same family ; instead of the
spadix rising like a rod in the centre, we have
but a globular mass of flowers. In our
greenhouses we have the common Calla or
Ethiopian Lily as a familiar representative, and
from them a good idea of the order.

In tropical countries however, there are kinds,
which though we might know they were Aroids
by the general appearance of leaves and flowers,
have very different habits, for they creep up
trees, attaching themselves by serial roots, much
as poison vines or the English Ivies do,
though the roots are thick and fleshy, as
some orchid roots are. Many of these have
thick leaves, beautifully tinted, and must give a
grand effect to the forest scenery of which they
form a part. The species we now illustrate
belongs especially to this climbing class of
Aroids, and indeed its botanical name Philoden-
dron was suggested by its habit, the meaning
being literally "a tree lover." Some of the
genus have fruits which are excellent eating. In
our own experience we have found the fruit of
Philodendron pertusum, almost as good as a
pine apple. These striking denizens of tropical
forests, have proved to be among the most useful
and beautiful in ornamenting warm greenhouses,
and the present species Philodendron Carderi
is believed to be among the loveliest of all. In
England it was one of the twelve new plants with
which Mr. W. B. gained the first prize at the
Provincial show of the Royal Horticultural
Society, at Preston, in 1878, and one of the nine
new plants of which Mr. W. B gained the first
prize at the Great Show of the Royal Horticul-
tural Society held at Kensington, in 1878. Mr.
Bull furnishes the following description of it :
" This exquisitely colored Arad is native of South
America, whence it was sent to England by the
collector, whose name it bears. The leaves are
cordate, broadish, of a dark shaded bottle green,
with a satiny lustre, the principal ribs being
marked out by bright green lines of a glaucous
or metallic hue; at the back the leaves are of a
shaded wine purple, the course of the veins being
marked by broad green lines. The glossy shaded
satiny surface of the leaves imparts to them a
wondrous degree of beauty."

Wright's Sycamore.— This, the Platanus
Wrightii, first found by Charles Wright on the
Mexican Boundary Survey in 1851-2, was seen

by Mr. Lemmon on the Santa Catalina Moun-
tains, near Tuczon, Arizona, on his recent trip.
It is rather smaller than other species of Plane.
They were about ten or fifteen feet in circum-
ference.

Geooraphxcal Range of the Lily.— It is
remarkable that no species of Lily has been
found in Central Asia, so far.

Properties of the Cola Nut.— In Japan and
China the fruit of the Ginko is used during the
many hours spent at a single fashionable dinner,
in order to prevent any desire to leave the table
before the long repast is finished. In South
America the Coco— Ery thro xylon coco— enables
the user to endure long fatigue without much
desire to rest. Sir Joseph Hooker finds the Cola
Nut— Cola acumanata — used in the west of Africa
to have a similar effect in arresting fatigue.

PiNUS Arizonica. — This was once believed to
be but a form of P. ponderosa, but Prof. Roth-
rock on Wheeler's Expedition believed it might
be distinct, from its leaves being always in five*
instead of in threes— as the ponderosa. Dr.
Engelmann has at length decided it to be a good
species, and named it as above. It grows in the
Santa Rita Mountains, as low down as 7,000 feet,
but it will probably be hardy enough for culture
only south of the Potomac. Mr. Lemmon, who
has recently given some account of it in the
Rural Press, says that though the timber is as
good as that of the ponderosa, the trees do not
grow as large.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Coco Grass, Johnson Grass, Means Grass, Cuba
Grass, Guinea Grass. — " A. F. K.," Thibodaux;
La., writes: "In the February number of the
Gardener's Monthly, 'C. B.W.,' Crockett's Bluff,
Ark., speaks of Coco grass and Johnson's grass.
They are entirely distinct. Coco is, with Bermuda
grass, the curse of our gardens here. Coco or
nut grass grows rapidly, and produces nuts
underground at such a depth as to make it diflS.-
cult to eradicate it. It is extremely tenacious of
life, and both in nut and leaf bears a strong re-
semblance to Chufa. The Johnson grass is the
Sorghum halapense. It is also called Cuba grass,
Guinea grass, Egyptian grass, Means grass. I
think it was lately distributed by the Department
of Agriculture at Washington, as the Johnson

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or Means grass. The planting of this grass
lately gave rise to a hotly litigated suit in Mis-
sissippi— one farmer attempting to restrain his
neighbor from cultivating this grass. It is much
■dreaded by planters, but as a pasturage plant it
has been much lauded by Mr. N. B. Moore, of
South Carolina, who claims to have made an in-
come of from seven to ten thousand dollars a
year, from a meadow of one hundred acres cul-
tivated in this grass."

In addition we have the following from " H.
W. R ," Aiken, South Carolina : "The Coco grass
of your Arkansas correspondent (Feb. No., p. 59)
is Sorghum halapense. It is well known in our
State as Means grass, more westwardly as John-
son grass, besides several other aliases. The
underground stems (roots) are similar to those of
Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon), but much
more stout. The root is perennial, the tops
dying off in autumn, and starts early in the
spring. It grows here five or six feet high, and
in rich lands even higher. It may be eradicated
by several ploughings in hot, dry weather."

Old Trees.— It is now beyond doubt that the
annual rings of wood, in trees, do not guide us
safely in estimating the age of trees, and much
of what has been written of the enormous ages
of some trees will have to be gone over again.
It is by no means certain that any one of the
mammoth Sequoias is 4000 years old. The gum
tree of Australia, it is well known, now makes
two circles a year.

Botany in California. — Mr. J. C. Lemmon, of
Oakland, California, the famous explorer, writes:
" We wish you could have been with us in Arizona
(Mr. and Mrs. Lemmon) when at last the Alpine
park was reached. A lovely retreat in the
mountain tops, high against the sky and the

" We go again this season, but not until after
the midsummer rains. Our last excursion was
an autumn one and ' panned out ' well, as Cali-
fornians say. One new genus (a fine large Com-
posite), Plummera, and a dozen fine new species,
including a Woodsia, etc. We collected roots of
many good things ; especially we have sixty fine
plants of the little known Agave Schottii, a beau-
tiful yellow-flowered, sweet-scented Agave from
the Santa Catalina Mountains. I believe this
Agave will become immensely popular soon, as
it is new to cultivation and very desirable, both
on account of scent and color.

" We contemplate getting out a complete illus-

trated Manual of Pacific Coast Ferns, but the
work necessarily will be great and require much
time and expense. We think there is a general
and refreshing awakening of interest, on this
coast, on the subject of botany, and especially of
ferns. You may yet hear of a club here in Oak-
land, rivaling the justly famous Syracuse Botani-
cal Society."

The Australian Bottle Tree. — A correspon-
dent inquires what is known of this curious tree
of which he sends us a sketch. There is no
account of it in standard works of reference.
Mr. Isaac Burk, of the Philadelphia Academy of
Natural Sciences, has kindly looked up the
matter for us and has given the note below :

" In the catalogue of the Kew Gardens, page
42, 1 find Sterculia (Brachychiton) rupestris, Aus-
tralian Bottle Tree, remarkable for the shape of
its trunk, similar to a soda water bottle. The
natives refresh themselves with the mucilagin-
ous sweet substance atforded by this tree, as well
as make nets of its fibre. They cut holes in its
soft trunk, where the water lodges and rots them
to the centre, thus forming so many artificial
reservoirs. On their hunting excursions after-
wards, when they are thirsty, they tap them one
or two feet below the old cut and procure an
abundant supply. When I mentioned to ' W '
what we had been looking for he remembered it
and brought me the catalogue fi'om which I ex-
tract the above."

Absorption of Metallic Poison by the Roots
OP Plants.— Professor Phillips, of the Western
University, recently lectured in Pittsburg on the
" Absorption of Poison by the Roots of Plants."
If these poisons become soluble the roots will
absorb a little, but the plant will die after such
absorption. In that case the poison would be
found in the tissue. If it be not soluble the
plant may grow in the midst of poison and yet
have no poison in it, Paris green, for instance,
is not soluble, so there can be no poison in a
potato where Paris green has been used for in-
sects.

Frost and Peach Buds.— A correspondent in-
quires what degree of temperature a peach bud
will stand without injury ? It is like asking
what degree of temperature will make a man
feel comfortable. We have known some people
to freeze when near a fire, and another to keep
warm in a snowstorm ; and besides, the man who,
to-day, can "stand any cold," to-morrow will
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all things that have life, peach trees included.
We have known peach buds to be killed with a
temperature very little below the freezing point,
and then sometimes they will stand a good tug
below zero. Last year the editor had an abun-

8° below zero; and in Canada there are ofteri-
fair crops, though the glass indicates a much
lower range.

We can only answer, tliat the hardiness of a
peach bud is not dependent on temperature

dant crop from his garden trees, though on the alone, and the degree they will stand, so far a&
30th of December, 1880, the thermometer was ' knowledge has gone, is an unknown quantity.

Literature, Travels l Personal Notes.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

United States Seed Distribution.— It is
interesting to remember that the want of a pro-
per medium for the distribution of the rare seeds
and plants which must necessarily come into
the passession of a government like the United
States, was the main reason for the creation of
the United States Department of Agriculture.
Mr. Henry L. Ellsworth, Commissioner of
Patents, came into possession of large quantities,
and mainly through his exertions the present
department came into existence in 1862. The
seed distribution idea has been abused, but it is
essentially a leading element in the usefulness
of the department.

Delayed Communications. — It sometimes hap-
pens that communications come to hand, having
relation to some subject already immediately
before the reader, in wliich case they must have
precedence, though there may be other good
articles already on file. It seems proper to
make this explanation, as we would not have
our friends suppose their communications are
not appreciated, if they do not happen to appear
promptly on receipt. We have never yet had
too much of good papers.

Specialists. — It is surprising what improve-
ments can be made in any class of flowers, when
it has one's whole individual attention. In
Germany there is one Max Deegan, who does
nothing else but grow Dahlias. He makes a
great reputation, and perhaps makes as much
money as if he spent his time over a thousand
things.

Sunday School WoKK.—Some Sunday Schools

are beginning to train children for the practical'
work of life, as well as furnish them with moral
lessons. The girls in a large Sunday School in
Philadelphia are taught how to do plain cooking.
In Australia, we note by one of their papers>.
many Sunday Schools there are teaching the
children lessons on the domestic animals, chiefly
with the view of enabling the little folks to know
how to treat them well in the interest of
humanity.

Sensitiveness of Trade.— When a tradesman^
has an overstock of anything, the most rational
thing in the world is for him to conclude it is
better to get something than nothing, and he had
better sell for something than let go to waste.
How this works has been curiously illustrated,
the few past years by the Harlaam bulb growers.
It appears the English cut flower dealers were in
the habit of buying immense quantities of tulip
and hyacinth bulbs for their cut flower mar-
ket. The Harlaam bulb growers, when their
bulbs flowered, not wishing to waste their blos-
soms, sent the cut flowers to the English market
to be sold for anything they would bring. The
result has been that the English cannot afibrd to
buy the bulbs, and many of the Harlaam growers
now have to sell the roots as well as the flowers
for "anything they will bring," and the regular
bulb market is verging on bankruptcy. To try-
to recover the goose which laid so many golden
eggs, a society has been formed to swear off from
this reckless practice. Already, 500 Harlaam
bulb growers have taken the pledge not to sell
the cut flowers under any circumstances.

Flowers in Egyptian Tombs — It is said that
Dr. Schweinfurth in opening a tomb near Thebes-

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—tomb of •' Queen Isimkheb " over 3,000 years
old, and in which the remains had been pre-
served by bitumen, even the forms in a floral
wreath were traceable. The flowers were found
to be chiefly of white and blue Nelumbium, or ]
Water Lotus. Other species were identified
though their names are not given in the account
before us.

A Lover of Trees. — The London World says,
alluding we suppose to effects of the severe win-
ter of 1880-81, which would now only the past
summer show its full effects : •' The destruction
of trees on Lord Haddington's estate, in Hadding-
tonshire, was so wholesale that the beauty of his
place is entirely destroyed, and it will be half a
century before the loss can be replaced. Lord
Haddington feels this so acutely that he has shut
up his place and gone abroad for the winter, pre-
ferring this to watching the clearing away of the
ruins, which will occupy many months."

Leichardt, the Lost Australian Explorer.
— The man who professes to have found the
relics of this long lost explorer, asks of the Eng-
lish Government $30,000 for what he has found.
Under the advice of Baron Von Mueller, he has
been informed that undoubted authenticity
alone, will induce the Government to consider
the proposal.

DoMiNY the Orchid Kaiser. —Dominy who
was for so many years foreman to Veitch, has
retired from age. He was the first to raise
orchids very well from seeds, and to reduce their
hybridization to good practical results. On his
retiremeiflt a number of orchid growers in Eng-
land, who had derived pleasure from his beauti-
ful creations among these pretty flowers, made
up a purse of over $1,000, which was recently
presented to him.

Art and Science.— Mr, John Williamson the
well known botanist of Louisville, is also famous
in art. The Kentucky papers speak in high
praise of some etched plaques of brass on exhi-
bition, in which the ferns and other plants are so
accurately engraved, that any botanist can tell
the species. The Courier Journal remarks that
Mr. Williamson has " reason to be proud of this
unique and beautiful piece of work." On the
birthday of Burns, a festival given by the St-
Andrews Society, Mr. Williamson also made the
great speech of the evening, in which he showed
that the art of poetry had a well furnished home
in his breast, as well as science.

James Vick. — The Garden of January 28th, has
an excellent likeness and sketch of the history
of James Vick, whose successful career every
American horticulturist takes a pride in. Mr.
Vick was born at Kingston, near Portsmouth,
Hampshire, England, November 23d, 1818. He
came^to this country with his .father at fifteen,
and learned printing with Horace Greeley. He
removed to Rochester a year or so after learning
the trade, cultivating flowers as an amateur, and
giving his experience freely to the newspapers.
He was employed by Luther Tucker, and event-
ually issued and edited the New Genesee Farmer.
On the death of A. J. Downing bj' the burning of
the Henry Clay, (not the Swallow, as stated by
the Garden,) he published the Horticulturist,
which however did not prove profitable enough
to continue, and was sold. Then he edited the
Rural New Yorker, and in 1857 commenced the
seed business, which, as our readers know, has
come to be one of the largest in the world.

Australian Explorer. — John Forrest is the
name of the most popular Australian explorer
just now. He has recently been elected a Fellow
of the London Linnean Society.

Thomas Potts James. — The members of the
American Pomological Society have many of
them learned before this, of the death of one of
the founders, and for thirty years the treasurer
of the Society, Thomas P. James, who died at
his residence in Cambridge, Mass., in his 79th
year. It was only a few years ago that he re-
signed the ofl5ce, owing to his advanced years.
He was born near Philadelphia, and was a mem-
ber of the ancient family of Potts who founded
Pottsville, Pottstown, and other places with simi-
lar names in Pennsylvania. He was a leading
member of the drug business in Philadelphia
for many years, relinquishing it but a few years
ago to reside near Boston where the relatives of
Mrs. James lived. During the many years that
he resided in Philadelphia he was activelj' en.
gaged in fostering the interests of intelligent
horticulture, and was long the Secretary
of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society,
when, before the burning of the Chinese Museum
and the immense growth of the city had removed
its fine gardens a long distance from its centre,
the Horticultural Society was among the most
popular and influential organizations in the city.
Mr. James took the same interest in Botanical
science as he did in fruit growing and gardening,
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ledge of the humble tribe of Mosses, in which
branch of knowledge he was regarded as emi-
nent all over the world. The American Philo-
sophical Society of Philadelphia, loses one of its
most esteemed members in Mr. James. This
Society, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society,
and others which he was identified with, ha^e all
passed resolutions of respect to his memory ; and
these, in his case, were not mere matters of form,
for few have been more sincerely mourned. It
is not often that we find men giving so much
time freely to advance the pleasures and know-
ledge of other men without any thought of
reward but the pleasure of doing good, as did
Thomas P. James.

The Lost Florist.— Robert Carey, the florist
and hot-house grape grower, whose mysterious
disappearance led to a paragraph in our maga-
zine recently, is believed to have been murdered
and thrown in the Delaware river, where his
body was found, partly decomposed, in the early
part of March. It adds one more to the num-
berless mysteries of great cities.

Our Winged Friends. — This is an essay read
before the Pennsylvania State Horticultural As-
sociation by Mr. Simon R. Eby, and now pub-
lished in pamphlet form. It is an excellent plea
for the birds. There is of course another side to
the story, but that is not Mr. Eby's theme. The
birds which receive the chief friendly notices are
swallows, night-hawks, purple martin, king bird,
rock pewee, wood pewee, Baltiznore oriole, orch-
ard oriole, wood thrush, vireos, some warblers,
wren, blue bird, titmouse, chickadee, mocking
bird, robin, cat bird, black bird, meadow lark,
chipping sparrow, song sparrow, indigo bird and
the wood-peckers. Mr. Eby repeats the belief
of many ornithologists that the sap-sucker is
searching for insects when it makes the innu
merable holes, like honeycombs, on many trees^
This must be a mistake. There are certainly no
insects in many scores of branches which are
riddled by the bird, and it is incredible that
birdly instinct should lead to the loss of time
and hard labor involved in the boring of thou-
sands of useless holes. But granting that these
numberless holes are for the purpose of hunting
for one insect it can make little difference to the
tree how the holes are made. They are just as
bad for the tree as if an insect made them.

Pennsylvania State Agricultural Report
for 1881. — Pennsylvania, regarded as a very
"slow State," advances rapidly when once it

makes up its mind to go forward. It is only five
years since it followed other States with a "State
Board of Agriculture," but it has done excellent
work since. Usually, bodies of this kind do not
issue their reports till nearly a year after date.
Here we have a huge volume of 650 pages, issued
within two months after the year closed. Of
course the admirable abilities of the methodical
secretary, Thomas J. Edge, have much to do with
the prompt appearance. Many of the papers
read before this body find their way through the
manuscripts to the public papers. The extem-
poraneous addresses are taken down by the State
stenographer and appear here for the first time.
Among these are the addresses of the State Bot-
anist— one at Williamsport on " Forestry and
Forests," one at York on the " Fertility of Trees
and Plants," and at Gettysburg on '• Farmer's
Gardens." Some of the best of the written essays
have also not been widely re-published. One on
' Peach Buds and Peach Growing," especially,
has not had the attention it deserves as one of
the most thoughtful and original papers on peach
culture that has ever appeared. It is from the
pen of Mr. Sherfey, son of the owner of the cele-
brated peach orchard at Gettysburg, in which
one of the bloodiest engagements of the Civil
War took place. There are many beautiful illus-
trations of horticultural and agricultural import,
some of them colored, notably the Miner plum^
Cumberland Triumph strawberry (too deep a
scarlet, we think), and in plain outline and per-
spective plates of apples, grapes, etc., illustrating
popular Pennsylvania seedlings.

Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, Re-
port FOR 1881. — If there be any one left who
thinks " Fruit Growers' Associations " are made
up of men who meet together to talk only of the
prospects of the fruit crop, and the probable
effects of the winter on prices, they should get
this report. Indeed there is much more of gen-
eral gardening matter in this than in many regu-
lar horticultural reports. It is an admirable
volume in many respects. We note they have
to discuss "the yellows in the peach" in Canada,
as well as in other places. We note also that
white peaches are preferred to yell ow kinds for
drying.

Mulberries.— Many trees are famous because
of their dimensions, others on account of their
longevity, many are esteemed for the excellence
of their produce, and there are many more yet
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flowers or foliage. The Mulberry stands nearly
alone in its special recommendation, which, as
every one knows, is to supply food to the " mil-
lions of spinning worms,"

"That in their green sliops weave the smooth-haired silk."

It should be stated that the White Mulberry has
almost entirely superseded the Black Mulberry
as a food-plant for the silkworm. Three centu-
ries ago the Black Mulberry was alone used for
this purpose, and it is to this latter that the
following remarks chiefly apply. In physiognomy
and stature it is by no means remarkable, the
height not exceeding thirty feet. The brandies
are thick and rude, the head of the tree is close
and rounded, the leaves are cordate, nearly
sessile, rough, coarsely serrated, and very dark
in hue. The form of the leaf is prone, however,
to very curious changes, the blade often becom-
ing more or less perfectly three or five lobed.
The flowers are separately male and female, the
males appearing in short yellowish-green catkins,
the females in compact and almost globular green
spikes. The perianth in the latter consists of
four pieces, and it is these, strange to say, which
eventually constitute the great mass of the ripe
fruit. With the progress of the ovary to maturity
the perianth lobes become greatly enlarged and
finally confluent. Structurally the Mulberry is
thus not very unlike the fruit of the Pine-apple.
The tree is of great durability, and seems to be
wonderfully tenacious of life. It is tolerably
hardy, deciduous, and in the spring very late in
acquiring its verdure.

That the original birthplace was south-western
Asia there can be no question. At the present
day it is observable in a seemingly quite wild
condition in the northern parts of Asia Minor,
Armenia, and the southern Caucasian regions,
as far as Persia.

There is no exact knowledge of the early his-
tory of the Mulberry. The ancient Greek writers
upon plants and trees speak of it under the name
of /iupov. " Moron of Sycamine," says Dioscor-
ides, B. c. 25, is well known." Athenseus also
gives proof of the name Sycamine being a
synonym. With the Romans the name became
Morus, the tree having reached Italy some time
prior to though not so very long before the
Christian era. Horace praises Mulberries as
immensely conducive to health if gathered before
the heat of the day, and eaten as dessert after
dinner. Martial also refers to this fruit, and in
Virgil, MgVe, the playful shepherdess of the
sixth eclogue, paints the eyelids of the sleeping

poet with the purple juice. To the very early
Greeks the Mulberry would appear to have been
a stranger. The period of the first conveyance
of the tree from Asia into Europe is altogether
undiscoverable; it was early enough, however,
to become the subject of a myth, preserved in
the pathetic tale of the loves of Pyramus and
Thisbe. The extension westwards was no doubt
ovving chiefly to the Romans, who after their
victories never omitted to convey homewards
what they found valuable in other countries,;
and who, to their credit, at the same time, it
should be remembered, were always diligent in
conveying to conquered countries the plants and
trees they thought most useful to mankind.
Their object in propagating the Mulberry would
no doubt be to obtain supplies of silk, as a home-
product, instead of depending for all they pos-
sessed on the merchants who traded with the
far East. Silk in the time of the Csesars was so
scarce, and the cost was so enormous, that even
so late as in A. d. 270, the Emperor Aurelian is
said to have refused his wife a dress of the pure
material. Even royalty could not then atford to
wear silk unmixed with some cheaper fibre.
Silk was not even known to the Roman people
until the period of the empire, though afterwards
it is mentioned frequently in their literature.
Charlemagne, who did so much for the good of
his nation, in A. D. 812 ordered the Mulberry to
be cultivated upon all the imperial farms ; and
possibly it may have been about this time that
the tree was first carried across the English
Channel, " mor-beam," literally " morus-tree,"
occurring, Bosworth tells us, as an Anglo-Saxon
word. When London gives 1548 as the year of
the introduction to England, he surely must
have in view some definite historical occurrence
— a renewed rather than a first appearance.
James I. like Charlemagne, did all he could to
encourage the home production of silk. He im-
ported shiploads of young Mulberry trees from
France, and oflered a packet of Mulberry seeds
to any one who would assist in his undertaking.
In consequence of the patronage thus given to
the tree, it is said that by 1609 there were in
England not fewer than 100,000 of the Morus
nigra, and of these it is believed some are still in
existence, including the famous old Mulberries
at Syon, and one or two at Oxford. In the gar-
dens of country seats which date from the time
of Elizabeth or earlier very aged Mulberries are
also apt to occur, and these likewise are probably
almost as old. The royal scheme, like so many
others, set on foot by the unfortunate first of the
Stuarts, died in its infancy. Praiseworthy, and
for awhile promising, in the end it proved utterly
unsuccessful. — Gardener's Chronicle.

Michigan State Horticultural Society. —
From secretary Garfield, Grand Rapids, Michi-
gan.— Without derogation to the work of other

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State societies, it will be only fair to this to speak
of it as a model one, or of its report as a model
document. The State society has successfully
established auxiliary county societies which re-
port to the central body, and receive all the aid
and encouragement the central body can give to
them. It has often occurred to us that this
should be the aim of every State society, but did
not know the plan was already in such success-
ful operation as appears to be the case in Michi-
gan ; and it must be observed that these societies
appear to be genuine horticultural societies.
Consideration is deservedly given to pomology.
Fruit growing is an essential element of good
culture, and no horticultural society is worthy of
the name that does not honor it, and indeed, in
many instances, give it the post of honor. But
we have known professedly horticultural socie-
ties in which any attempt at general garden cul-
ture, outside the thousand acre, would be frowned
upon; and if any member appeared at the meet-
ing, in any other dress than cowhide boots or
blue-jean pants, he would be regarded as too high
toned for anything. As for bringing a pot of
primroses.or appearing with a buttonhole bouquet
in the lappel of his coat, it would be regarded as
an outrage on the Society. Evidently the day
for all this low tone is gone. To judge from this
admirable report the local societies are in the
hands of the most intelligent ladies and gentle-
men of the counties where they flourish, and the
pleasures of gardening, as well as its profits, re-
ceive the consideration to which the subject is
entitled.

Yet, as before noted, it is a pleasure to remark
how admirably all matters connected with fruit
culture arewatched, and improvement developed.
The local catalogues of fruits, founded some-
what on the plan of the American society's lists,
is an excellent idea, and well done. It appears
to us, from this report, that Michigan is leading
in all branches of horticulture ; and those States
which have thought themselves supreme must
look to their laurels.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

The Malefactor's Tree. — There has been
controversy whether the tree on which Judas
hung himself, was the large tree Elder of Europe,
Sambucus nigra, or the Cercis siliquastrium, the
Red-bud, or " Judas tree." The partisans of the
last have gained one advantage by getting the
name of Judas attached to it. Again, there are
differences of opinion as to whether the tree is
disgraced by the association, or whether it should
not rather be honored as the instrument by
which such a wretch was put out of the way. On
this we have a note from a correspondent : —

"The idea of looking upon the Elder as likely
to form a malefactor's gibbet-post, or gallows-
tree, on which the arch-traitor was suspended,
is too preposterous to give credence to. The
sacred writers are careful to conceal the kind of
tree from which the wretched suicide dangled

And even the quaint and credulous Gerard, hon-
est old soul as he was, scornfully rejected the
slander, and in its defence says of the Cercis, 'It
may be called the Judas tree, for it is thought to
be that on which Judas hanged himself, and
not on the Elder, as is vulgarly said.* So much
for a profane \vriter,who thus ter.*ely and trench-
ently defends the honor of the Elder tree."

Tree Peddlers andNew Subscribers.— "G M.,"
Rochester. N Y., writes: ''Mr. Meehan says in
the Monthly that the ' tree peddlers are an un-
mitigated nuisance;' yet our 'tree peddlers,' as
he calls them, are neither slandercus nor do they
ever favor new customers at the expense of the
old. But you charge old subscribers full sub-
scription price for the magazine, while they can
send a new one for $1.60. I fail to see the jus-
tice of this arrangement."

[The publisher places the above in the editor's
box. "G. M." is mistaken all through.

1st. The Gardener's Monthly does not re-
gard the tree peddler as an unmitigated nuis-
ance. On the contrary, he regards the honest
and upright tree agent as one of the most useful
members of the community.

2nd. The publisher does take $2.10 from new
as well as from old subscribers. He makes no
difference between new or old, but when an old
subscriber takes the trouble to hunt up a new
subscriber, and has all the trouble of collecting
the money, correspondence, and so forth, he
gives the old subscriber — not the new one — fifty
cents for his trouble. — Ed. G. M.]

The Detroit Carnations.— John Breitmeyer &
Sons, Detroit, Mich., say: "Looking over the
advertisement pages in the March number of
the Monthly, we, to our surprise, notice on
pages 13 and 27, an insertion by Mr. Aug. D.
Mylius, and Messrs. W. B. & W. M. Taber, in
which it appears that they are offering the old
Carnations 'Grenadine' and * Hinze's White'
as new, under the names of ' H. Red ' (should be
' Grenadine '), by Mr. Mylius; 'James A. Gar-
field ' (should be ' H. White ') ; ' James G. Blaine '
(should be 'Grenadine '), by Messrs. Taber. Be-
lieving that we were the first to introduce them
into commerce (more than a year ago), and as
we have distributed them into nearly every
State of the Union under the names of 'Grena-
dine ' and ' H. White,' we deem it our duty to
bring it to the notice of the readers of the
Monthly by throwing a little light into this
name changing business of our neighboring
florists. Said Carnations are, very true, good
winter-blooming varieties, and possess, to some
extent, the merits said gentlemen claim for them.

We have received many letters from our cus-
tomers asking to be informed what the difference
is between all these varieties, and in order to in-
form them all, we would beg you to give space
for this in the Monthly."

[As the proof-sheets are passing through our
hands, we have a note from Mr. Mylius, explan-
ing matters, which we shall give in our next. —
Ed. G. M.]

THE

GARDENER'S MONTHLY

AND

HORTICULTURIST.

DEVOTED TO HORTICULTURE. ARBORICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS.

Edited by THOMAS MEEHA.N.

Vol. XXIV.

MAY, 1882.

Number 281.

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

"We cannot do better this month than refer to
the excellent hints of Miss A. G., and then take for
a text the following query from Mr. George
Wright, of Table Grove, Illinois : " I have some
evergreens that have been set out for ten years.
I want to remove them. Can I do it safely ? If
80, please give me some instruction how and
when ; they have grown thrifty and are of good
size."

Evergreens, such as you described, are moved
here when twenty or twenty-five feet high, at
comparatively small cost and perfect success.
They can be moved up to the time the new
growth commences, or any time after midsum-
mer, when the young growth has become hard.
If it is, say a Norway Spruce, with a trunk nine
or twelve inches thick, the branches are drawn
in as tightly as possible about the trunk for con-
venience in working. A trench at least two
feet deep, and, say two feet wide, is dug around
80 as to leave what appears to be a ball of six
feet radius around the trunk. From this time a
strong digging fork is used to take all the earth
out from the ball. This is very easily done if
the approach to the stem is always made from
under the ball, so that the earth rather falls out
of the ball when the fork is put into it, than dug

out. In this way nearly all the roots are pre-
served without much bruising. We have at last
a tree with roots twelve feet wide, and which
may have been, perhaps, all prepared by one
man by half a day's work. Then we get a pair
of wheels and a pole, such as lumber men use.
A two-wheel cart may do on an emergency, and
the two shafts are often better for an evergreen
than a single pole. Backed up against the tree,
with the shafts so that they can be lashed to the
tree, the top of the tree acts as a lever, and with
a rope on the top of the pole or shafts, the tree
comes over exactly balanced on the axle between
the wheels. A horse then draws the tree, root
foremost, to the new hole prepared for it, where
it is easily dropped in. The earth is then ham-
mered in, shovelful by shovelful, as tight as it
is possible to hammer it, so that there shall not
be a hair's breadth of a cavity left if it is possi-
ble to close it, and the work is done. In this
way two or three men and a horse can move a
tree twenty-five feet high in one day, and if the
earth is tightly hammered in, the tree, if healthy
and vigorous, will be almost sure to live. It is
no use to try to move an unthrifty tree. Its low
vital power will not survive the shock. Do not
water, this is one of the fatal practices often
employed. It may carry the earth to the top of
the roots, but the weight of water carries the
earth away from the under surface of the roots.

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IMay,

Incessant hammering of every shovelful of
earth will do more good than all the watering
could ever do. If the earth be hammered as
properly as it ought to be, there is no room for
the earth to be carried tighter by water. If the
earth be as tightly hammered in as it ought to
be, there will be no occasion for staking. If a
tree lean or sink after planting, it shows it was
not properly planted.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

THE ADORNMENT OF SMALL YARDS.

BY MISS A. G.

A narrow border of gay flowers has a very
pretty effect when set next to an open fence,
especially if bordered with grass or a grass plat.
Stiff looking plants, such as box, should not be
used for borders, those of brick or tile are pref-
erable, and even these ought to be nearly cov-
ered with low-growing plants, such as Sweet
Alyssum, Forget-me-nots (Myosotis), Oxalis, Pan-
sies, Peristrophe variegata, Silene, Stone crop,
Candytuft; or when set in the grass, Echeveria,
Bamboo variegata, Houseleek ; and if shaded
somewhat, Tradescantia. Love-entangled makes
a lovely border the second summer after plant-
ing White or pink fairy-lilies (Zephyranthus)
might be added to this list.

Beds bordered with Bamboo variegata, to
which are added first, Echeveria, then Sedum,
then other varieties of these, finishing with an
Aloe, or Drcsena in the centre, if a circle or star
has the effect of mosaic work, and needs very
little attention during the season. Points may
be put in solid with House-leek or Echeveria
The common hardy Opuntia vulgaris has a dis-
tinguished appearance, if given a circular bed to
itself, and like the mosaic beds, requires little or
no care during the summer.

For shade, or half-shade, there are no plants
so fine as ferns, our native kinds among the
best, because hardy and, with care, permanent.
The tall growing kinds fill up corners, or form
pretty contrasts to flowering begonias, which
bloom well in shade or part shade. Or these
mixed with the varieties of tradescantia form a
lovely bed. We know of one unsightly corner
formed by a wall and fence that was transformed
into beauty by means of hanging baskets on the
wall, tall-growing begonias set on bricks in the
corner, then other begonias and leaf plants I

An old tin bucket filled with drooping ferns and
tradescantia formed a centre-piece, around
which were'grouped Rex and summer-blooming
begonias, interspersed with Tradescantia and
low-growing ferns. Peristrophe variegata would
make a fine border for such a bed, as would also
Sedum coerulea. Among many other plants for
shade may be mentioned the tropical plants
maranta zebrina, and other varieties, climbing
and exotic ferns, the lovely Campsidium filici-
fulia, the PauUinia — Caladiums, formerly thought
to be shade-loving plants only, are found to do
as well in full sun if properly watered.

For half shade is the splendid scarlet Lobelia,
which in a side yard, partially damp, we saw
run into variegations from the original deep
scarlet up to rose pink, and even white, all being
remarkably beautiful. Add to these the blue
and white Browallia, Pansies, Fuschias, Coleus,
Gloxinias, Forget me-nots, &c. The latter should
be separated in the early spring or it will die
out. It should also, to ensure a second bloom,
be cut down after the first blossoming. It may
again be separated in August if desirable.

For sunny situations the flowers are too nu-
merous but for slight mentioning; with this
reservation — that all large-growing plants, such
as peonies, large iris, or flags, the tall-growing
garden lilies, or plants which form large groups,
should be avoided for small yards as they dimin-
ish the apparent space, while small-growing
plants reverse this. Among other pretty plants
we put in a plea for Phlox Drummondii, and the
petunia. The former may be made a blaze of
beauty by the use, daily, of dish-water as a
stimulant, and will so continue for most of the
summer. The petunia is so faithful *' under
adverse circumstances," and has been so much
improved by German florists, that it rivals the
most refined beauties of the garden. Those who
have never seen a pure white petunia blotched
and lined with rose and carmine, and its petals
delicately fringed are unaware of its marvelous
possibilities.

Pretty devices to hold and set off the beauty
of plants are numerous, among them are iron
brackets to fasten to a wall or fence, for holding
pots of flowers, long hooks to hold hanging-
baskets. Pots to hang to the fence or wall, wire
frames for suspending pots to the wall, small
shelves for a few pots. Baskets of wire to hold
moss and earth, which may be stood or hung
about, not to mention costly vases, jardinieres
and ornamental pots or jars. Care should be

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taken that these adornments are not set in
formal rows. The appearance of pretty yards
has been spoiled by brackets set on every post.
Let them be alternated or varied by a difference
in shape or size, or by a shelf-box or other
device. Nature makes variety, and we should
follow her rules if we would have perfect taste.
For vines there are many pretty arrangements ;
one I saw was a large hoop cut and each end
fastened to an upper window sill. Strings were
fastened to this at regular intervals and brought
together near the ground. Vines trained in this
way make a lovely window shade

BUDDED ROSES.

BY MRS. R. B. EDSON.

It is the universal testimony of those in a posi-
tion to know the facts in the case, that there is a
great and rapidly increasing interest in the cul-
tivation of roses. The magnificent new Hybrid
Perpetuals are sufiicient excuse for any amount
of enthusiasm. But right here, at the very
threshold of rose culture, is a " lion in the
way."

In the Editorial Notes, page 7, of the January
Monthly, I read tliat the Manetti Rose, once
popular as a stock for budding roses on, was
practically abandoned something like thirty
years ago ; or, to use the exact words, *' the force
of public opinion caused florists to utterly dis-
card it."

Now I open EUwanger & Barry's Catalogue of
Select Roses for 1881 — and a most conscientious
and reliable catalogue it is — and I find that these
well known and skilled rose-growers say that
they grow them in about equal quantities on
their own roots and budded on Manetti.

Then I find in Mr. Saul's catalogue the follow-
ing : "Our Roses are on their own roots, ex-
cept the newer sorts, and those which, from ex-
perience, we find do better budded. These we
furnish on Manetti."

Mr. John B. Moore (the "Moore's Early"
grape man), of Concord, Mass., makes a specialty
of roses. That he grows fine ones, I can bear
personal witness, he being one of the chief ex-
hibitors of roses at the Massachusetts Horticul-
tural Society's June shows. The many '' first
prizes " awarded him by the committee, are a
substantial proof of their excellence. Indeed, I
was so pleased with his roses last June, that, in
the first flush of my enthusiasm, I wrote for his
catalogue. I wanted to get them near home, as

expressage en small orders from a distance, often
exceeds the order itself. I had also seen his
roses and believed he knew how to grow rose
plants, if he could grow such fine roses. Then
I wanted them pot-grown, as everybody knows
that roses have strong constitutional objections
to being " pulled up by the roots." I opened the
catalogue ; everything was all right till I came —
O horror ! — to this : " Our roses are all budded
on Manetti."

Now I submit, is not this thing an outrage on
poor, innocent and unoffending amateurs ? How
are they to decide when "doctors disagree?"

I confess to a prejudice against budded roses,
and yet I had so much confidence in the authori-
ties named, that I was fast settling down into
the belief that, possibly, these practical rosarians
knew more about it than I ! But now comes the
MoxTHLY with the assertion that budding roses
on Manetti was driven to the wall a great many
years ago, by the " force of public opinion."

All my old distrust is up in arms at once.
Surely it must have been a dreadfully disreputa-
ble practice to have caused such a result. I am
all at sea again — who will come to the rescue ?
Please, somebody, discuss this matter, pro and
con, that amateurs, desiring the best results from
their outlay, may no longer be in such a state of
lamentable ignorance in regard to the two
methods of propagation.

[Almost all — perhaps all roses — grow better
and make finer flowers when budded on the
Manetti than when grown on their own roots.
This is as true as gospel. The trouble is from
the suckering. The Manetti rose-leaves and
shoots are very much like those of ordinary
roses, and they push out from the stock without
being observed. If they are not observed, all the
graft above the sprouts die. If one has the in-
telligence to discriminate and the time to watch
for, and take care of these suckers as soon as
they appear, there will be wonderful success with
these grafted roses. But nine out of every ten
people do not know, or if they know, neglect it
in time, and the result is that in one or two
years after planting, when the rose-lover looks
for his grand June show of rose flowers, he has
nothing but miserable Manetti buds for all his
trouble and expense. A quarter of a century
ago, before the last craze on Manetti died mis-
erably, it was no uncommon thing to go from
garden to garden and find nothing whatever but
Manetti plants, where people thought they had
choice roses. — Ed. G. M]

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[May,

HARDY CYPRIPEDiUMS.

BY W. L. F., HANOVKR, MASS.

As I have had some experience in growing
the hardy Cypripediuras which "Q" inquires
about in the March number of the Monthly, I
am glad to give any hints which may help to
encourage the cultivation of these very beauti-
ful and curious plants. C. spectabile, C. pubes-
cens, and C. paviflorum all grow naturally in
cool and partially shaded swamps, and in culti-
vation need a deep, cool soil of leaf mold, or
decayed peaty soil, which if not naturally moist
should be kept so by frequent watering and
mulching of decayed leaves, and they thrive
better when planted in partial shade as on the
north side of evergreens, though not under their
drip. C. acaule I have never succeeded in
keeping alive over two or three years, and after
the first year it grows less and less. Its habit is
very diflferent from the others, it grows mostly
in dry pine woods, often in light sandy soil,
sending up its two leaves and flower through the
thick carpet of pine needles. I think from ob-
servation the most certain way to domesticate it
would be to sow the seeds in locations sin^ilar to
where it naturally grows. The seed capsules
are ripe by September. There is also a rare
white variety of this species.

There are two other native species, C. candi-
dum, of the Western States, and C. arietinum, a
more northern species, not as showy as the
others, but well worth cultivating, the former a
pure white, the latter the smallest species, pecu-
liar in form and color. They both will grow in
cultivation, requiring similar soil and treatment
to the more showy species first mentioned.

YUCCAS.

BY W. H, BOOMKAMP, PASSAIC, N. J.

Reading about propagating Yuccas by a lady
of Charleston, S. C, in the Gardener's Monthly
of February, I remembered the way some
Yuccas are treated in Europe, which may per-
haps be of interest to some of your readers.
Some time ago, when employed in a nursery in
Holland, we received some Yucca gloriosa, very
strong plants, but the roots were so thick and
wide apart that there was not a pot to be found
to put them in. An old gardener gave me the
following advice : Cut the roots, with a part of
the stem, entirely away, leaving only three or
four inches of stem under the crown ; close the
Iresh cut by burning it with a hot iron, and put

the plant in coarse sand, under glass, taking
care to keep the sand always in a wet state, and
allow as much sunshine as possible. I followed
his advice and found the Yuccas rooted in three
weeks, and could pot them up in six-inch pots.
A few of the old leaves turned yellow, but young
green ones soon took their place. I afterwards
tried the same with dracaenas, also with the beat
results.

CALENDULA METEOR.

BY N. ROBERTSON, GOVERNMENT GROUNDS, OTTAWA,
CANADA.

This much-praised plant, I think, will be
short-lived ; at least it will be so with me, when
I can get rid of it. Two years ago I thought
from its many recommendations we had got a
yellow that would be of great use. Last year
Calendula meteor was the worst weed I had to
contend with. I allowed some clumps of it to
remain, to see whether it would come true again.
It did so. I should not compare our best strain
of African Marigolds to it. I have had them as
large and double as the finest Dahlia, and make
a far finer show if cut back when young, so as to
throw out many laterals.

[The note referred to, was given rather to en-
courage improvement in these old favorites, than
as commending in any marked degree that va-
riety.—Ed. G. M.]

CHESTNUT HYBRID ROSE.

BY ALEX. MESTON, ANDOVER, MASS.

Two years ago I received a plant of the above
Rose, planted it in a deep, rich bed in the rose-
house. The first year it made strong growth,
which didn't ripen well, and I was awarded two
blooms for my labor. Last spring I cut it well
back, when it started vigorously again. I cut
out the gross wood, leaving only medium-sized
shoots, which ripened well, and I have now been
cutting flowers from it for six weeks, the hand-
somest roses of the kind I ever cut.

This rose is of the Glorie de Dijon type, strong
grower, with large leathery leaves. The flowers
often come singly, although sometimes in clus-
ters of three or four, and are borne on good, long
footstalks, which are very desirable. It should
never be cut until fully open, as it is full to the .
centre and very double ; form of flower, almost
flat, and often measures five inches across.

The color of the flower is a purplish crimson,
or, as some authorities have it, purplish maroon.
At all events, it is a rather uncommon color

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amongst tea roses ; it lacks in one particular,

being almost scentless.

[Is this not Cheshunt — not "Chestnut" Hy-
brid?—Ed. G. M.J

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Wild Roses.— While we cannot ask any one
to love less the beautiful roses of refined culture,
we ought not to forget
th3 glorious charms
of the wild rose. They
make good sized
bushes as ordinary
shrubs do, and are
covered often by
thousands of flowers,
giving out a perfume
which even the pets
of the florist might
envy. But their great-
est merit consists in
the beautiful red
"haws" or "hips," as
the fruit is popularly
called, which, if the
frost is not severe,
give the bushes beau-
ty till near Christmas
time.

There are many of
these wild roses in
Europe and Asia, as
well as in our own
part of the world,
which are slowly find-
ing their way into
our gardens on this
account. One of the
most recent of these
introductions of old
wild things is the rose
we now illustrate,
Rosa villosa, a na-
tive of Northern Europe and Asia, and of which
we believe a few plants have been introduced
by Mr. Benz, of Long Island, and in a year or
so may be freely in the market. It seems to
have been first introduced into European gar-
dens by Mr. Schultheis, of Steinfurth, in Ger-
many, and we hope other wild species may be
introduced by others.

Removing Large Trees.— It is said that Col.

ROSA VILLOSA.

Colt removed some elm trees four feet in diame-
ter, and at a cost of $1,000 per tree. Do any of
our readers know anything of this, and what
came of the experiment? Perhaps ten years
ago the editor visited these gardens, but had not
this exploit brought to his attention.

Improvement at White Sulphur Springs. —
The writer had to express his surprise in these
pages, after a visit to this celebrated Virginia
summer resort in
1879, that in so cul-
tured a place gardert-
ing should be so
wholly ignored. It is
a pleasure now to
note that the man-
agement has become
alive to the delin-
quency, and that the
grounds are to be
brought up to the flor-
al demands of the age.

The California
Mammoth Tree in
Europe. — Thousands
have been tried in
the Eastern United
States and failed.
They die from a
species of fungus,
which takes the old-
est leaves first, and
the branches die from
below upwards dur-
ing the summer sea-
son. The impression
has been that they
thrive well in Europe.
With this belief the
editor of this maga-
zine was surprised to
find no good speci-
mens when on his
brief visit there a few years ago. The best were
in the acclimitization gardens near Paris, and in
the Royal Gardens at Osborne, in England. But
even here they were failing. The respective
gardeners attributed it to the "unfavorable soil
at the roots," but it was evidently the work of
the same old fungus. Of course the compara-
tively few places the editor had the chance to
visit in so short a time, would not warrant a

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[May,

belief that the failure was general, but a recent
number of the Garden says that thousands of
pouiids have been spent on these trees with but
" two or three spots " in which they succeed
"The tree is not really at home in England. It
wants a warmer and more genial climate ; other-
wise it will die. There are hundreds of dead
and half-dead specimens in our gardens and
parks now to prove it, and where they are not
dead, who cares for the aspect of a poor, thin,
half-leafless evergreen?"

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Rural Cemeteries.— " S." says: "The first
rural cemetery was Mt. Auburn, Boston ; sec-
ond, Laurel Hill, Philadelphia; third. Green-
wood, New York; fourth. Spring Grove, Cin-
cinnati."

Bedding Pennyroyal.— Wm. P. Harding, of
Mount Holly, New Jersey, says : " My last sum-
mer's travel gave me many opportunities of
seeing numerous things made use of in the
modern style of flower gardening, as were never
thought of a few years ago. And, as in the
March Monthly, you observe of the Pilea
repens, * it is an excellent plant as a green base
to flower beds.' Its ' moss-like habit' eminently
fits it for such a purpose. But possibly it has
its equal, if not its superior, in the pretty little
Gibraltar mint— Mentha Pulegeum Gibraltica.
It is by nature a dwarf, of but two or three
inches high With its very small leaves of light
green color, and exceedingly dense habit of
growth, it seems to be 'just the thing' wanted
for either carpet beds or ribbon borders, and was
duly appreciated at Rangemore, Chatsworth,
Drakelowe and other places where immense
quantities were grown."

Superior Hyacinth. — "R. B. D.," Edenton,
N. C, says : " I send you the first ' quadruple'
hyacinth I ever saw, thinking it may be a sight
even to you. The Gardener's Monthly is
always interesting."

[This spike had the usual double flower in
twin sets, and presented a very grand appear-
ance.—Ed. G. M.]

Extra Double Isabella Sprunt Rose. — "H.
R. A.," Saco, Me., says : " I cut a perfectly
double rose from I. Sprunt. Is it usual for that
to sport ?"

[No, — but I. Sprunt is itself but a sport, and

some of its own buds may be expected to follow
the parent's wayward ways. — Ed. G. M.]

Rose, Etoile de Lyon.—" W. A. R ," Louis-
ville, Kentucky, writes : " We send you by thui
mail one of the first blooms of the new Tea
Rose ' Etoile de Lyon.' You can judge some-
what of its size, and that it has a fine form, but
it has not its usual color, which is much deeper."

[Certainly a very fine yellow variety.— Ed.
G. M.]

Violet Princess Marie de Savoy. — A corres-
pondent recently inquired about this. Mr.
Peter Keifer, the originator of the Keifer Pear,
places some flowers on our table. They are
very double, with deep violet petals, having a
white base, and of the great width of one and a
half inches. The odor is delicious. The stems
are verj"^ long, and altogether it is one of the
best varieties grown.

Fremontia Californica.— " W. L. F." Han-
over, Mass., writes : " I would like to ask ' Col-
lector' in regard to Fremontia, about which he
writes so instructively, whether the plants he
mentions, as growing at the highest altitude,
dwarfed by the cold, ever ripen seed? If they
do, I should think plants raised from such would
be much more likely to prove hardy in the
Atlantic States. Also, whether 'Collector' has
any experience as to the seeding habits of the
Dendromecon and the Cowania Mexicana, two
other showy, yellow flowering shrubs of the
mountain region of the Pacific Slope, which,
however, would probably prove (tender?) in the
Middle or Eastern States ?"

[We shall be glad to hear from "Collector"
as requested. So far as the writer's experience
goes, California plants do not like Eastern sum-
mers. They get half dead, and then become
tender during winter. — Ed. G. M.]

Talk About Lilies.— "F. A. B.." Philad'a.,
asks : " Can you not write out for the readers of
the Gardener's Monthly the talk you gave on
Lilies at the State Horticultural Society ? By an
abstract I saw in a Harrisburg paper, I am sure
it would interest us all. There seems to me
many novel points in it, you have not given ua
in the magazine."

It is perhaps unfortunate that the editor has
not time to write out papers for public addresses.
Wherever a few verbal remarks are acceptable,
he does not mind offering them. This particu-
lar talk was taken down by a short-hand re-

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porter, and will probably appear in the Proceed-
ings of the Society. It would be too long for
the Gardener's Monthly, even if written out.
Perhaps the annexed very good abstract made
by the reporter of the Bucks Co. Intelligencer, will
satisfy our correspondent :

'' Thomas Meehan, editor of the Gardener's
Monthly, talked very interestingly about 'Lilies
and other bulbs and how to grow them.' It was
important to be successful in growing fruits,
vegetables and grain that you may make money,
h-e said, else you could more easily and better
buy them ; but what was the object of gaining
money in this or any other way ? We could eat
but a certain amount, and wear but a certain
amount. One of the most laudable objects was
to surround yourselves withbeauty which you and
others could enjoy. Our physical comfort de-
manded beauty; and comfort, after a few of the
essentials of life, depended much on the imagi-
nation. Fremont's men, when nearly frozen in
the Rocky Mountains, ate in an Indian hut what
they supposed to be dried tish, with great relish.
When, however, they learned they had been eat-
ing dried worms, they sickened with the idea.
Likewise, the Indian would believe a mess almost
perfection, until it was whispered to him there was
dog meat in it, and he toowould become sick. You
must cultivate the beautiful, the ideal, or you lose
half the value of life. They add charms the
practical cannot alwaj's give. Oscar Wilde says
we love the lily only for its beauty. This I think
a mistake. There are associations connected
with it which add to its value. The imagination
comes in to lend a charm — it is one of the oldest
of known flowers, its history goes back two thou-
sand years, its meaning is the ' Flower of all
flowers. ' The ancients claimed for it divine
origin — their tradition being that it grew from a
globule of milk dropped by Juno ; hence its puri-
ty. There are lessons in the formation and habits
of the flower that are useful to the fruit growers.
The same causes that produce colored leaves in

the autumn produce flowers earlier. Color is
not caused altogether by chemical action. It is
the different degrees of heat that cause leaf and
flower; the flower grows through the winter; it
takes less heat to make a flower bud than a leaf
bud ; hence you should discourage the growth of
flower buds in winter. Late in the fall these
buds on the peach and other trees begin to swell,
and they grow all winter. If they grow too fast
the frosts kill them, but the leaf buds do not grow
and are never killed — hence whatever will retard
the growth of buds will benefit the trees. Mulching
will often prove of benefit, in keeping the sun's
rays and air from the roots. The growth of plants
is not continuous as is generally supposed. It is
by waves they grow and rest ; until a lily flower is
fertilized it droops; hence when the lily first
opens it bends towards the earth ; as soon as
fertilized it changes its position and turns out
from the stock, and if it is to seed, becomes
erect. This knowledge is important to those
desiring to change the character of plants by
fertilization. They need not wait years to know
if the cross was effective. The lily family is of
Arctic origin. Its main home is near the re-
gions of perpetual snow. In Siberia and the
northern part of China and Japan they abound,
while at the Gulf of Mexico there is but one
species. This must be remembered in planting
the lily. It wants a cool, moist place, and should
be planted deep, that the sun may not injure the
roots ; six inches is not too deep. The root is
subject to fungus, which is very destructive.
The growers understand this in Japan where
they propagate these plants ; hence they are en-
cased in clay that they may be entirely pro-
tected from its contact. It would be well for
those growing lilies here to remember this, and
use nothing but well rotted manure. Lilies may
be propagated slowly by offsets, but florists un-
derstand a quicker way of getting a supply ;
they separate the scales of the bulb and plant
each scale. New bulbs form on them and new
plants are started."

Greenhouse and House Gardening.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

TROPICAL ORCHIDS IN OPEN AIR OF
SUMMER.

In the April number of the Gardener's
Monthly, Mr. Taplin wants to know if " C. H.
S." haa had any experience in growing orchids

under the shade of trees in the summer. About
eight years ago a friend of mine went to Europe
in June, and requested me to give a little atten-
tion to his plants until he came back in Septem-
ber. I found that he had put his orchids, about
one hundred and fifty plants, on a long table to
the north side of his house, where the sun only
came for a couple of hours in the morning.
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[May

down to keep off the heavy rains ; all the rest
of the time the plants were fully exposed. All
were in pots or baskets, and were watered every
morning and syringed overhead late in the
evening. The lot came from Van Houtte
and consisted of ^Erides, Vanda, Dendrobes,
Laelias, Oncids, and Cypripediums. Two or three
died, but I think they were in bad health when
put out. When taken into the house about
October 1st, all were in good health and very
clean. They had not made as much growth as
I have often seen made under glass, but it was
very solid. At another time I was altering one
of my greenhouses, and finding that some of
my orchids were in the way, I put them out in
the open air, where they were shaded from the
midday sun. I do not remember what species
I put out, but Sobralia macrantha, some Cat-
tleyas and Epidendrums bloomed very well, and
all did well. I am sure that many of our orchids
are too much shaded, and that growths are
slender and soft. Any one who has handled
newly imported orchids must have noticed that
quite small bulbs of difterent species have
bloomed, and this was no doubt owing to the
fact they got more air and sun and were better
ripened. The writer spent many years in
the tropics, and rarely remembers seeing or-
chids growing in dense shade, and Cattleyas,
Laelias and many Oncids seem to like plenty of
sun. I have seen thirty days together in Brazil
without a drop of rain, and the thermometer
stood all the time from 65° to 90°, with hot. dry-
ing winds. All orchids coming from elevated
points are subject to great change of tempera-
ture on the same day. I am sure I have seen a
50° change from 4 A. m. until midday. I have
lost more orchids by keeping them too hot and
damp than by dryness, and this is the cause that
so many newly imported orchids are lost. We
are so anxious to get them into growth that we
often damp off the young growth, and it may be
months before there is another new growth. I
believe that most orchids are better started on
blocks of wood, with a little moss, and then put
in baskets or pots when established.

Gardener's Monthly of October, 1873, he will
find an article on page 303, written by myself,
on steam heating, and radiating in the same
manner he now thinks such a success ; in fact it
is a success. But as I added greenhouses, and
enlarged those already built, I found there was a
waste of steam in using two-inch pip)€, and
radiating the way I was doing. Consequently, I
take steam from the dome of the boiler in a one-
inch i>ipe, and heat the last-built houses, and
have taken out all of the two-inch pipe save
about twelve feet, and would have dispensed
with that had it not already been in the boiler.
From the two-inch pipe I take six one inch
pipes for the heating of the other houses.

I grow and use more cut flowers for my busi-
ness than all the other greenhouses heated by
hot water in and about Chicago. My business
has frequently taken me to their houses for the
past eight years for cut flowers, and I can but
seldom find what I want to use in my business.
In greenhouses heated by steam, flowers are
more abundant.

I think if florists were not so negligent in com-
paring notes of their experience and results
through the Monthly, we would advance more
in improvements, with better results.

STEAM HEATING IN CHICAGO.

BY W. D. ALLEN, CHICAGO, ILL.

By what authority does Walter M. Taber, of
Detroit, Mich., state in the Gardener's Monthly
of February, 1882. that steam heating in Chicago
has not proved a success ? If he will refer to the

RONDOLETIA SPECIOSA MAJOR.

BY C. E. PARNELL, GARDENER TO W. D. F. MANICE,
ESQ., QUEENS, L. I.

The showy Rondoletia — Rondoletia speciosa
major is a comparatively rare evergreen stove
or hothouse plant belonging to the natural order
Cinchonacese. It forms, when full grown, a
dwarf shrub of compact habit from five to seven
feet in height, the young branches having a
drooping habit, and produces its richly colored
flowers in large terminal corymbs in the great-
est profusion from September to January. The
leaves are of a glossy green color, and as the
flowers are remarkably firm in texture, they re-
main in perfection for a considerable length of
time. The individual flowers in size and shape
somewhat resemble those of a Phlox. In color
they are of a rich orange, gradually becoming
lighter towards the centre.

It is unfortunately a plant of slow growth, and
many years must elapse before one can obtain a
satisfactory specimen ; but when once obtained
it will be found well worth all the time and care
bestowed upon it. It requires, and must have,
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posed of two-thirds fibry loam, one third leaf
mould, and enough sand to keep the compost
open, and during the winter season a tempera-
ture of from 55° to 60° Fahrenheit. During the
summer season the plant, if small, can be
planted out, or if large plunged in the border
fully exposed to the sun, but on account of the
fibrous character of the roots great care is neces-
sary at all times to give it a sufficient supply of
water, for if allowed to become very dry the
plant will be severely injured, and if this is
repeated several times the plant will almost, if
not entirely, be destroyed.

When in the house the Kondoletia should be
freely and frequently syringed, and during the
blooming season a weekly watering of liquid
manure water will be found to be of great bene-
fit to it. It is an essential point in th« cultiva-
tion of this plant to fully expose it to the sun
during the summer season in order to enable it
to flower to perfection.

Our plant is about nine and one-half feet high,
with a head four feet in diameter, and is grow-
ing in a tub three feet in diameter, and when in
full bloom is a remarkably attractive plant.

As I do not see its name even mention-
ed in but few of the catalogues of our florists,
I hope that these few brief remarks will be
the means of calling the attention of some
of our plant growers to this attractive and de-
sirable plant.

STEAM HEATING.

BY A. B. FOWLER, BOSTON.

I am glad to see that at last we are beginning
to awaken the astute minds of the florists to the
fact that steam is the best heat for them, and I
trust your modesty will not cause you to blush
when I ascribe to your kindly offices much of
the benefit which in the future will accrue to
those who have taken the hint and struck out in
the new direction. Truly there seems to be fire
all along the line — Pittsburg, Detroit, Boston.
But where are our New York friends ? They are
not wont to be so conservative. I think friend
Taber has made a little mistake, or, possibly,
your printers have made one for him. He
quotes from my former letter, " Regarding the
larger pipes, their cost is nearly double that of
the smaller, and if the latter can be made as
eflfective, this is surely a saving." Now that is
all correct, and what I said I meant ; nor do 1
yet see any reason to change my mind. Then

he says : " While I do not see any advantage of
large pipes over small, except in cheapness,
Mr. Fowler must know that more heat is ob-
tained from one two-inch pipe than from two
one-inch pipes."

The impression I intended to convey in the
letter from which he quotes, was, that two-inch
pipe was more costly than one-inch. My au-
thority being the general price-list of pipe,
which reads that the price per foot of two-inch
pipe is forty-six cents, while one-inch is nineteen
cents per foot.

Now, by referring to Dennett's table of sur-
faces of pipe, I find that two feet of one-inch
pipe more than equals one foot of two-inch. So,
since the surface exposed is what we desire for
heating, we see that the two feet of one-inch
pipe not only costs eight cents less, but also pre-
sents more surface than one foot of two-inch.
Of course, this is a small matter, and I notice it
not for the sake of discussion, but merely from
the desire to correct any wrong impression
which may have been given. I believe I had
the honor of being Mr. Taber's correspondent at
the establishment of R. G. Parker & Co. So we
have met very pleasantly before, as I trust we
may do again.

FUMIGATING.

BY W. FALCONER.

Thrips and aphides succumb to tobacco
smoke, but in order to make fumigating effect-
ual for thrips repeated doses are necessary. It
is not the amount of smoke that hurts the plants,
but the hot smoke. Cold smoke does no injury.
When plants are being fumigated their leaves
and stems should be dry. Never fumigate in
the daytime in sunny or windy weather ; even-
ings and rainy days are the preferable times.
Syringe your plants the morning after fumiga-
ting. Red spiders, scales, mealy bugs, cock-
roaches and weevils are smoke proof.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Orchid Growing —The extent to which the
culture of orchids has reached, since the Gar-
dener's Monthly and other magazines have
done so much to simplify the mystery with which
the older times loved to surround their treat-
ment, is very remarkable. Almost every one
who has a greenhouse now has a few orchids,

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[May,

and they are almost always present in some
collections at horticultural exhibitions. At the
March meeting of the Germantown Horticul-

of the moth orchids. Cypripedium villosum
was shown by Alexander Young, gardener to
Mr. R. S. Mason, and the old but very beautiful

CROTON RECURViFOLiDS. (See opposlte page.)

tural Society, Mr. Wm. Jamison, gardener to j Bletia Tankervillae or Phajus grandiflorus, as ita
Geo. L. Harrison, Esq., had a fine plant of the name is considered more properly to be. Thia
rare and beautiful Phalsenopsis grandiflora, on? last seems to have bloomed more freely every-

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where this year than last, and leads one to sus-
pect that even in the hands of good gardeners,
greenhouse flowers have their seasons. The
Phajus is popular as a cut-flower, as indeed
most orchids are.

The Harris Lily. — This very beautiful va-
riety of the Japan Lilium longiflorum proves its
popularity by the number of new names it is
receiving. Among the latest seems to be " The
New Bermuda Lily." Though a native of Japan
it seems to have become partially naturalized in
Bermuda, and some having had their stock
direct from Bermuda, is the reason perhaps for
the creation of so many names. However, the
number of names will not be of much conse-
quence so long as all understand they belong to
one thing.

Steam Heating. — This promises to be the
greatest blessing to floriculture ever introduced.
There are thousands of people who would
gladly have small conservatories attached to
their dwelling houses if only the heating trou-
bles could be gotten over. When a dwelling
house is steam-heated, it is the easiest possible
thing to extend a few steam pipes to the con-
servatory.

Bridal Bouquets. — The London Journal of
Horticulture tells how these are made in Eng-
land : " It should be nine to ten inches in diame
ter, the surface slightly convex, broken occa
sionally by a raised flower or spray of Maiden-
hair Fern, Selaginella fsesia, or Pelargonium
filicifolium odoratum. Three or four stems may
be left long enough to reach to the bottom of the
bouquet-holder, but all the others should be
shortened to an inch or two, enveloped in damp
cotton wool, which is bound on securely with
fine brass wire, enough wire being left on to form
an artificial stem. Prepare sufficient flowers
and spray beforehand, and also have ready a
handful of damp cotton wool ; then proceed
from the centre outwards, not with formal cir-
cles, each of one kind of flower, but with a skil-
ful, tasteful blending of form with form suffi-
ciently to impart relief and variety. Or there
may be a grouping of three or four flowers of
each sort without any approach to heaviness.
Prevent crowding and confusion by pads of the
damp cotton wool between the flowers, drawing
out the wool of each pad at the bottom suffi-
ciently to enable you to twist it two or three
times around one of the wire stems, so that there
may be no risk of any being shaken out while

the bouquet is being used. The damp wool also
serves to kpep the flowers fresh and unwithered.
If the bouquet has to be made some hours before
it is used, avoid all flowers that shed easily —
white .Jasmine is very prone to shed its flowers
soon after they are cut. Twist the wire stems
securely together so that no flower can be dis-
placed, and make the bottom of the bouquet
lerel, so that the bouquet paper may easily be
slipped up close under the flowers and kept
there by sewing it to them with a needle and
white cotton."

NEW OR RARE PLANTS.

Croton recurvifolius (see illustration). — The
English people never seem to tire of new Cro-
tons. They are among the gayest of their hot-
house plants. In our country there is the
additional advantage that they thrive admira-
bly in the open air during the summer season.
No one has yet thougtit to have beds of the
different varieties, as we have of coleus, but
such a bed would be charming if judiciously
arranged. We give with this one of the newest,
an introduction of Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, of
Chelsea, near London. It is thus described :
A very fine and distinct broad-leaved va-
riety of dense habit and with recurred foliage
far superior to the well-known C. volutus. The
midribs and veins, which are crimson bordered
with yellow, are much sunk, giving the upper
surface of the leaves a ridged and waved appear-
ance. The variegation is well-marked and the
contrast of the different tints to the deep olive
green ground color is very pleasing.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

IsoTOMA longiflora. — John G. Eisele says :
" In regard to what Mr. DeNiedman volunteered
to state in the February number of the Garden-
er's Monthly, concerning I. longiflora: First,
I received the seed from which I raised the
plants from a friend at Tampico, Mexico. There,
I was told, the flower is a favorite, and bears the
poetical name of " Estrella del Mer." To be sure,
Tampico lies pretty well south — below the Tropic
of Cancer— and has consequently rather a warm
climate; but nevertheless, especially in the be-
ginning of winter, it is not seldom severely expos-
' edto the cold northern winds, sweeping down from

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IMay,

Texas. The blooming time of I. longiflora falls be-
tween October and January ; and that fact made
me think that it was not, strictly speaking, a
stove plant, and must not be treated as such,
although it may thrive well in an orchid house,
like Pteris trimula. I kept the specimens I suc-
ceeded in raising, in a temperature of from 50°
to 65°, mostly in a Rose house, on the ground,
where the Tea Roses are planted, in and be-
tween the rose bushes, knowing that they will
thrive well in the shade, which they did, and
merrily went on blooming. I often cut from
one good-sized plant in a six inch pot, from four
to six flowers a day, and as the flower was a
novelty in this market, it readily brought two
cents apiece. We ourselves used it freely in our
designs, and found that just that peculiar length
of the flower tube was the strikingly pleasing
feature in it. We could either let it stick out
and produce its whole length, or we somewhat
clipped it (the tube) below, and then applied it
according to circumstances, to taste, and so
pleased all.

I concede, that the flower cannot in truth be
called a very desirable one ; yet we found it any-
how as lasting as the Jasmine or Azalea flowers.
Florists, here and elsewhere, have offered and
sent us voluntarily flattering testimonials as to
its value as a cut flower. That the plant is an
annual, I am, so far, inclined to doubt, as,
after blooming, it puts out numerous sprouts
or shoots from the roots. For rockeries, as
Mr. De Niedman suggests, I do not consider
it suitable or fit at all ; at least not in this
latitude, for the obvious reason that it blooms
too late in fall.

As to the poisonous properties of the plant in
any or all of its parts, of which Mr. De Neidman
talks, I can only say, I have not observed
anything marked about it. Of course, any one
who puts one of the flowers into his mouth and
masticates it, may feel a kind of a burning sen-
sation on his tongue ; but that is the case with
many. Many a highly-priced ornamental plant
will have some kind of acid. I found the seed
of I. longiflora mentioned as something rare,
even in the seed.

Catalogues ot Haage & Schmidt, in Erfurt, Ger-
many, and I. axilaris and Brownii, I often
meet in some European gardens. Mr. De Nied-
man tries to make even the odors of Isotoma sus-
pected, if not odious. I do not remember hav-
ing seen or heard much of flowers emitting poi-
son. At any rate, if we are going to discard all

poisonous and suspicious plants we are carefully
cultivating and highly prizing, we would have to
discard and to miss some of our most beautiful
favorites in the garden, as, for instance : Azalea
pontica, Aconitum, Euphorbia, Calla, Solanum,
Oleander, Ranunculi, Laurus cerasus, Arum,
Helleborus niger, Digitalis, Dativia, Kalmia, and
last, if not least, Daphne, which Phytohemie
designates as poisonous. All this is only to say,
that what I stated in the December number of
this journal about I. longiflora, was no exaggera-
tion or fiction, but the naked truth. That any
plant, newly introduced, brought into public no-
tice, has to stand the cross fire of the critics, is
an old, well-known fact, and I don't complain
of it.

[In justice to Mr. Eisele, it should be said that
we had never seen the plant before, and we had
to give him the name from botanical analysis
alone. He is justified in regarding it as rather
rare under culture. He is also one of the most
intelligent of the rising race of commercial flor-
ists in Philadelphia, and well qualified to judge
of an acceptable cut flower. It is true, as Mr.
De N. says, that the sweet odor of the flower has
the reputation among the Carribeans of produc-
ing headaches, but we have known South Caro-
linians cut down Gardenias for the same reason.
—Ed. G. M.l

CoNOCLiNiUM lANTHiNUM. — This is the name of
the flower sent by J. B., Sacramento, California.

Strelitzia begins. — "H. G. C." asks: "Can
any of the readers of the " Gardener's Monthly
give me any information on the cultivation of the
Strelitzias reginse, or juncea? Do they require
stove or greenhouse temperature?

[They thrive very well if planted out in a
warm, sunny place, in rather damp, rich soil,
during summer, and repotted in autumn. They
do not require great heat in winter. — Ed. G. M.]

Blue Carpet Bedder.— " F. N. J." asks :
"What is your own opinion of the best blue car-
pet bedder, after all the discussion there has
befin on the subject ?"

[We do not think just what is needed has yet
been suggested. It is to be remembered that the
question was for a plant that would not grow
more than a few inches high, — something that
would do for the blue in a flag. We think Lo-
belia, as at first suggested, is the best, but it
must be continually nipped back ; for if left to
seed it will die out before the season is over.

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The next beet thing seems to be some of the
dwarf varieties of Eupatorium. — Ed. G. M.]

New Cestrum. — " J. W.," Louisville, Ky., says :
•' Mr. Rafferty, a florist here, has a seedling Oes-
trum, which I think is distinct. The seed was
taken oflT Cestrum Parquii, but this one turned
out pale yellow, a shade lighter than aurantia-
cum, open all the time, and gives off" its frag-
rance during the night, same as Parquii, and
has no bad odor like aurantiacum. Will be
glad to know what you think of it."

[This ought to be a valuable variety. — Ed.
G. M.]

Queries ON Stkam Heating. — " William H. B.,"
Independence, Kansas, says : " The talks on
steam-heatiug are becoming very interesting to
me. I use flues, and am away from the line of
trade between great propagators. I wish a little
information. First, I observe that water must
boil to create steam. Now, for night heat, must
some one attend to the fires to keep the water
boiling, or do we start into the night with a
pressure, or supply of steam, to last through ?
Again, can the steam-pipes be carried in any
direction, and raised or lowered at pleasure,
without affecting the result ; or, is it like hot
water, hottest at the highest point? Could one
heat their dwelling from same boiler? Could I
use a dismantled threshing machine boiler? Is
it best to place the boiler inside the house with
only the front in the shed, as we do other appa-
ratus ; if so, would it not be too hot for anything
directly over the boiler ? How high a pressure
is carried, and how far can steam be carried
under cover, and how far under ground between
disconnected houses ?"

Winter Blooming White Flower. — "R. L. B."
wants a better winter white flower than Stevia or
Eapatorium affords. What shall it be ?

Black Flea on Heliotrope. — " Florist," Des
Moines, Iowa, says : " A little black flea in spring
attacks my Heliotropes, Primroses, Sweet Alys-
aum and other plants, and works great destruction
to their foliage. What can I do to destroy him, or
prevent his ravages? So far, the only remedy I
have found is hand-picking in the early morn-
ing, when he is chilled. Am also troubled in
summer with another insect on the upper and
under sides of foliage of Callas and Farfugiums.
Under an eye-glass it looks like a small red ant,
with a long, sharp snout. After its attacks, the
leaves look blistered, and are spoiled."

[The editor saw what he presumes the same
insect, on some Heliotropes at North Bend,
Ohio, last summer. It is not known East, so far
as we know. — Ed. G. M.]

PoiNSETTA pulcherrima.— " W. S. B." asks :
•' Can I grow the Poinsetta pulcherrima from
seed ; if so, where can I get it? I do not find it
in any of the many catalogues. I can find the
plant advertised."

[It rarely, if ever, perfects its seeds under cul-
tivation. It is always raised from cuttings. — Ed.
G. M.]

The Detroit Carnations.— August D. Mylius,
Detroit, Mich., says : " The small article I sent
you about Mr. Hinze's Red and White Oarna-
tions^ which you kindly inserted in January
number, resulted in a great many inquiries,
which I undertook, with Mr. Hinze's consent, to
answer. I wrote you another article which did
not appear. In that, I told all that inquired the
truth about these two Carnations. All I knew
was according to Mr. Hinze's statement, as he
told me himself. A number inquired for plants,
so I told some if the price I gave them was satis-
factory, I would advertise the two varieties —
White, at $6 per 100 ; Red, $5 per 100— which I
did, after receiving satisfactory answer. I ad-
vertised the plants I had propagated for my
trade (cut flower). But I had no intention of
advertising at all at the time I wrote the article
to you last December. A few days ago, I heard
from Mr. John Breitmeyer, that he intended
to write an article for the Monthly concerning
these advertisements — Mr. Taber's and mine —
as if I were infringing on his Carnation circular.
I put an honest advertisement in the Monthly.
If my plants don't suit, it is my loss. What Mr.
Taber does is none of my business; but I want
it distinctly understood by Mr. Breitmeyer that
I knew nothing concerning Taber's advertise-
ment, till noticing it in the Monthly. I called
the Carnations Hinze's Seedlings because more
know them by that name than any other, and,
besides, he is the originator of these two. I can-
not help if Taber calls them 'Garfield and
Blaine.' If Mr. Breitmeyer has a seedling he
calls ' Garfield,' that is not the same as Mr. Ta-
ber's, and has nothing to do with me, and I hope
you will see that my name is not mixed up with
Mr. Breitmeyer and Mr. Taber. But I know
you will see justice done.

''And concerning the steam article, Mr. Breit-
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thing to say. I understand that Mr. Breitmeyer
will put in steam the next time he builds green-
houses. I cannot help if Mr. Taber writes on
the same subject. I have only stated facts as I
know them. Mr. Breitmeyer can say nothing
about steam, because he has none in his
houses."

[As already noted, this letter was received be-
fore the one from Mr. Breitmeyer appeared in
our last. It seemed important that if there were

any confusion in names of the Carnations it
should be known.

Perhaps if the paper Mr. M. refers to had ap-
peared, Mr. B.'s communication would not have
been needed. It was held back for a little re-
vision, fur which the editor had not found the
time required.

As the matter now stands, the points we think
are clear, and will not need any further corres-
pondence.—Ed. G. M.]

Fruit and Vegetable Gardening.

CO MM UNI C A TIONS.

UNIVERSAL SIDE CLEFT CRAFTING.

BY WOODBRIDGE STKONG, NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J.

In the spring of 1881, I practiced with much
success a method of grafting, which I submit for
trial to the readers of the Gardener's Monthly
interested in the subject.

I cut the scions with shears into pieces of
one, two or three buds, with from one to two
inches of wood below the lowest bud, but prefer
scions with only one bud. I then seat myself at
a table, upon which a soft piece of pine used
with smooth surface has been fastened, and with
thumb and finger of the left hand take hold of
the scion at the top bud, and rest its lower end
on the board, holding the scion nearly perpen-
dicularly, while with a thin, sharp knife, I make
a downward oblique cut in a straight line five
or six-eighths of an inch long, to and through
the centre of the lower end of the scion, thus
making one side a wedge.

This done, I turn the scion over, lay the cut
side flat down upon the board and shave ofi" its
other side in like manner, but about one quarter
of one inch less in length than the side first cut,
making a sharp wedge, say six-eighths of an
inch long on one side, and four-eighths of an
inch on the other side. I use a budding knife,
and scions can thus be prepared with much
rapidity and uniformity.

I generally prepare about thirty scions in this

way at a time, and put them in a dish with
water, to keep them fresh until set, and then im^
mediately proceed to set them.

If the limb or stock is an inch and a-half
thick or more, and sufficiently firm, I take a
thick, sharp chisel a quarter to three eighths of
an inch wide, and with a hammer and the long-
est or straight side of the chisel inside, next the
stock, make a cut obliquely downward into the
stock, towards its centre, through the bark and
into the hard wood, deep enough to receive the
whole of the wedge part of the scion. Then with
the hammer I drive the scion lightly down into
the cut, with the longest side of the wedge inside
next the stock, so that when done the scion will
stand off from the stock, at an angle of about
forty-five degrees, or about the angle that young
limbs usually make with the stock from which
they grow, and so that the cut bark on the
shoulder of the longest side of the wedge will
rest firmly against the cut part of the bark of the
stock where the chisel first entered it. Or, with
a thin, sharp knife blade and the hammer, I
make a broad cut downward in the same direc-
tion, and of the same depth, into the hard wood,
and set in this cut two scions diverging like the
sides of the letter V.

It is safer not to drive the scion down quite to
the shoulder, than to drive it at all past that
point; for if driven too far, no part of the cut
bark of stock and scion will touch each other,
and the operation will fail, while if not driven
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of the slope on the scion will cross and touch
the cut bark on the stock, and will almost al-
ways thus form a union.

If the scions are to be set in limb or stock too
small to stand firm under the hammer and
chisel, then with a thin, sharp knife-blade I make
a 8trai<;ht oblique cut down and towards the cen-

SIDE CLEFT GRAFTING.

1. Graft set in and tied with worsted.

2. The same covered with wax.

3. The same when one year old.

tre of the limb or stock into the hard wood, deep
•enough to receive the wedge part of the scion,
and then set the scion in this cut precisely as in
the cut made with the chisel.

Stocks and scions of nearly the same size can
be grafted in this way with great rapidity and
success. But of course, the smaller the stock,
the more nearly perpendicular will be the cut in
it to receive the scion, and when set the scion
will, in many cases, be nearly parallel with the

stock. And when the scion and stock are of
nearly the same size, I fit one side at least of the
scion with one side of the stock.

When the scion is set, if the stock is too small
to close upon and firmly hold it, I tie the stock
and scion as in other processes ; but in all large
limbs and stocks, if the operation is fairly well
done, the stock will hold the scion firmly with-
out any ligature.

The scion being thus set, if not tied, I next
with a quarter or half-inch wide flat sash paint
brush, fill every part of the cut about the scion
with melted, but not hot, grafting wax, or
with cold, liquid grafting wax, and if the graft
has been tied, I cover all exposed cut parts, and
then bandage with the wax.

In root-grafting young stock, I always tie with
woolen yarn and wax all the yarn in above man-
ner, except a line on the bark of the stock or
root, which I leave exposed to the ground and
weather to rot off" as growth proceeds.

In all cases I leave the end of the stock an
inch or so longer than the end of the scion, so
that buds on the stock may draw the sap up to
and above the point of intended union, and this
greatly aids the success of the operation.

When the scion starts to grow, I rub off" the
sprouting buds on the stock, and in time cut the
stock off"just above the graft, in all cases where
the scion is set at or intended to grow from the
end of the stock.

But in re-topping large trees, and in grafting
limbs, I frequently put in a scion near the end
of the limb by this process, as in the end by
other methods, and then set other scions along
the limb in its sides whenever new branches are
desired, even in a limb or trunk six inches or
more in diameter.

With care and good judgment, a tree can thus
be made symmetrical, and long, bare limbs can
be covered with a new growth of branches.
But of course, the scions that are nearest the
end of the limb, will push the most vigorously,
and the strength of the growth of all will depend
largely upon the extent to which the tree is
headed in or cut back.

To sum up some of the advantages of this
method as they impress me, I submit :

1st. That scions can be set far more rapidly
than by any other process.

2nd. That the operation is more uniformly
successful.

3rd. That in most cases all tying and untying
as growth proceeds, and re-tying to prevent

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blowing out, are dispensed with, and the scion
stands firmly in the hard wood from its first in-
sertion, and is able to take care of itself against
ordinary winds.

4th. That limbs can be thus provided when-
ever taste or utility may suggest.

In all other methods of side grafting, I believe
the union is attempted to be made only in and
under the bark, and such grafts are apt to be
blown out, unless time and care are bestowed
on them while growing.

Let me add, that in all processes of grafting,
there are great advantages in using short scions
— one bud or joint is enough— because there is
less surface for evaporation, which is a frequent
cause of scions failing to unite with the stock.

They are also less liable to be knocked loose
by birds perching on them, or by other means ;
and the nearer the new growth starts from the
stock, the less is the leverage for the winds to
act upon, and the less the danger of the graft be-
ing blown out.

As an additional guard against evaporation, I
always, when waxing the grafts, cover the cut
top of the scion with grafting wax.

During the past winter I have collar-grafted
by this method some twenty-five hundred pear
and plum stocks, and shall set them out this
spring, with hopes of much success.

I have also in mind some variations of the
process which may be improvements, and will
be tested this spring and coming summer.

In cases where the stock or limb to be grafted
is more than three quarters of an inch thick, it
will be best to set scions in the end of it, by ordi-
nary cleft grafting, or by crown grafting under
the bark, and at the same time put in scions in
the sides of the limb or stock as wanted. These
grafts in the end of such large stocks or limbs
will be needed to grow over and heal the stump
properly.

[We regard this as one of the best contribu-
tions we have received for a long time. The
mode is so simple that the only wonder is that
it has not been in practice long ago. Perhaps
it has, for generally there are plenty of people
who know things after other people have told
all about them. One thing is certain, this simple
plan has never been published. — Ed. G. M.]

bers, tomatoes, etc. I wish we would add the
I fig to the list. General Worthington of Ohio,
I who has cultivated the fig in the open air for
more than fifty years, says that he grows more
of this fruit on the same space of ground than he
can of potatoes or tomatoes.

Your reference to fig culture in France and
Germany, (March number, page 79.) is pertinent
and timely ; but by my method of planting the
trees, the winter protection is made very easy.

The great thing in growing trees, etc., is to be
able to ripen the wood. Unripe wood causes the
death of the peach and other trees. Fig wood
can be ripened as well as can the wood of other
trees. Of course if we cannot have fruits without
winter protection, we will want to cultivate all
the same. At the far north, grape vines, raspberry
bushes, peach trees, etc., have to be protected,
and it pays, for the people must have fruit. So
then if our fig tree is laid down and nicely
covered, no matter how cold, it is not disturbed
more than any other sleeper.

An American gentleman residing at Brighton,
England, has sent me the leaf of a fig tree planted
by Thos. a'Becket more than 800 years since,
and a photographic view of the fig orchard in
which this tree is now growing. Well, if in that
moist and dark climate figs are grown success-
fully, how much more in our sunny climate? I
would like to send my pamphlet '' Fig culture at
the North a success," three editions, to any party
inclosing five cents.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

FIG CULTURE AGAIN.

BY G. F. NEEDHAM, WASHINGTON, D. C.

We, at the North, are now growing tropical
and semi-tropical fruits, to wit, melon?, cucum-

Relation between Seeds and Quality.— Dr.
Sturtevant finds those melons which have an
abundance of seeds to be inferior in eating qual-
ities. This does not probably hold good in all
fruits. The Rutter Pear which has rarely seeds,
is remarkably good when only a few are allowed
to bear. When over-bearing, as it usually does,
it is a worthless fruit. The inference is that
quality depends on something else than the
ability to bear seeds.

Peach Yellows. — It is interesting to note the
great progress which has been made of late years
in the knowledge of this disease. It is many
years since the writer of this paragraph demon-
strated that in the early stages of the disease,
the roots of the peach tree are covered by the
mycelium of a species of Agaricus, a fungus- t&

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which genus the well known Mushroom belongs.
That this fungus by feeding on the roots, is
certainly connected with the disease, he proved
by taking spades full of the earth, and placing
them around healthy trees, when the "yellows"
resulted. Other trees also received the fungus
and the yellows followed, especially the Norway
spruce, white spruce, and white pine. Indeed
the development of the disease after this inocu-
lation with the root fungus, is more clearly
traced and its operation better understood in the
Norway spruce than in the peach tree itself.
Some years ago, the writer of this was on a
steamer going down the James River, and was
called on by some horticulturists to go over
again for their benefit some account of these
views. But a distinguished gentleman rose and
protested against this waste of time, as in his
opinion " no one knew anything of the yellows,
nor would people ever know more than they did
now," at least this is the recctrd as made on our
note book at the time. In the Country Gentleman's
report of the recent meeting of the Western New
York Horticultural Society we find the following ;
" Dr. Hexamer mentioned cases of success in
treatment of yellows, where the soil was drawn
away and hot soap applied, the soap containing
the potash required." From this we infer that
Dr. Hexamer is at least satisfied that the remedy
can be reached through the roots, whether the
cause of the trouble be there or not, and that we
may after all not despair of knowing something
about it sometime.

Lichens and Tree Fungi. — Though the " Ice-
land moss," a species of Lichen is known some-
what in our cookery, it is perhaps the only one
of this class which is used by us. In Japan there
seems to be a great number of desirable kinds,
judging by the following which we take from Mr.
Maries' exceedingly interesting communications
to Mr. Robinson's Garden : " I continued my
rambles about the mountains at Sapporo for ten
days, and we had many delicacies m the way of
food. We always had plenty of fungi ; some from
the Birch (Betulaalba) tasted like mutton; others
from Oak trees ; the celebrated Mats taki from
the Fir trees (we had venison steak always with
this); another fungus like masses of miniature
deer-horns was excellent in Japanese soup."

Stump Pullers. — The Australian papers are
worrying over the fact that it takes over a dollar
and a half worth of dynamite to blow up a stump.
Better get an American stump pulling machine.

The Grape Vine Mildew. — This, the small
fungus known as Oidium Tuckeri, and which
made such consternation among European grape
growers a few years ago, is so easily destroyed by
the use of the sulphur bellows, that no one fears
it now. At one time it was believed that fungus
would never attack healthy vegetation, but the
healthiness of a grape vine soon after the sulphur
has killed the fungus shows something is wrong
with the old idea.

The Foreign Grape in America. — As is now
generally known, the foreign varieties of the
grape do not well in the Eastern United States,
apparently from the dryness of the atmosphere,
for they do very well when covered by glass' so as
to make the air about them humid ; yet they do
well in the dry atmosphere of Utah. A corres-
pondent of the Country Gentleman notes their
success at Brigham City.

Glut in the Apple Market. — Mr.Thos C. Thur-
low, in an admirable address on apple culture, at
West Newberry, Mass., remarked that the only
glut from apple culture would be from poor fruit,
which it would pay better to feed to cattle than
send to market. The prices of first-class apples
have been steadily rising for the past ten years,
and first-class fruit will always sell at paying
prices.

Ramie. — A few years ago much was expected
from the fibre of Urtica nivea, the China grass
or Ramie. The last we heard of it was that the
fibre could not be profitably cleaned unless some
improved machinery could be invented. Re-
cently, as we have reason to believe, some one
has been successful, and a demand for it is
springing up. Can any reader give us the latest
intelligence about it?

Magnesian Limestone. — Can any reader n-
form " C." whether there is any kind of soil on
which magnesian limestone is better than lime-
stone free of magnesia ? As a general thing,
"C." has found magnesian limestone worse than
no lime at all.

American Jute. — In answer to our inquiry as
to this "rare plant which is to be introduced
from the East Indies to Florida," we find that it
is not the jute — the real Corchorus — but our old
friend of the past century, Abutilon Avicennse,
and which has already a dozen or more of com-
mon names, such as Velvet Leaf, Devil's Plant,
Indian Mallow, Cake Seed, and is known as a
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the Atlantic portion of tlie United States. We
fear, as we have often said, that its branching
habit will always be against its successful com-
petition with hemp.

We tind the story is repeated in the Western
papers that a "Camden firm" offers eight dol-
lars a ton for it, and wants it badly. If so, and
there is any profit in it, the " Camden firm " can
find plenty of farms to rent near them whereon
they can raise it themselves. It is probably
some half a dozen years ago since we first saw
about the wants of this "Camden firm." They
must be starving by this time.

Bottling Grapes. — Some late Grapes, Black
Alicante for instance, have the bunch so close to
the old wood that, no matter how closely the
young wood may be cut in, there is often not
enough wood to insert into the neck of the bot-
tle and allow of the bunch hanging clear. In
such cases the wood above the bunch may be in-
serted instead, and it will be found to answer
equally well, as we have proved. All fre h cuts
should be dressed with shellac. — Garden.

Fruit Culture in England.— This is receiving
much more attention than it once did. The
Garden notes that at a recent exhibition over
200 plates of apples were presented, and it justly
remarks that at least as many premiums should
be offered for fruit as for potatoes.

Deterioration of the Strawberry. — Many of
the Ohio fruit growers believe that the continual
-propagation from runners of any one variety,
will induce it to run out in time. We do believe
that when once a bed of strawberries has the
spotted leaf, or other disease, continual propaga-
tion from these will soon cause a variety to
dwindle away. No strawberry should be propa-
gated from plants which have spotted leaves.

Storing Apples. — In England, apples are
stored on shelves in fruit rooms above ground.
The Garden says that experiments have been
made there with the American plan of keeping
them in barrels, and the American plan is found
to be the best.

An ^■Esthete in Pear Flavor — One "Wilt-
shire Rector " complains in an English periodi-
cal that the Seckel Pear has a " vulgar sweet
taste." It is a pity there should be so many
vulgar people.

Vital Power in Fruit Trees. — How much
vital power has to do with ability to resist un-
favorable circumstances is well shown by Mr-

Barry in his presidential address to the Western
New York Horticultural Society. While younger
trees resisted the severe winter of 1880-81, whole
orchards of older trees were totally destroyed in
Western New York.

Raby Castle Red Currant.— Have any of our
readers had the chance to judge of the real merits
of this variety ?

Drying Apples Whole. — Recently we had a
note as regards the process by which apples were
dried whole in England. We have had in
response an answer to the inquiry, and believe it
is not generally known. We find the following
in regard to it in a recent issue of the London
Gardener's Chronicle, from a correspondent:

"I noticed a question asked in your columns
a few weeks since which I have not seen
nnswered, in reference to drying the Norfolk
Beefins: Apples. In the first place I would
remark that patience is necessary to do them
well. Several sorts of apples will dry — the
Yorkshire Greening, London Pippin, Blenheim
Orange, &c. — but none so well as the Norfolk
Beefing. The apples should be large and firm.
In the first place they should be pricked well
over the skin with a large needle; then roasted
in an oven, not too hot, but just sufficiently to
cook them without bursting— a brick oven is
always best for doing them ; if nicely roasted the
skin will be bright and clear. Let the apples
get quite cold, and flatten them a little with the
finger and thumb; then return them to the oven,
taking care that it is not hot for a couple of hours.
Then repeat the flattening and drying as often as
is necessary — three or four times is generally
sufficient. They usually take three or four daj's
to dry, as they must be cold each time. The
great secret in doing them well is nicely roasting
the apples in the first place. In Lady Augusta
Millbank's lifetime, they were used here for the
dessert in large quantities, and much better done
than those that were bought in."

Insect Laws. — They have insect laws in Cali-
fornia. Commissioners, three, are appointed,
who make the by-laws and enforce them. Here
is one by the Commissioners of Nevada Count}':

" It shall be required of every fruit grower,
owner of an orchard or orchards, or lands con-
taining fruit trees, or persons in p ssession of
lands on which there are fruit trees, which are
infested with codling moth, larvae or pupae
(chrysalis), to destroy such codling moth, its
larvae or pupae, before the first day of March
each year, by scraping off" all rough bark on said
trees and cleaning all crevices in bark and
crotches. The scrapings must be gathered care-
fully and destroyed by burning or otherwise.
A spread made of old grain sacks or other
cloth material should be spread on the ground
around the body of the tree before scraping.
After s<"raping, the tree must be washed with an

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alkaline wash made from a soft soap containing
at least nine per cent, of potash, forty-five per
cent, of oil or fat, and about forty-six of water.
This soap, when made, mixed with twenty-five
per cent, of its weiglit with tlower of sulphur.
One pound of this mixture to each gallon of
water used for washing trees. Instead of this
wash, the whale oil soap and sulphur known as
codling moth wash may be used."

Fritit and Vegetables ox the Sacramento. —
It is worth putting on record that the first vege-
tables planted at Yuba Dam, or as it is now
called, Marysville, in California, Briggs, the
famous orchardist, set out. in 1841 a ton of po-
tatoes, which cost him $800. The frost inter-
fered, but he had a fair crop. The next year he
bought a lot of watermelon seed for $20, and
planted five acres, for the product of which he
received $5,000 clear profit ; twenty-six acres the
next year, made a profit of $20,00<.'>. He brought
fifty peach trees froin New York and planted
them in 1852, bearing the first fruit in that part
of the world in 1853.

Soil for Peas. — Rich soil is not essential to a
good pea crop, though little can be made of
them in what would be called poor ground.
Nor does the pea like wet ground. But
it likes ground that is moderately rich, and in
situations where the sun does not pour.

Growing Radishes.— It requires rich ground
to grow vegetables well, but the radish beyond
all must have it. It is hot work to eat a radish
that has not been grown in very rich ground.

How TO Ripen Persimmons. — A correspon-
dent of the Pacific Rural Press says: " I learned
from a Chinaman, who has had much experi-
ence in fruit growing, that the best method of
treating the persimmon is to take it from the
tree when fully matured and put it aAvay in
some place (a box or otherwise) where it will
be excluded from the air and light until it has
become perfectly soft and pulpy, and then steep
it for a few hours in clear water."

Peach Yellows. — Dr. Sturtevant also is a be-
liever that the seat of the Peach Yellows is some-
where about the root. He would apply Muriate
of Potash to the soil about peach trees as a pre-
ventative of the yellows.

Yeast as an Insecticide.— Yeast sometimes
destroys insects, and sometimes not. In the lat-
ter case it does not contain Isaria, which is the
particular fungus denoxious to insects.

The Leechee Fruit. — This Chinese tree, now
becoming popular for planting in California, is

the Nephelium Litchi of botanists. It is said
that an admirable wine may be made by using
for fermentation the dried fruit. Care must be
taken not to crush the seeds, which are acrid.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Winter Nelis Pear. — "A. H.," Meadville, Pa.,
writes: ''When I wrote to you about the keep-
ing of the Winter Nelis Pear, having kept it
some three months longer than usual under
conditions stated, I hoped to have had a private
opportunity to send you some samples of my
best specimens, but the opportunity failed to
come, and the best fruit was among the earliest
to mature. I, however, venture to send you by
mail a fair medium sized specimen to show that
part of the crop has kept even longer than I
anticipated. A day or two in a warm room will
bring it into eating condition, when I hope you
will find it as represented in my former note.
With kind regards and best wishes for a satis-
factory season with you."

[This pear proved to be delicious, excelling
even the superior fruit of Rochester. It is very
useful to know in what localities the varieties of
fruit do especially well. — Ed. G. M.]

Bentley's Sweet Apple. — Mr. Kalb says:
" My article in the Gardener's Monthly on the
Bentley's sweet apple has a slight typographical
error. ' My nurseryman's catalogue' should
read any nurseryman's catalogue. The error is
a very small one, but it makes the sense very
different from what I intended."

Highland Beauty Apple. — Mr. E. P. Roe
writes : " I send you herewith per express, pre-
paid, a few of my new seedling apples, 'High-
land Beauty,' which is a seedling from the Lady
apple. Last year was not the bearing year and
we had only a few ; but with no special care in
keeping they have kept in excellent order and
in a cellar where other varieties have rotted. It
is my wish to test this new variety fully before
sending it out to the public."

[This came to hand on the 18th of March,
which shows it to be a good keeper. As before
noted in relation to this and other apples, the
value of a good fruit of this class depends on so
many things of which a specimen on an editor's
table cannot tell. There are already over two
thousand named apples, and he who uridertakes
to add to their number assumes a great respon-
sibility. All we can say is that so far as we can

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judge, this apple has some very good qualities,
which seem to make it worthy of attention. —
Ed. G. M.]

Calloway Cling Peach. — Mr. T. V. Munson,
Denison, Texas, writes: "On page 83, March
number Gardener's Monthly, you insert my
letter of November 10th under 'A Fine Peach '
I should have written farther facts, obtained
since, in regard to the variety. After careful
inquiry, by letter and otherwise, I have been
enabled to trace its first introduction several
j'^ears ago by G. W. Stoner, of Shrevesport, La.,
but its origin was not known to him. It is
known as Calloway Cling, and possibly some of
your readers in the regions where the variety is
best known can give its origin. It is remarkable
for its lateness, size and quality."

Si'LPHUR FOR Currant Worms. — "W.," Chris-
tiana, Pa., writes: ''An old gardener informed
me, a few days since, that flower of sulphur sprin-
kled on the currant leaves when they were
damp would kill the currant worm. Is this cor-
rect? Will it answer as well as hellebore? Thee
can answer through G. M."

[We should incline to the belief that one
might roll a caterpillar in sulphur to its positive
comfort rather than injury ; but there can be no
objection to any one's trying it on one.-Ed. G. M.]

Fruits and Trees in Kansas. — " J. B.," Sa-
lina, Kansas, says : " I have a cottonwood growth
at my place two years old, of sixteen inches in
circumference and over twenty-two feet high.
In 1880. I sent a sunflower stalk to the national
fair at Bismarck, that grew alongside of some
road, twenty-two and one-half feet long, six
inches in circumference, and Avas enough for
one man to carry. Time of growing, little over
three inonths. My neighbor has a German
prune tree, very young yet, that had over five
hundred prunes on. Last season peaches sold
from $1 to $3 a bushel, and this all in a droughty
year."

[This is wonderfully good, especially for a
place so far towards the desert as Salina. —
Ed. G. M.]

Success with Dwarf Apples. — A New Bruns-
wick, N. J. correspondent says: "I have also
succeeded in growing dwarf apples — for three
years now — upon a stock not subject to the
borer and from which I expect very good per-
manent results. We consider it scarcely worth
while to try to grow apples on this dry red shale
formation on their own roots ; for here, more

fatally than on any other soil, for some reason,
the worms, in four or five years ruin all."

Peach Culture. — " M. S ," Bryn Mawr, Pa.,
writes : '' In my little garden I have about a
couple dozen of peach trees, and should like to
have them succeed to perfection. I would like
them to be model trees, free from all diseases
and insect troubles, and bear certainly and pro-
fusely. Trees, in fact, which the owner of so
small an orchard may be proud to show to his
admiring friends. Now, what book shall I buy?"

[If you would be perfect in peach culture
wash the stems, before the leaves push, with
common lime-wash, as far up as you can reach,
without covering the last season's twigs. If the
white is disagreeable, put in coal dust, yellow
clay, or anything to shade it you prefer. A little
sulphur does no harm to the wash. Now for the
root culture — let the laundry folks, at every
wash-day, pour the boiling hot soapsuds about
the roots. This will destroy the insidious little
fungus which produces the '' yellows" and otfeer
diseases, and finish the larvje of insects which
are very injurious to the roots of the trees. Do
this and you will not need any books to teach
you how to grow a few dozen trees to the great-
est perfection.

If, however, you should be tempted from your
few dozen to become a market man on an ex-
tensive scale, there are many other things to be
considered. Then it is wise to read the expe-
riences of those who have been on the road
before you. Such works as '' Eutter on Peach
Culture" you will have to read, and you will de-
rive much profit therefrom. — Ed. G. M.]

Hybridizing Grapes. — "M. S. W.," Fonthill,
Ont., says : " We are anxious to know the art of
hybridizing grapes. Our Mr. Stone, of Koches-
ter, advised writing to you to see if there was
not some publication on that subject. If not,
we suggest an article at length in the Garden-
er's Monthly, which would be very interesting
and useful to many readers.''

[The process is easy by art, though it is not
easy when left to nature. The corolla of the
grape is united over the stigma, and generally
does not fall off" till it has received its own pol-
len ; but with good eyes, or good glasses to aid
the eyes, the corolla is opened with a fine scis-
sors, and the pollen applied from the male parent
to the stigma before it has had a chance to use
its own. If this is carefully done, crossing is
almost sure to be effectual — Ed. G. M.l

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Forestry.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

UNITED STATES TIMBER LAWS.

BY F. W. WOODWARD, EAU CLAIRE, WIS.

The quotation of the law in your April number
is incorrect. As the amended law now stands,
it requires btit ten acres to be planted on each
quarter section of one hundred and sixty acres,
and in like proportion on eighty and forty acres.

Five acres on each quarter section to be broken
up the first year, cropped the second, and the
additional five acres broken. The third year
five acres to be planted with trees 4.x4 or 2,700
to the acre. The fourth year the remaining five
acres which were cropped the third year, to be
planted in the same manner. Trees to be culti-
vated for eight years when there must be 675
growing trees to the acre, in order to obtain a
patent for the land.

AILANTHUS IN SOUTH JERSEY.

The reference of Mr. Douglas, in the April
number of the Monthly, to the Ailanthus as a
suitable tree for our Jersey shore, suggests some
farther observations upon this tree and its adap-
tation to the more sandy tracts in the southern
part of our State.

First. In regard to the durability of Ailanthus
timber, there is much uncertainty. I have been
collecting observations upon its use for several
years past, and while my own experience and
that of friends who have used it, is not in its
favor, reliable persons have told me that it was
equally enduring as chestnut. Its value as fire-
wood is also disputed. For cabinet work its
grain and color favor it, and it is liked by those
who have used it.

Second. The great destruction of our pine tim-
ber by fires, makes the cultivation or growth of
our pitch pine (P. rigida) too hazardous for
profit, unless in small, isolated tracts. The
necessity of a substitute — of a tree not so exposed
to fires as pine — suggested the Ailanthus. I have
made several small attempts at sowing seed, but
every year they failed to germinate. A very
small experiment in planting a few trees was
tried in Burlington County two years, but the
locality is too sandy and barren to produce trees
of any kind.

As regards observations, the Ailanthus has been
found growing thriftily at many localities in our
southern counties and upon very sandy soils.
From what I have seen I feel confident that this
tree can be grown profitably upon our poorer,

pine-barren lands, and that its more rapid growth
and its greater immunity from fires adapt it not
only to the very sandy lands of New Jersey, but
to some of those of Delaware and Maryland also.
The wood is worth quite as much per acre, for
fuel, as very much of that now cut from our pine
lands. And as a forest covering for lands which
are too poor for profitable farming, this tree
seems worthy of planting.

[We are very glad to have this suggestive
paper, especially because a recent note on the
Ailanthus seems to have been misunderstood in
some quarters. We give all the information we
can get on all subjects, and it makes no difference
to us whether that information be in favor of or
against any pet notion of our own or of anyone else.
It was in this spirit that we gave the paragraph
that some one in New York had found Ailanthus
posts good for nothing. It does not follow that
other people may have as bad experience, neither
is timber culture to be viewed wholly from the
standpoint of fence posts alone. As for the
Ailanthus, we may say that our impression is
that it will prove to be one of the most valuable
forest trees we have. But an editor must not be
satisfied with impressions. He must have the
facts, just as thev are, and just what thev are. —
Ed. G M.] '

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Forestry Nonsense. — The good cause of for-
estry would prosper much faster if it could be
relieved of the load of humbug and nonsense
which it has had to carry — a load packed on its
shoulders by sensationalists, who seem to think
that anything which will alarm people is good
for the cause whether the thing be true or not.
So widespread is this nonsense that the Garden-
er's Monthly has had to stand almost alone in
opposing it. This it does on the principle
that nothing but the truth can help any good
cause permanently. Here before us is an essay
by one whom the people look up to as an " au-
thority" on forestry matters. We read in it that
" in the early history of the Eastern and Middle
States, a farm was regarded as lacking in an
essential feature if there were no spring upon
it, and the farmer's wife would as much expect
to do without milk pans as to do without a
spring house. But now a spring-house is a rare

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sight." And now " brooks, creeks and smaller
rivers have dried up."

The property owned by the editor of this
magazine, is perhaps the first piece of forest
land that was cleared in Pennsylvania. The
" spring house" is known to be 150 years old —
how much longer is lost to history. There are
numberless other "spring-houses" in an area of
twenty mile's. For the last 150 years the forests
have been cleared ott". till now there are none
worth speaking of within a hundred miles at least.
In this county, of one hundred square miles,
there is not, all told, one hundred acres <»f forest.
But the springs and spring houses are there as
they always were; and the Wingohocking, which
winds through the editor's grounds, is just as full
as it was when the Indian took the name of Lo-
gan in exchange for the name which the stream
bears. We doubt very much whether there is a
single spring-house in Pennsylvania which has
had to be abandoned through the spring drying
up, unless it were from a railroad cut, or some
similar work cutting through the underground
stream ,

Growth of Forest Trees — It has often been
noted in our magazine, that Forestry experience
in Europe is of little value for forest culture in
our country. The English Oak, for instance,
which is so slow a grower in England, that it
lasts for a thousand years in some instances,
will reach its climax, and get on a downward
track in less than a hundred in our country. It
is of amazing growth in America. The writer
has had twelve posts made of a tree which was
planted but twelve years before. How slow the
same tree grows in England is palpable from the
history of the tree in which King Charles hid
himself in the waod of Boscabel, after the battle
of Worcester, in 1651. This must have been an
old tree, of some size then, to be able to hide
from view, by its ivy-covered trunk, the poor,
pursuit-pressed King, from the troopers who
passed beneath its branches Yet at the present
time it is only twelve feet three inches in girth
at four feet from the ground. This would give
only about two feet of growth from the centre
of the tree, and gives but sixty hundredths of an
inch increase per annum in 400 years!

No wonder Europeans look upon forest grow-
ing as the work of centuries ! There is no doul t
but with the light of American experience, a
j udiciously planted and properly cared-for forest
would be in good timber use inside of fifty years.

This thought may be of comfort to those who
are so much worried over the future of Ameri-
can timber. We can soon reforest whenever it
shall be really profitable to do so.

European Forests. — The Journal of the
Society des Agriculteurs de France publishes-
some interesting particulars with regard to the
forests of Europe and the rapid consumption of
the timber which they contained. Sweden and
Norway, which still do a large export trade in
pine, are now compelled to buy their oak in
Poland ; and in Russia the forests along the
shores of the Baltic, in Finland, and in the
Southern provinces, are so rapidly thinning that
the forest acreage of the empire is now only one
in ten. There are about 34,000.000 acres of
forest in Germany (of which 20,000,000 are in
Prussia), bringing in an income of $50,000,000
per annum. The State forests are taken great
care of in all parts of Germany, in Prussia alone
$500,000 being spent every year in replanting.
The imports of timber exceed the exports by
over two million tons. Austria and Hungary
have upward of 43,000,000 acres of forest; but in
Austria proper the State does not possess more
than seven per cent, of the wooded area, and
Austria is now obliged to buy most of her timber
in Bosnia and Montenegro. Servia and Rou-
mania have some very fine forests ; but Italy,,
though her forest area extends over nearly 14,-
000,000 acres, does not do much in the way of a
timber trade, as the roads leading to the forests-
are so bad that it is almost impossible to move
the timber when cut. Much the same is the
case with Spain which has 8,500,000 acres of
forest; while Portugal, which has only a milliori
acres, finds a good market for her timber.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

The Romance of Forestry. — A New Jersey
correspondent, whose official position gives
weight to his words, says : " Allow me to com-
mend heartily your pertinent and opportune
criticisms upon the various forestry schemes and
papers on forest legislation. A very careful
study of our rainfall in New Jersey (see Ann.
Rep. of State Geologist for 1881, pp. 60-91), has
convinced me that so far as New Jersey is con-
cerned, there is no noticeable diminution in the
mean annual or seasonal amount. And the ex-
tent of forest in our State is diminishing very
slowly ; in some sections it is increasing."

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Natural History and Science.

CO MM UNI CA TIONS.

WINTER IN WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

BY MRS. FANNY E. BRIGGS, LA CENTER,
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.

Are there any readers of the Gardener's
Monthly who would like to know how life goes
on up here under the fir trees? There is plenty
to do as any one will believe who will make an
estimate of the labor of disposing of a growth of
timber standing thickly on the ground, and much
of it two hundred feet and even more in height,
with a heavy growth of underbrush. Few trees
are chopped down. They are "fired" at the
base by boring holes and inserting fire, and when
they fall, are separated into lengths for logging
in the same way.

A little patch is cleared here and there at first
where circumstances favor, and grass sown
between fallen logs, and in all open places, to
furnish pasturage.

There are mills, but not enough to suppl}^ all
with building material, and many claims are
taken where there are no roads, and houses are
built without a foot of sawed material in them.
A tree of straight grain is selected, and every
part of the house is split out, with more or less
care, according to the taste and skill of the
builder. Ours was more carefully built than
most, the sides being covered with shingles
exactly like the roof.

But can any one imagine the isolation of
winter's life on a homestead in these ends of the
earth? In summer the climate is agreeable
sometimes rather too dry for vegetation, but
never excessively hot. Then we are occupied
with the usual cares of life on a farm, and if we
have leisure, do not mind a walk of even two or
three miles to visit a congenial "neighbor."
There is Sabbath school and occasional preach-
ing at the little school-houses here and there, and
people meet together with hearty kindness and
genuine sociability. In short our social life is at
its best at that season.

But the country is rough and sparsely settled.

The roads are bad at any season, and when the
winter rains fjill almost constantly, week after
week, the mud becomes as Mrs. Stowe phrases^
it, '' of unfathomable and sublime depths." The
man who has horses and a wagon is a " bloated
aristocrat." Oxen are the usual teams, and
wooden sleds the usual vehicles at all seasons.
Of course in this state of things there is not much
"driving"' for pleasure, and we women are
practically almost prisoners. Now and then we
set rain and mud and distance at defiance, but
sometimes I look day after day at the leaden
sky, and the dreary wall of dead fir trees, until I
no longer wonder at the numbers of petrifactions
that strew the ground, but only that anything
animate or inanimate, escapes the same influence^

What would we not give for some of the priv-
ileges that are so much a part of life in the East-
ern States? For the well-filled book-shelves we
have left behind ; for some of the magazines you
read and toss aside, the lectures and sermons and
concerts you listen to so witically?

But there are here, (as where are there not?}
some compensations. First, health comes to
almost every one in this pure air, and who can-
not be content when strength takes the place of
weakness, and health of disease? There is an
exhileration, a fullness of life and energy in the
air that I have never known elsewhere.

And although the primeval forest shuts us in
to what seems the peculiar and chosen haunt of
loneliness and isolation, only eight miles away
flows the mighty Columbia, bearing on its broad
bosom the ships of all nations. In favoring con-
ditions of air and wind I can hear the hoarse
whistles of these ocean steamers, and I love to
fancy what scenes they have witnessed, what
perils escaped, and what freight they bear, and
there is fascination in the thought of this busy
and varied life so near at hand and in sucli con-
trast with the quiet scenes around me. And then,.
"To him who in the love of nature,
Holds communion with her visihle forms,"

she is never silent. She speaks from the ever-
present firs whether pensively smiling in the
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the cloudy and dark day, or bending with
majestic grace before the wind ; from the rocky
hills and deep ravines and swift rushing streams;
from the luxuriant ferns and delicate flowers,
almost all of them white and frail, as if paled by
the shadow of rock and hill. But above all, she
speaks from the grand snow-peaks, standing in
lonely grandeur, calm and unapproachable,
yet ever beckoning upward to a higher, purer
realm.

HEREDITY IN WHITE VARIEGATION.

BY EMILY R. TURNER, PROVIDENCE, FLORIDA.

I enclose you a leaf of a white collard which I
have for years been trying to perfect. I was first
attracted by a few plants of light green with white
veins, by sowing seed from the whitest every
year. I last year had a large bed beautifully
mottled with white and green, and this year they
are almost snow white, only a fringe of green on
the edges, but a drove of cattle broke into my
•garden and before they could be got out, ate up
all but four heads. It may be a common thing,
but I have never seen them before. They are
•certainly collards, large, loose leaves, and no sign
of a head.

[Mr. P. J. Berckmans has kindly handed this
to us for publication. The leaf sent was of the
well known class of cabbage popular as collards
in the South. The leaf was pure white, but for
a half inch round the edge it was beautifully
fringed with green.

The point of scientific interest is that this class
of variegation can be reproduced from seeds.
There is no reason why not, for our knowledge
of these possibilities has widened wonderfully of
late years. It is now known that golden leaved
plants, and blood leaved plants have hereditary
characters, as also have weeping trees, fiistigiate
trees, and trees with other peculiarities. But
these classes of colored leaves and trees with
peculiar habits are not regarded as diseased
forms, as those with white variegations are.
Indeed the blood leaved Beech is a much more
healthy and vigorous grower, than the normal
green leaved form. So far as we know this is
the first time that it has been positively known
that a race of white variegated leaved plants
could be perpetuated from seed.

Apart from this, the variety would have a
beautiful effect on many classes of ornamental
gardening.— Ed. G. M.l

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Nertera depressa.— In woods in the Eastern
United States we have a very pretty trailing
evergreen plant of small size known as Mitch-
ella repens, and sometimes commonly called
Partridge berry. The little plant is covered with
bright red berries, about the size of holly ber-
ries, which when the flowers happen to be freely
fertilized, are abundantly produced. It has been
found of late years ttiat the flowers are di-mor-
phic. In some the stamens are long and the
pistil short, in others the facts are reversed ;
the result is that the flower rarely fertilizes it-
self, and only the flowers from a distinct plant
are capable of fertilizing the flowers of another
plant. A white-berried variety has occasionally
been found, but it is of little practical value,
because when removed to garden culture, and
being effectually of only one sex, the berries are

nertera depressa.
not produced. In its wild state it receives the
pollen from the colored flowers about it.

It is interesting to note how nature seems
to nearly repeat herself in different parts of the
world, holding on to the same type, and yet
varying just enough to make things different.
It is this community of type which makes one
guess at a theory of evolution, even though
there were no positive facts to support the doc-
trine. Mitchella repens is confined to North
America, and there seems to be nothing very
closely allied to it, but in South America there
is a real Mitchella, M. ovata, and besides a genus
of a very few species, Nertera, which is so
nearly like it, that species have been referred to
both genera by some authors, uncertain to
which thev reallv belnnsred. One of these has

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been some time under culture, chiefly through
the energy of Haage & Schmidt, of Erfurt, —
Nertera depressa, a small cut of which we give
with this sketch. Instead of red, as in our
Mitchella, the berries are amber and set so
thickly on the plant that often a leaf is scarcely
to be seen.

Nymph^a tuberosa. — The Garden, of Febru-
ary 2oth, gives a good colored plate of this pretty
North American water lily, which is compara-
tively unknown even to ourselves. Most Nym-
phfeas have the leaves floating on the surface of
the water. This species hiis some of them push-
ing themselves up above the surface of the
water, as the leaves of the Nelumbium do. They
do not all do this, however. Some lie on the
surface and turn up their edges as the leaves of
the Great Victoria Lily of the Amazon do.

Vegetation of Arizona.— Mr. J. C. Lemmon
gives the following very interesting sketch to the
California Academy of Sciences :

"Arizona Territory comprises a large cross-sec
tion of that broad interior region between the
Eockies and the Nevadas that is often miscalled
the Great Basin. This region is characterized by
areas of desert land, so-called, undulating plains
of white or reddish sand, sparsely dotted with
shrubs such as creosote bush, mesquite, palo
verde, acacia, etc., plants that thrive with little
water and that love the sun. Also, this is the
home, par excellence, of the cacti, of all forms
and sizes from the little pincushion to the large
and stately tree cactus.

'■Rising out of these plains are bald mountains
of many hues and shapes in accordance with
their rock composition. Some of these moun-
tains are disi)Osed in long parallel chains, espe-
cially those in the north end of the Great Basin,
and mostly included in the State of Nevada.
Southward in Arizona the mountains are gener-
ally so deeply submerged with sand and gravel,
the bed of a recent vast inland sea, that only a
few of the most elevated peaks remain uncover-
ed. These peaks are thus more or less isolated
and separated by wide stretches of arid desert,
and this isolation inevitably leads to the produc-
tion of peculiarities of its products, especially to
diS'erentiation and varieties of floral olijects. As
most of these mountains are not high and are
but a few miles in circuit, with no living springs
in them, their flora is limited to dry-weather
vegetation and such annuals as are nourished by
the rains and coolness of a short winter and the

few days of rainy season in mid-summer. It
will be many years before botanical exploration
on this coast will be conducted so thoroughly as
to comprise a compleite knowledge of all the
peculiar plants that are annually spreading their
petals to the sun on those lonely mountains and
telling to the untutored aborigines the story of
their mysterious origin, and revealing to hia
dull eyes the beauty of their peculiar forms.

" Other higher mountains are usually found
disposed in chains of several miles in length.

"These chains are the more distinct vestiges of
great submerged ranges that traverse the whole
region parallel with the great Rocky and Nevada
ranges. These high chains are often of consid-
erable breadth, and their outlying peaks fre-
quently enclose valleys of great fertility, which
are usually well forested on the north slopes as
well as on the floors of the valleys, if high
enough to be cool and well watered. In fact
some most delightful parks have been discover-
ed, almost inaccessible, fenced round with brist-
ling peaks and upheld close to the sky and the
stars.

" It is in these alpine valleys and slopes that
most of the new things are found, the descrip-
tions of which are fast appearing in botanical
journals at the East.

"As stated in a former paragraph, many of the
trees of our great Sierra and coast ranges are
found also on the highest mountains of Arizona.
In several localities lumber factories have been
in operation for years. An especially rich val-
ley of pine timber is located in tlie Chirricahua
Mountains, utilized by a large factory, which for
years has supplied the market of Tombstone.

" Large plateaus of good timber are crossed by
the line of the Atlantic & Pacific R. R., near the
middle of Arizona, on the parallel of 35°.

"These forests are composed principally of
Pinus ponderosa, Douglas Spruce and White
Fir, with several species of Oak. Among these
trees, or apart from them, on the highest peaks
are found the rare and little known trees to be
described."

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Papaw. — " W. G. B." says : " One of your cor-
respondents, on page 120, April number, seems
disposed to set at defiance all authority as to the
orthography of papaw. We are accustomed to
follow Webster. Those who prefer botanical au-

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thority may consult Drs. Gray, Lindley, Darling
ton and others, all of whom agree with Webster.
We do occasionally hear a person pronounce the
word pawpaw, as we sometimes hear the second
month called Febuary, but in both cases our
inference is that he who uses such pronuncia
tion is ignorant of the true spelling."

[It should be remembered that the corres-
pondent referred to is quite as much an " au-
thority" as any now mentioned. Webster is
not always right. — Ed. G. M.]

Yellow Fruited Choke Cherry. — "F. W,
W.," Eau Claire, Wis., writes: " I have a tree of
the Choko Cherry with fruit of a bright yellow
color; otherwise the tree is the same as the
common variety. I have never seen this before
and would like to inquire if it is new. The tree
has fruited with me for the past three years, and
when in fruit is very showy."

[From analogy with other allied fruits, a
yellow-berried Choke Cherry might have been
expected; but so far as we know one has not
been noted before.— Ed. G. M.]

RosAL Monstrosity.—" Mrs. M. P.," Lynn,
Mass., sends a very interesting specimen and
says: "I enclose a bud from a Douglas rose
growing in my greenhouse. Can you explain
why it should grow in such a singular manner?
Please answer in the Monthly. The April
number is full of good things."

[All the parts of a flower are merely leaves
changed to the various floral organs. The rose
proves this better than many others, for rose
leaves often turn partially to petals, or the petals
go back to leaves. In the present case the calyx
segments have become perfect leaves, not like
the ordinary rose leaves, but lobed like the
striped bark maple leaf. We never saw a case
just like this. -Ed. G. M.]

Is Kalmia Poisonous?— a chemical friend at
Washington promises to analyze Kalmia leaves,
and report what he finds. He will certainly not
find prussic acid as some conjecture, merely
because by some chance the Kalmia was called
a laurel, when it has no relation whatever with
that laurel which has this poison in it. Some
Ericacefe, Arbutus for instance, have given
slight indications of possessing some narcotic
properties, but in so small a degree as to be of
little moment.

Health and Ailanthus.— "T. F. B ," Alle-
gheny, Pa., writes: "On reading the follow-

ing item I deemed it so very unjust that I
clipped it for your judgment :

I " In other cities the attention of the boards of
I health have been called to the fact that where the
ailanthus trees grew, in a great many instances
' persons have been poisoned, and they have been
; declared unhealthy and their removal ordered
I from the public streets and parks. The trees
'■ are cultivated in the cities because they give
j much shade and will thrive when other trees
will die. Pittsburg and Allegheny have many
\ of these trees. In the Allegheny parks a num-
ber of the walks are bordered wilh the ailanthus
trees, and in the East End and other parts of
this city, they are found in abundance."

"The ailanthus is in frequent demand, on
account of its quick growth, and although
common here yet I never heard so serious
a charge made against it. However, on refer-
ring to the U. S. Dispensatory, thirteenth
edition, Ailanthus glandulosa is found de-
scribed under the ' Non officinal Medicines,' and
it is stated that ' Prof. Heltet, of the marine
medical school at Toulon, France, experiaiented
on dogs with the powdered bark — powdered
leaves and various preparations of the bark. As
a general result they were found to possess
cathartic and anthelmintic properties. The oil
of the bark is so powerful that persons exposed
to the vapors, in preparing the extract, are lia-
ble to be seized with vertigo, cold sweats and
vomiting. A fact worthy of remark is that
neither the bark nor its preparation, taken in-
ternally, produce vomiting in man, while this
effect is determined by the inhalation of its
vapors when boiled.'

" From the foregoing there seems to be ground
for the serious charge. Is it not probable that
the odorous principle (volatile oil) of the flow-
ers is analogous to the oil of the bark? If so, it
would explain what to me at first seemed an un-
founded assertion. The pistillate variety of A.
glandulosum being exempt from this nauseous
odor, why not plant it, as recommended in a
former number of the Monthly."

[It will be a bad day for Pittsburg and Alle-
gheny should a crusade arise against the ailan-
thus. Thousands of trees have *' pisen in 'em,"
as some of the ignoramuses say of the ailanthus,
and a great deal more than ever the ailanthus
has. There is infinitely more poison in an
oleander, yet we have seen big bushes in scores
of Pittsburg yards without any one complaining
of ever being hurt.

In early times the ailanthus was believed to
be a Rhus, and to this day it is known aa the

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"Varnish tree in Japan" in many parts of
France, which is very nearly or quite the same
as our poison ash, Rhus venenata. It is more
than Hkely that what poisonous reputation many
yet adhere to the plant, is the remains of the old
<5onfusion of names.

A tenant house on the property of the writer
has been surrounded by ailanthuses for at least
a quarter of a century, with not a breath of
suspicion as to any poisonous effusion from
them.

You may depend on it that any serious
noxious quality from them is all nonsense. —
Ed. G. M.]

Erica Meditteranea — This is the plant re-
ferred to by "H. S. C," Collinsville, Conn., in
the following note. It would scarcely stand a
New England winter : '' Can you inform me
through magazine the name of the pink-flower-
ing Heath common on the hills about Nice, and
whether it would live here in New England with
•cover in the winter?"

Atamasco Lily.— -This is probably the plant

referred to by '' H. S. C." in the following note —
Zephyranthus Atamasco, or possibly the newer
Z. Treatse : " Name of white lily common in
Florida from Gulf coast to Jacksonville. Flow-
ers about Easter. About one foot high, upright
on stem. Is it a Zei^hyranthus ?"

Note on Colors. — " Mrs. M. P., Jr.," Lynn,
Mass., remarks : " I have been much interested
in the discussion of a ' blue bedder' in the later
numbers of the Monthly. I can indorse all
that W. Robertson says of the Ageratum 'John
Douglass,' in the April number, having tried it
in different situations during the past summer.
Its dwarf, ompact growth and continuous bloom
rank it as a first class bedder. But the question
I want to ask is : Is it blue? Put it beside the
heliotrope and it seems the same color to me
only a lighter shade. Contrast it with the brow-
allia, it looks a decided purple, while browallia
is a ' true blue.' Am I right ?"

[Certainly. We have seen American flags in
which the blue was the color of the Eupatorium,
but they had run through a long campaign in
more senses than one. — Ed. G. M.l

Literature, Travels I Personal Notes,

COMMUNICA TIONS.

LETTER OF A CALIFORNIAN NURSERY-
MAN.

The enclosed has been handed to the Garden-
er's Monthly by a friend in Southern Califor-
nia, from one of the best nurserymen in the
State, residing in Nevada county. The fact that
he has sense enough " to let well enough alone,*'
is evidence of his merits. The rolling stones
may, by chance, fall into a mass of moss; but
they seldom gather it.

" Some five months ago I had the pleasure of
receiving from you a very nice and compliment-
ary letter, to which I ought to have replied at
once ; but as I intended to take a trip down the
southern country this fall. I put off answering
you from week to week, till — yes, till the yellow
leaves of autumn were dropping off thick and

*ast from the trees, and the winter was upon us,
with no trip for me this fall down the fair land
of Santa Barbara and Los Angeles. The only
trip I took this year was a month ago, down to
San Francisco, Santa Clara and Alameda ; and,
after an absence of ten days, I had to come up
to pick my grapes and gather my fruit, and
draw tight the strings of my little purse; for
that's the reason why I do not go so much
around as I'd like to. I have to depend solely
upon my own resources, with no capital what-
ever to carry on my nursery business, or indulge
in the agreeable pastime of traveling throughout
our beautiful State.

" In your letter you say : ' Would you not find
a more congenial location, a larger market and
scope for your talents in this southern country
than where you are?' To that question of yours,
which I think is very pertinent, I will frankly

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reply — yes, I would do 'heap' better; there,
under your genial climate, I would certainly
find a better market for all the fine varieties I
either introduced or imported into this country
from Europe, than in this rough, mining county
of Nevada. I would also very likely find there a
better scope for my— I would not say talents,
but ideas and taste. This is all very true, but—
but it costs a great deal of money to move an
establishment like mine, no matter on how small
or large a scale it is carried on, and that money
I didn't and do not have; for I will tell you,
since you have been so kind to write me such a
friendly letter, that I had to start my nursery,
take care of it, enlarge it, with no capital at all
but my own'Jabor and exertions. And if to-day
I am the owner of the nice and valuable prop-
erty upon which is my nursery, I have the satis-
faction to say that I do owe it entirely to my-
self, and that I owe nobody a cent.

" Should I be fortunate enough this season to
have quite a demand for trees and make a little
money, then I would, probably next f\ill, have
the pleasure of taking a trip down your way,
and I would indeed be very happy to make your
acquaintance, and live for a few days among the
good people of old Santa Barbara."

CANIS FEROX CUM KETTLEBEES.

BY "a collector."

I see you have got a kettle to the tail of my
" Fremontia " dog that howled in the March
number (page 87).

In many cases the kettle is the more important
appendage, but it seems to me that in this instance
the dog is the most valuable, for the kettle wont
hold water, whilst the dog as you see is still able
to howl. I may have howled on a false note, for
it seems to have grated on the editorial ears.

Though we were both harping on the same
string, we neither of us seemed aware of it. "I"
also wish to say a word for American Horticul-
turists, those of them who are so in the broadest
sense of the word— not the Calendulae-culturists
but horticulturists with a big H— and " Ameri-
can " enough to try American as well as foreign
plants.

I do not "suppose" there is a "dislike to
American plants." My orders and letters prove
the contrary, but the use of them is not as com-
mon as it ought to be. And I still maintain that
to be American is a smirch upon a plant's fair
name. But that ''nine-tenths of all the plants

in cultivation in the Atlantic States are of Amer-
ican origin," makes such a hole in your kettle,
that the sun shines through it in the most ob-
vious way — in fact " nine- tenths " of it is gone. I
fear you have made a miscalculation, change
the ninth digit for the first one and you will be
nearer correct; don't you think so — now?

I have no quarrel with Japan or other foreign
plants. I only wish florists would introduce
more of them. As to California trees not doing
well at the East, who has tried them, and what
sorts and where and for how long ? Give us more
light on this point, 0 most sapient editor !

What my object in howling as I did, was "to
speak a word for American horticullurista," that
will set them thinking that our own land has
many handsome plants well worthy of attention ;
to create a love for plants to the manor born, as
well as foreign, not to the exclusion of either. I
have nothing but good to say of the Sauls, Par-
sons, and Suchs of America, and a few others of
that ilk — who are or try to be in the lead in the
introduction of good plants — and to whom we
owe much ; but to the Calendulse-culturists who
get their seeds " by the assortment " from Ger-
many, at him I howl my loudest, and I'll bite
him too whenever and wherever I get the chance
— "Cave Canem " (beware the dog). Despise
not the common because it is common ; praise
not the new because it is new; "hold fast to
that which is good," but try-try-try-is my mot-
to. Wishing you every success horticulturally,.
floriculturally, but not calendulse-culturally.

[We look on a neighbor's garden from our
window, as we read this, and see Arborvitae,
Silver Maple, Am. Beech, Hemlock, White Pine,^
Mahonia, Poplar, Birch, Am. Hornbeam, Cornus
Florida— all American. The only foreigners we
see from this limited window glance are Norway
Spruce and Tree Box. There is a vision of his last
autumn's perennial border. Well, we are not
yet prepared to retract the "nine tenths." — Ed.
G. M.]

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Plant Patents Again. — Those who try hon-
estly to find out how the discoverers of new trees,
flowers or fruits may reap the benefit of some
just legal protection such as discoverers in the
arts receive through the patent office, must ex-
pect to be indecently abused, should their care-
ful conclusions not happen to agree with those-

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of some others. Our readers may remember the
billingsgate effusions sent to the editor, some of
which at the call of "justice to the cause," we
felt compelled to inflict on the reader. Dr.
Warder and Mr. Parker Earle are now feeling
the arm of vengeance. It appears that the Mis-
sissippi Valley Horticultural Society appointed
a committee to examine this subject. They
evidently found it to be surrounded by diffi-
culties, and instead of reporting against it at
once, took time to consider these difficulties.
One •' of our number," to wit : Mr. Jacob Moore^
Samuel Miller, S. Rommel, J. H. Ricketts, Wm.
Culbert, wrote to Dr. Warder to know the rea-
son, and received the following reply :

" Our committee on plant protection had con-
sultations, and reported that as yet we felt un-
prepared to make any recommendations for the
action of the Society. I think the chairman felt
we could do nothing."

This civil reply was, however, enough to raise
the angry passions of " our number," and with
their names and addresses in full they have
issued a bill of excommunication to Mr. Parker
Earle, from which we take the following sweet
morsel :

"We had hopes that the Society of which you
are President, founded as it was to promote ad-
vancement in horticulture, would on that ac-
count advocate our cause ; but thus far, we are
sorry to say, these hopes have not been realized.

" Hijitory shows that truth of vital importance
to mankind, has often met with the strongest op-
position from those who should have been the
first to receive it. The well-known hostility of
Dr. Warder, if not of yourself to the protective
measure, which is destined to advance American
Horticulturp beyond, and above that of all the
other nations of the earth, is a recent exemplifi-
cation of such opposition to progress.'

The great comfort these gentlemen must de-
rive from all this is, that as they seem well
versed in history, and familiar with its truths,
they were not very much surprised when they
found history merely repeating itself. We are
willing to believe that at least one of those
whose names are attached to this document did
so without weighing its scandalously abusive
character.

Favors. — A correspondent kindly suggests
that he would be glad to communicate some in-
teresting facts to our magazine, only that he
fears he should thereby annoy some agricultural
journals, who think he should "give all his work
to them." Always glad of favors, we may say it
never annoys us to have our friends lend these a

helping hand. Agriculture is the parent of Hor-
ticulture, and a high class horticultural maga-
zine would find poor encouragement did not the
agricultural go in advance and pave the way for it.

Decaisne. — Mr. Harding writes : '' The Cincin-
nati Weekly Commercial, March 29th, says : ' M.
Decaisne's career, says a Paris letter, is encour-
aging. He entered the Garden of Plants in 1824,
as journeyman gardener. After hard manual
labor, digging, hoeing, raking for eight years, he
was made ' head of the sowing bed.' Adrien de
Jussieu, struck by his intelligence in the post,
made him his assistant, and he quickly became
known as one of the best descriptive botanists of
Europe. He tried to introduce the Igname to
French tables, a sort of potato in great favor in
Northern China, but failed, because the plant is
so deep-rooted it is dug up with difficulty. He
failed likewise in his attempt to introduce Ra-
mie into France. In 1845, the Academy of
Sciences elected the poor journeyman to a seat
in its hall ; in 1850, he was elected a Professor
in the Garden of Plants ; in 1864, he was elected
President of the Academy of Sciences ; in 1880,
he was elected a member of the Royal Society of
London.'

" I presume the ' Igname ' mentioned, is the
long-tailed tuber Dioscorea sinensis, or the
famous Chinese Yam, whose elongated roots fre-
quently exceed the ordinary length of John
Chinaman's queue ; and in this country, seems
about as useful."

The History of the Camellia. — The Camellia
japonica or Japan Rose, the species from which
nearly all of our more valued garden varieties
are descended, is, as we have already seen, said
to have been introduced in 1739; but it is not
mentioned in the sixth edition of Miller's "Gar-
deners' Dictionary," published in 1771. Notwith-
standing this I find it thus described in "A
History of Plants," by John Hill, M. D., published
in 1751 :—'' Camellia. — The calyx is imbricated,
and composed of several leaves, the interior of
which are the larger. It is an oriental, described
by Kaempfer in his ' Japan,' 850."

In the " Garden Vade Mecum," by John Aber-
crombie, published in 1789, "Camellia japonica,
or Japan Rose," is included in his list of both
greenhouse and hothouse plants. In the "Prac-
tical Gardener," published in 1817, and in the
21st edition of "Every Man his Own Gardener,"
by the same author (1818), one species (C. japo-
nica) and seven varieties only are enumerated^

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Loudon in the " Encyclopaedia of Gardening,"
(1822) enumerates twenty-five varieties. In the
"Greenhouse Companion" (1824) are colored
plates of two varieties, Waratah and Lady
Hume's Blush, the former of which is now
superseded, but the latter is still much sought
after. It is there remarked, " New varieties are
■continually originating by the nurserymen and
other growers from seeds. A number of hybrids
are in an advanced state but have not yet
flowered,"

The Camellia is frequently adverted to and
fi<nired in the botanical and horticultural publi-
cations of this time, and in the "Transactions of
the Horticultural Society, in a paper read before
the meeting, December 5, 1809, (vol. i., p. 175,)
we find the following:— " In October, 1795, a
•Camellia japonica was planted here (the South
Hams of Devonshire) among other shrubs in the
•open ground ; it has stood every winter since,
without the smallest shelter, thrives well and
has never had a bra'ich or leaf injured by the
weather. It is now about four feet high, the size
•of a gooseberry bush, but has not flowered."
Similar experiments, which have been repeated
frequently and in various soils and situations,
seem to prove that the plant is nearly hardy
in the cUniate of England, and may be
safely planted out-of-doors among other ever-
greens in warm sheltered situations. But in
thus treating it one loses the beauty of the
flowers, as, owing to their being produced in
March and April, they are nearly always spoiled
by the spring frosts. We remember planting
out two varieties, against a west wall in 1836, and
these passed through the winter of 1837-8 unin-
jured, although there were 30° of frost, and the
Bays, Arbutus, and Laurels standing in the open
quarters only a few yards distant were killed to
the ground. Mr. Joseph Harrison ('' Trans.
Hort. Soc," vol. vii., p. 168) found the double
white, the double red, and the double striped
grow satisfactorily out-cf-doors at Wortley Hall,
Yorkshire, " planted in a brown loam on a rocky
substratum." He covered the soil to the extent
of three feet from the stem of each plant with
■ten inches of decayed leaves on the approach of
winter, removing the leaves in spring. In 1829,
a paper on the Camellia, by William Beattie
Booth, was printed in the " Transactions of the
Horticultural Society" (vol. vii., p. 519). In this
paper six species and twenty three varieties are
described, four of the latter being figured, and it
js there stated : " Of these very ornamental

plants the Society has formed an extensive col-
lection, such as I may safely say is not surpassed
at the present time by any other in the king-
dom." It appears that the double while and
double striped were introduced in 1792, Lady
Hume's Blush in 1806, Fimbriata in 1816, Imbri-
cata and several other varieties in 1824.

Many of the varieties originally introduced
are now but little cultivated. Hardy plants of
them may be met with occasionally in the gar-
dens of the nobility and old English families,
but some of the modern varieties raised from
them are more beautiful, and consequently more
generally cultivated within the last forty years.
Many fine varieties have been raised in England,
especially by Mr. Chandler, of Vauxhall; Mr.
Press, of Hornsey ; and Mr. Fielder, of Enfield;
and France, Belgium, Italy, and latterly America,
have contributed largely to the improvement of
the flowers by selecting and preserving varia-
tions by sports and by seed. In Loudon's "' En-
cyclopaedia of Plants" (1820), eighteen garden
varieties are enumerated, and in Paxton's
"Botanical Dictionary" (edition 1849), as we
have already mentioned, no fewer than 200 va-
rieties are given. At this date there were at
least three establishments near London where
the Camellia was extensively cultivated, namely,
tbose of Mr. John Smith, Dalston ; Messrs.
Chandler, Vauxhall ; and Messrs. Loddiges, of
Hackney. It was one of our greatest treats of
that day to see the Camellias at Hackney when
in flower in the early spring. They were planted
out in a large house, and many of the plants
were thirty feet high, in splendid health and
laden with blossoms. It was a perfect forest of
Camellias, tenanted with blackbirds, thrushes,
and other birds, which built their nests in the
trees, passing in and out at pleasure through the
open doors and windows. Probably there never
was any floral display equal to this in England
before, and it may be many years before we see
the like again. Many of Messrs. Loddiges' large
plants were, we believe, sold to the Crystal Pal-
ace Company and removed to their palace at
Sydenham.

The Camellias of Messrs. Lucombe Pince &
Co., of Exeter, have obtained a world-wide celeb-
rity, and are worth going many miles to see. In
nearly all the principal gardens and nurseries,
few or many may be met with, but we believe
that as far as regards quantity and variety our
collection stands unrivalled at the present time.
— William Paid in Gardener's Chronicle.

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Satisfied with the Flowers. — It had been de-
termined to start a Horticultural Society for the
town and county of Northampton, and the work-
ing committee applied to the Earl of Winchilsea
requesting his patronage and pecuniary support.
In reply, the noble Lord sent the following let-
ter:—" Carlton Club, March 14, 188-2. Sir :— 1
think that the city of Northampton, having been
fortunate enough to secure the flowers of Mr.
Labouchere's eloquence and the fruits of Mr.
Bradlaugh's philosophy, stands in no need of
any other horticultural exhibition."

SuEL Foster. — Few persons have done more
for Western agriculture and Western fruit grow-
ing than Suel Foster. He was one of the found-
ers of the Iowa Agricultural College. He found
friends, after an advocacy of many years, to get
a bill introduced into the Legislature to create
the College. Defeated then, it was carried in
1858.

The Land Grant by the United States, to sup-
port Agricultural Colleges, a subsequent mea-
sure, found in him also an earnest and effective
advocate.

Jesse Storrs. — The Ohio nursery trade loses
one of its representative members in the founder
of the Storrs & Harrison Company of Paines-
ville. His death occurred on the 21st of March.
He had reached the ripe age of seventy-eight.
He was born at Concord, New Hampshire, and
removed to Painesville in 1854. He commenced
in a small way on a few acres, and lived to see it
occupy 400, and leaves one of the best reputa-
tions in the United States. He was a model
man in every way, and had the love of his in-
timates, and the respect of all who knew him.

Joseph Decaisne. — This eminent pomologist
and botanist died in Paris, on the 8th of Febru-
ary, in the 75th year of his age. His colored
drawings and descriptions of fruits will long re-
main standard authorities. His great botanical
knowledge gave him great advantages, and per-
haps to Decaisne more than to any other man,
do we owe the eminence of modern pomology
as a branch of science.

Dr. W. H. liEGGETT.— The death of Dr. Leggett
is announced as we go to press, which will be re-
ceived with regret by the many botanists who
have long profited by his labors as Editor of the
Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, and in
other ways. Dr. Gerard has been associated
with him in the work for some time, so that it is

gratifying to know this excellent work will ap-
pear as heretofore.

Charles Robert Darwin, died on the 20th
inst., at his home, Down House, near Beckenham,
England. The news comes at the moment of
going to press, leaving us only time to make
mere reference to the fact in the present
number.

The Rose. — By H. B. Ellwanger, New York ;
Dodd, Mead & Co. This is not as large a work as
others which have appeared on the rose before. It
will not supplant, but it will very well supple-
ment them. There is always something new in
rose culture, and with this new book the rose
lover and rose grower have the latest news from
rose land. The practical directions on rose
growing are very full and plainly told. To us
the special novelty of the work is the complete
history of the most popular roses. The name
of the originator and the year of the rose's birth
is given. Such a history adds very much to the
interest of rose growing.

Chemistry of the Farm.— By R. Warington,
New York ; Orange Judd Company. Mr. War-
ington has been connected with the celebrated
establishment of Lawes and Gilbert at Roth-
ansted, where agricultural chemistry has been
made to produce wonderful results. Those who
are purely agricultural chemists have not always
succeeded as farmers. On the other hand, we
have never known a farmer or gardener, no
matter how great may have been his practical
success, who was not benefited by a fair knowl-
edge of agricultural chemistry. One great merit
in this work is, that it is neither a large work
nor an abstruse work, and to those who are
limited in time or means, and who will yet be
benefited by a sketch of what agricultural chem-
istry teaches, we are sure this little book will be
very welcome.

Sweet Potato Culture. — By James Fitz, New
York; Orange Judd Company. A small pam-
phlet of fifty-eight pages, which seems to cover
the whole subject intelligently and completely.

A New Work on Destructive Insects.—
Messrs. J. B. Lippincott & Co., of Philadelphia,
have arranged for the publication of a complete
illustrated work on the insects injurious to hor-
ticulture and agriculture. It is to be prepared
by Mr. Wm. Saunders, of London, Ontario.
There has been an immense amount of useful
information brought out about insects of late
years, but it is scattered through such a vast

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number of publications that no one knows where
to look for it when needed. It is fortunate that
the lot of preparing such a work has fallen on
Mr. Saunders. While standing among the lead-
ers in scientific entomology, he happens to be at
the same time an enthusiastic horticulturist, and
so knows just what we need in this line. In
addition to this he is one of the leading chemists
of America, and must have a practical acquaint-
ance with insect destroying substances. It is
rare that so many qualifications unite in one
individual, and we may therefore look for a
work of standard reference for all time.

Universal Interest Tables. — By Prof, George
William Jones, of Cornell University, Ithaca,
N. Y. Published by Frick & Apgar.

This is a cheap and extremely useful little
manual, showing at a glance the amount of in-
terest due on any sum, for any time, long or
short, at various rates of interest. It is worthy
of a place in every business man's office at

Kansas City Review of Science and Industry.
— Theo. S. Case, editor. This vigorous scientific
monthly, has just completed its fifth year. The
editor notes that the circulation is barely suffi-
cient to cover expenses, at which we are sur-
prised. It can only be that Western people do
not know how good a magazine they have at
cheir own doors.

The Penn Monthly. — Published by Edward
Stern & Co., Philadelphia. In this excellent
magazine the articles are usually such as appeal
to general intelligence, and not infrequently are
some among them which appeal to that special
class to which so many of the readers of the
•Gardener's Monthly belong. In the April
number, for instance, is a paper by Dr. D. G.
Brinton, on the Books of Chilan Balam, books
which were in existence on this continent no one
knows how' many hundreds of years before the
white men found it. It appears by Dr. Brinton 's
researches that they were destroyed as supersti-
tious by the clergy of the Spanish races, who
conquered the native races to whom these books
belonged. These people had a written language,
and a book of records was kept in every Indian
village. The paper, as now in China, was made
of the bark of a tree, and the books told of the
medical virtues of the plants of that country,
with probably many other matters which would
be a mine of wealth to a student of the floral
history of this continent. It is more than likely

as the advanced civilization of the north presses
inwards against Mexican indifference and de-
strucliveness, here and there remains of records,
and other facts will be found which, when put
together, will yet throw some new and bright
light on the ancient history of this continent.
We have already learned wonderfully from the
opening up of Arizona and New Mexico, and we
may judge from these how much more we shall
know when civilization reaches the " heart of the
dark continent," as Mexico as well as Africa may
be termed.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

A Gardeners' Society. — " E.," New York
City, says : " Many gardeners of New York de-
sire your views as to the formation of a garden-
ers' society in this city. Be kind enough to let
us know through your next issue what you
think of it and how it may be done,"

[In Europe societies for mutual improvement
are common among gardeners. Gardeners are
more settled there than here, and social ties,
once formed, are rarely broken. In our country
they are more migratory, and it is very difficult
to devise any plan that will fit in with the cir-
cumstances. Intelligent gardeners can seldom
get the recognition in society which their merits
entitle them to, because of the great number of
uneducated men who go as "gardeners," and
the general public have no way of distinguishing
the genuine from the spurious sort.

It has always seemed to us ihat in our country
some society could be formed which would at
least cover this want. Only those known to be
worthy of association, from their acknowledged
horticultural abilities, should be admitted to
membership, and the seal of such a society
would help many a worthy young man along in
his struggle for position in a strange neighbor-
hood.—Ed. G. M.]

Rhyncospermum. — Prof, Bailey, Brown Uni-
versity, Providence, R. I., notes : " The real name
of the so called Rhyncospermum jasminoides
mentioned in April number of the Monthly, is
Parechites, and it belongs to the Apocynaceffi,
The name Rhyncospermum now belongs to a
genus of Compositse, which I need not say is
wholly diflerent in appearance and structure.
The Parechites grow well here, and there are
five old specimens in several of our hothouses.
I have used it for years in my classes, with vinea,
to illustrate its order."

[De CandoUe's plant — the Composite — is Ryn-
cospermum, not Rhyncospermum. Aside from
this is not our plant rather Trachelospermum
than Parechites? Not having had the oppor-
tunity to settle these points, we have been in
the habit of using the nursery name of Rhyn-
cospermum provisionally. — Ed. G. M.]

THE

GARDENER'S MONTHLY

AND

HORTICULTURIST.

DEVOTED TO HORTICULTURE, ARBORICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS.

Edited by THOMAS MEEHA.N.

Vol. XXIV.

JUNE, 1882.

Number 282.

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

It sometimes seems to one endeavoring to
direct the public mind, and improre the public
taste, that his labors are all but thrown away.
As we go through distant cities, and note how
barbarous practices and aboriginal indifference
prevail it seems bad enough ; but the conceit as
to the value of eflFort in public enlightenment is
completely dissolved when we look around on
the garden practices about our own Philadelphia
city. Trees, properly planted rather thickly at
first, are left to fight for life with each other as
they grow up; the desire for rapid growing trees
induces the planting of rubbish, which grow too
fast at last, only to be hacked by tree butchers,
become miserable eye-sores, and very soon after
sicken from disease, and meet premature death.
Thousands of sound, healthy trees are planted
only to die from the ignorance of removal ; and
valuable trees and shrubs, beautiful if pruned as
true horticultural intelligence would have them
pruned, are cropped over annually like the head
of a prize fighter, and make the most abomina-
ble looking objects instead of the ornamental
trees and shrubs which nature designed them to
be. We want another Moses to lay down some
horticultural commandments, and to press them
on to public observance with all the zeal and

energy of the great Hebrew leader. He thought
he had covered all when he forbade his followers,
not to make to themselves the likeness of any-
thing in the heavens or on the earth, and he
never dreamed that there would arise cultivators
of plants who would worship objects of their
creation, not like to anything either i"n heaven
or earth. Surely his holy wrath would be stirred
at what he would be compelled to see ! Our ire
— the editorial anger — often rises when he passes
the city squares, and the grounds around public
property. But before the pen is dipped in the
ink to record his opinions of " City Fathers," he
glances at the grounds of those who love to see
them lashed, and it is all the same. Can we
expect representatives to do more than the peo-
ple they represent? Of course there are some
exceptions. Not all public work or all private
grounds are disgraceful in a gardening sense.
A few are worthy of all praise, but somehow
there does not seem enough of these, as there
should be after almost a quarter of a century of
work in editing a Gardener's Monthly.

Still we must not lose all heart. We will still
have some faith though small, that the seed we
sow may here and there grow to a good sized
tree, which will not be butchered and torn by
the "trimmer's" ignorance. Let us therefore
look at once— now at this season — and see how

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we may make the trees and shrubs objects of
beauty. Take the flowering shrub. If you let
it alone, it will probably get too large for the
place it occupies; or it will send out its sprawl-
'Ing branches with no more pleasure to the eye,
than the tangled hair of an unkempt child.
Suppose now it is a Deutzia, Wiegela, Forsythia,
or something which has flowered this season, take
■out at once those branches which have weakened
themselves by blooming, cutting them away
clean to their source. In n^any cases this will
be to the ground, that is in cases where there
are numerous vigorous shoots coming up from
the ground. The idea is to give encouragement
to numerous vigorous young wood, without
leaving any stumps of the old growth. The
bush may have some of its strong growth nip-
ped here and there, to make it dense, but gener-
ally there will be enough of the new shoots
which follow from the thinning out, to fill up all
the open spaces. So of trees. It is extremely
injurious to cut off large branches. If the place
where the tree is growing is limited in space,
cut out the branches down to some younger
strong shoot, which, starting lower near the
ttrunk, may replace the branches getting beyond
the limit desired. By looking at this matter, at
4hi8 season, every year, a tree will never out-
grow its boundaries and will always look fresh
and young. You will never be tempted by a
tree-butcher to " saw the head uv it off fur yees."

COMMUNICA TIONS.

THE ADORNMENT OF SMALL YARDS.

BY MISS A. G.

Stands of flowers may be used to advantage in
■some yards, filling a blank space on a pavement.
If these cannot be used, groups can be made of
pot flowers, some being raised in the centre by
boxes or bricks. A small palm, or other large
plant, set in the centre with fuchsias and gera-
9ii«ras making an oval around it, has a good
•effect. A corner filled up with large plants at
the back also forms a good and convenient ar-
rangement. Cactuses can be grouped in this
way. Rex begonias are beautiful arranged in
shady places on rising shelves. Rustic stands,
banging baskets, old stumps as stands for boxes,
or vases, all can be used. Ivy trained about the
latter add much to the beauty. For vases or
baskets there are many lovely plants, such as trail-

ing abutilon, Peristrophe variegata. Convolvulus
Mauritanicus, Othonna, Mesembryanthemums,
Begonia macrophylla, Petunias, Oxalis Bowiei,
Floribunda alba, and rosea, Trailing Fuchsias,
Senecio scandens, or German ivy for sunny
spots. While for half-shaded places there are the
lovely Trailing Lobelias, the Tradescantias, Tor-
renias, Anthericum folia variegata, Nasturtions,
Senecio, green and variegated, &c. For all
shade are the delicate climbing ferns, mosses,
Tradescantia, and the Cissus discolor with its
lovely leaves. This plant may be kept through
the winter in a moderately heated room, and
does not require a hothouse to winter it. The
pretty Kenilworth ivy and the useful Lysima-
chia must not be omitted. Both of these, and
the Torenia will cover bare spots with beauty,
and bear the sun well, if watered freely and
constantly.

Where gateways of iron are used, or those
with heavy posts of wood, they may be made to
add dignity to the premises by being adorned
with vases, or arched with vines, or trailing
shrubbery. They should present an inviting
aspect to the visitor. Who, that looks through
a garden gate into a lovely picture of flowers
and vines, does not feel an added regard for the
owner of such grounds.

The quality of the earth is very important in
floriculture. It should not contain any of the
rubbish so frequent in city yards, nor any mat-
ter to cause fermentation. Where the beds
have been filled with building refuse it is best to
have it all removed. One-third of street dirt,
or anthracite coal ashes, could be used in refill-
ing without detriment to the plants. I have
seen beautiful Roses, Forget-me-nots, Pinks, Pan-
sies, &c., grown in beds, the foundations of
which were pure coal ashes (anthracite). Field
earth is next best after rotted sod, or good gar-
den mold. In our climate of hot summers it is
better to sink rather than raise beds above the
general surface, as they retain moisture longer.

As Americans, we have no need to blush at
the progress made in the tasteful adornment of
our houses and grounds. We may see more
sj'stematic work and finer specimen plants in
parts of Europe, but Americans will always
miss the luxuriance of growth produced by our
almost tropical summers. We have heard of
flower-loving Germans standing in pleased amaze
at the beauty of the Weigelia as grown in this
country, not to mention the wealth of bloom in
other plants. We are, too, more select as to

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flowers for bouquets, and we have reason to be,
for we have greater choice.

The taste for floriculture has grown rapidly
and almost keeps pace with the cultivation of
fruit, and I hope to see the time when every
yard will have its bed of flowers, as well as fruit
trees unmolested by the hatchet or pilfering
fingers of the modern traducers of the juvenile
George Washington.

We are reminded of a venerable child-loving
grandmother who wished that all our public
roads might be lined with fruit trees, and I
add with flowers, that all might partake and
enjoy what has been provided as food and plea-
sure for the inhabitants of this, our earthly
home.

HYDE PARK, ST. LOUIS.

BY CHARLES CRUCKNELL.

Hyde Park is situated in the northern portion
of the city and contains about fourteen acres.
The trees are young and do not afford sufficient
shade at present from the sweltering heat of the
summer sun. A beautiful fountain of marble is
erected in the centre of the grounds, and an ex-
tremely large basin surrounds it. Xymphseas
are growing near the edges, the admiration of
those familiar with them and a source of wonder
to those who "can't see how leaves and flowers
can grow on the top of water without roots."

At the bottom of a deep depression on one
side of the park is a pond, and here is centred
all the floral beauties of the place. Many grasses
are growing, and conspicuous among them are
the Gynerium argenteum and Erianthus Ka-
vennse. The variegation of Arunda donax burns
out badly in summer.

There is a perfect wilderness of roses. Many
old varieties and some of the newer kinds are to
be seen. Louis Philippe, Agrippina, Souvenir
d'un ami, Malmaison, Duchess of Edinburgh and
many others, vie with each other in the bounty
of their bloom, but the queen of them all is that
beautiful chaste rose " La France."

A bed composed of Plumbago capensis and
Torenia Fourneiri superbum in bloom, attracted
my attention by the exquisite blending of the
colors. The lavender blue of the Plumbago
intermingling with the brilliant darker blue of
the Torenia is something worth remembering.
Probably the shape of the flowers had also some-
thing to do with the illusion. Most growers are
familiar with the little stove-house gem Torenia
Asiatica, and its wonderful way of blooming with

generous culture under glass. Just such a gei»
is Torenia Fourneiri in the open ground. Plum-
bago Larpenta3 used as an edging or border to a>
bed of Coleus, showed what a useful plant this i»
when placed in good company.

Manettia cordifolia an old greenhouse favorite^
planted in the open ground and growing over
rude trellises, was a mass of flowers early in July,,
a month or six weeks earlier than it generally
blooms under pot culture. Another old favorite,
Erythrina crista galli, rarely seen in gardens
now, was brilliant with its queer shaped flowers-
There is a large greenhouse in the park where
the plants are kept over winter, and this may in
a measure account fur the mass of flowers to be-
seen here during the summer months.

THE ARBORETUM, DERBY, ENGLAND,

BY WM. T. HARDING, MOUNT HOLLY, N. J.

It is announced in recent advices from Eng-
land, that " applications will be made to Parlia-
ment for power to transfer the Derby Arboretum
grounds from control of the present trustees^
and vest the same to the corporation of the Bor-
ough of Derby. And for the purchase of ad-
ditional land for the extension of the Arboretum
and new recreation grounds. To make rides,
drives, walks, gardens, shrubberies and other
ornamental work. To build offices, lodges,
arbors, summer-houses, etc. Also, to include
Bass' recreation grounds and public baths, and
provide for the public use free of charge."

It is possibly in the recollection of many of
your readers that the Arboretum was presented
to the town of Derby by the late Joseph Strutt,
Esq., in 1840. This munificent gift, after the
grounds were properly laid out, and the Arbor-
etum botanically arranged and planted with a
fine collection of trees and shrubs, correctly and
conspicuously named, was generously donated
to the public for the sake of ''sacred science,''
healthful pleasure, and intelligent recreation.
Since that time the Arboretum has always been
a favorite resort for the pleasure seeker and
scientific visitor, who each enjoyed the boon,
according to their individual tastes or views of
what was most agreeable to their feelings.

Besides the landscape effects, which were of »
high order, with here a group of trees, or clumj>
of shrubs, and there an isolated specimen, illus-
trative of some botanical family, among which
were judiciously placed handsome objects of
statuary, with beds and borders of flowers, suf-

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ficient to enliven without producing a bizzare
appearance. The tout ensemble was a most de-
lightful combination of the useful, artistic and
beautiful, according to the natural fitness of
things.

It has occasionally been the writer's privilege
to visit, though at long intervals, this popular
resort. And he pleasantly remembers his ad-
miration of the young and handsome Araucaria
imbricatas, which were not so common in Eng-
land forty years ago, with the many choice speci-
mens of coniferaa which then adorned the
grounds. But alas ! their beauty was all faded
and gone in the summer of 1881. At least
those of a teribinthine nature seemed to have
disappeared altogether from the terrestrial scene.
Closely environed with bricks and mortar, and
deeply dovetailed into the closely-built and
murky town, as is this bijou Arboretum, the
etatelj' young pines, once so pleasant to behold,
60on sickened and died. In other words, they
were suffocated with the dense and poisonous
smoke which frequently hangs like a dismal
pall all over the town. So after vainly struggling
for existence they, one by one, died off, and left
the deciduous trees and shrubs, with the broad-
leaved evergreens, in possession of " the place
that once knew them, but will know them no
more."

There are hopes of better results attending the
prospective Pinetum, where the new Arboretum
grounds are planted, situated as they are at some
distance from the town where the atmosphere is
more congenial to their nature.

At any rate the project augurs w^ll for that
ancient county town or, in fact, for any other
place where the public look fur innocent enjoy-
ment upon the face of nature.

" Where various prospects gratify the sight,
And scatter fixed attention in delight."

PRUNING ORNAMENTAL TREES.

BY

8. OLMSTEAD, RYE, N. Y.

I beg a small space in your columns, to say a
word or two against the method of pruning flow-
ering shrubs, so prevalent among gardeners
throughout the country. Perhaps a good name
for this method would be "close shearing." By
it all the flexile beauty and grace of branches
and spray are destroyed, and the subject, thus
barbarously treated, looks now more like a bar-
ber's gigantic lather brush set up on" end, than the
beautiful thing it would become, if let alone, or

at least, if judiciously pruned at the proper time
of year. By this method all subjects are treated
alike, not only those whose flowers are borne
upon the new wood, but also those which send
out their bloom from the previous year's growth.
All are cut to the same pattern ; and if anything
more stiff and formal, more shorn of all beauty)
can be shown, then I hope T shall not be there
to see it.

As I write on this sunny, winter day, a glance
through a window near my desk, causes my eyes
to rest upon a shrub, which has been treated in
quite another manner. It is a Spirea prunifolia,
set out by my own hands, in the spot where it
now stands, just twenty-two years ago this com-
ing April. From that day to this no pruning
implement has ever deflowered it. It has grown,
as God intended it to grow, into a beautiful spray-
like fountain of green and white; and now, as
the gathering snow-flakes, rest upon its branches,
gently and gracefully bending them outward,
nothing but the green shimmer of the leaves is
wanting to bring to mind what a beautiful thing
it is when it is in full bloom. Surely this is the
better way.

CULTURE OF HARDY CYPRIPEDIUMS.

BY H. J. WOOD, UTICA, N. Y.

I notice under head of Scraps and Queries, page
70, March number of the Gardener's Monthly,
your correspondent Q. wrote asking for infor-
mation as to the treatment of our hardy Cypri-
pediums.

I have succeeded well for years with C. spec-
tabilis and C. parviflorum. The above are in
border on north side of my house, in rather
heavy, wet soil, and get no sun. The only care
they have had has been plenty of water in dry
seasons. I have also grown and bloomed C.
spectabilis in the open garden in light rich soil
with plenty of water. Three years ago at this
time I bad a fine pot of it in bloom in my
greenhouse. I can now show a well grown plant
which I think will bloom within ten days.

C. spectabilis has withstood all sorts of harsh
treatment with me for fifteen years and I have
lost only two plants; one from forcing and the
other from long neglect.

I have C. acaule liut only from last season;
therefore, cannot say what can be done with it.
It is under glass now doing well, also giving
it same treatment as above in border.

C. pubescens is not in my collection, but I
would like to have it.

1882.

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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Origin of the Manetti Eose. — Referring to
the origin of the Manetti Rose, a recent issue o
the Journal des Roses states, that it was raised
from seeds obtained from Persia by M. Manetti
at the Botanic Garden of Monza, Italy. In 1837
some plants were sent to Mr. T. Rivers at Saw-
bridgeworth, by M. Crivelli of Como, Italy ; and
it was introduced from England to France the
20th of March, 1840, by M. Portemar fils.

Double Dahlias. — Double Dahlias are not
double in the sense that a double Rose, or other
flowers are double. The florets of the disk have
simply been enlarged, so as to be somewhat strap-
shaped as the ray florets are, instead of tubular
as they are normally. But it is said there is
now a real double dahlia — that the central
florets have each another or others inside of
them.

Improved Wall-flowers.— One by one florists
are taking up the old fashioned flowers and are
improving them. Now it is the old Wall-flower.
As seen this year the new forms are very beau-
tiful.

A Large Violet.— Says the Journal of Horticul-
ture: "We send you one bloom of the Swanley
White Violet, this must be the best of all whites."
So writes Mr. Cannell, and the flower we received
is certainly the finest of its kind we have seen.
It was exactly oneand a-half inch in diameter,
and contained forty petals, imbricated, and con-
stituting a neat and well-formed flower."

Clover ik Lawns. — White clover is still often
flown with lawn grass, but few who know what is
what in lawn management do so any more in
our climate. It creeps along and crowds out
everything else, only to be itself burned out by
the first hot sun. Then we have bare places
which the abominable " Fall " or " Crab grass "
delights to occupy. The heat just suits that
grass. Indeed if it would start early, and not
leave the ground bare till midsummer, it would
not be such an objectionable thing.

Pyrus salicifolia. — A note on this deciduous
tree may not be out of place now that the plant-
ing season has arrived. It is surprising it is not
more planted, and would be perhaps if it was
more generally known. It grows into a shapely
tree when sufficient room is allowed it to develop
naturally. This Pyrus attains a large size, and

would be suitable for planting in any position
singly. When in flower during the month of
May a good tree is very beautiful, being covered
with its snow white flowers. It appears to thrive
well in smoky positions, and cannot be very
particular about soil, as it grows here freely in
poor soil. When in flower this season the bloom
was severely injured by frost, but in spite of this
it is bearing a good crop of fruit. The tree fruits
annually without fail. The fruits, however, are
of no service or beauty, but as a flowering tree
it is worthy of a place, and is quite distinct in
the foliage from other trees. The great freedom
with which it fruits annually has impressed upon
my mind that it would in all probability prove a
good stock for some Pears. I shall be glad to
know if it has been tried, and if so with what
results. — Journal of Horticulture.

Health and Shade Trees.— Rufus W. Gris-
wold, M. D., of Rocky Hill, Conn., has some
remarks on the destruction of shade trees as
a sanitary measure, in a popular medical
magazine from which' we take the following:
" A very intelligent physician, driving up to
my door once on a time, said : ' You have got
too many shade trees; I don't like them; they
are unhealthy; don't you have ague?' 'Yes,
badly.' ' I should expect it ; you ought to have
these trees cut down.' ' Ah ! do you see that
house yonder, completely shut in by trees?'
'Yes.' 'They don't have ague there at all! do
you see that house on the corner? And the one
over there? And the one next? And the two
still further below?' 'Yes.' 'You see there is
not a tree near one of those dwellings ; into them
all the sun pours and bores all day ; there is not
the least interruption to it.' ' Yes, I see that.'
'Well, in every one of those houses they have
ague and fever worse than I do in mine.' *I
should not have thought it.' 'Not on your
theory. But your theory isn't good for any-
thing ; it doesn't hold ; you may sometimes think
it proven ; but if you will go to the bottom of it
you will discover that it isn't worth a rush. Given
facts upon which you build up your deductions
to-day, are contradicted by another equally good
set of facts that present themselves to-morrow;
and your conclusion as to the causes of ague
vanish. It is just as reasonable to say that my
neighbor has intermittent in his family because
he has n't any shade, as to say that I have it in
mine because of the shade. As the actual fact,
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least connection with the disease in a single
house in the town.' "

Kew Gardens. — These gardens, under the able
management of Dr. Joseph Hooker, Director,
and Mr. John Smith, Curator, have become the
pride of the great mass of English people, and
the admiration of the world. Even the French,
close neighbors of the English, are moved to
desire something as grand and as useful. At a
recent meeting of the Socieie' Nationale d'Hor-
ticidture de France, the subject was discussed,
and M. Ch. Joly concluded an excellent address
on the subject by remarking that if the French
people were like those of London, to wake up to
the wonderful resources offered by the collections
gathered together in their Jardin des Plantes at
Paris, their garden might also be among the
admirations of the world.

But to our mind the Paris garden is not as well
situated to attract as the Kew garden is. The
latter is far in the suburbs, and offers a fine
holiday excursion ; and, besides, the Hookers —
father and son — have had the good sense to unite
a certain measure of horticultural attraction to
pure scientific features, and in this way all
classes of the public feel themselves interested
in its support. This can scarcely be done in the
Paris garden, and it will always be against its
friendly competition with the Kew institution.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Propagating Hydrangeas. — A. H. Abbott,
Little Blue, Farmington, Maine, says : " Last
spring I cut off two twigs from Hydrangea
paniculata grandiflora and stuck them into the
ground for plant stakes. To my surprise they
began to grow, and even flowered. On examin-
ing them in the autumn I found them well
rooted. In next number of the Gardener's
Monthly please mention the fact, and state
whether it is generally known that this plant
will root as readily as the willow."

[It is not generally known that this plant can
be propagated in this way, and the information
is valuable.— Ed. G. M.J

Indian Cherry.— This is the name of the
pretty spring flower referred to in the following
card from a correspondent at Walkertown, King

and Queen's County, Virginia. Botanically, it
is Amelanchier Botryapium, and though popu-
larly known as a cherry, it is really more
nearly allied to the apple. It has other com-
mon names — Snowy mespilus, June berry and
Shad-berry :

" I send you by this mail a little box contain-
ing bloom of a tall shrub which I found bloom-
ing on the side of a swamp. It is fifteen to
twenty feet high, slender rather than bushy, and
presents a very handsome and striking appear-
ance. Please give me the name and some
information about it. I thought at a dis-
tance it might be Chionanthus Virginica, but
it seems to be quite different on closer in-
spection."

Cattle in Cities. — A Burlington, Iowa, cor-
respondent says: *' We are still outraged in this
town with roaming cattle, horses and geese.
Why is it that I never see any articles in the
horticultural nor agricultural papers in reference
to this roaming at large of stock in most of the
United States ? Why will people spend so much
money for fencing out stock, instead of the
owners fencing their animals in, or herding
them ? Millions of dollars spent for fencing and
lawsuits, in reference to this relic of barbarism ;
consequently not much money is left for beauti-
fying and improving the roads and streets. In
journeying through life many a person wonders
at the general ' cussedness' surrounding us all in
one shape or another."

[When we say that this strong language is
from the pen of a gentle lady, the reader will
understand how badly she feels about this de-
grading and disgusting nuisance. It is amazing
not only that the press is generally silent on this
outrage ; and further, we have wondered that
local agricultural societies do not protest against
it.— Ed. G. M.]

Variegated Arbor Vit^s. — Messrs. Douglass
& Sons, Waukegan, Ills., send us specimens of
some silver and golden forms of American arbor
vitse. They are very beautiful, and it is good
work to watch the beds of seedlings, and select
these beautiful forms for publication— yet our
pleasure has its sad shades. Only think of
the terrible, long Latin names these little varia-
tions will receive when they get to England !
If our very good but somewhat sensitive neigh-
bor of the Garden would strike for a reform
here, how gladly would we not co-operate with
him !

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Greenhouse and House Gardening.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

There seems to be a growing taste for green-
houses, chiefly, as it would seem, for the purpose
of having flowers at command all winter. At
this season the resolve is usually made by those
who have none, to supply the luxury before the
season is over. It is to be regretted that those
who desire these pleasant attractions to a home,
do not get the opportunity of better advice in
the building. We have seen many cases w'here
the houses have had enormous amounts of
money spent on them, to the al solute obstruc-
tion of the main idea, — plant growing. Houses
that would have been made models of beauty
and very successful as plant houses, for $500,
have been rendered useless by having $2,000
spent on them. The village carpenter, or the
grand city architect or builder, have alike had
their turn at greenhouse building ; the intelli-
gent garden architect is seldom given a chance.

But here again we think the intelligent gai--
dener misses it, in not more generally studying
these outside branches in connection with the
practical parts of his profession. There is room
for such men in every large city and town in the
United States. A florist, who is at once a good
nurseryman and an intelligent gentleman in
every sense of the word — who could at once
grow plants, tell all about them, design a dwell-
ing house or tiorticultural building, make roads,
and have a good knowledge of the correct prin-
ciples of art a'nd taste — would soon be among the
wealthy leaders of society in any district, pro-
vided he has ordinary business tact added to bis
intellectual accomplishments.

In learning these things common sense is of
more importance than scholastic training. The
one who can profit by experience, is more
rapidly on the road to success than the one who
spends a year at college. Passing through a
greenhouse recently, in an establishment under
the charge of a very good gardener, a workman
was found at work putting down a mortar floor.
The other, which had been down but two years,
was worn out. It never occurred to the ex-
cellent gardener to profit by this experience.

Mortar is the result of crystallization, and anj--
thing of this nature readily fractures under a
sudden blow. Mortar floors will therefore soon
wear out under the heels of pedestrians. But a
lime floor is a different thing from a mortar
floor. The lime must slack wholly under water,
so that there is no chance to heat so as to en-
gender crystallization. When mixed with three
or four times its bulk of sand, so as to make a
sort of limy mud, and then rolled with a heavy
roller several times while drying, so as to press
out every particle of air, we have a floor as
hard as iron that will never crumble under the
feet. Then as to mortar itself. Even the aver-
age mason does not know how to make it, and
the gardener should be able to tell him how to
do it. Here we want crystallization, and only
water enough should be given to raise the heat
in the lime, and the sand should be added while
the lime is slacking. Perhaps half the mortar
in use even by good masons, rarely hardens.
The clay or dirt in the sand generally gets the
blame, but it is rather ignorance of the laws of
crystallization. Again, in regard to walls. One
has perhaps to be built up against a bank. The
earth on the back of the bank may be soft, and
admit water. A mortar wall is built against it.
The mortar being little else than plaster, absorbs
water. This freezes and the mortar expands.
Then the w^all frills down. The good gardener
learns a lesson. The next time he has a dry
wall built— that is to say, one without any mor-
tar—and he never after this puts up a mortar
wall against soft earth. But the man who can-
not learn— the one who wonders why that stupid
fellow gets along, and he, poor, hard-working
fellow, never thrives— he builds up the mortar
wall just as before, until bad luck throws it
down again. Recently the writer saw another
very u'ood fellow in his way, stopping up with
cement a crack in a brick flue. He had often
done it before. He had never learned to do it
once for all. There was the crack, and he plas-
tered a quarter of an inch all over it. It cracked,
and will crack again. If he had made the small
crack a large one, so that he could have pushed
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crack instead of a thin skin over it — his work
would have been done for all time. Again, there is
the man who is always having trouble with his cis-
tern. He has nine-inch brick work, all laid in
cement, and he has a quarter of an inch thick of
cement all over the bricks, but he was " cheated
sir, in that cement. It must have been badly
adulterated to leak as it is always doing." That
man will never learn, but the one who profited
by his first bad experience that leakages were
from two causes — the one from porosity, and
the other from unequal contraction, will. He tries
to make the coating thoroughly dense, so as
to close every pore, the thinner the better, be-
cause there would be less likelihood of unequal
contraction in drying. So the next time he does
not care whether the bricks are in cement or
not. or whether there be any bricks at all as long
as there is some rough surface to dash his cement
against. Then he puts his cement made with
water, as thin as cream, and works it with a
plasterer's trowel till every particle of air is
pressed out, and then he has a surface of cement
as hard and as smooth as polished glass. In-
deed he learns that unless he could almost see
to shave in the wall of his cistern, the work has
been very poorly done.

These illustrations will show what sort of
genius is required to be a successful gardener,
and the illustrations themselves may be practi-
cally useful at this season, when one is thinking
of greenhouse building and similar garden
work.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

ATTENDANCE ON STEAM BOILERS.

BY A. B. FOWLER, EXETER, N. H.

In response to "Wm. H. B.'s " queries, I would
say that the fires in a steam apparatus may be
left oyer night. Steam may be carried up or
down at pleasure if certain rules are followed —
and the temperature of the steam pipes is not
changed.

Providing the boiler be large enough a dwell-
ing house may be heated from the same boiler
as the greenhouses. I should not advise placing
the boiler in the greenhouse. Do not imagine
that a threshing machine boiler would be of
sufficient capacity to do much heating.

The pressure of steam required is from one to
five pounds. Regarded from an economical point

of view, steam may be carried from 200 to 300
feet with but very little loss; if the pipe be well
covered, and the pressure increased, it may be
carried much further. I trust the above answers
will enlighten "Wm. H. B."

CULTURE OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUM, &c.

BY JOHN WOODING, PENCOYD, PA.

This subject seems to have laid dormant for
some time. I have seen no mention of it in the
Monthly of late until a recent issue, February
number, page 38. I believe in that writer's
method of cultivation. If well grown plants and
a profusion of bloom is wanted, it is necessary
that the cuttings should be rooted early and the
plants as far advanced as possible, and before
their growth is arrested by the hot weather.
They do best in a moderate temperature. I saw
the Chrysanthemums grown at the Horticultural
Hall, Fairmount Park, last Fall. They were
beautiful, in good variety, and well grown plants.

This class of plants is thought a good deal of
in England. They are cultivated extensively on
first-class places, and are also raised on a smaller
scale by many of the working people who take
a special pride in them.

Chrysanthemum shows are held every year in
the neighborhood of London, and the gentlemen's
gardeners devote special attention to their care,
as it is an inducement for them to try their best
to beat their neighbors. The prizes offered for
the best grown plants run from one pound to
three pounds ten — five to eighteen dollars. I
attended a Chrysanthemum show at Kingston
on Thames, Surrey, two years ago last November.
T think there were about twenty- five gentlemen's
gardeners exhibited plants there, and also two
or three noted nurserymen attended with plants
and made a fine display. The rules of the Chry-
santhemum Society do not allow nurserymen to
compete with gentlemen's gardeners there.
They exhibit as a class by themselves.

The leading varieties at that time, which took
first prizes were large flowering George Glenny,
Jardin des Plantes, Mrs. George Rundle, Pink
Perfection, Boulede Neige, Golden Nugget, Maid
of Kent. Also a number of the Pompone
varieties took prizes. They were trained in
various shapes on wire and were a mass of
bloom. The majority of the large flowering
kinds were disbudded and superfluous shoots
rubbed off. Plants grown as standards and large
flowers predominated. They were grown in from

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eight to ten inch pots, and were from six to seven
feet high. I might add that these shows are well
patronized by all classes of people, who are
charged a small sum to enter the exhibition.

I don't think it possible to grow Chrysanthe-
mums in this country as large as in Great Britain,
even under the best known methods. The dif-
ference of climiite' is no doubt the trouble. If
there is a possibility of doing so I would like to
know how.

I would like to see this subject reviewed in the
Monthly by some kind reader, as I think this
class of plants deserves especial attention and
care. They come into bloom at a time of the
year when other flowers are scarce.

STEAM HEATING.

BY A. D. iMYLIUS, DETROIT, MICH.

I have read the articles in the recent numbers
about steam heating, and I am quite sure it will
supersede hot water. I am heating four houses,
twenty-two by sixty feet each, with one ten
horse-power boiler, costing $200. If I used hot
water two boilers would be necessary, besides
double the amount of feet of pipe — and four-inch
pipe, where for steam, one inch is large enough,
except main pipe running through shed which is
two inches. I figured for hot water, boilers and
pipes, $1,500. Steam costs, boiler and pipes,
$600 for the four houses, $900 difference, besides
less time used in firing, less coal, &c., at prices that
figured this fall and last August and September.

GREENHOUSE NOTES FROM ST. LOUIS.

BY CHARLES CRUCKNELL.

In Tower Grove Park palm house there is a
group of bananas, in the centre of which is
growing the largest specimen ofMusa sapientum
in this country. The stem and leaves are colos-
sal. The smaller members of this group are
from six to eight feet high, and look like pigmies
alongside of this giant.

The new Tradescantia multicolor is very
beautiful, but has a strong tendency to revert
back to the old T. zebrina, from which it is
probably a sport.

I counted the flowers (male) on a single
spathe of Astrocaryum mururauru, and found
their number to exceed a fraction over ten
thousand (10,000). The plant had three flower-
spathes this year. This plant is growing in the

unique collection of Mr. Brown. Strelitzia au-
gusta, in the same collection, has been in bloom
for the past four months.

Sevsral important additions have recently
been made to Mr. Henry Shaw's extensive col-
lection of plants. Notably among the tree-ferns
— Cyathea Dregei, eight feet high to the crown
and three feet in circumference around the mid-
dle of the stem, is the largest. A pair of Dick-
sonia Antarctica, not so stout, but quite as tall.
There is also a magnificent specimen of the
silver tree-fern, Cyathea dealbata. But the gem
of the collection is a Todea Africana. This is a
curiosity. There are numerous stems growing
from the base which is gnarled and knotted like
the roots of some old tree of the forest. The
new palm house has been open to the public all
winter, but nothing has transpired publicly as
to when the dedication will take place.

The winter has been so mild that dahlias left
in the ground over winter are at this date (April
15th) sprouting vigorously.

RHYNCOSPERMUM JASMINOIDES.

BY WALTER COLES, BELVIDERE, N. J.

No doubt Mrs. M. D. Wellcome is right
in saying this charming plant is not so exten-
sively grown as it should be. But we may find
it advertised in many catalogues. I have at
present a small plant in bloom in my green-
house which perfumes the whole house with a
very pleasing odor. Some years ago I grew a
very large plant of the above-named, and
trained it on a balloon trellis and always man-
aged to get it at its best by Easter. Few plants
surpass it for decoration ; it is also an excellent
flower for cutting, for making bouquets, &c.
The plant can be grown with almost any gen-
eral collection, but it delights in a warm, moist
atmosphere, with good rich soil to grow in.

[It is rather a common plant, and found in
most good plant collections.— Ed. G. M.]

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Beautiful Orchids.— The growing popularity
of orchidaceous plants is evidenced by the many
beautiful specimens exhibited so often at the
monthly meetings of the Germantown Horticul-
tural Society. There were numbers at the last
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Mr. Joseph Harrison. One, a Vanda suavis, va-
riety Veitchii, hid a grand raceme with thirteen
expanded flowers and others in bud, which was
very much admired. Had it but a single flower
it would still be a beautiful orchid.

Greenhouses of Patterson Bros., Pittsburg,
Pa.— These comprise over 30,000 feet of glass,
and roses and other flowers are forced to their
utmost, but all are heated by one steam boiler.
The Pittsburg papers speak of it as one of the
wonders of the city. Much of the success of
this great establishment is due to Foreman
Randolph.

The Indian Currant in Decoration. — Among
our notes is one concerning the spray of this
plant for cut-flower decoration. We saw some
used last summer in connection with other
things, and it had a very pretty eff"ect. In land
scape gardening also it can often be used to ad-
vantage. In an old garden near Asheville,
North Carolina, a huge clump of this was one
of the finest things seen by the editor in his
summer travels.

Bouquets in the London Market. — A corres-
pondent of the London Journal of Horticulture
remarks : " One of the most attractive and origi-
nal bouquets that I have seen for some time
I recently noticed in the grand row of Coven t
Garden Market. It was composed of Mar^chal
Niel rose buds and half-expanded blooms, the
Yellow Marguerite (Chrysanthemum Etoile d'Or)
and a large rich purple self Pansy. These were
arranged informally with fronds of Adiantum
cuneatum and A. gracillimum. The simplicity
and freedom of the design and the contrast of
the colors rendered the bouquet by far the most
beautiful, to my mind, of all in the market."

Arranging Flowers for Evening Effect. —
A correspondent of the London Journal of Hor-
ticulture gives the following good hints : '' Let a
close-fitting shutter be provided for the window,
so that if necessary daylight may be excluded
while arranging flowers for evening parties. I
have found that if flowers are arranged by the
same light as that in which they are to be used,
much better results may be obtained, as it is
well known that some colors which look well by
daylight will spoil the whole arrangement when
seen under artificial light. In conclusion, I will
add that the less hard-and-fast lines we admit in
the arrangement of cut flowers the better, but
the following I would recommend : Avoid glar-

ing colors, let white predominate ; use a good
proportion of light green foliage, and do not
crowd the flowers."

Flowers on the Dinner Table.— A corres-
pondent of the London Journal of Horticulture
thus describes what he regards as a tasteful ar-
rangement of a dinner table which he saw:
" It was a small circular one, having a cup and
two tall water-jugs in the centre, and atforded
space for a circle around the centre of eight
slender vases, four of which had white Carna-
tions, and four had half-opened flowers of
Madame Falcot Rose for blossom, two flowers
and a bud or two being used for each vase, with
a leaf of Ampelopsis, two large leaves and a
spray of Pelargonium filicifolium odoratum,
three spikes of dried Briza minima, and two of
the long slender shoots of the Ampelopsis pend-
ent from opposite sides. The Roses and Carna-
tions were placed alternately in the circle of
vases, and instead of being festooned the Ampe-
lopsis shoots were lightly interlaced outside the
vases, the effect being novel and pleasing."

Passiflora princeps.- This is an excellent
climber for a warm greenhouse, and flowers
freely when properly treated. It should not be
pruned much, and none of the old flower-stems
must ever be removed. It flowers again and
again on the same flower-stalk ; hence, unless
for use as cut flowers, none of these should ever
be removed. In the winter season they hang in
withered-looking bundles; but in the early
spring the sap floods the channels with new life,
and a fresh raceme is thrown out from the ex-
treme point of last year's flower-stem. And this
goes on year after year, while other pendents of
dazzling brightness spring forth near the base
of the flower-stems. Those also that have been
shortened back sometimes break into fresh clus-
ters of blossom. Many of them, however, die
back ; and, unless obliged to cut for the flowers,
none of the old flowering branches should be
cut at all. When the new flower-stem shoots
forth, any dead points beyond it may be cut off.
Another great advantage arises from this succes-
sional elongation of the flower-bearing branch-
lets. Almost any length of raceme may be se-
cured for twisting around the stems of stands or
vases. This enables the decorator to place the
flowering blossoms of this brilliant plant in tell-
ing positions to which shorter flower-stems,
that must from necessity have one end in the
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common Passion flowers have beautiful foliage,
and sometimes coerulea and other varieties will
keep open throughout a long night. Though
these lack the brilliance and size of those I have

NEW OR RARE PLANTS.

Pavoxia Makoyana. — Tropical malvaceoua
shrubs are particularly well adapted to Ameri-

PAVONIA MAKOYANA.

indicated, the whole of the Passion flowers are I can gardens. They like our summer heats, and
beautiful and interesting.— Gardemn^' Illustrated. \ flower the whole summer long. The genus

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Pavonia has much in common with Hibiscus,
Althaea and other well-known plants of our gar-
dens. Indeed there is one very pretty summer
bloomer, a small shrub, of the same genus, Pa-
vonia Wrightii, under culture though not as
well known. The species here illustrated is re-
markable for its large colored bracts. In P.
Wrightii these are small and green. Here they
are so large as, in the picture, to look almost
like a proper calyx. It was introduced to culti-
vation by Mr. Bull, of Chelsea, London, Eng-
land, who says of it : "A handsome free-bloom-
ing plant of erect growth, with oblong-lanceolate
coriaceous leaves; it belongs to the Malvaceee,
and has been imported from Brazil. Its
corymbs of flowers are peculiarly attractive from
the bracteoles being large, and of a bright rosy
carmine color, forming a striking contrast with
the dark purple corolla. The plant is extremely
floriterous, and the blossoms remain a long time
in perfection."

Orxithogalum coarctatum.— Among the rare
plants that attracted attention at the April
meeting of the German town Horticultural So-
ciety, was a finely bloomed specimen sent by
Mr. E. H. Skinner, of Troy, Ohio.

It has a head of white flowers, with a fuscous
spot at the baae on opening, but which disap-
pears a few days after. Each flower is about an
inch over, and with several dozen open at once
it makes quite a gay appearance. We regard it
as one of the most valuable of early spring
bulbs.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Questions on Steam Management. — " S. P.,"
Brooklyn, New York, remarks : " In reading
your last issue, I found several communications
in regard to heaters for greenhouses. I have
also heard several gardeners talking in reference
to steam as a means of heating, in place of our
old friend, the ' hot water apparatus.'

"I think it would be well for all interested in
the matter, to study the question in all its bear-
ings before making so decided and radical a
change.

'' In the first place, up to the present time, I
have found no means of heating greenhouses to
give such universal satisfaction as the hot water
apparatus has done, and when put up in a
proper manner by good mechanics, have al-
ways found it reliable. It is economical in the

use of fuel, requires very little attention, and any
man of ordinary intelligence can manage it.
When a greenhouse is properly piped, and haa a
boiler of sufficient capacity to heat the same
without forcing (which should always be the
case), we can fix our fires at 10 p. m., and find
everything going along nicely at six o'clock the
next morning, and this can be done in the
coldest weather, if the conditions in regard to
pipe and boiler be complied with. The hot
water apparatus, if put in properly, costs very
little for repairs, as there is nothing to get out of
order except the boiler, and that is good for ten
or twelve years. I have known cases where
they have been in use for twenty years, without
any repairs save a few new grates. In a hot
water apparatus a very slow fire will keep the
water circulating all night, and by so doing gives
us the proper amount of heat from very little
fuel. Now the question arises, will a steam
heater do all this? For myself, I am afraid not.

'' I think that a steam apparatus will burn
more fuel, for it is actually necessary that steam
be kept up, or the heat goes down at once, and
to keep up this steam we must have a lively fire.
To get that permanence of temperature so much
desired in greenhouses, a steam heater would
demand almost constant attention.

'' The parties getting up these heaters claim
that they have self-regulating dampers, &c., that
will just keep the steam and fire to a certain
pitch; but my experience with all such contriv-
ances is, that it takes very little to put them out
of order, and then they are worse than useless.
In all steam boilers there is more or less trouble
with sediment, and these for greenhouses would
be no exception to this general rule, and would
require to be cleaned out occasionally or
great injury would result to the boiler. No
matter how safe you try to make a steam boiler,
if placed in the hands of inexperienced parties,
there is more or less danger of explosion.

" I could say much more on this subject, but
not wishing to trespass too much on your valua-
ble space, I will conclude by stating that, in my
opinion, before steam can take the place of our
old friend and banish him from the greenhouse,
its advocates niust make it as safe, convenient,
economical, permanent of temperature, and
easy of management as the hot water ap-
paratus."

[It is not likely that steam will take the place
of hot water for small greenhouses ; it is only
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advance. There are some objections, as there
are to all these projects, but the balance of ad-
vantages as against the objections, decides.

As to consumption of coal, we know of one
large building heated by steam, which once had
furnaces in the cellar. The average of coal
used the past two winters, was no more than of
the two winters previous. Fires are left on
Saturday night, and the building has very little
decrease in temperature on Monday morning. —
Ed. G. M.]

Steam Heating Around Chicago. — " Chicago "
says : " In your May number there is an article
on steam heating, by Mr. W. D. Allen. Having
read the articles by different writers, that have
appeared in your paper, I have become in-
terested in this mode of heating ; but if, as Mr.
Allen says, he uses the same system of arranging
pipes, etc., that is so highly recommended by
others of your correspondents, I hardly think it
will pay to investigate the matter further. I am
not impressed with the results as they seemed to
me the last time I saw them in Mr. A's houses.

"Mr. Allen's statements in regard to cutting
flowers are a ' little off.' Among the growers
around Chicago, his liouses are noted for pro-
ducing nothing. His roses are the poorest I ever
saw; Carnations, not much better; Camellias
and Smilax he grows in great abundance and
very finely. As for his growing more flowers

than all the others put together, there are dozens
who leave him far behind. I say this that those
who have visited Mr, A 's place may not have an
erroneous opinion of the flower growers around
Chicago,"

[This is getting to be a personal matter.
" Chicago's " note is, however, legitimate, on ac-
count of Mr. Allen's remark, and we have ad-
mitted it as a matter of fair play. But the
question as to who grows the most or the
fewest flowers, is not appropriate here. In
regard to the question of steam heating, the
point has little bearing. The only question in-
volved is, Will steam give out more heat, and
with less care and cost than hot water? If it
will not do so on a small scale, will it do so when
the houses are on a large scale ? Is it under any
circumstances more advantageous than hot
water or hot air? and if so, what are these spe-
cial circumstances? It does not follow that be-
cause all these or any of these questions may be
answered in favor of steam, one will yet have
plenty of flowers. Something else besides a
good boiler, and a good attendance on a good
boiler, before we can have flowers, — Ed. G. M ]

Odontoglossum citrosmum,— " C," asks : "Will
some of the readers of the Monthly please give
me some information concerning the culture of
Odontoglossum citrosmum and Cypripedium
nevium?"

Fruit and Vegetable Gardening,

SEASONABLE HINTS.

Of the many projects for securing a plum crop,
none have been permanently successful butjarring
the trees. It is not a great task, but it needs to
be persistently followed. The plum knot, is
less prevalent than it used to be ; cutting away as
it appears keeps it under, and generally prevents
its being a serious evil, Apple and Pear some-
times suffer from the hot sun shining on the
bark. Whitewash, that is lime wash, is objec-
tionable on account of the glaring color, but it
reflects the heat, and the tree is benefited. Hot

ground is an injury to most fruit trees. Shading,
wherever it can be cheaply done is a great
benefit.

Do not let any tree over-bear. The tendency
with most trees when they once begin, is to do
too much of it. The good fruit grower cuts out
the fruit spurs or flower branches, before they
are in blossom. If this has not been done, thin
out the fruit.

Thin out sprouts from trees, where new branches
are not needed, especially on the trunk or near
the ground. The injury to trees from leaving
them till fall is enormous.

Watch if your strawberry or raspberry plants

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are diseased ; if they are do not propagate from
them. Spotted leaves or rust)- shoots particularly
avoid. I

Grapes first coming in bearing should not be j
permitted to perfect large crops of fruit while
young. It is excusable to fruit a bunch or so on
a young vine, "just to test the kind," but no
more should be permitted till the vine has age
and strength. Vigorous growth, and great pro-
ductiveness, are the antipodes of the vegetable
world. Encourage as much foliage as possible
on the vines, and aim to have as strong shoots at
the base as at the top of the cane ; this can be
done by pinching out the points of the strong
shoots after they have made a growth of five or
six leaves. This \\ill make the weak ones grow
stronger. Young vines grow much faster over a
twigg}' branch, stuck in for support, than over a
straight stick as a trellis, and generally do better
every way. Where extra fine bunches of grapes
are desired, pinch back the shoot bearing it to
about four or five leaves above the bunch. This
should not l>e done indiscriminately with all the
bunches. Too much pinching and stopping
injures the production of good wood for next
season. These hints are for amateurs, who have
a few vines on trellises ; for large vineyard cul-
ture, though the same principles hold good as
far as they go, they will vary in their application, i

Fine, rich color is always esteemed as one of
the criterions whereby to judge of the excellence
of a fruit. Sun-light is of first importance ; but
it is not generally known that this is injurious [
when in exce^. In a dry atmosphere, with
great sun-heat, where the evaporating process
goes on faster than the secretive principle, what
should become a rich rosy blush in a fruit, is
changed to a sickly yellow; and the rich jet black
of a grape becomes a foxy red. Some Grape-
growers of eminence, in view of the facts, shade
their vineries during the coloring process; but
others, instead, keep the atmosphere as close and
moist as possible. The latter course detracts
from the flavor of the fruit. The best plan is
that which combines both practices.

Ked spider, or some species allied to it, is get-
ting to be a fearful pest in small orchards. A
powerful garden water engine is the best thing
that we know. Usually in large orchards there
are not these troubles, and fortunately, no engine
is required. In large orchards codling moth and
the curculio are the chief enemies, but even here
growers often depend on the great number of trees
being too many for the pests. In small gardens

the trouble from birds is as bad as the trouble
from insects.
Here is a sketch from an English source of

a wind clapper, to drive the birds away.

In the vegetable garden we must prepare for
summer and fall vegetables. The market gar-
dener depends on manure doing most of the
work, but the amateur in his small patch will do
well to look to deeply moved soil. Beans, peas,
celery, salad, and such things do very well indeed
in deep rich soil during even hot weather, but
no where else.

CO M MUNI C A TIONS.

THE MUCK QUESTION.

BY HON. JUDGE J. G. KXAPP, LIMOXA, FLORIDA.

It seems a little strange that there should be
any diflference of opinion upon the subject of
muck, as a fertilizer. Muck may be defined as
vegetable matter, preserved in water ; generally
in water that is nearly or quite stagnant. Muck
in time may become peat, without losing its
vegetable character ; and very respectable miner-
alogists insist it may be converted into coal ; in
which case it has lost most of its vegetable
characteristics, and acquired accessions from
other minerals, particularly sulphur. While its
character of muck, and even peat remains, it is
capable of being decomposed, or if you will,
rotted, by additions of quick-lime, and also by
sulphuric or nitiric acid, and thus be fitted for
pulverization and mixing in the soil for plant
food. Freezing and thawing will also disintegrate
muck. This last is not practicable in this region
where the ground never freezes.

Men in the laboratories have succeeded in per-
fecting a few grains of wheat or other grains in a
soil, out of which all vegetable matter which

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could be driven off by red heat, had been driven,
when watered by water impregnated with nitrate
of potash, and phosphoric acid ; thence they have
jumped to the conclusion, that plant food con-
sists of nitrogenous and phosphoratic matter
alone. They were scientists, and their conclu-
sions were the end of the law on that subject.
Let us see. The soil they experimented with
before burning contained vegetable matter. This
became charcoal, in part, and so was left in the
soil, or its mineral properties were changed in
form ; the potash and phosphorous became solu-
ble; the lime, magnesia and soda became caustic,
and much of it soluble, and thus also plant food.
Of this no note was taken.

Again, they kept back the fact that the plants
rea red by them in their experiments were starved
acd dwarfed, and only gave a yield of less than
one-tenth what they would if grown upon a soil
rich in vegetable matter. Humus is a vegetable
product, and exists only where there has been
a decomposition of vegetable matter. No vigor-
ous growth of plants can be had, particularly in
farm and garden products, where the soil con
tains no humus.

They have entirely left out of their calculations
the whole eflBcatiousness of the principle of life
How much is due to this principle, where it shall
seek means for its own existence, how it may
substitute one ingredient of food for another, and
all its vast phenomena is ignored by them.
What life is, what its functions, they cannot
explain, because they never can know.

Are opinions thus arrived at to overthrow the
experience of the practical agriculturist for
ages? These last have learned that their heavi
est crops grow on land, other things being equal,
in which there is the greatest amount of finely
pulverized vegetable matter. Hence, too, the best
farmers delight in spreading upou field and
garden, the manure from the stables, the hen-
roosts, and barnyard ; hence, we find these men
to increase their pile, bedding their cattle on
dried muck, and scattering it under the roost.
Hence they pulverize it with mixing caustic lime,
and grind it to powder, as far as possible. Leaf-
mould has ever been a favorite prescription for
the florist, when extra choice flowers are required.
But leaf-mould differs very little from muck, in
its constituent parts ; both are composed of the
leaves and small stems of plants.

All vegetation placed in the soil, within the
reach of the influence of the sun's heat, rains
and dews, will be converted to humus, and thus

fitted for plant food. And then through the
medium of humus the plants receive the min-
erals required for ihe formation of wood, leaves
and fruit. They receive them almost entirely
through this source. Because the experimenters
with soil deprived of vegetable matter, as far as
heat could do, had none or very little humus to
assist them, their plants are dwarfed, and almost
unproductive; and instead of proving that plant
food consisted of nitrogenous matter, potash and
phosphorus, they rather proved where these
are supplied with vegetable matter, like decaying
grass, weeds, and leaves of trees, yielding an
abundance of humus, they would have fiir better
results ; and that it was better to apply vegetable
matters to the land, even if the poor, despised
muck of the wet lands of Massachusetts, the
sweepings of the streets of the cities, and the
mud in the bottom of the ditches and drains
were hauled out at a great expense, than to have
none in it.

Against the assertion of such experimenters,
as declare muck "worthless," there stands the
experiments of all the gardeners, of all the States,
who have applied muck in some of its "forms
and modifications" to all varieties of soils, and
always obtained favorable results from its use.
With the gardeners, the farmers, who spread the
manures from their stables and yards on their
grain fields, who turn under their clover turf and
harvest great crops of wheat, bear evidence. The
tobacco growers of Virginia exhausted their soil
because they did not apply to it vegetable mat-
ters, even where they did also use guano and
other prepared fertilizers ; while those of the
Connecticut Valley, of the Chemung Valley in
Xew York, and of Dane and Eock counties in
Wisconsin, have not only kept their tobacco lands
in heart, but have greatly increased the richness
and productiveness of their soil and crops, by a
liberal use of vegetable matters. The cottoa
planters of the South also give a negative testi-
mony of the value of vegetable matter. These
have for years burned all the weeds, grass, and
old cotton and cornstalks which grow on their
land, and have resorted to the manures of labor-
atories to rear a crop. The result with them has
been the same as witn the Virginia tobacco
growers — worn out fields, and no remunerative
crops. The prepared fertilizers, with a scant
supply of humus, has only '' burnt" the stunted
plants.

The examples of the English, Dutch, German
and French gardeners and farmers, could be

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cited to the same point, in opposition to the
laboratories, of the useful properties of muck
and other vegetable matters, Avhen used as plant
food, but I must desist for the present.

RUST IN BLACKBERRIES.

BY T. V. MUNSON, DENISON, TEXAS.

As there is just now so much complaint of
" rust" in blackberries, especiallj' the Kittatinny,
anything which will aid in avoiding or combat-
ting it will be hailed with great pleasure by all
lovers of this delicious and wholesome fruit.

Last summer I had a plantation of Kittatinny
badly affected by the "rust;" so much so that
I grubbed out all of the plants, plowed and har-
rowed the ground thoroughly, gathered the roots
which were dragged out by the harrow, made
cuttings of them, and planted a new plat, and
also " heeled in" several thousand near by where
also the old crowns or [)lants that were affected
by "rust" were "heeled in." Many of these
"heeled in" cuttings and plants were left unmo-
lested. Now the roots left in the old "jjatch,"
those planted in the new, and those " heeled in,"
have thrown up vigorous, clean scions without a
sign of rust, with rare exceptions, and these
seem to be sprouts from the base of old plants
and not from the lateral roots ; while scions
coming from the old crown " heeled in," are
almost without exception covered with "rust."
The new plantation made from root cuttings,
and the old from roots left in the ground, prom-
ise to be in fine bearing condition for next
season.

From the above I would infer that the rust
fungus germinates and perpetuates itself in or
near the dead wood of the old crowns, and sug-
gests that we may convert a diseased plantation
into a healthy one, and maintain it so for years.
From my experience, the method suggests it-
self, viz.:

As soon as "rust" shows'itself in a plantation
—usually about the second or third year after
cropping begins— cut out all the old crowns
thoroughly in the fall, plow, harrow and reno-
vate the soil well of, say one-half the planta-
tion. In the spring thousands of vigorous scions
spring up. Plow out two rows of proper width,
and plant potatoes or other crops between.
Carefully cull out all scions which may show
"rust," and keep well cultivated during sum-
mer. This will be the bearing plantation the
next season or two, till " rust" comes again, and

I the portion left to bear should alternately be
treated in a similar manner. Others may have
had some similar experience, though I have not
seen it in print, and may have pursued it to
more definite results, which would be valuable
matter for your excellent journal, and would be
greedily read by your humble servant.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Flat-headed Borer.— This is very de-
structive to apple trees in Ohio. Mr. Robert
Steele thus characterizes it in a paper before the
Montgomery County, Ohio, Horticultural So-
ciety : " The pupa, like the worm, is white, but
the beetle is of a bronze color. This beetle de-
posits its eggs generally on rough places, but
sometimes on smooth, healthy bark. It is diur-
nal in'its habits, and begins to make its appear-
ance in May, continuing to deposit eggs through
the whole summer. They soon hatch, are found
in clusters of about a dozen, are about one-
tenth of an inch in length at first, but soon
grow to be a quarter of an inch long. About
the middle of August they change into the pupa
state; by September the beetles are well formed,
and ready to leave the tree, probably to hiber-
nate under ground."

Peach Culture. — A capital speech on peach
culture was made by T. J. Sanderson, in March
last, before the Grange at Marlboro, Mass. Mr.
S. asserts the worst disease the peach is liable
to is ignorance. The peach often produces enor-
mously the first year. If allowed to perfect all
it wants to, it is likely to be of use to you no
more forever. It loves to have all its unthrifty
wood cut out, and to have a liberal supply of
nourishing food.

French Fruits in England.— England is the
great foreign market for French fruits. Accord-
ing to M. Joly, the exports from France during
1881, were 21,713,406 kilogrammes, and of this
amount 18,039,072 went to England, the rest
being distributed through Belgium, Germany,
Switzerland, and others.

Imperfect Flowering Grapes. — It is well
known that the grape has a tendency towards
dioecism — that is to say, to have the male and
female flowers on separate plants. This is true
of the foreign grape as well as of the native
grape; but more particularly of the latter.
Under culture, the Creveling is well known to

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have very often flowers approaching the purely
female condition, that is with perfect pistils, but
with defective stamens. Prof. Budd finds the
same defect sometimes in some of the Rogers
varieties.

Oranges in Europe. — M. Charles Joly, of
Paris, in a recent paper on the exports and im-
ports of fruits in France, gives the enormous
quantity of 37,168,909 kilogrammes as the im-
portation from Spain alone during 1881. This,
as the consumption of one country alone,
shows the great importance of the orange crop
to Spain.

Osage Orange Silk.— Prof. C. V. Riley called
attention some time since to the fact that the
common silk worm would do as well on osage
orange leaves as on mulberry, Last year the
Women's Silk Culture Association, of Philadel-
phia, had silk from osage-fed worms sent to
Itschners factory. It was returned in the shape
of a silk ribbon to the ladies with the following
letter : " We send you twenty yards of ribbon
made from the silk raised on Osage Orange
leaves, handed to us during your late exhibition.
We see no difference in the dye or weaving from
other silk."

Pear, B. S. Fox.— Fruit of this, tested by Mr.
Barry in April, indicates that it will be as grand
a winter pear in the East as it proved to be in
California, where it originated.

Cochin China Grape. — This is attracting much
attention in Europe. Like the Vitis incisa of
our Southern States, it has tuberous roots— but
that is rather a Cissus — while this appears to be
a true grape, though the botanical name is not
given. It is believed in France, where it was
first introduced by M. Martin, government
gardener at Saignon, that it will be proof against
Phylloxera, and naturally is exciting much- in-
terest on this account. Good wine has been
made from it.

The Pocklington Grape. — Mr. Samuel Miller,
the raiser of Martha, believes his variety will be
superseded by the Pocklington.

Winter Nelis Pear. — Chas. A. Green finds
that this does not succeed farther East than
Rochester.

Peach Flowers. — There is a large flowered
and a small flowered class of peaches. Mr.
Raphael Sherfey makes the important discovery
that the large flowered kinds get through the

early spring frosts better than the small flowered
kinds. " The more is the pity," says friend
Edwin Satterthwaite, for " all the good peaches
are among the small flowerers."

Preserving Spanish Grapes.— These grapes,
which come to market in such a pretty unshriv-
elled condition, and with so little taste, the
Garden believes are gathered before fully ripe.

Pea Sticks.— Some peas need no sticks to
climb on, but the largest crops are from those
which need sticks. Experiments made with the
same kind of peas show a much larger product
from those which have sticks to climb on.
Twiggy sticks must be used, as the tendril can-
not clasp a club. Good gardeners use stout
branches if they can get them, but pluck ofi'the
upper twigs and stick them in between the stout
branches at the ground. This helps the young
plant up to where all the light twigs are.

Full Podded Peas. — Drawings in European
catalogues exhibit peas fourteen in a pod. Did
any one see in this country that many in a pod,
in either an old or a new variety?

President Garfield Pea. — This is said to be
the latest improvement in English peas, and to
be well worthy of its name.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Juglans pr^parturiens. — A California cor-
respondent submits the following questions,
which, not being well versed in the history of
this particular variety, we should be glad if some
correspondent can answer :

1. How large does the English Dwarf Prolific
(Pra^parturiens) grow ? that is, how many feet in
height, and how many inches in diameter at the
butt?

2. Have you on your place any such trees? If
so, how old and how big are they ? How do
they bear ? How hardy are they ?

3. Who did originate the Dwarf Prolific Wal-
nut (Prseparturiens) ?

4. At what age do the trees bear?

5. How large is the nut?

6. Did you ever hear of Andre Leroy Standard
Prseparturiens (Juglans prteparturiens or Fertile)
Walnut?

Disease in Pear and Apple Trees. — "C. W. T.,"
Hulmeville, Pa., writes : " I was yesterday look-
ing through a very fine orchard in this vicinity

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when my attention was called to a row of Seckel
Pear trees, some twenty-five of which had been
much injured and a number of them killed un-
der circumstances different, I think, from any
I ever met with before. I should like to have
your views as to the cause. Just a year ago the
own6r of these trees discovered patches of bark
on their trunks turning black. These were
nearly always on the north side of the trees, and
were from a few inches in extent up to a lenglli
of two or three feet, and extending entirely
around the trees. In the course of the season,
these patches dried up and peeled off, leaving
the wood beneath perfectly sound and white,
not discolored in the least. The trees are some
three or more inches in diameter, and fifteen or
sixteen feet high. The soil is light sandy loam,
has been well manured and planted with hoed
crops, and kept well worked. There were no
pear trees injured but Seckel, with the excep
tion of one ' Howel,' which was affected in the
same way. I will remark here, that sandy soil
in this vicinity does not seem to suit the
Lawrence Pear. A row of these in this same
orchard, did so very poorly, that they had to be
taken up and replanted in heavier soil, where
they have since done well. I could suggest no
other treatment for the injured trees than paint-
ing over the bare places and discontinuing the
manure. The trees are of remarkably vigorous
growth, and where they are not entirely girdled,
nature is making a strenuous effort to cover the
wounds with new bark.

"A fine young apple orchard near this first,
and containing j ,500 trees, is also badly diseased,
but in a different way. The trees are old enough
to bear a bushel each, but will have no fruit on
them this season. Last August the branches
began to die, commencing at the extremities and
turning black as the disease extended down.
There were no insects noticed on the trees,
but on examining the bark of the affected
branches, it appeared to be covered with minute
punctures, invisible to the naked eye. The soil
here also has been heavily manured, planted
with corn and tobacco and kept well worked.
The refuse stems of the tobacco have been
heaped up around the butts of the trees to keep
off the borer. The owner is just beginning to
head in his trees, which is all the treatment they
have received as yet. I suppose high feeding is
at the bottom of the trouble."

[The bark disease referred to is not uncom-
mon in the pear, though not referred to in any

of our fruit books. It is of fungus origin. It is
rarely troublesome in those orchards vvhich
have the trunks regularly lime-washed once a
year.

There are two kinds of apple disease, which
have effects such as you describe, one done by a
small insect (Tomicus pyri), the other from a
fungus attack. In either case cutting and burn-
ing the diseased parts, before there has been
time to mature eggs or spores for another crop,
is the only remedy we have ever known sug-
gested.

As to high feeding, injury from this cause
among fruit trees, is purely mythical. A tree
already half sick from bad treatment, though
this may pass under the name of good culture,
may become past all recovery by plenty of good
food ; but for an Apple, Pear, Cherry, Peach,
Plum, or similar tree, you may pile on the
manure six inches thick under a healthy tree
without disgusting it. Of course, if you use salt,
or some of the chemical combinations so often
recommended in the place of good, old fashioned
manUre, and natural plant food, you may ex-
pect trouble; but this is no more to be called
the results of high feeding than if a man expires
from an overdose of laudanum. — Ed. G. M.]

A Native Apple. — An Ohio correspondent says:
" In Hooper's Western Fruit Book, page 337
(No. 27), it says, ' Probably a native fruit.' Is
there a Crab Apple under cultivation of native
origin (variety of Pyrus coronaria) ?"

[It is generally believed that Hewes' Virginia
Crab is a variety of Pyrus coronaria, the only in-
digenous species of apple that we have. But
this is doubtful. We should be inclined to de-
cide that there is no variety of the true Ameri-
can apple under culture. — Ed. G. M.]

Strong's Method of Grafting. — A Bucks Co.,
Pa., correspondent says : " The ' Strong ' method
of grafting is at hand just in time for trial this
season. I think with the editor that it is a very
strong method indeed. That it has never been
used before is very problematical, but should it
have been discovered fifty times, none the less
»;redit is due the present inventor. Such things
sometimes remain dormant for a long time be-
fore they come to the surface. Here is a case
in point. I have some screws in my possession,
common wood screws, that I can trace back to
about forty-three or forty-four years. They are
of Chinese make and are gimlet-pointed. It is
not at all unlikely that the pattern has been in

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use in China for 1,000 years, perhaps niiicn
longer, and yet how man^- millions have been
made in the United States alone, on the patents
taken out for that invention, say within the
last thirty years or thereabout ?

" I have seen no account yet of damage done

by the late frost on the 1st, 2d and 3rd of May. It
was quite heavy here. At sunrise the ground
was white, and ice one-eighth of an inch on the
3d. Cherries were only in full blossom yester-
day (5th). I think I have known them out
more than a month earlier."

Forestry.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

FORESTRY NOTES,

BY F. L. OLMSTED, BROOKLINE, MASS.

I hope that your May editorial notes on
forestry and forest growth may be followed up.
As to effect of forests on water supply, it is in
question that the removal of forests increases
the variability of streams that have risen in
them? I suppose it is generally admitted that
in American experience the average supply,
taking periods of ten years, is not diminished or
increased.

As to comparative rates of growth in England
and America, I have had a chance to observe
plantations of equal age from time to time for
twenty years past in both countries, and without
making exact measurements or a close analysis
of conditions, my impression is that in like soils
more trees, and especially European trees, grow
more rapidly on this side of the Atlantic. This
impression connects itself with another, which I
find not to be uncommon; that the natural life
of certain trees of the West of Europe, Conifers
more especially, is shorter here than there. Of
the Norway Spruces and Scotch Pines set out
from the nursery more than twenty years ago,
and which I have seen when eight or ten years
old growing luxuriantly, it appears to me that of
those still living, few are not now dwindling as if
prematurely old. In some cases, I have sus-
pected them to be enfeebled by overbearing, and
it would be interesting to ascertain whether
these and other European trees do rot produce
larger crops of seed at an earlier age with us
than in their indigenous climate.

There are now in our country so many well-
equipped observers who had been students of
trees before they came here, and they are so
generally in correspondence with intelligent ob-

servers abroad, that an invitation from you
might draw out some facts of value on this
topic.

[It is a great pleasure to have the views of the
G.vrdener's Monthly endorsed by so eminent
and so careful an observer as Mr. Olmsted ; and
it will give great pleasure to the editor and to
many readers, if other intelligent correspondents
will furnish the additional observations as sug-
gested by the last paragraph of Mr. Olmsted's
note.

As to the diminished quantity of water in
streams and springs, as an actual result of cut-
ting away the forests, this is a question in not
merely some, but a great many quarters. It has
been our province to show that the forests have
nothing whatever to do with springs or streams,
except in so far as they may serve in mountain
sides to obstruct the flow of surface water to the
low lands, and force it to sink down into the
strata along which the under-ground rivers flow.
Not so many years ago, when the matter was
broached in the American Association, on the
motion of Dr. 'Franklin B. Hough, the writer of
this took exception to the views entertained
there, and went over the meterological tables
kept by the United States authorities, and pub-
lished them, with other facts, in the New York
Tribune. Dr. Hough noted these papers, but in
his collection of items for his " Reports upon
Forestry," published by the United States Gov-
ernment, these collated facts were not thought
worthy of a place, while every point bearing on
the opposite views has been carefully noted.
We regret this persistency in one-sided evidence,
because forestry is a question which above all
others requires exact facts, whatever they may
be. In the Tribune papers the evidence that
forests are a result instead of a cause of meteor-
logical conditions was certainly suggestive. — Ed.
G. M.l

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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Seedling Forest Trees. — Major Ben. Perley
Poore thinks the government should issue in-
structions to ignoramuses how to sow forest tree
seeds, so that they may be spared the results of
their ignorance in bad planting. He says :

"The writers on forestry all begin by recom-
mending the purchase of tree-plant from the
nursery, and it is an undoubted fact that not
one-quarter of the tree-plants so purchased ever
grow into trees with butts as big as a hoe-handle.
I know, myself, a gentleman who owns one of
the finest farms in New England, who has pur-
chased, and had carefully planted, upwards of
60,000 young trees, and who admits that he can-
not show, as the result of his sixteen years of
experiment, 100 thrifty forest trees."

It seems to us that ignorance is ignorance
whether in seed-sowing or seed-planting, and we
do not see why the ignoramus in tree seed-
sowing should be more entitled to national sym-
pathy and government cash, than the ignoramus
in tree-planting. By the way, who is this New
England gentleman who has thus sacrificed 59,-
900 trees to get less than 100 good ones ? His
careful planting and after management would
no doubt form one of the most instructive chap-
ters in American forestry.

Legislative Forestry. — It would be an inter-
esting but curious subject of study to find out
who it is that gets up the forestry legislation
which takes place in so many States every year,
and which is remarkable for nothing but sheer
impracticability, or worse. Massachusetts is now
trying its hand. The proposal before the Legis-
lature is "to empower towns to take tracts of
land of suitable character, within their limits,
on the payment of a fair price, and to plant
them over with forest trees ; no tract thus planted
to be less than five hundred acres, and the State
is asked to remit taxes on the same."

Mr. C. M. Hovey makes some sensible com-
ments on this in the Massachusetts Ploughman.
Such a scheme by towns, he well remarks,
means a new army of office-holders to oversee
and inspect these forests. He thinks, as will
most reflecting persons, that the same object
could be accomplished at half the cost, by en-
couraging private enterprise, as by encouraging
"towns."

Cultivating Forest Trees.— It must not be
forgotten that the growth of forest trees left to
struggle as they may, and perhaps with poor
soil amongst other evils, affords no sort of guide

as to the rapidity of growth, and time of coming
into profit, which well cared for trees exhibit.
In many cases there are sources of profit outside
of the mere ^timber in trees. A correspondent
of the Canadian Weekly Star makes a good point
of this : " A grove of large chestnut trees, with
about forty trees to the acre, has paid about
$120 yearly per acre, for many years, from the
fruit alone, which usually sells at $3 a bushel,
while trees so grown yield much larger crops
than the wild trees."

Tree Planting in Australia. — The Colony of
South Australia encourages forestry in various
ways, even to the extent of giving the trees to
the planters. Before us we have a list of trees
on hand in the government nurseries, published
by the Forest Board at Adelaide, for the season
of 1882-3. We note that of the trees of our
country, there is some demand for White Ash,
Catalpa, Yellow Locust, which they seem to
know only as False Acacia, and the Pinus in-
signis of California. The most popular tree is
their own Blue Gum, Eucalyptus globulus. Of
these they have 162,000 young plants. There
are of Red Gum, Eucalyptus rostrata, 123,000 ;
and of Sugar Gum, E. corynocalyx, 109,000.
Other of the numerous species do not seem
popular, as of all kinds there are only 10,000
plants. Pinus insignis is the next largest in
stock, near 9,000. The Aleppo Pine and the
Carob tree are also in good demand. By the
look of the list we should judge that there must
be many trees of value to Australia yet to be
introduced from other countries.

Forest Growth in America. — Mr. Fay planted
a forest on the poor sands of Cape Cod, the
land not worth fifty cents per acre. Scotch
pines, sown as late as 1861, were thirty feet high,
and ten inches in diameter a foot from the
ground. With such admirable results in the
most unlikely place, what may we not "look for
when American forestry is reduced to a science.

Forest Fires. — The reader, no doubt, often
meets with paragraphs like this one, which we
take from the daily papers of May 3d :

"On Tuesday sparks from a locomotive set
fire to the scrub oaks at Aquebogue, Suffolk
County, L. I., and ten acres of timber land be-
longing to Edgar E. Wells were destroyed. An-
other fire near Yaphank burned over eleven
miles of land. At Brookhaven, Joshua Car-
man's barn and dwelling-house and the residence
of Joshua Glover were burned to the ground.
After midnight the wind arose,, and tlie fire

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started with renewed vigor, threatening the vil-
lage of Bellport. The churcli bells were rung,
and the inhabitants turned out and fought tiie
flames until daylight, when they succeeded in
subduing them. Early to-day a tire started south
of the Lf ng Island Railroad, between Bartlett's
Station and Yaphank, and burned rapidly
toward Carman's River."

The paragraph is reprinted here in order to
emphasize the point often made in this maga
zine, that no one should be allowed to maintain
acres of dead underbrush to the endangering of
thousands of dollars worth of other people's
property. So far as railroads are concerned,
they should certainly be held to great care ; but
on the other hand, the owners of property
should also contribute their share of caution.
The wood's underbrush, or even the timber and
all, should be cleared for a hundred feet at least
from the lino along all railroads. The man who
allowed gunpowder to lie around loose would
be thought as culpable as the man who walked
over the powder-strewn path with a cigar in his
mouth.

Value of the Ailanthus Timber. — A Cana
dian paper has the following:

" The Ailanthus is another valuable timber
tree which is easily grown. The timber is very
durable, and is especially valuable for railroad
ties, as it holds a spike with great tenacity and
bears a great strain without crushing."

Can any of our readers tell us on what rail-
road this has been tried, and just exactly all
about it? It is very important in cases of for-
estry where, if a man make a mistake in plant-
ing, it cannot be remedied to his benefit, every
statement should be well authenticated.

Polygonum amphibium for Tanning. — Some
years since we noted that this plant has good
tanning properties. The Kansas City Science
Revieiv says that gentlemen of that city are pre-
pared to put the discovery into practical opera-
tion. It is said to have three times the amount
of tannin that an equal weight of oak or hem-
lock has. One advantage will be that the de
struction of forests will not interfere with the
supply.

An Old White Pine. — A tree of remarkable
dimensions was felled recently a Crystal Spring,
Yates County, New York. The tree was perfectly
sound and vigorous, thirteen feet in circumfer-
ence at the ground, and nearly two hundred
feet in height. The " rings" on its stump indi-
cate an age of three hundred and fifteen years,

and it is estimated that 4,000 feet of lumber will
be cut from its trunk.

Michigan Forests. — According to Wheeler
and Smith's catalogue, " the annual production
of pine lumber in Michigan, for the last decade,
has exceeded 2,000,000,000 feet. Yet, in spite of
this enormous consumption, it is safe to say that
Michigan still contains more valuable pine than
any like area in North America. The lumber
interest alone enriches the State something like
$40,000,000 a year."

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Notes from Waukegan, III.— R. Douglas &
Sons write : " Your experience with Yellow Pine
corresponds with ours. We have purchased
seeds of Yellow Pine time and again, and found
them turn out P. rigida ; indeed we have now
for the first time true Yellow Pine, P. mitis, two
and three years old.

" We have been fortunate in that we always
found out before sending out the trees, so that
we have never sent out rigida for Yellow Pine.

"It seems to me that some one of you botanists
might be smart enough to find distinguishing
features in the Red Spruce to make of it a distinct
species. The cone and even the seeds are diflferent
from either the black or the white. The tree differs
in form and color from either of the others ; even
thfi odor of the bruised young twigs. I fancy
differs from the others, and last, but not least, it
reproduces itself from seed every time, so as to
be very readily distinguished from either of the
others, even when in the seed bed.

''If only a variety of the Black Spruce, one
would suppose that they would mix so as to show
all grades between the red and black, but this is
not so. The red and black differ in appear-
ance much more than the white and the black ;
indeed half the nurserymen do not know the
white from the bla(;k without the cones, but
any one can see the difference between the red
and either of the others."

Size op Honey Locust.— An Ohio correspon-
dent asks: " How large does the Honey Locust
grow ? I saw two trees a few days ago in a river
bottom in Hardin Co., 0 , over twenty inches in
diameter, and thought they were the largest I
had ever seen."

[This is very well, but it is but an average
growth for Pennsylvania. Without having the

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exact figures to hand, cases are surely known
exceeding this.— Ed. G. M.]

Catalpa at Bkaver Dam, Wisconsin.— Mr.
Perry writes as follows: "The old Catalpa tree"
is probably C. bignonoides. "Catalpa speciosa
planted two years ago made rampant growth
last year— four to five feet. A little tip of unripe
wood, two to. three inches killed, wood bright
and full of sap from the first fully developed bud.

To my mind it is hardier than the Golden Russet
Apple trees. I think you can safely say it is
hardy south of 44° or 45°. My old Catalpa bore
a few seed pods last year. I picked them off
j Saturday, 2Gth. They were from six to sixteen
inches long, and contained a winged wafer-like
seed; find a few enclosed. I never saw the
fruit or seed of a Catalpa before this, so cannot
tell whether they are perfect or not."

Natural History and Science.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

NOTE ON THE BUZZARD.

BY W. H. BURFORD, INDEPENDENCE, MISS.

An old vulture, or turkey buzzard, occupied
the same nest for twenty years. In a certain
piece of woodland, on a farm now belonging to
the writer, is a buzzard's nest, formerly in a
hollow tree, but the tree was felled several years
ago, and the buzzard still occupies the same nest
in the stump.

The former owner of the land informed me,
four years ago, that a buzzard had laid and
reared her young in that stump for sixteen years
in succession, and to my certain knowledge one
has done so for this the fourth year since,
making twenty years in all. She is now sitting
on two eggs, which is the number always laid
by this species. The eggs are about the size and
shape of the common turkey hen's egg, only a
little longer and more pointed, ground pure
white, with large, irregular splashes or spots of
dark red. They usually, if not always, hatch,
and are reared by the old one. While in their
infant state they are covered with a pure white
down, which is afterward replaced by black
feathers, and when all the down has disappeared
the bird is able to fly.

[While the editor was in the mountains of
Tennessee last year, the conversation with the
guide turned on the habits of the buzzard, who
said also that they built on the ground in the
cover of the high rocks in the same place year

after year. As snakes were said to abound, we
asked, "Do not the snakes trouble the eggs or
young?" ''Day doesn't want 'em, sah." "Why
not?" " Day smell too strong." " How do they
smell?" "Did yah eber smell a pup when he
cum out ob de water?" And then our colored
friend put on a smile such as those only can
who feel satisfied that they have completely
nonplussed the questioner.— Ed. G. M]

SOUTH CAROLINA WILD FLOWERS.

BY A CHARLESTON LADY.

Your ''Wild Flower" correspondent in the
May number of your magazine, speaks of the
facility with which the Blood root (Sanguinaria
Canandensis) may be grown in a garden.

Three or four years ago we brought in a good
number of roots from a beech wood in our neigh-
borhood. They were planted in two wide shal-
low wooden boxes, the bottoms of which were
perforated for drainage and sunk in a border.
Every Spring since, we have a most luxuriant
bloom of these pretty flowers, and at a time when
flowers are rare and valued. They always excite
the admiration of our visitors, many of whom
have perhaps never before seen a blood-root.

A bed of wild pink Phlox has succeeded admir-
ably, being a mass of bloom long before the
Phlox Drummondii puts in an appearance.

The Cactus known to us as Prickly Pear, and
which we find on any sandy barren, forms a
handsome clump in my garden. Its bright
yellow cups are like finest silk, succeeded in the

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autumn by its red fruit which lasts with us
through the winter.

I do not know whether it is commonly known
that the prickly succulent leaf is an unfailing
cure for a felon or whitlow. The leaf is carefully
scraped, and the spongy, juicy part beaten up
with a silver fork till it becomes light and soft.
This is used as a poultice, and.I have never seen
it fail to relieve the suflferer.

The Scarlet Woodbine of our woods makes a
glorious show on some tall cedar posts up which
they run ; forming at the top umbrella shaped
heads from which again hang long festoons of
blossom.

Our Bignonias (cross vine) improve by culti-
vation. Running along the eaves of our cottage
the great leaves and large scarlet blossoms are
very elegant. A straw-colored one has bloomed
for the first time since brought into the garden.
There is a wild Smilax here which growing up a
building, is far more graceful in its habit than
the one you value in your greenhouses. At first
the growth is depressingly slow, and we almost
despaired of our vine ; but now our Smilax has
repaid us for our patience, and it branches and
grows more rapidly than the Ivy. Its shining,
dark green leaves, summer and winter, are more
cheerful than I can describe.

The Styrax have quite recovered their re-
moval from the damp vicinity of their native
swamps. My trees have bloomed profusely, and
their pleasant fragrance and pretty star-like
flowers ought to make them better known among
American botanists.

Some two or three years ago I chanced on a
wild pepper (Solanum). growing just outside
our garden fence. I dug it up and planted it in
a similar spot under the shade of our magnifi-
cent Live Oaks. Now, I have more than I need,
for they seed and come up every spring. The
flower is small, but the berries are bright and
showy, even stfter frost has wilted the Chrysan-
themums.

I must mention, before I close this paper, a
small tree I have succeeded in domesticating.
It is one of the numerous varieties of Whortle-
berry (Huckleberry, as we call them,) or Spar-
kleberry, perhaps a Vaccinium. The tree, or
shrub is from ten to thirty feet high. Bears its
myriads of snowy flowers exactly resembling in
shape and size the Lily of the Valley — without
a single leaf. You are startled by a white mass
in the woods, and on approaching it, are en-
chanted with the exquisite, delicate, dangling

beauty of the plant. When the flowers com-
mence to fall, the round, tiny, shining leaves
appear; and when the first frost comes, the tree
is crimson, its brilliant foliage lasting a consid-
erable time. My little tree is now covered with
berries Avliich are not edible.

AGENCY OF WATER IN CHANCING THE
CHARACTER OF FORESTS.

BY PROF. P. W. SHEAFER, POTTSVILLE, PA.

We find that water rather than fire 's the most
destructive element in obliterating our forests.
In a new valley among our mountains, a beaver
dam obstructed the flow of a stream and made a
large swamp or meadow quite surrounded with
a dense growth of pine and hemlock. When the
same creek was again dammed back by coal dirt,
it ruined quite a large area of large timber; the
same thing occurred on a branch of the Swatara
as well as the above instances on the Mahoney.
We find when the fires destroy our forests we
soon have a new growth of a different species of
trees, but none where water destroys the forest.
May not the same element have caused the tree-
less prairies? We are much interested in your
treatment of this question, as we need tree plant-
ing in the coal regions, more, perhaps than in
any portion of the United States, or else how can
we find cheap support for the roof and roads in
the mines, if we have not wooden props, espe-
cially pitch pine, (Pinus rigida) our favorite tree
for strength and durability.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Dr. Parry. — This botanist to whom we already
owe so many new discoveries in our country, has
just returned from another expedition, and with
some more novelties as we are informed.

Early Bird.s which did not Find the Worm.
— Under date of April 13th, a correspondent from
Washoe Co., Nevada, says " Our season is pecu-
liar. We thought our spring was come, and the
spring birds were of the same opinion. They
had scarcely arrived before a deep fall of snow
caught us. It was a pity to see the poor things
as they flew against the windows as if begging
protection. Some orioles, meadow larks and
others we let in, and tried to save, but they all
died."

It is remarkable how readily birds die under
strange conditions. The Editor was once riding

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on the cow-catcher of a locomotive of the Union
Pacific Railroad, soon after it was opened, and
perhaps before the birds had been used to the
locomotive. For some reason the meadow larks
seemed to endeavor to fly a race with the engine,
trying to keep just ahead. The engine went
faster than the birds flew, and as we overtook
them, many were caught in a soft hat. They all
seemed entirely dead on the instant of being
caught. In order to be satisfied that it was not
from the actual force, the hat would be drawn
back on the instant of contact, in a manner well
known to those experienced in ball-catching.
Death evidently resulted from nervous shock.
During the past winter chipping sparrows were
caught in rabbit traps by the editor's boys.
Instead of turning them out again into the
dreary snow field, they were put into cages.
Though they ate freely, and seemed glad to
appease their hunger, they died in a few days.

The Botanic Gardens at Melbourne. —Vic-
toria is the smallest of the Australian Colonies,
but a very progressive one. The beautiful
botanic garden at Melbourne is regarded as one
of its greatest attractions. It comprises eightj--
three acres. In its early history it was devoted
chiefly to botanical work, and made for itself a
famous name in this connection all over the
world. In later times horticultural features have
been added, which make the gardens especially
popular with the Melbourne people.

In a recent account we note that they use in
this garden as a lawn grass. Stenotaphrum
glabrum, which they call "Bufll'alo grass," and
praise it highly. It makes dense masses of grass
which do not dry out in the hottest weather.
This would not thrive above the frost line, but it
might be very valuable in the Southern States.
The United States Department of Agriculture
had recently much criticism bestowed on it,
because it distributed these seeds as "the Buffalo
grass ;" Buffalo grass in America being Buchloe
dactyloides. But it is merely another case of
trouble from the reckless coining of popular
riames. If General Le Due had put " of Austra-
lia" after Buffalo grass he would have saved his
skin from the lash of the critics. That excellent
Botanist, Baron Von Mueller, has charge of the
Botanical Museum at Melbourne; Mr. Guilfoyle
is Director of the garden.

The Annual Circles of Wood in a Tree.—
Among the curious papers read at Cincinnati,
was one suggesting that the examination of the

transverse sections in a felled tree would show
when the seasons in the past were dry seasons,
and when wet ones— thin layers indicating the
dry, and wide layers of wood indicating the wet
ones. It seems scarcely probable that in these
days of scientific knowledge, any one assuming
to write papers relating to plant life, should not
know that the thickness of a layer of wood at
the point where we happen to cut it across, is no
indication of the thickness at a little distance
above or below the cut. But these papers show
how slow some people are to keep up with what
is known. A circle but a sixteenth of an inch
wide, may be one-eighth, or even one quarter of
an inch, but a very few feet in a direct line
above or below the first cut.

Wood is made by the development of cells
from the cells of last year, and the production of
cells is just in proportion to the amount of food
at command, or the ability of the germinating
cells to make use of food, A branch cut away,
or a new branch starting near a certain mass of
cells, will make them grow slower or faster than
those above or below this. An extra pinch of
cold may make perhaps a square foot of cells
weaker than some above or below; or a burst of
sun in winter happening to concentrate on one
small spot, will weaken though not kill the cells,
and then they will make but a poor cell growth
just there the next season. Any one, in
fact, who chooses to look at the nearest
Cedar, Apple, Hornbeam, or in fact the trunk of
any gi'owing tree, must see the irregularity of
outline from this cause, and if he will saw
through a trunk at half a dozen places, he will
be surprised to find, very often, that the very
same ring which at six feet indicated a very dry
season, at eight or nine feet proved the same
season to be a very wet one !

Hybrid Orchids. — Once there prevailed an
impression that orchid seeds never, grew. They
seem to produce seeds freely enough. If we
examine a patch of native orchids, it is rarely
that we do not find abundance of capsules with
many thousands of the dust-like seeds in each.
But it is only occasionally that we see evidences
of seedling growth about the old plants. Indeed
it a notorious fact that a native locality can soon
be destroyed by the continual digging up of the
flowering roots. No young ones come on to take
their places. In the vicinity of PJiiladelphia,
and of all populous places, numbers of orchid
localities have been destroyed through the roots
being dug up by plant lovers.

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It seems to have been left for a few skillful : ditions do not often occur in a state of nature
plant growers to discover, that the orchid re- now, whatever they may have done in ages long

t .^ir

quires a very nice conjunction of circumstances I since past. Under culture, the intelligent culti-
for its seed to grow ; and that tl ese delicate con- 1 vator can control these conditions. Mr. Dominy

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the a^ed propagator of Messrs. Veitch, had no
difficulty in making orchid seed grow. This
knowledge gained, hybridization naturally sug-
gested itself and great numbers of very beautiful
forms have been originated by him in this way.
Messrs. Veitch continue to bring out beautiful
novelties that have been raised in this manner.
The one we now illustrate is one of these. It was
raised at their nursery from Chysis bractescens
and C. aurea. The flowers are large and of ele-
gant form; the color of the sepals and petals are
nankeen yellow with a large rosy blotch towards
the apex; the lip is bright yellow, with numerou.s
purplish red spots and markings. The plant
grows freely with a habit intermediate between
that of the two parents.

The Seasons in A.merica and England.— A
letter from the County of Kent in England,
May 1st, says the Hawthorn was then beauti-
fully in blossom, and the weather was beauti
fully fine. Here in Philadelphia we have Eng-
lish weather, though an English traveller just
in our ofl[ace repudiates such an execrable sug-
gestion, Drizzly rain for about two weeks and
thermometer not over 50°.

The Hawthorn under our window as we
write (May 14th) looks as if it will not open by
midsummer, and the lilacs always open on the
first of May, are closed yet.

Botany in the French Capital— We are
sorry to learn from a French correspondent that
botany is not as strongly encouraged as it ©nee
was. A naturalist was appointed with the
French expedition to Mexico to sustain Maxi
milian, and it was one of the incidents which
made an objectionable movement tolerable in
some quarters, that at least science would be
gainers. But the plants collected on that expe-
dition are yet in unopened bundles at the Jar-
din des Plantes, and an eminent botanist, like
Baillon, writing a history of plants, has to go to
Kew to study kinds, probably already at his
elbow in Paris, but wholly inaccessible.

Our correspondent intimates that this shows
that republics are not as favorably disposed to-
wards science as are monarchies; but fortu-
nately, the experience of the United States shows
that this is not necessarily the case. Some of
the best botanical work the world has ever seen
has been done by the American Government in
connection with the national surveys and expe-
ditions. It is the men who happen to rule, not
the systems which decide these things.

American Sights Worth Seeing. — A corres-
pondent of the London Garden writes that of all
the grand objects he saw in America during his
visit to the great Centennial Exhibition in Phila-
delphia, those which impressed him the most
permanently, were Niagara Falls ; a certain sun-
set effect on a river with floating masses of daz-
zling white snow on it when the water seemed
tlie color of the brilliantly red sky which
was reflected in it; and the huge trees of Magno-
lias conspicua with their thousands of large
white blossoms, which are not uncommon about
Philadelphia.

Hard Botanical Names. — The wretched names
offered us so often as " English names," are no
worse, to say the least, than some of the very
hard words given to us by botanists, and all
horticulturists are pleased when a really pretty
" common " name becomes common enough to
use. The "widow's night cap," or the "red
hot poker plant," may be meaningless or un-
wieldy; but even they are merciful compared
with some of the terrific things with which sim-
ple garden folks have often to deal. Let us
hope to be preserved from all these extremes. A
good botanist, the late Dr. Lindley, pointedly
puts the case in the prefiice to the Vegetable
Kingdom (edition 1853) :

" Since the days of Linnseus, who was the great
reformer of scientific nomenclature, a host of
strange names, inharmonious, sesquipedalian,
or barbarous, have found their way into botany,
and by the stern, but almost indispensable, laws
of priority are retained there. It is fuU time,
indeed, that some stop should be put to this tor-
rent of savage sounds, when we find such words
as Calucechinus, Oresigenesa, Finaustrina, Kra-
schenninikovia, Gravenhorstia, Andrzejofskya,
Mielichoferia, Monanctineirma, Pleuroschisraa-
typus, and hundreds of others like them, thrust
into the records of botany without even an
apology. If such intolerable words are to be
used they should surely be reserved for plants as
repulsive as themselves, and instead of libelling
races so fiiir as flowers, or so noble as trees, they
oiight to be confined to slimes, mildews, blights,
and toadstools. All should be anxious to do
something towards alleviating this grievous evil,
which, at least, need not be permitted to eat into
the healthy form of botany clothed in the Eng-
lish language. No one who has had experience
in the progress of botany as a science can doubt
that it has been more impeded in this country
by the repulsive appearance of the names which
it employs than by any other cause whatever,
ar\d that in fact this has proved an invincible ob-
stacle to its becoming the serious occupation of
those who are unacquainted with the learned
languages, or who, being acquainted with them,

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are fastidious about euphony and Greek or
Latin purity. So strongly liave we become im-
pressed with the truth ot this view, that on sev-
eral occasions we bave endeavored to substitute
Enghsh names for the Latin or Greek coin-
pounds by which the genera of plants are dis-
tinguished. Upon turning over the later vol-
umes of the Botanical R^'gister many such in-
stances will be found in imitation of the usual
English words Hound's-tongue, Loosestrife. Bu-
glos^, Soapwort. or Harebell, &c. . . . If such
English names are not universally adopted, it is
to be suspected the circumstance is traceable to
the indifference of the public to partial and in-
considerable changes, which are unseen in the
ocean of botanical nomenclature. That they
are important must be admitted ; that the per-
son most careless as to the difficulties of articu-
lation would prefer to speak of a Fringe Myrtle
rather than of a Chamtelaucium, or of a Grit-
berry than of Coniarostaphylis, will probably be
allowed on all hands ; and therefore we do not
confess discouragement or failure, but would
rather invite suggestions as to the more proba-
ble means of success where translation is neither
necessary nor desirable in all cases. Many
Latin names have from custom been adopted
into the English language, and no wisdom would
be shown in attempting to alter such words as
Dahlia, Crocus, Ixia, or even Orchis,"

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Scarlet Flowers from a White Geranium.—
" J. H. C," Strathroy, Ontario, writes : " Enclosed
you will tind a photograph of the geranium
White Vesuvius, grown in my greenhouse, giving
a sprout from the main stem, and producing a
perfect head of bright scarlet flowers, thus giving
on the same plant a truss of pu^e white and
scarlet flowers on the one plant ; showing a
strange, and may be uncommon, occurrence in
the general culture or reproduction of nature-;
showing as Mr. Cannell, of Swanley, Kent, Eng-
land says, the Wtiite Vesuvius was a sport of the
Scarlet Vesuvius, which in this case has returned
back to its original."

[These cases are not uncommon, but no one
has been able to tell how the change is brought
about. Chemical science can tell us how to
make colors in dead matter, but in living things
the law of color is not known. Simply that it is
a case of reversion is all that can be said. — Ed.
G. M.]

Growth of Wood. — A Bay City, Mich., corres-
pondent kindly sends the following interesting
scrap from a local paper :

" There is on exhibition at J. C. Zeigler's jew-

elry store a rare curiosity and strong proof of
the healing nature in preserving vegetable life.
It is a specimen from an oak tree, irom two to
three inches thick, and originally about eleven
inches wide, extending from past the centre to
the circumference. Seven inches and a-half
from the outside, in being split off, reveals the
scar of a woodman's axe, which penetrated al-
most to the heart of the then sapling. There
are two or three distinct scars, and on the growth
that covered them up are the facsimiles of the
scars in relief. Of the solid new wood there
seems to have been 101 years growth indicated
by the rings, while there is proof that several
years were consumed in healing up the scar
sufficiently to show a distinct ring afterwards.
The new growth is seven and a-half inches thick,
and on the outside is seen the mark of last year's
fire. Between the tenth and eleventh ring
farther in is a trace of the fires of 1871. Sixteen
years fartlier back is another proof that the oak
over-3ame the flames, and still twenty circles
nearer the heart is another, and thus the features
of the year are written in the wood. Tlie piece
came from a tree which Mr. Gould, formerly of
this city, now of Beaver Creek, Gratiot county,
was cutting into staves. What axe made the
scar so distinctly revealed, and who was the man
who swung it, and what was he in search of in
the wilderness, are questions for the imagina-
tion. It was an axe and not a tomahawk that
left its trace, and was probably in the hands of a
white man, who perhaps wanted to develop
Gratiot county 120 years ago."

[It must be remembered that all the interior
part of a tree is dead matter, and not capable of
healing a wound. Only the last layer of wood-
cells beneath the bark of last year is capable of
making more cellf from which new wood is
made. These may make new wood in time, to
cover a hole or wound, but not repair damages.
The only growth that ever occurs in the interior
of a tree is from the layer adjoining the pith.
An Ailanthus or a Paulownia with a pith cavity an
inch wide, will often be found to have closed to
a quarter of an inch or less in an aged tree.
Prof. J. T. Rothrock, the learned botanist of the
Pennsylvania University, in a recent address,
gave it as his opinion, that wood cells could be
formed from those in the interior, adjoining the
pith, for several or perhaps many successive
years.— Ed. G. M.]

Yellow Choke Cherry. — The editor of t'.^e
Le Journal d" Agriculture Illustre, of Montreal,
kindly furnishes the following note :

" I have seen Yellow Choke Cherries several
times in the Province of Quebec. The ' Cerise a
grappe ' is very common here, and some of the
fruit, when dead-ripe, is by no means to be des-
pised."

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Literature, Travels I Personal Notes,

EDITORIAL NOTES.

James Vick. — As we go to press, the telegraph
brings news of the death of this distinguished
horticulturist in Rochester, on Tuesday, May
16th, in his sixty-fourth year. The immense in-
fluence he has exercised on the great progress
of American horticulture is too well known to
need any more than a passing note at this time.

We make room for the following from a cor-
respondent :

"James Vick is dead! Sadder words than
these my pen could not utter. Wherever a
flower is grown, in this broad land, there will be
hearts touched with sorrow at this mournful
news. In more than a quarter of a million gar-
dens, there will be, this summer, monuments of
flowers to remind that he who sent them has
finished his labors.

"No man, in his day, has so endeared himself
to the people. No man, in private life, was so
widely known. His death will be mourned over
the whole country. Everybody who met him
was his friend. ,

"None knew him but to love him,
None named him but to praise.

James Vick was, in the fullest sense of the
word, a Christian gentleman. His daily life was
a record of good works and kind deeds. The
road from his heart to his pocket was ever a
straight and a broad one, and no grass ever grew
in it for want of use. To high and humble he
was the same cheerful, genial man, with a pleas-
ant, hopeful word for all.

''It has been my privilege to meet him almost
daily for many years, and if there is in the world
a better man, I have not yet seen him.

"Mr. Vick died of pneumonia on the morning
of May 16th, after a very brief illness. He was
born in Portsmouth, England, November 23d,
1818, and was, therefore, about sixty-four when
he died. He has been in his time printer,
editor, author, publisher, merchant. He came
to America in 1833, and learned the printer's
trade in New York, and set type with Horace

Greeley. From New York he came to Roches-
ter, and became interested in various publica-
tions, among others the Horticulturist, and Moor's
Rural New Yorker. When engaged on the latter
he first commenced to grow flower seeds in his
garden, and send them out 'gratis to those who,
like himself, loved flowers It made the com-
mencement of his great business. He com-
menced the business pra^^tically in 1860. His
success has been marvelous. Three thousand
(3,000) letters per day was not an unusual occur-
rence, and more per day has often been received.
He has paid more than thirty thousand dollars
($30,000) per year for postage, and his Floral
Guide has a circulation of over 200,000 copies.
All this has been accomplished by hard work
and faithful interest to his customers."

Women in Horticulture. — This is the subject
of a paper by M. Charles Joly, before the French
National Society of Horticulture. He does not
undervalue the "piano" education which so
many ladies receive, but believes that if practi-
cal matters, such as thorough horticultural
knowledge were added, it would often be a bet-
ter aid in misfortune, than the more elegant
branches which are alone taught. He would have
horticultural, societies offer such premiums as
would encourage practical horticultural studies
among young ladies.

Webster and Papaw. — A correspondent sug-
gests that W. G. B. may consult his own authori-
ties to some profit, in this that " Webster states
that Papaw, or Pawpaw, — either is correct." For
our part, as before suggested, we should not re-
gard Webster's decision as final in a case of this
kind, and we doubt whether Webster himself
would claim such perfection. There is always
new light to gleam on old subjects of this class.
The reason given for Pawpaw in the original
note seems so conclusive that we incline to
adopt the Pawpaw to the exclusion of Papaw,
unless still more light come to the rescue.

We may take occasion to note that the origi-
nal paragraph was copied from a letter, and not
strictly rendered.

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The Indian word " assin " means stone. In
combining it with another word, the final n
could scarcely be left otf, as it is part of the
root.

Watson's Nurseries, Brenham, Texas.— It is
always a good sign when a man i^ well spoken
of by his neighbors. The Brenham Independent
has a good word for these nurseries. The new
grounds were waste prairie thirteen years ago.
Two hundred acres are now under trees. This
includes a Peach orchard of fifty acres, and an
orchard of twelve hundred Pears. How favor-
able the site is for nursery trees may be inferred
from the fact that the Almond fruits regularly,
the Japan Persimmon succeeds, and a plant of
Chinese Tea has been there uninjured and grow-
ing frefely for seventeen years.

Western Art. — So many catalogues are beau-
tiful, it is diflScult to signal one more than an-
other for any special excellence. But a rare
picture of beauty is on the back page of Rich-
ardson's Catalogue of Roses, designed and exe-
cuted, as it seems, by a Louisville artist. The
vine, which is made to climb over the balcony,
is so perfectly drawn, that any one can distin-
guish it as the beautiful Kentucky plant, Ampe-
lopais bipinnata. By the way, we call Ampelop-
sis Virginica, Virginia creeper, and the people
have already named Ampelopsis Veitchii, Japan
creeper, — it would not be surprising if Ampelop-
sis bipinnata should become a ''Kentucky
creeper." It is a very beautiful vine, and de-
serves to be more generally grown. It does not
adhere to the wall by suckers, as the other two
do, but has tendrils like a grapevine.

The Redwood. — The road wound up from the
green meadows through a park-like region,
shaded in many places by groups of Redwood,
or Sequoia sempervirens, a very elegant Conifer,
peculiar to the coast range of California. A
further interest attaches to it from the fact that
this name was given to it before the discovery
of the so called Wellingtonia, which was properly
named Sequoia gigantea by the botanis^ts, on
account of its near resemblance to the S. sem-
pervirens. The original name was given in
honor of a peculiarly intelligent half-bred Chero-
kee Indian, who was'called Sequoyah ; he had,
among other things, devised something of an
alphabet and written language for his tribe, and
was therefore called by an American punster
" the best red (read) man out." Such is the

origin of the received scientific name of the big
trees, as they are universally called in their own
country; and we can hardly complain if the
Americans are unwilling to designate one of the
greatest of their own national wonders by the
name of a British hero. — "Over the Sea and Far
Away," by T. W. Hinchliff, M.A., F.R.G.S.

Spinach. — This vegetable, which belongs to
the same family as the beet (Chenopodiaceai),
appears to have been unknown to the ancients,
unless, as some authors think, it might be the
Chrysolacanon of Dioscorides or the Blitum of
the Romans; but the properties described as be-
longing to these plants, make it very uncertain
what species is really intended, as several of this
order of plants have been, and are still, used for
cooking and salads. Spain is supposed to be
the first European country into which Spinach
was introduced. Miller, in his "Gardener's Dic-
tionary," says: " Perhaps the Spaniards had this
plant from the Saracens; but by some it is con-
sidered to be indigenous to Spain, as many of
the old botanists— such, for example, as Bock —
call it Olus Hispanicum. Ruellius and others
name it Atriplex Hispaniensis."

Insects Injurious to Forest and Shade Trees.
—By A. S. Packard, Jr., Bulletin No. 7 of the
United States Entomological Commission, issued
by the Department of the Interior.

This is another of the admirable series which
do so much credit to the United States Govern-
ment, and is of so much scientific value to prac-
tical culturists. Almost all the familiar insect
troubles are exposed— some few overlooked.
The ash-borer is one of these, though it is not
the troublesome creature other insects are.

Peach Culture. — By James Alexander Fulton.
New York : Orange Judd Company. New Edi-
tion.

The first edition appeared but a few years
ago, and that a new one should be so soon called
for is in itself a tribute to the value of the work.
It is not a re-issue of stereotype plates, but the
chapters have been re-written, and the results of
the past year's experiences incorporated. Re-
siding, as the author does, in the great Delaware
Peach region, he is well situated to give, from
practical experience and observation, all that is .
known about this great pomological industry in
that part of the world. It is, therefore, a practi-
cal work of great value. Where the author in-
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oflCers them, as he has the right to do, for what
they may be worth. He regards the disease
known as the " Yellows " to arise from the fact
"that the supply of tree nourishment is defi-
cient, and the tree becomes feeble and diseased,
and, finally dies of consumption. It is a case
of Arbor consumption." "What medicine does
a famishing man want but wholesome food?"
and in regard to the symptoms, he notes that
the Peach grower "notes the fatal sign as quickly
as the skillful physician does the hectic flush on
the pale cheek of the fair consumptive." But
is it a fact that consumption in human beings
arises from an insuflSciency of wholesome food?
And it would be worthy of inquiry why the
many kinds of trees, which must now and then
find themselves on poor soil, do not get the same
symptons of disease the Peach gets.

However, these matters of opinion are of little
consequence as against the practical value of the
excellent work.

Book of Plant Descriptions.— By Prof. George
G. GrofF, Lewisburg, Pa.

This is a cheap book of blanks, which are ar-
ranged as charts for students of botany. The
student examines a plant, and fills in the blank
epaces what he finds in the examination. They
are capital aids in botanical studies.

The Silk Worm,— Manual of Instruction, By
C. V. Eiley. Published by the Department of
Agriculture.

A very, valuable paper, especially because it is
so timely. It seems to be beyond a doubt that
the silk worm feeds as well on the Osage Orange
as on the Mulberry, and that the silk is just as
good. Establishments in the South are spring-
ing up. One by Rev. Mr. Lowers', at Hunts-
ville, a colored man, w^orking among colored
people, was the first, we believe, to make this
modern silk industry a success in the South, and
it would have been pleasant if there had been
any opportunity to mention his name among
some others given here.

Proceeiiings of the American Pomological
S)CiETY. — The Secretary, Dr. W. J. Beal, with
that prompt energy for which he is noted, de-
serves much credit for the completion of his
task so early in the season. Mr. Barry's work in
preparing the catalogue has been onerous and is
deserving of all praise. Besides being one of
the most prompt in appearance, it is one of the
most valuable of the series.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Detroit Carnations Again.— The Messrs. Taber
write: "We notice in the April number of the
Gardener's Monthly, Messrs. Breitmeyer's re-
marks on the new Carnations offered by us. While
we do not care to occupy the valuable columns
of the Monthly with personal differences, and

although these remarks have been quite success-
I . . .

j fill in increasing the demand for these plants we

I offer, we desire to say a few words in reply. If
j the Messrs. Breitmeyer introduced the varieties
I we are now offering, how is it that they are not
I quoted in any reliable florist's catalogue? We
fail to find them, and we should like to hear from
j the parties in 'nearly every State in the Union '
! who have purchased these carnations under
i other names. The Messrs. Breitmeyer say that
i 'these carnations are, very true, good winter
blooming varieties, and possess to some extent
the merits said gentlemen claim for them.' We
consider them the best, and if the Messrs. Breit-
meyer do not consider them the very best, why
is it that they grow James A. Garfield and James
G. Blaine almost exclusively for their cut work ?"
' [We had hoped that the note in our last num-
ber would have ended this trouble about the
Carnations, but as Mr. Taber's name was men-
tioned, it seems but right he should have a
chance to be heard.

There seems to be no reason for sharp writing
in this case. Mr. Hinze, it seems, did not name
his Carnations before distributing them. Under
these circumstances the most natural thing in
th-e world is that they should appear under
several names. Different names for the same
thing may thus ai'ise without any intention on
the part of any one to do wrong. — Ed. G. M.]

Paper by the Editor. — A correspondent,
■' C. H. M.," calls attention to the fact that an
Essay promised to be prepared by Thomas
Meehan, at page 6 of the recently published pro-
ceedings of the American Pomological Society,
cannot be found by him in the work.

It is but justice to Mr. Meehan to say that he
did not promise to prepare an essay for the
meeting. He was asked to do so, but declined,
as he always has to do. on account of too much
pen work already. He did say, that if present,
he would give a few verbal remarks, if such
would prove acceptable. The putting him down
for a prepared paper was no doubt a mere over-
sight. He was not able to be present, and so not
even the verbal remarks could be made.

1882.]

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191

Horticultural Societies.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

AssoaxTiONS OF City Florists. — In large cities,
like Philadelphia for instance, it is only with
great difficulty that societies for the encourage-
ment of general horticulture can be sustained.
Brick and mortar push the gardens far into the
suburbs, and the suburb on the north becomes
farther away from the suburb on the south, than
if there were no great city between them. But
the cut flower trade and the trade in plants for
temporary decoration, and kindred branches
grow on just what the other loses, and becomes
in time almost a commonwealth of its own.
Recognizing this fact, the city florists of Philadel-
phia have determined to see what can be done in
the way of forming a sort of City Horticultural
Society, in which this sort of horticulture should
be the great central idea. There seems to be no
reason why such an organization may not prove
a success. At any rate the attempt will be
watched with interest elsewhere.

Premiums at Horticultural Societies. — It is
veiy hard to keep horticultural societies together
under the old system of personal competition.
Sooner or later the valuable collection of Jones
are withdrawn, because the unfortunate commit-
tee decided Smith's were better. Time and again
have we called attention to this and insisted that
the premiums should be awarded for inherent
and not competitive merit. Let premiums be
given because the specimens are the best the
committee ever saw, and not because they are
better than Smith's, and let them be compelled
to point out in their reports in what particulars
the rewarded articles excel. Then the reports
would be worth something to everybody. As it
is the reports are worth little but waste paper.
We often wish we could help some of these
societies by giving their reports a wide circula-
tion. But what is the use as it is? Before us is
a report of a society in the success of which we
take much interest. It tells us that A. had " a
fine" Erica; B. " a fine " Cherozema; C. " fine
Carnations;" D. "fine Oranges;" E. "fine Tulips;"
F. "fine" roses; G. "a neat collection" of cut
flowers, and H. simply " a dish " of Mushrooms.

To those who attend the meetings, the informa-
tion is stale; to those who do not, it conveys
nothing.

Maryland Horticultural Society. — This
society continues in a prosperous condition, the
exhibitors and visitors at the meeting being
numerous, and the articles exhibited evidencing
high skill. Mr. Robert J. Halliday contributes
$100 in premiums of $10 each, $50 twice a year,
to be competed for wholly by the gardeners of
amateurs. Three of these were competed for at
the April show. Mr. F. B. Carroll, gardener to
W. H. Perot, gaining one for Azaleas ; W. D.
Hamilton, Patterson Park, foliage plants ; and
Wm. Smith, gardener to R. W. L. Raisin, table
design.

The Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
— The March exhibition was well sustained by
exhibits, and the attendance was highly encour-
aging. Azaleas and Orchids, seem to have been
the chief attraction, though Roses, Camellias,
Rhododendrons, Pansies, Primulas, Iris, Cycla-
mens, Violets, Heaths, Cinerarias, and innumer-
able other pretty things gave a good account of
themselves. M. P. Wilder is still as ever actively
engaged in sustaining the good work. He had
thirtj'^ varieties of Azaleas there. Among the
exhibitors, were F. B. Hayes, W. J. Voss, Mrs.
Gill, Mrs. Wood, Hovey & Co., Edwin Forbes,
Rodney Wallace, Josiah Comley, W. Patterson,
Mrs. Pauline Durant, John L. Gardner, John B.
Moore, F. L. Ames, C. B. Gardner, John E. Pea-
body, Mrs. Wood, James O'Brien, Josiah Crosby,
Henry B. Comley, Warren Fenno, A. S. Mcintosh,
C. E. Grant. We give these names of exhibitors
as showing how well meetings are sustained.

Germantown, Pa., Horticultural Society.—
The May meeting was very largely attended. The
chief interest centered in the competition for the
premiums for "Wild Flowers." The ladies of
the "Botany class of Germantown," exhibited
fifty-nine named species, and Mr. Joseph Meehan
seventy. Considering the unusual backwardness
of the season, the fiict that so many species were
collected shows what an admirable field for the
botanists is the vicinity of Philadelphia.

A very remarkable exhibit was a seedling

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Heliotrope, with a cyme of flowers twelve inches
wide. It was the plant's first flower. If it contin-
ues in this way it will be a wonderful variety. It
was exhibited by Mr. D. Curtin. Another admira-
ble plant was Begonia rubra, exhibited by Mr.
James Barrows. It was two feet and-a-half high,
central stem perfectly straight, numerous
branches arranged in a regular manner around
the stem, from which hundreds of its large bright
red flowers depended.

Professor Thomas Meehan gave his usual free
lecture on the botanical and horticultural fea-
tures of the plants on exhibition.

Lawrence, Mass. Horticultural Society. —
At the last meeting the following Resolution was
passed :

Resolved, That the President, Lawrence Daven-
port, notify the Gardener's Monthly of an
organization known by the name of " The Law-
rence Cottagers' Amateur Horticultural Society."
Its object is to encourage a better growth in
flowers, fruits and vegetables. It holds its meetings
monthly ; proposes some subject at each meet-
ing for essays and discussion at the next. Subject
for discussion May 1st is, " The tulip, its habits,
and how to grow them." The society opened on
March 27th, with fifteen members; at the second
meeting, April 17th nine more were added, and
the prospects are very encouraging. This, is
the first step taken in this place — a city of forty
thousand inhabitants — towards anything of the
kind, and we hope it may grow and become a
society worthy of its name.

American Nurserymen's Association. — This
very useful association will meet this year at
Rochester, N. Y., from June 21st to 24th. The
proceedings will be very interesting, and it is
expected that the attendance will be large.
Prof. Meehan, J. J. Thomas, C. L. Watrous,
Patrick Barry and others will prepare papers, or
make addresses.

Philadelphia Florists' Association. — The
gardeners and florists of Philadelphia have
formed an association called the " Philadelphia
Florists and Growers' Association." It has for
its object the mutual improvement and benefit
of its members. The meetings Avill be held
monthly. It is exclusively a trade organization,
and supplies a want long felt by the florists of
Philadelphia. It has not yet been fully deter-
mined to hold exhibitions, but the feeling among
the gardeners seems to be in favor of making
public displays of their skill. It will be some

little time before the new association is in good
working order. It promises however to be very
successful and worthy of support.

The officers plected for the year are : Robert
Kift, President; W. F. Fancourt, First Vice
President; Thos. M. Fergusson, Second Vice
President; Danl. D. L. Farson, Recording Secre-
tary ; Wm. E. Meehan, Corresponding Secretary ;
Robt. Craig, Treasurer.

Programme of the Spring Exhibition of the
Royal Horticultural Society of Tuscany. — It
is very interesting to note by this "programme"
in what estimation the Camellia is still held in
Italy. There are ten different classes or sections
for them, with from two to three premiums (all
medals) in each. In fact there are twenty-five
premiums for Camellias alone.

American Forestry Association. — The meet-
ing in Cincinnati was a great success, viewed
either in point of distinguished attendance,
value of the papers read, and the influence which
the meeting will have in educating the commu-
nity to an appreciation of the national forestry
wants. In view of the general beneficial influ-
ence which will result, it will be perhaps fair
not to criticise too closely the character of many
of the papers read. To our mind the Forestry
question is a very narrow one. Everybody
knows that timber is of the first importance to a
community. Everybody wants trees planted,
but everybody wants somebody else to plant
them.

What we want to know is, will it pay individuals
to plant trees? If so where and how? If it can
be demonstrated that it will not pay any indi-
vidual without State aid, what and how should
this aid be granted?

In regard to existing forests, what should be
done to prevent forest fires?

So far as we can learn nothing was done in
this practical direction. How the springs dry
up ; how the Chinese eat one another in punish-
ment for cutting away forests ; how many hun-
dred thousand millions of feet of boards we may
yet cut from our forests ; how many forest schools
Europe has; all these and similar topics were
deservedly well ventilated. A memorial to
Congress to establish a forestry school near
Minneapolis, seems to be all the official result of
the meeting. Another is to be held at Montreal
in August, a week before the meeting of the
American Association, when it will probably
turn to more practical work.

THE

GARDENER'S MONTHLY

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HORTICULTURIST.

DEVOTED TO HORTICULTURE. ARBORICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS.

Edited by THOMAS MEEHA.N.

Vol. XXIV.

JULY, 1882.

Number 283.

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

What we said last month about the slowness
of the world to learn, and the little encourage-
ment the teacher receives as he looks abroad
for some impression of his work, is as well
illustrated by many other ihings, as by trees
and tree pruning. Take the Rose for instance.
Just now there is a rising craze for budded Roses
— Roses budded on the Manetti stock. It is evi-
dent that a vast number of persons do not even
know that they are simply going on in the end-
less round of the old-new things. As this is the
month for rose talk we will copy as perhaps a
seasonable bit of advice, suited to the new
budded Rose mania, what was given from the
pen of the writer over twenty years ago :

Many persons use the Manetti stock to bud
Roses on, — and it is recommended to " bud them
as low " as possible. It is better to bud them a
few inches above the ground, — for the Manetti
will throw up suckers which, if left, will kill the
Rose, and they are better detached when we can
see a little stem.

When people will have new Roses at the lowest
price, — or where much wood is desired for propa-
gating purposes, or where extra fine flowers of
weak growing kinds are desired, budding on the

Manetti is all very well,— but it is all very bad to
use the Manetti for the general public. Practi-
cally the bed of choice grafted Roses, becomes all
stocks in a few years.

In budding, select strong, healthy shoots, —
and let the buds to be used for the inoculation
be a little in advance of the stock. Works on
Roses mostly still keep up the recommendation
originally copied from English works to '' take out
the wood " from the bud,— but no American
operator does it.

If you have more varieties than you care for,
some of them poor, bud the rejected ones with
the better kinds.

Scarce kinds of Roses may be propagated this
month, by eyes of the unripened wood taken ofi"
just after flowering, and set in sandy soil in a
shady place. Cuttings 'from shoots grown in
partial shade root better than those matured in
the full light.

As soon as a flower fades on the Perpetual Rose
cut it off". This is the way to have them flower
again well in the Fall.

All this is just as true to-day as when we first
wrote it. No wonder so many clergymen are
tempted to use up old sermons! When Sir
Walter Scott tells us he loaned a neighboring
lady the same book four times over in four
years, before she came to believe "she thought

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she had read something like it before," we may
take it as a gospel truth.

Hollyhocks will be coming into bloom at this
season. They have now become so much im-
proved as to be one of the most popular flowers
for the Summer decoration of the flower-garden.
If the kinds are kept carefully separate, any
particular variety will reproduce itself from
seed. They may be more certainly kept pure
by cutting off the flower stem; each bud will
make a plant. The seed should be sown as soon
as ripe in a light rich soil, in the open air. If
retained till late in the season, they will not
properly flower until the next year.

Amateurs may have some rare or choice shrub
they desire to increase. They may now be
propagated by layers. This is done by taking a
strong and vigorous shoot of the present season's
growth, slitting the shoot a few inches from its
base, and burying it a few inches under the soil,
or into a pot of soil provided for the purpose.
Any thing can be propagated by layers ; and it
is an excellent mode of raising rare things that
can be but with difficulty increased by any other.

The time is coming when transplanted trees of
the past Fall and Spring will suffer more than
during any other part of the season. If they
show a vigorous growth of young wood, no
danger need be apprehended, as it indicates
that the roots are active and can supply all the
moisture the foliage calls for; but if no growth
has been made, no roots have been formed, and
the leaves are living for the most part on the sap
in the wood and bark, and hot, dry weather will
tell with injurious effect on such trees. This is
generally first shown by the peeling off of the
bark on the southwestern side of the tree, — the
most drying aspect; and where such exhaustion
appears probable, much relief may be afforded
by cutting back some of the branches, syringing
with water occasionally, shading the trees where
practicable, or wrapping the trunk in haybands,
or shading the southwest with boughs or boards.

Plants set against walls and piazzas frequently
suffer from want of water at this season, when
even ground near them is quite wet. Draw away
the soil around each plant so as to form a basin ;
fill in with a bucketful of water, allowing it time
to gradually soak away, and when the surface
has dried a little draw in loosely the soil over it,
and it will do without water for some weeks.
This applies to all plants wanting water through
the season. If water is merely poured on the
surface, it is made more compact by the weight

of water, and the harder the soil becomes, the
easier it dries ; and the result is, the more water
you give the more is wanted.

Keep the pruning-knife busy through the trees
and shrubs, with the object of securing good
form. Judgment will soon teach one which
shoots would spoil the shape if not taken out.
We tried to impress this truth strongly on the
reader's mind last month, but think it important
enough to reiterate.

COM MUNI C A TIONS.

GARDENING EXPERIMENTS, WISE AND
OTHERWISE.

BY MRS. R. B. EDSON.

That the summer of 1881 was a delusion and
a snare, everybody knows, and it would be folly
to repeat it at this late day. And yet, notwith-
standing its general unsatisfactoriness, its cold
and wet beginning, and its hot and dry ending,
there yet remains something to be sfyd of it by
way of admonition, and possibly example. And
first, for the reason that it came first, but more
especially because it is a confession of failure,
and I want to have it over with, comes the ad-
monition. It is a delight and gratification to
record successes, but the failures — ah ! the least
said about them the better. We like best a
dignified and becoming reticence in regard to
them. And why not? It is the big squashes
that go to the fair ; the little ones stay at
home.

But to come back to my experiment. I read
in the Monthly for April, 1881, an article by
Miss A. G., on "Caladiums as Bedding Plants.''
Immediately I was fired with a spirit of emula-
tion. I would have a bed of Caladiums that
should be the wonder of the town, and cause
those Baltimore people to wish they had never
been born. A hot sun seemed, by the article
mentioned, to be the greatest difficulty to their
successful cultivation. I congratulated myself
that here in New England we did not have the
fierce heat of the South to contend against, and
having selected a partially shaded location, I set
them out June 1st, with the thermometer at 79°
in the shade. They were all finely started and
made a good show at the first. I had made ar-
rangements for sheltering them from sun and
wind, and my perfect confidence in those Cala-
diums was something quite wonderful to con-
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were put out, a " cold wave " swooped down
upon us with vengeful fury. For over a week
the mercury ranged from 33° to 49° at night,
with a cold easterly wind, and storm part of the
time.

I covered them up, poor little " babes in the
woods," with leaves, straw, inverted flower-pots,
and the like, but the cold went through it all and
chilled them to the very marrow. I really
couldn't sleep nights, thinking of the new
" slaughter of the innocents " going on, it seemed
to me, at my instigation. All this time the
leaves were losing their beautiful color; and
though it grew warmer, a little after a time, the
Caladiums only grew smaller. After three
weeks trial, fearing I should lose them utterly, I
took them all up into pots and set them in a
sunny window. Ah ! how delightful they were!
They grew like magic, and spread out their
lovely leaves, each leaf growing prettier and
prettier in its markings the season through.

But I have lost my confiding faith in " Cala-
diums as bedding plants," at least for New Eng-
land. But who cares for a Caladium bed any-
way? Baltimore can have them all to herself.

I flowered for the first time Hyacinthus can-
dicans last summer. I think it has been much
overrated. The stalk runs up spindling and the
flowers look straggling, being someway apart,
and never many at once, as they soon fade.
They have no fragrance, and only by having a
large bed of them would they make any show in
the garden, and I do not think they will prove
of any value for cut flowers. Perhaps, however,
a more favorable season will give me a better
opinion of them.

I grew, from seed, a bed of new Salvia
farinacea. It began blooming about the first of
August, and was the last to succumb to the frost.
I was, however, a good deal disappointed in this
also. I had somehow got the impression that
it was after the style of S. splendens. Its small,
close-set flowers are not at all conspicuous in the
garden. It makes no show at a little distance,
but the curious woolly-looking calyx gives it a
dainty look on close inspection, and the delicate
shade of color is excellent for toning down reds
and yellows in bouquets. It is worth growing
for this purpose alone. But I hope some day
florists will give us a blue Salvia of this shade,
with flowers the size of L. splendens, and as
closely set and as free flowering.

Through the generosity of Mrs. Wm, Barr, of
Orange, N. J, (a lady who grows plants for the

pure pleasure of giving them away), I received
a half dozen seedling plants of the new single
Dahlias. She imported the seed from Cannell's,
from which they were grown. But I hear them
called '' Mexican Dahlias," and the question
arises, why import seed from England if they are
natives of this continent?

They grew freely and came into flower about
the middle of August. One grew over six feet
high, and the plant and flower were no different
from seedlings I had previously grown from
our ordinary Dahlias. The flower was large,
single, and in color a fine maroon. The other
five, however, were very dwarf and bushy in
growth, and the flowers were about half as large.
The colors were light and dark scarlet and
canary yellow, the color very pure and vivid.
They are charming for bouquets, as well as ex-
ceedingly brilliant and showy in the garden. If
they could only be made to flower earlier they
would be of great value for garden work. I
have seen lovely shades of pink, purple, and a
rich, velvety claret, as well as pure white. If
they can be kept dwarf I think they will be-
come exceedingly popular. A plant in full
flower — and they are very floriferous — looks as
if set with glowing stars, as they stand erect on
their long, graceful-looking stems,

I also received from Mrs. Barr a basket of the
new Coleus, something over twenty varieties.
With a few exceptions they grew and colored
finely, notwithstanding the exceptional charac-
ter of the weather. Of the dark sorts Super-
bissima was best. Marvellous and Kentish Fire
next. The light varieties doing best in open
ground were Illuminator, Sunfish, Speciosa and
Retta Kirkpatrick, the last two green and white.
Of the spotted varieties Spotted Gem is the most
reliable. All the striped and spotted sorts are,
however, very much alike. For indoors. Star-
light is the prettiest thing I ever saw. It is a
beautiful yellow veined with vivid crimson. All
of them are, however, fine for the house, if you
keep them close enough to the glass. And yet,
after all, for a rich mass of color on a lawn,
Verschaffelti is still king.

The prettiest thing in the way of a foliage
plant I ever grew, and which I have never seen
mentioned, though it may not be new, was Nico-
tiana variegata. I had the seed from E. Wyman,
Rockford, 111., and have seen it advertised by no
one else. It seems to be a variegated form of
the ordinary Nicotiana. It is, however, less
robust in growth, mine growing from three to

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four fert high. The leaf-marking is exquisitely
beautiful. The color and style of variegation is
almost identical with that of Alocasia macro-
rhiza variegata, the well-known hothouse plant.
The stems are marbled, green and white ; some
of the leaves are all white, some striped and
mottled, with a beautiful shade of " pea" green.
The white has a creamy tinge. As it approaches
flowering the stock is all white, as well as the
pedicels and calyx. The flowers are a purplish .
pink, and in large clusters, and contrast charm-
ingly with the foliage. I have never seen any- ,
thing so pretty for a group of foliage by itself of,
green and white, as this. Only about ten per
cent of the seedlings are said to be variegated. :
But as the second, or at most third, pair of
leaves show the variegation, it is an easy matter
to pull up the plain ones, which should at once
be done, or they will stifle the others.

In closing, I desire to recommend once again,
for bedding jjlants, the tuberous Begonias. I
find them the easiest of culture, and the most
continuous bloomers of anything with w'hich I
am acquainted. At first I gave them shade and
a good deal of extra care, but I find they will
stand rain, or sunshine, or heat better than
Zonale geraniums, particularly rain, as that
ruins, for the time, a geranium bed. There is
but one obstacle to their becoming as popular
as the latter, that being the comparatively high
price at which the}' are held. They are showy
in the garden, and for cut blooms nothing is
prettier, or lasts longer after cutting. Have a
bed of them — everybody.

SEEDS AND SEED SOWING.

BY WILLIAM SUTHERLAND, PHILADELPHIA.

Every season we hear numerous complaints
on the failure of seeds to germinate, etc. We
hear that seeds were procured from such and
such a firm and not one came up ; seeds were
gotten from another place and one half germi-
nated ; and seeds that were obtained from another
prominent seedsman all came up. Now the
amateur is convinced that seedsman No. 1 is a
rascal and gives his verdict accordingly; seeds-
man No. 2, although not quite so bad as No. 1, is
nevertheless not an honest man, — of this he is
quite convinced ; and says that No. 3 is the only
reliable one, etc. Now this certainly looks very
bad for seedsmen Nos. 1 and 2, but the puschaser
never seems to reflect that perhaps the season is
more advanced by the time he gets his orders

filled from No. 3, consequently the weather is
more favorable to their germination.

Some seeds require heat and will not vegetate
freely without it, such as Tomato, Coleus, Lan-
tana. Others again will grow more freely in a
cool atmosphere, and will often lay dormant until
the weather is cool. Cabbage, Pansies and Sweet
Alj-ssum seed are good examples of these.
Many seeds that vegetate freely out of doors, lay
dormant for a long time under glass. I have
known Clematis, Smilax,. Verbena and Lantana
to lay dormant in the soil of the seed boxes for
six months, and then being exposed to the air
vegetate freely.

I am satisfied, from the experience of others
and by experiments made by myself, that there
is as much imjjortance in the way the seeds are
sown and the condition they are kept as there is
in the freshness of the seeds. Many seeds ger-
minate more freely by being soaked in warm
water, such as Cypress Vine, Canna, Thun-
bergia, whilst this process would be the death
warrant for many of the seeds of Palms, Cac-
tuses, etc. There can be no set law made for
sowing seeds, as almost every kind has its own
peculiar wants, and the cultivator must or ought
to study their peculiar requirements if he wishes
j success. A pretty safe rule to go by in sowing is
to bury the seeds no deeper than the seed is
thick ; for instance, if the seed is l-8th of an
inch thick, it may be buried l-8th of an inch
deep, or a very little deeper. More seeds are
killed by being buried too deep than by being
sown too shallow. Any ordinary sound seed
will vegetate if no more than two years old, and
many kinds, such as Zinneas, Asters and Chrys-
anthemums, actually seem to improve by keep-
I ing two or three years.

i The plan I follow in sowing fine seeds is to take
boxes of any convenient size or shape, but no
more than 2J inches deep ; glass box for instance,
sawed in half makes two complete boxes or
flats, and sometime^ furnish the frame for a
' third. If it has no cracks, I bore holes in it
for drainage ; and then cover the bottom with
any loose sicTings, broken pots or a thin layer of
moss, to the depth of half an inch. Over this
i I fill in, to within an inch of the top, with fine
soil composed of sand, leaf mold, and loam in
: equal parts, press it firmly and gently down,
' making an even surface ; then soak the whole
with water through a fine rose water can, and
■ an hour afterwards, when drained off", sow the
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light soil ; cover this with panes of glass. Your
l>ox will hardly want water until the seeds are
up, when the glass must be removed.

Where the seeds are very fine, such as Calceo-
laria, Torenia and Ferns, etc., it is best not to
cover the seed with soil, but, sprinkle a little
moss, that has been rubbed through a fine sieve,
over them. Place the boxes in a situation where
they will obtain all the light, but not be fully
exposed to the rays of the sun. Shade the boxes
until the seeds are up, and if the light conies
only on one side of them, turn the box around
so that the front will be in the rear every other
day. Prick ofl' the young seedlings in boxes of
sandy soil as soon as thej show the rough or
third leaf.

SOME SOUTHERN EVERGREENS.

BY A VIRGINI.\ CONTRIBUTOR.

Pruuus Caroliniana, Ait, and Ilex Cassine, Walt,
are two beautiful evergreens not generally known
and rarely seen in arboretums, yet they deserve
a place in every collection. The first is not even
included in Gray's New Manual, but appears as Ce-
rasus Caroliniana, Michx, in Woods Class Book,
though in his later work, The Botanist and Florist,
it is given as above. The common name in
both instances, Cherry Laurel, is not mentioned
by Prof. Sargeant in Forest Trees of North America,
1880, where he gives it the local name of Mock
Orange. It is a native of North Carolina, as its
specific name implies, and is found thence south
and westward. It does well transplanted in gar
dens on the southern border of Virginia, and
only suffers in most severe winters when its
glossy leaves are covered with ice and sleet,
although it does not attain the height usually
assigned it. In foliage it considerably resembles
the orange, though its leaves are not of as much
substance, and the small twigs more gracefully
drooping in habit. It bears the knife well and
is often farther south trimmed into fimciful
shapes. The flowers and 'fruit are of no value
though the former are fragrant and attractive
to bees ; but for the beauty of its light airy
branches of deep, shining green leaves it is
unsurpassed and ought to be more generally cul-
tivated than it now is. It is said to be poisonous,
but of that there may be some doubt.

Ilex Cassena,Walt, (or as Gray gives it Cassin e,
L,) does not appear in Prof. Sargent's list. The
southern portion of Virginia is its northern
limit, and it extends southward along the coast

line to Texas. The shrub, rather than tree,
rarely exceeds fifteen to twenty feet in height, is
dense in growth and foliage with deep-green,
shining leaves about one inch in length, and has
this advantage over box that its foliage is always
green and beautiful and never rusty colored, as
box often becomes. In addition the branches
are in autumn covered with a profusion of scar-
let berries clustered closely to the small twigs
even, giving it when full of fruit a beautiful
appearance. It was called by the natives
" Yaupon," and from its leaves they made a
black tea, which is still used to a large extent by
the people living along the coast and has given
that local name to the shrub. But those who
can obtain the imported article do not hold it in
high esteem. It is also called Cassena Tea.
During a short trip made to the coast section of
North Carolina last autumn, I saw no more
beautiful sight than these deep shining bushes
covered with scarlet berries.

I HELONIAS BULLATA.

j BY W. F. BAiiSETT, HAMMONTON, X. J.

Among the native plants of New Jersey, and
j we have some very fine ones, few if any present
I better claims than the Helonias. The leaves
I alone are quite ornamental, and the flow-ers,
j with their delicate light purple shade, are very
' showy, the blue anthers on exserted stamens
. giving something of a blue shading.to the whole
I flower at a little distance, and they are quite

■ fragrant. I have not tried to cultivate it on dry
! soil, but Josiah Hoopes, I think, has succeeded

■ well with it. I have transferred it from one
I swamp to another, and even when in full bloom

it does not seem to suffer at all from the re-
moval.

THE POLYANTHA ROSE.

I BY W. F. HIBBERD, LOUISVILLE, KY.

i The Roses of this new class exhibit some
qualities that must materially change the aspect
of the rose business when they become suffi-
I ciently circulated.

j Roses have not been bedding plants ; the at-
I tractions of their individual flowers, and not the
; appearance they present when collected in
I masses, has been their distinguishing feature.
} True, the most generous Teas and Chinas bloom
freely enough to make a rich display, but even
' these come in crops separated bj' longer or
shorter intervals, and their habit is against them

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when •' effect" is the object in view. This is not
the case with the Polyanthas ; they are dwarf —
they bear their flowers in clusters above the
plants, and they produce them without inter-
mission. Their every shoot is a flowering one.
and this without any exception to be seen in
several hundred plants, closely observed for
more than a year, even those pushed by cuttings
too long in tlie sand being capped with buds.
In appearance they are very pretty, whether the
blooms are considered individually, or the plant
with its canopy of flowers as a whole. It would
be hard to mention other qualities to be desired
in plants for masses or borders. As yet their
colors are all light, but I think time and experi-
ment only are wanting to add brighter shades,
and it is in white plants for bedding that we
find the least variety from which to choose.

Again, they will be found valuable as window
plants. I have long been in doubt as to our
being justified in recommending roses of other
classes for that purpose, as they are satisfactory
in very iew instances. The Polyanthas, how-
ever, must not only prove superior to all other
roses, as pot plants, but will not unlikely be the
most popular of all flowering plants for house
culture, their most prominent characteristics
being exactly those desired.

Florists will find them very convenient to
manage as they root readily and rapidly, can be
grown by any one, and may be had in selling
condition at any time. Their graceful beauty
ought to make them popular market plants.

While attaching a great value to these varie-
ties, I am not inclined to think the qualities
mentioned at all elevate the standard of the
Rose, for its greatest beauty must always lie in
the richness and perfection of its individual
flowers, characteristics necessarily precluded
where the blooms are so small. They will be
grown, however, where other roses will not suc-
ceed, or require more patience than the grower
possesses, and they may furnish a new element
in bedding plants where any such additions will
certainly be welcome.

Paquerette and the new Mignonette are prob-
ably the best for outdoor use; the former has
tight little rosettes of white, about an inch across
and very double, never showing a centre nor
losing their regular circular form, and I once
counted forty-two buds and flowers in one head.
Mignonette is much like it, with a delicate ming-
ling of pink and white. Anna Marie de Mon-
travel so far promises best as a house plant; its

flowers are a half larger and of irregular form
when open, but when half expanded are much
more beautiful than the others are in any state,
being well worthy the application of the usual
floral adjectives.

FLORAL IDENTITIES.

BY N. F. F., WAVERLY, MD.

I have Scarlet Bedder Geranium, which
is in every particular the counterpart of the
variety General Grant. Are they not one and
the same variety ?

The origin of Scarlet Bedder would not be
difficult to ascertain, but who is responsible for
the variety General Grant? If this variety be
legitimate offspring, the originator need not be
ashamed of such progeny. But one can hardly
help feeling a little surprise at the singular coin-
cidence, that two such geraniums, which cannot
possibly be distinguished the one from the other,
should have been raised at the .same time by
different persons.

Then amongst the few really good bedding
Coleus of recent introduction we have Glory of
Autumn and General Grant, which is one variety
with two names. The writer having been accus-
tomed to look at this Coleus from its infancy,
would like to be informed in what way the more
poetic, though less illustrious name, Glory of
Autumn has been tacked on, in. place of or in
addition to the martial cognomen applied to it
by the raiser.

Will some one please rise to explain ?

A FEW BEDDING PLANTS.

BY SOME GREEN.

When a geranium is called pre-eminently
beautiful, like the catalogues call Mrs. Charles
Pease, what shall we say of Emile De Giradin,
which is much like it in color but better in every
other respect? If you have the last you do not
want the pre-eminent. *

After reading some superlatives on Acalypha
Macafeana, I bought the "superb" thing, and
was surprised at its dull colors blotched a little
brighter. Not one who saw it during the sum-
mer thought it as fine as a Coleus. Still the little
black fleas, such as eat potato tops, like it and
eat the leaves full of holes.

In some forty varieties of geraniums President
Leon Simon was marked first as a bedder, while
in color there are many better. Deputy Taflye

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is darker and has a fine truss, but the flower
stalks are slender and every rain breaks them
down. McLeod has fine double pips and a
good truss, but one-half of the truss is dead bj'
the time the other half is out. This is the case
with General Grant, Queen of the West, and
others of the " enormous " trussed varieties. Of
what special use is this enormous truss if not
one-fourth is perfect at once. In the orange
scarlet class none were satisfactory, as the dew
soils the flowers and makes them still duller.
Alba Perfecta was not so easily soiled as some
of the other white ones.

In Roses I purchased some thirty varieties,
mostly ten cent teas. Daring the latter part of
the season some of these had on ten buds at a
time. La France got up to six. I thought teas
were of small growth, but some of these grew
two feet high the first summer.

I followed Mr. Elwanger's list mostly. But the
" extras," which are welcomed when you have
none to be duplicated, did just as well. Clement
Nabonnand grew stout and branching, and was
very prolific. That nice little white one called
M'll. Rachele I believe, if of small growth and
not profuse of blossoms, is good for what it
does. Malmaison and Pearl of the Garden
winter-killed most.

If you read some catalogues you will find
"many " roses desirable and " extra " with special
" merits," etc., and you hardly can go amiss if
3'ou have none. The following I liked best :
Catharine Mermet, Marie Guillott, Marie Van
Houtte, Malmaison, Perle des Jardins and Mad.
de Vatery ; and one rose that has good form,
color, fragrance, etc., is worth several that have
not these qualities. Paul Neron was the only
Hybrid Perpetual that blossomed in the sum-
mer.

Roses like new ground, so I burned a brush
heap to make it new and ash it. Then it is well
to cut the blossoms as soon as they open. Al-
most any lady will accept a bouquet of roses,
whether rich or poor. I give most of mine
away.

A DISPLAY OF COLORS IN SPRING.

BY W. H. BOOMKAMP, PASSAIC, N. J.

In no other time of the year are flowers more
appreciated than in spring. They attract a good
deal of attention in winter, either on the ball
dress of young, blushing maidens, or in the re-
ception rooms of large fetes, but seldom are
they admired so much as in the opening of the

season, when everything revives with new vigor
and splendor. As a natural fiict the first flowers
in our northern climate are either white or yel-
low, and blue or red ones, with a few exceptions,
don't appear before the rays of the sun fall more
perpendicularly on our part of the globe. With-
out exotic plants we would miss those darker
colors that make spring so cheerful and pretty.
There are still many gardens, however, where
one should expect to see more variety of colors
in the beginning of May than is as yet the case.

The florist or gardener is anxiously waiting
for warmer and more steady weather, for as long
as those chilly nights prevail, he don't trust his
greenhouse plants out doors. His Geraniums,
Verbenas, Coleus, etc., are ready for planting
out, but the night frost don't allow their appear-
ance outside the greenhouse and during all this
time the garden looks dreary and desolate. And
yet one of the beds in front of the house could
show the finest colors and give such a display
even hard to attain in midsummer with the
choicest specimens.

There is no need to go in for heavy expenses
to have a fine display of colors in the beginning
of spring— a few dollars worth will answer the
purpose. Many a gardener receives in the fall
price-lists from seed houses, mentioning Dutch
bulbs, without understanding the value those
bulbs can have for him. It is true that it cost
considerable money to fill a bed of three or four
yards in diameter, with first-class Hyacinths,
though good bedding Hyacinths can be had at
any of the reliable seed stores for a fair price.
I know many who got disappointed by buying
from the wrong man, but when you deal with a.
house that imports it's bulbs direct from Hol-
land, you seldom will find fault with them. It
is with the bulb peddlers, as with all of them,
"cheap, but no good.''

Two hundred single early Tulips mixed is suf-
ficient for any good-sized bed, and with a few
Narcissus, or a Crown Imperial in the centre,
will give full satisfaction. As a rule all bulbs, as
Hyacinths, Tulips, Lilies, Crocus, will develop
better when planted out-doors than in pots in
the greenhouse. It is therefore not necessary
to take first quality for bedding purposes, though
first size bulbs are very desirable, and come to
a perfection of form and color without rival in
the greenhouse.

It is possible, also, to make a bed that can last
at least two months (from the beginning of April
till June), when planted with care and judg-

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ment. Crocus, Hyacinths and Tulips don't
flower all at once, and with even every kind
are early and late varieties. Those bulbs, when
jilanted in a mass together, will flower succes- j
sively, and such a bed is the gem of your lawn I
in early spring. I

The finest designs can be executed with bulbs
and when a flower shows such a brilliancy, and
fills the air with such a delicious fragrance
we cannot help admiring it, and never tire of
seeing it amidst the young green colors of na-
ture's children.

A FEW DESIRABLE SHRUBS.

BY MRS. M. D. WKLLCOME, YARMOUTH, MAINE.

Here in Maine, where our winters begin in
autumn and project far into spring, — even into
May this ye:ir, judgif^g from the snow which is
falling as I write, — it is desirable to have plants
and shrubs that will endure their severity. Never
were my Perennials so highly prized as in this
very cold and unusually backward spring. The
Pansies and Daisies are in bloom ; the Tulips are
budded ; the perennial Phloxes set out last year
are springing up with large clumps which have
been growing a score of years in my garden.
Sweet rockets, purple, and white, are sure to

live and are among the early spring bloomers;
self-sown, they spring up profusely. The Hy-
drangea paniculata grandiflora for five years
has endured the frosts, and yields profusely its
immense trusses of bloom for two months. It is
a shrub that ought to be in every garden. But
it was of two new shrubs that I took my pen to
write, and I am sure that as they have come
safely through the long and very severe winter
following their removal from Washington, they
will endure any amount of freezing.

Dimorphanthus Mandchuriesis is grown for
(he grandeur of its foliage. Its multifid leaves
are about a yard in length, and nearly as broad.
Its native home is Mandchuria.

Hypericum patulum. As this shrub has not
bloomed, being bedded out late in June, I will
quote from Saul's catalogue : '' This magnificent
hardy evergreen flowering shrub is a grand
acquisition to our scanty list of hardy flowering
species. Its individual flowers, which are pro-
duced in bunches, are pale yellow and of great
substance, resembling much in appearance the
beautiful Gardenia Javanica. It continues long
in perfection, commencing to flower in June,
and has been in perfection till the first week in
November."

Greenhouse and House Gardening,

COMMUNICA TIONS.

HEATING BY STEAM.

BY J. B. DAVIS, ANN ARBOR, MICH.

To "William H. B.,'' of Independence, Kan-
sas, it may be said as follows : Any sj'stem of
warm air-heating operates on such a delicately-
balanced principle that the out-of-door winds
easily, and usually, upset and frustrate it. The
system by flues and hot water pipes in a green-
house, as ordinarily seen, resembles the hot-air
apparatus too nearly. Heating by steam is the
best known system where distribution of heat
is an important item. It may not be cheap, but
it will be manageable. Heat can be carried
through a small opening, about every form of
object, to every place, and no fear of its non-

I arrival in a well made apparatus. No fear of
I outside gales blowing it all away from one side
of the building. The only effect of any extra
demand at any point being to cause more steam
to be used there and a greater demand to be
made on the boiler by those pipes. If I were
consulted as to what system of heating to use in
a greenhouse, the point being to secure that best
adapted to that purpose, I should at once say,
"Steam, of course." So perfectly does it seem
to me to be adapted to the requirements of the
case, as I understand them. The matter of
distribution is so far under control that I have
no doubt any small locality, as a particular bed
or section, can be given a special uniform tem-
perature of its own.

As direct answers to the questions submitted
one can say if wood is used to make steam, it

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will need some attention during the night, not manner. Not much worse blunders can be
more than flues and likely not as much. I am ! made in any matter of equal importance than
notawareofany wood burning steam apparatus in steam-heating. No one, not well qualified,
now advertised "that will run anv great length of | should ever be allowed to have anything to do
time without attention, but have no doubt such : with the control of such work. Apply to parties
a demand made on almost any good maker | of well established reputation for character and
would be satisfactorily supplied. If coal is used, i knowledge and skill. I don't want a job, and
hard or soft, an apparatuscan be provided that ' may be I have not the requisite character,
will take care of itself for almost any night, i knowledge or skill, as I certainly have not the
certainly any but the worst. Such apparatus

reputation. As this communication costs noth-
ing, it may be found worth it.

When I told my wife I was writing a short
item for the Gardener's Monthly she said she
thought I was writing the Garden^er's Monthly
itself; so I hasten to stop. Print what you
please and no more — or none.

needs but little attention at any time.

In answer to the second question I would say
that whilst steam pipes cannot be raised and
lowered at pleasure (far from it), steam heat can,
which I suppose is what is wanted. This might
be readily inferred, perhaps, from the first para-
graph.

As to the hottest point, it can be made to be '
hottest where you want it. !

The dwelling and all the other buildings for a
mile (or more) around can be heated by the \ ^

same boiler if you want to pay for it. No im- j^farechal Niel Rose that will give him the extra-
practicability about that usually. j ordinary yield of not less than five thousand

Use the old boiler if it has the capacity. That | ^^^^^ ^^^jg winter ; at present there is no less than

A MARECHAL NIEL ROSE.

BY N. ROBERTSON, OTTAWA, CANADA.

Thomas Elmitt, gardener here, has a

is the question. But it might cost more to use
it in a well-constructed apparatus than another
would.

Set the boiler wherever you want it. so far as
horizontal distance is concerned. Look out ver-
tically. It w^ould do in the greenhouse, as sug-
gested, if low enough. It could be built in with
brick and covered with sand, so as to keep the I
local temperature down. I do not advise this, as |
you cannot see what is happening to your
boiler. '

Pressures are carried, in my experience, up to
sixty pounds, guage pressure. There is no rea-

one thousand on it at one time. There seems
to be several varieties of this rose— this one
shows a much stronger constitution than any
other. I have seen cuttings taken from it and
grown alongside of others always show this ; it is
planted out in the end of his greenhouse, runs
along the rafters fifty feet. Can any one beat this
rose ?

GLAZING AND PIPE-SETTING.

BY R. L- BLAIR, DES MOINES, IOWA.

A few weeks before the April number of the
son, but cost, that I know why they cannot be \ Gardener's Monthly arrived with Mr. Greer's
carried higher. This is not the direction in i shoit note on glazing, having occasion to put up

and not

Thi
which to look for economy though. The econ- ' some sash for a temporary purpose,
omy may be expected at just as low a pressure 1 wanting to wait for bedding the glass in putty, I
as the apparatus can be worked, say from two , concluded to tack them in loosely, end to end,
pounds to five pounds guage pressure. There! just as Mr. Greer did, only not putting any can-
was put in an apparatus, a few years ago, under dle-wick or anything else under the glass, and
my charge, that worked well under five pounds using the largest sized zinc points. One of these
and under sixty pounds. holds down the two corners where two panes

The steam may be carried as many miles as i meet. After a drenching rain of forty-eight
you will need, if vou have rise and boiler capa- ' hours. I f<mnd these the tightest of the whole

city enough.

Now, while all this seems easy, and looks as if
one might readily have just what was wanted, I
wish to offer one word of caution. It isn't so
easy to any one not qualified to prepare the
necessary apparatus and erect it i

range of sash, not a drop coming through any-
where. I am so well pleased with the plan, that
I propose taking out my loose glass (made so by
bad putty) this coming summer, and put them
in after the same manner. I can thus avoid over-
proper ' lapping, and get rid of unsightly strips of dirt

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wherever an overlap occurs, and save leaks from
good-for-nothing putty. In these villainous days
of frauds and adulterations, it is impossible to
get any pure materials for making putty, and
the miserable compound soon cracks and leaves
the roof full of holes, and the glass gets loose and
and flies off" with every high wind. I believe
narrow strips of rubber on the shoulder of the
rabbet and under the glass would make
it perfectly tight, and I know the water will not
run in where the panes of glass come together at
the ends. The elasticity of the rubber would
press the glass up tightly against the points or
tacks, and thus keep all close, even when hot
weather shrinks and dries the sash and so much
glass gets loose.

I wish some one would explain to me the
philosophy, sense or reason of our being told to
set our line of pipes so that there shall be a rise
of a foot or eight inches from the boiler to the
expansion tank, one-third or one-fourth of the
length, and then a gradual decline to the boiler.
I always had an idea that water would run be^it
down hill, and think so yet, but here it has to
run up hill part of the way. I am of the opinion
that the best place for the expansion tank, and
consequently highest point, would be close to
the boiler; there it would be all down hill work.
I am confirmed in this belief by seeing the ar-
rangement of pipes in the Chicago Floral Co.'s
houses, where the flow expands into a large
tank, high over the boiler, and is carried over-
head through the potting and packing sheds,
and distributed through the various houses, all
on the downward flow. I was astonished at the
number of houses thus heated by one boiler. I,
therefore, have an idea to put my expansion
tank immediately over the boiler, raise my line
of pipes so as to gradually return from that point
to the lowest ; also to heat a propagating tank
from the overflow of the expansion when the
water gets warm. I am waiting to be enlight-
ened.

MR. F. L. AMES' ORCHIDS.

BY WM. FALCONER.

Great in variety and in lavish profusion were
•the lovely orchid blossoms 1 saw at Mr. F, L.
Ames', at North Easton, the other day. The
Dendrobiums were especially gay and included
Ainsworthii, a beautiful hybrid between hetero-
carpum and nobile ; flowers white with deep
amaranth blotch on lip ; fifty-seven blooms on

a plant in a 5-inch pan ; Findleyanum, an In-
dian species, with rich, purple tipped flowers,
having a yellow blotch on the lip ; splendid-
issimum, a hybrid between macrophyllum Hut-
toni and heterocarpum, flowers white, tipped
with purple, and with a deep maroon blotch on
the lip ; the highly fragrant heterocarpum,
with pseudo-bulbs twenty inches long and thirt)'-
two blossoms on a bulb; nobile pendulum,
more gorgeous, if possible, that the type; Hillii,
with racemes of creamy white fragrant flowers ;
crepidatum, white, tipped with pink, and yellow-
throated lip ; Wardianum, one of the finest and
most beautiful of orchids, and its white variety,
which, though distinct and fine, is not, in my
opinion, as good as the species ; luteolum, from
Moulmein, with a tuft of creamy flowers at the
end of the shoots; primulinum giganteum, pink
and white, larger and showier than the ordinary
form ; and other species and varieties, as showy
but commoner than these that I have men-
tioned. Among ahostof Cypripediums.asLowii,
Boxallii and C. Spicerianum (two plants), are in
bloom. The large, waxy-white upper sepal of
Spicerianum, this sterling novelty, shows more
strikingly among exotic Cypridediums than do
the long side petals of C. caudatum. Cattleya
Warscewiczii delicata, with a profusion of 6-inch
wide white to faintly purple-tinged blossoms is
the gayest in its class. Laslia flavahas yellowish
flowers, but it is not as pretty as some of the
more highly colored species, as anceps, or de-
sirable as the modestly hued but fragrant albida.
Cojlogyne flaccida, from Assam, though reck-
oned but a second-rate orchid, is quite prettily
draped in loose racemes of dull white blossoms,
that hang over the sides of the pot. Its com-
moner, but far more beautiful relative, C. cris-
tata, is here in snowy heaps. Dendrochilum
glumaceum has twenty airy racemes of fragrant
blossoms to a plant ; and among many other va"
rieties the white flowering Lycaste Skinneri —
one of the purest white blossomed orchids ex-
tant— is conspicuously in bloom.

I will now pass to the "cool" orchid-house*
which is a ninety-four feet long lean-to, north-
facing structure, and contains one of, if not the
best grown collection of this class of orchids in
America. Most of the Indian and other tropi-
cal orchids in the winter time, when not hidden
with their gorgeous blossoms, are as "homely"
plants to the casual observer as are the Cactuses
of Mexico ; for instance the naked- stemmed
Dendrobiums, the ungainly Cattleyas, the rope-

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rooted ^^rides, and the rambling Renanthera.
But in this " cool" house the plants that are in
blossom are in full leafage, too, a sturdy thrift
that well demands the gay-clad wreaths and
rambling spikes to cheer the vernal mass. In
scores the arching wreaths of Odontoglossum
A^lexandrae (more properly crispum, but Alex-
andrae is the garden name, and ever likely to be
used as such,) rife in variety, break Over the
bank of deep and bronzy green ; and by its side
its variety Andersoni, so rare and so expensive,
but less beautiful than its peerless mother. Pes-
catorei, triumphans, gloriosum, crocidipterum,
blandum, Eossii majus and others added to the
show. Speaking of Odontoglossum vexillarium
and Roezlii, Mr. Robinson tells me he finds
much difficulty in growing them. Now, when
my friend and neighbor, Mr. E. L. Beard, used
to have a collection of orchids, these two species
seemed to be special favorites of his, and many
handsome blossoms of them have I seen in his
greenhouses. Would other orchid growers please
tell us how they get along with them? As Odon-
toglossum phalsenopsis belongs to the same set,
I should like to hear of it too. I remember
Mr. Gray at Mr. Coming's, of Albany, some
years ago gave me a distressful account of it,
nor did I hear any more sanguine report of it
at Mrs. Morgan's, New York. But come back
with me to the greenhouse and lift and smell
that little darling, Oncidium cheirophorum, and
get the orchid fever : and then behold these
brilliant, fiery blossoms hovering over the tufts
of fleshy deep green Masdevallea leaves. Bright-
est among them are the erubescens variety of
ignea and the magenta Lindeni, and rarest (in
blossom) Backhousianum, which has large,
fleshy, long-tailed blossoms, in form and color
somewhat similar to those of Chimera. Sarco-
chilus Fitzgeraldi, a rare Australian orchid, has
racemes of waxy white flowers whose sepals and
petals are barred with purple, and the lip
blotched with yellow.

erous ; its flower is large, of a fine bright red,
and its buds long and well-shaped. For forcing,
or out-door cultivation, it is a great acquisition.
The Pearl is another of this class, not so largfe a
rose, but of a beautiful flesh tint, admirably
adapted for winter bouquets. The French rose
known as Perle des Jardins being probably
referred to.

Seedling Azaleas. — It does not take so long
as it is often supposed to raise flowering plants
from seed of Rhododendrons and Azaleas. Col.
Wilder, who continues actively his work of
hybridizing and crossing flowers, at a recent
meeting of the Massachusetts Hort. Society,
exhibited five plants of Azalea Indica, raised
from hybridized seed, and of remarkable growth,
the largest being a foot high at one year from
the seed. The leafstalks and the under sides of
the leaves of some of the plants were reddish,
like those of Rhododendron. There is little
doubt but they will flower next year.

There is yet much to be done in the way
of hybridization of these plants. The East
Indian Rhododendrons are too tender for our
climate, but are fragrant. It would be a grand
thing if we could give this property to our
pretty kinds.

NEW OR RARE PLANTS.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Pritchardia Grandis.— The Palm recently
figured in our magazine is Licuala grandis of
Wendland.

Rose, Duke of Connaught.— Mr. Halliday
believes the Duke of Connaught will supersede
Jacqueminot ; it is more double, far more florif-

H.EMANTHUS Kalbreyeri.— This, we suppose,
rendered into English, would be " Mr. Ka]-
breyer's Hsemanthus." But it does not mend
the matter much. The name seems hard, but
after all should Mrs. Kalbreyer happen to be a
leader of fashion on Walnut street, the ladies
would not worry much over the hardship of
remembering the name. It is no harder to
remember than scores of names of people we
meet in everyday life. Perhaps it is easier to
remember a hard name that is fashionable than
an easy one that is not in the lower world. But
the plant is not English, but African, and hence
has no English name, — and were we to give
its common name, if the Africans ever had a
common name for it, it would not perhaps help
the matter very much.

But it seem to be a very pretty thing,— one of
the many pretty things introduced to gardens
by the enterprise of Mr. Wm. Bull, of Chelsea,
London. Its showy inflorescence is of immense
size, a single head often producing upwards of a

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hundred of its attractive flowers which are of a glowing color. Tt is closely allied to Amaryllis,
bright reddish vermilion color. The filaments Brunswigia, and other well known African bul-

are brightly colored, while the golden anthers j bous plants, and requires to be treated just as we
have a pretty effect in contrast with the mass of 1 do others.

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SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Floral Designs.— "C," Boston, Mass, saj's :
" I send you by mail a copy of the Boston Trav-
eller, wherein a notice is inserted of certain
floral designs originated by me. If you
would make some comment in your journal
about the same, I would be most thankful to
you."

[This Boston Traveller wandered in a wrong
direction. It did not come before us. We refer
to the note to say the editor regards it as his
duty to the readers to keep them informed of
anything novel, at all times. — Ed. G. M.]

Greenhouse Correspondence. — So much in-
terest has been developed in the matter of
steam heating for greenhouses, that we have
been led to defer some valuable papers on other
subjects from esteemed correspondents, which
will, however, soon appear.

Carnation "Beauty".— E. C. Hames writes : " I
send by this mail a new Carnation ; a sport
from the well-known variety named ' Beauty.'
In color it resembles Firebrand, but is not so in
tense or glaring, i send also one of Beauty,
showing the diflference."

[And we may add that it is far superior to the
original.— Ed. G. M.]

Fumigating Cones. — From T. T. Southwick,
Rochester, New York, we have samples of this
excellent idea. Tobacco is so arranged as to

look like spools of cotton, and are readily ig-
nited, and so prepared as to give out much
smoke and little heat. Amateurs with a few
plant?, placing them under barrels or boxes, will
thus be enabled to fumigate them without much
trouble. One which we tried under a barrel
sickened the insects, and a second dose finished
their account with life. It is better to have two
doses, than one so strong as to risk the plant's
health.

A Double Catalonian Jasmine.—" R. L. B.,"
Des Moines, Iowa., writes : " I havea Jasminum
grandiflorum that shows a tendency to double
flowers, having two rows of petals, of a very firm
texture and very strong fragrance ; one flower
in a room being almost sickening to such people
as cannot endure a powerful perfume. I want
to know if there is any process of cultivation or
treatment that will increase this tendency to
doubleness in this or any other plant? My Jas-
mine is as double as any I have yet seen of
double Bouvardia Alfred Neuner, which, with
me, has not as yet shown over two rows of
petals."

[This will be a valuable variety, if its habits
can be fixed. Cuttings from that part would
probably secure it. Unfortunately this species
rarely seeds under culture; or if a few grains of
pollen could be found and placed on the stigma
of an ordinary form, the progeny would be in the
double direction. Perhaps if care were taken to
artificially poUenize the flowers, they would be
fruitful.— Ed. G. M.l

Fruit and Vegetable Gardening.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

Last season, during the prevalence of the un-
usually hot summer w^eather, the pear trees in
the writer's orchard had the upper half of most
of the leaves turn brown as if scorched. The
diagnosis of the trouble indicated that the
moisture from the leaves was being drawn faster
than the roots could supply it. The best remedy
seemed to be to keep the trees as cool as possible.
When the hand was placed on the trunks it
seemed warm. In the normal condition the bark

stems cool, even on the warmest day. To cool
this bark the trees were at once lime-washed.
This seemed quite cool in comparison with bark
not white washed. Though there were many
succeeding hot days, there was no more of the
leaf-browning. It was remarkable how well the
trees kept through it all. This season the trees
look wonderfully well. The bark of all the
trees white washed, have a smooth, succulent,
healthy look, such as all who know a healthy tree
when they see it, love to look upon. This ques-
tion of coolness enters largely into successful
culture. It is because the injurious effects of

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high temperature in the soil is checked, whicli
gives one of the great advantages to the grass
culture of orchards.

The tin^e when Currants and Gooseberries
mildew and drop their foliage is at hand. Some
have found a mulch of salt hay to be good
against these troubles, but, in fact, anything that
cools the surface, and thus helps to keep the at-
mosphere about the plants, is good. A heavy
mulch of old corn-stalks we have found to be
excellent help to success in growing these
fruits.

In the fruit garden, if trees set out last fall or
spring do not show signsof growing freely, cut-
ting back a portion of the branches will make a
great difference in their favor. It is a great
point with good fruit-growers to have all the
branches in a tree of uniform vigor. This can
be gained by pinching off the growing points of
the stouter ones, leaving the weaker ones to gain
strength by the check to the others. Where the
branches are likely to be too thick, some may
be taken out while green, instead of waiting till
winter to do it ; not forgetting, however, that a
loss of foliage is, in some degree, an injury to
the tree ; and, that as little of this should be
done as is consistent with necessity. Some re-
commend trees to be pruned in summer, because
the wounds heal better then. It is true the
wound does heal better, but the loss of so much
foliage is an injury not compensated by the heal-
ing of the wound. However, where the trees are
young, and the branches to be cut away but a
small fraction of the foliage, the injury is little,
and the summer trimming is thus a gain. Nur-
sery trees are best served in this way. Straw-
berries, Kaspberries and Blackberries are " sum-
mer pruned " chiefly by thinning the suckers
and runners. Strawberries are often grown ^in
beds, and the mass of runners suffered to grow
together as they will. This is the best way for
parties who have little time to give to their gar-
dens. When grown in hills, or with the run-
ners cut off, something is necessary to place be-
tween the rows or the plants, in order to keep
the fruit from getting gritty after rain. When
they are in beds, the fruit keeps cleaner without
much difficulty. But with this plan, the run-
ners should be thinned out at this season of the
year, leaving them only about three or four
inches apart. Of course, we weed these Straw-
berry-beds ; a large part of the runners should
be treated as weeds and taken out at the same
time. Raspberries and Blackberries should be

served the same way. All the suckers not
wanted to bear next year, should be taken out
as they appear. If the kind be valuable, the
young offsets taken up may be transplanted any
time through the season, by well watering and
nipping out the young tender tops. About the
end of the month it is often the practice to clip
off the growing ends of Blackberries and Rasp-
berries. It is said to stiffen the canes, and it
renders stakes to supi^ort them in a measure un-
necessary.

In many amateurs' gardens late Peas are
valued. It is essential that they be planted in
the coolest part of the ground. The Pea is a
cool country plant, and when it has to grow in
warna weather, it mildews. The Marrowfat
class are usually employed for late crops. They
need support. All Peas grow better and pro-
duce more when grown to stakes. Bush Beans
may be also sown for late crops. A very deep,
rich soil is necessary to tender, crisp pods. The
Lima Bean will now be growing rapidly. It is
time well spent to tie them to the poles as they
grow. The poles should not be too high — about
eight feet is enough. They commence to bear
freely only when the top of the pole is reached.

The Lettuce is another cool country plant. It
can only be grown well in hot weather when in
very rich and cool soil. For winter use, Beets
are occasionally sown now, and also Cucumbers
for pickling purposes ; but not often ; and, at
any rate, it must be attended to early in the
month. Tomatoes trained to stakes give the
sweetest fruit, and remain in bearing the longest ;
but many cultivators, who grow for size and
quantity only, believe they nave the best results
when growing them on the level ground. Celery
is the chief crop requiring attention. The great
point is to get short, thick-growing varieties, as
the long kinds require so much more labor to
blanch. The Boston market variety is, there-
fore, popular, and is really a very crisp and
nutty-flavored variety. After so many trials
with different ways of growing them, those who
have their own gardens — amateurs, for whom we
write — find that the old plan of sinking the
plants in shallow pits is about the best. Trenches
are dug about six inches deep, and three or four
inches of manure then dug in, of which cow-ma-
nure is the best. They can be watered better this
way in dry weather, when in these trenches, and
it is so much easier to fill the earth about them
for blanching purposes than when grown on the
level surface. Soap-suds, as well as salt in mode-

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rate doses, is usually a wonderful special fer-
tilizer for the Celery plant.

Late Cabbage is often planted in gardens be-
tween rows of Potatoes, where it is an object to
save space. Some fancy that the Cabbage is
better preserved in this way from the Cabbage-
fly, which, they say, prefers the Potato , but on
this point we are not sure. We do not think the
Cabbbge does quite as well as when it has the
whole ground to itself ; but of course a double
crop could not be expected to be quite so fine.

Among the new troubles in vegetable-growing
is the appearance of the Asparagus beetle, Crio-
seris asparagi. As in the case of the Potato
beetle, it is the larvae which does the most

injury.

«-•-»

COMMUNICA TIONS.

A NEW CRAPE-VINE— THE COCHIN-
CHINESE, TUBEROUS-ROOTED VINE.

BY ARTHUR F. KNOBLOCH, THIBGDAUX, LA.

From an article in the Cosmos of April 1st,
1882, I have translated a few extracts which you
will find below, and which you are at liberty to
print.

Of all the grape-vines which, since the appear-
ance of the Phylloxera, have been brought to
the public notice, none has attracted the atten-
tion of grape-growers as much as the tuberous-
rooted vines which were brought from Soudan
by the late Mr. Lecard, on his return from his
travels in Central Africa. Unfortunately, the
seed, which were distributed somewhat late,
came up so imperfectly and made such slow
growth that it has been impossible, thus far, to
lest fully the merits of this interesting recent
introduction.

Should the seed, still remaining in the hands
of the Lecard family, fail, when sown at a more
favorable season, to give a more satisfactory re-
sult than that obtained from the sowings of last
year, there is ground to fear that many years
may elapse before practical experiments can be
made with this new varietj' of the grave-vine, so
great is the difliculty of procuring a fresh sup-
ply of seed from the source whence Mr. Lecard
obtained his.

In view of these facts, we are pleased to learn
that Vilmorin and Andrieux have, in an alto-
gether unexpected manner, just received, not
from Soudan, but from Cochin-China, a small
invoice of seeds precisely similar to those

brought by Mr. Lecard. They doubtless belong
to the same botanical genus as the latter, and as
Cochin-China is easier of access than Soudan,
we feel confident that if, when tested, this new
vine should justify the expectations which have
been formed in reference to tuberous- rooted
vines, there will be little difficulty in obtaining,
at comparatively short notice and small cost,
enough seeds to test them on an extensive
scale.

Mr. Martin, head-gardener of the government
at Saigon, and to whom is due the honor of the
first introduction of those seeds in France, in a
recent letter spoke thus of this vine :

•' I strongly recommend this wild-growing
vine. It may prove a highly useful addition to
the vines cultivated in France. The vine is
tuberous-rooted. It loses its leaves, and its
stalks die every year, and each year new ones
spring from the tubers. One vine may yield
one hundred kilogrammes of grapes. This it
will not do as a general rule, but I have seen
vines which bore that quantity. I found bunches
which weighed four kilogrammes. This vine
grows in every section of Cochin-China. It
could, I think, be cultivated in France in the
same manner as the ordinary vine is trained in
some countries, that is either on trellises or
stakes."

APPLE AS A STOCK FOR SECKEL PEAR.

BY W. H. BURFORD, INDEPENDENCE, MISS.

Perhaps it is not generally known that the
apple is good stock on which to work the Seckel
Pear. A tree on this place budded in 1860
(twenty-two years ago), three feet from the
ground, is healthy, and has not foiled of a cl-op
in the last seventeen years ; besides, the fruit is
larger than any of that variety I have seen on
the pear or quince, specimens often measuring
seven and a half inches round. A young tree,
budded at the ground on a one year old seedling
apple, has had but three seasons' growth, is ten
feet high, and well branched to within two feet
of the ground, and is now in bloom — one clus-
ter.

Nurserymen know full well how diflScult
sometimes it is to get the Seckel started off'
thriftily either as a standard or a dwarf. It
would be interesting to know if there are other
varieties adapted to the apple. Some I have
tried are not.

THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY

[July,

EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Silk Worm Mulberry. — The mulberry
has male and female flowers in separate flowers
on the same plant. But different trees vary in
the proportions of each— some trees having
wholly male flowers. Morus multicaulis is a
variety of Morus alba, almost always with male
flowers — always, for anything we know. Hence
it never seeds, but is propagated wholly by cut-
tings. Some years ago it became infested with
a disease similar, if not nearly the same as in-
fests the American Plane or Sycamore, and this
disease continues to this da3\ Silk worms fed
on these leaves become diseased. This was the
chief reason of the failure of the old '' Multi-
caulis" scheme. The seedlings of Morus alba
are usually free from disease, and make healthy
food for the silk worm. A.lthough Morus alba
signifies white mulberry, the fruit is sometimes
black or amber color. Morus Morettii is but a
variety of this species, as also is the Russian
or Mennonite mulberry of the West. The dan-
ger is that in propagating these from cuttings or
layers, some disease may be also propagated.
We should recommend those having the inter-
ests of silk culture at heart, to rely chiefly on
seedling white mulberry.

Concord Grape South. — Mr. T. V. Munson
says the Concord Grape is useless in the South.
It soon withers and dies.

Bacteria in Fruit Diseases. — Mr. T. V. Mun-
son suggests that species of the "stink bug"
(Sinea) may carry bacteria from decayed fruit
(and perhaps the decayed matter with the bac-
teria), to health}' branches, puncturing which
the pear blight and other troubles may origi-
nate, as artificially produced by Prof. Burrill.

Table Grapes in the South. — The South ex-
cels in table grapes, but Mr. T. V. Munson
thinks has not produced one that will compare
with the best Northern varieties. If this is the
general impression South, we think little nmst
be known of Dr. Wylie's eflforts. To our mind
some of his seedlings rank with the best in the
North. This modest, patient South Carolina
worker has scarcely received the good tributes
to his memory, his eminent services to Pomol
ogy while living, deserve.

A Promising Native Grape to Improve. —
Mr. T. V. Munson says : " There is a wild grape
growing in the sandy ravines of the Texas "Pan-

handle" and elsewhere in the West which pro-
duces heavy crops of fair-sized, well-flavored
fruit without rot, foxiness or hard pulp, which
grows upright like a bu.sh, without tendrils or
support. Botanists term it Rupestris. From
this, fine varieties might be obtained by hybrid-
izing with such varieties as Black E;igle or other
upright fine kinds, which would give us a valua-
ble tribe, requiring no stakes or trellises."

Windsor Cherry. — This variety, raised some
years ago by Mr. Jam.es Dougall, of Windsor,
still maintains the reputation of being an excel-
lent late cherry.

Caroline Raspberry. — This is a yellow variety
of the ordinary black-cap. None of the light
colored kinds in this class have proved perma-
nently popular. It remains t© be seen how this
will stand.

Raising Seedlings. — Most of our best grapes
are accidental seedlings. Deliberate attempts to
raise seedlings have not been encouraging. The
late Dr. Miner had 1,500 seedlings, and selected
some of the best. The selections have good
points, but this is about all.

Miner Plum. — Prof. Budd believes that under
some conditions of culture the Miner Plum may
be deficient in stamens, and comparatively un-
productive— when a more staminate variety in
the orchard would assist the fertilization.

Hovey's Seedling Strawberry. — From ac-
counts we see in various quarters, this famous
old variety is yet under culture in some places,
producing admirable crops and positively re-
fusing to " run out."

Best Soil for the Raspberry.— Many reports
of the failure of this or that variety comes from
bad culture. The raspberry is a native of moun-
tains, or cool. Northern climates. Hot, dry soil
is its abomination, and it is always on the alert
to " run out" in these situations.

The Codling Moth.— The greatest enemy to
apple culture is the Codling Moth. Mr, W. C.
Raymond, of Dickinson's Landing, contributes
the following useful hint to the Canadian Horti-
culturist: "I set twq traps on the 20th of last
August and caught over one thousand moths in
one night. T.ie trap is a glass lantern set in a
tin pan of water an inch or more deep. The
light attracts the moths and they fly around the
lantern, and when they strike the water they

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are caught, as they are helpless when they once
get in the water. In trimming the lanterns use
less or more oil, according to the length of time
you want them to burn. They should be set on
something two feet or more from the ground. I
intend to use a number of the traps this season,
commencing when trees are in blossom, for the
moths are numerous and destructive."

Superior Canadian Apples.— A correspondent
of the Canadian Horticulturist finds Duchess of
Oldenburg, Brockville Beauty, and Fameuse, as
thoroughly reliable apples in the severe winter
climate of Canada.

Premiums for Celery and Onion Essays. —
D. Landreth & Sons, of Philadelphia, offer $100
in five premiums for short essays on celery cul-
ture, and the same amount of essays on onion
culture. This ought to bring out the new ideas,
of which there should be a good many lying
around in obscure corners.

American Vegetables and Fruit. — The Eng-
lish papers are, some of them, discussing
-whether vegetables are more used or more
grown in England than America. One of them
has a correspondent who writes under the belief
that his country does not equal America, and
backs himself by the following opinion :

"The reappearance upon our tables of Sea-
kale and Asparagus —our only two eatable green-
stuffs — naturally raises once more the perennial
question, Why have we in England no vegeta-
bles? To doubt the fact is impossible— at least
to anybody who knows what real vegetables are
like. 'Sir,' said an American stranger at a
restaurant in the Strand one day, ' Sir, this is the
one thing you can raise in your country and we
can't in ours— a mutton chop ; but tlien you
never tasted Green Peas in all your life.' "

It seems to be forgotten that the " intelligent
traveller" is often the last person to know what
he is talking about ; and this "American stran-
ger" is evidently no exception to this rule. As
a pea-growing country America will not begin
to compare with England. There are other
vegetables which the English can raise far better
than we can. But if we are to take things as a
whole, we fancy the palm will be given to
America — at least to the Northern United States
and Canada. And there is no doubt but, setting
aside a few items as potatoes, cabbage, turnips,
and a few cool country kinds, the^use of vegeta-
bles, as well as of fruits, is much more general
in the new than in the old world.

The Newtown Pippin Apple. — The Orange

Co. (N. Y.) Farmer says: "The Gardener's
Monthly notes that considerable quantities of
the Newtown Pippin apple are yet received in
England from this country, and observes that
' Probably the once famous spot on the Hudson
River where it found itself at home, still keeps
up a good supply for England.' We assure the
Monthly that such is not the fact. The long
ago famous Pell orchards have fallen into decay,
the scattering trees of Newtown Pippin still
standing are moss grown, and the fruit is so
marred with black patches as to be practically
worthless. Yet there are occasional trees and
some young orchards of the variety in southern
Ulster that are doing well. The town of Esopus,
in which the once famous Pell orchard is lo-
cated, is no better than a great many places in
Ulster County and Orange for the successful
cultivation of the Newtown Pippin. The tree
does not require any peculiarity of soil, but Mr.
R. L. Pell, with abundance of leisure and means,
had his orchards well cared for by directing his
laborers when, what and how to do. And he
made money by the operation, as any other
orchardist can. The variety has not ' run out.'
but with the proper ordinary attention due to all
fruit trees, the Newtown Pippin can be grown in
as great perfection as ever. It is a very profita-
ble variety to plant, and should be largely
planted."

Tomatoes to the Acre.— In Harford County,
Maryland, two hundred bushels of tomatoes is
considered a fair yield per acre.

Peach Culture.— At a recent meeting of a
farmer's club near Lancaster, Pa., as reported in
the Lancaster Farmer, Joseph C. Stubbs had bet-
ter luck when he planted in fence corners and
gave them no care. He knew an old nursery-
man that planted some peach trees in fields and
some in fence corners, and the ones in the fence
corners did the best.

These experiences are often met with and
used in illustration of a supposed truth that
neglect is better than good culture. Nothing
can be further from the fact, except as one may
say that what is often supposed to be very good
cultivation is really culture of a very bad kind.
In the first place the peach of all trees needs
all its roots in order to perform properly all its
duties to its owner, and 'if our system of cultiva-
tion destroys half of these at a time when the
plant needs them all, it is bad cultivation. In a
' fence corner the tree has at least this good ad-

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vantage, that it has the benefit of all its roots,
none being disturbed. Again, the peach tree
loves plenty of nutritious food, so long as it is
not allowed to over bear. In orchards the owner
is very apt to be niggard of necessary food. If
he does keep the grass down, and puts on a little
manure, like as not he will make the tree share
it with some other vegetable crops. Yet if he
keeps his hoe harrow going continually, cutting
oflf half the roots and letting the potatoes get
the food the other half ought to get, he still
thinks his peach orchard well cultivated. In-
deed, in many cases the peach grower has no
other idea about a tree being well cultivated,
than the fact that he sometimes calls a hoe har-
row a cultivator. They were well cultivated
because he kept the " cultivator" running ! The
peach tree in the fence corner has the advantage
of the rotten weeds and trash often thrown
there — of old briers and weeds that grow and
rot there — of the wash from the higher ground
which the rains bring there and can carry no
further. In short, the fact that a tree so often
does well in a fence corner, and so bad under
" cultivation," is simply that it has found good
cultivation in the fence corner, and bad cultiva-
tion in the field.

Grapes in Australia. — The Phylloxera is sadly
destructive to the vineyards of South Australia.

Filberts in California. — Filberts are grown
somewhat extensively in California, but great
trouble is found with the worm in the nut. It
is the larvae of Curculio nucum.

The Tobacco Crop. — It w^as noted in these
columns recently that after a careful investiga-
tion as to the influence of tobacco on students,
some of the academical bodies of Europe had
refused to admit students addicted to its use.
Since then an investigation has been had at
West Point, with the result that its use is to be
hereafter forbidden to the cadets. But we have
not heard that there has been a less acreage
planted, or that the growers are seriously dis-
turbed about the final disposition of the crop.

Olive Culture. — This tree, grown chiefly for
olive oil, is particularly adapted to dry climates.
At a meeting in Australia recently, there seemed
to be the same varying experience as among
their fruit growers— some make it pay wonder-
fully and some lose money. Mr. T. Hardy, of
Adelaide, said many people were deterred from
planting olives on account of the time it took to

grow trees. To lose the use of the ground for
eight or ten years seemed to be a long time, but
he suggested a plan by which the trees might be
grown and the ground made use of at the same
time. He would plant the largest-worked trees
to be obtained, at about seventy to the acre, and
fence each tree round with a guard by driving
in a circle of barked wattle or mallee stakes six
or seven feet long at eighteen inches from the
tree, and from four to five inches apart, and se-
curing them round near the top with fencing
wire in two or more rings. The ground could
be cleaned round inside the guards once or twice
a year, by lifting one or two stakes, or as may
be required, and a space of one foot round
outside the stakes might be dug with the spade.
The land in this way could be pastured with
sheep or cattle from the first.

Peach Culture in Australia. — By the Mel-
bourne papers we learn that, '' Peach growing
will in this neighborhood soon be a thing of the
past. The blight seems worse than ever, and is
communicated to plums and apricots growing
in the vicinity of the affected trees."

Large Seckel Pears. — A correspondent of the
Jouimal of Horticulture makes the astounding
statement that he has seen Seckel Pears in Sus-
sex, England, as large as Louise Bonne de Jersey,
and he writes of Winter Nelis as if it be smaller
than the Seckel.

Substitute for Coffee. — Substitutes for tea
and coffee have not been great successes. Noth-
ing has replaced the originals in popular esti-
mation. It is said that an African tree, Stercu-
lia acuminata, is the most promising of all pro-
posed substitutes. It has more caffeine than
coffee — but whether public taste is equal to the
chemists' report, remains to be seen.

The Rogers' Grapes. — It is remarkable how
long these old varieties hold their own. Three
that have been somewhat neglected are rising
in popular estimation. These are Lindley,
Herbert and Gaertner.

Cherry Stocks. — It is found by experience all
the stronger growing cherries do as well at least,
and many better, when growing on the Mahaleb
Stock; but the Early Richmond, Morellos, and
others of that class, have finer and more abun-
dant fruit on the Mazzard wherever the soil is
suited to the Mazzard stock.

Pine Apples.— The Pine Apples we buy as im-

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ported from the West Indies are cut before ma-
turity. Few persons know how enjoyable a truly
ripe Pine Apple is. This is one advantage of
cultivating them. In our country it is not near
so difficult to grow them as in Europe. Their
culture ought to be more common. We pen
these lines after viewing some fairly grown speci-
mens on exhibition at the April meeting of the
Germantown Horticultural Society.

Massachusetts Apples.— The Baldwin, Rox-

bury Eusset and Hubbartson Nonesuch, are

among the most profitable Massachusetts
Apples.

Seckel Pear. — A correspondent of the London
Journal of Horticulture notes that Dr. Hosack,
the noted Xew York botanist, in a lecture before
the New York Horticultural Society in 1819, re
marks that " the Syckle Pear has been some
time in cultivation, and has all the character-
istics of a new variety."

Quince Culture. — At the Gettysburg meeting
of the Pennsylvania State Horticultural Associa-
tion, it came out in the discussion that Quince
of almost all fruits was greedy for manure. It
is useless to attempt to get profitable Quince
crops from poor ground.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Sulphur for Fuxgus. — We often have letters
about fungus attacks. It should be generally
known that powdered sulphur—" flour of sul-
phur " — is generally successful in destroying all
of these minute vegetable organisms.

Flat Chinese Peach. — May 18th, there came
from Mr. P. J. Berckmans specimens of the Peen-
to, or flat Chinese Peach. They are about the
size of the Alexander or similar early Peach, but
seem as if pressed down and widened laterally.
The stone is also wider than long. They are
also like the other early ones, partial cling-
stones, being juicy and of good flavor. Mr.
Berckmans specimens were grown in tubs,
under glass, and put out on first of April. In
Florida it has already become popular, ripening
there on the 1st of April.

Manuring in the West. — " A New Subscriber "
in Iowa says : " I like the Gardener's Monthly
for some things. It is a very peculiar paper,
and unlike any that I have seen. I shall proba-

bly remain a permanent subscriber, though it
seems to me that many of its practical recom-
mendations are of no value at all out here. For
instance, the whole burden of Eastern men is
manure, manure, manure. The trouble here is
we have all the manure we need and more.
Our virgin soil is one vast bed of manure, and
we could spare you half, and still have all we
need."

Our " new subscriber" may remember that
the editor of the Gardener's Monthly is per-
sonally acquainted with Iowa, and all the other
Western States, and knows what is good there
just as well as do the people of Iowa themselves.
In regard to this manure question, we have
heard it before, and now know people who use
manure heavily, who not twenty years ago
boasted of the " virgin soil," as our correspon-
dent does now. Fearing, however, our corres-
pondent might not be disposed to place as much
weight on the editor's personal experience in
Iowa, as on some one now resident there, he
glanced through a series of Iowa exchanges, and
finds the following, with the signature of
John G. Stradley, Cresco, Howard County, Iowa,
attached to it. It seems to cover the whole
ground :

" The great majority of the farmers of How-
ard county have tried wheat farming as a busi-
ness, and for over twenty years they never had a
failure. For the past' four years wheat has
failed, and every farmer who stuck to it has lost
his land and everything else he had made, while
the men who made a business of stock and dairj'
farming are rich, and those who changed before
it was too late are independent. We have had
a chance here to compare the two systems and
we find that wheat farming impoverishes the
land, while stock farming enriches it. The
wheat farmer is always a borrower ; the stock
farmer nearly always a lender. The wheat far-
mer is dependent, while the stock farmer is in-
dependent."

Eureka Peach.— "B," Independence, Miss.,
writes : " I send you by mail a specimen of the
Eureka Peach, which originated near this place,
and came into bearing in 1878, and is said to
have ripened on more than one occasion by the
loth of May. The first fruit ripened this season
on the 20th, but was doubtless retarded by the
unusually cool weather %ve have had for the last
fifteen days. Amsden, Alexander, Briggs' May
and Waterloo are just beginning to color, and I
think will not be ripe before the 30th of the
month, although they have two degrees advan-
tage in situation as to temperature, as they are
in the valley and the Eureka on a high eleva-

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tion and much exposed to the cold winds.
Would be pleased to have you, if you deem it
worthy, give the Eureka a notice in the Gar-
dener's Monthly."

[This Peach, like most of these very early
ones, is a cling-stone. not quite as small as some
of the very early ones, oval and pointed, and of
a pretty bright red on the sunny side. It
reached Germantown on the 22nd of May. It

was not sweet, though the abundance of juice
was very pleasant. The lack of sweetness we
attribute to its being gathered before being quite
ripe in order that it might carry well. On the
whole it may be regarded as a promising variety.
Five days after this was written, two more
came, with the suggestion from the sender that
the others were not ripe. But the ripe ones
came rotten.— Ed. G. M.]

Forestry.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Aged Trees. — We think of the giant Sequoias
of California, and their great age, with wonder;
but the ages of English trees compare with
them. There is a Yew tree at Brabourne, in
Kent, which was perhaps a young seedling when
the Queen of Sheba paid a visit to Solomon,
and was 1.200 years old when Csesar landed on
Britain's shore. There are numbers of Yew
trees in England which are undoubtedly much
over 1,000 years old. In days when the arrow
furnished the chief wooden walls of old England,
the Yew furnished the bow-wood.

End of a Historic Elm. — "The Parson's
Elm," the largest and handsomest tree in En-
field, Connecticut, dating back beyond the mem-
ory of living man, was laid low last year by its
owner to get thirty-five cords of fire-wood out
of it.

Though one cannot dispute the right of an
owner to do what he likes with his own, it is to
be regretted that these monuments of the past
should one by one disappear.

A Walnut Grove in Wisconsin. — It is an-
nounced in a London paper that a farmer in
Wisconsin planted a " grove" of black walnut
twenty years ago, and recently sold it (the
grove) for .f27,000. Can any one give us the
details of this transaction? As it is, the para-
graph is scarcely worth the paper it occupies.
Was the land valuable when the trees were
planted, and does the $27,000 represent the value
of the walnut trees ? In many places land
worth $5 per acre would increase enormously in

twenty years, though not a tree grew on it. But
if the "grove" was not very large, the timber
here may have given the value.

Poor Land for Forests.— The daily and other
"secular" papers, which give us alarming and
not always intelligent articles on Forestry, tell
us that wherever there is land too poor to pro-
duce fivrra crops, it should at once be devoted to
forestry. It is such views of forestry which
lead the community to believe that it is the
work of a long life-time to plant trees. Intelli-
gent forestry will get up a paying crop of timber
in twenty- five years, but for this the best land
and not the poorest should be chosen. It will
never pay to plant a forest on poor land.

Timber in Michigan. — TAe College Speculum
says : "Dr. Beal read a paper on ' Some of the
best trees to grow for timber in Michigan.' Our
most valuable forest trees found in abundance
were black walnut, white pine, white ash, white
oak, shagbark hickory, black cherry, tulip tree,
rock elm, sugar maple and arbor vitae. Of these
white oak, tulip tree, rock elm, arbor vitse and
sugar maple grow too slowly to be desirable trees
to plant for timber.

"The doctor had been Professor of Horticul-
ture for nine years, but he could not think of
any effort of his which gave more satisfsiction in
proportion to the cost than a couple of acres
planted with a large variety of the seeds of trees.
The interest in this little arboretum will con-
tinue to grow as the trees become larger. Some
trees of Catalpa speciosa, nine years old, had
been moved when three years old. They are
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ence a foot from the ground, and about twenty
feet high. They have grown in an open place.
They are as hardy as any of our oaks. They
split down a little like trees of American elm.
Some white ashes have grown six years where
the seed was planted. Many of these are each
eighteen feet high and from eight to nine and a
half inches in circumference one fool from the
ground. From the start the white ashes have
been straight, clean and handsome. Some black
walnuts have grown five years where the nuts
were planted. Many of them are fifteen feet
high and measure seven and a half to eight and
a half inches around, one foot above the soil.
They are beautiful trees. Of forest trees indige-
nous to Michigan, all things considered, where
the site and soil are suitable, he would select to
plant for limber, black wah,ut and white ash.
He would plant in some Catalpa speciosa to re-
move for fence posts before the walnuts or ashes
were removed."

The Farnesian Acacia. — Important in refer-
ence to their value in rural economy are the
Acacia Farnesiana, which produce the fragrant
flowers so much used in perfumery, and the
A. homalophylla, the wood of which is highly
prized and dearly paid for by manufacturers of
fans, etc.

In every Moorish garden in North Africa,
there can be seen a few trees of the A. Farne-
siana, of which the flowers are gathered by
women and children for family use ; whilst in
France and Italy it furnishes a not unimportant
article of commerce. In the district of Cannes
alone about 36,000 Bbs. of flowers are yearly

produced, for which the perfumers pay from
fifty to seventy-five cents per pound, which
would amount to about $45,000. One tree fur-
nishes, according to age, from one to five or
more pounds ; and one acre, planted with about
800 trees, would produce in a few years a nota-
ble increase of income to many of our farmers,
some pin money to their wives, besides making
farm work and farm life both pleasant and
profitable to their children. But this pleasant
prospect cannot be realized as long as the ex-
traction of perfumes is not undertaken, because
the acacia flowers, like most of those flowers
whose perfume is extracted, must be treated
while fresh and on the spot.

Is it not to be regretted that such a profitable
and important branch of horticulture is ne-
glected, and that the ambition of our landhold-
ers and rich men goes rather in the direction to
produce fast horses than to introduce, encourage
and foster such industries, which would give
employment to thousands of women and chil-
dren, and in this wise be more conducive to the
welfare of the community in which they live,
than if they raised a horse that could make a
mile in one minute? And what will and can
this society do in this desirable direction beyond
discussing the question and perhaps recommend-
ing a remedy; or will not that part of the press
which is usually wide awake when the political
or commercial interests of the commonwealth
are under discussion, agitate in this direction
and help to produce a good crop from a kernel
of suggestion? It thrives any where inside the
frost line. — Pacific Rural Press.

Natural History and Science.

CO M MUNI C A TIONS.

DRONE BEES ON THE WINC-A GREAT
MYSTERY.

BY W. H. BURFORD, INDEPENDENCB, MISS.

How often in boyhood days, and yet still
oftener since I have been a man, have I been puz-
zled when in the woods on hearing a sound like
the hum of a swarm of bees ; indeed I was so
sure of it I have frequently hunted the woods

for miles, thinking that the much beloved
honey-makers were but a fpw steps ahead, but
yet could not be overtaken. Having noticed
several years since that this humming noise
was only heard in the spring season, I came to
a conclusion that it was the drone bees, which
swarm above the tops of the trees by
thousands, and have been confirmed in this
belief by each subsequent investigation. The
noise may be heard anywhere in the vicinity of
an apiary, and commences at from nine to ten

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o'clock A. M., and continues until three or four
p. M., or during the time the drones are absent
from the hives, and at no other time. Now, sir,
what I want to know is. is this fact known to
the scientific world ? I have read many books
and papers (but not all) relative to the natural
history of the honey bee, yet I have never seen
it mentioned. Sometimes we think we have
made an important discovery, and we afterwards |
learn that some fellow discovered the same
thing a hundred or a thousand years ago.

FREMONTIA.

BY A COLLECTOR.

As to the Fremontia ripening its seeds at the
highest altitude I mentioned, it does so in all
probability; otherwise how does it propagate
itself? I never looked for seed there, because I
could get it nearer home.

The Dendromecon rigidum grows near here.
The handsomest plants J know are on the plains
near the hills, but it also grows pretty high up.
The highest altitude I know of its occurring, is
between 3,000 and 4,000 feet above the sea ;
scarcely high enough for it to be safe for North-
erners to try it, but it is credited with growing
at Clear Lake, which would give some hopes of
its doing well. Southerners, if they care for such
things, could raise it. It ripens seed here. It
stands transplanting; at least the plant I bought
this spring is growing.

Cowania Mexicana has never been found in
California. The "Botany of California" says:
" Mountains of the Virgen river, California, Fre-
mont (probably in Nevada)." But the Virgen
as I well recollect, is in Utah. We have no
Virgen river in California, "also in the moun-
tains of northern Utah and New Mexico." From
its habitat it will most likely prove hardy with
you.

I am glad to see that my article has drawn
the attention of at least one. Perhaps the fowls
of the air may yet roost in the branches of my
Mustard tree plant.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Laws of the Weather. — We have occasion-
ally observed that the laws which regulate the
weather, are precisely like those which regulate
the flow of hot water in a boiler, and there is no
more reason why we may not know all about

one as the other, if we can get at the facts in de-
tail, as we can the facts in a boiler which we use
for hot water heating. We know that the cur-
rent is not caused by the water made light by
the heat under the boiler, but because there is a
heavier pressure from the colder mass which
flows into the boiler, and forces that which has
been made lighter out of the way. It is a sim-
ple act of gravitation. That which is heaviest
goes to the bottom, and the lightest is pushed up
to the top. A stone sinks because it is heavier
than water; a stick swims because the water is
heavier than the stick. Atmospheric currents
are caused in the same way. The sun lightens
the tropical atmosphere, and the heavier north-
ern rushes in to displace it. The sun warms
the tropical waters, and the cold Arctic cur-
rent rushes in to force it out of the way,
and we have a gulf stream flowing north to
fill in the chasm formed by the southward flow
of the Arctic water. How wonderful are the
purposes of nature ! We look on the Arctic ice-
fields and deprecate the dreary and awful waste;
but without these ice fields we should not have
rain or snow or healthful breezes. If we could
but study the position of these moving masses of
ice, there is no reason why we may not predict
the general climate for months ahead. It is
just this sort of knowledge Arctic research might
bring us. No one cares now about the northern
passage, but it is of vast meteorological import-
ance to know that the sea can flow either to the
right or to the left as it presses down on what
we may now call the shores of the great Island
which forms the North American Continent.
We have yet an immense number of these facts
to gain, but when gained meteorology will be-
come an exact science.

Every one who has looked at this matter in
this light, welcomes every arctic expedition.
When last summer we learned from one of these
expeditions that the immense ice sheet was
much further westwardly than ever before, it
was known that we might expect a very late
spring here, and a correspondingly early one on
the other side of the gulf stream. Just how it
is every one knows. Here before us is a paper
from the Isle of Wight, England, dated April
22nd, and they talk about peas in bloom, pota-
toes "hoed up for the' last time," and "will be
ready for market by the first of June." Here in
Philadelphia, some eight hundred miles south of
the Isle of Wight, we have potatoes scarcely out
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stick— not even the Hawthorn in blossom on
this 24th day of May— and all because this im-
mense mass of ice has pressed more heavily than
usual against the north-eastern shores of our
continent.

The time will come when we shall have
weather stations connected by telegraph in these
arctic regions; and blockhouses, well provis-
ioned, stretching out from one to another like a
chain of forts, and the great arctic problem will
be solved, and, there can be no doubt, to the
immense profit of all mankind.

Transpiration of Plants. — Dr. J. M. Anders,
of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences,
who has already contributed some valuable pa-
pers on the transpiration of plants, gives some
more valuable facts in the January number of
the American Naturalist. He finds that one
square foot of naked soil will evaporate six times
as much moisture as a square foot of leaf surface ;
I but a forest has twelve times more leaf surface
than the earth surface on which the trees grow,
and, hence, the evaporation from a square foot of
forest-land is just double that of a naked surface.
He further finds that, say in the vicinity of
Philadelphia, twelve inches of annual rainfall is
given off during the leafy season of six months,
which is about half the annual rainfall. It
would thus seem that trees have very little to do
with the feeding of springs. It is sometimes
supposed that the trees retain snow, which melts
more slowly under the trees than in the sun-
shine, and that it, therefore, runs slowly into
the streams instead of melting rapidly in the
sun where the trees are absent ; but Dr. Anders
shows that the earth under trees is in a very ab-
sorptive condition, and that the slowly-melting
snow is taken up gradually by the earth under
the trees, in order to form the great reservoir of
moisture which is to supply the enormous sum-
mer demand from the leaves. Another interest-
ing conclusion, bearing on the literature of for-
ests and climate, may be drawn from these ob-
servations of Dr. Anders — namely, the trees
have to receive this moisture before they can
give it out again, and we may, therefore, say
trees are rather the result than the cause of a
moist climate. We have to look to the evapo-
rating power of the sun on immense tracts of
water and the condensing power of polar cur-
renta for our chief sources of rainfall, leaving to
trees the playing of a very small part in the
operation. — Independent.

Selaginella Victoria. — Queen Victoria is
botanically honored by having one of the grand-
est flowers named for her, the famous Water
Lily of the Amazon River — Victoria regia.
Here we have her name associated with one of
the lowliest classes, a class which has no flowers
at all. It was on account of the apparent want
of flowers, that Linnaeus named this class of
plants Cryptogamia, w^hich may perhaps be ex-
plained as that class which perfects its seeds in
secret, although, critically, the spore of a fern
or Lycopodium by which reproduction is carried
on, is different in its nature from a seed. A fern
spore germinates, expands, and then the func-
tions of fertilization is effected, and the new
growth proceeds from the union ; but in the
ordinary seed fertilization precedes the forma-
tion. A seed is a sort of bud which follows pol-
linization ; a spore is a bud which precedes the
act.

To the general observer there is in the ap-
pearance of some Lycopodiums and Selaginellas,
much in common with pines or other members of
the Coniferous class. But the laws of cell growth
at once divides them. Wood is made from the
gemmation of the cells. In the cells of coni-
ferse, the last formed of this year will grow next
in a lateral direction, and form a new layer of
wood around the last year's layer, and so con-
tinue from year to year, making an annual layer
of wood ; but these Cryptogaraic plants have no
such power of lateral growth. The cells at the
end of the growing point live over to next year,
as do the cells of the pine, but they only make
the new cell growth in the longitudinal direc-
tion, and not in the lateral one. Otherwise, cell
growth is very much the same in both cases.
The underground stem of the fern, Rhizome
the botanist calls it, goes on perhaps for an age,
making new cells out of the old ones, and leav-
ing the dead ones behind ; and just so do the
cells of a tree. The last year's cells die soon
after the new circle of wood is formed, and all
the circles of wood which form the trunk of a
tree, with the exception of the few circles near
the circumference, are as dead as are those be-
hind the tip of a fern rhizome. If there were a
lateral as well as a longitudinal growth ; if the
stem of a fern could go on thickening from year
to year, there might not be so much difference
between a Selaginella and a Pine; for with the
identity of powers in this respect, there might
come differences in the morphological laws
which result in the other distinct characters.

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There are for all many correspondences in | length of several inches, with nothing on it but
character between Lycopodiums and Coniferae. i scales ; and the fruit in Coniferje, known as a

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As tne pine grows it often suppresses its needle- 1 cone, is but a suppressed branch of such a char-
like leaves and has the young stem often to the I acter. These points often occur in Lycopodi-

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acese. It was indeed this character in the spe-
cies here illustrated which led us to wander into
these comparisons, hoping thereby to instruct
the general reader in some usually abstruse bo-
tanical points. The ends of what Mr. Bull, the
introducer, calls " pinnulets," have the leaves
suddenly appressed, as we often see in the pine,
and as if the plant had half determined to form
a spike or "cone." Of the horticultural merits
and history of the plant itself, we will here ap-
pend what Mr. Wm. Bull says of it :

"An elegant sub-scandent species, introduced
from the South Sea Islands. It has a creeping
caudex, from which at intervals spring up an
erect stem, which lengthens by forming new
growths at the point; these stems produce alter-
nate lateral branches of an ovate outline, flat
and closely pinnate, like the frond of a fern.
The color is a dark sap green, the spikelets and
young growth being of a paler and lighter hue.
It is allied to S. Wailichii, but is a still more ele-
gant plant, and differs essentially in having a
long terminal pinnulet to each branch, instead
of diminishing gradually to the end."

Abies Coxcolor and Lowiana.— Dr. Masters
read before the Royal Horticultural Society the
substance of a letter from Dr. Engelmann, re-
lating to these plants, in which the historian of
the American Conifers stated, that he had now
seen the species concolor extensively distributed
in a living state from Oregon to Arizona, and
especially in California, and that he had only
occasionally met with the variety with long
straight leaves (the form Lowiana). Dr. Engel-
mann is unable to separate Lowiana as a species,
but refers it to concolor as a variety. In culti-
vation the form Lowiana is much more widely
represented than the species.

The Date Palm. — A correspondent of the
Gardener's Chronicle says of the Date Palms :
" They do not thrive in regions where they can-
not reach water by means of their long strong
roots, or where they cannot be watered. The
largest Palm forest I have ever seen is at Elche,
in the province of Murcia, in Spain. It is many
miles in circumference, in a most arid, burnt up
spot, but then a small river runs through it ;
round every tree there is a large saucer or de-
pression, and at intervals throughout the sum
mer the river is turned into these saucers by
irrigation canals throughout its entire extent.
The trees are grown for profit. They produce
ripe edible fruit, which are sold in all the mar-
kets of this part of Spain as an important article
of food. The Dates, however, are not the sac-

charine Dates we see and eat in the North as a
sweetmeat, but a farinaceous dry Date which
grinds into flour, and is consumed as such. I
was told in Algiers that they cultivate in the
desert oases sixty different kinds of Date. I
saw very few Date trees in the vicinity of Algiers
and along the coast. They are principally culti-
vated on the southern side of the Mount Atlas,
in the numerous oases that are found in the
desert within a short distance from the southern
basis of the Atlas range.

A Colossal Fern.— Recently a huge stump-
fern, Todea, writes Baron Von Mueller, was,
brought away from its seclusion in the Dande-
nong Ranges, near Port Philip. "After the re-
moval of its hundreds of fronds, the stump-like
trunk weighed 2,900 pounds. It required to be
dragged by a train of oxen out of its recess,
where it may have grown for more than a cen-
tury to accumulate the substance of its massive
stem. This monster fern is to be placed in the
conservatory of Melbourne where the mycologist.
Rev. Heinrich Tode. so long labored for the
Church and for science also, and where his mor-
tal remains are buried. A brisk trade in large
Todeas ought to arise, as the marvelous specimen
at Kew must have attracted the attention of
professional and amateur horticulturists for
many years after its removal thence from the
Melbourne Botanic Garden. Giant Todeas may
be obtained from South Australia (Mount Lofty
Ranges), various places in Victoria, Tasmania,
New South Wales, and Queensland, but speci-
mens weighing over half a ton (without fronds)
are rare. This colossal fern has also the recom-
mendation of bearing a considerable amount of
frost, so that in temperatures like that of Arran
it could be grown in the open air. In South
Africa it seems never to attain to the enormous
weight of extra large Australian specimens."

[Todeas are often seen in America collections
of exotic ferns, usually kept always under glass
cases, as it seems impossible for them to thrive
anywhere but in a close and damp atmosphere.
In such glfiss cases however , they thrive amazing-
ly, and those who have them usually feel that
they have something to be proud of when they
exhibit them to admiring friends.— Ed. G. M.]

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Barren Gingko Trees.
Lewisburgh, Pa., says :

-Professor G. G. Groff",
We have two large

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Gingko trees in Lewisburgh, but they have not
yet blossomed. I think they are about twenty
years old, and say twenty-five feet high."

Fruiting of the Gingko.— "R. W. D. A.,"
Farmdale, Ky., says : '• You say a Gingko tree
in Philadelphia has borne fruit this year, and
that 'this is the first time the tree has been
known to fruit in America.' We have here at
the Kentucky Military Institute, Farmdale P. 0.,
Ky., a Gingko tree which has borne fruit every
season for four years, and plenty of it."

[We had overlooked the fact in making our
note, that a lady had noted in the Bulletin of the
Torrey Club, that a tree in the Central Park had
borne fruit. This was probably two years before
the Germantown tree. There seems to be quite
a number fruiting— trees probably of about the
same age — in various parts of the country.

The chief point of botanical interest, and
which caused the original note, was the inquiry
whether the plant has flowers of both sexes on
the same tree? These solitary fruiting trees
seem to indicate that it has ; but botanical
works make a strong point of the belief that it
is a dioecious plant, that is one always having
separate sexes on separate trees. Certainly the
form always in cultivation heretofore has been of
the male sex, and though the tree has been
under culture for three-quarters of a century, no
fruit has been known until these younger trees
have furnished them. — Ed. G. M.]

A "Collector's" Letter.— The following letter
was not intended for publication, but we cannot
resist the temptation to allow our readers a
share in a California collector's enthusiasm :

" I intend yet to give you one more trial
about that nine-tenths of American plants, but
to-night am too tired and sleepy ; have been ofi"
all day collecting. Am pleased and mad ; mad
because we sent for carpet lining (for dryers)
and got rosin paper. Why the mischief can't
people send like the sample? I have got to
scold some one, and you come first; first come,
first served. Pleased because we have found
some good things and in good order, and at
least four new numbers for us on old ground ;
that pleases me, especially as some of them are
inconspicuous. I hope for a new one. Blessed
be n. sp.'s, for they comfort the heart of the col-
lector and sell better than the old ones. I
would not have tried to do anything to-night,
but we start for the Mojave in three or four days,
and have a week's work to do in them. I hope

to find everything on this trip ; come home
loaded with n. sp.'s and XX old ones. I think
we have added Cereus Fendleri to the flora of
California. We will be away for from two to
three weeks, depending upon finds and feed
(oh ! that awful man, for not sending those
dryers), and the amount of paper we have left.
Even a buck-board, you know, has limits to its
capacity. All our hay and grain has to be sent
out ahead by freight team ; we also take along
some— all we can carry ; that country aflfords
none, after leaving the river. I am too stupid
to write any more to-night. So adeos amigo!''

The Tallow Tree. — A California correspon-
dent says : "I am shocked to find in your Feb-
ruarj' number that what I wrote as a piece of
pure fun, must have been mistaken for earnest,
at least I jud'je that your remarks about grow-
ing toy colored candles on the Stillingia sebifera
must have come circuitously from my foolish
pen.

" I enclose a copy of my article, that I may
be justified in thinking that no sane man would
take it for earnest."

[After reading the jocular slip enclosed by
our correspondent, it seems likely that the
paragraph at p. 57 was in some roundabout way
suggested by it. But there is nothing in that
paragraph to be shocked about. The little toy
candles used on our Christmas trees are made
from wax obtained from Myrica cerifera, the
wax-berry of the Atlantic seacoast. If any are
imported from China, they are probably made
from Rhus succedanea, one of the Sumachs,
Stillingia sebifera produces wax equal to these,
and one might in all seriousness inquire
whether wax suited to toy candles could be
profitably produced by the Stillingia.

The " light house " joke is equally reasonable.
For a long time it was a question whether wax
from the Myrica would not wholly supersede
tallow on the score of cheapness; but tallow
continued to keep the inside track in the race
for low prices, and the Myrica had to give up.
But there is now so much demand for lubricating
oils, and so much improvement in the arts of
preparing vegetable substances, that it did not
at all strike us as incredible that the Chinese tree
might perhaps be brought into successful com-
petition with tallow ; nor do we think it so yet.

Our correspondent's piece of fun w-e therefore
take to illustrate the old law, that " There is
many a true word spoken in jest." — Ed. G. M.]

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Literature, Travels I Personal Notes,

COMMUNICA TIONS.

JOHN MUIR, THE CALIFORNIA NATUR-
ALIST.

BY PROF. JOSEPH WILLCOX, OF PEXXSYLVANIA GEO-
LOGICAL SURVEY.

In your paper of October 7th, you published
some account of John Muir, the Naturalist. Al-
though this very agreeable and instructive writer
has contributed many articles, during the last
ten years, to the Overland Monthly and to Har-
per's and Scribner's magazines, which have at-
tracted much notice and favorable comment, I
have never seen any published account of his
history. I passed two or three days in his com-
pany in the Yosemite Valley, in the summer of
1875, and from him I learned the following facts
regarding his history:

He formerly was the superintendent of a fac-
tory in Wisconsin. An accident to his eyes in-
capacitated him for a long time for the perform-
ance of his duties, and he finally abandoned his
profession or trade. He was originally a mill-
wright. Being an enthusiastic botanist, he start-
ed from his home to collect plants, and walked
to Florida. When his stock of plants became
burdensome, he sent them home by rail when-
ever an opportunity was afforded.

When crossing the mountains of Western
North Carolina, he passed over some grounds fa-
miliar to me, and became acquainted with some
of my friends there. While in Florida he suf-
fered long and severely with fever. He finally
" gravitated" to San Francisco by way of Cuba
and Panama.

In California a new world of plants was re-
vealed to him. Ascending to the top of the Sier-
ras, he was so much fascinated by the flora of
the mountains, that he determined to spend
many years there, solitary and alone, to study
the habits of the trees and ]>lants and their dis-
tribution. He is a close observer of the distrib-
ution of trees and plants, regulated by their al-
titude and corresponding conditions of cHmate ;
his barometer being his constant and frequently

consulted companion. He told me that he had
studied this subject so thoroughly, that, when
travelling among the mountains, he could, even
at night, tell approximately his altitude above
the sea, by feeling the plants near him and as-
certaining the prevailing species andgenera. The
geological structure of the mountains, and the
sculpturing accomplished by the ancient gla-
ciers, upon a scale so grand as almost to surpass
comprehension, also excited his earnest atten-
tion, and inspired him to the conclusion to devote
many years of his life to their study. He fre-
quently returned to the Yosemite Valley from
his long and weary travels, to recruit his
strength, and to obtain stores for new expedi-
tions. His stock consists only of dried beef,
flour and tea, which he carries on his back,
as he always travels on foot. He never
carries fire-arms, either for protection or to kill
game. It is a source of great delight to him to
watch wild animals and observe their habits.
He frequently passes many weeks without see-
ing a living person, not even a hunter or an In-
dian. He has discovered more than fifty living
glaciers among the Sierras, small remnants only
of the vast sheets of ice that formerly swept over
the slopes of those granite mountains, cutting
out deep gorges, in the case of the Yosemite
nearly a mile deep. These glacial remnants are
now confined to the shady recesses of the moun-
tains, their lowest limit not being less than ten
thousand feet high. He has driven stakes in
these glaciers and recorded their position, and
he makes occasional visits to them, to observe
their progress. Their movements are usually
very slow, in many cases not more than an inch
per day, regulated in a great measure by the
steepness of the channel in which they slide. He
sometimes passes the winter in the Yosemite
Valley, and even there he is practically impris-
oned during several months, on account of snow,
which accumulates to such a depth as to make
travelling impossible. He invited me to make
an excursion with him for a couple of weeks and
visit some of his glaciers, but I was accompany-
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them. He appears to have little fear of wild
animals, though he occasionally see.-> a grizzly
bear.

[This extremely interesting sketch was origi-
nally written by the well-known Mineralogist,
Mr. Willcox, for the Delaware Co. (Pa.) Republi-
can, and will be new to most of our readers. —
Ed. G. M.]

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Wilder's Speech ox Agricultural Educa-
tion.— Not long since we took occasion to note
the wonderful amount of good Col. Wilder was
doing, for one of his years, in the cause of horti-
culture and agriculture. He seems never to tire.
Before us now is a Boston paper with a long ac-
count of a public meeting in behalf of the Mass.
Agricultural College. The account says : —

"The announcement that an Agricultural In-
stitute was to be held in the city of Boston, and
that such speakers as President Chadbourne, of
the Agricultural College, and the Hon. Marshall
P. Wilder would address the meeting, struck a
responsive chord everywhere among the promo-
ters of ' Agricultural Education.' And not-
withstanding the severe inclemency of the
weather on the day appointed for the gathering,
the hall of the New England Agricultural So-
ciety was well filled at an early hour with the
most remarkable collection of representative
men ever convened at an Agricultural Institute."

We need scarcely say that Col. Wilder's speech
was full of his old-time enthusiasm, and his many
friends can onlj'- wish that his emphatic " once
more" may yet be oft repeated.

Oldmixon. — The Country Gentleman correctly
notes that the name of this peach is in one word
and not in two, as in the incorrect Old Mixon.
We are all of us liable to fall into bad habits for
want of thought. For instance, most of us say
'•fungoid plants" and all sorts of things "fun-
goid," when we actually mean a fungus and not
something like one. For this correction we are
indebted to the kindness of Prof. C. V. Riley.

Charles Darwin.— The whole world has
summed up the life of Darwin. No man has de-
parted more sincerely mourned, — no man's life
has been more useful, — few men have left the
world whom it will be as slow to forget. For
many ages the name of Darwin will be honored
as the one man above all others who taught us
how to talk with Nature. If it should prove
that he did not always interpret her language

correctly, it will not be the less to his credit. No
one before him did what he has done. Others
may learn more, but only by following in his
footsteps.

Introduction of the Cedar of Lebanon. — In
regard to the romancing narratives connected
with the weeping willows, some correspondents
wrote recently that it was a pity the editor of the
Gardener's Monthly disturbed them, for they
were " too pretty to destroy." There is no ob-
jection to pretty stories. We like them; and we
doubt whether a mere story loses any of its in-
terest by being given as a story, and not as the
very truth. Dr. Asa Gray is also of this opinion,
as we may judge from the following which has
recently appeared in the Gardener's Chronicle :

"A paragraph in an article on the 'Travels of
Plants' in the Gardener's Chronicle for March 25,
just received here, calls up a reminiscence.
Here is the paragraph : ' The introduction of
the Cedar of Lebanon into France w-as an effort
of most interesting devotion on the part of Ber-
nard de Jussieu, who brought it from the Holy
Land in 1737, and kept it alive on the voyage by
sharing with it the very small quantity of water
which he received during a prolonged voj-age.
In the absence of a flower-pot, Jussieu is said to
have planted the cedar in his hat, and by giving
it a moiety of his daily glass of water he succeed-
ed in keeping it alive, and afterwards had the
satisfaction of planting it in the Jardin des
Plantes at Paris. In 1837. at the age of 100
years, it was cut down, having attained a height
80 feet.' I dimly remembered having read this
narrative before in a fuller version. This is to
be found in an article on coniferous trees in the
Edinburgh Review for October, 1864. That ac-
count enters into details — that Bernard de Jus-
sieu, w'hen travelling in the Holy Land, brought
away with him from among the Cedars of Mount
Lebanon a little seedling, made a flower-pot of
his hat, in which he planted it, got it safely on
board a vessel bound for Marseilles; that tem-
pestuous weather and contrary winds so pro-
longed the voyage that the passengers were
restricted lo half a glassful of water a day
all through a lengthened voyage ; that, shar-
ing this with his little plant, he reached
Marseilles at length with his own health seri-
ously damaged, but that of his seedling unin-
jured; that, after all this privation successfully
endured, he came near to losing the fruit of his
devotion through the incredulity and suspicion

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of the officers of the Customs, who, suspecting
a scheme for smuggliug jewels, wished to vin-
earth this treasure from its singular recepta-
cle; how, his eloquent appeals prevailing, he
was allowed to carry it to the Gardin des Plantes,
where it became a great and famous tree; and
finally, how, "in its hundredth year (1837) it
was cut down to make room for a railwaj', and i
nov,' the hissing steam-engine passes over the
place where it stood." I had supposed it
was well known that Bernard Jessien never went
to the Holy Land, and that most readers of the ,
Gardener's Chronicle would know that no railway |
has as yet invaded the Jardin des Plantes, or that
in such a case it would be likely to cross the
steep knoll, upon which still stands (or last sum-
mer stood) the Cedar of Lebanon which, as a
seedling. Jussieu is said to have brought over
from England in the crown of his hat, said
hat the while probably covering the honored
head of the founder of the natural system. It is
hardly worth while to enquire where the penny-
a-liner of the E'linburgh Review obtained his ma-
terials, but the story of the voyage from the Le-
vant to Marseilles seems to be an adaptation of
one about three coffee plants which Antoine de
Jussieu is said to have despatched from the Jar-
din des Plantes in 1720 to Martinique in a ves-
sel commanded by Captain Decheux, one of
which was kept alive by the devotion of the cap-
tain, under circumstances similar to those of
that part of the preceding story."

Professor Edward MoRREN, of Leige.— Mr.
Charles Joly, of Paris, gives in the Journal de la
Societe Naiionale d' Horticulture for 1882, a charm-
ing account of a visit to the celebrated Director
of the Botanic Garden at Leige. Professor Mor-
ren makes a rule to possess himself of every pa-
per or tract on botanical topics that appears in
Europe and America, and these are all classified
in an admirable manner for scientific research.
On his favorite topic Bromeliaceas, the Pine Apple
family, besides published works, he has an
enormous amount of manuscript. The Botanic
Garden, founded in 1840, is sustained by the city
government, and the citizens take great pride in
supporting it. In the Aquarium the Victoria
regia is a great success.

The Hallidays of Baltimore. — The elder
Halliday was, in the height of his strength, one
of the foremost in giving Baltimore its great
reputation as a centre of floriculture. It must

be a great pleasure in his old days to find his
son working with such great energy in the path
he himself so much loves. The business of
young Mr. Halliday is growing to be something
enormous, and his name in connection with
flowers already taking a world wide range.

James Vick.— The portrait of this distinguished
man has become very familiar of late, but the
future will be glad to look upon the features of
one to whom it will certainly feel indebted ;
for the work of the good man tells with more

JAMES VICK.

effect after he is gone than while living. As the
Gardener's Monthly is almost always bound
and preserved by subscribers, we are glad of the
opportunity to place the portrait in the gallery
of the future.

George A. Stone. — The severe loss Rochester,
as the " Flower City," suffered by the death of
.Tames Vick, somewhat overshadowed the still
great loss of George A. Stone, w'ho died also of
pneumonia a week before. Mr. Stone was com-
paratively young, but full of a business energy,
which promised to equal that of others who
have made Rochester so Axmous. He was a
highly honorable man in all his dealings, and,
though sometimes the terra '' tree agent " is re-
ceived with obloquy, '' agent for Mr. Stone" was
seldom so regarded. So great was his business
success that his sales last year exceeded
$400,000.

Flowers and Ferns of the United States. —
As already noted, this work came to a standstill
by the sudden death of its publisher last autumn.

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The publisher's estate being found insolvent, the
creditors could not agree on any method of carry-
ing on the business, or on the disposal of the lead-
ing lines at private sale. The result was that
the rights involved in " Flowers and Ferns "
were put up at public sale on the 31st of May.
The two leading bidders were Mr. Cassino, of
the Naturalists' Agency, of Salem, Mass., and
Messrs. Prang & Co., of Boston, the original pro-
jectors of the work. It was finally " knocked
down " to Messrs, Prang & Co.

Precisely what steps will be taken for its re-
issue and continuance, we do not know, but no
doubt it will soon re-appear in some form.

Entomology ; by Charles D. Zimmerman,
Buffalo, New York. — Mr. Zimmerman, one of
America's best entomologists, has reprinted a
paper which appeared originally in the Agricul-
tural Revieiv, under the above title, and which is
of an admirable practical character. We learn
from it that the plan recently made known by
Professor Burrill, that a weak solution of Paris
Green sprinkled over an apple tree soon after
blossoming, is a cheap and effectual means of
protecting apples from injury from the codling
moth. "Buhach" is made in California from Pyr-
ethruni cinerarisefolium, and, like Persian insect
powder is effectual in destroying insect life, and
harmless to plants and animals. Oil is destruc-
tive to insect life. To cause oil to mix with
water, first combine with milk and then dilute
with water. When the Gardener's Monthly
first introduced hot water as an insecticide it
was careful to say dip for an instant in a tem-
perature of 120° to 130°. Mr. Zimmerman says
150° to 210°, We have not tried at this tempera-
ture, indeed have found injury to tender leaves
at 130°, What are the experiences of others?
Mr, Z. says as a special point, that water at 210°,
in the form of spray, will not injure a cabbage.
This ought to be comfort to those who desire to
go to war with the cabbage caterpillar.

We give these as a sample of the latest infor-
mation profusely given in this valuable paper.

Correspondence Botanique ; by Edward Mor-
ren, Liege, Belgium. — This is a new edition of a
work destined, the author tells us, to facilitate
the relations between botanists all over the
world. It gives the names and addresses of all
the most active botanists in every part, so far as
he knows them, giving besides their specialties,
and the nature of the work on which each is
engaged. It is interesting to note how very

large is the number of American botanists who
have become known by their works in Europe.

American Journal OF Forestry. — A monthly
magazine to appear the Ist of June, under the
above name, has just been announced by the
publishing firm of Robert Clarke & Co., Cincin-
nati. It is to be edited by Dr. Franklin B-
Hough, well known in connection with forestry
matters, and whose work "Elements of For-
estry," by the same publisher, is to appear about
the same time. We are certain the venture will
be appreciated by all interested in forestry, and
will, we are sure, receive a generous support.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Beaufin, Biffin, or Beefin Apple. — A lady
writes as follows : " In an article on Biffins in
the May number of your magazine (culled from
the London Gardener's Magazine), I was sur-
prised to see the word Biffin spelled ' Beefing.
Surely this is an error. My recollections of Nor-
folk Biffins date from nearly sixty years ago,
when a child in England. An old friend of my
father's sent him yearly, as a Christmas offering
from his home in Norwich (Norfolk), a box of
Biffins, which box being opened with much
ceremony (after the usual Christmas dinner),
displayed layers of dark purplish cakes, about
an inch and a half in thickness, and from eight
to ten inches in diameter ; every layer was sep-
arated by paper. The skin of these Biffins was
glistening and moist, the inside resembling a
rich, dark preserve. Chambers' Encyclopaedia
gives the word as Beaufin — or Biffin."

[When making an extract, it is of course
necessary to give the orthography as used. As
to the correct orthography, we have never been
able to satisfy ourselves as to the origin and
meaning or the proper way of spelling the name.
The writer of this is familiar with it for forty
years, and it was then in the list as ''Beefing."
''Beaufin" would indicate a French origin, but
there is no such apple in any old French list.
The description of an old French kind, " Coeur
de boeuf," which we may translate as "ox-heart,"
is very much like that of the " Beefing," but the
writer has never had the opportunity of exam-
ining this apple. If it were certainly a French
apple, one might look for some such name as a
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of translation of the French name. As to " Beau-
fin," it is hardly likely Frenchmen would give
it this name, as " beau" and " fin" have exactly
the same meaning as we understand them. One
old author writes the name " Norfolk Boeufin/'
as if he had the French for beef in mind. The
earliest writer, we find, who refers to this apple,
is Thomas Hitt, who wrote in the beginning of
the last century. In the text he calls it the
Baflin apple, but as the French apple — Pomme-
gris is written in the same work Pomme Gree,
we must not look on him as an authority in or-
thography.

Forsyth, in 1781, seems the first to use the
word " Beaufin," and this is followed by Lind-
ley in his " Guide to the Orchard," but without
any other reason that we can see. One hundred
years ago it was written by various persons
Norfolk Beefing, Lincolnshire Beefing, Yorkshire
Beefing, Cat^head Beaufin, and Read's Baker —
the numerous names at that time seeming to
indicate that its history had even then been
lost.

From all these considerations it seems very
difficult to get at the correct term. Perhaps
some of our European contemporaries, with a
better command of reference books than we can
have at this distance, may be able to settle the
question.

Since the above wa3 written, we have the fol-
lowing note from Mr. Dow'ning :

" ' The name of this apple is sometimes written
Beaufin, as if of French origin ; but it is more
correctly Beefing, from the similarity the dried
fruit presents to beef.'— (Hogg.)

"These Beefins, or Biffins, may do very well
for Englishmen, but the Americans prefer canned
or dessicated or evaporated fruits, and the Fall
Pippin, for this purpose, is much superior to
Norfolk Beaufin."— Ed. G. M.]

The Eukopean and Americax Chestnut. —
" F. L. S," asks whether the American and Euro-
pean chestnuts are varieties of the same thing,
and in what part of Europe the chestnut is na-
tive? We give the answer under our literary
column, because the question is rather one for
history to solve. It is hard to say, in the ordi-
nary sense of the word " native," whether the
European chestnut is native there. It is wild
there, and there seems to be evidence that it has
been wild for at least 3,000 years. Some believe,
however, that it was not known in Europe till
brought from Thessaly, and the Latin name,

Castanea, is supposed to be derived from a Gre-
cian town of that name, near which it is believed
they once abounded.

The chestnut is found in Japan, as well as in
the United States. As to whether the American,
Eurox^ean and Japanese forms are vaiicties of
one thing, or distinct species, it is hard to say.
If we adopt Mr. Darwin's idea of natural selec-
tion, a species is nothing but a collection of in-
dividuals which have departed by variation from
some central form, and in which the collecting
links have been lost. It depends, on this view,
how many links have been lost — that is to say,
how far one form is removed from another form,
whether it is to be considered a variety or spe-
cies. The relationships of these chestnuts are
so close that they must be regarded as on the
border line, and possibly eminent botanists
would hardly be unanimous in placing them as
species.

The European chestnut is more nearly allied
to the Japan form than to the American. It is
probable that in the long, long ago, there was
but one form — that the Japan and American
colonies became isolated perhaps from the great
ocean being formed between them, and by this
very long time have assumed separate charac-
teristics, just as a colony of isolated human
beings do ; that since — perhaps long since — this
event the chestnut has gradually travelled from
Asia to Europe, and that because this is more
recent than the separation of the American
colony, there has not been time for as great a
departure as in the case of the American form.
After all, the difierence between native or indige-
nous, and introduced or wild, is merely one of
time. All things in this world are on their
travels, and it is quite likely every few thousand
years the character of the vegetation in any one
place becomes completely changed.

CKnicisMS ON other Magazines. — ''S. F."
sends an article controverting some statements
made in another magazine. The paper is well
written, and the criticisms are temperate and
seem just, but us probably few of our readers
have seen the paper criticised, and we have no
room to reprint it in our own, the readers of the
Gardener's Monthly will not be able to judge
understandingly of the merits of the contro-
versy. For this reason we have done as our
correspondent re<iuests, given " the reason, if
declined." It is not, as he supposes, "fear of
offending the other magazine."

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Horticultural Societies.

COM M UNI C A TIONS.

PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL SO-
CIETY.

ladies' reception.

BY S. T. N.

An interesting and beautiful feature of the
operations of this time-honored institution, now
advancing in the second half- century of its use-
'' ful career, is the annual reception given by it's
iadies' committee to the members and invited
guests. The sixth recurrence of this festival
took place on Tuesday evening, the 6th of June
last, in the new horticultural hall, which, like
the fabled phoenix of old, has arisen from its
ashes with richer plumage and greater beauty of
form and feature than it ever possessed before.

In the centre of the hall were spacious tables
laden with floral offerings, from which the ladies
of the committee, and their aids, dispensed re-
Jreshments and fragrant flowers to the assembled
guests. From the stage, which was set with a
parlor scene and decorated with foliage plants,
a .parlor orchestra discoursed soft music during
the evening.

In the Foyer, or smallet saloon, fronting on
BVoad Street, there was an interesting display of
' tropical and other plants, sent by members of
the society.

Among the contributions were plants in bloom
from John Dick, Jr., decorative plants from H.
A. Dreer, Robert Scott & Son, and John Nisbet,
gardener to Mrs. David Jayne, and a collection
of £fty varieties of rhododendrons in full bloom
•from Thomas Meehan. Floral designs, such as
plateaux, baskets, pyramids, bouquets and
boutonnieres were also contributed by Pennock
Brothers, W. P. Graff & Son, R. Scott & Son, C.
Eisele, T. J. Maginley and J. M. Hudson.

About 1,800 guests participated in the plea-
sures of the evening, the hospitable character of
which called to mind the motto that one often
sees carved in the solid stone over the fire places
of the olden time in the lands beyond the sea,
" focus perennis esto." So may we hope and
wish that *' the fire of horticultural love may
burn forever." Selah !

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Penmsylvakia Horticultural Society.— With
the rebuilding of the Hall by the President, the
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society is ready to
resume its annual exhibitions, for which it has
always been so famous. It has just issued its
programme for the year. September 19th, 20th,
21st and 22nd is the time set apart for the annual
exhibition. The premiums are very good, $30
and $25 for the best twenty-five ornamental
plants and other flowers. Cut flowers, designs,
fruits and vegetables receive due attention.
A. W. Harrison, Recording Secretary, Philadel-
phia, will furnish programmes to all appli-
cants.

Maryland Horticultural Society. — This
body is exercising a highly beneficial influence
on the community. The American Farmer says :
''In another direction the Society has shown
the ascendancy of correct ideas by moving for
the abolition of the old iron^ railings, which so
long disfigured the public squares in Baltimore,
and by encouraging their adornment by the
planting of shrubbery and the formation of beds
of flowering and foliage plants in the stead of
the former unbroken greensward and too thickly
planted trees. Private taste has responded to
the public examples thus offered, and on everj-
side, specimens of good taste in planting may be
seen. Window gardening yearly increases, and
many greenhouses have been and are in course
of erection, whose owners imbibed their love of
plant forms by contemplating their beauties at
the Society's shows."

Premiums for Seedling Fruits.— For varieties
originating since 1860, well tried, and which
prove in some particular superior to those now
in existence, the Massachusetts Horticultural
Society offers the following premiums :

j For best Seedling Pear S60 00

Apple, 6000

HardyGrape 60 00

Cherry 40 00

" " Strawberry -50 00

" " Raspberry W 00

" other Seedling Fruits • 40 00

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HORTICULTURIST.

D£i/OT£D TO HORTICULTURE. ARBORICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS.

Edited by THOMAS MEEHA.N.

Vol. XXIV.

AUGUST, 1882.

Number 284.

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

Editorial life is not favorable to looking much
into detail in a large country like ours. It is
not often that the editor's " ea!^y chair" can be
left long unoccupied. He may go out for a few
days, but things will go wrong if he does not
return soon. At least he thinks so. It is no
use to tell him that things will prosper just as
well when he is gone— that the sun will shine
and the world go round long after his very name
is sunk deep down in Lethe's stream ; he will
not believe it, and just there in that chair he
feels he must be, if the plants are to grow, the
flowers bloom, and the grain fields yield an
abundant harvest. So he casts about in his
mind whether, in the few days he calls his holi-
day, he shall go leisurely to one or two choice
spots, note every thing in detail, and make a
complete job as he goes along; or swoop for-
ward as the swallow flies, and before he has
scarcely left his chimney corner, get half way
round the world and back again. If we follow
our taste, we take the quiet, deliberate task,
but in our readers' interest the rapid glance at
our immense territory usually gains the day.
So far this season we have had this rapid glance
at Northern and Xorth-eastern Pennsylvania,

Southern, Central and Western New York, and
over a hundred miles into Southern Canada, and
it has given great pleasure to note how garden-
ing is prospering even in the remotest villages.
The contrast between now and say a dozen years
ago, is remarkable. Flowers are everywhere ;
choice fruits abound ; the plots around the hum-
blest houses show some desire for taste; choice
trees and shrubs are not uncommon, but above
all this there is an evident attempt at neatness
and cleanliness everywhere. It interested the
writer of this very much to know the views of
leading horticulturists how all this has come
about. One said it was through the introduction
of lawn mowers; another, the influence of
magazines like the Gardener's Monthly, and
an enlightened and progressive agricultural
press ; another thought the Centennial Exhibi-
tion in Philadelphia deserved the credit ; an-
other praised the tree agent, who brought nice
things to the most impossible places; still an-
other thought of James Vick, Peter Henderson,
and the scores of others whose names are heard
even where " rolls the Oregon." The United
States Government, with its liberal postage laws,
had one man's vote, and one man gave his vote
"to the ladies." This was while the writer was
perched on the top of a stage, driving along
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The driver was a German. Passing a very
pretty farmer's garden the casual observation
was made that the garden was very pretty.
"Dat ish zo," he replied; "dey haf viniins dere.
Vere dey haf vimins, viewers alv.ays ish." The
editorial brain has not yet been able to decide
whether the great increase of gardening taste
has been due to the happy increase in the num-
ber of ladies, or whether any one of the other
agencies should have the palm in this contest-
Perhaps all, and more, may have had some
share in the good result. At any rate, let each
advocate and the friends of each view join in
congratulations that our lovely art is being so
generally appreciated.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

THE ADORNMENT OF SMALL YARDS.

BY MISS A. G.

The limited dimensions of city and town yards
frequently deter their owners from thinking
them worthy of adornment; yet a judicious use
of time, and a small amount of money, would
soon make them "nooks of loveliness.'' Flori-
culture develops a taste for simple and enduring
pleasures. The study of nature, and the appre-
ciation of her beauty, give a life-long and ever-
increasing investment in interests that widen
and deepen as life goes on.

In laying out small yards, it is well to remem-
ber that simple plans are best for small spaces.
Where graceful or peculiar outlines are desired,
they are best shown by being set in grass, and
should have space enough to make them quite
distinct. I have seen large gardens entirely
spoiled by a series of many-shaped beds and
narrow paths. These give only a confusion of
outline and mingling of plants that hide, in-
stead of reveal, beauty. I have seen, on
the contrary, a touch of grandeur given to a
yard of good dimensions, by simply setting a
large circle in the centre of a square plat of
grass, the circle being filled and bordered with
gay flowers. Another, seen in Nice, and fifty
feet square, was made by peculiar but gracefully
outlined beds to have the effect of much larger
grounds, a place being given for shrubbery ; a
row of tall but slender-growing trees on each
side ; a bed of roses; other beds containing tall
plants, with borders of flowers, and a hedge that
made alcoves of each corner next to the street;

I one contained seats and the other a child's

' swing; next to the house grew a beautiful screen

; of Heliotrope.

j If the front yard is very small, it can be much

I improved by placing high-growing plants or

i vases filled with flowers, in each of the corners

nearest the house. A straight path down the

! centre is best, with grass on either side reaching

J to the fence, or to a very narrow bed beside it.

1 Set a circular bed on each side and at each end,
I . •

with an oval bed between them. If there is a

high wall on one side, it is best to let the grass
I come up close, leaving spaces for vines to run
j up the wall; any but a wide bed is out of pro-
portion to a house or high wall.

In back yards, borders around the fence, with
long beds on each side of a centre path econo-
mize space, and leave room between the beds
for grass plots, which give a good background
for the flowers, and also benefit them by the
added moisture they give and retain. Do not
put a path on each side of the bed, as it has a
stiff appearance. I mention these only as
suggestions of experience, but there are many
plans to use with good effect, if space can be
had.

Where the ground rises, or falls, terraces have
a picturesque effect, especially if steps of stone
are used, with vases at the head or foot, or both
if a balustrade is added. I have seen half of
a city side yard terraced to reach the back part;
a grassy slope forming one side, which descended
to a short avenue of pear trees running east and
west. This changed the monotony of a flat
space into a picture. The walls held a swaying
mass of greenery, while the beds in front and on
the terrace were almost dazzling with the splen-
dor of flowers.

If the fences or walls are unsightly, they should
be covered with carefully trained vines, as they
are, aside from their beauty, the best relief for
the gayety of flowers.

Where yards are divided by an open fence,
light vines, not too closely planted, are very
pretty and take away the formal appearance of
a long straight line. Barclayana (white, rose
and purple). Morning Glories, Cypress (scarlet
and white), Sweet Peas (purple), and the single-
flowered Clematis, Thunbergia (buff and white),
the Allegheny vine, etc., are all suitable. To
these for high fences can be added Bignonia
grandiflora and B. capreolata, White Jessamine
(south of Philadelphia), Akebia quinata (a
Japanese vine bearing brown sweet-scented

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flowers), Ipomea (tropical Morning Glories),
Clematis flammula and roses, if the fence is an
open one, — for they need circulation of air about
them in order to thrive, and languish without it.
Any offensive object should be covered with
lattice-work, or wire may be fastened to the
upper part of a fence, to interpose as a shield
for unsightly vistas. Wherever a rustic arch
can be put, or a rough post for climbing plants,
they will when covered with graceful, swaying
vines, add much elegance to the grounds. In
Nice I saw wire arches so arranged as to form
frames to portions of the landscape. This could
be done on a small scale among city vistas or
village scenes. All blank spaces should be cov-
ered with vines, as they give life and elegance
to an otherwise dreary sameness.

List of Conifers, Ha

rdy in the Vicinity of

Boston, Massachusetts.

BY PROF. C.

S. SARGENT.

Thuya occidentalis

Pinus Jeffreyi

" orientalis

" pungens

" gigantea (doubtfully)

" pyrenaica

Thuyopr^is dolabrata "

" ponderosa

Chama'cyparis sphteroidea

" parviflora

" (Retinospoia) plsi-

'■ rigida

fera and vars.

' ' resinosa

" obtusa and vars.

" Strobus

'• nutkaensis (doubt-

Picea alba

fully)

" Alcoquiana

Juniperus Chinensis

" Ajanensis

" communis and vars.

" Engelmanni

" Japonica

" excelsa

Sabina

" nigra

Virginiana

" obovata

Taxodium distichum

" orientalis

(Glyptostrobus) Si-

" polita

nensis

" pungens

Taxus buccata (doubtfully)

" Sitchensis

" " var. Canaden-

Tsuga Canadensis

sis

" Mertensiana

'• adpressa

" Pattoniana (doubtful-

Ginkgo biloba

ly)

Sciadopitys verticillata

" Sieboldii

Cephalotaxus drupacea

Pseudotsuga Douglasii

Pinus Banksiana

Abies amabilis

" Bungeana

" balsamea

" cembra

" con color

" contorta var. Murray-

" Cilicica

ana

" Fraseri

" densiflora

" firma

" edulis

" nobilis

*' excelsa

" Nordmaniana

" flexilis

" pectinata

" Gerardiana

" Siberica

" inops

" sulialpina (doubtfully)

" Koriensis

" Veitchii

" Lambertiana(doubtfully)Pseudolarix Ka^mpferi

" Laricio

Larix Americana

" " var. Austriaca

" Dahurica

(short-lived)

" Europiea

" Mandshurica

" leptolepis

" montana

I have drawn up the above list at the request
of Sir Joseph Hooker. Following is a list of
those hardy in the St. Petersburg Botanic Gar-
den. A comparison of the two lists may inter-
est some of your tree-cultivating readers.

Abies balsamea, Sibirica

Juniperus communis, nana, Sabina, prostrata

Larix Dahurica, Europea, Siberica,

Picea alba, Engelmannii, Schrenkiana (nigra, rubra both

dubious)
Pinus Cembra, contorta, Montana,
Pumilis Strobus, sylvestris
Thuja Occidentalis
Pseudotsuga Douglasii (doubtful)
Retmospora obtusa, filifera, pisifera (doubtful)

PUBLIC PARKS OF ST. LOUIS.

BY CHARLES CRUCKNELL.

In the Southern part of the city is another of
those medium-sized, breathing places which is a
favorite resort for the people living in that sec-
tion. So popular indeed is this park, that nine
out of every ten persons one speaks to on the
subject will tell you " Benton" is the prettiest
park in the city, and naively ask : "Now, don't
you think so?" The grounds are kept in excel-
lent order, and one is sure of finding a profu-
sion of flowers in bloom all through the season.

Roses are extensively planted, chiefly Teas
and Bourbons and free-blooming Remontants,
like Madame Charles Wood and General Wash-
ington. It is no unusual sight to see thousands
of flowers open at one time. Each color is
planted by itself, and the beds cross and inter-
lace each other in delightful confusion, the
whole forming one continuous border on the
edge of a large pond.

This flower garden has many little fancies
which are full of interest. Thus, in one place
a tiny thread of water trickles down a bank,
forming a shallow pool at the bottom scarcely
deep enough to cover some rocks which lie
scattered around. A sensitive plant near by has
thrown out a strong shoot which is creeping like
a huge centipede over these rocks. The whole
thing does not occupy more than six feet, yet
what a world of attraction is centred in this
spot.

In another place a tunnel has been built
under the road-bed, and leads to a distant part
of the park. The entrance to this is planted
with tropical plants and looks like a bit of fairy-
land. Overhead a handsome vine — " Passiflora
princeps" — makes a dense shade and is festooned
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color. In fact, tliis vine blooms all the time,
for in winter this bit of scenery is covered with
glass and remains intact.

On the north side of the park is a low range
of glass where the bedding plants are raised
through the winter. From thirty to forty thou-
sand plants are used, roses in this respect being
classed as bedding plants. Experience teaches
that roses raised annually give more bloom and
better satisfaction, with less attendant expense,
than roses preserved from year to year. Re-
montants, as a class, are not grown at all. Six
thousand roses are now being pushed vigorously
forward for the coming season.

" Why do you plant so many flowers ?" was
a question put to the gardener in charge of the
park. The answer was pregnant with meaning :
"The people demand it," and the day will come
when no park will be tolerated without its flower
garden.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Cats in Gardens. — A friend of mine once bad
his flower garden literally torn to pieces by cats.
He got a piece of straight deal and cut it into
thin strips. Into one end of each strip he in-
serted, with a pair of bell pliers, a common pin
cut ofi" slantingly close to the head, the cut end
of the pin being the part inserted. He could
make a quantity of these in a short time. He
placed them among his flowers in a slanting di-
rection, and he never had his flowers injured
afterwards. — L. C. K. in Gardening Illustrated.

An Arch from a Pine Tree. — A correspon-
dent of the Garden contributed a highly interest-
ing article about gardening in Japan, and
notes that the Pine tree is used to form arches
over garden walks. Of course the plant is
trained up to one stem, or rather the side
branches are cut in and shoots are trimmed
every year, while the main stem forms the arch.

Japan Maples.— A correspondent of the G*ar-
den says at Yokohama there were Maples in al-
most endless varieties, all in small unburnt pots.
Large specimens of these had as many as sixteen
varieties inarched on one thick stem of Poly-
morphum, and the beautiful combination of
color and form of leaf had a pretty effect.

Golden Arbor Vit^ Grafted on Retinos-
PORA. — A correspondent of the Garden says at

Yokohama he saw large specimens of Thuja
aurea, sugar-loaf shaped, as if made to order. A
large tree of R pisifera or obtusa is chosen, and
in the spring thousands of small grafts are put on
all over the branches quite thickly. The original
tree is allowed to grow until the grafts have
taken, and when the latter begin to grow the old
branches are cut away, leaving nothing but the
grafts ; in two years a specimen is thus formed,
some of them twenty feet high.

DecadeIv'ce of Gardening in Japan. — A cor-
respondent of the Garden says: "The summer-
houses, rustic bridges and gates were falling to
pieces. As I sat waiting for Mr. Yatabi I
thought what fine taste and pleasures these old
daimios must have had in such quiet retreats as
these away from the city. Scarcely one of these
fine old gardens, however, now exists as of old,
and it is seldom one meets with the beautiful
gardens spoken of by Fortune. The fjresent at-
tempt of the poorer classes at gardening near
Yeddo is not worth mention. Like many other
old good things, gardening is fast dying out in
Japan, and can only be spoken of as a thing of
the past."

An Enormous Variety of Wistaria. — A cor-
respondent of the Garden, writing of Japan, says :

" A fine Pinus koraiensis, trained into the
shape of a Japanese junk in full sail, is at one
end of the garden, and the priest who was in at-
tendance told us that it had taken 500 years to
train it. It was about 25 feet long and 10 feet
wide, a perfect mass of foliage. I visited many
other pagodas and temple.*, some wilh gardens
celebrated for Paeonies, some Cherries, and some
for the Wistaria. One variety I saw had racemes
four feet long."

A raceme "four feet" long, and a Pine tree
''five hundred years old," might lead one to in-
quire whether our figures have the same mean-
ing in that singular land.

A New Columbine. — If last autumn I sent to
any of our correspondents in Europe a Colum-
bine marked " Aquilegia sp., from Mexico (Dr.
Palmer), flowers white and yellow," it is a new
species, named by Sereno Watson, A. longissima.
Dr. Palmer discovered it in 1880 on the moun-
tains of Northern Mexico, and secured dried
specimens for the herbarium and a few seeds for
the garden. I raised a nice lot of plants from
these seeds, and wintered them in a cold frame
where they were bound in a cake of ice from
last December till March 1st. Apparently they
are as hardy as our other Columbines, and

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hardier that A olympica and pyrenaica. I ex-
pect them to blossom this year. Dr. Palmer tells
me the flowers are white and yellow, tinged with
pink, and the spurs from six to eight inches long
and very narrow. Indeed, judging from the
lierbarium specimens, it will hold as striking a
rank among Columbines as Cypripedium cauda-
tum does among Lady's Slippers — Falconer in
Garden.

The English Bird Cherry as a Street Tree.
— Among the interesting things noted at Allen-
town was the employment of the English Bird
Cherry, Cerasus padus, as a street tree. People
from the South often wish they could have the
Carolina Cherry (Cerasus Carolinianus) as they
see it South, but, except the Evergreen foliage,
they have something quite as pretty in this.
The trees were loaded with long racemes of
white flowers, giving to the surrounding atmos-
phere a Hawthorn-like fragrance. It has an ad-
vantage in never getting too large, as so many
street trees do.

Forks and Spades.— There are innumerable
cases in gardening where the spade must be
used. It is perhaps the most essential of all gar-
den implements. But there are also innumera-
ble cases where the digging fork could be used
to great advantage. It is remarkable, however,
how difficult it is to get a laborer to use the dig-
ging fork in these cases. He sticks to the spade
through thick and thin, though the ''thin " can
be done in double the time and with half the
labor the spade implies. Even the contemned
monkey will learn faster than some men.

Golden Evergreens. — These do not differ
very much from the normal green form in win-
ter or early spring; it is in early summer that
they show their grand character. Among Golden
Evergreens few excel the George Peabody arbor-
vitae in striking beauty. In June and July it is
the prince of golden evergreens.

PiCEA alcoquiana. — This promises to be very
popular among the rarer evergreens. The new
spring growth has a reddish tinge, which gives
them the appearance of being large flowers. It
is a very hardy kind.

Old FASHIONED Shrubf.— Germantown, settled
even before Philadelphia was, though finally
swallowed up by her younger sister, still retains
in its old-fashioned gardens many grand speci-
mens of old-fashioned flowers, which the old-

fashioned people from the land of the Rhine
were so fond of planting. Some of these have
been particularly fine this year. Let the folks
in newer spots imagine Snowballs twenty feet
high and as much broad, or Mock Oranges of the
same size, with thousands of flowers, and they
will have some idea of how June looks in old-
fashioned Germantown.

A Honeysuckle Ornament. — One of the pret-
tiest cheap garden ornaments we saw recently
in a ride through AUentown. It was in a very
poor person's garden, to judge by surroundings,
but worth}^ of imitation in a place of more pre-
tentions. A piece of old terra cotta pipe with a
flange had been planted over a Honeysuckle
and the plant drawn up through it ; the next
year another piece of pipe had been fastened
into the flange, and the plant led up again.
The Honeysuckle had for some years been grow-
ing in this way, drooping over some five feet of
pipe. Possibly it would do as well trained up to
a stake, but somehow we do not think it would
look as well as this did. At any rate, this was »
stake that would never rot away.

Single Dahlias. — There are changes in the
fashions of flowers as in the fashions of dress.
But who would have thought that after the
rage for Double Dahlias, and double all sorts of
things, that improved Single Dahlias should be
the proper thing just now? But there is a great
deal of beauty in many single flowers, and we
are glad that single Dahlias, like single Roses,
should have attention. We should not be sur-
prised if even " single-blessedness " came to be
something more than a facetious expression.

Early Rhododendrons.— There is care re-
quired in selecting Rhododendrons as regards
hardiness. The garden kinds are hybrids be-
tween R. catawbiense, R. maximum and R.
ponticum. Those which retain much of the
constitution of the last named usually get killed
in American winters.

Another feature, not often noted, and attention
to which would give more interest, is the selec-
tions of kinds as regards a succession of flowers.
By due regard to this the Rhododendron season
may be made to cover six weeks. Of well known
hardy kinds one might take Chancellor for an
early kind ; Everestianum for a medium and
Cyaneum for a late purple and Oculatum for a
late white. Do our readers know of earlier or
later ones than these ?

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NEW OR RARE PLANTS.

Ellwanger's New Seedling Roses. — While at
Rochester, recently, the editor was very much
interested in Mr. H. B. Ellwanger's seedling
roses. They were not then quite in bloom.
The crosses are between such unlikely things
as Teas and Hybrid Perpetuals, and similar dis-
tinct races ; but the foliage and general charac-
teristics of the seedlings showed that the ex-
periments were complete successes, so far as
uniting the races were concerned, and it is no
wonder rose growers awaited with much interest
the actual floricultural results. Since returning
home we have a blossom of one he marks ''No.
5," which is a remarkably large, sweet-scented
flower, and of very beautiful form. The exact
value will, of course, have to be tested by
comparison of the plant with others already
in existence, but so far as we can judge
from a single flower, we feel safe in saying
if there are many equal to this one the race
of roses does not need much improving. Mr.
E. deserves the thanks of all lovers of roses
for the enthusiasm with which he pursues
rose culture.

Gynura aurantiaca. — The Belgian papers are
in raptures about this new bedding plant. It is
said to be a Composite, with violet, velvet-look-
ing foliage and orange flowers. " The aspect
of ihe plant is really splendid," says N. E,
Brown, an American Horticulturist settled in
Belgium.

WiEGELA CANDIDA.— At Rochester during the
nurserymen's meeting, EUwanger & Barry ex-
hibited cut specimens of this pretty white va-
riety. There are a number of white varieties
now under culture, but we regard this as one of
the best. It has the habit of W. rosea.

A New Upright Honeysuckle (Lonicera
Alberti).— In the December number of Regel's
" Gartenflora" just received is a colored figure
and description of a new Honeysuckle, lately
discovered by Dr. Regel's son, Albert Regel, in
the alpine regions of Eastern Turkestan. It is
a dwarf shrub, very diff'usely branched, and
furnished with small, narrow leaves, from the
axils of which the blossoms are produced.
These are in pairs, star-shaped, and of a pleasing, '
rosy, lilac color. This desirable shrub, which '
will probably turn out to be hardy, we hope may '
eoon be seen in our gardens. — Garden.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Some Rose Questions.— Miss Mattie W., Qua-
ker Hill, New York, says : " I am a very in-
terested reader of the Gardener's Monthly and
enthusiastic cultivator of flowers and fruits on a
small scale, but I often have sad failures with
my pet plants, and seek information for their
proj)er treatment from every reliable source. I
will state my perplexities, and trust some kind
readers of the Gardener's Monthly will favor
me with their advice as they have in the past.

" I have some fifty roses, many of them the
choicest varieties, mostly monthlies, and I would
like to so manage them as not to lose one, which
if I do, will be contrary to my past experience.
They grow and bloom nicely during the summer,
but I think there must be some fault in potting
in the fall, as many die during the winter, and
some after they are brought from the cellar in
the spring. In taking them up is it better to try
and take some earth with them ? Often the
roots go so deep that it seems impossible to do so.
I would also like to ask, how to care for a Jas-
minum d'Orleans? It is said to bloom freely
through the summer, but I cannot make mine
grow. Where should it be wintered?"

The Hemlock Spruce in England. — This is
not often seen in English gardens, and the gen-
eral impression from this is that it will not grow
there. But a correspondent says :

"The hemlock does well in England, but is
not so common as yew. There is a grand speci-
men at Dropmore, planted by Frost more than
fifty years ago, but I forget the dimensions; it
was a fine tree when I saw it nearly thirty years
since."

From this it would seem that the only reason
for the scarcity is the want of enterprise among
English nurserymen in introducing it.

AlLANTUS AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH. — " H. S.

A.," Selins Grove, Pa., writes : " I am at present
very much interested in getting the latest and
best information about the qualities of the
Ailantus tree. The Town Council of Selins
Grove have just ordered the destruction of two
fine Ailantus trees standing in front of our
homestead, on the ground of unhealthiness. If
they are right I would like to know it. In the
American Agricultivrist, April, 1878, is an item
thus : ' Prof Sargent, Director of the Arnold
Arboretum, of Harvard, and also a member of
the Mass. S. B. of Agriculture, has contributed

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to the annual report of the Secretary of that
Board some notes on tree planting. That por-
tion of most interest to us relates to the Ailan-
tus. It is true that the tree has one, easily
avoided fault, which cannot, in the mind of any
sensible person, offset its usefulness, &c.' I would
like to get that report, and am ignorant of the
name or address of anyone from whom I might
get them. If you could help me get that report
and any other information on the subject you
may know of, I should take it as a great favor."
[There are hundreds of Ailantus trees about
Philadelphia, a number of them within twenty
yards of the spot from this writing, and though
some of these trees must have been where
they are growing for twenty-five or fifty years,
we never heard a hint that any one suspected
them of being in any way injurious to health.
We should not hesitate to say positively they
are not. It would indeed be strange if, in the
midst of the talent and fame connected with the
medical colleges of Philadelphia, no one of the
thousands of eminent men educated in them
should have discovered the unhealthy character
of this tree, some of which actually grow about
the University. We should be inclined to carry
it to the courts, if any Town Council ordered
any of our Ailantus trees cut down for such
reasons as these —Ed. G. M.]

The Double Sloe.-A correspondent says:
" What is the meaning of the following from the
catalogue of EUwanger & Barry ? ' Prunus spi-
nosa,var.flore-pleno,— a beautiful small tree or
large shrub from Japan, covered in spring with
small, double, daisy-like, white flowers, suc-
ceeded by small, dark, purple fruit.' I had
always understood Prunus spinosa to be the
common sloe, of the English hedge rows, and
not a Japanese plant; and that plants with
double flowers never made fruit."

[The Sloe is a native of Japan, as well as of
the North of Europe, and a double one may
have been introduced as well from there as from
Europe. There has been a double Sloe under
culture for the past fifty years in European gar-
dens, but we cannot say whether this from Japan
is like unto it or not. There may be different
kinds of double flowers, and it is just here the
bother with Latin names for mere garden varie-
ties comes in. A mere ''flore-pleno" would not
be new. As to double flowers producing fruit,
our correspondent is right in the main, but
sometimes all the stamens and pistils are not

changed to petals, and fruit may then follow.
The double apple, double peach, double roses,
double petunias and double carnations often
produce seed.— Ed. G. M ]

Raphiolepis indica. — Mrs. S. E. B., Houston,
Texas, writes : " Please be so kind as to give me
the name of the shrub — spray enclosed. I wish
to buy one and do not know the name to order.
A friend has it here, and so far I have failed to
grow cuttings from the young wood. The plant,
four feet high and the same in diameter, is cer-
tainly a thing of beauty."

[Although this plant has the rather hard name
we have given at the head of the paragraph, it
would perhaps be called "Evergreen June-
berry" if it were grown in the North, where the
Amelanchier or Indian cherry is so well known
by this name. It is not far removed, botanically,
from this plant, the very sweet, hawthorn-like
flowers being in similar racemes with the addi-
tion of a tinge of rose at the base of each. In
the South, however, it flowers as early as Janu-
ary or February, and is among the most prized
of dwarf evergreens wherever there is little frost.
It is a native of China, and the temperate parts
of the East Indies.— Ed. G. M.]

Hemlocks and Maple Treks. — Dr. C. A. K.,
Chester, Pa., writes : " Will you have the kind-
ness to inform us whether a hemlock hedge
would thrive in rather close proximity to maple
trees, say one foot from tree, and trees twenty
feet apart. It is to be only a small hedge in
front of residence, with every facility of water-
ing twice a day, and keeping ground moist."

[We should under no circumstances recom-
mend a hemlock hedge, or any kind of ever-
green hedge where there are strong roots of
trees, not even though water could be given to
them occasionally in summer time. Deciduous
hedges grow better. The roots of the trees will
get the moisture the evergreen roots ought to
have, and they die in the winter from the lack
of moisture in the summer —Ed. G. M.]

Improvement of Small Gardens. — The re-
marks of Miss A. G. on the management of
small gardens, must have a widespread inter-
est. It is wonderful how much more may be
done, than is, to increase pleasurable surround-
ings. Her remarks may be profitable for large
as well as small places. It is amazing to note
how bare of tasteful notions many places are.
A few trees, a few flowers and bushes; and
a nice lawn ! But why should these be all ?

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Greenhouse and House Gardening,

COMMUNICA TIONS.

STEAM HEATING.

BY JOSEPH E. MACOMBER, PORTSMOUTH, E. I.

" Wm. H. B." asks some questions upon this
subject in a recent Monthly. I have just built
a greenliouse 108 x 26 feet and put in steam.
My experience in the use of steam previously
was that I had heated my house ten years with-
out a cent of repairs on the boiler; sectional
cast iron; perfect satisfaction. Previous to put-
ting in steam in my greenhouse, I visited a num-
ber so heated and I think I have got the best
plan I have seen. The essential difference is
that the four pipes one above the other have a
better chance to expand without injuring the one
next or below.

Ordinarily the four pipes are put in 100 feet
long and at each end of the house in a
" header," thus :

Now in practice, some of these pipes will be
very hot and others cold, when no pressure is
Carried. The consequence is that some will
scew out of the hooks, or gradually pull out of
the " header."

In my house I do not put the header in the
corner of the house but turn with an elbow and
the header is six feet from the corner on the
end. This gives each pipe an opportunity to
expand independent of the other.

My house is so piped that I can heat half very
warm and the other end little or none. "W.H.B."
is under a mistake to think water must boil to
make steam. I keep up a nice, gentle heat in
cold weather, with no pressure, and water not
boiling.

At night I so set my damper that no further
attention is needed until morning. In relation
to heating a dwelling house by the greenhouse
fire, I would not do it. A dwelling house many

times wants heat when none is wanted in the
greenhouse. A dismantled threshing machine
boiler would not be as safe and would require
great attention.

This cut shows a manner of turning the cor-
ners. I have seen no house piped like mine. In
very cold weather I set the damper at night, so
as to have a small pressure of steam all night,
say five pounds, but seldom need any pressure.

DENDROBIUM BICIBBUM.

This is one of the handsomest of all the Den-
drobes and of easy culture. It does well potted
in peat and sphagnum moss, with a liberal quan-
tity of broken crocks and charcoal. It will do
either in pot, basket or on a block of wood. It
is very free to bloom and can be had in bloom
by midwinter with ease and without much trou-
ble or extra heat. It thrives well in an interme-
diate house, say from SO*" to 60° Farh. The
flowers are rosy purple (sometimes tinged with
lilac) and borne on long-stalked racemes, which
make them more valuable for cutting. Orchids
are getting in favor for loose flowers. This lasts
for six or eight weeks in perfection. Native of
North Australia on Mt. Adolphus.

MAKOYA BELLA.

BY ALEXANDER MESTON.

Having purchased a young plant of this last
spring, I cut it down and after it started I shook
it out and re-potted, giving a liberal shift, using
a compost of rich, decomposed, turfy loam, leaf
mould and a sprinkling of coarse sand. It
started into vigorous growth, requiring a liberal
supply of water at the roots. Towards October
it showed signs of flowering. I then gradually

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withheld water and removed the plant into a
grapery at rest, giving it only sufficient water to
keep the foliage from wilting; at the same time
the flower spikes kept lengthening until the 1st
of February, when fire-heat is applied to the
grape vines ; then it pushed along and is now in
flower. The color of the flower is light laven- '■
der, beautifully veined and penciled with rich j
purple, and borne on racemes from the end of |
each shoot, the number of flowers being in ac-
cordance with the strength of the shoot. A large |
plant, well flowered, must be a beautiful object; j
it is very easily propagated ; young wood roots 1
freely in a gentle bottom heat. The flowers will !
be found very useful for florist's work, using the |
entire spike or singly.

STEAM HEATING.

BY A DANE.

Having in the last number of the Gardener's
Monthly been reading about steam heating in
greenhouses, I take the liberty to state the fol-
lowing : The last winter I was engaged in a nur-
sery in Berlin, Germany, where all the houses,
eight in all, were heated by steam, though in an
entirely different way from that described in
your magazine. I feel inclined to call it "steam
and hot water apparatus," as it was the steam
that warmed the water.

The steam boiler was lying in a little house
built for it ; from this a pipe, two inches in di-
ameter, went through all the houses at one side,
and back at the other./ In each house there were
below the shelves "reservoirs" or tanks made
of thin iron plates, furnished with a lid and hold-
ing about twelve big cans of water. From the
mentioned pipe went a small one (half an inch
in diameter), provided with a tap at the base,
down in each reservoir, some inches below the
surface of the water.

When the steam was got up in the boiler the
tap to the main pipe was opened, and directly
after the taps on the small pipes, which operated
so that the steam went down in the reservoirs,
and in a short time made the water boiling ; the
steam w^as now turned off, and owing to the
quantity of water, the reservoir kept itself warm
for a long time. As a matter of course, it is not
necessary to heat all the reservoirs, as it depends
on the weather.

The house, which was 32 feet long, 16 feet
broad and 13 feet high, was heated by ten reser-
voirs, and kept at 65° in winter, while a cold

house of the same size was heated by five reser-
voirs.

As I am told the temperature often goes down
in Germany to 2(P below zero, I suppose that
nothing would interfere against the successful
use of the same system of heating here. The
nurseryman told me it was the most economical,
convenient and practical way of heating he ever
saw; it required but little attention, as the fire
was only kept up one or three hours in the
morning and night, according to the weather.
In the propagating house was a long tank, made
of bricks, covered with slates, and in this way
formed the propagating bed. The steam was
led down in this tank by three pipes, as it held
a large quantity of water, which gave a splendid
and steady bottom heat.

I hope you will understand the construction of
this system ; I am not able to explain mj-self
more evident in the English language, as I am a
native of Denmark.

SHY FLOWERING PLANTS.

BY D F. W., NASHVILLE, TENN.

In the February number of the Gardener's
Monthly, page 47, " B." asks, "How long does
it take seedling Geraniums to flower?"

For several years I have grown them from
seed thus : In the spring I group closely in a
bed many of the best varieties in foliage, charac-
ter, colors, double, semi-double and single of old
plants. The seeds drop during the summer and
fall, many taking root. These in October being
from one to two inches high, showing two or
three leaves, are taken up and potted in very
small pots, using equal parts rich compost and
sand. They are shaded for a few days, then
placed close to the glass. In about six to eight
weeks the pots are well filled with roots. The
plants are re-potted in four inch crocks, using
rich, coarse compost, with one fifth or sixth sand
and plunged in a well-spent hot bed, not exceed-
ing eight to ten inches below the glass; the tops
are pinched back to make the plants symmetri-
cal by May or June.

They being well grown and thoroughly "pot-
bound," commence blooming, but not abun-
dantly. As soon as they show the color and
character of bloom, I take cuttings from choice
plants and strike them. These make much finer
blooms than the original plant. From this
hybridization I get specimens of dwarf, medium
and strong growing plants, foliage of various

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colors, from the plain leaf to very deep and dis-
tinct zoned bi and tri-oolored. Those flowers
that prove true to original plants, in many in-
stances are larger and brighter, whilst in others
they are smaller.

Have raised many plants with markings and
inflorescence entirely distinct from any of the
plants originally set out. One of last year's
plants, a seedling of 1880, gives a large fine single
bloom with pure white throat, centre of the
petals dark rose, margined pure white. I have
others of very interesting and distinct character-
istics.

These experiments were made solely for plea-
sure and not for pecuniary profit. I have no
plants to sell.

develop; otherwise a profusion of bloom and
large flowers cannot be expected. Manure
water may be used to great advantage at this
season. I should have mentioned that it is par-
ticularly necessary to drain the pots well with
broken crocks and rubble with a covering of
rough soil, as nothing is more injurious than
stagnant water at the roots.

When the flowering season begins and the
flowers expand, remove the plants to the green-
house, taking care to shade them from the sun.
When the flowering season is over reduce water-
ing by degrees until the roots are in a state of
rest for three or four months at least. Be care-
ful not to over-dry them, as by such practice, I
have often found they do not break the next
season.

ON THE CULTURE OF THE GLOXINIAS.

BY JOHN WOODING, PENCOYD, PA.

To begin with propagation, select strong heal-
thy leaves, cut the strong ribs in several places,
lay the leaves flat in a convenient sized pot or
seed pan and cover the several cut parts with a
little white silver sand, using a compost of sand
and peat mould.

When struck and swelled to the size of a pea,
pot off in two-inch pots, using a compost of dead
leaf mould, light loam and sand in equal parts .'
grow them on through the season and most of
them will flower the first year.

To commence the second season's growth ; in
potting Gloxineas the principal part of the old
soil should be removed carefully with the hand,
retaining all the fibrous roots as far as they are
alive, put into as small pots as possible, setting
them in a dry part of the stove. Attend to
watering, but this element must be supplied
cautiously at first, taking care not to water over
the crown of the plant, but around the edge of the
pot. As the plant advances in growth it may oc-
casionally be syringed with tepid water. When
the pot becomes filled with roots, shift the plants,
using the same soil as before. As the spring ad-
vances the plant must be started into active
growth by being placed in the warmest part of
the stove; but it will be necessary that they
should have air at all favorable times. Particu-
larly attend to watering at this time, as they are
very impatient of drought at this stage of their
growth. When the plants have filled the pots \
with roots they may receive their last shift. The !
size of pots may be regulated by the size of the 1
plants, allowing plenty of room for the plants to I

BICNONIA VENUSTA.

BY MR. CHAS. E. PARNELL.

The lovely trumpet-flower, Bignonia venusta,
is a gorgeous, ornamental, climbing plant be-
longing to the natural order, Bignoniacese. It is
a native of South America, from whence it was
introduced in 1816. It is a deciduous green-
house climber, attaining a length of over fifty
feet, producing its bright orange-colored flowers
in large terminal clusters from February to
April. In order to flower this Bignonia to per-
fection it is absolutely necessary to plant it in a
well prepared border of rich, loamy soil, and
where its roots can obtain some warmth from
the heating apparatus. It also must have an
abundance of room for its roots, and likewise
for its branches; for if these essential requisites
are not given it, it must not be expected to
flower well. It also requires to be properly
pruned ; young plants three or four years old
will flower nicely if they are properly pruned.
In pruning, use a little judgment; cut back all
weak and unripened wood to one eye, retaining
as much of the strong and well-ripened wood as
possible. All branches that are retained should
be neatly tied up, spreading them out as much
as possible, and as they increase in growth they
should be kept tied. Do not pinch back the
young shoots on any account, but, if possible,
allow them to ramble at will.

During its season of growth water should be
freely given, and the plant frequently syringed,
and when in full growth liquid manure water
should be given once a week if possible. During
the summer season, or when the plant is at rest.

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give only water enough to prevent the plant
from becoming absokitely dry. Pruning is best
done just before the plant starts into growth.
It is altogether useless to try to flower this Big-
nonia as a pot plant, — for if either the roots or
branches be limited as to room, the result will
be very discouraging to the person attempting
its cultivation.

COOL ORCHIDS-L/ELIAS.

BY W.

Before taking up the verj* numerous family of
Oncidiums I would like to speak briefly in
hearty commendation of this beautiful genus,
remarkable both for the loveliness of its flowers,
and for the ease with which they may be suc-
cessfully produced.

As far as I am aware, there has not been dis-
covered a single variety unworthy of cultivation,
and it was fitting that the founders of this
queenly genus should have connected its lovely
qualities with those of that charming Roman
maiden, distinguished alike for the purity with
which she spoke her native tongue, and the sin-
cerity and earnestness of her conversation.

The number of species comprising this genus
is not large, about thirty only being enumer-
ated by the several authors, and a few of these
are, without doubt, varieties only, or natural
hybrids, not to mention several that have been
obtained by cross-fertilization with the neighbor-
ing genus, Cattleya, with which they are very
nearly allied, the only botanical difference being
the presence of eight pollen masses instead of
four. Some of the species even are indiscrimi-
nately known as Cattleyas or Lselias. The dif-
ference that presents itself at once to the ama-
teur is in the style of inflorescence. The flower
scape of the Lselias, with rare exceptions (as for
instance in the lovely L. Jongheana), develops
directly from the summit of the pseudo-bulb in
the axil of the leaf, and in many varieties is
long and slender, not displaying its flower buds
until well advanced, reaching the length, in the
case of L. anceps, of three and four feet. The
inflorescence of the genus Cattleya, though start-
ing from the same point, makes itself seen
through a sheath two or three inches in length,
and when the short scapes appear the buds are
already developed and increase in size very
rapidly, expanding in a few weeks, the stem
rarely, if ever, exceeding one foot in height. In
size of flower, and breadth of sepals and petals,
the latter generally surpass the Lselia?, though

by no means in the beauty and richness of
their coloring or in the substance of the flowers,
which embrace all the shades of purple, crimson,
rose and lilac, and also in rare instances ame-
thyst, red, orange, scarlet and yellow.

La^lias are exclusively American, and are
found in Mexico, Guatemala, and various parts
of South America; many from different portions
of Brazil. They were first introduced into Eng-
land in 1830 to 1835, L. anceps having been first
flowered there in 1834; other species followed
at intervals until 1840. The only varieties of
recent date are Daycana and harpophylla, re-
spectively purple, lilac and white and orange-
scarlet, both ,from Brazil, which appear in the
"addenda" to "Williams' Manual," 1877, fifth
edition.

The Mexican varieties are all best grown on
blocks, — directions say, with a little sphagnum
moss ; practical experience, as stated very gene-
rally by a contributor to the London Garden
(page 562 of 1881), which is borne out by tiie
observations of others, says without any moss,
the roots clinging firmly to the blocks and
fastening the plants there, and when too long
hanging for two feet or more in mid-air. The
same writer verj^ truthfully remarks: "One
thing in orchid growing seems now fairly settled,
and that is heat, air and moisture being duly
proportioned, it matters but little in what com-
post the plants are anchored," and in this article
he alludes to such orchids as Trichopilias, Cat-
tleyas, Lselias, Mormodes, Cateseturus, Brassa-
volas, and others from Mexico. Many amateurs
are fast becoming convinced of this fact. In the
houses to which I have access equally good
plants of Lselias are seen grown with or without
sphagnum. With proper attention to their
wants in these respects an ordinary greenhouse
is the best in which to grow them, and the in-
creased size of psuedo-bulb spikes and flowers,
from year to year, attest its success. The care
of a few plants will soon afford to an observing
person an insight into their requirements. It is
no secret, for even when neglected they will bear
more abuse than any plants, possibly Cacti
excepted.

This article, already too long, should not be
brought to a close without enumerating a few of
the best species for the amateur.

First and easiest of culture are the lovely
Mexican specimens, Albida and Anceps. The
former with, waxy blossoms in clusters of three
to six, often pearly white, and as often tinged

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and tipped both in lip and petals with pale pink
or light rose; occasionally individual (lt)\vcrs are
tliree inches across. They will last in the draw-
ing-room four weeks or more, and as cut Howcrs
will remain fresh a very long time. The latter,
with clusters of from two to five, rosy or pule
lilac flowers, with deep purple or crimson lip,
individual flowers three to four inches across,
lasting three to five weeks in beauty. There are
several rare and costly varieties of this species
among them that are nearly white, called Daw-
sonii, the value of which collectors write " every
Indian in the country knows, and they bleach
out the flowers of the ordinary variety with
sulphur in order to deceive in disposing of them."
Block culture suits them best, as it does the
three following.

Next in value conies L. autumnalis, with its
beautiful purple and white flowers, often six on
a scape. One variety, verj' dark, has been called
Atroroubens. None of the wretched wood-cuts I
have seen give any idea of the exquisite beauty
of these flowers. These three varieties bloom
in December and January, occasionally in No-
vember, and no collection of orchids is complete
without them. Ltelia peduncularis (very similar
to L. acuminata,, white, called by the Guatema-
lese, on account of its beauty, the " Flor de
Jesu '') is a dwarf, and very lovely free-flowering
species, but does not expand its delicately tinted
and shaded rose petals as fully after the morning
sunlight has past as the preceding, but, notwith-
standing, is none the less beautiful, with a rich
deep purple blotch in the centre of the lip.

The fifth species, called by the Mexican Span-
iards "Flor de Majo," or May-flower, from its
season of flowering, is Laelia Majalis. This was
figured by Hernandez as Flos pulcherrimus, a
rude wood- cut merely in 1615, and he gives its
native name as '' Chichilitic Tepetlavhxochitl !''
It was introduced from Mexico in 1S38. It is a
very beautiful species, the prevailing color soft
rose or silvery lilac, -with white, lilac and purple
lip. Its scape bears but a solitary flower.
Though easy to grow it is rather difficult to
flower well, probably owing to an error amateurs
make in keeping in too much heat during win-
ter. Coming from the highest orchid limit in
Mexico, where collectors tell us snow and ice
are often found upon its leaves, it is too much
to expect it to thrive in the roasting heat of 80°
during the winter season. The foolish blunder-
ing that has subjected these plants to such ex-
tremes seems now to be receiving its merited

condemnation at the hands of the advanced
ideas of modern gardeners and amateurs.

There are other species that might be named,
I but these will suffice, only mentioning a few
from Brazil, the largest of which do best in pot-
culture. Lselia perspurata, and its varieties, with
large, pure white and purple flowers; L. elegans,
from white to crimson and carmine; L. Cinna-
barina, reddish orange; L. Perrini, purple and
crimson, and many others, liesides the two
alluded to at the beginning of this article. All
will do well in pot-culture, but from my experi-
ence do not grow as freely as the Mexican varie-
ties under greenhouse treatment. They bloom
at diff"erent times of the year, and all are very
beautiful. Is it any wonder that with such a
list as this the lover of orchids includes the
Lfelias among his richest treasures?

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Improvements in Floral Designs. — The im-
provement referred to recently by a Boston cor-
respondent seems to be this — that florists can
buy letters in immortelles or other small designs,
already made for working in with larger work,
without having to make these letters and de-
signs every time. The ornaments and letters
are made of purple immortelles, whijh are
woven with fine wire, each ornament and letter
in one piece, which can be placed on the design
by stemming to a toothpick. The ornaments and
letters are mounted on cardboard.

Solomon's Seal for Decorating.— We were
shown recently " something new" among decora-
tive plants, nothing but a " racemed Lily of the
Valley." The novelty was in the name, for the
plant was the well known " Solomon's Seal," or
Polygonatum. But it is new to find it used' by
florists for decorative purposes, and we com-
mend the good taste which first thought to make
use of it.

Richardia ./Ethiopica. — This, the common
" Calla Lily,'' we have a flower of from C. & B.,
Erie, Pa., with no letter to explain why it was
sent.

Moss Culture. — The use of moss impregnated
with bone dust, or other fertilizing material, for
plant growing, which was introduced to our
readers a couple of years ago by Mr. Peter Hen-
derson, has proved a great success. Efforts are
being made in some quarters to turn the idea

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into a sort of patent nostrum affair, and " fer-
tilizing moss" is being sold in Europe as some-
thing very wonderful. Not only are the "bulls"
at work in its interest, bat a "bear" movement
against plants in rooms, grown in earth, also in
the interest of " fertilizing moss" is also appa-
rent. We may actually catch malarial fever

NBIV OR RARE PLANTS.

Croton Sinitzianus. — The great merits of the
Australian crotons as plants adapted to Ameri-
can summer gardening, leads us to welcome
every new addition to the list. Our flower gar-
dens are now rich with Coleus, Geraniums and

from sleeping in a room with a flower pot full of
earth in which a plant is growing. And, won-
derful to think of, all this terrible sufl'ering can
be avoided if you will only biiy, for a few dol-
lars, a few cents' worth of " fertilizing moss!"
How natural it all sounds to the regular reader
of "medical" advertisements.

so forth, borrowed chiefly from the gardens of
Europe. We might just as well have a distinct-
ively American style, made up of plants which
will look just as well as those used in Europe,
but which will much better stand our summer
suns. Of such plants these various crotons are
excellent representatives.

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This species was introduced to cultivation by
the well known firm of Veitch &. Sons, of Chel-
sea, London, who give us the following account
of it: "An elegant variety kindly sent to us by
Sir William Macarthur, of Camden Park, near
Sydney, New South Wales. The plant is of
very light and pleasing aspect. The leaves are
narrowly lanceolate, gracefully arching and
variable, some with interruptions, others with
the blade spirally twisted two or three times
round the midrib at the middle, others again

crisped and undulated. In color they are deep
olive green, variegated with straw yellow, which
is constant. It is one of the best of crotons for
table decoration. We have much pleasure in
dedicating this elegant plant to Monsieur Peter
Sinitzin, an accomplished Russian amateur."

President Garfield BouvAKDiA.— This is the
name of the double pink Bouvardia noticed in
our magazine last year as having been raised in
Kentucky.

Fruit and Vegetable Gardening.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

Talk as we like about the proper culture of
fruit trees, much more of success depends on
geographical location than it usually gets credit
for. The Apple will grow almost anywhere, but
there are places where, for some inscrutable rea-
son, it will do better than anywhere else. S. D.
Willard has recently claimed for Western New
York the distinguishing title of the " apple or-
chard of the world," and we believe he can justly
claim it, unless some portion of Canada rises to
demand a share in the distinction.

According to the recent observations of the
writer, there is a belt of about fifty miles around
the western end of Lake Ontario that is fully
the equal of Western New York in ability to
bring the apple tree to perfection. Still the
apple orchards of Western New York are a
sight to see, and those who have never seen them
have missed one of the greatest sights in the j
United States. There is, however, one matter
which will not fail to attract the observer's at-
tention. Many of the leading agricultural papers
of New York State insist strongly on the neces- j
sity to success in orchard culture that the apple j
orchard should be devoted solely to apple trees. |
If paradise be an orchard of apple trees, crops of'
grain, grass or vegetables constitute the^ great
serpent which is to creep within the gates, and
upset all the good calculations of the good setter- i
out of the orchard trees. Strange to say the |
" cleanly cultivated surface " is a rare sight in a i
New York orchard. It would be no exaggera-

tion to say that in some ten days of travel the
editorial eye rested on hundreds of apple or-
chards, and but two were noted which had noth-
ing but apple trees, and these were large trees,
growing so closely together that nothing else had
more than the shadow of a chance, under the
umbrageous foliage. Wheat, rye, barley, corn,
grass and potatoes in the apple orchards are all
but universal. There is no doubt but that, theo-
retically, an apple orchard ought to do better
when it has all the food it requires alone to itself.
If it has to share with other crops, what it ought
alone to have, it should surely suffer. But it
may be that sometimes there is food for it, and
to spare. And again, there are often theoretical
advantages, but practical gains in violating them.
There is an old adage that people can " gain an
inch but lose an ell," or, in more modern phrase,
" save at the spigot and lose at the bung," and
this may be the case in some of our orchard
speculations. The orchardist of Western New
York may get a few more apples, or somewhat
larger trees by giving up the ground wholly to
the fruits, but it is evident he thinks the heavy
crops of other things he gets is more than a
match for the loss. And moreover, the re-
markably healthy trees did not seem to object
seriously to their more agricultural neighbors'
company. Cherries do well usually in most dis-
tricts, but these seem the most at home in the
higher lands of Pennsylvania. At elevations of
1,®00 or 2,000 feet they are beautiful pictures,
both in the health of the trees, and the wonderful
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does not seem to be planted to any great extent
in what might be termed the best apple districts,
but in the belt before referred to, on the western
side of Lake Ontario, very large orchards were
■ frequently seen. The whole region, however,
seemed afflicted by the curl. Indeed it was
prevalent to an extent never before met with in
the writer's experience. The diseased leaves had
here a brownish cast, which led at first to the im-
pression that some new form of the curl fungus
had been operating so destructively, but it was
probably onh' the extent of the injury which gave
more color to the results. If we were not mis-
taken the disease was almost wholly confined to
trees which had borne at least one crop. Young
trees seemed free from it.

These suggestions from recent experiences
are thrown out as seasonable hints to those
about planting orchards. There is no doubt
much in the jiroper selection of varieties ; much
in selecting healthy trees ; much in all that the
term good culture implies. But with all this
there is something in geographical location, and
this something cannot be taught by any theo
retical reasoning. It is a matter wholly to learn
from experience. He, therefore, who would
plant wisely should first find out what has al
ready been done in his vicinity, and what the
result has been. He will then have a better
foundation for all success, than anything books

can teach.

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COMMUNICATIONS.

STRAWBERRIES.

BY H. M. ENGLE, MARIETTA, PA.

The Sirawberry being such a desirable fruit,
that not only the eating thereof stimulates to
good nature, but it will also bear much good na-
tured talk and correspondence without tiring,
in consideration of which I hereby add my mite;
hoping it will not prove superfluous or out of
place.

What is the best variety and what the best
method of cultivation is, however, an unsettled
question, and perhaps will be so long as we mor-
tals grow and eat them ; for, so long as soils, and
habits of growth, and even tastes, differ, no one
variety can receive universal approbation, and
it is perhaps better that it is so, or we would all
cease to aim higher and consequently settle down
to indolence in this as also in general pomologi-
cal progress. Having grown Strawberries the

last twenty years for market, and without stint
for our own table, of many varieties, also having
at one time over 3,000 seedlings, designedly cross .
fertilized by myself, I claim, therefore, not to be
altogether a novice in the business. I also claim
that I can sympathize with many who in raising
a few new seedlings, imagine they have acquired
a bonanza, and consequently send out the new
comer for public honors witli great flourish of
trumpets (on paper), to the sad disappointment
of many. My lesson in raising new seedlings
has taught me, as it will teach others who are
over-confident in similar enterprises, that the
chances are few and far between, to originate
something superior in every respect to what we
already have, and planters generally are getting
to be more cautious in receiving novelties with-
out being generally approved. I would not for
a moment discourage the raising of new seed-
lings, but rather strongly encourage it, and also
advise to make haste slowly in their dissemina-
tion. I have, however, sometimes censured my-
self for having been too slow; that instead of
keeping so many to test, I should have selected
some of the best and destroyed all the rest, as
there were some among them much superior to
dozens for which we have paid big prices ; but
holding on to so many without proper attention,
they overran each other and were plowed down.
This season I have raised a few thousand quarts
of the finest berries I ever saw, and the same
expression was made by competent judges; the
bulk of which were Sharpless, and of about
thirty varieties, which I fruited for several
years, some already discarded. Without hesi-
tation, I place Sharpless at the head of the list
as possessing more desirable qualities than I
have yet found in any other variety,

1st. It is the strongest grower that I have
yet seen. 2nd. Resists heat and frost well. 3rd,
Largest berry. 4th. Can be eaten before fully
ripe, and yet can be left on the stalk longer than
most varieties without seeming overripe. 5th.
Color, all that could be desired. 6th. Better
without sugar than some kinds with it. 7th,
Continues to be profitable in the same bed for at
least three years.

Crescent stands next in my estimation ; and
these two varieties shall be the bulk of my plant-
ings, unless I find their superiors. The merits
of the latter are: 1st. Earliness. 2ad. Produc-
tiveness. 3rd. Color, for which it has no supe-
rior. 4th. Hardiness. 5th. Carries well, and
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berries. I question whether the Crescent gets a
fair chance with many growers, having at first
been sent out as weed-proof, which it is to a
great extent, but which, in my opinion, has
operated very much against its real value, as
there are so many careless cuUivators to which
the Crescent seemed to be a "windfall," expect-
ing to get enormous crops with little or no atten-
tion except planting. In all my experience I
found none that responds more bountifully to
proper care than this. It is almost purely pis-
tilate and shuuid be planted adjacent to varieties
which are strongly staminate, although in some
seasons or in certain favorable conditions, it pro-
duces fine crops without such aid.

With regard to the productiveness of Sharp-
less I should have said that it is scarcely second
to any that I have yet grown, and in addition
produces a larger proportion of large berries
than any other variety that I have yet tested.
Next to the above I value Charles Downing
and Cumberland, and shall not yet discard them
as they have given paying crops. Boyden's
No. 30, and Monarch of the West, produce fair
crops of large berries, but are objectionable on
account of green tips when the bulk of the
T)erry is ripe; besides they are only of second
quality. Great Prolific is too dark and soft for
a market berry, and lacks that great produc
tiveness which was claimed for it. President
Lincoln promised well at first, and much as I
would like to honor it on account of its name,
shall discard it; it makes a few large berries
of first quality, but not much more can be
claimed for it.

Kentucky will be retained on account of its
lateness and fine quality, although rather soft
for shipping. It will also bear careless culture
better than most other kinds. De Gand has
size, quality and firmness, but lacks produc-
tiveness, and makes too many imperfect
berries. Huddlesen is a fine large berry, very
much like Cumberland, but more acid, and
foliage suffers more from hot sun. Windsor
Chief, moderately productive, rather acid. Glen-
dale, one of the most worthless I have yet
tested. Garden, excellent but not sufficiently
productive. Duchess, in size and productive-
ness may be considered a strong rival to Cres-
cent, but I prefer the latter. Mount Vernon
promises well, and may take high rank as a late
berry, of large size, firm and productive, one
of the strongest growers. Longfellow, Warren
and Minnesota on trial and promise fair, all

berries of large size and good quality. Among
those not fully teated, are Primo, Man-
chester, Crystal City, Finch's Prolific, Jersey
Queen and Big Bob. From my judgment of
the latter, it will not heat everything as claimed
by A. P., but Jersey Queen may become a rival
to Sharpless, except in firmness, which is an im-
portant matter fur shipping. Bidwell came with
such strong claims from up the Hudson that I
confidently expected it would set Sharpless, as
well as all others, in the shade, but thus far it
does not sustain the same reputation on the
Susquehanna by a long ways, and I suspect it
has been overrated. Side by bide with Sharj)les8,
when in bloom I concluded the latter might
get a set-back, but in fruiting it was fifty per
cent, below Sharpless in size and quantity, be-
sides not equal in quality and firnuiess. I shall
not extend its planting unless it behaves much
better than it did this season, except to raise
plants for such as wish to test it.

Our soil is loam, from sandy to clay, with a
porous subsoil.

DISEASE ON PEAR LIMBS.

BY ISAAC C. MARTINDALE.

Some time since I received from Frank Erbland
Waldo, Florida, a piece of a branch of Le Conte
Pear tree, which had been attacked by fungus.
As this variety of pear has been supposed to be
entirely healthy, and proof against disease, the
matter is of more than ordinary interest to pear
culturists. I submitted the specimen to J. B.
Ellis. Newfield, N. J., one of our best authorities
on fungus growths. His reply is so interesting
that I have thought it proper to have it published
in the Monthly, He says :

"I have just examined the piece of limb of
Le Conte pear affected in a peculiar manner by
a fungus growth which appears to be quite in-
jurious The first appearance is of little reddish
brown circular disks, about one millimetre in
diameter at first, and slightly elevated above the
surface of the surrounding bark. The little
disks continuing to increase, become concentri-
cally cracked and enlarged to \ or ^ an inch in
diameter, or by confluence spreading along the
surface of the limb for one or more inches, and
nearly surrounding it. This diseased growth
bears some resemblance to the diseased blotches
on black raspberry canes sent me last season by
Mr. Williams, of Montclair, New Jersey, but
differs in the blotches being of a darker color

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and concentrically cracked and having a distinct
raised border. On this diseased growth are two
distinct species ofSplueriaceous fungi, belonging
to the genus Sphaerella. The species of this
genus are fnund mostly on fallen leaves and
dead vegetable stems. A few, however, attack
living plants; although not known to be specially
hurtful, must of course cause more or less injury
to the living organism. It may be that this
diseised growth on the pear limbs is caused by
the mycelium of the fungus which has some-
how found a lodgment on or in the living branch,
and by its growth and development caused tlie
abnormal scab-like excrescences which may be
necessary to the production of the perfect asci
gerous fungus. In favoi of this view the analo-
gous case of the fungus causing the Black Knot
on i)lum and cherry trees may be cited. The
only known remedy for Black Knot is to cut off
and burn the affected parts, and that would cer-
tainly be a sale method with the diseased pear
limbs, for it is not likely that the aflected limbs
where the natural bark has been in great part
broken up and destroyed by this excretionary
growth will ever recover even if left on the tree."

Early Louise, Troth's Early, Thurber's Family
Favorite, Sal way, Lady Parham, Levy (Henri-
etta), all of which have small flowers. We must
be carefully discriminating, not following too
much after general rules.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

PEACH FLOWERS.

BY T. V. MUNSON, DENISON, TEXAS.

In Gaedener's Monthly for June, speaking
of the greater hardiness of the large flowered
peaches, Friend Sherfy is on the right track.
Let us have a complete succession of large
flowered kinds, and then we can have a crop of
fruit through the entire orchard every season
that fruit hits at all, instead of a few kinds full
and the balance with few or none. The Craw-
fords aie fast losing ground here on account of
shy fruitage. They make no money in com-
parison with large flowered varieties. Mr. Sat-
terthwaite is slightly "'ofl"" when he says "all
the good peaches are among the small flowers,"
Is not Early Rivers the best peach of the sea-
son? Are not Alexandra (not Alexander)
Grosse Mignonne, Belle Bausse, Chinese Clings,
Noblesse, Early York, Lord Palmerston, Prin-
cess of Wales, Old Newington, Osceola, Pavie de
Pompone, Picquet's Late (unsurpassable in
every respect, beats the Crawfords). good
peaclies? Tliough I would not recommend all
of them, they indicate what may be accom
plished. There is yet work for the originator.
But there are some notable exceptions to the
rule. There are no surer or better bearers than

History of a Five Cknt Paper of Seed. — Did
any one ever stop to consider how much a five
or ten cent package of seed went through before
the purchaser finally committed the contents of
the said package to the ground? Perhaps the
writer may have thought of it. Editors have to
consider everything. Still, we have to confess
to a wonderful amount of ignorance until a few
hours spent recently at the celebrated Blooms-
dale seed ft\rm gave us some more light on the
subject than we had enjoyed before. The present
owners, Leo, Oliver and Burnett Landreth, three
brothers, are the third generation from the
founder of this celebrated firm, and they con-
tinue to throw into the business the enterprising
energy that the father and grandfather possessed.
The home grounds comprise six hundred acres,
while in many parts of the United States and
Canada hundreds of acres are engaged as local
seed farms for such seeds as may be best suited
to the several locations. Much of the prelimi-
nary work is, however, done on the home
grounds. Millions of cabbage plants, for in-
stance, were growing at the time of our visit.
These v^ill be distributed to various parts of the
country, or in some instances to different parts
of the home grounds, so that there shall be no
possibility of the intermixture of varieties by
wind or insects. As in many cases varieties are
numbered by the score, this is a very important
point in seed raising. But even this is not re-
garded as sufficient to wholly protect the variety
against chance intermixture. The variety itself,
having been in the first place obtained through
selection, has some tendency to fight against
heredity, and to vary its form ; so for the firm's
own seed-sowing, individual plants are selected
as truly typical as possible, and preserved for
reproductive purposes. When these are re-
planted, they are placed in the middle of a
patch. Here, for instance, may be fifty acres of
Drumhead cabbage. Precautions are taken so
that not perha[)S one head in a thousand would
be aught but a pure Drumhead. But that one
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comes to anybody from that variation. But one
in a thousand, saved for seed purposes, would
give material for a very different story. So it
becomes necessary to guard against even that
one chance. Now by planting the selected typi-
cal plants in the middle of the fifty, the bees
cannot get to them till they have already been
over some twenty-five acres, and the chance of
the plant receiving aught but its own pollen is
very small. Few, perhaps, would take the trou-
ble and go to the expense of so much precaulion
to have absolutely pure seeds ; but those seeds
men who have a high reputation to sustain, can-
not afford to risk the slightest chance of losing
it. But quite independent of these precautions
comes the test of the trial ground. A sample of
every variety sold is sown, and samples of the
same variety as sold by other seedsmen wher
ever they can be obtained. All of the same
variety are then grown side by side, and gone
over day by day, every peculiarity being entered
in a trial diary. In this way they can tell, posi
tivelj', whether any mixture of their own has
occurred in spite of all precaution — whether it
is the same as others sold under that name —
whether other people's stock is true or pure,
and, should it be necessary to buy in stock
through some unexpectedly large demand, they
know whose stock is the best to draw from. By
having all the varieties under culture in this
trial way, they also see which variety is the best
adapted to the several uses required of them,
and they learn which variety is the best to grow.
By this plan there is no necessity to grow a
large stock of a poor kind. Knowing absolutely
which is the best, it is as easy to grow a large
stock of that as of an inferior kind. How im-
portant all these laborious processes are to per-
fection in seed raising was frequently illustrated
as we passed through the trial grounds. Here,
for instance, are rows of the Tom Thumb Let-
tuce, many samples from different sources.
There was no doubt but they were all genuine
Tom Thumb, but while one sample had close,
dense heads, though the burning month of June
had gone over them, the row next to this from
another sample had all run to seed ! Thus the
valuable lesson is learned as to which locality
will produce a lettuce which will resist heat, and
there the seed crop will be sown. In the matter
of tests, also much that is actually new is learned.
Here again is a lot of the famous American
Wonder Pea. But alongside is one certainly
four days earlier. Four days is not much to an

amateur, but when one has perhaps ten or a
hundred acres, if he can get his heavy crop into
market four days earlier than his neighbor, he
has a " sofi thing." But all this trouble has only
brought us to the preservation of the variety,
not merely true to name, but up to a high stand-
ard of quality. The enormous cost of getting
everything ready is appalling. Here is a stable
for seventy horses, or perhaps mules, in which
one man is wholly occupied in feeding them.
There is the blacksmith and wheelwright's shop
in which every wagon, cart, plough, and iinple-
nient used on the i)lace is made, and in which
models of new implements are made and tested
before offering them to purchasers. Around
are a score or more of huge barns, each costing
from five to ten thousand dollars, fitted up with
numerous, permanent and temporary floors for
drying the various seeds before and after thrash-
ing. Each of these dry out about ten different
crops a year, and has to be carefully swept and
cleaned out every time, lest perchance a stray
seed of one variety may get in with another, and
mix the breed. Around are some thirty tene-
ment houses in which laborers, with their fami-
lies, live and board those who are single and
have no homes of their own. At our visit some
one hundred and fifty hands were employed on
the seed farm in this way. These plant and
weed, and reap and thrash, and yet the work is
but half begun. It has to be barrelled or bagged,
as the case may be, the barrels stored away in
huge granaries, and the bags hung up in dry
barns, where the air may circulate freely about
them. The great work of distribution now be-
gins. The deft fingers of women then take their
turn. In the seed store and on the farm some
two hundred are eniployed. The bags are here
made, filled, closed, and so labeled and stamped
that they cannot be opened without destroying
the Landretn brand, and thus it becomes impos-
sible for the firm to be fraudulently made re-
sponsible for inferior seed. Mf^tst of the work is
done by the piece, and it is amazing to see the
proficiency of the workers. The writer had just
returned from a visit to the famous silk factory
at Allentown, where he was amazed at the dex-
terity with which the women caught, tied and
manipulated the gossamer films which were as
absolutely nothing between his coarse fingers.
But it is an even chance whether the seed paper
maker, the package filler, or the package closer,
would not beat in manual dexterity the handler
of the silky threads. The filler holds a handful of

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flat baps over a bowl of seed in the left and in
the right is the seed measure. The left finj^er
and thumb squeezes the bag open a little, and a
puff of the breath finishes the opening; while in
the meantime the right hand is filling the mea-
sure and bringing up the seed. The breath has
barely opened the bag before the seed rolls in.
Twenty bags were filled in a quarter of a minute
by the watch ! Another pastes and folds over
the mouth of the bag, and she keeps up with
the rapid work of the filler. When the girls
first get at it they manage to make about fifty
cents a day; but those who become experts
make from $1.50 to $1 75 at the work. 17,000,-
000 of these bags, each chromo-lithographed
with the exact variety, so that even he who runs
may read, had just been delivered in the rough,
to be put together by the nimble fingers just
described. But this even is not all. These vast
acres of seeds cannot be raised without manure.
The great city of Philadelphia does not furnish
enough from its stables on favorable terms— all
that can be had at reasonable rates is secured ;
for the rest South America gives up its bones,
which are imported by the ship load, and con
verted into super-phosphate on the grounds.
And all this worry, toil and trouble is to end in
this little five cent package of seeds which a
baby can hold in its fingers, and which we burs^t
open and the contents scatter in a few momenta
of garden work almost without a second thought !
Well was it said to the writer by one of these
younger Landreths: "If the pecuniary returns
were the only question involved, you might not
find us at the head of a concern like this
Money can be made faster and with far less of
the laborious than in a task like ours. But we
take a pride in this great work of our father and
grandfather, and in keeping up the high charac-
ter connected with their great names. The
great national work which they inaugurated
shall not go backwards in our hands if any en-
deavor we can give it shall be all that is re-
quired." To the writer of this, one of the great-
est pleasures of this two hours' walk was to hear
no slurs on the efforts or character of any other
house competing with them for the honors of
eminence in the seed trade. Referring to Vick,
Mr. Landreth remarked : " I never met him, but
the whole seed trade of the United States should
never forget the lasting debt they owe him. His
intelligent efforts did more to create a demand
for seeds of flowers and vegetables than anything
that had been done for many years before. He not

only sowed for his own harvest, but others were
enabled to reap more largely of their own har-
vests through the influence of the good he did."

We have not room for more extended remarks
on things we saw and thought of on this brief
call, but trust this slight sketch of the history of
the small seed packet may at least have an
interest with the reader.

Mushroom Culture. — We should be glad to

know from those who have recently taken up

the subject of mushroom culture in America,

how they have succeeded. The following is the

quantity taken from a bed in England, as given

in the London Journal of Horticulture. It would

be interesting to know if the figures of our cul-

tiMators approach these :

fts.

October 362

November 460

December 1142

January 768

February 662

March 707

April 1283

May laSl

June 686

July _265

7356

They are from 500 lineal yards. These are grown
out of doors. The above cut shows how the
bed looks at gathering time.

Codling Moth. — A friend caught in two weeks,
by hay bands, on about 100 apple trees, over 3,000
larvae of the Codling Moth.

The Manchester Strawberry.— The editor
had the opportunity of examining this variety
at Rochester, and it did not strike him that it
was identical with Hovey's Seedling, as some
suppose, though only a careful comparison of
the two kinds growing side by side should posi-
tively determine this. Col. Wilder writes that
he has made this test, and that they are not
identical.

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Thk Best Fi>avored Strawberries.— Once on
a time tliere was a preat fruit growers' conven-
tion, and a great fruit grower gave Ins opinion
that 6o long as a strawberrv was big, and bore
abundant crops, the public did not care whether
it was sour or sweet, as they had to put suj,'ar]
with even the best. It was a surprise to a few of'
the hearers that this sentiment was apphiuded. I
The true flavor of a strawberry will always tell j
even through the thickest saccharine disguise, j
and thus the best judges continue to take in true
8tra\vl)erry sweetness among their 'points" in
pomological decisions. i

In a letter from Col. Wilder, overflowing with j
his old-time enthusiasm, he describes his tests '
among the strawberries this season, and reg5*d>i
the three best flavored fruits, amf)ng sixty kinds,
as Duncan, Triple Crown and Wilder. He also
hiis a good word for Sharpless and Bidwell.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Peach Trees in* Fence Corners.—" Beatrice"
says: '"I admire your note on peach trees in
fence 'corners,' but you omit to say what I be-
lieve to be a fact, that the ' corner' tree is always
a seedling, and that a seedling tree is healthier,
as a rule, than a grafted one."

Seedling Strawberry from W. F. Bassett.
Hammonton, N. j. — Mr. B. sends us a seedling
of some promise in order that we may judge ol
its carrying qualities, of which we can say that
it is very superior. They reached us as if freshly
gathered from the plant.

AsPARAGis — Mr. J B. Moore sends some sam-
ples of asparagus in bunches of twelve stalks
each, weighing respectively 1 lb. 10 oz., 1 lb. 12
oz., 1 lb. 10 oz.. anil 1 lb 8 oz. We may remark
for the information of those sending asparagus

long distances, that it should not be packed
too wet. Asparagus is succulent. It has move-
ture enough — all that is needed is to prevent its
evaporation, not to add to Us quantity.

We have, since the above was written, the
following note from Mr. Moore :

" In regard to the asparagus, we are sorry the
?<pecimens reached you in so poor a condition.
It was the quality, uniformity of color. &c., that
we desired you to see and test more than any-
thing else. You note that the bunches weighed
about one and one-half pounds. In regard to
the size, we would say that on June 10th, last,
we exhibited specimens before the M^issachuselts
Horticultural Society that wei^^hed three pounds
and over to the bunch of twelve stalks. 'Moore's
Cross- Bred ' asparagus is perfectly distinct from
other varieties, and excels in size, quality, uni-
formity of color, and large yield."

European Walnuts in Arkansas.— Dr. Geo.
H. C, Fort Smith, Aikansas, desires to know
whether this walnut is grown to any great ex-
tent in this country, and what is the probable
chance of success in Arkansas.

Trees one to two hundred years old exist iu
Germantown, and they usually bear very well in
some years; in others produce none at all. The
reason for this has never been understood, unless
some recently di>covered facts in relation to
heat and male flowers should explain it. In the
hazel nut there is evidence that a degree of heat,
which is not sufficient to advance a female
flower, will advance a male flower, and in some
seasons these flowers advance too early to be of
use in fertilization. If we can find room we
shall publish the paper soon. It must depend
on actual experience how successful the Euro-
pean walnut is in Arkansas or Texas. Has any
one a fruiting tree? and if so, will they kindly
give us their experience?

Forestry,

COMMUNICA TIONS.

GROWTH OF TREES AT BRENHAM,
TEXAS.

BY WM. WATSON.

As there is so much talk about forest trees,
etc., I thought I would give you some items

I about the growth of trees on my sand hilL
j About thirteen years ago I planted a Cunning-
hamia sinensis; it was about six inches high;
in the next ten years it did not make one
foot of growth : then it starte<l. and to day it is
fourteen feet high and the most beautiful tree
on my place. I have a Deodar Cedar nine years

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old, sixteen feet high. Tulip Poplars I bought
from you twelve yeare ago— one foot then— are
now, 8oine of them, over thirty feet high. Live
Oiks, twelve years from the seed are now twenty
feel high, and over ten inches in diameter at
biise. Pittosporum, set out six years ago, not
b\x inches high, are now eight feet high, and
cover a space over nine feet across. Chinese
Arborvitses, nine years from seed, are now, many
of them, over twenty feet high and strong
enough for fence posts. All are grown on light
sandy soil, without any manure. I never saw
such rapid growth— altogether too fast for my
wishes. I give you these points thinking you
miirht like to know how trees grow here.

[We are very much obliged to Mr. W. for
these notes. There is nothing more needed
just now than the knowledge of what trees will
thrive best in different parts of the country.
We hope to hear from him again on other
kinds, and to have similar notes from others. —
Ed. G. M.l

EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Cctlture and Management of our Native
Forests — One of the papers read at the National
Forestry Congress has been published in pam-
phlet form, of which a copy is now before us.
It is "on the Culture and Management of our
Native Forests," by H. \V. S., Cleveland, well
known for his intimate knowledge of this sub-
ject. It is practical knowledge like this that
people want. At the meeting at Rochester it
was among the suggestions made that societies
should freely issue information of a practical
chara.'ter. Why not begin with a cheap tract
like this ?

Profitable Tree Planting. — Mr. Wm. Saun-
ders, of the Agricultural Department at Wash-
ington, gets down to the marrow of the question
in the following paragraph ;

"Whether it is more profitable to plant trees'
for the sake of their timber than it is to plant 1
cereals and other crops for their food value, may i
be left for fiirmers t<) decide ; but to ))lant.one
hundred acres in trees with the view of increas
ing the rain fall on the adjoining one hundred
acres of arable lands, seems to us a very weak
proposition."

Timber in Virginia.— We learn from that
excellent mining and industrial journal The

Virginits. that the owners of the Craig Creek.
slate quarries in that State estiniAte that on
the 5 000 acres of land bought by them there
stands, where easy of access, oak timber enough
for a quarter of a million railway ties. This
land is well covered with white, chestnut and
other oaks, white and yellow pine, and other va-
rieties of timber trees.

Section of Sequoia.— Can any one tell us what
became of the section of the great mammoth
tree of California w'hich was exhibited at the
Centennial?

Forest Fires.— Dr. Warder believes keeping
out underbrush from forests may do as a rem-
edy against forest fires; but is not a desirable
practice, as it prevents new forests from suc-
ceeding the old, when the mature ones are cut
away.

Forestry at Cincinn.vti. — Over one hundred
papers were presented to the Forestry Congress
which shows the wide-spread interest taken in
the subject. There were too many to read and
discuss, and, from a list of the titles before us,
we should judge many of the best papers are
among those not read. These will appear in
the proceedings which we understand are now in
course of publication.

At Rochester, a proposition was made by Dr.
Warder to unite the old American Forestry As-
sociation with the new Forestry Congress, and,
in the probability of the union, to meet at Mon-
treal the day before the next meeting of the
American Association for the Advancement of
Science, the time appointed for the meeting of
the congress. This involves the retirement of
Dr. Warder from the presidency of the Associa-
tion. It is not too much to say that it is to the
long years of labor of Dr. Warder, chiefly, that
such a meeting as that at Cincinnati was ren-
dered possible, and to his personal efforts at that
time is due much of its success.

Durability of Timber — It should not be for-
gotten that there are often circumstances inde-
pendent of the quality of wood which decide
the question of durability. A few days ago the
writer examined three oak posts, all made at the
same time from the same tree, two at the bottom
of a hill, one on high ground on the hill side.
Though all the same bize, the two lower ones
were rotted off near the ground ; the one on the
hill side is as good as ever.

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Natural History and Science.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

HISTORICAL NOTES ON THE ARBOR-
VIT/E.

[From notes of some verbal remarks made
before the Academy of Natural Sciences, of
Philadelphia.]

Mr. Thomas Meehan gave in detail the reasons
given by various authors for the name Arbor-
vitee in connection with TImja occidentalis—rea-
sons un«!atisfactory even to the authors who ad-
vanced them. He referred to the statement of
Ray, in his Hlstoria Plantarum, that the tree was
first introduced from Canada to France and
named Arbre de vif, by King Francis the 1st.
Francis died in 1547. The seeds from which
these plants were raised, could scarcely have
been obtained in any other wa}'^ than through
Jacques Cartier's expedition, say in 1834, and
we may therefore conclude that Thuja Occident-
alls, was among the fiist, perhaps the first North
American plant to become known in Europe.
Parkman, in his Pioneers of France, graphically
describes the sufferings of Cartier's band, during
the winter of their encampment near the junc-
tion of the River Lairet with the St. Charles.
Twenty five died of scurvy, and the rest were
sick but two. A friendly Indian told him of an
evergreen which they called "Annedda," a de-
coction of which was sovereign against the
disease. In six days the suQ"erers had " drank a
tree as large as a French oak," the distemper
relaxed its hold, and "health and hope began to
revisit the hopeless company" (p. 195). This
Annedda seems to have been identified with the
white spruce, Abias alba, and is, as I am in-
formed by Dr. W. R Gerard, the same as the
Mohawk " onnita," and the Onondaga " on
netta." According to Rafinesque the spruce
beer of the Indians was made of the young tops
and young cones of this tree boiled together
with maple sugar, and was one of their famous
remedies for scurvy. Rafinesque also says that
a decoction of the leaves of the arborvitse was
an Indian remedy for scurvy and rheumatism ;
besides, the leaves, with bear's grease, being
used externally. Rafinesque, however, believes

it was the white spruce which saved the lives of
Cartier's band, and if the "Annedda" of the
Indiana is really the white spruce, the evidence
through the statement made so soon after Car-
tier's expedition that the health-giving plant was
the "Annedda," is strong. But spruce beer
could not have been made in the winter season
— the leaves only were used. There is no evi-
dence that the white spruce was known in
Europe till towards the end of the 18th century.
It is but natural that whatever the tree might
have been, it was a veritable tree of life— an arbre
de vie to Cartier's men. They would certainly
make every effort to take with them to their
native land so valuable a tree. But we have no
reason to believe that they attempted to intro-
duce the white spruce. There is, as we have seen,
good reason to believe that Cartier took the Thuja
occidentalis to Europe, and it is on record that •
his royal patron, a few j^ears afterward, distribu-
ted the tree as the arborvitse ; and, notwithstand-
ing the seemingly positive evidence that the tree
was the white spruce, Mr. Meehan thought the
Thvja had some ground for disputing the claim.
At any rate, whichever may have been the real
tree, he could not help suspecting that the name
'^arborvitse," had some relation to this touching
episode in the history of the Cartier expedition.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

An Enormous Flower. — There are some flow-
ers which approach the famous Victoria in size.
At Kew they have an Aristolochia, A. Goldeana,
a sort of '' Dutchman's Pipe," with a flower
which is eighteen inches in diameter. Such a
"pipe" as this ought to make very happy the
genuine lovers of the weed.

Color IN THE Dark. — If we take a blue Lilac
and grow it in the dark, the flower becomes
white, at least this is our belief, though we do
not know this from personal experience. We
should suppose this would be the case with all
flowers, and that if a blue hyacinth were made to
flower in the dark it would become white ; but a
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before the Scientific Committee of R. H. S. by
Mr Cummins, gardener to A. H. Smee, Esq.,
Wallington. The spike in rising had encoun-
tered a stone, and as it could not go up it went
down and developed its flowers six inches below
the surface. The foliage was blanched, but the
flowers were richly colored with the proper blue
of Baron Van Tuy 11.

Rainfall . in Utah.— A European scientific
journal places great stress on the following from
a Boston paper :

" Horticulturists generally take the view that
tree planting has a tendency to increase the
rainfall, while the reverse is the case in sections
denuded of trees. The correctness of this posi-
tion is illustrated from the fVict that greater rain-
falls have occurred in Utah during the past sea
son than had occurred previously since the
Mormons have held possession of that territory.
During the past ten years large numbers of trees
have been planted throughout the farming sec-
tions of the territory, and the agriculturists are
now beginning to reap the reward of their per-
severance and foresightedness in this regard. The
subject of tree planting is one that has attracted
universal attention during the last decade, and
its benefits are beginning to be appreciated."

To make the statement complete, it should be
added for every tree planted by the settler, they
cut away perhaps a thousand of the native trees
on their mountains. There is not a thousandth
part of the timber to-day in the Utah Territory
there was ten years ago. About all the planting
done in Utah has been fruit trees, which one
would not suppose to have much " forest " influ-
ence. Outside of the Locusts and Cottonwoods
of Salt Lake Cit}^ what other planting has been
done in the forestry way ?

Seventeen Year Locusts. — Prof. Riley notes
that there are two distinct species of these. Each
agrees with the other in every respect except
that instead of seventeen years the other requires
but thirteen to come to perfection. The seven-
teen-year is named Cicada septemdecim by
Linnseus ; the thirteen, Cicada tridecim by
Riley. We should fear that in a case where
there was no distinction, some rascally dealers
could readily impose one specimen for another
on the unsuspecting purchasers.

Wholesale Coining of Common Names.— In
referring to a plea for the manufacture of com-
mon names in advance of their becoming com-
mon (page 94), we remarked that Dr. Gray was
referred to in Mr. Robinson's letter as having
furnished an illustrious example which he was

merely following, and that if Dr. Gray had ever
been led into that practice be was probably
sorry by this time that he ever attempted
it. In the last issue of Silliman's Journal, page
493, we read as follows from Dr. Gray's pen :

" We have come to agree with De Candolle, in
urging that while vernacular names, i. e. com-
mon names, are freely to be used in their place,
they ought never to 'be made. A deliberately
manufactured vernacular name is a contradic-
tion and a counterfeit. Exceptions there may
be where a generic name may be aptly transla-
ted, but these are few."

Tree Flowering White Mignonette.— It is
just where we look for the rapid multiplication
of easy common names that we find a new va-
riety of the common Mignonette referred to as
Reseda odorata prolifera alba.

Substitute for Quinine.— There seems to be
no doubt but that a species of " Sage Brush "
which grows on the alkali plains of the West,
Artemisia frigida, one of the wormwood family,
has properties so nearly akin to quinine, that it
may possibly take the place of real quinine.
One teaspoonful of the extract is used in agues
in a glass of hot lemonade, before the chill
comes on.

English Names. — The London Gardener's
Chronicle thinks the eflbrt to make English
names by translating the Latin ones no great
success. Even, it says, should the names do for
writing, they would scarcely do for " common
names " without causing embarrassment some-
times in good society. For instance it has been
proposed to call Cypripedium caudatum "The
long-tailed lady's slipper." We can get along
very well when we write it, providing we do not
forget the hyphen, but in conversation there
might be many an inquiry as to the kind of lady
intended.

A Hybrid Cotton Plant.— The daily papers
have accounts of a new cotton plant raised by
hybridizing the Okra and the common cotton.
To a botanist it seems doubtful that two genera
like Hibiscus (okra) and Gossypium (cotton)
should be successfully hybridized, though the
genera are so closely related that such a union
could not be pronounced impossible. News-
paper statements of such facts as these, how-
ever, generally require confirmation.

Opuntia Rafinesqui in Canada.— This pretty
hardy Cactus was recently found at Point Pelle,
the most southerly point on the mainland i^
Ontario, by a little botanical party in which

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were Mr. Wm. Saunders, the entomologist, and
Dr. Burgess, Professor Macoun and his son, an
energetic young man of twenty years. Some
other plants new to Canada were also found,
among these the Tulip Poplar, Red Mulberry
and tlie Nettle tree. The Tulip tree was very
abundant.

Helianthus Maximiliani.— In the description
of (his pretty sunflower in Meehan's " Native
Flowers and Ferns of the United States," Law-
rence, Kansas, is given as about the most north
em point that the plant had been found up to
that time. Professor J C. Arthur, in his "Fifth
Contribution to the Flora of Iowa," now notes
that i}, has been found plentiful in Emmett
County, Iowa, 300 mibs north of Lawrence.

Damage by Crickets. — A writer in the Ame7-i-
can Nahiraliat has noticed a common field-cricket
gnawing at a kernel of corn until it devoured the
germ, and early in the autumn he has found
them in cornfields, eating the crowns of kernels
or ears that had been blown to the ground, a re
suit formerly attributed to mice. Moreover,
crickets anni)y farmers by eating the bands ol
cord binding the sheaves of wheat. As Mr.
Webster t-ays : " Much of the harvesting is done
with self binding harvesting machines, using
cord for binding. Judge of the surprise and
chagrin of the farmer when, in drawing in hit*
stacks of grain, to find, instead of compactly
bound slieaves, only a mass of unbound grain,
the bands of cord having been cut in many
places by the crii-keis.'"— Independent.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Glutinous stigmas ik Akebia quinata. — "A
little boy" writes: "Father says you like to
know about things nobody knows, and he says
this is new and you will like it. It is about the
flower of the Akebia. In the middle of the
flower are five parts like five pins. I cut them
out with a scissors and stuck them all over my
face. They stood out straight, and father
thought warts had broke out all over me, and
he was scared when he looked at me. Father
says this is written right, but you will spell out
the big words for me."

[The editor is very thankful to this "little
boy" for his interesting letter. The "pins" in
the centre of the flower botanists call the pistils,
the "pin heads" being the stigmas. Many flow-

ers, when open, exude a sticky and generally
sweet substance from these pin-head points;
hut it is probably quite, new to observe that in
Akebia the liquid is so sticky that it will hold the
Distil out in a horizontal direction. "Little
boy" will do well to keep on taking notes of
such things. There is no education so valuable
as that which directs the eye. We understand
the little fellow is under eight years.— Ed G. M.J

MoRCHELLiA ESCULENTA. — This is the name of
the plant sent to us by A. B C, Lebanon, Pa.
It is an edible fungus, and highly prized in some
parts of the world.

White Herb Robert. — " T. W.," Newark,
Wayne Co., N. Y., writes: "Enclosed I send you
specimen of Geranium Robertianuin with pure
white flowers. There are a few plants growing
on the edge of a moss having the normal color,
on Islay Island, in Sodus Bay, Lake Ontario. I
have never heard of it, and is the first discovered
in this section."

[We expect to find white flowering individuals
once in a while among all colored flowers; in
some families more frequently than others. In
the case of this geranium we have never known
(jf a white form being found before. Like most
albinos among plants, it seems to be more deli-
cate than the normal form. — Ed. G. M.j

Purple Anemone nemorosa. — In botanical
works it is noted that this pretty species of w'ind-
Hower, so well known for its white or rosy flow-
ers in the woods of the Atlantic States, some-
times has purple flowers in Oregon Mrs F. E.
B treats us to a pretty dried specimen of this
color found at La Center, Washington Territory.

Double Native Columbine. — " J. T. B.,"
Tonah, Wis., writes : '' I send by mail a blossom
of wild Aquilegia. I sent a blo.ssom to Cam.
bridge, to Profs. Goodale and Watson. They
write me it is different from anytliing of the
kind the}"- ever saw or heard of. 1 lound the
plant while in bloom last season, and removed
it to my garden ; the blossoms are as large again
this season as last. Tlie one I send you is the
last on the plant, and is one-third smaller than
the first ones."

[This is a double variety of Aquilegia Cana-
densis, and the first of this species we have ever
seen. The European species have often double
forms, as we see under cultivation. A double
Aquilegia is always interesting from the manner
in which the petals are fitted into one another
like a long string of empty flower pots. The

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finding of this double variety adds another to
a Jong list, showing that nature as well as
''the skill of the florist" is equal to the task of
raising double flowers. — Ed. G M.J

Feuit of the Paper Mulberry. — "M. C,"
Atlanta, Ga., writes: "We mail to you a box
containing a "nondescrijjt" a party in Middle
Georgia sends us for a mulberry. It is unlike
anything we have ever seen. Is it not an ao-
normal condition rather than a natural growth?"

[This is the fruit of the paper mulberry —

Broussonetia papyrifera — the tree from which
the Chinese make much of their paper, and the
fruit of which is rarely seen in this country.
It is the general impression that the trees intro-
duced into this country were male, and the in-
crease has been by root cuttings from these
original trees. If, now, some of their descend-
ants have taken to bearing fruit, it will add an-
other instance to a list by no means short, that
plants can, at times, change their sexual charac-
ters independently of seed. — Ed. G. M.l

Literature, Travels i Personal Notes.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

BULB CROWING IN HOLLAND.

BY BURNET LANDRETH.

Hillegom is our objective point and to reach
it we go from quaint old Amsterdam to Haar
lem, through a country of windmills and ditches
— water on every side — ditches, canals, rivers,
the divisions between fields, not fences, but open
ditches three to thirty feet wide, navigable for
long narroAV flat boats on which the farmers
transport their hay, potatoes, cattle, manure as
wagons are almost unknown ; indeed they could
not be used for want of bridges — the boat is all
important. The size of the fields vary from two
to ten acres, seldom more, principally down in
rye grass for pasturage. Another striking
feature is the noble avenues of Linden trees;
every farm house has its line of approach and
every town its avenue— sometimes trimmed flat
on both sides like a wall, the branches inter-
lacing, at other times standing alone and trim-
ed like so many columns.

Finally we reach Haarlem and put up at the
Hotel Funckler, dining with a lot of gay army
officers just the same kind of rollicking boys as
they alwaj's are.

We find ourselves in an historic city. It gave
birth to Coster who it claims was the real in-
ventor of printing— what a lot of fellows invent-

ed printing! It gave the Spaniards trouble to
take, tho' they did it after killing ten thousand
in the siege and two thousand more in the
massacre which followed. It was a nursery of
art and to-day possesses fine pictures.

It is a town of sixty thousand inhabitants and
with its suburban surroundings is the seat of
residence of large numl)ers of wealthy merchants
from Amsterdam thirty minutes distant, and
here may be mentioned the refinement seen
among these true Dutch people. They are
courteous and sincere, they are highly educated,
wealth}', always doing for themselves or others
— none can be charged with idleness. None
are drones, as too often is the case in this
country with those who have been favored with
wealth left to them by others. In Holland it is
disreputable to have nothing to do— however
wealthy, however high in social position.

The business communities speak English very
generally, so intimate are the commercial rela-
tions with Britain; it is taught in all the schools
and in the towns English habits are more to be
observed than elsewhere on the continent. In-
deed the better class of people are so English in
appearance as often to be mistaken as sucli. and
this applies particularly to the young ladies-
blue eyed, light haired, rosy cheeked, splendid
teeth and altogether lovely. Many odd sights
are to be seen in the streets and particularly
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things hy the rule of contrary ; they sell then-
fish alive and the dead ones they throw away.
They sell, what do yon think? Water! and what
else? Fire! They anchor their boats by the
stern, the carpenter pulls the plane and pushes
the draw knife, the saw'yer cuts fine wood by
drawing the cord wood sticks over a fixed saw
blade.

For two and a half centuries Haarlem has been
celebrated for its culture of bulbs. Before
Pennsvlvania was settled speculation ran wild
on Tulips and Hyacinths — gambling in imagin- j
ary stocks was pursued then and there as at !
present in our money centres. I

It is recorded that six thousand dollars was i
paid for a single bulb, two thousand dollars be-
ing a common price; the Government finally
declared such sales illegal and they were thus
suppressed. To-day propagators frequently pay
twenty-five to thirty dollars for bulbs of rare new
varieties.

The culture is now principally pursued in the
vicinity of the town of Hillegom on the edge oft
the reclaimed land of Haarlem Lake. To reach
it we take carriage and drive over a praire-like
country principally devoted to pasturage, wind-
mills in every direction, some devoted to grind
ing grain, most of them for pumping water from
the lower ditches to the higher. Looking from]
the train yesterday we sighted seventy-five wind- j
mills at one time. I

Ditches on every hand, water everywhere j
within two or three feet of the surface, the soil |
black and covered with a luxurious sod of rye 1
grass upon which feed thousands of sheep, geese
and Dutch cattle, the latter closely allied to the
Holsteins now becoming such favorites with us ;
'tis odd to see the cows blanketed, a system
pursued with all the milking animals. The milk
is turned to butter and cheese for export to Eng-
land ; there it has a famous reputation.

The roads dressed with sea gravel and sand from
the neighboring dunes, well kept, and without
fences. No senseless tax here or elsewhere on
the continent on the farmer to keep up fences to
protect his crops from road cattle — only in
America is liberty confounded with licentious-
ness.

We drive on through hamlets and past fine
country seats — long drawn out mansions set in
the midst of horticultural embellishment 'neath
noble trees of hollj^ yew, lime and oak, and in
the distant vistas herds of deer ; on the lakelets
flocks of swan. Nothing in comparison with the

great show places of England, but occupying a
middle ground, and filling the position with a
quiet dignity. The Dutchman does not go be-
yond his means, what he does he does well, and
he keeps his place in good form.

The Haarlem Meer was reclaimed in 1840 and
gave up to culture five thousand acres of land,
now valued at an average of four hundred dol-
lars per acre. It now supports a population of
ten thousand people. It is on the borders of
this reclaimed land Hillegom is situated and we
Tuust hurry on or the bulbs will be out of flower.
Every one grows them; if not an acre, a rod or
so; the aggregate area annually under culture
is estimated at eight hundred acres of Hyacinths,
seven hundred acres of Tulips, four hundred
acres of Crocus, five hundred acres of other bulbs.

The estimated value of these various bulbs
is two thousand five hundred dollars per acre
for Hyacinths. Nine hundred dollars per acre
for Tulips. Eight hundred dollars for Crocuses.

The crops must needs bring much money, as
the expenses are exceedingly heavy, the value
of suitable land before preparation being five
hundred to eight hundred dollars per acre.
After securing the land it must be prepared
and this is a very expensive business; drainage,
spading, manure, hauling sea sand and other
costs running up two thousand to four thou-
sand dollars per acre and then only available
for bulbs every fourth year. Thus nine to ten
thousand acres are in the bulb rotation and
all necessarily of this costly prepared land.

Cow manure only is used, — they say it is best,
but perhaps it is because they have more of it
than any other. A Hyacinth in marketable
form is four years old, sometimes five, and has
been handled about twenty times a year, or one
hundred times in all. The various sorts and
colors are classified in planting, and the bloom
is only allowed to develop sufficiently to prove
the variety and color. It is then cut off"; the
writer saw hundreds of wagon loads of blooms
thrown into the ditches or piled up for manure.
Large quantities of blooms are boxed and
shipped to London by steamer from Flushing.

The effect during the season of blooming
about the first of May is most brilliant, fields
here and there of three, five, ten acres, a blaze
of scarlet or a cloth of gold ; everybody grows
them, one sees them extending in all directions,
field after field or small patches alongside the
thatched cottage of the peasant, making it for
the time a spot of beauty.

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- EDITORIAL NOTES.

Rochester nurseries.— These suffered severely
during the times when business generally was
depressed, and it was pleasant to find during a
hasty visit to the flower city recently that, though
no new firm had ventured into business, the older
ones were in a measure prospering. Some
grounds are scattered, and cannot easily be
reached by a hurried circuit, but the writer
managed to make brief calls on EUwanger &
Barry, Gould Brothers, W. H. Little, H. E.
Hooker, and the great seed firms of Vick and
Hiram Sibley, all of whom seem to be pros-
pering. H. E. Hooker has been prostrated by
the blow that compelled Vick and Stone to give
way, but he was able to be out for the first
time on the daj' of our call. We have to go to
press so soon after the editor's return, and there
has been little time to write much since; but he
hastens to thank the numerous friends he found
there for the many kind attentions everywhere
offered him.

The Detroit Carnations. — We have another
communication from Messrs. Breitmeyer, written
in a good spirit, and from this point unobjection-
able. But the matter has grown to be a person-
al one, and the further discussion would not in-
terest m;i,ny readers of the magazine.

The Apricot.— Pliny, as well as Linnteus and
most modern botanists, includes anjongst Plums
the Apricot (Prunus Armeniaca), a tree most ex-
tensively cultivated, and which sows itself very
readily in cultivated grounds over South-eastern
Europe, Western Asia and East India, but its
native country is very uncertain. The ancients
called it Armeniaca, as having been brought
from Armenia into Italy, where it is not indige-
nous ; also Prsecoca, Prasecoqua and Prsecocco ;
and under one or other of these names it is men-
tioned i)y Dioscorides. by Galen, by Columella
(who is the first who speaks of its cultivation)
by Pliny (who, about ten years after Columella,
asserts that it had been introduced into Rome
about thirty years), by Martial, etc. Democritus
and Diophanes give it the name of Bericocca,
analogous to the Arabian Berkac and Berikhach,
the probable origin of the Italian names of Ba-
cocca, Albicocca, aijd even, according to Cesal-
pin, Baracocca; and, lastly, Paolo Egineta, ac-
cording to Matthioli, has spoken of these fruits
under the name of Doracia. Although some ol
these names, even in modern times, have been

occasionally misapplied to a variety of Peach,
yet they all properly designate the Apricot and
show that that fruit was known in very remote
times. Having never been very much apprecia-
ted, except for its odor, there was not in former
days any great propagation of varieties of it.
Micheli, however, under the Medici, enumerates
thirteen among the fruits cultivated for the
table of Cosmo 111.— The Garden.

Gardening by the Monks of Old.— The Gar-
den gives this interesting note on monastic gar-
dening in England :

"Gardening in the middle ages was one of the
favorite occupations of those men who, to escape
the 'madding crowd's ignoble strife,' sought a
home in the cloister. Scott has happily exem-
plified this in Father Boniface, who, when raised
to the dignity of Abbot of Kennaquhair, casts a
regretful glance back to his early days spent in
the monastery of Dundrennan, where he says:
' I passed my life ere I was called to pomp and
to trouble. I can almost fancy I see the cloister
garden and the pear trees which I grafted with
my own hands.' Father Boniface's lot was cast
in stirring times ; while he was musing a great
change was passing over Scotland. In common
with other countries of Christendom, she ac-
cepted the reformed doctrines, and the Regent
Murray, like our own bluff Harry,

Broke into the spence
And turned the monks adrift.

The poor abbot was glad to seek refuge in peace-
ful obscurity and employment in the pursuit of
gardening. Thus contented, he viewed his coun-
try's troubles with a stoicism which amounted to
indifference. ' What avail,' he says, ' earthly
sorrows to a man of fourscore? It is a rare
dropping morning for the Early Colewort.'
Almost every one can remember quaint gardens
which once formed part of the demesne of some
religious house, now long since converted to
secular uses.

" The broad terraced border at New^stead, full
of old-fashioned flowers, which the brothers
themselves may have planted, and which con-
trasts strangely with the rest of the pleasure
ground laid out by Le Notre — this and many
similar spots rise up before our mental vision at
the mention of 'monastic gardens.' When our
warlike ancestors were spending their time in
fighting, and scarcely ever out of the battle and
the fray, and while somewhat later on in Eng-
land's history others were engaged in the peace-
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were not idle. Many of them who had neither
the taste nor the learning necessary for tran
scribing or illuminating manuscripts, nor the
genius which created a painter like Fra Angelico,
were nevertheless skillful gardeners. In the in-
fancy of the science ol medicine, the simple
remedies concocted from the herbs which {zrew
in the convent garden, or were gathered by the
patient seeker in the woods or on the hillsides
which surrounded it were much prized by the
villagers ; neither did lords and ladies disdain
to crave advice and healing from the wise leech
who cultivated his medicinal plants with his own
hands, and likewise distilled from them the
balms and lotions, &c., which composed his
pharmacopia. Then, again, the importation of
rare and new plants was frequently the work of
the monks. 'An Italian traveling in England
i 1 the reign of Henry VII.,' says a recent writer,
'describts the lair gardens filled with the Laurel,
the Myrtle, and all Italian fruit trees, except the
Olive and the Orange. He speaks also of the
numerous vineyards.' "

Roman Floral Luxuries. — Towards the end
of the Republic in Rome, to which already
almost the whole of the then known world was
subject, luxury was at its height. The riches ex-
torted from the sul>jugated nations were squan-
dered in the most foolish way. There was no
knowing what undertakings a man with money
might not begin. The poor nightingales must
give up their tongues to furnish a ragout for a
Roman gourmand. A Roman fine gentleman
injured his standing if he sat before his guests at
the sea, sea fish, and in the interior of the coun
try, fresh-water fish. At immense cost sea fish
had to be provided here, and fresh-water fish
there. Not less foolish was the custom of sleep-
ing on rose leaves — the couches were heaped
several feet high with rose leaves. Even Cicero
must sleep on roses and violets. Propertius
must even be buried in them, for in that case, as
he sings, the earth would lie lightly on him. An
effeminate Roman complains of the folded rose
leaves on his couch hurting him. The Propraetor
Verres in Sicily was carried about in a litter
resting on cushions filled with rose leaves and a
bouquet of roses had to be carried before him.
The supply of roses at Rome must at that time
have been very great. Paestum sent most, and
after it Egypt, where the roses of Cyrrhene at
that time were renowned. Great vessels came
to Rome, which were only laden with roses.

This rose mania, for by no other name can one
call it, contriouted not a little to raise the posi-
tion of the gardener in Rome. — Carl Kock.

A Rush.— Rushes are found in almost every
place in the British Islands, and in both cold
and temperate quarters at home and abroad they
are plentiful. Before the introduction of tallow
candles in this country, rushes were used by
those both in high and low stations. Rushlights
are still sold by our chandlers, and are used by
the very poor, or for night-lights in sick-rooms.
Among the peasantry in the country districts we
have often met with rushlights in numbers. The
poor dip the rushes in any kind of grease or
melted fat they can procure. Formerly in far-
mers' or gentleman farmers' houses they twisted
1.,'reat numbers of rushes together in Ireland,
sometimes to the bulk of a man's arm, for house-
lights or torches. The common hard rush is used
still in country places for tying up bundles of
flowers, being previously bleached a little. The
bulrush and the lesser bulrush are used for mats,
foot-stools, seats for chairs, ior baskets and horse-
collars, in Ireland ; and in some of the midland
districts of England they make ropes of the peel.
The pith of bulrushes is used for candles. We
have seen ropes and plaited whips, boys' whips,
and horsewhips made from bulrushes, sonie
being ingenious plaiting and matting for orna-
mental purposes. We have known it to be used
(the soft rush) for thatchins; cottages or corn-
stacks .and some of the very poor have used it
for stuffing beds. Rushes of all species are a
very useful order of plants, and may be utilized
in a variety of ways, many still unthouglit of.
It is quite possible that a very useful paper might
be made from rushes as well as from Esparto
grass or wood. We hope the humble and de-
spised rush or bulrush, which has a history as
<ild as Moses, will soon receive more attention
than it has hitherto obtained. This very useful
plant has passed into a proverb, and i^used in
derision to express contempt, as, ''I dont care a
rush about you." — The Builder.

History op the Dahlia. — Botanists are now
mostly agreed that the florist's Dahlias have
originated from two species, D. superfluaand D.
frustranea, though some unite them under the
name of D. variabilis — a very appropriate title,
for the variation in form and color of the
flowers causes them to merge into each other,
and it is not easy to indicate any clear marks
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which hiis been selected for this purpose is the
invohicre (the bracts surrounding tlie flowers),
which in D. supcrHua is refiexed, and in D, frus
tranea is S|)reading. In oliier respects they are
similar, having strong succulent stems, divided
leaves, and flower heads in which the outer
florets are flat, broad, spreading, and richly
colored, the central florets being tubular and
yellow. Dahlias were first mentioned by Htr-
na idez in his account of Mexico about the mid-
dle of the seventeenth century, and two figures
are given under the Mexican names, with
descriptions of their supposed medicinal proper-
ties. Some years subsequently a traveler in
Mexico, named Menonville, who was, it is said,
" employed by the French minister to steal
the cochineal insect from the Spaniards," also
noticed them, commenting on their great
beauty.

In 1781 plants of D. superflua were introduced
to England by the Marchioness of Bute, and
some were grown in Madrid at the same
time, and among the latter the first one which
flowered in the autumn of 1789 enabled Cav
anilles, a Spanish botanist, to define the genus
under the name of Dahlia pinnata, the genus
being named in honor of Dihl, a pupil of
LiiHiaeus, and the specific title referring to the
form of the leaves, and this appears to be the D
superflua of succeeding authors. Two other
forms also flowered in following years, and were
respectively named D. rosea and D. coccinea,
and all were figured in a botanical work pul)li»h-
ed at the end of that century. The first plants
introduced

have been lost, and in 1804 seeds were sent by
Lady Holland from Madrid to England, and
plants were raised fnmi these, which flowered in
that and the following years. In Andrews' "Bot-
anist's Repository," 1804, one of these, D. pinnati,
was figured from a plant' that flowered iuSeptem-

of the " Botanical Magazine." In this work an
engraving of a single form of D. superflua ap-
peared in 1817, together with a representation of
one of the so-called double varieties, the first
presumably that was figured. It has flat pur-
plish florets, not cupped like we have them now,
but full and of good form. In connection with
these it is mentioned that it was the opinion of
DeCandolle that " No blue variety of Dahlia su-
perflua would ever be found, because blue and
yellow being the two primitive colors of flower?,
and always exclusive of each other, no blue
flower ever changes to yellow, or yellow to blue."
Both these drawings were made from specimens
in the Comte de Vande's garden, who had im-
ported them from France, where it appears Dah-
lias had then been receiving nuich attention for
some years. — London Journal of Horticulture.

Origin of the Name Horse Chestnut — The
following curious derivation of the name Horse
Chestnut (^sculus Hippocastanuin) as well as
the fact giving rise to it, may possibly be as new
to the readers of The Garden as it wns to me, par-
ticularly as neither Loudon, in his "Encyclo-
paedia," nor any French book on the subject,
that I have seen, makes any mention of it. On
examining, either with or without a glass, the
mark left by the leaf stalk after its fall a very
distinct impression of a horseshoe imbediled in
the bark may be observed, bearing in relief seven
dots, simulating the heads of as many nails.
This mark assumes much more accurately the
shape of the horseshoe on the twigs of last year's

by the Marchioness of Bute appear to growth than on older wood. This derivation

seems much less " far fetched" than the two fol-
lowing given by Lf>udon : " It is said by some to
be applied ironically ; the nuts though having
the appearance of Sweet Chestnuts, being only
fit for horses ; and by some others, because the
nuts are used in Turkey for curing horses of

ber ai»d October in the open ground at Holland ' pulmonary diseases." If fit for any animals,
House, Kensington." This has large florets of a j Horse Chestnuts are more likely to be called
purplish crimson color, the centre being bright only fit for pigs. First, because the irony would
yellow. In the same year a figure of D. coo- be so much the greater; and, secondly, because
cinea appeared in the "Botanical Magazine," i horses do not eat them willingly. As to their
which has small bright orange scarlet flowers, | use in the medicinal line, it is possible that
and was said to have been introduced from ! Turks, being no great doctors, may administer
France in the previous year by Mr. Eraser of j them to consumptive horses, but they can hardly
Sloane Square. The second edition of the be of much use in lung complaints, as their only
" Hortus K«wensis" in 1813 gives three varieties medicinal property recognized in civilized phar-
of D. suuerflua— namely, purpurea, liiacina, and macopeia is that of a tonic, and. as such, the
nana, and only mentions another species, D. tincture of Horse Chestnuts is sometimes given
frustranea, as synonymous with the D. coccinea for gastralgia. The oil of Horse C.iestnuta was,

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a few years ago, greatly puffed up in Paris as a
cure for gout; it was applied externally, but was
of little or no use, and is now considered merely
as a quack medicine. Starch seems to be the
best product of these nuts, but somehow the
manufacture of it has never paid in this country,
although Horse Chestnuts may be had almost
everywhere for the mere gathering. Like Cas-
sava (or Manioc) and many other feculent roots
or nuts, repeated washings and triturating will
rid them of their bitter and acrid principle,
leaving the fecula in an eatable state ; the only,
question being that of the cost of the labor re-
quired for these operations. — Fredk. Palmer in
Gardener's 3Iagazine.

The Chestnut (Castanea vesca), celebrated
amongst European trees for the enormous size it
will attain, is already mentioned in the Bible.
Theophrastus and Athenseus give it the name of
Euboean Nut, from the Island of Euboea, now
Negropont, where it was peculiarly abundant.
Pliny says that Chestnuts first came from Sardis,
the ancient capital of Lydia, and not far from
the modern Smyrna. Galen, who was a Lydian,
confirms that origin, and says that they were
also called Balani leuceni, from Leucene, situa-
ted on Mount Ida. Other writers, ancient and
modern, give various Eastern countries as the
native stations of the Chestnut, and even Gio-
vanni Targioni-Tozzetti, our author's grandfather,
believed them to be introduced only into Italy;
but not only have the extensive Chestnut woods
in the Apuan Alps and other parts of the Apen-
nines, mentioned by Bertoloni, every appear-
ance of being really indigenous, but further evi-
dence that woods of this tree existed in Tuscany
from very remote times, may be found in the
number of places which have derived their names
from them, such as Castagna, Castagnaia, Castag-
neta, etc. We may, indeed, safely give as the
native country of the wild Chestnut, the south of
Europe from Spain to the Caucasus. It does not
extend to East India. — The Garden.

Alan W. Corson. — Alan W. Corson, the oldest
nurseryman in Pennsylvania, died at his home in
Whitemarsh, on the 21st of June in his 95th year.
Like many of the famous botanists of Pennsyl
vania, he was self-taught in the science, or
rather taught by nature with whom they were
so ardently in love. He was a contemporary of
William Bartram, John Evans, and other well
known botanists and horticulturists, all of
whom he has so long survived. For a long time

Alan Corson's nursery was the only place within
many a long mile where trees could be bought.
His botanical zeal led him to obtain every thing
that could be had, and amongst these many were
thus introduced which proved of immense service
to horticulturists. Innumerable rare trees and
plants are found in old gardens within fifty
or sixty miles of his home, of which few now
know their history, but which owed their exist-
ence to Corson's nursery. Singularly modest
and unassuming, he never sought any credit for
the good he did. and thus to-day very few know
of the great value of his service in his day and
generation. His knowledge of the botany of
his district was so complete, that when any ques-
tion arouse among the younger folks, a proposi-
tion to submit the matter to Alan Corson, was sure
to receive unanimous approbation. The love of
flowers both botanically and horticulturally, is
wide-spread in the country bordering on Corson's
home. Many of these flower lovers would be
regarded as botanists in other lands. A large
number of these date the great pleasure they
have had in life to the teaching and influence of
this remarkable man.

The Business of James Vick. — The four sons
of Mr. Vick have arranged to continue the busi-
ness of their father and under their father's
name. They have the good wishes of the whole
community.

Memoir of Charles Darwin.— By Prof. Al-
phonse DeCandolle. The publication committee
of the " Archives de Sciences de la Bibliotheque Uni-
verselle" have published in their May number, a
paper by DeCandolle on "Darwin considered
in the aspect of the causes of his success, and
the importance of his labors" which may be
classed as among the most eloquent of the many
tributes to this remarkable man, who, considered
at first as the enemy of all religion, came in the
end to be so highly venerated as to be buried in
Westminster Abbey, amid solemn religious ser-
vices, followed to the grave by a long course of
English clergymen, who sincerely expressed
their deep sorrow for the world's great loss. The
fixity of species, which before his time few dared
question, has been entirely annihilated and
chiefly by the courageous devotion of Darwin to
his work. There are few living scientific men,
who receive new views with more caution than
DeCandolle, and it must be regarded as among the
triumphs of Darwinism, that such an eminent
man is found among Darwin's warm eulogists.

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The Horse : How to Buy and Sell, &c.— By
Peter Howden, New York, Orange Judd Co. 1882.

The lees a buyer knows about a horse, the
more sure he is to look very wise and knowing,
when he is buying one. It is amusing to note
how carefully he opens the creature's mouth,
and examines the teeth and gums, and how he
punches the poor beast's ribs, and switches its
tail, with a fool-me-if-you-can look, which almost
defies the seller's trickery. After all there will
be no harm in having a little real knowledge,
and surely this little book will be worth all its
cost to any horse buyer.

Kules of Simple Hygiene, and hints and rem-
edies for the treatment of common accidents and
dishes. Compiled by Dawson W. Turner,
D. C. L. An American edition is announced by
Macmillan and Co., New York.

The Ladies Floral Cabinet.— We learned
at Rochester that this very beautiful monthly
publication has again changed hands. C. L.
Allen has become the editor, and the many who
know of his intelligent love of plants and ilowers,
and his excellent editorial abilities, will look for
a wide field of usefulness by his connection with

the magazine.

«-■-»

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Typographical Errors. — "C. Dickens Shaks-
peare Bryant Jones" says: "A catalogue of
Mr. 'A. W., of Lawrence, Kansas,' has just
reached me in which he advertises ' the Garden-
er's Monthly, assisted by an able corpse of
American and Foreign correspondents.' Now I
always considered the Monthly a live paper;
but how a ' corpse.' no matter how ' able,' can
give it increased vitalitj', would puzzle even a
materialistic spiritualist. A corps of ' corpses,'
if anything, would be even deader than one
deserter from that graveyard regiment coming
' to re-visit the pale glimpses of the moon,' and
to haunt your sanctum with baleful horticultural
suggestions and ' dead issues.' The only use you
could possibly have for an 'able corpse,' as I
conceive, is in your Hints for the Month, where,
when ripened by sun, frost and time, and prop-
erly composted, you might work it in with
part sand into pots, or in the garden borders,
where it would become ' a brother to the in-
sensible rock, and to the sluggish clod which the
rude swain turns with his share and treads
upon.' Excuse me, Mr. Editor, for ' dropping
into poetry' like Mr. Wegg; but the subject is so

' fertile' in suggestion, that a whole ' corpse' of
dead writers starts up unbidden, every fellow
wishing to put in a few remarks in his own pe-
culiar vein."

[All of which is jovial enough, and in which
hilarity we should perhaps be tempted to join,
did we not know of our own troubles with com-
positors and proof readers. A printer seldom
thinks of what he is doing, and if a writer
made a flourish to the s, so as to look like an e,
it would be the most natural thing in the world
for him to set up 'corpse' for corps; especially
if, while handling the type, he was thinking of
the last base ball match. — Ed. G. M.]

French Weights and Measures.— " D. W. A."
Waukon, Iowa, writes as follows: "On page 176
of the Monthly is an item ' French Fruits in
England,' all in English except one word, and
that renders the whole item unintelligible to
49,000,000 of the American people, including
myself. Now is it necessary, for the advance-
ment of science, that the measures of fruit, as
well as the names of flowers, should be given in
an 'unknown tongue?' "

[The decimal system of the French is so im-
measurably superior to the old English method
of calculation, that we are surprised that in a
country where dollars and cents have driven out
" pounds, shillings and pence," 49,000,000 people
have got no further towards decimal measures
than were their great grandfathers, before
their grandsires declared their independence of
other absurdities. But we must take things as
we find them, and for the benefit of our despair-
ing friends say that a gramme is equal to the
thirtieth part of an ounce, and a kilogramme is
two pounds and three ounces of our stupid sys-
tem. Our ton of 2,240 pounds is 100 kilogrammes,
and on this basis all the lower weights are pro-
portionately graded. In measure the French
also begin with the 100 quarts, which is their
hectolitre, and while we flounder through gills
and pints and quarts and pecks and bushels,
and one knows not what, the French simply
number their litres as we number our cents in
the dollar. We fancy the school boys among
the 49.000,000, as they grow older, will wish their
elders had adopted the French method in the
public schools. We often feel for the poor things
as they worry over the " examples." We should
like to convert the Master of the National
Grange, and to know that he had set his " lec-
turers" to work in the interests of this reform.—
Ed. G. M.]

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Horticultural Societies.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

American Nurserymen's Association. — The
seventh annual meeting was held this year
in Rochester, under the Presidency of Mr.
Wm. C. Barry. Mr. Barry is the youngest man
who ever held such a position, and it was very
gratifying to his many friends to note how ably
he filled the position, and it must have been
gratifying to him to find the meeting one of the
most successful ever held. A great number of
the States were represented at the meeting, and
the State in which the meeting was held sent a
large number. The great advantage of these
meetings is the social intercourse. Men in the
profession learn to know each other, and friend-
ships are formed which often last for life. At
these meetings much business is also transacted.
It is a sort of commercial exchange. At this
meeting it is believed that stock to the amount
of at least $100,000 changed hands.

The meetings themselves are turned to good
business account. One of the great questions
before this gathering was how to get better ac-
commodations from the railroads for the trans-
portation of nursery stock. Customers complain
that goods are too long on the way and refuse to
take them. The roads having brought the
goods so far have to go back to the shipper and
make him pay the freight. This entails loss of
time, trouble and loss of cash. To save them-
selves, many roads insist on cash in advance,
which has to be collected from the customer by
the shipper. When these matters are brought
before the railroad companies for redress, the
complainants are told— at least so it was repre-
sented at Dayton — that their business is but a
trifling one, and not worth consideration. It so
happens that the business is really a very im-
portant one to the transportation companies ; so
a committee was appointed at Dayton to pre-
pare statistics and lay them before the railroad
companies that they might themselves see it was
no trifling afl"air that they had to deal with.

At this meeting the committee reported that
the nurserymen did not want to let people know

their business, and so they would not give any
figures, and the railroad companies reported that
they also did not care to expose their business
and so they would give no figures, and the re-
port therefore was " nothing can be done." It
seems very strange that we may know the num-
ber of barrels of a;'.ples, bushels of corn or head
of cattle shipped from a district, or carried over
a road, but it is a '' business secret " when trees
are concerned ! There is no doubt from all fiiis
that the inference will be that the railroads are
right in their taunt that it is a "small busi-
ness." When a lady is twenty she does not care
who knows it, but the census-takers declare that
many a lady of thirty appeared to them to be
forty or more. One would think if the enor-
mous business was done, as is represented, there
would be no harm in publishing it. This will be
the impression and we regret very much that it
is, because we know that it is a wrong impress-
ion. There is an enormous business done be-
yond what the community has an idea of, and
we hope the Association will yet find some way
to get at the figures, and without exposing " each
person's business."

In regard to the practical discussions, it was
felt that a nursery business was different to most
others. He who followed it had to make a
want, supply the want and at the same time
educate the people as to how to use properly the
things which they bought. The character of the
papers read were therefore such as would aid the
business man in this educational work.

In regard to the general success of the busi-
ness, it was believed that the profits for some
years back had not been at all commensurate
with the capital invested, that stock had gener-
ally been sold below cost, but the prevailing tone
was that it is better than it has been.

The next meeting will be at St. Louis, with
Col. N. J. Colman as President. Among the
pleasant features of the meeting was a reception
given by the nurserymen of Rochester, under
the immediate superintendence of Messrs. Dewey,
Gould and Mr. H. Ellwanger. The occasion was
one long to be remembered by those who took
part in it.

THE

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HORTICULTURIST.

DEVOTED TO HORTICULTURE. ARBORICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS.

Edited by THOMAS MEEHA.N.

Vol. XXIV.

SEPTEMBER, 1882.

Number 285.

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground,

SEASONABLE HINTS.

There is no more frequent question than how
to have good lawns under trees. Grass requires
food and moisture. Trees take the food and dry
the ground. It is a difficult problem how to get
grass to grow under these circumstances. The
best grasses for these places is Poa compressa, the
flat-stemmed Poa ; and the sheep-fesque, Festuca
ovina. The drying out by the roots of the trees
can scarcely be prevented ; but a good top dress-
ing of manure or compost should be given the
grass under trees every autumn.

Then it is often asked, What evergreens do
best \inder trees — especially evergreens for
hedges? Of the coniferse there is none that likes
to be dry and shaded. The American yew is,
perhaps, as little injured as any. It is best to
employ deciduous plants where we must have
growth under large trees. The different kinds
of Privet do pretty well. The old fashioned
burning-bushes-— varieties of Euonymus, and the
Tartarian and Fly Honeysuckles do well. The
Hardy Hydrangeas and Viburnums also do fairly
well in dry shade.

The experience of the last few summers has
made much change in the popular ideas of the
best time for planting trees and shrubs. The

teaching of the Gardener's Monthly has always
been that the chances of success are about equal
at either season. If a favorable winter follows
the fall, or a favorable summer follows the
spring, either season is pronounced the best ;
when an unfavorable season follows, people say
they will never plant at that time again. It is
the cold drying winds of winter, or the hot dry-
ing winds of summer, and not the season of
planting which decides. The last two summers
have been dreadfully trying to spring-planted
trees, while the very best success has been with
those of the fall planting. It is remarkable that
all the old theories of the best time for pruning
were at length resolved into " Prune when you
are ready," and it will have to be that the best
time for planting is when you are ready to
plant. Get trees with good roots, those which
have been several times transplanted, if you
can ; get thrifty and not half starved trees from
poor soil ; do not let the roots dry before plant-
ing ; prune the tops of the trees a little, and
hammer the earth well in when planting, and
we can jifford to let the "the best season for
planting?" rest with the village debating socie-
ties.

Lilies, Hyacinths, Tulips— indeed all the hardy
kinds of bulbs should be planted or replanted
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great deal better transplanted in fall, provided
means be taken to keep them from being drawn
out by frost. In spite of all care, herbaceous
plants will sometimes die out, and it will be a
good precaution to save a few seeds and sow
sometimes, of the scarcer kinds.

CO MM UNI C A TIONS.

AMONG THE ELDER BUSHES.

BY WM. T. HARDING, MOUNT HOLLY, N. J.

Probably no tree or shrub is better known to
the generality of people than the unassuming
elder. We look upon it as an intimate sylvan
friend, or old woodland acquaintance; and
pleasantly remember it in childhood's brief and
happy days, where in some neglected spot, it
drew our wandering attention to its profusion of
flowers or luscious looking fruit. And, although
time may have greatly changed us since then
yet with some of us I opine our early admira
tion for the beautiful has grown with our growth,
and ripened with the fulness of years. And
happily for those who are so constituted as to
faithfully love from first to last, beauteous na-
ture, whose endearing young charms never
change. No, kind reader, the same placid fea
tures which her children gazed upon in prime-
val times remain unwrinkled now. And thus
it will ever be to all her loyal votaries whose
unswerving fealty warms the heart and bends the
knee in her consecrated shrine.

But, I find I am wandering away from the
fair elder tree, which, to the writer, still remains
all my fancy painted it so many years ago.

Sambucus nigra is the euphonious name by
■which the black elder is technically recognized,
and together with its varieties, is well known to
the botanist and landscape gardener, who finds
them useful and ornamental little trees or
shrubs. And as they possess a constitution
strong enough to endure every vicissitude of
climate, they will flourish under every condition
of life. Yet, with all their good qualities, I re-
gret to say, are but seldom seen where they
ought to grow. I trust no one will disparage
them because they have seen them growing wild
in and about the woods, forgetting that the most
useful and beautiful trees and shrubs known to
science are somewhere growing where nature
placed them.

Perhaps the Elder may not appear to some

people's ideas as handsome as some other things
but, as '' beauty is in the eye of the be-
holder," let me say it, in all possible candor, I
have seen many a pretty Elder. When in flower,
their lovely white cymes are as interesting and
fair to look upon as are most flowering shrubs.
Neither do their good looks diminish later on,
when bending with heavy clusters of fruit.

I presume most of your readers who are ac-
quainted with them will remember the peculiar
cut-leaved S. laciniata, or parsley leaved elder.
But the kinds which have lately come to the
front, are S. aurea and S. laciniata variegata.
The first named, with its bright golden foliage,
is one of the most conspicuous and useful shrubs
the landscape gardener is at present using. And
the second is like unto it, with this difference —
it is a silver, cut leaved variety, which produces
a fine effect when in contrast with other things.

These very ornamental shrubs the writer
recently saw in the shrubberies in various parts
of England. I had occasionally seen them at a
distance, among other things, too far ofi" to
identify, until I had an opportunity to closely
inspect them in Selton Park, and other places in
the environs of Liverpool.

I am not aware whether they are to be had in
the nurseries on this side of the Atlantic or not.
But if not already here, they will, I feel assured,
be soon found in company with other good
things of recent introduction. Then there is the
old S. variegata, S. alba punctata, S. pyramidalis
and several other kinds, all distinct in habit,
and deserving of cultivation. I have an idea
that S. aurea and S. laciniata variegata will
prove useful adjuncts to the mixed tropical plant
beds or borders in the summer season. They
would be equally effective, too, as isolated speci-
mens on the lawn.

CUTTINGS FROM OLD WOOD.

BY MISS M. M. B. RODMAN, WASHINGTON, N. C.

Seeing your correspondent's note on Hydran-
gea cuttings reminds me of a little bit of my own
experience. I had occasion to cut down a large
pink Lagerstrcemia, and sawing off the larger
branches, set them in the earth to be used as
bean-poles. The Lima beans were planted all
around the posts, shading the ground thor-
oughly, I was surprised to find the following
spring that every pole was throwing up thrifty
young shoots; they bloomed when two feet
high, and suggested the thought that a hedge

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made of the different colors would be very
pretty.

It may not be generally known that Rhyncos-
permum jasminoides is hardy in this climate.
I have one trained over the doorway, on the
north side of the house, which has been out four
winters, and has been, for several weeks, covered
with its lovely white blossoms. It is an object ol
universal admiration.

YUCCAS.

BY G. ONDERDONK, MISSION VALLEY, TEXAS.

Recent references, in the Gardener's Monthly,
to the propagation of Yuccas by cuttings recall
some of my own experience. I have found the
leaves of the Y. gloriosa very valuable in the
vineyard for binding the young shoots to the
trellis. I like them for this purpose because
they give way just about the right time and thus
save trouble of removal, to say nothing of their
convenience and cheapness. We also use the
leaves at the packing house in making up pack-
ages of trees, plants, &c. Therefore an increase
of a convenient supply became an object.

It frequently came in our way to bring an
entire shoot, or even a whole tree of yucca to
the packing ground at once. After using all the
leaves we have been in the habit of cutting each
shoot to about two or three feet in length, leav-
ing the terminal bud at the top. These shoots
were then set as cuttings, leaving the tops just
above ground. We never gave any after care,
and none ever failed to grow well.

About fifteen years ago I carried a branch,
about two feet long, to the vineyard. I used the
leaves and left the wood lying on the ground
fully exposed to the sun. This was in May.
During the last part of the following August
(and it was one of our dry, hot summers), I
noticed that the terminal bud was putting out
new leaves. Turning the yucca over, I saw that
on the under side two or three small roots had
started. I dug a hole about eighteen inches
deep and planted it. It had no subsequent care,
not even the slightest stirring of the soil. More-
over, it was in a neglected fence corner where
the weeds held a continual mass meeting around
it. Although it grew slowly during the first
year, yet it became vigorous the year following.
It is now a fine specimen, and supplies a fine
yearly crop of leaves for our uses at the packing
house.

In a former number I read of yuccas not seed-

ing well. Every variety that has bloomed in
my grounds has produced seed, and the wild
gloriosa usually seeds very well. About fifty
miles west of us, on the Nueces River, there
exists in wonderful profusion a yucca which I
had always thought was the Y. filamentosa.
But the leaves are narrower and perhaps longer
than the Y. filamentosa here from northern
nurseries. This variety seeds abundantly. It is
scattered, more or less, all over Western Texas,
and I presume over the whole State.

PROPAGATING HYDRANGEA PANICU-
LATA.

BY E. WILLIAMS, MONTCLAIR, X. J.

My eye has just met the note of Mr. Abbott in
your June number, page 166, on propagating
Hydrangea paniculata. My original plant was
obtained in this way : A friend commended the
plant to me some years ago as desirable, and
gave me some branches from which to make
cuttings, which I could try; he did not know
they would grow.

I made thirty odd cuttings, planted them, and
only one grew, the one named above. I have
had better luck, and worse, since then, but to say
they will grow as readily as a willow, is putting it
too strong; neither will it be generally, that
"they will root as readily as a willow," for I
think it safe to say 90 to 100 per cent of the
latter will grow under any ordinary conditions,
while from one to ten per cent, of the former I
should consider a fair average under the same
conditions.

I think Mr. Abbott happened to take his stakes
just at the right time and attended them with
favorable surroundings, and we may have as
good success when we learn what those favora-
ble conditions are. What is the experience of
others in this matter?

ELBERON.

BY MARJID DIGRAM.

Elberon, on the New Jersey coast is a quaintly
picturesque place. It is a little town on a strip
of moorland, as full of sun and all the breezes
that blow as if its resting place was by the Firth
of Forth, or on the surf margined downs of the
South British coast. Some of its houses, that
have not been out of the builder's hands aa much
as ten years, might easily claim an antiquity of
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noticeable fact that there is not a froward house
in the vilhige group, and even the most preten-
tious are models of modesty.

The irregular arrangement or distribution of
these houses is excellent, and the removal of
everything that would obstruct the sea-view of
those which necessarily stand some distance
back from the line of bjuff, if not the result of
unselfishness, is nevertheless a feature other
similar places might copy to their credit and
profit. The lack of trees, and all other impedi-
menta, with the continuous green, well-kept
level lawn, give to the place its remarkably free,
cool and agreeable aspect. Thru the prevailing
depressed hedge is a capital idea. Whether it is
low by intention, or because it has not yet had
time to grow to the usual height, I do not know.
It is, at least, a happy hit, and fits in well with
the other features of the place.
• To speak more particularly of the hedge — or
of hedges generally — is my occasion for writing
this. I can see no reason why they should all,
and always, be of one invariable height.

There are reasons, however, why in some
cases, they should be kept low, and the sea-
side village under consideration presents an in-
stance where this exceptional treatment can be
carried out with advantage to all concerned.

The full value of a high hedge could be nearly
realized by laying the same hedge down, as it were,
upon its side ; in other words, giving it greater
breadth to replace its lack of height. A line of
low, widely-trimmed Osage or Hawthorn, six or
seven feet broad, would be nearly, if not quite,
as eflectual a bar to the passage of man and the
animals, as would one clipped four or five feet
above the ground level. Over this breadth of
six or seven feet the plants could be set in four
or more lines or rows, and could be of one spe-
cies only, and thorn-bearing, or of two or more,
the outer of which would be of impervious
shrubs, the inner of one or more contrasting
species, but thornless.

A variation upon this would be to give the
major portion of the hedge's thickness to resisting
plants, whilst the inner margin, seen from the
windows of the house, would be composed of
herbaceous sorts, with ornamental leafage, which
would be especially striking when set against
the deep green low-clipped shrubbery.

As a further deterrent, in special cases, to
reckless two or four-footed pedestrians, a line of
posts could be set midway of the hedge's width,
the said posts to be connected by iron rods or

chains, and poets and shains to be painted to
harmonize with the leafage below.

The gate, if necessary, would be two-barred
and hung low, or if absent, the gate posts, set
widely asunder, and rising but a foot above the
depressed hedge, would be encircled by the
latter. These would have as a surmounting ob-
ject, a vase, to be flower-filled or ivy-entwined, or
balls, either of which would suit a variety of
situations.

HARDY HERBACEOUS PLANTS FOR GEN-
ERAL CULTIVATION.

BY WM. eUTHERLAND, PHILADELPHIA.

The present system of bedding out with tender
plants, has been in vogue for about thirty years
and has so nearly superseded the valuable class
of hardy herbaceous plants that they are almost
unknown to the general cultivator, excepting,
perhaps, the old-fashioned Phlox, Single Holly-
hocks and Paeonies and a few other flowers and
herbs which were grown in the gardens of our
grandmothers.

Very many intelligent people are becoming
tired of the set figures, glare and sameness ol
the beds that are so universally used for sum-
mer decoration, and are anxiously looking about
for something to take their place in a measure.

We would not wish to do without bedding-out
plants entirely, for they are very striking and
beautiful in certain positions, but that they
shonld entirely supersede prettier and more in-
teresting flowers is not desirable.

The tender bedding-out plants have to be re-
newed every year at a considerable expense and
require very careful attention for success. They
only furnish flowers from about the middle to
the last of June until the first frosts, a season
when people are taking their summer vacations;
the beds for the remainder of the year are bare
earth or a mass of decaying vegetation.

The hardy herbaceous plants cost but little
more at first, require very little attention for
success and they live and increase year after
year. With a dozen different kinds, flowers can
be had from April until very severe frosts; with
a larger number, every color, and a great variety
in form and fragrance will be represented.
Many of them are evergreen and would look
finely as single plants, or in beds all the year.

Hardy plants are usually arranged in borders
with the large growing varieties at the back and
a gradation in size to the small ones on the edge,
but we need not be confined to this arrange-

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nient. I believe that when the same amount of
study is bestowed on this class of plants that has
been on the tender plants, equally as good and
far more interesting effects can be produced.

Grass beds are exceedingly graceful and
pretty. The Eulalia Japonica, Zebrina and
Variegata are both remarkably pretty; Erian-
thus Raven life, Festuca glauca and many others
are fine.

The lilies and all hardy bulbs are included in
this class. The Tulip is well known as a showy
early bedding plant.

The great variety of beautiful Phlox, in shades
of pink, purple, red, crimson, salmon and white,
variously marked, are being added to every
year by foreign cultivators, and the old single
Hollyhock has been transformed into one of our
most beautiful flowers, with double and single
varieties, having shades almost black, copper,
rose, yellow, red, white and intermediate shades.
These and the Larkspurs have been greatly im-
proved, mostly by foreign cultivators, but they
are verj"- little known here. A large list of very
fine hardy herbaceous plants might be men-
tioned in the cla ses spoken of, but I will not
take the room in this article.

There is a broad field for improvement in
many of the herbaceous plants by hybridization,
selection of seeds and the cultivation of sports,
and it is to be hoped that many cultivators will
experiment on this class of plants and make
known their results through this paper or
otherwise.

BERMUDA CRASS AND LAWNS.

BY MARJID DIGRAM.

The editor of The Rural Neio Yorker, in the
January number of the Gardener's Monthly,
says, that he planted a sample of Tennessee
Bermuda grass in a dry muck-and-sand soil, and
that it throve wonderfully, that is to say, it
spread in one summer over a space fully seven
feet in diameter. A very good record, certainly,
to which the editor adds, as a further recom-
mendation of the grass, that it would probably
prove hardy in as trying a summer and winter
climate as that of Central New York.

The sand-and-muck soil was the feature of the
experiment that attracted my attention, and I
wondered how rich a soil, this particular one,
used and mentioned by Mr. Carman, was. Sup-
pose the muck was quite absent, or present in
but "small quantity ; for instance, we will say,
such a soil were tried as mav be found in the

yards and gardens of our New Jersey seaside
villages and summer resorts. Would it answer?

If such slightly fertilized earth as this would
satisfy the demands of the plant, then the Ber-
muda grass of Tennessee is just the bit of vege-
tation needed in these places to serve the two-
fold purpose of giving the greenness or floor of
positive color obliquely beneath the eye which
that organ naturally demands, and to cover from
sight the now almost universal surface of glaring,
eye-irritating whiteness.

At Saint Augustine, on the coast of Florida,
some several years since, I saw in a yard sur-
rounding the residence of a brother of the late
Vice-President Hamlin, a nicely trimmed area
of lawn, the grass used in which was called
the Meskit or Muskit. This grass has either a
running rootstock, or a creeping stem, spreads
rapidly and is very persistent where once set.
Though very coarse, it in this case, completely
covered the ground and was kept in excellent
appearance by the frequent use of the lawn
mower. Unfortunately the Meskit is, I believe,
a semi-tropical grass, or it would answer per-
fectly the needs and demands of a long strip of
sandy seashore, that, in fact, which, commenc-
ing at Squan, continues indefinitely southward
into the gulf.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Single Dahlias. — There are few flowers more
beautiful, or which make a more brilliant show
in the fall of the year than the highly improTed
double dahlias. They require some care to cul-
tivate properly, or they degenerate ; some, how-
ever, more readily than others. In old times
no one would look at a single dahlia, but the
florist has placed his improving fingers on them,
and with such grand success that they are
actually competing successfully for popularity
with the double ones. Last year there were
only orange and scarlet shades, but we hear
there are now a large variety, and such as to
command admiration wherever seen.

EosE Baroness Rothschild. — This was the
great sensation among the roses exhibited at
the June meeting of the Germantown Horticul-
tural Society. It was a sort of salmon pink in
color, four inches across, and as " double as a
rose."

Datura arborea.— In a garden in Pittsburg
recently we saw a plant of Datura arborea,
which must have been eight feet high, and it

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had what seemed to be hundreds of its large perhaps among the very first trees introduced

trumpet-shaped, sweet white flowers. The plant
does not stand frost, but it is very easily pre-
served during tlie winter in a cellar. It is related
to the common Jamestown or " Jinison " weed,
which is well known as a troublesome annual in
cultivated ground.

Synonyms of Roses.— It appears modern cata-
logues have many new names for old things.
The Journal des Roses has recently published a
very useful list of them, from which we take the
following, which refer to kinds well known in
America :

New Names

President

Mad. Plautier

Clotilde

Lady Warrender

Old Roses
Adam
Albion
Bougere
Clara Sylvain
Countesse de Labarthe
Eugenie Jouvain
Mme. Bravy
Mme. Moi-in
Niphetos

Souvenir d'un Ami
Cramoisi superieur
Virginale
Lamarque
Le Pactole
Narcisse

Catharine Guillot
Hermosa
Leveson Gower

Louise Odier

Mistress Bosanquet

Rugosa rubra flore pleno

Rugosa rubra flore simplici

Auguste Mie

Charles Lefebre

Clementine Seringe

Comte de Paris

Docteur Marx

La Reine

Le Lion des Combats

Louise Peyrony

Mme. Masson

Prince Albert

Queen Victoria

Souvenir d' Anselnie

Virginal

Ducliesse de Brabant

Mme. Roussel

Alba rosea, Mme. de Serlot

Adcl Pradel, Mme. Denis

Mathilde

Queen Victoria

Agrippina

The Mme. Lacharme

The Marechal

Mme. de Challonge

Enfant de Lyon

Michel Bonnet

Melanie Lemarie

Souvenir de la Malmaison i

fleurs roses
Mme. de Stella
The Sapho
Himalayensis
Regeliana, Taicoun
Mme. Rival
Marguerite Brassac
Pauline Plantier, Mrs. Wood
General Hudelot
Marquis d' Ailsa
Reine du Midi
Beaute Francaise
Lelia

Gloire de Chatillon
Futur Empereur des Francais
Rose-la-Reine a fleurs blanches
Enfant d' Ajaccio
Mme. Liabaud

Paulownia imperialts. — This magnificent tree
has been in bloom abundantly everywhere this
season. The large blue, gloxinia like flowers
fill the air with a delicate fragrance, as well as
attract by their beauty. The flower buds are
formed in the autumn, and are more or less
injured by the winter. The past season being
mild, the flowers are unusually abundant. The
foliage is rather coarse, and the whole habit of
the tree ungainly; but its wonderfully rapid
growth, as well as its sweet flowers, give it ele-
ments of popularity. One of the first trees,

into the comitry, is now in Independence Square,
riniadelphia. It must be about thirty-five years
old. It was one of the first lot imported by the
late Robert Buist, and presented by him to the
city. It is probably eight feet in circumference,
and may be sixty feet high. The Japanese, in
whose country the tree is native, value it for
timber ; but we know of no experiments with it
in our land. Should it be of any service in this
respect, it would not take long to supply the
forest waste if they were planted.

The Government Grounds at Ottawa. — It is
not always that bad grounds are the fault of a
gardener in charge — not by any means; but yet
great numbers might be brought up to popu-
larity if only an intelligent man, with a love for
his profession, and good common sense, gets in
charge. It is wonderful what enthusiasm from
such a quarter will do, to make all around ap-
preciate one's work. An illustration of this is
in the government grounds around Parliament
Hill at Ottawa. Tnese comprise about thirtj'--
five acres, with several large greenhouses. No
one cared particularly about them, and what
was given in support was rather grudgingly
given. But one with a thorough love of his
profession got hold of it. He did not bury the
one talent because he could not get ten, but did
what he could with that which he had. Little
by little his work was admired by others as well
as enjoyed by himself. Now there are few things
the Ottawa folks are more proud of than their
government grounds, and Robertson, the super-
intendent.

Japanese Chrysanthemum from Seed. — At the
annual dinner of the Borough of Hackney Chrys-
anthemum Society on the 6th inst. one of the
members produced a batch of seedling Japanese
Chrysanthemums, The seedlings were pretty,
and not without indications of promise, but
necessarily small, and requiring another year's
trial. Seedling raising has been termed the
poetry of gardening, and those who find pleasure
in doing this can add the Japanese Chrj-santhe-
mum to other subjects. For greenhouses and
conservatory decoration the Japanese varieties
are of great value, and the trade growers of
Chrysanthemums say that the demand for Ja-
panese varieties is largely in excess of the in-
curved flowers. As a white Chrysanthemum
to grow for cutting from, the Japanese variety
Elaine is unsurpassed. — Gardener's Chronicle.

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Greenhouse and House Gardening.

CO M MUNI C A TIONS.

CANNA NEPALENSIS.

BY CHARLES E. PARNELL, QUEENS, N. Y.

The various species of Canna form a genus of
highly ornamental foliage plants of majestic
habit and tropical appearance, remarkable alike
for their large and handsome foliage, as well as
their beautiful and various colored flowers.

One of the prettiest and most distinct is Canna
Nepalensis, a very beautiful species growing
from four to five feet in height, with large, bright
yellow flowers, which are produced from June
until frost. The Canna is a half hardy peren-
nial plant belonging to the natural order Maran-
tacese, and this species is a native of Nepaul,
from whence its specific name is derived. This
Canna is not at all adapted for the flower border,
on account of its robust habit, but for groups of
ornamental foliage plants, or as single specimens
on the lawn it is almost without an equal.

In order to cultivate this Canna to perfection,
as well as to see it in all its beauty, it should be
grown as a single specimen on the lawn, and in
order to enable to so grow it is necessar^'^ that it
should be given a rich, loamy, very deep soil ;
the place where the plant is to stand should be
dug at least to the depth of two and a half feet,
and a good quantity of well-rotted stable manure
thorougly incorporated with the soil; if pos-
sible, add also a sprinkling of bone-dust; a
strong, robust plant will require a space of about
four feet in diameter. Like all of the Maran-
tacese, Cannas require a deep, rich soil and a
hot, moist atmosphere during their season of
growth. During the summer season we can
supply all their wants with the exception of a
moist atmosphere ; the best substitute for this is
to give it an abundant supply of water at the
roots. In order to do this it is necessary to form
a shallow basin around the plant, or better still,
to have the space allotted to the plant about
two inches below the surface of the lawn. When
hot, dry weather sets in, cover this space with
about two inches of coarse stable manure, being

careful to remove all straw; once a week give it
a thorough soaking of water, and if a little
guano is dissolved in the water, so much the
better; thus grown the Canna will astonish all
by its vigorous growth and its tropical appear-
ance.

A few days after frost has destroyed the foliage
the roots should be taken up carefully and
placed in a warm, dry cellar or under the stage
of a greenhouse for the winter — they can be
divided, if necessary, and planted out the ensu-
ing season ; they can also be grown in large pots
for decorative purposes, with fair results if rich
soil and an abundance of water be given them.

Propagation is effected b}'^ dividing the plant
in the spring before planting, and also by seeds
which, if sown early, and tae young plants
properly cared for, will produce nice plants the
same season. As the seeds possess a hard in-
tegument they will vegetate much sooner if
slightly scratched with a file on one side, or else
placed in boiling water previous to sowing. The
seeds can be sown in a well-drained pot of light
sandy soil, covered slightlj'^ and placed in a
moist, warm situation. As soon as the plants
are strong enough to handle, take up carefully
and pot off into three or four inch pots ; place
the pots again in heat, and keep the plants con-
stantly growing until all danger of frost is over,
when they can be planted out in the open air.

It is an essential point in the cultivation of
Cannas to have the plants as strong as possible
when planted out in May.

The Canna is popularly called the Indian Shot
plant, from the fancied resemblance of the
round, black, hard seed to shot. The term Canna
signifies a cane or reed.

PLANTS CROWN IN MOSS.

BY ALTHir-:A, BOSTON, MASS.

A collection of plants cultivated by means of
the Dumesnil fertilizing moss has created a
great sensation here, and will in time revolu-
tionize window gardening. C. J. Power, of
Framingham, has undertaken to place this new

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process before the American public. Great suc-
cess has been attained with it in Europe. The
moss is simple and clean, and appears infallible
in its peculiarly invigorating properties, while its
possibilities for service to florists, botanists and
artists are of incalculable value. In this moss
plants are grown absolutely without earth, and
will both flower and bear fruit, while their hardi-
ness is augmented. It may be used in doors or
out of doors, or during long transportation. The
advantages of using it in window gardening ap-
pear at once to those who are all winter con-
stantly cleaning after muddy and leaky pots.
The moss requires only sprinkling— just enough
wetting to compensate for natural evaporation.
Mr. Power's exhibit at a recent meeting of the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society consisted of
ivies and geraniums in pots, which are in a
most thrifty condition, and show every evidence
of growing and blooming finely. Several of the
geraniums carry superb trusses of bloom. A
Hibiscus Cooperii, with variegated foliage, is
one of the handsomest plants I ever saw. It has
been in this moss for three months. A Canter-
bury bell, with a spike of bloom nearly three
feet high, is among the collection. White Ver-
benas, in full flower, Coleas, Lobelia and Helio-
trope complete the list. Mr. Power said he had
succeeded well with Carnations also. He is
making several experiments under the auspices
of ^ the^ Massachusetts Horticultural Society,
which, in course of time, will be made known
to the public. His statement of what may be
done by means of this moss is almost incredible.
If proven, we shall be able to snap our fingers at
the seasons, and may have ornamental and
costly exotics in our living apartments all the
year round.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

GLAZING GREENHOUSES.

BY M. M. GREEN, LOUISVILLE, KY.

In the July number Mr. Blair, referring to my
note in April on glazing, confirms the opinion
which I expressed in that note. I think it de-
sirable, after one winter's experience. I found,
however, that towards spring spaces between the
ends of the glass appeared, some as large as a
sixteenth of an inch, or possibly larger. These
did not exist when the glass was laid in the fall.
I found the same thing to occur in a house in
which the glass was slipped into grooves in the
sides of the rafters. Does the glass shrink ?
Who can give the reason and a remedy ?

Steam Heating.— The articles in the Garden-
er's Monthly are exciting a widespread interest
among florists. At a recent meeting of the New
York Horticultural Society many leading florists
participated in debate on the subject. There
seemed to be no longer any doubt about the
advantage of steam over all systems at present
known, where large ranges of houses are to be
heated. The only question now left seems to be
whether it will pay to tear out the immense
quantity of pipe and boilers now used in hot
water ranges. Kretschmar Bros., of Flatbush,
from whom our readers have not heard, gave an
interesting account of their experiment, sum-
ming up the advantages as follows :

We saved coal to some, and attention to a
great extent. A steam-heating apparatus, cor-
rectly put up, and furnished with a perfect-
working, automatic damper-regulator, can be
safely left alone all night in zero weather.

We can regulate the heat so that each house
may be kept at a degree desired.

Closing, we will say, if our apparatus was
more perfect than it is now, we would not wish
to have anything better than steam heating.

Our apparatus was put up by a concern that
never heard of "greenhouse heating by steam,"
nor never dreamt that it could be done. They
were utterly inexperienced in this line, and
therefore the apparatus was put up imperfectly.

Plants in Fertilized Moss. — C. J. Power, of
Framingham, Mass , made a magnificent display
at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society's ex-
hibition in Boston on the 30th of June, of plants
grown in the Dumesnil moss. We are not in-
formed in what manner this moss diff'ers from
moss prepared as already described in our pages
by Mr. Peter Henderson, which is simply moss
mixed with any fertilizing substance. But there
are large numbers of people in all large towns
and cities who do not care to have the trouble
of mixing fertilizing substances with moss, or
who have not the opportunity of doing so. To
all these the ready-prepared moss will be a great
boon. It is cleaner and morf easily handled,
and those who, like Mr. Power, are making ef-
forts to introduce it, by showing practically
what can be done with it, deserve the thanks of
the community.

Henderson's fertilizing moss, was for mulching
only. These plants are grown wholly in the moss.

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N£U^ OR RARE PLANTS.

Davallia Fijiensis.— One of the most charm-
ingly elegant of all stove ferns, free in growth,

divided of the Davallias. The fronds grow two
to three feet in height, and have a deltoid out-
line, the caudatel}' elongated points of the fronds
and of the pinnae being gracefully deflexed ;

DAVALLIA FIJIENSIS.

firm and durable in texture, evergreen in habit, I they are compoundly divided on a quadripinna-
bright green in color, and the most finely I tifid manner, the whole fronds being split up

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into lanceolate pinnules and pinnulets, and
finally cut into narrow blunt linear or bifid divi-
sions. Being of evergreen habit and remarkably
elegant in its whole contour, so that it will take
rank amongst the most ornamental of its race, it is
not too much praise to say that it is the finest
acquisition to its class, introduced for many
years. It comes, as its name implies, from the
Fiji Islands. This was one of the new plants
with which Mr. W. Bull gained the first prize at
the International Horticultural Exhibition, held
at Ghent in 1878, and at the Great Show of the
Royal Horticultural Society, held at Kensington
in 1880.

Gynura AUR.4XTIACA, Browx.— The " Illustra-
tion horticole " for 1881, last part, speaks thus of
this beautiful plant : " The Gynura aurantiaca is
a hardy plant belonging to the Compositse, and

is of such an ornamental character as to allow of
one's saying that it is not surpassed by any other
plant of the same class. The stem and leaves
are clothed throughout their entire length with
a thick covering of hairs, soft to the touch,
and of a beautiful deep violet color, which gives
an appearance of the richest velvet to the plant.
This is more especially the case with the young
leaves, and when combined with the brilliant
orange of the flowers, the aspect of the plant is
truly superb. Without doubt, it will gain great
favor as an ornamental plant for the open bor-
ders."

As this plant in all probability will become as
popular as Iresine Lindeni and Coleus Ver-
schaffelti, it will be sent out at a very low price,
in order that it may spread as rapidly as pos-
sible.

Fruit and Vegetable Gardening,

SEASONABLE HINTS.

At the Rochester Xurserymen's Meeting there
was much discussion on the host method of label-
ing the trees in an orchard. There should alwaj's
be a book kept with the names of the trees in
regular order, so that if a label be accidentally
lost or become illegible, there will be a certainty
of getting it again. But, as Mr. P. Barry well
remarked, time is a great deal in this age, and
all labelling should be made very plain, so that
we can easily see the name the moment we want
it. There are few better things than large stout
pieces of pine wood, well painted, and the name
written on the label while the paint is soft, and
this label suspended from a branch within reach
by a piece of stout copper w'ire. The loop of
the wire must of course be large, to guard
against its cutting into the branch by the growth
of the wood. This is the season to examine the
fruits, and note how far they may prove to be
true to name. In regard to the quality of fruits
it is -worth while to look to the healthiness of the
trees. Many a fruit has been pronounced worth-
less, when, if the tree had been healthier, an-
other conclusion might have been reached. This
is especially true of small fruits. An unhealthy

raspberry, blackberry or strawberry, always gives
fruit of poorer flavor than plants in good health.
It is not alwaj's easy to tell when plants of small
fruits ^re in good health, for they often have
something the matter with them before the
injury is ver}' plain. The experienced eye de-
tects a change in the color of the foliage, in
many cases of plant trouble. If we know the
soil to be good, and the plant has for all this a
yellowish tint, there is sure to be something the
matter with the plant. It is generally useless to
try to renovate a sickly stock. Better get new
plants, or another kind, and plant where the
kind has not been growing before, if we can find
such a spot.

In orchard trees this yellow tint may often be
noted. Occasionally this will be from poor
ground; and a top dressing of some fertilizing
substance will give a renewed green to the trees
next season, but very often borers may be found
in the stems, or fungus at the roots, or some
other trouble directly affecting the health of the
tree, and for which even manure will be of no
account. A good green dark color to the foliage
is always a test of healthfulness. This is espe-
cially marked in the grape. People often call
attention to some variety they are growing, that

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it is worthless, when the pale color of the leaves
tells plainly that the plant is sick. There is
nothing helps a grape so much as a good top
dressing annually, unless it be a nice trellis
whereon the grape may twine. It loves wire or
twiggy sticks whereon the tendrils may attach
themselves. Among some of the absurdities of
amateur gardening is the putting up of an ex-
pensive grape arbor, and then putting out small
vines to run over it. Better let them grow for a
year or two over strong bushy stakes, and put
the arbor up after the plants have grown. The
vines will grow the better for this, and the arbor
will have that many more years to last before it
rots away.

The fall is an excellent time to plant all kinds

stone, brick or wood, sunk five or six feet below
the surface of the ground, into which leaves,
manure, or any waste vegetable matter is filled.
When quite full it is suflered to heat a little,
when it will sink somewhat and have more ma-
terial added to it ; about six inches of good rich
loam is then placed on it, and early in Novem-
ber the Cauliflower planted out. The object in
refilling the leaves so often is to insure the
plants remaining as near the glass as possible,
which is very essential in the growth of Cauli-
flowers. Lettuce is treated in the same way,
and seed should be sown now to prepare for the
planting. The Cabbage Lettuce is the kind
usually employed.
Tomatoes will still repay care bestowed in

should be tied lip, and will continue bearing for
some time yet. Where the ground is very dry,
waste water from the kitchen will benefit them.

Potatoes, as soon as the tops are well decayed,
are best taken up at once, as they appear less
liable to rot afterwards, than if left long in the
ground.

Egg plants like plenty of moisture, with sun
and air. If the ground be dry, give them abun-
dant manure water ; they will bear until frost.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

of fruit trees, except in the very coldest climates keeping them in shape. Those grown on stakes

the peach may perhaps be reserved for spring

If the fruit orchard is to go on a hill, or where

the trees may dry out easily in summer time.

the fall is the best time. The roots get the

earliest start in spring against the dry time

coraeth. Small growing things, in cold climates,

should have the earth well drawn up around

the plants in order to guard against being drawn

out by frost.

The main crop of Spinage should now be
sown Properly cooked, there are few vegeta
bles more agreeable to the general taste, and few
families who have gardens will wish to be with-
out it. It is essential that it have a very well
enriched soil, as good large leaves constitute its
perfection as a vegetable. As soon as the
weather becomes severe, a light covering of
straw should be thrown over it. A few Radishes
may be sown with the Spinage for fall use.

Turnips also may still be sown. In fact, if the
soil be rich, a better quality of root for table use
will be obtained than if sown earlier.

Celery and Endive will still require the atteri
tion in blanching described in former hints.

Cabbage and Cauliflower are sown this month
for spring use. The former requires some care,
as, if it grow too vigorous before winter, it will
all run to seed in the spring. The best plan is
to make two sowings — one early in the month,
the other at the end. The rule is, get them only
just so strong that they may live over the winter
in safety. Many preserve them in frames; but
they should have wooden sashes or shutters in-
stead of glass, so as not to encourage them to
grow much.

Cauliflower, on the other hand, cannot well be
too forward. Most persons provide a pit of

NEW EARLY PEACHES.

BY H. M. ENGLE, MARIETTA, PA.

There was a period when everybody acquainted
wiih peach culture knew which was the earliest,
but since Hale's Early has been superseded
the question of earliest is undecided, and no
doubt will continue thus for many years to
come. It is generally conceded that the many
new varieties two to three weeks earlier than
Hale's, are seedlings from the latter.

No doubt seedlings will be grown from the
earliest kinds in hope of getting this fruit still
earlier, but as there must be a limit between the
blooming and ripening periods of all fruits, the
question is whether we have not reached said
limit with peaches.

W^e have fruited this season twenty-six varie-
ties claimed to be from one to three weeks
earlier than Hale's, a number of which fruited
on the same grounds two years ago, and several
for the last six to ten years. I have settled
down to the firm conclusion that there is not
three days diflerence in time of ripening of the

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following varieties, viz. : Amsden, Alexander,
Wilder, Musser, Bowers' Early, Baker's Early,
Alpha, Gov. Garland, Sherfey's Ei.rly, Nectar
Early Canada. Waterloo, Downing, Saunders,
Cumberland, Honeywell's, Climax, Briggs May,
Our No. 4. The eleven first named have leaves
with globose glands. Waterloo has reniform
glands, and the seven last named are glandless-
All the above named varieties are just over,
while Early Beatrice, Louisa and Early Kivers
are just coming in. We picked the first ripe
peaches about 22(id of July, while two years ago
the first were ripe about 26th of June. Early
Surprise is just coloring and will ripen about
with Hale's. Early Rose and Early Lydia quite
green. Flater's St. John, said to be the earliest
yellow peach, will ripen, I think, with Troth.
In testing these varieties we had fixed on several
as earliest, but find that comparative earliness
varies with same varieties, on the same ground,
and with the same trees, in different seasons.

Those varieties having globose or reniform
glands are as a rule the stronger growers, while
the glandless are almost invariably subject to
mildew and consequently weaker growers.
There seems to be a general uniformity of the
fruit of the same classes named and a slight
difference, which I can hardly describe, between
that of the glandless and those having glands, i. e.
including those named that are over at this
date.

T. V. Munson, of Texas, whom I consider good
authority, claims that those having reniform
glands are as much more vigorous than those
having globose glands, as the latter are above
the glandless, but I could thus far not see the
point. From our method of testing I claim to
report with the assurance of fairness, viz. : (The
following were budded on bearing trees and bore
quantities sufficient to compare) Bowers' Early
on Amsden, no diff'erence in fruit nor time of
ripening; Early Canada on Wilder, no differ-
ence; Baker's Early on Alexander, no differ-
ence ; Gov. Garland on Alexander, no difference •
Alpha on Wilder, no diff'erence; Waterloo on
Wilder, no diff'erence ; Sherfey's on Alexander,
no diff'erence ; Climax on Wilder, no difference ;
Nectar on Downing, slight diflference ; Musser
on Wilder, no diff'erence; Cumberland on
Wilder, slight diff'erence ; No. 4 on Wilder slight
diff'erence ; Early Surprise on Alexander, Early
Rose on Amsden and Early Lydia on Downing,
three varieties above mentioned as not ripe, will
be seen had no disadvantage of position.

The many different and even contradictory re-
ports as to time of ripening of most of the above-
named varieties, prove that time of ripening as
well as size, quality and appearance depend on
conditions which are often overlooked or mis-
understood by the growers. Even with all our
knowledge of peach growing we must admit that
they are subject to queer freaks not yet ac-
counted for. If there is any one variety that
will for a period of six to eight years prove uni-
formly three to four days earlier than any other
variety, I will guarantee for its introducer a
handsome premium. But what is particularly
desired, is a freestone peach, as early, as large,
good, and handsome as any now grown, and
whoever will obtain such a variety will deserve
a handsome fortune.

FORCING EARLY CAULIFLOWER.

BY AUGUST D. MYLIUS, DETROIT, MICH.

The best kinds of cauliflower for forcing are
Early Erfurt and Early Snowball. I sow in
boxes in forcing pit from the 10th to the 20feh of
January. When plants are large enough they
are transplanted to a side bench, setting them
two or three inches apart. In March they
are planted between lettuce or radish rows, set-
ting them one foot apart in the row, and the
rows fifteen inches apart. Or if the hotbed con-
tains nothing when the cauliflowers are planted,
radishes, lettuce or Egyptian beets may be
sown between the rows. Even carrots and Kohl-
Rabi may be forced with the cauliflower. There
could be much greater profits made on vegeta-
bles if more attention were given to a succession
of crops. It is not always necessary that one
crop perfect itself before another be planted in
its place. By studying suitable crops and plant-
ing between the rows several crops from the
same grouud may be had in a season.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Protection to Orchards. — Mr. Yeomans, of
Walworth, N. Y., attributes much of his great
success in orcharding to the employment of
shelter belts of evergreens and other trees.

Grape Rot. — What is the matter with the
grape ia Kentucky this season? We hear sad
accounts of the rot. Only Ives and Norton
seem to have escaped.

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Protecting Peach Trees in Severe Cli-
mates.— A correspondent of the Western Rural
protects peach trees as we recently i-ecommended
Figs to be protected : "I have also good success
raising peaches in a similar manner. Last sea-
son, after the hard winter of 1881, the mercury
going down to thirty-six degrees below zero, I
had as finepeaches'as I ever saw in the Chicago
market, ripe by the first of August. I set out
one-year old trees from the bud, and in the fall
before the ground freezes up I dig on one side of
the tree, cutting some of the roots, and taking
out some of the dirt from under the body of the
tree, so that it will bend down to the ground.
Then I peg it down, cover the roots well with
dirt, and then the whole tree with a good cover-
ing of straw, or marsh hay, replacing it in the
spring in its proper position, after the danger of
frost is over. I have trees treated in this
manner twelve feet high that bear a good crop
every year. M}^ soil is a sandy loam."

Some Large SxRAwBERKiES.—Strawben-ies, kind
not named, raised by Dr. Alpaugh, of High
Bridge, New Jersejs were exhibited in Philadel-
phia, they measuring ten and a-half inches
round and weighing over three ounces each.

Le Conte Pear. — This seems to be very popu-
lar in Florida. It is being extensively planted
there, and the older plantings producing profita-
ble crops. It seems also to be holding its own
in Georgia. Up to July 6th, one firm at
Thomasville had shipped twenty-three bushels
to New York.

McCracken Blackberry. — This was found in
a wood at Fulton, Illinois. It is claimed for it
that though not a large fruit, it succeeds in
places where the larger fruited kinds fail, and
that it is an early ripener and of good quality.

Churchman's Superb Raspberry. — This new
candidate for popular favor commenced ripen-
ing on the grounds of Mr. John Churchman, of
Burlington, N. J., on the 30th of June. From
accounts we hear of it, we believe it to be a very
fine variety.

The Caroline Raspberry. — We find this amber-
colored variety is not of the Rubus occidentalis
or "Black Cap " race, but of the same class as
the Philadelphia belongs to. Some botanists be-
lieve these to form a distinct species, and Dr. Peck,
of New York, once named it Rubus neglectus. It
is by far the best of these light-colored kinds.

The Hansell R.^spberry. — Mr. Churchman

states the published reports give his name as
among those present at the examination of the
Hansell Raspberry, and. by implication endors-
ing the resolutions that that variety was " best
of all." Mr. Churchman does not believe that it
is anyway superior to the Superb.

The Hansell Raspberry.— This is represented
as an accidental seedling, found on the farm of
Hansell Brothers, near Beverly, N. J. It was
brought into notice by Mr. J. T. Lovett. This
season the first berries were gathered on the 4th
of June; the picking for market was made on
the 11th of June. A company of several dozen
of the most eminent fruit growers of New Jersey
met on the fiirm and examined the fruit on the
27th of June, and unanimously agreed that in
addition to many good points as a market fruit,
it was the earliest red raspberry known.

Fay's Currant.— Fruit which we saw on a
young plant transplanted this spring, shows that
it is a much finer fruit than the Red Dutch.
From the test made it could not be decided
whether it was very different from the Cherry
and the Versailles which it much resembled. It
is at least safe to say it is a very good variety.

OuT-DOOR Mushroom Beds.— A correspondent
of the Journal of Horticulture gives the experi-
ence below in regard to ou(-door mushroom
beds. It should be remembered that these beds
are in ridges and kept shaded by straw, and that
they succeed only when the temperature can be
maintained steadily at about 60° ; above or be-
low this success is doubtful :

" As showing that mushrooms can be grown
outdoors with some approach to regularity, and
that a good crop is not a matter of chance, I
will adduce the latest records of the yield from
150 yards of beds— namely, during last month.
The following are the dates of gatliering and the
quantities sold :— April 1st, 122 tbs.; 4tn, 73 lbs.;
6ih, 114 lbs. ; 8ih, 108 lbs. ; 11th. 160 lbs. ; 13ih,
104 lbs.; 15th,159ft)s.; 18th, 207 lbs ; 20lh. 180 lbs ;
22d, ISO lbs. ; 25th, 150 lbs.; 27th, 222 lbs.; 29th, 221
lbs. ; or a total of 2.000 lbs. This is a perfectly fair
example of ordinary practice. I may also add
that one bed 25 yards long yielded in the same
month 529 lbs. during three weeks— namely, 159
lbs. one week, 180 lbs. the next, and 170 lbs. last
week.

Small Fruits in Japan. — Mr. Maries continues
his highly interesting "Travels in Japan," t« the
Garden. Of wild berries he says: "The follow-
ing day I passed through the same kind of forest
I had seen before at Sapporo, and I found the
black currant growing wild. Raspberries were

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also very plentiful, with a kind of blackberry,
all very acceptable to us. We gathered large
quantities and had them boiled down with
sugar, and they made excellent preserves. The
heat has been rather oppressive of late; to-day
the thermometer stood at 90° in the shade at an
elevation of 1,000 feet. The nights were always
cool, so that we could sleep comfortably."

Culture of Raspberries —The Farmer's Home
Journal says : '' Col. Young is an observing and
practical horticulturist of no ordinary acquire-
ments. Doubtless the large crops he grows are
in a great measure due to his judicious manage-
ment. His practice with raspberries, for in-
stance, is to cut the growing canes when they
reach about four feet high, which is generally in
July. These canes will then throw out side
branches or laterals, which, by the following
ISIovember, will be three or four feet long. These
side shoots are then cut back to six or eight
inches long in the spring, and from them grow
the bearing limbs, filled with berries. The old
canes are allowed to remain after bearing and
die out of themselves. In the following spring
they are brittle, and easily broken off and taken
out of the way."

Flat Chinese Peach. — A California corres-
pondent speaks highly of the success of this
peach in California. He says its earliness as
well as its delicious flavor there, bring it general
praise.

Using Pyrethrum Powder. — Prof. Cook, of
the Michigan Agricultural College, found that
one pound of the powder was effective in two
hundred gallons of water when applied for kill-
ing cabbage worm. The powder must touch the
insect to be effective, and loses its value if left
long exposed. Its power is due to a volatile oil.
It costs one dollar per pound, so must not be
wasted. We should be glad to hear from those
who believe in salt for the cabbage worm. If it
can be applied without injury to the cabbage, it
ought to be all that is desirable.

The English Sparrow in Canada.— Mr. Doug-
all, of Windsor in Canada, was outraged at the
attacks of some writers on the English sparrow.
They had thronged in his orchard, but never
touched a bud or fruit. It was a cold, snowy
day and horse waste was scarce. He was on the
way to post a letter, when, could it be possible,
the rogues were at his plum and cherry buds.
It could only be that they were after insects.

He looked again and again. The end was, the
friendly letter was not posted. Mr. Dougall will
have few fruits from his specimen Windsor
cherry this year.

Nectarine. — Few fruits are more delicious,
when properly ripened, than the nectarine ; but
except from glasshouse culture, they are rarely
seen. The Curculio is just as fond of them as of
the plum. If the trees were shaken as plum
trees are, one could just as well have nectarines
as plums. It is now settled beyond all question,
that while persistent shaking is a success, noth-
ing else will secure plums.

Apple Beauty of Hants — By the colored
plate in the June Florist and Pomologist, this
English apple must be one of the most beauti.
lul. It is oblate-conical, four and a half inches
wide, and three and a half deep, brownish-red
splashed with crimson on the sunny side, and
russetty -yellow on the other. It has been known
for some time in England, and is a seedling from
tlie Blenheim orange. How it would behave if
introduced into America, would be a question to
consider ; but it would be a popular fruit should
it behave well.

Black Knot on the Pacific Coast. — Prof.
Hilgard is reported as saying that " the Black
Knot is almost universal on the cultivated trees
throughout Oregon and Washington Territory,"
the cherry being understood as the trees referred
to. It is common on the choke cherry in Cali-
fornia, (Cerasus demissa, probably,) but has not
been reported as on cultivated trees.

The Curl in the Peach. — A belief prevails
that some varieties of peach never have the
curl; but we believe any variety may suffer.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Glendale Strawberry. — " F. B.," Pittsford,
N. Y., says : " We are growing the Glendale
strawberry here and find it to be of such merit
as to be recommended for both market and
family use. Being of such a brilliant color, large
size, good form, and very productive ; much
better than the Green Prolific, an old variety.
If I mistake not the Glendale originated at
Akron, Ohio, in Glendale cemetery. Green Pro-
lific is pistillate. Glendale is not."

A New Peach Wanted.— Raphael Sherfy, of
Gettysburg, Pa., says " that the peach growers are

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in need of a large white cling peach of the same
quality and texture and as distinctive white in
flesh as the Heath cling, that will ripen at a
different time in the season, and that he will be
pleased to correspond with any person having
knowledge of such a variety."

Defective Raspberries. — "Maryland" asks:
"Are there varieties of the raspberry that are
exclusively staminate or pistillate? If not, why
should the bushes, from one of which I enclose
a twig, always fail to perfect fruit?"

[The pistils are very often defective in the
raspberry. Perhaps the stamens sometimes are,
but if so this has not been noticed. We are glad
that our correspondent has called attention to
this, as it is often overlooked in the character-
istics of a good raspberry. One that has always
its flowers perfect is to be preferred to one with
a tendency to unisexuality. — Ed. G. M.]

Campbell's Triumph Grape. — "T. V. M.,"
Denison, Texas, writes : "I mail you to-day a
cluster of Triumph (Campbell's) grape as it
grows here with ordinary vineyard culture. The
vine is as vigorous and productive as Concord.
By the side ot Irving, Lady Washington, Duch-
esse and other choice kinds fruiting in my vine-
yard this year, it is far ahead in every desirable
point, except in toughness of skin, as compared
with Duchesse, which will render the latter a
better shipper. Though I have sent the Triumph
in one-tliird bushel boxes, wrapped in paper,
over 1 200 miles by rail, arriving in fine condi-
tion. While so much is being said of Pockling-
ton and others, are we not possessed of a much
greater treasure (at least for the region where
Catawba will ripen, as Triumph ripens with it.)
in this grape which is making such an astonish-
ing success here for six or seven years in suc-
cession. As I have not yet fruited Pocklingt -m
here (expect to next season), would be pleased
to know your opinion as to comparative merits
of the fruit of the two, you having seen and
tested both. Please answer, if agreeable, through
the Gardener's Monthly. Now as this grape
has been before the public for a number of years,
reports from various sections, where it is being
fruited, would be generally interesting."

[So many new fruits come to an editor's table,
and most of them so very good, that it seems too
bad not to give them high praise. But it is not
safe to forget that there are already a large num-
ber of first-class varieties before the public, and
the proper question before an editor should be,

not whether the variety submitted is first-class
or not, but whether it is judicious to add an-
other to the list already thought too long. Even
with this rod before the introducer of a new
grape, he will surely be justified in presenting
this one. It belongs to the class known as white
grapes. The fruit is not amber, bat of a clear
green. The berries are larger than Concords are
usually here, and the bunch weighed thirteen
ounces and measured seven inches from where
the shoulder branched to the stem of the bunch.
The berries were very juicy and the juice pecu-
liarly refreshing.

So far as can be judged from a single bunch it
must be concluded at least that there is room
for it in the lists.

It was packed in cork dust and reached Ger-
mantown on the 3d of August, five days coming
1,200 miles, and was as fresh as when taken from
the vine.— Ed. G. M.]

Prolific Raspberries.— A correspondent sug-
gests that when a raspberry is spoken of as "an
abundant bearer," it simply means that "there
are more berries ripen together than usual."
He says that " there are never more than ten
flowers on a raspberry branch, and sometimes
they ripen nearly altogether, and are over in a
few days. In other varieties they ripen in suc-
cession over a period of about ten days, and this
is all there is in it." We cannot say now that
the raspberry season is over, whether this is the
case or not ; but even if there are but ten flow-
ers, surely some are often abortive.

Russian Mulberry, et cetera. — S. Lincoln,
Nebraska, sends us the following extract from
some Western publication, and asks if it is a
" humbug :" '' The Russian mulberry, Russian
olive, Russian thornless acacia, were brought to
this country from the steppes of Russia, latitude
49°, by the Mennonites. The mulberry and olive
were the favorite timber and fuel-producing
trees of that; country, and after eight years' trial
prove equally as valuable upon the prairies of
the West. The mulberry, as near as we can
learn, is a cross between the Morus nigra, or
black mulberry of Persia, and the Morus Tartar-
aca, a native Russian variety. The tree is a very
rapid grower and grows to be very large, often
reaching the height of fifty feet, and from three
to five feet in diameter, and is perfectly hardy.
The Russian olive is a thorny tree which attains
the height of forty feet. The leaves are a bright
silver color and are formed ' Hke the willow.

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Flowers, small yellow, in dense racemes, very
fragrant. The fruit is a violet color, and is pro-
duced in large quantities. It is about the size of
cherries. The Russian thornless acacia is a
beautiful dwarf tree or shrub. The leaves, when
they first put forth, are a rich silver color. Bark,
green. Flowers in droops, a bright golden color.
It stands shearing and makes a beautiful orna-
mental hedge."

It is hard to say whether this statement is to
be classed among humbugs or not. It depends
on whether v/e are to justify the wholesale coin- ]
ing of English names by any one and on any
occasion. We will simply say that the "Russian I

mulberry" is one of the numerous and well-
known varieties of the common white mulberry,
Morus alba; the "Russian olive" is the common
oleaster of Eastern gardens, Elseagnus angusti-
folia; and the "Russian thornless acacia," the
still more common Siberian pea, Caragana ar-
borescens. If you already have these things
under the old names, and buy them again under
the new ones, possibly you may feel " hum-
bugged:" but if you have not, and should get
them, you will find them very good things to
have. The statement that they will endure the
severest weather in the North-west, we believe
to be strictly correct.

Forestry,

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Eucalyptus in California.— At Los Angeles
are trees of the Blue Gum of Australia, sixty
feet high in seven years from seed. We should
like to know more about the value of this wood
as timber in California, than we have as yet seen
reported.

Forests of Maine.— We have before ug No. 15
of the Census Forestry Bulletin with a map of
the State of Maine, showing the distribution of
the pine and spruce forests, by Prof. C. S. Sar-
gent. Maine seems to be acting more judiciously
than some other timber districts. Pine has been
cut in every township, and the largest spruce
has been removed except from inaccessible re-
gions; but the second growth is carefully pro-
tected, which allows the forest to be again profit-
ably worked every fifteen to twenty-five years.

Forest Fires. — The following is one of the
many samples oT newspaper paragraphs running
through our daily papers at this time, as they do
about this season every year :

" The forest fires are raging fearfully, extend-
ing from Glen Dam to within a mile of Tawas
City. At the Miners' farm, a few miles from

Tawas City, the farm products are burning, and
C. W. Carrie's place is on fire. The farmers are
driving their cattle to the shore and sending the
children to town. On the East Tawas road
many of the farmers' fences and much hay and
grain are aflame, and three dwellings burned.
The loss is very great. Travel is cut oft' in many
directions. Strenuous efforts are being made to
save Glen Dam."

And yet we must not have laws compelling
the clearing out of the gun-powder-like dead
wood with which the underbrush of so many
forests are burdened, because it may interfere
with the second growth of the forest when the
original is cut down.

Of what use is a second growth if it is to be
burned up every once in a while ?

Lumber Resources of the United States.— A
special bulletin, prepared by Prof C. S. Sargent,
has been issued by the Census Bureau upon the
lumber interests of the United States. Accord-
ing to this statement there were in active opera-
tion at the time of taking the census 25,708 es-
tablishments, with an invested capital of $181,-
188,122. The total number of hands employed
was 147,956, and the annual disbursement for
wages $31,845,974. The total value of all pro-
ducts from this source was $233,317,729. Although

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it has been supposed that Pennsylvania's lumber
interests had declined very materially within the
last decade, this State stands second in the list
in regard to value of manufactured lumber,
Michigan alone exceeding her. Wisconsin stands
third, New York fourth, Indiana fifth, Ohio sixth,
and Maine seventh. At the present rate of
manufacture the next census will witness a very
marked falling off in the lumber production, for
the very good reason that the forests will be
largely exhausted in many States unless, as there
is every reason to hope from the attention now
given to the subject of forestry, new forests shall
be extensively planted to replace the old ones.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Railroads and Forest Fires. — '"M." says:
^' Would it not be better for the Gardener's
Monthly to wage a war against those outrageous
monopolies, the railroads, than to argue for the
clearing out of the brush wood left by log cutters,
as a remedy for forest fires? We do know that
most of these fires are started by these public
vampires. Why not by law make them have
spark-arrestors on their smokestacks? Is this
not as easy as to make wood-choppers clear up
the trimmings after them ? Say ?"

[In the discussion of these topics we do not
care to be in opposition or in defence of " vam-
pires," or of any other body of men, but to present
■whatever facts may be obtained. It makes no
difference to the Gardener's Monthly on which
side these facts bear. Now as to spark-arrestors,
we fancy no person or persons would be more
willing to adopt the " spark-arrestor " than these
same " vampires," provided they could be so ar-
ranged as not to interfere with the draft of the
furnace ; but we fancy even " M." would growl
if he were compelled to travel across the conti-
nent at the rate of only fifteen or twenty miles an
hour, because the law made the " spark-arrestor "
imperative.

Again, " M." should know that by recent legal
decisions a suit will not hold against a railroad
company for damages from fire where it can
prove " contributory negligence." Piles of dead
branches left under or near a forest, and which
catch from a locomotive spark, are not the
" necessaries " of a forestry business, and would
probably be deemed to be " contributory " to the
fire.

The common sense of the question seems to
be that railroads should be made to use common
prudence, and so should everybody else. It
might do to compel railroads to clear up on the
land they own. In clearing out underbrush it
would not probably be necessary to clear out
where there was but little danger. If say
a quarter of a mile were cleared out around a
50,000 acre lot, the interior would probably be
safe; or, if a fire started inside of it, it would
then be confined to that tract.

It may perhaps be unjustifiable to say what
one shall or shall not do to guard against fire on
his own wood-lot, but he ought to be made to
place guards around the fires that it shall not
reach his neighbors. — Ed. G. M.]

Rainfall AND Forests. — " Meteorologist," Cin-
cinnati, says : " You are doing good service by
showing the absurdity mixed with the common
sense of meteorology in connection with for-
estry. That Utah illustration of the increase of
rain through Mormon planting when we know
that the miners destroy a thousand for every one
a Mormon plants, is an old piece of nonsense
which we thought shown up long ago. But on
the other hand, do not those who contend that
forests have no influence on the weather erect a
similar absurdity ? It should be understood that
no one claims a forest to be the sole cause of
meteorological conditions. There is no one
cause of the weather. Electricity may be a
great cause. The cause of the weather I take to
be made up of a vast variety of minor causes, of
which the forests are only one."

[And yet not so many causes in one. There is
reason to believe that electricity is only a mode
of motion.

The ''cause" of the weather is not complica-
ted. It is simply heat and cold, as shown in a
recent paper. The condensation of moisture
which results in rain, is simply the meeting of
two currents of different temperatures. A forest
may affect this to some degree, as our corres-
pondent says. An atmospheric current sweep-
ing over a thousand miles of hot sand, would
certainly be warmer than one sweeping over a
thousand miles of forest, but a few acres of forest
would have about the same influence as the
raising of one's finger would against the atmos-
pheric current which makes the moisture
trickle down an ice pitcher in summer time. —
Ed. G. M.]

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[September,

Natural History and Science.

CO MM UNI C A TIONS.

CICADA SEPTENDECIM.

BY C. V. EII.EY, WASHINGTON, D. C.

Paragraphing is not conducive to accurate and
careful statement, and I often notice editorial
errors in the Gardener's Monthly— fewer, per-
haps, than in other magazines of similar char-
acter. In the short paragraph on Cicada, on
page 247 of the August number, there are two
technical errors anil an unjust reflection. The
seventeen-3'ear Cicada was named by Linnaeus
Cicada septendecim — not septemdecim, and the
thirteen-year race of it Cicada tredecim— not
tridecim— by mj-self. I did not describe it as a
new species, as you may see by reference to the
note (enclosed) on pp. 58-9 of Bulletin 6 U. S.
E. C, the General Index and Supplement to the
nine Missouri Entomological Reports. You may
deem the note of sufficient interest to your read-
ers to warrant reproduction.

The popular term " Seventeen-year Locusts"
should be discountenanced, for while I agree
with much that you have said lately in your
magazine, anent popular names, this forms an
exception to the general rule, as I think I have
made sufficiently clear in my 7th Mo. Eep.
(pp. 187-8 )

"Cicada septemdecim (Rep. I, p. 18) — This or-
thography, used in the Reports, is grammati-
cally correct, but I find that Linnaeus himself
wrote septendecim (Systema Naturae, Tom I,
Pars II, 12Lh Ed. Stockholm, 1767). Fitch used
both forms of spelling, but Westwood, Harris
and most other authors follow Linnaeus, and sep-
tendecim is, therefore, preferable. As to whether
the seventeen and thirteen-year broods should
be considered specifically distinct, I am still of
the opinion expressed in the First Report that
the insects should not be looked upon as distinct
species, but that tredecim Riley should rather
be considered a race, or as Walsh (in a letter to
Charles Darwin, which has kindly been shown
me by Mr. G. H. Darwin) puts it, an incipient
species to which, for convenience, it is desirable
to give a distinctive name. That it may be

looked upon as a good species by excellent au-
thority, will be seen by Walsh's discussion of the
subject (Ainei-ican Entomologist II, p. 33.5) which
I here quote:

"What candid entomologist, who has worked
much upon any particular order, will not allow
that there are certain genera where it is often or
almost or quite impossible to distinguish species
by the mere comparison of cat)inet specimens
of the imairo? Loew and Osten Sack^n have
SMid this of the genus Cecidomyia in Diptera;
Osten Sacken of two other Dipterous genera,
Sciara and Ceratopogon ; Norton of the genus
Nematus in Hymenoptera; and Dr. LeConte
lately assured me that, although when he was a
young man, he thought himself able to discrimi-
nate in the closet, between the different species
of Brachinus in Coleoptera, he now considered it
quite impracticable to do so with any degree of
certainty. And yet who doubts the fact of
the existence, in North America, of very numer-
ous distinct species of Cecidomyia, of Sciara, of
Ceratopogon, of Nematus, and of Bnichinus.

"Upon the same principle I strongly incline
to believe that the seventeen-year form of the
Periodical Cicada (C. septemdecim, Linn.) is a
distinct species from the thirteen-year form (C.
tredecim, Riley) although it has been impossible
for me, on the closest examination of very nu-
merous specimens, to detect any speci tic differ-
ence between these two forms.* It is very true
that the thirteen-year form is confined to the
more Southerly regions of the United States,
wliile the seventeen-year form is generally, but
not universally, peculiar to the Northern States ;
whence it has been, with some show of plausi-
bility, inferred that the thirteen-year form is
nothing but the seventeen-year form accelerated
in its metamorphosis by the influence of a hot
Southern climate. But as these two forms inter-
j lock and overlap each other in various localities,
i and as it frequently happens that particular
I broods of the two forms come out in the same
year, we should certainly expect that, if the two
j forms belonged to the same species, they would
] occasionally intercross, whence would arise an
j intermediate variety having a periodic time of
! fourteen, fifteen or sixteen years. As this does
' not appear to have taken place, but on the con-
trary there is a pretty sharp dividing line be-
tween the habits of the two forms, without any
intermediate grades of any consequence, I infer

* For an excellent statement of the facts bearing upon
this curious question, see a paper by Mr. Riley, the State
Entomologist of Missouri, in ZSo. 4 of the American Ento-
mologist, and a still more complete one in his First Annual
Report.

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that the internal organization of the two forms
must be distinct, although externally, when
placed side by side, they are exactly alike.
Oiherwise. what possible reason could there be
for one and the same species to lie underground
in the larva state for nearly seventeen years in
one cttunty, and in the next adjoining county to
lie underground in the larva state for scarcely
thirteen year^? I presume that even the most
bigoted i)eliever in the old theory of species
would allow that, if it can once be proved to his
satisfaction that two apparently identical fornis
are always structurally distinct, whether in their
external or in their internal organization, they
must necessarily be distinct species.

"On the other hand, I firmly believe that
many perfectly distinct forms, which at one
time passed current, or which even now pass
current, as true species, are in reality mere di-
morphous forms of one and the same species.
We find a good example of this in the dimor-
phous female Cynips, q. aciculata, O. S , which
has already been treated of at great length. We
find another good example of the same thing in
Cicada Ca*isinii male and female, Fisher, which
is sufficiently distinct from the Periodical Ci-
cada to have been classified as a distinct species,
and yet never occurs except in the same year
and in the same locality as this last, and what
is more extraordinary still, is foilnd not only
along with the seventeen-year form (C. sep-
temdecim), but also along with the thirteen-
year form (C. tredeciml.

"Now, if Cassinii were a distinct species, and
not, as I believe it to be, a mere dimorphous
form of C. septemdecim and C tredecim, the
chances are more than a million millions to one |
against its always coinciding with the two other
forms, not only as to the particular locality, but
as to the particular year of its appearance."

" I do not know that any one has heretofore
•attempted to set at rest, bj' actual proof, the
very general skepticism as to this insect remain-
ing so long underground, on the part of those
persons who have given little attention to the
subject. I have been able to trace the develop-
ment from year to year of my tredecim brood
XVIir in the vicinity of Saint Louis by digging
up the larvae each year from 18B8 to 1876, and
noting the annual growth. They could always
be found within from two to five feet of the sur-
face upon the roots of trees, and had by the
eighth year attained the first pupa stage, and I
have no doubt but that, at this writing, the true
pupae are nearing the surface of the ground to
appear in myriads in the perfect state in May
and June of tliis year.

"The fungus affecting this Cicada has since
been described by Mr. C H. Peck as Massospora
cicadina (31st Eep. N. Y. State Mus. Nat. Hist.,
pp. 44, 1879)."

TAPPING MAPLE TREES IN SPRING, Etc.

BY N. ROBERTSON, GOVKRNMENT GROUNDS, OTTAWA
CANADA.

Does the tapping of maple trees in spring do
them any injury? The general opinion will be,
yes. It has always been mine. But I wish to
state a somewhat singular instance to which my
attention has been called. It is that of two groves
of maples, planted at the same time alongside of
each other, and in every way holding the same
position and treatment ; one has been tapped for
seven successive years, yet the trees show as if
they were that number of years larger in size
with an equal appearance of health ; the other
grove has never been tapped. Another is a
grape vine neglected to be pruned in the fall,
but was done in the spring. That grape, al-
though it bled profusely, yielded larger and bet-
ter grapes than it ever did before, and better
than any growing alongside of it. This would
indicate that tapping maples, and spring prun-
ing of the grape, did not in any way injure them,
but rather the reverse. The insertion of this in
your paper might throw some light on this sub-
ject, and bring out some new ideas on spring
pruning.

[At a recent meeting of the Pennsylvania
State Board of Agriculture, held at Allentown,
the subject of maple sugar making was discussed
by several intelligent members of the Board,
and the general sentiriient seemed to be that
there was no serious injury to the trees from the
tapping for some years, though some thought
there was an injury in time. — Ed. G. M.]

SEXUAL CHARACTERS IN DICECIOUS
TREES.

BY JACOB B. GARBER, COLUMBIA, PA.

I am somewhat surprised seeing your remarks
in the August number of the Monthly in regard
to thePaper Mulberry — "that plants can at times
change their sexual character."

This tree is as regularly male and female on
different trees as the fruit-bearing mulberry.
There was, and may be yet, a large tree standing
on the lot of Wm. Kirkpatrick, afterwards
owned by the late Jacob. Stauffer, in Lancaster
City, more than thirty years ago. About thirty
years ago, a man from New Orleans, traveling in
Texas, came across a tree new to him. He sup-
posed it to be a cross of the mulberry and the
fig. and called it Fig Mulberry. He sent me
both seeds and cuttings, and I raised a number

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[September,

of plants, both from the seeds and the cuttings"
Most of them I threw away, as I did not care to
grow more than a few. One tree I still have,
bearing its curious balls in June, and also a tree
on my son's farm, near Maytown, this county,
also bearing these seed balls in profusion. The
balls are about the size of a small hulled walnut
but stuck all over with little red stamens about
half an inch long. When in this condition the
tree looks curious and beautiful. I kept none
of the male variety, as at that time the male
trees were a regular street tree in towns along
the sidewalks, but are now almost extinct. I
would not know where to find a single specimen
at the present time.

[The many friends of Mr. Garber will be very
glad to read something from his pen again. Few
men have given more freely of their time and
knowledge to the general information fund than
Mr. Garber has in his day, and we are glad to
take the present occasion to draw attention to
this fact.

In regard to the Paper Mulberry, we must not
lose sight of the fact that it is not a native of
Texas,*but of China and Japan. It is of great
interest to know that fruiting specimens were
thirty years ago — but the question still remains,
was this tree introduced from Japan or Chinese
seed, or is it a development from the male tree
already under culture? The only reason for sug-
gesting the latter possibility was from analogy.
Mr Isaac C. Martindale, of Camden, has seen an
Ailantus of one sex produce flowers of another
sex. It is rather common to find Silver Maples
which for years produce female flowers only,
have branches wholly bearing male ones. Still,
as Mr. Garber suggests, this is not the proof that
the Paper Mulberry has done the same. We
should rather agree with him that the actual
evidence that it has changed would be more de-
sirable, and if any one can find the two kinds of
flowers on the same tree, we should be glad to
see the specimens. — Ed. G. M.]

NOTES FROM ARIZONA.

BY MR. J. C. LEMMON, FORT HUACHUCA, ARIZONA.

Your invaluable journal follows us down here
from our home in Oakland and tempts us to
devote an hour from out our busy, tired life to
writing an item for your columns.

We find here in these very particularized
mountains two species of wild potatoes, each
bearing tubers as large as a boy's marble. The

plants grow in lately disturbed soil, generally on
the overflow of a mountain stream, and they
attain a height of about a foot. One species?
called scientifically Solanum Jamesii,has whitish
flowers, narrow leaves, and produces whitish
tubers; the other, Solanum Thurberi, has bluish
flowers, broader leaves, and dark blue tubers —
this species, in fact, being very near to our cul-
tivated potatoes. Now we read that the original
Solanum tuberosum from Peru was a hard little
tuber, and that all we know of its many varie-
ties of form, color, quality, hardiness, &c., comes
from cultivation.

Also, we know that in some varieties the pro-
cess of changing the nature of the tuber has
been carried too far; that weakness of constitu-
tion is the result; that disease sets in, or the in-
sect world overpowers the plant, &c.

Hence, would it not be well to find out other
native, and consequently strong species, and
bring them also into cultivation? Has any at-
tempt ever been made to cultivate these native
species? Will any of your readers give them a
trial — if the tubers can be had ?

The plants are just in bloom now and forming
tubers, two to five to each plant on rather long
subterranean stems or stolons. We remain here
botanizing the Huachuca range of mountains
until the first of November, so we can gather
tubers, if desired, and forward to applicants.
In regard to our success in collecting here, we
can report some excellent finds already, and the
belated rainy season has just set in, after which
the whole country will put on new garments,
and then another harvest is in prospect. It is .
very satisfactory lo scour these ravines or steeps*
and every day adds to our bales of plants cer-
tain species not seen since the boundary com-
missioners in '46 carefully explored these moun-
tains and added so many new species to the then
known flora of North America.

Occasionally we spy out a new one and then
there is great rejoicing in the camp. The latter,
by the way, is at present a deserted cabin in a
lonely caiion many miles from the fort; but we
! seem to be in no danger of being cut off" and
annoyed by the fear of an attack by Apaches, as
was our case last year in the Chirricahua moun-
tains.

This botanizing in the land of the Apaches
and cowboys is very risky business to be sure,
but then its results are most satisfactory. Some
discoveries we were enabled to make last season
concerning four large timber trees of this coun-

1882.1

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277

try that were mostly unknown, certainly have a
utilitarian aspect for this practical ag«. Then in
the realm of pure scientific research it is no
small thing to add a dozen distinct species of
plants, however small, to our flora, especially
when some of them are ferns — that family so
much admired.

When we return home next autumn we will
send a list of our new things to the Monthly.
and some specimens, too, if they are dt sired.
Meantime, possibly you may receive other items
from this station.

[Mr. and Mrs. Lemmon's friends will be glad to
have this word from them in the wilds where
they are endeavoring, at the risk of their lives,
to add to the sum of human comfort and hap-
piness. We seldom know the value of anything
till we find it. The most insignificant and weedy-
looking i)lant may come to be of inestimable
value. The first who saw the potato could never
have dreamed of the uses we put it to. Thou
sands may yet bless the lonely discoverers of
even " mere species " in the Huachuca moun-
tains.

Of the tuberous potatoes we may say that
some years ago Solanum Fendleri was introduced
to culture by Dr. C. C. Parry. The writer of this
grew it for several years before, by some un-
known accident, it disappeared. It seemed that
there was an improved size apparent in some of
the tubers, and suggested the probability that by
judicious selection larger varieties could be ob-
tained.—Ed. G. M'.]

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Poverty and Productiveness. — A correspon-
dent of the Naturalist quotes Thome as saying, ''As
poverty of the soil leads to abortion so an uut
usual increase in the development of the axial or
foliar organs is the result of too powerful nutri-
tion." The connection between the two propo-
sitions is not clear. Poverty of the soil, as pov
erty among human beings, often leads to pro-
ductiveness as well as to sterility.

A New Guess at Drift Deposits. — A newspa-
per says that Mr. Ignatius Donnelly, of Minne-
sota, is about to publish a work showing that the
drift formations are not the result of glacial ac-
tion, but have been deposited on the earth when
it was going through a comet's tail ! We sup-
pose books like these will have a wide sale, and
probably not one of the thousands who read

will reflect that the tail is transparent and that
the head of the comet is always in a direct line
with the tail to the sun.

The Sugar Maple Borer.— We noticed a num-
ber of fine trees of the Sugar Maple totally de-
stroyed, and others dying in Rochester from the
attacks of the ^^eria acerina, a near relative of
the peach borer. It was the first instance under
our own observation of such severe destruction
by this insect.

Theory and Practice. — The word theory is
much abused. Properly speaking, when we
know that there is an undoubted fact, and we
want to understand how the fact came to be, we
construct a possible explanation of the fact, and
this is the theory of the thing.

But it is common for people who only
guess that something may be, to call the guess a
theor}'. It is well to understand that a theory is
a system founded on facts; when a system is
founded on mere guess work, it is simply an hy-
pothesis. For instance, a boy thinks he would
like to go out on a sail on a pond, and takes his
mother's washtub. He sees that the handles
might make good thole pins for the oar, and be-
lieves there is nothing to prevent his having a
royal sail. This is not a theory; it is an hy-
pothesis. He pushes out from the shore in the
washtub, but is immediately pitched out into
the water. He thinks there must be a "water-
witch " somewhere about and tries it again, and
perhaps again, but only to be bounced out every
time. After finding out that sailing on a lake in
a washing tub cannot be done, he reasons on his
experience and finds that even in a boat there
must be a centre of gravity, and he sees the ne-
cessity for a keel to the washtub before he ex-
temporizes a washtub as a boat again. The
original picture in his mind is the hypothesis ;
the latter is the theory.

We commend this illustration to those who
sometimes tell their readers that no matter
what other magazines may do, their pages at
least shall be '' free from theories," and that they
will give only " such facts to the reader as may
be sustained by the weight of evidence."

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Candle Wax Tree.— " S." writes: "On page
23 of the ' Account of the Meeting of the De-
scendants of Col. Thomas White, of Maryland

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[September,

(the father of Bishop White), held at Suphia's
Dairy, on the Bush River, Md., June 7th, 1877,'
Mr. William White Wiltbank, in speaking of
the early settlers of Maryland, says:"

"His artificial liijht was yielded by candles
made of a hard, brittle wax, of a curious green
color, that was gotten from the berry of the
myrtle growing at tlie mouth of rivers, and found
free from grease, and very pleasant to the smell
after a careful cooking. These tapers were some-
times extinguished, that the sweetly-perfumed
smoke might fill the room."

Can you tell me the plant that was used, or
rather the plant that bore the berry that was
used in making wax for candles, and that was so
fragrant?

[The wax referred to was prepared from the
Bav-berry. or Wax-berry Myrtle, Myrica ceri/era.
It is the wax to which recent reference was made
in a note on the colored candles used for Christ-
mas trees. As far as we know these wax candles
are still made from this species of vegetable
wax.— Ed. G. M.l

Literature, Travels I Personal Notes.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE
ALAN W. CORSON.

BY DR. HIRAM CORSON.

Alan W Corson was the eldest son of Joseph
Corson and Hannah (Dickinson) Corson, and
was born in Whitemarsh Township, half a mile
from Friends' Meeting at Plymouth, and only
one mile from his residence during the last
seventy years. When Louis XIV. was persecu-
ting the Huguenots and driving them from
France, a few of these Protestants, under the
leadership of Henri de la Jourette, fled in two
small vessels bound for South Carolina. One of
the vessels, says Weiss, in his " History of the
French Protestant Eefugees," was either cast
away upon the shores of Staten Island, or made
a harbor there in distress. One of the people
thus landed was Cornelius Corson, the oldest
ancestor of the present fiimily in this country.
There were also others of names well known in
Montgomery and Bucks Counties — the Larse-
leres, Kruzens, DuBois', LefFerts and others-
some of the name are still living in Staten
Island. In a chapter of " Local History" pub-
lished in Staten Island only a few years ago, and
headed " The Corson Family," it is stated that
"this is one of the oldest and, at one time,
amongst the most influential families on the
island."

The above Cornelius Corson received a patent
for one hundred and eighty acres of land in the
island December 30th, 1680, in which it states

that "he shall pay yearly, and every year, for
his Royal Highness' use, as a quitt rent, two
bushels of good winter wheat unto such officers
as shall be empowered to receive the same at
New York." In this patent the name is spelled
Corsen, while in some other papers it was spelled
Coursen, as it was in France. When the wiitten
name came to be read by English-speaking peo-
ple, it would naturally be pronounced and spelled
without the letter u. From Staten Island some
of the family went, after the death of the first
settler, to Hunterdon Co., N. J., to lands left
them by him, and in 1726 a son, Benjamin Cor-
son, of Staten Island, bought two hundred and
fifty acres of land in Northampton Township,
Bucks County, near to the present Addisville,
and settled there ; it was continued as the resi-
dence of the family till about fifty years ago.
This Benjamin, the great great-grand father of
Alan W., brought with him a son seven years of
age, who, after a time, married Maria Sedara,
and their son Benjamin Corson married Sarah
Dungan, a descendant of the Rev. S. Thomas
Dungan, a Baptist minister, who came to Provi-
dence, Rhode Island, to escape the persecutions
which were being meted out to the Baptists in
England, but who, finding much intolerance
even in the home of Roger Williams, sought
freedom in the land of Penn. He came in 1684
and established a meeting, the first of the kind
in Pennsylvania, at Cold Spring, three miles
above Bristol, in Bucks County, where he minis-
tered for four years, dying in 1688, and being
buried at that place. Joseph Corson, the father

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279

of Alan, was the son of the above-named Benja-
min and Sarah (Diingan) Corson, and was born
in Bucks County. We have thus tracgd his
lineage from the Huguenots of France and the
Baptists of England, who for conscience' sake
had left homes and kindred.

The Dickinsons were members of the Estab-
lished Church until near the time of Wm. Penn,
when some of them embraced the faith of
Friend-!. As early as 1659 three brothers oame
to Ann-Arundel Count} , Maryland, with Colonel
Stone, who brought a large number of Episco-
palians. In 1680, Wm. Dickinson, then a mem-
ber of Friends came to Plymouth and settled on
two hundred acres of land, now the estates of
Morton and Joseph Albertson, adjoining Ply-
mouth Friends' Meeting. This Wm. Dickinson
was the great-grandfather of Hannah Dickinson,
who married Joseph Corson, the father of Alan
W^. She was married from the old Plymouth
homestead ; but as her husband was not a mem-
iier of the Society of Friends, she was expelled
in accordance with the then custom. Her hus-
band and herself always afterwards attended the
meeting and reared their children in accordance
with their habits and principles. The Dickinson
family has an unbroken record from the fifteenth
century, time of Henry VII.
A. W. Corson s oivn account of his life wntlen in

1871:

" Was born 21st February, 1788, and remained
in my father's family until the time of mj^ mar-
riage with Mary Eglent, and till June, 1812, ex-
cept that I was with Samuel Livezey a few
months as store-boy. I went to school a few
months in the summer that I was six years old,
and in the two succeeding summers, and a few
months in the winters of the three succeeding
3'ears ending in the spring of 1800. Worked on
the farm or in the store, as wanted, till about
1812. Married in 1811 ; rented the store of
father in June and remained there till March,
1814, when 1 bought a house and foity-five acres
of land in Whilemarsh, along the Plymouth
line ; farmed and kept store then till 1823. I
commenced surveying, too, in 1816, and contin-
ued it, when wanted, nearly forty years; and
also tauglit school in Plymouth Meeting some-
times, and a few winters — five or six — at home.
Was much engaged in S3itling estates until 1844;
continued the farm all this time and till 1848,
when it was ' put out on shares,' I still residing
in the house. I had been at times raising fruit
and ornamental trefs and shrubs before I quit

farming; but after that time gave more atten-
tion to it, doing little else to the present time,
1871. Conveyancing was also resorted to while
I followed surveying."

The above is his own account of his business
life until 1871. He was engaged in botany as
early as the time when his daughter Hannah (now
Mrs. James Ritchie) was at West Town school,
1828. There is an incident connected with his
visit to her at that time which is interesting, as
it led to a great change in the life of another
man of local celebrity.

Alan had been to West Town Friends' School
to see his daughter, and on returning called to
see his first cousin, John Evans, of Delaware
County, with whom, until that time, he had not
had much acquaintance. Our mother and
John's mother were sisters ; but as both died
while their children were yet young, and as, the
families lived in different counties, but little in-
tercourse was had. On the next morning, after
a night spent at John's house, Alan rose early
and walked along the creek gathering and ex-
aming planis. It was a place abounding in wild
plants. When John found him thus employed,
he wanted to know what he was doing. Alan
told him he was studying plants and explained
to him the systems of Jussieu and of Linnseus.
There was at once a new field open to John
Evans, who up to this time had been an ardent
fox hunter, keeping a number of hounds, and
riding a splendid horse over the hills and val-
leys of Delaware County in winter time, abreast
of the best of the many who in that region at
that time participated in the sport. His in-
terest in the sport was gone ; the kennel was
broken up. With Darlington's Botany of Ches-
ter County in hand, he went over the hills and
valleys of his native county again; but it was in
search of plants, not of foxes. And now the two
cousins who had'been so long almost strangers to
each other, became intimate friends, whose daily
companions were Jussieu, Linnteus, Darlington
and Eaton. It was a friendship and a com-
panionship in which selfishness was unknown
and which terminated only with life. Both
busy men, engaged in industries for a livelihood,
they still found time to traverse the counties of
Montgomery, Chester and Delaware; the coal
regions and the Alleghanies of Pennsyl-
vania; the pine woods and sea shores of
New Jersey; the Adirondacks of New York and
the low-lands of Delaware and Maryland, to
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shells, and in those walks they enjoyed the
teachings, not only of the eminent botanists,
conchologists and minerologists with whose
works they were familiar, but standing with
Hugh Miller on "The Old Red Sandstone," they
heard with him " The Testimonies of the Rocks,"
and saw with him " The Footprints of the Crea-
tor," It was thus that they were led step by
step to that profound worship of the first great
cause of creations so astonishing.

RESIDENCE OF W. B. DINSMORE, KINGS-
TON, N. Y.

BY VALENTINE BOURGEVIN.

The most fashionable excursion for the lovers
of horticulture in our day is to Locust Grove,
the unsurpassed country residence of William B.
Dinsmore, Esq., erected on a selected locality on
the banks of the Hudson River, about one mile
from Staatshurgh and five miles from RhineclifT;
a place with which the writer of this has been
familiar for over a quarter of a century.

Walking up hill, the commencement of the
park on the left, a well-trained arborvitse hedge
on the right and a piece of old forest were the
first ornaments I observed. After arriving on
the level, the rear of some plant houses became
visible, and a large number of camelias, azaleas,
etc., placed in this shady locality, enjoyed
their summer rest. On the right an elegant glass
palace, surrounded by some gorgeous flower
beds, single plants and beautiful vases, were seen
placed artistically in the short cut green grass.
In the rear of this is another half-mile range of
plant houses to be seen, of whose contents I will
speak afterwards. Turning to the left, I was
fairly charmed in beholding a most magnificent
picture of modern horticulture. There were
visible about four acres of gently rising ground
in a perfect lawn, with the most artistic and
tastefully laid-out flower beds of all forms,
worked in all over this elegant green carpet.
With a perfect excitement of delight I looked
at this picture from all sides for quite a while.
With the brilliant flowers General Grant ger-
aniums are planted in large quantities and form
the lower border. On the right side south there
are large quantities of GeneralJacqueminot in a
mass, and Caroline de Sensal as a fine contrast
planted next beside some other prettiest kinds,
filjing the entire right border. The contrast of
the giant rose bed is actually exquisite, and the
contents strew their delicate odor all over this

precious picture. The upper part east also
forms a frame with a broad strip of lawn grass
with circles all along, forming a chain with dif-
ferent kinds of roses in each circle. Another
chain-like formation planted with the most bril-
liant leaves runs along the central path. The
back ground is partly shaded and provided with
comfortable garden seats. Here we placed our-
selves to enjoy this exquisite spot.

Mr. Emerson, the head gardener, here joined
us and gave us all particular information. Ad-
miring these enormous masses of plants. Prof.
Raftery was highly pleased, and I was perfectly
enchanted. Mr. Emerson, says it takes upward
of a million plants to renew this plantation every
year. Green, white, blue and red are the most
striking colors ; yellow, black and variegated
make a pleasing contrast when placed scien-
tifically. The plants are not allowed to outgrow
or run into each other. Each color is perfectly
distributed and shows off beautifully. The
forms of the beds are all different ; sweeps, grace-
ful bends, twists, with beautiful stars in the cen-
tre, are of the most artistic composition and
show skill and highly cultivated taste. The
whole is an irregular regularity and a most har-
monious arrangement. Rare specimens of aloes,
cactus, dracenas, palms, crotons and other rare
leaf plants are planted singly between these
groups and make them more and more pictur-
e!«que. One would think that this picture would
look best in the morning when the dew-drops
like diamonds decorate every leaf, but it shows
far more brilliantly when dampness is evpaora-
ted and spectators place themselves opposite the
sun in the morning westerly, and in the evening
easterly, to get the best sight of it.

If a person devotes so much attention to any-
thing of that kind and puts it together so artis-
tically and tastefully, he has a right to find out
at what time and what occasions his work will
show for what it is worth. Mr. E. has even vis-
ited it on bright moonlight nights, and he
thought he was well repaid ; a more proper place
where soft zephyrs impregnated with these hea-
venly perfumes fanned him in Morpheus' arms
while he dreamed a happy dream could not well
be wished for, and here he got the patterns of the
most selected display of his flower beds This re-
minds us of a young artist who was charged by
an art loving king to fresco the inside of a
cathedral. Every morning before he took his
brush in hand he went to mass and kneeled
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elevated, asking for grace upon his undertaking.
In high ecstacy he was favored with a glance of
heaven, and he from this copied the same hea-
venly figures on the walls which he saw up
there.

After some time, leaving this charming view
with regret, we went to the left (east side), which
was planted with asters, gladiolas, Japan lilies,
tuberoses, dahlias, malvas, etc., according to their
height, the highest-growing plants on the out-
side, thus accomplishing the intention of the
artist as near as plants will grow. The whole
length of this border and beyond is a range of
newly-erected, roomy plant houses in one line
but in four divisions, in which we found by a
visit last winter : First, smilax of rare perfection
forming elegant festoons four yards in length —
an exquisite green trailing. Second, a complete
assortment of agaves, selected specimens of all
sizes and known varieties, which are used for
adornment for summer plantation. Third di-
vision, all roses, healthy growing plants full of
buds. Fourth, camellias and azaleas, a superb
variety, and well grown, together with large
orange and lemon trees. Then we came to
vegetable houses where we saw the finest speci-
mens of cucumbers, even to two feet long, in
large quantities. Bush-beans, lettuce, asparagus,
radishes and champignons were furnished in
abundance, and added, no doubt, considerably
to the delicacies of Mr. Dinsmore's table. From
here we came to a long "lean-to" house facing
south, where grapes of the finest varieties and
large size are grown in quantities in the season.
Out of the end of this a span-roof house, facing
north and south is exclusively devoted to or-
chids. A collection of the rarest and handsomest
epiphytes, with their many diflerent formed
flowers. They are amongst flowers what a
mocking-bird is amongst birds. Grand speci-
mens of Phalsanopsis Schilleriana, with large
spikes of beautiful flowers. Sacolabiums, Dendro-
biums, Phajus were then in bloom, and attracted
much attention from the visitors. On the north
side is a large department attached, for the pur-
pose of keeping plants back to enjoy their blooms
at a late time. Then we came to another house
hi continuation of the graperies, used as a pro-
pagating house to raise the vast number of
plants used for bedding out. This has lately
been changed into three elegant stylish span-
roof houses for the purpose of cultivating or
chids. Mr Dinsmore has already one of the
most extensive collections of this class of plants

in the United States; valuable and rarest speci-
mens of plants in bloom at all times, of which
an assortment of Catllyeas, Papillios, Cipripe-
diums, are now displaying their magic blooms.
Mr. D. intends to use one of these three houses as
a show house to exhibit only blooming speci-
mens, and the other two houses to grow them.
At the end of this we came out at that stylish
glass palace with two wings where we first ar-
rived. On entering one feels transferred to an-
other part of the world. The fashionable tiling
of the walks, and the colored glass whose reflec-
tion plays so charmingly on ferns, palms and
mosses, and although not natural, gives them a
fantastic appearance, and renders a natural
representation of a tropical climate. It makes
a remarkable impression to behold this choice
selection of tropicals; they are so tastefully
placed and are in such a thriving, vigorous con-
dition, that they are true representatives, and
some, I think, better than I have seen in
their native country. It looks as if there were
all sorts of palms, some large enough to walk
under, ferns and crotons. Also a large number
of different store plants, all in all, an artistic
composition showing the refined taste and talent
of the superintendent. Every time we went
around we found new objects of admiration.
We only found, by coming out, that we had been
relieved from an uncomfortable southerly tem-
perature, enjoying the fresh air again. Mr.
Emerson called our attention to the reflection in
the blue glass inserted in this palace, of his fancy
flower garden, of which I spoke before, and is
located in front, and looks like a dream inex-
pressibly beautiful. No one should leave with-
out enjoying and admiring this selected spot in

miniature again.

(To be concluded.)

EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Philadelphia Academy of Natural
Sciences.— The Amencan Naturalist for August
has its annual chapter on this institution. Those
who do not quite agree with Professor Cope are
styled '' antiscientifics," and the estimable Presi-
dent, Dr. Joseph Leidy, is a " reputable figure-
head." The " residuary legatees of re-action"
have recently elected as curators two men of
" no scientific reputation or position." A scien-
tific man was elected to fill the Vice-Presidency,
but in the eyes of Professor Cope "it is unfor-
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an active opponent of modern scientific thought
on the question of evokition."

Stranjj;ers who read Prof. Cope's paper, may
suppose the academy governed by a few men
whose mere whims are absolute hiw. Several
hundred members constitute the academy, and
these all have the privilege of voting for every
officer. Nominations are open to every mem-
ber. Regulations prevent any instantaneous
filling of vacancies. Several meetings elapse
before a vacant position can be filled. It will
be, therefore, but fair for those who read Prof.
Cope's tirade, to believe that the academy selects
the best officers in its power. It is also but fair
to remember that the offices in the academy
are not solely offices of honor. They imply a
great amount of personal attention. There are
many admirable scientific men in Philadelphia
members of the academy, but who are so en-
grossed with their pursuits that they rarely at-
tend the meetings, and could not give that per-
sonal attention to the aff'iiirs of the academy
which the " honors" demand. It must be within
Prof. Cope's recollection that the offices have
been so filled. If the academy has to choose
between one who, in Prof. Cope's eyes, is " un-
scientific," but who can perform the duties of
the office to the entire satisfaction of those who
elect him, and between one who " holds some
position," but can do nothing, it may be the
academy's misfortune if it choose the former,
but scarcely its fault.

And it seems still more to the credit of the
academy that in electing the Eeverend Dr.
Henry McCook, a Presbyterian clergyman, as
one of its two Vice-Presidents, it did not see in
him either the clergyman or an anti-evolution-
ist, but simply an earnest devotee of science,
and one who, at the same time, is willing to give
a good share of very valuable time to the practi-
cal management of the institution. And further,
if there should be any to wonder why Prof. Cope
does not try to urge on the members the neces-
sity of "reforming things," as he understands
reform, instead of whispering his grievances
through the Naturalist, in the ears of people all
over the world who cannot help him ; it may be
also fair to remember that Prof. Cope has been
a candidate for office on several occasions, ex-
pressly as the representative of these supposed
reforms; and that the vote— not by a few "resid
uary legatees," but by a very full attendance of
the members of the academy has always been
heavily against him.

It is of little importance to distant people how
a local institution chooses to govern itself; but
when they are compelled to listen to one side of
the story, it becomes the part of justice that
they should hear the other.

Legend of the Cherokee Rose.— The Christian
Advocate tells the following story, which we re-
cord, as we usually do in such cases, more as a
matter of news than as a genuine legend. It is
a misfortune that there is no way by which a
genuine legend can be distinguished from a
newspaper lie ; but for the credit of the news-
paper name from which we quote, we will hope
that there is such a legend afloat, and that the
story was not expressly manufactured for its
columns.

It ma}' be remarked, in passing, that the origin
of the Cherokee rose on this continent is en-
shrouded in mystery. It was found by Michaux
in the South, but has never been found wild
since his time. It is hardly believed to be a
native rose, though by analogy with some other
rare Southern plants, it might be. It has Asiatic
relatives :

" The legend of the Cherokee rose is as pretty
as the fiower itself. An Indian chief of the
Seminole trihe was taken prisoner by his ene-
mies the Cherokees. and doomed to torture, but
became so seriously ill that it became necessary
to wait for the restoration to health before com-
mitting him to the fire. As he lay prostrated by
disease in the cabin of the Cherokee warrior, the
daughter of the latter, a young, dark-faced maid,
was his nurse. She fell in love with the young
chieftain, and wishing to save his life, urged him
to escape; but he would not do so unless she
would fiee with him. Yet before she had gone
far, impelled by soft regret at leaving home, she
asked permission of her lover to return for the
purpose of bearing away some memento of it.
So, retracing her footsteps, she broke a sprig
from the white rose which climbed up the poles
of her father's tent, and preserving it during her
flight through the wilderness, planted it by the
door of her new home in the land of the Semi-
nole. And from that day this beautiful flower
has always been known between the capes of
Florida and throughout the Southern States by
the name of Cherokee rose."

The American Candle. — Among the peculiari-
ties of travel in France is that every morning
you find two candles fresh on the mantel-piece
of your room, and whether used or not, you find
these daily " bougies" charged in your bill. It
will be some consolation to the people of this
country to know that in future *' La Chandelle
Americaine" is to take the place of the time"
honored " bougie." At least "La Science pour

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tons" says, as we translate it, " the American

candle fulfills all the conditions of superior illu-
minating power. It will evidently dethrone the
ordinary candle, which has existed all along only
by virtue of a low price."

"La Science pour tons," or, as we should say,
"Science for all," is verj' enthusiastic over the
new light. It says "the new American candle
marks a great stage in progress." Just what the
American candle is does not appear; but the
name of our horticultural correspondent, Charles
Joly, seems identified with its introduction.

The Victoria Regia. — In the year 1842 it was
my good fortune to behold this wonderful pro-
duction of nature in the river Rupununi, one of
the great tributaries of the Essequibo. After
a toilsome struggle of six weeks in ascending
the Essequibo, we passed the last cataract, and
we were truly thankful to the Almighty that it
had pleased Him to allow us to reach their
termination without accident; and many an
anxious moment we had during our ascent of
this noble river which, in the number and height
of its cataracts, surpasses any river in British
Guiana. We entered the Rupununi, and three
days after (as if we should be rewarded for our
previous sufferings on the Essequibo) the Rupu-
nuni, on its right bank, expanded into an exten-
sive bay. It was an enchanting scene. So
enchanting was the view that unfolded to our
eyes that we were at a loss where to commence,
in order not to overlook any object in thia lovely
picture, the most prominent of which was the
Victoria Regia, which I had longed so much to
behold. The margin of this bay was bordered
with this magnificent plant. The grandeur of
tropical scenery was here the most striking and
the most sublime I ever had as yet seen. The
numerous Palms, Uranias, with their wide-
spreading leaves, gigantic trees around raised
their lofty crowns to an enormous height, dis-
playing the greatest contrast in form and appear-
ance of their foliage. Lianas clung to their
trunks, interlacing their wide-spreading branches,
and having reached their summit, aerial roots
descended again to the ground, and appeared
like the cordage of a ship. Nature, not satisfied
with the soil allotted to her, had decorated the
trunks and limbs of trees, even the surface of
the water, with a carpet of plants, interspersed
with these magnificent flowers. Twenty-eight
years have now elapsed since this lovely picture
unfolded itself before my eyes, but it is still as

fresh- in my memory as if I had seen it but
yesterday. Long before we reached the bay
the Eastern breeze wafted the delightful odors
towards us. The whole margin of this bay was
bordered with the gigantic leaves of the Victoria,
interspersed with the magnificent flowers of all
shades from white to pink, scenting the air with
their fragrance. On the leaves many aquatic
birds were running to and fro, chasing the nu-
merous insects which were humming around the
brilliant flowers. I may observe that we stopped
many hours to enjoy this sublime picture, and
that our pencils were soon engaged in transfer-
ring to paper this striking feature of this re-
markable spot. We rowed from one plant to
another, finding everywhere something to ad-
mire, and measuring the gigantic leaves and
flowers. The largest of the former was 7i feet ;
the largest of the latter 14 inches in diameter.
I never was anywhere more forcibly impressed
with the thought that the productive powers of
nature, on receding from the pole, had collected
themselves in their greatest strength near the
equator, spreading their gifts with open hand
and manifesting the abundant fertility of the
soil. — Dr. R. Schomhurgk.

Globba coccixea. — In the old world they
use beets in flower-gardening. The sesthetii-
admires the effect they produce, but when the
uncultivated is told what they are, and learns
they are beets only, he is apt to exclaim, "What
beets! the common beets we grow in the gar-
dens !'' and the plant seems to him to have
already lost half its beauty.

Here we have a very beautiful new plant. If
we say it is one of the ginger family, may be it
will risk its popularity with those who only
know ginger as a cordial, or as something which
ranks with pepper or salt. It will be best for
these people to do as the doctors do — give it a
name they do not understand. Instead of pure
water or bread crumbs, they will write aqu. dis.
or pan. pulv., and the patient meekly swallows
down the wonderful stuti'and soon gets well. So
instead of a "ginger," we can call this a Zingi-
beraceous plant, and none be the wiser, and all
admire.

It was introduced from Borneo by Mr. Curtis,
the collector for the celebrated firm of James
Veitch & Son, of Chelsea, London, who give us
the following account of it :

" The stems, which are about as thick as a
goose quill, are much crowded, twelve to eigh-

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teen inches long, and gracefully arching on all
sides, giving the plant a very elegant contour.

anth yellow. The plant is continuously in bloom
durina; the greater part of the year.

They are furnished with deep, glossy, green | " The elegant habit of this plant, its richly-
leaves, and terminate in a dense raceme of flow- 1 colored flowers of singular structure, and their
ers, of which the bracts are scarlet and the peri- 1 long duration, render it a most useful and inter-

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esting addition to our Stove-flowering plants.
The flowers are also efi'ective for bouquets.

" It was awarded a certificate of merit by the
Royal Bi)tanic Society, July Gth. and a first-class
certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society,
October 11th, ISSl."

It ought to be a good thing for summer-flow-
ering in American garden borders.

The Cost of Nursery Products.— Mr. Barry,
in his address to the Nurserymen's Convention
at Rochester, believes that the reason so many
nurserymen fail, is from a want of perception of
the actual cost of raising trees, taken from an
average of years. He says :

"The parks, cemeteries, pleasure grounds,
public and private, everywhere give evidence of
the nurseryman's skill, industry and enterprise
Much more I m'ght say in this line for the nur-
serymen. How will it be in the future? Will
they do as well? I hope they will. They
should do even better, and they will do better,
provided the profits of their business will place
in their hands the necessary means. I have
some fears for the future— perhaps they are not
well-grounded. F(jr several years past the profits
have been small, if any — indeed, it has been for
many hard work to keep their heads above
wateV, in spite of hard work and rigid economy.
The cost of labor and all the materials used by
the nurseries have advanced within fifteen and
twenty years from twenty to fifty per cent. ;
while prices of trees and plants have declined in
about the same ratio. This has produced a
great change. I think that much stock has
been sold below cost. In computing the cost of
trees, a great many things must be taken into
account besides the actual expense of growing
the tree in the field, and I think it safe to say
that most crops of trees cost at least double
what they are supposed to do. It is necessary
to look at the result of several years and several
crops, the failures must be reckoned in as well
.as the successes. I think this is a matter of
vital importance to the trade, and I trust it will
receive due consideration."

The American Nurseryman.— In his Roches-
ter address, Mr. R. Barry well remarked : " I
have a pretty good knowledge of the nursery
business in this country, for nearly half a cen-
tury, and I can say that the nurserymen, on the
w-hole, have conducted their business with a
degree of enterprise, liberality and skill that en-
title them to the admiration and gratitude of the
American people. They have filled our land
from the Atlantic to the Pacific with the finest
fruits. They have scattered broadcast and
brought within easy reach of all our people, or-
namental shrubs and plants of every descrip-
tion."

Residence of W. B. Dinsmore. — Mr. Bourge-

vin's account in another column will be found
delicious reading for those who love gardening.
It appeared originally in the Kingston Freeman,
but Mr. V. rightly judged it would be acceptable
here, and we are obliged by his thoughtfulness
in sending it to us.

The Naturalists' Leisure Hour and Monthly
Bulletin. — By Prof. A. E Foote. One of the re-
sults of the United States Centennial Exhibition
held in Philadelphia, was the establishment of
this now celebrated naturalists' agency. Speci-
mens of natural history, in every department,
are collected for the use of students ; but per-
haps its greatest utility is in the means which
it afibrds scientific men of procuring old and
very often essential works, which are no longer
issued by their publishers, or, as it is technically
called, works out of print. The July number is
wholly given up to a catalogue of surgical and
medical works. A rough estimate of the books
offered gives us 2,260, and we fancy no such
complete list of old or scarce medical works
has ever been offered before. An enterprise
like this deserves universal support. The
monthly is sold at seventy-five cents a year, but
we suppose specimen copies can always be
had by writing for them to Prof. A. E. Foote,
Naturalists' Agency, Philadelphia.

Thomas Moore. — Every intelligent person
knows of the Gardener's Chronicle so long edited
by Dr. Lindley. Dr. L. was such a distinguished
botanist and so thoroughly versed in the theory
of horticulture, that it was barely thought possi-
ble that his place could be fully supplied. But
the editorship fell to the joint work of Dr. Max-
well T. Masters, and Thomas Moore and the
Chronicle became another illustration of the fact
that the world does not stand still when even the
greatest leave il. Under the joint editorship of
the gentleman named, the Gardener's Chronicle
was never more valuable than it is to-day. But
j Mr. Moore has now passed his threescore, hav-
ing been born at Stoke-next-Guilford in England
on the 29th of May, 1821 ; needs some cutting off"
of labor, and so retires from this charge. He is
still in the position occupied by the celebrated
Miller, director of the Apothecaries Garden at
Chelsea. Though the author of " Handbook of
British Ferns," and other works, much that he
has done is like the editing of the Gardener's
Chronicle, work which does not tell before the
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that which shows. The standard reference book,
" Treasury of Botany," is indebted for a good
part of it to his pen, as also is the Botany and
Horticulture of the Encyclopasdid Briltanica. Mr.
Moore still continues lo edit the Florist and Po-
mologist, and in many ways less imperative
thou>!;h no less useful, his pen will continue its
valuable work.

On his retirement from the Chronicle his
many admirers presented him with a silver
pitcher and a purse of $1,500.

The Penn Monthly.— The publication of this
interesting magazine ceased with the issue of
the July number.

How TO Overcome the Potato Disease.— By
J. L. Jensen, Director of Bureau Ceres, Copen-
hagen, Denmark. Translated from the Danish
to English, and published by John Menzies &
Co., Glasgow, Scotland. This is a treatise of
sixty-tlve pages, and one which deserves more
than usual consideration. It is written by a
gentleman of high scientific attainments, and of
vast practical experience, and a careful reading
of his work brings the conviction that he is on
the right track.

The potato disease is well known to be caused
by a fungus, Perenospora infestans. It does not
follow diseased or sickly vegetation, but feeds on
the healthiest as well as the weakest. It is the
only cause of the disease. This is well known
to be beyond- question. There are, of course,
climatic reasons which will favor more vigorous
growth and more vigorous destruction some sea-
sons than others, just as there are some seasons
when grass or grain grow better one year than
another. Another fact is that some varieties
seem to suffer more than others — that is to say
while a plant of one kind, with the disease, has
many bad tubers, another kind, with the disease,
has the tubers comparatively s'ound. As the
disease attacks all alike, and as the constitution
of the potato in all varieties is alike, Mr. Jensen
was led to examine the cause of this. He found
that those varieties which rooted deepest — that
is those which buried their tubers the best, were
most free from disease. This he thinks reasona-
ble from other considerations. The spores of
the fungus are conveyed through the atmosphere
to the plants. Earth is a protection. The spores
can only get to the tubers by being carried by
rains through the earth, or by dew down the
main stem ; the forther from the main stem and
the deeper the tubers, the greater the protection.

On this reasoning many experiments were made,
which are detailed in his work, proving that the
deeper the potatoes the greater the protection.

So he earths up the potato. He finds no
difference in the quantity per acre between flat
culture and earthing up; but he does find a re-
markable freedom from disease by earthing up
just as much as the potato plant will bear. The
ordinary method of earthing up ridges does not
do this well. The earth is made dee[)er about
the stems where there are no potatoes, but it is
left thin just where the potatoes are. This is the
pith of the volume, one which it will profit every
large potato grower to peruse.

Contributions to American Botany. — By Asa
Gray. Professor Asa Gray, though he must have
no very distant views of a "threescore and ten,"
still continues to work as hard as ever, for which
the great world he lives but to benefit by his
knowledge, will be very grateful. This essay,
contribued to the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences, is one of great value. It is enti-
tled studies of Aster and Solidago in the older
Herbaria. The "year in Europe" which so many
take for relaxation, was chiefly spent by Dr
Gray in examining material for the continuation
of his synopsis of the Flora of North America.
In the course of his studies he found very much
which threw light on these two very difficult
North American Genera, and this information
is the chief topic in this " contribution." Then
there are descriptions of new plants of Arizona
and adjacent districts, of interest to horticultu-
rists; may be a new horse chestnut, ^sculus
Parryi, allied to A. Californicus ; a new black-
berry, between Rubus pedatus and R. chamse-
niorus, called R. lasiococcus, although these
species have not, so far, entered in any way into
garden culture ; a new Ribes of the black cur-
rant section, R. viburnifolia; several new Pent-
stemons and a large number of composite plants.
There are eighty-eight new species in all. When
we remember that it takes an immense amount
of research before we can be sure an unknown
plant is new, we may have some idea of the
great labors of Dr, Gray on this large number.

The number also shows that this great country
has by no means been all explored when such a
great number of novelties can be found in two
or three years of botanical rambles. Many en-
gaged in this work have not been forgotten by
Dr. Gray, and we find among the new plant
names, some in honor of such well known col-

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lectors ; as Pringle, Gattinger of Nashville,
Rothrock, Leramon, Vasey, Mohr of Mobile,
Wright, Muir, Palmer, Shockley, Lemnion,
Parry and the Parishes. Dr. G. pays a well-
deserved compliment to these energetic brothers,
and gives an entirely new genus to Mrs. Lem-
mon, under the name of Plummera floribunda,
'' under the name which she until recently bore,
the partner of her husband in the severe labors
and privations of Arizona exploration, and in
the honor of this and of many other interesting
discoveries." It is a composite, and the aflBnity
may be with actinella.

The New Botaxy.— By Prof. W. J. Beal. Pro-
fessor Beal is one of the best of our modern
collegiate teachers of botany, and a lecture
which he gave on the best method of teaching the
science, given before the Michigan State Teach-
ers' Association, and noted in our columns[at the
time, has been widely commended. To meet
the demand for it Mr. C. H. Marot, of the Gar-
dener's Monthly, has issued an edition which
has been revised by Prof. Beal, and which can
be had from the office at twenty-five cents each.

Transactions of the Massachusetts Horti-
cultural Society. — Part II., 1882. This has
been too long on our table waiting an examina-
tion. As usual it is filled with good things. We
learn that the income of the society, in 1881,
was $25,108. The library of the society is of
great value. Its present value is given as $20,-
746. The society has a debt of $84,000, but it
is worth some $281,000.

EucALYPTOGRAPHiA. — The eighth decade of the
Eucalypts of AustraUa, by Dr. F. V. Muller,
of Melbourne, has just appeared. The kinds
now figured and described are Eucalyptus cor-
data, erythronema, gamophilla, macrocarpa,
Preissiana, pruinosa, pulverulenta, pyriformis,
santalifolia, sepulcralis.

Elements OF FoRESTY. — By Franklin B. Hough,
Cincinnati. Robert B. Clark & Co. 1882.

To review this work in the critical sense
would do an injustice to its excellent author.
Although it is entitled '' Elements of Forestry,"
it is rather a treatise on forestry, and the chief
aim has evidently been to gather together a
great amount of information that may be of
service to those interested in American forestry.
From this point of view the work is a success,
which could not be said of it in the light of an
elementary work. Dr. Hough disclaims, in the

preface, originality for the cuts employed in the
book. There is much laid down as scientific
fact, which few modern scientific men would
subscribe to, and which it is quite likely Dr. H.
would not himself advocate if placed before him
in the shape of distinct propositions. Take, for
instance, the paragraphs and cut on page 67, of
a two year-old growth of oak wood. " The wood,
h, is the growth of two years, and is separated
by the linei^'." There is nothing just here to
explain the manner in which wood is made. It
would have been just the place to explain that
when wood commences to form in spring the
cells at the outside of last year's layer divide and
form a new course of cells ; the cells of this new
course again divide and form another and (in
the English Oak as it grows in favorable soils)
it makes usually a dozen of these successive
cell divisions during the month of June, when
all the wood growth is accomplished for the
year. The last thing the growth of the season
results in, early in July, is the formation of the
large ducts ; so large that they can be seen by
any good naked eye. Thus we have as the re-
sult of the " annual growth of wood " in the
English Oak, about a dozen hair-line circles, and
one large circle in which are most of the large
ducts, and by which we readily detect the " an-
nual ring " even in an old tree. But in this cut
we have only four of these hair lines and the
" \\x\QJj," is behind the ducts instead of in front,
and makes it appear what is contrary to fact,
that the ducts commence instead of terminate
the annual cell growth. The cut was evi-
dently intended to illustrate some other
points when originally called into service, and
these probably minor points which in such
cases the engraver is very apt to overlook, but
they become major points if we are to regard
the work as rgally an " elementary work." The
cuts indeed frequently seem out of place. At
page 262 is one of the " Wild Black Cherry."
but there is nothing called "Wild Black Cherry"
in the text. There is " The Black Cherry {Prunus
serotina)" described, but the cut does not belong
to that species, but is evidently intended for the
common Mazzard, or possibly the '' Red Cherry."
Cerasus Pennsylvanica is described in this work
as the "Bird Cherry {Primus Pennsylvanica)."

It would probably have been better if the
author had not been so anxious to give us every-
body's notions, which by the necessity of so
much dove -tailing, make the work far too cum-
bersome, and not always logically clear in se-

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quence as a purely elementary treatise on for-
estry would have been. In such a treatise all
that is of no immediate service should be care-
fully eschewed. Of what possible use is the
numbering of paragraphs in a compiled work ?
In real elementary works like Lindley's Theory
of Horticulture, or Gray's Strxictural Botany, or
Sach's Text Book, the paragraphs are numbered
because there are cross-references all through
the pages. But here we have paragraphs num-
bered to the total amount of 1,428, without one
solitary use of them throughout the work that
we remember ! If the author had only thought
to use them in his index, as Gray has in his
Structural Botany, it would have been an admira-
ble idea. Let the reader, however, look on this
" Elementary " title as a misnomer, and pass
the criticism which a real work of that character
would rightfully suggest— taking the work rather
as a contribution to forest knowledge and noth-
ing else, he will thank Dr. Hough warmly for
his labors. There is a vast amount of informa-
tion gathered together in the book which makes
it one of great value. This is rendered practi-
cally available by the admirable index at the
end. It is a common fault to find excellent
works almost useless for want of a comprehen-
sive index. Dr. Hough's work will be a model
in this respect. Though there are but 381 pages
in the book, a rough estimate shows 1,938 refer-
ences in the index. If it cannot be considered
that the title is borne out by the body of the
work, it can at least be said it is among the best

perhaps the best reference book on American

forestry that has yet appeared, and no arbori-
cultural library can afford to be without it.

Tenth Cincinnati Industrial Exposition Pro-
gramme OF THE Horticultural Department.—
This is one of the best conducted and most
useful of all our annual horticultural exhibitions,
and it deserves the support of exhibitot^ from
all parts of the United States. The preniiums
are liberal and the judgments have always been
regarded as intelligent and fair. The exhibition
in this department will be this year, from Sep-
tember 6ih to October 7th. Different things on
different days. Charles H. Law, Chairman of
Committee, Cincinnati, will send programmes.

Randolph County (Ind.) Horticultural So-
ciety.—This society is following in the good
work of Montgomery (Ohio) Horticultural So-
ciety, as we judge from a sample of its proceed-
ings now before us. The meetings are held on
the grounds of amateurs, and are pleasant,
social affairs, independent of the horticultural
stimulus they give. On June 17th the meeting

was at the house of D. E. Hoffman, at Winches-
ter. They take dinner, then hold the meeting.
On this occasion the discussions were wholly
devoted to fruit culture.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

A Peculiar Auriphone.— The Farm Journal,
of Philadelphia, is the centre of a wonderful set
of correspondents, who are very much alarmed
about the editor of the Gardener's Monthly.
Every once in a while some one writes to it
about him, seeming to prefer the Farm Journal
to any other for making the inquiry. Sometimes
a correspondent wants to know about " the State
Botanist," or the "editor of a bogus paper;"
and then, again, it may be "a botanist of Ger-
mantown," or "a nurseryman of Germantown,"
whose doings worry the correspondents' souls.
The most interesting feature of this literature is
the answers. They fit the questions wonder-
fully. Indeed, if the answers had been on file,
waiting for the correspondence to come along,
they could not be more timely, seasonable and
fresh.

The latest is from a correspondent who is
troubled about an article written by a "high
authority" in Germantown for the Germantown
Telegraph. The editor gives solace to this anx-
ious heart by assuring it, that there are lots of
persons who love to write " in order to hear
themselves talk." The editor, it must be said to
his credit, generally tells his long list of almost
heart-broken correspondents that the queer fel-
low who " writes to hear himself talk," and who
does so many other extraordinary things, cannot
possibly be the editor of the Gardeners Monthly.
And yet the editor of the Gardener's Monthly
does not know but he might be a proud listener
to the sweet sounds which it seems float in the
evening breeze from some one's pen, and is
almost sorry the Farm Journal cannot assure its
disconsolate friends that they have actually iden-
tified the right man.

Derby Arboretum. — "J. B.," Cedar Falls, Iowa,
says : " I was very glad to read in June number
of Gardener's Monthly the communication
from Wm. J. Harding respecting the Arboretum,
Derby, England, my old home thirty years ago.
How it revived old associations ! It was open
two days each week for the public. When I
left, one day an entrance fee of one shilling was
charged, the other day was free ; the latter day
was used chiefly by the poorer class.

THE

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HORTICULTURIST.

DEVOTED TO HORTICULTURE, ARBORICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS.

Edited by THOMAS MEEHA.N.

Vol. XXIV.

OCTOBER, 1882.

Number 28&.

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

One of the most amazing experiences is the
lack of common sense in trifling things so often
apparent in gardening affairs. The writer of
this is often asked " what shall we do?" when a
dozen or two caterpillars are eating up some-
body's plants, and the inquirers seem quite
stupefied when told to fall to and pick them off.
We have seen this season numerous valuable
evergreens, which the owners would not lose for
hundreds of dollars, totally destroyed by a few
score of ''bag-worms" or "drop-worms," which
could have all been gathered together and de-
stroj'ed in five minutes. The different kinds of
arborvit^es and firs are especial favorites with
this species of insect, and especially this season
about Philadelphia numerous valuable speci-
mens have been destroyed, because of the sto-
lidity of those in charge. In like manner the
people of Philadelphia are writing to the papers
about the hairy caterpillar, the produce of the
Orgyia moth. The sparrows made an end to the
measuring worm, and other pests of the street
trees, but this hairy fellow was too much for them,
and the nocturnal habit of the moths was against
their destruction by the bird. It is the only
serious insect pest left in the large cities. It is

very evident that the insect loves to deposit its
eggs under the protection of bark, brick coping,
or some other retreat, and the easiest of all
things would be to provide such retreats where
the moths could weave their cottony cocoons,
and then be all destroyed in a mass. But no-
body thinks of it, or of anything but to write to
the papers and worry the editors as to " what
ahall we do?" There is no doubt but a persist-
ent effort at hand-picking and trapping these
insects would not involve much time, and be
very efi'ective in keeping down many noxious
insects.

The past season, in most parts of the United
States, has been very favorable for tree growth,
and we expect to hear of much more tree plant-
ing than usual this fall. It must be remembered
that no one can tell whether a winter will be
very severe, or a summer very hot or dry. These
are the conditions that most aff"ect success ; and
there is, therefore, little in the matter of the
best season for planting to choose between. The
best rule is to plant when we are ready. Rare
and valuable trees and shrubs can be protected
from severe winds by corn stalks, branches, or
some similar material ; and where this care can
be given, we should be inclined to look on the
fall as the best time for transplanting them.

There is probably no branch of gardening

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more pleasing than that which embraces hardy
bulbs. They come into flower so early, and
grow with 80 little care, that every one may
grow them at a small cost. Of those which may
be planted this month are Hyacinths, Tulips,
Crocus, Narcissus, Japan Lilies, Anemones,
Ranunculus, Crown Imperials, Snowdrops —
among the better known varieties. All of these
prefer a soil that is rich and not dry, but by no
means a wet soil. The Tulip, Anemone and
Ranunculus will do better in a dryer soil than
the others ; but the two last do not do well where
the sun will shine directly on them when in
flower. In planting these in the flower beds, it
is well to set them so that spring-planted flowers
for summer bedding can go between them.
Where some loose litter can be had, it may be
used to cover the bulb ground with. It prevents
thawing of the soil till the warm spring rain
comes; and we presume our readers know that
it is the repeated thawings which " draw " the
roots of things out in the late winter months,
and leave them bare to the sun, and to their
great injury.

Many kinds of hardy annuals flower much
better next spring, when sown at this season of
the year. A warm, rich border should be chosen,
and the seed put in at once. Early in spring
they must be transplanted to the desired position
in the flower bed.

Many persons complain that they cannot get
the Pansy to produce flowers as handsome as
they see them represented in seedsmen's plates;
but it is because they are not sown early enough.
If not already done, sow them at once, — if they
can have the protection of a cold frame all the
better. These cold frames are very useful in
small flower gardens. There are many little
things pretty hardy, but which are much better
with this protection. Many people have much
difficulty in keeping over choice kinds of roses,
such as Teas, Chinas and Bourbons. But if these
are lifted from the ground early in October and
set thickly in a cold frame, they can generally
be kept very well. It is not so much the degree
of frost which injures them, as it is the drying
influence of the frost ; and the frame aids in
the prevention of evaporation. We know of a
rose grower who keeps the tenderest of roses in
pots in a house without any fire, though the
temperature outside goes below zero, and the
roses are frozen solid most of the winter. But
he waters as regularly as through the summer,
as the frost dries so. He finds even the tenderest

to get through the winter in this house as well
as if there were no frost.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

HARDINESS OF THE BERMUDA CRASS.

BY E. S. CARMAN, EDITOR OF RURAL NEW YORKER.

The plot of Bermuda grass was not altogether
killed at the Rural Farm by the past winter.
Here and there the roots sprouted and have
made an immense growth the past summer.
We have here (Bergen Co., New Jersey,) two
plots growing from seed, the one sown in the
house in flower-pots last winter — the other sown
outside in early spring.

Many have doubted this, believing (as the
Bermuda is thought never to perfect seed) that
the grass must be some other kind nearly re-
sembling it. Such is not the case. It is the true
Bermuda, in proof of which I send you a flower-
spike.

THE AILANTUS.

BY L., GARDEN CITY, LONG ISLAND, N. Y.

Thanks for your defence of the Ailantus, one
of our most beautiful and useful trees, one that,
for the roadside, or for poor soils, when scarcely
any other tree will succeed, has no equal. F. J.
Scott, Esq., says of this tree; "There are many
features of the Ailantus that give it a rare and
peculiar beauty, admirably suited to add to the
variety of colors and forms in groups of trees.
We have no tree that can take its place ; none
with such immense compound leaves, which
alone give the tree a unique character; and they
are thrust out boldly from the tree, thus show-
ing their character to the best advantage. Their
color is also of that thrifty yellowish green, rare
among our native trees, therefore more needed
in contrast with them." Why this warfare on a
tree of such great beauty, and withal so valuable
as a timber tree ? Is it because of the disagreea-
ble odor of the flowers ? If so, that is easily
avoided and the tree spared to our roadsides.
The tree is dioecious ; that is, the male or stami-
nate flowers are borne on one tree, and the
female or pistillate flowers on another. The
female flowers are inodorous, in fact inconspicu-
ous, and are succeeded by those beautiful clus-
ters of fruit, an important feature in the beauty
of the tree. To avoid the disagreeable odor.

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plant tlie female trees only. As this tree is
rapidly increased by root-cuttings, this is a very
simple matter and may be carried on to an
almost unlimited extent. Any farmer who has
one of the fruit-bearing trees of medium size
can get sufficient young stock, by cutting up the
roots into short pieces, in the course of two
years, to plant all his roadsides.

EVERGREEN HEDGES UNDER TREES.

BY D O. MITNSON, FALLS CHURCH, VA.

In a recent number of the Gardener's
Monthly, in reply to Dr. C. A. K., Chester,
Pennsylvania, in relation to planting evergreen
hedges in close proximity to maple trees, planted
twenty feet apart, you say you would not advise
it under any circumstances, as the roots of the
trees absorb the moisture the evergreens ought
to receive.

About ten years ago I planted a Norway
spruce and American arborvitse hedge within
two feet of a row of maple trees that had been
planted ten years before— the maples are now
large trees. The hedges did finely — hardly lost
a plant, and they were never watered except by
rain. They are both very compact and in every
way doing well.

Three years ago I planted thirty rods of hem-
lock hedge within four feet of a row of maples,
and that hedge is growing finely.

A neighbor across the way, twelve years ago,
planted an American arborvitse hedge under
large cherry and maple trees — maple trees on
both sides of hedge — in many places very much
shading it. That hedge is now compact and
beautiful, none of the plants died, and no water
was used.

There is also an American arborvitse hedge in
the neighborhood that was planted in a line with
a row of maples five years ago, and it has done
well so far.

THE BEAUTY OF THE DANDELION.

BY MARGID DIGRAM.

The yellow of the dandelion flower is certainly
as fine a bit of color as can be found in the floral
world. This composite flower head is a disk, or
button, of clear gold, as bright and handsome as
a new ten dollar piece, but unlike the coin, it is
richness (and beauty, I would like to say), with-
out value, uncared for and unsought.

It blooms upon every field throughout the
Spring and Fall months, but, excepting by chil-

dren, it remains upon them untouched. Run-
ning on to ripeness the occasional breeze catches
the pappus-lightened seeds, and carrying them
upward and away, seems to say, " you are at last
appreciated. Though the recognition is late, we
have plucked you as early as we were able ; here-
tofore, not appearances, but weight, prevented."

This plant might be potted in the Fall, then
placed in cold frames, or jiits, and whenever
wanted carried into the hothouse and forced in-
to bloom. This is a hint for the florist, and, acted
upon, will probably furnish him with a new plant
for mid-winter or late winter ornamental pur-
poses. That the treatment suggested would be
successful, I think there is but little doubt, as we
know that during the early months of the year,
and late again, quite into winter, a warm-
ish, sunny day, not uncommonly brings into
sight, in sheltered places, a number of nests of
these flowers.

When the weather is cool, the scapes, or flow-
er stems, of the dandelion, are short; but in
warm weather, when the plant is in rapid growth,
it will be remembered that these stems shoot out
to agreater length and become quite long enough
for bouquet purposes. With hot-house forcing,
I think the same result would, or might, be real-
ized in January, February or March.

Grown in very shallow pots, say two inches in
depth by four or four and a half in width, and
the same placed within some more attractive
earthen or metal vessel of equal shallowness, the
entire plant with a half-dozen blooms upon its
rosette of carefully grown and protected leaves,
would be a pretty object for the festive table.

Who will give our humble and familiar friend
a cold weather trial ? It would be an easy task,
as the plant is always so near at hand.

PROPAGATING HYDRANGEAS.

BY JAMES C. CRAVEN, PHILADELPHIA.

In the propagation of Hydrangea paniculata
my experience agrees with that of Mr. Abbott,
in your June number, although I never used the
branches of the plant for stakes. I have several
large plants, and frequently have found that
the branches touching njoist ground will root.
These I have cut in June and July, and in this
way I have all the young plants I could desire
for myself and friends.

H. paniculata and H. otaksa have always
seemed to me extremely profitable plants to the
florist, being, in my judgment, so easy of propa-

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gation ; the price of my original small plants,
which came to me by mail, was fifty cents
each.

Let any one take cuttings of otaksa or pani-
culata in June and July ; insert them in sand
under glass, at the same time keeping them
moderately moist, and I am sure he cannot fail
to have all the young plants he may desire.

THE CYPRESS FAMILY IN TEXAS.

BY G. OXDERDONK,

The Cupressus Knightiana and horizontalis,
are making an almost incredible growth here.
One of the latter, now ten years old, is about a
foot in diameter at the ground, and thirty feet
high. We in Western Texas have too much
lime in our soil for pine, but I believe forests of
Cupressus are practicable. I have thirteen va-
rieties doing well enough. Every spot seems
suited to cedar. I have the common red cedar
nine years from the seed bed, and now large
enough for posts. Is the wood of the Cupressus
Knightiana and sempervirens horizontalis valua-
ble? If so, their culture here will be an object
for timber purposes.

The latter rivals the i^ine for thrift and
straightness, while the former far exceeds it and
everything else I have seen in rapidity of growth.

CHEAP PAINT.

BY WILLIAM SUTHERLAND, PHILADELPHIA.

The past two years I have been experimenting
in cheap materials for painting both outside and
inside; and find the following gives the most
satisfaction where one does not wish to go to
the expense of lead and oil paints.

Take a half bushel of lime, put it in a barrel
and pour enough boiled water upon it to allow
the lime to slack without its burning; cover in
the steam, and, when dry, run it through a
medium sized sieve.

Take a bucket half full of this powder and
pour as much sweet milk upon it, as will fill the
bucket three fourths full ; the milk must be sweet
milk, either new or skimmed will do, but butter-
milk must not be used. To every bucket of
this mixture add one pound of silicate of soda
and stir the whole thoroughly; if too thick, add
more milk ; if too thin, add the slacked lime
until you have it to suit you. This can be ap-
plied outside or inside on smooth or rough sur-

faces, with almost any kind of brush, and does
not require very skilled labor in its application.

This produces a dull white color ; but if a
gray, or black, is wanted, add lamp black. Vene-
tian red will produce a reddish brown, or pink
color, according to the quantity used. Spanish
brown will give another shkde. Ultramarine blue
will give any shade of blue that is desired.

With these materials, all of which are very
cheap, almost any desired tint may be produced,
which can be applied to wood, brick, stone, or
plaster any where. If oil paint has been used
before, the slacked lime should be used with half
whiting.

THE SIBERIAN ARBORVIT/E.

BY ROBT. DOUGLAS, WAUKEGAN, ILL.

In two publications, not yet a year old, I see
the Siberian arborvitse referred to as a native of
Siberia, and in one of them it is stated that the
oak-leaved mountain ash is in reality a variation
of the White Beam tree of Europe.

I have grown thousands on thousands of
trees from the Siberian arborvitse, the seeds
gathered from trees standing remote from any
American arborvitae in fruit, and in every case
have found four-fifths of the seedlings undis-
tinguishable from the American arborvitse, ex-
cept that, on the whole, they would appear a
little more compact in the block after being
transplanted than the American ; the remainder
would partake more of the appearance of the
Siberian, so much so in one instance that we
selected about eight hundred from a seeding of
over fifty thousand, and set them in a block
away from other arborvitaes. Nearly all of this
eight hundred had much the appearance of
Siberian, but did not grow uniform ; some of
them were quite dwarf. Finally we did not find
one in the whole lot that we considered worthy
of propagation, as being in any respect better
than the Siberian.

We have grown a large quantity of mountain
ash trees, both from the weeping mountain ash
and the oak leaved mountain ash. The seed-
lings from the weeping mountain ash could in
no way be distinguished from seedlings grown
from the common European mountain ash,
where the two stood side by side in seed drills,
the plants from, say, five to fifteen inches. I
offered Mr. Phcenix the ten rows grown from the
weeping if he could distinguish them from the
common ; there was not a weeper among them,

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nor any way to distinguish them from the com-
mon.

I have grown many thousands of seedlings
from seeds of the oak-leaved mountain ash, and
in one sowing of at least twenty thousand trees
thought we had got something nice. I was so
selfish as to go and select every promising tree
out of the lot before digging them. These were
planted for shade trees along the inside of the
fence of one of our nurseries. They have stood
there nearly, or quite, twenty years, and stand
there now ; I have grown our mountain ash
seedlings from them for many years, yet
never raised a White Beam from them, nor a
mountain ash as good as the oak-leaved, or dif-
fering from the common type of the European
mountain ask enough to make it worthy of
propagation by grafting or budding.

I am sorry to be compelled to confess that all
my attempts to produce something nice from
sports or hybrids have been absolute failures.
Whatever I have produced of value has been
produced by sheer accident, and in nearly every
instance from common seeds sown in the nur-
serj-^ beds or nursery rows.

You may recollect a conversation I had with
you and promised to raise the green variety of
the black spruce to see if it would produce both
the green and glaucous varieties ; I have done
so several times, but in every case have the
green variety pure, although I saw the seeds col-
lected myself from trees standing near several
other kinds of spruces. I sent cones to Dr.
Engelmann several years ago, but although the
cones were larger and somewhat different from
the glaucous variety he could find no botanical
difference. By the green variety I mean the red
spruce of the nurseries.

[A work "just issued," which should refer to
the Siberian arborvitse as a distinct species, or as
a native of Siberia, must be regarded as a work
of very poor standing. An author who, in these
days, could make such a statement should lay
aside his pen forever. — Ed. G. M.]

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Mr. H. B. Ellwaxgf.r's Rose Crosses.— In the
editor's notes of his Rochester visit, the re-
markable crosses of Mr. EUwanger were noticed,
though the plants were not then in flower. The
County Gentleman quoting our remarks, adds :
" The flowers of some of these new sorts, which

we have had an opportunity of examining, are
of great beauty ; one of them in particular is
fully equal to the famed Alfred Colomb, if not
its superior, while the growth of the bushes
shows much vigor."

Flowering of the Victoria regia in the
Open Air. — Mr. E. D. Sturtevant, the well known
grower of aquatics at Borden town. New Jersey,
has flowered this famous water lily of the Ama-
zon in the open air this summer. So far as
known this has not been attempted since
Mr. Caleb Cope grew the plant in the open air in
a cement tank in the centre of his vegetable gar-
den, now over thirty years ago. Mr. Sturtevant,
however, seems to have been even more of a
success than Mr. Cope, as the leaves are six feet
in diameter, and has actually perfected flowers.
The flower opened first on the 3d of September,
and was twelve inches across.

The flowering in this way has excited intense
interest in Bordentown, and we shall not be
surprised if the fact of its flowering in the open
air does not induce similar attempts at the cul-
ture of the queen of flowers. It ought to be more
easy South than here.

EuoNYMUs RADiCANS. — This now well-known
evergreen creeping plant is decided by Maxi-
mowicz, in a recent paper published in St.
Petersburg, to be only a condition of the com-
mon Euonymus japonica. This decision is
startling at first thought, as the whole appear-
ance and character is so very different from the
common or broad-leaved Japan Euonymus.

But when we remember that the creeping fig
of our greenhouses, Ficus repens, has recently
been proved to be a condition of a great, broad-
leaved form ; and that even our native burning
bush, Euonymus Americanus, has a slender
trailing condition, as well as makes a good sized
bushy shrub, there is good reason to believe
that Maximowicz is right. He says it will creep
up trees to the height of twenty feet. On the
grounds of the writer there is a plant which has
already ascended some ten feet of a large cherry
trunk. We endorse an opinion that it is an
admirable creeping evergreen.

Budded Roses. — Speaking of the Niphetos
rose, Mr. Mansfield Milton, in an essay before the
Portage County (Ohio) Horticultural Society,
says : " I have often seen the buds of this rose
over three inches in length, but is not suitable
for planting out of doors. It is a weak grower
unless well protected and grown under glass. It

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makes a splendid rose budded on a good vigor-
ous stock. Roses are ofcen much changed by
budding on different stocks. American florists
generally advocate the growing of roses on their
own roots and use this as a recommendation in
favor of their stock. In the neighborhood of
Boston, where the best roses in America are
grown (thanks to the enterprise of the florists,
supported by the Massachusetts Horticultural
Society), most of the fine roses exhibited at
the exhibitions of that society are grown on
budded plants. Roses having strong, vigorous
constitutions, are not much improved by bud-
ding on the Manetti, but most all those of weak
growth — and some of the finest hardy roses grown
are weak growers — require before perfect flowers
can be got, to be budded on some strong stock.
Such roses therefore as Niphetos, the weak grow-
ing Hybrid Perpetuals, and a good many of the
Hybrid Teas, are much improved by budding on

strong stocks, either Manetti or some other
strong grower."

Propagating Hydrangea paniculata. — Mr. E.
S. Carman says: "Referring to E. Williams's
article — ' Propagating Hydrangea paniculata'
— if cuttings be made from the half-ripened
wood, they will strike in sand as readily as wil-
low cuttings, or in soil either."

Rosa minutifolia. — Under this name, in the
August Bulletin of Torrey Botanical Club, Dr.
Engelmann describes a new native rose, found by
Dr. Parry and his exploring party in lower Cali-
fornia in April last, forming dense thickets in
the arid landscape ; a much-branched shrub,
two to four feet high, with showy pink or white
flowers, and " a most striking and lovely species,
distinguished from all other roses by its minute,
deeply incised leaflets." Dr. Engelmann pub-
lishes it under the name of Rosa minutifolia.

Greenhouse and House Gardening.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

It was feared that the widely spreading taste
for cut flowers would militate against the love of
cultivating plants. But it does not appear to
have done so. Greenhouses and conservatories
are just as numerous as they ever were, and in-
deed rather more numerous. Those who get the
love of flowers from mere adornment soon learn
to care for the plants which produce them.

In growing winter flowers, much care is given
to the nature of the soil, the aspect, and many
points other than the most essential, which are
'' the care of the roots of plants and preservation of
the foliage from insects. When plants are over-
watered the roots decay, and the plants become
sickly or die. Too much care cannot be given
to over- watering. If the pot is large and the roots
comparatively small, the soil is almost sure to
sour, when the roots will decay. It is much safer
to keep plants in as small pots as the roots will go
into than to risk larger ones; and every care should
be taken to facilitate the passage of water through
the bottom of the pot. In potting it is best to
fill the pot to the brim, even rounding the soil

over the brim. It is almost impossible for such
a potted plant to get too much water; but it
necessitates watering oftener than when potted
in the usual way, or the plant may suff"er from
being too dry.

In taking up things from the ground for pot-
ting, care should be taken to have the pots well
drained, with pieces of potsherds over the hole.
The more rapidly water passes through the soil
the better plants will grow. Pots could be made
without holes, and the water would all go
through the porous sides in time; but that is to©
slow a way, so we make a hole to admit of its
more rapid escape, and we place the broken pots
over the hole to make a vacuum, which assists
the objects of the hole. In very small pots, or
with plants which have strong enough roots to
rapidly absorb all the moisture they get, and
speedily ask for more, " crocking " is not neces-
sary.

As for insects, the repeated use of the syringe
is one of the best preventives of their attacks^
and if water can be used for syringing heated to
130°, there will be few complaints of insect at-
tacks.

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There are but few things in the greenhouse
that will require special treatment at this time.
Camellias and Azaleas, as they cease to grow,
will require less water; but it is now so well
known that moisture is favorable to growth, and
comparative dryness fiivorable to flowering, that
we need do no more than refer to the fact.

Bulbs for flowering in pots should be placed at
once. Four or five inch pots are suitable. One
Hyacinth and about three Tulips are sufficient
for each. After potting, plunge the pots over
their rims in sand under the greenhouse stage,
letting them remain there until the pots have
become well filled with roots, before bringing
them on to the shelves to force.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

CELOSIA CLARKII.

BY MR. VL. DE NIEDMANN, WASHINGTON, D. C.

Last j-ear I had the pleasure of sending you
some flowers of Celosia Clarkii, calling your at-
tention at the same time to the pretty habit of
this plant, suggesting also tbat it probably might
make a nice addition to our winter flowers. But
little I expected at the time that the plant
would, in this brief period, become such a gen-
eral favorite among our floricultural friends,
both as bedder and winter flowerer, that I think,
I am justified in relating now a few facts and
experiences with this Celosia in order that some
others may also have the pleasure of learning
something about this new pretty stranger, who
already claims to have gained so many friends and
admirers. Among a collection of Chinese seed
received from Scotland in 1879 there was a
package of Celosia— of which the Celosia Clarkii
originated ; the young plants were potted off"
and planted out on a flower-border after the
usual manner, but attention was soon called to
the above variety by its fine, strong branching
habit and the multitude of bright unusual shaped
flowers ; and about September, when in full
bloom, it could be seen from a great distance,
the pinkish-red flowers, when close, resembling
a densely furnished miniature fir-tree. Seed was
anxiously looked for, but upon a most careful
examination there was not a single seed to be
found and the only chance of perpetuating was
lelt from cuttings, which were mighty scarce, as
all seemed to be flower wood. A few of the
most likely pieces were taken just before frost;
they rooted freely, and commenced, as soon as

they were established in pots, to throw up flower
shoots over flower-shoots, nothing but flower-
shoots — and so on all winter. In May, 1880, all
the old plants were set out in a fine sunny
exposure, and about July they were on a fair
way to equal, if not to supersede the parent
plant. This little experience of the preceding
winter demonstrated the fact, that it would make
one of the most prolific winter flowering plants.
The culture is quite simple; cuttings made early
in August of young growths just showing flower-
heads will root as easily as Coleus ; pinched back,
and shifted on in five-inch pots, put out of doors
along with Stevia, Eupatorium, Bauvardia, Poin-
settia, and other winter-flowering plants. They
will be by the end of September in a splendid
condition for winter, and which they are to my
utmost satisfaction in a Bouvardia house, the
contrast between the Bouvardia and the Celosia
flowers being a most pleasing one.

FERTILIZING MOSS.

BY PETER HENDERSON.

I notice in the September number of the Gar-
dener's Monthly that the subject of the French
fertilizing moss is again discussed, more claims
being made for its utility ; and as my name has
again been drawn into the matter allow me to
briefly state what is known about it. No doubt
many of the readers of the Gardener's Monthly
may remember that a Mr. Chamberlain, a gar-
dener of Newport, R. I., and subsequently of
Brooklyn, L. I., made some twenty or twenty-
five years ago a considerable sensation by grow-
ing and fruiting grapes and peaches and growing
many flowering and ornamental plants in bas-
kets in prepared fertilized moss. The subject
was thoroughly discussed at that time in the New
York Horticulturist and I think also in the Gar-
dener's Monthly, but was soon dropped as it
was found that it was not practical to shift plants
so grown, so that when the supply of plant food
became exhausted a fresh supply could not be
as conveniently given as when the plants were
grown in soil in the usual way. Mr. Chamber-
lain like the Frenchman was very mysterious
about the ingredients he mixed with the moss
and talked glibly about the " chemical combina-
tions " he had discovered to cause such wonder-
ful results. What the ingredients he used were
I do not know any more than I know what is in
the Dumesnil moss, but few professional horti-
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lible enough to believe that any fertilizing mate-
rial not already known to horticulture could be
mixed with moss suitable to feed plants.

The agent of the Duniesnil Moss Company
called on me in June and I consented to test the
claims of his " secret." Accordingly he sent me
a package of the moss which we gave a thorough
comparative test with our mixture used for moss
mulching, which is composed of about fifteen
parts of moss to one part of pure bone dust.
Also to make the trial more thorough the same
number of plants were potted in ordinary soil.
We used — 12 plants Latania Borbonica ; 12
Coleus, one sort; 12 Caladiums, one sort; 12
Pandanus, one sort ; 12 Crotons, one sort. We
washed the soil from the roots and potted in five
inch pots four plants of each with the Dumesnil
moss, and four of each with our moss and bone
mixture, and four of each with ordinary soil. The
plants were placed together on one of our green-
house benches and were given exactly the same
treatment. No difference was apparent in any
of the three lots from first to last and all grew
w^ell, but there was no superiority whatever in
those grown in the French moss over the others.
I last month invited the New York agent of the
Dumeinil Moss Company to examine them,
which he did, and expressed himself as being
unable to see any difierence in the three lots.
The matter can be easily tested by any one.
Moss and bone dust can begot almost anywhere
and if it proves to be as useful for the purpose
claimed as this French moss, whose fertilizing
principle is a secret, then it is difficult to under-
stand where the value of the "secret" comes in.

[This is precisely our view of the matter.
Those who are introducing this moss culture
have felt sore that we have not been able to give
it a cordial endorsement. It is a great pleasure
to encourage everything new, — or even attempts
at novelty — and it is not right to discourage pro-
gressive attempts. We could not see that there
was any special novelty in this mode of culture,
and so in justice to our readers could not afford
to endorse it as such ; but we do think there are
some advantages in moss culture which deserve
development, —and then there are alwaj's some
who would sooner pay more for an article al-
ready prepared than get the material and mix it
themselves, and in this view we see no more
reason why the sale of fertilizing mosses may not
be as much encouraged as paregoric, lawn grass
seed, or the thousands of other cheap simples for
which as " mixtures " we pay dear.— Ed. G. M.]

ALLAMANDA.

BY MR. CHARLES E. PARNELL.

The genus Allamanda embraces some of our
most desirable as well as some of our most
showy stove plants. Of this splendid genus A.
nerifolia is deserving of a prominent place in all
collections of stove and greenhouse plants on
account of its free flowering qualities.

This handsome species attains a height of five
or six feet, and is of compact bushy habit, pro-
ducing its bright yellow flowers in the greatest
profusion for at least nine months in the year if
kept in a healthy and growing condition. On
account of its floriferous habit it is unequalled
as a plant for decorative purposes, while as an
exhibition plant this Allamanda is excelled by
none.

The flowers of this species are small in size
when compared with others of the genus, but I
do not consider this much of an objection when
we take into consideration the immense number
of flowers which it produces.

Whether grown in the greenhouse or plunged
in the flower border, it is equally at home, flow-
ering in profusion in both places. This Allaman-
da is a plant of very free erect growth ; it is per-
fectly free from all insect pests, and is moreover
a plant of comparatively easy culture providing
it can be given sufficient heat during the winter
season, say a temperature of from 50° to 60°. It
requires a compost of two-thirds fibrous loam,
one-third thoroughly decomposed manure and
a little sand to render the compost a porous
and open one ; give good drainage, and if large
specimens are wanted do not permit the plants
to become pot-bound. When growing, water
freely and syringe occasionally, while an oc-
casional watering of liquid manure water
will prove to be very beneficial. This Alla-
manda can be plunged in the flower bor-
der about the middle of May and taken up
about the middle of September. The plant should
be repotted before being plunged. It is an essen-
tial point in the cultivation of this plant in the
open air to keep it at all times abundantly sup-
plied with water. Propagation is effected by
cuttings of the young shoots which root easily
during the summer months, and if the young
plants are liberally treated, and kept in a growing
condition will produce fine specimens in the
course of a few years. With me this Allamanda
occasionally ripens seed, but I have never tried
to raise plants from them.

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GLAZING WITHOUT LAPPING.

BY PETER HENDERSON.

Some one in a recent number of the Monthly
advises to glaze without lapping the glass. Be-
fore any one acts on that advice, he had best test
its soundness by experimenting a little. When
rebuilding our greenhouses here in 1878, I gave
the " no lap" plan a careful trial by glazing in
that way a section of a twenty-foot house, having
an angle of about thirty-five degrees. We first
tried it by showering over the glass with a hose,
and found that it leaked like a sieve. Not quite
satisfied with the hose test, we waited until a
heavjf rain fell, which showed nearly the same
result; the roof leaked on that part where the
glass had not been lapped so as to be de:<tructive
to anything growing underneavh. Were it pos
sible that the glass could be cut so that when
butted together the junction would be per-
fect, then that plan would certainly be the best;
but that would be next to impossible. In the
trial we made the glass was selected with the
greatest care, yet in many places the point of a
penknife could be run between the panes where
they were' joined together; consequently that
even at the steep angle we used it on, the leak-
age was such as to show that the practice was a
bad one in any place where water falls on the
greenhouse roof.

We find no better plan in glazing than that
now almost universally in use of bedding the
glass in a thin layer of putty and tacking down
tight with good-sized glazier's points, using no
putty on the top, but instead, painting thickly
with white lead. The laps should never exceed
one quarter of an inch, and often an eighth of
an inch is deemed sufficient.

CYDONIA JAPONICA— THE COMING
HEDGE PLANT.

BY. WM. WEBSTER, ROCHESTER, N. Y.

One of the problems which have long engaged
the attention of horticulturists is that of a suit-
able plant for both ornamental and useful
hedges; one that shall be characterized by its
easy growth, strength, and durability, and that
is capable of withstanding not only the attacks
of animals but of injurious insects also. Some
of the different species of Coniferae make beauti-
ful ornamental hedges, but practically are of little
use when exposed to the attacks of animals.
While some among deciduous trees such as the

Hawthorn and Osage Orange, though strong and
hardy enough to resist the onslaught of animals
frequently succumb to the more silent attacks of
insects by which they often become infested.
Hence it needs no prophet to foretell that the
plant which combines in the greatest degree the
different characteristics I have mentioned must
be the favored one.

In looking over the nursery stock on the
grounds of Mr. James Craib of this city in com-
pany with that gentleman, a short time since,
my attention was attracted to a fine lot of seed-
ling Cydonia Japonica plants, and on remarking
upon their fine healthy appearance and uniform-
ity of growth, Mr. C. informed me that he was
raising them for hedge plants, and it was a sub-
ject that he had been experimenting on for some
time, and to show how well he had succeeded in-
vited me to go with him to a distant part of the
grounds and examine a specimen hedge of seed-
lings. This hedge appeared to be about 150 feet
long. The plants which had been transplanted
were four years old from the seed ; had been
trimmed as needed, are now about three feet in
height and the same in width. The plants are
generally of uniform size, of robust habit and
are now bearing a large quantity of fruit, of
various shades of color; some are of a light
green, others tinted like a ripe Apricot while
not a few resemble Seek el pears. The foliage is
dark green and the hedge as compact as any
one could desire, and not a scale or bug of any
kind to be seen on it. Here I remarked you
have a "bonanza," and one that requires work-
ing and that ought to be made public, for this is
the kind of hedge that we have been waiting for
so long.

Perhaps on reading this some may smile
and say what is there new about a Cydonia
Pyrus Japonica hedge. I answer true to a cer-
tain extent there is not, for I have been familiar
with the plant ever since I can remember any-
thing about plants. Neither is there anything
new about "electricity," except in its scientific
application to the uses of the present time ; this
is an age of progress and none of us are too old
to learn. I have seen much larger hedges of Cy-
donia than this one, but they were very much
older. Mr. Charlton a neighbor of Mr. C. has a
magnificent one which in its season is a perfect
blaze of blossoms, and what has kept this plant
from being more generally adopted has been the
supposed difficulty in raising the plants. What.is
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me is manifest, is its quickness of growth, its
sturdy character and fecundity in early Summer.
Mr. C. tells me it is a mass of bloom rangino;
through nearly all the gradations of color, from
a bright scarlet to the various shades of orange
to yellow and creamy white. If as I am im-
formed this hedge is but four years old from the
seed and is now, as any one can see who may
choose to visit his nursery, loaded with fruit,
his estimate of the crop being more than twenty
bushels, the advantages of raising the plants
from seed will be readily understood, especially as
they can be raised with the same facility that
apple seedlings can. The usual mode has been
to raise the plant from root cuttings, but this is
a tedious process especially in unskilled hands.
When the fact is taken into consideration that
nearly all plants that are raised from seed are
not only of quicker growth but stronger and
more durable than those raised from cuttings, it
becomes obvious that if by raising the plants
from seed at less expense and with half the
trouble a good hedge can be obtained in four
years, whereas by the old method of root cut-
tings it takes from seven to eight years to obtain
the same results, the new one will receive the
most favor. If these seedlings continue to bear
fruit, as they now promise, and the fruit can
ever be utilized as an article of commerce, it
will become doubly valuable as a hedge plant.
Having seen and grown the Cydonia Japonica
as an ornamental plant in various parts of the
country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, I can
testify as to its hardiness and adaptability as a
hedge plant in nearly all parts of the United
States and Canada, and doubt not that it could
be made to succeed even on the plains or
wherever water can be obtained to irrigate when
necessary.

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EDITORIAL NOTES.

might otherwise have yielded to mischief. To-
day (Saturday) the Aldenham Street Sunday-
school has a grand children's flower show for
the young gardeners of Somers Town, and in
many other districts the pretty idea is being
carefully worked out."

Moss Culture —The Revue Horticole for July
16th, says that those who have had any doubt
about the success of growing plants in moss,
were surprised at a recent exposition by the col-
lection of M. Chate, of Paris. It goes so far as
to say that it doubts whether the best earth cul-
ture could produce plants like them.

Imitation Flowers. — A correspondent of a
London paper asserts that imitation plants, in
pots, are so perfect that a fashionable lady in
London bought one, and after "growing"' it for
three months "under the rules," sent it to a
floral exhibition, and had it returned with an
indignant letter. It is at least a satisfaction to
know that floral judges cannot yet be deceived.
Some of these judges might find employment
in American flower shows.

NEW OR RARE PLANTS.

Fostering a Love for Flowers — A London
correspondent says : " Window-gardening is for-
tunately not confined to a class. It is vastly on
the increase among the poor, and in many a
side street and alley now green leaves and mod-
est flowers are nursed and coaxed and petted,
to try and make them * grow up good.' The
local schools, in many places, have fostered and
encouraged the nurseries, and by offering prizes
have provided a humanizing and a useful em-
ployment for many a pair of little hands that

Yellow Calla Lily. — At the Rochester meet-
ing, flowers of the Richardia hastata were ex-
hibited by Messrs. Hallet & Thorpe. Thespathes
are of a greenish yellow and dark base, and it is
a very interesting addition to cultivated plants.

Heliconia aureo striata. — In America such
plants as Strelitzias, Marantas, Hedychiums, Ba-
nanas, and others which must be preserved in
greenhouses most of the year in the old world,
make admirable plants for the adornment of
our open-air gardening, and we are always glad
of every addition to this class of plants. When
they have served their purpose as summer orna-
ments, they are re-potted and adorn our green-
houses or rooms during the winter season. The
plant which we now introduce to our readers
promises to be one more of these beautiful
things. It was introduced by Mr. Wm. Bull
from the South Sea Islands, and he gives the
following account of it : "A bold-looking stove
plant of noble aspect, resembling some dwarf
Musa in its general appearance. The stems,
which are formed, as in Musa, of the closely
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striated with green and yellow, and become re- to the margin, traced out by yellow lines pro-
curved at the top. The leaf blade is elongate i ducing a freely marked and very striking varie-

ovatc, cordate at the base, and cuspidate at the|gation. Though closely related to the stately
apex ; deep green with the course of the paral- 1 Banana, it is a comparatively dwarf plant,
lelcurved veins, which run out from the costa ' though one of bold and imposing character."

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SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Grafting Epiphyllum. — " J. B,*' says : "I wish
you or some of your readers would give the
proper method and time for grafting the Peres-
kia stock with Epiphyllum. Also, the best mode
of treatment during summer. Also, the best
blooming varieties."

Celosia Clabkii.— Mr. A. Thorpe, Washing-
ton, D. C, writes: "I send you by mail a box
containing specimen pieces of Celosia pyramid-
alis Clarkii, of which perhaps you will remember,
that Mr. Neidman, of the Botanic Gardens, sent
you some specimens last fall for your opinion.
Your answer was favorable about it, as you said
you considered it a very valuable addition to
our fall bedding and winter flowering plants ;
the piece I send you is not quite so fine as he
sent last fall, as it is not in full flower until the
first of September. I also send you specimens
of three varieties of coleus ; the seed was col-
lected by Mr. Neidman in the South Sea Islands.

[These specimens confirm our former good
opinion. It is a very desirable plant for winter
flowering.— Ed. G. M.]

Cattleya Dowiana. — " C " asks : " Will some
of the readers of the Monthly be so good as to
give me some information concerning the treat-
ment and habits of Cattleya Dowiana?"

Culture of Clerodendron Imperiale. — '' E."
says : " Will some of your readers, who have
flowered Clerodendron Imperiale, kindly give
me the result of taeir experience with it?"

New Coleus. — Mr. A. Thorpe, Washington,
D. C, writes : " I send you specimens from pot

plants of Coleus, Gen. Garfield and Garland.
We raised last year five or six hundred seedlings
i from seed furnished us by Mr. Neidman, and
propagated about twenty-five varieties we
: thought specially good. The three we now
' advertise were particularly fine as pot plants
through last winter, leaves of Mrs. Geddes grown
on to an eight inch pot, often from ten to twelve
inches long, and eight to ten wide, which, to-
gether with its great substance of leaf and
beautiful colors, make it a very desirable plant.
As a bedder it is very fine, standing full sun and
shows well in a mixed bed where individual
beauty is the object. General Garfield is not
quite so large in the leaf, but looks exceedingly
rich among other foliage plants ; it will be sure
to make a mark as a bedder, as it shows mag-
nificently at a distance, and is extra fine at a
short distance. Garland makes a fine pot plant,
coloring up splendidly and looks well bedded.
We have six more seedling bedders which we
propose to send out in February or March, that
are better than anything yet sent out in their
color.

[The great value of Coleus, now that they have
become so numerous, is in their ability to make
good colors for massing with other things in the
open ground. Single leaves will not decide this.
All we can say is, that the leaves were very
beautiful indeed, and the varieties will probably
prove among the most desirable. — Ed. G. M.]

Calceolaria crenatifolia. — " C. E. P." asks :
" What is Calceolaria crenatifolia? and is Ficus
radicans distinct from F. reptans ?"

[Calceolaria crenatifolia is an old Chiloean
species, long since gone out of cultivation. The
two Ficus are forms of one thing. — Ed. G. M.]

Fruit and Vegetable Gardening.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

The work of an instructor must of necessity
be to a great extent experimental, and he must
often lose in experimenting what other cautious
people gain. So in Plum culture, the writer has
been endeavoring to learn what there is in every-

thing recommended as protective against cur-
culio. For years past different things strongly
recommended by eminent men have been fairly
tried with absolutely no result. This year the
old-fashioned plan of shaking the trees and col-
lecting the insects has been resorted to, and as a
consequence we have bushels of plums. It is

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clear to our mind that there is no other remedy
than shaking the trees, and this is not a severe
or expensive remedy when systematically at-
tended to.

Plant fruit trees as early as possible. Deep
planting is an injury, though they can be set
with more impunity deeper in sand than clayey
soil. Mound the earth about the stems ; it
aids against drawing out by frost. Ram the
earth very tightly about the roots, and prune the
twiggy branches from the tops. Severe pruning
at transplanting is the best insurance against
loss.

If older trees have moss, or scale, or have had
red spider in the summer, prune away the twig
gy portions, and wash with whale-oil soap and
sulphur. Grape vine stems may be peeled of old
loose bark and washed in the same manner.
Grapes may also be pruned at once, and if in a
region where they are liable to suffer from frost
in winter, bend the stems down and cover with
earth. Where Raspberries are also liable to
winter kill, cut back one-fourth of the wood, and
bend and bury in like manner. Where Straw-
berries are liable to draw by frost, it is best
to cover them with straw or some dry material.
These are often injured by covering with ma-
nure or other material which favors dampness,
and strawberries are often injured by it. They
hate damp.

There is little else to be done in the fruit gar-
den at this season, except gathering and preser-
ving late crops of Apples and Pears, and preser-
ving them for winter.

In no department of gardening is a deep and
rich soil more important than in Vegetables ;
and at this season we could not give better advice
than to lose no opportunity of improving it in this
respect. Trenching may be carried on whenever
the ground is not frozen over an inch in depth.
We are not in favor of that species of trenching
which throws the surface soil to the bottom and
brings the sub soil to the top, in the preparation
of a new garden. This should only be adopted
for worn-out soils. The proper plan is to throw
out the surface-soil on a strip three feet wide,
then breaking up the sub-soil thoroughly to the
depth of one or one and a half feet. On this
broken sub-soil the surface-soil from the next
trench is thrown, and so on until the whole be
finished. The manure should be so applied as
to be worked in with the surface-soil, as the
work proceeds. It is little use to attempt to grow
vegetables unless the soil is so treated. They

may be and are grown on thin soils, not only at
a great expense for manure, and a great risk of
dying out in a dry season, and of having the roots
rotted out in a wet one. As long as the frost,
severe enough to injure the celery crop, keeps
away, it may have earthings up. Care must be
exercised in the operation not to let the earth
get into the hearts of the plants, or they will be
liable to rot. When the plant has evidently fin-
ished its growth for the season, measures should
be taken to preserve it through the winter. For
family use, it is probably as well to let it stay
where it is growing, covering the soil with leaves,
litter or manure, to keep out the frost, so that it
can be taken up as wanted. Where large quan-
tities are frequently required, it is better to take
it up and put it in a smaller compass, still pro-
tecting it in any way that may be accessible. It
always keeps best in the natural soil, where it is
cool and moist, and free from frost; and what-
ever mode of protection is resorted to, these facts
should be kept in view. Beets, turnips, and other
root crops will also require protection. They
are best divested of their foliage and packed in
layers of sand in a cool cellar. Parsnips are best
left in the soil as long as possible. If any are
wanted for late spring use, they may be left out
to freeze in the soil, and will be much improved
thereby. Cabbage is preserved in a variety of
ways. If a few dozen only, they may be hung
up by the roots in a cool cellar, or be buried in
the soil, heads downwards, to keep out the rain,
or laid on their sides as thickly as they can be
placed, nearly covered with soil, and then com-
pletely covered with corn-stalks, litter, or any
protecting material. The main object in protect-
ing all these kinds of vegetables is to prevent
their growth by keeping them cool as possible,
and to prevent shrivelling by keeping them
moist. Cabbage plants, lettuce, and spinage will
require a slight protection before hard freezing.
This is usually done by scattering straw loosely
over. The intention is principally to check
the frequent thawings, which draw the plants out
of the ground.

In making new vegetable gardens, a south-east
aspect should be chosen, as far as practicable.
Earliness in the crops is a very great desideratum,
and such an aspect favors this point materially.
Too great a slope is objectionable, as inducing
too [great a run of water in heavy rains. The
plots for the crops should be laid off in squares or
parallelograms, for convenience in digging, and
the edges of the walks set with box edging. If

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water can be introduced, it is a great conveni-
ence.

Asparagus beds, after the tops have been
cleared off, are better covered with litter, or sta-
ble manure. The plants shoot easier for it next
season.

Sometimes Broccoli does not head before there
is danger of frost especially if growing vigor-
ously. If taken up with small balls of earth,
and set in a damp cellar they will still perfect
themselves.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

IRRIGATION IN KANSAS.

BY J. TEMPLIN, HUTCHINSON, KANSAS.

The art of agriculture by the aid of artificial
irrigation, is a very ancient one. The most an-
cient authors mentioned it in a way that shows
it to have been understood and practiced from
time immemorial. The ancient Egyptians, Per-
sians, Babylonians, Assyrians and Chinese con-
structed extensive and costly systems of ditches
and canals for irrigating purposes. Portions of
Arabia were made productive by an extensive
dam and reservoir built before the days of King
Solomon. The Pharaohs constructed an exten-
sive canal for irrigating purposes near if not ex-
actly on the route of the present Suez Ship Canal.
The Romans constructed canals and aqueducts
for this purpose, the ruins of which are the won-
der of the traveller in Italy to-day. The Cartha-
ginians, Phoenicians and Moors employed this
means to promote the fertility of their soils. In
modern times many of the nations of Europe
resort to this method of culture.

On this continent the Spanish invaders found
very extensive works for irrigation in Mexico
and Peru. This method is extensively resorted
to in some of the Western States and Territories
at the present time. Some of the finest produc-
tions of California are the result of this manner
of cultivation. This is also employed in Arizona^
Xevv Mexico, Colorado and in Utah, where the
desert has been made to rejoice and blossom as
the rose.

The experience of the past and the present
proves that where irrigation is possible it is
the most reliable method that can be employ-
ed to secure moisture for growing crops. Even
where the rainfall is supposed to be sufficient for
the wants of growing crops, it is well-known that
there will often be times when the crops will

suffer, sometimes to the extent of a failure, be-
cau-se at the critical juncture of the crop the
rain fails to come. The rainfall of Western Kan-
sas amounts to an average of only about sixteen
inches, which is far too small to meet the wants
of ordinary crops. It is true that broom corn,
rice corn and sugar cane do succeed here fairly
without irrigation, but other crops fail, except in
some exceptionally wet seasons. This has led to
the inauguration of the enterprise of irrigation in
that portion of the State that borders on the
Arkansas river. This river, fed by the melting
snows of the mountains, affords a large amount
of water, particularly during that season of the
year when the growing crops demand the greatest
amount. There is in the three most western
counties lying along that river in this State over
100,000 acres of land that are subject to overflow
by irrigation without carrying the water out of
the immediate river valley. Several companies
have been organized and, several ditches are
already in operation. The Garden City Irrigat-
ing and Power Company has a ditch eight feet
wide, two feet deep and twelve miles long, and
it will irrigate 12,000 acres. The Kansas Irrigat-
ing Company are cutting a canal thirty miles in
length, fifteen miles of which is already dug. Tnis
is twenty-two feet wide and two feet deep, to be
made four feet when the demand for water shall
justify it. The Minnehaha Irrigating Company
have twenty miles of twenty feet in width and
three feet in depth. This ditch will irrigate about
20,000 acres. But the most important enterprise
of this kind in thispartof the country is that of the
Great Eastern Irrigation Company, with Senator
Plumb and other capitalists at its head. This is
to be a canal thirty feet wide and three feet deep,
and will extend some fifty or sixty miles. It will
probably be led out into the higher ground, and
thus be made to do service in several counties.
The fall in the river is so great (seven to eight
feet to the mile), that there is no difficulty in
conveying the water to the higher grounds. The
usual method by which irrigation is carried on
here is to run the main ditch along the upper
side of the land to be watered, and led by lateral
drains convey the water to the particular place
to be irrigated and by shallow furrows extend it
to every part of the field. The success that has
attended this mode of culture in this section has
been very flattering indeed. The crops mostly
tried under this system are onions, cabbage and
potatoes, though all the common crops have
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raised with success. Thus seventy-five bushels
of oats and thirty of wheat have been raised per
acre. It is rather too hic,'h and the nights too
cool for corn to do well, though forty bushels
per acre have been raised of other crops. Onions,
400 bushels per acre ; cabbage, 4 000 heads ;
Iri&.h potatoes, 400 bushels ; sweet potatoes, 600
bushels; melons, 8,000; turnips, 1,000 bushels,
and others in like proportion. And this is no
more than anj' one can do who will use skill and
industry in the business. There is still Govern-
ment land near this place (I speak more par-
ticularly of Garden City, Sequoyah county), and
the railroad company is offering its lands for sale.
A large immigration is coming. It is noted here
that irrigation is a grand success in Kansas.

RABBITS IN ORCHARDS.

BY GEO. W. SLOAN, JUNEAU, WIS.

Having profited by the valuable information
contained in the Gardener's Monthly, I feel
it my duty to contribute something for the benefit
of fruit growers. A few years ago I was greatly
annoyed with rabbits barking my young apple
trees. To prevent their depredations I made
rop>es out of hay, commonly known as " thumb
ropes." These I wound around the trunk of the
trees, from the roots to the first limbs, in the fall.
I left them on all the following summer, and
when I took them ofi" in the fall, I found the
bark fresh and healthy and free from blotches.
I repeated the operation for some years, leaving
the ropes on during the summer, removing them
in the fall and replacing them with new ones.
I have healthy, vigorous trees, free from fungus
and all disease, and yielding an abundance of
fruit. I recommend the process, not only to
protect the trees from rabbits, &c., but to protect
the bark from the cold winds of winter and the
hot sun in summer.

SOME DESULTORY NOTES ABOUT
STRAWBERRIES.

BY T. T. SOUTHWICK, ROCHESTER, N. Y.

About 1845, H. E. Hooker planted an acre with
the Virginia Scarlqt. It was considered a very
novel venture and an immense strawberry bed.
The fruit, the first ever sold in Rochester, was
put in round pointed baskets, which were strung
on a string and sold by his partner, at retail,
from a fruit stand. Others took up the culture
soon after, and Rochester has become'quite a
strawberry centre. The dealers are reported to

have paid out for strawberries this season, in
this city, eighty-four thousand dollars ($84,000).
One canning house absorbed, I understand, ten
thousand (10,000) quarts per day. The same
house is said to have canned ten tons per day
and two hundred tons in all — of cherries.

Regarding new varieties of strawberries it
seems to me we are not making much progress
in the direction of quality. We get them larger
and larger all the time, but not better. Have we
to-day any strawberry, possible to obtain a fair
crop of fruit from, under ordinary garden cul-
ture, of high quality? Have we anything as
good to-day as the almost forgotten Hovey
Seedling? If so, what is it? It seems tome
we are, with all the almost endless list of varie-
ties, greatly lacking a good berry for the home
garden. Something is wanted not so sharp as
Wilson and not so flavorless as Sharpless, and
the balance of the list of big berries.

The Bidwell, in my garden, is a dismal failure.
The plants grew with great vigor; the set of fruit
was more than abundant. The fruit grew to
fine size, and the few that ripened were very
beautiful in appearance; but very much the
larger part never ripened. They either withered
or rotted before fully ripe. The tips would re-
main green and hard, and by the time they
were tender the balance of the berry was ruined.
The qualitj^ of the perfect specimens was of
rather low grade, but as good as ordinary mar-
ket sorts may be.

My soil is a deep, very rich dark loam, and
has been in sod for a dozen or more years. The
plants were well watered. Other sorts did well.
On grounds near my own, but of light colored
loam, this sort did no better. It does not seem
to be suited to this vicinity.

I am greatly pleased with the fruit of the
Longfellow. It is a long-fellow in shape, and
its deep color and regular form please the eye.
In quality it is about on par with most of the big
berries, but rather better if anything. The vine
is very slender, but does not seem feeble. For
the home garden I consider it well worth a trial;
for field culture I doubt it's being popular here.
The Warren is large and handsome and good,
and seems to be a promising sort.

If one can be contented with very mild flavor,
I know of no sort for general culture for the
home garden, so valuable as the Cumberland.
With me its growth is vigorous, the yield fully as
great as the Wilson, the fruit very large, tender,
handsome and good for a mild flavored berry.

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The Sharpless sells well in market bringing
about double prices at retail. But I don't like
its ugly, shapeless form, its pasty flesh and in-
sipid flavor.

A CRAPE FOR CALIFORNIA.

BY B., NEWBURG, N. Y.

Newburg is likely to add one to the list of
grapes for the California vineyards. The " Wel-
come," previously noticed here as a promising
grape for the greenhouse in the Middle and
Eastern States, has been sent out beyond the
" Rockies," and thus a correspondent writes of it
from San Saba, July 18 :

" Every shoot was killed in April, and only the
stump of two years' growth, about half an inch
in diameter and four inches long, was left. Now
one shoot is over twenty feet long, another fifteen
feet, and a layer has shot up five fine vines.
Only one vine in my collection of twenty varie
ties shows more vigorous growth. Eight clusters
were allowed to ripen, and my neighbors pro-
nounce them the best they ever saw. Not a
berry fell or cracked."

This is, indeed, high praise, and I hope to hear
of still further success.

HOW TO CROW EARLY CABBAGE.

BY AUGUST D. MYLIUS, DETROIT, MICH.

I sow the seeds of the kinds I wish to grow in
February or first of March, in small shallow
boxes in forcing pit, hot bed, or if these are not
to be had, a sunny window of the house wilj
do. The boxes I use are eighteen by twenty,
four inches, three inches deep ; made of one-half
inch boards. The kinds of early cabbage I
generally raise are Early Jersey, Wakefield (best
if pure), Early Winningstadt, Early Summer
and Fotler's Early Drumhead. The first two
for early; the others for second early. I only
treat the first two as above stated ; the second
early I sow in common hot-beds 1st to the 15th
of March. After the seeds sown in boxes (say
15th of February) are up and about three inches
high, it is necessary to transplant them in other
boxes, like those they were sown in, about one
and ahalf to two inches apart every way; or, if
any wish to have them in small pots (two and
a-half inch), put one plant in each pot, and pots
close together in boxes, treating the same as if
planted in boxes. Pots are better than boxes
and I use them largely. About one week or ten

days before planting in garden, they must be
hardened off" by exposing gradually, night and
day, in open air. I set out my plants from
15th of April to 1st of May. The plants which
are in boxes are taken in the boxes to the part
of the garden where the ground is ready to
plant. Take a garden reel, stretch out straight,
take plants out of boxes with care so that the
soil will stay on the roots. Plant Wakefield
twenty inches in rows and Early Summer the
same; the other kinds twenty- four inches. The
rows should be thirty inches apart, so that a
cultivator can be used. Early radish, lettuce,
spinach, etc., can be sown between the cabbage
rows, and be out before the cabbage will need
all the room. After cabbage, celery can be
grown on the same ground. In this way other
vegetable plants can be raised to advantage. In
fact, I have raised all the following with great
success : Early cauliflower, early lettuce, early
kohl-rabi, early Savoy, early celery, early beets,
early tomatoes, early cucumbers and early
squashes.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Fruit Growing and Gardening in Florida. —
The Florida Disjpatch notes the names and of-
ficers of twenty-four Horticultural and Fruit
Growers' Societies which exist within the State.

Strawberries in Ohio. — The following list of
varieties exhibited the past season by Mr. G. E.
Davis, of Edinburg, Ohio, shows how many old
varieties are yet regarded as worth planting :
Monarch, Cinderella, Champion, Forest Rose,
Miners, Windsor Chief, Seth Boyden, Photo,
Sterling, Cumb. Triumph, Sharpless, Peak's Em-
peror, Capt. Jack, Kentucky, Marshall McMa-
hon, Crescent, Burr's New Pine, Lennig's White
Charles Downing, Duchess, Jucunda, Golden De-
fiance, Crystal City, Metcalf's Early, Glendale,
Wilson, Green Prolific, Triumph De Grand and
Alpine, a new variety, resembles the Wilson, but
said to be very much more productive.

The Grape Crop in the Lake Regions. — Ac-
cording to appearances, this has been an un-
usually favorable season for the grape in the
Lake regions.

Apple Crop of Michigan. — The crop is re.
ported to be from one-half to three-fourths of an
avei'age crop. The impression is that the crop
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American Apples in China.— A correspondent
of the London Journal of Horticulture, writing
from Hong Kong, says : "Gardening by the na-
tives is only carried on to a very limited extent.
They grow different kinds of European vege-
tables in the cold season for the market, and
some for their own use. The Chinese are great
vegetable-consumers, and immense quantities of
these arrive daily in Hong Kong from the main-
land, a large quantity of which is grown in
British Kowloon. Fruit for the Hong Kong
market comes chiefly from near Canton, and
consists of Bananas, Litchis, Largons, Per-
simmons, Carambolas, Peaches, Pineapples to a
small extent, Pumelos, Oranges, Custard Ap-
ples, Mangos, Wampees, Rose Apples, Kum-
quats, &c. The best Mangos come from Manilla,
and Pineapples andMangosteens from Singapore
and Bargpok, and Pumelos from Amoy and
Swatow\ Grapes are grown near Tienstin and
Newchwang in the north, and are sent to Hong
Kong; but the best Chinese Grapes are very in-
ferior to English-grown ones, they are almost
entirely devoid of the rich Grape flavor to which
we are accustomed in England. Pears are grown
on the opposite coast to Hong Kong, in places
to a large size, and they are very good stewed;
but though used as a dessert fruit, they would
find no place on an English table, as in reality a
good Turnip tastes better. Spongy Apples ar-
rive from the north, but the best of all come
from America."

Vegetable Gardening about Louisville. —
The market gardeners about Louisville are in a
happy state of mind this year. Many have
gathered about seventy barrels of potatoes to
the acre, that sold early in the season at $4.50
per barrel ; and later on the yield increased to a
hundred barrels to the acre, that sold for $3.25
per barrel. Onions and cabbage, too, have been
very large and fine, and have sold at good prices.

PremiuiMS for New Fruits. — A raiser of new
fruit has been pushing his novelty by virtue of
an " award " by a prominent horticultural so-
ciety. As the fruit is not exactly what is expected
of it, it has become necessary to explain that the
award was only made '* to encourage exhibitors
to bring things,— a compliment to the exhibitors
industry and not as a reward for the fruit." We
do not give names and details, because it is not
our object to reflect on the circumstance so
much, as it is to urge again what we have so
often suggested, that individual competition has

gone beyond its day, — what we now want is com-
petition with a high standard, and judges should
be made to say in their awards how near the
exhibit approaches it.

James Vick Strawberry. — Eminent pomolo-
gists in whom we have confidence, praise this
new Rochester seedling, remarking especially on
its productiveness.

Strawberry Burr's Pine. — This very old va-
riety is still extensively planted in many parts of
Ohio. Its remarkably superior flavor, compen-
sates for comparatively small size.

The Souhegan Raspberry seems to be re-
garded by a good many raspberry growers as
one of the best of black caps.

The Lucretia Blackberry. — The Dewberry
has not hitherto given much to our lists of im-
proved fruits, unless the Wilson should have had
its parentage in some way connected with it, as
some have guessed. But Mr. E. M. Teas says
the Lucretia is a genuine Dewberry, found in
West Virginia. It produces large luscious fruit,
which ripens with the Mammoth Cluster Rasp-
berry.

Dormant Bud Peach Planting. — At a recent
nieetingof the California Horticultural Society, an
interesting discussion occurred on the judicious-
ness of planting fruit trees, budded the summer
previous, and not yet started. Mr. Shinn said that
"the peach may be planted in a dormant bud with
a good deal of success. I have generally succeed-
ed in getting three-fourths of them to make good
trees. It has been my experience that the trees
will not be so large. Dormant buds put in this
spring, under the best circumstances, are not
more than two-thirds the size of those that re-
mained where they were budded. Peaches may
be transplanted in dormant bud with a good
deal of certainty. Beyond that, it is not de-
sirable. I would not plant plums, apricots or
pears in dormant buds."

The Amsden Peach.— This is getting praise in
France. Reveu Horticole says two hundred
trees grown by M. Baltet, rear Hy^res, yielded
between 20th and 25th June, 3,500 kilogrammes
of fruit.

Florida Oranges. — The culture of the orange
in Florida progresses wonderfully. Over fifty
million were raised last year, according to what
• are regarded as reliable estimates.

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SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Hansell and Superb Raspberries. — S. C.
DeCou, Moorestown, N. J., writes: "I see by
Gardener's Monthly for September the Han-
sell raspberry, reported to have ripened June
4th, and the Superb, June 30th. I think thee
has got different years mixed. I was at the
meeting of June 27th, at Hansell's, and the ber-
ries, ripe ones, were not very thick, but were
said to have been a few scattering ones for a
week before — not three weeks. I have no inter
est in one berry more than another, but I think
this puts our friend Churchman to a disadvan-
tage, and it would seem only fair to set him
straight."

Hansell and Superb Raspberries. — Mr.
Churchman, Burlington, N. J., writes: " I don't
mean to growl, nor wish to be considered as
growling, but I cannot help feeling a little an-
noyed at the tenor of a couple of editorial briefs
in the Gardener's Monthly for September,
which appear to be penned under an evident
misapprehension of facts ; and as they are in
such close juxtaposition as to lead to, and to
seem to be intended as, a comparison between
two raspberries (the Hansell and Superb), con-
vey a wrong impression and one which does me
some injustice. You state that the Superb com-
menced picking on 30th of June, and the Han-
sell 'this season,' June 4th, and for market
June 11th. Now the proprietor of the latter
only claims this as the fact in 1880, in which
year the ' Superb' picked June 16th. This sea-
son, which is fully three weeks later than that
of 1880, as any one who has seen the Hansell
can tell you, it did not pick until June 26th. Is
it at all likely that if they had picked for market
June 11th, they would have waited until the
27th before inviting those ' eminent fruit grow-
ers' to see the show? I don't care a straw about
that postprandial resolution in regard to the
Hansell. I don't look upon it as in competition
with my child, and never should have noticed it
had they left my name out. For me to say that
I ' don't consider the Hansell any way superior
to the Superb,' would be 'damning' the latter
'with very faint praise.' But this thing of earli-
ness is a matter that everybody is looking after,
and it is important that no misapprehension
should be propagated in regard to it. The Su-
perb picked this year June 29th, within three
days of the other, and I am quite confident that

if I had cultivated for fruit instead of for canes,
it would have been, and will be always, under
like cultivation, quite as early. The only point
of superiority I yield to the Hansell is in carry-
ing quality, which, being in consequence of its
.small lobes and great number of seeds, is at the
expense of flavor, &c. As to all other points
my opinion, which is altogether ex parte, cannot
interest j'ou ; but time — perhaps too late for
much profit to myself— will vindicate my claims
for the Superb, all of which are stated in my
circulars.

"It is perhaps needless for me to say that I
don't write this for publication, but as I know
you would not knowingly misstate anything,
and as I equally well know that you are in error
as to this one matter of the Hansell's claim to
earliness ' this season,' I owe it to myself, as well
as to you, and to all fruit growers, to set you
right. Pardon me a few words more. In my
circular are testimonials from three of the gen-
tlemen who were at that meeting, and who will
bear testimony to what I say above, and another
one of them expressed to me the opinion that
my one and one half acres of Superb would turn
off more fruit this season than the whole ten
acres on the Hansell farm.

" Mr. Child, of the Farm and Garden, who
reported the proceedings of that meeting, will
also testify that on the 27th of June, the day of
said meeting, there was no appearance or claim
of any having been previously picked for
market."

[The notes above criticized were made up from
matter sent, and evidently "intended for jDubli-
cation." As the Gardener's Monthly has no
interest in these matters, beyond furnishing
news of any important matters to the reader,
it may be best, for variet3''s sake, to offer this
letter "not" so "intended."— Ed. G. M.]

Healthfulness of Pears Propagated from
Plants Growing on Dwarf Stocks. — Mr. Wm.
Parry writes that he believes the Kieffer pear,
and the other varieties of Chinese sand pear
race, are not as healthj' when propagated from
plants grown on quince, as when from plants
growing on standard trees. We believe Mr.
Parry right on this point, and would extend it
to all sorts of pears, as well as pear trees of this
class. It is surprising that the point has never
been suggested before. There seems to be no
doubt but that, as the vital powers of a pear are
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when it is grown on a quince, plants propagated
from such trees will partake of the low vital
powers engendered and be more liable to disease.
Propagation should never be from trees grown
on quince in anj' case, and Mr. Parrj' deserves
the thanks of pomologists for calling attention
to this novel but very important point in pear
culture.

The Willson Peach. — On the first of Septem-
ber Mr. Pierpont Willson, Vineland, N. J., sent
specimens of a seedling peach from a tree which
came up in the ruins of an old cellar. They
weighed, individually, about five and one-fourth
ounces, and were about eight inches round. The
form varies, from roundish to oblong; the color,
yellowish white, with slight rosy cheek, or deep
rose on almost pure white; the flesh is yellowish
white, very juicy, and of excellent flavor. It is
a free-stone, and dark red near the stone.

The varieties of good peaches under culture
are now so numerous that it is impossible to say
in what respect this may be distinct from all
others, and we therefore name it with some
hesitation. But should it be found to resemble
some other already named and disseminated, it
is safe to say the other will certainly be no
better in size, beauty, or delicious "peachiness"
than this. In all these points it is first-class.

Degenerate Albany Seedling Strawberries.
— " F. J. U ," Eufaula, Ala., writes : " I planted
a bed of Wilson's Albany strawberries, and took
the plants from an old bed — three years old ;
astonishing to me, these plants grew better and
more luxurious than I had ever seen, but they
did not bear. I sold runners from this bed last
fall, winter, and this spring, and all of my cus-
tomers are complaining that their plants do not
bear either. As I have never experienced the
like, I ask you kindly to give me some informa-
tion about this. Tell me, please, whether there
are male and female plants in strawberries. I
have never heard of it, but many a body says
there are. Or tell niR, please, whether you know
another cause of their not bearing?"

[We have known exactly such a case with the
Albany Seedling strawberry. A bed which had
borne regularly for years, suddenly failed to bear
any, and plants from tliis bed were in like man-
ner barren, much to the annoyance of the nur-
seryman who sold the plants, and of the cus-
tomers who bought them. We know of one
nurseryman who gave up growing the Albany
solely on account of this tendency to give out.

The normal condition of the strawberry, as in
other allied Rosaceous plants, is to be hermaph-
rodite ; but it is very liable. to have abortive
stamens, or abortive pistils, and hence to be
what pomologists call, "staminate" or "pistil-
late," and these characters once assumed, are,
to a certain extent, hereditar3\ At one time it
was supposed that the characters once assumed,
were as unchangeable as 'males" and "females"
among animals. Bat this was fully discussed a
quarter of a century ago, and the fact shown to be
that heredity had not an absolute control of this
feature. In other words the sexual characters
of strawberries sometimes change. — Ed. G. M.]

White Blackberries. — Mr. E. L. Parrish, of
Nashville, Ohio, sent us a box of white black-
berries, but instead of sending as we always ask
friends to do, "articles and communications for
the editor to Germantown," they were addressed
to the publication office in Philadelphia, and
were a mass of rottenness by the time they were
re-shipped to Germantown. Although the odor
was horrible, we had a distant view of them,
and may say that they appeared to be larger
than light blackberries we have seen before, and
believe the kind may be desirable.

The Boss Watermelon. — Messrs. Landreths
write : " We send, per express to-day, a sample
of our boss watermelon, to which we invite your
careful and critical attention. We trust that its
merits will justify you in agreeing with us that
it is ' The Boss.' "

[Some humorist has said that there is some-
thing in the atmosphere about colleges, where
young men are preparing for the ministry, which
is inimical to the proper maturity of water-
melons. They at least get full opportunity to
mature in the "atmosphere" of the writer of
this— that is, as watermelons generally mature ;
but we should have to look somewhere for for-
giveness if such temptations as these were often
thrown in the Avay. It is the first watermelon
the writer ever felt he thoroughly enjoyed. It
was a very large specimen, four feet three inches
round one way. and two feet seven inches in
girth. Cutting it across the whole was a dense
mass of deep scarlet pulp, with the exception of
a half inch of green. With a large circle of ad-
mirers of this specimen, the writer v.-as com-
pelled to admit that "there is something in a
watermelon after all." — Ed. G. M.]

Tomato Disease. — ''A. A.," Newburgh, N. Y.,
writes : " I send to your address to day, by mail.

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a small box containing three tomatoes (Acme), I
which you will see are blighted by something j
which is beyond our understanding, and if you
will be kind enough to give us your opinion
about it, 3'ou will greatly oblige a number of the
readers of the Gardener's Monthly in this
county, as the disease is quite common here. I
had five varieties of tomatoes planted in rows
four feet apart, and, none are affected but the
Acme. We have had a very dry summer
which might affect that variety."

[The disease here referred to has been very
serious in many quarters. It is not confined to
any one variety. So far as we have seen, it is
manifested just before maturity. It appears as
a dark, rather hard spot, and soon after decay
spreads over the whole fruit. In the earlier
stages it may be noted by a change in the tint,

from the natural dark green to a light green. If
cut across at this time, the mycelium, or thread
of the fungus, may be readily seen through a
pocket lens. We have no knowledge, as yet, of
the genus or species the fungus belongs to. —
Ed. G. M.]

Yucca Fibre for Tying Purposes. — Mr. J. B.
Garber, Columbia, Pa., saj's : *' Your Texas cor-
respondent is right aa to the value, as a tying
material, of the Yuccas— page 259. For many
years I have been using the leaves of the Yucca
filamentosa to tie up the young shoots of grape
vines, dahlias, tomatoes, and any other plants
requiring to be tied to stakes or trellis, and I
would not know of any substitute so strong and
convenient. The variety Yucca gloriosa is not
sufficiently hardy to stand our clime, but the
filamentosa answers every purpose."

Forestry.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Planting Seedlings from the Forest. — Mr.
George May Powell makes the very good sug-
gestion, that sprouting acorns or nuts from the
forest may be planted with no more trouble than
the setting out of cabbage plants, and the train-
ing of the young to look after the growth of
these " forest babies," would be one of the best
means of inducing the incoming generation to
take an interest in forestry.

Graduates in Arboriculture. — Eleven stu-
dents received diplomas in the School of Arbori-
culture at Paris, under M. Dubreuil, at the sum-
mer examination.

Succession of Forest Growths. — There is a
prevailing impression that when a forest is cut
or burnt down, it is succeeded by trees of a
different character. This is certainly the case
in many instances, but the reverse could per-
haps bring forward as many illustrations. During
a recent trip through parts of the Province of
Quebec it was interesting to note the immense
number of young sugar maples coming up under
the shadow of aged trees. The su^ar maple is
a much more common tree than the writer had

supposed. There are immense tracts covered
almost wholly by these trees. Under them the
seedlings are often so thick that one might im-
agine a rabbit could scarcely force its way
through. In all our forest experience in the
United States we do not remember any kind of
tree which produces its seedlings in such num-
bers, and so thickly together under the parent
tree as do the Canadian sugar maples.

Roadside Forestry. — Those who think it
worth while to encourage street tree-planting as
i an incident in forestry should at least endeavor
! to educate the street tree-planter what to choose.
The streets in Canadian towns follow the poor
example of many American ones, and plant
little else but the silver maple. There will be a
fall in the price of tooth-picks if this sort of tree
continues in the favor of planters. Montreal
varies the planting acceptably by using a good
deal of ash, and in Quebec some lindens are
used.

Forestry in Canada. — The forestry conven-
tion which met in Montreal the day before the
meeting of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, was a remarkably
successful meeting. The two bodies were

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merged, as suggested by Dr. Warder, at Roches-
ter, and the members of each worked together-
for the common good. The Lieutenant Gover-
nor of Quebec honored the meeting with his
presence, and Dr. Warder, Dr. Loring and other
eminent gentlemen made addresses. Mr. Little,
the Vice President, worked enthusiastically to
get up a good meeting, and the great success
which followed must have been very gratifying
to him. It was the general impression among
the people of Montreal that this meeting would
do more to awake an interest in forestry in
Canada than anything that had occurred for
some time. We are surprised that there has
been so much lethargy hitherto ; for much as we
have known that the prosperity of Canada de-
pended a great deal on her timber interests, we
had no idea of the very great extent to which
this is true. In Quebec the writer found, by
inquiry amongst the business men, almost the
universal answer that timber was at the bottom
of the most important interests in that city.
We found that in a large number of cases where
timber was cut away, the land was not cleared
away for agricultural purposes, but was suffered
to grow up again into timber. But much that
was growing was useless stuff, and there was the
same objection we see everywhere, namely, that
an immense amount of dead rubbish abounded
everywhere, making excellent material for some
future forest fire. In fact, there is so much ig-
norance prevailing about the proper manage-
ment of forests, both as to caring for second
growths and the building up of absolutely new
ones, that especially in Canada where there is so
much in forestry under her leading industries,
that a forestry convention ought to find good

material for a meeting there every year, as well
as for an exceptional one like this.

Forestry Planting. — Many directions are
given to people who know little about how to
plant forests. The best advice is to put the mat-
ter in charge of some one who knows what he
is doing. Douglas & Sons, of Waukegan, are
doing good work for forestry by planting and
caring for the trees for several years. According
to the Country Gentleman :

" Dr. Warder says that H. H. Hunnewell, of
Boston, has contracted with Douglas & Sons, of
Waukegan, the well-known nurserymen, for the
planting of several hundred acres with the hardy
Western catalpa, the soil being first broken up
and planted with grain for one year or more
before setting out the catalpas. They are placed
four feet apart, requiring nearly 3,000 for an
acre, and Mr. Douglas agrees to furnish the
trees, plant and tend them until old enough to
take care of themselves, at the rate of three
cents each. This would be eighty dollars an
acre, probably one of the most profitable in-
vestments, on the part of the land owner, that
can be made."

Mr. Hunnewell has set an excellent example as
the best method of procedure in forest planting.

Spark Arrestors. — Recently, in reply to a
correspondent, it was stated that no spark arrest-
ors on railroad engines had been successful. If
the sparks were arrested the draft was destroyed.
A recent Boston paper, referring to the para-
graph in the Gardener's Monthly, says that
there is now an invention which promises abso-
lute success. The Old Colony Railroad Company
is putting it on all their new locomotives, and
on all the old ones as they come to the shop.
The arrangement costs $250 for each appliance,
but it will be cheaper than forest fires.

Natural History and Science.

COMMUNICA riONS.

BOTANICAL NOTES FROM NEW JERSEY.

BY MR. FRANK L. BASSETT, HAMMONTON.

As the genus Sabbatia is called annual or bi-
ennial in our text books, I would say that I have
specimens of S. lanceolata with the remains of

last year's flower growth, this year's flowers, and
crowns at the base for next year's flowers ; also,
S. chlorides with last year's flower stem and this
year's flowers.

I notice, also, that Amphicarpum Purshii is
called by Wood perennial, and by Gray, annual
or biennial. I have specimens with both kinds
of flowers mature, and the seed from which it

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grew attached, which would point to its annual
nature.

DAMSON DYE vs. DAMSON PIE.

BY WM. T. HARDING, MOUNT HOLLY, N. J.

Desirous of seeing one (»f the " model farms"
of England, I secured an introduction to
one of the most enterprising farmers in Staf-
fordshire, who, after a brief glance at my cre-
dentials, cordially assured me he was at my ser-
vice for the occasion. The fame of the farm led
me to seek an interview with the intelligent
agriculturist, who so successfully managed it.
It soon became obvious to the writer's precep-
tions of such matters that the noted granger
possessed a thorough, practical and scientific
knowledge of all things bucolic.

He was an adept at floriculture, too, as was
evident from the gay parterres which adorned
his well-kept grounds. And in his business pur-
suits, pleasure and profit seemed mutually
united in making life enjoyable.

Learning that 1 was on a visit from the United
States, our conversation soon drifted to matters
agricultural and horticultural, on this side the
sea, as well as the social, moral and political
features of the country. Thus pleasantly led
along, we inspected his well tilled fields — some
two hundred acres in extent, where everything
indicated that thrifty farming was worth follow-
ing. The modern implements of husbandry, all
bright and clean, with the excellent machinery
of both American and English makers, adapted
for all agricultural purposes, were ample and
complete. The live stock, also, were of choice
breeds, and their excellent condition, showed
they were well cared for, and well might the
owner feel proud of them.

After viewing the farm, where all and every
thing seemed to flourish, we returned to the
pleasant surroundings of the comfortable domi-
cil, and looked over the tidy, handsome green-
house and vinery, with -a number of pits and
frames, which were highly creditable to the
owner. The soft mossy lawn, more clastic than
any velvet carpet could possibly be, was as ver-
dant and smooth, as ever footsteps pressed, and
over which, we passed to the orchard — which
was enclosed within a remaikably fine close
clipped holly hedge, ten feet high. The apple
trees, I was informed, when kept free from the
American blight (as that is the cognomen by
which the pest is known), bore tolerable crops;

but nothing like the beautiful fruit he frequently
saw in the markets sent from this country. His
remedy for the destruction of the insect nuisance
was linseed oil, put on with a painter's brush all
over the trees, at least once a year, or whenever
seen to be infested. The pear, plum and cherry
trees, with quinces, medlars and fill)erts, I Was
assured, bore abundantly, as did also the goose-
berries, the huge, luscious English kinds, cur-
rants, raspberries and strawberries in the vegeta-
ble garden ; while the peach, nectarine, fig and
apricot trees, trained on the garden walls, were
as fruitful as need be.

I noticed an additional orchard of damsons,
several acres in extent, that had recently been
planted, and to my query, Why so many? was
informed they were not intended for culinary
purposes, but to supply a new demand of the arts,
and for which they were immensely profitable.

Now, here was something new under the sun,
as the sequel will presently show. As I had
hitherto looked upon the domestic damson as
one of the most useful and palatable fruits eaten,
either in a natural state, preserved or otherwise
prepared, I felt astonished at the assertion. As
damson pudding and pie had been one of the
gustatory delights of my youthful days, and for
which I sometimes feel a yearning now, I was
at a loss to know what other art, save that of
mastication, could find a use for damsons. But
good reader, be not amazed when the secret is
divulged, as it was told to me, they were in-
tended for dyes instead of pies. "The fact is
this," said my friend, " I last year sold nearly all
my damson crop, which realized £50, or $250, to
parties who, in the season, go about the country
buying up all the ripe fruit they can find for
dyeing purposes.''

•And so it seems the discovery has been made
that damson dye gives an indelible rich color to
textile fabrics, and for such uses is highly valued.

Accepting an invitation to lunch, I noticed
several large, well-filled bookcases, and on the
table of a very cosy sitting-room lay some of the
leading magazines of the day, with a number of
newspapers, conspicuous among which was The
Gardftier's Chronicle, The Garden, Agricultural
Gazette, &c., all of which indicated their inten-
tions were to keep pace with the times.

There seems to have sprung up a new race of
agriculturists in England who have faith in
"book-learning,"' and admit that brains, as well
as muscles, are of use on the farm, and which, I
opine, is as true of that country as of this.

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VARIETIES REPRODUCINCTHEMSELVES.

BY MISS M. M. B. RODMAN, WASHINGTON, N. C.

I find in my box of seedling roses, of last
autumn's sowing, a rose so exactly like Laurette
that one might suppose they were taken from
the-same bush. What seems peculiar about this
is that, Laurette being a double rose, never seeds.
I have several bushes of this rose growing near
a Safrano, which seeds freely, and presume
the solution of the mystery is that the "little
busy bee" knows how to capture and distribute
pollen no matter how securely it may seem to
be hidden away. Still it seems strange that one
rose should so exactly reproduce another.

Should you deem any of my notes worthy of
publication, I shall esteem it an honor to see
them in the pages of the Gardener's Monthly.

[It is well known in hybridizing, that the
female parent may be exactly reproduced though
under the influence of pollen very unlike its
own. This was proved especially by the experi-
ence of Mr. Francis Parkman among lilies J
Lilium Parkmanni being the only remarkable
departure from the female type. There is proba-
bly no reason why the inverse might not be
true — that is the female wholly reproducing the
male form, and this experience with the rose
points that way. — Ed. G. M.]

NOTES FROM THE WEST.

BY IROQUOIS.

It is always a m^'stery to those familiar with
the native flora of our fields and forests why so
few of our common plants, shrubs, trees, &c.,
are utilized by the American landscape gardener
in his efforts to procure suitable material tu
beautify our lawns and the public parks, espe-
cially as there seems to be actually nothing in
the market, in many instances, exactly appro-
priate for many a contemplated improvement.
Probably the reason best assigned for this omis-
sion is contained in the two words, too common.
Be this as it may, the truth remains indisputa-
ble, that many of our native plants, shrubs, <&c.,
are just as suitable and efTective, for service in
many a desirable place on the lawn, as though
they had traversed the broad ocean, possessed
an almost unpronounceable name, and com-
manded a fal)ulous price in the market for their
possession. Of course all our native plants are
not desirable for cultivation ; in fact some are a
source of great annoyance to the cultivator by

taking entire possession of the ground they
occupy, i. e., from tlieir wonderful power of in-
creasing both by suckers from the roots, and
also by their stems and prostrate branches that
reach the ground, taking root and spreading
with great rapidity to the exclusion of every-
thing else. Others are quite showy and effec-
tive, but are such great feeders they soon absoi'b
all the strength and nutriment from the ground.
These, by common consent, have received the
popular name of weeds. However, it would be
very difficult for any one to define, with any
degree of accuracy, the exact limit of the term
weeds.

In wandering through the fields and forests in
autumn, after the highly-colored fruit and foliage
of nearly all our ornamental vegetation has dis-
appeared, nothing seems more attractive than
the shrubs so common in many parts of the
country, and withal so familiar by name to most
of our people, under the popular name of wax
work or bitter-sweet, Celastrus scandens, and
Waa-hoo, or strawberry bush, Euonymus Ameri-
canus, and E. atropurpureus. Both the bitter-
sweet and strawberry bush belong to the same
natural order of plants, for which Linnteus
adopted the old Greek misname of Celastracese.
These three species, together with three other
varieties or sub-species, are the only represen-
tatives of this order of plants to be found in the
northern portion of the United States, although
the order is represented in the United States,
principally South, by eight genera, sixteen spe-
cies and three varieties, and about forty genera
and nearly three hundred species have been
described by botanists and travelers from all
parts of the world, all, or nearly all of which
are indigenous to the temperate zones.

Perhaps no other hardy native vine of the
United States is so widely known by name, or so
completely interwoven in the popular romance
of the new world, by popular writers of fiction,
as the bitter-sweet, or, as it is sometimes called,
the wax work, and still its identification is almost
unknown to most of our people. To fully
realize its grandeur it must be seen in its native
' hubiiut in autumn, creeping along the neglected
{ fence rows and thickets, or climbing and twisting
among the branches of a low-growing tree or
I shrub, often from thirty to forty, or even more,
feet in length, with its entire, oblong, pointed
I and thin leaves and highly ornamental fruit
' hanging from the numerous little terminal fruit
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■Sometimes we find two or three stems growing
■erect from the same root crown, and supporting
themselves by the united stems twisting around
•each other, like the strands of a rope, for mutual ,
support, for ten to fifteen feet and forming a
most curious object. The flowers are produced
in June, are greenish white, ver}' small and in-
-conspicuous; indeed they would not usually be
noticed by a casual observer without atten-
tion being called to their presence, but they are
«oon followed by the large clusters of fruit, each
one (fruit) of which is round, or indefinitely
three-sided, about the size of peas, and enclosed
in a thin, horny shell, or capsule, of a bright,
orange-red color, which, when ripe (in Septem-
ber), burst from the apex into three parts, and
turning back, remain attached to the stem, and
reveal a bright, scarlet, soft, fleshy or waxypulp,
(aril), which hang to the vine during autumn
and winter, or at least would remain there if the
birds (some of which are very fond of them)
did not devour them with such avidity.

Now let us imagine this native vine planted in
clusters so as to give it more of a dense appear-
ance than it usually presents in its uncultivated
condition, and trained over a trellis; or what is
still better, planted and trained to creep around
and through the branches of a low-growing tree,
particularly a native thorn or red haw, Crataegus,
— especially the evergreen variety, if it can be
procured — and 3'ou certainly have one of the
most ornamental, hardy vines to be procured
from the scant list, that will survive the occa-
sional severe winters of the temperate zone. Of
course further south the list of hardy vines for
that latitude would be more extended, but
probably few plants would be as ornamental
during winter even there as this one. Its
bright, orange and scarlet fruit, with its singular
flower shape pods turned back when ripe, would
be a very attractive feature on the lawn, and the
class of birds that usually eat the fruit would not
be liable to molest it when planted upon a lawn,
and would in a great measure neutralize the
apparent desolation during the seemingly life-
less (to vegetable forms) Avinter months of a
flowerless and leafless lawri of the temperate
zone.

A fit companion for the bitter-sweet, to plant
on the lawn, and the only other representative
of this order of plants in the northern part of
the United States, is the Waa-hoo or strawberry
bush, Euonymus, which also shares the same
neglect at the hands of the landscape gardener.

and is nearly equally as unknown to the
most of our people except by name. It is oc-
casionally seen in cultivation in America, and
when properly cared for makes a most favorable
impression, even when growing side by side with
more pretentious and costly shrubs. By refer-
ence to standard botanies we find scientific bota-
nists make three native species and three other
varieties of the Euonymus found in the United
States all very similar in their general character,
and all equally desirable for planting on the
lawn with other shrubs, differing as they do in
so many important features. If we go into the
fields and study them in their native habitat, we
shall find them growing in rich, loamy or peaty
soil, usually quite moist, and that they are a
slender, low-growing shrub, witli very peculiar
four sided or nearly square branches; that while
some varieties only grow from one to two feet
high, others often reach the height of fifteen or
eighteen feet, with more or less oblong, shining
(Nuttall says opaque) green leaves, which in
autumn assume a most brilliant, bronzy-crimson
color. The flowers are small and insignificant,
of a dull, bronzy-green or purplish color, and
borne in small clusters in June (usually three or
more together) from a Ion gstem at the axils of
the leaves. Like the bitter-sweet the fruit of the
Euonymus is the great object of interest, and
ripening in fall (October) also remains hanging
to the branches all winter. It is deeply three-
lobed in E. Aniericanus and its varieties, but four-
lobed in E. atropurpureus, and is covered with
a thin, hard, bony pod, or capsule, usually of a
bright crimson or orange-red color, while they
are often seen (especially under cultivation) of
all the shades of red to a creamy white. These
pods bursting open from the apex along the
three or four ridges of the lobes, when the
fruit is ripe, and turning back remain attached
to the stem, thus revealing a bright, scarlet,
pulpy meat (fruit), enclosing the seed. Unlike
the bitter-sweet, the fruit is not greedily de-
voured by birds ; indeed it is usually credited
with containing a poisonous acid very destruc-
tive to stock, which Prof. Gray tells us Tourne-
fort has aptly turned to good account by ironi-
cally giving the genus a name which, in the
original Greek, signifies "good food."

Although the Euonymus makes a very pleasing
object with its highly ornamental, bell like fruit
hanging from the numerous branches during
winter, when planted on the lawn, it is still
more attractive when planted in thickets or

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groups of other shrubs, a portion of which re-
tain their foliage the year round, i. e. ever-
greens. There can be no doubt of the utility of
many of our native shrubs and vines being
eminently adapted for service on our lawns and
public parks, and profiling by the experience of
our most successful cultivators, it is to be hoped
that more use will be made, in the near future,
of these worthy plants.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Sex of the Ailantus. — A note in the Ameri-
can Agricullunst, probably from the pen of Prof.
Thurber, than whom there can be no better
authority, calls attention to the fact that there
are three kinds of Ailantus— the male, which is
foetid for the few days it is in flower, the female,
which is inodorous, and the hermaphrodite,
which, though perfecting seeds as the female
does, has also disagreeable flowers. The purely
female is the form which those should raise from
root cuttings who find fault with the odor of the
others.

The Mole. — This creature is often discussed
at horticultural meetings. The question usually
turns on the inquiry whether it is carnivorous
or herbivorous. To most cultivators the greater
question is the throwing up of the earth. This
cannot be endured no matter what it eats ; and
discussions on the best kind of mole traps will
still be in order.

The Rose Without Thorns.— In a feeble sort
of apology for just a little wickedness in human
beings, a French writer assures his readers that
" a rose without thorns, is a rose without fra-
grance." Just now we do not feel sure of our
position, but are inclined to regard the crimson
Boursault as a completely thornless and yet
very fragrant rose. What do our readers say?
We are not inclined to have the delightful rose
made to cover moral delinquencies without
strong evidence of its dereliction.

Coal and Lignite in Mexico.— We notice by
the bulletin of the agricultural society of
Mexico that companies are being formed to
develop the carboniferous resources of Mexico.

Tomato Disease in Kentucky. — A correspond-
ent of the Farmers' Home Journal notes the pres-
ence of a serious disease in the tomato near
Louisville. ''The leaves and stem of the tomato

blight and fall from the main vine. They begin
at the bottom of the plant to turn yellow, then
brown and black, and fall lifeless, leaving the
stalk covered with finely-grown fruit without
any shade to cover them from the sun."

We have not seen this peculiar form of disease.
That which we have had reference to recently
affected only the fruit. For many years the
plant has been subjected to an attack of a fun-
gus similar, and probably the same, with the
verbena rust. The description above looks as if
the trouble might arise from some stem borer,
though no such insect is known at present to be
engaged in such work. Have the stalks been
examined?

SCRAPS AND QUERIES,

Tubular-bayed Rudbeckia.— I. II. Slocombe,
New Haven, writes : " I have sent by mail two
flowers of Rudbeckia hirta, as found growing
wild. This is the second season it has produced
such flowers as sent. I have never seen any-
thing like it, and am going to cultivate it."

[The ray flowers are tubular instead of strap-
shaped. The ox-eye daisy has been found that
way, and the Gaillardia has several pretty varie-
ties of the same character. It is the first notice
we know of in Rudbeckia. It will make a
pretty border plant.— Ed. G. M.]

Poisonous Kalmia. — "H." writes: "I have
been looking over some old numbers of the
Horticulturist, and been reading up the various
articles signed 'Thomas Meehan.' One on page
169, volume for 1856, is only signed T. M., and
in it I see you do not agree with the opinion (or
at least did not then) that the leaves of Kalmia
latifolia are poisonous to animals. I firmly be-
lieve in it, but shall not trouble you with my
reasons until I know that you are still a doubter."

[This subject has been gone over pretty well
lately, but still we are not convinced, simply
because we do not regard the evidence warrants
the belief that it is. It may be poisonous, but
the fact that some sheep have died after eating
it, does not prove it. Some people have died
after eating oysters, and it is said King Henry
VIII. died after eating strawberries.

If there are any poisonous properties in Kalmia,
chemistry ought to show it. In former corres-
pondence we suggested that it would be much
better to have a chemical analysis made of the
leaves than to have so many letters with our

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[October,

correspondents' opinions, or even our own. Mr.
W. F. Bassett was sensible enough to see the
point, and sent a good bundle to the Illinois
Industrial University. We have the fullowing
letter before us :

Champaign, III., Aug. 7, 1882.
My Dear Sir : — I just notice that a communi-
cation addressed to you last March, about Kal-
rnia leaves, was not mailed. A chemical analy-
sis was made of the leaves you kindly sent in
February, but no poisonous substance was found.
Regretting the delay, I am

Very truly yours,

T. J. BURRILL.

We must, therefore, still express the opinion i
that we have no more evidence that the Kalmia
is poisonous now, than had " T. M." a quarter of |
a century ago. — Ed. G. M.] !

Cicada septendecim. — " C." says : " In the last j
number of the Gardener's Monthly, Prof. Riley j
takes you to task for erring in the orthography j
Septem-decim. He says you should have writ- |
ten it Septen decim. I wonder you did not
think to say that he himself uses the same or- i
thography he charges you as in error with. At

page 479, 1881, American Naturalist, is a cljapter
presumably from his pen, at least under his
editorial supervision, in which Septem-decim
occurs five times, and Septen-decim not once."

[The Gardener's Monthly did not overlook
the paragraph referred to in the Naturalist, for
indeed the one criticised by Prof. Riley was
made from the chapter referred to. But we
believe in being generous to correspondents, and
were perfectly willing to let Prof Riley's criti-
cisms go without comment so long as they com-
municated valuable information, which was the
case in the article he kindly furnished us. —
Ed. G. M.]

Pater Mulberry. — According to the following
note from Mr. J. B. Garber, it seems the paper
mulberry has, to some extent, become natural-
ized in some places in the South :

'' I was under the impression that the paper
mulberry was a native of Texas, as my friend at
New Orleans found the tree growing wild in the
forest, and not knowing what kind of a tree it
was, called it " fig mulberry," supposing it to be
a cross of the mulberry on the fig."

Literature, Travels I Personal Notes,

RESIDENCE OF W. B. DINSMORE, KINGS-
TON, N, Y.

BY valentine BOURGEVIN.
(Concluded from page 281.)
From here I went into a long range of
houses in the rear of the tropicals to admire the
large rose plantations, which showed thrifty,
healthy bushes and buds enough to supply a
city. Numerous large carnations full of flowers,
bouvardias, violets, and a large number of
echeverias, everything in perfect condition. On
account of the heat we wandered in a lovely
path along the bank of the river, all shaded, in-
viting seats in temples, from where we admired \
these charming panoramas spread so gloriously I
before the eye. These temples are located
where views are most interesting. At the end
of this walk is a grand opening, where nothing
obstructs the vision over a beautiful lawn from

the residence to the river, presenting a magnifi-
cent picture; and from the river the mansion
shows itself in its full splendor. The river is
ornamented with a substantial wall on the coping
of which, for about five hundred feet in length,
a large collection of aged century plants, in
painted tubs, are placed at short distances, and
give the place a royal appearance. Passing down
through steps in the wall, we took great pleasure
in walking along the beautiful beach in front.
Passing a little further on, we came to a landing
in front of which lay a magnificent yacht, ap-
propriately named the Locust, ready for pleasure
trips. At this point an engine house, bathing
houses, sail boats and small boats are ornaments
of this property. While returning by the same
route and enjoying this lovely walk we were
fanned by a delighful breeze from the river, and
splendidly entertained by Mr. Emerson, who
gave us interesting recitations on " Mark Twain.'"''

1882 J

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315

We were nicely cooled off and ready to proceed
with our further inspection.

From here we walked towards the elegant man-
sion, passing through agrove of white locust which
when in bloom spread its pleasing and nourish-
ing perfumes wide over the country and furnish-
ed the name (Locust Grove) to this magnificent
home. The celebrated Hudson river runs in
front of this elevation with its steamers, all sorts
of sailing vessels and pleasure boats which go
gliding charmingly along the whole scene, and
add to the embellishment of this location. All
this looks as if it belonged to the property, and
represents these superb country seats still more
perfectly; replacing a thousandfold the artificial
ponds which are generally connected with these
parks. The views up and down the river, j
almost endless, show cities and villages with
their church steeples, buildings, castles, farms,
^ruit growing cultivations and steadily im-
proving landscapes. Arriving at the mansion
we were fairly dazzled with the beauty of this
luxuriant edifice, of this handsomest residence
of the Hudson and exquisite model of modern
architecture. And it is said that the inside, fur-
nished with all comforts, ornaments and works
of art which the world offers and money buys,
surpasses by far in preciousness the enormous
cost of this truly royal palace. A lady deeply
interested in a book, sitting on the piazza, some
youths, the pictures of health, taking a ride in a
stylish little wagon, drawn by a cunning little
pony, and who by their laughing faces appeared
to be perfectly happy, were objects that delight-
ed the beholder. The old gentleman holding
an umbrella over his head and walking over the
grounds, had his eyes all over. All these were
models for the genius of a painter. The pleas
ing sound of a piano struck our ear, and showed
that all the arts are cultivated and are at home
here. Flowers, music, paintings ai-e displayed,
both outside and inside, and the whole is a suc-
cessful illustration of a lovely piece of poesy.
The floral decorations in front of the house sur-
pass everything. They are like a magnificent
exhibition. On both sides of the steps in front,
the whole length of the piazza, crotons are dis-
playing their beautifully marked, shining and
singularly formed leaves. Right and left large,
elegant vases, tastefully filled with suitable
plants and vines (taking nearly a hundred to
each vase) are placed like guards on each side,
and festoons of ampelopsis hang from tree to
tree. Beyond the wide place in front of the

house is an apparently endless green lawn, or-
namented with numbers of shade and ornament-
al trees, evergreens and flowering shrubs taste-
fully and scientifically planted. It is a splendid
panorama, like a paradise. On the border of
this is a row of precious Japan and Chinese
vases, filled with ail sorts of showy plants, the
highest opposite the entrance of the door lower-
ing to both ends and forming an arch where
other large vases were placed. The length of
this exhibition-like decoration was at least three
hundred feet. The newest varieties of coleus
are specially beautiful, arranged in tubs and
vases, and show their color more distinct and
exquisite than any time heretofore; and the
hydrangeas, with their numerous pink, white
and blue globular flowers are adding considerably
to this great decoration. In fact, in looking
over the entire plantation, the proper culture,
together with the richness of the soil, renders
this plantation as complete and recent in effect
as if it had been planted three months ago. The
same superior style prevails harmoniously all
over.

We followed along the carriage road when Mr.
E. called attention to the rare ornamental trees.
Perfectly formed evergreens and beautiful
flowering shrubs planted in groups and singly
were skillfully located. We had to go from one
side to the other to admire, and not let any of
these beauties escape. The new Japan maples
with their peculiarly formed leaves and singular
color attract special attention. Groups of rarest
evergreens, the centre highest, show like one
tree. Beautiful shrubs change off harmoniously,
and every novelty which will thrive la this
climate seems to be in this collection. Three
gigantic black-walnut trees under whose wide
spreading limbs many have enjoj'ed the pleasing
shade, are land-marks and have a history for
themselves. Nature has here her own language
and scripture. A very old apple tree with its
branches to the ground, and running quite a
distance along from the tree, forming a group
for itself of large dimensions is a great curiosity
and a perfect beauty when in bloom. These old
settlers attract just as much attention as their
proud foreign neighbors growing alongside of
them.

Here we arrived at the bridge leading to the
carriage road. By turning to the starting point
we observed artistic single statues and allegori-
cal groups of bronze castings suitably located
and so full of expression that they seem to talk,

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and one comprehends at once their signification.
They seem as if animated with living souls. One
group represents a struggle with a panther. The
fearful expression of the face, all the nerves and
muscles strained at the dangerous position of the
victim, the desperate fight he makes and the
faithful dog taking hold, give hope for his relief.
Another group reveals two graceful females en-
trusting their secrets to each other, manifesting
it by holding the finger to the lips. Still others
represent pictures from mythology and horti-
culture representations.

Passing by we came to the carriage house and
horse stables where one can find all sorts of
comfortable vehicles and the noblest bred horses
in a building which cannot easily be excelled.
Mr. Dinsmore has help enough for everything,
and sees himself that everything is punctually
and properly performed. Consequently order,
neatness and cleanliness prevail all over. Every
considerable improvement or embellishment
favoring this remarkable home is carried out
after counsel with competent and approved
judges. Mr. Dinsmore is willing to open his
purse generously and deserves public recogni-
tion as a protector of art. He is pleased to have
every visitor enjoy his famous park.

Arriving at the limit of the park, from whence
we started, we thanked Mr. E. for his kind-
ness in piloting us around and giving all pos-
sible information. All I have to say is, that
he is beyond question the most superior garden-
er Mr. D. ever engaged, and that under his care
and management for the last twelve years, it
has come to this flourishing condition. Mr. E.
is an active artist, and is devoted to the art with
soul and body at all times. He has no other
desire than to fulfill his mission to the satisfac^
tion of his employer. Passing through the barn,
yard we saw full-blooded bulls led by a ring
through the nose to the watering trough. In-
side the barns were some of the finest heifers,
like deer, with their friendly faces and black
noses, and a large herd of the most beautiful
Alderney cows home in their night quarters.
We spent a delightful day, and talked over these
scenes all the way home and many times after-
wards.

THE DECIWIAL SYSTEM.

BY D. W. ADAMS, WAUKON, IOWA.

Not long ago I asked the Gardener's Monthly
" Is it necessary for the advancement of science

that the measures of fruits as well as the name
of flowers should be given in an 'unknown
tongue?' "

In reply (page 255) the editor evades my
question and flies wildly off to advocate the deci-
mal system of weights and measures, the wisdom
of which I had not questioned. Then he ex-
pressed surprise, that 49,000,000 people have got
no further towards decimal measures than their
great grandfathers. Then returning to the '' un-
known tongue," he gives the meaning of these
French words but not the pronunciation. If
3,000,000 people read this article and thus be-
come versed in French decimals, there wilL
still remain 48,000,000 unread Americans.

Then he wishes to "convert the master of the
National Grange." The National Grange some
years ago put the prefix " past " to my title. I
immediately "converted" and decided thence-
forth to use the "unmeasui-ably superior" French
decimal system. I called a fair sample of the
49,000,000 whom I had employed to chop cord-
wood. I told him to go to the hardware store-
and get a duokilogramme axe with a unimetre
Caryatomentosa helve, then go to the timber lot
and cut a hectimetre of populustremuloides and
Quercusmacrocarpa. I suggested that he take
along a couple of litres of aqua pura.

The look of bewilderment and consternation
on the man's face was indescribable. I could
not determine whether he considered me most
lunatic or idiot. At length, however, he managed
to tell me in very simple English that he did not
comprehend my meaning. I think he said
"what?"

Fortified by the example of the Gardener's-
Monthly I promptly replied that I was surprised
that he didn't know any more than his great-
grandfather, and then taking the advice of the
G. M., I commenced a "lecture" on the "un-
measurably superior " French decimal system.
I told him the meaning of Ki-l5g^-rilm-me^ and
hec-t^l'-i-tre''. If he follows my pronunciation
ill the presence of such scientists as Sullivan
and Tug Wilson, I tremble for his "potato trap"
— scientific term for mouth.

I wound up ^with the standard knockdown
scientific argument about the vagueness of com-
mon English names for trees and flowers and
showed him the confusion, uncertainty and
danger of telling him to chop a burr oak instead
of Quercusmacrocarpa. I flatter myself, I left
a good impression on his mind, similar to that
of a good Scotch lady who said the new preacher

1882.]

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817

was a wonderful learned man — why " bless you
I couldn't understand a word he said."

Now, returning to our grandfathers, the plain
facts are that when they wisely decided on the
decimal system for recoining money, they had
enough good hard common sense to choose
short names for the denominations such as com-
mon people could read and pronounce.

In mill, cent, dime, there is to be sure a hint
of Latin, thousandths, hundredths and tenths,
but our grand old common sense ancestors
cut down and anglo-saxonized them to monosyl-
lables which we can pronounce. Now suppose
instead they had started with dollar, then in-
stead of dime, cent and mill, they had said, de-
cemfiddollar, centidoUar and millidollar, and in-
stead of eagle and double eagle had said decem-
dollar and duodecemdollar. We would to-day
look back upon them as a super-literary dilettant
leatherheaded lot of old blockheads to attempt
to saddle such a mess of foreign polysyllables
upon a busy people, and we would probably be
still wrestling with pounds, shillings and pence.

Now if the servants and legislators of today
were possessed of the clean-cut practical com-
mon sense of our grandfathers, and would
abandon KM(5g^-rilmme^, hSc-t5K-i-tre and c6n-
tlm-i-tre^ (are these correct?) and all such
foreign polysyllabic nonsense, and adopt a
decimal system of weights and measures with
short names that we common plowjoggers can
pronounce, then the Gardener's Monthly can
cease its efforts to " convert the master of the
National Grange," and it will not be necessary
to set his lecturers to work in the interests of this
reform. But now, bad as it actually is for school
children to •' flounder " through gills, pints and
quarts, for a few brief school days, it is nothing
compared to the everyday use of those intermin-
able French polysyllables for threescore years
and ten.

The American merchants, manufacturers, rail-
roaders, farmers and ctheM are eminently ^
practical go-ahead people with abundance of
good business common sense, and they will
never willingly consent all their lives to pro.
nounce and write those French polysyllabical
monstrosities.

[The subject is one of great importance, and
Mr. Adams' letter will serve to draw attention
to it. As the Gardener's Monthly understands
Mr. Adams, he is in favor of the French decimal
system, but objects to the French names. The
way is open for some one to impose convenient

English names for the French ones as was done
with dollars and cents. But as we have no
English equivalents, and these terms are now of
continual occurrence in English literature, it
seems best that readers should familiarize them-
selves with the few terms or go to their dictionaries
every time they see them, rather than that the
newspaper should be called on to make the exact
calculations every time they are used.

There is however much to be said on both
sides and we are quite willing to confess since
Mr. Adams took us to task, that it would have
been better had we made the calculation for the
reader than have copied the term as used in
our extract. — Ed. G. M.]

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Mr. Warren H. Manning. — In the last issue
of the magiizine the chapter on Herbaceous
plants was credited to Mr. Wm. Sutherland in-
stead of to Mr. W. H. Manning. Mr. Manning
is the son of Mr. Jacob W. Manning of the
Reading Nurseries near Boston, and one of the
rising race of intelligent and worthy young men.
of whom the generation now passing away may
well be proud. Besides taking a pleasure in his
respected father's business, he is ardently de-
voted to Botanical studies and other scientific
pursuits, and is already an honored member of
The American Association for the Advancement
of Science. We very much regret that the paper
of one so worthy of credit, should have been
mis-appropriated by an oversight of our own.

Maurice Vilmorin. — The many friends made
by this highly intelligent gentleman during his
tour through America, will be glad to learn
that in testimony of the value to France of his
botanical and horticultural labor, he has recent-
ly received from his government the decoration
of the Legion of Honor.

Estate of the Late Charles Darwin. — Mr.
Darwin's personal property proves to be about
three-quarters of a million of dollars. By his
will Prof. Huxley has $5000 and Sir Joseph
Hooker $5000. The balance of his estate is divided
between his wife, five sons, and two daughters.

Nepenthes Rajah.— The curious family of
pitcher plants known under the name of ne-
penthes is among the anomalies of the vegetable
kingdom. It has no known relations. Some
botanists have thought they saw some connec-

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tion between them and Euphorbias, but this is Aristolochia ; but even this is more from the
acknowledged to be but a distant connection at ; structure of the plant than from any similarity

NEPENTHES RAJAH.

best. Others again have sui)posed there was I in the floral organs, on which relationships are
some aifinity between them and the curious | more commonly supposed to depend.

1882.)

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All of these considerations have value in con-
nection with the question of the origin of species.
If one genus has grown out of, or proceeded
from another or others, there must have been
a severe destruction of intermediate forms to
leave this singular one standing so very much
alone. It may be a very old family. There
may have been forms branching off from this —
younger species — and these have been swept
away, leaving the parents still to live longer; or
these plants may be of a modern origin, of which
the whole ancestry is lost. Probably most biolo-
gists would be inclined to the latter view — in
which case we might inquire what it is which
has given these plants the power to maintain an
existence as against the ancestors which have
been destroyed. Unless we knew exactly what
these ancestors were, and what powers they
possessed, it would not be possible to decide
positively ; but, in the view that these are
modern introductions, Ave may suppose that the
ancestors were much like other plants, which
had not the pitcher-like appendages to the
leaves which these plants possess. They are
swamp plants, growing in the warmer parts of
the East Indies and China, and what possible
use they are to the plants, any more than pitch-
ers would be to any other plants, no one has
been able to suggest. The water in them is
rather a tax on the energies of the plant. In
our American pitcher plants the liquid secretion
has often numerous insects which seem to have
been drowaied therein, and these insects seem
to aid in the nutrition of the plant. But no one
appears to have noted that the nepenthes catch
insects, and Darwin makes no mention of them
among his '' Insectivorous Plants."

Again, among all the various forms of nepen-
thes, what is there in one form that should have
called it into existence as a point of advantage
over the forms which characterize its brethren?
In this particular species, Nepenthes Rajah, the
pitchers are enormous. The drawing shows one
of only half the natural size. It is six inches
in diameter and twelve inches long. Some
species have pitchers not a quarter of this size,
and yet for all we see they get along just as well
as that with this enormous pitcher, requiring
such an enormous tax on the plant's resources
to draw water up from the root, and to sustain
the weight. Even the lid is ten inches long and
eight broad, and one might say performed some
good work in covering the mouth of the pitcher,
and preventing a too rapid evaporation ; but

there are other species, with small and nearly
erect lids, and these again seem to get along
just as well in the " struggle for life." Besides
this there are innumerable other points in which
they vary from one another ; and yet no one
will say that any one is better equipped for the
great fight than another. While these and other
reflections will always occur to those who love to
endeavor to penetrate the great mysteries of
nature, there is yet one which needs no solution
—the question of its wonderful construction and
singular beauty. It is one of the great wonders
of the vegetable world, and was long ago de-
scribed by Sir Joseph Hooker, and named by
him in honor of the celebrated Rajah Brooke.
It has recently been introduced to culture from
Borneo, by the enterprise of the celebrated firm
of James Veitch & Sons, of Chelsea, London. It
is rather expensive yet— $25 is the price set on a
single plant.

Professor Joseph L. Barfoot. — Lovers of
natural history, passing through Salt Lake city,
have always been glad to make the acquaintance
of Professor Barfoot of the museum of natural
history, and will be sorry to learn of his decease
which it seems occurred on the 23rd of April last.
He engaged in a wide correspondence with dis-
tinguished scientific men all over the world. He
was born at Warwick Castle, England, on the
29th of March 1816; was a lineal descendent of
Robert Bruce, and, at the time of his death
was heir to the Earldom of Crawford. He em-
braced Mormonism in London in 1856, and in
1865 immigrated to Salt Lake city, where he
lived till he died.

The Progress of Refinement. —At a recent
convention of undertakers it was resolved that
in future their business shall be known as that
of " Funeral Directors." Mr. Albaugh suggests
that nurserymen must not drag too far after
Eesthetic improvement, and that John Smith
should announce himself as "Arboreal Manipu-
lator."

Hide-bound Beings.— Dr. Beadle suggests that
if slitting the bark of hide-bound trees be con-
ceded to be good practice, it might be extended
to those hide-bound dogs and cats which in
Canada, and sometimes elsewhere, will keep
tired horticulturists awake o' nights listening to
their unwelcome songs.

Houghton Farm Experiments with Indian
Corn.— By Manly Miles, Cambridge, 1882. Pru-

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fessor Miles is just the one to look after im-
proved corn. Corn has been with him the
hobby of a life time, and the magnificent collec-
tion of varieties he had at the Centennial Expo-
sition was one of the features of the agricultural
exhibits of that great affair. The contents of
the work are scarcely quotable. It is a work for
deep study and reflection, and will certainly be
appreciated by all who take an interest in corn
culture.

If a literary criticism may be allowed, we
should have to find fault with the idea which
makes every sentence a paragraph. Imperfect
paragraphing is a common literary fault; but
surely the style which paragraphs every
sentence is worse than all. It is very diffi-
cult to comprehend the drift of the author
when the matter is so arranged— at least, so it
strikes us.

Origin of the Marechal Niel Eose.— A cor-
respondent of the Journal des Roses says that in
1862 it was noted by M. Rapin, growing in the
garden of M. Chateau at Montauban ; and he was
given grafts from it. M. Pradel had sent the
plant to M. Chateau, in place of one in the
invoice that was missing. A flower from Rapin"s
plant was exhibited about that time, and re-
ceived the name of Marechal Niel, in compli-
ment to that General who had recently presided
at the opening of a botanic garden in the vicin-
ity, and a medal was awarded to M. Pradel as
the originator of such a beauty, although, it ap-
pears, wholly by accident. It was placed in
the market by Pradel the younger, and Verdier
in 1863.

Injurious Insects of the Farm and Garden.
—By Mrs. Mary Treat. New York: Orange
Judd Co. It is amazing how slow knowledge
travels. It must be now nearly thirty years since
Miss Margaretta Morris wrote : " In many potato
fields in the neighborhood of Germantown,
Pennsylvania, every stem was infested, causing
the premature decay of the vines, and giving to
them the appearance of having been scalded."
This was said of the Baridius trinotatus, or po-
tato stalk-weevil. Not a quarter of a mile from
the former home of this distinguished entomolo-
gist was a potato field so scalded this summer,
and on the writer of this telling the owner it
was attacked by the insect, he was assured they
were only "suffering from the drouth." It made
no difference that the writer pointed to another
patch, planted earlier, on dryer ground, and

still green ; the stems had to be slit, and the in-
sect ravages exposed before the good farmer
would believe — and even then he thought the
"drouth did more nor the insect," as he ex-
pressed it. Few can be found who know anything
of it, yet it is more than likely that it is more
destructive to the crop throughout the country
than the more dreaded fungus disease. There
is no doubt there is a good field yet for a work
of this kind, which tells of these and other foes.
Mrs. Treat, the author, is the estimable lady who
dates from Vineland, New Jersey, and who is
well known by the numerous useful productions
of her pen. No one is better fitted, and no one
could have done better, and the publishers'
share in the work is worthy of the author's
pen.

American Game- bird Shooting. — By Mr. John
Mortimer Murphy. New York : Orange Judd
Company. No sportsman need be told that
hunting is one of the fine arts — not fine in a
particularly aesthetic sense, but an art which
requires a fine touch of good judgment as well
as of experience to pursue it successfully. Yet
there are few works which treat of this art. It
is strange that there have not been more. This
one will surely have a good sale. It treats es-
pecially of wild turkeys, grouse, sage cock,
ptarmigan, quails, swans, geese, ducks, wood-
cocks, snipes, bay- birds, rails, pigeons, and many
others. It describes the habits and ways of
these several creatures from the hunter's stand-
point, explaining the various modes of trapping
as well as the use of the gun.

The American Silk and Fruit Culturist. —
Philadelphia: Campbell & Pepper, Publishers.
Nothing shows better the rapid growth of the
silk industry than the establishment of a monthly
magazine, expressly in its interest. We hope,
as we believe, the present venture will prove a
good succe<5S.

Many wonder why the raw silk so often pre-
sents varied colors. The following from this
magazine may give the clue :

" By feeding silk-worms during the last twenty
days of the larva stage, on vine leaves, a French-
man has produced magnificent red cocoons; by
pursuing the same course, using lettuce, he
obtained them of a deep emerald green. Others
of a beautiful yellow, fine green, and violet, were
produced by the same mode, using white nettle
for food." Sometimes the silk is dyed but it is
always best if the color is more natural.

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DEVOTED TO HORTICULTURE, ARBORICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS.

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Edited by THOMAS MEEHAlN.

Vol. XXIV.

NOVEMBER, 1882.

Number 287.

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

The subject of growing evergreen hedges
under the shade of deciduous trees, has been
referred to of late in our magazine. Some ob-
servers record that thej' have seen them do very
well. We have ourselves seen cases where the
evergreens forming the hedge did not seem to
mind the trees in the least, and yet it is clear
that in a large number of cases the hedges do
suffer from large trees over them. But it is not
the shade which injures, for evergreens rather
like shade; but the trouble is from the drying
out of the moisture by the strong roots of the
deciduous trees, and to some extent by the
poverty of the soil, caused by the numerous
fibrous roots of the large trees eating up all the
food. The evergreens in the hedge often do not
die at once, but their vital powers are injured
during summer, and then cold winds or even
moderate frost make easy victims of them.
Now it sometimes happens that the large trees
do not always take all the moisture, or all the
food, and then the evergreens will not suffer.
Where we feel sure these conditions will be per-
manent, we may plant evergreen hedges under
large forest trees ; but as a rule it is not to be
commended. Some deciduous plant had better

be employed. But there are times when it may
be very desirable to have an evergreen hedge
under trees. In this case dig a deep trench — a
trench say two feet deep, between the hedge and
the trees, cutting off the roots of the trees. Do
this about every third year, filling in the earth,
of course, after the roots of the strong tree have
been cut ofi", and add a little very well rotted
manure once in a while. With this extra trou-
ble an evergreen hedge can be made to do well
under large deciduous trees. Of evergreens for
hedges, there are few better than the old arbor-
vitse, hemlock spruce, and Norway spruce.
Scotch pine, white pine and others are some-
times used, and indeed any pine or coniferous
tree makes a fair hedge, as they all bear pruning
well. The holly makes a remarkably good
hedge; but in our country the difficulty of
raising the plant is against its cheapness and,
consequently extensive use. Many die after
transplanting in our country, but if all the
leaves are taken off when transplanted, and they
are treated as ordinary deciduous trees, they
seldom die on removal. It may be said of all
trees and shrubs, as of evergreens under trees,
that they love cool, rich soil, where water comes
to them often and easily drains away. This is
the great success of Rhododendron and hardy
Azalea culture. They will do well in almost any

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soil, or in any aspect, if the soil be made deep
so that the water will go down easily below the
roots, and then easily drain awaj-. To this end,
if the soil be thrown out two feet deep, and a
foot deep of brush wood placed at the bottom
of the trench before the soil is thrown in again,
• it will make a cheap under-drain, which will
encourage the water to go down through the
upper surface easily. Peat is often used for
Rhododendrons, but chiefly because it is cool
and moist, while still admitting of the free pas-
sage of air.

The winter time is a good one to look after the
destruction of the eggs and chrysalides of in-
sects. In cities, especially the w^alls, fences and
rough bark of trees afford shelter to them, and
they can be easily hunted out. As before noted
the bag-worm or drop-worm has been particu-
larly destructive the past season, and especially
to arborvitaes and coniferous trees generally.
The oval "bags," more than an inch in length,
are readily seen and easily collected and de-
stroyed. On opening some of these bags with a

tion of a series of exchanges with others, which
would soon swell a little collection to one of the
best.

In the culture of herbaceous plants it is well
to remember that generally a part dies every
year. They seldom come up in exactly the
same place every year, but a bud or runner
pushes out and the old part dies. Though all
herbaceous plants move in some such manner,
they do not all go directly underground, but
make bunchy stocks just above ground. In
their native places of growth they manage to
get covered with decaying leaves from the woods
or shifting sands on the plains, but in cultiva-
tion nothing of this kind can be naturally ac-
complished, and unless art comes to aid the
plant they soon die away. An Auricula, a
Primrose, or a Carnation is good illustration of
this. In the two former a new crown is formed
on the top of the old one. and as the lower parts
in time die away, unless new earth is drawn up,
success with such flowers will not be great. The
best plan is to take up and replant every few

sharp pointed scissors, only some of them will years, or cover the running parts above ground
be found with eggs. Those without the eggs with earth, so that they may have a chance to
produce the male moth, which leaves its bag- get new roots from the advancing stocks. This
like house in the spring. The female moth is noticed here at this season to show that earth
never leaves its house from the time it makes it is the natural covering for herbaceous plants ;
to the time it dies and leaves its eggs behind. It j and therefore one of the surest ways of preserv-
is an anomaly amongst insects, and originated I ing them safe through winter is to draw earth
the saying about it, that "its cradle is its grave." i over them. In the spring they can be unearthed
This is a much better season than spring to i and then divided and set a trifle deeper than

transplant herbaceous plants. They make their
growth now, and the flowers for spring are often
formed in the hearts of the buds, just as we can
see flowers are formed in the hearts of lily,
hyacinth and other bulbs, or as we may see in
the large buds of the horse chestnut. The only
objection to setting out these little things in the
fall is, that they may draw out by frost; but the
good cultivator knows how to guard against this
by drawing over more earth than is needed, or
covering the whole plantation with some mate-
rial which prevents thawing out rapidly, which
is really the cause of plants being drawn out by
frost.

Another matter of interest in regard to col-
lecting hardy herbaceous plants is, that there
are a large number of rare native plants not yet
in cultivation, which many an owner of a first-
class collection would give a good deal to pos-
sess. A collection from one's own neighborhood
would therefore often be really one of the most
valuable one could possess, and be the founda-

before, which is all they want. We are often
asked how to preserve Carnations, Chrysanthe-
mums, Pansies, Phloxes, Hollyhocks and so
forth, safe till spring. The principles here laid
down will explain the practice.

Seeds of many herbaceous plants sown in the
fall or early spring will flower the same season
just as an annual will.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

CLOSE TRIMMED TREES.

BY M. DIGRAM.

Clipped and pollarded trees are an oSence
where the object aimed at is the realization of
supposed more attractive forma; yet where the
trimming is necessary, where there is a certain
useful end in view, it may very properly be done
without harming the trained eye.

Margining the pavements of some Dutch
towns, there may be seen rows of trees, the

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upper, foliage- covered half of which is trimmed
up in the shape of narrow vertical walls. Thif
treatment, while not shading the house facade
from the healthful rays of the sun, protects, in a
measure, the occupants of each side of the street
from the glare and heat coming from the oppo-
site. Further, it presents an attractive ohject to
the view of the upper windows, and acts as a
screen between the two sets of these windows
which face each other.

The same result might be produced, I suppose,
by growing wistaria, the trumpet and other
creepers, over a trellis of heavy iron wire, the
tall posts supporting which would be of the
same material, and stiffened against sudden
winds by lateral rods crossing to and attached
to the Willis of the adjoining houses.

A FEW FLOWER NOTES.

BY MRS. M. D. WELLCOME, YARMOUTH, ME.

The past season has been very unfavorable on
account of the protracted drought. There has
been no rain storm in this section since July 5th,
until September 4th, when there was one of
several hours' continuance, but not sufficient to
penetrate to the roots of vegetation. Almost
unclouded skies, intense heat, little dew, and
only two or three showers. The reader can
judge what would be the condition of our gar-
dens. For several weeks, owing to the scarcity
of water, we have been obliged to let our flowers
suffer, and many have wholly dried up. It has
been a time to test what plants, of those com-
monly grown, are most reliable under such con-
ditions. Again have I been led to admire the
faithful endurance of the geranium family under
hardships and shameful neglect. The old stock
plants have not had their feet W'et for two
months, yet they are green and vigorous, though
blooms have not been so abundant as hereto-
fore. Of course the small plants bedded out in
four-inch pots have been watered quite often ;
they have not grown, as heretofore, to sturdy
plants, but all their vitality' has been expended
in blooming. Portulaccas, wholly neglected,
have been in their glory, and the lilies were
never so large and fine. A golden-banded Japan
opened ten days ago and measured, when fully
expanded, nine and one half inches from tip to
tip; the inner petals were five and one-half
inches in length. This double giant was borne
singly, on a stalk only twelve inches high. Will
the editor please tell us, is such a lily not rare?

I did not know that they were ever double. [We
never saw one. — Ed.] The blossom had only
three stamens instead of six, as usual. The bulb
was planted last autumn. Although I have but
a few lilies they were never so prized, and their
blooming will cover a period of three months.
I advise everybody to cultivate lilies just as fully
as they can. With us, the last of October is a
good time to plant bulbs of lilies and tulips,
though the first of November will do very well.
The Hypericum, of which I made previous men-
tion, has been in bloom a month, and though
under very unfavorable surroundings, has proved
satisfactorj'. It is truly a desirable hardy shrub.
Tabernsemontana camassa, with its laurel-like
leaves, and double, white, fragrant flower, has
been blooming for two months and is still full of
buds. It is my first success with this greenhouse
shrub, and I am greatly pleased with it. Poso-
queria longiflora is another new plant to me,
received from Mr. Saul, in June, and which I
greatly admire, though it has not bloomed. It
is thus described: "This plant forms an elegant
bush, and is very free flowering. Leaves large,
somewhat ovate, coriaceous and shining green;
flowers tubular, pure white, produced in large
corymbs of a dozen and more, waxy like, from
three to four inches long and deliciously fra-
grant." It makes a very handsome pot plant
with its shining green, leathery leaves, and when
there is added the large frag;rant flowers, it must
be a very choice thing. Will some one who has
had it in bloom report upon it, and is it a winter
bloomer? I have a Tydsea in bloom, Mad. Hal-
phen, the first I have ever seen. It somewhat
resembles the Gloxinia in leaf and shape of
flower. Color, carmine tube, lower lobes lightly
tinted with lilac and spotted with carmine;
upper lobes spotted with rose. Xenophon is
thus described : "A fine large flower, tube cochi-
neal orange, salmon red lobes covered with a
dark red netting, throat spotted and marked
with daik carmine." Wonder — magnificent flow-
ers of a dazzling orange vermilion, veined with
black, in majestic spikes. Tricolor— limb pure
white, dotted with bright amaranth, tube crim-
son. Uranie — very large flower, finely striped
with scarlet upon a lilac ground, orifice deep
straw yellow. I have given names and descrip-
tions of a few of the many, that those unac-
quainted with them may have some idea of their
beauty.

The drought has prevented me from testing
many novelties of which seeds have been sent

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me; indeed the annuals have mostly proved a
failure. One place in my garden has, however,
been brilliant for several weeks with the blooms
of the new Godetia, "Princess of Wales," which
surpasses my favorite "Lady Albemarle." The
color is very vivid, ruby crimson, with the outer
edges bordered with pale rose. I regret that the
new Eschscholtzia crocea flore pleno has not yet
bloomed. So desirous am I of seeing its flowers
I think I shall pot a few of the plants. It is thus
described: "One of the grandest novelties that
has come under notice for many years. A
beautiful bright orange scarlet, shading off to
salmon red color. The flowers are of great sub
stance, the appearance of the plant in growth
being particularly' distinct and charming. It is
quite as hardy as E. crocea, and the flowers are
produced in the greatest profusion." Mr. Saul
gives this in quotation as not being responsible.
Perhaps he has not tested it personally. Will
some successful one give a brief report?

Since I began this essay the blessed rain has
been falling for eight hours, and its steady pour
makes sweet music to the ear.

HYDRANGEA PANICULATA.

BY MR. W. F. MASSEY, TOWSONTOWN, MD.

Mr. Abbott, in your June number, speaks of
propagating Hydrangea paniculata from ripe
wood with ease. I have tried, years ago, to
grow it from ripe wood cuttings and from root
cuttings, but without any success. This Hy-
drangea is propagated with the greatest ease in
spring and early summer from cuttings of the
green wood. I can propagate it in this way as
easily as a verbena. My practice is to lift as
many old plants as I need for stock in the fall
after the leaves have fallen. These are potted
and placed in a cold greenhouse or grapery,
until the last of February, when they are put in
a warm house and encouraged to grow. The
young shoots are cut after they have made two
or three joints, being taken off just above the
first eye from the old wood. This eye pushes at
once and gives cuttings later. The cuttings are
put in the sand of the cutting bench and given
a fair bottom heat ; though late in spring I find
they root well without bottom heat, but not
quite so quickly. The cuttings must be left in
the sand until they have made quite a mass of
roots, as I have found that if potted as soon as
a few roots are formed, the greater part damp
off in the pots; but if carefully lifted with a

mass of roots, not one in a thousand will damp.
By this method I will guarantee to produce one
hundred young plants from every good, bushy
stock plant fifteen to twenty inches high. These
young plants turned out in the open ground in
May, will make nice plants by fall.

Speaking of Hydrangeas, we have here, along
the north front of the old mansion, close to the
walls, some immense clumps of Hydrangea hor-
tensia, probably fifty years old or more. The
soil in which these grow is full of small lumps
of iron ore. The flowers on these clumps are
always an intense blue. Twenty five feet away
are several other clumps, the flowers of which
are always pink. The soil and the lumps of
iron ore are apparently identical in both places.
Now if, as some assert, the iron in the soil is the
cause of the blue color in Hydrangeas, why are
not all of them blue? The pink clumps are
younger than the others, and have in all proba-
bility been propagated from cuttings of those
which bear blue flowers.

We have, on this old place, many noble speci-
mens of arboreal beauty, as might be expected
in a place which, unlike most American country
seats, has been for a hundred years continuously
in charge of professional gardeners. Prominent
among those is a copper-leaf Beech, or, as some
call it, blood leaf Beech. This is probably unex-
celled by any other in the United States. Its
branches sweep the turf in a circle fifty feet in
diameter, while its rounded head rises as high
in the air. In addition to this, the majestic
oaks, elms and walnuts, and the unusually large
specimens of magnolias, weeping sophoras, as
well as the immense evergreens of various sorts,
give to " Hampton" the look of repose and
"green old age,"' which most American places
lack.

BERMUDA CRASS.

BY C. DENMAN, MEMPHIS, TENN.

With regard to your correspondent's inquiry
as to the richness of soil required to insure the
free growth of the above named grass, our
experience here is to the effect that it will grow
in any soil no matter how poor.

As a summer grass in a hot and dry climate
it is superior to any; but there are several ob-
jections to its use for lawns. It is almost impos-
sible to use it near flower beds, as it will run
through them in spite of all efforts to avoid
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cate than the couch-grass of Europe. Another
objection is its dulness through winter, and far
into the spring. Its rich green color through
the hot summer months when all else is wilted
and burned up, is very refreshing to say the
least; but with the first cold nights of autumn
it changes to a dull light brown, which is any-
thing but pleasing on a well kept lawn.

Notwithstanding these drawbacks a good deal
could be said in its favor. For sodding embank-
ments, or poor sandy ground, where scarce any-
thing else will grow, it has no equal and should
be used much more than it is.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Blood leaved Pea.ch. — This interesting
variety, so long known here, is just being appre-
ciated in the Old World.

Tdberoses. — It is well known that the double
tuberose will occasionally revert to its original
single condition. The single form is not consid-
ered as desirable as the double, but it has one
great advantage in this, that it is nearly two
weeks earlier in flowering. This is worth a
great deal to those who desire early sweet white
flowers. The Pearl, on the other hand, is a later
bloomer than the ordinary double kind, and
this is to be regretted, as its dwarfness renders it
so far the best for forcing. It is nearl}- four
weeks later than the single.

Florida Yellow Water Lily.— The Nym-
phsea flava, found a few years ago by Mrs. Treat,
in Florida, has been found by Mr. Falconer to
remain out all winter and flower the past sum-
mer in the botanic garden at Cambridge. He
tells the Country Gentleman that the flowers are
larger than those we get from pot plants ; they
rise some six to nine inches above the water,
open about eight to nine o'clock in the forenoon,
and close between three and five in the after-
noon. They open again on the second day, but
not after that.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Nandine Tree. — " D. G," Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
says: "The Monthly, I suppose, can give us
the right name for the plant of which I send
you today a branch. We called it ' Nandine,'

but are not sure if it is the plant. Like most of
the old plants most of the gardeners don't get
the right name."

[This is correctly named. Nandin is the na-
tive Chinese or Japanese name, and Thunberg,
in his Flora Japonica, adopts Nandine domestica
as given by " Hornstedt's Dissertation on New-
Plants, " a work we have never seen, and which
seems to be "domestic" only because, according
to Thunberg, it is everywhere popular in town
gardens. It belongs to the Berberry family,
though it has nothing of the look of a Berberry
bush. It ought to be hardy from the central
United States south, though we do not know of
any experiments made with it. — Ed. G. M.]

A Chapter ox Water Lilies. — The recent
flowering as already noted in the open air in the
United States of the famous Victoria regia, by
Mr. Sturtevant, of Bordentown, has turned more
than usual attention to the subject of Water
Lilies in general. A correspondent inquires
where she can get the best account of the Water
Lilies under cultivation. We cannot, perhaps,
do better for her than to give the following ex-
haustive account by a correspondent of Mr.
Robinson's Garden, of London :

" Every one knows and appreciates that queen
of native wild flowers, the common white Water
Lily ; but my olject now is to bring into notice
other less common kinds, which, from their
diversity of form and color, are equally valua-
ble. Their culture is of the simplest kind, for,
if properly planted at first, they seldom give
any further trouble. Where it is convenient to
drain off" the water, the best mode of planting
the larger kinds is to make a hillock of a com-
post consisting of good loam and a small quan-
tity of well decomposed manure and river sand ;
on the surface of this place some large stones to
prevent the soil from being removed by the
water. In this hillock place the plant so that
the depth from its crown to the surface of the
water may not exceed two feet. If there be no
means of lowering the water, the best substitute
is to put the plants into large baskets and to
sink them to the proper depth. If the bottom
be of a gravelly nature the plants will not spread
much, but if otherwise, they should be kept
within bounds, or they will soon grow into a
mass which tends to considerably mar the effect,
as shown in the form of isolated patches. In
the case of young plants and the small-growing
kinds enumerated below it is advisable to keep
them in small baskets and in shallow water.
There are about eighteen half-hardy Water
Lilies in cultivation at the present time. The
majority belong to the genus Nymphaea, and the
remainder to the genus Nuphar. Ot the native
kinds, which need no description, there are
three varieties, which are very distinct. The

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minor form is very interesting on account of its
«mall size, the blossoms being but one and one-
half inches to two inches across, with the leaves
small in proportion. The variety Candida is a
form intermediate in size between the two pre-
ceding. The rose-colored variety (N. alba var.
rosea) is a plant which has excited much inter-
est ever since it first expanded its lovely blos-
soms, a short time ago in the open air at Kew,
being the first time of flowering in this country.
It is said to have originated in a solitary lake in
Sweden, from whence it was taken to one of the
Swedish i)otanic gardens, which is doubtless the
source of the Kew plants. It is destined to be-
come as common as the white one, and, in com-
pany with it and other aquatics, it will produce
a charming effect. The North American species,
N. odorata, is a very near ally to N. alba, i)ut tlie
most perceptible distinction between them is the
larger blossoms, which measure from six inches
to nine inches across, and which are very sweet-
scented. The veins on the under sides of the
leaves are also much more raised above the sur-
face. The flowers of this kind, too, have a de-
cided tendency to assume a red color, and the
full developn)ent of this is admirably shown in
the rose-colored variety (N. odorata var. rosea,
or N. odorata var. minor of some), as the flow-
ers are much smaller than those of the type; It
is a source of much pleasure to hear that living
plants of this beautiful variety have recently j
been imported into this country from the North l
American lakes. The variety maxima differs 1
from the type only in having larger flowers. The |
variety renifurmis has the lobes of the leaf much j
rounded, so as to assume a kidney shape, but
there is no difference in the flower. The type [
of the sweei-scented Water Lily was introduced
into this country in 178B, but it is not so com-
mon now as it deserves to be. It requires pre-
cisely the same treatment as N. alba, and will be
found to be quite as hardy in the Southern coun-
ties. The tuberous-rooted Nymphsea (N. tube-
•rosa) is also a native of North America, and j
much resembles our native kind, but differs from |
it principally in having tubers developed on the
roots which spontaneously detach themselves '

from the plant, and so aflTord a ready means of
propagation. The shining-leaved Water Lily
(N. nilida) is also a near relative of N. alba, but
has very shining leaves, and blossoms not so
large and scentless. It inhabits the lakes and
still w-aters of Siberia, and also the River Lena.
This kind, and also the preceding, can be ob-
tained from nurseries in which hardy plants are
made a specialty. The pigmy Water Lily (N.
pygma^a) is a native of China and some parts of
Siberia. It is the smallest of all, having leaves
not more than two inches across, and very small
flowers. It is very rare in cultivation, but I
noticed it at Kew in company with otlier kinds.
Tne most interesting of all the Nymphaeas is,
perhaps, the yellow-flowered kind, N. flava, on
account of its color, as in no other sort, either
tropical or temperate, is it found. I have not
seen ihe flowers, but I am pleased to bear that
living plants have just been imported into this
country from North America. The common
yellow Water Lily belongs to the senus Nnphar,
of which we have one species, N. lutea, which
inhabits many of our lakes and slow-running
rivers in abundance, and, therefore, is too well
known to need description. It has a very inter-
esting miniature variety called pumila, or min-
ima, which is found wild in some of the High-
land lakes of Scotland. It i.s considerably
smaller in all its parts than the type, and also
possesses the same vinous perfume. The stranger
or three colored Nuphar (N ad vena) is the North
American representative of our yellow Water
Lily; it nearly approaches it in general aspect,
but it may be at once distinguished by its larger
size and the leaves standing erect out of the
water if it be shallow. The blossoms are larger
and the same in color outside, but the cone of
stamens in the centre is of a brighter red. It
was introduced in 1772. and is rather common
in cultivation now. N. Kalmiana, also a North
American kind, much resembles the small va-
riety of N. lutea, and is a very interesting plant
to grow in company with it. There is another
kind, the arrow-leaved Nuphar (N. sagittsefolia),
but I doubt if the true plant is at present in
cultiTation in this country."

Greenhouse and House Gardening.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

Much of the failure in growing plants in win-
dows comes from choosing plants of too tender
a character. Plants which are usually grown in
the moist atmosphere of very warm houses are
unfit for window culture. Those which are very
nearly hardy, but which bloom naturally in win-
ter time, are much more suited to window gar-

dening. It is with greenhouses as with rooms.
There are numerous plants which do very well
in a temperature ranging between 45° and 60°
during sunshine, which are much better than
many of the plants usually selected. We might
aive a list of such, but it is now almost impossi-
ble to get full orders for desirable plants any-
where, and one has rather to use what he can
get, than to select what he desires. The only

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plan is to look around among the neighboring
florists, and choose those which seem the best in
accord with these views. Another advantage in
selecting rather hardy plants for winter blooming
is that we need not then fear so much the effect
of cool nights. When small conservatories are
attached to dwelling rooms, and these are pro-
tected b}' double glass windows, so as to guard
against the entry of cold from without, and all
crevices carefully closed, it is surprising how
little artificial heat is sufficient to keep up the
necessary temperature. Very often the mere
keeping open of a communicating door, so that
the warmth of the parlor will get to the conser-
vatory, is all that is needed.

Plants stored away for the winter in cold pits,
require more care for the first month or so than
at any other time through the winter season.
Many of them have unripened shoots, or shed
many of their leaves, and unless these be cut off'
and removed, gangrene and decay commit dis-
tressing havoc. Air should be given at every
opportunity, and nothing omitted that will, in
any way, tend to harden the plants, and send
vegetation to rest. No more water should be
given than just sufficient to j)revent withering,
and the temperature should be kept as near 40°
as possible, and every chance taken to render
the air about the plants dry. When frost actually
does come, no further care than protection from
its embraces will then be required. Plants so
hardened, may stay covered up for weeks with-
out any light or air, and secure from the slightest
injury. Mice constitute the most troublesome
enemy in a pit closed for any length of time ; but
we have, as yet, found nothing better than the
recommendation given in back volumes, namely,
to take peas and soak them twenty- four hours in
water, then roll in arsenic and sow in a pot, as if
in the regular way of seed-sowing. A few pots i
so prepared, should be placed in the pit before
permanently closing up. The mice usually
make for these pots at their first entrance to the
pits. If placed on the soil they seem to guess
your secret, and will not " bite."

Plants in cellars need much the same care as
those in pits. Avoid heat and dampness; fre-
quently, however, plants suffer in cellars through
getting too dry. They should be looked over, at
any rate, once a month, and a little water given,
if likely to become entirely dry.

Aquariums, which were once very popular,
and added a great charm to the parlor or at-
tached conservatory, are not so much in use as

they were, chiefly because people do not seem to
understand the necessity of plenty of growing
plants in the water as well as the fish or other
creatures. These plants give the air to the water
which the fish require. While recently in Cin-
cinnati the writer of this visited the establish-
ment of Mr. Hugo Mulertt, who exercises intelli-
gent care for aquarium management, which
makes him very successful. We obtained from
him the following list of plants which he em-
ploys in his aquarium work. They are arranged
in groups, according to habits of growth :

Group A. Plants that grow without roots, floating below
the surface of the water. Ceratophyllum dcmersum and
robusta, Nitella viridis, Utricularia vulgaris and purpurea.

Group B. Plants that strike roots from the joints. An-
acharis canadensis, Callitriche verna, Fontanelis, Lysi-
machia, Myriophyllum heterophyllum and spicatum, Naja
purpurea and viridis, Ludwigia autumnalis and palustris,
Cabomba CaroUniana and rosaefolift, Ranunculus aquatilis,
.Schollera graminea, Zanichella palustris, Potamogeton cris-
pus and perfoliatus.

Orovp C. Root in the bottom, and multiply by suckers
from the roots. Some plants of this group have a double
existence, or undergo a transformation with a change of the
seasons. In the summer time the leaves are of a ditferent
shape from those of the winter, so that a person not familiar
with their peculiarity would think they were two different
plants. Sagittaria natans and lanceolata, Vallisneria spiralis
(male and female), Potamageton naUns, Yucca aquatica
(Eriocaulon).

Group D. Comprises a class of plants that require rich
soil for their roots to grow in ; they send their leaves to the
surface of the water, where they float. Aponogeton dis-
tachyon, Limnocharis Humboldtii, Nynipha;a flava, odorata
and ca?rulea, Nelumbium luteum, Brazenia peltata.

Group E. Includes very curious plants. They float on
the surface of the water, and their roots hang into the
water, from which they take their nourishment. Hydro-
charis morsus rana, Hydrocotyle umbellata, Lemna minor
and trisulca. Pistia stratiotes, Trianea bogotensis.

Group F. Includes marsh plants, such as Ins pseuda-
corus, Aspidistra lurida and varicgata, Cyperus alternifolia,
Sagittaria obtu.sa and lancifolia, Saururus cemuus, fancy
Caladium, Orontium aquaticum.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

GLOXINIA AND ITS CULTURE.

BY WALTER COLES, BELVIDERE, K. J.

In my opinion there is no summer flowering
plant to surpass a well grown Gio.xinia. It ranks
second to no other flower for noble form and
beauty. Mr. Peter B. Mead and several other
•rood horticulturists who saw ours here this
summer said they were the finest and best grown
plants they had ever seen. A few hints on their
culture will be acceptable to the readers of
the Gardener's Monthly. Those we have
here were grown from seed sown about April

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1st of last year. Care should be taken never
to let the soil get dry, also to have it very
fine, and scarcely cover the seed. As soon as
they were up nicely, so that they could be
handled, they were transplanted about two
inches apart in seed pans. In a few weeks
they were large enough to be potted in three-
inch pots, where they made nice sized bulbs, and
each plant threw up from two to four flowers.
After they had finished flowering, water was
gradually withdrawn, but never allowed to get
dust-dry until the foliage had turned yellow
Then they were stored away under the green-
house pipes, the pots turned on their sides,
where they remained until last spring. As soon
as they started to make their new foliage (about
the middle of March) all the old soil was re-
moved, and the bulbs potted in two and three-
inch pots. The soil used was a mixture of equal
parts good turfy loam, leaf mould and peat.
It is quite essential that soil should be porous
and sweet. Use water sparely until they begin
to grow quite strong. Then place them in
a moist atmosphere of 60° by night, which
I consider quite warm enough for the starting
point. Some people advocate starting them
in 70°; but I think most of my friends will
find it induces them to make spindly and
weak growth ; but as the season advances, the
temperature should be increased. In a few
weeks, when the two and three-inch pots were
filled with roots, they were re-potted into four
and five-inch pots, where they have matured
their flowers this year. Do not, through in-
attention or neglect — as soon as they have
done flowering — throw them aside to take their
chance; for if the bulbs are dried off" very sud-
denly they lose their vitality for the coming
season ; hence the care necessary after their
blooming period is over. Our plants are all
in four and five-inch pots; each bloom meas-
uring 3 to 3J inches in diameter, and from
10 to 18 flowers on a plant fully open. I have
had a few of them photographed by Mr. P. D.
Ketchledge, of Belvidere, and have sent one of
the cards to the editor; so, if he can conveni-
ently insert it in the Gardener's Monthly, the
public will see I am not exaggerating. I have
omitted to say that the plants should never
be exposed to the sun, nor be allowed to get
dry while growing and blooming.

If these directions are carried out, I think the
Gloxinias will be free from rust and thrip. The
erect flowering varieties are considered far more

useful and superior than the drooping kinds, as
they are more appropriate for vases, bouquets,
&c. Every person who has a greenhouse, let it be
ever so small, may have a fine display of Glox-
inias during the summer, and it is doubtful
whether they can be surpassed, even by our
choice orchids. They can also be easily prop-
agated by the leaves, if you have an extra
variety you wish to increase.

[With this came some magnificent specimens
of Gloxinia flowers, showing that Mr. Coles
knows full well what he is writing about.—
Ed. G. M]

HARDENBERCIA COMPTONIANA.

BY CHARLES E. PARNELL, QUEENS, N. Y.

Hardenbergia (Kennedya) Comptoniana, one
of the many beautiful climbers that adorn our
conservatories, is an evergreen climbing or twin-
ing vine belonging to the Natural Ordar Legu-
minosae, and is a native of New Holland, from
whence it was introduced in 1803. It is an ele-
gant climber, attaining a height of from twelve
to eighteen feet, of not a very rambling disposi-
tion, with strong smooth stems and glossy green
leaves, the leaves being scattered or distant from
each other. It produces its flowers very freely
during the months of March and April in long,
erect racemes, each raceme being composed of
an immense number of bright blue flowers. The
Hardenbergia is a plant that requires a little
skill in order to cultivate it successfully. It
requires, and must have, good drainage, a
compost of two parts turfy peat, one part
well-rotted manure, or leaf mould, with the ad-
dition of a liberal portion of sharp sand, in
order to render the compost a porous and open
one. Water should be liberally supplied, but
care should be taken to prevent the soil from
becoming too wet; the plant requires to be
syringed overhead freely in order to guard
against the red spider, to which insect it is very
subject. The Hardenbergia can be planted out
in the greenhouse border and trained up the
rafters, or it can be grown in large pots, and if
the plants are carefully trained to a neat circular
trellis, they will form, when in blossom, excel-
lent specimen plants for decorative purposes.
But in order to guard against disappointment it
is well to remember the fact that young and
small specimens seldom flower well. Propaga-
tion is effected by seeds and cuttings ; cuttings
of the half-ripened wood are said to root freely

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if placed in heat under a hand glass, but the
easiest and most preferable method of increasing
this plant is by seeds, which are freely produced,
and from which fine young plants can be ob-
tained in the course of a few months. The seeds
should be sown early in spring in a pot or pan
of well drained, light, peaty, sandy soil; soak
the seed in warm water previously to sowing;
sow thinly and cover slightly ; place the pot or
pan in a warm, moist situation ; keep moist, and
shade from bright sunshine. As soon as the
plants are strong enough to handle, pot off into
three-inch pots, using light, fibrous soil ; keep
close and moist, until well established, then
gradually expose to the open air. Do not per-
mit the roots to get matted or allow the plants
to become pot-bound ; but shift into larger pots
as often as necessary. During the summer sea-
son the plants (if grown in a pot) can be plunged
in a partially-shaded situation, care being taken
as to watering — syringing. A winter tempera-
ture of from 40° to 60° will suit this Harden-
bergia very well.

NATURAL HANGING BASKETS AND
EPERGENES.

BY MRS. C. S. JONES.'

Those popular fioral receptacles of modern
times, called "Hanging baskets," are at once so
unique and beautiful, and have become so uni-
versally used, that any suggestions tending to
impart new ideas regarding them are very
generally appreciated. This must plead mj ex
cuse for ottering the following hints, intended
more especially to aid those amateur florists not
blessed with extensive means to purchase the
costly receptacles offered in our floral stores.

Some years since, among a lot of treasures
sent me by that generous patron of amateur
florists, Mr. P. Henderson, were the first Fit-
tonias and Gymostachyums I had ever had the
good fortune to possess, and charmed with the
rare beauty of the foliage, felt anxious to culti-
vate them in the manner best calculated to dis-
play it. This, after many exjierimeuts carried
on through successive months, which largely in-
creased my stock, I found to be so made by
means of pendant receptacles and epergenes, as
to form one entire mass of wonderfully beautiful
foliage, displayed on every side, and which have
proved so satisfactory that I feel no hesitation in
recommending the mode to others.

The baskets used for this purpose are of several
varieties— the ordinary wire baskets of graceful

form ; as a matter of economy, muzzles, such a»
farmers use for oxen and horses, the globular
form of some of which produce specially fine
results ; cocoanut shells perforated with half-
inch holes; the common flowerpot treated in
the same manner, making holes larger or smaller,
according to size of pot; this is easily done by
first soaking and cutting out with a j.ick-knife
and fret-saw blade. The baskets when planted,
and in fine growing condition, appear enveloped
with the rich foliage, to produce which it is
necessary to insert cuttings or small established
plants head downwards through the holes in the
bottom and sides of the vessels before filling in
the soil. The central plant should be first in-
serted, the others disposed around it in regular
j order, using fresh green moss to pack firmly be-
tween them, so as to keep the soil in proper
place. I prefer the soft, cushion-like variety
found on the trunks of trees for this purpose,
not only because of the close felt-like appear-
ance as it continues its growth, thus presenting
a bright, fresh groundwork of perpetual green,
but also because it is better adapted to keeping
the soil in place than the loose, coarse varieties,
which, though stronger, soon present a brown
unsightly appearance. After surrounding each
cutting with the moss, and thus covering the
bottom and sides of the basket, the whole cavity-
must be filled with loose, friable soil, for which
nothing compares with "cocoanut refuse,"
mixed with good loam and clean sand; the
upper surface filled with a number of rooted
cuttings, placed two inches apart, using a dibble
for making the holes. This finishes the oper-
ation, and the basket copiously watered with a
fine rose, is then liung in a warm, shaded spot,
keeping constantly and uniformly moist with,
tepid water. This is best eflfected by plunging
the basket in a large vessel of water.

During the growing season these baskets ap-
pear like one mass of living beauty, the brilliant
foliage of Fittonia gigantea, with its network of
rosy crimson, and F. argyroneura, entirely over-
laid with a ground work of rich green, form solid
masses of luxuriance, the unique beauty of
which can only be realized and appreciated by
ocular demonstration. Where a round wire
basket is used a massive globular specimen is
produced, which suspended in proper position is
wonderfully imposing. Gymnostachyum Pearcei
will perhaps be still more admired thus treated,
its elegant metallic green foliage covered closely
with a network of intense rosy carmine, pre-

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senting: a charming appearance when trained
carefully to the wire-work of the basket.

Before closing, I cannot forhear speaking of
this class of plants as ornaments for the table
a feature of festive occasions, everyday becoming
more popular and meeting with the attention it
justly demands. It is not the wealthy alone
who may enjoy the rare delight of looking upon
beautiful flowers and foliage as they partake of
their repasts. It would be far wiser were people
with limited means to cultivate a few permanent
plants for this purpose that would be always
available, than to resort each time they have
visitors to the garden or conservatory, or perhaps
apply money required for other purposes to the
purchase of cut flowers from the florists

I use for the purpose shallow pans of various
sizes, according to the table and occasion, and
the long sprays, thickly covered with rich foliage.
soon completely hide the sides, and droop from
the upper tiers in long festoons. A charming
stand for the centre of a table is thus made :
Four pans, ranging in size from fourteen inches
diameter and four inches deep, to a small one
six inches diameter and three inches deep
These must be placed one within the other in
progressive manner, each one elevated two to
four inches above the one below it. A few
pieces of broken crockerj- are strewn over the
bottom of each ; the remaining space is filled
with fibrous soil and silver sand, into which
rooted cuttings or established plants are thickly
set round the edges, the stand placed in a warm
corner and kept uniformly moist.

For these purposes I have found Fittnnia ar-
gyroneura, F. gigantea, Gymostachyum Pearcei.
G. Verschaffelti, and the curious saxifrage, S.
Sarmentosa, are rarely beautiful for the upper
pans, and especially for the hanging baskets.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Lapageria eosea and alba. — The Lapageria is
seldom seen in such condition as it should be,
although it is one of the easiest-grown climbers
with which we are acquainted. We are about
to devote the greater part of the roof of a cool
division, thirty feet long, to the two varieties,
and expect they will nearly fill the allotted space
next summer; but we have good plants to begin
with. The red one, in fact, though in an unfavor
able place at present, has made some hundreds
of feet of young shoots altogether since it was
cut down in spring. It requires a cool, moist

soil, and a perfectly cold house, in which the
shoots should be trained close to the glass, where
they will flower their whole length. The best
plan is to stretch wires four or five inches apart
for it, in the direction in which the shoots are to
be led, and they should be allowed to follow the
wires themselves, which fthey will do — twisting
^long as neatly as possible — without the least
assistance, except that when more than one
shoot is allowed to a wire care must be taken to
prevent the leaves being caught in the twists.
To attempt training the shoots by ties is trouble-
some, and not a successful plan. Stopping the
-ihoots occasionally induces flowers to come
sooner than they otherwise would, and produces
little spurs, each of which furnishes several
flowers. The bpautifnl white variety is likely to
become a great favorite for various purposes,
and we would recommend those who liave it to
plant it out at once, however small their plants
may be, in a compost of peat, loam, and plenty
of sand, with a little rotten manure, and to give
it room and light, keeping the soil about the
roots rather wet than dry. Our large plant,
which grows so rampantly every year, though it
does not flower so freely, owing to the shade over
it, has never been otherwise than wet at the
root for three years, on account of the drip from
the other pots, and yet it is in fine health and
still growing rapidly. The Lapageria makes a
disproportionate quantity of large thick roots,
considering its habit and growth, though the
shoots of established plants are sometimes as
thick as small pot vines. — Garden.

Cypripedium insigne. — Owing to the large
number of beautiful cypripediums that have
been introduced to cultivation within the past
decade, there is some risk of this fine old Lady's
Slipper being overlooked. It is not perhaps
necessary to institute comparisons between our
old friend and the newer kinds; but were a
comparison made it would be perfectly safe to
aver that in point of beauty it is equal to most
and superior to many of those at present at the
command of the cultivator. In usefulness it
certainly has no superior, and as nice little
plants can be purchased at from half a crown
to five shillings each, it may be truly said that
it is within the reach of the humblest amateur.
It is a great favorite with me, because of the
facility with which it can be grown in gardens
in which there is no house specially for orchids,
as it thrives in a much lower temperature than
any other of the species. We have no stove or

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orchid houses, yet we have several magnificent
specimens which yield a splendid lot of flowers
every winter. We have cucumber houses and
melon pits?, which are set to work early in the
year, and with their aid and a greenhouse, we
grow the cypripediums as well as could be
wished. Our practice is to place the plants in
one of the cucumber houses started for an early
crop two or three weeks after the flowers have
lost their beauty, and at the same time we shift
those requiring more space at the roots into pots
of larger size. At the same time those becom-
ing too large are divided into two or more por-
tions, and put each part into a separate pot. In
this structure they remain until the end of June,
when they are removed to the greenhouse, in
which they occupy a place until the end of Sep-
tember. About the middle of that month we
clear out one of the cucumber houses that has
been at work during the summer, and after the
woodwork and glass have been cleaned and the
walls washed over with hot lime, we fill it with
such plants as bouvardias, gesneras, and epiphyl-
lums that require more warmth during the win-
ter than is afibrded by the ordinary greenhouse.
In this structure the cypripediums are placed,
and there remain until after the flowering sea-
son is over, and they are removed to the early
cucumber house. The temperature maintained
throughout the winter ranges from 60° to 65°
by da}', and averages 55° by night. Some of
my friends keep this cypripedium in the
greenhouse throughout the year, and succeed
in flowering it very well; but. the results
are more satisfactory when it can have a
little additional warmth both during the winter
and when the new growth is in progress. It
will thrive in sphagnum-moss and peat, sepa-
rate or in mixture ; but peat alone appears to
produce the strongest growth. There is no oc-
casion to hanker after special varieties, as the
flowers of the specific form are exceedingly
beautiful. — Gardener's Magazine.

Pruning Marechal Niel Rose. — Considerable
diversity of opinion has been expressed from time
to time as to the best method of growing this rose,
some asserting that it does best on its own roots,
others being equally sanguine that it succeeds
most satisfactorily on the seedling brier or some
other stock. Leaving these differences out of
the question for the present, permit me to allude
to another peculiarity in the cultivation of
Marechal Niel, and that is the time at which it
should be pruned, and also how that operation

ought to be performed. When in a semi-dormant
state this rose dislikes much knife work. Several
examples of it planted out here two years ago,
and which were unusually strong (one having
made a main rod from twenty-five to thirty feet
long last year), got infested with green fly, and
in fumigating it some of the more tender leaves
got injured through the tobacco smoke. This
was when the buds were about half developed
last spring, and, of course, wherever the leaves
were most injured the flowers suffered in pro-
portion. After flowering, I decided on heading
back some of the plants with a view to strength-
ening them when they began to push. I find,
however, that the rods that are strongest at the
base are the weakest in pushing, and one or two
of the plants are so weak that they will have to
be replaced; other plants of moderate growth
have pushed vigorous shoots from their base. It
is hard to get over facts like these, which point
directly to the rose doing best on its own roots.
Had our plants been worked on the brier or any
other stock, the probability is that most of them
would have died, whereas every succeeding shoot
that is produced from the base is a degree
stronger than its predecessor, and tends to in-
crease and invigoi'ate the roots. I would recom-
mend, therefore, that all pruning, or rather
thinning out, necessary in the case of this rose,
should be done when the plants are in full
growth, and not before they start after flowering.
The strongest shoots should be selected, and the
weaker ones rubbed off" with the fingers at an
early stage of their growth, and if further thin-
ning be necessary it should be done before the
season of growth is very far advanced. It is so
easy to propagate a few fresh plants every sea-
son that those who desire to cultivate this rose
by the simplest method should be prepared for
the loss of an old plant from time to time by
having young ones ready to take its place. —
W. Hinds in Garden.

NEW OR RARE PLANTS.

BiGNONiA MAGNiFiCA. — There are few more
beautiful plants than the several greenhouse
species of Bignonia or Trumpet vine. Bignonia
venusta, for instance, is one of the best known
and highly appreciated of all winter-flowering
plants. Here is another good addition, intro-
duced by Mr. Wm. Bull, of Chelsea, London,
who says :

"A free-growing and extremely floriferous

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plant, of scandent habit, introduced from the I an exceedingly attractive color, ranging from
United States of Colombia. The flowers, which ] delicate mauve to rich deep purplish crimson,

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are produced in large branching panicles, are I relieved by a conspicuous throat of light prim
of great size (about 3J inches^ across), and of | rose color."

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Fruit and Vegetable Gardening,

SEASONABLE HINTS.

Many like to get fruit trees in the fall, heel
them in, and so have them ready for the early
spring season. It is an excellent idea in many
respects. The wounds granulate, and are ready
to make new growth as soon as the spring
weather comes. Again, when we get trees in
the spring, they are often delayed, or we are de-
layed in setting them out, and spring is nearly
over before the work is done. Then the wounds
have not time to heal, and new fibres come be-
fore the demand for moisture, as the warm
weather proves too much and the plant dies.

All this is obviated by having the plants on
hand. But nothing is free from objection. As
usually done, the fall-procured trees are put in
loosely, slanting, and many roots are not in con-
tact with the soil. They do not heal, but dry up,
and this is a great injury. Now it should be re-
membered that it is the drying up of the stems
by cold, frosty winds, and not so much low tem-
perature, that injures fall planted trees. The
trees should, therefore, beset together as thickly
as possible, in a square block, in a sheltered
place, the earth pounded in as tightly as possi-
ble, and remain there till ready for them in
spring. The sheltered place keeps the winds
away; the planting thick in a square block,
keeps the winds from whistling through the
branches, and the pounding of the earth gives
every root a chance to heal and to work. A
couple of men can put in several hundred a day
in this way ; and though it took more time, it
would be time well spent.

The winter season is a very important one in
the management of fruit trees. Pruning is es-
pecially important. Some -believe that if the
foundation of a tree be properly laid in youth,
there will be no necessity to prune an adult tree.
This does not accord with the writer's expe-
rience. An intelligent examination, both with
the saw and good knife in hand, should be made
every winter. Real good, large, healthy leaves
in every part of a tree is of vast importance,
and these cannot be had when branches are
close together, smothering one another.

It should always be remembered in pruning
that we want sound, healthy wood to make
sound growth, and yet nothing is more common
than to see in dwarf pears, especially, the
healthy, vigorous shoots shortened back, and
loads of weak fruit-spurs left to make the next
season's growth ! Thinning out, not shortening
back, is what such trees require.

Pruning is very important, but above all, for
both apple and pear orchards, we bespeak a
liberal dressing— a top dressing of something or
another. If no manure is to be had, even com-
mon road sand will be found to have a beneficial
influence. Poverty of the surface soil is oftener
a cause of fruit failure than " grass," " change of
climate," or many imaginable ills brought up
from some ghostly cavern of thought to cover up
the poverty of pocket or oi industrial inclinations.

The treatment of the bark of fruit trees is
growing in importance with practical fruit'
growers. There is no doubt but that Dr. Warder,
Mr. Barry and other leaders in the practical
knowledge of fruit culture, are entirely correct
in the ideas they have publicly expressed, that a
tree perfectly healthy will throw off its useless
bark in its own way, in its own proper time,
without any aid but nature. Unfortunately our
methods of culture are too often against nature,
and it is rare to find trees so thoroughly vigorous
and healthy that they can dispense with the fos-
tering hand of man. We have, therefore, great
faith in bark treatment as an aid in successful
orchard culture. An unusual burst of hot
sun in summer, poor soil, attacks of scale or
other insects will often harden the smooth bark
of trees, so that the new growth of wood and
bark the following season cannot expand prop-
erly. The branch is practically enclosed in an
iron band. In this case slitting up the bark is a
speedy and positive remedy. So with the rough
bark, if it do not scale off easily and rapidly,
help it to scale by rubbing or washing it off.
The practical old fellows, both in the old world
and the new, have found this to be good practice
by hard-headed experience, and without having
the advantage of reading an article like this. In
every collection of good orchard tools and im-

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plements are found contrivances for rubbing off
useless bark. Annexed is a wire-glove, used in
Germany for taking off the rough bark of the
grape vine.

It is little use to attempt to grow vegetables
well, unless the soil is well treated. They may
be and are grown on thin soils, not only at a great
expense for manure, but at a great risk of dying
out in a dry season, and of having the roots rot-
ted out in a wet one. In these parts where the
frost has not yet been severe enough to injure
the celery crop, it may have another earthing
up. Care must be exercised in the operation
not to let the earth get into the hearts of the
plants, or they will be liable to rot. Where the
plant has evidently finished its growth for the
season, measures should be taken to preserve it
through the winter. For family use, it is proba-
bly as well to let it stay where it is growing,
covering the soil with leaves, litter or manure, to
keep out the frost, so that it can be taken up as
wanted. When large quantities are frequently
required, it is better to take it up and put it in a
smaller compass, still protecting it in any way
that may be readily accessible. It always keeps
best in the natural soil, where it is cool and moist
and free from frost, and whatever mode of pro-
tection is resorted to, these facts should be kept
in view. Beets, turnips, and other root crops,
will also require protection. They are best di-
vested of their foliage and packed in layers of
sand in a cool cellar. Parsnips are best left in
the soil as long as possible. If any are wanted
for late spring use, they may be left out to freeze
in the soil, and will be much improved thereby.
Cabbage is preserved in a variety of ways. If a
few dozen only, they may be hung up by the
roots in a cool cellar or buried in the soil, heads
downward, to keep out the rain, or laid on their
sides as thickly as they can be placed, nearly
covered with soil, and then completely covered
with corn stalks, litter, or any protecting mate-
rial. The main object in protecting all these
kinds of vegetables is to prevent their growth by
keeping them as cool as possible, and to prevent

shrivelling by keeping them moist. Cabbage
plants, lettuce and spinach sown last Septem-
ber, will require a slight protection. This is
usually done by scattering straw loosely over.
The intention is principally to check the fre-
quent thawings which draw the plants out of the
ground.

In making new vegetable gardens, a south-
east aspect should be chosen, as far as practica-
ble. Earliness in the crops is a very great de-
sideratum, and such an aspect favors this point
materially. Too great a slope is objectionable,
as inducing too great a run of water in heavy
rains. The plots for the crops should be laid ofi'
in squares or parallelograms, for convenience in
digging, and the edges of the walks set with box
edging. If water can be introduced, it is a great
convenience.

Sometimes broccoli does not head before there
is danger of frosts, especially if growing vigor-
ously. If taken up with small balls of earth,
and set in a damp cellar, they will still perfect
themselves.

Asparagus beds, after the tops have been
cleared off, are better covered with litter or
stable manure. The plants shoot easier for it
next season.

When the ground becomes frozen, or no other
work offers, preparation can always be made for
advancing prospective work when it arrives.
Bean-poles may be made; and if the ends are
charred, and then dipped in coal tar, the com-
monest material will be rendered nearly equal
to the best cedar.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

A HISTORY OF SOME CITY PEACH
TREES.

BY HON. LORIX BLODGETT.

[The following memoranda were sent to us,
with the excellent peaches to which they refer,
and are regarded as of sufficient interest in con-
nection with the history of peach culture to give
them a prominent place in our columns. — Ed.]

Blodgett's Golden Cling. — Three peaches, 6^ oz.
each ; 3 inches in diameter ; 8J inches in circum-
ference. Tree 16 years old — bearing 14 years.
Tree measures 24 inches in circumference 2 feet
from surface of earth.

Blodgett's Golden Pointed Cling. — Three peaches,
4 oz. each. Tree 16 years old — bearing 13 years.
Tree measures 22 inches in circumference 24
inches from surface.

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Blodgett's Golden Octohfr Cling.— Three peaches
— weight, 4 oz. each. Tree 16 years old— bear-
ing 13 years. Tree measures 38 inches in cir
cumference 2 feet from surfiice ; least diameter,
12 inches below branches, one branch 24 inches
in circumference 5 feet from surface.

Blodgett's Golden Freestone. — Three peaches,
these small — usual weight, 4 oz. ; many 8 oz.
Tree 16 years old — bearing 14 years. Measures
30 inches 24 inches from surface.

Blodgett's Crimson Cling. — Three peaches,
average weight, 3^ oz. ; these, the last on the

have been advocating the use of steam for heat-
ing hothouses. From my own observation,
where steam was used for the above purpose, the
operator was very often in very hot water.

Beds or Borders. — For the earliest house there
should not be any outside borders. The border
inside ought to be raised as for rose beds, but of
greater depth, say about twenty inches, with hot
water pipes beneath, and of course the drainage
must be of the most perfect kind. The soil
should be thus composed : One-half strong brown
loam, one-fourth light sandy earth, an eighth

tree, belong to September 20th ; very fine for part of leaf mould, an eighth part decayed cow
putting up. Tree 16 years old— bearing 14 years. ! manure; a moderate quantity of ground bone
Tree measures 24 inches 24 inches from the I may be added, or old lime rubbish will be better,
surface. ! as the bone is apt to generate a species of grub

Blodgett's Crimson i?'rees/one. — Two peaches, | which may be injurious. This bed or border is
last of season ; average weight, 3J oz; belongs under full control, and the vines can be rested
to September 20th. Tree 16 years old— bearing | sooner than if their roots extended outside the
14 years. Tree measures 26 inches in circum'

ference 2 feet from surface.

Miss Percival, White Freestone. — Average
weight, 3 oz. ; bears very heavily this year; often
weigh 7 to 8 oz. Tree 16 years old — bearing 14
years. Measures 21 inches in circumference
1 foot from surface. The Percival was greatly
injured by overbearing and the storm, yielding
7 bushels this year.

CRAPE CULTURE UNDER CLASS.

BY JOHN EGAN.

In mj' opinion there is no subject in horticul-
ture which has been more thoroughly ventilated
than that of grape culture. The most eminent
horticulturists, both in Europe and America,
gave it profound attention. Therefore, it seems
to me that 1 have accepted a very difficult task
in trying to make intereoting so well worn a sub-
ject. To try to give the full routine of culture,
would make this article too prosy, therefore I
will confine myself to its most important points,
and will begin with the proper structures for
this purpose.

The forcing house wherein grapes are intended
to be grown for the table in April or May should
be a lean-to, of whatever length required, twelve
to fourteen feet high, and of proportionate
width, and set to a due south aspect. For later
crops the house may be a double span, running
north and south. The retarding house should
face the west. As to heating by hot water, it is,
1 think, unnecessary to say much, being brought
to very great perfection. Some persons are and

grapery; consequently we can obtain much
earlier fruit. Many know with what difiiculty
their vines are induced to start with their roots
in a cold base ; this and the practice of pruning
before the foliage has entirely fallen, are the
causes of this difficulty, and valuable time and
fuel are lost thereby. For second early crops
this kind of border will not be necessary, and
those as at present in use are without doubt as
good as may be. The object in having a border
outside the house was, that when the roots had
filled the inside one they would find their way
outside. But in most of the houses I have had
in charge, I found hardly any inside the house;
they had nearly all found their way to the out-
side. The proper place to plant, in my opinion,
is at the centre of the house, and as they pro-
gress in growth, to lay down or bury three feet
of the cane annually ; in two years they will
appear as if planted originally at the foot of the
rafters. There will be no loss of fruit by this
mode, as some apprehend, as the layering will
not be performed until after the vines are pruned
in December. Mulching the inside and keeping
it so for a year or two will encourage the roots.
There is objection to borders outside the house,
as they are exposed to heavy rains, and being
generally very rich, retain moisture a great
length of time, and so injury to roots is apt to
occur, and this may happen just as the grapes
begin to color, and shanking and shriveling of
the fruit often follow. There ought to be some
protection used in these cases, so as to throw off
superabundant moisture.

Ventilation. — Most of the grape houses erected

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[November,

of late years have not sufficient ventilation, the
old style of houses being far better oflf in this re-
spect, especially where early fruit is not desired,
and also when the fruit is to be kept on the vine
for daily use. The varying shade cast by the
deep rafters and woodwork kept both foliage and
fruit in better condition than by the modern
fixed roof style of house.

Temperature. — About 50° Fahrenheit is enough
to begin with at night in the first stage of forcing,
and it should not pass 55° morning and night,
till all the buds have sprung. This is a point of
very. great importance in the forcing of grapes.
If the forcing be commenced with a dash, as
some fast young grape growers term it, and a
high temperature be kept up from the beginning,
the chance is that not more than one half the
spurs will start. It is best to imitate nature as
near as possible in all horticultural operations,
and the further we deviate from her laws the
quicker will retribution come. After the buds are
well started, the heat must be gradually raised
to 60°, 65° and 70°, to remain at that till the
bloom opens. This rise from 50° tg 7u° cannot
be effected in less time than two weeks. As the
bloom opens the vines should be jarred or shaken
in the morning to help impregnation, and the
Muscats should have a portion, say an inch or
so, of the extremity of the bunches cut off", as
this point hardly sets well, and if taken off" while
the cluster is in an embryo state will appear
more natural.

Watering and Syringing. — Syringing must be
done frequently from the start till the vines com-
mence to bloom, but watering must be attended
to at least twice a week, and then no homceo
pathic dose, but a thorough soaking, and along
till the grapes begin to color. Syringing must
be performed every evening in good weather,
until the grapes begin to swell off" for coloring.

Thinning. — Thinning the bunches, and also the
berries, is very important, as on severe thinning
depends, in a great degree, color, size, and with
good ventilation, flavor also.

Insects and Diseases. — In the grapery, even with
fair attention, we are often troubled with red
spider; and there, also, we often find the mealy
bug in all his glory. What brings him there?
Some enthusiastic gardener who wants to grow
a stove plant or orchid and has no other place
for them. We also find green fly and thrip. All
of these can easily be destroyed by syringing
with the following mixture: 1 gill kerosene, 2
lbs. whale oil soap, 1 lb. tobacco soap, 80 gall.

water. This will be more effective for the red
spider than sulithur or its fumes, and also for
mealy bugs. Funngations of tobacco are effectual
for destroying both the aphis and thiip.

Dry rot of the roots shows itself by the flag-
ging of the young leaves when exposed to the
sun, and shanking and shrivel, and all others,
()rincipally arise from severe summer pruning
and over-cropping. I think if the vines were
planted farther apart than they usually are, say
six feet, there would be some chance for the
plant to bear heavy crops, by reason of having
plenty of foliage and healthy roots to carry on the
circulation rapidly, and so draw and elabf)rate
sufficient nutriment to sustain it. Naturally a
plant extends its roots in proportion to its
branches. As this cannot be very easily done in
the gra{)ery, we ought to give the vines at least
some chance for existence, either by cropping
lightly or in some other way.

Varieties to Plant. — The Muscat of Alexandria,
Black Hamlturgh and Black Prince, for produc-
tiveness, flavor and other good qualities, stand
highest in the list of varieties; in fact, most of
the others with high sounding names are hardly
worth culture, many of our native varieties
being superior in every respect.

Pruning —I prefer the spur system to any
others, and should say the double spur. By this
mode we have always young wood which bears
fruit but once, and is then cut out and replaced
by a shoot of the same age which has not been
allowed to bear fruit.

I am afraid that I have exhausted your pa-
tience, but being a lover of the grape and its cul-
ture, will, I hope be accepted, as some excuse for
this prolix paper. — Read be/ore the New York
Horticultur'il Society.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

New White Grapes.— There was a time when
the editor welcomed the white grape. There
were not many good ones, and it was safe to
off'er a comparative opinion. Now it is reversed.
They are so numerous that he dare not under-
take to describe one, and say wherein it differs
from some one he has already seen. All that
can be done by the editor now is to record their
appearance and leave them to fight out the battle
for supremacy among themselves.

One of the latest of these brilliant appear-
ances in the viti-cultural sky, is the Stelton,

1882.

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337

raised by Mr. Thompson, of New Brunswick.
The bunches are about eight inches long, well
shouldered, rather loose, berries about the size
of Croton, and " not hard to take." It is com-
pared favorably in flavor with the Lady Wash-
ington.

Dandelions. — These have been so much im-
proved in France, that their culture, as a salad
herb, ranks with lettuce or endive.

Tomato Catsup.— There is a wonderful difTer-
ence among the various articles called Tomato
Catsup, from the rich sauce, so thick it will
hardly pour, to the thin, watery stuff that would
not keep but for the vinegar and salt it contains.
Every family should make its own, not only as
a matter of econonij', but of safety. If one
must buy, avoid the bright red, attractive look-
ing compounds, as they are artificially colored.
The cheap stuff sold to restaurants is made from
the peelings and other refuse of the canning
factories. Good catsup can only be made when
the fruit is in perfection ; towards the end of the
season, when the nights get cool, and growth is
slow, the fruit is watery and will not yield the
rich pulp of the best fruit. Select ripe tomatoes,
cutting away any green portions, cut in pieces,
stew until thoroughly done, and rub through a
sieve fine enough to retain the seeds. Evaporate
what passes the sieve to the desired thickness ;
for this, no rules by quantity can be given, as a
bushel of some tomatoes will yield twice as
much pulp as others. The evaporation should
go on over a slow fire, being careful not to scorch
it. When thick enough to pour from a cruet,
without inconvenience, add salt and spices.
Here the recipes give the greatest possible va-
riety. Be sure and use salt enough ; a chopped
onion or clove of garlic, tied ii cloth and cooked
in the pulp, to give just a suspicion of the flavor,
is liked by many ; allspice, black pepper, cay-
enne and mustard are the principal spices, and
are used according to the taste of the consu-
mers. One recipe directs for a half bjushel of
tomatoes; cloves, two teaspoon fuls ; cinnamon,
allspice and black pepper, two tablespoonfuls
each ; these are not to be ground, but bruised,
placed in a little bag and boiled in the pulp
while it is being evaporated ; when the pulp is
thick enough, remove the bag and add mustard,
ground, two tablespoonfuls; cayenne pepper,
two teaspoon fuls; good vinegar, two quarts, and
salt to the taste. Another recipe uses all ground
spices, viz. : For the pulp from ^ bushel of fruit :

allspice and cloves, | oz. each ; mustard, IJ oz. ;
black pepper, 3'oz ; mace, J oz. ; cayenne, i oz. ;
salt, 6 oz. or sufficient, and vinegar, 2 qts. Add
the spices, boil a minute or two, cool and bottle.
— Amer. Agriculturist.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Apples from Mecklenburg County, N. C. —
"M. W. C." writes: "You will please find a
small box of apples by express, prepaid. Not
that these are better or finer than any other
apple in these days, but that they are very old,
of many years standing, without a name. As far
as my knowledge extends, I think they were
some of the first apples introduced in this neigh-
borhood. I have seen them at several old home-
steads where the buildings were all gone, but the
old apple trees were still bearing tolerable fruit.
Not grafted; fruit trees commence to bear young.
Now what I claim for this apple is that it is
long-lived. There are trees on our place that
have been planted sixty years, and to my cer-
tain knowledge have not been cultivated for
forty-five years, yet are still in a state of tolerable
preservation, bearing a good crop of medium-
sized apples every alternate year. The tree is
not of a very nice growth, rather open, very
tough and strong. I never saw a branch break,
but will bend to the ground without breaking.
A good apple to bake, does not need much
sugar. Fine ciJer apple, good keeper, ripens
with the horse apple, and keeps much longer.
I think it would make a good fall apple in the
North. If you have the same apple with you I
would like to have the name, and you can test
the apples and let me have your opinion."

[These were certainly very fine apples. They
were, however, so very much like Sweet Bough
that it was difficult to find any difference, except
that one might say they were very fine speci-
mens if they had been given to us as really that
variety. They are in season in North Carolina
in September.— Ed. G. M.]

Pear from Wisconsin —" C. P.," Beaver Dam,
writes: "As we have been much interested in
the notices of new fruits in Gardener s Monthly,
we send you specimens of a seedling ' Pear ;'
tree, upright, strong grower, and apparently as
hardy as any of our iron-clad apple trees, and for
the past twenty years has been the least subject
to the blight of any pear we aave grown, ten
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[November,

scabby or badly cracked ; this one smooth and
fair."

[This is about the size and color of a small
Bartlett and of fair quality, not equal to other
catalogued kinds of the season. But it has a
fair appearance, and has solid flesh which would
permit of good marketing, and these good points
with its health, ought to make it valuable for
this high northern region. — Ed. G. M.]

Sprouting of Pear Roots.—" A. S. M.," Al-
toona, Pa., writes: "Can you tell me what
remedy will keep pear roots from sprouting, or
how can tree and all be killed?"

[Pear roots generally sprout when the variety
grafted on the stock is the weaker grower of the
two, or when the roots are injured by the spade,
plough, or vermin.

If pulled up while the wood is still soft, as
soon as we can get hold of them, they seldom
appear again the same season. — Ed G. M.]

Le Conte Pear. — "H.," Montgomery, Ala.,
says : " Will you please give your opinion of the
qualities of the Le Conte pear in the next issue
of the Monthly."

[The Le Conte is a very good flavored pear,
paler and somewhat narrower than the Kieffer.
Like that, and indeed all other pears, there is a
difi'erence in quality according to the part of the
tree the fruit is taken from. When from a very
weak branch, or from a tree which is allowed to
bear too freely, it is poor enough. Like Mother
Goose's little girl, " when she was good she was
good, but when she was bad, she was horrid.''
The Le Conte and Kieff'er are very poor trash
when ripened under unfavorable circumstances.
—Ed. G. M.]

Chinese Cling Peaches. — Mr. Charles Black,
Hightstown, N. J., writes: "I see inquiry of
'R. S.'in the Monthly for a white cling. We
send you a box containing two of Chinese Cling
and one Mammoth Cling. The former is red at
the seed, but the latter is pure white, and ripens
about two weeks earlier than Late Heath. The
latter never ripens well here, and colors full as
much as the Mammoth. The trees from which
we took the Mammoth are overloaded, and fruit
only medium size. There are plenty of white
clings in the South. We have two others of the
Chinese Clings that were raised by Mr. Berckmans,
Augusta, Ga., and I see he describes them as
white. We have them but not in fruit. We
grow several clings, but are all for the South.
We have but little demand for clings North. The

Chinese Cling is soft fleshed when fully ripe and
really good."

[The Chinese Cling is evidently a distinct race,
and there are doubtless many varieties of it. It
will be necessary to be particular about names.
-Ed. G. M.]

CoL. McFarland's Late Peach. — This peach
originated near Harrisburg, Pa , in 1874, being a
seedling of Late Crawford. It is of very large
size, specimens grown in the drouth of 1881
measuring over eleven inches in circumference,
and the size is well maintained throughout the
crop. Skin rich yellow, with a red cheek ; flesh
yellow, edged with red at the stone, from which
it parts freely; juicy, rich and high-flavored,
resembling the Susquehanna in quality. Tree
strong, vigorous and spreading, ripening a large
crop between Oct. 10th and 25th, after all other
peaches are gone in that section.

Charles Downing writes as follows, under date
of Oct. 14th, 1881, to Col. McFarland : "Your
basket containing three peaches was received
yesterday in good condition. They are large,
fine, showy peaches, of very good quality, es-
pecially for a variety ripening so late in the
season; and if they continue in size and quality,
and prove as good in other localities, they will
be an acquisition as a late market peach, and
also for home use."

[With the above we received, on the 5th of
October, some specimens confirming the char-
acter given there, and the opinion expressed by
Mr. Downing. They measure eight and a-half
inches round, and the flavor was fair for such a
late variety. — Ed. G. M.j

Peach from Chanute, Kansas. — " J. T." sends
a very fine peach which he proposes to call
" Golden October." The specimen sent came to
hand October 5th. It was rather above the
medium size, of a fine golden color, cling-stone,
with a moderately good flavor in comparison
with the best of its season. Peaches, especially
late peaches, are so numerous that its exact
value niust be measured by comparison with
others ripening with it at the same season.

Moore's Early Grape. — Mr. Moore says :
" We forward you per express this day a basket
of Moore's Early Grape. In the top of basket
will be found a medium-sized Concord grown in
the same vineyard."

[The Concord sent was smaller and inferior
to the best Concords raised here ; but if this is a
fair sample of the Concords of Massachusetts it

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AND HORTICULTURIST.

is safe to say that Moore's is one-third larger
every way and a much more eatable grape. —
Ed. G. M.]

The Triumph Grape. — A distinguished po-
mologist writes : " I, too, had the privilege of
tasting the Triumph which Munson sent to me,
and it is indeed a wonder in the way of hybrids.
Irdeed it seems scarcely credible that the Con-
cord should have been one of its parent*. Unless
the fact was undoubted I should suggest ' Chas-
selas Musqu^.' "

Jessica Grape. — Some specimens from D. W.
Beadle came to hand in a somewhat fermented
condition, but appeared to be a white grape of
very superior flavor. It is claimed to be a very
early variety, and, so far as we may be allowed
to judge from these imperfect specimens, it
promises very well indeed.

A New Plum.— " W.," Cayuga, X. Y., says ;
"I send you to-day a sample of my new seed-
ling plum, 'The Shipper's Pride.' This plum
has been under my notice for five years, and has
borne good crops each year. I would be glad to
get a favorable notice from you if the plum will
bear it."

[A large, round, dark purple plum of excel-
lent flavor. We are delighted with everything
about it except its name. It is bound to be

shortened to "Shipper," or "Pride," if it should
be lucky enough to get into general use. —
Ed. G. M.]

Kelsey's Japan Plum— "H.," Oakland, Cal.,
writes: "We forward you by mail a few speci-
mens of the Kelsey's Japan plum, a fruit just
coming into notice in this State, and is consid-
ered here as of great promise. This plum is one
of several varieties imported from Japan in
1876, by Mr. John Kelsey, of Berkeley, Califor-
nia, on whose place it has fruited for four years,
being the only one of the varieties imported
which has proved a success. During this time
it has proven to be a very prolific and regular
bearer, and a very marketable fruit. It is a re-
markably long keeper, making it valuable as a
shipping fruit."

[These came before the letter. On opening the
box it appeared to contain huge Stanwick nec-
tarines. The weight of an average one was
three and one-half ounces. The flesh was firm
and the flavor admirable. If it prove adapted
to our climate ; there can be no doubt of the
great value of the introduction. — Ed. G. M.]

James Vick Strawberry.— This new variety is
credited with being an abundant bearer. A cor-
respondent informs us that one plant on his
grounds at Rochester yielded one hundred and
eighty berries.

Forestry.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

SILK CULTURE IN NEBRASKA.

BY G. J. CARPENTER.

At the present time much is being said and
written in regard to silk culture. Indeed it is
time for the subject to be agitated in the United
States, for if once developed it will furnish lucra-
tive employment at their homes for thousands of
women and children, and add largely to the
national wealth of the land.

Perhaps a few practical ideas in regard to the
relative value of the different kinds of mulberry
used for silk culture, from one who is engaged
in the business, will be of interest to some of

your many readers. For the Northern States I
place at the head the Russian, brought to this
country about seven years ago by Russian Men-
nonites. 1st. Because it is perfectly hardy and
will thrive in any soil. 2d. It is a rapid grower.
3d. It produces large quantities of leaves, which
furnish silk of the finest quality, 4th. It pro-
duces the best fruit of all the mulberries, and
the greatest quantity of it. It can be grown to
the height of forty feet, and from three to five
feet in diameter, or can be sheared to any size
you like. There are eleven varieties of the Morus
alba, or white mulberry; among them is the
Morus Tartarica, Morus multicaulis, Morus Mo-
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Bat if I were to plant two acres— it matters
not in what part of the United States — one would
be Russian ; and then, if you tire of silk culture,
its fine fruit will more than pay for your labor
and expense of growing. Never plant the com-
mon American, or Morus rubra, near the paper
mulberry. And I would not advise planting
Morus nigra for silk culture. In Europe and
Asia, the mulberry is considered the most valua-
ble of all trees, for it produces the most delicious
fruit. Its timber is used in the arts and for fuel ;
the bark and fibre for paper, and its leaves pro-
duce the finest fabrics of silk. At some future
time I will send you an article on the different
kinds of silk worms.

[It seems proper to say to our readers that the
species or type of all these varieties, the Morus
alba is perfectly hardy over the greater part of
the United States, if not over every part of it.
and nobody who wishes to engage in silk culture
will go wrong in planting seed of the Morus
alba, or in growing trees of the ordinary Morus
alba seed. It is quite likely that in time there
will be found certain varieties of the white mul-
berry better adapted to some localities than
others, just as we find some varieties of apples
or grapes are ; but this is only a question of the
refinement of culture. People sometimes say
of the grape, they had better have Concords or
Clintons, than risk the coquettish dispositions of
better varieties. And they will find it true of
mulberry plants. If people had stuck to the
common white mulberry, — seedling mulberries,
instead of speculating iu the " multicaulis" va-
riety of it, with its large leaves and larger dis-
eases, they would not have had to deplore the
terrible ravages of disease among the silk worms
which stopped the demand and destroyed the
old 'Multicaulis mania." If people are wise
they will let well enough alone, before getting
into speculations about " improved varieties." —

Ed. G. M.]

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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Arguments for Tree Planting. — It is a great
gain to forestry to note that the weak arguments
for forestry, which bring the whole subject into
disrepute with persons of ordinary understand-
ing, and leave the topic to be handled by vision-
aries, are being gradually laid aside. There are
innumerable solid reasons why old forests should
be judiciously cared for, and new ones planted,
without resorting to bugaboos to frighten people

into what cool reason cannot sustain. A very
good point is made by Mr. T. T. Lyon, in a note
to the Michigan Farmer :

'* When, in going about our State, we see so
many farms stark and treeless, often with a
lonesome house, and perchance a barn also,
without a single tree or shrub, for either orna-
ment or shelter; and so very few that evince
thonyht and taste in this respect, it seemed
obvious to us that our people need no encour-
agement to go forward in the thoughtless work
of waste and destruction ; but our earnest efforts,
rather, to convince them that there is a possi-
bility of carrying this process too far; and even
that they may find actual profit, as well as pleas-
ure and comfort to themselves, their families
and their domestic animals, by sheltering their
crops, their gardens and orchards, and their
buildings as well, from the excessive force of the
winds."

Forest Fires.— At Montreal, the Committee
on Forest Fires presented a report recommend-
ing, first, the reservation of all pine and spruce
lands unfit for settlement for lumbering pur-
poses exclusively; second, the prohibition of the
burning of brush by settlers in the vicinity of
fir trees during the months of May, June, Sep-
tember and October; third, ihe division of the
timber country into districts, and the appoint-
ment of police, under a superintendent with
magisterial powers, whose duty it shall be to
detect and punish offenders, and provide for the
extinguishment of fires; fourth, the cost of
maintenance of this protection against fire might
partially be met by the imposition of a moderate
tax on those owning or leasing timber lands.

It must be apparent that when there is abun-
dant dry and decaying material underneath
large forest trees, there is nothing whatever in
these resolutions calculated to prevent forest
fires. The only feasible plan seems to be the
one we have often suggested, namely, not to
permit this material to remain. With this rotten
and rotting material gone, we have absolute
protection, and it thus becomes an arithmetical
question whether it is cheaper to spend a few^
hundred thousand dollars for a certain protec-
tion, than lose millions on millions, and this,
too, annually, not to say supporting thousands
of office holders as police and superintendents,
simply in the effort to "punish" those who may
be "offenders," whoever that may be, after a
year or more of a pending lawsuit has proved
them such ; and provided always that such
probable "offender" be caught at all.

Encouragement of Forestry in Canada. —
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chap, xiii., offers a bonns of $12 per acre to any
one wlio will plant an acre of ground with trees
and keep it well preserved. And no person is
permitted to clear land by fire between July 1st
and September 1st. It is aU)0 SHid an ''arbor
day" is to be instituted by the Dominion gov-
ernment.

Frame Buildings in Cities —Geo. May Powell
suggests that shingle roofs and frame buildings
should not be tolerated in closely built-up towns,
and that this would, in some measure, lessen the
demand on our forestry supplies.

Forests of the Wabash Valley.— Mr. Robert
Ridgway says that in the Wabash Valley there
are found no less than thirty- four species of large
timber trees — that is to say, trees which some-
times reach 100 feet high.

Insect Borers in the Yellow Locust. — It
eeems there is not a portion of the American
Continent — at least in the Atlantic portion
where the yellow locust is free from the borer.
In Canada it seems as bad as further soutn, judg
ing from a remark by Dr. Beadle in the Forestry
Congress at Montreal, who said that the town ol
St. Catharines at one time had so many locust
trees that people could feel their perfume even
while approaching the town from a distance,
but he did not think they could find a dozen
now, as they had been destroyed by the borers
and other insects.

Forestry in Canada. — Among the number of
very interesting papers at the Forestry Congress
was one by Mr. Marler, of Montreal, on the denu-

dation of forest lands. In the course of his re-
marks he said that the Province of Quebec is the
principal territory from whence the mercantile
lumber is drawn. " When I say mercantile lum-
ber I speak of those trees which make up the
lumber trade, and are taken from the following
list: Oak, Elm, Ash, Birch, Walnut, Butternut,
Hickory, Iron Wood, Maple, Basswood, White
Birch, Beech, Poplar, Cherry, Balm of Gilead,
Plane tree, Willow, Pine, Spruce, Larch, Cedar,
Balsam, Hemlock.

"There are two large belts of timber land in the
Province of Quebec, one on the south side of the
St Lawrence, the other and greater on the north
side. The first extending from Gaspe, the Bay
des Chaleurs, which divides it from New Bruns-
wick ; thence along the high lands on the bound-
ary line until it strikes the head waters of the
Connecticut river ; thence along the line of 45°
of north latitude to the St. Lawrence, by which
it is bounded in front. This belt consists of
about 30,000 square miles. The other from be-
low the Saguenay to the Ottawa, and thence two
hundred miles north of the St. Lawrence, and
consists of about 120,000 square miles.

" Until a few years back these great belts of
timber land were reached only by the streams
running through them, and could only be de-
vastated by the lumberman a few miles each
side of these rivers, leaving large spaces un-
touched by the woodman's axe. But since
twenty years this great belt has been intersected
by some dozen railroads, which are now work-
ing into these reserves."

Natural History and Science.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

CALADIUM ESCULENTUWI.-NYMPH/EA
AMPLA.

BY PROF. S. B. BUCKLEY, AUSTIN, TEXAS.

It is supposed by many that the Caladium
eeculentum is a native of South-western Texas,
from its abundance in and around the head-
waters of the San Antonio, Comal and San
Marcos rivers.

Lately, when at New Braunfels, I asked an

intelligent man — who had lived in that region
about thirty years— if the Caladium was there
indigenous. He said not; that he remembered
when it was first planted at New Braunfels
nearly thirty years ago, from whence it had
spread by being transplanted at other places.
It is a native of tropical and semi tropical
America. Last spring I saw it growing in>the
Lampazas springs of Mexico, about seventy five
miles south west of Laredo.
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lily, Nymphaea ampla, with its flowers placed on
long stems, rising six to twelve inches above the
water. Its flowers are about three inches in
diameter, white and very fragrant. Its large
floating leaves are crenately mucronate; under-
neath, prominently veined and reddish purple.
It would probably thrive in the waters of South-
western Texas, and may yet be found there.

INSECTS IN PITCHERS OF NEPENTHES.

BY CHARLES CRUCKNELL, ST. LOUIS, MO.

I have just read your article on Nepenthes
rajah. My attention has been particularly di-
rected to the statement, "But no one appears to
have noticed that the Nepenthes catch insects,
and Darwin makes no mention of them among
his 'Insectivorous Plants.' "

My impression is, that I examined at least
fifty pitchei-s last season, and found insects in
all of them. But to make sure of my position
in this matter, I went into the stove house this
morning and examined six pitchers taken j)ro-
miscuously from six different plants which are
suspended from the rafters of the house. The
first pitcher (N. Isevis), contained eight dead
flies. The second, a hybrid, had two centipedes
in it. The third had three flies, a blue-bottle
fly, two centipedes, an insect I did not recog-
nize, and several mosquitoes. The remaining
three had combinations of the above-named
insects in them. They had evidently been
drowned in the liquid secretion found in the
bottom of the pitchers.

I have long since come to the conclusion that
a moist atmosphere, with a temperature ranging
from 85° to 100°, Fahrenheit, has more to do
with the size of the pitchers than anything else.

assist in keeping the flocks on the pike until the
summit of the mountain was reached.

I doubt if a large flock was ever driven acrosa
it without the loss of several from eating Kalmia.
I have seen them lie down to die before they
could be driven from the thickets into the high-
way. My grandfather kept large flocks of sheep,
and I can remember one occasion when a deep
snow fell leaving nothing green but the Kalmia,
and the flock could not be found until late the fol-
lowing day (being in a very large range). When
we found them a very large portion of the flock
weredead with the Kalmia leaves in their mouths.
They were found in groups about Kalmia plants —
in one case five died just where they ate. Within
two years my partner in the fruit farm had a
valuable heifer in company with a small flock
of sheep in a range where he had directed the
hired men to cut out all the Kalmia. In a few
places the Kalmia had sprouted up, and after a
fall of snow looked temptingly green. The heifer
was found dead with portions of the Kalmia
protruding from her mouth. I could multiply
these instances. But it seems to me a direct
experiment would convince the most skeptical.
Any one willing to sacrifice a sheep by allowing
it to eat Kalmia leaves, could have it demon-
strated to his satisfaction that it is a poison,
chemistry to the contrary notwithstanding.

Sheep accustomed to the sight of it were never
known to eat it except when the ground was
covered with snow; but flocks driven by it from
the western country, would eat it if permitted.

IS THE KALMIA POISONOUS?

BY Q. A. LOBINGIER, STEUBENVILLE, OHIO.

I have been observing the controversy re-
garding the poisonous qualities of Kalmia.
I confess I cannot understand why chemistry
fails to show that it is a most deadly poison.
My earliest recollections are coupled with the
aid the boys of my native village gave to the
men who drove cattle and sheep across the
mountains before the days of railroads. Our
village was at the base of the naountain, which
was three miles to its summit, and the pike,
lined on either side by dense thickets of Kalmia
— the especial dread of sheep drovers. The boys
of the village were employed by the drovers to

INFLUENCE OF POLLEN IN CROSS-
I FERTILIZING.

j BY E. S. CARMAN, EDITOR OF RURAL NEW YORKER.

j " It is well known in hybridizing, that the
I female parent may be exactly reproduced though
i under the influence of pollen very unlike its
j own. This was proved especially by the experi-
ence of Mr. Francis Parkman among lilies;
Lilium Parkmanni being the only remarkable
I departure from the female type. There is proba-
I biy no reason why the inverse might not be true
' — that is the female wholly reproducing the
male form, and this experience with the rose
points that way. — Ed. G. M."

The above, from Gardener's Monthly, 1880,
page 311, reminds me of a bit of my own ex-
perience which is given below from the Rural
New Yorker, of August 12, page 537.

" In this connection we beg to narrate a bit of
experience which may interest botanists who
have been engaged in crossing flowers. Four
years ago we raised several plants from the seeds

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of Hibiscus Moscheutos, the Swamp Rose Mai
low. As soon as the buds matured sufficiently
to bear it, the petals were unfolded and the
anthers very carefully cut off and brushed out
with a camel's-hair bru-sh while yet they were
quite green. Pollen from the Rose of Sharon
(Hibiscus Syriacus) in liberal quantities was a
little later applied to the stigmas. Xot less than
fifty buds were so treated, while every other bud
not so emasculated was cut off as soon as formed.
Xow it should appear that any seeds that formed
in the manipulated flowers, were the result of
hybridization between H. Moscheutos and H.
Syriacus. Seeds matured so abundantly tha,t
the work was repeated with, if possible, addi-
tional care, only to give the same results. From
these seeds we raised about one hundred plants,
in the house the following winter, about twenty-
five of which were planted out of doors in the
spring. All of them bloomed, but neither in
bloom, stem or in leaf was there or is there (we
have still a dozen of the plants) the slightest
variation from Hibiscus Moscheutos."

During two seasons past, I have spent much
time in crossing wheats. I have been very care-
ful to remove the three anthers from each flower
whilfi yet they were immature. Whenever they
(the anthers) showed a tint of yellow, an evi-
dence of approaching maturity, I have destroyed
the anthers. Nevertheless seventy-five per cent,
of the heads from plants raised from this crossed
seed could not be distinguished from those of
the mother plant.

I trouble you in this matter to give some
evidence of the potency of the female over
the male parent.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Hybrid Cotton. — Some months since we
made note of a reported variety of cotton raised
between the okra and true cotton. This news
was thought important enough to be sent to
every leading paper through the medium of the
Associated Press dispatches, a reputable organi-
zation for collecting news, or it would not have
been thought worth repeating in these pages.
As then said in our note, it is not impossible that
a hybrid might be obtained between two genera
as closely related as. these. In Gesneracese such
genera have become badly mixed. In this case
it was simply a question of fact against an im-
probability. We wrote to the Mr. Subers, of
Macon, Ga., for a sample of his hybrid cotton,
and such information about the manner of his
procedure in crossing as we could have for our
readers. No answer has been received, and we
feel bound, therefore, to suppose that the story

is nonsense, and the Associated Press owes ita
reputation to inquire into the imposition prac-
ticed on it. We would suggest that that " news "
agent be changed.

Death and Birth of New Species of Plants.
— The Independent says : " Those who contend
for the continual appearance of new species on
the earth derive much aid in their argument
from the evident continual disappearance of old
ones. It would not be consistent with our idea
of the new creations unless it was evident that
they succeeded extinct forms ; nor is it in har-
mony with all we know of nature to conceive of
continual extinction unless we admit new forms
appear to continue the work of nature. Among
plants it is not uncommon to find some species
so rare that but a faw specimens are known to
exist. These are often found in localities wide
apart, and, as they must have in former times
been more closely connected, but show no indi-
cations of connections now, they are regarded as
species on the highway to the grave. In the
Southern Alleghany regions are many of these
disappearing forms, and there are quite a num-
ber in the North. Corema Conradii, a curious
plant, with the habit of an Erica, but belonging
to the order Empetracefe, is an illustration.
Turrey and Knieskern found it in New Jersey,
but it has not been since seen where they dis-
covered it. It was also once found on Long
Island, but has disappeared from there. A few
plants have been found at Cape Cod, at Bath in
Maine, and in Newfoundland. No doubt there
may be a few more isolated places where it may
yet be found. Recently Mr. Aubrey H. Smith, a
Philadelphia botanist, has announced the dis-
covery of a few plants in the Palmaghatt Pass,
of the Shawangunk Mountains, in New York.
The wide distribution of the localities show that
the plant in the long ages past had a wide range,
and its disappearance in the intervening spaces
was wholly the work of natural agencies, and
probably long before even the Indian existed on
this continent.

Nepenthes Madagascariensis. — In view of the
lesson on Nepenthes given in our last, it seems
that an illustration of another, to follow it, show-
ing in what respects one species may differ from
another, may be very useful. The present one
was recently introduced by Messrs. Veitch, from
Madagascar, through Mr. Curtis. Occuring thus
at the extreme western limit of the Nepenthes
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leaves and pitchers which clearly distinguish it
from the other species and hybrids to cultivation,
and render it an important acquisition in this
remarkable class of ])]ants.

The jnoderate growth of the young plants
seem to indicate that the species is of rather

The pitchers, which are from six to eight
inches long, are extremely ornamental and strik-
ing OH account of the richness of their colora-
tion, being the deepest colored known, and
rivalling in this respect the magnificent N.
sanguinea. They are furnished with two hand-

dwarf habit. The leaves are smaller than those
of most of the large-pitchered kinds, being but
from five to seven inches long by one and a half
in breadth, tapering at the base into a short,
broad amplexicaul stalk, and narrowing gradu-
ally into an acute lance-shaped point.

some fringed wings in front, and an oblong lid
suspended (in the young pitchers) horizontally
over the mouth.

The Giant Tree of California.— As is now
tolerably well known, the mammoth tree of
California was at first supposed to be a new

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gpnns, and named Washiiigtonia by Dr. Kellogg.
Lindley hIso siippoped it t(i be distinct, and either
ignorant of or ignoring Kellogg, named the sup-
posed new genus Wellingtonia. But neither of
these determinations stood the test of botanical
rules, and the plant was finally referred to a
genus already established, namely, Sequoia.
Dr. Kellogg now claims, at least, priority f ir his
common name, Washington cedar. Unfortu-
nately, popular names to be popular must be
adopted by the people, and the people in their
adoptions know no rule of priority, or any rule
but popular fancy. However, it is but just to
Dr. Kellogg, one of the most eminent and earnest
workers in the early field of California botany,
that he should have all due credit for his work.
This is what he has to say about its early name,
and his connection with the plant's discovery:

"As historic truth demands it, it is but just to
say. I, myself, took Mr. Lobb to the California |
Academy of Sciences, and showed him the first j
specimens he ever saw of this marvelous, now
world renowned, Washington cedar, which was
so named by me before he ever saw the tree.
The tact is well known to the old charter mem-
bers of tlie Academy, several of whom are still
living. It is, therefore, the earliest among com-
mon names, and claims precedence, by ail cour-
tesy, in point of time, as also in appropriateness
of honor. Our relations to its earliest identifica-
tion we leave to the historian of the future."

Origin of the Treeless Pr.^iries. — In an
address before the Academy of Natural Sciences,
of PliiU\del|ihia, a couple of years ago, Mr. Thos
Meehan pointed out that there Wi\s no known
agent but fire which could prevent a border line
of forests from gradually spreading over the
grassy prairies; that only for the annual Indian
fires the great prairies of the West would long
ages ago have been impenetrable forests. This
view seems to be coming into general favor. In
a recent issue of the " Proceedings of the Na-
tional Mu.seum," Mr. Robert Ridgeway says :

"That the numerous small prairies which
were common in the Wabash Basin at the time
of its first settlement have become transformed
into woodland, and that, owing to this gradual
change of prairie to forest, the actual area of
forest in Wabash and the adjoining counties in
Illinois is greater than fifty years ago. Exten-
sive woods ot oak and hickory more than eighty
feet high, and with trunks nearly two feet
through, are now growing on what was open
prairie within the memory of some of the pres-
ent owners of the land. 'This is interesting as
a slight indication of the solution of the mystery
whicli invulves the origin of the prairies; while
the rapidity with which these new woods have
sprung up shows that the reproduction of our

failinsr forests can he accomplished in a shorter
time than is generally supposed, if proper con-
sideration and attention can only be given to
the subject.' "

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SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Truffles. — A correspondent refers to state-
ments made in variou'* "local histories" of the
truffle being found in the United States, and asks
whether we know of such instances. In reply,
we can only say, that we have often met with
such statements, but they always seem to be
founded on mere ''hear-say" evidence, which,
without other confirmation, is not satisfactory.
On the whole, it is safest to believe that the
truffle has not been found in the United States.

Sheep and Kalmia. — A Texas sheep raiser
says: " I would be willing to waste a sheep on
you, 'pizen ' it with kalmia leaves and then ship
it to you ; but then I can't be certain that you
won't declare that, though it's dead and the
leaves in its stomach, you are ' not convinced'
that I did not feed it on strychnia or some other
vile thing. Well, it's a mystery, and if I had the
same reason for thinking as you do, and did not
love the reasons I have for my opinion, I should
change it."

[It seems necessary to repeat that we have
never said sheep are not sometimes killed by
kalmia and other leaves. Our point is that the
kalmia is not a poisonous plant, or chemists
would find the poison in it. — Ed G. M ]

Use for Yucca Leaves.— "H." referring proba-
bly to Texas, says : '* I can add another use for
yucca leaves. The early settlers, the buflalo
hunters and Indians in Northern Texas use it for
hanging up their meat to dry ; the sharp point
obviating the use of a knife. The hunters salt
the choicest parts of the buffalo in a hole in the
ground which they line with hides, then run a
yucca leaf through and hang over the camp fire
to smoke."

[It might be worth while to grow yucca around
fishing stations for stringing fish. Looking on at
a boatload of weak fish and croakers recently,
it occurred to the writer that there was a great
deal of time lost in punching the little gills with
a pointed stick in order to string them into
dozens and half-dozens. A yucca leaf would
serve at once for needle and string. But perhaps
fishermen have no great need to save time. —
Ed. G. M.l

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Literature, Travels \ Personal Notes.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

THE ROMANCE OF HERBACEA.

BY WM. T. HARDING, MOUNT HOLLY, N. J.

I feel impelled to say how much Mr. Suther-
land's remarks — or rather as corrected, Mr.
Manning's— in the September Monthly, coin-
cide with my own views regarding '• Hardy Her-
hrtceous Plants for general cultivation." And
with him I much regret their delightful presence
is not with us, in this year of grace, as they used
to be in days gone by.

Vivid recollections of the old-fashioned her-
baceous flower borders, as they appeared in
multiform beauty fifty years ago, are as visible
in ideality now, as they were then in reality.
But of these once gay, odorous beauties, we may
painfully ask: Where are they ? as even their
names are seldom, or never, mentioned now.
Surely their tender, humanizing mission is not
ended yet. All moralists, philanthropists, or
intelligent persons who take a warm interest in
the general welfare of their fellow creatures,
cheerfully admit that flowers have, besides their
great importance in the economy of nature, an
testhetic and happy influence on the social
affairs of mankind "in the pursuits of life,
health and happiness."

So just and true to nature is George Eliot's
delineation of hardy perennials, or herbaceous
plants, that her admirers will remember her
description in "Adam Bede," of " a once well-
tended kitchen garden of a manor house." It
is a choice bit of word-painting, worthy of Bus-
kin in his best efforts. It bore traces of better
days, although then sadly neglected " in that
leafy, flowery, bushy time, * * * there were the
tall holly-hocks beginning to flower and dazzle
the eye with their pink, white, and yellow," &c.,
which to the mind's eye seems as if they were
actually present. And the inimitable, incom-
parable Sir Walter Scott, when "forging the
hand-writing of nature," no writer was more
expert. And how charmingly he lays before
his enraptured readers quaint and pleasant
scenes around old ancestral halls, baronial parks,
and pleasure grounds, or antique monastic gar-
dens. For instance, * * * " the enumeration of
plants, herbs and shrubs, which his reverend
conductor pointed out to him ; of which this

was choice, because of prime use in medicine;
and that more choice for yielding a rare flavor
to pottage; and a third choicest of all, because
possessed of no merit but its extreme scarcity."
In these ancient places our forefathers proudly
displayed their love of herbaceous plants, and
as skilled herbalists, their knowledge of medici-
nal herbs, or 'physic plants," which were gener-
ally arranged in long beds, or parallel borders
alongside of each other, in strict accordance
with the ways of the simple, goodly folk of ye
olden time.

But as I am writing in the year '82, I must
come back to the time and no longer diverge
from the blessed harbingers as they are, of the
advent of smiling spring, who come with the
first peep of the cheery Snowdrop, Crocus, Saxa-
fraga oppositifolia. Anemone Appenina, Adonis
vernalis, Arabis Alpina, Primrose and Hyacinth,
with other early flowers, whose coy glances at
one another seem like a happy recognition and
welcome as each floral sister returns to the ver-
nal scene. And afterwards, through the chang-
ing seasons of the year, what a galaxy of superb
loveliness seems to spring up where the benign
footsteps of " Flora" has touched, until chilly
"Old Boreas," with his frosty fingers, plucks the
last Helleborus niger, or Christmas rose, in the
wintry snows.

Now this is no garish picture of an imaginary
scene, but is in reality, simply "holding up the
mirror to nature," so that all may see how ex-
quisitely beautiful are the fair features of flowers.

Perhaps it may be thought of what I have
said about the subject, that the couleur de rose
has been too lavishly used But you, Mr. Editor,
with many of the Monthly's kind readers, will
know the writer's enthusiastic admiration for
herbaceous plants has not carried him in their
description to the verge of exaggeration.

To give a list of a moderate number would be
a pleasant task for the writer. But as Mr. Man-
ning hints at so doing, I will not attempt it.
Assured by the editor of his abilities in that
line, it would seem invidious to trespass on his
chosen ground; so will leave it for him to do in
his own perspicuous manner. Fully indorsing
all he says about it, I would advise a re-perusal
of his excellent article ; and if, after so doing,
any one should decide to follow his suggestions.

1882.

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then personally consult him or any other intelli-
gent florist about the supply of plants, &c. ; and
he, or they, will gladly furnish their patrons —
who delight in causing two flowers to grow where
but one grew before— with proper instructions.

HISTORY OF THE PEACH IN AMERICA.

BY HON. LORIN BLODGETT, PHILADELPHIA.

I have for many years believed the American
peach to be indigenous, having seen it growing
in the woodlands of Virginia and Maryland, and
showing its blossoms in the spring among the
ordinary trees at the height of thirty or forty
feet. And I have now come upon a striking
statement of William Penn, in confirmation of
this view, found in his letter to his Friends of
16th August, 1683, which I transcribe.

In paragraph V. of this letter, he says : " The
fruits that I find in the woods are white and
black mulberry, chestnut, walnut, plumbs, straw-
berries, cranberries, hurtleberries and grapes of
divers sorts. * * * Here are also peaches, and
very good and in great quantities, not an Indian
plantation without them ; but whether naturally
here at first I know not. However, one may
have them by bushels for very little ; they make
a pleasant drink, and, I think, not inferior to
any peach in England, except the true Newing-
ton."

As Penn saj's, in the same letter, "the first
planters here were the Dutch, and after them
the Swedes and Finns," it does not appear
probable that the cold north of Europe could
easily have distributed here this fruit, of Persian
origin, in such abundance as to be " on every
Indian plantation " in 1682. I am not aware
that any one has written up the matter, and
have not at this moment time to examine the
old narratives. I don't know why the peach
should not as reasonably be native here as the
mulberry or strawberry, the walnut or the
chestnut.

I have trees in my garden that show^ every
evidence of the qualities ascribed to indigenous
growths. One peach tree, sixteen years of age,
is thirty-eight inches in circumference at two to
four feet from the surface, with branches five feet
from the ground twenty-four inches in circum-
ference, and it is as hardy and robust as a honey
locust standing twenty feet away. I have still
twenty-five trees of various ages, all seedlings,
from twelve to sixteen years from the seed, pro-
ducing large crops of valuable fruit every year.

I have tried to follow the example of the good
Indians whom Penn in this letter describes with
much enthusiasm, and I have been rewarded, as
they were, by bushels of fine peaches every
year for the last fourteen. They come up as
seedlings with freedom at all times, and more
than half of all I have grown have produced
valuable fruit, many of them of superior char-
acter, as you have seen.

[This very interesting note from Mr. Blodgett
suggests to us to express regret that nothing has
been done to any extent to trace from authentic
records the history of our fruits on this continent.
The authors of all our works on fruits content
themselves with mere practical details. One
who would go into this matter with the intelli-
gent zeal of the genuine hi-torian, would render
a great service to his country.

As regards the particular question raised by
Mr. B., namely, the indigenous character of the
peach, there are botanical reasons, which need
not be given here, which would leave scarcely a
bare probability that such could be the case.
There is not a botanist, careful as they usually
are with opinions, who would hesitate to say
from certain known facts that it was not possi-
ble for the peach to be indigenous to the Ameri-
can continent. But we need not dwell on this
point, because there is more reason for the con-
jecture that the Indians obtained the peach
from the white man. It must not be forgotten
that for a hundred years before this letter of
Penn's was written, various colonies had started
from the Old World and settled in different places
along the coast from what is now North Caro-
lina to Massachusetts. The seeds of the fruits,
grains and vegetables of the Old World were
brought with them ; and though we have before
us no specific statement that they brought peach
stones, why should they not? The Dutch and
the Swedes had numerous settlements on both
sides of the Delaware for a quarter of a century
before Penn started his colony — one of them,
Warner, having a large garden and farm no leas
than four miles from the Delaware, over in
what is now known as West Philadelphia. Re-
liable records place a population of at least 3,000
when William Penn arrived. As the peach will
reproduce itself in two or three years from the
seed, there was plenty of time for the plant to
have spread among the Indians even from these
settlers, to say nothing of the sources which ex-
isted elsewhere. Champlain's party, which
arrived in 1608, is known to have given the In-

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dian the apple, and why not the peach? But
there is a letter in existence written a year he-
fore this one quoted from Pen n, by a "Jersey-
man," Mahlon Stacy, and he remarks: "We
have peaches by the cart load, and the Indians
bring us seven or eight fat bucks a day." The
wording of this would indicate that " we," that
is, the settlers, had the peach trees and the In-
dians the deer. No doubt the Indians also culti-
vated them, for the leaders, or "Sachems," had
plantations, in which they grew many things,
and they lived in comparative peace with the
white settlers. How rapidly the peach was prop-
agated by the early settlers may be inferred
from the statement of Oldmixon, that the Ger-
mantown road, then but a cart road or trail, a
length of at least twelve miles, was lined with
peach trees along its whole length. This was in
1700. No doubt it early escaped Irom cultiva-
tion, and wild trees may have been found in
some abundance, but as to actual indigenity it
must be concluded the facts are against it.

It is, however, a very interesting topic, and we
shall be very glad to have notes bearing on the
early history of the peach or any other fruit.

It may be noted that in the extract made by
Mr. Blodgett, the white and black mulberries are
named. These, though found in the woods, are
evidently forms of Morus alba, found wild in the
woods now as in Penn's time, and must have
been introduced in early times as well as the
peach, as no one would regard them as indi-
genous any more than the peach. — Ed. G. M.]

FRUITING OF A MALE TREE OF CEPHA-
LOTAXUS FORTUNII.

BY P. J. BERCKMANS, AUGUSTA, QA.

I send you by this mail a few fruits of Cepha-
lotaxus Fortunii. Although I have grown this
species for twenty-five years past, this is the fir:<t
time during that period of fruit being produced.

My object in sending you .this fruit is to show
there is a greater variation in the sex of the
flowers of some trees than is generally supposed.
Siebold describes the genus Cephalotaxus as
dioecious. For many years I thought this correct,
as my tree produced only male flowers. This
year a large proportion of the flowers were
female, and the result is a heavy crop of plum-
like fruit, giving a beautiful appearance to the
tree.

My specimen trees were received from Bel-
gium ia 1858 ; the female variety died after a

couple of years planting, and those received
since are planted at a considerable distance from
the male tree. The female appears in every re-
spect identical with Ceplialotaxus drupacsea.
The male tree, so called, has certainly proved to
be monoecious tliis year, and I believe, therefore,
that the word dioecious cannot altogether be re-
lied upon as regan's this variety.

Some seedling trees of Japanese persimmon
produced nothing but male flowers during six
years. The seventh, about one female flower to
three hundred male. The eighth year, one
female flower to about one hundred male, show-
ing a gradual change in the inflorescence, and as
the trees became older they became fruitful.

[Tills very interesting note, coming so soon
after the discovery, that Salisburia, or the Ginko
tree, is probably monoecious, will leave few, if
any, truly dioecious genera among coniferae. In
regard to the appearance of the male flowers, it
is generally the case that they appear a year or
several years before the appearance of the female
flowers although branches which bear female
flowers, as they become weakened by age, bear
male flowers only ! This appears to be a general
law, and it might therefore be expected that a
tree, many years male, and which would thus
give some ground for regarding its species as
dioecious, might become female.

Another point is that Prof. Karl Koch believed
Cephalotaxus Fortunii to be but a barren or male
form of C. drupacea, though the last seems to be
the only form in Japan, while the other is
credited to China. The leaves and habit of the
two are different, but this might be but sexual
characters, which often extend to foliage and
habit as well as to floral characters But we
have often seen the fruit of C. drupacea, especi-
ally on the grounds of A. D. Brown, E^q., of
Princeton, and they are much larger and dif-
ferently formed from those of Mr. Berckmans,
though not having both before us the exact
characters cannot be noted. If Mr. Berckmans
finds the foliacious character still different in
the fruiting specimens of each, the fact will go
far towards confirming the tendency of botanical
belief, that the two are distinct species. — Ed.
G. M.] _^_

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Intelligent Correspondents who read, will
find the lollowing " words to the wise" suffi-
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pass the following three pearls unheeded, ac-
cording to the proverb :

.1// cnmmunicntions relating to advertisfments,
subscriptions, or other business. mnM be addressed
to the pvblisher, 814 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia.

All re/errivfj to the reading vvitter of the maga-
zine must be mailed to the editor. Germantown, Pa.

No express packagps for the editor received unless
prepaid ; and marked " Paid through to Gervian-
totvn, Pa."

Silk Culture in the South. — Col. M. B. Hill-
yard, who did much to aid in the founding of
McComb City, in Misisissippi, and has been so
closely identified with the introduction of nu-
merous Southern industries, has for some time
past been successfully engaged in the encourage-
ment of silk culture. Few men have labored
more earnestly or more successfully in restoring
to the South prosperity through industrial enter-
prises than Col. Hillyard.

Testimonial to the Kieffer Pear. — In a
prominent catalogue just it^sued we read :

" ' I have eaten fruit of Kieffer's Hybrid that
was equal in luscious richness to any pear I ever
ate. 1 have never tasted a bad or indifferent
pear of this kind. Every oTie was delicinus. I
regard it as the most wonderful production of
the age, and the beginning of a new era in pear
culture. As yet no case of blight on KiefFer has
been known.' Also, 'Jniagine the old Sand
pear tree with its vigorous growth and orna-
mental foliage, loaded with pears as beautiful as
the finest Flemish Beauties, and you can form
some faint idea of the wonderful api)earance of
this tree.' — Thomas Meehan, Editor Gardener's
Monthly."

If the date had been given to the above, there
could be no cause to comment; but our readers
know that during the few past years the giver of
that opinion then, has since recorded cases of
absolutely worthless Kiefier pears, ar.d also in-
stances where the tree has suffered severely from
the genuine fire-blight. "A^ yet," in that state-
ment, was not intended to mean 1882.

Kenilworth Ivy. — We note by a contempo.
rary that this plant "is not an ivy, but the
Linaria cymbalaria of botanists," and that "its
proper English name is Creeping Sarah." Per-
haps it is no more a "Sarah" than an "ivy"
— but it seems hardly worth while to dispute
about these things.

Hiram Sibley. — The head of the seed-house of
Hiram Sibley & Co., and which is the successor
of the former house of Briggs Brothers, is one of

the representative men of whom America may
well be proud He is an example for young men
to follow. He early formed the resolution to
make himself as useful as possible to those who
should engage his services, and he fortunately
had the judgment to perceive that the way to be
the most useful was to thoroughly understand all
about the work he was set to do. It cannot be
too often impressed on the youth, that this sort
of integrity and ability is worth thousands of
dollars and the best university education, as a
start in life. Multitudes of successful Americans
owe their success to these principles alone, while
numbers with the best scholastic and pecuniary
advantages have sunk to poverty and useless-
ness. Sibley came from North Adams to Western
New York when he was but sixteen years of age.
He went sawing wood as he traveled, and doing
anything that would make an honest living. On
the road he offered to mend a shoe, and was so
successful that the shoemaker employed him.
At twenty-one he was making carding machines.
About this time he was what some boys would
call "lucky," that is to say, some one let him
have what money he needed to start the machine
business. But the "luck" only came because
the lender saw that the boy's " word was his
bond," and that his head and his hands were
equal to his word. It is the "luck " that any
boy may have. There are hundreds of people
with money who are only too glad to help young
men along when it is evident they are helping
themselves at the same time. From that time to
this — now in his seventy-sixth year — his course
has been successful. The money he has given
away to good purposes may perhaps be counted
by millions; of which nearly a quarter of a
million went to two institutions alone, namely,
the Universities of Rochester and Cornell.

The Farm Journal — We could not forbear
enjoying the little joke which the Farm Journal
suggested when referring to a paper by the
writer of this to the Germantown Telegraph, "that
there were some persons who loved to write in
order to hear themselves talk." It was not our
funeral, and we thought we might laugh. As,
however, our contemporary seems a little hurt
at the liberty we took with it. in justice we ap-
pend the explanation it offers :

"Judging from an item in the September
number, the Gardener's Monthly harbors the
thought that the Farm Journal is unfriendly to
it, and to its editor. Such is not the case. We
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Thomas Meehan, and have not, as he implies,
made any uncivil flings at him, knowingly, ex-
cept possibly in one instance, and we regret
having done that. He may be unjust to us; we
shall not be to him ; and this is all we have to
say in the matter."

Express Packages for the Editor. — One
would suppose that common sense would sug-
gest that when fruit or other matter is sent for
an editor's opinion, the packages would be pre-
paid. It is surprising how many overlook this
little piece of justice. In protection to the edi-
tor's purse, all such packages have been refused
the past few years. Once in a while, perhaps
from the editor's temporary absence, or some
other favorable opportunity, a box slips in, and
here we are now penning this note, smarting
under a dollar gone for the rottenest mass of
rubbish that ever came before us. We feel very
much like publishing the name of the corres-
pondent, only that it would look spiteful, and as
an editor, above all other men, is supposed to
have " charity to all," we content ourselves with
the hope that nobody will do it again.

Elihu Hall. — Botany loses an eminent worker
in the death of Elihu Hall, which occurred at
his home near Athens, Illinois, on the 24th of
September last. He had suflfered for a long time
from consumption, and his death was not unex-
pected by his friends. He leaves a widow and
three grown children. He was a Virginian
born on the 4th of June, 1822, but in 1829 was
brought by his parents to the spot where he died.

His devotion to botany began a few years be-
fore the rebellion. In 1862, when it was very
difficult and dangerous to travel through the
Rocky Mountains, he made an extended ex-
ploration through the mountain region of Col-
orado, in company of Harbour, which expedition
resulted in the discovery of many new species,
and added largely to our knowledge of plants
already identified. Subsequently he made a
botanical expedition to little known portions of
Texas and to Oregon, both of which resulted in
great additions to knowledge. A number of
Rocky Mountain plants bear his name. Dr. Gray
has named for him Seseli Hallii, Pentstemon
Hallii, Astragalus Hallii and Heuchera Hallii.
Englemann gives him one of the rashes, .Tuncus
Hallii; Olney a sedge grass, Carex Hallii, and
Lesquereux two mosses, Campylopus Hallii and
Orthotrichum Hallii.

During the later years of ill health he derived
great pleasure from work on his botanical and

conchological collections, and he had much con-
solation in his last days by the reflection that
though not gifted with the strength of other men,
he had performed to the best of his ability the
work given him by his Maker to do ; and that to
some extent at least the world had benefited by
the life which he led.

Edward J. Hooper.— The death of this gentle-
man in San Francisco, the first week of Septem-
ber, is recorded in the California papers. He
was the author of the " Western Fruit-Book,"
and a well-known newspaper writer on rural
topics. He was a native of England, but settled
j early in the West, removing to California in 1870.
He was eighty years old when he died, with the
satisfaction of having spent a very useful life,
and that he would leave an excellent reputation
behind him.

Joseph Sherfy. — To all familiar with the de-
tails of the fateful battle of Gettysburg, Sherfy's
peach orchard is a familiar name. We have
now to record the death of the owner of this
sacred spot whereon the earlier struggles of tne
eventful four days' fight came near making it
the grave of the Republic. It is, however, with
his career as a fruit grower and useful citizen
chiefly, that the credit is due of making peach
culture one of the solid institutions of South-
ern Pennsylvania. He took a sterile piece
I of land, and by intelligent good sense, made it
I one of the richest and most profitable farms in
I the State. His example alone, as an agricultur-
] ist and horticulturist, has had a wonderful influ-
' ence on that section of the State, and has been
worth tons of essays and preaching without end.
And yet he was a preacher as well as an eminent
practitioner. In what is known as the German
Baptist or Dunker denomination, he was known
as a clergyman ; and as a director of the public
schools led the advance in everything which
contributed to the advance of education. At
one of the meetings of the State Horticultural
Association the writer of this brief sketch first
made his acquaintance. Though his gray hair
and features generally, indicated a close verging
on threescore and ten, he attracted general at-
tention by his tall, strong and well-proportioned
form. He was regarded by strangers as a plain,
plodding farmer, but when he was, by invitation,
brought out to give his experience on peach
culture, his well-chosen and chaste language,
and clear and fluent exposition of his ideas were
great surprises to all. We have, at this writing.

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no note of his exact age; but he would proba
bly have been able, from his remarkable vigor,
to have given many' more years of useful-
ness to those around him, but for an attack of
the typhoid fever, which this season has carried
away so many of our eminent men. His death
occurred on the 2d of October.

American Journal of Forestry. — A monthly
journal of forestry. Edited by Dr. Franklin B.
Hough. The October— the first number— has
just appeared. As we noted when the " Ameri-
can" Gardeners Chronicle, the "American" Journa/
of HorticuUure, and the "American" many other
magazines appeared, it would seem better to
have a wholly American name to an American
magazine, than to copy an English name and
merely add "American" to it. It is bad enough
when quoting an English contemporary to have
to use so long a name as " Journal of Forestry "
to give credit to, but "American Journal of For
estry" is certainly far too long for a quotable
name. However, this is a matter of taste, and
few will want to quarrel with a name when the

work itself worthily represents an excellent
cause. The leading chapters in the number be-
fore us are on " Forestry in Michigan," " Larch
Wood," " Forestry of the future," " Forest Fires,"
and a good report of the forest congress at Cin-
cinnati. Besides these chapters, there is a col-
umn for " Miscellany," which furnishes oppor-
tunity for editorial comment on passing events
relating to forestry.

The new venture will have the support and
best wishes of all interested in the progress of
American forestry. It may not be out of place
here to note that in the review of Dr. Hough's
Elements of Forestry, a remark was made as to the
inaccuracy of one of the cuts used. The cut is
inaccurate, but not in some of the points referred
to. The writer of the review would have pointed
out more particularly in this number the error
he fell into, but some cuts, showing the exact
character of one and two-year-old wood in a
piece of oak, could not be completed in time for
such notice, and the correction must be deferred
for the present.

Horticultural Societies.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Pennsylyania Horticultural Society.—
This time-honored institution resumed its an-
nual exhibitions this season, they having been,
as our readers know, suspended by the burning
of the hall. It was, unfortunately, caught in
the formidable equinoctial storm, and hence the
attendance of visitors was much below the num-
bers of former occasions.

There were excellent exhibits of cut flowers,
fruits and pot flowers, vegetables being compara-
tively scarce. Hot-house grapes from Mr. Hus-
ter, gardener to Mrs. Heyl, reminded the visitor
of the old times when Philadelphia outdid the
whole Union in this interesting branch of gar-
dening. As, however, the weights of the bunches
were not attached, we must be content for the
reader to take his own meaning from the term
" very fine." The same remark must apply to
the pears and peaches of Edwin Satterthwaite,
"very fine" being all that we have the op-

portunity to say about them. The peaches
were indeed more numerous in varieties, and
seemingly of better quality than usual from
growers near Philadelphia, and as far as
could be gathered from those who have some
idea of Mr Satterthwaite's business success
in peach growing, it proves the success of
Mr. Eutter's position, that there is more profit
in growing peaches in comparatively dear land,
near one's market, than to grow them in cheap
lands where railroads take all you get for trans-
portation charges. Some interesting compari-
sons might also be made in the productiveness
of varieties. Here, before the visitor, were some
noble specimens of the Susquehanna peach, and
some fine but not near as large specimens of the
Crawford's Late. Judges, no doubt, would award
the premium to the Susquehanna, and the pub-
lic would applaud the decision ; but it would be
a question with the fruit grower whether, with
all its size, the Crawford's Late would not beat
it by the far greater quantity' it would produce.
We hope to see the day when some such infor-

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mation as this can be given with these magnifi-
cent exhibits. The apple exhibit of Samuel
Noble was equally "v^ryfine." Friend Noble
was explaining to a visitor, as the reporter
passed by, that there was an increasing demand
for good table apples for late summer, as well as
apples for pies and sauce, the general impression
being that there is no profit in table apples ex-
cept for winter use. And he gave it as his
opinion that the Summer Rambo, which he
exhibited, was one of the best for this purpose.
The Cornell's Fancy, he thought, would beat it
in beauty, and was very saleable, but the Sum-
mer Rambo was his choice. On the table among
the fruits were some fine leaves and flowers of
the beautiful scarlet water lily, Nymphsea rubra,
and the tiny N. pumila, which has a flower no
larger than a hickory nut. This probably came
from Mr. Sturtevant, of Bordentown, N. J.; if
not, we hope the real exhibitor will forgive the
guess. The names of exhibitors are kept from
the judges, and are not attached till after they
have done their work — perhaps an advantage to
them, but not so good for the visitor who loves
to go early, before the cut flowers have lost their
freshened faces.

Speaking of cut flowers, it is noticeable how-
great is the change in designs since the older
times of the society. The work is admirably
done. It seems impossible for taste or elegance
to arrange flowers more artistically than our
florists now do. But somehow it does not seem
just the thing that we should be limited to
anchors, harps, crowns, pillows and "gates-ajar,"
and absurd as the wish may seem, we almost
longed for the "big whales," "Great Easterns,"
and other curious articles that constituted the
" cut flower designs " of the olden time. One
good friend, whose name had not yet been at-
tached, and whose number has been forgotten, atw
tempted a table design of roses. It must have
looked very pretty when fresh, but the bunches
of roses being fastened to pegs instead of placed
in water vials, were completely withered, though
only on the second day's exhibition. It was ap-
propriately placed among the funeral designs,
as the flowers which composed it were touch-
ingly suggestive of the grave.

A very fine collection of plants, as they were
not for competition, fortunately had the owner's
name as well as the number on them. These
were from Mr. Warne, gardener to Clarence H.
Clark, Esq. Though somewhat prej udiced against
leaf-plants, from that universal prevalence to the

almost extinction of the gay flowering plants of
the olden time, praise must be accorded to the
stocky, well grown specimens of the various forms
of veined and marbled Marantas. They will long
be popular house plants. There was another
fine collection, probably from Mr. Joyce, gardener
to Mr. Baldwin. Mr. Joyce had a remarkably
fine specimen of the Holy Ghost orchid of
Panama. " Remarkably fine" here means seven
spikes. He says it only flowers on alternate years.
It was at least a great pleasure to find one collec-
tion of pretty flowering things in a collection of
Gloxinias, which we believe came from Mr.
Henry A. Dreer. Much as these have been im-
proved of late years, probably few know the ex-
tent of the improvement. Spotted, pencilled, and
of innumerable shades of color, they are among
the most attractive of summer blooming exotics.
Space will not permit of further notes. We
can only say that President Schafler, Secretary
Harrison, Superintendent Andrews and the com-
mittee, deserve the thanks of Philadelphians for
the very great efTorts to re-introduce the wonder-
ful attractions of the olden time. The exhibits
were not what they might be if they had the full
support of the many amateur ladies and gentle-
men who abound about the city, and who, in the
old times, did so much — but still there was room
for encouragement, and for the hope that the
old enthusiastic times would yet come again.

The Mississippi Valley Horticultural So-
ciety.— The third annual meeting was held in
Chicago on September 6th. The meeting being
called when everybody is at home at local
shows or fruit gathering, was not well at-
tended. It was decided not to have the next
meeting till January, when it will be held in
New Orleans.

Pennsylvania State Horticultural Society.
— We have notice that the next meeting of this
body, formerly the " Fruit Growers' Society,"
will be held in Harrisburg on the third Wednes-
day in January, 1883. George D. Stitzel, Read-
ing, Pa., is President, and E. B. Engle, Marietta,
Secretar3\ We feel under obligations to Mr.
Engle for this early notice. It is not uncommon
to have complaints that no notice has been taken
of some societies' meetings. Our magazine should
appear on the reader's table about the 1st of each
month ; but its contents must go through the
editor's hands at least a month before. We are
glad to do all we can for horticultural societies if
the oflBcers will give us information in good time.

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THE

GARDENER'S MONTHLY

AND

HORTICULTURIST.

DEVOTED TO HORTICULTURE. ARBORICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS.

Edited by THOMAS MEEHA.N.

Vol. XXIT.

DECEMBER. 1882.

Number 288.

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

It is usually towards spring that the tenderer
trees and shrubs suffer from winter weather.
There is yet time to protect them. It is often
wind rather than frost which does the injury, or
perhaps th6 sun shining on plants when frozen.
Good dry material which keeps back the wind
is therefore a better protection than material
which holds moisture and breeds mould. The
same applies to the protection of small seedlings
or herbaceous plants. A mass of manure or wet
leaves is a very bad protection.

To have nice trees and shrubs winter pruning
is desirable. The practice of shearing a plant,
as we often see them sheared, is anything but
tasteful. Remember, that as the twig is bent the
tree is incHned, and there are much prettier
things to incline a tree to than to make a sort of
nest which even the proverbial crow would des
pise. The thinning out of branches and the
bending of branches here and there to make
them grow as we would like them to, is a great
art. and yet a very interesting one in gardening.

Flower beds are often very desirable near
where large trees are growing. But the roots of
the trees take most of the f^od. The beds should
be dug out about two leet deep every year and

filled in with fresh earth, or the same earth
mixed with manure. The object is as much to
cut away the roots as anything. The decaying
roots in the earth will make some manure.

Lawns under trees suffer in summer. The
grass dies from poverty and dryness. A dress-
ing of rich compost at this season will do much
to relieve the former trouble.

Since lawn mowers came into general use it is
often the practice to let the mowings remain to
act, as it is said, as manure. But it is found in
practice that this material often kills the finer
grasses by its shade, and helps the coarser weeds
to grow. It is much better to rake it off after
mowing and top dress the lawn with some rich
material. It is not necessary that this should
be coarse stable manure, making the lawn un-
sightly all winter. Guano, phosphates, or rich
earth that can at once be raked fine, is much
better. Avoid bone, cinders, or any gritty mat-
ter that will dull the blades of the mowing ma-
chine.

Trees love manure as well as grass. Ever-
greens especially like well-decayed manure.
There is a great pleasure in a thrifty tree. It
can be placed on the surface beneath the trees.

If possible, without too much cost, vary some
of the arrangements of the preceding year.
Much of our rural pleasures come from changes

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[December,

of the seasons, and in gardening the continual
growth of trees makes a certain class of changes
from year to year. We. can help this still more
by a little art. It does not, in very many cases,
require much time or money so to alter the ap-
pearance of a place as to make it bear a very
different look to what it did in the past year. A
new clump of cheap shrubbery may be planted,
or an old one taken away to admit a new view
that may have grown up since the original plant-
ing. A strip of grass may be laid down on what
was once bare gravel. Here a small rockery
may be put together; there a nest of roots
thrown up, and ferns and trailing plants freely
interspersed between them. In this corner you
may place a stump, and entice Ivy or some
climbing vines to grow over it — a rustic arbor
may be formed in some inviting nook, and in
another shade-enticing spot a rustic chair or
bench be fixed Even the outlines of the flower-
beds may be changed, or of the walks themselves,
or even the contour of the surface in some in-
stances, and all, in many cases, at the expense
of a very small expenditure of time and money.

j requires water at a temperature of 75° to 80° to
grow it successfully. Mr. Sturtevant, of course,
has not grown it from seed in the open air and
flowered it. Mr. George McHattie, when gar-
dener to Mr. Spang, of Pittsburg, grew and flow-
ered it in the open air.

[Even in the South it would be scarcely pos-
sible to flower the plant in the open air, unless
the i»lants were brought forward in heat first, as
Mr. Pollock suggests. Mr. Cope flowered the
real Egyptian lotus, Nelumbium speciosum, in
the same open-air tank in which the Victoria
plant was growing, but these also were advanced
under glass before being transferred to the open-
air basin.

It may be of interest to note that the Phila-
delphia location for the American lotus, Nelum-
bium luteum referred to by Mr. Pollock has
at length been totally destroyed. The one at
Moorestown, N. J., we believe still exists.

It would be a matter of interest if Mr. Sturte-
vant would give an account of his manner of
flowering the Victoria in warmed water in the
open air of New Jersey. — Ed. G. M. ]

COMMUNICA TIONS.

VICTORIA RECIA IN THE OPEN AIR.

BY JOHN POLLOCK. FRANKFOKD, PHILADELPHIA.

■ I see by your Editorial Notes that Mr. Sturte-
vant is regarded as the only one who has flow-
ered the Victoria regia in the open air since
Caleb Cope did, now over thirty years ago. I
grew the Victoria for fourteen years when gar-
dener to the late James Dundas, and flowered it
in the open fountain in the centre of the garden
several years in succession. I had a good-sized
plant growing in the Victoria house, and about
the beginning of June I planted it in the tank
in the open air and it flowered about the end
of August. I also grew and flowered several
varieties; the Nymphaea and the Nelumbium
flowered also. I got the plant down in the
Neck, near the old fish house, over twenty-
five years ago. I also grew the Madagascar
lattice-leaf plant, or, properly speaking, the
Ouvirandra fenestralis. I suppose it is now out
of existence in this neighborhood. But, Mr.
Editor, I am satisfied no one can grow the Vic-
toria from seed in the open air and flower it in
this latitude ; for it is a well-known fact to those
who have had experience in growing it. that it

FRUITING OF THE ARAUCARIA
IMBRICATA.

BY D. W. LANGDON, IMOBILE, ALA.

I send you by this mail two broken cones of
the Araucaria imbricata from a tree on our
place which is fifteen years old, 20 to 25 feet
high, and in its third year of bearing. I can
find no seed in the cones and would like to have
you ''try your luck" in the same direction and
report the result.

I know of only one other tree of it in our sec-
tion— on the premises of Mr. M. Newbrick, of
Mobile — and this and mine originated from seed
grown at Langdon, both trees being of same age,
Mr. Newbrick's tree being perhaps a few feet the
taller. Our tree is somewhat misshapen, from
the effects of a freeze about seven years ago,
when the weight of ice on the foliage broke
down the branches on one side ; they have never
grown out to fill the vacancy. Mr. Newbrick's
tree, never having sustained such an injury, ia
"a thing of beauty.''

These two specimens amply testify that it will
grow from seed, with proper treatment under
favorable circumstances, but we have not been
able to procure seed of it. Is there any other
way to propagate it? If yes, please let me know
the process as much in detail as to stocks, sea-

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son of working and otlier particulars as may be
consistent with propriety and your knowledge of
facts.

[The cones were immature, not half the size
of perfect ones. The seeds are as large as chest-
nuts and there would be no difficulty in seeing
them where they exist. There were probably no
male flowers to fertilize them. In forthcoming
years yon will probably be more successful. In
England the tree has been fruiting for several
years past, and seedlings are raised from the
home grown seeds. In the moist atmosphere of
that country evergreens endure a lower temper-
ature without injury than they do in our dry
climate, it ni)w being well understood that the
death of these trees l>y frost is rather by the loss
of moisture induced by the temperature, than by
the degree of temperature itself. The demand
for this tree in America is so light that seedsmen
do not keep the seed on hand, but some of those
who make a specialty of tree seeds procure
them when definite orders are given. Native
seeds have to be obtained from Chili. Araucaria
excelsa has been raised by the writer from cut-
tings, in the same way that evergreen cuttings
generally are raised, and probably A. imbricata
could be raii-ed in the same way. A few could
perhaps be raised by grafting on pieces of its own
roots. There is nothing under culture that
would do for a stock.

Its common name is Chili Pine, and it will be
a good thing if the remarks of Mr. Langdon
draw enough attention to induce the planting
of this remarkably beautiful coniferae whenever
there are not more than five or ten degrees of
frost to interfere with it.— Ed. G. M.l

NOTES FROM CALIFORNIA.

BY G. W. H., BELYIDERE, N. J.

I send a few notes of fine specimens I saw at
Los Angeles: Laurustinus, 5 feet, 7 years old;
Camphor tree, 15 feet, 7 years; Monterey cypress,
30 feet high, 15 in. diameter at base, 6 years from
seed, one of the finest things I ever saw, so per-
fectly symmetrical inform; Araucaria Bidwilli,
15 feet; Pritchardia filamentosa, 3.^ feet in diam-
eter, 20 feet high, 10 years old ; Cryptomeria
elegans, very fine; Grevillea, 30 feet; Dractena
terminalis, 10 feet; Crape myrtle, 10 feet; Pome-
granate, 12 feet, height of trunk to lower
branches, 4 feet. Araucaria a most lovely ever-
green ; Deodar cedar. Cryptomeria is beauti- ,
ful in winter, becoming every shtide of brown. I

Hakea australis, brilliant flower like a scarlet
tassel. Date palm, 15 feet high. Myoporum,
'ZO feet high, 6 years from seed, magnificent
glossy foliage. Acacia multigonum, 25 feet,
lovely ; has been covered with flowers. Lemon
verbena ( Aloysia citriodora), 12 feet high. Erica,
12 feet, covered with white flowers in winter, a
few onlv in Julv.

SINGLE DAHLIAS.

BY P.

To many persons unacquainted with the
merits of tlie Single Dahlia it may appear
ridiculous to make a retrograde movement in
favor of this well known plant.

For years past the ambition of florists has
been to make the dahlia as large and double as
possible. They have succeeded in obtaining
flowers of every shade of color, and of gigantic
proportions. To such an extent has this been
carried that it has made the dahlia unpopular
for many purposes, and fashion has abandoned
them for flowers more simple in their construc-
tion.

Single dahlias have always been cultivated to
a limited extent, but there were few varie-
ties, and these not very brilliant in color, nor
free flowering. Now the varieties are endless,
producing flowers in great abundance of every
shade of black, purple, pink, white, mauve,
plum, crimson, scarlet, yellow and lavender;
while in the "fancy class" you have them striped
and splashed in every conceivable manner, and
with flowers of great size, perfect in shape, and
of great substance

Single dahlias possess many advantages over
the double ones. They are much more suitable
for cutting; are light, elegant, brilliant in color,
and stand well. They flower earlier, and the
blooms are not injured so much by dull, heavy
weather as the double. They can be treated as
annuals, obviating the necessity of keeping the
old roots, from year to year, where no conve-
nience exists for so doing. Single dahlias are
more appreciated by the public, and are adapted
for a greater number of purposes, consequently
are in greater demand than the double varieties.
They can be used for bedding purposes, and in
this respect will prove invaluable for general
decoration, forming luxuriant masses of foliage
eighteen to twenty-four inches in height, cov-
ered with large brilliant flowers of every shade
of color. For beds they should be planted

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about four feet apart, and carefully pegged
down while young. They are invaluable for
cutting in December and January, grown in pots
all the summer, and removed inside as soon as
frost appears. Last season I saw a house in full
bloom in February. White Queen is invaluable
for this purpose.

Having briefly given a few ideas of the merits
of Single Dahlias, I will proceed to give a list oi
a few of the most distinct varieties personally
selected from the largest collection in England,
where the cultivation of this plant has been
taken up with much spirit, and where they are
grown by thousands.

White.— 3/er&je— A very elegant and useful species, foli-
age and flowers small, but very abundant ; of the purest
white, quite distinct in foliage and flower from all the
dahlias. Snowflight-Greyiah. white, shading to flesh, fine
formed flower. Festo— White, pale primrose centre, very
effective. WTiite Pe<*— SniaU neat flower, great substance,
pure white, fine for cutting. White (SYar*-Ciuite distinct
from above, medium sized flower, pure white. White
Queen*— The finest of all the whites, blossoms of great size,
perfectly symmetrical, exceedingly free flowering.

Rose AJfD Pink. -C7im«ne— Bright pink, fine well-formed
flower. This is one of the most telling I have seen ; it has
received several "First-class certificates" this season.
Fanny Tracer.— Bright rose tinged with pink, fine flower.
Francis Fell*— Bright fiery purple, with rosy tinge, good
form, exceedingly free flowering, and a great favorite.
iVOT-o-Delicate pale pink, very dwarf habit, exceedingly
free flowering. Pe^ronei. - Delicate pale pink, fine well-
formed flower. William Gordon— yid,u.\e. and pink blended,
beautiful soft rich shade, extra fine shaped flower.

PUKPLE AND Mauve.— ^scaio/i*— Bright rosy purple, and
exceedingly large well-formed flower, fine for cutting.
Duck of Teck.— Rich mauve, florets perfectly flat, an ex-
ceedingly well-formed flower. Kisber—mch mulberry, very
effective, and telling shade. Mauve Queen~Fa.c simile of
White Queen in form, but a rich silky mauve color, the best
of this shade. Purple A^ing-Rlch violet purple, small
well-formed flower, fine for cutting. Fwple Paragon-
Deep rich purple, beautifully shaded, same size flower as
Paragon.

Yellow.— Canarj/— Rich canary yellow, medium sized
flower, very good. Lutea grandiflora— Rich yellow, an
immense flower, and perfect in shape, a grand decorative
variety. 5^o?/a<erre— Pale primrose, large well-formed flower,
exceedingly free flowering. Wdliam Culling/ord— Rich
pale yellow, fine, well-formed flower. Yellow Queen*— Fine
bold well-formed flower, of great substance, flowers erect,
rich sulphur yellow, fine companion to White and Maiive
Queen.

Red and Scarlet.— Cri<e7-io«— Light red, shaded with
orange, good shape. Gracilis Elegans*—aie3ir bright scht-
let, fine shaped flower, neat erect habit, very free bloomer.
Muby— Rich ruby red, flushed with crimson, very novel.
Hob Boy— Intense scarlet, extra large flower. Scarlet Gem
•—Scarlet shading to orange, medium sized flowers, fine for
bouquets. Tfwrnas UTieeier*— Pretty bright brick red, fine
formed flowers and very free.

Crimson and Maroon.— Z)a>-Ame«s — Intense rich mul-
berry, shaded black, medium size, and of good substance,
the darkest yet raised. Le Baron*— Rich mulberry, shaded

with crimson, with a dark ring round the disc. Jhalia*—
Rich amaranth, medium sized flowers of great substance,
and exceedingly free flowering, one of the most effective.
Beauty of Cambridge*— Bright fiery crimson, large flat solid
flower, universaUy acknowledged as one of the fine.st of the
Single Dahlias. Ceres— Large deep crimson. Gracilis per-
/ec<a*— Rich velvety crimson, fine formed fiower, very free
bloomer.

Orange.— ^ibion— Orange-shaded rose, large bold flower.
Aurantiaca superba— Flowers of medium size, bright
orange. Citprea— Orange shaded with copper, very free
l)looniing. Orangeman*— Rich orange, tinged with red, very
effective.

F'ANcy.—3/arj7!ion*— Large rich velvety flowers, striped
with chestnut red. BatUaloon— Small flower, but very ef-
fective and abundant, rich mulberry edged with white, very
pleasing. Pamf/on*- Rich velvety maroon, each petal edged
with a distinct rosy purple band, medium sized flower, per-
fection in shape, a first-class variety for cutting. Stais and
Stripes— La,Tge well-formed flower, of bright rose color,
heavily striped and spotted with purplLsh crimson, a very
conspicuous and showy variety. Union Jack— Fine bright
scarlet edged with white, small flower, but very free bloom-
ing, extra fine for cutting. Utility*— 'Sledium Flowers,
white striped with lilac, quite a novelty in this class.

As decorative plants Single Dahlias will be-
come very popular; they are easily grown, pro-
duce an abundance of bloom, and are not at all
fastidious as to soil and position. They can be
treated as annuals, and. provided a good strain
of seed is obtained, the amateur may depend
upon getting a great variety of color. The seed
should be sown Piarly in January, and grown on
until May. By that time they will be strong
plants; a few might be grown in pots for winter
decoration, while those intended for summer
display should be planted out. Where po.ssible
to obtain good named sorts, I would recommend
every one to obtain them in preference to seed.

I have made a selection (marked*) of eighteen
of the most distinct, embracing every shade of
color, which I am sure will please the most fas-
tidious.

[Usually we should hardly feel warranted in
taking up so much space with descriptions of
florists' flowers, readily obtainable from ordinary
catalogues, but in this instance we are anxious
to show the reader how very great is the variety
which is being added to our gardens by the im-
provement of the Single Dahlia.— Ed. G. M.]

THE DOUBLE CAROLINA JASMINE.

BY D. W. LANGDON, MOBILE, ALA.

I wish to call attention to the free blooming
qualities of the Double Carolina Jasmine (Gel-
semium nitidum flora pleno) which was par-
tially described in the Gardener's Monthly of
June, 1881. My old plant— which is now some
ten or twelve years old and completely covers

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one end and a half of the top of a frame twelve
feet by sixty, and seven feet high, erected as a
half shade for such plants as in our climate re-
quire to be protected from our scorchinjj sum-
mer suns — has been blooming at intervals prettv
nearly all summer, and now, while still present-
ing a few open flowers, is literally filled with
young flower buds in all stages of growth. I
send you a sprig of the vine that you may see
for yourself. I am satisfied in my own mind,
from present indications, that it will continue to
bloom until checked by a freeze, and that under
protection would continue still to bloom during
the whole winter. This will greatly increase its
value to florists and others who need flowers of
its color (a beautiful canary) for their winter
work. I am sorry that I did not know this
earlier that I might by this time have had a
strong plant of it under glass.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Government Grounds in Ottawa. — When
in Montreal the editor found it impossible to go
with the party who were invited by the Domin-
ion Government to visit Ottawa; but some
friends of his, who went on the trip, reported
that among the many interesting things which
they saw there, the beautiful government gar-
dens were by no means the least. Mr. Robert-
son, the superintendent of these grounds, re-
ceived much praise for his good work.

We have on hand a very interesting sketch of
these pretty grounds, which we hope to give in
an early number.

Rose Gigantesque.— This is regarded in Eng-
land as one of the best of the Tea Roses for
winter flowering. It is rose-pink in color.

Cedar of Lebanon in New England. — Colonel
M. P. Wilder has a Cedar of Lebanon on his
grounds at Dorchester, near Boston, which is
probably the only living specimen in New Eng-
land.

Dwarf Tuberose Diamond. — M. Jean Sisley
says in the Revue Horticole, that this variety,
which was withdrawn from the trade last year,
as our readers will remember, in order to test its
reported relationship with Pearl, is to be
brought out in France the approaching season.

Double Dwarf German Scabious. — Only a
Scabious!— a common flower that at one time,

not far distant, was scarcely tolerated in gardens,
and which is now welcomed as beautiful and
useful alike. Thanks to the German florists ,
they have not only given us a dwarf, but a very
double, handsome and varied race of dwarf
Scabious. Before us, as we write, lies a group
of flowers picked from a collection of dwarf
Scabious grown by Mr. J. Roberts, of Gunners-
bury Park. We make out nine distinct varie-
ties, viz., dark maroon, crimson, rose, purple-
rose, mauve, lilac-pink, salmon, blush and white.
It would not be difficult to name others, but
these are all as distinct as they are large and
full in the flowers. If any one will look at a
well-developed bloom they will perceive there is
an exterior circle of large four-petalled flowers,
and within this a dense mass of much smaller
flowers of the same shape, quite filling up the
surfoce. They remind one of double Pyreth-
rums, but are not so large or high centred; they
are wonderfully free of bloom, and those wh©
grow them find them extremely useful for cut-
ting purposes. It is the custom of the German
seed growers to make up collections of these
dwarf Scabious in six or nine colors, and on the
whole they come pretty true from seed; but the
tendency to sport, which is characteristic of so
many flowers, is certain to display itself in the
case of the Scabious, and does so, but not to a
great extent. — Gardener s Chronicle.

Callicarpa Purpurea. — Again we may call
our readers' attention to this dwarf shrub — quite
unique in the autumn by its numerous violet
berries. Besides, it is a pretty bush and the
July flowers, though small, are attractive.

Cultivating Daffodils in China. — Mr. Maries
says in the Garden: "Narcissi are slit down the
sides in three or four places, are grown in
saucers of gravel and water, and I have never
seen finer flowers. The Chinaman calls it the
'New Year Flower;' the more spikes on a sin-
gle bulb the better his chance of success during
the year, or, as he says, ' plenty flower, plenty
pigen.'"

American Banner Rose. — This is a striped
rose, raised as a sport from another, and like all
sports of this character is liable to become self-
colored at times. This tendency to reversion is
an objection ; but where it continues to maintain
its character it is much prized. When in the
bud it is very beautiful.

Improved Fox Gloves are among the latest .)f
European floral popularities.

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SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Dark-leaved Mountain Ash. — Mr. Charles
Freundsays: "The oak-leaved Mountain Ash, I
which your correspondent, Mr. Robert Dougla?, i
speaks of, is a seedling and orisiinated with a I
then well-known nurseryman, Mr. P. H. Gump- '■
per, of Stuttgart, Germany. It flowered first
about 1854. Mr. Gumpper had it lithogra[)hed,
flower and leaf, and published in -several of the
leading horticultural journals. About that time
Mr. G. sent a number of young trees to the
Messrs. EUwanger & Barry, of Eochester, N. Y."

Clkrodendron Bungei.— " R. D. G.," Reading,
Pa., writes : " Please tell the name, in the Gar- j
dener's Monthly, of this plant which comes up
in a neighbor's garden profusely, and the seed of
which, she thinks, a bird must have dropped." i

[Clerodendron Bungei, a native of the North

of China, and introduced into American gar-
dens, in 1857, from Belgium by the writer of
this. The stems are destroyed by frost in this
part of the United States, but the creeping roots
survive, except in very severe winters, and the
young shoots usually terminate by a large head
of rosy purple flowers, which is very showy. It
makes an admirable tub plant, as, when pro-
tected from frost, the plant in a few years makes
a bush several feet high, and bears innumerable
heads of flowers. It is remarkable that while
the flowers are delightfully sweet-scented, the
leaves, when rubbed, are malodorous; and this
suggested to Bunge the name of C. foetidus,
which, however, had been appropriated already
by another rank-smelling species.

Your friend's plant was probably introduced
by a piece of root brought, with some other
plant in the past, from some other garden. —
Ed. G. M.]

Greenhouse and House Gardening.

SEASONABLE HINTS.

Most coal contains sulphur, and when burn-
ing the sulphurous flames injure plants. In like
manner there is some sulphur in illuminating
gas, and it is given off during burning. Much
of what is supposed to be the injury from dry
air in rooms and greenhouses comes from sul-
phurous fumes. We have only to note how
plants grow in the dr}' summer air when they
get food and moisture enough at the roots, to
understand that a dry atmosphere is not unfav-
orable to good plant growth. Many persons
are disgusted with plant growing from a preva-
lent belief that the atmosphere has to be as
damp as a Brazilian swamp. In dry air, how-
ever, red spider, the most destructive of plant
enemies, is apt to flourish. It is so small that
one is not apt to see it nntil great damage is
done. They are no larger than needle points,
and are generally found on the under surface of
the leaf. They are called "spiders" because
they make webs like a true "arachnoid," as the
learned call those insects which belong to the
spider tribe. If one has but a few plants this
troublesome insect may be easily kept down by
■continual examination, and crushing with finger

and thumb. There are, however, some planta
which have leaves that will not admit of this
sort of handling. It is, therefore, a good plan to
place the plants on their sides occasionally and
syringe them with water warmed to about 130°.
Soapy and other washes often recommended are
also great aids in this washing process.

In watering plants much judgment is required,
as plants suflTer much more from over-watering
than from any other cause. No one can teach
exactly how to water plants. The knowledge
must come from experience. The practiced eye
detects by the color of the earth whether it needs
water or not. Whatever may be the color of the
earth employed in potting plants it is always
paler when dry than when wet. Again, the
practiced plant-grower learns to tell by the
weight alone. By lifting the pot the weight tells
if too dry. If too wet it will be much heavier
than it ought to be.

Basket plants often suffer from too much or
too little water. If from too little, the leaves
curl or fall, and the plants have a dried-up ap-
pearance. If too much, they get yellow and
drop off". As a rule, a basket in a warm room,
should be taken down once a week, and soaked
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again. Every day during the rest of the week a
little water may be given the plants, and some-
thing put under to catch the drip. Some baskets
have no provision for the escape of moisture.
These are dangerous. Still some people manage
to watch closely, and do well with them. Fern
cases do best when given a little sun; for,
though ferns are supposed to grow naturally in
shady spots, it is because there is generally a
more humid atmosphere there. If they can get
this moisture, they rather like light.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

THE SCIENCE OF ARRANGING CUT
FLOWERS.

BY MR. CHAS. H. MILLER, LANDSCAPE GARDEKER OF
FAIRMOrXT PARK, PHILADELPHIA.

The subject of cut flowers concerns us all, and
a few hints as to the arrangement of them may
not be out of place. Much of the beauty of
these lovely gems is often lost through a want of
taste in this respect, as for instance when stiffly
arranged in a bouquet, ring after ring with little
intervening foliage, and no graceful form of ten-
dril, leaf or bud allowed to break the monotonous
circle. It is not by size, but by expression of
color and shade that we have to measure, and
thus the effect of a group of flowers prettily and
harmoniously arranged may be completely
spoiled by being multiplied in number or in-
creased in size ; that is, by repeating the same
flower or adding to the same group.

A safe general rule for guidance in the arrange-
ment of flowers is, if there are many flowers use
delicate shades ; but it" the flowers are few and
the foliage among which they are laid is dark,
use shades of much deeper tones. In the ar-
rangement of cut flowers for the parlor, side-
board, or dining table, much depends on the
shape and color of the vessel in which {hey
are placed. The white of glass or of Dresden
china vases is so intense when placed in artificial
light that the pure white flowers would scarcely
look their whitest in them. Very light flowers
are also likely to look darker by the striking
contrast. A quantity of green is therefore the
best fringe for such dishes, and ferns and smilax
are the most suitable. In all floral arrange-
ments, whether for vases, bouquets or designs, it
is better to put in the green first and gradually
working them up to the required brightness,
always remembering that the collection had bet-

ter lack a flower than have one too many, the
object being to form a graceful, refreshing and
I suggestive picture.

The art of constructing bouquets, and the

1 classification and arrangement of flowers for the

I table, cannot be communicated in writing. It

requires as much taste, skill and practice to be-

; come a good artist in the making-up of flowers

as it does experience to become a good gardener.

j But to proceed with the subject of the arrange-

I ment of flowers in general, the main feature

; being to show each flower separately and not a

quantity crowded together, forming a mass of

petals, but that each flower may be seen reposing

I quietly among the green, giving to each bloom

, an individual character. A few colors in a bou-

j quet have a much prettier effect that a mixture

of many colors. Red, white and buff go well

I together with green between. A few rosebuds

with their own leaves, and a little green smilax,

make a bouquet much more handsome than one

composed of many kinds of inferior flowers.

These remarks hold good in the arrangement of

designs for the table.

One of the most beautiful table designs I ever
saw was a large open dish of lycopodium, a few-
white and pink rosebuds, with a handsome
dracsena in the centre. The eflfect produced by
the fresh green moss with the gay leaves of the
dracfena was simply beautiful.

It is to be hoped that a better taste will soon
supersede the enormities in so-called floral de-
signs. The monstrosities often seen at our hor-
ticultural exhibitions are something to be
avoided. They are unpleasant to look at and
cannot be appreciated by persons of good taste.
I have very little sympathy for the fashion
which arranges flowers in the forms of broken
wheels, vacant chairs and the like. At one of
the horticultural exhibitions held recently in
New York there were liberal and extra premiums
offered for works of this kind, which brought
forth some very beautiful designs, but the major-
ity of them were ugly in the extreme. There
were clocks and mantelpieces— at least so said
the cards attached. There was a camp-fire with
a tripod, the fire being represented by red flow-
ers. There was a pair of shoes on a cushion ;
the shoes were made of white flowers outside,
v/ith scarlet flowers for lining.

At the floral exhibition of the Pennsylvania
State Fair, held at the Centennial Building in
September, 1881, there were also many absurd
designs. Among the most noticeable there was

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a coffin, w'uich, as a work of mechanical art,
waa perhaps to be admired. But why degrade
these beautiful creations by working them into
such shapes so distressingly suggestive? Another
example of bad taste in the seleotion of the sub-
ject and in the arrangement of colors, was a huge
oval frame of walnut, with dark and yellow-
colored dahlias arranged in rings around the
edge, and a butterfly— or what was meant to re
present that gny insect— in the middle. And,
strange to say, this piece obtained the first pre-
mium. Of course these designs attracted the at-
tention of the people, and were admired by cer-
tain ones whose taste leads them to admire a
huge pyramidal bouquet with a calla lily in the
centre.

But the people who are pleased with this style
of floi:al work are not those who exhibit the best
taste. It becomes a question whether a horti-
cultural society is properly educating the public
by offering premiums and thus encouraging a
false taste for flowers. It was a relief to turn
from such horticultural absurdities to a simple
bouquet of roses and smilax, and to the most
appropriate of all funeral designs— a plain
heavy wreath and cross of white flowers fringed
with green.

THE MARECHAL NIEL ROSE.

BY WM. CAPSTICK, BAY VIEW, MASS.

I wish to say a few words on the cultivation of
the Marechal Niel Rose "under glass," and
thinking that to enter into all the minute details
would take up too much space in your valuable
paper, I will confine myself to a few of the most
important parts.

To succeed with the Marechal Niel I prefer
plants budded on the Banksia or Solfatarre, as
they tend to check too rampant growth for the
first two or three years, and induce more free-
dom to bloom by producing wood that ripens
well. Also, the budded plant will grow and
bloom for years, where, on the other hand,
plants on their own roots make a strong watery
growth, which it is almost impossible to ripen,
(unless the wood of the Niel is thoroughly
ripe we get but few flowers), and after a few
years the plant begins to decay, and is gone be-
fore we have had a full crop of bloom from it.
We must always bear in mind that the Niel
wants age before it will flower freely.

Another thing we must consider — the Niel
must either be grown in a house devoted to its
requirements, or in pots or tubs.

I prefer the latter mode. Take good thrifty
plants about March Ist. Pot them into six
inch pots, give moderate heat and moisture, say
55° by night, 70° by day, shift into larger pots
as they require it; in this way keep them grow-
ing until the first or middle of September. Then
place outside, first plunging the pots into the
ground up to the rim ; tie the top up to a trellis
or let it rest on some old brushwood, or some
kind of support, so that the air will have a free
circulation all around the shoots. Never allow
the plants to get dry so as to wilt. But be care-
ful not to water so as to induce growth.

The plants may remain in this position until
after the first sharp frost, or until about the 20th
or last of October. Then take up the plants,
loosen the soil on the top of the pots with a hand
fork or pointed stick, to the depth of two or
three inches, remove the soil and replace with a
top dressing, one half loam and one-half rotten
manure. Prune away all useless wood, place in
a greenhouse, which keep at a temperature of
45° to 50° by night, 65° to 70° by day, for about
a fortnight, then gradually raise the temperature
to 55° by night, 75° to 85° by day, the latter tem-
perature with bright sun. I do not like a night
temperature of more than 55°, as I find it spoils
the color and size of the buds.

EXPERIMENTS WITH CALADIUMS.

BY MR. CHARLES CRUCKNELL, ST. LOUIS, MO.

The following detailed experiment is one of a
series in which I have been for some time past
engaged, and as the sequel will show has resulted
in some remarkable and wholly unlooked-for
developments.

Early in the month of March, 1881, I selected
eight varieties (or species) of Caladiums, intend-
ing to give them special treatment and prepare
them for the experiment in view, namely, hy-
bridizing. The bulbs were no larger than medi-
um-sized onion sets. In the following December,
after thej'^ had been at rest ten weeks, the bulbs
were examined. The largest bulb, C. Houlletii,
measured six inches in its widest diameter. The
next largest, C. Wighti, five inches.

In February, 1882, they commenced growing
and were moved at once into the stove house
where, finally, seed from six crosses matured.
The experiment ended here with five of these,
but from the sixth (a cross between the two
named above), two hundred and four seedlings
were raised. I had, previous to sowing, counted

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the seed and made the number two hundred.
The seed was sown on May 11th, commenced
germinating four weeks after, and continued
doing so until August 20th.

The seedlings I have arranged in nine groups,
placing in the first group all those having two
or more kinds of colored spots on a green
ground, and whose general appearance indicates
close relationship to the female parent, Caladium
Wighti. But the disturbing influence of the
male parent, Caladium Houlleti, has been so
prepotent that I question whether a single plant
of the progeny will prove to be exactly identical
with the female parent. On the other hand, the
ninth group, which contains nine seedlings and
which are all alike, are exact duplicates of the
male parent.

The seedlings of each group differ, not only
from each parent (exception named above), but
from each other; sometimes to an almost in-
credible degree. Moreover, the groups are well
defined and do not graduate into each other, but
are perfectly distinct. Nevertheless there is one
character which is common to all the seedlings,
and in the language of Darwin, betrays the
hidden bond of community of descent ; it is the
peculiar form of the spots, and their manner of
distribution.

A complete disturbance of colors has resulted
from this union. The red and white spots of
the parents are supplemented with crimson,
carmine, brown, terra cotta, yellow, rose, pink,
flesh and parti-colored spots. A dark central
spot, not in either parent, is seen in a majority
of the plants classed in the first three groups.
The next four groups have high colored veins,
and these again are shaded on each side with
various bright shades of color, which do not
appear in the parents. Groups eight and nine
have white veins and centre, resembling the
male parent in this respect. Every shade of
green, I think, is seen in the leaves, from a pale
yellowish green, down to what is known as
myrtle green. The stems also present a great
diversity of color.

Six of the seedlings are glazed, and this glazing
appears on the under side of the leaves in
blotches, much as though oil had been spread
over the surface and had soaked through. A
gentleman connected with an English firm, who
visited our place recently, and who is familiar
with the latest improvements in this class of
plants, declared he had never seen anything like
this before. The metallic lustre which adorns a

majority of the seedlings is an entirely different
character.

Group No. 1 contains fifty seedlings. The
greater number of these have red (various
shades) and pure white spots; a few have red,
white and parti-colored flesh and white spots.
One seedling has red, pink, flesh and pure white
spots, the dark central spots, dark spotted stems
and a brilliant lustre. In another the red and
white spots are so deeply oscillated that the leaf
has the appearance of parti colored lace work ;
among the last to germinate were eight seedlings
of this group, with yellow (clay) and white spots.
There are also six or seven with terra cotta and
white spots. Leaves green.

Group No. 2 contains fifty seedlings with
either white or flesh-colored spots. Leaves
green. In these two groups the spots are more
numerous than in either parent, in many in-
stances covering the entire leaf surface.

Group No. 3 has a solitary specimen with long
sagittate, olive green leaves, red spots, the dark
central spot, a brilliant lustre and dark stems.

Group No. 4 contains one plant. The princi-
pal veins are bright crimson, centre of leaf
clouded crimson, self-colored rose spots, red
stem, and highly glazed.

In group No. 5 I have placed five plants with
yellow foliage, scarlet spots, the centre and
veins — in some pearly gray, in others brilliant
crimson.

Group No. G contains thirty-seven seedlings.
The veins and centre of leaves brilliantly colored
and extending over a large surface, the edges of
the leaves green ; the spots are either red, bright
pink, cinnamon brown, or terra cotta.

Group No. 7 contains forty two seedlings. The
veins are various shades of red; in one instance
they are violet, very little if any centre shading,,
excepting two or three seedlings, the spots either
white or flesh color.

Group No. 8 contains nine seedlings. The
veins silvery white, with a faint purple pencil
mark in the centre of each, pearly gray centre
and red spots.

Group No. 9 contains nine seedlings, all alike,
and. as stated above, are simply duplicates of
the male parent.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Large Cockscombs.— It is common in England
for lovers of plant culture to try their skill in
plant growing on the common cockscomb. At

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■exhibitions there are often large numbers for
competition, and much more interest is shown
in learning who has the largest cockscombs,
than we show in discovering who has the largest
pumpkin. The past season Messrs*. Vcitch, the
nurserymen of Chelsea, are credited with the
largest grown in England. It was 2 feet 9 inches
from tip to tip, and 18;^ inches in it.s greatest
breadth.

CELOSIA "PKKSIDENT THIERS."

Usually the flowers of the cockscomb are of a
crimson, velvety color, but of late years some
have been introduced of a yellow and orange,
mottled with the purple.

Annexed is a cut of a new one introduced by
the celebrated seed firm of Haage & Schmidt,
of Erfurt, and which may, no doubt, be had of
any of our leading seedsmen the coming spring.
It is known in the lists as " Celosia President
Thiers."

Arranging Out Flov\-err.— Tasteful combina-
tions of flowers and foliage that harmonize not
only in color, but in form, are our chief aim in
this work. Avoid mixtures of gaudy colors: if
scarlet is the chief color, use no yellow shades,
but rather choose white fur contrast. For ex-
ample, just now the bold scarlet flowers of Val-
lota are plentiful, so also are the lovely white
flowers of Anemone Honorine Jobert; try them
together, using the Vallota blooms singly for
a groundwork, out of which springs the white
Anemone, also single, yet with the flowers grace-
fully clustering This is a charming mixture for
a dinner-table, and serves to illustrate my mean-
ing both in its application to form and color.
Tn so treating a Marsh stand lately the Vallota
flowers in the bottom saucer had a bold fringe
of Fern fronds, a few small sprays of Maiden-
hair Fern rose among the mingled white and
scarlet flowers, and around the glass stem was

twined a spray of Selaginella csesia with the
lovely bluish metallic hue, well developed, partly
hidden by tufts of half-opened Anemones, dried
Quaking Grass, and a couple of leaves of Gera-
nium pratense which clustered around the base.
The same flowers were repeated in the tops with
the addition of bold clusters of scarlet-flowered
Begonia fuchsioides. Had this stand l)een for a
daylight decoration some spikes of single blue
branching Larkspur might have been used with
excellent eff"ect. But blue never answers for
lamp light, and is never used because it looks
black, just as yellow becomes an unsightly shade
of white under artificial light, and is. therefore,
always avoided for dinner table work — Journal
of Horticulture.

Destroying Insects Under Glass —The fol-
lowing method, says the Revue Horticole, has
given most satisfactory results, and the inventor,
M. Boizard, gardener to Baron Rothschild at
Paris, assures us that success is infallible— at
least for three years, during which he has been
experimenting with it it has been so with him.
He says, " Having procured 2 quarts of tobacco
juice, I boil it over a slow fire on a furnace in
the house. An hour and a half or two hours
afterwards, the liquid being reduced to about
one-third its bulk, becomes viscid and almost
solid, when, after having diluted it into 1 quart
or 1\ quarts of water, I boil it more quickly
until all get converted into vapor and fixed in
the form of dew on every portion of the plants.
r remarked no damage done, not even amongst
the most tender plants, such as Adiantums,
young plants of Blechnum Braziliense, Coleus,
(fee. Some young fronds of Adiantum alone
.suflered, but it should be added that they were
on the stages." If danger were apprehended in
the case of certain plants, they might be taken
out, or their safety assured by means of paper
caps; and if it was a question of flowers or
fruits, similar precautions might be taken to
preserve them. M. Boizard assures us that no
insects can resist this treatment and that the
greater portion of them do not appear again for
six months. In the case of such as reappear
quickly, it is easy to renew the operation, but
then 1 quart of tobacco juice and 1 quart water
will suffice. This method is as economical as
any other, and M. Boizard says that it is possible
to remain in the house during the operation
without being inconvenienced thereby. — J. Corn-
hill in Gnrrlpv.

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Fumigating Greenhouses. — The duty of fumi-
gating greenhouses is such an unpleasant one
that it is often neglected to the injury of the
plants. A French horticulturist has made a
discovery which will render it unnecessary to
use smoke for the purpose. He finds that the
vapor from boiling tobacco juice is as efficacious
as are the fumes from the burning weed. The
method adopted is simply to mix a small quan-
tity of juice in the water and evaporate the
whole. The vapor, it is said, kills all the insects
in the house. Could not the same plan be
adopted against house-flies and mosquitoes? Its
recommendation would be its cheapness, for the
juice could be expressed from the refuse tobacco
which is now thrown away at the factories.

Arranging Flowers for a Dinner-table. — A
correspondent of the Journal of Horticulture,
describing two very successful occasions, says :

" In the centre a good specimen in a five inch
pot of the beautifully drooping golden Croton
angustifoHus, the pot mossed over, and at the
base were disposed large fronds of Maidenhair
Fern, next a ring of white Chrysanthemums, and
above this large trusses of a beautiful pale rose
Rhododendron, ol)tained by forcing. With these
between the candlesticks we employed between
the dishes of dessert small plants of narrow-
leaved Dracaenas ferrea and nigra-rubro and
flowering Pelargoniums in three-inch pots. The
pots were stood on Maidenhair Fern and cov-
ered with moss, in which were disposed a few
yellow Chrysanthemum blooms, which by can-
dlelijiht really appeared to be white. On another
occasion different plants were employed, and
sprays of Jasminum nudiflorum were advan-
tageously suhstituted for the Chrysanthemums,
and richly colored leaves of Mahonia Aquifolium
for the Fern fronds. Red Primulas would have
been employed failing the more beautiful Rho-
dodendron."

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

DuMESKiL Fertilizing Moss. — Mr. E. A Cas-
well writes: "A recent number of the Garden-
er's Monthly presented an indictment against
the Dumesnil fertilizing moss, made by one high
in authority, and we beg to offer a few facts in
our defence. To state that because early in the
century — about the era of stage coaches and
tallow dips, — some gentlemen failed to make a
moss which would successfully nourish, etc.,
plants, without earth, that therefore M. Domes
nil cannot do so in 1882, is certainly not a strong
argument at a period when the discovery of
hitherto unknown scientific principles and new

applications of well known ones occur almost
monthly to revolutionize some branch of human
industry. And to affirm that probably no fer-
tilizing mateiial. not already known to horti-
culture, can be used with moss to feed plants, is
rather a negation of progress. The fact is, that
the Dumesnil moss contains several ingredients
that have never been thus used before, and it is
a different article from all similar substances
hitherto offered. It costs between eighteen and
twenty cents to make it, and its materials are
too many and too expensive to pretend to com-
pete with simple bone dust and moss. Mr.
Henderson admits the excellent growth of plants
in Dumesnil moss during a trial of only one
month. Let him wait four and then report —
others bring proof of better results. Mr. N. H.
Schmidt, of New York and Astoria, ex-superin-
tendent of the Munich and Berlin Royal Botani-
cal Gardens, etc., has obtained wonderful results
with Dumesnil moss in the growth of 'orchids'
from Brazil, and 'palms' (Cocos Wedellianum,
Geonoma gracilis and others), which, with moss
added to the earth, have reached in two months
the point that those planted in earth alone
reached in four. Mr. C. J. Power, of South
Farmingham, Mass., among many other plants
exhibited a ' Hybiscus Cooperii ' in Boston that
was confessedly one of the finest specimens ever
seen in the city, and he has recently had bril-
liant results with 'trailing arbutus,' grown in the
Dumesnil moss. The Massachusetts Horticul-
tural Society has awarded to the moss a medal,
and has thus seen fit cordially to endorse it.
When our facilities are perfected we shall ofler
Mr. Henderson an opportunity of testing, under
impartial conditions, any moss or earth he may
bring in competition with Dumesnil moss, and
an opportunity also for some one to give a hun-
dred dollars to the poor in case of failure.

"That Mr. Henderson should deem our moss
worthy of attack, is a cause of deep satisfaction.

' 'And the stern joy which warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steeL' "

[It may be remarked that Mr. Henderson
made no "attack" on this moss. Notwithstand-
ing the sneer in the last paragraph at Mr. Hen-
derson's judgment, it will be remembered that
Mr. H. was "invited" to test it, and that a pack-
age of the moss was sent to him for the express
purpose. He simply recorded the judgment he
was invited to give. The invitation to him to
make another test is very funny in view of the
last paragraph. Mr. Caswell's letter does not

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seem to convey much more information to the
reader than he is already possessed of. Personal
challenges seem more in place in the advertising
columns ; but we pass the letter for publication
here on an appeal for "justice," though we
really think it is not called for by anything Mr.
Henderson said. — Ed. G. M.]

A New Decorative Plant.— A Philadelphia
correspondent says: "Do you know of Asperula
odorata (Mijsike, fifth order or class)? As a
running vine, growing fifteen to twenty feet high,
similar to smilax, having a rough stem edged
four or six square, narrow green cut foliage, of a
glossy appearance. When cut, and it begins to
wilt, it emits a delightful fragrance, sweeter than
new mown hay, which remains fragrant all
winter. A friend says it is bound to supersede
smilax; it grows wild in the forests of Sweden.
If you can give us any information in regard to
it, you will oblige."

[Asperula odorata is the sweet-scented wood-
ruffe of the florists. It is a low herbaceous
plant, seldom getting more than six inches high.
It belongs to the natural order Rubiacese, and is
very near to Galium.

A sample of the precious seeds was placed
before the editor, and was examined by him with
a lens, and he has no hesitation in saying they

belonged to some Caryophyllaceous plants — the
order to which pinks and catchflys belong to,
and which, so far as he remembers, contains no
climbing plants. — Ed. G. M.]

NBJV OR RARE PLANTS.

A New Fern — Adiantum Aneitense (see illus-
tration).— This is the season when fern culture
has peculiar charms, and our readers Avill thank
us for introducing them to a pretty novelty re-
cently brought to notice in England. It is a very
elegant free-growing species of Maidenhair Fern,
introduced from the Island of Aneiteum. It has
a creeping rhizome, clothed with dark-colored
scales, and three or four times divided deltoid
fronds. The numerous segments of which the
fronds are made up are rhomboidal, nearly' ses-
sile, firm in texture, with a glabrous surface, sub-
glaucous beneath, and shallowly lobed along the
upper and outer edges, where the roundish-
reniform sort are borne in the centre of the lobes.
It is a distinct and ornamental evergreen stove
fern, and was one of the twelve new plants with
which Mr. W. Bull gained the first prize at the
great show of the Royal Horticultural Society,
held at Kensington in 1880.

Fruit and Vegetable Gardening.

COMMUNICA TIONS,

SEEDLING PEAR.

BY A. A. BBNSEL, NEWBURG, N. Y.

It would seem, from the great number of
apples and pears in cultivation and named in
the catalogues, that additions to the list were
entirely useless, and yet, occasionally, a variety
appears to command attention. A seedling pear
tree in the nursery row on the grounds of Dr.
Wm. A. M. Culbert, Newburg, N. Y., produced
fruit this year which is verj'^ desirable in its vari-
ation from the old Seckel. It is in perfection
the last week of October, after the Seckel has
disappeared in the market; this young tree has

fruit the size of Seckel; will probably average
larger when the tree attains age; skin smooth
and light russet, with bright red or crimson
cheek; stem medium, calyx open in a slight
basin ; flesh fine, buttery, yellowish white, sweet,
with abundance of sprightly, rich, refreshing
juice— not the honey sweet of the Seckel, from
the seed of which it was grown. I think that
another year will develop many good qualities
in this variety.

FRUIT CROPS IN WESTERN PENN'A.

BY A. HUIDEKOPER, MEADVILLE, PA.

Owing to several severe frosts in the spring,
after vegetation had got well under v»'ay, the

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orchards in North-western Pennsylvania show
very little fruit. Some young orchard, favorably
situated, presents an occasional exception ; and

I have not eaten any fruit of the Le Conte
pear, but I may bear witness to its rapid
growth. I had given to me some grafts of it,

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the Northern Spy apple, producing a moderate sent from Georgia, towards the close of winter,
crop among trees that tliis year have yielded They were buried in my grapery for over two
nothing, shows the bene'it of its late period of months, and were somewhat shrivelled by keep-
blossoming, ing. I cut off a small Seckel pear, and put two

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grafts in stub about the last of April. And now,
September 29th, the longest shoots are respect-
ively 66, 58 and 57 inches long, and the whole
shoots and side branches show a growth of 49
feet of wood, which is doing well for a late

HOW I RAISE EARLY CELERY AND KEEP
IT TILL SPRING.

BY AUG. D. MYLIUS, GARDENER, DETROIT, MICH.

I SOW my seed in a hot-bed on the 1st of March.
The bed must be in good condition, that the seed
may germinate quickly ; for celery seed takes
thirty days, generally, in open ground, to germi-
nate. Seed must not be sown too thickly, as the
plants should be stocky. I have tried to germi-
nate the seeds by keeping them moist and warm
before 1st of March, but I found the above date
safest, for if sown earlier, there is danger of the
eelery running to seed. About the loth to 20th
of May, if the ground is in order, and weather
suits, plant out in ditches six inches deep, on the
richest spot you have. The only things wanted
to grow celery successfully are plenty of cow or
hog manure, and moist land. The soil must be
good down to at least twelve inches. About the
1st of July we commence to bank up, slowly if
dry; if moist, draw up as high as you can ; if
really dry weather, so that the soil is too dry to
stick if drawn up to the plants, I use foot boards
sixteen feet long, pressed on each side against
the celery, and sticks drove in to keep in place.
This mode bleaches the celery best, but if soil
be used the stocks or heads are a great deal
heavier. I have tried to keep celery in the fol-
lowing way, and kept it till spring. Pitted in
hot-beds the same as if pitted in the old fashion.
After bed is filled, the sash are put on; give air
once or twice a week ; if so cold that boards are
not sufficient, straw or mats can be put on.
Looked after in this way, it can be kept till
spring.

THE CROS COLMAN CRAPE.

BY JAMES H. BULL, WEST CHESTER, PA.

In the January number of the Gardener's
Monthly appears an article by the editor in
answer to queries about this grape for culture in
a cold grapery. In the April number A Sigler,
of Adrian, Michigan, condemns it as a slow
grower and shy bearer, and not of first quality.
He calls it '' Gros Colmar." If he grew the
Gros Colman in an old grapery, where the bor-

der was clogged with roots, the wonder with me
is, that it ever grew or bore half a crop.

I obtained cuttings from Dr. Charles Huston,
of Coatesvillo, in January, 1878. The eyes were
set in February of that year. They were planted
in a new lean-to house, about June 1st, in a rich,
outside border manured with bone and well-
rotted stable manure. I sold the grapes in
November, last year, to fruit dealers in Philadel-
phia, at $1.00, when B. Hamburgs. Bowoods and
Muscat Hamburgs only brought 60c. a pound in
October. The grape in quality is little behind
the Black Hamburg; is abetter bearer; clusters
as large and berries from one-half inch to one
and one-fourth inches in diameter. Its flavor is
slightly that of a fine cherry.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

HoT-HousE Grapes. — Graperies are becoming
more common in the West than they were, not-
withstanding the old-time fear that the impiove-
ment in the native grape would in time render
the culture of the foreign under glass superflu-
ous. At Adrian, Michigan, Mr. Sigler grows
them very successfully ; white Hamburg and
Tokay doing very well with him.

Gros Colman Grape.— Some doubt has been
expressed as to this variety being a good one for
a cold vinery. In a city store, recently, we saw
some from the grapery of Mr. J. H. Bull, of
West Chester, which were perfect in size and
color. One bunch had been cut which weighed
one pound ten ounces. Certainly no one could
desire better success than this in a cold grapery.

The Best Black Grape. — Suitable alike for
the amateur, the market grower, or the gentle-
man's gardener, for early forcing or for mid-sea-
son consumption is the Black Hamburg, and
the best variety of this Hamburg is that known
as the Frankenthal. The true Frankenthal
variety may be easily detected by the hammered
appearance of the berries when they are ripe.
This variety also produces longer tapering
bunches than the others, with only moderate
shoulders. Mill Hill is the next most distinct
Hamburg. It produces short bunches with
heavy shoulders, and the berries are usually
very large, but as a rule it does not color so well
as the Frankenthal. Black Prince is a distinct
grape that is rather rniflTy in its behavior, but if
variety is wanted it may be planted with the

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Black Hamburg, but it is quite distinct "from it,
and may be at once detected by its long, taper-
ing bunches, which usually color well, as its
name indicates. — The Garden.

Prentiss Grape. — Mr. Hubbard sends sample
of the Prentiss grape. The bunches and berries
are about the size of Clinton, but much more
close and compact. The color is amber green.
The skin is thick, and this should render it an
admirable shipping and preserving kind.

Preserving Hot house Grapes.— The writer
found among the gardeners in Canada, when in
that country recently, that the English plan of
preserving grapes in bottles of water was in not
uncommon use. The bunches are cut with
pieces of stems, and then so arranged that the
ends are in bottles of water. By this plan the
grapes can be preserved far into the spring sea-
son.

Yellows in the Peach. — The knowledge
which those who have made a special study of
the matter are sure of, that the peach yellows is
caused by fungus growths, seems now to be com-
ing into general acceptance. Secretary Garfield, of
the Michigan Society, writes: "The peach yel-
lows is gradually working northward. A few
'sporadic cases * have been announced as far
north as northern Ottawa and Kent; but there
is a united feeling among peach growers that
every case must be stamped out at sight."

Barbed- wire Fences. — ^Much complaint comes
from the injury to cattle from the barbs, from
the occasional looseiiing of the wires, from the
staples sometimes drawing out, and from rust
unle 8 well galvanized, and more than all from
the posts rotting away which is the chief trouble
with the ordinary post and rail fence. In a
recent run through Western New York the
writer noticed that one sensible fellow had
planted a line of osage oranges alongside of his
barbed fence. Thus if the posts rot away the
lines of wire will still be in the hedge and will
never need new posts ; while the lines of wire
running through as long as the hedge lasts will
make the most perfect security against all hogs
and all sorts of trespassers getting through. In-
deed it seems to us that the combination of
barbed fence and living plants is the perfection
of protective fencing, and certainly far superior
to the best methods of plashing ever invented.

Sauer kraut — A Montgomery county, Penn-
sylvania correspondent of the GermarUoxun

Telegraph says: "Last fall and winter an im-
mense quantity of sauer-kraut was imported
from Germany, a portion of which found ita way
to this county, and was pronounced very supe-
rior, although I cannot speak of its quality from
personal experience. The Germans of Reading
prepare it in a way that many consider far bet-
ter than most other methods. They cut the cab-
bage into long, thin slices, removing the stringy
core, and do not apply salt, but ram it down so
tightly in stout barrels that it is covered by its
own liquor. They then head-up the barrel, leav-
ing a hole in the top so as to admit of fermenta-
tion. In Germany the cabbage is rammed down
by a machine propelled by steam. That received
in this country last year came in tierces holding
sixty gallons each."

Comparative Weight of Apples.— Some years
ago when the daily papers were completely ex-
hausted in exciting topics they took pains to
show how the poor denizens of large cities were
robbed by heartless farmers who would always
take the same price for a dozen small eggs as for
a dozen large ones. The universal panacea for
all evils, an appeal to the Legislature, was
warmly urged, and we believe in some places
laws were passed commanding eggs to be sold
by the pound. The political excitement will be
soon over and something new must be thought
of. How will an apple campaign suit ? It must
be borne in mind that a bushel of apples does
not always weigh the same. Some apples are
naturally denser than others. Ben Davis gives
only 40 pounds to the bushel; Vandevere 43;
Bellfleur and Winesap 44; Rome Beauty and
Rawle's Janet 47 ; Baldwin 48; Little Romanite
49. Besides this a bushel of small apples of the
same kind weighs less than a bushel of large
ones. Here is a serious matter for the plun-
dered city man to think over !

The Early Fruiting Walnut.— In a recent
number of the Gardener's Monthly, a corres-
pondent makes some inquiries about the Jug-
lans prseparturiens. In a recent issue of Revue
Horticole, Mons. Carriere gives an abstract of its
history.

It was a chance seedling on the ground of
Louis Chetenay of Dou6-la-Fontaine in 1830. It
was first noted in print in the Annales de la So-
ciete d' Horticulture de Paris, 1840.

Among a number of English walnuts only
three years old, Chetenay saw one bearing fruit.
M. Jamin cultivated it under the name of Ju^-

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lans fertilis. under which name it still appears
in some French catalogues. Poiteau, in the
Bon Jardinier, for 1841, gives it the name J.
praeparturiens, which, by priority of pubiicntion,
will be regarded as its rightful name. It bears
when only two years old. Another writer says
he had a dozen trees which bore fruit the fourth
year — the trees being only three metres high.
Occasionally they do not bear until five or six
years old. Tbe seeds from the original plant
produce trees varying a little, but have the same
general character of compact growth, early pro-
ductiveness and great fertility.

M. Ferdinand Jamin says that seedlings from
the original variety produce variable fruit, but
all had the early bearing proclivity — fruiting the
third or fourth year.

The late Andre Leroy gave it as his experience
that in a general sense the variety reproduces
itself from seed.

M. Carriere sums up the evidence as being
conclusive that the variety comes relatively true
from seed ; that it produces generally small but
very good walnuts, and because of its early bear-
ing character often regarded as a dwarf, though
often becoming a good sized tree.

Hedgehog. — Among the vegetables offered by
Messrs. Vilmorin, of Paris, is one called "Hedge-
hog," which is described as Hedysarum crista-
galli. By the common name, which is English,
it must be an English vegetable — but it is not in
use in our country that we know of. Does any
one know anything of it here? Belonging to
the leguminous family the bean or pod is proba-
bly the part used.

The Alexander Peach.— This American va-
riety is pronounced the best of all the early va-
rieties so far tested in England. It seems to
grow quite large in their peach houses— usually
about nine inches round. The Florist and
Pomologist gives a handsome colored plate of it
in its September issue.

SCRAPS AND QUERIES.

Fruiting of a Lemon. — "Subscriber," Phila-
delphia, says : " Can you tell me through the
Gardener's Monthly how to prevent the buds
from dropping off of a lemon tree before they
open ? I have had one do this for several years,
and am disappointed in not having it fruit."

[A large proportion of the flower buds of

oranges and lemons fall without forming fruit
after the fall. This is regarded as a sign that the
plant has not vital power to perfect all the fruit.
Probably the same explanation must serve when
all the flowers fall. Exactly \fhat to do cannot
be told without seeing the plant. All that can
be said here is that by good soil, good open air
treatment in summer, and good culture gener-
ally, do all you can to secure a healthy growth.
If you will tell what treatment the lemon has
received, perhaps some suggestions for improve-
ment might be made. — Ed. G. M.]

Josephine de Malines Pear. — Mr. A. A. Ben-
sel says : " The best pear to follow Dana's Hovey
is Josephine de Malines, commencing to ripen
in January and continuing into March. The
fruit ripens without any extra care, and like
several other winter varieties, is 'much better
than it looks,' being only greenish yellow when
ripe. Nor is the shape such as would attract
notice in the market, being nearly round, and
only slightly tapering towards the stem, which
is large and fleshy. The flavor of the fruit is a
near approach to 'best,' the abundant juice being
deliciously sweet, aromatic and refreshing. The
Josephine is a long step in advance of the winter
pears which require a peculiar and special treat-
ment to fit them for use. The tree has a sturdy
look, the wood being short-jointed and the buds
heavy, although it is not a fast grower. It will
be in great demand when it becomes known,
and we hope to see it planted extensively."

Niagara Grape.— It has always seemed that
as apples are divided into the sweet and the
sour class, so also ought the grape to be di-
vided into those which are pleasantly tart, and
those which have a honeyed sweetness. If such
an arrangement should be adopted the Niagara
would be found in the last class. We have a
basket of these. It is a very fine kind both in
bunch and berry, color white, and flavor very
sweet.

Box-grown Strawberry Plants. — When a
number of years ago the Gardener's Monthly
first called attention to the great advantage of
growing strawberry plants by layering them in
small pots, it was thought to be an absurd no-
tion, as the price must necessarily be much en-
hanced when small pots are used.

At this juncture, B. L. Ryder, the inventive
genius who gave us the first grafting machine,
the American fruit dryer and other things, came
in with a cheap chip box, to be used instead of

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a pot, and which would be no object if never
used again, and, being square, enabled the plants
grown in them to be packed easily for transpor-
tation.

Our idea of potting seemed ahead of the
times, and so Mr. Eyder's excellent cheap
little boxes were not called for. At length
people have awakened to the vast advantage
of these plants, and Mr. Ryder comes con-
veniently on hand with his cheap chip boxes, as
the reader can gather from the following card :

"We send with this mail one of our box-

growing strawberry plants as a sample. Wish
you could find time to examine it and to com-
pare with a pot-grown strawberry plant. We
are anxious to have a fair and disinterested
report on what we deem an important improve-
ment on the method of growing plants over the
pot system, especially for transportation. You
will notice the difference in the root-growth and
those in pots."

We can only add, if we have not already
made this clear, that we heartily endorse the
boxes referred to.

Forestry.

COMMUNICA TIONS.

succession: OF forest growths.

BY R. DOUGLAS, WAUKEGAN, ILLS.

This is an interesting and very important sub-
ject, which has occupied my mind for many
years.

My observations lead me to believe that when
forests are cut down by the woodman's axe, and
the fires kept out, they, in the main, reproduce
the same species, as there are nearly always
enough trees left to seed the ground, and, if a
pine forest, decayed logs, brush, &c., to protect
the young seedlings from the sun till they can
take care of themselves.

Where a settlement is formed, and cattle
allowed to run in the cut down woods, is an
exception, as in that case the seedlings are
destroyed as they appear. In a burnt forest
everything is changed, all vegetation is swept
away, even the soil is changed, and the surface
soil, if thin, is destroyed.

It is very interesting to me to watch the pro-
cess this burnt land has to pass through before
it is re-clothed with timber. The first tree that
will make its appearance is the Aspen, Populus
tremuloides, a tree which naturally grows on low
moist lands; this tree predominates, as far as I
have noticed, in the burnt forests in Colorado,
Wyoming, Dakota, in the Black Hills, in Min-
nesota, Manitoba, Wisconsin and Northern

Michigan. In Wisconsin, and in the Black
Hills, it is mixed with the White Birch ; in
North-eastern Wisconsin sometimes the White
Birch predominates.

The Aspen is well adapted for this purpose, as
when a fire runs through the forest and destroys
all other trees, it, being in the damp places,
even if burned to the ground, throws up suckers
from the roots, forming trees ; seeds when young,
the seeds ripen in spring, fly like thistle down,
and germinate immediately. The burned sur-
face is the very best place for small delicate
seeds like these to germinate. Indeed they
could not germinate except for the land being
burned over ; for it is a noticeable fact that where
a land slide destroys the timber, you never see
the Aspen taking its place.

It is easily to be seen that the coniferous trees
have not an opportunity to reproduce them-
selves, for a fire destroys both the trees and
seeds, except that sometimes Pinus Banksiana
may be found in Northern Wisconsin, and Pinus
contorta at high altitudes in the Rocky Moun-
tains, mixed with the Aspen in burnt forests;
but as both these species have very hard and
persistent cones, the fires may not always con-
sume them ; in that case it would be very likely
to burst the scales and put the seeds in proper
condition to germinate. Be that as it may, the
fact is apparent that these are the only two
kinds that can be found reproducing themselves
under such circumstances as are related above.

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Next to the Aspens and White Birch are other
kinds of trees and shrubs, such as have seeds
that are blown to great distances, or such as
remain for long periods in the ground or are
carried by birds.

Where the oak and pine forests are contigu-
ous, the oaks will be found gaining on the pine
lands. This may easily be accounted for as the
oaks renew themselves from the roots, or rather
from the stumps, while the pines never do.
Besides this, acorns may be buried by squirrels,
Ac. ; at all events the oaks are encroaching on
the burnt pine lands, where they stood adjoining
and partially intermixed — as they always are —
before the fire.

A few oaks, and now and then a few black
cherry, are the only valuable trees to be found
on the millions on millions of acres of burnt
forest lands. It is certainly time that some
method should be adopted to prevent the fre-
quency and extent of these lamentable fires ;
no one, who has not travelled over the forest
regions, can form a correct idea of their extent.
In most Ciises they are the result of careless-
ness, and even recklessness, by which millions
of acres that would reproduce valuable timber,
merchantable during the next generation, and
the next, will be found by our descendants
grown up to worthless trash compared to the
noble forests of valuable timber we have had in
our day.

I have given you the facts as they are. Indi-
viduals, like myself, can only deplore, but are
powerless to prevent such wanton recklessness.
Editors of journals like yours, and the public
press generally, should arouse the people, the
State governments, or whoever the duty de-
volves on, to see that some plan is adopted to
check this terrible waste.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Succession of Forests. — Just now the most
exciting topic in European forestry circles is
whether a natural succession is more profitable
than to wholly plant a new one. So far as we
have followed the discussion, the artificials have
the best of the argument. The discussion has
great interest to Americans, where the forest
succession is an important matter.

Tree Planting in China.— Six hundred acres
were to be planted in Hong Kong last year.
Pinus sinensis is the species employed.

Tree Planting in Kansas.— The six hundred
acres of forests planted by Messrs. Douglas <fe
Son, near Fort Scott, have proved to be a com-
plete success, and they are now planting five
hundred acres more. They will have 1,360,000
trees planted before April 1, 1883.

Ailanthus Silk Worms. — We have heard it
stated that silk worms fed on osage orange
leaves soon get sick ; but Professor Riley says
that he has fed them for eleven years success-
ively, and kept them in good health.

Californian Chestnut Oak for Leather. —
The Lumber World says this is the most popular
tree in California for tan bark.

Tree Planting in Canada.— Some of those
who took an active part in the Montreal Forestry
Congress have a practical knowledge of tree
planting. Hon. M. Jolyhas set out 10,000 black
walnut trees.

Tree Planting in Nebraska. — Last spring saw
many thousands of trees set out in Nebraska.
Mr. Charles S. Perry set out 12.000, about three
miles from Lincoln, Nebraska, all of which went
through the summer superbly.

Insects on Timber Trees.— It is well known
that some insects prefer to feed on rotten or de-
caying wood, but it seems strange in these days
that any should contend that all trees are dis-
eased before an insect will attack them. Yet
there were arguments on both sides at the
Forestry Congress at Montreal.

A Year's Tree planting in Great Britain. —
Those who regard with dismay the cutting-down
of trees, and believe that the area of woodland
in this country is gradually disappearing, may
take comfort from some of the figures stated in
the return we publish elsewhere as to the prices
for British timber realized during the season
1881-82. From those figures it will be seen that
throughout England, Scotland, Ireland and
Wales there were planted on various estates
during the period under review no less than
3,156,826 trees. Of these, 2,175,826 were planted
in Scotland, 646,200 in England, 294,800 in
Ireland, and 40,000 in Wales. It is, of course,
not easy to get absolutely complete returns, but
those we give are well within the mark and
prove that there is at least some set-off against
tree-felling and the gradual increase of bricks
and mortar in these islands. — Journal of For-
estry.

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Natqral History and Science.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Mr. E. D. Cope and the Academy of Natural
Sciences of Philadelphia.— On two occasions,
recently, the Gardener's Monthly called atten-
tion to some misstatements of the American
Naturalist in regard to the Academy of Natural
Sciences.

In the November number of that magazine
the following appears: "The Editor of the
Gardener's Monthly, who is also a contributor
to the New York Independent, has several times
recently presented himself as an antagonist of
the Naturalist. Being placed by our critic in the
excellent company of Mr. Darwin, Professor
Gray and Mr. Riley, we have permitted our
friend to enjoy the diversion all to himself. We
had hoped that the failure of his attempted cor-
rections of these well-known authorities would
have inspired him with a little caution. But we
now think it time to apply the language used by
the late Mr. Darwin in a letter to one of our
editors, that this gentleman ' is the most inaccur-
ate man he had ever known.'

" We think Mr. Darwin a little severe, how
ever, when he says 'he has done more injury to
science in America than he had ever done it
good.' If he had said Philadelphia instead of
America we should have been more disposed to
agree with him."

It has recently been stated in the Independent
— not by the writer of this, or by his instigation
—that though these editorials are nominally
by "A. S. Packard, Jr. and Ed. D. Cope," Prof.
Packard disclaims all knowledge of them, and
we repeat this in justice to that gentleman.

The question at issue between the Gardener's
Monthly and the American Naturalist is whether
or not its attack on the Academy of Natural
Sciences of Philadelphia was just. The Natu-
ralist cannot be allowed to evade the issue
under cover of an attack on the editor person-
ally. This attack would not be noticed at all,
but for the injustice it does to the distinguished
gentleman named. Whether or not Mr. Darwin
ever wrote juat as he is made to appear here
may well be questioned; but even if he did.

"the Editor of the Gardener's Monthly "well
understands how, in moments of pique, to which
the most amiable of men are exposed, they will
exhibit in the privacy of confidential corres-
pondence weaknesses they would be ashamed to
show to all the world. The one who unveils this
infirmity is the one to be despised. If the
reputation of the " Editor of the Gardener's
Monthly " were all there was at stake we should
rest here. All this he intends to leave to the
unbiassed decision of those who shall come after
when he is gone, and who are but boys now.

But it is only justice to the memory of Mr,
Darwin to say that he was sorry for the sharp
letters he had hastily written, and that the
writer believes from Mr. Darwin's correspond-
ence that he had his regard to the last.

So also as regards the other two gentlemen to
whom Mr. Cope attempts to cling in his descent.
There are too many evidences of their respect
and esteem, both published and unpublished,
for the " Editor of the Gardener's Monthly " to
permit himself to be worried, even should they
be found in a moment of weakness, where Mr.
Cope has placed Mr. Darwin. It is pleasant to
feel that one has the good will of his fellow-
workers in any cause; but "the Editor of the
Gardener's Monthly" would despise himself,
as the gentlemen named in their cooler moments
would despise him, if he should attempt to se-
cure their applause by being the mere echo of
their sentiments. Free discussion is welcome
only to friends worth having.

As to the matter of the scientific diflferences
of opinion which the "Editor of the Gardener's
Monthly" may have had with the gentlemen
named, they are matters of record, and these
gentlemen are no doubt as perfectly well satis-
fied as he is that posterity shall judge as to their
accuracy. The difi'erence with Professor Cope
is of a totally different character. While his re-
marks heretofore on the Academy of Natural
Sciences, and now on the Editor, were inspired
by malignity — their's were dictated merely by an
honest desire for truth.

Hybrid Nepenthes. — In our former remarks
on the curious family of Nepenthes, or Pitcher

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plants, it was very difficult to account for the
many peculiar forms they present p.l in a state

easily these natural forms may be changed by
art, and that these forms, so far as we can judge

NEPENTHES MORGANS.

of nature, on any hypothesis of good to the iiidi- 1 from any physiological reasoning are just as
vidual or the race. Perhaps these reflections

may be carried further when we consider how

well adapted to make their way through the
great " struggle for life," as those which are sup-

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posed to have been evolved from direct contact
with this struggle.

We give here an illustration for the reader to
compare with the others of one of these artifi
cial productions, a hybrid raised by one of our
correspondents, Mr. James Taplin, when he was
superintendent of the famous establishment of
Mr. George Such, of South Amboy, New Jersey,
and named by him Nepenthes Morganae, in com-
pliment to Mrs Morgan, the well-known plant
lover of New York. The stock was secured by
Messrs. Vietch, of Chelsea, London, who thus
describe it. "It is of a dwarf neat habit, fur-
nished with smooth pale green leaves with red
midribs. The pitchers arq flask-shaped, with
two rather narrow ciliolate wings, when fully
grown are from six to eight inches in length.
On the younger plants the pitchers are beauti-
fully mottled with bright red and pale green ;
in the older plants they are almost self-colored
and blood red. The lid is always pale green,
ofiering a remarkable contrast to the richly col-
ored asciduim or urn.

Florida Jute.— This proves to be the Urena
lobata, a West Indian plant naturalized in
Florida.

White Frost Near Paris — The Revue Horti-
cole notes the unusual earliness of white frost
around Paris— September 13, 14 and 15— and
asks is this an indication of an early and severe
winter? In America where we are accustomed
to all sorts of extremes, it would not be so con-
sidered.

The First Fuchsia. — The genus Fuchsia was
so named by Plumier in 1703. He found the
plant in San Domingo — and it was called by Lin-
naeus, Fuchsia triphylla; the later Fuchsia tri-
phylla of Humboldt, Bonpland and Kunth
being another plant, as shown by a recent
memoir of Mr. W. B. Hemsley. Strange to say
this original species has only recently been in-
troduced to the notice of English cultivators
through the enterprise of Mr. Thomas Hogg, of
New York.

Another Sheep Killer.— Among the enor-
mous number of plants reported to be '' poison-
ous to sheep" must now be added Melanthera
hastata, a pretty Southern weed allied to the Zin-
nia, which F. L Dancy says, in the Florida Dis-
patch, is a "deadly poison to sheep."

The Ailanthus Silk WoRiM. — This was intro
duced from France to America, about the
beginning of the war, by the late Dr. Thomas

Stewardson, and is now quite naturalized on
ailanthus trees about Philadelphia.

Flow^ers in Egyptian Hieroglyphics. —Com"
modore Macauley, of the United States navy,
has recenti)' published a "Manual for the Use of
Students in Egyptology." He gives the ancient
signs, as found used in their inscriptions, the
modern Egyptian word for these signs, and the
English word which stands for them.

It is extremely interesting to note that our
word "flower," in Egyptian "herer," before let-
ters to represent sounds were invented, was re-
presented in this ancient sign language, by the
Nelumbium or Lotus and the Rosebud. The
Lotus is represented by a full face view, with
fully expanded petals. The Rose is given as a
side view — as in a comparatively young bud.
Though Commodore Macauley does not say so —
rendering both simply as meaning "a flower" —
it may be that, as the two figures occur inde-
pendently, a full blown flower was intended
when the Lotus was used, and a mere "flower
bud" or unopened flower by the rose.

Potatoes from Tomato Plants. — Mr. Barron,
of Chiswick.in a paper read recently before a
learned society in the Old World, says on the
authority of " Prof Beal, of Agricultural College,
of Lansing, Michiiian," that a potato scion set
into a tomato plant induced the latter to set
small tubers in the axils of its leaves, as are seen
sometimes on the tops of potatoes. The graft-
ing of an Artichoke plant into a Sunflower
caused the latter to form tubers underground.
We do not believe that any tomato ever put
forth tubers in the axils of the leaves as here
stated. To the best of our recollection Professor
Beal did not give this as fact in his lecture, but
simply reported that he had " heard so."

The House Fly and Distribution of Poison
Germs. — Dr. Thomas Taylor, of Washington, read
a paper before one of the sections of the recent
meeting of the American Association at Mon-
treal, in which he suggests that the house fly
may be the carrier and distributor of germinal
virus, which we now know to be at the bottom
of many diseases. Dr. Leidy, President of the
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,
showed before that this is actually the case. Like
all useful things— for they are scavengers — the fly
has its bad traits.

Herbarium of the Academy of Natural
Sciences of Philadelphia. — An extremely inter-
esting note on the Herbarium of the Academy

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of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia appears in
the late number of the Bulletin of the Torrey
Botanical Club. The institution above named
was formed primarily for mutual aid to study
among the members of the body. But, besides
this mutual aid it has taken a pride in aid-
ing science all over the world. All this has been
done by the free labor of the members and their
friends. Not a dollar has ever been given by
city or State, or any endowment made toward
maintenance to any material extent by outside
parties. In view of its eminent services a fine
building was partially given it by citizens; but
nothing toward the increasing expenses the
large building brought. The Herbarium is a
fine tribute to this long series of voluntary work.
Collins, Elliott, Pursh, Baldwin, Le Conte, Con-
rad, Nuttall, Torrey, Durand and Pickering are
among the famous dead that have aided in
bringing it up. Many other famous names, who
have taken part in this great work, directly
or indirectly, are mentioned — the names o^
Schweinitz, Bentham, Hooker, Asa Gray, Von
Martius, Euschenberger, Styles, Lesquereux,
Eavanel, John Stuart Mill, Dr. Short, and most
of the living celebrities of botanical science-
Parmentier, the celebrated physician, made the
first presentation of specimens about 1812. It
is diflScult to tell how many good species the
Herbarium contains; but it is not less than
40,000 or 45,000, although other esdmates place
it much higher. National use could be made o^
this valuable material if some Smithson would
arise just now to step in and go beyond what
voluntary work can possibly do. Much is being
given to new enterprises. A little once in a
while to finish those that are well begun would
do no harm. — The Independent.

Japan Lacquer.— The Museum of Kew has
recently been enriched by a very fine collection
of Japanese lacquer-work. The collection,
which was obtained especially for the Museum
by the Acting Consul at Hakodate, under in-
structions from H. M. Charge d'Affaires atTokio,
is extremely complete, and illustrates the whole
process of manufacture. Thus, for instance,
there are specimens of the trunk of the Varnish
tree (Rhus vernicifera), showing the deep cuts
through the bark, made in a horizontal manner
and close together, by a sharp, gouge-like instru-
ment, which is also shown, as well as several
other instruments used in various branches of
the collection of the lacquer or its preparation.
There is also a neatly made pot for holding the

lacquer as collected, constructed from a simple
joint of a large Bamboo stem ; a large series o
lacquer as collected from the stems or as pre-
pared, and a complete set of tools, such as fine
and coarse brushes, made of human hair, rat's
hair, &c., spatulas, burnishers, and a series of
colors used in decoration. Besides these there
is a very fine and instructive series of lacquer-
work, from the earliest stages to the most highly
finished examples, some of which are of great
age, one, for example, being 120 years old, and
of exquisite workmanship. The processes
through which good lacquer-work passes are
both tedious and numerous ; the results, how-
ever, are wonderful accuracy in every detail,
many of the designs, especially those represent-
ing plants and flowers, being worked with so
much care as to be in many cases botanically
correct ; this is particularly the case with the
gold work on wood, both flattened and raised.
The collection is all the more valuable because
it is said that good lacquer-work is becoming
more and more scarce, the demand for cheap
articles in the European markets being so great
as to induce lacquer-workers to turn their at-
tention to the class of goods which meets with a
ready sale, to the neglect of the more costly and
consequently more carefully wrought. The
value of the collection is also increased from the
fact that a very elaborate account accompanies
them descriptive of the collection of the juice
from the Varnish trees, its subsequent manipu-
lation and final application. — /. R. Jackson, in
Gardener's Chronicle.

Night Closing in the Leaves of Purslane. —
Mr. Meehan noted that in the list of plants
having diurnal or nocturnal motion Portulaca
oleracea did not appear. At sundown the leaves,
at other times at right angles with the stem, rose
and pressed their upper surfaces against it. The
morning expansion began with dawn, and soon
after sunrise the leaves were fully expanded.
Mr. Isaac Burk also discovered it, as also in an
allied plant of the West Indies, Talinum 'patent.
— Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences
of Philadelphia.

Summer Migration of the Robin. — Mr. Thos.
Meehan remarked that Audubon, Nuttall, Wil-
son and other eminent ornithologists had sug-
gested that the seasons had evidently not so
much to do with the migrations of birds, as the
question of food, though most authors connected
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season. He said he had recently observed the
migration of the Robin [Turdm migrcdorius) in
great numbers during the ten days prior to
August Ist, or on the evenings of those days,
for the flight was from about sundown to dark.
They came from the north-west and were flying
south east. Some were but a few hundred feet,
but others were so high as to be scarcely visible,
which would indicate a long journey. Robins
had abounded on his property in Germantown
during the past spring and early summer. He
might say without exaggeration there were
many hundreds of them. On the day of this
communication, August 1st, it was rare to meet
with one. He considered the disappearance
wholly one of food. On his grounds there had
been no rain of any consequence for two months.
For two weeks past numerous trees and plants
had to be kept alive by artificial waterings.
Examining the dry earth after the harrow showed
no signs of insect life. The cherry crop had
been nearly a failure. The usual berried plants,
such as Dog-wood, on which they usually fed,
were not ripe. There was really little for them
to eat — and he had reason to believe that the
same conditions prevailed all over northern
Pennsylvania. In New Jersey, plants with
berries were ripening, as they were also further
south, and he concluded that this search for
food was in this instance the cause of the early
migration. — Proceedings of the Academy of Nat-
ural Sciences of Philadelphia.

Scientific Accuracy. — Considering the im-
mense amount of rapid work which has to be
done by the American conductors of magazines,
it IS not to be wondered at that they make mis
takes sometimes. Yet it is well known to those
familiar with foreign periodicals that the Ameri-
can serials are certainly not behind any of them
in accuracy. A correspondent sends us the
following, which was noted in our columns a
year ago, as a singular mass of error from a
London paper, but which seems to be still
"going the rounds."

'•Among the wonders of the ' Wild West ' that
have recently been discovered is a vegetable
compass. The American Association for the
Advancement of Science publishes in its 'Trans-
actions ' a report penned by General Abford, of
the United States army, and treating of an
extraordinary plant growing wild in the States
of Oregon and Texas, the leaves of which point
due north and south, and are consequently
utilized by belated prairie hunters as convenient
substitutes for the magnetic needle. Professor

Gray Meehan, who has examined specimens of
this gifted shrub at the request of the a^ssociation,
defines it as a dwarf variety of the Osier, named
Silphium laciniatum. It is perennial, and attains
a maximum height of three feet six inches "

Our correspondent says : '' This ought to go
into the Naturalist as an example of scientific
accuracy out of America :"

Ladies' Traces, or Tresses. — There is no more
interesting study than the study of words, and
when in connection with floral history the study
of words is quite fascinating.

In the early Anglo-Norman times the word
trace is used to signify a cord — and ropes and
cords used in ploughing or hauling came to be
called traces as such parts of harness now are
termed. This we learn from old dictionaries
extant.

It is curious to note how words change their
application in time. Hose, in those days was
the upper part of the leg of a stocking, and was
attached to the body of the breeches. When
it was separated the whole stocking in time
became hose, and what was hose in the former
times, became the leg of the pantaloons.

So this connection of braided cord with trace
became so entirely lost, that when Mr. Curtis
wrote the Flora Londoniensis, he could see no
meaning to "Ladies' traces" in relation to the
pretty wild orchids of that name, and he wrote
" the protuberant germina, placed regularly one
above another, somewhat resemble plaited hair,
whence, perhaps, its name of Ladies' traces, or,
if this conjecture be correct. Ladies' tresses."

Dr. Prior, and other authors have adopted this
guess, evidently without thought, using indeed
almost the same language, changing merely the
term "germina" to ''ovaries," but omitting the
words "perhaps," "if," and "conjecture," and Cur-
tis is then made " authority" for the word tresses,
instead of the original traces. It is much more
in accordance with the olden language to guess
that " Ladies' traces " may have been white
silken cords ; as against plow or horse traces
which were of braided hemp or braided leather.

Tress has rarely if ever been used in England
in the sense of " braided hair." Moore, Shelley
and other poets, in fact use both words in separate
senses in the same sentence. The old French
and perhaps the old English used tresse to signify
the clasp or cord which kept braided hair
together; while trace in France was used precisely
as in the old English times. Tress in connection
with human hair seems to have been used in only
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England. The oldest French dictionary at our
command Le Dictionnaire Royal, does not men-
tion it at all in connection with humanity, but
says it is the curly hair of horses, or the curly
wool of sheep. There are some indications that
it was used by the old Romans in connection
with braided hair, but in this sense it does not
seem to have been employed in old England
wherein the word "Ladies' traces" originated
for our pretty plant.

Halliwell's dictionary of English localisms

gives no support to the idea that "trace" is a
corruption of "tress."

The statement made in the ''Flowers and Ferns
of the United States" that there is no reason for
changing the good old English " ladies traces"
ftjr ladies' tresses, has been considerably com-
mented on in England, and the "Authority of
Withering, Prior," &c., adduced against it. We
have been thus moved to go a little more fully
into the matter here, hoping it may interest those
who love to look into the histories of things.

Literature, Travels I Personal Notes,

COMMUNICA TIONS.

THE OLD AND NEW, OR "COD'S ACRE"
MADE BEAUTIFUL.

BY WM. T. HARDING, MOUNT HOLLY, NEW JERSEY.

A judicious observer says : — "Churchyards and
cemeteries are scenes not only calculated to im-
prove the morals and tastes, and by the botanical
riches to cultivate the intellects, but they serve
as historical records."

It is generally admitted there are no such
beautiful cemeteries in Europe, as are to be seen
in this country. At least, not as regards the
grand land'scape efiects, which render the Ameri-
can "cities of the dead," so different from those
of other lands. Not that there is any lack of
taste, or appreciation of the beautiful, elsewhere
among the people, but where utility is para-
mount to all other considerations, they are abso-
lutely precluded from practically adopting the
extensive landscape lawn system prevailing
here.

Although the British empire is undoubtedly
of vast extent, they are nevertheless very much
circumscribed for want of room within "Albion's
sea girt isle." And more especially is that the
case as regards cemetery grounds, which in con-
sequence are more limited in size. The difficulty
of obtaining available land suflficient for such
purposes, to say nothing about the cost, in a
great measure prevents them from devoting so

much space for mere ornament. And yet, with
all these disadvantages, there are many excel-
lent examples of gardenesque cemeteries in
England, as travellers often testify.

The well-arranged modern cemeteries of to-
day, with all their monumental grandeur, floral
adornments, and fine landscape accessories,
bear but little resemblance to the unassuming
old churchyards where, for ages past, our
I ancestors have gone to their dreamless rest.
Beautiful indeed as is much of the rural scenery
of " Merrie England," where

" Town and village, dome and farm,
Each give to each a double charm ;"

yet is incomplete without the ivy-mantled little
church and its quiet burial ground in the pic-
ture. And perhaps no other objects than the
quaint architecture of the village churches have
afTorded more subjects for the artist's brush and
pencil than have these antique objects of ex-
quisite beauty. And whoever musingly walks
through an old church-yard, with its solemn
mien and its many monuments of decay, with
their pointing analogies on every side, has not
felt better for the meditative mood which en-
grossed his feelings?

The cheery presence of sweet flowers, now
everywhere so lavishly used, eflPectually dispels
all semblances of g'oom which, in former times,
was supposed to be consistent with the neglected
sombre graveyards, as they used to be, even
since the writer's recollection. And as trees

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and shrubs give a serene beauty to the land
scape, their quiescent appearance is wonderfully
picturesque about our tinal resting places.

"The churchyard yew," so common to the
ancient burial grounds of England, is indeed an
object of veneration, as the poet Gray thus
graphically describes one :

"Beneath those rugged elms, that yew tree's shade,
Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap,
Each in his narrow cell forever laid.
The rude forefathei-s of the village sleep."

While recently in Derbyshire, I visited the
celebrated yew, which still exists in the church-
yard of Darby Dale, and where the bones of the
villagers, in their many long years of repose,
have calmly slept in its solemn shade. This
time-honored tree, whose leaves seem as fresh
as ever, after a computed existence of more
than one thousand three hundred years, is still
in appearance a hale green tree. The venerable
evergreen measured a little over twenty- eight
feet in circumference, and is between fifty and
sixty feet high. Notwithstanding its extreme
great age, it exhibited no signs of decay in its
weird old trunk and branches.

I remember another umbrageous and secluded
church-yard, through which I strolled one after-
noon in.Tune, where the odor of musk roses,
honeysuckles and jasmines, which gracefully
festooned the tops of some old hawthorns, were
blending their fragrance with the new mown
hay in the adjacent meadows. While resting on
the old rustic stile, I noticed near b}' both vio-
lets and primroses, though out of flower, nestling
among the fronds of the curiously-fashioned
Scolopendrium crispum and the graceful little
Asplenium viride, with Veronica officinalis, all
so meek and pretty. While scattered along the
copestones of the surrounding wall, where the
mortar was loose and crumbling, green patches
of Sempervivum tectorum, Sedum acre, Linaria
cymballaria, Asplenium trichomanes, and A.
Kuta — muraria, with moss and lichens in abun-
dance. Nor was there wanting among them the
old wall flowers Cheiranthus fruticulosus and C.
Cheiri, once the glory of our grandmother's
gardens, and so sweetly scented as any which
grew therein. While sacred to the memory of
other days, and so grateful to the olfactory sen-
sations of the good and simple folk who lived
and died among them, grew sturdy bushes of
those universal favorites, the sweet old Provence
and rich Damask roses, ol exquisite perfume,
so dear to all true lovers of flowers. Of these

olden beauties, Rosa damascena was welcomed
by our ancestors in 1573. while R. moschata and
R. proviencialis came into favor in 1596, during
the reign of "Good Queen Bess." And notwith-
standing the many excellent additions to the
Rosary since then, they have held their own
among their numerous gay competitors for
admiration ever since. And still another old
and curious fashioned kind was there, no less
than the famous striped red and white York and
Lancaster rose, whose history dates from the
time of the marriage of Henry VII., of Lancas-
ter, wiih Elizabeth of York, which settled their
bloody feud sometime between 14S5 and 150&,
Everything around bore evidence of remote
antiquity, and even the rose bushes seemed aged
like the rest.

Incidentally, in connection with these admira-
ble old roses, I would like, in ideality, to carry
the reader back to the beginning of the fifteenth
century, when Henry IV. was king. The scene
is in a country church-yard, October 2oth, 1402,
wherein the rose is made to play an important
part.

Quoting from " Cullora's Antiquities," the
following remarks will convey to the reader's
mind the recognized importance of roses in the
afiairs of the goodly folk of the olden time.

"Sir William Compton granted to Thomas
Smyth a piece of ground called Dockmadive, in
Haustede, for the annual payment of a rose, at
the nativity of Saint John the Baptist, to Sir
William and his heirs, in lieu of services; dated
at Haustede, on Sunday next before the Feast
of All Saints, 8 Henry IV., 1-402."

It seems to have been a common occurrence
in ancient times to date important deeds on
Sunday, in the church or church-yard, where it
was usual, according to long custom, to execute
them. The reason assigned for it was to give
greater publicity to the transaction, in the pres-
ence of God-fearing people, who were then as-
sembled to worship Him.

The Romans, in their fondness for roses, left
legacies in their wills, so that their tombs might
be annually decorated with this sweetest of
flowers, a practice said to be introduced by them
into England. Both Camden and Aubury speak
of the church-yard in their time as " thickly
planted with rose trees."

While in " the sacred precincts of the dead,"
with pensive feelings pondering over the past,
and vaguely speculating upon the future, mem-
ory aptly recalled the almost forgotten lines with

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which Anacreon describes the superstition of the
Greeks, who innocently believed the rose pro-
tected the remains of the dead.

"When pain afflicts and sickness grieves,
Its juice the drooping heart relieves ;
And after death its odors shed,
A pleasing fragrance o'er the dead.
And when its withering charms decay.
And sinking, fading, die away,
Triumphant o'er the rage of time.
It keeps the fragrance of its prime."

Happily for us, the present halcyon time in
which we live is appropriately designated " the
age of flowers." And after a close observation
of the old and new, it thus appears to the writer's
conception of what will come to pass "after we
have shuffled off this mortal coil ;" we are des-
tined to sleep in some beautiful umbrageous
spot, "where soft vernal fragrance clothes the
earth," as nature fashioned it ; or the imitative
landscape gardener has deftly laid out, " where
sighs of devotion are breathing of flowers."

EDITORIAL NOTES.

To Intelligent Correspondents.— J.W commu-
nications relating to advertisements, subscriptions,
or other business, must be addressed to the pub-
lisher, 814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

All re/erring to the reading matter of the maga-
zine must be mailed to the editor, Germantown, Pa.

No express packages for the editor received unless
prepaid ; and marked " Paid through to German,
town. Pa."

Patrick Barry (See Frontispiece).— In ac-
cordance with a plan formed a few years
ago, to give to our readers, as a frontispiece to
the annual volume, a portrait of some one of
our own times who may have been distinguished
in horticultural literature, we now off'er one of
Mr. P. Barry, whose pen has had a widespread
influence on the great advance which horticul-
ture has made in America during the past quar-
ter of a century. In fruit culture especially,
Mr. Barry's services stand pre-eminent. He had
long been known as an effective writer through
papers in different periodicals, when in 1852 his
first great work " The Fruit Garden" appeared.
This was so popular that another edition was
issued in 1855. In 1852, Mr. A. J. Downing was
drowned during the burning of the Henry Clay
on the Hudson River, and the Horticulturist,
which with Mr. Luther Tucker, of Albany, he

had established, was purchased by James Vick,
and edited by Mr. Barry, in whose hands it re-
mained two years, until 1854, when it was sold to
the Smiths in Philadelphia. The greatest work
of Mr. Barry, however, is probably the " Cata-
logue of the American Pomological Society," the
preparation of which, as chairman of the com-
mittee, has been chiefly his work. This is the
great guide for American fruit culturists, and
has long been the admiration of the world.
Until recently the association had a vice-presi-
dent from every State, but no one especially
designated as vice-president of the whole body.
The office was created a few years ago, and Mr.
Barry unanimously chosen as first vice presi-
dent, to which office he was re-elected at the
last meeting.

For more than twenty years he has been
President of the Western New York Horticul-
tural Society, one of the most useful and flour-
ishing of its kind in the United States.

He has also taken an active interest in agri-
cultural affairs, has been President of the New
York State Agricultural Society, and is at present
a member of the Board of Control of the New
York State Agricultural Experiment Station.

As a nurseryman, Mr. Barry's career is well
known ; and in connection with Mr. Ellwanger
is regarded as among the remarkable horticul-
tural events of our times. Yet this success has
not been the result of mere favorable circum-
stances, as some young men are apt to believe,
but by the steady cultivation of honest business
ability, which is within the reach of all who
persistently try to deserve success. Indeed there
are many who had much greater early horti-
cultural advantages than Mr. Barry, for it was
not till after his immigration from the Old
World that he turned his attention to horticul-
tural pursuits. His father was a farmer near
the city of Belfast, Ireland, where Patrick Barry
was born in 1816. He was given a good educa-
tion, and at eighteen was appointed school mas-
ter of one of the national schools. Two years
later he resigned in order to try his fortune in
the New World. In his twentieth year we find
him acting as clerk in the then celebrated Linnsean
nurseries of the Princes at Flushing, in which
capacity he served four years, having achieved in
that time, with his wonderful facilities for learn-
ing, a thorough knowledge of the nursery busi-
ness. Fixing on Rochester as the most eligible
location, he formed a partnership with Mr. Ell-
wanger, and started business on seven acres of

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land. This waa in July, 1840, and was the foun-
dation of the celebrated Mount Hope nurseries.
As in the case of so many men who seem not
to have a moment to spare, Mr. Barry has been
often called on to serve his fellow citizens in
public capacities. He has served many years in
the City Council of Rochester, and as a member
of the Board of Supervisors of Monroe County.
Besides all this, and the time necessary to the
oversight of his great business, he busies him-
self in many enterprises tending to the pros-
perity of Rochester. At the time of the visit of
the writer of this sketch to Rochester, with his
brother nurserymen in June last, he was acting
as President of the Rochester City and Brighton
Railroad Company, President of the Flour City
National Bank, President of the Mechanics'
Savings' Bank, President of the Rochester Gas
Company, President of the Powers' Hotel Com-
pany, and possibly interested in as many more.
In his domestic relations Mr. Barry has been
happy. Marrying in 1847 the wife who has
shared with him the hardships, the successes,
and the honor of his career, they both have
lived to see, in their descendants, children who
are doing honor to their name. Let us hope that
they may yet both be spared for many years to
continue honoring humanity by their useful lives.

Index to the Gardener's Monthly. — The
Gardener's Monthly never permits the adver-
tisements to crowd on its reading matter. No
matter how large may be its advertising list, the
reader always gets the full thirty-two pages.

With the increasing prosperity of the maga-
zine, a few years ago, the publisher felt encour-
aged to give some good picture as a frontispiece
to the bound volume. Though not in the origin-
al programme, this has been maintained.

Continued encouragement from an increasing
subscription list induced him, last year, to a new
departure, namely, the giving of the index en-
tirely in addition to the thirty- two pages of
reading matter. Previously this had been in-
cluded in the thirty-two pages. This he again
feels warranted in doing this season.

Outside of its agencies, the Gardener's Month-
ly has to dependvery greatly on the good will
of its friends to make it known to those who do
not subscribe. Zealous lovers of horticulture are
often too scattered to be effectively reached
by advertisements in the ordinary newspapers
of the day. But this misfortune has ita very
great advantages ; for while the publisher makes

use of his readers in getting the magazine known,
he can return the compliment by making a
cheap magazine for the reader, and cheap rates
for the advertiser. In these respects the pub-
lisher really believes he offers, at the subscrip-
tion price, the cheapest magazine of its class in
the world.

Busts of our Early Botanists— A Case for
the Public Gratitude. — Among the heirlooms
of the family of the celebrated McMahon, of
Philadelphia, are busts of William Bartrara,
Muhlenberg the famous botanist of Lancaster,
Linnaeus, and McMahon, carved for McMahon's
library by Philadelphia's famous artist Rush.
Though everything else has passed from the
family, these treasures have been hoarded to
the last. The granddaughter, who owns them,
now finds herself necessitated to take charge of
her own four orphaned grandchildren, the eldett
not seventeen, though her own income is less
than a thousand dollars a year. She now pro-
poses to dispose of these busts, aud devote the
proceeds to the education of these children.

It is scarcelj'^ necessary to say anything of the
services of the eminent men whom these busts
represent. McMahon was to American botany
what Gordon and other English nurserymen
were to the botany of that country— the intelli-
gent care-taker of the seeds and roots of the
botanical collectors of his time, and raised for
them the plants necessary to perfect their studies.
Nuttall commemorated his services and his
friendship in the genus Mahonia. His grand
work, " McMahon's American Gardening," the
first complete American treatise on horticulture,
is still a standard work, though nearly a century
has passed since its inception.

The American Philosophical Society, the His-
torical Society, or the Academy of Natural
Sciences, would make excellent depositories for
these treasures, if any public spirited citizens
desire to purchase and present them. Still,
should no means be found to secure them for
the city, whose reputation these worthies did so
much to honor, there is nothing to prevent the
learned institutions of other cities possessing
them.

The lady, while anxious to get all she can for
the purpose desired, leaves it to us to fix the
amount to be asked for them, and we suppose
$500 will be considered reasonable for the four.

Should no one feel at liberty to subscribe the
whole amount, we should be glad to have the

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names and stated sums for which others would
co-operate.

Charles Downing. — We learn, with great
regret, that Mr. Downing met with a serious
accident through being run down by a street
car in New York. The wheels crushed against
him, and he was taken into a store insensible.
A rib was broken. Though in his eighty-first
year, and suffering intensely, his physicians, at
this writing (Nov. 12th). speak encouragingly 0|
his prospects for recovery.

Stephen Hoyt Sons.— Last April this excellent
firm of New Canaan, Conn., had their home-
stead burned; recently the torch of the incen-
diary again laid low their magnificent barns,
burning up eleven horses and twenty six cows,
and all their extensive preparations for fall and
spring trade. Besides this loss of trade, they will
be out of pocket at least $10,000 in cash, over
and above their insurance. As they are not
known to have an enemy in the world, the work
is believed to be one of sheer depravity, and
they have the sympathy of their neighbors and
friends everywhere.

Lawsuit on Fruit Trees. — A case is on trial
in the United States Court, in Michigan, between
a citizen of Davisburg and a Geneva firm. We
are not fully informed as to the trouble, but it
appears the owner of the farm claims that 700
of the trees are not the kind he ordered and
paid for. What he said about the trees we are
not informed, but the Geneva firm had him
arrested for libel, and on the preliminary exami-
nation the justice considered the evidence suffi-
cient to hold him over for trial in the United
States Court.

Ellwanger on the Rose.— Mr. Shirley Hib-
berd, in his Gardener's Magazine, has a kindly
appreciation of Mr. H. B. EUwanger's excellent
little work on the rose. He says: "Mr.
Ellwanger has hit the happy medium between a
big book and a little one, for his neat volume of
only 292 pages contains an immense amount of
information — all, indeed, that an amateur rosar-
ian requires for a full enjoyment of his roses.
His book must be regarded as a very necessary
addition to the rosarian's library, and we ex
pect to see it widely distributed on this side
among the ever-augmenting brotherhood of
men who love and cultivate the rose."

Dr. Asa Gray. — The numerous friends of this
■distinguished botanist will be sorry to learn that

he fell recently and broke his shoulder bone. It
is some satisfaction to be able to add, as we can
do from a pleasant note before us, that it will
not probably interfere seriously with active
work.

Walter Coles. — This intelligent young gar-
dener, whose papers in the Gardener's Monthly
have so often given pleasure to our readers, has
decided to enter the commercial ranks, and has
settled himself at Claj-mont, Delaware. We
have no doubt his venture will be a success, as
there is plenty of room for first-class business
men.

N. H. Ohmer. — Twenty-five years ago this
eminently successful horticulturist of Dayton,
Ohio, was engaged in city business, but broken
down in health he was induced to take a small
lot, 50 by 200 feet, so as to practice his innate
love of gardening. This was the beginning of
his great success, both in robustness of constitu-
tion, as well as in other ways.

Henry Winthrop Sargent. — As we go to
press we regret to announce the decease of this
munificent patron of gardening. His beautiful
country seat, "Wodenethe,"' on the Hudson, was
long regarded as the finest specimen of land-
scape gardening in America, and besides its
landscape beauty, contained one of the best
collections of hardy trees and shrubs. He was
an early friend of the great landscape gardener,
A. J. Downing, from whom he derived his
earliest lessons, and he edited one of the editions
of Mr. Downing's work on this fine art; and
published a guide to the finest country-seats in
Great Britain, besides contributing numerous
interesting articles on the same subject to the
Gardener's Monthly. He was the son of Sarg-
ent, a celebrated painter of Boston, a graduate
of Harvard, a lawyer, and finally a banker.
He was a cousin to Prof. C. S. Sargent, the well
known botanist and arboriculturist. He spent
the winters in Boston, but had not yet removed,
and he died on the spot, and amid the scenes
he loved so well, in his 72d year.

Edward Meehan.— Died at St. Clare, near
Ryde, Isle of Wight, England, on the 26th of
Octctber, Mr. Edward Meehan, father of the
Editor of the Gardener's Monthly, in his 86lh
year. He was born in 1798, at Carrick-on-Suir,
in Ireland, his father dying a few months after
he was born. He was taken to raise by an uncle,
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up another uncle, a well-to-do merchant of Car-
rick-on-Suir, took on himself the task of giving
him a tirst-class education. When old enough
to judge for himself he chose his uncle Heffer-
nan's profession, and was put as an apprentice
for five years with the gardener of Sir Thomas
Osborn, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. His uncle
having moved to London as gardener to Lady
Whitbread at Gore House, the boy followed and
took a course at nursery work with Watson of
St. Albans, and Oxley & Bunney of the Isling-
ton Nurseries. From there, though still young,
he obtained the position of second gardener in
the establishment of Mrs. Barrinot, of which
then famous establishment he subsequently be-
came the chief. Marrying here Sarah Denham,
one of an old and well-known family of Barnet,
he started a large florist's establishment in the
Regent's Park, one of the most aristocratic por-
tions of London, but unfortunately too large for
bis capital, and the end of it was that he re-
turned to his old position in Oxley & Bunney's
nursery from whence he removed to the Isle of
Wight, where for nearly half a century he had
the sole charge of the Isle of Wight property of
Earl Vernon or (by the subsequent death of the
male representative of the ancient Earldom of
Harcourt) Vernon-Harcourt. .

The strongest trait in Mr. Meehan's character
was a thorough devotion to whatever he under-
took to do, and a determination to thoroughly
understand even the minutest details of his
work. Young as he was when in charge of the
Barrinot establishment, the place became famous
for the successful cultivation of the Grape and
the Pineapple. He was a zealous student of
Botany — and a great admirer especially of the
Linnsean system to the last. By its aid he ob-
tained a knowledge of nearly every British plant
known in his time — and it was extremely rare
that any cultivated plant could be brought to
his attention, with the name and history of
which he was unacquainted.

His devotion to principle was most remarka-
ble, and led to the erection in the town otR^de
of one of the most beautiful and costly public
edifices, by the Countess of Clare, in admiration,
as the liile of Wight Observer states in its remarks
on Mr. Meehan's career, of his persevering en
thusiasm in its cause.

The esteem in which he was held by his em-
ployers was well evinced by the will of Lady
Catherine Vernon Harcourt, in which he was
retired from actual service with full salary, and

other testimonials of her regard — and the will of
Colonel Francis Vernon Harcourt who died the
following year, leaving him a testimonial in the
shape of 15,000 — while the new proprietor, Hon.
Egerton Vernon Harcourt, evidenced his re-
gard for the old family friend by appointing the
younger son to succeed his father in the manage-
ment of the estate.

Penn Memoeial Trees.— On the 9th of No-
vember, a stone was planted on the spot at
Chester where William Penn first set his foot on
American soil, and three trees were planted
around it by the Historical Society of Pennsyl-
vania, and the Penn Club of Philadelphia. Mr.
Lloyd Smith, a lineal descendant of Wm Penn,
planted an American Linden ; Mr. Justice Cox,
a descendant of the interpreter between Penn
and the Indians planted an Elm — and Mr.
Samuel Chew, a descendant of the famous Chief
Justice of Pennsylvania, planted an American
Ash. The trees were all raised from Pennsylva-
nia seed — the Elm being of old Philadelphia
parentage.

Portrait OF James Vick.— Mensing & Streeper,
of Rochester, New York, have executed a beau-
tiful life-size portrait of the late James Vick,
which besides being an admirable piece of art,
is a very accurate likeness of this distinguished
man.

St. Petersburg Botanic Garden. — Prof. Budd,
of Iowa, now traveling in Russia, sends the
following to the Iowa Homestead :

''Of the Imperial Garden I can only say at
this time that under the able management of
Dr. Regel. it has attained a proud position. The
doctor is now sixty seven years of age, and has
had charge of these gardens for twenty-six years.
Before coming here he was director of a botanic
garden in the mountain regions of Switzerland.
He is probably tho ablest botanist in Northern
Europe. He is really a walking encyclopoe.lia
striiiing over the grounds and talking of the
24,000 species of plants under his charge. We
tried tokeep up with him for six hours yester-
day. We did not observe that he was tired, hut
we freely admitted that we were. Some idea of
the magnitude of the place may be inferred
from the fact that the large glass houses, if
placed end to end, would extend two English
miles. Without exception the plants are in
gt)od condition, and are arranged in scientific
order. In many respects the facilities ottered
in the way of suitable buildings, and the classifi-
cation, seemed better than at Kevv. Thirty
skilled gardeners are employed to take charge
of the difl'erent divisions. Tiie running expenses
amount to 66 OuO roubles per year. It is in no
sense a school, and no plants or trees propagated

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for sale. Dr. Kegel, in company with a business
partner, has an extensive nursery about two
miles distant from the gardens. This nursery is
in one sense also a botanical garden. Plants
are grown quite largely of little known species
of Northern Europe and Asia for distribution to
botanical gardens, private collections, etc., in all
parts of the world. Fruit trees are not largely
grown. Indeed the soil here is not favorable for
growing of fruit or fruit trees ; yet here are
found very many varieties of the apple of the
hardiest known varieties. The German varieties
in stock, when the scions were sent to our
Department of Agriculture in 1870, were long
since discarded. The sorts now grown are true
Russians, which can stand rough usage. In
connection with this nursery I should say
that Dr. Maximowiz, the able curator of the
Imperial garden, has spent four years recently in
the interesting sections of North-western China,
Dahuria, the Amoor, etc ; very many of the
novelties he collected are here propagated for
distribution. In like manner the eldest
son of Dr. Regel is now collecting in Bo-
kara and other portions of Central Asia under
the special protection and auspices of the
Russian government. The ancient centres of
civilization are proving rich in species and
varieties, which have measurably escaped the
attention of the economic botanists.

"Of course the Imperial gardens are enriched
by these collections, but the propagation of novel-
ties for distribution seems wholly done at the
private nursery, on commercial principles.

"The people are an opened-faced, clear
complexioned race, who talk Russian with
deciaediy musical accents. Officials and the
landed proprietors usually talk French, and
many of them speak English imperfectly. Dr.
Regel and Dr. Maximowiz speak English freely,
the latter indeed quite as well as a native
Yankee."

Improvement in Gardeners.— One of the most
intelligent of Canadian gardeners writes: "Your
Gardener's Monthly I especially prize as con-
taining much and very valuable information, and
must be much prized by those who wish to go
forward in horticulture. Without such works
gardeners will soon find themselves far behind
in their ideas, and there are many gardeners
who rest on the first they learned, and never get
beyond that."

Smallest Flower in the World. — Dr. A.
Gattinger, of Nashville, says: ''A few days ago,
while paying some attention to the autumnal
flora, I happened to pass by a small pond on
Mrs. Spence's place, near the Lebanon pike, and
to observe the ' Wolffia Columbiana,' a plant of
such diminutive size that rarely any one would
notice it except a botanist, aware of its existence
and eager to find it. The surface of the pool is

covered with a green scum, which, at a close
inspection, is found to consist of two distinct
little plants. The one, a flat and disk-shaped,
roundish, floating frond, the size of a lentil, with
a few delicate rootlets pending from the lower
surface, is the ' Lemna polyrrhiza,' a species of
Duckweed. The other looks like very small
green grains, scattered between the Duckweed,
and forming with this a dense covering over the
entire pool. These grains are oval-shaped,
measuring from J to J of a line in length, floating
half submersed, and void of rootlets. It is very
rarely seen in flower, its general way of propa-
gating being by bulblets, produced at the edge
of the frond, and falling to the bottom of the
water at maturity. The flower, where it happens
to be found, is proportionate in dimensions,
almost invisible to the naked eye, and consists
of one stamen and one pistil, which burst
through a chink in the upper surface of the
small frond, and produce one ovule."

American Flowers in Europe. — It seems to
astonish Europeans that good things can come
from America. Reveu Horticole, a French maga-
zine, notes many good points in the double
Bouvardia "besides the interesting fact that it
originated in North America."

Popular Horticulture. — How words in one
country may come to have different meanings
in others, is evidenced by La journal de la vul-
garisation de V Horticulture. In our language this
would be briefly rendered "popular gardening."

Proceedings of a Convention of Agricul-
turists, HELD IN THE DEPARTMENT OP AGRICUL-
TURE, January, 1881. Published by the Depart-
ment. We have here the papers read and the
discussions thereon ; the latter, however, do not
seem very well reported. Members are made to
give replies to questions, which, so far as the
proceedings go, were never made ; and when a
member does rise to answer questions there often
seems little relevancy between the two. This
sort of reporting is often found in reports of
local societies, but would have hardly been ex-
pected here. In the discussions on grape cul-
ture, Mr. Wm. Saunders is reported as saying
that phylloxera has been long observed on the
roots of grapes ; but that it is only when the
plants are otherwise diseased and their normal
vitality impaired that the insects prevail to a
fatal extent. Prof. Riley suggested that in Europe
the appearance of the phylloxera in any neigh-
borhood added immensely to any destruction of

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383',

the vine that had formerly occurred, and Prof.
McMurtrie, chemist to the department, believed
that if the soils were not exhausted of the chemi-
cal constituents necessarj' to the health of the
vines, there would be little trouble from other
enemies. It is proper to say that we only give
our own impression of the views of these several
distinguished gentlemen after reading the re-
porters' notes, which we should suppose, as
already suggested, barely do the speakers justice.

The American.— This weekly, of Philadelphia—
always interesting, has added to its value by en-
gaging Prof Angelo Heilprin of the Academy
of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, to report
the proceedings of the different sections, which
now only instruct the members present, and
remain dead on the minute books. The Acad-
emy has grown to such proportions that there is
not time for the researches made in every branch
of science to be introduced at the usual Tuesday
evening meetings, the proceedings of which
alone find a place in the regular daily papers.
Botany, mineralogy, entomology, biology, and
other important divisions of science now have
to have separate sections formed for them, and
an immense amount of knowledge is brought
out in them, which now, through the enterprise
of the American, will be available to the public
as well as the members.

The New York Independent. — It is a well
known fact that many of the so-called denomi-
national religious papers seem to think their
duty finished when they furnish their readers
with denominational news, or with matter
bearing on strictly theological topics. On the
other hand, the strictly secular paper too often
deals with politics, or silly gossip, so nearly exclu-
sively, as to almost nauseate those who wish to
keep pace with general intelligence. As a
general rule the subscribers to these papers have
to subscribe to a pile of special journals if they
would keep pace with the discoveries of the
times in the highest departments of mental
culture which bears on human progress. The
Independent is a striking exception to the general
rule. While it is to a certain extent denomina-
tional in its teaching, it extends its attentions to
every branch of human intelligence, and its
wonderful success has, no doubt, been owing to
the fact that no cultivated person can take up
the paper without becoming wiser and better
before he lays it down.

Fungi Injurious to Vegetation. — By Dr.

Byron D. Halstead. Reprinted from the pro-
ceedings of the Connecticut State Board of
Agriculture, 1882.

Horticulturists and agriculturists are not yet
fully awake to the immense amount of injury
they suffer from the minute plants of the lower
order of vegetation known as microscopic fungi.
It is barely a quarter of a century since not
merely practical men, so-called, but even men
of science firmly believed that fungi never ex-
isted except on diseased vegetation. Scientific
men teach us difl"erently now; but there are
some excellent practical men, who still doubt
whether these little plants are the cause rather
than the followers of disease. It is an extremely
important question to the practical man. If
these almost invisible plants be not the cause of
disease, it is not worth while to care anything
about them ; but if they be, then we must wage
war on them, and the best knowledge in an
attack on an enemy is that which relates to his
habits and all his secret ways. This chapter by
Mr. Halstead is well worth reading, both by the
true believers in deleterious fungus agency, and
by the infidel. The former will perceive how
much is yet to be added to the knowledge we
have already gained; the latter may point to
the diff'erences of opinion among learned men,
but will surely see that something has been
gained over old notions, and that at least it is
time for him to go over the ground anew. He
may ask himself why, if smut and similar
organisms be a fungus, and yet not the cause of
disease, why he has been for just two hundred
years this season, as Prof. Brewer tells us here,
trying to destroy it by steeping his seeds in
brine, copperas and all sorts of steeps and
washes ?

An interesting discussion followed Mr. Ha!-
sted's remarks on the ergot (Claviceps purpurea)
and the smut in Indian corn (Ustilago Maydis),
It is beyond dispute that ergot has powerful
medical properties ; but we find by this discus-
sion that abortion in cows is claimed for the
smut as well as for the ergot by the farmers in
Connecticut. It is but fair to say that after
balancing the points brought out by the discus-
sion, the smut seems at least more innocent than
they suppose.

A very interesting inquiry is suggested by the
discussion, namely, how do the spores of fungi
enter the plant? The prevailing impression
with leading mycologists is that they germinate
on the exterior, and then grow into the plant,

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penetrating the structure as they grow, just as a
mistletoe or other parasitic plant penetrates the
tissue as it grows. From some of the remarks
of Mr. Halsted it may be surmised that this is
his view, though he remarks that the early
growth of the spores, from their small size, has
never been observed in plant tissues. But we
very often learn from circumstantial evidence,
as well as from direct observation of the facts >
and, if we may say that it is improbable that a
spore could be taken into the tissue through the
roots, and travel through the structure from

cell to cell, as moisture does, by endosmose
action, so also may we say, from observations
recorded in this paper, that it seems improbable
in many cases that the spores should have
reached their germinating points from an exter-
nal starting place on the surface of the inflor-
escence.

The intelligent and careful reader of this
excellent paper will feel that he has profited
largely by the perusal, but still with the en-
couragement which the explorer loves to enjoy,
that there is yet much to learn.

Horticultural Societies.

EDITORIAL NOTES.

Transactions of Societies. — There seems a
great want of intelligent reporting in some of
the published proceedings of societies. In a
large number of cases notices of the discussions
might be left out entirely for all the good they
are. In many instances it is apparent, from the
contents, that the speakers never said what is
reported of them, or that the most important
has been left out. Before us is one of these
reports. Mr. A. is asked if he " will favor the
meeting with his experience on the strawberry
grub?" Mr. A. is made to reply that he "has
had considerable experience with the strawberry
grub. Has also used coal ashes to a consider-
able extent on his strawberry beds."

Of what possible use is a report like this ? And
yet it is not much below the average of much
that is given us.

Association of Nurserymen and Florists.—
Mons. Charles Joly, in a paper read before the
" Societe Nationale d' Horticulture," of France,
gives praise to America for instituting such a
society, embracing, as he seems surprised to
know, 250 members, and believes it would be an
excellent idea for France to adopt.

Convention of Horticulturists in Brussels,
Belgium. — President VanGeert writes: "In order
to give to the representatives of horticultural
industry of all countries, the occasion to extend
mutually their commercial relations and discuss

their common interests, an international meet-
ing of horticulturists will take place at Ghent in
April, 1883. The programme will be published
in due time.

" As this meeting will coincide with the great
quinquennial international flower show, organ-
ized by the Royal Agricultural and Botanical
Society, interesting entertainments will be of-
fered to the congress members."

The Imperial Society of Horticulture of
Russia.— There will be an international conven-
tion of botanists and horticulturists at St. Peters-
burg, to celebrate the first quarter century of its
existence, to extend from the 5th to the 16th
(17th to 28th, we believe, of our calendar) of
May, 1883. The Grand Duke Nicholas has taken
the affair under his patronage. Dr. Regel asks
us to invite the presence of such American hor-
ticulturists and botanists as can make it conve-
nient to attend personally, or to send papers for
the convention or specimens for exhibition,
where personal attendance is not possible.
French will be the official language of the con-
gress, but papers or correspondence may be in
the writers' native language, where French is
unknown to them. Twenty to thirty minutes
will be the limit accorded to each paper.

Horticultural Societies in the Old World.
— Under the stimulus of high premiums, careful
judging, and a wide publication of the awards,
European societies are popular. At a late exhi-
bition at Edinburg there were 2,200 entries, and
$5,000 were distributed in premiums.

iisriDEx.-'vori. xiici^.

Abies concolor and Lowi- |
ana, 217
Absorption, Poison by Plant

Roots, 12;^
Acacia, Kaniesian, 213
Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila ,55,281
" & E.D.Cope,371
" " Herbarium, 373

Acalypha marginata, 73
Accuracy, Scientific. 375
Acre, Tomatoes to the, 209
Adiantum Aneitense, 364,365
Adornment, Small Yards,

130, 162. 226, 231
.aesthete in Pear Flavor, 146
Aged Trees, 212
Agreratum, 67

Agricultural Education,
Wilder's Speech, 220
" Grounds, Improve-
ment, 100
" Machine Improve-
ments, 24
" Report, Penna., 126
Alianthus as Timber, 117
" Health and, 154, 230
" in South Jersey, 149
" Sex of, 313
" Silk Worms, 370, 373
" The, 290
" Timber, 84, 181
Akebia quinata. Glutinous

Stigmas in, 248
.Vlbany SeeiUing Strawber-
ries, Degenerate, 307
Allamanda, 296
Almond Growing from

Peach, 21
Alteruantnera aurea.

New, 39 [in, 145

America, Foreign Grape
" Forest Growth in, 180
" Peach in, History, 347
American and English Sea-
'• The, 383 [sons, 186

'• Apples in China, 305
'■ Banner Rose, 357
" Botany Contributions,
" Candle, 282 [286

" Chestnut, 223 [22

" Early Weep. Willows,
" Farmer, The. 62
" Forestry Ass'n , 117, 192
" Game Bird Shoot-
ing, 320 [351
" Journal Forestry 222,
" Jute, 145
" Naturalist, The, 62
" Newspaper Annual, 27
" Nurseryman, 285
" Nurserymen's Ass'n.,

192, 2.56
" Pomol. Society, 190
" Silk & Fruit Culturist,
320 [Growth, 53

" Timber Trees, Rapid
" Vegetables and Fruit,
" Wonder Pea, 116 [209
Ames', F. L., Orchids, 202
Among the Elder Bushes,
Amsden Peach, 3a5 [258

Ancient Ploughing, 26
Anemone nemorosa. Pur-
ple, 248 [Tree, 184
Annual circles. Wood in
Anthurium crystallinum, 48
'• Schei-zerianum maxi-
Ants, 60 [mum, 23
Apple and Pear Trees, Dis-
ease, 177 [Pear, 207
" as Stock for Seckel
" Baldwin, 116
" Beaufln, or Biffin, 222
" Beauty of Hants, 270
" Bentlev's Sweet, 113,
" Borer, 176 [147
" Crop. Michigan, 304
" Highland Beauty, 147
'■ Market, Glut in, 145
" Native, 178 [209
" Newtown Pippin, 115,
" Rome Beauty, 81
" Trees, T>ongevity, 114
" Twin, 22 [305
Apples, American in China,
" Canadian, Superior, 209

Apples, Drying Whole, 146

" Dwarl, Success with,

" Massachusetts, 211 [148

" Mecklenburg Co., N.

" Pine. 210 [C, 337

" Storing, 146

" Very Hardy, 81

" Weight of, 367
Apricot, 251 [iiig, 3.54

Araucaria imbricata, Fruit-
Arboi etum, Derby, England
163. 288 [in, 308

Arboriculture, Graduates
Arborvitse, Golden Plume, 7

" Grafted on Retinos-
pora, 228

" Historical Notes, 246

" Siberian, 292
Arbor-vitaes, 166
Arch from Pine Tree, 228
Arctic Coniferre, 91
Ardisia crenulata, 74
Areca Baueri, 26 [ing, .340
Arguments for Tree Plant-
Arizona, Notes from, 276

" Vegetation, 153
Arkansa , European Wal-
nuts in, 244
Arnold Arboretum, 70
Arranging F'lowers, 170, 363

" Cut Flowers, Sciencej
350, 362
Arrestors, Spark, 309
Art and Science, 125

" Museums and Uses, ftJ

" Western, 189
Arum Family, 121
Asparagus, 244

" plumosus, 74, 76 [191
Associations, City Florists,

" Nurserymen & " .384
Ataniasco Lily, 155 [168

Attendance, Steam Boilers,
Anriphone, Peculiar, 288
Australia, Flora of, 94

" Grapes in, 210

" Peach Culture in, 210

" Sparrows in, 57

" Timber Culture in, 118

" Tree Planting in, 180
Australian Bottle Tree, 123

" Explorer, Forest, 125

" " Leichardt, 125

" Glory Flower, 41 [22
Autumn Flow'rs, Berkshire,
Avenue of Crj'ptomeria Ja-

ponica, 7
Azaleas, Seedling, 203

Bacteria, 62
' ' in Fruit Diseases, 208
" Theory, 84
Bad News for Tobacco

Raisers, 16
Baldwin Apple, 116 [of, 221
Baltimore, The Hallidays
Bananas from Seed, 58
Barbed Wire Fences, 367
Barfoot, Prof.J.L.,Death,319
Bark Scale Remedy, 51 [261
Baroness Rothschild Rose,
Barrv, Patrick, .378
Bassett Plum, 81 [244

" W. F., Strawb'y from,
Bears New Botany, 30, 287
Beaufln Apple. 222
Beautiful Orchids, 169
Beauty Carnation, 205

" of Hants Apple, 270

" " the Dandelion, 291
Beaver Dam, Wis., Catalpa
at, 182 [67, 99, 144

Bedding Plants, Blue, .39,

" " Some, 198

Bees and Fruit, 81

" " Grapes, 17

" Drone, on the Wing, 213
Begonia Schniidtii, 12, 47, 76
Begonias, Tuberous R'l'd. 11
Bentley's Sweet Apple, 113,
147 [Flowers, 22

Berkshire Hills, Autumn
Bermuda Grass, 7 290, 324

" " and Lawns, 261

" " Flowering of, 21

Best Flav' d Straw berries, 244

" Sou for Raspberry, 208

Bignonia magnifica, a31, 332

" venusta, 2:34
Bird Cherry, for Streets, 229
Birds and the Gardener, 115
Blackberries, Rust in, 176

" White, 307
Blackherry, Lucretia, 305

" McCracken. 269 [141
Black Flea on Heliotrope,

" Grapes, Best. .366

" Knot, Pacific C'st, 270
Blackman Plum, 82
Blodgett's Golden Cling, 334
Blood-leaved Peach, 32o

Trees, 100
Blue Bedder, Browallia, 35

" Bedding Plant, 39, 67, 99

" Carpet Beduer, 140

" Flowers for Massing, 37
Boilers, Hot Water, 104

" Steam, Attendance, 168
Borders or Beds, 335
Borer, Flat-headed, 176

" Sugar Maple, 277
Boss Waterm(!lon, 307
Boston & Vicinity, Hort., 96

" Hardy Conifera near.
Botanical Index, 27 [227

" Names, Hard, 186

" Notes, New Jersey, 309
Botanic Gardens, Cam-
bridge, 22, 59
" Melbourne, 184
" St.Petersburg,.381
Botanist, Lucky, 57 [379

Botanists, Early. Busts of,
Botany, Beal's New, 30, 287

" in California, 123

" " French Capital, 186
Bottle Tree, Australian, 123
Bottling Grapes, 146
Bouquet, A Royal, 12
Bouquets, Bridal, 139

" Buttonhole, 73

" in London Market, 170
Bouvardia, Double Rf d, 48

" Pres. Garfield, 238
Box-gro^vn Strawben-y, 368
Bracts and Leaves, 22
Brenhara, Tex., Tree Growth
Bridal Bouquets, 139 [at, 244
British Columbia Timoer, 53
Browallia as Blue Bedder, 35
Brown's Gynura aurantiaca,
230, 266 [Convention,384
Brussels Horticulturists'
Budded Roses, 131, 293
Budding Pennyroyal, 134
Bulb Growing, Holland, 249
Burdock Roots, 116
Burr's Pine Strawberry, 305
Business of Jas. Vick, 2o4
Busts of Early Botanists. .379
Butterflies, Odor in, 57
Buttonhole Bouquets, 73
Buzzard, Note on, 182

Cabbage, Early, How to
Grow, 304
" Lines on Head of, 64
Cactus Dahlia, 8
Caladium esculentum, 341
Caladiums, Experiments,360
Calceolaria crenatifolia, 300
Calendula officinalis meteor,

40, 132
California, Botany in, 12:?
" Cook's Ranch, 101
" Eucalyptus in, 272
" Filberts in, 210
" Giant Tree, 345
" Grape for, :W [rope, 1:33
" Mammoth Tree in Eu-
" Nat'list, John Muir, 219
" Notes from, aS5 [155
" Nurseryman's Letter,
" Past Season in, 80
Calla Lily, Yellow, 298
Callicarpa Purpurea, 357
Calloway Cling Peach, 148
Calochortus, 21 [159

Cambridge Bot. Garden, 22,
Camellia Bud Dropping, 109
" Culture, 44
" History of, 157
" Introduction of, 21 [271
Campbell's Triumph Grape,

Canada, Encouragement of
Forestry. 340, 341
" English Spar-ow in, 270
" Forestry in, 308 [247
" Opuntia Raflnesqui in
'■ Tree Planting. :370
Canadian Apples, Sup'r, 209
The, 282

„[81

Candle, American,
Tree, 57
" Wax Tree, 277
Can Fruit Trees be Overfed,
Canis ferox cum Kettle-
bees, 156
Canna Nepalensis, 263
Carey Robt., Death of, 126

" Disappearance of, 95
CaiTiation, Beauty, 205
Carnations, Detroit, 128,141.
190, 2.51
" Winter-flowering, 12
Carolina Jasmine, Dbl. 356
Caroline Raspberry, 208, 269
I Carpet Bedder, Blue, 140
j Castanea vesca, Origin of,
22:3,254 [\Vis., 182

Catalpa at Beaver Dam,
Cats in Gardens, 228
Catsup, Tomato, 337
Cattle in Cities, 166
Cattleya Dowiana, 300 [268
CaulifloN.er, Early Forcing,
Cedar Lebanon, Introduc'n.
■• N. Eng.. 3.57 [220
" White, 22
! Celery and Onion Essays, 209

" How I Grow, HI
I " To Keep Till Spring.366
I Celosia Clarkii, 2{)5, 300

" President Thiers, :362
I Cemeteries, Rural, 133
j Centennial, Section of Se-
quoia at, 245
I Cephalotaxus Fortunii,
I Fruiting Male Tree, 348

I Cercidophyllum Japonicum,
Oestrum, New, 141 [100

i Chanute, Kan., Peach from,
I 338

: Chapter on AVater Lilies, 32.5
i Cheap Paint, 292
1 " Plant Stand, 107
Chemistry of the Farm, 159
Cherokee Rose Legend, 289
Cherry, Indian, 166
j " Stocks, 210
■ " Windsor, 208
i " Yellow Choke, 154, 187
Chesliunt Hybrid Rose, 1:32
Chestnut, 22:3, 254
" European tt Am., 223
i '• Oak for Leather. :370
I " Sweet, New Dwarf, 39
' Chicago, Steam Heating
i around, 136, 173

' Chickens, Mulberries for,116
1 Chief Signal Office, Annual
Report, 96
China, Ainer. Apples in, 305
" Daffodils in, 357
" Tree Planting. 370
Chinese Chrysanthemums
from Seed, 106
" Cling Peaches, 338
" Peach, Flat, 211, 270
" Primroses, Improv'd,74
■ Varnish Tree, ""
irapes
j: Hya
Chrysanthemum, A
Hints, 38
" Culture. 40, 168
" Japanese from Seed,2(>2
Chrysanthemums, 73
" Chinese from Seed, 106
" Fine, 8
Churchman's Superb Rasp-
berry, 269, 306
Chysis Chelsonii, 185
Cicada septendecim, 274, 314
Cincinnati Floral Co., 9
" Forestry at, 245
" " Meeting, 84

" Hort. Exhibition, 288
Cirrhopetalum medusae, 107
Cities, Cattle in, 166
" Frame Buildings in, ;341

Choice Grapes, 115
Choosing Hyacinths, 12

386

THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY

City Peach Trees, History

of Some, 334
Cleared Land, How Trees

Spread on, 55
Clerodendron, 71

" Imperiale, Culture, 300
Clianthus Dampieri, 41
Close Trimmed Trees, 322
Clover in Lawns, 105
Clubs, Nat. Hist., Work, 21
Coal & Lignite in Mex., 313

" Tar, 80
Cochin China Grape, 177

" " Tuberous Rooted
Grape Vine, 207 |122
Coco & Other Grasses, 59, hJ>,
Codling Moth, 115, 208, 243
" " Catching with

Sweets, 115
Cielogyne cristata, 71, 72, 73
('offee Substitute, 210
Cola Nut, Properties of, 122
CJold Grapery, Grapes for.
Coles, Waller, 380 [52

Coleuses, Seedlings, 13
Coleus, New, 12, 300
Collector's Letter, 218
Color in the Dark, 246
Colors in Spring, 199

" Note on, 155
Colossal Fei-n, 217
(■olumbine. Native Dbl., 248

" New, 228
Common Names,Coining,247
Communications, Delayed

and Precedence, 124
< loncord Grape South, 208
Cones, Fumigating, 205
Conifeias, Arctic, 91 [227

'• Hardy near Boston,
Conoclinium ianthinum, 140
Convention, Agricul'sts', 382

" Hor-.ijul's^ Brussels,384
Cook's lianehe, Cal., Map

of, 101
Cool Orchids, Lselias, 235
Cope, E. D., and Acad. Nat.

Sciences, 371

Cornelia Cook Rose Legend,

94 [house, 2o5

Correspondence, Gieen-

Coriespondents, Intelligent,

" Our, 25 [7, 348, 378

Corson A. W., Death of, 2-54
" Lite '• 278
Cost, Nursery Products. 2b5
Cotton Plant, Hybrid, 247,343
Cottonwood iu Kansas, 83
Coxcombs, Large, 361
Cranberries, Improved, 17
CJratsegus arborescens, 70
Craze, Rose-growing, 102
Crickets, Damage by, 248
Criticisms, Other magazines.
Crop, Tobacco, 210 [223

Cross-fertiliz'g, Pollen in, 342
Croton recurvifolius, 138, 139

" sinitzianus, 237
Cryptomeria Jap., Ave. of, 7
Cuba Grass, 122 [na, 3.57

Cultivating Daffodils in Chi-
rore>t Trees, 180
Culture and Management,
Native Forests, 245

" Camellia, 44

" Clirysanthemum,40, 168

•' Clerodendron Imp., .300

" Eucharis, ia5

" Gloxinia, 2;«, 327

" Hardy Cvpripedium,70,

" Moss, 2:^6, 298 [132,164

" Mushroom, 243

" Olive, 210

" Peach, 176, 209, 210

" Quince, 52, 211

" Raspberry, 270

" Silk, 115

'• Teasel, 79
Cure and Prevent Thrip on

Grapes, 70, 113
Curing Meat, Ozone for, 64

" Peach Yellows, 17, 144,
Curl in Peach, 270 [147

I urranr, Indian in Decora-

• Fay's, 269 [tion, 170

• Red, Raby Castle, 146

Cunant, Ruby, 18

I " Worm Remedy, U6, 148

I Cut Flowers, Arrang., 3.59,.%2

'• •' in East'n Cities, 74

" " " Paris, 73

Cuttings from Old Wood, 258

Cydonia japonica. Coming

Hedge I'lant, 297
Cymliidium i'hurneum,12, 13
Cviii.-s Fainilv in Tex., 2il2
<.'y|iiii)f(liiiiiis.Hardy,70, 1.32,
CyrtoiU'ira iiietalica, 47 [l(i4

Daffodils in China, ;557
Dahlia, Cactus, 8
Dahlia, History of, 252

" Juarezii, New, 39

Dahlias, Double, 74, 165

" Single, 229, 261, 355

Damage by Crickets, 248

Damson Dye vs. Damson

Pie, 310
Dandeli(m,Beautyof the, 291
Dandelions, .337
Dark, Color in the, 246 [159
Darwin, Charles R., Death,
" " Estate, 317

" Life, 220
" " Memoir, 254

Date Palm, 217
Datura arborea, 261
Davallia Fijiensis, 265
Death & Birth of New Spe-
cies, 343
" of Barf oot. Prof., .319
" " Carev, Robt., 126
" •' Corson, A. W., 254
" " Darwin, Chas. R., 159
" " Decaisne, Jos., 159
" " Hall, Elihu, 350
" " Hoopei, E. J., 350
" " James, T. P., 125
" '• Leggett, W. H., 159
" " Markey, Jas., 26
•' •' Meehan, Edw., 380
" " O'Brien, W., 95
" " Sargent, H. W., .380
•' '• Sherfey, Jos., 3-50
" " Stone, Geo. A., 221
" " Storrs, Jesse, 159
" " Vick, Jas., 188
Decadence of Gardening in

Japan, 228
Decimal System, 316 [for, 236
Decorating, Solomon's Seal
Decoration, Dinner-table, 109
" Indian Currant in, 170
Decorative Plant, New, 364
Defective Raspberries, 271
Degenerate Albany Seedling
Strawberries, .307 [124
D e 1 ay ed Communications,
Delusions, Henderson on, 17
Dendrobium biggibbum, 2;32
" Ca ubridgeanum, 44, 45
Derby Arboretum, 163, 288
Designs. Floral, 205 [200

Desirable Shrubs, A Few,
Desmodium penduliflo-

rum, 89 [Glass, 362
Destroying Insects Under
Deterioration, Strawb'y, 146
Detroit (tarnations, 128, 141,

190,251
Diamonil Tuberose, 25, 40

•' Dwarf, .357
Dinner-table Decorat'n, 109
" Flowers on, 170

Dinsmore's, W. B. Resi-
dence, 280, 285. 314
Dioecious Trees, Sexual

Characters, 275
Disappearance of a Gar-
dener, 95 [Trees. 177
Disease in Apple and Pear
" on Pear Limbs, 240
" Tomato, 307, 313
Diseases and Insects, 336

" Fruit, Bacteria in, 208
Display of Colors in Spring.
199 [l2'j

Dominy, the Orchid Raiser.
Donnelly, M. J^27 [ing, 305
Dormant Bud Peach Plant-
Double Broods of Insects, 57
" Carolina Jasmine, a56
" Catalonian .Tasmine,205

Double Dahlias, 74, 165 [357
" Dwf German Scabious,
" Geraniums, Dwarf, 39
" Native Columbine, 248
'• Red Bouvardia, 48
" Sloe, 2.31
Downing. Chas., 380 [at, 277
Drift Deposits, New Guess
Drone Bees on the Wing, 213
Hvouping, Camellia Bud, 109
Dro]! Worm. 40
Drouth, Protection from. .52
Drying Apples Whole, 146
Duke of Connaught Rose,203
Duniesnil Fertiliz'g Moss,363
Durability of Timber, 245
Duration of Timber in Iowa,
118 [148

Dwarf Apples, Success with,
•• Diamond Tuberose, 357
" Double Geraniums, 39
" " German Scabious,357
' • Stocks, Health of Pears

on, .306
" Sweet Chestnut, 39
Dyer's June Peach, 18

Early Birds which did not
find the Worm, 183
" Cabbage,Howtogrow,
304 [268

" Cauliflower, Forcing,
• Celery to Keep Till
Spring, 366

" Fruiting Walnut, 367

" Peaches, New, 267

'• Rhododendrons, 229
Eastern Cities, Cut Flowers
in 74 [for, ;550

Editor, Express Packages

" Paper by the, 190
Egyptian Tombs, Flowers

in, 124 [373

" Hieroglyphics,Flowers,
Elberon, 259

Elder Bushes, Among, 258
Electric Light, Plant Growth

by, 11, 85
Elements of Forestry, 117, 287
Ellwanger on theKose 159 .380

" NewSeedlingRoses,230

" Rose Crosses, 293
Elm, Historic, End of a, 212
Elms of Ohio, 84
Encouragement of Forest-
ry, Canada, 340, 341 [163
England, Derby Arboretum,

" French Fruits in, 176

'• Fruit Culture in, 146

" " Notes from, 50

" Hemlock Spruce in, 230
English ife Am. Seasons, 186

" Bird Cherry, Streets,229

" Names, 247

" Sparrow in Canada, 270
Enormous Flower, 246
En'omology, 222 [kets, .329
Epergenes & Hanging Bas-
Epiphyllum, Grafting, .300
Erica Meditteranea, 155
Essays at Hort. Meetings, .32
Estate, Chas. Darwin's, 317
Etoile de Lyon Rose, 134
Eucalyptographia, 287
Eucalyptus a Success, 60

" in California, 272
Eucharis Amazonica, 12

" Cultivation of, 105
Euonymus radicans, a)3
Eureka Peach, 211 I

Eui opean Chestnut, 223

" Forests, 150

" Walnuts in Ark., 244 '
Europe, Am. Flowers in. 'S8'2

" Cal. Mam'th Tree m,im

" Oranges in, 177 [170
Evening Effect, Flow'rs for.
Evergreen Hedges under

Trees, 291
Evergreens. Golden, 229

" Some Southern, 197 [58
Evolution of Heat in Plants,
Exhibitions, Hort., 31, 32
Experiments, Caladiums,360
" Gardening, 194

Expositions, Uncei tain-
ties of, 62

[December,

Express Pkgs for Editor,350

Family, Arum, 121
Farm Journal, 349
Famesian Acacia, 213
Favors, 1.57

Fay's Currant, 269 [in, 244
Fence Coiners, Peach Tree.<
Fences. Barbed Wire, ;i67
Fern, Colossal, 217

'• New, -.m
Fertilization of Kalmia, 5-1
Fertilized Moss, Plants in.
Fertilizing Moss, 295 [264
Fever, Malarial, 21
Ficus exculpta, 56 [300

" radicans & F. reptans.
Fig Culture North, 79, 144
" Flowers of a, .5.5
Filberts in California, 210
Fine Chrysanthemums, 8

" Ohio Thorn, 70 [340
Fires. Forest, 20, 180, 245, 272,
Flat Chinese Peach, 211, 270

" Culture, Potatoes, 81
Flea, Black, on Heliotrope.
Floral Designs, 204 [141

" " Improvements.2.36

" Identities, 198
" Luxuries, Roman, 2.52
Flora of Australia, 94
Florida Fruit Growing and
" Jute,8,.373 [Gard'ng,304
" Oranges, 305
" Yellow Water Lily, 325
Florist and Poniologist, 95

" Carey, the Lost, 126
Florists' Ass'n, Phila., 192
" City Associations, 191
" Flowers, 67
Flower, Australian Gldry, 41
" Enormous, 246
" liarden & Pleasure
Ground, 1, .33, 65, 97, 129, 161 ,
193, 225, 257, 289, 321, 3&^
Flower Notts, A Few, 323
" Smallest, S82
" The, 63 [ing, 141

" White Winter Bloom-
Flowering. Bermuda Grass 21
" Grapes, Imperfect, 176
" Victoria regia in Open

Air, 293
" White Mignonette, 247
Flowers* Ferns, U.S., 27,221
" " Trees, Sick, 11

" Amer., in Europe, 382
" Autumn, Berkshire, 22
" Blue, for Massing, 37
" Florists', 67
" for Effect, 170, 363
" Fostering Love for, 298
" Imitation, 298
" in Egyptian Tombs, 124
" " Hieroglyphics,.S73
" Night-opening, 45, 54
" of a Fig, .5.5
" of South Carolina, 57
" on Dinner Table, 170
" Peach, 177, 241
" Satisfied with the, 159
" Wild, of S. C, 182 [268
Forcing Early Cauliflower,
" Strawberries in Pots, .50
Foreign Grape in Am., 145
ForestFires,20,180,245,272,340
" " & Railroads, 273
" Growth in America,180
" Growths, Succes-
sion of, ,308, 369, 370
" Seedlings from, 308
" Schools. Old World, oS
" Trees, Cultivating, 180

Growth of, 150
" " Seedling. 180
Forestry, 19, 53, 83, 117,149,179,
212, 244. 272, 308, m9, 36!>
" Am. Journal of, 222,451
" Ass'n, Am., 117, 192
" at Cincinnati, 245
" Hough on, 117, 287
" in Canada. .308, 340,'31I
" Joaquin Miller on,'.s;;
" Legislative, 180
" Meeting, 84
" Nonsense, 149
" Notes, 179

1882.

AND HORTICULTURIST.

387

Forestry Planting, 309 |

" Profits, 53

" Protection, 19 I

•' Roadside, 308
" Romance. Inti
" Scliool. 8.!
Kore.sts. European. l.'K.!
•• Manie. 272
" Miciiigan, ISl
" Native, Culture and I
Manae;enient. 24.j I

" Poor Liuul for. 212 [19
'• Protection Necessary, I
" Rainlalland. 273
•' Wabash Valley, 341
" Water Changing Char-
acter of. 18;? I
Korlis and Spades, 229 j
Forrest, John, .Australian j
Explorer. 125 i
Fostering Love for Flowers.
Foster, Suel, 159 [298
Fox, B. S., Pear, 177
Foxgloves, Improved, 357
Frame Buildgs in Cities, 341
France. Phylloxera in, 25

•• Winter in, 89
Fremontia, 214
" Californica, l.i4

" and a Howl, 87 I
French Capital, Botanv in
the, 180 " I

" Fruits in England, 170
" Weights and Measures,
2.55
Frost and Peach Buds, V£i
" or Heat. Hot-house

Alarm lor, 10
• White, near Paris, 373
Fruit & Vegetable Garden-
ing, 14, 48, 76. 110. 142, 173,
2ai, m, 266, 300, ;i33. 364
" Bees and, 81
■' Crop, Tennessee, 49
" Crops, West'rn Pa.. 3CA
" Culture in England, 146
" Di.seases,Bacteriain208
" (i rower's Ass'n Ont .126

" Soc"y, Pa., 94
" Growing & Gardening,

Florida, 304
" Lechee, 147
" New Varieties, 17
" Notes from England, 50
" of Paper Mulij'y,248 [45
" Ornamental, Roses for,
" Trees be Overied, C m,
•• Lawsuit, ;«0 [81
" Pruning, 77
" Vital Power, 146
Fruiting Araucaria imbri-
" Lemon. :368 [cata, 3.j4
" Male Tree, Cephalo-
taxus Fortunii, 348
" of Gingko, 218 [.58

" '• Maiden Hair Tree,
Fruits and Trees. Kan., 148
" Vegetabrs,Ani.,209
'• " '• in.Sac'mento,147
" French in England, 176
" New or Rare, 18
" " Premiums for, 305
" Seedling, '■ '■ 224
'• Small Japan, 269
Fuchsia. The First, 373
Fuller, A. S., 27
Full Podded Peas, 177
Fumigating, 1.37
" Cones, 2(15
•■ Greenhouses, 363
Fungi, Tree and Lichens, 145
Futgus, Sulphur for, 211

Garden, Cambridge Hot.. 22
•• Mr. Hunneweirs,5, ■)■%
" Wild, i)2, 118 [66

Gardener, Birds and the, 115
" Disappearance of a, 95
Gardeners, Improv'nt in. 382
Gardener's Monthlv Index,
'• Society, A, "160 [379
Gardening and Fruit Grow-
in ■, Florida. .304

• By Monks of Old. 2-51

•■ Experiments. Wise and
Other, 194

• Japan, Decadence, 228

Gardening, Ornamental, 2

" Railway, 8
Gardens, Cats in, 228
•• Kew. KKi

" 8mall.Iniprov"ment,231
" Stealini:- from. 16
" Si. Liiuis I'ul.lic, .■i.5,227
General Index. lnsi'(tsMo.,95 |
Geographical Kange Lily, 121
(ieorgia Hort. Society. 27 i
Geranium Pres. Garfield, 74 ,
" Robertianuui. 248 [187 I
" White, Scarlet P'lowrs, [
Geraniums. Dbl Dwarf, ;»
Germantown, Pa., Hort. '
Soc.. 191 !

" Phila.. Rare Trees, 70
Giant Tree, California. 344
Gingko, Fruiting of. 218

Trees. Barren. 217
Glass, Grape Culture under.
Glazing, 106 [835 ;

•' and Pipe Setting, 20l
" Greenhouses, 264
" without Lapping, 297
Glendale Strawberry, 270
Globba coccinea, 283, 284
Gloxinia Culture. 234, 327
(ilout Morceau Pear, 16
Ghit in Apple .Market. 145
Glutinous .Stigmas in Ake-
bia quinata, 248 [ful.376
"God's Acre" made Beauti-
Golden Arborvit* Grafted
on Retinospora, 228
" Evergreens, 229
" Plume .\rboivitae, 7
Goldsmith & his Writings, 24
Government Grounds, Ot-
tawa, 262. :157 [im
Graduates in Arboriculture,
Graft, Influence of Stock, 91
Grafting Epiphyllum, mO
" .Side Cleft, Universal,

142, 143
" Strong's Method. 178
Grape, Best Black. 366
" Campbell's Triumph.
" Cochin China. 177 [271
" Concord, South, 208
" Crop in Lake Reg., 304
" Culture under Gla.«s:%5
" for California, 304
" Foreign in Amer., 115
'• Gros Colraan, 18, 82, 112
" .lessica, 339 [366

" Moore's Early, 3,38
'• Niagara, 368
" Pocklington, 177
•' Prentiss. .%7
" Rot, 268 [208

" to Improve, Promising,
" Triumph, .'iiO
" Vine, A New, 207
" Mildew, 145
'• N'irginia and the, 6<i
" Welcome, 304
Grapes and Bees, 17
'• Bottling, 14tj
•' Choice. 115
" for Cold Grapery, 52
" Hothouse. 80. 3^6. 367
•• Hybridizing, 148 [176
" Imperfect Flowering,
'■ in Australia. 210
•• New White, 336
" Rogers', 210
'• Seedlings, Raising, 20.s
I " Spanish, Preserv'g, 177
•' Table in .South, 208
" Thrip, To Cure and
Prevent, 113
Grass, Bermuda, 7, 290. .324
" '• and Lawns. 261

" " Flowering. 21

" Guinea, 122 [89,122
Grasses, Coco and Other, 59,

" Ornamental, 70
Gray, Dr. Asa, Accident. ;}80
Gr.ay's, Asa, Contributions
to Amer. Botany, 286
Great Brit. Tree Plant'g, .370
Greenhouse A House Gar-
dening, 8. 40. 71, 102.
1X5, 167, 2(X), 232, 263,
294, 326, 358

Greenhouse Correspond-
ence, 205
" Notes, St. Lonis, 169 "
" Glazing, 264
" Heated bv Steam, 72
" Patterson Bros., 170
•• Small. 108
Greenhouses. Fumiga"ng.:«)3
Grouping, Wi [ll£ :Ki6

GrosColman Grape. 18, 82,
Growers and Shippers. 16
Growing Bulbs. Holland ,249
" Orchitl, 137 [81

" Potatoes. Flat Culture,
" Radishes, 147
'■ .Sponges, 82 [Rapid, .53
Growth. Am. Timber Trees,
•• Forest Trees, 1.5(,( [11,85
•• Plant by Electric Light,
" Tree, at Breuham.Tex.,
" Wood, 187 [244

Guinea Grass, 122
Gum. Spruce. 84
(Tvnura aur.antiaca. 2;i0, '266

HadiUnaton, Lord & Trees,
125 [204

IIa-mantliusKalbreverii.2()3.
Hall, Elihu. Death of, 450
Hallidays. The, of Bait., 221
Hanging Baskets and

Epergenes. 32JI
Hansen Raspberry. 269, ,306
Hard Botanical Names. 186
Hardenl)ei giaCoinptoniana.
328 [290

Hardiness of BermudaGrass
" Rose Reine Marie Hen-
riette, 40
Hanly Apples, \'ery. 81 [227
•' Coniferie near Boston,
'• Cypripediums, 70, 132
" Herbaceous Plants,
Gen'l Cultivation, 200
Harris' Liliuni longittorum.
'• Lilv. l.id [48

Health A Ailantlius, 1.54, 2:50
" Shade Trees, 16.5
" of Pears on Dwarf
Stocks. 306
Heating by Steam A Water
Combined. 106
" Steam, 42, 44, 72. 73. 74,
103, 109, 1.36, 137, 139, 141,
169, 173, 200, 232, 233, 264
Heat in Plants, Evolut'n, .58
" or Frost, Hothouse
Alarm for, 10
Hedge Plai<t, Coming, 297
Hedgehog. 3 iS
Hedges, Evergreen under
Trees. 291 [299

Heliconia f:ureo striata, 298,
Heliotrope lUack Flea on, 141

" White, 74
Hellanthus, Maxiiniliani,248
Helonias Bullatata, 197
Hemlocks & Maples, 231
Hemlock Spruce in Eng-
land. 230
Henderson on Delusions, 17
Herbacea, Romance of, 346
Herbarium. .\cad. Nat. Sci..

Pbila.. 373
Hereilitv in White \'ariega-
HessianFly, 29 [tion, 152
Hidebound Beings, MH
Highland Heauty .Apple, 147
High-toned Papers, 62
Hints. Chrysanthemum, 38
" Seasonable, 1. 8, m, 48,
ti.5, 76, 97, 129, 161, 167,
173, 19.3, 20,5,22.5,2.38,
2.57, 266, 289, 294, .300,
.•?21, .326. :i'13. .'BS. 358
Hinzc's Red and White Car-
nations, P«, 141, 190,2.51
Historical Notes, Arbor-
vita-, 246
Historic Elm, End of a, 212
History, Camellia, 157
" Dahlia, 2.52 [241

" Five ct. Paper of Seed,
" Manetti Rose, 7
" Peach in .America, 347
" Some City Peach Trees,
.3,34

Holland, Bulb-Growing, 249
Honey Locust Timber,84, 181
Honeysuckle, New Upright,
" Ornament, 229 [230

Hooper, Edw. J., Death

of, .350 [Name, 25;?
Horse Chestnut, Origin
I '• How to Buy & Sell, 2.55
I Horticultural Dept. 10th Cin.
' Ind. Exp., 2»8

Exhibitions, 31, ;?2
Hall, Phila., 61
Meetings, Essays at, .32
Societies, 31, 191, 224,
256. .351, ;«4
" in Old World, 384
" State, 32
Society,Ger'ntn,Pa.,191
" Georgia. 27
' ' Lawrence, Mass. , 192
" Maryland, 191, 224
" Mass., 62, 191, 287
" Mich., 94, 127
" Miss. Valley. 352
I " " Penna., 224, :151

' State, 32, 352

I '• " Premiums, 191

" •• R.andolph, Ind., 288
" " Roval, Tuscany, 192
•• •• Russia. .384
! Horticulture, 25

'• Boston and Vicinity, 96
" Mich., Glimpse of, 29
" I'opular, :iS2
" Women in, 188
Hothouse Alarm, 10

Grapes, 80. ;{66
Hot Water Boilers, 104
Hough on Forestry, 117, 287
Houghton Faim Experi-
ments with Com, 319 [373
House Fly & Poison Germs,
Hovey's Seedling Strawb'y,
Howl Grow Celery, HI [208
" to Grow Early Cab-
bage, mi
Hovt, .Stephen, Sons, 380
Hunnewell's Gard'n, 5,35,66
Hyacinths. Choosing, 12
Hvacinth, Superior, 184
Hybrid Cotton Plant, 247, 343
Nepenthes, 371
Orchids, 184
Hybridizing Grapes, 148
Hyde Park, St. L uis, 16;i
Hydrangea paniculata, 324
Hydrangeas, Propagating.

166, 259, 291, 294
Hygiene, Rules of, 255
Hygienic Value ol Jus.<ieua

grandiflora, 21
Identities, Floral, 198
■ Imitation Flowers, 298
Imperfect Flower-
ing Grapes, 176 [74
Impr'v'd Chinese Primroses,
" Common Garden Mari-
" Cranberries. 17 [gold,40
" Foxgloves. ;i57
" Wall Flowers, 165
Improvement. .Agricultural
Grounds, 100
" Floral Designs, 236
" in Gardeners. 381
" Small Gardens, 231
" White Suljihur ."'pa., !;?:?
Independent. The. m
Index. (Janlener's Monthly,
Indian Cherry, 166 [;179

" Corn, Beal's Essay, 28
" Currant in Decoration,
170 [Plants, 11, 84
Influence. Electric Light on
" Pollen in Cross-fertil-
izing, H2
" Stock on Graft, 91
Insecticide, Yeast a.s, 147
Insect Borer, Yel. Locust,.341

" Laws, 146
In.sects and Diseases, .330
" Destructive, New

Work on, 159
" Double Broods, 57
" Iniuricms, Forest and
Shade Trees, 189
•' Farm & G.arden,320

388

THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY

[December,

Insects.PitcherSjNepenthes,
" Mo.,Gen.Index,29 [342
" on Timber Trees, 370
" Tar Water for, 11
" Under Glass. Destroy-
hiK, 362 [70,318,378
Intelligent Correspondents,
Introduction of Camellia, 21
Iowa, Timber Duration in,
Ipomea grandiflora, 6 [118
Irrigation in Kansas, 302
Isabella Sprunt Rose, Ex.

D'bl., 1.34
Isotoma longiflora, 41, 139
Ivy, Kenihvorth, 349
Ixora splendida, 74, 75

Jac(iues' Notes, 24, 59 [125
James, Thos. P., Death,
.Japanese Chrysanthemums
for Seed, 262 [228
Japan Gard'ng, Decadence,
" Lacquer, 374
" Maples, 228
" Persimmons, 18, 114

" Tub Plants, 113
" Plum, Kelsey's, .339
" Small Fruits, 2o9
.Jasmine, Catalonian,D'bl,205
.lasminum gracilimum, 46, 47
.Tessica Grape, 339
Johnson Grass, 122 [368

Josephine de Malines Pear,
.Tuarezii Dahlia, 39
Juglans praeparturiens, 177
Ju-ssieua grandiflora. Hygi-
enic value, 21
Justicia calycotricha, 108
Jute, American, 145
" Florida, 8, 373

Kahnia, Fertilization of, 54
" Poisoning by, 120
" Poisonous, is, 154,

313. .342 [345

" to Sheep, 54, 118,
Kansas City Review, Sci-
ence & Industry, 160
" Cottonwood in, 83
" Fruits and Trees, 148
" Irrigation in, 302
" Products, 51
" Tree Planting, 370
Keiffer Pear, 17, 349
Kelsey's Japan Plum, 339
Kenilworth Ivy, 349 [313

Kentucky, Tomato Disease,
Kew Gardens, 166
King, Timber is, 19

Labels, Painted, 16
Label, Tree, New, 51
I>ac<juer, Japan, 374
Ladies' Floral Cabinet. 255

" Recep"n,Pa.Hort.S'y.224

" Traces or Tresses, 375
Lajlias, Cool Orchids, 23.5
Lake Regions, Grape

Crop. 304 [M)

Lapageria rosea an<l alba.
Lapping, Glazing Without,
Large (/oxcombs, 361 1 297

" Seckel Pears, 210

" Strawberries, 269

" Trees, Removing, ViS

" Violet. 165

'• White Oak, 20 \am

LatePeach,Col.MFarland's,
Lawns & Bermuda Grass, 261

" Clover in, 165
I^aw of Branches Overhang-
ing Neighbors, 2.5 •
Laws agamst weeds, 25

" Insect, 146

" of Weather, 214

" Phylloxera, 51

" Timber, U. S., 118, 149
Lawsuit on Fruit Trees. 380
liawrence Mass. Hort.S'y, 192
I^eather, Chestnut Oak for.
Leaves, Bracts and, 22 [379
Lebanon, Cedar of, 220

" N. England..3.57
Lechee Fruit, The, 147
LeConte Pear, 269, &38
Ijegend, Cherokee Rose, 281

" Cornelia Cook Rose, 94
Leggett,Dr.W.H.,Death, 159
l^egislative Forestry, 180

Leichardt, Lost Australian

Explorer, 125
Leige, Prof. Ed. Morren, 221
Lemon Fruiting, 368

" Trees, 116
Letter, Cal. Nurs'yman's, 1.55

" Collector's, A, 218
Levy's Late Peach, 82
Libornia Penrhoseana, 73
Lichens and Tree Fungi, 14.5

" N. American, 89 [60
Lichfield,under the Willows,
Life of Darwin, Chas., 220
" Corson, A. W., 278
Lignite and Coal, Mex., 313
Lilies, Talk About, 134

" Torch, 21

" Water, Chapter on, .325
Lilium longifloruin, Harris',
Lily, Atamasco, 1.55 [48

" Geographical Range, 121

" Harris', 139

" Water, Florida Yel., 325

" Yellow Calla, 298
Limestone, Magnesian, 14.5
Lines Head of Cabbage, 64
Linseed Oil for Scale, 82 [64
Literature, Travels & Per-
sonal Notes, 24, 59, 92,
124, 1.5.5, 188, 219, 249, 278,
314, 316. .376
Local Names, Plants, 22
Locust, H'v, Timber, 84, 181

" Shingles, 84

" Yel.. Insect Borers, 341
I.,ocui<ts, 17-year, 247 [170
London Markets, Bouquets,
Longevity, Apple Trees, 114
Lonicera Alberti, 230
Louisville, Veg. Gardening

near, 305
Love, Flov\ers, Fostering,298
Lover of Trees, 125 [22

Lowell, Jno. A., Bot. Garden,
Lubbuck, Sir John, 60
Lucky Botanist, 57
Lucretia Blackberry, 305
Luculia gratissiina, 105
Lumber Resources, U.S., 272
" Virginia, 20

Magazines, Other, Criti-
cisms, 223
Magnesian- Limestone, 145
Maiden Hair Tree, Fruiting,
Maine Forests, 272 [58

M.akoya bella, 232
Malarial Fever, 21
Malefactor's Tree, 128 [89
Mammoth Tree, Cal., Sect'n,
Management, Steam, 172
Manchester Strawberry, 243
Manetti Rose, History, 7
" Origin, 16.5
Manipulated Wines, 91
Manning, Warren H., 317
Manuring in West, 211
Maples and Hemlocks. 231

" Japan, 228
Maple, Sugar, Borer, 277
" Spring Tapping, 275
Marechal Niel Rosc^, 201, .360
" " Origin, 320
Marigold Impr'vd Common,
Markev, .Tas:, Death, 26 [40
Maryland Hort. S'y, 191, 224
Masdevallias, 62
Massachusetts Apples, 211
" Hort. Soc, 62, 191,287
Massing, Blue Flowers, 37
McCrackcn Blackberry. 269
McFarland's Late Peach,;«8
Means Grass, 122 [pies, 337
Mecklenburg Co., N.C., Ap-
Meehan, Edw., Death. 380
MelViourne Bot. Gardens,184
Memorial Trees, Penn, 381
MendelUna magnifica, 12,

105, 107
Mexico, Coal <fc Lignite, 313
Michigan Apple Crop, 304
" Forests, 181
" Hort. Soc, SI4, 127 '
" Paw Paw, M, 118
" Strawberries in, 116
•' Timber in, 212 [247

Mignonette, Flow'ng White,

Migration of Robin, Sum-
mer, 374
Mildew, Grape Vine, 145
Mild Weather, 51
Miller, Joaquin, Forestry, 83
Miner Plum, 208
Missouri University, 55
Miss Percival Peach, 3!^
Miss. Vallev Hort. Soc, .352
Mole, The, 313
Monks of 01d,Gardening,251
Monstrosity, Rosal, 154
Moore's Early Grape, 338
Moore, Thos., 2a5
Morchellia esculenta, 248
Morren, Prof. Edw., 221
Moss Culture, 236, 298
" Dumesnil, 363
• ' Fertilized, Plants in, 264
" Fertilizing, 2i}5
" Plants Grown in, 263
Moth, Codling, 115, 208, 243
Movement in Roots, 57
Muck Question, 174
Muir, John, Cal. Nat'list, 219
Mulberries, 126
" for Chickens, 110
'• Paper, 314

" Fruit of, 248
" Russian, Ac, 271
" Silk Worm, 208
Mushroom Culture, 243

" Beds. Out-door, 269
Mystery, Great, Drone Bees
on Wing, 213
I Horse
gin, 2.53
Names.Coinmon , Coining,247
" English, 247
" Hai-d Botanical, 186
" Plants, Local, 22
Nandine Tree, 325
Native Apple, 178
" Columbine, Double, 248
" Grape to Improve,
Promising, 208
Natural H.mging Baskets &
Epergenes, 329
" History & Science, 20,
.54,84,118,151,182,213,
246, 309, 341, 371
" Club Work, 21
Naturalist. Jno. Muir, 219
Naturalist's Leisure Hour,
Nebraska Silk Cult., 339 [285

" Tree Planting, 370
Nectarine, 270 [of, 25

Neighbors,Brancheson,Law
Nepenthes, Hybrid. 371
" Insects in Pitchers, .342
" Madagascariensis, 343,
" Morgan*, 372 [344

" Rajah, 317, 318
Nertera depressa, 152 [39
New Alternanthera aurea,
" Oestrum, 141
" Coleus, 12, 300
" Columbine, 228
" Dahlia, Juarezii, 39
" Decorative Plant, .364
" Dwf. Sweet Chestn't, 39
'• Early Peaches, 267
'• Fern, 364

" Fruits, Premiums, 30.5
" Grape Vine, 207 [277
" Guess, Drift Deposits,
" Honeysuckles Upright,

2;m

" .lersey Bot. Notes, 308
" Names, Roses, 262
" or Rare Fruits, 18

" Plants, .39, 47, 74,
139, 171, 203, 230, 237,

•• Peach Wanted, 270
" Plum, 339
" Roses 1881, Some. .35
" Seedling Roses, Ell-

wanger's, 2.30 [347
" Species, Death & Birth
" Subscribers&Tree Ped-
" Tree Label, 51 [dlers.128
" Varieties of Fruit, 17
" White Grapes, 336
" Work, Forestry,

Hough's, 117

Newt'n Pip'n Apple, 115, 209
Niagara Grape. 368
Night-closing in Purslane

Ijcaves. 374
Night-opening Flow'rs, 45, 54
Nonsense, Forestry, 149
Norfolk Island Pine, Lar-
gest, 100
North Amer. Lichens, 89
" Fig Culture at, 70, 144
" Raspberries in, 81
Note on Colors, 155

" The Buzzard, 182
Notes and Queries, 24, 59
" Botanical from N.J.,309
" Flower, A Few, 323
" Forestry, 149
" from Arizona, 276

" The West, 37, 311
" California, 355
" Fruit, England, 50
" on .-Strawberries, Desul-
" Science, 20 [tory, 302
" Waukegan, Ills.. 181
Novelties, 99
Nurseries, Rochester, 251

" Southern, 26

Nurseryman. American, 285

Nurserymen s and Florists*

Association, 384

'• Ass'n, Amer., 192, 256

Nursery Products, Cost, 28.5

Nvmphaea ampla, 341

" tuberosa, 153

Oak, Large White, 20
6bitulrv, 26, 95, 125, 126,
159, 188. 221, 251, 319, 350, 380
O'Brien, W., Death, 95
Odontoglossum Cervantesii,
OdorinButterflies,.57 [12,104
Ohio, Elms of, 84
" Strawberries in, 304
" Thorn, A Fine, 70
Old and New. The, 376
" Fashioned Shrubs, 229

" Trees, 123
" White Pine, 181
" Wood, Cuttings, 258
' ' World Forest Schools,.5;>
•' Hort. Soc's in, 384
Oldmixon Peach, 220
Oleander, The, 43
Olive Culture, 210
Omer. N. H., 380
Onion & Celery Essays. 209
Ont. Fr't Growers' Ass'n,]26

" Lake. Waters of, 20
Open Air Flowering, Victo-
ria regia, 293 [rta,247
Opuntia Ratinesquiin Cana-
Oranges, Florida, 305

" in Europe, 177
Orchards, Protection to, 268

" Rabbits in, 302
Orchid Growing. 137
" Raiser, Domini the, 125
" Sweet, 91
Orchids, Ames, F. L., 202
" Beautiful, 169
" Cool— Lajlias, 235
" Hybrid, 184 [135

•' Tropical in Open Air,
Origin, Manetti Rose, 165
" Marechal Niel Rose,320
" Name, Horse Chest-
nut, 253 [4.5
Ornamental Fruit, Roses for,
" Grasses, 70
" Rhubarb, 69
" Trees & Gard'ng, Rare,2
" " Pruning, 164
Ornament, Honeysuckle, 229
Ornithogalum coarctatum,
Osage Orange Silk, 177 [172
Ottawa,Gov.Grouiuls,262,357
Our Winged Friends, 126
Out-door Mushroom Beds,
Over-cropping, 116 [269
Overfed, Can Fruit

Trees be. 81
Ozone for Curing Meat, 64

Pacific Coast, Black Knot
on, 270
" Timber on, 84
Paint, Cheap, 292

1882.]

AND UORTtCULTURIST.

Paintcfl Labels, Ki

Palm, Date, I'lT

Papaw , W, r.'o, \oA 188

Pauer by Eilitor, 190
Mull)env, 314
" " Fruit of, 248

Papers, High-toned, 62

Paris, Botany in, 186
" Cut Flowers in, 73
White Frost near, 373

Parks, Public, St. Louis, 227

Parry, Dr., 183

Passiflora princeps, 170

Patents, Plant, Again, 156

Patterson Bros.' Grreenho's,

Pawlonia imperialis, 262 [170

Paw Paw, Mich., 64, 120

Pea, American Wonder, 116
" Pres. Garfield, 177
" Sticks, 177

Peas, Soil for, 147

Peach, A Fine, S;^
•' Alexander, 368 [21

•• Almond Growing from,
" Amsden, 305
" Blodgett's Cling, 334
" " Golden Freestone,
" Blood-leaved, 325 [333
" Buds and Frost, 123
" Calloway Cling, 148
•' McFarland's Late, 338
" Culture, 176. 209, 210
" " and Yellows, 111, 148
" " Fulton's, 189
•' Curl in, 270
" Dyer's June, 18
" Eureka, 211
" Flat Chinese, 211, 270
" Flowers, 177, 241
" from Chan ute, Kan. ,338
" in America, Hist'y, 347
" Levy's Late, 82
" Miss Percival, 3.34
" New Wanted, 270
" Oldmixon, 220 [305

" Planting,DormantBud,
" Trees,Hist. of Some,334
" " in P'ine Corners, 244
'• " PlumSt'ksfor,14,110
'• Willson, 307
" Yellows, 367

" Curing, 17, 144, 147

Peaches, Chinese Cling, BSS
•' New Early, 267
" Profitable, 116 [177

Pear & Apple Trees,Disease,
•■ B. S. Fox, 117
•• Flavor, Esthete in, 46
•• Glout morceau, 16
'• Josephine de Malenes,
" Kietfer, 17, 349 [368

" Le Coute, 269, 338
■' Limbs, Disease on, 240
•' Petite Marguerite, 112
■ • Roots, Sprouting of, 338
•' Seckel, 211

•• Apple as Stock, 207
•' Seedling, 364
•' Two Sisters, 18 [177
" Winter Nelis, 18,115,147,

Pearson Dwf.Stocks,Health
" Season and, 51 [of, 306
•' Seckel, Large, 210

Peculiar Auriphone, 288

Penna. Fruit Grow'rs S'y, 94
■' Hort. Society, 224. 351
•' State Hort. S'y, 32, 352
" " Report, Ag., 126
Penneroyal Budding, 134

Penn Memorial Trees, 381
" Monthly, The, 160, 286

Persimmons, How to Ripen,

" Japan, 18, 114 [147

'' as Tub Plants, 113

Petite Marguerite Pear, 112

Phila. Acad. Nat. Sciences,
55.281
" Florists' Ass'u, 192
•' Hort. Hall, 61
•' Public Squares, 68
Phylloxera, 81
" in France, 25
•' Laws, 51

•' The Vine Enemy, 24
Philodendron carderi", 121
Picea alcoquiana, 229

Pilea repens, 70
Pine Apples, 210 [KHI

" Norfolk Island, Largest,
" Tree, Arch from, 228
" White, An Old, 181
Pinus Arizonica, 122
Pipe Setting & Glazing, 201
Pittsburg Greenhouses, Pat-
terson Bros., 170
Plant, Blue Bedding, 39, 67
" Descriptions, Book

of, 190 [Light, 11,85
" Growth by Electric
" Patents Again, 156
" Stand, Ch^ap, 107
Planting, Forestry, 309 [308
" Seedlings I'rom Forest,
Plants, I'.rddinu-. 1!)8
" Grown in Moss, 263
" Hanh Herbaceous, for
Geh'lCultivation,260
" Heat Evolution of, 58
" Indiana, 28 •
" in Fei-+ilized Moss, 264
" Local Names of, 22
" New Species, Death &

Birth, 34;^
" Shy Flowering, 47, 233
" Transpiration of, 215
Ploughing, Ancient, 26
Plum, Bassett, 81
" Blackman, 82
" Kelsey's Japan, 339
" INIiuer, 208
" New. 3.39 [14, 110

" Stocks for PeachTrees,
Pocklington Grape, 177
Poinsetta pulcherrima, 141
Poison Absorption by Plant
Roots, 123
" Germs,House Fly &,373
Poisoning by Kalmia, 120
Poisonous, Is Kalmia, 154,

" to Sheep, 54, 118, 345
Pollen in Cross-feitilizing,

Influence, 342
Polyantha Rose, 197
Polygonum amphibium
for Tanning, 181
Pomological S'y, Amer., 190
Poor Land for Forests, 212
Popular Horticulture, 382
Potato Disease, How to

Overcome, 286
Potatoes, Flat Culture, 81

'■ from Tomato Plants.373
Pots, Strawberries in,

Forcing, 50 [279

Poverty & Productiveness,
Practice and Theory, 277
Prairies, Treeless,Origin,34o
Premiums, Celery & Onion,
Essays, 209
'• Hort. Societies, 191
" New Fruits, 305
" Seedling Fruits, 224
Prentiss Grape. 367 [367

Preserv'g Hothouse Grapes,

" Spanish Grapes, 177
Pres. Garfield Bouvardia,2.38
'■ '' Geranium, 74

Pea, 1T7
Tomato, 18
" Thiers Celosia, 362
Primroses, Imp. Chinese, 74
Princess Marie de Sav-
oy, Violet, 134 [203
Pritchardia grandis, 89, 90,
Proceedings, Convention,

Agi-iculturists, 382
Produce,French Viney'ds,95
Productiveness & Poverty,
Products, Kansas, 51 [277
Profitable Peaches, 116

Tree Planting, 24;>
Profits of Forestry, 53 [18
Progress in Raspb'yCulture,
Prolific Raspberries, 271
Propagating Hydrangea
paniculata, 294
" Hydrangeas, 166,259,291
" Yuccas, 34, 132
Properties of Cola Nut, 122
Protection, Forestry, 19
" Forests a Necessity, 19

Protection fnmi Drouth, 52

•■ Orchards, 268
Pruning, 336

" Fruit Trees, 77

" Ornamental Trees, 164
Public Gardens,St. Louis,*5,

" Squares, Phila., 98 [227
Pullers, Stump, 145
Pulling Flowers, Bad, 24 ,
Purple Anemone nenio-

rosa, 248 [Leaves,374
Purslane. Night-(;losing in
Pyrethrum Powder, 270
Pyrus salicifolia, 165

Quality & Seeds, Rela-
tion. 144 [141
Queries, Steam Heating,
Questions, Some Rcse, 230

" Steam Managem't, 172

" Various, 30
Question, The Muck, 174
Quince Culture, 52, 211 [21
Quinine, Great Attention to,

" Substitute for, 247

Raby Castle Red Currant,
Radishes, Growing, 147 [146
Railroads, & Forest Fires, 273

•' Timber Planting, 117
Railway Gardening, 8
Rainfall and Forests, 273

'• in Utah, 246
Rain Tree, 91

Raising Seedl'g Grapes, 208
Ramie, 145

Raphiolepis Indica, 231
Rarer Ornamental Trees &.

Gardening, 2
Rare Trees, Germantown, 70
Raspberries, Defective, 271

" Prolific, 271
Raspberry, Best Soil, 208

'•' Caroline, 208, 269

" Churchman's Superb,

'• Culture, 270 [269, 306

•' " Progress of, 18

" Hansen, 269, 306

•• in North, 81

•' Reder, 116

" Souhegan,305[Plants,74
Red Berries in Winter Pot

•' Bouvardia, Double, 48
Redwood, 189

•' Timber, 53
Reder Raspberry, 116
Refinement, Progress of, 319
Reiire Marie Henri-

ette Rose, 40 [144
Relation, Seeds & Quality,
Remedy, Bark Scale, -51

•• Currant Worm, 116, 148

" Scale, Linseed Oil, 81
Removing Large Trees, 133
Reproducing "Varieties, 311
Residence, Dinsmore,W. B.,

280,285,314
Retinospora, Arborvit;p,

Grafted on, 228
Rheum ofticiuale, 69

" ribes, 69
Rhododendrons, Early, 229
Rhubarb, Ornamental, 69
Rhyncospermum, 160

"' jasminoides, 107, 169
Richardia ^Ethiopica, 236
Riley, Prof., and Yucca

Moth, 92 [147

Ripen Persimmons, How to.
Roadside Forestry, 308
Robert, White Herb, 248
Robin, Summer Migrat'n,374
Rochester Nurseries, 251
Rogers' Grapes, 210
Rogiera gratisima, 73
Romance of Herbacea, 346
Roman Floral lAixuries, 252
Rome Beauty Apple, 81
Rondoletia speciosa ma j . , 136
Roots, Burdock, 116

" Movement in, 57

" Plant, Poison, Absorp-
tion by, 123
Rosal Monstrosity, 154
Rosa minutifolia, 294

•• villosa, 133

Rose, 25

•• Amor. Banner, .•i57 [261
•■ Baroness Rothschild,
" Cherokee, Legend, 282
" Cheshunt Hvbrid, 132
" Cornelia Cook, 94
" Crosses EUwanger's 293
•• Duke Connaught, 2(«
" EUwanger on, 159, 380
•' Etoile de Lyon, 134
" Gigantesgue, 357
'■ Growing Craze, 102
" IsabellaSprunt,x.d.,134
•■ Manetti, History, 7
Origin," 165
'• Marecjial Niel, 201, 360
'• Origin, 320
•' Polyantha, 197
" Without Thorns, 313
Roses, Budded, 131, 293
•• EUwanger's New Seed-
ling, 230 [45
■ for Ornamental Fruit,
•' New of '81, Some, %'>
" •' Names, 262
■•'■ Old, 262
•' Synonvms of, 262
" Wild, 1.33
Rot, Grape, 268
Royal Bouquet, 12

•• Gardens, '80, Rep., 95
Rubra plena, Violet, 48
Ruby Currant, 18 [313

Rudbeckia, Tubular-rayed,
Rural Cemeteries, 134
Rushes, 2.52

Russia Hort. Society, 384
Russian Mulberry, &c., 271
Rust in Blackberries, 176

Sacramento, Fruit & Vege-
tables on, 147
Salisliuria, 60

Sargent, H. W., Death, 380
Satisfied with the Flowers,
Sauer Kraut, 367 [159

Scabious, Dwf. German, 3.57
Scale, Bark, Remedy, 51
'• Linseed Oil for, 82
Scarlet Flowers from White
Geranium, 187 [oides, 100
Schizophragma hydrange-
Scholarly Writing, 26
School of Forestry, 8:3
Science and Art, 125

Notes, 20
Scientific Accuracy, 375
Seaside, Trees & Shrubs, ICl
Season and Pears, 51

'• Past, California, 89
Seasons, Eng. & Amer., 186
Seckel Pear, 211 [for, 207
" '• Apple as Stock

•'■ Pears, Large, 210
Seed, Bananas from, 58
• Chinese Chrysanthe-

iniiins from, 106
" Distribution, U. S., 124
" Historv 5 ct. Paper of,
241 [mums from, 262
" Japanese Chrysanthe-
Seedling Azaleas, 203
•• Coleuses, 13
" Forest Trees, 180
•• Fruits, Premiums, 224
■• Grapes, 208
•• Pear, 364 [New, 230
" Roses, EUwanger's
•• Strawberrv from W. F.
Bassett, 244
'• Hovey's, 208
Seedlings fromForest, Plant-
ing, 308 [196
Seeds anit Seed Sowing, 80,

'• Quality, 144
Selaginella Victoria, 215,216
Sensitiveness, Trade, 124
Sequoia, Section of, 245
Seventeen Year Locusts, 247
Sex of Ailanthus, 313
Sexual Characters, Dioeci-
ous Trees, 275
Shade Trees & Health, 165
Sheep , Kalmia Poisoning, 54 ,
118, 345
" Killer, Another, 373
Sheldon's Dairy Farming, 63

390

THE GARDENER'S MONTHLY

[December,

Sherfy, Jos., Death, 3.50
Shingles, Locust, 84
Shippers & Growers, 16 [200
Shruos, A Few Desirable,

" & Trees for Seasirle, 101

" Old-fashioned, 22!) [223
Shy Flowering Plants, 47,
Siberian Arborvita;, 2!t2
Siblev, Hiram, 3J9
Sick 'frees and Flowers, 11
Side Cleft Grafting, 142, 143
Silk Culture, 115

'■ Nebraska, ').30
'• South, 349

" Osage Orange, 177

" Worm, 190

" " Ailanthus, 370, 373

" *' Mulberry, 208
Single Dahlias, 229', 261. .3.S5
Size of Honey Locust, 181
Sloe, Double, 231
Small Fruits, Japan, 269

■' Greenhouses, 108

'• Yards, Adornment, 130,

162, 226, 231

Smallest Flower inWorld,882

S()cieties,Transactions of .384

Soil Best for Raspberry, 208

" for Peas, 147

" Wearing Out, 17 [236
Solom'n's Seal forDecorat'g,
Souhegan Raspberry, 305
South Australia, Treatise,
Tree Culture, 28

• Carolina, Flowers, 57

" Wild " 182

'• Jersey, Ailanthusin,148

•• Silk Culture in, 349

'• Table Grapes in, 208
Southern Evergreens, 197

•' Nurseries, 26
Sowing Seeds, 80, 196
Spades and Forks, 229 [177
Spanish Grapes, Preserving,
Spark Arresters, 309
Sparrow, English in Can. ,270
Sparrows, Australia, 57
Specialists, 124 [Birth 343
Species, New, Death and
Speech, Col. Wilder's, 220
Spinach, 189
Sponge Growing, 82
Spriiig, Colors in, 199 [275

•' Tapping Maple Trees,
Sprouting ot Pear Roots, 338
Spruce Gum, 84 (2.30

•' Hemlock in England,
State Hort. Societies, 32
Stealing from Gardens, 16
Steam and Water Heating
Combined, 106

■' Boilers, Attendance,168

•• Heating, 42,44,72,73,74,
103, 109, 136, 1.37, 139, 141,
169, 173. 200,232, 2.33, 264

" Management,Ques.,172
Stephanotis floribunda, 73
Sticks, Pea, 177 [169

St.Louis.Greenhouse Notes,

•' Hyde Park, 163

•' Public Gardens, 35, 227
St. Petersburg Bot. Gar., ;>81
Stock for Seckel Pear, Ap-
ple as, 207

■• on Graft, Influence, 91
Stocks, Cherry, 210
Stomata, 55

Stone, Geo. A., Death, 221
Storing Apples, 146
Storrs, Jesse, Death, 159
Strawberries, 2-39

•• Albany Seedling De-
generate, 307

" Best Flavored, 244

" Desultory Notes, 303

'' in Michigan, 116

" " Ohio, 304

" " Pots, Forcing, 50

" Some Large, 269
Strawberry, Burr's Pine, .305

•• Deterioration, 146

'■ Glendale, 270

•' Hovey's .Seedling, 208

•• James Vick, 305, 339

■• Manchester, 243

• Plants, Box-grown, 368

StrawbeiTy. Seedling from
W. F. Basse tt, 244

Strclitzia regin.'E, 140 [rv,22i>
Street Tree, Eng. Bird C'hor-
Strong's Method Graft'g,178
Stump Pullers, 145
Subsoiling, 116
Substitute for Cofi'ee, 210

" '• Quinine, 247

Succession of Forests,

;i08, .•!()! I. .-wO [148

Success with Dwarl A))ples,
Sugar Maple Borer, 277 [148
Sulphur lor « 'urraiit Worm.

Summer, Mi,^naf7i Uohin,;>7l

" Tropical Orchids,

Open Air, 135

Sunday School Work, 124

Superb Rasp))erry, Church-

UKiu's, 269; .306 |209

Superior Canadian Apples,

Ilvacinth, 134
Sweet Chestnut, Dwarf. 39
Orchid, 91
•' Potato Culture, 1.59
Sweets, Catchir.g Codling

Moth with, 115
Sycamore, ^'right's, 122
Svnoiiyms of Hoses, 2ti2
System, Deeiuial, ;;iti
Talk about Lilies, 184
I Tallow Tree, 218
Tanning, Polygonum am-

phibium foi', 181
Tapping Maple Trees in
Tar, Coi^l, 80 [.Spring, 275

•• Water for Insects, 10
Teasel Culture, 79
Temperature, 336
Tennessee Fruit Crop, 49
Territory, Unexplored, 53
Testimonial to Keilier Pear,

349
Texas. Cypress Family, 292
Theory and Practice, 277

'• Bacteria, 84
Thinnhig. 3:^)
Thorn, Ohio, A Fine, 70
Thorns, Rose without, 313
Thrip on Grapes, Cure and

and Prevent, 113
Timber, Ailanthus, 84, 181
'■ Culture, Australian, 118
" Durability, 245
" Duration, Iowa, 118
" Honey Locust, 84, 181
'• in Michigan, 212
'• " Virginia, 117, 245
" is King, 19
" Laws, U. S., 118, 149
" on Pacific Coast, 84
" of British Columbia, 53
" PlantingalongR.R.,117
'• Redwood, 53
" Tree, Ailanthus as, 117
'• Trees, American, Rapid

Growth. 53
■' '• Insects on, 370
Tobacco Crop, 210

• Raisers, Bad News for.
Tomato Catsup, 337 [16

• Disease, 307, 313

'• Plants. Potatoes oii,373
" Pres. Garfield, 18
Tomatoes to the Acre, 209
Tombs, Egyptian Flow'rs in,
Torch Lilies, 21 [124

Trade Sensitiveness, 134
Transactions, Societies. 384
Transpiration of Plants, 215
Tree Agents, Truth as ap-
plied to, 15 [in, 184

• Annual Circles "Wood
•■ California Mammoth
.'^ Candle 57, [Section, 89
" '■■ Wax, 277

" Chinese Varnish, 91

" Giant, California, 344

" Growth Brenham.Tex..

'• Label, New, 51 [244

" Malefactor's, 128

" Mammoth California

in Europe, 133

" Nandine, 325 [bers, 128

" Peddl'i-s&New Subscri-

I Tree Plant'ng Argum'uts,:i40
I " " Atistralia,

180

'• I'anada. 370
•• Cliina, .370
■• (}reat Britain, 370
" Kansas, 370
'• Nebraska, 370

• Profitable, 245
'• Rain, 91

'• Tallow, 218 [345

Tre(!less Prairies, Origin,
Trees, Age.l, 212

•• and Flowers, Sick, 11

• Fruits, Kan., 148

■ Ornamental Gar-
dening, Rarer, 2 [101
■• Sin 11 1 IS tor Seaside,
- niooil-leaved, l(«)
'^ (^lose Tiinuned, ;«2
'• I'jveigrceu Hedges un-
der, 291
" (iiiigko, Barren, 217
'■ How Spread over

Cleared Land, iy>
" in Germantown, Phila.,

Rare. 70
'• liarge. Removing, Ki'J
" Lemon, 116
'• Lover of, 125
'• Old. 123 [164

'• Ornamental, Pruning,
'• I'enn Memorial, 381
Tresses, Ladies, 375
Tricopilia suavis, 42, 104

•• tortilis, 42
Triuimett Trees, Close, 322
Triumph Grape. 339 [Air, 135
Tropical Orchids in Open
Truflies, 345

Trumpey, T, R., 26 [Agts,15
Truth as Applied to Tree
Tuberose, Diamond, 25, 40

" Dwf, a57
Tuberoses, 325 [11

Tuberous-rooted Begonias,
Tub Plants, Japan Persim-
mons as, 113 [313
Tuljular-raved Rudbeckia,
Tuscany, R'oy. Hort. Soc.,192
Twin Apple, 22
Two Sisters Pear, 18
Tying, Yucca Fibre for, 308
Typographical Errors, 255

Uncertainties of Exposi-
tions, 62 (field, 60
Under the Willows at Lich-
Unexplored Territoi-y, 53
Universal Int. Tables, 160

" Side Cleft Graff g,142-3
Universitv of Missouri, 55
U. S. Bulletin Geol. & Geog.
Survey Territories, 96
'• Lumber Resources of, 272
'• Seed Distribution, 124
•■ Timber Laws, 118, 149
Use for Yucca Leaves, .345
Using Pyrethrum Powder,
Utah, Rainfall in, 247 |270

Value of Ailanthus Timber,
" " Worms, 116 [181
Variegated Arborvittes, 166
Variegation, White, Hered-
ity in, 152
Varieties of Fruit, New, 17
■■ Reprodticing, :^\
• to Plant, 3;Mi
Variety of Wistaria, Enor-
mous, 228
Varnish Tree, Chinese, 91
VegetableGardening.Louis-
ville, .305 [can, 209
Vegetables & Fruit, Ameri-
" "on Sacra-

mento, 147
Vegetation, Arizona, 153
Ventilation, 335
Vick, James. Business, 254
•■ Death, 188
" Portrait. 221, 381
'■ Strawb'y,305,339
Victoria Regia, 283

•' Open Air, 293,354

Vilmorin, Maurice, 317 [95

Vineyards, French,Produce,

Violet, Large, 165 [oy,134

" Princess Marie de "Sav-

Violet, Rubra plena, 48
Virginia and Grape, 60
" Lumber in, 20
" Timber in, 117, 245
Vital Power. Fruit Trees, 14<i

Wabash Valley Forests, 3-11
Wall Flowers,Imp'd, 16.'.
Walnut. Early Fruitmg, ;i(i7
'• Grove in \\'is., 212
Walimts.Euroii'n in Ark., 2+1
Wa.sh.Terr., Winter in, 1.51
Water Changing Character
of Forcst-s, 183

" Ijilies, Chapter on, 325

" Lily, Florida Yellow,:32.5
Watering and Syringing, 336
Watenuelon, Boss, 307
Waters of Lake Ontario, 20
Watson's Nurseries, Bren-

ham, Texas, 189
AVaukegan, Ills., Notes, 181
Wearing Out of Soil, 17
Weather, Laws of, 214

" MUd,51
Webster and Papaw, 188
Weeds, Laws against, a5
Weeping Willows, Early

American, 22
AA'eight of Apples, 367 [2.5.5
Weights & Meas., French,
Welcome Grape, 304
AVellesley, Mr. Hunnewell's

Garden, 5, 35, 66
Western Art, 189

" Penna. Fruit Crops, 364
West, Manuring in the 211

" Notes Irom the, 37, 311
White' Blackberries, 307

" Cedar, 22 [247

" Flowering Mignonette,

" Geranium, Scarlet
Flowers from, 187

■■ Grapes, New, 336

" Heliotrope, 74

'• Herb Robert, 248

" Oak, Large, 20

" Pine, Old, 181

" Sulphur Springs, Im-
provement, 133 I in, 1.52

" Variegation, HereilitN,

" AVinter Flower, 141
Wigelia Candida, 230
AVilder's Speech, 220
Wild Flowers of S. C, 181

" Garden, 29, 92, 118

" Roses, 133
AVillows, Early Amer., 22
Willson Peach, 307
AV'ind Clapper, 174
AVindsor Cherry, 208
Wines, Manipulated, 91
Winter Blooming \Vhite
Flower, 141

" Flowcr'g Carnations, 12

" in France, 89

" " AA^ash. Terr., 151

" Nelis Pear, 18, 115, 147
177

" Peach, Levy's Late, 82

" Pot Plants, Red Ber-
ries in, 74
AVood Cuttings, Old, 2-58

" Growth of, 187
AVomen in Horticulture, 188
AVoi-m, Drop, 40 [find, 183

" Early Birds did not
AA'orms, N'^alue of, 116
AA'^right's Sycamore, 122
Writing, Scholarly, 26

Yards, Small, Adornment.
130, 162, 226, 231

Yeast as an Insecticide, 147

Yellow Calla Lily, 298
" Choke Cherry, 154, 187
" Locust In.sect Borers,341
" Water Lily, Florida, 32-5

Yellows & Peach Culture.
HI, 148, 367
" Peach,Curing,17,144,147

Yucca Fibre for Tying, 308
" Leaves, Use tor,345
" Moth, Prof. Riley, 92

Y'uccas, 259
" Propagating, 34, 132

Zonale Geranium, Presi ■
dent Garfield, 74

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COMMUNICATIONS

Rarer Ornamental Trees and Ornamental Gardening ,

M r. Hunneweirs Garden at Welle^ley, Mass

Ipomsei Grandiflora ,

Bermuda Grass

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The Truth as Applied to Tree Agents

Science Notes

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Horticultural Exhibitions

EDITORIAL NOTES :

Golden Plums Arbor Vitse — .\n Avenue of Cryplomeria
Japonica — History of th^ M inetti Res';— Railway Gar-
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Florida Jute

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Stealing from Gardens — Shippers and Growers — Painted
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Pear — Bees and Grapes — ' urine the Yellows in the
Peach — Improved Grant erries — New Varieties of Fruit —
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De usions— The KeifFer Pear

Timber is King— Protection to Forestry — Protection of
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Autumn Flowers of the Berkshire Hills— White Ctdar—
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of Vegetables ; with plain directions for preparing, manurirg ami
tilling the soil to suit each plant; including also a summary of thi;
work to be done in a vegetable gaiden during each month of the
year. 137 pages, i6mo, cloth. Illustrated. Price 50 cemts; sent
by mail, post paid, on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 314 Chestnut St., Phila.

Nurserymen and Florists.

OSAGE ORANGE SEED, NEW CROP 1881.

CUBA BASS for Tying. RAPHIA STRANDS for Tying, BASS MATS for Covering or Tying, WOODEN LABELS,

BUDDING. PRUNING and GRAFTING KNIVES. PRUNING SAWS and CHISELS, GREENHOUSE

SYRINGES and PUMPS, LOPPING SHEARS, HEDGE SHEARS, PRUNING SCISSORS,

PRUNING SHEARS, &c., TUBEROSE and GLADIOLUS ROOTS in Quantity,

HYACINTH GLASSES. FLOWER VASES, WINDOW BOXES,

PAMPAS GRASS and otiier PLUMES, &c.,&c.,

FOR SALE WHOLESALE OR RETAIL BY

D. LANDRETH & SONS,

21 & 23 South Sixth Street, (f„^J'2SISTr"s?0 Philadelphia.

DEALER IN

BULBS & SEEDS

OFFERS

PEARL AND COMMON DOUBLE TUBEROSES.

ALL NEW VARIETIES SEED POTATOES.

CHOICE SEEDS FOR GARDENERS.

GARDENERS' TOOLS A SPECIALTY.

42 LA SALLE STREET, CHICAGO, ILLS,

NEW DOUBLE WHITE BOUVARDIA

TOBACCO STEMS

A. NEXJWrER,

the most valuable plant sent out for years. Price per plant in

zU-inch pots, 50c each ; ^3.00 per doz. Large plants in 4-inch | jn bales weighing 500 lbs. each, at J5.00 per bale, or three bales for

pots, 75c. each ; $6 00 per doz. New Pelargonium Matldon's | gia.oo.

Victor, strong plants 7=c each ; $fi.< o per doz. New set of 30 rn^-r. » /~i^/-i T-.xTom • r i. . ,u .»

Verbenas for 1881. Splendid Varieties ready the 15th ot TOBACCO DUST in cases of about 400 lbs. at »2.5o per

October, $3 00 for the ^et John White's Mealy Bug : case, or five cases for jSio.oo. Free on board of boat or cars.

Exterminator, the only known remedy to kill the Mealy tJug j CI J- • J. © ^A.

without injuring the plant, ;Ji. 00 per bottle ; p.co per doz. 1 ^^ [sXI^SllXOXl Ow idtiOI^llla

JOHN WHITE I

ax.. Communipaw Ave., Jersey City, N.J. 1204-208 East 27th St., New York City.

THE G^ARDEWTER'S MLONTTHLY

AND HORTICULTURIST FOR 1882.

are requested to send at least one NEW name with their own, if possible. For
this attention, we will furnish THE TWO at 83 20 for the year.
TWO NEW SUBSCRIPTIONS at$.3 20; FIVEat87.00. Re ■ it by Money Order or Registered Letter; or if you send Draft or Check,
make payable on Miiidie btaies, New Englana or Maryland. On Banks west and south of those points add twenty-five cents to each
Check, to refund cost charged us for collection. Currency is at risk of sender.

■B^gpQ jgCgjBI^E A.GrENTS will be allowed a liberal commission, retainable out of subscriptions secured and
Jorwarded. bend for net rates. Sample copy 18 cts.. postage stamps. We do not hold ourselves responsible for the acts of Ba£Tts Agents.
Subscribers must choose their Agents at their own risk.
Any Subscriber who has already renewed his subscription and paid S2.I0 may order a new subscriber at the rate of |3.20 the two, by
remitting the additional $1.10 to balance, and oblige, with thanks for past favors and efforts.

All subscribers, at whatever rate, are invited to take advantage of our list of Club f apers. See advertisement.

OHAS. H. MAROT, Publisher, 814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

THE PTXJFISEFIY I^OR.

Specimen Ornamental Trees, Evergreens and Shrubs,

Finest Grove in the Country of

SUGAR, NORWAY AND COLCHICUM MAPLES.

NO OVEKCROTVDED STOCK, Fine Selection of KOSES for Winter hlo-ming.

MOUNT AIRY NURSERIES, Philadelphia. MILLER & YATES,

B@- SEE FIRST PAGE, FACING COVER, "©a

7hh HOR TICUL 7 URAL AD VER TISER.

THE ATTENTION OF

COMMERCIAL FLORISTS,

AND OTHERS WHO USE

PUHTS, SEEDS OE BULBS

in quantity, is directed to our FALIj WHOL.ESAL.B LIST, which embraces

250,000 ROSSS

of all sizes of the kinds best fitted for Winter Forcing or for Spring Sales, to which we invite comparison of quality and
prices. Our General Florist's Stock of upwards of

A. IVCIX^ILilON OF PX^.A.M'-rS,

Comprises all the new and standard sorts of Begonias, Bouvardia«, Carnations, Chrysanthemams, Coleus, Calad-

lums, Dracaenas, Ferns, Fuchsias, Geraniums, Primulas, Palms, etc. , of various sizes, to which also we invite

comparison of quality and price. Our stock of

BULBS FOR WINTER FORCIX6

Comprises I>utch and Roman Hyacinths, Liilium Candidum and longiflorum. Paper White Narcissus, Jonquils,

Tulips, tily of Valley, etc.

IN SEEDS WE OFFER SUPERIOR STRAINS

Of Beeonias, Carnations, Calceolarias, Cautaureas Chrysanthemums, Coleus, Pansy, Petunia, Stocks,
Verbena, etc, LIST free by mail.

PETER HENDERSON & CO., Seedsmen and Florists,

35 COURTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK.

U6USTR0LKER&

p. 0. Box 899. 44 DEY STREET, New York,

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ALL

MANUFACTURERS OF

Baskets and Wire Goods,

Immortelles, Moss, Dried Flowers and Grasses, Bouquet Papers, &c.

Florists' Materials Constantly on Hand.

P^ I I ^p ^\ 1^ ^* III 13 O ^^ htLve yet a limited stock on hand

UU I ^^n DwLDOm from which we can fill delayed orders.

O ■■ t ^\ ^ All cholee Florists' Seeds on hand. By ond of thla month

O C EL 1^ O ■ our S££D CATAI^OGITE for 188!t will be published.

UnTTriAV flDnrDQ! send at once to save disappointment. Delays in travelling will occur in Winter. Orders

flULlUiil UilUlJllUi aecumulate on onr hands and Trill be filled in rotation only. Catalogues free on application

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

ROSES for FLORISTS

Largest Stock, Choicest Varieties, Best Quality.

SIZE OP PLANTS.— We send vigorous, well matured plants, rooted last Spring, carefully shifted and ready to go at once int
four-inch pots. Most varieties are from eight to twelve inches high.

IMPORTANT.— OUR ROSES are not forced, but are grown in ordinary sou.,

WITHOUTMANUREOR ANY STIMULATING PROCESS WHATEVER; THEREFORE THEY REQUIRE
NO NURSING, BUT WITH ONLY ORDINARY TREATMENT, WILL GROW OFF STRONG AND
HEALTHY, AND COME QUICKLY INTO BLOOM. FLORISTS SAY THEY GIVE BETTER SATIS-
FACTION AND QUICKER RETURNS THAN ANY OTHERS THEY CAN BUY.

PRIOSS OF GENSFIAI. COI^I^SCTIONS.

Per 100. Per 500. Per 1000.

EVER-BLOOMING ROSES, First clase assortment, $ 8.00 $35.00 $70.00
HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES, " " 10.00 50.00 90.00

MOSS ROSES, " " 15.00 75.00 150.00

SPECIAL ASSORTMENTS.— Persons who wish special assortments should send their lists and have them priced before
making the order. This insures perfect satisfaction and the lowest price for the selection and number wanted.

TERMS.— Cash with the Order— Eemittances by Postal Order, Bank Draft and Regis-
tered Letter are at our risk. No charge for Boxes or Packing. We guarantee safe car-
riage, and add liberally to offset Express charges, cost of remittance. &c.

THE FOLLOWING CHOICE SORTS ARE STILL IN STOCK :

INNOCENTE PIROLA, New White Tea for Florists,

MAD. ANCELE JACQUIER, New and fine, bright rosy Crimson,

REINE MARIE HENRIETTE, New Crimson Gloriede Dijon,

MAD. ALFRED CARRIERE, New Salmon Rose, fine,

PERLE DES JARDINS, Finest New Yellow, for forcing,

AMERICAN BANNER, New Striped, Crimson and White,

DOCTOR BERT HET, New and fine, Carmine, Buds very free,

MARECHAL ROBERT, Extra large pure White Buds,

CATHARINE MERMET, Bright Pink, fine for forcing,

MADAME LAMBARD^ New, large Crimson Buds,

NIPHETOS, Pure White Buds, fine for forcing,
DUCHESSE OF EDINBURGH, Dark rich Crimson,

CORNELIA COOK, Large Creamy White Buds,

CLORIE DE DIJON, Creamy White, tinged with Blush,
BON SILENE, Large Crimson Buds, excellent for forcing,

HERMOSA, Bright Pink, profuse bloomer,

SAFRANO, Apricot Yellow, one of the best for forcing,
Forkuodreds of other choice varieties see Wholesale Trade List, free on request to Florists, Market Gardenen and Dtaitrt

Bennett's New Hybrid Teas.

We have much the largest stock in this country of these Magnificent New RoseS. The following varieties see»» to
us aiaong the best :

BKA€TT OF STAPLEFORD (Bennett). Darker than La France, magnificent buds, a healthy and vigorous grower, aad pro-
fuse bloomer, very fragrant. Price, 75c. each ; «9.00 per dozen.

laCHAFX. SAUNDERS (Bennett). Clear, dark Rose, large finely formed buds, a strong healthy grower, very constant and free.
Price, »1.00 each; »10.00 per dozen. jb , j

VISCOIJOTKSSE FALMOUTH (Bennett). Bright, Clear pink, very large size, opens well, healthy and vigorous, very distinct aad
valuable. Price, 75c. each; »9.00 per dozen. t. , t- , & , /

Information cheerfiil given. Lists priced. Plants carefully selected and promptly shipped. Every care taken to gw* Ml
satisfaction and please customers.

NOTICE.— This advertisement is intended for the TRADE ON L Y, and not for private planters. Address,

The DINGEE & CONARD CO.,

ROSE GROWERS, West Grove Chester Co., Pa.

Per Doz.

Per 100.

$2.50

SI2.00

2.50

I2.00

2.50

I2.00

2.50

I2.00

2.00

lO.OO

2. SO

12.00

2.50

I2.00

2.50

I2.00

2.00

to.oo

2.00

lO.OO

2.00

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2.50

I2.00

2.00

lO.OO

2.00

lO.OO

, 1.50

8.00

2.00

lO.OO

, I.50

8.00

IHE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

GREENHOUSE HEATING

AND

Ventilating Apparatus.

HITCHINGS & CO.,

[Established, 1844.]

No. 233 MEECBR STREET,

NEAR BLBECKBR STEBBT,

NEW YORK.

Base-Burning Water Heater

Thr««9i«es. Patented, 1873.

Four Patterns of Boilers,

Corrugated Fire-box Boiler.

Fire sizes. Patented, 1867. New Patterns, 1873

Pips FiTwimss,

IN GREAT VARIETY, AND AT

LOW r»iMOE:s.

IMPROVED

Sash-Raising* Apparatus,

mwnm m \mi

Improved Saddle Boiler.
Five sues. New Patterns 1877.

ETC., ETC.

Send 6 Cents Postage for Illustrated Cataioguef
with References and Prices.

THE HORTICLLTURAL ADVERTISER.

Priie Medal of Cincinnati Industrial Exposition of 1873 ; Medal

and Diploma of International Exposition of 1877,

"For best display of Bouquet Papers."

IME. IMC.

We beg to call the attention of the WHOLESALE and RE-
TAIL TRADE in FLORISTS' GOODS to our well assorted stock
for the Fall season :

BOUQUET PAPERS (ITALIENS), PASTED CARTONS,

Plain White Edges, Gold and Silver Edge-;, White Satin for
Bridal Bouquets^ Fancy Lace Paper for Weddings, Recep-
tions and Parties.

IMMORTELLES-ORIGINAL BUNCHES.

White and all Colors.

DRIED GRASSES AND FLOWERS,

In great varieties and styles ; very suitable for ornamental
purposes.

ORNAMENTAL CRASS BOUQUETS.
FRENCH AND CERMAN CREEN MOSS.
TIN FOIL-Best in the Market.

BA.YERSDORF-EFI <5c CO.,

IMPORTERS OF FLORISTS' MATERIALS,

m M&EFM F&WBTM BWMEMW,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Also Importers of Fancy WILLOW and MOSS BASKETS, and Manufacturers
of Fancy STRAW, BROWN VARNISHED WILLOW, and WHITEand GILT BASKETS.

Send Orders early in Fall. Illustrated Catalogue gratis on application.

For Nurserymen and Dealers.

DORMANT ROSES AND SHRUBBERY PROM OPEN GROUND.

Hybrid Perpetual Roses— Good one and two year plants «14 per 100 ; »126 per 1000

Climbing Roses— Good one and two year plants «10 per 100 ; » 90 per 1000

Moss Roses— Good one and two year old plants S15 per 100.

Hydrangea grand iflora— Good bnsby plants, 2 to 3 feet «20 per 100.

ALSO, A Lu\RGE STOCK OF
DEUTZIAS, SPIREAS, SNOW BALLS, WEIGELAS, HONEYSUCKLES, CLEMATIS VITICELLA, WISTERIAS, &c., &c.

Strong, thrifty plants from open ground ; suitable for filling retail orders. Prices low. Lists for the TRADE ONLY
free on application. Address,

Rose Growers,

THE DINGEE & CONARD CO.,

West Grove, Chester County, Pa.

ja.tf

Osage Orange Plants, Fruit Seeds, etc.

FOR FALL OF 1881.

The SPRING was so favorable to the growth of plants that our Osage Orange will be remarkably fine this season.
Those wanting them in large lots will meet with favorable terms.
Correspondence desired with those who may need plants, or who may want

Mazzard Cherry Seeds, Plum Seeds,

Peach Seeds, Mahaleb Seeds,

0» Seeds of any Forest Trees or Shrubs.

><• GERMANTOWN. PHILA.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

Medal and Diploma a-w^arded by the U. S. Centen-
nial Commission, 1876, also Gold Medal and Diploma

Awarded at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts ^^^^^^ -^
Charitable Mechanic Association, held in Boston, 'p^^^nT,„™!L'

1878, to I.. '^raiTED STATES

DAVID SMITH,

Manufacturer of Patent Improved

PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX RETURN FLUE BOILER

AND

PATENT PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX

BASE BURNER BOILER,

rOR HEATING

QreenhouseSf GraperieSf Conservatories , Propagating Houses, For-
cing Pits, Public and Private Buildings, Schools, Drying
liooms, and Heating Water for Baths.

ALSO K££P CONSTANTLY ON HAND

Expansion Tanks, Evaporating Pans, Stop Valves, Cast Iron Pipe, Elbows, Tees, Branches, Pipe
Chairs and everything necessary, of the best material, for Greenhouse Heating.

Smith's Improved Ventilating Apparatus, for opening and closing Ventilating Sash, on
roof or sides of Greenhouses and Graperies.

Judges' Report on awards, with descriptive illustrated circular containing testimonials and
reference. Also price list furnished on application to

S6 BEVEFtLY STREET,

'*^ " BOSTON, MASS.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

MARSCHUETZ tt. BACHARACH,

25 NORTH FOURTH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa.,

IMPORTERS OP AND WHOLBSALK DEALERS

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

SUCH AS

Bouquet Papers or Italiens, 'n great varieties ot Styles and Patterns. Pasted Cartons, io »u "*«*•

IMMORT£LL£S.

Dried Grasses and Flowers, suitable for Decorations. Ornamental Bouquets, for Vases.

French Green Mosses, Baskets, Wire Designs, Tin Foil. t.ti«

Our connection with European Houses enables us to sell goods at lowest figures. Orders will receive careful attention and prompt
■hipment. A. Riemschneider's (Brandenburg-on-Havel), Wholesale Catalogue of Roses and Bulbs, mailed free on application to «.

BENXET'S NEW HYBRID TEA ROSE,

DUKE OF CONNAUGHT.

THE HANDSOMEST AND BEST OF THE SET.

This Rose rivaU GEN. JACQUIMENOT in brilliancy of color and size of flower. The buds are long and beautiful.
Color a deep velvety crimson. An extremi ly free bloomer, and a most vigorous and persistent grower.

This is the rose of roses for Florists, an I will co npel a disccn.inuance of forcing "Jacks " for winter flowering.

Price, to the trade only, $6 per dozen. One Plant mailed on receipt of $1.

^ JAC. C. SEALY & CO., Maspeth, N. Y.

PATENTS

"We continue to act as Solicitors for Patents, Caveats,
Trade Marks, Copyrights, etc., for the United States,
Canada, Cuba, England, France, Germany, etc. We
have had thirty-five years' experience.

Patents obtained through us are noticed in the Sci-
entific American. This large and splendid illus-
trated weekly paper, $3.20 a year.shows the Progress
of Science, is very interesting, and has an enorrjous
circulation. Address MUNN & CO., Patent Solici-
tors, Pub's, of Scientific American, 37 Park Pxitv,
New York. Hand book about Patents free.

R

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Sample copy to any addri^s |F ^J |^ ET
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City and Country, the
only illustrated literary and
agricultural paper in America^
will be sent to any address, on trial, three
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tion price is ^i. Agents make easily from I15 to
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TO THE TR-ADE.

NEW MONTHLY PELARGOmUMJIIEDDOIIIIEe,

Fine plants out of 2, 3 and ^-inch pots at 125,535 and|5oper 100.
Those who havr not seen this beautiful flower I will cheerfully mail
cut blooms upon application Choice Roses Hennosa, Malmaison,
Mad. Chas. Wood, etc., etc., 3-inch pots or out-door grown, first
size $10; second size, J6 per 100.

Gregg Raspberry tips at 515, and Snyder Blackberry
at Jio per i,0oo. Wild Qoose Plum suckers, i to 4 feet, at
S75 per 1,000, also fifty thousand choice Strawberry Plants.

Address,
d2 JOHN G. HEINIi, Terre Haute, Indiana.

LADIES' SEWING COMPANION.

Verj' useful. It h.-ings en the wall out of the way of
the "little ones," folds two thimbles, a velvet emery
cushion lor ne-dles and pins, 4 'pools, and a pair of
scissors; verv ornamental, and the best selling ai tide
you ever saw. A Michigan as^nt sold over 6,000
at retail in a few months Over 600,000 sold. Sam-
ples and our catalogues of other goods, with best temu
to agents , for 30 one cent stamps.

CHICAGO WITNESS CO.,

Box E 10", Franklin St , Chicago.

I CnCIUnO mdows, fathers, mothers or
children. Thousands yet entitled. Pensionsgiven
for loss 'if finger, toe. eye or rap tnre.varicose veins
or any Disease. Thoiisnnda of pensioners an*
Boldiers entitled to IN'CKEASE and BOUNTY.
PATENTS procured for Inventors. Soldiers
land warrants proctired. bonghtand sold. Soldiers
and heirs apply for your rights at once. Send S
stamps for "The Citizen-Soldier." and Pension
and Bounty laws, blanks and instractions. We
can refer to thousands of Pensioners and Clients.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

Swain's Improved Patent

HOT WATER APPARATUS

For Heating GREENHOUSES, Hot Houses, Conservatories,
Public and Private Buildings, &c.

Thomas J. Myers, Jr., having purchased the Patent of the late
THOS. J. MYERS, we are prepared to furnish all the sizes of BOILERS
manufactured by the late Firm of THOS. J. MYERS & SON, We are
making these BOILERS with GREATLY INCREASED STRENGTH
AND DURABILITY. Send for ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR AND
PRICE LIST.

THOS. J. MYERS, Manager. 1173 South 9th St., Phila.

SINGLE DAHLIAS.

.A. lyiSDAX^

w

awarded niv SINGLE DAHLIAS at the September
Horticultural ^how, Boston, tor beins; the BEST ON
EXHIBITION. I HOW otler them for sale in TWELVE
rUSTINCT SHADES, to Ije delivered after Februarj- 1st at

$9.00 per doz. S5.00 per half doz.

Orders from uiikno%\ai correspondents must be accom-
panied by cash.

SAM'L SMITH, Florist,

NEWPORT, R. 1.

Weeks' Patent Combination Beam
XT. S. STANDARD SCALBS,

562 Washington Street, BUFFALO, N. Y.

Price of 3-ton, platform 7x14 ft., (53.00. 4ton, 8x14 ft., (63.00.
Other sizes proportionately low In price. Accphact, Dura-
Biiixr AND Co.MVK.Mi.Nci GfAEANTKBD. Our Scalc comblnes the
hnprovements of the celebrated makers, that have been long tried
and found to be correct in principle. Our Combination Beam is
nnirersally acknowledged to be a radical improvementover any-
thing thathas been heretofore manufactured. Our patent. which
vaa at first infringed, has been litigated before the United State!
Court, and ever^ claim established, and an injunction granted
«*ainst theinfrmKers. Jurteing from the reports of those now
.i^lOg our Scale, it stands today without an equal.

WEEKS & RAY, Manufactarerf!. i

New Double Pink Bouvardia,

"Pres. Garfield."

We take pleasure in introducing another New Valuable
plant, especialy valuable for floriBts. Flowers are same in
size and of same formation as the Double White, while the
color is a bright pink. Plants will be ready February loth.
SI. 00 each, or *10.00 per dozen. Catalogues and Whole-
sale Price List Free -to all applicants. Addi-ess,

Nanz & Neuner,

Louisville, Ky>

;Fon 1882

Vill be mailed fbkl tn all npplicanis. nnri to customers without
orderinp it. It contains five colored plates, 6'Ki engravings,
about 200 paces, and full descriptions, prices and direction* for
piantini: loou varieties of Vcpetahle and Flower Seeds, Plantt,
Fruit Trees, etc. Invaluable to all. Send for it. Address,

D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit, Mich-

THE NEW. STRAWBERRY O.V f.

UKAf J£S, Pocklington, Lady Washington, Jeffer-
son and others : Strawberries, Manchester, Prime
Bidwell, etc.; Raspberries, Peaches, Apples, Pears,
Cherries, Weeping Trees, Evergreens, Shrubs, etc.;
Roses and Choice Plants, together with all the best
older varieties. Catalogue fiee.

Address, I. C. WOOD & BBO.,

FishkiU, New York.

-Itlk, HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY'S

PRICE LIST FOR

JANUARY, 1882.

AlySSUm, The Cem, foliage variegated, doubleflowered,

" double flowered, - - - - -

Ageratum, John Douglass, . . . -

Ampelopsis Veitchii, . . . . .

Azaleas, 2-inch pots, best assortment, all labeled, will malce fine flowering plants for next fall,

Begonia rubra, ......

*' rosea, .....

" metalica, .....

Bouvardia Alfred Neuner, new, double white, 3-inchpots,
Camellia japonica, alba plena, old double white, without buds, 3 feet,

" " ■' " " " 2«4feet,

" " " " 5-inch pots, 18 inches to 2 feet.

foot,

Campsidium Fiiicifolium,

CiSSUS discolor, climbing, handsome foliage, ...

Clerodendron fragranS, white flowered, fragrance of the Daphne,
CrOtOnS, in twelve kinds,' .....

Daphne odorata, 2-inch pots, - - ^ .

DraCSena, in six kinds, .....

Euphorbia plenissima, double,

" alba, . - - -

" Jackquiniflora,

Eranthemum tricolor, ....

Eucharis grandiflora, ....

Gardenia Florida, Radicans, Fortunii, 2-inch pots, strong,

Hibiscus, in six kinds, ....

Hydrangea, Thos. Hogg, white, ....
" Otaska, pink, ....

IXOraS, in six kinds, .....

PaSSiflora quadrangulariS, Joliage variegated, new,

PanSieS, from the finest imported seed,* ....
Thunbergia FragranS, white flowered, excellent climber, fine for cut flower trade,

Tradescantia multicolor, new.

ich Pt

r Doz.

Per 100

10 j!

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$600

10

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6 00

10

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6 00

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1 50

10 00

I 50

10 00

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I 80

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100 00

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75 00

75 6 00

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25 00

25 2 40

15 00

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10 00

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10 00

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15

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POT-GROWN, 3-INCH POTS, STRONG.

Perle des Jardin, Cornelia Cook, Marie Van Houtii, IVIarie Cuillot,

Marechal Niel. Bon Silene, Isabella Sprunt, and Safrano, i 50 ^o 00

Perle des Jardin, from 3-inch poU, strong. These win make fine plants far spr.ng sales. 120 80a

For other plants see General Trade List and my Annual Illustrated Catalogue^
mailed free to all applicants.

Fine stock of Specimen and Exhibition plants always on hand. Prices on application.

Address,

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY, Florist,

BALTIMORE. HD.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

BXTSINSSS DIRECTORY.

*^ Send for Circular and conditions of insertion under this heading.'^R

H. S. ANDERSON, Duchess Grape and Gen-
eral Nursery, Union Springs, N. Y.

JNO. G. HEINL, Greenhouse, Hothouse.Bed-
ding and New Plants, Terre Haute, Ind.

CHAS. BLACK & BRO., Fruits, Evergreens A. E. KINGSLEY & CO., Nurserymen, Sodus'

and Plants, Hightstown, N. J

N. V. Branch Office, New Haven, Co

POLK & HYATT, Fruit and Ornamental
Nursery, Odessa, Del.

GEO. SUCH, Rare Hothouse and Green-
house Plants, South Amboy, N. J.

J. D. BRENNEMAN, Roses, Greenhouse D. W. LANGDON, Successor to C. C. Lang-
don, Langdon Nurseries, Mobile, Ala.

and Bedding Plants, Harrisburgh, Pa.

E. L.60LDY, Ornamental and Fruit Trees THOMAS MEEHAN,

and Plants, Stamford, Conn. \ Nurseryman & Tree Seeds, Germant n.Phil.

D. S. GRIMES & CO., Fruit & Ornamental
Trees, Vines, Bulbs, &c., Denver, Col.

J. C. VAUGHAN, Bulbs and Florists' Sup-
plies, Chicago, Ills.

JAS. B. WILD & BRO., Fruit and Orna'
mental Trees, Shrubs, &c., Sarcoxie, Mo"

100,000 PEACH TREES, [For Sale Cheap.

Free from Yellows. 23 years experience in Nursery Business

in New Jersey and Delaware.

NATURAL, VIRGINIA, PEACH PITS.

Price Lists free.

Addr

W. R. PHILLIPS, Milford, Del.,

(Church Hill Nurseries.) t.d.12.

MEEHAN'S NURSERIES

ARE IN

GERMANTOWN,

(Part of the city of Philadelphia), and are easy of access by steam

cars to

GORGAS LANE STATION or WALNUT
LANE STATION,

Or slightly nearer by street cars to

UPPER CHURCH ST.

The Nurseries contain over one thousand kinds of Trees and
Shrubs, besides Fruit Trees and Flowers. European, African or
Asiatic erders for trees or tree seeds, receive careful attention, and
usually give customers entire satisfaction.

anywhere on trial to operate against all
~ other Presses, the custom-

er kepping the one that
suits best. No one has ever

18 kno^-n to be beyond
competiiion, and will balo
wiib twice the rapidity of
any other. The only way
Inferior machines can be
sold is to deceive the In-
experienced by rldiculotiBly
f;ilse statements, and thu3
BcUwUhoutsifrht or seeing,
nid Bwiadle the purchaser.
Workini? any other Press
alongside of Dederick's al-
ways sells the purchaser a
Dederick Press, and all
know It too well to show

np. Address for circular and location of Western

and Southern storehouses and Agents.

P. S. DEDSRICS & CO.,

Albantj, X. T.

Five Greenhouses, well stocked with plants, especially
Roses of all varieties — offered for sale cheap. Five Acres
of land attached. From one to five acres may be leaseil <.r
bought on easy terms. Address,

Mrs. Dr. C. B. WALKER,

Flora! Store, 509 Upper Water St-,
ja.3 Evansvilie, Ind.

To any suffering with Catarrh I
or Bronchitis wHo earnestly I
desire relief, I can furnish aj
means of Permanent and Pos- 5
itive Cure. A Home Treatment. (
No charge for consultation by i
I mail. Valuable Treatise Free.

"Hisremedies are the outprowili |
of his own experience; they iir- f
the only known means of per- I

°Rev."T.'^p!cHTLD'l'. Troy, 0. {

NEW PLANTS.

ABUTrLON FIREFLY, AGERATUM "MALVERN
BEAUTY " DOUBLE IVY-LEAF GERANIUM UR.
BROC A, GALILEE, ROBERT FORTUNE. Also, New
Geraniums and Fochsias. 8eiul for descriptive price list.

BECKERT BROS., Florists and Seedsmen,

ALLEGHENY CITY, FA.

CARIWOKt'o Ar<l>f lUiAU bAK DKUMt,
As Invented »nd worn by liiiii perfectly rustorine tl ■

hcanuf;. Kotii-elv ,k;,l for thirty yHais.hrlluars with thc-i...
even whispcTS, distiiictlv. Are not oUscrvuhle, and re-
main in position without aid. Descriptive Circular free.
Julin tr»riuore,S.W.Cor.5th,SjKacelsts.,Cinciunati, 0.

BLOOMINGTON (Phoenix) NURSERY.

600 Acres. Established 1852. 13 Greenhouses.

We have for sale this se.ison a very large and fine stock cf

AppleSeedlings, 1 and 2 years. Plum Seedlings, ■ 1 year.
Pear " 1 year. Cherry " . 1 "

We also put up Root Grafts of Apple, Pear, Plum and Cherry in
very large quantities Prices on application. Address,

SIDNEY TUTTLE, Agent,

d, BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

ASPARAGUS CULTURE.

Tit BEST METHODS EMPLOYED In ENGLAND and FEANCE.

BY JAMES BARNES AND WM. ROBINSON.

With tran-slations of Mr. Leboeuf s Essay on Asparagus,
and particulars of the seven years competition instituted
for its improvement. Illustrated with wood cuts. New-
edition. 84 pages. 50 cents by mail on receipt of price.

Address, fHAS. H. MAftOT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

10 THE NOR IICUL TURAL A D VER TISER.

IMPOflTAHT TO GROCEHS, PACKERS, HUCKSKHS AID THE GENERIIL PUBLIC,

THE KING FORTUNE MAKER

OZONE

A New Process for Preserving all Perish-
able Articles, Animal and Vegetable, from
Fermentation and Putrefaction, Retaining
their Odor and Flavor.

" OZONE— Purified air, active state of oxygen." — Webster,

This Preservative is not a liquid, pickle, or any of the old »nd exploded processes, but is simply and purely OZONE, as
produced and applied by an entirely new process. Ozone is the antiseptic principle of every substance, and possesses the power to
preserve animal and vegetable structures from decay.

There is nothing on the face of the earth liable to decay or spoil which Ozone, the new Preservative, will not preserve for
all time in a perfectly fresh and palatable condition.

The value of Ozone as a natural preserver has been known to our abler chemists for years, but, until now, no means of produc-
ing it in a practical, inexpensive, and simple manner have been discovered.

Mircroscopic observations prove that decay is due to septic matter or minute germs, that develop and feed upon animal and
vegetable structures. Ozone, applied by the Prentiss method, seizes and destroys these germs at once, and thus preserves. At
■cur offices in Cincinnati can be seen almost every article that can be thought of, preserved by this process, and every visitor
is welcoms to come in, taste, smell, take away with him, and test in every way the merits of Ozone as a preservatiTe. We will also
preserve, free of charge, any article that is brought or sent prepaid to us, and return it to the sender, for him to keep and test.

FRESH MEATS, such as beef, mutton, veal, pork, poultry, game, fish, &c., preserved by this method, can be shipped to
Europe, subjected to atmospheric changes and returned to this country in a state of perfect preservation.

EGGS can be treated at a cost of less than one dollar a thousand dozen, and be kept in an ordinary room six months or more
thoroughly preserved ; the yolk held in its normal condition, and the eggs as fresh and perfect as on the day they were treated, and
will sell as strictly " choice." The advantage in preserving eggs is readily seen; there are seasons when they can be bought for 8 or,
lo cents a dozen, and by holding them, can be sold for an advance of from one hundred to three hundred per cent. One man,
with this method, can preserve 5,000 dozen a day.

FRUITS may be permitted to ripen in their native dimate, and can be transported to any part of the world.

The juice expressed from fruits can be held for an indefinite period without fermentation— hence the great value of this
process for producing a temperance beverage. Cider can be held perfectly sweet for any length of time.

VEGETABLES can be kept for an indefinite period in their natural condition, retaining their odor and flavor, treated in
their original packages, at a small expense. All grains, flour, meal, etc., are held in their normal condition.

BUTTER, after being treated by this process, will not become rancid.

Dead human bodies, treated before decomposition sets in, can be held in a natural condition for weeks, without puncturing the
skin or mutilating the body in any way. Hence the great value of Ozone to undertakers.

There is no change in the slightest particular in the appearance of any article thus preserved, and no trace of any foreign or un-
natural odor or taste.

The process is so simple that a child can operate it as well and as successfully as a man. There is no expensive apparatus
or machinery required,

A room filled with different articles such as eggs, meat, fish, etc., can be treated at one time, without additional trouble or ex-
pense.

.8®- In fact, there is nothing that Ozone will not preserve. Think of every thing you can that is liable to sour,
decay, or spoil, and then remember that we guarantee Ozone will preserve it in exactly the condition vou want it for any length of
time. If you will remember this, it will save asking questions as to whether Ozone will preserve this or that article— it will pre-
serve any thing and every thing you can think of.

There is not a township in the United States in which a live man can not make any amount of money, from $1,000 to Jio,ooo a
year, that he pleases. We desire to get a live man interested in each county of the United States, in whose hands we can place this
Preservative, and through him secure the business which every county ought to produce.

ATrrtl3 TPTT'^TXr Awaits any Man who Secures Control
^ ^^XX X W/ XII X:^ of OZONE in any Township or County.

A. C. Bowen, Marion, Ohio, has cleared $2,000 in two months. $2 for a test package was his first investment.

Woods Brothers, Lebanon, Warren County, Ohio, made $6,000 on eggs purchased in August and sold November ist. $2 for a
test package was their first investment.

F. K. Raymond, Morristown, Belmont Co., Ohio, is clearing $2,000 a month in handling and selling Ozone. $2 for a tes» pack-
age was his first investment.

D. F. Webber, Charlotte, Eaton Co., Mich., has cleared $i,ooo a month since August. $2 for a test package was his first
investment.

J. B. Gaylord, 80 La Salle St., Chicago, is preserving eggs, fruit, etc., for the commission men of Chicago, charging i}4c. per
dozen for eggs, and other articles in proportion. He is preserving 5,000 dozen eggs per day, and on his business is making $3,000 a
month clear. $2 for a test package was his first investment.

The Cincinnati Feed Co., 498 West Seventh Street, is making $5,000 a month in handling brewers' malt, preserving and'ship-
ping it as feed to all parts of the country. Malt unpreserved sours in 24 hours. Preserved by Ozone it keeps perfectly sweet for
months.

These are instances which we have asked the privilege of publishing. There are scores of others. Write to any of the above
parties and get the evidence direct.

Now, to prove the absolute truth of everything we have said in this paper, we propose to place in your hands the
means of proving for yourself that we have not claimed half enough. To any person who doubts" any of these state-
ments, and who is interested sufficiently to make the trip, we will pay all traveling and hotel expenses for a visit to this city, if we
fail to prove any statement that we have made,

HOW TO SECURE A FORTUNE WITH OZONE.

A test package of Ozone, containing a sufficient quantity to preserve one thousand dozen eggs, or other articles in proportion,
will be sent to any applicant on receipt of $2. This package will enable the applicant to pursue any line of tests and experiments
he desires, and thus satisfy himself as to the extraordinary merits of Oione as a Preservative. After having thus satisfied himself,
and had time to look the field over to determine what he wishes to do in the future— whether to sell the article to others, or to confine
it to his own use, or any other line of policy which is best suited to him and to his township or county — we will enter into an arrange-
ment with him that will make a fortune for him and give us good profits. We will give exclusive township or county privileges to the
■first responsible applicant who orders a test package and desires to control the business in his locality. The man who secures
control of Ozone for any special territory, will enjoy a monopoly which will surely enrich hini.

ty See P»ge 11.

THE HOR lie UL TURAL AD PER TISE R.

11

Don't let a day pass until you have ordered a Test Package, and if you desire I
that delay may deprive you of it, for the applications come in to us by scores every

ire an exclusive privilege we assure you^
-many by telegraph. " First come first
served " is our rule.

If you do not care to send money in advance for the test package, we will send it C.O.D,, but this will put you to the expense-
of charges for return of money. Our correspondence is very large ; we have all we can do to attend to the shipping of orders and
giving attention to our working agents. Therefore, we cannot give any attention to letters which do not order Ozone. If you think
of any article that you are doubtful about Ozone preserving rememher we g-uaraniee that it will preserve it, no matter what it is.

REFKRENCES : — We desire to call your attention to a class of references which no enterprise or firm based on any thing
but the soundest business success and highest commercial merit could secure.

We refer, by permission, as to our integrity and to the value of the Prentiss Preservative, to the following gentlemen : Edward
C. Boyce, Member Board of Public Works; E. O. Eshelby, City Comptroller ; Amor Smith, Jr., Collector Internal Revenue ; Wulsin
& Worthington, Attorneys ; Martin H. Harrell and B. F. Hopkins, County Commissioners ; W. S. Cappeller, County Auditor; all
of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio. These gentlemen are each familiar with the merits of our Preservative, and knew from
actual observation that we have without question.

THE MOST VALUABLE ARTICLE IN THE WORLD.

The 52 you invest in a test package will surely lead you to secure a township or
• to make from ^2,000 to $10,000 a year.

Give your full address in every PRENTISS PRESERVING CO

letter, and send youi letter to

d.3

and then your way is absolutely clear

(Limited),

S. E. Cor. Ninth and Race Sts., Cincinnati, O.

COOL ORCHIDS AKD EAST INDIAN ORCHIDS FOR 1882.

Prompted by the encouragement our efforts to place these beautiful plants within the reach of all at moderate
cost have received, the past season, we now take pleasure in announcing that we expect to add to our already large
stock of COOlu ORCHIDS many of the EAST INDIAN varieties of easy culture during the coming year. These will
require more heat than those from South America and Mexico, but will still do well in a greenhouse. Due notice of
their receipt will be given through the columns of the Gabdener's Monthly. We still offer fine established and semi-
establisheci plants of our choice varieties as heretofore, at $1.00 to »5.00 each. $10.00 to !S25.00 per dozen, and shall
be pleased to make careful selections from our stock during the winter season for shipment, when weather will permit in
the early spring. The fine display of bloom we are now having from both old and n'cent iinixirtatiDiis proves cdiKlu-
sively their adaptability to greenhouse culture. From our recent importations and additions, not heictotoic inclndeil in
our general list, we can supply in limited quantities— Cattleya gigas ; Coelogyne cristata ; Epidendrum dichromum lamabile);
Ghiesbreghtii (new); Macrochilum (largo, supposed to he var. roseum); Gongora maculata: Laelia peduncularis (lnvelv);
Leptotes bicolor; Lycaste lanipes; Masdevallia tovarensis uarei; Maxillarias, futva, longressima and picta ; Odontoglossunis,
Londesboroughianum and maculatum, vai. superbum ; Oncidiufns, Batemanii, Caminophorum, Forbesii, Rogersii (sent as the
true Varicosum Rogersii) and Volvox ; Sophronitis grandiflora, Trichopilia suavis and many dtlieis.

Correspondence regarding the above is solicited, and lists anil prices made on application to

BENJ. REYNOLDS, Supt.,

mh.i2 BARKER FLORAL GARDENS, BRAMBLETON, NORFOLK. VA.

W. E. MEEHAN & CO.,

15 South Sth St., Phila.,

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

Cit Flowers aifl Florists' Smiles.

tstf CATALOGUES ON APPIjICATION".

THE ABBOTT

Pocket Microscope

an instrument of great
practic.ll usefulness to
Teacliers, Farmers,
Merchants, IMe-
clianies, Physi-
I ciaiis, Botanists,
Miners, and many

others. It is the best

Itiri, U..1. Ill I'vcr iiivtnted for examining FlOW

ers, Seeds, Plants, Minerals,
Engravings, Bank Notes, Fabrics,

Etc. By means of a cage, accompanying each In-
strument, one can examine all kinds of |n~
sects or Worms alive. The

EYE OF A FLY,

orother insect of*like pize, can be readily seen.
It is simple in construction and easy lo operate.
One of these interesting Instruments ought to
be in every family. We have made arrangements
to furnish the Pocket Micr©scoi>e at the
manufacturer's price, $1.50. Ic will be sent, post-
paid, to any reader of this Paper desiring it, on
receipt of price, or m.iy be had at this ofBce.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

ASTHMAl

Dr.Stinson'sAsthmaRemedy

Quickly and
Permanently

ni

is unequaled as .
AlteratiTe and Cure for|

Asthma and Dyspepsia,

and all their attendant evils. Pt does not merely
afford temporary.relief, but is a permanent cure.
Mrs. B. F. Lee, of Belmore, O., says of It : " / am
mfprised at the speedy effects of your remedy. Jt it
the first medicine in six years that has loosened my
cough and made expectoration easy. J now sleep all
night without coughing." If your druggist does not
keep it, send for treatise and testiinonials to

H. P. K. PECtf & CO.,
t 853 Broadway, Mew York.

ROSES, VERBENAS, GERANIUMS

and all other Bedding Plants in large quantities, also Dracaenas,
Palms and Hothouse and Greenhouse pl-its, the largest assortment
in America.

Camellias and Azaleas a specialty.

Send for Catalogue.

JNO. DICK, JR.,

lytf

53rd & WOODLAND AVE.. Phila,

PRACTICAL LESSONS IN

Architectural Drawing ;

Or, HOW TO MAKE THE WORKING DRAWINGS AND WRITE
SPECIFICATIONS FOR BUILDINGS.

BY WILLIAM B. TUTHILL, A.M., Architect.
rilustrated by S^ full page plates (one in colors) and 33
wood cuts, showing Methods of Construction and Representa-
tion, Scale Drawings, Sections and Details of Frame, Brick and
Stone Buildings, with full descriptions and specifications, show-
ing the various forms of writing the same for dilferent
kinds of l)uildings. Oblong quarto cloth. Price, S2.50, by
mail, post free. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chcstniit St., Phila.

12

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

Tie Best Early Pea In Caltiyation.

EXTRA EARLY,

REQUIRES NO BUSHING,

EXQUISITE FLAVOR.

THE BEST VARIETY FOR FORCING, AND THE BEST FOR
EARLY SOWING IN THE GARDEN.

4®=- On account of its exceedingly Dwarf habit, it can be
groivn in Hot Beds like Cucumber and Lettuce.
Circulars giving a full description mailed to all applicants.

CAUTION.— As there is another Pea in the market
called "American Wonder," be sure and call for "BLISS'
AMERICAN WONDER," and receive no other.

PRICES.— One-third pint package, 20 cents; pint, 55
cents; quart * 1.00; by mail, post-paid. When delivered
at our store, or sent by express at the expense of the pur-
chaser : One pint, 40 cents ; one quart 75 cents ; peck S5.60.

B. K. BLISS &, SONS,

34 BARCLAY ST., N. Y.

Established 1845.

300 Beautiful Illustrations.

Our'new edition will be ready early in January, and
mailed to aU applicants enclosing two three cent stamps to
cover postage. Address,

B. K. BLISS & SONS,

ia.l

P. O. Box 3530, N. Y.

Electrotypes and Wood Cuts

Of Plants, Flowers, Trees, &c., CHEAP.

SEND FOR COPIES.
A1j;o W^ood Engraving, Photo Engraving and Color
Work at LO SVEST KATES.

A. BLANC,

tjal 314 NORTH ELEVENTH ST., PhUada.

FLORISTS' STOCK.

VEKBKNAS. named varieties »5.00perlOO.

GERANIUMS, " 5.00 "

HELIOTROPES, " 5.00 "

COLEUS, " 6.00

TUBEROSES, large, sound. BLOOMING BUI.BS, «3
per 1(H); !gi26 per 1000. Also a general assortment of
Greenhouse Plants.

F. WALKER & CO.,
0.6 NEW ALBANY, IND.

GRAPE VINES.

All Leading VariPties in largp supply. Warranted
true to name. Prices 1-ow. Also, the celebrated
*^ NEliV WHITE GRAPE,

PRENTISS

Bend stamp for Price and Descriptive List, Also
Trees, Small Fruits, etc.

T. S. HUBBARD. Fredonia. N Y

^C *f| ^Qflper dav at home. Samples worth $5 free. Ad-
iJ)J LU vP^Udressi^TtN-sox et Co.. Portland, Maine. ja.l2

CARNATION FLORETS

IN

Large Numbers

Will be furnished by the undersigned the coming season.

THOMAS F. SEAL,

o.tf Unlonville, Chester Co., Pa.

TREE SEEDLINGS

For Timber Plantations, Young Evergreens, Stocks, Grape
Vines, Seeds and Seedlings for Nurserymen. Immense Stock.
Lowest Prices, Great Variety, Catalogue Free.

J. JENKINS,

Grape and Seedling Nursery,

stf Winona, Columbiana Co., Ohio.

MAKE HENS LAY.

An j^ngtibn v eiennary fa«rgeou ana ^^ueinisi, uuw
traveling In this country, says that most of the Horse
and Cattle Powders sold here are worthless trash. He
says tliat Sheridan's Condition Powders are absolutely
pure and immensely valuable. Nothinc; on earth will
make hens lay like Sheridan's Condition Powders. Dose,
oneteaspoonful to one pint food. Sold everywhere, or sent
by mail for eight letter stamps. 1. S. JOHNSON & CO.,
Boston, Mass., formerly Bangor Me.

MOSS ROSES.

Fine large plants for Pall planting now ready, also a
a fine lot of Lily of the Valley " in large clumps.
Address,

H. W. HALES,

Bidgewood Floral Nursery,
n,i2 Bidge'trood, N. J.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

13

ANDROSACE LAGGERI.

FROEBEL&CO.

NEOMDNSTEE NDBSERIES, ZiJEICH,

(SWITZERLAND.)

Un'ivaHed collections of Choice Hardy Perennial Plants, specialty
of Hardy Alpine Plants (over soo species, including some of the rarest
ever ofi. r ■ ) New Plants, Spring-flowering Bulbs, Tuberous Be-
gonias Florists' Flowers, Greenhouse and Stove-plants, Fruit and
Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Hardy Climbers, Conifers, &c., &c.

Illustrated Plant and Seed-lists free on application AH orders
carefully packed and regularly mailed to all parts of the United States.

Passaic, N. J., 23d October, 1870: "The boxes of roots you sent
just reached us in fine order; in fact they are the best packed boxes we
ever received from Europe." — W. & Co.

[To Messrs. Froebel & Co., Zurich, (Switzerland).] tdi

DICK'S

PatsntSilmpeniiyarSaiidyoite,

FOR HEATING HOTHOUSES, GREENHOUSES AND
DWELLINGS, THREE STYLES and TWELVE SIZES to heat
from 500 to 2000 ft. of 4-in. PIPE. Send for circular to

$72

JNO. DICK JR.,

53rd. & Woodland Ave.,',Phila., Pa.

A WEEK. S12 a day at home easUy made. Costly Out-
fit free. Address True & Co., Augusta, Maine. ja.l2

Say's American Insects

Three volumes and Separate Glossary. Octavo, Numerous
Colored Plates from Original Drawiugs,

Old Barb and out of Peint,

One set Only.

Price S25.00, by mail, postage paid.

• Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

London Gardener's Chronicle

Will be furnished, post-paid, direct to subscribers in the U. S. for
86.35 per year. Apply to

tl CHAS. H. MAROT, Agent, 814 Chestnut St., PhUa.

HOPE-DEAF

Dr. Peck's Artificial Ear Drums

PEKFECTI-X RESTORE THE HEARING

and perform the worli of the Natural Driun.
Always ill position, bat invisible to ottiers. .

All Conversation and even whi^iers heard dis-
tinctly. We refer to those using them. Send for
descriptive circiilar with testimoi :als. Address,
H. P. K, FECK & CO., 85S"Broaaway, New York.

$66

a week in your own town. Terms and S5 outfit free.
Address H. Hailett & Co., Portland, Maine. ja.l2

FARMING

WITH

ON PLUMCROVE FARM.

BY C. HARLAN, M.D.

269 pages, 12mo, cloth. Price $1.00, mailed, post-paid, on receipt
of price. Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

MUSHROOM CULTURE.

ITS EXTENSION AND IMPKOVEMENT,

BY WM. ROBINSON.

With numerous illustrations, 172 pages, cloth. Price, 75 cents.
Mailed, post paid, on receipt of price.

CHAS. H. MAKOT, 814 Chestnat St., PhUa.

THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES

BY B. J. KENDALL, M. D.

With the real essential information relative to each disease. Will
save many times its cost. Gives cause, symptoms and best treat-
ment of diseases. Table with the doses, effects and antidotes of
principal medicines used, and a few pages on action and uses of
medicines. Rules for telling age of Horse and fine engraving show-
ing appearance of the teeth each year. A large collection of valu-
able recipes. Printed on fine paper 7J^x5 inches ; nearly 100 pages,
35 engravings. Price, 25 cents. Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt
ofprice. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

AMERICAN GRAPE GROWING

AND

-MTZNE: 3MCAKING-.

By George Husmann, Professor of Horticulture in University of
Missouri, with contributions from well-known Grape Growers, givint;

A WIDE KANGE OF EXPERIENCE.

Illustrated, 12mo, 243 pp., cloth; price, $1.50. Mailed po»t-paid
on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

14 THE HOR TICUL TURAL A D VER TISER.

P. & E. TRANSON

NURSERIES,

Beg to inform their friends and customers generally that their

New List for 1881 and 1882,

Is now ready and may be had on application to

Messrs, KNAUTH, NACHOD & KUHNE,

17 ■wixjXjIjlim: stk/Eet,

This Catalogue contains Prices of all the Fruit Tree Stocks an extensive list of Fruit Trees, New and Hardy Ornamen
tal Plants, Climbers, tlie Hardiest and Best Conifers, Roses on their own roots. Also, Small Conifers, Deciduous and Ever-
green Ornamental Trees, one or two years' Seedlings, most useful for Nurserymen.

J3®="N. B. — The greatest attention given to packing. t.n 3

20,000 Trees— Magnolia Grandiflora.

The Most Beautiful Shade Tree in the World.

" The great Laurelllagnolia of the Southern States Is a noble tree, remarkable for Its deliciously fragrant great flowers,
and thick evergreen leaves, which are shining and deep green above, and rusty-colored beneath. Hardy as far North as Phila-
delphia, where it now blossoms."— Gray's New Manual of Botany.

Will stand out with slight protection in Latitude of New York Citv. Leaves, 4 in. wide ; 7 to 12 in. lona;. Blossoms,
9 to 12 in. in diameter, creamy white. Can be transplanted at any season of the year ; but August suits this Latitude best.

Having obtained a large stock of the above, we are prepared to fill orders at the following exceedingly low prices t

Trees, Ifoot in height 25 each I Trees, 4 feet in height $1.50 each

2feet " 50 " " 5 " " 2.00 "

3 " " Sl.OO " I " 6 to 20 feet in height »3.50 to SIO.OO "

LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE. All trees securely matted at the roots for shipment without extra charge

Apply early, as stock must be disposed of soon, to

BENJ. REYNOLDS, Superintendent,
t ja.tf Barker Floral Gardens, Brambleton, Norfolk, Va.

HYBRID TEA. ROSE.

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IN QUANTITY. Per 100, $50 ; per doz., $6.
LILIUIVI AURATUM, December 15th, - - - - SI5 per 10.
JSMW GBBANIUMS AND FUCHSIAS.

GLADIOLI, Mixed and Named ^ in 500 Varieties

V. H. HALLOCK. SON 85 THORPE,
QUEENS, N. Y.

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Established 1765.

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FLOWER POTS

BY THE MILLION.

Catalogne on application.

A. H. HEWS & CO.,

North Cambridge,

THE PEACH;

ITS CULTUEE AND DISEASES.

A Complete Treatise for the use of Peach Growers nnd Gardeners
of Pennsylvania, and all districts affected by the " YELLOWS" and
other diseases or the tree.

BY JOHN RUTTBR,

Ex-President of the Chester Co. Horticultural Society, and honorary

member ot the Penna. Fruit Growers' Society.
12mo, pp. 94, cloth, price $1, mailed post-paid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

FLORAL DECORATIONS,

for the DWELLING HOUSE.
A PRACTICAL GUIDE to the HOME ARRANGEMENT
of PLANTS and FLOWERS,

By ANNIE HASSARD.

Profusely illustrated. 12mo. pp. 166. Cloth. Price, $1.50.
Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price.

Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT.

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

1881— -1882

MEEHAN'8 NURSERIES,

GERMANTOWN PHILA.

It is strange that so many persons are satisfied with the
meagre list of varieties of trees and shrubs, when
there are at least a thousand to choose from. If Country
Nurseries, and those who have Agents, were to take
pains to keep on hand and to exhibit to their cus-
tomers some of the rarer beauties, it would add to
their cash sales, and help gardening in general.

MHIEHAN'S CATALOGUi:

is arranged with this view. It is believed to embrace a
greater variety in one list than any one issued. The
prices are so arranged that those wishing to purchase
single plants can select from the list ; while the prices
per 10 and per 100 are made very low, so that those who
wish to sell again have a large margin to work on.
Prices are also made to suit those who may order
TREES BY MAIL.
As an illustration of the plan of the catalogue, we offer in
it for the first time the

NEW WEEPING DOGWOOD.

To suit retail customers, the price per single plant
is $2.50 ; for those who buy 10 or more it is at the rate of
$1.00 each.

The Catalogue is sent free to all applicants.

THOMAS MEEHAX,

.2 Germautowu, Phila.

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THE HOR TICUL TURAL AD VER TISER.

Somelliing New in Water Heaters. Please Tale itice.

Sectional view of Carmody's Patent

Sfictioial Extfiisloii Water Healer.

Especially adapted to the heating of

and other buildings where he Hot Water system is desired.

This Heater is composed of sections,
and can be enlarged or diminished in
size at will.

By removing; the impacting sections
it becomes a first-class saddle boiler.

It can be used in connection with a
flue along the ground, or not, at
pleasure.

It requires no fire pit, where water is
liable to extinguish the fire.

It burns soft coal as well as hard, and
does not clog up with soot.

It has more heating surface in pro-
portion to its size than any other boiler
in the market.

It is the cheapest and most durable
first-class boiler made.

For DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR aii PRICE-LIST

Address the proprietor,

J. D. CARMODY,

tau 12 Evansvllle, Ind.

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Downing's Landscape Gardening and
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New Editiou.
BY THE LATE A. J. DOWNING. ESQ.

Adapted to North America, with a view to the improvement in
country residences. Comprising historical notices of the art, di-
rections for laying out grounds and arranging plantations; the de-
scription and cultivation of hardy trees, decorative accompaniments
of the house and grounds, the formation of artificial water, flower
gardens, etc.; with remarks on rural architecture. With two sup-
plements by H. Winthrop Sargent. Handsomely illustrated, pp.
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CHAS.

H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

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With full descriptions of all the finest varieties in cultivation,
selections adaoted to various circumstances and situations and A
Calendar of Operations to be performed each month throughout
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ROSES IN POTS;

observations on their Cultivation including the Autobiography oi a
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Alpine Flowers, Robinson ^ $4 50

American Rose Culturist, paper 30

Barnard's. A Simple Flower Garden 38

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Halliday' 8 Camellia Culture « 2 00

Henderson's Practical Floriculture 1 50

Henderson's Gardening fur Pleasure , 1 50

Paul's Book of Roses 60

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Pauls Rosea In Potg 1 00

Parsons, Siini'l B., on the Rose ■• BOj

Rand'sBulbs 2 SOi^v^heei

Rand's Flowers for Parlor and Garden 2 50 \vhee

Rand's Garden Flowers 2 50

Rand's Orchid Culture 3 50

Rand's Popular Flowers and How to Cultivate Them 2 00

Rand's Rhododendrons 1 50

Rand's Window Gardener 1 00

Sub-Tropical Garden 3 75

White's Gardening for the South 2 00

Wild Flowers Worth Notice, 2 00

Wild Garden 2 25

Williams, B. S., on Stove & Greenhouse Plants, 2vols. lU'd 5 00

Williams, B. S., on Select Ferns and Lyconods 2 50

Williams, B. S., Orchid Grower's Manual5th edition 3 50

Window Gardening 1 50

FRUITS,— Their Producta and Fruit Culture.

Apple CulturLst, Todd 81 50

Baker's Fruit Culture 4 00

Barnard's Strawberry Garden 38

Bassett's Cranberry Culture 30

Barry's Fruit Garden 2 50

Beecner's Pleasant Talks on Fruits, Flowers and Farming 2 00

Both Sides of the Grape Question 5u

Bridgeman's Fruit Cultivators' Manual 1 00

Chorlton's Grape Grower's Guide 75

Downing's Fruits and Fruit Trees of America 5 00

Du Breuil's Vineyard Culture (Dr. Warden) 2 00

Eastwood on Cultivation of the Cranberry 75

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Field's, Thos. W., Pear Culture 1 25

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Fulton on Peach Culture 1 50

Harazathy's Grape Culture and Wine Making 5 00

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Merrick's Strawberry Culture 1 00

Mohr on the Grape Vine 1 00

My Vineyard at Lakeview 1 25

Pardee on Strawberry Culture 75

Peach Culture and Diseases, Rutter 1 00

Phin on Wine Making 1 75

Quinn's Pear Culture for Profit 1 00

Reemlin's Wine Maker's Manual 1

Rivers' Miniature Fruit Garden
Small Fruit Instructor, Purdy

Downing's Cottage Residences 53 00

Eveleth 8 School House Architecture 4 00

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Jacques' Manual of the House , ] r>0

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Wood wiinl's National Architect, Vol 1 and 2 15 00

Woodward's Suburban and Country Houses 1 00

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Downing's, A. J., Landscape Gardening 6 60

Elliott's Landscape Gardening 1 50

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Helmslcy's Hardy Trees, Shrubs and Plant.'- 7 .50'

Hoopeson Evergreens 3 00

Kemp's Landscape Gardening 2 60

Lindley's Treasury of Botany, 2 vols 6 0'

,Met'han's Ornamental Trees. 76

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Gray's Manual of Botany 2 25

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Gray's School and Field-Book of Botany 2 50

Henderson's lUnd-Book ot Plants ^ tO

Johnson's Gardener's Dictionary... 3 00

Johnson's How Crops Feed 2 00

.Tohnson's How Crops Grow 2 00

Leibeg's, Justus, Familiar Lectures on Chemistry 75

Louden's Encyclopaedia of Plants 13 60

: J.: Mavnard's Naturalist's Guide 2 00

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Strong's Cultivation of the Grape 2 50 j

Thomas' J. J., Fruit Culturist, old Ed., $3.00 ; new Ed 3 75

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White's Cranberry Culture _ 1 ''^•5|Paxton's Botanical Dictionary

Architecture, Rural Homes, Hdrt. Buildings, &c. "" ""

Allen's, L. F., Rural Architecture 51 50

American Architect 7 00

Architecture, Modern American, Cummings and Miller... 10 00
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Atwood's Country and Surburban Houses 1 ."in

Aveling's Carpentry and Joinery 1 25

Bell's Carpentry Made Easy 5 00

Building Construction Davidson 1 00

Burns* Architectural Drawing Book 1 00

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Cobbett's American Gardener 75

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Gregory on Cabbages 30

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Gregory on Onion Raising 30

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Henderson's Gardening for Profit 1 60

HoETcr's Vegetable Garden 50

Mushroom Culture , 75

Onion Culture 20

Potato Culture '. 25

Quinn's Money in the Garden 1 50

Roe's Play and Profit in My Garden 1 50

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Allen's R. L. and L. V , New American Farm Book

American Faruier's Kntyclopwiiia

American Weeds and Usetul Plants

Barnard's My Ten-rod Farm

Beet Root Sugar

Bommer's Method of Making Manures

Boussingalt's, J. B., Rural liconomy

Brackett's Farm Talk, paper 50 c; cloth

Brill's Farm-Gardeuing and Seed-growing

Broom Corn and Brooms, paper, 50 c. ; cloth

Caldwell's Agricultural Chemical Analysis '2 00

Clok's Diseases of Sheep 1 2^

Coburn's Swiue Husbandry !!'.T.'.T.'"'."".".'. . i 1 75

Daca'sSam'l H., Muck Manual 1 25

Downing's Rural Essays 3 00

DoT''s Plain Facts about Florida , 25

Enfield's Indian Corn 1 oo

Farming for Boys 1 50

Five Acres tooMuch (Illustrated) 1 50

Flax Culture, (Seven Prize Essays by Practical Growers)... HO

Flint, Chas. L., on Grasses , 2 50

French's Farm Drainage 1 50

Hand-book of Grasses, Great Britain and America 1 50

Harlan's Farming with Green Manures 1 oO

Hop Culture, by Nine Experienced Cultivators 30

Howto Get a Farm and Whereto Find One 1 00

Johnson's Elements of Agricultural Chemistry 1 50

Johnson's J. S. W., Agricultural Chemistry 1 75

Klippart's Land Drainage 1 75

Klippart's Wheat Plant 1 75

Lascelle's Treatise on Cultivation of Co tleo 1 00

Leavitt's Facta about Peat 175

Loring'B FarmYard Club of Jotham 3 50

Lyman's Cotton Culture ^ 1 .50'

Mayhew's Practical Book-keeping for Farmers 80

My Farm of Edgewood 1 75

Nichol's Chemistry of the Farm and Sea..... 1 25

Norton's, Jno.P., Elements of Scientific Agriculture 75

Our Farm of Four Acres. '. . 60

Pedder's, James, Farmer's Land Measurer 60

Quincy, Hon. Josiah, on Soiling Cattle 125

Bobbins', R., Produce and Rea<ly Reckoner 75

Stewart's Irrigation for Farm, Garden and Orchard .,;... 1 50

Stewart's Sorghum and its Products 1 50

Ten Acres Enough 100'

Thomas', J. J., Farm Implements 150

Thompson's Food of Animals ; ' 1 00

Tim Bunker's Papers, or Yankee Farming 1 60

Tobacco Culture, by Fourteen Experienced Cultivators.. . 25

Todd's Young Farmer's Manual. 3 vols 4 50

Turner's Cotton Planter's Manual ..-, 1 60

Ville's Chemical Manures, paper, 50 c., cloth • 1 25

Waring's Drainage for Profit and Health 1 50

Waring's Earth Closets 30

Waring's Elements of Agriculture !• 00

Waring's Farmer's Vacation ..;... 300

Waring's Handy Book of Husbandry 2 50

youman's Household Science 1 75

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Allen's, R. L., Diseases of Domestic Animals ^1 00

Allen's L. F., American Cattle 2 50

American Bird Fancier (Brown's) 30

Amateur Trapper and Trap Maker's Guide, paper ... 50

' " " boards 75

Barber's Crack Shot 1 25

Bement's Pulterer's Companion 2 00

Bement's Rabbit Fancier 30

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Book of Household Pets, paper, 50 c; cloth 75

Brown's Taxidermist's Maeual 1 00

Bruce's Stud Book, 2 vols 20 00

Surge's American Kennel and Sporting Field 3 00

Burnham's New Poultry Book 2 00

Butler on the Dog '. 2 00

Canary Birds, paper 50 c; cloth 75

Clok's Diseases of Sheep 1 25

Coburn's Swine Husbandry ~ 1 75

Cole's American Veterinarian 75

C»oked and Cooking Food for Domestic Animals 20

Dock's Manual of the Apiary „ Cloth 125; paper 1. 00

Corbett's Poultry Yard and'Market, paper 50 c; cloth 75

Cone's Field Ornithology _ 2 50

Coue's Key to North American Birds 7 00

Dadd'g American Cattle Doctor 1 50

Dadd's American Reformed Horse Book, 8 vo cloth 2 50

Dadd's Modern Horse Doctor 1 50

Dead Shot, or Sportmen'a Complete Guide 1 25

Dinks, Mayhew and Hutchinson on the Dog 3 00

Dwyer's Horse Book 2 00

Every Horse Owner's Cyclopaedia S 75

Famous Horses of Ajnefica 1 50

Food from the Far West 1 50

Frank Forester's Horge of America, 8vo., 2 vols 5 00

Frank Forester's American Game in Season 1 60

Frank Forester's Field Sports, 2to13 4 00

1- rank rore3£6r's Manual for Young Sportsmen 8vo 2

Lroniry s L,iic iiujiurit-s of BitcU^2 vols 4

Geyelln's Poultry Breeding 1

Green on Trout Culture 1

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Herbert's Hiuia 10 HoioeKeepera ^

Holden's Book of Birds, paper 26 c ; cioth'...".'."!....'Z'.;."'..'..'.'
Horse and his Diseases, Kendall

Uow I make $;i60 a year, by my iiees".'!!!;.."."".' ~

Hunter and Trapper '....'.'..''.'. 1

Jennings Cattle Doctor ]

Jenning's Horse Training Made E<\sy............ ....... ......... 1

Jenning'son the Horse and his Diseases '.. 1

Jenning's Sheep, Swine and Poultry 1

Jersey, Alderney and Guernsey Cow...., 1

Kenrlck's American Silk Grower's Gtiidw 1

Langstroth, Rev. L. L., on the Hive and Honey Bee.....'.!.'. 2

Law's Farmer's Veterinary Adviser ^.:. 3

Lewis' Practical Poultry Book j

Mayhew's Illustrated Horse Doctor 3

Mayhew's Ill\istrated Horso Management 3

Miles on the Horse's Foot

McClure's Diseasesof Am. Horse, Cattleaud Sheep..'.!. ....*. 2

Miner's, T. B , Bee Keeper's Manual 1

Morrel's American Shepherd 1

Norris' American Angler...., 5

Norris' Fish Culture 1

Perchern Horse : _ 1

Quinby's Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained...., ..! 1

Randall's Sheep Husbandry ;•; 1

Randall's Fine Wool Sheep Husbandry 1

Randall's Practical Shepherd • 2

Rarey and Knowlson'sComplete Horse Tamer.". ;....... . .

Reasor on the Hog .■ ^..^'..Z.^.'., .'..'. 1

Richardson on the Dog, paper 30c.; clbfh. .... .I.'..'. ,'... ....

Riley on the Mule „ „. ...._. „'..„...^ 1

Saunder's Domestic Poultry, paper 40c;; eloth,..-i . ;.,. ,..

Schley's American Partridge and Pheasant Shooting.'/. .. 2

Scott's Fishingiu American Waters. . . ,'.,".. :.,.. ',';', :;^V 3

Skooting on the Wing |^'. -Jj,,

Simpson's Horse Portraiture .i .i.. 2

Slack's Trout Culture .t 1

Standard of E.xcellenee in Poultry ^; 1

Starr's Forest and Stream, Hand-book for Riflemen l;

Stewart's American Farmer's Horse Book ...n.: 3

Stewart's Shepherd's Manual -.tY. 1

Stewart's Stable Book .•..;' ; 1

Stoddard's An Egg Farm, paper 50c ; cloth ...'.

Stonehenge on the Dog • 3

Stonehenge on Horse in Stable and Field, Eng. >d. 8vo 3

Stonehenge on Horse in Stable and Field, Am. Ed. 12mo 2

TegetiBgier's Pigeon Book .,'..>. , 5

Tegetmeier's Poultry Book '-..-.■^ 9

The Blessed Be<>s, Allen

The Rifle ; Its Theory and Practice .;.',, ..::.

Thompson's Food of Animals , ...^;-.., . .. 1

Trapper's Guide 1

Wallace's American Stud Book, voll •.-: ..•..•.■.•. 10

Wallace's American Trotting Register, vol. Iand2. .;..-. 20

Walton's Complete Angler , ..',.■ 1

Waring's Essay on Jersey Cattle -..,.

Wild wood's Hand-book for Young Sportsmen 1.....

VVingate's Manual for Rifle Practice 1

vVright's Brahma Fowl 2

Wright's Practical PouUry Keeper.. .... 2

.VoodrutT's TroLting Horses of America 2

V'ouattand Martin on Cattle 1

Vouatt and Martin on the Hog 1

Yuuatt and Skinner on the Horse 2

Youattand Spoon er on the Horse 1

Yotiatt on Sl'.eep " ' j

Youatt on theDog 2

Youatt on the Horse 1

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Art of Grafting and Budding « 1

.\rt of Propagation

.•\.rt of Saw Filing '..'.'.'.!'.'.'.'.'.'.

Building Associations, How to Manage: 2

Building Ass'ns, What They are and How to Use Tli.t'in •
Butler's Family Aquarium '. ...

:oleman on Pathological Horse Shoeing -, . .* .^ ji':« 2

Copley's Plain and Ornam-ntal Alphabets .'.i.'.i 3

Crardener's Carriage Painter's Manual 1

Guide to Fortune .!!!!!! 1

How to Make Candy '"

How to Paint '.'.'.'.'.'. 1

John Andross (Rebecca Harding Davis) [ ....... 1

Mrs. Cornelius' Young Housekeeper's Friend 1

Painter, Gilder and Varnisher . 1

Pretty Mrs. Gaston (J. E. Cooke) ]

Ropp's Commercial Calculator, cloth $1.00; morocco...:.. 1

Scribner's Ready Reckoner and Log Book

Webster's Dictionary, Unabridged 12

Wells' Every Man his own Lawyer ... .. 2

THE MOR TIClL 7 tJRAL A D VER TISER,

WANTED

AT ONCE

la •T«r7 OoaalT to %%\\ th« WalisM Iaipr«T*4 "Pcm-Ich" Wuk«fi.

Mff OomialMloB, BuySkU, Excltulv* T^rrltorr. It >• wlUiout
dovbt th» 6m< ••ir-optnllnc Wubar 1q tb« world. It will wub
•ar kind of ololbtt cU>n, rrom > bandkarcbur lo * b«d qollt,
vltbout • ptrtlcU of rabblnc It wlU Ut In aur kind of bolUr.
W* alio MtDuraclur* a ip^clal tt/l* tbat will fit In tb« old
fMlkloDad wub-pot, so coramoD In the South. It will do all tba
faBllr wuhlDC baltar tlian II can ta dona lo aUT otber waj ; In
iMi than hair the tlm* It takea by baud, and wltb oavhalf tba
fo«p, wItboQt any cbamlcali or wathluf preparatroni, fud with-
•ot th* •sbawtlBf lalior and tba rulnoua wrarandtaar of (ar-
BMBta M by Ilia waab-board, or u by tiia difftrant procaaaaa of
poottdtuc, aqaaaituf and daahlnc tba varjr Ilia out of tb«ra. Tba
oparalloa of tba machlD* contlati In rapidly and contlnnoualj
foreloc all tba bat watar oontaloadin tba boiler from tba bottom
to tha aurfaca, IbranKh tha dlacharfa plpa, at Iba rata of 16 gallant
par Dinuta, wban In full oparatlon, and then, bjr tba forca of
■ HcMon drawluf It downward tbraufh tba tolUd llnan, caualac
II lo taarch out and aradUata arery atom of dirt ; Uarlnt tba
■rlloUi aftarrlualuK Ihoroochly daanaad and pnrlOad. and barlBC
•bapura wbllanaiaof now Boadilmpartad to tham. Tba Waahar
U aapaclalljr valuabla for VMblnc al I kind* of fraclla fabrlct, inch
•# laeet, lawna, cambrics, Ae., which ara too dallcata to b« lob-
Iacta4 to tha waab-baard. Wa want ait'ntt to ramembartbat oar
Waabarla Iha orl(loal lairoparatlac Waahar, SIncaour patent
vaa trantad^Marcbfl, IMS), tbara bai bean OTar 90 Iroltatlona
«<brad for aaUiaama of which ara a dlract Infrlnfamant on oar
Mtant ; but tba anlrartal rardlct la that oar Waahar ta ttlll tha
"bait." It U mada of ann-corroalTa matal, and ta warranted
aarar toruat or to gat oat of repair. Ittbrowatwoiteadjatreama
••4 will work with much leii beat than anj otber Waiber. Ona
•Caal report* 14» tale* I o one month ; another 11 In two waeka ;
•aelharaold 4I>Ib tea dayi. Wa liera acni-t of aganta wboare
•alllBC II Waahar* aTery week, .lay lnlellU-i>nt man or woman
•aailoa* walL AOKMl-a WAKl'BO In arery County. Moet of
•ar afeatt n% aTaraglag oror |10* profit erery month. Be-
maabar, wa (oaraatae erery Weiber to glra perfect aatUfactlon.
rriaa, Mly M,4*UTara4 f>M, all chargra paid, to any part of the
Vnltad itataa. Cfkeh mutt accompan y all ordert. Bemll by Poat
OOaa arder, ratl'tered letter, bank check or draft. Tor oar
raapoaalblllty we refer you to any Newtpaper or Exprett Company
Ib tlitt plly. DatcrlptlTe clrcnUrt and full directlone tent with

Addraa^ WALLACE WASHER CO.
60i6 Warren St., N. Y.

PRACTICAL HINTS

Ob tba Miection and use of the

MICROSCOPE,

Intended for beglnuen, by John Phik,

Edllov of tbe Am Journal of MIcroicopy. Enlarged edition.
Profuiely illustrated: 181 pp.. 12mo.r cloth. Price, 76 cenU,
M«U«d, post-paid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St.. Pblla.

Thirty-«ix Varietiea of Cabbage, i6 of Com, 28 of Cucumber, 41
of Melon, 3} of Peas, 28 of Beans, 17 of Squash, 23 of Beet and 40 of
Tomato, with other varieties, in proportion, — a large portion of
which were grown on my five seed farms-will be found in my
Vegetable and Flower Seed Catalogue for 1882. Sent
FRKB to all who apply. Customers of last Season need not write tor
it. All Seeds sold from my establishment warranted to be both
fresh and true to name; so far, that should it prove otherwise, I will
refill the order gratis. The original introducer of Early
Ohio and Burbank Potatoes, Marblehead Early
Corn, the Hubbard Squash, Marblenead Cabbage,
Phinney'S Melon, and a score of other New Vegetables, lin-
vite the patronage of the public. New Vegetables a Specialty,
t d.j. JAMKS J. H. GB£GORT, Marblehead, Mass.

Utah New Plants!

GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES.

Frlttilarla pudica and Erythroniam grandiflorum,

fine, for forcing and pou. Also fine for open border, early spring
bloomers, hardy perennials, i2^c. each, |i.2S per doz. Seeds 15c.
per packet.

Alliam biseptam, dry bulbs, sc. each ; 50c. per dozen. Fine
for forcing and pots ; also for open border, early spring bloomer,
hardy perennial, isc each; 81.50 per dozen. Seeds 15c. per
packet.

Fenstemon glaber, var. cyananthus, a very fine sky-blue
Penstemon, with long spikes of flowers, aoc. each; |2.oo per doz.
Seeds ijc. per packet. Not less than 13 plants at dozen rates of
Utah New Plants of each variety.

Chaenactis Donglasil; fine gray leaved dwarf plant ; hardy
perennial for edging ; white double fragrant flowers ; fine cut leaves,
finer than the finest Centaurea, only lour inches high. The finest
plant for edging in cultivation. 13c. each, 81.50 per dozen. Seeds
tjc. per pkt.

Sedum deblle, a very fine, hardy Sedum ; for Baskeu, Rock-
work, &c. IOC. each, $t.oo per dozen.

Phaoella circinata, fine, white flowers ; biennial border
plant i«c each, |i. so per dozen.

PREMIUMS.— To every one who buys one dollar's w^rth
of my Greenhouse, Bedding and Basket Plants, Garden and Flower
Seeds, I will send two planu extra of Uuh New Plants, mv selec-
tion. To every one who buys two dollars' worth of Utah New
Plants or Seeds, I will send extra, free, by mail one new Double
Geranium of 1879, mentioned in my catalogue, worth 6oc., or any
other Geranium or Fuchsia they may select, if they only buy for one
dollar. I cheerfully recommend the above list of Utah New Plants
to all Florists and lovers of plants in the United States. All fine
and beautiful.

A great rariety of House. Bedding and Basket
Plants, Garden and Flower Seeds by mail or express.
Catalogues sent free to all on application. Terms cash with order.
Discount to the trade.

tjli

O* F> DUE, Seedsman and Florist,

Salt Lake City, Utah.

WALTER ELDER,
Landscape and Jobbing Gardener,

1231 Rodman Street, Philadelphia,
Attends to all branches of his business on reasonable terms.

PATENT BINDER

For the Gardbnbr's Monthly. Numbers filed with the greatest
convenience. Preserve them filed for reference, and have them
when you want them. Neatly lettered on the side in gilt. Price, 40
cents each. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St. Phila.

THE HOR TICUL 1 bRAL AD VER TISER.

21

DBAINAGE FLOffER POT.

PATENT APPLIED FOR.

This pot has received the UNQUA1.IFIBD ENDORSEMCNT OF
LBADINO FLORISTS.

Having thr«« (3) holes in sides at eqaal distances and mX angle with
bottom of pot, perfectly free drainage and rentilatien 1« !■-
sared.

The absence of hole in bottom, as in the ordinary flower pot, prevents
clogging of outlet, trouble from worms and decay of roots from want of propei
ventilation.
For Price List and Circulars apply to

WHILLDEN & CO.,

(Agents for J. F. JEFFORDS « GO.,)

Nos. 709-11 Wharton Street,

tsi2 FHItADELiFHIA, PA.

SITUATIONS WANTED.

Advertisements under this he id must he paid for in advance, with
the order, at rate of Jloo for each ^6 words per insertion.

B

AS Gardener and Florist in a good private family. Has
flrst-cla.ss references. Prefers place having a green-
house. Also understands Grapes and Vegetal)le Garden.
PJnglish, middle-aged, married, no children. Can engage at
once i f necessary. Address, F. T. Gamer, South Bend, Ind.
Y a Practical Gardener, commercial or private ; under-
stands all branches of gardening. First-class propa-
gator and plant grower. Best references from the first com-
mercial establishments of Germany and England. R., care
Martin Gucker, Exchange Street, Rochester, N. Y.

AS Gardener on gentleman's private place by a single man;
understands care of Greenhouses, Lawn, Vegetable and
Flower Garden. Has had ten years experience. Address,
F. P. Butz, New Castle, Pa. Lock box 97.

AS Gardener, where the skill of a thorough, practical man
is required in culture of Orchids, Roses, Stove and
Greenhouse Plants. Would like to make a specialty of
raising Grapes, Peaches, &c., under glass. Has undoubted
testimonials. Address, R. G., 1933 Amber St., Philadelphia.

BY a thoroughly competent Rose Grower. Can grow any-
thing in the commercial line. Address, Florist, care of
A. Miellez, Springfield, Mass.

AS Gardener, Scotchman, open for engagement January 1.
Married, one child four years old. Liong experience in
the management of a gentleman's place, graperies, hot
and cold'greenhouses and kitchen garden; all kinds of vege-
tables, laying out grounds and farming. Best of reference.
Call or addrCss, A. R., Gardener, Seed Store, 876 Broadway,
New York.

AS Foreman and General Manager in a Floral and Nursery
Establishment. Understands thoroughly all branches.
Twenty-flve years experience in United States and Europe.
No objecti(jn to a partnership with a suitable person. Ad-
dress, A. B., 211 Saline Street, Donforth, SjTacuse, N. Y.
IT gives me much pleasure to recommend Jui.ius Peter-
son as Foreman or General Manager. Has been em-
ployed and is higlih' recommended by some of the leading
horticulturists of Europe and this country. As to character
and ability as a plant grower, and especially in growing cut
. flowers, I can highly recommend him. Address him, J. P.,
care of Wm. C. Wilson, Astoria, L. I., N. Y.

Three experienced men to work in
greenhouses. Those having a knowl-
edge of Roses preferred. Positions
permanent. Address, stating age and
salary expected,
W. A. RICHARDSON, Louisville, Ky.

A well-po.sted and competent Florist.
Also, a young man with some experi-
ence to work under instructions.
State wages per month with board.
Address, H. RUSHMORE & SON; Florists, Denver, Col.

one thorouglily trained, other
four months old. Also a very fine English .Setter and eight

tjups, all for sale very chejui on account of breaking up
lome. Call or address* A. R., Gardener, Seed Store, 8(6
Broadway, New York City.

A RARE CHANCE.

WANTED— An intelligent, live Business Man with Prac-
tical Experience as Propagator and Manager in all the
various branches of the Florist, but especially Rose Busi-
ness, with a Cash Capital of 82,000 to 8.3,000, to enter , as Full
Partner and Manager in an established Rose Business in one
of the large cities of the Southwest. Best of references re-
quired and given. None but really first-class men need ad-
dress for full particulars!

NANZ <fe NEUNER, LotnsviLLK, Ky.

FOR SALEi

paying Florist's' business, only
in town of yt oo InhabltASts.
Price 94,800. For particulars, Ad«
• dress. Dr. H. J. PUBDT,

Seneca Falls, K. T*

IV/I P M '^° ^^ ^'"'' """^ Ornamental Trees. Grapes, •hrubs,
iVl C IN Roses, etc. No experience r< quired- Salary and

WASTED

expenses paid.

J.F.

LeCLARB,
Rochester, N. Ti

AMATEUR'S GREENHOUSE

AND CONSERVATORY,

By Shirley Hibbksd-

A handy guide lo the construction and mansgement Of plant
houses and the selection, cultivation and improTemeQ( of •ma-
mental (creenhousp and conservatory plants. Illiutrated with
colored plates and wood enftravingB. 272 pages, cloih, 12ino.
Price $3.00. Sent by mall postpaid on recetpl of price.

Address CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Cheatnut St., Phlla.

KEEPING ONE COW.

Being the experience of a number of practical writers, in a clear
and condensed form, upon the

Management of a Single Miltoh Cow.

Illustrated, 132 pages, cloth. Price, $1.00, mailed, post-paid, on
receipt of price. Address, v

CHAS. H. MAROT^ ^^
814 Chestnut Stre«t. Philft.

THE HORTICULTLRAL ADVERTISER.

Index to Advertisements.

Advertisers are requested to have orders in hand as Early as
P.ossiBLK Changes ^ci«/>' "'"-f' *^ "» h^^e 16th. Cojiyfor new
orders received after the 'lid of each month cannct be insured
insertion in the next issue. Fly-leaf copy (whether ■aervt or
changes) mustbe in 6y the^6tt^, For Adv. rates see'fiicover paee.

BayersdorferM. M. &Co., Philadelphia 4

Reckert& Bros., Allegheny, Pa 9

RIanc A. , Philadelphia 12

Bliss B. K. & Sons, New York City i.

Burrow A. C , Fishkill, N. Y... 7

Business Directory. . . .' ' '. . . 9

Carmody J. D., Evansville, Ind 16

Chicago Witness Co., Chicago 6

Childs Rev. T. P.Trby, O.... 9

City and Country Co. Columbus, O 6

Co eman Chas. |r., Los Angeles, Cal 6

Collins, J. S., Moorestown, N.J -2

Cowen N.. New York »2

Dederick P. K. & Co , Albany, N. Y 9

Dick John Jr., Philadelphia 11 ^13

Dingeeft Conard Co., West Grove, Pa 2, 4

Due O.K., Salt Lake City, Utah 20

Elder Walter, Philadelphia 20

Ferry D. M. & Co., Detroit, Mich t

Fitzgerald N W. & Co.. Washington, D. C 6

Froebel & Co i Zurich, Switzerland 13

Garmore John, Cincinnati, O g

Gregory James H., Marblehead, Mass 20

Hales H. W., Ridgewood, N.J 12

Hallelt H & Co.. Portland, Maine 13

Hallidav Robert J , Baltimore, Md 8

Hallock V. H.. Son & Thorpe. Queens, N. Y 14 I

HeinI JohnG., Terra Haute, Ind 6

Henderson Peter & Co.. New York i

Hews A. H. & Co , North Cambridge, Mass 15

Hitchings&Co , New York 3 \

RubbardT. S., Fredonia. N. Y 12

Jenkins J., Winona, Ohio 12

Johnson I S. & Co., Boston, Mass .- 12

King James, Chicago, 111 Fly-leaf

Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne, New York 14

Landreth D. & Sons, Philadelphia Fly leaf

LeClare, J. F., Rochester, N. Y 21

Lovett J. T. Little Silver, N.J Cover

Marschuetz & Bacharach, Philadelphia 6

McAllister F. E., New York 22

Meehan Thomas, Germantown, Phila 4, 9, is

Mwhan W. E. & Co., Philadelphia 11

Miller & Yates. Philadelphia Fly-leaf

Munn&Co., N^w York 6

Nanz & Neuner, Louisville, Ky 7, 22

Parsons & Sons Co . , Flushing, N . Y Cover

PeckH. P. K.& Co., New York City 11, 13

Phillips W. R., Milford.Del 9

Prentiss Preservintr Co., Cincinnati, 0 10, 11

PurdyPr. H. J., Seneca Falls, N. Y 21

Reynolds Benj , Norfolk, Va ",14

Richardson W. A. Louisville, Ky 21

Roe E. P.,Cornwall-on-Hudson, N Y 22

Rolker August & Sons. New York i

Rushmore H. & Son, Denver, Col 21

' Seal Thomas F., Unionville, Chester Co., Pa 12

SealyJAc. C. & Co . Maspeth, N. Y 1 6

Smith .David, Boston, Mass.. ; . .1. 1. 5

Smith Samuel, Newport, R.I 7

Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. 12

Stone Geo A., Rochester, N. Y Cover

Straiten & Storm, New York Fly-leaf

Swain R. A., Philadelphia 7

Tnii* ^ Co., Augusta, Maine 13

Tuttle Sidney, Bloomington, 111 9

Vaughan J. C, Chicago, III 19, Fly-leaf

Vick James, Rochester, N. Y Cover

Walker F. & Co . New Albany, Ind 12

Walker M rs. Dr G. B. Evansville, Ind 9

WallaceWashet Co.,New Y rk 20

Weeks & Ray, Buffalo. N. Y 7

Whillden & . -o. , Philadelphia 21

White John. Jersey City. N.J Fly-leaP

Wood I. C.&Bro., Fishkill, N. Y 7

E. P. ROE

proposes to issue on
the first of January,
one of the most at-
tractive Small Fruit
Catalogues ever pub-
lished. Applications for it will be filled, and catalogues sent
promptly. Address,

E. P. ROE, ComwaU-on-Hudson, N. Y.

"gc fee g 3 "-'g®
^•d^s o^ ^ -I g

fcrO) a, o) ~< ca ^ ID

F. E. MCALLISTER'S

SEEDS

DWARF COCKSCOMB.

3tt)ergtger .^n^ncnfamm.

Celosia Christata nana.
29&31 FULTON STREET. N.Y.

H...

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'pi's

125 ACRES

IN

Large and Small Fruits.

All the Good new Sorts; all
the Blest Old Sorts. 4^Plants,
Trees, Vines. Bottom Prices,
Catjingue Free.

J. S. COLLINS,
d.tf. Moorestown, N. J.

HAND-BOOK

OF

PRACTICAL LANDSCAPE

GARDENING.

BY F. R. ELLIOTT.

Designed for City and Suburban Residences, and Country School-
Houses; containing designs for lots and grounds, from a lot 30 by
100, to a forty-acre plot. Each plan is drawn to scale, with schedule
to each, showing where each tree, shrub, &c., should be planted
condensed instructions for forming and caring for lawns ; building o
roads; turfing, protection, prunmg and care of trees; making
cuttings, evergreens, hedges, screens, &c. Condensed descriptions
of all the leading trees and shrubs ; soil and position in which they
should be grown. Illustrations of ground plans, elevations, trees,
shrubs, winter gardening, &c. 96 pp.,8vo, cloth. Price $1.50.
Sent by mail on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

Hj^USE PLANS FOR EVERYBODY,

FOR VILLAGE AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, COSTING

FROM $250 TO $8,000.

By S. B. REED, ARCHITECT-

Including full descriptions, and estimate in detail of material, labor,
cost, with many practical suggestions, and 175 illustrations; 243
pages, 12mo, cloth. Price, SI. 50 mailed, post-paid on receipt ol
Price. Address,

CHAS. H. MABOT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

F«r Sitaations Wanted see page 21.

^BEFORE BUYING GLASS.- ESTIMATES

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AKE THE BEST IN THE WORLD. The FLORA.I- GUIDE will tell you how to get and grow them.

VICK'S FLORAL GUIDE for 1882 is an elegant book of 150 pages, a Colored Frontispiece of Flowers, and 1000 Illustra-
tions of the choicest Flowers, Plants and Vegetables, and directions for growing. It is handsome enough for the Center Table or a
Holiday Present. Send on your Name and Post Office address, with 10 cents, and I will send you a copy, postage paid. I publish
both an English and Germin Edition. Wholesale catalogue on xpolication.

VICK'S ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE— 32 Pages, a Colored Plate in every number and many fine
Engravings. Price $1.25 a year; Five Copies for 5^. 00; Specimen numbers sent for 10 Cents: 3 trial copies for 25 Cents.

Address, JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y.

AND OUT BUILDINGS.

Aiming to furnish plans and designs to suit every taste and pocket.
257 illustratioDS, 235 pages, 12 mo. cloth, price, 81.50. Mailed,
post paid on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St.

HOW TO HUNT AND TRAP.

By J. B. Bbttt, Hunter and Taxidermist.
Containing full instructions for hunting the BuflTalo, Elk, Moose,
Deer, Antelope, Bear, Fox, Grouse, Quail, Geese, Ducks, Wood-
cock, Snipe, etc., etc. Also, the localities where game abounds.
In trapping, tells you all about steel traps ; how to make home-
made traps, and how to trap the Bear, Wolf, Wolverine, Fox, Lynx,
Badger, Otter, Beaver, Fisher, Martin, Mink, etc., Birds of Prey,
posoning carnivorous animals, with full directions for preparing
pelts for market, etc. Fully illustrated. 223 pages. i2mo cloth.
Price |i. 50. Sent post-paid on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

PRACTICAL

CAMELLIA CULTURE.

A treatise on the Propagation and Culture of the Camellia Ja-
ponica, by Robert J. Halliday. Illustrated with Five Colored
Plates and 50 Wood Engravings, 12mo, pp. 141, cloth. Price, 82.00.
Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT. 814 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

Architects'and Builders' Pocket Companion

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Vol. XXIV. No. 278.

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FEBRUARY, 1882.

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CONTENTS OF THE FEBRUARY NUMBER.

SEASON ABLi: HINTS:

flower Garden and Pleasure Groiiiirt 33

Fruit and Vegetable Garden 48

COMMUNICATIONS :

Propagating Yuccas 11

Some New Hoses of 1881 ."i

Public Gardens of St. Louis '■'-'>

Browallia as a Blue Bedder, ■','>

Mr. Hunne well's Garden at Wellesley -i''

Blue Flowers for Massing " 37

Notes from the West 37

A Few Hints on the Chrysanthemum 38

A Blue Bedding Plant. .' 38

Cultivation of the Chrysanthemum 40

Isotoma Longiflora " 41

The Australian Glory Flower C'lianthus Dampieri 41

Tricopilia Tortilis and T. Suavis 42

Steam Heating 42

The Oleander 4.{

Steam Heating 44

Dendi'obium Cambridgeanum 44

On the Culture of the Camellia 44

Night-Opening Flowers 4o

Roses for Ornamental Fiuit 45

Dendrobium Cambridgeanum I ''

Fruit Crop in Tennessee i'

Forcing Strawberries in Pots jii

Fruit Notes from England 5(*

Fertilization of Kalmia .54

Kalmia Poisonous to Sheep 54

Night-Opening Flowers 54

Notes ■')!'

Under the Willows at Lichfield liii

EDITORIAL NOTES :

Kansas Products— Mild Weather— A New Tree
Label— Remedy for Bark Scale— Season and Pears

— Pliylloxera Laws— Protection from Drouth 51-52

Unexploreil Territory— Redwood Timber— Timber
of British Columbia— Forest Schools in the Old
World— Profits of Forestry— Rapiditj' of Growth in

American Timber Trees 53

Stomata— Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila-
delphia—How Trees Spread Over Cleared Land—
The University of Missouri— Flowers of a Fig— A

Lucky Botanist— The Candle Tree— Sparrows in
Australia— Odor of Butterflies— Double Broods of
Insects— Movement in Roots— Flowers of South

Carolina 5.5-57

Horticultural Hall, Philadelphia— High-toned Pa-
pers—The Uncertainties of Expositions— Masde-
valleas— Col. M. P. Wilder— The "American Nat-
uralist"—The American Farmer— Transactions of
the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for 1881—
Bacteria— Bacteria— Art Museums and their Uses
—Sheldon's Dairy Farming— The Flower— Lines

on a head of Cabbage Cl-61

NEW OR RARE PLANTS AND FRUITS :

New Alternanthera Aurea— Dwarf Double Gerani-
ums-New Dahlia " Juarezii "— New Dwarf Sweet
Chestnut— Improvement of the Common Garden

Marigold 39-40

Jasminum Gracillimum— Cyrtodeira Metalica— Be-
gonia Schmidtii ' 47

SCRAPS AND QUERIES :

The Diamond Tuberose— The Drop Worm— Hardi-
ness of Rose Reine Marie Henriette 4o

Shy Flowering Plants— Violet Rubra Plena— An-
thurium crystallinum— Harris" Lilium longiflorum

—Double Red Bouvardia — 47-48

Grapes for a Cold Grapery— Culture of the Quince 52
Fruiting of the Maiden Hair Tree— Evolution of
Heat in Plants— Bananas from Seed— Cambridge

Botanical Gardens— Coco Grass 58-59

Paw-paw, Michigan—" Ozone " for Curing Meat. . . 64

FLOWER GARDEN AND PLEASURE GROUND 33-40

GREENHOUSE AND HOUSE GARDENING 40-48

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDEN^NG 48-^

FORESTRY 53

NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE 54-59

LITERATURE. TRAVELS <fe PERSONAL NOTES. 59-64

Lilinin anrat-am,

Lilinm mbivm
liilium candidnm,

Tuberose, Gladiolus

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Bovd's Philadelphia Business Directory (1877-78) 75

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Children's Garden, and What They Made of It 60

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Jenning's Cattle Doctor 1 25

Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry 1 50

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Ladies' Flower Garden, Mrs. Loudon „ 1 25

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Smee on the Potato Plant 75

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Studies, by J. A. Dorgan 75

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Todd's Young Farmer's Work-shop 1 25

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Ten Acres Enough 1 00

The Plant, a Biography, 5 col. plates and 13 wood eng's. ... 2 60

Tobacco and its Culture, Billings 2 26

Todd's American Wheat Culturist 1 60

Todd's How to Make Farming Pay 2 00

Tour Round My Garden 25

Unity of Law (H. C.Carey) 2 2S

Waring'sElements of Agriculture 75

Wharton's Hand-book and Treatment of the Horse 85

What may be Learned from a Tree 70

Wheeler's Homes for the People 2 26

Wheeler's Rural Homes 90

Wood's Class-book of Botany 2 60

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making the order. Ihis insures perfect satisfaction and the lowest price for the selection and number wanted.

TERMS.— Cash with the Order— Remittances by Postal Order, Bank Draft and Regis-
tered Letter are at our risk. No charge for Boxes or Packing. We guarantee safe car-
riage, and add liberally to offset Express charges, cost of remittance, &c.

THE FOLLOWING CHOICE SORTS ARE STILL IN STOCK :

INNOCENTE PIROLA, New White Tea for Florists,

MAD. ANCELE JACQUIER, New and fine, bright rosy Crimson,
REINE MARIE H EN RIETTE, New Crimson Glorie de Dijon,
MAD. ALFRED CARRIERE, New Salmon Rose, fine,
PERLE DES JARDINS, Finest New Yellow, for forcing,

AMERICAN BANNER, New Striped, Crimson and White,

DOCTOR BERTHET, New and fine, Carmine, Buds very free,

MARECHAL ROBERT, Extra large pure White Buds,

CATHARINE MERMET, Bright Pink, fine for forcing,

MADAME LAMBARD^ New, large Crimson Buds.

NIPHETOS, Pure White Buds, fine for forcing,

DUCHESSE OF EDINBURGH, Dark rich Crimson,
CORNELIA COOK, Large Creamy White Buds,

CLORIE DE DIJON, Creamy White, tinged with Blush,

BON SILENE, Large Crimson Buds, excellent for forcing

H E R M OS A , Bright Pink, profuse bloomer,

S A F R A N O , Apricot Yellow, one of the best for forcing.

For hundreds of other choice varieties see Wliolesale Trade List, free on request to Florists, Market Gardeners and Dealers

Bennett's New Hybrid Teas.

We have much the largest stock in this country of these Magnificent NeW ROSGS. The following varieties seems to
us among the best ;

BEAUTY OF STAPL.EFOKD (Bennett). Darker than La France, magnificent buds, a healthy and vigorc us grower, and pro-
fuse bloomer, very fragrant. Price, 75c. each ; S9.00 per dozen.
BUCHAEL SAUNDEKS (Bennett). Clear, dark Rose, large finely formed buds, a strong healthy grower, very constant and free.

Price, »1.00 each; ."SilO.OO per dozen.
VISCOUNTESSE FALMOUTH (Bennett). Bright, Clear pink, very large size, opens well, healthy and vigorous, very distinct and
valuable. Price, 75c. each; S9.00 per dozen.

Information cheerful given. Lists priced. Plants carefully selected and promptly shipped. Every care Uken to give full
satisfaction and please customers.

NOTICE.— This advertisement is intended for the TRADE ONLY, and not for private planters. Address,

The DINGEE & CONARD CO.,

ROSE GROWERS, West Grove Chester Co., Pa.

Per Doz.

Per 100.

S2.50

SI2.00

2.50

12.00

2.50

12.00

2.50

12.00

2.00

lO.OO

2.50

(2.00

2.50

I2.00

2.50

I2.00

2.00

lO.OO

2.00

10.00

2.00

lO.OO

2.50

I2.00

2.00

lO.OO

2.00

lO.OO

, 1.50

8.00

2.00

lO.OO

. 1.50

8.00

7 HE HOR TIC UL TURAL A D VER TISER.

GEEEHHOtrSE HEATIHG

Base-Burning Water Heater
Three 9»«es. Patented, 1873.

Ventilating Apparatus.

HITCHiNGS & CO.,

[Established, 1844.]

No. 233 MERGER STREET,

NEAR BLBECKER STREET,

NEW YORK.

% Four Patterns of Boilers,

ALSO,

BtQP • F^£ VMS ^^ L

Pipe Fittings,

IN GREAT variety; AND AT

Corrugated Fire-box Boiler. ^ g-^ ^r^ ^3 t:» X ^^ TT* «2

Five sizes. Patented, 1867. New Patterns, 1873 "*— ^ ^-^ ^^ -"^ JTlL X \^^ Mj^ SS ,

IMPROVED

Sash-Raising Apparatus,

\mnm m sk

Improved Saddle Boiler.

Fire sizes. New Pattern* 1877.

ETC., ETC.

Send 6 Cents Postage for Illustrated Catalogue,
with References and Prices.

THE HORTICLLTURAL ADVERTISER.

Prize Medal of Cincinnati Industrial Exposition of 1873 ; Medal

and Diploma of International Exposition of 1877,

"For best display o< Bouquet Papers."

We beg to call the attention of the WHOLESALE and RE-
TAIL TKADE in FLORISTS' GOODS to our well assorted stock
for the Fall ;

1M[.

BOUQUET PAPERS (ITALIENS), PASTED CARTONS.

Plain White Edges, Gold and Silver Edge^. White Satin for
Bridal Bouquets, Fancy Lace Paper for Weddings, Recep-
tions and Parties.

IMMORTELLES-ORIGINAL BUNCHES.

White and ail Colors.

DRIED GRASSES AND FLOWERS,

In great varieties and styles; very suitable for ornamental
purposes.

ORNAMENTAL CRASS BOUQUETS.
FRENCH AND CERMAN CREEN MOSS.
TIN FOIL-Best in the Market.

IVT. BA^YERSDORFEFt &: CO.

IMPORTERS OF FLORISTS' MATERIALS,

m MOEwm FowEwm bwmmew,

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Also Importers of Fancy WILLOW and MOSS BASKETS, and Manufacturers
of Fancy STRAW, BROWN VARNISHED WILLOW, and WHITEand GILT BASKETS.
Send Orders early in Fall. Illustrated Catalogue gratis on application.

For Nurserymen and Dealers.

DORMANT ROSES AND SHRUBBERY FROM OPEN GROUND.

Hybrid Perpetual Roses— Good one and two year plants »14perlOO; »125 per lOOO

Climbing Roses— Oood one and two year plants ."SilOperlOO; » 90 per 1000

Moss Roses— Good one and two year old plants *15 per 100.

H ydrangea grand iflor a— Good busTiy plants, 2 to 3 feet »20 per 100.

ALSO, A LARGE STOCK OF
DEUT2IAS. SPIREAS, SNOW BALLS, WEIGELAS, HONEYSUCKLES, CLEMATIS VITICELLA, WISTERIAS, &c., &c.

Strong, thrifty plants from open svonnd; snitable for fining retail or<lers. Trices low. Lists lor tlie TRADE ONLY
free on application. Address,

Rose Growers,

THE DINGEE & CONARD CO.,

in,r West Grove, Chester County, Pa.

The Golden Pocklington Grape.

Icontrcl:he entire STOCK of this Grape by purchase, and am prepared to offer inducements to nurserj-men and
dealers who desire a good specialty to place in the hands ot their salesmen. Also can snpi>ly elegant lithogiaplis of it for
issuing in catalogues at a price so low that the sale of a very few vines will pav for a tho'nsnnd of them, and circulars,
photographs of the fruit, Ac, making a most complete outfit with which to sell the gra)>e. ALSG.

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII or JAPAN IVY

AT A LOW FIGURE.

GEORGE A. STONE,

104 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, N. Y.

THE HORTICbLTURAL ADVERTISER.

Medal and Diploma awarded by the U. S. Centen-
nial Commission, 1876, also Gold Medal and Diploma
Awarded at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts
Charitable Mechanic Association, held in Boston,
1878, to

DAVID SMITH,

Manufacturer of Patent Improved

PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX RETURN FLUE BOILER

AND

PATENT PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX

BASE BURNER BOILER,

FOR HEATING

Greenhouses^ Graperies^ Conservatories ^ ^Propagating Souses^ For-

cing Pits, Public and Private Buildings, Schools^ Drying

Sooms, and Heating Water for Baths.

ALSO KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND

Expansion Tanks, Evaporating Pans, Stop Valves, Cast-iron Pipe, Elbows, Tees, Branches, Pipe
Chairs and everything necessary, of the best material, for Greenhouse Heating.

Smith's Improved Ventilating Apparatus, for opening and closing Ventilating Sash, on
roof or sides of Greenhouses and Graperies.

Judges' Report on awards, with descriptive illustrated circular containing testimonials and
reference. Also price list furnished on application to

86 BEZl^SZ^I^Y

feb.i2

STREET,

BOSTON, MASS.

THE HOR TICVL TURAL A D VER TISER.

MARSCHUETZ & BACHARACH,

25 NORTH FOURTH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa.,

IMPORTERS OF AND WHOLESALE DEALERS

SUCH AS

Bouquet Papers or ItalienS, in great varieties ol Styles and Patterns. PaStOd CartODS, in al! %\i<ts,.

IMMORTELLES.

Dried Grasses and Flowers, suitable for Decorations. Ornamental Bouquets, for Vases.

French Green Mosses, Baskets, Wire Designs, Tin Foil. t'»»

Otir connection with European Houses enables us to sell goods at lowest figures. Orders will receive careful attention and prompt
(hipment. A. Riemschneider's (Brandenburg-on-Havel), Wholesale Catalogue of Roses and Bulbs, mailed free on application to us.

BENNET'S NEW HYBRID TEA ROSE,

DUKE OF CONNAUGHT.

THE HANDSOIVIEST AND BEST OF THE SET.

This Rose rivals GEN. JACQUIMKNOT in brilliancy of colrr and size of flower. The buds are long and beautifuU
Color a deep velvety crimson. An extremely free bloomer, and a most vigorous and persistent grower.

This is the rose of roses for Florists, and will compel a disccntinuance of forcing "Jacks " for winter flowerisg.

Price, to the trade only, $6 per dozen. One Plant mailed on receipt of $1.

JAC. C. SEALY &L CO., Maspeth, N. Y,

PATENTS

We continue to act as Solicitors for Patents, Caveats,
Trade Marks, CopjTights. etc., for the United States,
Canada, Cuba, England, France. Germany, etc. Vv'e
have had thirty-five years' experience.

Patents obtained through us are noticed in the Sci-
entific AMERICAN. This large and splendid illus-
trated weekly paper, $3 .20 a year,shows the Progress
of Science, is very interesting, and has an enormous
circulation. Address MUNN & CO., Patent Sf'.lc;-
tors, I'ub's. of SciKN'Tinc American, 87 Park Ruv;,
New York. Hand book about Patents free.

I^EAD!

d.3

All about
KesourcPB,
Climate,

OALIFOEWIA

What can be done here, what it costs to come, routes, when

and where to go.

The great Agricultural and Horticultural Paper of the

Pacific coast.

SEMI-TROPIC CALIFORNIA

An Illustrated Monthly.
Subscription price east of the Rocky Mountains, SI .
Sample copy to any address B? CJ C (?
for three three-cent stamps, T ■% IL EL

B.6 Address. CHAS. COLEMAN. Jr.. Los Angeles, Cal.

City and Country, the
only illustrated literary and
agricultural paper in America,
ill be sent to any address, on trial, three
months for i 5 cents. The yearly subscrip-
tion price is $\. Agents make easily from Si 5 to-
.<2 5 per week. Send for special circular. Ad-
dress, City and Country Co., Columbus, O. d.4

FloiATer Seeds,

FOR FLORISTS' USE.

nsrEi"vsr oie^oip.

ituui

.Per lOW)

LADIES' SEWING COMPANION.

Very useful. It hangs en the wall out of the way ^f
the "little ones," holds two thimbles, a velvet emery
cushion for net dies and pins, 4 spools, and a pair ol
scissors; verv ornamental, and the best selling article
you ever saw. A Michigan agent sold over 6, OOO
at retail in a few months. Over 600,000 sold. Sam-
ples and our catalogues of other goods, with best terms
to agents , for 30 one cent stamps.

CHICAGO WITNESS CO.,

Box E 10I, Franklin St , Chicago.

nondidissinia

■' Clementi "'

" p;vmnocarpa "

Cineraria Alaritima Per oz.

" candidissinia "

Mailed free on receipt of P. O. O. or Stamps.

HENRY A. DREER, Seedsman.
fi 714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia

?1.25

1.2a

50

2.00

VERBENAS, ETC.

Fine Healthy Plants, named varieties 83. 00 per 100

Rooted Cuttings, " 1.00

Geraniums, " 6.00

Coleus, " 4.00

Heliotropes— Mad. Blou, etc 5.00 "

A lew lari^e, sound Tuberose Bulbs 15.00 per 1000

Gener.il assor*ment Nursery stock and Greenhouse plants.

oc F. WALKER & Co., New Albany. Ind.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

Swain's Improved Patent

HOT WATER APPARATUS

For Heating GREENHOUSES, Hot Houses, Conservatories,
Public and Private Buildings, &,c.

Thamas J. Myers, Jr., having purchased the Patent of the late
THOS. J. MYERS, we are prepared to furnish all the sizes of BOILERS
manufactured by the late Firm of THOS. J. MYERS & SON, We are
making these BOILERS with GREATLY INCREASED STRENGTH
AND DURABILITY. Send for ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR AND
PRICE LIST.

THOS. J. MYERS, Manager. 1173. South 9th St,, Phila.

Wood and Photo-Engraver,

SINGLE DAHLIAS.

Was awarded luv SINGLE DAHLIAS at the September
Horticultaral Show, Boston, toi beintr the BEST ON
EXHIBITION, r now otlVr them tor sale ni TWELVE
DISTINCT SHADES, to be delivered after February 1st at

$9.00 per doz. S5.00 per half doz.

Orders from unknown correspondents must be accom-
panied by cash. A liberal dis<ount to the Trade.

SAM'L SMITH, Florist,

ja.5 NEWPORT, K. I,^

Weeks' Patent Combination Beam

U. S. STANDARD SCALES,

662 Washington Street, BTJFFALO, N. Y.

Price of 3-ton, platform 7xU ft., $;j.OO. 4toD, 8iU ft., $65.00.
Other sizes proportlonatrly low ii '

BILITY iND CoNVINIEMCEGuisA.VTKl

knprovemeQts of the celebrated makers, that have been long tried
and found to bo correct in principle. Our Combination Beam ia
oniTersally acknowledged to be a radical improvementover any-
thing that has been heretofore manufactured. Our patent. whiOi
vaa at first infHnged, has been litigated before the United States
■"ourt, and every claim established, and an injunction granted
aeainst the infringers. Ju.1eing from the reports of those now
Miag our Scale, it stands today without an equal.

WEEKS & RAY. Manufacturers ia..^

THE NEW.STRAWBEKRY CVV,
r>\^\jURO*W T\S\KV^\V1 H.N. '

314 N.

ELEVENTH

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PHILADELPHIA

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Electros of Fruits. Flowers. Plants, etc., cheap. Willfur-

aish you with anv cut vou want, or that you can send.me a
•lear'print of. Send for Catalogue and Prices. f.l2

Peach Yellovrs

"STAMPED OUT."

Send for "Ilutter's Book" on the I'each, or circulars.
Proof of the .above fact. Piije of book, 75c.; cheaper
edition, 60c., by mail, postage prepaid.

f.i J. RUTTER, West Chester, Pa.

■W. E. 3VIEEHAN,

Successor to W. E. MEEHAN & CO.,
Wholesale Dealer in

CO! \\mm m wwm supply,

f.tf REMOVKU Tt)

15 & 17 N. Thirteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

Robert J. Halliday

OFFERS THE TRADE FOB

FEBRUARY ONLY,

Perle des Jardin

(THE FLORISTS' ROSE.)

Well established plants now in 2-inch
pots. If re-potted at ONCE, they will
make fine, large plants for retailing
by the first of April.

Price, per dozen, - - - $1.00
Price, per liundred, - - - 7.00
Price, per thousand, - ■ 60.00

NEIAT TRADE LIST

AND MY

Annual Illustrated Catalogue for 1882

READY 20th OF FEBRUARY.

MAILED to all CUSTOMERS FREE; to OTHERS, on receipt of
TWO THREE-CENT STAMPS.

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY,

FLORIST,

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

• Send for Circular and conditions of insertion under this heading."®^

H.S. ANDERSON, Duchess Grape and Gen-
era! Nursery, Union Springs, N. Y.

CHAS. BLACK & BRO.. Fruits, Evergr
and I'lants, Hightsiown, N. J

J. D. BRENNEMAN, Roses, Greenhouse
and Bedding Plants, Harrisburgh, Pa.

D. S. GRIMES & CO., Fruit &. Ornamental
Trees, Vines, Bulns, &c., D.nver, Col.

JNO. G. HEINL, Greenhouse, Hothouse.Bed-
ding and New Plants, Terre Haute, Ind.

A. E. KINGSLEY & CO., Vurserymen, Sodus,
N. V. Branch UHice, New Haven, Conn.

HENRY MICHEL & CO,, Seed and Plant
Merchants, Si. Louis, Mo.

POLK & HYATT, Fruit and Ornamental
Nursery, Odessa. Del.

E. L. GOLDY, Ornamental and Fruit Trees
and f lants, Stamford, Conn.

H. 0. GREEN, New PlanU and Seeds,

Elmira, N. Y

D. W. LANGDON, Successor to C. C. Lang-
don, Langaon Nurseries, Mobile, Ala.

THOMAS MEEHAN,

Nurseryman & Tree Seeds, Germant'n.Phil.

SPALDING & McGILL, Flower Seeds, Bulbs
and P. ants, Ainsworth, Iowa.

GEO. SUCH, Rare Hothouse and Green-
house Plants, South Amboy, N. J.

100,000 PEACH TREES, jFor Sale Cheap.

Free from Yellows. 23 years experience in Nutsery Business

in New Jersey and Delaware.

NATTIKAL, VIRGINIA, PEACH PITS.

Price Lists free.

Address,

W. R. PHILLIPS, Milford, Del.,

rChureh Hill Nurseries.) t.d.12.

Five Greenhoases, well .stockert witli plants,
Ruses of all varieties — ottered for sale cheaii. Five Acres
of land attached. From one to tive acres may be lea.sed or
bought oil easy terms. \y

Mrs. Dr. C. B. WALKER,

Floral Store, 509 Upper Water St',
ja.." Evansvllle, Ind.

MEEHAN'S NURSERIES

ARE IN

GERMANTOWN,

(Part of the city of Philadelphia), and arc easy of access by steam

GORGAS LANE STATION or WALNUT
LANE STATION,

Or slightly nearer by street cars to

UPPER CHURCH ST.

The Nurseries contain over one thousand kinds of Trees anj
Shrubs, besides Fruit Trees and Flowers. European, African or
Asiatic erders for trees or tree seeds, receive careful attention, and
u'lually give customers entire satisfaction.

EGGS! EGGS!

From all the leading varieties of pure bred Poiiltrj-,
Bramahs, Cochin, HamburgM, Polish Game, Dorking and
, French Fowls, Plymouth Rocks and Bantams. Eggs| care-
fully packed in Improved Diamond Safetj- Bsiskets and
sent to hatch, SI. 60 for 13. Two {.settings or more at
• 1.00 for 13. Send for Illustrated Circular.

T. SMITH, P.M.,

FR£SH POND, N. X.

Fresh Roots of our

Mm Rosa Caroia, corfiosa,

Excellent for stock to g:raft aiiv kind ;of ROSES upon.
For sale at «1.00 per Kwi : S8.00 j.er liHX). .\(hlre:'s,

o rJOHN G. EISELE, Florist

13«2 « 1S24 N, TWELFTH ST., PHII.AOKLPHIA.

suffering with Catarrh
Bronchitis who earnestly
ire relief. I can furnish a
means of Permanent and Pos-
itive Cure. A Home Treatment.
No charge for consultation by
mall. Valuable Treatise Free.

"His remedies are the outgrowili
of his on-n experience: they arc
the only known means of per-
manent cnre."— /j''(p(i«f

Rev.T. P.CHILDS. Troy. 0.

Mrs. PO£«I«OCK

GERANIUMS.

Fine voung plants in ^^.V-inih pots: S3. 00 per dozen,
«12.00"per 1(H). I .;ngc stork plants in 31., and 4-inch pots;
9$3.00 ])er dozen. *20.00 p.T l(X>.

H. W. HALES,

U.12 Ridgewood Floral Nursery, Ridgewood, N.

^««.«i"WR 1882 '

Will be mailed fbee to all applicants, and tocustoiners wfthout
orderin^r it. It contains five colored plAt«s, 60O engravinn,
»bout 500 pnees, and full descriptions, prices and directions for
planting 1500 varieties of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Plants
nsit Trees, etc. Invaluable to all. Send for It. Addrest,

D. M. FERBT & CO., Detroit, Mich.

OUR CATALOGUES

NEW AND CHOICE PLANTS

AND

Vegetable and Flower Seeds

all who apply.

HOVEY & CO.,

16 S. Market .Street, Boston, Ma«S.

10

THE HOR 7JCUL TURAL A D VER TJSER.

5^EEDS! SEEDS! SEEDS!

Now READY, OUR NEW DESCRIPTIVE

Priced Catalogue of Seeds, including Vegetable, Field,
Flower and Tree Seeds. MI1IL[0 FREE TO ILL UPPLICilS,

•J. IVE. THOFlBXJRrj <Sc CO.

15 John Street, Neinr York.

F>ENFIEt.D BLOCK COlMPAlSrY,

(Successors to CHARLES R. PENFIELD.)

LOCKPOT, NIAGARA COUNTY, N. Y.

PLAIN AND PAINTED TREE, PLANT AND POT LABELS.

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NEW PLANTS, BOUVARDIAS, GERANIUMS, &c.

<ts. It will pay \o\\ to

Apply by Postal for our eiplity page c-atalotriu-, and (k'scriptivc.' list of New I'lauts, itc. t
examine it. Reailv by April 2.5tli.

Double Pink Bouvardia, " Pres. Garfield." $ (O. CO p^ 'dozen. $(.oo ^a^H).
Bouvardia rosea multiflora, $7.00 ptn dozen. $50.00 pi' 100.

Bouvardia Alfred Neuner, Double white, most valuable and P.est Blooniing White Plant ont. Ready uow.

31.2-inch pots, per 100, $20.00. li'.-ineh pots, per 100, $ lO.OO.
f| Ad.hess, NANZ <Sc KTEUKrER, LOUISVILLE, KY.

VERBENAS

We offer to the trade a large and handsome stock of named Verbenas. Our plants are strong, vigorous and
perfectly healthy, entirely free from any trace of rust or mildew. They are as fine a lot of plants as could he desired.,
and the varieties are the very best.

Price, $3.00 per lOO; $25.00 per lOOO; 500 at 1000 rates.

Sample plants sent on receipt of ten-cent stamp for postage. Address,

W. A. RICHARDSON, Wholesale and Retail Florist

tfi 419 FOURTH STREET, LOUISVILLE, KY.

CEMENT FOR SILOS.— Buy our Imported
"Imperial" Portland Cement.

"Weight 400 fts. gross per bbl. It makes an artificial stone
surface. Is cheaper and more durable than the common
cements. Remit 75c. in postage stamps for our Treatise,
showing how to mix and liow to use it.
S. L. MERCHANT & CO., P. 0. Box 4759, 41 Broadway, N. Y.

N. B. — If you write "Mercliant," tell him you "saw the
advertisement in this magazine." f.3

HEARYEDEAF!

As liirented and worn by him perfectly restorm? tli«
hearinR. Entirely dc:if for thirty years.helhears with them,
evun whispers, distinctly. Are not observable, and re-
main in position without aid. Descriptive Circular free. "
Jioixu Garmore, S.W. Cor. 5th & Race Sts., Cinciuaati. O . «

■ HE TRIBIOLEr,o,;^«P„^.-;S

liing rates, address TRIE B. ENGLE, Marietta, Pa.

THE HORIICLLTURAL ADvERl iSER.

11

THE PERFECT" DBAIIAGE FLOM POT.

PATENT APPLIED FOR.

Having three (3) holes in sides at equal distances and at angle with
bottom of pot, perfectly free drainage and ventilation are insured.

The absence of hole in bottom, as in the ordinary flower pot, prevents
clogging of outlet, trouble from worms and decay of roots from want of proper
ventilation.

Also Pressed Improved and Hand-made pots. All sizis constantly on hand
a. LOWEST PRICES. Hanging Vases and Seed Pans.

For Price List and Circulars apply to

WHILLDIN & CO.,

ESTABLISHED 1840.

Nos. 709-11 Wharton Street,

(Agents for J. E. JEFFORDS & CO.,)

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

COOL ORCHIDS AND EAST INDIAN ORCHIDS FOR 1882.

Prompted by the eucouiagement our efforts to place these beautiful plants withiu the reach of all at moderate
cost have received, the past season, we now take pleasure in announcing that we expect to add to our already laree
stock of COOL OKCHIDS many of the EAST INDIAN varieties of easy culture during the coming vear. These wiU
require more heat than those from South America and Mexico, but will still do well in a greenhouse. Due notice of
their receipt wiM be given through the columns of the Gardenkk's Monthly. We still offer fine established and *emi-
established plants of our choice varieties as heretofore, at SI. 00 to »5.00 each. SIO.OO to S2o.00 per dozen and shall
be pleased to make careful selections from our stock during the winter season for shipment, when weather will permit in
the early sprmg. The fine display of bloom we are now havmg from both old and recent importations proves conclu-
sively their adaptability to greenhouse culture. From our recent importations and additions, not heretofore included in
our general list, we can supply in limited quantities— Cattleya gigas ; Coelogyne cristata ; Epidendrum dichromum (amabile);
Ghiesbreghtii (newi; Macrochilum (larse. siipjjosed to be var. roseum ; Gongora maculata; Laelia peduncularis 'lovely*;
Leptotes bicolor; Lycaste lanlpes; Masdevalliatovarensis rart"; Maxillarias, fulva, longressima ;inil picta ; Odontoglossums,
Londesboroughianum and maculatum, var. superbum ; Oncidiums. Batemanii, Caminophorum, Forbesii, Rogersii i-entasthe
true Varicosum Rogersii; ami Volvox; Sophronitis grandiflora, Trichopilia suavis and many oth.r^.

Correspondence regarding the above is solicited, and lists and prices made on application to

BENJ. REYNOLDS, Supt.,

tnhi^ BARKER FLORAL GARDENS, BRAMBLETON, NORFOLK, VA.

Grass, Clover

AND

Forest Tree

SEEDS

83

El Seei lercliant,

Avenue D, New York,

ROSES! ROSES!

We offer a very large stock of one year old pot-growii
Roses, in splendid condition, to bring on for spring sales.

They are and have been donnant through the winter, the
wood being in first-class order. The collection of Hybrids
is the best in the countiy, and to those who ai)preciate the
value of this class of stock, we assure them they will be
pleased with the sort and quality of plants.

Hybrid Perpetuals, Teas, Bourbons and Bengals,

t-inch pots, BIS per 100; 5-inch pots, «18 per 100.

f 1 Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia. |

FLOWERS

OVEE

1500

Distinct
IVarieties

All !Strong Plants, each labeled, delivered safely by mail.
Largest a!«sortiiient. Low prices. In business for 28
years. Guarantee lalisfaction. Stock comprises a»de»ira6/<'
varieties. Only mature plants sent. Our new Illustrated
Hand-Book. sent free, contains the name and description of
each plant, with instrnction>t for siiccessfnl cultivation. Do
plants elsewhere before Keniihig for our new
. . . . ufj^^ygjj^ ^,

not purchase plants e

HAND-BOOK

Every lover of jio

Every one wanting netr and choire plants should send for our
Band-Book. HOOPES, BROTHER & THOMAS.

Cherry Hill NfKSKRtES, West Chester. Pa.

12 THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

THE NEW STRAWBERRY,

FINCH'S PROLIFIC.

Anotlier Season's Trial only Enhances its Valne.

Shipping Qualities Remarkable. Good and Productive.

No imperfect berries; no greeu ends, and as a fertiliziT for varieties ilefic-ient in pollen is surpassed by none.
ORIGINATOR'S STOCK OF PLANTS, WITH OTHER CHOICE NEW AND OLD SMALL FRUITS, BEDDING PLANTS, ETC., ETC.

DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, with Colored Plates, free on application.

GEO. L MILLER,

Ridgcwood Fmit Farm and Xnrseries,

Jones' Station, Butler County, Ohio.

TO NURSERYMEN, FLORISTS and TREE DEALERS.

Early orders solicited. Send for Catalogue, i83a. New Colored Plates, Plate Books and Panoramas. Old Books Re-
bound into Pocket-Size or Panorama Albums. New Editions of Eastern or Western Descriptive Catalogues. Fair
Styles of Order Books. Wood Labels,— Plain, Printed and Painted. Cut Label Wire. Label Pencils. Steel Screw
Box Clamps. Steel Digging Spade. Tree Digger. New I runing Saw. Grafting, Pruning and Budding Knives.
Pruning Shears. Wax Fruits. Crystal Fruit Jars. Stock Books. Agents' Blanks. Apple Seed. Pear Seed. Tenn-
essee Natural Peach Pitts. Bass Bark Packing Moss. Oil Paper, etc., etc.

Fruit Plate Manufacturer, ROCHESTER, N. Y.

20,000 Trees— Magnolia Grandiflora.

The Most Beautiful Shade Tree in the World.

"The great Laurel Magnolia of the Southern States is a noble tree, remarkable for Its dellciously fragrant great flowers,
and thick evergreen leaves, which are shining and deep green above, and ruSty-colored beneath. Hardy as far North as Phila-
delphia, where it now blossoms."— Cikay's jnkw Manual of JioiANY.

Will stand out with slight protection in Latitude of New York City. Leaves, 4 in. wide ; 7 to 12 in. long. Blossoms,
9 to 12 in. in diameter, creamy white. Can be transplanted at any season of the year ; but August suits this Latitude best.

Having obtained a large stock of the above, we are prepared to till orders at the following exceedingly low prices :

Trees, 1 foot in height 25 each 1 Trees, 4 feet in height $1.50 each

" 2feet " 50 " " .0 " " 2.00 "

3 " " »1.00 " I " 6 to 20 feet in height $2.50 to $10.00 "

LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE. All trees securely matted at the roots for shipment without extra charge

Apply early, as stock must be disposed of soon, to

BENJ. REYNOLDS, Superintendent,
ja.tf Barker Floral Gardens, Brambleton, Norfolk, Va,

ROSES, VERBENAS, GERANIUMS CARNATION FLORETS

id all other Bedding Plants in large quantities, also Dracaenas, V^*^A**.'*^t*Wl.l A i^\J V\%d A. ^J

Large Numbers

Will be furnished by the undersigned the coming seaiou.

THOMAS F. SEAL,
12 Unionvllle, Chester Co., Pa.

and all other Bedding Plants in large quantities

Palms and Hothouse and Greenhouse pb-vts, the largest assortment

in America.

Camellias and Azaleas a specialty.

Send for Catalogue.

JNO. DICK, JR.,

mytf 53rd & WOODLAND AVE., Phila.

<te \f^ ^Qfiper daAf athome. Samples worth 85 free. Ad-
^O lU ^>fcU^ess Stlnson & Co., Portland, Maine. ja.l2

d> 79 A WEEK. «12 a day at home easily made. Costly Out-
s' ' ^ fit free. Address Teue & Co., Augusta, Maine. ja.l2

THE NOR TICUL TURAL A D VER TISER.

FOREIGN GRAPE VINES FOR GRAPERIES.

We now offer the finest collection of Foreign Grapes ,l;iowu
in the countrj-. They are all good, strong, healthy canes, all
true to name anil all in exeellent condition for shipping.
Below will be found list of varieties thrown hv us, one and
two years old.

One year old vines, $1.00 each.
Two year old vines, $2.00 each.

Frontignan Grizzly,

PRICE

Bowood Muscat,
Muscat Hamburg,
Canon Hall Muscat,
Madresfield Court Muscat,
Mrs. Prince's Black Muscat
Muscat of Alexandria,
Black Prince,
Black Alicante,
Black Barbarossa,
Black St. Peter's,
Buckland Sweetwater,
Calabrian Raisin,
Chasselas de Fontainebleau
Chasselas White,
Chasselas Golden,
Duchess of Buccleuch,
Frontignan White,
We would also call

Frontignan Black
Gros Colman,
Hamburg Black,
Hamburg Wilmot's,
Hamburg Mill Hill,
Hamburg Victoria,
Lady Down's Seedling,
Prince Albert,
Royal Ascot,
Santa Cruz.
Trentham Black,
White Nice,
White Syrean,
White Sweetwater,
W^hite Tokay. t.f.ll'

Catalogue sent free on application.

pecial attention to our stock of

Camellias, Araleas, Acacias, Roses and general collection
of wint€r-blooming omamenUil foliage and bedding plants.

DAVID FERGUSSON & SONS, Laurel Hill Nurseries,
Ridge and Lehigh Avenues, opp. Laurej Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.

DICK'S

FOR HEATING HOTHOUSES, GREENHOUSES AND
DWELLINGS, THREE STYLES and TWELVE SIZES to heat
from soo to 2000 ft. of 4-in. PIPE. Send for circular to

JNO. DICK JR.,

63rd & Woodland Ave., Fhlla., Fa.

A Book of Rare Orlairrallty, entitled .

PRACTICAL LIFE

gard to Education, Home, Society, Etiquette,
Amusements, Dress. Love. Marriage. Busi-
ness, &C. "oio Bread-Eaters are tn be Breuil-WinneTK,
The volume nbriunds in strikine thoughts, rnre information o

less, &C. Ho'o Bread- Eaters <

■olume nbriunds in strikine th , ,

jtense C'immon-sense. Full-page colored plates— «acb a

ONE A GEM. Agents >A/anted Everywhere. "

Send for circnlar.TuU descnpti in. terms (te., address. ;

J. C. HcCCRUY Ji CO.. Philudelphiu, Pa.

$66

a week in your own town. Terms and $5 outfit free.
'Addree8 H. Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine. ja.l2

AT WHOLESALi:.

Mao full line of

Florists' and Growers' Supplies,

W. E. MEEHAN,

t.s.tf 15 & 17 N. Thirteenth St., PhUa.

GRAPE VINES.

All Leading Varieties In large supply. Warranted
true to name. Prices low. Also, the celebrated
•-' NEW WHITE GRAPE,

PRENTISS

Bend stamp for Price and Descriptive List. Also
Trees, Small Fruits, etc.

T. S. HUBBARD. Fredonia, N T

TREE SEEDLINGS

For Timber Plantations, Young Evergreens, Stocks, Grape
Vines, Seeds and Seedlings for Nurserymen. Immense Stock.
Lowest Prices. Great Variety, Catalogue Free.

J. JENKINS.

Grape and Seedling Nursery,

stf Winona, Columbiana Co., Ohio>

MAKE HENS LAY.

An Kngii^ Vetennary surgeon and CaiemTSty now
traveling In this country, says that most of the Horse
and Cuttle Powders Bold here are wortliless trash. He
says Uiat Sheridan's Condition Powders are absolutely
pure an 1 Immen.sciy valuable. Nothing' on earth will
make hens lay like Sheridan's Condition Powders. Dose.
oueteasp;>onful to one pint foci. Sold everywhere, or sent
by mail for eight letter stamps. I. S. JQIINSOX & CO..
0.12 liiiston, Mass., formerly Bangor .Me.

Strawberry Plants

In LARGE or SMALL LOTS, |»^

Crescent Seedlings, Wilson's Albany,

SHARPLESS and other sorts. Al-o Asparagus ; and ful!
line of Nursery Stock. Catalogues gratis.

f.3 RANDOLPH PETERS, Wilmington, Dei.

ITER'S CARDER SEED!

iUYi7iYia

«r|fiHENRYA.DRE;EF? *

«r H:-' PHILADELPHIA WX

Londoii Gardener^s GhroDicle

Will be furnished, post-paid, direct to subscribers in the U. S. for

86.35 per year. .^Pply to

U CHAS. H. MAROT, Agent, 814 Chestnut St , Phila

14

THE HOR TICUL TOR A I. A D VER TISER.

RflODODSNDRONS,

iNP MANY IIUXDUKDS OF OTIIKH liEAUTIFri, TREK.-

;n suuuBS are offered tuls si'iuNa by

MEEHAN'S GERMANTOWN NURSERIES

V\AXC and iiitcrotin;;- plants, sfliloiu louiid in collections, are f^iown in this estalilislunent, as for Instance :—

CALLUNA VULGARIS, the Heather of English Poets.
The Famous FURZE or GORSB, ULEX EUROPE JS.

The SCOTCH BROOM, GENISTA SCOPARIUS ; and other oUl but seUlom grown andbeau-

titul thing:s.

A large number of kinds can be sent to long distances by mail. Send for our Complete Catalogue.
t.f.tf. Gertnantown, Philadelphia^ Pa.

HYBRID TEA ROSE!,

IN QUANTITY. Per 100, $50 ; per doz., $6.
LiLIUM AURATUiVI, December 15th, ... - $15 per 10.
NEW GERANIUMS AND FUCHSIAS.

GLADIOLI, Mixed and Named ^ in 500 Varieties

V. H. HALLOCK, SON & THORPE,
.^ QUEENS, W, Y, ^^

VERBENAS T

NOW READY

THE

ROOTED CUTTINGS j
Iroiu bed, fl.OO per 100; i
iJlO.OO per llXtO. FINE STOCK PLANTS, S-mch pots, $5.00 j
100 ; 2>^-incli pots, $3.00 per 100. Xotliing but DISTINCT I
and FINEST VARIETIES f;ro« n. No kvst nor :\rii,DEV. |

NEW FUCHSIAS,

NEW GERANIUMS, &c.

Chicago Floral Co.,

'isth and BRAUD BOULEVARO. CHICAGO, ILL.

Farmers' Adviser

A MONTHLY JOURNAL,

Devoted to the interests of the Farmer, Breeder, and
Stock Raiser. Only 50 cents a year.

Tlie cheapest, spiciest, and best paper for the farmer.
Liberal cash commissions to agents. Illustrated every
month with choice stock from the best artists. Send stamp
for sample copy. All articles written by men of authority.

Address,

FARMERS' ADVISER, York, Pa.

'I'hc Typographical appearance of this spicy paper is alone
worth the subscription price. f.l2

FruitTrees, Ornamental Trees,

EVERGREENS, &c.

The undersigned otfers an Extensive Stock of well grown
Fruit Trees— New Pears, New Peaches, &c. A Large Stock of

Pears, Apple, Peach, Plum, Cherry, &c.,

standards and Dwarfs,
Grape Vines, Strawberries, Currants, &c., and other small
Fruits. Ornamental Trees in great variety for Parks, Lawns,
Gardens, &c. Evergreens or all sizes of the finest quality.

Everything pertaining to the Nursery, Florist and Seed
Business, and at the Lowest Rates.

JOHN SAUL,

f.3 WASHINGTON, D. C.

Mv Annual Prict^d Catalogue is now ready and will be
mailed free to all applicants. It contains all the leading and
popular sorts of

— AND—

Fx^owEFt se:e:ds.

Besides all the most desirable novelties of last season, and
nearly everything else in my line of business.

ALFRED BRIDGEMAN,

f.3 876 Broadway, NEW YORK

THE HOR TICUL TURAL AD VER TISER.

15

RARE OPENING!

FOESiLMBHUDFlTFM

A vrell-established and paying wholesale and retail Nur-
sery business, situated one mile east of Spring^field, Illinois ;
consisting of about 15 acres of a general collection of nursery
stock, 5 acres of choice strawberries, 3 acres raspberries,
2}6 blackberries and 1 acre currants ; also, 200 bearing Pear
trees, 100 bearing Cherry trees, and a choice Apple and
Peach orchard. There is also a fine young Vinery of foreign

f rapes and large beds of Asparagus and Rhubarb. The
ouse is a new, elegant two-story brick, containing 12 rooms
and large cellars. There is also a large cistern, two never-
failing wells, stable, out-houses, &c. The whole includes 4.5
acres of the richest land, with a presumed 7 feet vein of the
best coal underneath. There are 3 acres of a beautiful lawn,
containing the choicest specimens of Evergreens and Orna-
mental trees. The demand for small fruits in Springfield is
greatly in excess of the supply. The business was estab-
lished by me in 1857 and has been most succe-ssfully carried
on, and my sole reason for selling is, that I wish to retire,
owing to my increasing years. Terms easy, if desired, to
suit purchaser. Apply to

JOHN McCREDY,
t.f.3 HAZELWOOD NURSERY. SPRINGFIELD. ILLINOIS.

TTHOLESALE DEALERS !>'

Gui Flowers and Florists Supplies.

Shipping of Bon Silenes, Safranos, Fancy Roses and

Smilax a specialty. Flowers Sold on Commission.

Circulars to Growers and Retail Florists

sent on application.

tf.i2 165 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.

NEW SUNFLOWER,

The FAMOUS

NEWPORT CORSAGE SUNFLOWER.

An entirely distinct variety which originated with a New

Eort Florist. During last season at this noted watering place
undreds were worn daily by the ladies as corsage flowers.
Plants dwarf and pjTamidal; flowers small, rich jet black
centre with an overlapping row of broad, deep golden
yellow petals, and are produced in the greatest abundance
from June until killed by frost. Grow it and realize how
really beautiful a sunflower is.

We have the entire stock for sale and offer it in packets
of 2.5 seeds each, free by mail for 25 cents. The trade
supplied. Retail catalogue of flower and vegetable seeds
free to all. Wholesale catalogues to the trade only.

f.3

YOUNG & ELLIOTT, Seedsmen,

12 Cortlandt Street, New York.

QJIU.I For our illustrates catafocrue of i
• ^ HgiaJ F. E. Fasaett & Bro. , Ashtabula, o;

Tuberoses Double.

30,000 Blooming Bulbs, per lOOO, $25.

1000 Fancy Caladiums, 25 distinct

sorts, SI5 per 100.

MATTHEW ALLISON, Chief Gardener,

Nationnl Soldiers' Home, near Fort Monroe, Va.

PEACH TREES

We offer for the coming Season a large and fine
Stock of Peach Trees of Choicest Varieties, also
Complete Assortment of Nursery Stock at whole-
sale and retail. Catalogues Free,
f 2 I. E. ILCENFRITZ &. SONS,

MONROE NURSERY, MONROE, MICH.

Osage Orange Seed.

First Class Germinating Seed of Osage Orange.

S8 PER BUSHEL.

Sample on Keiiuest

HENRY A. DREER, Seedsman.

t.f.l PHILADELPHIA.

-c.a.tj\.i^ogx7e: of-

lew, Im iii Eeaulilil M\ (or M,

Will be ready in February with a Colored Plate.

It is full in all the reallv good New Plants— New Dracae-
nas, New Crotons, New Pelargoniums, &c., with a rich
collection of Fine Foliage and other Greenhouse and Hot-
house Plants, well grown and at low prices, free to all our
customers ; to others 10 cents, or a plain copy free.

ROSES.

An immense stock of all the New French and English
Varieties. Bennett's Hybrid Teas, Queen of bedders, Jults
Frigers, Harrison Wier, Jules Chretien ; Perle des Jar-
dins, &c., pot grown at cheap rates. New Rose Catalogue
now ready, free.

ORCHIDS.

East Indian, Me.xican, Central and South American,
See, Catalogues free.
Catalouges of Flower and Vegetable Seeds, Fruit Trees,

&c. Free. Every thing pertaining to Plant, Seed or Nursery
Business.

f 3 JOHN SAUL, Washington, D. C.

H. CANNELL & SONS'

IllislraM Floral Gal for 1882,

IS NOW READY,

And sent post free for 25 cents.

"We assure all lovers of Flowers that it is by far the best
we have ever issued, and probably the best ever published.
Certainlv it contains the gi-eatest and most reliable informa-
tion on blowers and their Seeds. The printing of 20,000 cop-
ies costs £570, the postage of the same £250. W e simply men-
tion this to show to what extent our efforts are appreciated,

Swanley, the Home for Flowers,
ftf Kent, England.

Say's American Insects

Three volumes and Separate Glossary. Octavo, Numerous
Colored Plates from Original Drawings,

Old Ears and out of Peikt,

One set Only.

Price 825.00, by mail, postage paid.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

ASPARAGUS CULTURE.

•hi BEST METHODS EMPLOYED ll ENGLAND aU f HiMCE.

BY JAMKS BARNES AND %VM. KOBINSON.

With translations of Mr. Leboeuf s Essay on Asparagus,
and particulars of the seven years competition instituted
for its improvement. Illustrated with wood cuts. New
edition. 84 pages. 50 cents by mail on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

16

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

Special Offer to the Trade.

Perdoz. Per 100

Alvium Double White « 75 8 5 00

Ardieia Crenulata, 4-incli pots 3 00 20 00

Azalea Indica, in var. splendid trained,

standards 9 00 70 00

Caladium, Fancy, in 25 best sorts, strong ... 2 00 12 00

Carnation Meteor, best new scarlet 1 25 10 00

Seafoam 100 8 00

Dahlias, in 25 best sorts V 2 00 15 00

Draecenas Tenninalis, 3-inch pots 1 60 12 00

4-inch " 3 50 20 00

5-inch " 5 00 40 00

The Draecenas are in unusuallj' fine condi-
tion, well furnished and colored.
Gloxinia crassifolia; the finest of the

Gloxinias, extra strong tubers 2 00 15 00

Jasminum Grand Duke of Tuscany 3 00

Musa Ensete each, 81.50 to 83.00 25 00

Palms, Coryphea Australis, 3-inch pots 1 50 10 00

" Seaforthia elegans, 1st size 1 25 10 00

" " " 2d " 2 00 15 00

3rd " 3 50 25 00

" Chamaerops excelsa 100 600

Pandanus utilis, splendid plants, 4-in. pots. . 3 00 20 00

Pansies Dreer's Premium 50 3 00

Pelargoniums,in25choicestsorts, 3-in. pots.. 150 10 00

Petunias Double, set of the 12 finest var. . . . 1 00 7 00

Phlox Perennial, 25 best sorts 100 6 00

Verbenas, 20 best sorts, healthy 75 4 00

Vinca Alba, Rosea and Oculata each 75 4 00

Violet Marie Louise and Neapolitan 75 5 00

" New Double Blue, Marguerite deSavoie 5 00

"Wistaria sinensis, 2-y'r old, i)()t grown, strong 2 50 20 00
Lalium floribunda, or Harris! ; the best lily

for forcing 81 each 10 00

Wholesale Trade Ldst for ISSS, mailed to Florists ; and
Dreer's Oarden Cale7ider for ISSS.ojff'ering New and Choice
Dracenas, Crotons, Geraniums, Pelargotiiums, Carnations,
<te.,<fec., mailed free.

HENRY A. DREER,

tf.i 714 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia.

PEAR CULTURE FOR PROFIT.

BY P. T. QUINN.

A practical Horticulturist, and author of " Money in the
Garden."

Containing practical method of raising Pears intelligently
and with best results: character of soil, best mode of preparing
it; best varieties to select under existing conditions; best mode
of planting, pruning, fertilizing, grafting, and utilizing the
ground before the trees come into bearing, and finally gathering
and packing for market Illustrated with practical cuts on
pruning and grafting, distance table and orchard record. 136
pages, 12mo, cloth. Price, 81. Sent by mail, post-paid, on re-
ceipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS

On Plants and Flowers in the Gardbn and the House; ;'giving
directions short, sharp and decishie how to overcome every insect
enemy that infects flowers and plants, out-doors and in-doors,
which troubles window Gardens ; which eats up the vegetables of
the garden ; which devours the fruit trees, shrubs and vines, ar.d
lives in the homes of anxious, tired housekeepers. Paper, 100 pages.
Price, 30 cents, postage free.

CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Address,

AMATEUR'S ROSE BOOK.

By Shirley Hibberd.
Comprising the cultivation of the Rose in the open ground
and under glass; the formation of the Rosarium; the charac-
ters of Wild and Garden Roses; the preparation of the flowers
for exhibition ; the raising of new varieties; and the work of
the Rose Garden in every season of the year. Illustrated with
colored plates and wood engravings. 272 pages cloth, 12mo.
Price $3.00. Sent by mail postpaid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phlla.

I succeeded in raising some seed of this Rare and Useful
Plant, and by testing the same found it germinating.
I offer 100 seedH for SI. 00; 1000 seeds for S8.00.

to JOHN C. EISELE,

1322 and 1324 N. 12th. St., Philadelphia.

GRAPE VINES.

For Dealers and Large Planters, and at Ketail,

MOORE'S EARLY 1 and 2-year old. Extra.

BRIdHTON, CONCORD, LADY,

WORDEN, &c., &c.

Also, Moore's New Cross-Bred Asparagus.

f.2 JOHN B. MOORE & SON, Concord, Mass.

"9C /\/^/\ BEN DAVIS AND RAWLE'S JANET Apple
/ Oaw\/w Trees; 4 to 6 feet, tsm per 1000; 3 ta 5
feet, light, S35 per 1000. Full line of other stock. Pike Co.,
Nursery ; established 183-5 ; Descriptive Catalogue free.

STAKK Sc CO., Loaislana, M«.

M

ARYLAND FA RMS. -Book and Map /ree. By
C. P:. SHANAHAN, Attorney, Easton, Md. f.2

HAND-BOOK

OP

PRACTICAL LANDSCAPE

GARDENING.

BY F. R. ELLIOTT.

Designed for City and Suburban Residences, and Country School-
Houses; containing designs for lots and grounds, from a lot 30 by
100, to a forty-acre plot. Each plan is drawn to scale, with schedule
to each, showing where each tree, shrub, &c., should be planted
condensed instructions for forming and caring for lawns ; building o
roads; turfing, protection, pruning and care of trees; nriaking
cuttings, evergreens, hedges, screens, &c. Condensed descriptions
of all the leading trees and shrubs ; soil and position in which they
should be grown. Illustrations of ground plans, elevations, trees,
shrubs, winter gardening, &c. 96 pp., 8 vo, cloth. Price Ji. 50.
Sent by mail on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila,

AMATEUR'S GREENHOUSE

AND CONSERVATORY,

By Shirley Hibberd.

A handy guide to the construction and management of plant
houses and the selection, cultivation and improvement of orna-
mental greenhouse and conservatory plants. Illustrated with
colored plates aud wood engravings. 272 pages, cloth, 12mo.
Price 83.00. Sent by mail postpaid on receipt of price.

Address CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

KEEPING ONE COW.

Being the experience of a number of practical writers, m a clear
and condensed form, upon the

Management of a Single Milch Cow.
Illustrated, 132 pages, cloth. Price, $1.00, mailed, post-paid, o"
receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street. Fhila.

ORNAMENTAL TREES.

By Thomas Meehan.

An American Hand-Book, containing the personal observa-
tions of ihe author. 257 pages, 24mo, cloth. Price 75 cts. Seat
by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

Adiess CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

THE HORTICULTURALADVERTISER.

IT

The Great New Red Raspberry,

THE SUPERB.

Largest, Earliest. Hardiest, Best, Seiul for descriptive,
illustrated circular, with prices, to the originator,

.f.3 J. CHURCHMAN, Burlington, N. J.

FLORAL DECORATIONS,

for the DWELLING HOUSE.
A PRACTICAL GUIDE to the HOME ARRANGEMENT
of PLANTS and FLOWERS,

By ANNIE HASSARD.

Profusely illustrated. 12mo. pp. 166. Cloth. Price, 81.50.
Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

AMERICAN GRAPE GROWING

AND

By Gborgb Husmann, Professor of Horticulture in University ot
Missouri, with contributions from well-known Grape Growers, giving

A WrOE RANGE OF EXPERIENCE.

Illustrated, 12mo, 243 pp, cloth; price, $1-50. Mailed pott-ptiH
on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS K. MAROT

814 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia.

THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES

BY B. J. KENDALL, M. D.

With the real essential information relative to each disease. Will
save many times its cost. Gives cause, symptoms and best treat-
ment of ''iseases. Table with the doses, effects and antidotes of
principal medicines used, and a few pages on action and uses of
medicines. Rules for telling age cf Horse and fine engraving show-
ing appearance of the teeth each year. A large collection of valu-
able recipes. Printed on fine paper 7*4x5 inches ; nearly 100 pages,
35 engravings. Price, 25 cents. Sent 6y mail, post-paid, on receipt
ofprice. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street. Phila.

THE ABBOTT

Pocket Microscope

Is an ...Dstrumeiit of great

practical usefulness to

Teachers, Farmers,

Mercliaiils, Itle-

oUanios, Pliysi-

ciauiii, Botanists,

Miners, and many

others. It is the best

i.iil ever invented for examining FlOW*

ers, Seeds, Plants, Minerals,
Engravings, Bank Notes, Fabrics,

Btc. By means of a cage, accompanying each In-
§trnment, one can examine all kinds of |n"
sects or Worms alive. The

EYE OF A FLY,

or other insect of like fize, can be readily seen.
It is simple in cnn-trnrtion and easy to operate.
One of 'these iiite.-«"<iiiitr Instrnraen's onght to
be in eTery farnily. We hav'^' made a-rangements
to furnish the Pocket Microscope at the
manufacturer's price. $1.50. It will be sent, post-
paid, to any reader of this Paper desiring it, on
eeceipt of price, or m y be had at this office.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Fhila.

NEW.it ORNAMENTAL TREES

nosiiksi the lat<r'-^t iuid iiidst cMini'letc peneral
stock I if Fruit uii'l ( )niain(iit!il 'I'rocs, TIoscs, etc.,
in the U.S., we offer iiiaiiy C'iioice Novelties.
New Abridsred Cattilofrue mailed free to all who
apply. Address ELLWANCER &. BARRY,

Mount Hope Nurseries. Rochester, N.Y.

HOW TO READ

AND HINTS IN CHOOSING THE BEST BOOKS,

With a classified list of work of Biogrnphy, History, Criticism,
Fine Arts, Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Science, Language, etc. By
Amelie V Petit. Pp. 220. i2mo, cloth. Price, Ji.oo. By mail,
postpaid on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

GARDENERS' DICTIONARY.

By Gbo. W. Johnson, Ekiitor of " Cottage Gardener."

Describing the Plants, Fruits and Vegetables desirable for the
Jarden, and explaining the terms and cperations employed in
[heir cultivation. New Edition, with a su plement, including the
new j^ants and varieties. 910 pages, i2mo, cloth, fine print. Price,
f a.OU. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. iMAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

HOW TO LAY OUT A GARDEN.

By Edward Kemp.

A general guide in Choosing, Forming and Improving an Es-
tate (from a quarter-acre to a hundred ticre-s in extent), with
reference to both design and execution. Illustraied with nu-
merous plans, sections and sketches. -103 pages, 12rao, cloth.
Price $2.50. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of pri e.
Address CHAS. H. MAKOT.

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

CLASS BOOK OF BOTANY,»

By Alphonso Wood, A. M.
Being outlines of the Structure, Physiolog>' and Classification of
Plants ; with a Flora of the United States and Canada. 832 pages,
8 vo, half arabesque cloth sides. Price, fe. 50. Sent by mail post-
paid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

SMALL FRUIT CULTURIST.

BY ANDREW S. PULLER.

Giving Description, History, Cultivation, Propagation, Dis-
eases, &c.

Beautifully Illustrated.

276 pages, 12mo, cloth. Price 81.50. Sent by mail, post-paid
on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MABOT. 814 Chestnut St.. Phila.

ROSES IN POTS;

observations on their Cultivation including the Autobiography of a
Pot-Rose,

byWM. PAUL.

99 pages, cloth, illustrated. Price, $1 OO

Sent Prepaid by mail on receipt of price.

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

CHOICE STOVE UNO GREENHOySE PUIITS,

By Benj. S. WilUams. F. B. H. S.

With descriptions of upwards of eleven hundred species and
varieties. Instructions for their cultivation and mod ■ of manage-
ment. Illustrated with colored frontispiece and numeroua
oplendjd illustrations. 686 pages, 2 vols., 12mo, cloth. Price
90.00. Sent by mail post- paid on receipt of price.

Address CHAS. H. MAROT.

814 Chestnut St., Ph*.""

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We also manufacture a special style that will fit In the old
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family washing better than It can be dona in anv other way ; In
less than half the time It takes by hand, and with one-half the
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operation of the machine consists In rapbily and contlnnonsly
forcing all tha hot water contained In the holler from the bottom
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was granted (March 23, 1869), tliere has been over 20 Imitations
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never to rust or tn get out of repair. It throws two steady streams
and will work with much less heat than any other Washer. One
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another sold 40 In ten days. We have aoo ea of agents who are
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can do as welL AGENTS WANTED In every County. Most of
our agents are averaging over $100 profit every month. Ke-
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Price, only $3, delivered free, all charges paid, to any part of the
United States. Cash m ust accompan y all orders. Remit by Post
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•achmacUlne. Address, WALLACE WASHER CO.
n.6 60^ Warren St., N.Y.

PRACTICAL HINTS

On the selection and use of the

MICROSCOPE,

Intended for beginners, by John Phin,

Editor of the Am. Journal of Microscopy. Enlarged edition.
Profusely illustrated; 181 pp., 12mo., cloth. Price, 75 cents.
Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MARGT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

Thirty-six Varieties of Cabbage, -.6 of Corn, 28 of Cucumber, 41
of Melon, 33 of Peas, 28 of Beans, 17 of Squash, 23 of Beet and 40 of
Tomato, with other varieties, in proportion, — a large portion of
which were grown on my five seed farms-will be found in my
Vegetable and Flower Seed Catalogue for 1882. Sent
FREE to all who apply. Customers of last Season need not write lor
it. All Seeds sold from my establishment warranted to be b'jth
fresh and true to name; so far, that should it prove otherwise, J will
refill the order gratis. The original introducer of Early-
Ohio and Burbank Potatoes, Marblehead Early-
Corn, the Hubbard Squash, Marblenead Cabbage,
PhiUDey's Melon, and a score of other New Vegetables, I in-
vite the patrsnage of the public. New Vegetables a Specialty.
t.d.5. JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass.

Utah New Plants.

GREAT RETDUCTION IN PRICES.

Frittilaria padica and Erythronium grandiOorum,

fine, for forcing and pots. Also fine for open border, early spring
bloomers, hardy perennials, i2)^c. each, J1.25 per doz. Seeds 15c.
per packet.

Allium biseptum, dry bulbs, 5c. each ; 50c. per dozen. Fine
for forcing and pots ; also for open border, early spring bloomer,
hardy perennial, 15c. each; 81.50 per dozen, fceeds i = c. per
packet.

Fenstemon glaber, var. cyananthus, a very fine sky-blue
Penstemon, with long spikes of flowers. 20c. each; J2.C0 per doz.
Seecs 15c. per packet. Not less than 12 plants at dozen rates of
Utah New Plants of each variety.

Cfieenactis Doaglasii ; fine gray-leaved dwarf plant ; hardy
perennial for edging ; white double fragrant flowers ; fine cut leaves,
finer than the finest Centaurea, only four inches high. The finest
plant for edging in cultivation. 15c. each, $1.50 per dozen. Seeds
15c. per pkt.

Sedum debile, a very fine, hardy Sedum ; for Baskcu, Rock-
work, &c. loc. each, $i.co per dozen.

Phacelia circinata, fine, white flowers; biennial border
plant ttc each, $1.50 per dozen.

PREM lUMS.— To every one who buys one dollar's w : rth
of my Greenhouse, Bedding and Basket Plants, Garden and Flower
Seeds, I will send two plants extra of Utah New Plants, my selec-
tion. To every one who buys two dollars' worth of Utah New
Plants or Seeds, I will send extra, free, by mail one new Double
Geranium of 1879, mentioned in my catalogue, worth 60c., or any
other Geranium or Fuchsia they may se ect, if they only buy for one
dollar. I cheerfully recommend the above list of Ut^h New Plants
to all Florists and lovers of plants in the United States. All fine
and beautiful.

A great variety of House, Bedding and Basket
Plants, Garden and Flower Seeds by mail or express.
Catalogues sent free to all on application. Terms cash with order.
Discount to the trade.

O* F' DUE, Seedsman and Florist,

tjii2 Salt Lake City, Utah.

WALTER ELDER,
Landscape and Jobbing Gardener,

1231 Rodman Street, Philadelphia,
Attends to all branches of his business on reasonable terms.

PATENT BINDER

For the Gardenbr's Monthly. Numbers filed with the greatest
convenience. Preserve them filed for reference, and have them
when you want them. Neatly letteted on the side in gilt. Price, 40
cents each. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St. Phila.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

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EstabUshed 1765.

t.ja.;

FLOWER POTS
BY THE MILLION.

Catalogne on application.

A. H. HEWS & CO.,

North Cambridge,

The Sug^ar Seet.

Including a History of the Beet Root Sugar Industry of
Europe. Varieties of the Sugar Beet, Examination,
Soils, Tillage, Seeds and Sowing, Yield and Cost of
Cultivation, Harvesting, Transportation, Con-
servation, Feeding Qualities of the Beet
and of the Pulp, Etc., Etc , Etc.

BY LEWIS S. WAKE, C.E., M.E.,

Fellow of L'Ecole des Arts, Agriculture et Manufactures,
PariB ; member of American Chemical Society. In one
volume, octavo ; illustrated by 90 engravings. Price, S4.00
by mail, postage free. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

BEET ROOT SUGAR

XND CULTIVATION OF THE BEHT.

BY E. B. GRANT.

Including the Sugar supply of the U. S., History of Beet Root
Sugar, Supply of Beets, Cultivation, Cost of Beet Root Sugar in
J'rance, Production in various Countries, Advantages, Method of
Raising, Harvesting, Preservation of Beets, Seed, Manures, Ro-
tation of Crops, Beet Pulp, Leaves of Beets, Profits, etc. i6 mo.,
cloth, pp., 158 Price, Ji. 25. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of
price. Address, CHAS. H. MAROT.

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa

FRUIT GROWERS' HAND-BOOK.

By F. R. Elliott author of " Western Fruit Growers' Guide"
(one of the best posted men on the subject in the United States).
Contains the practice on all subjects connected with fruit growing.
The book is made for those who grow iruit for their own use Also
an Appendix, containing matter relating to the selection and culture
of Ornamental Trees, Roses, Plants, &c. Illustrated with 45 wood-
cuts, 130 pages, i6mo, cloth, %\ ; paper, 6j cts. Sent by mail
postpaid on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H MAROT. 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

SUBTROPICAL GARDEN;

Or, Beauty of Form in the Flower Garden.

By W. Robinson, F. L. S.
Beautifully illustrated. 241 pages, lamo, cloth. Price, ^3.75.
Mailed, postage free, on receipt of Price.

Address, CHAS. H MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

ALPINE FLOWERS for ENGLISH GARDENS

By W. Robinson, F. L. S.

An explanation of the principles on which the Exquisite Flora ot

Alpine countries may be grown to perfection in all Parts of the

British Islands, with numerous Illustrations, of Rock Gardens,

Natural and Artificial. 70 Illustrations, 440 pages, crown Svo, cloth.

Price, $4.50. Mailed, postage free on receipt of price.

Address. CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., PhiU.

WINDOW FLOWER GARDEN

By Julius J. Heintich.

Handsomely illustrated. This work endeavors by a few simple
directions for the management of plants and flowers in the window
or conservatory, to show to all members of the family, and especial-
ly the children, that the cultivation of flowers is not difficult and
brings more real enjoyment than many more expensive amusements.

It is intended for all, includirg children, excluding technical terms
as far as pcssible, and giving the most simple directions. 93 pp , 12
mo, cloth 75c. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street Phil^.

THE PEACH;

ITS CULTURE AND DISEASES.

A Complete Treatise for the use of Peach Growers nnd Gardeners
of Pennsylvania, and all districts affected by the " YELLOWS" and
other diseases of the tree.

BY JOHN RUTTEF,

Ex-President of the Chester Co. Horticultural Society, and honorary

member of the Penna. Fruit Growers' Society.
12mo, pp. 94, cloth, price $1, mailed post-paid on receipt of price.

Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT,
814 Chestnut St., Phila.

ART OF GRAFTING AND BUDDING.

By Charles Baltet.
Appropriately and fully illustrated by cuts, showing methods, tools
and appliances, 230 pages, i2mo, cloth. Price Si. 50. Mailed, post-
age free, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

By Edward Spragues Rand, Jr.

A treatise on Hardy and Tender bulbs and Tubers. 369 pages, lamo,

clodi. Price, ^.50. Sent by mail post paid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

MUSHROOM CULTURE.

ITS EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT,

BT WM. ROBINSON.

Price, 76 cents.

With numerous illustrations, 172 pages, cloth.
Mailed, post paid, on receipt of price.

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., PhUa.

HOW TO RAISE FRUIT

By THOMAS GREGG.

A Hand-book of Fruit Culture, being a Guide to the proper Cul-
tivation and Management ot Fruit Trees, and of Grapes and small
Fruits. 184 pages, izmo, cloth, fully illustrated. Price, Ji. 00. Sent
by mail po«t-paid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St , PhUa.

THE WILD GARDEN ;

Or, Our GroTCB and Shrubberies made Beautiful by the
Naturalization of Hardy Fxotic Plants.

By W. ROBINSON, F. L. S.

With Frontispiece. 236 pages, tamo, cloth. Price, |2.as.
Mailed, postage free, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.

BY JAMES HOGG.
A complete guide to the cultivation of Vegetables, contoining
thorough instructions for Sowing, Planting and Cultivating all kinds
of Vegetables ; with plain directions for preparing, manuring and
tilling the soil to salt each plant; including also a summary of the
work to be done in a vegetable garden during each month of the
year. 137 pages, i6mo, cloth. Illustrated. Price 50 cents; sent
by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., PhiU.

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SofTiettiiog New in Water Heaters, Please Tale Itlce,

Sectional view of Carmody's Patent

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It can be used in connection with a
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It burns soft coal as well as hard, and
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It is the cheapest and most durable
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Address the proprietor,

J. D. CARMODY,

taux. Evansville, Ind.

POCKET M/\ GNIFIERS. practical lessons in

Architectural Drawing ;

Or, HOW TO MAKE THE WORKING DRAWINGS AND WRITE
SPECIFICATIONS FOR BUILDINGS.

BY WILLIAM B. TUTHILL, A.M., Architect.

Illustrated by &3 full page plates (one in eolor.s) and ;i3
wood cuts, showing Methods of Construction and Representao
tion. Scale Drawings, Sections and Details of Frame, Brick and
Stone Buildings, with full descriptions and specifications, show-
iiiR the various forms of writing the .same for different
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mail, post free. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

No. ;oi4. Prire, 8o Cents.
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j of Plans of Rosariums, i2mo, pp. 158. Price Jr. Post free on re-
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WHEAT CULTURE;

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THE SCHOOL GARDEN

BY DR. SCHWAB, DIRBCTOR OF THB VIENNA GYMNASIUM, ETC.
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A MANUAL OF VEGETABLE PLANTS,

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Orchid Grower's Manual

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FRUIT AND BREAD.

A Natural and Scientific Diet.

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Translated from the German by M. L. Holbrook, M. D. Intended
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GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF INSECTS.

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THE HOR TICUL 7 LRAL AD VER TISER.

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SITUATIONS WANTED.

Advertisements under this head must be paid for in advance, with
the order, at rate of Ji.oo for each j6 words per insertion.

AS Gardener, where the skill of a thorough, practical man
is required in culture of Orchids, Roses, Stove and
Greenhouse Plants. Would like to make a specialty of
raising Grapes, Peaches, &c., under glass. Has undoubted
testimonials. Address, 11. Q., 1933 Amber St., PhUadelphia.
Y a young lady, to work in the greenhouse business.
Address, Dora Peterson, Vineland, N. J.

B

;ie first of March, by a single man, 34 years of age
Understands care of Greenhouses, Graperies, Vegetable
and Flower Garden. Good reference. Address, J. H., care
of M. Bagley, 2669 Amber St., Phila.

BY a first class gardener, on a gentleman's jplace. ' Mar-
ried. Address F. F., care of J. Cook, Florist, 74 N.
Charles St., Baltimore, Md.

BY a young man as Florist, to take charge of some private
greenhouse. Be.st of references furnished as to charac-
ter, capacity, &c. Address, C. N. W., Georgetown, D. C.
WANTED a situation as clerk in a seed store, or shipping
clerk and bookkeeper in a nursery. Address, J. S.,
care W. R. Harris, Florist, 55th, St. and Darby Road,
Philadelphia, Pa.

AS Ornamental Gardener, Florist, Fruit, Vegetable
Grower, Foreman and General Manager, by an energetic
man of tested ability and good character. An acquisition
where great experience and trust is required. Good admin-
istrative capabilities and testimonials of long practical ex-
perience to manage a large first-class place. Address,
^'Sterling," care H. A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

AS Gardener, English, age 43, married, no children, thirteen
years in America ; has practical knowledge of gardening
ill all its branches ; wishes an engagement in private place
where a good man would be appreciated. Robert Palmer,
1828 Columbia avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.

BY 1st of March, single man, competent to take charge of
Greenhouse, Vegetable Garden and Pleasure Grounds.
Good reference. Address, Gardener, care Henry A. Dreer,
714 Chestnut St., Phila.

AS Gardener, Scotchman, age 35, married, and understands
all branches, including Orchids ; first-class private place,
or could take the management of a Florist's establishment.
Address D. V., care of D. Saunders, Whitneyville, Conn.

BY a single Scotch gardener; thoroughly understands
Greenhouses, Hot and Cold Graperies, Flower, Fruit
and Vegetable Garden ; can give seven years' reference from
last employer. Address, S. H. B., care of H. C. Green,
Florist and Seedsman, Baldwin Street, Elmira, N. Y.

GARDENER'S situation wanted by the undersigned, who
has for a number of years past been head gardener at
Hollywood, Long Branch, N. J., (residence of John Hoey,
Esq.) He has a thorough knowledge of every branch oi
the business, including Orchid and Grape growing ; is Scotch,
married and has two voung children. Address
JAMES MACKEY,

Long Branch, N. J.

HM. ENGLE ft SONS Marietta, Pa., offer for Spring, 1882,
• Horse Chestnut, Silver Maple, Norway Sprace, Irish
Juniper, iVraerican and Siberian ArborvitaR, Gregg Rasp-
berries, Currants, Strawberry Plants, Grape Vines, Tuberose
Bulbs Conover's Colossal Asp. Roots and Seed. Prices upon

apphcation^ f. 2

DESIRABLE FLORIST'S BUSINESS FOR SALE.
Established 13 years. Growing fast. Large shipping trade.
3 Railroads, 2 Express ofBces. Will sell business, lease,
dwelling and six Greenhouses, in complete repair, well
stocked with plants. Best boilers, large coal cellar, soil
house, cold frames, Ac. An active man with capital to buy,
could enter a profitable business at once.

W. T. BELL, Florist, Franklin, Pa.

A nursery foreman and propagator,
with small family. Small green-
house. Good wages. Good refer-
ence required. Address,

YOUNG & ELLIOTT,

12 Cortlandt St., N. Y.

FOR SALE

A paying Florist's business, only
one in town of 7000 Inhabitants.
Price $4,800. For particulars, Ad-
• dress. Dr. H, J. PURDY,

Seneca Falls. N. Y.

PflR QAI F A weU-established Florist's business and
run OHUE. property. 90 5< of the business in a live city
of 20,000 inhabitants. Truly a good business opening. For
particulars, address, Fountaine Floral Co., Racine, Wis.

Six good nursery hands. None need apply
but those who understand general nursery
stock. RANDOLPH PETERS,

Wilmington, Del.

FOR SALE

Greenhouses.

Adilrcss,
GEO. H. WRIGHT,
Bioux City,
Iowa. fS

FDR SALE.— Greenhouses and full stock of plants
for spring trade ; can make purchase money in six
months ; best plant and cut-flower trade in the city ; only
one on street railroad ; dwelling and grounds can be leased.
Reason for selling, other business occupies all my time.
Address, WHITE, Florist, Zanesville, Ohio.

Twining's Natural Order of Plants. 2 vols 81.5.00

Low's Ferns of Great Britain. 8 vols., l^ tky 80.00

Shirley Hibberd's New, Rare Beautiful L'ved Plants. 1 vol.. .9.00

" " Amateur's Flower Garden 3.00

" " " Greenhouse 3.00

" " " Rose Book 3.00

Wooster's Alpine PlanU. 2 vols \'].f>Q

Wild Flowers, 2 vols, colored plates, 5.00

" of the Holy Land (quarto) colored plates 8.60

Fern Paradise, Illustrated, plain edition S.dO

" " Photographs, 5.00

" colored plates 1.75

Garden 1.50

Field Flowers, " 1.50

British Fungi, " 2.50

Microscopic Fungi, " 2.50

Country Walks, by a Naturalist, Illustrated 1 75

Half Hours in the Green Lanes 2.00

Half- Hours with some English Antiquities 2.00

Marvels ofPond Life, Illustrated 1.75

Sea-Weed Collector (Shirley Hibberd) colored illustrations.. . .2.00

Sylvan Spring, colored plates 5 00

Book About Roses. S. Reynolds Hole. Illustrated 3.75

Greenhouse Fanc'es, splendid colored Illustrations 12 50

Newton's Landscape Gardening, fol., 24 dble pp, plates 6 00

British Sea Weeds, Mosses, Ferns and Entomology, square,

16mo, gilt, 89 plates, 4 vols 12.00

Newton's Landscape Gardener 5.0

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Thornton's Herbal (258 Engravings Bewick) ... Jio.co
Dodonaeus Herbal (Black letter, 1570) % turkey, very rare 10.00
Florigraphia Brittannica (Deakin) 4 vols. 1625 Illustrations

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Index to Advertisements.

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Possible. Changes oy copy must be in by the 10th. Copy /or now
orders received after the itd of each month cannct be insured
insertion in the next issue. Fly-leaf copy .(a;A<rM?rnew or
changes) mustbe in by the\6i\\. For Adv rates ser.'>ji cover page .

Allison Matthew, Fort Monroe, Va 15

Bayersdorfer M. M. & Co., Philadelphia 4

BeU W. T., Franklin, Pa 27

Blanc A., Philadelphia 7

Bliss B. K. &Sons, Ne* York City Cover

Bridgeman Alfred, New York 14

Burrow J. C, Fishkill.N.Y 7

Business Directory g

Cannell H. & Sons, Swanley, Kent, Eng 15

Carmody J. D., Evansviile, Ind ao

Chicago Witness Co., Chicago 6

Chicago Floral Co., Chicago, 111 14

Childs Rev.T. P. , Troy, 0 9

Churchman J., Burlington, N.J 17

City and Country Co., Columbus, O 6

CoemanChas. Jr., Los Angeles, Cal 6

Collins, J. S., Moorestown, N.J sg

Cowen N.. New York 28

Dewey D. M , Rochester, N, Y 12

Dick John Jr. , Philadelphia 12, 13

Dingee & Conard Co , West Grove, Pa 2, 4

Dreer Henry A., Philadelphia 6, 11, 13, 15, 16

Due OF., Salt Lake City, Utah

Eisele John G., Philadelphia 9, 16

Elder Walter, Philadelphia 18

EUwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y 17

Engle H. M. & Sons, Marietta, Pa 27

Engle Urie E., Marietta, Pa 10

Exeter Machine Works, Boston and Exeter, N. H Cover

Farmer's Adviser, York, Pa 14

Fassett F. E. & Bro., Ashtabula, 0 15

Fergusson David & Sons, Philadelphia 13

Ferry D. M. & Co., Detroit, Mich 9

Fountaiiie Floral Co., Racine, Wis 27

Garmore John, Cincinnati, O 10

Gregory James H , Marblehead, Mass 18

Hales H. W., Ridgewood, N.J 9

Hallett H. & Co., Portland, Maine 13

Halliday Robert J , Baltimore, vid 8

Hallock V. H.. Son & Thorpe, Queens. N. Y 14

Henderson Peter & Co.. New York i

Hews A. H. & Co , North Cambridge, Mass 19

Hitchings & Co , N.w York 3

Hoopes, Brother & Thomas, We.st Chester, Pa 11

Hovey & Co., Boston, M^ss 9

HubbardT.S., Fredonia. N Y 13

Ilgenfritz \. E., Monroe, Mich. 15

Jenkins J., Winona, Ohio 13

Johnson I S. & Co., Boston, Mass 13

King James, Chicago, 111 Fly-Ieai"

Landreth D. & Sons, Philadelphia Fly leat

Lovett J. T. Little Silver, N.J Cover

Mackey James, Long Branth, N.j 27

Marschuetz & Bacharach, Philadelphia 6

McAllister F. E., New York 28

McCurdy J. C. &Co., Philadelphia 13

McGredy John, Springfield, 111 15

Meehan Thomas, Germantown, Phila 9, 14

Meehan W. E., Philadelphia 7.13

Merchants. L &Co.,NiwYork lo

Miller Geo. L., Butler Co., O 12

Miller & Yates, Philadelphia Fly-leaf

Moore John B. & Son, Concord, Mass 16

Munn&Co., New York 6

Nanz & Neuner, Louisville, Ky 10

Nungesser Henry, New York n

Parsons & Sons Co., Flushing. N. Y Cover

Penfield Block Co., Niagara Co , N. Y 10

Peters Randolph, Wilmington, Del 13, 27

Phillips W. R., Milford, Del 9

Purdy Dr. H. J., Seneca Fal's, N. Y 27

Reynolds Benj , Norfolk, Va 11, 12

Richardson W. A. Louisville, Ky 10

Roe E. P., Cornwall- on- Hudson, N Y ; 28

Rolker August & Sons, New York i

Rutter J. , West Chester, Pa 7

Saul John, Washington, D. C 14. '5

Seal Thomas F., Unionville, Chester Co., Pa 12

SealyJac.C.&Co,, Maspeth, N. Y 6

ShanahanC. E., Easton, Md 16

Smith David, Boston, Mass 5

Smith T., P. M., Fresh Pond, N. Y 9

Smith Samuel, Newport, R.I 7

Stark & Co., Louisiana. Mo 16

Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine 12

Stone Geo. A., Rochester, N. Y 4

Straiton & Storm, New York Fly-leaf

I Swain R. A.. Philadelphia 7

j Thorburn J. M. & Co., New York 10

True & Co., Augusta, Maine 12

Vaughan J. C, Chicago, 111 Fly-leaf

Vick James, Rochest- r, N. Y, Cover

Walker F. & Co . New Albany, Ind 6

I Walker Mrs. Dr G. B. Evansviile, Ind 9

Wallace Washei Co., New Y rk «a

I Weeks & Ray. Buffalo, N. Y 7

Welch Bros. , Boston, Mass 15

I Whilldn &Co., Philadelphia 11

White John. Jersey City, N.J Fly-leaf

While, ZanesviUe, O 27

Wright Geo H., Sioux C'ty, Iowa 27

! Young & Elliott, N. Y 15, 27

For Sitnations Wanted see page 27.

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HOW TO HUNT AND TRAP.

By J. B. Battt, Hunter and Taxidermist.

Containing full instructions for hunting the Buffalo, Elk, Moose,
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PRACTICAL AZALEA CULTURE.

A TREATISE on the PROPAGATION and CULTURE

OF THE

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BY ROBERT J. HALLIDAY.
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MARCH, 1882.

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CONTENTS OF THE MARCH NUMBER.

SEASONABLE HINTS -

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground.
Fruit and Vegetatole Garden

COMMUNICATIONS :

Mr. Hunnewell's Garden at Wellesley

A Blue Flowering Bedding Plant

Ageratum

Florist Flowers

Coelogyne Cristata

Clerodendron

Coelogyne Cristata

Greenhouses Heated by Steam

Coelogyne Cristata

Pruning Fruit Trees

Fig Culture at the Nortli

Culture of the Teasel

The Bacteria Theory

The Influence of Electric Light on Plants.

Fremontia Califomica, and a Howl

The Wild Garden

Prof. C. V. RUey and the Yucca Moth

EDITORIAL NOTES :

Ornamental Rhubarb— Pilea repens— Ornamental
Grasses — Crataegus arborescens— Arnold Arborfe-

tum— Rare Trees in Germantown

Rogiera gratisima— Steam Heating— Libornia Pen-
rhoseana— Cut Flowers in Paris— Stephanotis flori-
bunda— Aealypha marginata — Buttonhole Bou-
quets—Chrysanthemums—Cut Flowers in Eastern

Cities— Red Berries in Winter Pot Plants

SowingSeeds— Coal Tar— Hothouse Grapes— Plum,
Bassett— Raspberries in the North— The Earliest
Peach— Raspberry, Shaffer's Colossal— Bees and
Fruit— Very Hardy Apples— Apple, Rome Beauty
—Can Fruit Trees be Over-fed ?— Phylloxera— Flat
Culture in Potato Growing— Sponge Growing— The
Blackman Plum— Linseed Oil as a Remedy for

Scale— Gros Colmar Grape

School of Forestry— Cottonwood in Kansas— Joa.-
quin Miller on Forestry— Timber on the Pacific
Coast— Elms of Ohio— Forestry Meeting— Honey

Locust Timber— Ailanthus Timber— Spruce Gum

—Locust Shingles

Coco Grass— The Past Season in California— Sec-
tion of the Mammoth Tree of California— North
American Lichens— The Winter in France— Des-
modium penduliflorum— Pritchardia grandis— The
Rain Tree— The Cla'n ;se Varnish Tree— Arctic
Coniferte— A Sweet Orchid— Influence of the Stock

on the Graft — Manipulated Wines

Legend of the Cornelia Cook Rose— Flora of Aus-
tralia—Pennsylvania Fruit Growers' Society-
Michigan Horticultural Society— Disappearance of
a Gardener— W. O'Brien— The Florist and Pomo-
logist— Produce of French Vineyards— General In-
i j dex and Supplement to the Nine Reports on the
^ ' Insects of Missouri— Report of the Royal Gardens
g^^ ' for 1880— Bulletin of the United States Geological
and Geographical Survey of the Territories— An-
nual Report of the Chief Signal OfiBcer of the
I Army to the Secretary of War— Horticulture of

jj_ „^ ! Boston and Vicinity

NEW OR RARE PLANTS AND FRUITS :
! A Double Dahlia— President Garfield Zonale Ger-
anium—Improved Chinese Primroses— A White
! Heliotrope— Steam Heating— Asparagus plumosus

73_74 ; — Ixora splendida

I SCRAPS AND QUERIES :

I Hardy Cypripediums— A Fine Ohio Thorn— Winter

Flowers in Texas

Asparagus Plumosus — Begonia Schmidtii

Levy's Late or Winter 'Peach— A Kne Peach

FLOWER GARDEN AND PLEASURE GROUND

GREENHOUSE AND HOUSE GARDENING

80-82 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDENING

FORESTRY • •

NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE

1 LITERATURE, TRAVELS & PERSONAL NOTES.

65-71
71-76
76-83
83-84
84-91
92-9G

I^ilinm anratiim,

Lilmm rnbnun,
Liiliiiin candidnm.

Tuberose, Gladiolus

AND OTHER

FINE STOCK at LOW PRICES.
STRAW BASKETS of my own manufactura.

Immortelles, Grasses,
Rustic Work, &c., &:c.

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Allen's American Farm Book„ 1 00

Appleton's American Encyclopedia, 16 vols., full sheep 50 00

Beet Culture and Beet Sugar, by Childs ^...•. 75

Breck's New Booi of Flowers 1 25

Blake's Farmei's Cyclopaedia ~ 1 00

Blake's Farm and Fireside ^ 100

Boyd's Philadelphia Business Directory (1877-78) 75

" " (1878-79) 75

Bnist's Family Kitchen Gardener «^ 75

Children's Garden, and What They Made of It 60

Coal Flora Atlas ot Penna., 85 double page plates, ]^ tky 3 50

Cobbett's American Gardener 1 00

Dinks, Mayhew and Hutchinson on the Dog ^ 2 00

Donaldson's Manures, Grass and Farming 2 00

Don's Gardeners' and Botanists' Dictionary, 4 vols., quarto. 12 00

Downing's Rural Essays..^ 2 50

" Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, I copy at 1 00

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Facts About Peat 1 00

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Farmers' and Mechanics'^ Manual 2 50

Field's Pear Culture ^ 1 00

Fitch's Noxious Insects, N. Y 75

Five Acres too Much. 1 25

Frank Forester's Sporting Scenes and Characters, 2 vols 4 50

" " " " 2 vols 2 50

Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Gardener's Companion 1 00

Fuller's Small Fruit Culturist 1 00

Green and Congdon's Botany, Quarto Illustrated 1 60

Harris on Injurious Insects ^... 2 50

Henry Courtland, or What a Farmer Can Do 1 00

Hoffey's North American Pomologist, quarto, full page, col.

plates 4 00

Hooper's Western Fruit Book „ 1 00

Horse Owners' Cyclopaedia (Walsh, Ac.) 2 75

Horticulturist, ^tky., (good as new) 1857 2 50

How to Get a Farm and Where to Find One 1 00

Jenning's Cattle Doctor ; 1 25

Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry ., _.. 1 50

Johnston's Elements of Agricultural, Chem. and Geology... 1 25

Klippart's Land Drainage 1 25

Ladies' Flower Garden, Mrs. Loudon ^ » 1 25

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Loudon's Encyclopedia of Gardening, cloth. ..« 7 00

" '^ of Cottage Architectuxe, J^ tky 7 80

Mead's Grape Culture and Wine Making « $3 00

Mcintosh's Orchard, with colored plates 8 00

Miss Tiller's Vegetable Garden 80

Mrs. Lee's Trees, Plants and Flowers, guilt, colored plates...4 60

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My Garden, its Plan and Culture (1250 engravings) 6 75

Neill's Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Gardener's Companionl 00

Norton's Scientific Agriculture ^ »..l 00

New Practical Window Gardener, colored plates 2 00

New American Gardener 76

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Pear Culture for Profit ^. 75

Planter's Guide ^ 1 60

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Prince on the Vine, i^calf ...1 50

Randall's Practical Shepherd 1 26

Rivers' Miniature Fruit Garden 60

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Sheldon's Dairy Farming, 25 colored plates, 225 wood-cuts,

quarto, gilt 9 00

Skeleton Leaves 128

Smee on the Potato Plant 75

Stephen's Book of the Farm, 2 vols., oct 4 00

Stewart's Stable Book 1 25

Studies, byJ. A. Dorgan 76

Talna, or Chronicles of a Clay Farm 75

Todd's Young Farmer's Work-shop 125

I " " Manual 2 00

I Ten Acres Enough 100

I The Plant, a Biography, 5 col. plates and 13 wood eng's.... 2 60

! Tobacco and its Culture, Billings 2 25

I Todd's American Wheat Culturist 160

! Todd's How tc Make Farming Pay 2 00

j Tour Round My Garden 26

Unity of Law (H. C.Carey) 9 25

Waring's Elements of Agriculture 76

Wharton's Handbook and Treatment of the Horse 85

What may be Learned from a Tree 70

Wheeler's Homes for the People 2 25

Wheeler's Rural Homes 90

Wood's Class-book of Botany 2 60

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" Object Lessons in Botany, one copy at. 1 25

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" Country Homes 75

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2 THE NOR TICUL TURA L AD VER 7 JSER.

Roses for Florists.

ONE MILLION ROSES IN SEVEN HUNDRED
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IMPORTANT Tfl RIIYFRQ our roses are not forced, but are grown

imruniMlii lU DUiLno. in ordinary soil, without manure or any

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FLORISTS SAY OUR ROSES GIVE BETTER SATISFACTION THAN ANY OTHERS THEY CAN BUY.

QITC f\^ PI AMTQ We offer but one size of Roses, strong, vigorous

Olfct Ur rLnlllO. plants, from 2 Uinch pots. They run from 8 to 12
inches high, according to variety, and are thrifty, well matured, heavily rooted
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Per 100. Per 500. Per 1000.

EVER-BLOOMING ROSES, First class assortment, $ 8.00 $35.00 $70.0O

HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES, " " 10.00 45.00 90.00

MOSS ROSES. " " 15.00 75.00 150.00

CLIMBING ROSES, " " 8.00 35.00 70.00

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Special attention is given to supplying Florists with reliable plants of all the new and scarce Roses at reasonable
rates. The following choice varieties, and hundreds of others, will be found in our Wholesale Frice List, sent FREEl
to Florists, Market Gardeners and Dealers, viz.:

Per Doz. Per 100.

DUKE OF CONN AUCHT, (Bennett,) New Scarlet Hybrid Tea Rose S9.00 $65.00'

BEAUTY OF ST A PLEFORD, (Bennett,) New Crimson Hybrid Tea 4.00 25.00

MAD. ETIENNE SE VET, New French Hybrid Tea, .Scarlet 4.00 25.0O

QUEEN OF BED DERS, (Bourbon,) Crimson, splendid for Bedding 4.00 25. OO

ALPHONSE KARR, Fine Crimson Tea 4.00 25.00

MADAME WELCH, Tea, m.ignificent creamy yellow buds 3.00 16. OO

MAD. CHEDANNE GUI NISSEAU, Tea, Finest New Yellow 5.00 35.00

PRINCESSE STEPHANIE, Tea, New'Pink from France 4.00 25.00

CATHARINE MERMET, Tea, Bright Pink, splendid for forcing 2.00 lO.OO

ANNIE MARIE DE MONTRAVEL, Pure White, < The New Polyantha ) ^ ^^ 25 OO
MAD'ELLE CECILE BRUNER, Pale Rose, < Roses from Japan, i

DUKE OF TECK, New Scarlet Hybrid Perpetual, 4.00 25. OO

CROWN PRINCE, New Crimson Hybrid Perpetual 4.00 25.00

JAMES VEITCH, Finest Crimson, perpetual moss 8.00 5O.00

Plenty of perle des Jardins, Niphetos, C. Cook, Marechal Robert, Mad. Rachel, M. NieU
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MOSS ROSES, leadina; kinds, 18 to 24 in., strong, our selection, no whites !»18.00

CLIMBING KOSES,leading kinds, assorted, 2 to 4 feet SIO.UO "

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Corrugated Fire-box Boiler. -f ^~v "^JST "MI* Xi T rf"^ IT' fiS

Five sizes. Patented. 1867. New Patterns, 1873 ^-^ ^^^ ^^ ""^ -■^^' -■" ^^ ""^ ^^ •

IMPROVED

Sash-Raising Apparatus,

LiFiiiG-EODS m mm,

ETC., ETC.

Improved Sa«Mie Boiler. send 6 Cents Postage for Illustrated Catalogat,

Fnre sizes. New Patterns 1877. ,,. _ - j •» t

with References and Prices.

THE NOR TICLL TURAL A D VER TISER.

Prize Medal of Cincinnati Industrial Esposition of 1873; Modal

and Diploma of International Exposition of 1877,

"For best display of Bouquet Papers."

We beg to call the attention of the WHOLESALE and RE-
TAIL TRADE in FLORISTS' GOODS to our well assorted stock
for the Fall season :

BOUQUET PAPERS (1TALIENS), PASTED CARTONS,

Plain White Edges, Gold and Silver Edges, White Satin for
Bridal Bouquets, Fancy Lace Paper for Weddings, Recep-
tions and Parties.

IMMORTELLES-ORIGINAL BUNCHES.

White and all Colors.

DRIED GRASSES AND FLOWERS,

In great varieties and styles ; very suitabla for ornamental
purposes.

ORNAMENTAL CRASS BOUQUETS.
FRENCH AND CERMAN CREEN MOSS.
TIN FOIL-Best in the Market.

IMC. !«:. BA.YERSDOFtF-ER cSc CO.,

IMPORTERS OF FLORISTS' MATERIALS,

$Q ^QEWm WQWEWm BTEMET.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Also Importers of Fancy WILLOW and MOSS BASKETS, and Manufacturers
of Fancy STRAW, BROWN VARNISHED WILLOW, and WHITEand GILT BASKETS.

Send Orders early in Fall. Illustrated Catalogue gratis on application.

For Nurserymen and Dealers*

DORMANT ROSES AND SHRUBBERY FROM OPEN GROUND.

Hybrid Perpetual Roses— Good one and two year plants •. »14perlOO; »126perl(XX)

Climbing Roses— Good one and two year plants »10perlOO; S 90 per lOOO

Moss Roses— Good one and two year old plants »16 per 100.

Hydrangea grand iflora— Good bushy plants, 2 to 3 feet »20 per 100.

ALSO, A LARGE STOCK OF
DEUTZIAS. SPIREAS, SNOW BALLS, WEIGELAS, HONEYSUCKLES, CLEMATIS VITICELLA, WISTERIAS, &c., &C.

Strong, thrifty plants from open ground ; suitable for filling retail orders. Prices low. Lists for the TRADE ONLY
free on application. Address,

Rose Growers,

THE DINGEE & CONARD CO.,

West Grove, Chester County, Pa.

ja.tf

The Golden Pocklington Grape.

I control the entire STOCK of this Grape by purchase, and am prepared to offer inducements to nurserjTnen and
dealers who desire a good specialty to place in the hands of their salesmen. Also can supply elegant lithographs of it for
issuing in catalogues at a price so low that the sale of a very few vines will pay for a thousand of them, and circulars,
photographs of the fruit, &e., making a most complete outfit with which to sell the grape. ALSO,

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII or JAPAN IVY

AT A LOW FIGURE.

GEORGE A. STONE,

104 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, N. Y.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

Medal and Diploma awarded by the U. S. Centen-
nial Commission, 1876, also Gold Medal and Diploma
Awarded at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts
Charitable Mechanic Association, held in Boston,
1878, to

DAVID SMITH,

Manufacturer of Patent Improved

PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX RETURN FLUE BOILER

AND

PATENT PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX

BASE BURNER BOILER,

FOR HEATING

Oreenhousest Graperies, Conservatories, Propagating Houses, For-
cing Pits, Public and Private Buildings, Schools, Drying
Rooms, and Heating Water for Baths.

ALSO KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND

Expansion Tanks, Evaporating Pans, Stop Valves, Cast-iron Pipe, Elbows, Tees, Branches, Pipe
Chairs and everything necessary, of the best material, for Greenhouse Heating.

Smith's Improved Ventilating Apparatus, for opening and closing Ventilating Sash, on
roof or sides of Greenhouses and Graperies.

Judges' Report on awards, with descriptive illustrated circular containing testimonials and
reference. Also price list furnished on application to

D.A.VID SIVCITZX,

86 BSVSRZ-ir

hb.ll

BOSTON. MASS.

THE NOR TICVL TURAL AD VER TISER.

MARSCHUETZ & BACHARACH,

25 NORTH FOURTH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa.,

IMPORTERS OF AND WHOLESALK DEALERS IN

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

SUCH AS

Bouquet Papers or ItaiienS, 'n great varieties oJ styles and Patterns. Pasted CartOflS, 'D ail sire*.

IMMORTELLES.

Dried Grasses and Flowers, suitabh for Decorations. Ornamental Bouquets, for Vases.

French Green Mosses, Baskets, Wire Designs, Tin Foil. *•'"

Our connection with European Houses enables us to sell goods at lowest figures. Orders will receive careful attention and prompt
shipment. A. Riemschneider's (Brandenburg-on-Havel), Wholesale Catalogue of Roses and Bulbs, mailed free on application to us.

In consequence of the large demand for Hybrid Tea Rose,

Duke of Connaught,

We have to announce that we will be

UNABLE TO SUPPLY PLANTS IN QUANTITY UNTIL JUNE 1st.

"We will BOOK ORDERS for this SUPERB ROSE to be filled at THAT DATE.

JAG. C. SIZAIiiir <£ CO.,

MASPETH, N. Y.

CALIFORJNIA.

FREE

Address, CHAS. COLEMAN. Jr., Los Angeles, Cal.

All about
Resources,
Climate.

What can be done here, what it costs to come, routes, when

and wherf> to go.

The great Agricultural and Horticultural Paper of the

Pacific coast.

SEMI-TROPIC CALIFORNIA

An Illustrated Monthly.
Subscription price east of the Rocky Mountains, %\ .
Sample copy to any address
for three three-cent stamps,

n.6

I

Rl^ A ^ I City and Country, the
l^i^U I only illustrated literary and
agricultural paper in America,
will be sent to any address, on trial, three
months for 1 5 cents. The yearly subscrip-
tion price is $1. Agente make easily from $15 to
$25 per week. Send for special circular. Ad-
dress, City and Country Co., Columbus, O. d.4

QRAPE VINES

A large stock of the leailine varieties, nlso tlie followine;
new sorts: LADY WASHINGTON. DUCHESS. VERGENNES,
HIGHLAND. MONROE, JEFFERSON, ROCHESTER, ELDO-
RADO, POCKLINGTON and PRENTISS.

THE STORRS & HARRISON CO.,

mhl Painesville, Ohio.

ColeuTl Cactus! Cal las I Smilax

Cactus. 6 good blooming varieties, »5.00 per 100.
Smilax, strong young plants, in 2J^-in. pots, S4.00 per 100.
Culeus, strong plants, well colored, in 20 varieties, including

best of the old ones and the oreani of the new, 3-in. pots,

»4.00 per 100; 2K-in. pots, SiS.OO per 100.
Kootecl Cuttings, $1.00 per 100.
Callas, in 2V;C-in. pots, »4.00 per 100: 4-in. »8.00 per 100.

mh2 BROWN & FLANAGAN, AKRON, OHIO,

Verbenas, Etc.

Fine Healthy Plants, best varieties,

Scarlet, White, etc . • . .«3.00 per 100; S30.00 per 1000

Booted CuitingH 1.00 " 8.00 "

Geranium!*, fine plants, 23^-iuch pots 5.00 per 100

Beliotropes, 2%-inch pots 5.00 "

Coleus, 10 varieties 4.00 "

0.6

F. WALKER & Co., New Albany, Ind.

CHARLES J. POWER,

SOUTH FRAMINGHAM, MASS.

Bedding and Miscellaneous Plants.
Flovcrers and Floral Decorations

mli2 FURNISHED AND ARRANGED TO ORDER.

Sent FREET"

EVAPORATING rKUl I
Profits and Generul Stntisticc.

American Mf g Co., Waynesboro, Pt

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

Swain's Improved Patent

HOT WATER APPARATUS

For Heating GREENHOUSES, Hot Houses, Conservatories,
Public and Private Buildings, &.c.

Thamas J. Myers, Jr., having purchased the Patent of the late
THOS. J. MYERS, we are prepared to furnish all the sizes of BOILERS
manufactured by the late Firm of THOS. J. MYERS & SON, We are
making these BOILERS with GREATLY INCREASED STRENGTH
AND DURABILITY. Send for ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR AND
PRICE LIST.

R- -A. STATA-IN,

THOS. J. MYERS, Manager. 1173 South 9th St., Phila.

SINGLE DAHLIAS.

Wa5 awarded mv SIXGLE DAHLIAS at the September
Horticultural Show, Boston, for lieing the BK8T ON
EXHIBITION. I now otter tliem f or sale in T W ELV J2
DISTINCT SHADES, to be deUvered after Februar\- 1st at

S9.00 per doz. S5.00 per half doz.

Orders from unknown correspondent* must be accom-
panied by cash. A liberal discount to the Trade.

SAM'L SMITH, Florist,

ja.6 NEWPORT, R. I.

Weeks' Patent Combination Beam

17. S. STANDARD SCALES,

662 "Washington Street, BTJrFALO, N. Y.

Wlce of 3-ton, platform 7xU fi., $50.00. 4lon, 8it4 ft., (60.OO.
Other size? proportionately low in price. AcctiHiCY, Dura-
bility ASD Co.wKMSNCKOCARANTKiD. Our Scale Combines the
hnprovemenu of the celebraieJ makera^that have been long tried

; in principle. Our Combination 1

nnirersally acknowledged to be aradicalimprovemenloverany-

,v: ..-..._...--_ .. anufactured. Our patent. whiCh

itigatcd before the United States
Oourt, and every claim established, and an injunction granted
««alnst the infringers. Judiring from the reports of those now
XM\\t oar Scale, it stands to-day without an equal.

WEEKS & RAY. JVIanufactarer8» j^.4

Peach TreeR, 1 vear, 4 to 6 feet, tine S66.00 per 1000

Flam on Peach, 1 vear, 4 to 6 feet, fine. . . - 15.00 per 100

Apricots, 1 year, 4 to 5 feet lO.OO

mh2 J. W. THOMAS, Kins of Prussia, Pa.

Wood and Photo-Engraver,

314 N. ELEVENTH ST.. PHILADELPHIA.

Electros of Fruits, Flowers, Plants, etc., cheap. Will fur-
nish you with any cut yon want, or that you can send me a
clear print of. Send for Catalogue and Prices. f.l3

TOBACCO STEMS

•n bales weighing 500 Iks. each, at ^5.00 per bale, or three bales for
$12.1.0.

TOBACCO DUST in cases of about 401 lbs. at $2.53 per
c-ise, or five cases for $t3.oo. Free on board of boat or cars.

Straiton & Storm,

204-208 East 27th St.. New York City.

ja.4

THE NEW . ST RAWB FR RY c^^;
R\j\^UOV< Y\SWVAV\. U.N.

THE HOR TJCUL TURA L AD VER TlSh R.

STOCK WHICH I HAVE IN QUANTITY

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY, Florist,

BAia^riiKioRx:, nriD.,

Offers the FoUow^ing for March.

Each.

Alternanthera aurea, new golilcn 15

Ampelopsis Veitcliii, first size 15

" *' second size 10

Alyssum flora plena

" Tom Thumb, single dwarf

Azaleas, Indica, 3 inches 15

" " 2 " fine for mailing 10

Bouvardia, Alfred Neuner, double white 20

Camellia Japonica See Trade List.

Cissus diBcolor 10

Daphne odorata, 3 inch 25

Per doz.

Per 100-

1 60

10 00

180

12 00

1 00

8 00

75

600

75

6 00

1 80

12 00-

100

8 00

1 11

12 00

1 00

8 00-

2 40

20 00

Bon Silene, Safrano, Cornelia Cook, Marechal Niel, Marie Van Houtii, Cen. Jacqueminot,
IMarie Cuillott, Niphetos, Catharine Mermet, La France Perle des Jardines.

Kich. Per doz. Per 100.
Price ot the above, 2 inch 100 800

' 3 '• 120 10 oe

Roses, Hybrid Teas (Bennett's), 2-inch Pots.

Each. Per doz. Per 100.

Dake of Coniiaught, or Ever-blooming Jack, the coining rose, color velvety crimson, 50 6 00 40

Beauty of Stapleford, large pinkish rose 50 500

Hon. Geo. Bancroft, bright ro.sy crim.«on 50 5 00

Nancy Lee, dark silvery rose 50 500

Pearl, blush white 50 SOO

Jean Sisley, rosy lilac 50 500

Mad. liOuise Henry, purplish pink 50 500

Viscountess Falmoiith, delicate pink 50 500

Duchess of Westminster, briglit cherry 50 5 00

Allcbael Saunders, color bronze pink 50 5 00

THE SET OF TEN FOR THREE DOLLARS.

For other plants see my General Trade List and New Illustrated Catalogue for i882»

Mailed free to all applicants. Address,

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY, Florist,

BALTIMORE. UD.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

BxxsirrssB Dix%E:c"roF(ir.

M.S. ANDERSON, Duchess Grape and Gen
eral Nursery, Union Springs, N. Y.

Send for Circular and conditions of insertion under this heading."®*

J. M. PHILLIPS, Garden and Flower Seeds,
Mercersburg, Pa.

J. D. BRENNEMAN, Roses, Greenhouse
and Bedding Plants, Harrisburgh, Pa.

JOHN S. COLLINS,

Trees, See ,

Small Fiuit, Plants,
Moorestown, N. J.

J. C. GIBSON, Novelties and Specialties fcr
Spring of 1882, Woodbury, N. J.

H. C. GREEN, New Planu and Seeds,

Elmira. N. Y.

D. S. GRIMES & CO., Fruit & Ornamental
Trees, Vines, Bulbs, &c., D.nver, Col.

JNO. G. HEINL, Greenhouse, Hothouse.Bed-
ding and New Plants, Terre Haute, Ind.

A. E. KINGSLEY & CO., Nurserymen, Sodus,
N. y. Branch Ottce, New Haven, Conn.

A. W. LIVINGSTON & SONS, Seed, Pota-
toes and implements, Columbus, O.

THOMAS MEEHAN,

Nurseryman & Tree Seeds, Germant'n.Phil.

HENRY MICHEL & CO,, Seed and Plant
Merchants, St. L.ouis, Mo.

HANS NIELSON, Floral Conservatories,

St. Joseph, J

SPALDING & McGILL, Flower Seeds, BulU
and P.ants, Aiubworth, Iowa.

GEO. SUCH Rare Hothouse and Oeen-
hou^e f lants, South Amboy, N. J.

E. B. UNDERHILL, Small Fruits,

Poughkeepsie, N. Y_

J. C. VAUGHAN, Seeds, Tools, Bulbs, Flor-
ists' Supplies, Chicago, Ills.

100,000 PEACH TREES,

Free from Yellows. 23 years experience in Nursery Business

in New Jersey and Delaware.

NATURAL, VIRGINIA, PEACH PITS.

Price Lists free.

W. R. PHILLIPS, Milford, Del.,

Address,

fChurch Hill Nurseries.) t.d.12.

MEEHAN'S NURSERIES

ARE IN

GERMANTOWN,

(Part of the city of Philadelphia), and are easy of access by steam
cars to

GORGAS LANE STATION or WALNUT
LANE STATION,

Or slightly nearer by street cars to

UPPER CHURCH ST.

The Nurseries contain over one thousand kinds of Trees and
Shrubs, besides Fruit Trees and Flowers. European, African or
Asiatic orders for trees or tree seeds, receive careful attention, and
usually give customers entire satisfaction.

DrklCinklC ''or SOI^mERS,

iCnOlwnO widows, fathers, mothers or
children. Thonsandsyetentitled. Pensions given ,
for loss "f finger.toe.eve or ruptnre .varicose veins ,
or oiiv DUeaHe. ThoiLsanda of pensioners and/
Boldiers entitled to UVCKKASE irnd BOUNTY. '
PATENTS procured for Inventors. Soldiers
land warrants procured, bought and sold. Soldiers
and heirs apply for your rights at once. Send 2
stamps for "Tne Citizen-Soldier." and Pcnsinn
and Bounty laws, blanks and instructions. We
ran refer to thonsnnds of Pensioners and Clients.

Address N. W. Fitzgerald &Co.Pfn-siox &

. LocliTjux iss. Waahing-.ou. D. 0

(l.,3 tATBKTAtt'yB,

EGGS! EGGS!

From all the leading varieties of pure bred Poultry,
Bramabs, Cochin, Hamburgs, Polish Game, Dorking and
French Fowls, Plymouth Rocks and Bantams. Eggs care-
fully packed in Improved Diamond Safety Basket* and
«ent to hatch, Sl.&O for 13. Two settings or more at
• 1.00 for IS. Send for Illustrated Circular.

T. SMITH, P.M.,

FRBSH POND, N. Y.

For Sale Cheap.

Five Greenhouses, well stocked with plants, especially
Roses of all varieties— offered for sale ilieap. Five Acres-
of land attached. From one to live acres may be leased or
bought on easy terms. Address,

Mrs. Dr. C. B. WALKER,

Floral Store, 509 Upper Water St-,
ia.3 Evansville, Ind.

To any suffering with Catarrh
or Bronchitis who earnestly
desire relief, i can furnish a
means of Permanent and Pos-
itive Cure. A Home Treatment.
No charge for consultation by
mail. Valuable Treatise Free.

• 'His remedies are the outgrowth
of his own experience; they am
the only known means of per-
manent cure."— 73(ip(i*/

Rev. T. P. CHILPS, Troy, 0.

Mrs. POliIjiOCK

GERANIUMS.

Pine young plants in 2i.,-inch pots; »8.00 per dozen,
S12.00 per 100. Large s^tock plants in 3>.i .and 4-mch pots ;.
»3.00 per dozen, S3U.00 per 100.

H. W. HALES,
n.i2 Ridgewood Floral Nursery, Ridgewood, N.M.

P^^i^f^

^.,=™.«^W« 1882

Will be mailed frek to till applicants, and to cusCniners without
ordering It. It conthins five colored plates, 6oO engravings,
about 2tKt pages, and full descriplinns, prices and directions lor
planting 1500 varieties of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Plants,
Frnlt Trees, etc. Invaluable to all. Send for It. Address,

D. M. FEEEY & CO., Detroit, Mich.

All tie Best Hew Brajes.

Especially tine and large stock of

LADY WASHINGTON.

BRIGHTON VINES.

I always keep a full stock of Brightons fit for vineyard

planting.
Feb. 17, 1882.

\.y\. E. HOOKER,

Hooker Nurseries, Rochester, N. T.

10

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

The extensive assortment of the best

Ornamental Trees and Shrubs

In the old Nurseries at Flushing, L. I., of

R. B. PARSONS & CO.

Is now in large quantity and excellent condition, and large Discounts are made from the old catalogue prices of very
many knids. The stock includes very fine STREET TREES, the best Elowering Shrubs, Hydrangea paniculata, Ampe-
lopsis Veitchii, and the finer Clematis, A-c, in quantity for Dealers' uses. Camellias, Hardy and Chinese AzeleM, rar»
Evergreens, &c. The correspondence of large buyers is invited. Eor catalogues, address,

Box 603, FLUSHING, N. Y.

TREE SEEDLINGS

For Timber Plantations, Young Evergreens, Stocks, Grape i
Yines, Seeds and Seedlings for Nurserymen. Immense Stock. 1
Lowest Prices. Gre..t Variety. Catal' guf Free !

J. JENKINS.

Grape and Seedling Nursery, '

'"'^tf Winona, Columbiana Co., Ohio. |

Successor to W. E. MEEHAN & CO.,
Wholesale Dealer in

COT \\mm m mm sopplies,

f.tf REMOVED TO

15 & 17 N. Thirteenth St., Phiiadeiphia, Pa.

TIRISSIS

FOR

Street, Park

AND

LiaiArn Planting.

FINE ASSORTMENT, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING:

European Ash .' 9 to 12 and 12 to 15 feet

White Ash 10 to 12 and 12 to 15 "

European Beech 4 to 5 and 5 to 6 "

Ueciduous Cypress 4 to 6 and 6 to 8 "

'l/atalpa biKiionoides 4 to 6 and 6 to 8 "

" . speciosa 5 to 6 and 6 to 7 "

JLmerican %v hlie Elm 7 to 9, 10 to 12 and 12 to 15 "

«' Red Elm 8 to 10 and 10 to 12 "

" Linden 10 to 12 and 12 to 20 "

Jbmropean Lnrch 3 to 4, 4 to 6 and 6 to 7 "

Maple, Silver Leaved 10 to 12, 12 to 15 and 15 to 20 "

Rock or Sugar 8 to 10, 10 to 12 and 12 to 15 "

" Ash Leaved 6 to 8 and 8 to 10 "

Magnolia acuminata 7 to 9 and 9 to 12 "

European Mountain Ash 8 to 10 and 10 to 12 "

American " » 6 to 7 and 7 to 8 "

Lombardy Poplar 9 to 10, 10 to 12 and 12 to 15 "

American Sycamore 8 to 10 "

Norway apruce 3 to 4, 4 to 5 and 5 to 6 "

&c., &c., &c., &c.

Also smaller sizes of most of the above and a general as-
fiortment of Nursery Stock, Greenhouse Plants, Beeds, &c.

TlieStorrs& Harrison Co.

^Lh2 Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio.

CEMENT FOR~SILOS.— Buy our Imported
"Imperial" Portland Cement.

Weight 400 lbs. gross per bbl. It makes an artificial stone
surface. Is cheaper and more durable than the common
cements. Remit 75c. in postage stamps for our Treatise,
showing how to mix and how to use it. For circul.ar, instruc-
tions, 'Tlow to Build Silos," and good results therefrom,
sremit 60o. postae:e stamps.
S. L. MERCHANT & CO., P. 0. Box 4759, 41 Broadway, N. Y.

N. iJ. — Name your paper when writing "Merchant." f.3

09

My Illustrated Cataloirue tor l^M, contaniing full direc-
tions for culture and treatment, mailed FK?:f . (No Cata-
losrue for 1882 iSMied.) The famous "VICTORIA REGIA," or
"Royal Water Lily," is expected to be ni perfection next
midsummer in my establisliinent. Mv Catnlosrue also con-
tains a list of choice GREENHOUSE ana BEDDING PLANTS.
Fine healthy plants of LAPAGERIA ALBA, in 4-in. pots, $7.50
each, by mail, post-paid ; ready April 1st.

EDMUND D. STURTEVANT,
mhl Bordentown. K. 3,

1828- RELIABLE - 1882

BUIST'S SEEDC
->n> ARE THE —«« ^^k
EST SEED^^

Ar. entirely the product of oirr own farms, and
are iiiisurpnsseu bya"yin the worl.1 for purity
and reliability. Huist's tJarden Almanac,

coutaiulnfj IHi nafjes useful information, with prioee.

mailed ou receipt uf 3c. stamp.

SSr* Wholesale I'rice-Lisl for Merchants on applieatiott,

ROBERT BUIST, Jr.,Seed Grower,

First class Dwarf Roses, Fine stock clematis. Choice
sorts Rhododendrons Elegant Azaleas, Hardy and
Chinese, &c., &c. Send for circulars to

GABRIEL MABC,

Woodside, L. I., N. Y.

I

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

11

" DEAiAUE FLOWER POT.

PATENT APPLIED FOR.

Having three (3) holes in sides at equal distanceH and at angle with
bottom of pot, perfectly free drainage and ventilation are iusured^

The absence of hole in bottom, as in the ordinary flower pot, prevents
clogging of outlet, trouble from worms and decay of roots from want of proper
ventilation.

Also Pressed Improved and Hand-made pots. All sizes constantly on hand
at LOWEST PRICES. Hanging Vases and Seed Pans.
For Price List and Circulars apply to

WHILLDIN & CO.,

Nos. 709-11 Wharton Street,

(Agents for J. E. JEFFORDS & CO.,)

PHILADELPHIA, PA^

ESTABLISHED 1840.

Crass, Clover

AND

Forest Tree

SEEDS

ADDRESS,

83 Avenue D, New York.

ROSES! ROSES!

We offer a very large stock of one year old pot-grown
Roses, In splenditl condition, to bring on for spring sales.

They are and have been dormant through the winter, the
wood being in first-class order. The collection of Hybrids
is the best in the country, and to those who appreciate the
Talue of this class of stock, we assure them they will be
pleased with the sort and quality of plants.

Hybrid Perpetnals, Teas, Bourbons and Bengals,
4-lnch pots, «15 per 100; 5-inch pots, »18 per 100.

Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia.

Impervious Water and Air Proof Paper,

Made extra strong and will retain water without breaking
for days. It is used in Medical, Surgical and Hospital

gractice and is highly recommended as a substitute for oil
ilk. Rubber, <fcc. Also for mailing Plants, covering for
Boxes, Jars, Druggists' use, etc., and for a great variety of
wfles where air and water should be excluded. Preparetl by
F. TROWBRIDGE, Milford, Conn.

Strawberry Plants a specialty. Send tor circulars. mh2

ROOTTD CUTTINGS

of White Carnation Pres. de Graw Sl.OO per 100. Price
per 1000 upon application.

GEORGE SMITH,

MANCHESTER, VERMONT.

LOOMINGTON(PHMIX)

NURSERY. i3^a^^6irA°c"Rll1

J BstixVd } Priced Cutuloeuc for iSprlitg
( tsiJ. S 1883 innllea tree. Send for It.
mh3 SIDNEY TUTTLE.Asrt, Bloomlntrton. Illinois

B

Transplanted Norway Spruce, Larch and Hemlock,
Blackberry, Strawberry, Mulberry, &c., cheap.

J. BUTTERTON,

mhl THE LONDON NURSERY. HAMMONTON, N. J.

GREGG RASPBERRY PLANTS.

We have a line stock of GregK IRaspberry Tips, true,.
that we offer to the Trade at a Bargain. Address,

C. H. MILLER,

mh Norwich. Miiskinqum County, 0.

^FLOWERS

OVER

1500

Distinct
I Varieties

All .Strolls Plants, each labeled, delivered safely by mail.
Largest nssortiiicnt. L.ow prices. In business for 28
years. Giuiranteesatinf action. Stock comprises a»de«Vaft/e
varielie-t. Only mature plants sent. Our new Illilstrntcd
Hand-Bsok. sent free, contains the name and description of
each plant, with instructions for siicressl'ill cultivation. Do
not purchase plants elsewliere before sending for our new
II A MnaDfinif Kvery lover of tloirers should have it. All
flHUII DIIUI\ buyers of cheap plants shonid have it.
Everyone wanting neir and choice plants shonid fend for Our M

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THE HOR TICUL TUBAL AD VER TISER.

JAPAN PERSIMMON TREES

DIOSPYRUS KAKI.

A LARGE STOCK offered of GRAFTED VARIETIES at reasonable price*.

San Jose, California.

LANDRETH'S
NOVELTIES !

SAFE ARRIVAL
Trial Package for4) I ^^^ ^^H ■ '^^ ^ GUARANTEED.

Potato (Garfield) Mlb. 25c., Cabbage (Landreth's Earliest) M oz. 35c., Lettuce (Landreth'B Forcing)
loz. 15c., Lettuce (Bloomsdale Summer) 1 oz. 15c., l>cttuce ( Heat Resistinfr) loz. 15c., Melon (Boss)
M oz. 20c., Onion (Bloomsdale Pearl) Moz. 20c., Radish (BarUest White Forcing) loz 15c., «0
Radish (Early Scarlet Erfurt) 1 oz. 15c., Oats (Green Mountain) 1 pt. 25c.- Total value '^fc
W^f\,^% ^ I CASH we will forward the above list of novelties, poBtage paid. Enclose posted
P VK 91 stamps, and address D. LANDRBTH & SONS, Philadelphia, Pa. ^^a

LiHum Loagiflorum Floribunda,

Another season's experience with this remarkable Lily confirms the opinion that it is the best Lily for forcing ever
introduced, either for Cut Flowers or for the Conservatory. They commenced to bloom with us on the 16th of December
last, and we have not seen a blind stalk. Every Bulb blooms. For full description send for our New lUustratea
fChrcular, mailed free. ^_, ._-.

,nM2 JOSEPH KIFT, West Chester, Pa.

Carnation Plants^

Rooted Cuttings (from propagating bed) of Peter

Henderson, Edwardsii, DeGraw, La Pnrlte

and King of Crimsons for sale.

These are the most profitable kinds, though we have others.

THOS. F. SEAL,
ol2 Unionvllle, Chester Co., Pa.

Tuberose Bulbs.

Per 100 Per 1000

Double, Blooming size, $2.00 $15.00
Pearl, " " 2.50 20.00

ALL our BULBS guaranteed PURE. SAMPLE to
DEALERS.

mh2 EN6LE & BRO.,

Nurserymen and Florists. MARIETTA, PA.

I OFFER TO THE TRADE

A full general variety of

Hardy, Hybrid Perpetual and Moss Roses,

all grown upon their own roots, and wintered in cold light
houses : in perfect condition in ever>- respect. They can be
shipped any day. Also, full stock of

TENDER ROSES,

Large and small, in pots, and

Young Hybrid Perpetual and Moss
Iloses in Pots.

H. E. HOOKER,

Feb. 17, 1882. Hooker Nurseries, Rochester, N. Y.

POMONA NURSERY!

KIEFFEB'S HYBRID PEARS, Manches-
ter, Mt. Vernon and Sharpless Strawberries.
Cuthbert, Souhegan, and Gregg Raspberries.
Blackberries, Grapes and Currants. Fruits
and Flowers, Trees and plants. Catalogue free

WM. PARRY,
mh3 Parry P. O., N. J.

OSACE ORANGE
GUS. 1 and ^

STRAWBERRIES ! Cun^erlW Triumph

)EACH TREES!

'l year. C. C. ASPARA

S', 1 and 2 years, fine.
Manchester,

Sharpless, Kirkwood, etc. Cuthbert Raspberrv ; Snyder
B. B.j Kieffer Pear, Evergreens, Irish Juniper, Norway and
Hemlock Spruce, etc. A general supplv of fruit trees, small
- ^Price list IFKEE. F. C. BIODLE,
mhj

fruits and nursery stock.

Brandywine Nursery, Chadd's Ford. Pa.

^#%WW Iwl I k fcwWcular A Prfces write
THE AULTMAN Jt TAYLOR CO., Mansfield. Ohio.

The Bat it Cheapo*
ForDescriptiveCSr-

THE NOR TICUL JURAL A D VER TISER.

13

' We offer very strong tubers of this, the most satisfactory
variety of Gloxinia ; strong in habit, free in bloom, brilliant
in color. The colors vary in rich crimson, porcelain, purple
and lavender blue, rose and violet belted flowers. Erect,
horizontal and pendula varieties ; mixed in color. Prices
to the trade : «2.00 per dozen ; »15.00 per 100.
HENRY A. DREER,

714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

A-TXENXION" !

COT FLOWER GROWERS AND FLORISTS GENERALLY.

Undersigned wishes to inform all interested in Flowen
(by request of ni.Tny Florists), to sell all his young plants of
the superb winter-blooming. Red and White Camationa—
Hinre's Seedlings. These two varieties are exclusively
used for Cut Flower*, since their merits for winter bloom-
ing, large size, early blooming, sweet scented, nicely
frmged, was discovered about Detroit. The reason that
these two extra good Carnations are so little known outside
of Detroit City is, it never was advertised till now, since it
was first raised by seed by Mr. Hinze some years ago.
These plants advertised were propagated in December from
plants bought of originator, Mr. Hinze. Certificates will be
given to allbuyers, signed by Mr. Hinze, if requested, as to
genuineness of plants.

Si>c>o<><i<>c><><><>c <>o- : ;>0:r>c>c-o< i2
0 Mr. Hinze'8 Red Carnation, $5.00 f 100 (; ^^^®
9 Mr. Hinze'8 White " $6.00 ?? 100 ^ ^^j^

i5?>:; >c: <>c^ >c-><><>c>c:>c><:>c>o<><>o<>c><53i
Everj- Florist about Detroit knows that Hinze's Red and
White are the two best winter-blooming Carnations in
cultivation. Not less than .50 plants sold at these low rates.
Cash must be sent with everj- order. Send to

AUGUST D. MYLIUS,

mh Mt. Eiliott Ave. and Mack Road, DETROIT, MICH.

Free

by

MaU.

TO NURSERYMEN, FLORISTS and TREE DEALERS.

Early orders solicited. Send for Catalogue, i83a. New Colored Plates, Plate Books and Panoramas. Old Books Re-
bound into Pocket-Size or Panorama Albums. New Editions of Eastern or Wester* Descriptive Catalogues. Fair
Stjries of Order Books. Wood Labels,— Plain, Printed and Painted. Cut Label Wire. Label Pencils. Steel Screw
Box Clamps. Steel Digging Spade. Tree Digger. New Fruning Saw. Grafting, Pruning and Budding Knives.
Pruning Shears. Wax Fruits. Crystal Fruit Jars. Stock Books. Agents' Blanks. Apple Seed. Pear Seed. Tenn-
essee Natural Peach Pitts. Bass Bark Packing Moss. Oil Paper, etc., etc.

Address,

Fruit Plate Manumcturer, ROCHESTER, N. Y.

20,000 Trees— Magnolia Grandiflora.

The Most Beautiful Shade Tree in the World.

" Tlie great Laurel Magnolia of the Southern states is a noble tree, remarkable for its deliciously fragrant great flowers,
and thick evergreen leaves, which are shining and deep green above, and rusty-colored beneath. Hardy as far North as Phila-
delphia, where it now blossoms."— Gkay's ]Sew Ma>'ual of 13ota>'y.

delphia

"Will stand out with slight protection in Latitude of New York Citv'. Leaves, 4 in. wide ; 7 to 12 in. long. Blossoms,
9 to 12 in. in diameter, creamy white. Can be transplanted at any season of the year ; but August suits this Latitude best.

Having obtained a large stock of the above, we are prepared to till orders at the following exceedingly low prices :

Trees, 1 foot in height 25 each 1 Trees, ■! feet in height i»1.50 each

" 2feet " 50 " " 5 " " 2.00 "

" 3 " " SLOO " I " 6 to 20 feet in height 92.50 to SIO.OO "

LIBERAL DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE. All trees securely matted at the roots for shipment without extra charge
Apply early, as stock must be disposed of soon, to

BENJ. REYNOLDS, Superintendent,
i> tf Barker Floral Gardens, Brambleton, Norfolk, Va,

ROSES, VERBENAS, GERANIUMS '.JURPLUS SJOCK FOR SPRING.

and all other Bedding Plants in large quantities, also Dracsenas,
Palms and Hothouse and Greenhouse pbnts, the largest assortment
in America.

Camellias and Azaleas a specialty.

Send for Caulogue.

JNO. DICK, JR.,

mytf

53rd & WOODLAND AVE., Phila.

4tK fn ^Onp^r day at home. Samples worth J5 free. Ad-
^9'** lU ^JAUdress Stlnson & Co., Portland, Maine. ja.l2

Snyder Blackberry, per 1(X» S 1.50

Linnaeus Rhubarb, per 100 3.00

Mad. Plantier Koses, strong 2 year 12.00

Paeonies, 6 best varieties, strong 2 year 5.00

Mobs Locust, Robinia, strong 2 year lO.OO

Also a choice full assortment of all kinds of Greenhouse
and Bedding Plants, Roses, Dahlias, Small Fruit
Plants. Address, p^ p^^ BALLER

P.S.— Lower rates per 1000. Bloomlngton, Ills.

A WEEK. 812 a day at home easily made. Costly Out-
flt ffee. Address True <fe Co., Augusta, Maine, ja.12

$72

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THE HORTICULlhRAL ADVERTISER.

VMM mmi

OF

New Plants «•«' Seeds

FOR 1882

MAILED FREE ON APPLICATION,

C. H. HOVEY & CO.,

69 Tremont Street (under Tremont House),
BOSTON, MASS. t.mhl

APPLE SEEDS.

A few bushels of first-class APPtE SKEng vet for sale
Sample and price on application. CATALOGUE of
SEIEUS Ac, now ready.

THOMAS MEEHAN,

mhi Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.

12 Yrs. Ago

I FOREIGN GRAPE VINES FOR GRAPERIES.

We now otler the finest collection of Foreign Grapes srown
! in the couiitiy. Tliey :irc all good, strong, healthy canes, all
i true to name and all m excellent condition lor shipping.
1 Helow will be found list of varieties grown by us, one and
I two vears old.

I " Doipc J 0"e year old vines, $1.00 each.

I "^""^^ '• ( Two year old vines, $2.00 each.

' Bowood Muscat, Frontignan Grizzly,

I Muscat Hamburg, Frontignan Biack,

Canon Hall Muscat, Gros Colman,

\ Madresfield Court Muscat, Hamburg Black,

Hamburg Wilmot's,
Hamburg Mill Hill,
Hamburg Victoria.
Lady Down's Seedling,
Prince Albert,
Royal Ascot,
Santa Cruz.
Trentham Black,
White Nice,
White Syrean,
White Sweetwater,
"White Tokay. t.f.l2

origiiiatcH the Paraeon To-
mnto: in 187:; tlie Acme, last year

riie Porfiction. It is early.
larcre. smootli. handsome, ricri,
scarlet color, best quality, tough
skin, not so liable to crack as
Acme, and has less seed : earlier
and smoother than Paragon.
Pkts. loots. 3 for 25 cts.

Indorsed by all Sccdmcn.

$500.00 Reward 1

RUMSON NURSERIES.

(ESTABLISHED IN 18.34.)

NOW READY, NEW CATALOGUE,

De<~criptive and very instructive. Free to all applicants,
mhi B. B. HANCE, Agent, Red Bank, N. J.

CLEARING SALE OF TREES.

American arborvitae, 5 to 6 ft. ; Siberian arborvitse, 1

to 4 ft.; Norway Firs, IK to 4 ft.; Balms, IJ-^ to 4 ft.; Hem-
lock, 5 to 7 ft.; Irish ffuniper, ly.^ to 4 ft.; Sagar Alaple,
5 to 16 ft.; Silver Maple, 10 to 16 ft.; Norway Maple, 10 to
12 ft.; American Linden, 5 to 14 ft. Will be sold low by
the quantity, as the ground must be cleared. Nurseiy
■within two minutes walk of the depot at Christiana Station,
on Pennsylvania R. R.

W. P. BRINTON.
mh2 Christiana, Liaiicaster Connty, Fa.

HARDY PLANTS and BULBS.

Onr catalog^ne of the above is now ready and will be
mailed to all, free on application. It contains a large varied
selection of choice Hardy Hlants with full directions
as to cultlva ion. Our collection of Lilies together with
other uaiscellaneous Bulbs is unsurpassed in this
country, bpecial wholeeule price list will be sent to
Dealers.

mb3 WOOLSQN & Co.,

Lock Drawer £. PASSAIC, N. J.

Mrs. Prince's Black Muscat,

Muscat of Alexandria,

t-lack Prince,

Black Alicante,

Black Barbarossa,

Black St. Peter's,
I Buckland Sweetwater,
I Calabrian Raisin,
I Chasselas de Fontainebleau,
I Chasselas White,
j Chasselas Golden,
I Duchess of Buccleuch,

Frontignan White, Catalogtie sent free on application.

We would also call special attention to our stock of

Camellias, Azaleas, Acacias, Roses and general collection

of winter-blooming ornamental foliage an(l bedding plants.
DAVID FERGUSSON & SONS, Laurel Hill Nurseries,

Ridge and Lehigh Avenues, opp. Laurel Hill, Philadelphia, Pa>

C H d^ICE E V £ R G R £ £ N S!

And all kinds of Ornamental Trews and Plants.

SPECIALTIES at the MORRISVILLE NURSERY.

A large stock of handsome specimens of the best and
choicest varieties of Evergreens, Ornamental Trees, Flow-
ering Shrubs, Ac, &c., which have been recently trans-
planted, and are now in excellent condition for planting.
Abies conica 3 to 8 ft. i Hemlock Spruce :^ to 8 ft.

• compacta....! tol^ft. ' Norway " 3 to 8 ft.

orientalis 3 to 5 ft. j Retinospora pluniosa.4 to 8 ft.

• inverta StolOft. • plumosaaurea ;Uo8ft.

Picea Nordmaniana...3 to8ft. " obtusa nana...3 to6ft.

cephalonica 2to.5ft. " squarrcsa <>ft.

" pectinata 4 to 8 ft. | Arborvltaes in great variety.

1000 SUGAR MAPLES,

10 to 18 ft. A very flue lot of young thrifty trees, with clean

straight stems, well branched and with excellent roots.

3000 SUGAR MAPLES,

6 to 8 ft. Young, thrifty and straight.

500 PURPLE BEECH.

Grafted trees of a superior variety. 8 to 12 ft. high, with

well-fonned hieads.
Norway Maple, Silver Maple, Am. Elm, Ash, Linden, Larch, &c.^
SPANISH CHESTNUTS.
Trees grafted with a very large and superior variety which
is perfectly hardy, enormously productive and a regular
bearer. We believe this to be the best variety of European
Chestnut in the United States. One tree, about thirty years
old, has borne one hundred and ninety (190) quarts of nuts
during the past three years. Average size of nuts seventy to
the quart.

CONCORD CRAPE VINES,
4 years old, very fine. Herbaceous Plants, Bulbs, &c.
Paeonies in variety. Iris Koempferli, Smilax from 2J^-in.
pats. Gladiolus in great variety, splendid collection.
Double Tuberoses, strictly pure.

LILIUM LONGIFLORUM FLORABUNDA,
The new White Lily. Rhubarb, A8paragu!>, &c. Send
for Catalogue. ».Al]VIXJ t^X. G. IVtOOM*,

Successor to Mahi.on Moon & .son,

Morrisville, Bucks County, Fa.
30 miles from PhUa., on N. Y. Div. of P. R. R. mh

Strawberry Plants

In LARGE or SMALL LOTS,

Crescent Seedlings, Wilson's Albany,

SHARPLESS and other sorts. Also Asparagus ; and full
line of Nursery Stock. Catalogues gratis.

f3 RANDOLPH PETERS, Wilmington, DeL

$66

a week in your own town. Terms and $5 outfit free.
Address H. Haulett & Co., Portland, Maine. ja.l2

THE HORTICUL TURAL ADVERTISER.

15

RHODODENDRONS,

AND MANY UUNDREDS OK OTIIKU HKAUTIFIJL Till

KKHEU Tins SPUING BY

MEEHAN'S GERMANTOWN NURSERIES

Rare and interesting; plants, seldom found in collections, are grown in this cstablislmient, as for instance :—

CALLUNA VULGARIS, the Heather of English Poets.
The Famous FURZE or QORSB, ULBX EUROP^US.

The SCOTCH BROOM, GENISTA SCOPARIUS ; an.l other ol.l t.ut seldom grown and l.cau
tiiul things.

A large number of kinds can be seni to long distances by mail. Send for our Comblete Catalogue.
T H O 31: ^^ »«$ >X E: li: HL ^^ .^ .
t^'tf. Germantown, Philadclphin^ Pa.

44

New Single Dahlia, Paragon,'^ ... 50c.
The New Cactus Dahlia, " Juarezii," - 50c.

ALTERNANTHERA PARONYCOIDES MAJOR AUREA— The Finest Yellow
Foliage Plant for Designs, Carpets and Edging by the 10,000.

SPECIAL OFFER OF CARNATIONS AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN INIARCH LIST.

$15.00 per 100.

Gladioli, mixed and named, in 500 var.

LILIUM AURATUM,

New Geraniums and Fuchsias.

V. H. IlAXjilaOCH:, SON «£ THORPES

QUEENS, N. Y.

THE

Farmers' Adviser

A MONTHLY JOURNAL,

Devoted to the interests of the Farmer, Breeder, and
Stock Raiser. Only 50 cents a year.

The cheapest, spiciest, and best paper for the farmer.
Liberal cash commissions to agents. Illustrated every
month with choice stock from the best artists. Send stamp
for sample copy. All articles written by men of authority.

Address,

FARMERS' ADVISER, York, Pa.

The Typographical appearance of this spicy paper is alone
worth the subscription price. f.l2

DICK'S

Patent Si Isipmd

My Annual Priced Catalogue is now ready and will be
mailed free to all applicants. It contains all the leading and
popular sorts of

— AND—

FI^OTATEIFi SEEDS,

es all the most desirable novelties of last seaso
y everything else in my line of business. '

ALFRED BRIDGEMAN,

876 Broad-way, NEW TOKK myii

FOR HEATING HOTHOUSES, GREENHOUSES AND
DWELLING?, THREE STYLES and TWELVE SIZES to heat
from SCO to 2000 ft. of 4-in. PIPE. Send for circular to

JNO. DICK JR.,

53rd & Woodland Ave., Fbrla., Pa.

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THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

AT WHOLESALE.

Also full lino of

Florists' and Growers' Supplies,

W. E. MEEHAN,

t.s.tf 15 & 17 N. Tliirteeuth St., Phila.

NEW DOUBLE WHITE BOUYARDIA

the most valuable plant sent out for years. Price per plant in
2j4-inch pots, 50c. each ; $3.00 per doz Large plants in 4-inch
pots, 7SC. each ; $6 00 per doz. New Felargoniuok Maddon's
Victor, strong plants 7CC each; $6.to per doz. New set of 30
Verbenas for 1881. Splendid Varieties ready the 15th of
October, $3 00 for the set Jotin Wliito's Mealy Bug
Exterminator, the only known remedy to kill the Mealy Bug
without injuring the plant, Ji.co per bottle ; JB.co per doz.

JOHN WHITE,
Communipaw Ave., Jersey City,

N.J.

CORRECT TIMET

Jf you want the Best Time Keeper for the Money that
can be bought anywhere in tlie World, get the

Lancaster Watch

Sold by Jewelers throughout the United States. Its
16 grades are not the lowest in price but the best for
the money. All Quick-Train 3<i-plate Movements.
Established 1874. Ask for the LANCASTER, PA.,
QUICK-TRAIN RAILROAD WATCHES.

F[uitT[ees. hmM Trees, E^^LJi^es

EVERGREENS, &c.

Tlie undersigned offers an Extensive Stock of well grown
Fruit Trees— New Pears, New Peaches, &c. A Large Stock of

Pears, Apple, Peach, Plum, Cherry, &c.,

standards and Dwarfs,
Grape Vines, Strawberries, Currants, &c., and other small
Fruits. Ornamental Trees in great variety for Parks, Lawns,
Gardens, &c. Evergreens or all sizes of the finest quality, j
Everything pertaining to the Nursery, Florist and Seed
Business, and at the Lowest Rates.

JOHN SAUL,

WASHINGTON, D. C.

GRAPE VINES.

All Leading Varieties In large supply. Warranted
true to name. Prices low. Also, the celebrated
^ NE"W^ WHITE GRAI»E,

PRENTISS

Send stamp for Price and Descriptive List. Also
Trees. Small Fruits, etc.

7. 5. HUBBARD. Fredonla. N Y

We offer for the coming Season a larire and
fine Stock of IVach Trees of Choicest Varieties,
also Complete Assortment of Nursery Stock at
wholesale and retail. Catalogues Free.

I. E. ILCENFRiTZ & SONS,
MONROE Nl RSERY, MONROE, MICH.

MAKE HENS LAY.

An J!.ugiisii veiermary bvr^uou auu ^./uemi^t, now
traveling in this country, says that most of the Horse
anJCutt'.e PowJersBolU hcie are worthless ttash. He
says that Sheridan's Condition Powders are absolntelr
pu-e anl immensely valu.iWe. Kothin? on earth wttl
make hena lay like Sheridan's Comlition Powders. Dose,
oneteaspiionful toonepintfooU. Sold everj-wliere, or sent
by mail for eight letter stamps. I. S. JQILNSOX k CO.,
Boston, Mass., formerly Baasor Me.

LEGAL TENDER STRAWBERRY.

Productive as the Crescent; farm as the Wilson; large,
handsome, delicious. WiU be ottered by subscription.
NewWIiite Strawberry, the Fairy. Orient andfttatin
Giloss, a grand success the past season. Manchester, Mt.
Vernon.etc. EarlyProlific and Reliance Raspberries
stiU ahead. 20 acres now in bearing. Kief er and Lecont
Pear wood in quantity. All the best Small Fruit Plants.
Prentiss and other choice Grape--\-ines, Trees, etc., at low
nih2 prices. Send for List. .J. C. GIBSON,Woodbury.N. J.

ASPARAGUS CULTURE.

Tie BEST METHODS EMPLOTED in EHGLASD anJ PEAHCE.

BY JAMES BARNE.S AND \VM. KOBINSON.

With translations of Mr. Lebceuf's Essay on Asparagus,
and particulars of the seven years competition instituted
for its improvement. Illustrated with wood cuts. New
edition. 84 pages. 50 cents by mail on receipt of price.

Address, GHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

Orchid Grower's Manual

BY BENJ. F. WILLIAMS, F. R. H. S.

Containing defcriptions of 930 Species and Varieties oi
Orchidaceous Plants with notices of times of flowerine,
approved modes of treatment and practical instructions on general
culture. Remarks on heat, moisture, soil, seasons of growth and
rest suited to the several species.

FIFTH EDITION ENLARGED WITH COLORED FRONTISPIECE.
and numerous beautitul illustrations. 33© PACES l2mO
CLOTH. Price, $3.50. Sent by mail, postage free, on re-
ceipt of price.

4th edition of the above work also on hand. 300 pages 12 mo,
cloth, illustrated. Price, $2 50. Sent by mail, postage free, on re-
ceipt of price. Address, C. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

WHEAT CULTURE;
How to Deuble the Yield and Increase the Profits.

BvD S. CURTISS.

72 pages, illustrated. Price 50 cents, mailed, post-paid, on r®*
ceipt of price. Address,

CHA3. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St , Phila.

Farm Implements and Machinery

AND THE PRINCtPLES OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND USE.

with explanations of the laws of motion and orce as aj-pl'ed on the
farm, with over 300 illustrations by John J. Thomas; newand
revised edition, 312 pages, 12 mo, cloth, price Ji. 50; mailed postage
free on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, PhiU.

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RARE OPENING!

mSALE--IIlRSmilIHElIIIFM

A well-established ami payin;; wholesale ami retail Nur-
sery business, situated one mile east of Springrfield, Illinois ;
consisting of about 15 acres of a general collection of nursery
stock, 5 acres of choice strawberries, 3 acres raspberries,
VA blackberries and 1 acre currants ; also, 200 bearing Pear
trees, 100 bearing Cherry trees, and a choice Apple and
Peach orchard. There is also a tine young Vinery of foreign
OTapes and large beds of Asparagus and Rhubarb. The
nouse is a new, elegant two-story brick, containing 12 rooms
and large cellars. There is also a large cistern, two never-
failing wells, stable, out-houses, &c. The whole includes 4.5
acres of the richest land, with a presumed 7 feet vein of the
best coal underneath. There are 3 acres of a beautiful lawn,
containing the choicest specimens of Evergreens and Orna-
mental trees. The demand for small fruits in Springfield is
greatly in excess of the supply. The business was estab-
lished by me in 18.57 and has been most successfully carried
on, and my sole reason for selling is, that I wish to retire,
owing to my increasing years. Terms easy, if desired, to
suit purchaser. Apply to

JOHN McCREDY,

.f.3 HAZELWOOD NURSERY, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

WHOLESALE DEAX.EKS IN

Qui Flowers and Florists Supplies.

Shipping of Bon Sileues, Safranos, Fancy Roses and

Sinilax a specialty. Flowers Sold on Coinmissiou.

Circulars to Growers and Retail Florists

sent on application.

tf.i2 165 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.

For Sale.

The entire stock of the Exotic Xursery, located at
66 Chestnut Street, Albany, N. Y. Tlie stock consists of
large Palms. Agaves, Cactus, Camellias, Azaleas, Ferns,
Crotons, in 8 varieties, some of which are quite large, and
two hundred and thirty Orchids, in 40 varieties— 6.3 being
Pbalaenopsis amabilis and Schillerlana; several kinds of
Dendrobiums, etc., etc. Many of the Orchids are now
|U bloom. Also, a general variety of Hothouse, Green-
house and Bedding Plants, including the celebrated new
Coleas " Garfield."

^,,tf A. F. CHATFIELD, Albany, N. Y.

NEW SUNFLOWER,

The F.\MOUS

NEWPORT CORSAGE SUNFLOWER.

An entirely distinct variety which originated with a New
port Florist. During last season at this noted watering place
hundreds were worn daily by the ladies as corsage flowers.
Plants dwarf and pyramidal ; flowers small, rich jet black
centre with an overlapping row of broad, deep golden
yellow petals, and are produced in the greatest abundance
from June until killed by frost. Grow it and realize how
really beautiful a sunflower is.

"We have the entire stock for sale and offer it in packets
of as seeds each, free by mail for 23 cents. The trade
supplied. Retail catalogue of flower and vegetable seeds
free to all. Wholesale catalogues to the trade only.

YOUNG & ELLIOTT, Seedsmen,

f,3 13 Cortlandt Street, New York.

,1 For our illustrateu catalocrue of .,._ ,
IJ F.E.Fa33ett & Bro., Ashtabula, of^"-

Osage Orange Seed.

First Class Germinating Seed of Osage Orange.

SIO PER BUSHEL.

Sample on Request

HENRY A. DREER, Seedsman,

714 Chestnat Street, Phila.

JOHN S7k.XJZ.'S

-CA.TAJL.OGXJE. OF"-

is

Will be ready in February with a Colored Plate.

It is full in all the really good New Plants— New Dracs>
nas. New Crotons, New Pelargoniums, &c., with a rich
collection of Fine Foliage and other Greenhouse and Hot-
house Plants, well grown and at low prices, free to all our
customers ; to others 10 cents, or a plain copy free.

FtOSES.

An immense stock of all the New French and English
Varieties. Bennett's Hybrid Teas, Queen of bedders, Jule*
Frigers, Harrison Wier, Jules Chretien ; Perle des Jar-
dins, &c., pot grown at cheap rates. New Rose Catalogue
now ready, free.

ORCHIDS.

East Indian, Mexican, Central and South American,
tec. Catalogues free.

Catalouges of Flower and Vegetable Seeds, Fruit Trees,
&c. Free. Every thing pertaining to Plant, Seed or Nursery
Business,
f 3 JOHN SAUL, Washington. D. C.

H. CANNELL & SONS'

lislraM Floral Gni for 1882,

Is now ready, and send post free for 25 cents.
We assure all lovers of Flowers that it is by far the best
we have ever issued, and probablv the best ever published.
Certainly it contains the greatest and most reliable informa-
tion on \f lowers and their Seeds. The printing of 20,000 cop-
ies costs £570, the postage of the same £250. We simply men-
tion this to show to what extent our efforts are appreciated.
f.tf Swanley. the Home for Flowers. Kent, England.

FOR SPRING PLANTING.

Fine Nursery Stock, selected from the best nurseries
here and in Europe. Direct importations of the choice
hardy Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Kalmias, New Azalea Mol-
lis and Japanese Maples ; superior stock of Hydrangea pani-
culata, Purple Beech. Weeping Beech, Weir's Cut-leaved
Maple and Hardy Roses, at reasonable prices.

All the leading varieties of Fruits, Ornamental Trees,
Evergreens, Shrubs and Roses, and special collections
of the finest sorts. List of specialties and novelties free.
Full descriptive catalogue (illustrated), 10 cents. Estimates
furnished upon application. Address,

FRED. lAT KELSEY,

mh.2.s.2 208 Broadway, New York, or, Rochester, H. Y

Say's American Insects

Three volumes and Separate Glossary. Octavo, Nunieroua

Colored Plates from Original Drawings,

Old Rare and qui of Pkint,

One set Only.

Price S25.00, by mail, postage paid

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St , Phila.

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THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

Special Offer to the Trade.

Alvsum DouMe Wliite

Ardisia Crenulata, 4-iueh pots ...... . , ,

Azalea Indic'a, in var. splendid trained,

standards

Caladiuni, Fancy, in 25 best sorts, strong. . .

Carnation JNleteor, best new scarlet

" Seat'oam

Dablias, in 25 be.st sorts

Draecenas Terminalis, 3-inch pots

" " 4-inch "

" " 5-inch "

The Draecenas are in unusnally tine condi

tion, well furnished and colored.
Gloxinia crassifolia; the finest of the

Gloxinias, extra strong tubers ....
Jasminuin Grand Duke of Tuscany. .

Musa Ensete each, S1.50 to $S.0O

Palms, Coryphea Australis, 3-inch pots

" Seaforthia elegans, 1st size

" " " 2d "

3rd "

" Chamaerops excelsa

Pandanus utilis, splendid plants, 4-in. pots.

Pansies Dreer's Premium

Pelargoniums, in 25 choicest sorts, 3-in. pots .
Petunias Double, set of the 12 finest var. . .

Phlox Perennial, 25 best sorts

Verbenas, 20 best sorts, healthy

Vinca Alba, Rosea and Oculata each

Violet Marie Louise and Neapolitan

" New Double Blue, Marguerite de Savoie

Wistaria sinensis, 2-y'r old, potgi-own, strong

LiUum floribunda, or Harrisi ; the best lily

for forcing SI each

Wholesale Trade Last for ISSS, mailed to Floruits ; and
Dreer's Garden Calender for ISSS, offering New and Choice
Dracenas, Crototis, Geraniums, Pelargoniums, Carnations,
<tc.,<fec., mailed free.

HENRY A. DREER,

7(4 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

r.-r doz.

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PEAR CULTURE FOR PROFIT.

BY P. T. QUINN.

A practical Horticulturist, and author of " Money in the
Garden."

Containing practical method of raising Pears intelhgently
and with best results: character of soil, best mode of preparing
it; best varieties to select under existinsr conditions; best mode
of planting, pruning, fertilizing, grafting, and utilizing the
ground before the trees come i nto bearing, and finally gathering
and packing for market Illustrated with practical cuts on
pruning and grafting, distance table and orchard record. 136
pages, )2tno, cloth. Price, SI. Sent by mail, post-paid, on re-
ceipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS

Plants and Flowers in the Garden and the House; -giving
directions short, sharp and decisive how to overcome every insect
enemy that infects flowers and plants, out-doors and in-doors,
which troubles window Gardens ; which eats up the vegetables ol
the garden ; which devours the fruit trees, shrubs and vines, and
lives in the homes of anxious, tired housekeepers. Paper, 100 pages.
Price, 30 cents, postage free.

Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

/[MmUR'S ROSE BOOK.

By Shirley Hibberd.
Comprising the cultivation of the Rose in the open ground
and under glass; the formation of the- Kosariuui ; the charac-
ters of Wild and Garden Roses; the preiaration ofthe flowers
for exhibition ; the raisirg of new varieties ; and the work of
the Rose Garden in every season of the yeir. Illustrated with
colored plates and wood engravings. 272 pages cloth, 12mo.
Price 83.00. Sent by mail postpaid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., PhUa.

I .'iuccpech'il ill iai>iii!
Plant, and bv tcstiiii,' tl

I offer 100 seeds U

I (if this Itaie and Useful
lid it trcniiinatiiig.
1000 ^cmIs fur S8.00.

u. JOHN C. EISELE,

1322 and 1324 N. 12th St., Philadelphia.

GRAPE YINES.

For Dealers and Large Planters, and at Retail,

MOORE'S EARLY 1 and 2-year old. Extra.

BRIGHTON, CONCORD, LADY,

WORDEN, &c., &c.

Aho, Moore's New Cross-Bred Asparagus.

f.2 JOHN B. MOORE & SON, Concord, Mass.

HAND-BOOK

PRACTICAL LANDSCAPE

GARDENING.

BY F. R. ELLIOTT.

Designed for City and Suburban Residences, and Country School-
Houses; containing designs for lots and grounds, from a lot 30 by
100, to a forty-acre pict. Each plan is drawn to scale, with schedule
to each, showing where each tree, shrub, &c., should be planted
condensed instructions for forming and ca>ing for lawns; building of
roads; turfing, protection, pruning and care of trees; making
cuttings, evergreens, hedges, screens, Sc. Condensed descriptions
of all tVie leading trees and shrubs ; soil and position in which they
should be grown. Illustrations of ground plans, elevations, trees,
shrubs, winter gardening, &c. 96 pp., 8 vo, cloth. Price $1.50.
Sent by mail on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

AMATEUR'S GREENHOUSE

AND CONSERVATORY,

By Shirley Hibberd.

A handy guide to the construction and management of plant
houses and the selection, cultivation and improvement of orna-
mental greenhouse and conservatory plants. Illustrated with
colored plates and wood engravings. 272 pages, cloth, 12mo.
Price 83.00. Sent by mail postpaid on receipt of price.

Address CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

KEEPING ONE COW.

Being the experience of a number of practical writers, in a clear
and condensed form, upon the '

Management of a Single Milch Cow.

Illustrated, 132 pages, cloth. Price, 31.00, mailed, post-paid, on
ess,

CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street. Phila.

ORNAMENTAL TREES.

By Thomas Meehan.

An American Hand-Book, containing the personal observa-
tions of the author. 257 pages, 24mo, cloth. Price 75 cts. Sent
by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

Address CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

London Gardener's Chronicle

Will be furnished, post-paid, direct to subscribers in the U. S. for

S6.35 per year. Apply to

tl CHAS. H. MAROT, Agent. 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

1 HE NOR TICUL JURAL A D VER TISER.

19

The Great New Red Raspberry,

THE SUPERB.

Largest, Earliest, Hardiest, Best. Send tor descriptive,
illustrated circular, witli price*, to the originator,

t.f.3 J. CHURCHMAN, Burlington, N. J.

MARBLEHEAD ~

Early Sweet Corn

This new sweet corn I warrant to \w at least a week ear-
lier than Early Minnescita, and dcridcdlv (>arlier than the
Dolly Dutton, Early Boyntoa or Tom Tlminb. It is the
size of Minnesota, and very sweet. .Many farmers have
written me that it j^ave them comiilctc" control of the
early market. Being the original introducer, my stock will
be found pure and true. By mail, post-paid by me, per
package, 15 cents ; per quart, 70 cents ; per peck, by express,
5.3.00. Seed catalogue, containing some varieties not to be
found in anv other cataloirnp free to all.
inh2 JAMES J. H. GKEGORY, Marbleliead, Mass.

AMERICAN GRAPE GROWING

By George HusMANN, Professor of Horticulture in UniverMiy of
Missouri, with contributions from well-known Grape Growers, girio^

A WIDE RANGE OF EXPERIENCE.

Illustrated, 12mo, 243 pp., cloth; price, $1.50. Mailed post-p-«i(J
on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS H. MAKOT

814 Chestnut Street, PnUadelphia.

THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES

BY B. J KKN-DAL I.. M. U.

With the real essential information relative to each disease. Will
save many times its cost. Gives cause, symptoms and best treat-
ment of 'diseases. Table with the do«es, effects and antidotes of
principal medicines used, and a few pages on action and uses of
medicines. Rules for telling age of Horse and fine engraving show-
ing appearance of the teeth each year. A large collection of valu-
able recipes. Printed on fine paper 7 J^x.5 inches; nearly 100 pages,
35 engravings. Price, 25 cents. Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt
ofprice. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 811 Chestnut Street, Phila.

THE ABBOTT

Pocket Microscope

Is an .,.nstrumcTit of great

practic-il usefulness to

Teachers, Farmers,

Mercliants, ITIe-

cliauic!t, Pliysl-

^ ciaiiK, Botanists,

miners, and uanv

others. It is the best

d for examining Flow-
ers, Seeds, Plants, Minerals,
Engravings, Bank Notes, Fabrics,

.Kfc. By means of a cage, accompanying each In-
•■trument, one cm examine all kinds of |n"
sects or Worms "live. The

EYE OF A FLY,

or other insect of like fize, can be readily seen.
It is simple in con-irurtioii and easy to operate.
One of these iiite.'esting Insirnments ought to
be in every fanfiilv. W.' hav» innde aTiuigements
to furnisli the Pocket Microscope at the
manufacturer's prii e. ifl.SO. I', will be eent. pos-t-
paid, ti> any reader of this Paper desiring it, on
receipt of price, or m y be had at I his office.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

NEWjit QRNAMENTftL TREES;

IrIsc"

SHRUBS ROSES.

BcsidM tho largest iii,.i most c-iunplete general
stork nf Fruit and Orri;mi.nt-'l T'-foy, l{M«t's.rtc.,
in the I'.S., wo otfor many <'lioIce IS'ovelllcs.
New Abiiilirod Catalofriie mailed irce to all who
apply. Address ELLWANCER & BARRY,

Mount Hope Nurseries, itochoster, N.Y.

HOW TO READ

AND HINTS IN CHOOSING THE BEST BOOKS,

Witha classified list of work of Biognphy, History, Criticism
Fine Arts, Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Science, Language, etc. By
Amelie V Petit. Pp. 220. limo, cloth. Price, Ji.oo. By mail,
post paid on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

GARDENERS' DICTIONARY.

By Geo. W. Johnson, Editor of " Cottage Gardener."

Describing the Plants, Fruiu and Vegetables desirable for the
harden, and explaining the term.s and rperations employed in
.heir cultivation. New Edition, with a -su plement, including the
icw- plants and varieties. 910 pages, i^nin, cloth, fine print. Price,
i.1.0 •. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

HOW TO LAY OUT A GARDEN.

By Edward Kemp.

A general guide in Choosing, Forming and Improving an Es-
tate (from a quarter-acre to a hundrd acres in extent), with
reference to both design and e.xecuiiou. Illustrated with nu-
me-oiis i^bus. sections and sketches. 403 pages, 12mo, cloth.
Price $2.50. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of pri. e.
Address CHAS. H. MAROT.

SU Chestnut at., Phila.

CLASS BOOK OF BOTANY.

Bv Alphonso Wood, A. M.
Being outlines of the Structure, Physiology and Classification of
Plants : with a Flora of the United States and Canada. 832 pages,
8vo, half arabesque cloth sides. Price, ^3.50. Sent by mail post-
Daij. on receipt of price.

^ Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

SMALL FRUIT CULTURIST.

BY ANDREW S. PULLER.

Giving Description, History, Cultivation, Propagation, Dis-
eases, &c.

Beautifully Illustrated.

276 pages, 12mo, cloth. Price 81.50. Sent by mail, post-paid
on receipt of price. Addrpss,

CHAS. H. MAEOT. 814 Chestnut St.. Phila.

ROSES IN POTS;

observations on their Cultivation including the Autobiography of a
Pot-Ro". by WM. PAUL.

93 pages, cloth, illustrated. Price, SI 00
Sent Prepaid by mail on receipt of price.

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, PhiL

CHOICE STOVE AND GREENHOOSE PLANTS,

By Benj. S. Williains. F. R. H. S.

With descriptions of upwards of eleven hundred species and
varieties. Instructions for their cultivation and mode of manage-
ment. Illustrated with colored frontispiece and numerous
splendid illustrations. 686 pages, 2 vols., 12mo, cloth. Price
85.00. Sent by mail post- paid on receipt of price.

Address CHAS. H. MAROT.

814 Chestnut St . PlM&i:.

20

THE NOR TICLL 7 URAL A D VER USER.

WANTED

AT ONCE

In every County to «ell the Wallace Improved ' 'Peerless" Washer.
Big GommlBslon, Easy Sale, Exclusive Territory. It la wUhoat
doubt tlie hist self-operating Waelier In the worid. It will wash
any kind of clothes clean, from a handkerchief to a bed quilt,
without a particle of rubbing. It will lit lu any kind of l.oller.
We also manufacture a special style that will fit In the old
fashioned wash-pot, eo common In the 8outh. It will do all the
family washing better than It can be done in any other way : In
less than half the time It takes by hand, and with one-half the
soap, without any chemicals or washing preparations, and with-
out the exhausting labor and the ruinous wear and tear of gar-
ments as by the wash-board, or as by the different processes of
poundlcig, squeezing and dashing the very life out of them. The
operation of the machine consists In raplilly and continuously
forcing all the hot water contained In the boiler from the bottom
to the surface, through the discharge pipe, at lie rate of 16 gallons
per minute, when In full operation, and thun, by the force of
suction drawing it downward through the soiled linen, causing
It to search out and eradi.ate every atom of dirt ; leaving the
«rt4cles afterrliuing thoroughly cleansed and purified, and having
the pure whiteoessof new goods imparted to them. The Washer
Is especially valuable for washing all kinds of fragile fabrics, such
as laces, lawns, cambrics, Ac, which are too delicate to be sub-
jected to the wash-board. We want agents to remember that our
Wfaher la the original self operating Waelier. Since our patent
was granted 'March 28,18691, there has been over 20 imitations
offered for sale, some of which are a direct Infringement on our
patent ; but the universal verdict Is that our Washer Is •till the
•'best." It Is made of non-corrosive metal, and Is warranted
never to ruat or to get ont of repair. It throws two steady streams
and will work with much less heat than any other Washer. One
agent reports 140 sales in one month ; another "2 In two weeks ;
another sold 40 in ten days. We have acoi .» of agents who are
■elllngia Washers every week. Any intelllK'nt man or woman
can do as well. AGENTS W.\NTED In every County. Most of
our agents are averaging over tlOO profit every month. Ke-
member, we guarantee every Washer to give perfect satisfaction.
Price, only $3, delivered free, al 1 charges paid, to any part of the
United States. Cash muat accompany all orders. Remit by Post
Office order, registered letter, bank check or draft. For onr
responsibility we refer you to any Newspaper or Express Company
In this city. Descriptive circulars and full directions sent with
•achinwjhiae. Address, WALLACE WASHER CO.

11.6 60H Warren St., N.Y.

Thirty-six Varieties of Cabbage, .6 of Corn, 28 of Cucumber, 41
of Melon, 33 of Peas, 28 of Beans, 17 of Squash, 23 of Beet and 40 of
Tomato, with other varieties, in proportion, — a large portion of
which were grown on my five seed farms-will be found in my
Vegetable and Flower Seed Catalogue for 1882. Sent
FRBE to all who apply. Customers of last Season need not write lor
it. All Seeds sold from my establishment warranted to be both
fresh and true to name; so far, that should it prove otherwise, J will
refill the order gratis. The original introducer of Early
Ohio and Burbank Potatoes, Marblehead Early
Corn, the Hubbard Squash, Marblehead Cabbage,
Phinney's Melon, and a score of other New Vegetables, I in-
vite the patronage of the public. New Vegetables a Specialty,
t.d.s. JAmES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass^

Utah New Plants"

GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES.

Frittilaria pudica and Erythronium grandiflornnir

fine, for forcing and pots Also fine for open border, early spring
bloomers, hardy perennials, i2j^c. each, $1.25 per doz. Seeds 15c.
per packet.

Allium biseptum, dry bulbs, 5c. each ; 50c. per dozen. Fine
for forcing and pots ; also for open border, early spring bloomer,
hardy perennial, 15c. each; $1.50 per dozen. Seeds 15c. per
packet.

Fenstemon glaber, var. cyananthus, a very fine sky-blue
Penstemon, with long spikes of flowers. 20C. each; $2.00 per doz.
Seeds 15c. per packet. Not less than 12 plants at dozen rates of
Utah New Plants of each variety.

C4i(enacti8 Donglasii; fine gray leaved dwarf plant; hardy
perennial for edging; white double fragrant flowers ; fine cut leaves,
finer than the finest Centaurea, only four inches high. The finest
plant for edging in cultivation. 15c. each, %\ 50 per dozen. Seeds
15c. per pkt.

Sednni debile, a very fine, hardy Sedum ; for Baskeu, Rock-
work, &c. loc. each, St.co per dozen.

Fhacelia circinata, fine, white flowers; biennial border
plant ICC each, $1.50 per dozen.

PREMIUMS.— To every one who buys one dollar's w.rtK
of my Greenhouse, Bedding and Basket Plants, Garden and Flower
Seeds, I will send two plants extra of Utah New Plants, my selec-
tion. To every one who buys two dollars' worth of Utah New
Plants or Seeds, I will send extra, free, by mail one new Double
Geranium of 1879, mentioned '" my catalogue, worth 6oc., or any
other Geranium or Fuchsia they may select, if they only buy lor one
dollar. I cheerfully recommend the above list of Utah New Plants
to all Florists and lovers of plants in the United States. All fine
and beautiful.

A great variety of House, Bedding and Basket
Plants, Qarden and Flower Seeds by mail or express.
Catalogues sent free to all on application. Terms cash with order.
Discount to the trade.

0> F* DUE, Seedsman and Florist,

tjii2 Salt Lake City, Utah.

PRACTICAL HINTS

On the selection and use of the

MICROSCOPE,

Intended for beginners, by John Phin,

Editor of the Am. Journal of Microscopy. Enlarged edition.
Profusely illustrated; 181 pp., 12mo., cloth. Price, 75 cents,
Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

WALTER ELDER,
Landscape and Jobbing Gardener,

1231 Rodman Street, Philadelphia,
Attends to all branches of his business on reasonable terras.

PATENT BINDER

For the Gardenbr's Monthly. Numbers filed with the greatesJ
convenience. Preserve them filed for reference, and have them
when you want them. Neatly lettered on the side in gilt. Price, 40
cents each. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St. PhiU.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

21

KstabUahed 1765.

t.ja.3

FLOWER POTS
BY THE MILLION.

Catalogae on application.

A. H. HEWS & CO.,

Nortli Cambridge,

Mass.

The Suear Seet.

Including a History of the Beet Root Sugar Industry of
Europe. Varieties of the Sugar Beet, Examination,
Soils, Tillage, Seeds and Sowing, Yield and Cost of
Cultivation, Harvesting, Transportation, Con-
servation. Feeding Qualities of the Beet
and of the Pulp, Etc, Etc , Etc.
BY LEWIS S. WAHE, C.E., M.E.,

Fellow of L'Ecole des Arts, Agriculture et Manufactures,
Paris; member of American Chemical Society. In one
Tolume, octavo ; illustrated by 90 engravings. Price, S4.00
by mail, postage free. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Pbila.

BEET ROOT SUGAR

AND CULTIVATION OF THE BEET.

BY E. B. GRANT.

Including the Sugar supply of the U. S., History of Beet Root
Sugar, Supply of Beets, Cultivation, Cost of Beet Root Sugar in
France, Productiorv in various Countries, Advantages, Method of
Raising, Harvesting, Preservation of Beets, Seed, Manures, Ro-
tation of Crops, Beet Pulp, Leaves of Beets, Piofits,etc. i6 mo.,
cloth, pp., 158 Price, ;Ji. 25 :-ent by mail post-paid on receipt of
price. Address, CHAS. H. MAROT.

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa

FRUIT GROWERS' HAND-BOOK.

ByF. R. Elliott author of " Western Fruit Growers' Guide"
(one of the best posted men on the subject in the United States).
Contains the practice on all subjects connected with fruit growing.
The book is made for those who grow fruit for their own use Also
an Appendix, containing matter relating to the selection and culture
of Ornamental Trees, Roses, Plants, &c. Iltustrated with 45 wood-
cuts, 130 pages, i6mo, cloth, %\ ; paper, 60 cts. Sent by mail
postpaid on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

THE PEACH;

ITS CULTURE AND DISEASES.

A Complete Treatise for the use of Peach Growers and Gardeners

of Pennsylvania, and all districts affected by the " YELLOWS" and
other diseases of the tree.

BY JOHN RUTTER,

Ex-President of the Chester Co. Horticultural Society, and honorary

member of the Penna. Fruit Growers' Society.
12mo, pp. 94, cloth, price %\, mailed post-paid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

ART OF GRAFTING AND BUDDING.

By Charles Baltet.
Appropriately and fully illuurated by cuts, showing methods, tools
and appliances, 230 pages, i2mo, cloth. Price Si. 50. Mailed, post-
age free, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

SUBTROPICAL GARDEN;

Or, Beauty of Form in the Flower Garden.

By W. Robinson, F. L. S.
Beautifully illustrated. 241 pages, T2mo, cloth. Price, ^3.75.
Mailed, postage free, on receipt of Price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

ALPINE FLOWERS for ENGLISH GARDENS

of the principles on which the Exquisite Flora of
may be grown to perfection in all Parts of the

By W. Robinson, F. L. S,
An explanation
Alpine countriss

British Islands, with numerous Illustrations, of Rock Gardens.
Natural and Artificial. 70 Illustrations, 440 pages, crown 8vo, clothi
Price, I4.50. Mailed, postage free on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT. 814 Chestnut St., Phila,

By Edward Spragues Rand, Jr.
A treatise on Hardy and Tender bulbs and Tubers. 369pages, i2mo,
cloth. Price, $2.50. Sent by mail postpaid on receipt of price.
Address, CHAS H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street. Phila.

~ MUSHROOM CULTURE.

ITS EXTENSION AND IMPKOVEMENT.

BY WM. ROBINSON.

With numerous illustrations, 172 pages, cloth. Price, 76 centa.
Mailed, post paid, on receipt of price.

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Cbescnut St., Phila.

. HOW TO RAISE FRUIT

By THOMAS GREGG.

A Hand-book of Fruit Culture, being a Guide to the proper Cul-
tivation and Management of Fruit Trees, and of Grapes and small
Fruits. 184 pages, i2mo, cloth, fully illustrated. Price, |i.oo. Sent
by mail post-paid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St , Phila.

THE WILD GARDEN ;

Or, Our Groves and Shrubberies made Beautiful by the
Naturalization of Hardy Exotic Plants.

By W. ROBINSON, F. L. S.
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WINDOW FLOWER GARDEN

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CONTENTS OF THE APRIL NUMBER.

SEASONABLE HINTS :

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground.
Fruit and "Vegetable Garden

COMMUNICATIONS :

Public Squares of Philadelphia

A Blue Bedder

Novelties

The Rose-Growing Craze

Steam-Heating

Hinze's Red and White Carnations

Hot Water Boilers

Odontoglossum Cervantesii and Trichopilia Saavis.

Luculia Gratissima

Cultivation of Eucharis

Medinilla Magnifica

Glazing

Raising Chinese Chrysanthemums from Seed

Heating by Steam and Water Combined

A Cheap Plant Stand

Medinilla Magnifica

Rhyncospermum Jasminoides

Cirrhopetalum Medusae

Small Greenhouses

Plum Stocks for Peach Trees

How I Grow Celery

Yellows and Peach Culture

The Gros Colmar Grape

Petite Marguerite Pear

A Curative and Preventative for Thrip on Grapes. .

Japan Persimmons as Tub Plants

Bentley's Sweet Apple

Japanese Persimmons

Longevity of Apple Trees

Winter Nelis Pear

AUanthusasa Timber Tree

WUd Garden

Poisoning by Kalmia

Pawpaw

EDITORIAL NOTES : 1

Blood-leaved Trees— Cercidophyllum Japonicum !
— Schizophragma hydrangeoides — The Largest
Norfolk Island Pine— Improvement of Agricultu-
ral Grounds 100-101

Justiciacalycotricha—Dinner-Table Decoration.. 108-109 '
Catching the Codling Moth with Sweets— Birds I

and the Gardener— Silk Culture— Choice Grapes i

—Newtown Pippin Apple— Burdock Roots—The
Ritaston Pippin Apple— Profitable Peaches— The
Baldwin Apple — Over-cropping — Subsoiling —
Lemon Trees— Remedy for the Currant Worm —
Value of Worms— Raspberry, Reder- The Ameri-
can Wonder Pea— Strawberries in Michigan-
Mulberries for Chickens 115-116

New Work on Forestry— Timber in Virginia-
Timber Planting along Railroad Lines— American
Forestry Association— Timber duration in Iowa-
Timber Culture in Australia— United States Tim-
ber Laws 117-118

Arum Family— Wright's Sycamore— Geographical
Range of the Lily— -Properties of the Cola Nut—

Pinus Arizonica 121-122

United States Seed Distribution— Delayed Com-
munications—Specialtists— Sunday School Work
—Sensitiveness of Trade— Flowers in Egyptian
Tombs— A Lover of Trees— Leichardt, the Lost
Australian Explorer— Dominy the Orchid Raiser
—Art and Science— James Vick— Australian Ex-
plorer—Thomas Potts James— The Lost Florist—
Our Winged Friends— Pennsylvania State Agri-
cultural Report for 1881— Fruit Growers' Associar-
tion of Ontario, Report for 1881— Mulberries-
Michigan State Horticultual Society 124-128

SCRAPS AND QUERIES :

Trees and Shrubs for the Seaside 101-102

Steam Heating— Steam Heating— Camellia Bud

Dropping : 109

Coco Grass, Johnson Grass, Means Grass, Cuba
Grass, Guinea Grass— Old Trees— Botany in Cali-
fornia—The Australian Bottle Tree— Absorption
of Metallic Poison by the Roots of plants— Frost

and Peach Buds...., 122-123

The Malefactor's Tree— Tree Peddlers and New

Subscribers— The Detroit Carnations 128

FLOWER GARDEN AND PLEASURE GROUND, 97-102
GREENHOUSE AND HOUSE GARDENING.... 102-109

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDENING 110-116

FORESTRY 117-118

NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE 118-124

LITERATURE, TRAVELS & PERSONAL NOTES 124-128

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Tour Round My Oarden 25

Unity of Law (H. C.Carey) 2 25

Waring's Elements of Agriculture 75

Wharton's Hand-book and Treatment of the Horse 85

What may be Learned from a Tree 70

Wheeler's Homes for the People 2 25

Wheeler's Rural Homes 90

Wood's Class-book of Botany 2 50

" " " forSchools 100

" Object Lessons in Botany, one copy at 128

■ ■'■m 200

Woodward's Rural Art 75

" Country Homes , 75

Works of Thomas Jefferson , 4 vols., J^ tky 10 00

Youatt & Martin on the Hog 75

Zell's Encyclopedia (quarto), 2 vols., full sheep 15 00

Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT.

814 Chestnut Street Phila;

Late Flat Dutch Cabbage.

LARGE, FLAT, SOLID HEADS. SHORT STEMS.

"VVe have made this crop a study and ^ive our customers the result of many
years' close observation, for which our npiiortuuities may be judged by the fact
that we have, each and every year, about one liundred and fifty acres of cabbage
raised expressly to produce seed for the onfiuin'^ season, and from which sections
are made with scrupulous care, suided liy i>xpcri(Mice.

Not a single grain of seed Is raised from stalks, all from selected heads.
We will mail our Catalogue free of charge to all applicants.

21 and 23 South Sixtli Street, between Market and Chestnut Streets.

BRANCH STORE: S. W. cor. of Delaware Ave. and Arch St., Philadelphia.

SEEDS.

J. C. VAUGHAN

TOOLS

Wholesale Bulbs,

42 La Salle St., Chicago, Ills.

NEW-
POTATOES.

FLORISTS'
SUPPLIES.

WILBOE'S COMPOTIin) OF

PURE COD LIVEEI
OIL AND LIHE.

Wilbor's Cod-Liver Oil and I,im«».— The great popu-
larity of this safe and efficacious preparation is alone attribu-
table to its intrinsic worth. In the cure of Coughts, Colds,
Asthma, Bronchitis, Whooping Cough, Scrofulous Humors,
and all consumptive symptoms, it has no superior, if equal.
Let no one neglect the early symptoms of disease, when an
agent is at hand which wiU'cure all complaints of the Chest,
Lungs, or Throat. Manufactured only hy A. B. WrLBOR,
Chemist, Boston, Mass. Sold by all druggists.

PRACTICAL

CAMELLIA CULTURE.

A treatise on the Propagation and Culture of the Came'lia Ja-
ponica, by Robert J. Halliday. Illustrated with Five Colored
Plates and 50 Wood Engravings, 12mo, pp. 141, cloth. Price, $2.00.
Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT,814 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

AMERICAN FLOWER GARDEN DIRECTORY.

By Robert Buist.
With practical directions for the Culture of Plants in FloTfer-
Oarden, Hot-H<«use, Green-House, Rooms, or Parlor Windows,
f'.r every month of the year. Instructions for erecting Hot-
house, Greei house, and laying out a Flower garden. Instruc-
ion for cultivating, propagating, pruning and training the
<rrap3 vine and description of best sorts for the open air. 34
pages, 12mo, cloth. PriceSl 50. Sent by mail post paid on receipt
•f price. CHAS. II. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St. PhUa.

THE BLESSED BEES,

BY JOHN ALLEN.

FARMING

WITH ^^

^^^"^"^"^■"^■>#"P JP»#«F^'i"# ^i* i»^W >^P"^^ I A record of a year's work in Bee-keeping by modern methods;
rkM Di iiiui/^Dn\/c CADM its profits certain and large, and Us oleasures invaluable. In-

ure fLUmUKUVe. r«rcm, tended to diffuse a more general knowledge of Bee-culture.

BY c. HARI.A.N. M.D. I 169 pages, 12 mo. cloth, Umo. Price, $1. Mailed postage free

269 pages, 12mo, cloth. PriceSl.OO, mailed, post-paid, on receipt | on receipt of price. Address, (HAS. H. MAROT,

of price. Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila. | 814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia

y.XPKRTKNCEP GARDENERS KECOMMENDED.

a^-'SEB FIRST PAGE, PACING COVER, -wa ~"

Ihh HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

We have advaiuasrcs as -Seedsmen of which we wish to tell the
public. Thirty years exnerieiioe as PRACTICAL MAKKKT
GARDKNERS A>fD FLORISTS, eives us such knowledge
as to enable us to jUQge not only what are the best kinds lor Fruit.
Flower or Vegetable crops (whether for Private or Commer-
cial Gardeiiing).butaiso to thoroup-hly test the Quality of all See<ls
Plants. Our Greenhouses and Frames in Jersey City, are the largest in America, cover-
1 lu glass, employing an average of seventy men throughout the year.

PETER HENDERSON & CO.

35 Cortlandt Street, Ne^r York,

^Ve send our Illustrated CatalosTie of
'Everything: for the Garden,*

on application.

FREE

Plants

ugustRolker&Sons,

p. 0. Box 899. 44 DEY STREET, New York,

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ALL

MANUFACTURERS OF

Baskets and Wire Goods,

Immortelles, Moss, Dried Flowers and Grasses, Bouquet Papers, &c.

Florists' Materials Constantly on Hand.

O^^lltl^ ^111 DC Tuberoses, Lilies, AmiirylHs, Gladioli,

Ol^rCllwWI DwLDOh &c. See our Seed Catalogue for 1832.

O ^ ^ 1^ ^ -All choiee Florists' Seeds on hand, as per onr SEED

OILIIUOh CATALOGUE for 188S, out since January 1st.

UflTTnAV nDTirDd send at once to lave disappointment. Delays In travelling will occur in Winter. Orden

llULiiliil UllUllIll}i aecumalai« ou our hands and will be filled in rotation only. Catalogues free on appdicatioa

2 THE HOR TICUL TURAL A D VER 7 ISER.

Roses for Florists.

OHE MILLION ROSES IN SEVEN HUNDRED
AND FIFTY FINEST SORTS.

We make a special business of growing and distributing Roses, and offer
undoubtedly the largest and best stock of Roses in America. Our New Crop,
rooted in October, are now strong, well-established plants, ready for delivery.

IMPflRT/VNT Tfl RIIYFRQ our roses are not forced, but are grown

imruniMni lu DUiE.no. in ordinary soil, without manure or any

STIMULATING PROCESSES WHATEVER ; THEREFORE THEY REQUIRE NO NURSING, OR EXTRA
treatment, but grow off STRONG AND HEALTHY, AND COME QUICKLY INTO BLOOM.
FLORISTS SAY OUR ROSES GIVE BETTER SATISFACTION THAN ANY OTHERS THEY CAN BUY.

QITr nr pi AMTQ We offer but one size of Roses, strong, vigorous

Olfct Ur ILMII I O. plants, from 2 ^inch pots. They run from 8 to 12
inches high, according to variety, and are thrifty, well matured, heavily rooted
plants— ready to go in 4-inch pots. Every order, large or small, is carefully
selected from the largest and best on hand at the time.

PRicss OF G-E:»r£:Fi.Aki« cox-x^scTiorirs.

Per 100. Per ,500. Per 1000.

EVER-BLOOMING ROSES, First class assortment, $ 8.00 $35.00 $70.0O

HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES, " " 10.00 45.00 90.00

MOSS ROSES. " " 15.00 75.00 150.00

CLIMBING ROSES, " " 8.00 35.00 70.00

QPCPIAI AQCnRTMPNTQ ^°^ special assortments and large orders covering different classes of

or tUIMU MOOUII I ITI!.!! I O. Roses, it is always best to send a list of the varieties and number of each
wanted. We can then tell you exactly what we can do, and will name the lowest price that the character of the
order will justify.

Special attention is given to supplying Florists with reliable plants of all the new and scarce Roses at reasonable
rates. The following choice varieties, and hundreds of others, will be found in our Wholesale Price List, sent FREE
to Florists, Market Gardeners and Dealers, viz.:

Per Doz. Per 100.

DUKE O CONNAUCHT, (Bennett,) NewScarletHybridTeaRose $9.00 S65.00

BEAUT^ OF STAPLE FORD, (Bennett,) New Crimson Hybrid Tea 4.00 25. OO

MAD. F riENNE SEVET, New French Hybrid Tea, Scarlet 4.00 25.00

QUEE^' OF BED DERS, (Bourbon,) Crimson, splendid for Bedding 4.00 25. OO

ALPHONSE KARR, Fine Crimson Tea 4.00 25.00

MADAME WELCH, Tea, magnificent creamy yellow buds 3.00 16. OO

MAD. CHEDANNE CUINISSEAU, Tea,FinestNew YeUow 5.00 35.00

PRINCESSE STEPHANIE, Tea, New Pink from France 4.00 25.00

CATHARINE MERMET, Tea, Bright Pink, splendid for forcing 2.00 lO.OO

ANNIE MARIE DE MONTRAVEL, Pure White, ^ The New Polyantlia ) . qq 25 OO

MAD'ELLE CECILE BRUNER, Pale Rose, < Roses from Japan. J "

DUKE OF TECK, New Scarlet Hybrid Perpetual 4.00 25. OO

CROWN PRINCE, New Crimson Hybrid Perpetual 4.00 25. OO

JAMES VEITCH, Finest Crimson, perpetual moss 8.00 50.00

Plenty of Perle des Jardins, Niphetos, C. Cook, Marechal Robert, Mad. Rachel, M. Nle^
Bon Silene, Gen. Jacqueminot, Ac, Ac, all at lowest value, quality considered.

DORMANT ROSES FROM OPEN GROUND.

Besides our large stock of ROSES IN POTS, described above, we offer an extensive assortment of HYBRID
PERPETUAL, MOSS and CLIMBING ROSES (no everbloomers), on their own roots from open ground, viz.:
HYBKID PERPETUAL KOSES, leading kinds, assorted, 18 in. to 2 ft., strong, »12.00 per 100 ; SllO.OO per 1000.

MOSS BOSKS, leading kinds, 18 to 24 in., strong, our selection, no whites $18.00 "

CLIMBING BOSES, leading kinds, assorted, 2 to 4 feet SIO.OO "

Information cheerfully given. Lists priced. Plants carefully selected and promptly shipped. Every care taken to
please customers.

NOTICE.— This advertisement is intended for the TBADE ONLY, and not for private planters. Address,

The DINGEE & CONARD CO.,

uu ROSE GROWERS, West Grove, Chester Co., Pa.

IHE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

GEEEHHOtJSE HEATIHG

Ventilating Apparatus.

Base-Burning Water Heater

Three sizes. Patented, 1873.

HITCHINGS & CO.,

[Established, 1844.]

No. 233 MERCER STREET,

NEAR BLBECKBR STREET,

NEW YORK,

Four Patterns of Boilers,

Corrugated Fire-box Boiler.

Five sizes. Patented, 1867. New Patterns, 1873

BWQP • Ti^& VMS dJ^ L

Pipm WiTTimsSt

;IN GREAT VARIETY AND AT

& IMPROVED

Sash-Eaising ApparatuSj

mm-m\ \\\ \mi

Improved Saddle Boiler.
Fire sizes. New Patterns 1877.

ETC., ETC.

Send 6 Cents Postage for Illustrated Catalogue*
with References and Prices.

THE HORTICLLTbRAL ADVERTISER.

Prize Medal of Cincinnati Industrial Exposition of 1873; Medal

and Diploma of International Exposition of 1877.

"For best display of Bouquet Papers."

IMC. TM.,

We beg to call the attention of the WHOLESALE and RE-
TAIL TRADE in FLORISTS' GOODS to our well assorted stock
for the Fall season ;

BOUQUET PAPERS (ITALIENS), PASTED CARTONS,

Plain White Edges, Gold and Silver Edges, White Satin for
Bridal Bouquets, Fancy Lace Paper for Weddings, Recep-
tions and Parties.

IMMORTELLES-ORIGINAL BUNCHES.

White and all Colors.

DRIED GRASSES AND FLOWERS,

In great varieties and styles; very suitable for ornamental
purposes.

ORNAMENTAL CRASS BOUQUETS.
FRENCH AND CERMAN GREEN MOSS.
TIN FOIL-Best in the Market.

IMPORTERS OF FLORISTS' MATERIALS,

m MOETM FOWEWm BWMEMT.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.

AUo Importers of Fancy WILLOW and MOSS BASKETS, and Manufacturert
of Fancy STRAW, BROWN VARNISHED WILLOW, and WHITEand GILT BASKETS.
Send Orders early in Fall. Illustrated Catalogue gratis on application.

For Nurserymen and Dealers.

DORMANT ROSES AND SHRUBBERY FROM OPEN GROUND.

Hybrid Perpetual Roses— Good one and two year plants «12perlOO; SllO per 1000

Climbing Roses— Good one and two year plants SlOperlOO; S 90 per 1000

Moss Roses— Good one and two year old plants 818 per 100.

Hydrangea grand iflora— Good bushy plants, 2 to 3 feet SZO per 100.

ALSO, A LARGE STOCK OF

DEUTZIAS. SPIREAS, SNOW BALLS, WEIGELAS, HONEYSUCKLES, CLEMATIS VITICELLA, WISTERIAS, &c., Ac.

Strong, thrifty plants from open ground ; suitable for flUing retaU orders. Prices low. Lists for the TRADE ONLY
tree on application. Address,

Rose Growers,

THE DINGEE & CONARD CO.,

West Grove, Chester County, Pa.

ja.tf

The Golden Pocklington Grape.

I control the entire STOCK of this Grape by purchase, and am prepared to offer inducements to nurserj-men and
aeaJera who desire a good specialty to place in the hands of their salesmen. Also can supply elegant lithographs of it for
iMumg m catalogues at a price so low that the sale of a verv few vines will pav for a thousand of them, and circularB,
photographs of the fruit, itc. making a most complete outfit with which to seU the grape. ALSO.

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII or JAPAN IVY

AT A LOW FIGURE.

GEORG-E A. STONE,

104 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, N. Y.

11/ li IlOIi TIChL I URAL A D VEK 'USIiR.

Medal and Diploma awarded by the U. 8. Centen-
nial CommiBHion, 1876, alHO Gold Medal and Diploma
Awarded at the Exhibition of the MaHHachuHettH
^Charitable Mechanic AHHOciation, held in Bonton,
1878, to

DAVID SMITH,

Manufacturer of Patent Improved

PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX RETURN FLUE BOILER

AND

PATENT PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX

BASE BURNER BOILER,

FOR HEATING

OreenhouHeftf Graperies, Conservatorien, Propagatinfj Jlousen^ For-

cinfj Pits, Public and Private JiaUdinfjH, Schools, iJrying

Iioom», and Heating Water for liaths.

ALSO KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND

Expansion TankH. Evaporatinj? Pann, .Stop Valvf^, Caht Iron Pipe, ElbowH, 1V;h, Branchea, Fip«
Chairs and everv'thinj^ rif;r;csMary, of the \xtni material, for Greenhouse Heating.

Smith's Improved Veritiiatin;? Apparatus, for opening and closing Ventilatin;? Sa«h, on
roof or sides of Oreenhoij*«es and Graperies.

Judges' Report on awards, with descriptive illustrated circular cfjntaining testimonials and
reference. Also price list furnished on application to

TJATSTTTy SIVIITH,

8 6 BEVERLY STREET,

feb.i2 BOSTON, MASS.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

MARSCHUETZ &. BACHARACH,

25 NORTH FOURTH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa.,

IMPORTERS OF AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

SUCH AS

Bouquet Papers or ItalienS, in great varieties ot Styles and Patterns. PaStOd CartOnS, '" a'* sizes.

IMMORTELLES.

Dried Grasses and Flowers, suitable for Decorations. Ornamental Bouquets, for Vases.

French Green Mosses, Baskets, Wire Designs, Tin Foil. t.f n

Our connection with European Houses enables us to sell goods at lowest figures. Orders will receive careful attention and prompt
shipment. A. Riemschneider's (Brandenburg-on-Havel), Wholesale Catalogue of Roses and Bulbs, mailed free on application to us.

In consequence of the large demand for Hybrid Tea Rose,

Duke of Connaught,

We have to announce that we will be

UNABLE TO SUPPLY PLANTS IN QUANTITY UNTIL JUNE 1st.

We will BOOK ORDERS for this SUPERB ROSE to be filled at THAT DATE.

JAG. G. SXZAInir «£ CO.,

aa2 MASPETH, N. Y.

CALIPORINIA

All about.
Kesources,
Climate.

What can be done here,

It it costs to come, routes, when
and whero to go.
The great Agricultural and Horticultural Paper of the
Pacific coast.

SEMI-TROPIC CALIFORNIA

An Illustrated Monthly.
Subscription price east of the Rocky Mouutains, 81.
Sample copy to any address CT 83 KT CT
for three three-cent stamps, ■ S^ ^L lb

n.6 Address.. CHAS. COLEMAN. Jr.. Los Angeles, Cal.

CLEMATIS T

AMPELOPSIS YEITCHII,

CARNATIONS, GERANIUMS,
VERBENAS, COLEUS,

And other Greenhouse and Bedding Plants.

Send for PRICE LIST, Ac.

C. ALTORFER, West Chester, Pa.

VERBENAS. COLEUS.

FINE HEALTHY PLANTS. BEST VARIETIES.

Scarlet, White, etc *2.50 per 100 : SIR 00 per 1600

Rooted Cuttings 1.00 " 8.00

We offer to the trade our new Coleus, one of the finest,
50c. each; *5.00per lozen. Sample leaf sent on receipt
of three-cent stamp to pay postage.

F. WALKER & CO., New Albany, Ind.

Ask your Jeweler for THE

LANCASTER

Lancaster ■■ A I I.H Lancastef,
Watch Co. WW fl ■ W ■ ■ Penna.
Sixteen (16) Grades.
mh:^ All Quick-Train Railroad Watches-

Coleus I Cactus Cal las I Smilax

Cactus, 6 good blooming varieties, iSS.OO per 100.
Smilax, strong young plants, in ty^-iw. pots, »4.00 per 100.
Coleus, strong plants, well colored, in 20 varieties, including

best of the old ones and the cream of the new, 3-in. pots,

84.00 per 100 : 2i.<-in. pots, «3.00 per 100.
Rooted Cuttings, *1.00 per 100.
Callas, in 23f in. pots, .-84.00 per 100 : 4-in. «8.00 per 100.

BROWN & FLANAGAN, AKRON, OHIO.

mh2

CHARLES J. POWER,

SOUTH FRAMINGHAM, MASS.

Bedding and Miscellaneous Plants.

FloTirers and Floral Decorations

mh2 FURNISHED AND ARRANGED TO ORDER.

Sent FREE!

TREATISE ON C'DIIIT

Proflt« and General Statistics.

American Mf g Co., Waynesboro, Pa

THE h OR 7ICUL TURA L AD VER TIS ER.

Swain's Improved Patent

HOT WATER APPARATUS

For Heating GREENHOUSES, Hot Houses, Conservatories,
Public and Private Buildings, &c.

Thamas J. Myers, Jr., having purchased the Patent of the late
THOS. J. MYERS, we are prepared to furnish all the sizes of BOILERS
manufactured by the late Firm of THOS. J. MYERS & SON. We are
making these BOILERS with GREATLY INCREASED STRENGTH
AND DURABILITY. Send for ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR AND
PRICE LIST,

BL- A.- SV<JA.TN,

THOS. J. MYERS, Manager. 1173 South 9th St., Phila.

SINGLE DAHLIAS.

A. ]MIE:Z3AIL.

Was awarded mv SINGLE DAHLIAS at the September
Horticultural Show, Boston, for heinii, the BEST ON
EXHIBITION. I now otter them for ^;ale in TWELVE
DISTINCT SHADES, to be delivered after Februaiy 1st at

$9.00 per doz. $5.00 per half doz.

Orders from unknown eorrespomlcnts must be accom-
panied by cash. A liberal discount to the Trade.

SAM'L SMITH, Florist,

ia.5 NEWPORT, R. I.

Weeks' Patent Combination Beam

r. S. STAND ARO SCALES,

562 Washington Street, BUFFALO, N. Y.

Prioe of 3-ton, platform 7xl* ft., ^jj.OO. 4ion, 8x14 ft., fUj.OO.
Other sizes proportionately low in price. AccoRiCv, Dura-
BiLiTY AND Cu.v vK.s!B.\c« GL ABA.srEBD. Our Soale comtjines the
tmproTcments of the celebratfil makers, that have been long tried
and found to be correct in principle. Our Combination Beam is
nnirersally acknowledged to be a radical improvementoveranr*
thing that baa been heretofore manufactured. Our patent, which
v«s at first infringed, has beenlitieated before the United States
Court, and every claim established, and an injunction granted
ai«ainet theinfnnisers. JudKing from the reports of those now
MABgoar Scale, it nands today without an equal.

WEEKS & RAY, Manufacturerg. ja.4

Peach Trees. 1 year, 4 to 6 feet, fine »5.5.00 per 1000

Plam on Peach, 1 year, 4 to 6 feet, fine 15.00 per 100

Apricots, 1 year, 4 to 5 feet 10.00 "

mh2 J. W. THOMAS, King of Prussia, Pa.

BX. JkM'O,

Wood and Photo -Engraver,

314 N. ELEVENTH ST., PHILADELPHIA.

Electros of Fruits. Flowers, Plants, etc., cheap. Will fur-
nish you with aiiv cut vou want, or that > du can send me a
clear print of. Send for Catalogue and Prices. f-12

TOBACCO STEMS

'n bales weigtiing 500 lbs. each, at $5. 00 per bale, or three bales for
$.2,00.

TOBACCO DUST in cases of about 400 lb?, at 82.50 per
case, or five cases for $io.oo. Free on board of boat or cars.

Straiton & Storm,

204-208 East 27th St., New York City.

THE NEW.ST^?AWBEKRY C^C/

HVJVHONV. Y\S\kV^\VV H.N.

THE HOR TICUL TURAL AD VER TIBER.

FOR THE TRADE

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY, Florist,

Offers the Following for April.

Eacli. Per doz. Per 100.

2 inch strong 100 8 00

I 3 inch strong 1 20 10 00

ROSES, POT-GROWN.

Perle des Jardines, The Flonsl's Rose

Roses, Hybrid Teas (Bennett's), 3-inch Pots.

Each. Per doz. Per 100.

Dake of Conuaught, or £ver-bloomii)g Jack, the coming rose, color velvety crimson, 50 6 00 40 00

Beauty of Stapleford, large pinkish rose 50 500

Hod. Geo. Bancroft, bright rosy crimson 50 5 00

Nancy Lee, dark silvery rose 50 5 00

Pearl, blush white 5() 5 00

Jean Sisley, rosy lilac 50 5 00

Mad. liouise Henry, purplish pink 50 5 00

Viscountess Falmouth, delicate pink 50 5 00

Duchess of Westminster, bright cherry 50 500

Michael Saunders, color bronze pink 50 500

THE SET OF TEN FOR THREE DOLLARS.

Each. Per doz. Per 100.

Ampelopsis Veitchii, first size 15 1 80 12 00

" " second size 10 100 8 00

Alyssum flora plena 75 6 00

" Tom Thumb, single dwarf 75 6 00

Carnations, 2-inch pots, six kinds 75 6 Ofr

Carnation, L,ady Kmma, scarlet 15) 12 00

Daphne odora, strong, 3 inch 25 2 40 20 00

For other Plants see my General Trade List
and Illustrated Catalogue for 1882, mailed free
to all applicants. address

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY, Florist,

Baltimore, Md.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

BXTSINSSS DIRSCXORY.

■ Send for Circular and conditions of insertion under this heading.'

H.S. ANDERSON, Duchess Grape and Gen-
eral >iursery, Uoion Springs, N. Y.

JOHN S. COLLINS, Small F.uit, Plants,
Trees, &c , Moorestown, N. J.

i. C. GIBSON, Noveliies and Specialties f.r
Spring of 1882, Woodbury, N. J.

H. C. GREEN, New Plants and Seeds,

Elmira, N. Y.

THOMAS MEEHAN,

Nur.-eryman & Tree Seeds, Germant'n.Phil.

HENRY MERRILL, Small Fruit Plants.
Strawb's a Specialty. W. Newbury, Mass.

JNO. 6. HEINL, Greenhouse, Hothouse, Bed-
ding and New Planu, Terre Haute, Ind.

A.W.LIVINGSTON & SONS, Seed, Pota-
toes and Implemeuts, Columbus, O.

HENRY MICHEL & CO., Seed and Plant
Merchants, St. Louis, Mo.

HANS NIELSON, Floral Conservatories,

St. Joseph, Mo

GEO, SUCH, Rare Hothouse and Green
hou>e i'lants, South Amboy, N. J.

E. B. UNDERHILL, Small Fruits.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

J. C. VAUGHAN. Seeds, Tools, Bulbs, Flor-
ists' Supplies, Chicag), Ills.

Landscape Engraver,
Drisi, Rochester, N. Y.

J. M. PHILLIPS, Garden and Flower Seeds,
Mereersburg, Pa.

WM. WEBSTER,

Seedsmcui and F

OSCAR WRIGHT, Fruit & Ornamental Trees

Plants and Flowers, Moundsville, W. Va-

SPALDING & McGILL, Flower Seeds, Bu bs j
and Plants, Ainsworth, Iowa. 1

100,000 PEACH TREES,: FOR SALE!

A Good Florist's Business and Property.

Free from Yellows. 23 years experience in Nursery Business

in New Jersey and Delaware.

NATURAL, VIRGINIA, PEACH PITS.

Price Lists free.

Address,

W. R. PHILLIPS, Milford, Del.,

fChureh Hill Nurseries.) t.d.12.

MEEHAN'S NURSERIES

GERMANTOWN,

(Part of the city of Philadelphia), and are easy of access by steam
cars to

GORGAS LANE STATION or WALNUT
LANE STATION,

Or slightly nearer by street cars to

UPPER CHURCH ST,

The Nurseries contain over one thousand kinds of Trees and
Shrubs, besides Fruit Trees and Flowers. European, African or
Asiatic •rders for trees or tree seeds, receive careful attention, and
usually give customers entire satisfaction.

Grafted Grape Vines

FOR CROWING UNDER CLASS.

The most <le:~ir.ible foreign varieties, grafted on the best
Phylloxera resisting ro(jts. Address,

HETTIE B. TRIMBLE,

^►ap2 West Chester, Penn'a.

EGGS! EGGS!

From all the leading varieties of pure bred Poultry,
Bramahs, Cochin, Hamburgs, Polish Game, Dorking and
French Fowls, Plymouth Rocks and Bantams. Eggs care-
fully packed in Improved Diamond Safety Baskets and
Bent to hatch, 81.60 for 13. Two settings or more at
•1.00 for 18. 8epa for Illustrated Circular.

SMITH, P.M.,

FRESH POND, N. T.

Business establishetl eleven years and dning fully ninety
per cent, of the business in a live city of 1 wenty thousand
inhabitants. A firist-class opening for a good florist.

For full particulars, address,

Fountaine Floral Co.,

jl.12

To any suffering with Catarrh
or Bronchitis who earnestly
desire relief, I can furnish a
means of Permanent and Pos-
itive Cure. A Home Treatment.
No charge for consultation by
mail. Valuable Treatise Free.

"His remedies are the outgrowih
of his own experience; the.v ar
the only known means of per-
manent q.VlT<; ." —Buntiitt

Rev.T. P.CHILDS. Troy. 0.

lars. POIjiIjiOCK

GERANIUMS.

Fine young plants in 2i.o'-inch pots; »8.00 per dozen,.
S12.00 per 100. Large stoe'k plants in 3>^ and 4-inch pote ;.
$3.00 per dozen, S20.00 per 100.

H. W. HALES,

n.l2 Ridgewood Floral Nursery, Ridgewood, N. i.

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Ibemnited free to nllnpplfca
rine ll. It contains five col
t 900 paees, and full descripti

XFOn 1882

J and direi-tirtijs fo:
: .-ind Flnwer Seeds, Phir.H
. Pei.Tl for It. Address.

ja4 D.M.FEERY& CO.. Detroit, Midi.

AT AT SACRIFICE !

Irish Juniper, Arl)orvit» globosa, Ilovey's Golden,.
Puniila. Pyraniidalis, and others. Norway Spruce. Black
Widnut. Horse Chestnut, Silver Maple, 4 to 12 feet. Bristol
Raspberries: Concord and Hartford Orape Vines, 2 to 4
years. Will exchange part of above for fruit trees.

A full line of Greenliouse stock of all kinds. Verbena*
in large quantities.

WM. J. CHINNICK,

Greenwood Nursery, Trenton, N, J.

THE HOR 71CUL TURAL AD VER TISER.

ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE for 1882

M

iiii;i hvbridn iiaiin

C H. HOVEY <Sc CO,,

"No. 69 Tremont Street (under Tremont House),
tapl BOSTON, MASS.

TREE SEEDLINGS

For Timber Plantations, Young Evergreens, Stocks, Grape
Vines, Seeds and Seedlings for Nurserymen. Immense Stock.
Lowest Prices. Great Variety. Catalogue Free

J. JENKINS,

Grape and Seedling Nursery,

'"htf Winona, Columbiana Co., Ohio.

Achimenes, iiiixod
Begonia, rtowering, named
" " mixed

Caladium, fancy-leaved

Gesneria, of sorts

Gloxinia crassifolia,

tiaterl l)y engraving . .
One good bulb of each
mail. Remit V. O. Ordii-
dar for 1882 givi-- din-ctidns fur v\
HENRY A. DREER

TUBEROUS

RooteJ Plants.

M my of the most beautiful and
oinamental-leaved plants are
grown from these bulbs. The
fine'<t are

Each, 30c.; dozen,

30c.
35c.
25c.;
75c.

83.00
5.00
3.50
2.50
6.00

for »1.B0, six for JS7.50, free by

r Stamps. Drccr's Garden Calen-

714 Chestnut St., Phila.

EM^S^UILDING MATERIAL

Dies and cataloKiie mailed free.

Street, Park

AND

Lawn Planting.

FINE ASSORTMENT, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING:

'European Ash 0 to 12 and 12 to 15 fe^t

White Ash 10 to 12 and 12 to 15 "

European Beech 4 to 5 and 5 to 6 "

Deciduous Cypress 4 to 6 and 6 to 8 "

■Catalpa blguonoides 4 to 6 and (i to 8 "

". speclosa 5 to 6 and 6 to 7 "

-American White Elm 7 to 0. 10 to 12 and 12 to 15 '•

" KedElm 8 to 10 and 10 to 12 "

" Linden 10 to 12 and 12 to 20 "

European Larch 3 to 4, 4 to 6 and 6 to 7 "

Maple, Silver Leaved 10 to 12, 12 to 15 and 15 to 20 "

" Kock or Sugar S to 10, 10 to 12 and 12 to 15 "

" Ash Leaved 6 to 8 and 8 to 10 "

magnolia acuminata 7 to 9 and 9 to 12 '

European Mountain Ash 8 to 10 and 10 to 12 "

American « .. 6 to 7 and 7 to 8 "

Lombardy Poplar 9 to 10, 10 to 12 and 12 to 15 "

American Sycamore 8 to 10 "

Norway Spruce 3 to 4, 4 to 5 and 5 to 6 "

&c., . &C., &c., &c.

Also smaller sizes of most of the above and a general as-
sortment of Nursery Stock, Greenhouse Plants, Seeds, &c.

TlieStorrs& Harrison Co.

^h2 Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio.

ENCIIMESl

i ( Traction ct Porlab!e)toT

jFarm, Saw Mill A Plan.

_ 'tatinn For prices, etc.

wnte The AULTMAN & TATLOR CO. Mansfield, O.

TAT. e:. ime:e:e:h:jA.m',

Successor to W. E: MEEHAN & CO.,
Wholesale Dealer in

CUT FLOWERS AND FLOfllSTS' SUPPLIES,

f.tf KEMOVED TO

[5 & 17 N. Thirteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.

FAST Indian q rch ids.

ALSO

MEXICAN, CENTRAL

AND

SOUTH AMERICAN ORCHIDS

I am importing constantly from those countries, and can
offer much lower than the same can be purchased in
Europe ; and better plants.

Rare and Beautiful Foliage Plants. Viz, Crotons, Dracaenas,
Marantas, Dieffenbachias, Nepenthes, Alocasias, &c.

Suitable for FAIRS, EXHIBITIONS Ac, at low rates.

ap.4 WASHINGTON, D. C.

First class Dwarf Roses, Fine stock clematis. Choice
sorts Rhododendrons. Elegant Azaleas, Hardy and
Chinese, &c., &c. Send for circulars to

GABRIEL MARC,

„-^ Woodside, L. I., N. Y.

Manchester, Jersey Queen and 50
other varieties of Strawbemes ;
Shaffer's Collossal and 20 other
Raspberries; New Grapes (20 sorts);
Blackberries, &c.

Pears, Peaches,

Apples and Plums

as Specialties.

The Fruit Grower's Friend,

BIDffELL

price 30c., is largely used by
Agents. Write for special
rates per 25 and 100 copies.

BEBRY BASKETS

And Crates (8 styles). Catalogue FREE. Address,

R. H. HAINES,

ap2 Moorestown, N. J.

THE HOR TIC UL TURAL AD VER TISE R.

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" lAINM FLOffEB POT.

PATENT APPLIED FOR.

Having three (3) holes in sides at equal distances and at angle with
bottom of pot, perfectly free drainage and ventilation are insured.

The absence of hole in bottom, as in the ordinary flower pot, prevents
clogging of outlet, trouble from worms and decay of roots from want of proper
ventilation.

Also Pressed Improved and Hand-made pots. All sizes constantly on hand
at LOWEST PRICES. Hanging Vases and Seed Pans.

For Price List and Circulars apply to

WHILLDIN & CO.,

ESTABLISHED 1840.

Nos. 709-11 Wharton Street,

(Agents for J. E. JEFFOKDS & CO.,)

PHILADELPHIA, PA

Grass, Clover

AND ^^

Forest Tree

SEEDS

83 Avenue D, New York.

ROSES! ROSES!

We offer a very large stock of one year old pot-grown
Roses, in splendid condition, to bring on for spring sales.

They are and have been dormant through the winter, the
wood being in first-class order. The collection of Hybrids
is the best in the country, and to those who appreciate the
value of this class of stock, we assure them they will be
pleased with the sort and quality of plants.

Hybrid Perpetuals, Teas, Bourbons and Bengals,
4-inch pots, «15 per 100; 5-inch pots, S18 per 100.

Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia.

An Ideal Picture of an Ideal Man.

Rice's Superb Portrait of

GARFIELD

Newly Engraved, Accurate, Elegant, Artistic. Highly com-

p mended by members of his Cabinet and househoUi, and his

-: most intimate political friends. Cheap pictures have been

O thrown aside, and people are now ready to buy this magnifi-

aj cent engraving. Send for full description and endor»ements

*; before buying any other. Liberal terms to good Canvassers.

.S J. O. McOUBDY Si, CO., Philadelphia, Pa.

Impervious Water and Air Proof Paper,

Made extra strong and will retain water without breaking
for days. It is used in Medical, Surgical and Hospital

Eractice and is highly recommended as a substitute for oil
ilk, Rubber, <fec. Also for mailing Plants, covering for
Boxes, Jars, Druggists' use, <tc., and for a great variety of
uses where air and water should be excluded. Prepared by

F. TROWBRIDGE, Milford, Conn. ,„

Cranberry Plants a specialtj'. Send for circulars. mh2

Try Rice's New Onion Seed.

Produced from the finest and most perfect seed onions
only, which are oarefiillv selected by hand.

WARRANTED TO CROW
on trial on receipt of seed, and if not satisfactory to be re-
turned to us and amount paid refunded. Being the pro-
ducers we can save you the dealers' profits. Write us,
before ordering elsewhere, for special prices, and state kinds
and quantities wanted. Address JEROME B. RICE, &. CO.,

Cambridge, N. Y. (Cambridge Valley I

Gardens.) ap.l

TP&W^PT AWTPn '^'^'■*3y Spruce, Larch & Hemlock, Black-
lIliinurLiiillijU berry. Strawberry, Mulberry, &c., CHEAP^

J. BUTTERTON,

mhl THE LONDON NURSERY, HAMMONTON, N. J.

B

L00MIN6T0N(PH§N!)<)

OTf- 600 acres:

mh3 SIDNEY TUTTLE. Agt. Bloomlngton. Illlnul..

CEMENT FOR SILOS.— Buy our Imported
"Imperial" Portland Cement.

Weight 400 fts. gross per bbl. It makes an artificial stone
surface. Is cheaper and more durable than the common
cements. Remit 75c. in postage stamps for our Treatise,
showing how to mix and how to use it. For circular, instruc-
tions, "How to Build Silos," and good results therefrom,
remit 50c. postaee stamps.
S. L. MERCHANT & CO., P. 0. Box 47B9, 41 Broadway, N. Y.

N. B.— Name your paper when writing "Merchant." f.S

1 2 THE HOR TICUL TURA L AD VER TISER.

THE NEW STRAWBERRY,

FIJTCH'S p>ROLIFIC-

Anotlier Season's Trial only Enhances its Value.

Shipping Qualities Remarkable. Good and Productive.

STK.oisrc3-i:j"Z" sT^n^iisr^a?E.

No imperfect berries ; no green ends, and as a fertilizer for varieties deficient in pollen is surpassed by none.
ORIGINATOR'S STOCK OF PLANTS, WITH OTHER CHOICE NEW AND OLD SMALL FRUITS, BEDDING PLANTS, ETC., ETC.
• DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, with Colored Plates, free on application.

GEO. L MILLER,

Ridgewood Fruit Farna. and Nurseries,

t^.p2 Jones' Station, Butler County, Ohio.

LANDRETH'S
NOVELTJES !

SAFE ARRIVAL
GUARANTEED.

Potato (Garfield) %Vo. 25c., Cabbage (Landreth's Earliest) % oz. 35c., I^ettnce (Landreth's Forcing)
loz. 15c., Liettuce (Bloomsdale Summer) 1 oz. 15c., I>ettiice (HeatResistiuK) loz.l5c.. Melon (Boss)
iiJ oz. 20c., Onion (Bloomsdale Pearl) >^oz. 20c., Radish (EarUestWhite Forcing)! oz. 15c., ttO
Radish (Early Scarlet Erfurt) 1 oz. 15c., Oat8 (Gre«n Mountain) 1 pt. 25c — Total value ***^
f" ^\ ^ <& I CASH we will forward the above list of Novelties, postapre paid. Enclose postage
f" ^/fC PI stamps, and address D. LANDRETH A- SON8, Philadelphia, Pa. mhg

OrchidsT Orchids!

The season has so far advanced that we can now ship Orchids without fear of injury from frost. Those desiring to
add to their collection would do well to send their orders at once, that they may secure the best selections. We have
upwards of 5,000 established plants of many varieties, all in fine condition, many of them in bud, and some in bloom.

Orchids are the easiest class of plants to grow, wheii one understands their culture. Our NEW LIST will be readv for
mailing: to our friends and patrons in a few days, and we shall hope to add to it during the early summer manv fine DEN-
OROBES and other EAST INDIAN ORCHIDS, and also importations from BRAZIL. Our stock of MEXICAN and VENEZUELIAN
ORCHIDS, particularly of LAELIAS, ANCEPS, AUTUMNALIS and PEDUNCULARIS, and CATTLEYA MOSSI/E, is specially fine.

DDioirc . \ Per Dozen SIO.OO to $25.00

'^•*'^*^* "< Single Plants, Each J. CO to lO.OO

A liberal discount to the trade or to those sending large orders. Address,

BENJ. REYNOLDS, Superintendent,
Tnhi2 Barker Floral Gardens, Brambleton, Norfolk, Va.

Bedding and Greenhouse Plants.

WHOLESALE LIST ON APPLICATION.

NEW CARNATIONS,

i=tj:r.e stooik: - - - ^is.oo :pe:e^ loo.
TAT. B. ^c 1^. 3M. T-Jl^BEIFt,

mhi2 DETROIT. miCH.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

13

arnation. It is certainly
' ariety. It originated

New Carnation ''President James A. Garfield."

With great pleasure we olfer to the trade for the first time this valuable and niagniflcent
the finest colored carnation yet introduced, and will for many years to come remain a stain:

with us some eighteen months ago as a "sport" from a variety we have under the name ot BEAUTY. \Ve have grown it
since, and it has maintained its high color perfectly. It is a strong, healthy grower ; habit ot growth quite dwarf and
compact; in its flowering qualities it is equally as productive as the well-known LA PURITY. The flowers are of large
size, perfect form, highly fragrant, and of a rich English vermilion color.

In our extensive cut flower business we have as yet found no color in any other carnation that will make so good a
contrast with white and pink, the colors so much in demand now for making up designs.

PRICE— Strong young plants from 2-inch pots, $1.00 each ; $10.00 per dozen.

New Carnation ''Mrs. Garfield."

Another remarkably fine variety ; also appeared as a "sport " from BEAUTY about the same time as the former, and
has the same qualities as to growth and flowering habit. It difl'ers from the above only in the color of flower, which is a
rich shade of Chinese pink. It is one of the finest we have yet seen.

PRICE— Strong young plants from 2-inch pots, 75c. each ; $6.00 per dozen.

The two new carnations, one plant of each, for $1.50 ; one dozen plants of each for $14.00.

P. S.— The carnations offered by Messrs. Taber, of this city, under the names of JAMES A. GARFIELD and JAMES
G. BLAINE, are nothing but the Hinzey's White and Grenadine two years ago.

JOHN BREITMEYER & SONS,

157 Bates Street, Detroit, Wich.

NeviT Double Pink Bouvardia!

PRESIDENT GARFIELD. We offer a FINE STOCK of this valuable plant at S6.00 per dozen; S45.00

per 100. Fifty at luO rates. Double White Bouvardia— A. NEUNER. Strong plants, last summer's

propagation, $1.80 per dozen : Sii.OO per 100. Stock plants from 4 and 5-inch pots, SI2.00 jjer 100. New Alter-

nanthera Aurea. This is a great acquisition for yellow lines in ribbon plantmg, Wl.OO per dozen; SSOOperlOO.
^J^QX'C! A large stock of TEAS and BOURBONS, &c., and the following HYBRIDS: A. Ducher, Duke
jE%i\^l9JCi|9 Charles et Montaiilt, La France, Triomplie de France, Comtesse de Brabatanne, Mad. Cbas.
Wood, Ferleii des Blanches, Paal Neiron, May Turner. Victor Verdier, Gabriel Tournier, Star of Waltham,
liOnis Van Uoutte, Gen. Jacqueminot, John Hopper, Triomphe d'Angers, &c. Strong plants from 23^-inch pots,
•8.00 per 100 ; from 3-inch pots, $18.00 per 100. Send for TRADE LIST.

F. MORAT, 23 Ormsby Avenue, Louisville, Ky.

ROSES, VERBENAS, GERANIUMS

and all other Bedding Plants in large quantities, also Dracaenas,
Palms and Hothouse and Greenhouse pbnts, the largest assortment
in America.

Camellias and Azaleas a specialty.

Send for Catalogue.

JNO. DICK, JR.,

53pd & WOODLAND AVE.

mytf

Phila.

PEACH TREES! OSACE ORANGE
1 vear. C. C. ASPARAGUS. 1 and 2 years, fine.
CTRAIA/RrPPirC ! Bidwell, Manchester,
OlnMWDLnnlLO! Cumberland Triumph,
Sharpless, Kirkwood, etc. Cuthbert Raspberry ; Snyder
B. B., Kieffer Pear, Evergreens, Irish Juniper, Norway and
Hemlock Spruce, etc. A general supply of fruit trees, small
fruits and nursery stock. Price list FRKF. F. C. BIDDLE,
Brandywine Nursery. Chadd'^ Ford. Pa. mh2

Carnation Plants.

Rooted Cuttings (from propagating bed) of Peter

Henderson, Fdwardttii, DeGraw, Lia Furite

and King of Crimsons for sale.

These are the most profitable kinds, though we have others.

THOS. F. SEAL,
ol2 Unionville, Chester Co., Pa.

^f* +n (tOni?^'" ^^^' ^^ '^°™*'- Samples worth $5 free. Ad-
M>0 lU CDAUdress Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. .ia.l2

Sugar Maples. Sugar Maples.

AN EXTRA FINE LOT OF

SJOCKf WELL-BRANCHED TREES.

8 to 10 feet. Twice Tp'td $20,00 per hundred.

10 to 13 " •* 30. OO " "

12 to 14 " " 40.00 " ••

Also, EXTRA LARGE APPLE TREES.
0. COOPER, Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster Co., Pa

POMONA NURSERY!

KIEFFER'S HYBRII> PEARS, Manches-
ter, Mt. Vernon and Sharpless Strawberries.

ip \Cuthbert, Souhegan, and Gregg Raspberries.

iflZ/Blackberries, Grapes and Currants. Fruits
and Flowers, Trees .and plants. Catalogue free

WM. PARRV,
mh3 Parry P. O., N. J.

PE^CH TREES.

LEADING VARIETIES. Largely of CRAWFORD'S
LATE and SMOCK.

Inquire of W. P. BRINTON,

Christiana, Lancaster Co., Fa.

4®"Nursery within two minutes walk of R. R. Depot at
Christiana Station, Penna. R. R.-^ft

<t7QA WEEK. S12 a day at home easily made. Costly Out-
^ / ^flt free. Address Tkue & Co., Augusta, Maine ' "*

ja.l2

Lilium Loagiflorum Boribunda.

Another season's experience with this remarkable Lily confirms the opinion that it is the best Lily for forcing ever
introduced, either for Cut Flowers or for the Conservatory. They commenced to bloom with us on the 16th of December

last, and we have not seen a blind stalk.

Circular, mailed free.

mbl2

Every Bulb blooms.

For full description send for our New Illustrated

JOSEPH KIFT, West Chester, Pa.

14

THE HOR TICUL 7 URAL A D VER TIBER.

Roses to the Trade.

We have a fine lot of tluirty young plants, ol' the follow"
ing choice and popular varieties, to offer :—

Perle des Jardins, Md. Lambard,

Catherine Mermet,

Sou d'un Ami.

NIphetos.
Cornelia Cool<,

Charles Rovolli.

Md. Joseph Swartz,

Bon Silene,

Innocente Pirola,

Safrano.

Malmaison, etc.

etc

Queen of Bedders. Hybrid Teas :

Beauty of Stapleford, Duchess of Westminster, Michael Saunders-
Jean Sisley, Nancy Lee, Mad. Etienne Levet, and some others-

Send for Price liist. Free on aijplication.

LONSDALE & BURTON, Florists,

ap.3

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.

Teachers Wanted !

Of every kind, to flU Spring, Summer and P'all engagements
now coming to hand.

Graduates and undergraduates of any School, Seminary, or
College, of little or n(] experience, or other persons desiring
to teach, should not fail to address at once, with stamp, for
application form.

NATIONAL TEACHERS' AGENCY,

CINCINNATI. OHIO.

N. B.— Situations in the West and South a specialty. Good
pay to local agents and private correspondents. ap.3

; FOREIGN GRAPE VINES FOR GRAPERIES.

A\'e now oU'ei tin- finest collection of Foreign Grapes grown
, in the country. They are all good, strong, healthy canes, all
j true to name and all in excellent condition for shipping.
I Below will be found list of varieties grown hy us, one and
two years old.

< One year old vines, $1.00 each.
PRICE : ^ j^„ ygg^ ^,j ^j^gg J2.00 each.

' Bowood Muscat, Frontignan Grizzly,

I Muscat Hamburg, Frontignan Black,

Canon Hall Muscat, Gros Colman,

Madresfield Court Muscat, Hamburg Black,
Mrs. Prince's Black Muscat, Hamburg Wilmot's,
Muscat of Alexandria, Hamburg Mill Hill,

Black Prince, Hamburg Victoria,

Black Alicante, Lady Down's Seedling,

Black Barbarossa, Prince Albert,

Black St. Peter's, Royal Ascot,

Buckland Sweetwater, Santa Cruz.

Calabrian Raisin, Trentham Black,

Chasselas de Fontainebleau, White Nice,
Chasselas White, White Syrean,

Chasselas Golden, NVhite Sweetwater,

; Duchess of Buccleuch, White Tokay. t.f.l2

Frontignan White, Oat;ilogue sent free on application.

We would also call special attention to our stock of
Camellias, Azaleas, Acacias, Roses and general collection
of winter-blooming ornamental foliage and bedding plants.

DAVID FERGUSSON & SONS, Laurel Hill Nurseries,
Ridge and Lehigh Avenues, opp. Laurel Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.

Strawberry Plants

In LARGE or SMALL LOTS,

Crescent Seedlings, Wilson's Albany,

SHARPLESS and other sorts. Also Asparagus ; and fult
line of Nursery Stock. Catalogues gratis.

HAL£S' PATENT MOL£ TRAP j f.s Randolph peters, Wilmington, Dei.

For destroying ground moles in lawns, parks, gardens and
cemeteries, This is the only "perfect" mole trap in exis-
tence and is warranted superior to all others. Sold by all
Seedsmen and Agricultural Implement Dealers. Illustrated
circulars sent free to any address.

H.

aptf

W. HALES,
Ridgewood, N.

CLEARING SALE OF TREES.

American arborvitae, 5 to 6 ft.; Siberian arborTitae, 1
to 4 ft.; Norway Firs, 1% to 4 ft.; Baling, IJ^to 4 ft.: Hem-
lock, 5 to 7 ft.; Irish Juniper, li< to 4 ft.;" Sugar Maple,
5 to 16 ft.; Silver Maple, 10 to 16 ft."; Norway Maple, 10 to
12 ft.; American Linden, 5 to 14 ft. Will be sold low by
the (quantity, as the ground must be cleared. Nursery
within two minutes walk of the depot at Christiana Station, j
on Pennsylvania R. R. |

W. P. BRINTON,
mh2 Chri8tiana, Lancaster County, Pa.

1828- RELiABll^H882"

BUIST'S SEEDC
1^— ARE THE «— i ^^k
EST SEED^

Are entirely the product of our own t'aruiH, and
are unsurpassed by any in the world for purity
and reliability. Itiiint's fiarden Almanac,

containing- 192 pages useful iuformation, with prices,

mailed on receipt of 3c. stamp.

ES?" Wholesale.l'nce-List for Merchants on application.

ROBERT BUIST, Jr.,Seed Grower,

PHILADELPHI\. mli2

HARDY PLANTS and BULBS.

Our catalogue of the above is now ready and will be
mailed to all free on application. It contains a large varied
selection of choice Hardy Plants with full directions
as to cultivation. Our collection of Lilies together with
other miscellaneous Bulbs is unsurpassed in this
country. Special wholesale price list will be sent to
Dealers.

mb3 WOOLSON &; Co.,

Lock DrawerJE. PASSAIC. N. J.

CHOICE EVERGREENS!

And all kinds of Ornamental Trees and Plants.

SPECIALTIES at the MOREISVILLE NUESEEY.

A large stock of handsome specimens of the best and
choicest varieties of Evergreens, Ornamental Trees, Flow-
ering Shrubs, &c., &c., which have been recently trans-
planted, and are now in excellent condition for planting.

Abies conica 3 to 8 ft.

" compacta — ItolJ^ft.

" orientalis .3 to 5 ft.

" inverta o to 10 ft.

Picea Nordmaniana.. .3 to 8 ft.

" cephalonica — 2 to 5 ft.

" pectlnata 4 to 8 ft.

Hemlock Spruce 3 to 8 ft.

Norway " 3 to 8 ft.

Retinospora plumosa.4 to 8 ft.

" plumosaaurea 3 to8ft.

" obtusa nana...3 to 6ft.

" squarrosa 6 ft.

Arborvitaes In great variety.

lOOO SUGAR MAPLES,

10 to 18 ft. A very fine lot of young thrifty trees, with clean

straight stems, well branched and with excellent roots.

3000 SUGAR MAPLES,

6 to 8 ft. Young, thrifty and straight.

500 PURPLE BEECH.

Grafted trees of a superior variety. 8 to 12 ft. high, with

well-formed heads.
Norway Maple, Silver Maple, Am. Elm, Ash, Linden, Larch, &c.
SPANISH CHESTNUTS.
Trees grafted with a very large and superior variety which
is perfectly hardy, enonnously productive and a regular
bearer. We believe this to be the best variety of European
Chestnut in the United States. One tree, about thirty years
old, has borne one hundred and ninety (190) quarts of nuts
during the past three years. Average size of nuts seventy to
the quart.

CONCORD GRAPE VIN^S,
4 years old, very fine. Herbaceous Plants, Bulbs, &c.
Pseonies in variety. Iris Koempferii, Smilax from 2>^-in.
pots. Gladiolus in great variety, splendid collection.
Double Tuberoses, strictly pure.

LILIUM LONGIFLORUM FLORABUNDA,
The new White Ldly. Rhubarb, Asparagrus, &c. Send
for Catalogue. SAJVIXJJei.- C I«OON,

Successor to Mahlon Moon & Son,

MorrisTille, Bucks County, Pa.
30 miles from Phila., on N. Y. Div. of P. R. R. mhS

a week in your own town. Terms and $5 outfit free.
Address H. Hallett & Co., Pertland, Maine. ja.l2

$66

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

15

RHODODENDRONS,

XKD HANY HUNDREDS OF OTHER BEAUTIFUL TREES AND SHRUBS ARE OFFERED THIS SPRINQ BY

MEEHAN'S GERMANTOWN NURSERIES

Rare and interesting plants, seldom found in collections, are grown in this establishment, as for instance :—

CALLUNA VULGARIS, the Heather of English Poets.
The Famous FURZE or QORSE, ULEX EUROP^US.

The SCOTCH BROOM, GENISTA SCOPARIUS ; and other old but seldom grown and beaa
tif ul things.

A large number of kinds can be seni to long distances by mail. Send for our Complete Catalogue.
t'tf- GermantowTij Philadelphia, JPa,

New Single Dahlia, ^^ Paragon/' ... 50cr
The New Cactus Dahlia, ^^ Juarezii,'' - 30g»

ALTERNANTHERA PARONYCOIDES MAJOR AUREA— The Finest Yellow
Foliage Plant for Designs, Carpets and Edging by the 10,000.

SPECIAL OFFER OF CARNATIONS AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN MARCH LIST.

LILIUM AURATUM, S15.00 per 100,

New Geraniums and Fuchsias. Gladioli, mixed and named, in 500 var.

V. H. KAIjIiOCK, son <£ THORPXS

QUEENS, N. Y.

the:

Farmers' Adviser

A MONTHLY JOURNAL,

Devoted to the interests of the Farmer, Breeder, and
Stock Raiser. Only 50 cents a year.

The cheapest, spiciest, and best paper for the farmer.
Liberal cash commissions to agents. Illustrated every
month with choice stock from the best artists. Send stamp
for sample copy. All articles written by men of authority.

Address,

FARMERS' ADVISER, Yorl(, Pa.

The Typographical appearance of this spicy paper is alone
vorth the subscription price. f.l2

FI£:i.D,

My Annual Priced Catalogue is now ready and will be
mailed free to all applicants. It contains all the leading and
popular sorts of

— AND—

Fi^oTATSR se:e:ds.

Besides all the most desirable novelties of last season, and
nearly everything else in my line of business.

ALFRED BRIDGEMAN,

13 876 Broadway, NEW YORK

DICK'S

Patent Si Inpei War SaHiy oilers,

FOR HEATING HOTHOUSES, GREENHOUSES AND
DWELLINGS, THREE STYLES and TWELVE SIZES to heat
from 500 to 2000 ft. of 4-in. PIPE. Send for circular to

JNO. DICK JR.,

myi2 53rd & Woodland Ave., PhJla., Pa.

16

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

CXJX FLOTATEFIS

AT WHOLESALE.

Also lull line of

Florists' and Growers' Supplies,

W. E. MEEHAN,

tstf 15 & 17 N. Thirtt^eiith St.. Phila.

LEGAL TENDER STRAWBERRY.

Productive as the Crescent ; tirm as the Wilsou ; large,
handsome, deliciout;. Will be oHered by Bubscription.
NewWbite Strawberry, the Fairy. Orient and iSatin
<;lus.s, a Krand sucirss the past reason. Manchester, Mt.
Vernon. ptc. EarlyProlific and Kelinnoe Raspberries
still ahead. 20 acres now in be^rirp. Kiefer and T^econt
Pear wood in quantity. All the best Small Fruit Plants.
Prentiss and other choice Graiip-\ines. Trees, etc., at low
mhJ priL'es. Rend for List. J. C. GIBSON,Woodbur>-. N. J.

FruilTrees, Of namental Trees,

EVERGREENS, &c.

The undersisrneil otfor.-; an Extensive Stock of well grown
Fruit Trees— New Pears, New Peaches, &c. A Large Stock of

Pears, Apple, Peach, Plum, Cherry, &c.,

standards and Dwarfs,
Grape Vines. Strawberries, Currants, &c., and other small
Fruit.s. Ornamental Trees m great variety for Parks, Lawns,
Gardens, Ac. Evergreens or all sizes of the finest quality.

Everything pertaining: to tlie Nursery, Florist and Seed
Business, and at the Lowest Rates.

JOHN SAUL,

O WASHINGTON, D. C.

GRAPE VINES.

All liCading Varietiea In large supply. Warranted
true to name. Prices low. Also, the celebrated
*> NE'W^ -W^mXE GRAPE,

PRENTISS

Bend stamp for Price and Descriptive List. Also
Trees, Small Fruits, etc.

S.8 7-. 5. HUBBARD. Fredonia, N Y

EVERGREENS.

WHITE SPRUCE 1 to 2, \}4 to 2. 2 to 2)4, and 2>^ to 3
feet, with fine roots and well furnished tops.

AMERICAN ARBOR VIT^, 10 to 12-inch, 1 to 1%, IK to
2 and 23^ to 3 feet.

HEMLOCK, 8 to 12-inch, 1 to 1% and \}4 to 2 feet.

SUGAR, NORWAY, SCARLET and other MAPLES,
and all kSnds of EVERGREEN and DECIDUOUS TREES
and SHRUBS at lowest prices.

FREIGHT LOW TO THE WEST AND IsOETHAVEST.

Forest City Nurseries, Portland, Me.

A.TXENXION' !

COT FLOWER GROWERS AND FLORISTS GENERALLY.

Undersigned wi.slu's to iufonn all interested in Flowers
(by request of many Florist*), to sell all his young plants of
the sujierb winter-blooming. Red and White Carnations —
Hiuze'8 Seedlings. These two varieties are exclusively
usetl for Cut FlowerK, since their merits for winter bloom-
ing, large size, early blooming, sweet scented, nicely
fringed, was discovered about Detroit. The reason that
these two extra good Carnations are so little known outside
of Detroit City is, it never was advertised till now, since it
was (list raised by seed by Mr. Hinze some yeai-s ago.
Tlifsc plants advertised were propagated in December from
plants bought of originator, Mr. Hinze. Certificates will be
given to all buyers, signed by Mr. Hinze, if requested, as to
genuineness of plants.

:i<-r,<>i.>':x"0.
X

WHEAT CULTURE;
How to Double the Yield and Increase the Profits.

ByD. S. CURTISS.
72 pages, illustrated. Price 50 cenu, mailed, post-paid, on re-
ceipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St , Phila.

Free

by

MaU.

Mr. Hinze's Red Carnation, $5.00 f! 100 () ^^
Mr. Hinze's White " $6.00 ^1 100 .) m/^i

:x>o

r:>cS5

MaiL

Large one year Stock Plants, Hinze's Red. $3.00 per dozen,
by express, charges paid by buyer. Not less tlian one dozen
sent. All are in bud and bloom.

Every Florist about Detroit knows that Hinze's Red and
White' are the two best winter-blooining Carna'ions in
cultivation. Not less than .50 plants sold at these low rates.

Double White Chrysanthemum, 84.00 per 100, free by mail.
This is the best of cut flowers, blooming during December
till after the holidays. Purest White, 1 inch across. I have
only a few hundred' left.

Cash must be sent with every order. Send to
AUGUST b. MYLIUS,
mli3 Mt. Elliott Ave. and Mack Road, DETROIT, MICH.

NEW DOUBLE WHITE BOUVARDIA

A.. NEXJNER,

the most valuable plant sent out for years. Price per plant in
2j4-inLh pots, 50c each ; )$3.03 per doz. Large plants in 4-inch
pf^ts, 7 = 0. each ; $6 00 per doz. New Pelargonium Aladdons'
Victor, strong plants 75c each ; $6.ro per do7. New set of 30
Verbenas for i88i. Splendid Varieties ready the 15th of
October, I3 00 for the set John White's Mealy Bag
Exterminator, the only known remedy to kill ih« ^Mcaly iJuj
without injuring the plant, Ji.co per bottle ; J8.co per doz.

JOHN WHITE,

a.i2. Communipaw Ave,, Jersey City, N.J.

Tuberose Bulbs.

Per 100 Per 1000

Double, Blooming size, $2.00 $15.00
Pearl, " ' '

2.50 20.00

AI.T. our BULBS guaranteed PUKE. SAMPLE to
DEALERS.

tnh2 ENGLE & BRO.,

Nurserymen and Florists.

MARIETTA, PA.

MAKEHENSM

An Knglish Veterinary s«rgeon and Chemist, now
traveling In this country, says that most of the Horse
antic itr:e PowJera scikl here are worthless trash. He
gays tliat Sheridan's Condition Powders are absolutely
pure an 1 immensely valuable. Nothin;j on earth will

Boston, Mass., formerly Bangor Me.

Farm Implements and Machinery

AND THE PRINCIPLES OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND USE,

with explanations of the laws of motion and orce as applied on the
farm, with over 300 illustrations by John J. Thomas; new and
revised edition, 312 pages, 12 mo, cloth, price|i.5o; mailed postage
free on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, PhiU.

THE HOR TICUL TURAL AD VER TISER.

17

RARE OPENING!

mSALE--Il]ESBEIilIHRlJinm

A well-established and payiug wholesale and retail Nur-
sery business, situated one mile east of Springfield, Illinois ;
consisting of about 15 acres of a general collection of nursery
stock, 5 acres of choice strawberries, 3 acres raspberries,
2H blackberries and 1 acre currants ; also, 200 bearing Pear
trees, 100 bearing Cherry trees, and a choice Apple and
Peach orchard. There is also a fine young Vinery of foreign

f rapes and large beds of Asparagus and Rhubarb. The
ouse is a new, elegant two-story brick, containing 12 rooms
and large cellars. There is also" a large cistern, two never-
failing wells, stable, out-houses, &c. The whole includes 45
acres of the richest land, with a presumed 7 feet vein of the
best coal underneath. 1 here are 3 acres of a beautiful laNvn,
containing the choicest specimens of Evergreens and Orna-
mental trees. The demand for small fruits in Springfield is
greatly in excess of the supply. The business was estab-
lished by me in 1857 and has been most successfully carried
on, and my sole reason for selling is, that I wish to retire,
owing to my increasing years. Terms easy, if desired, to
suit purchaser. Apply to

JOHN McCREDY,

.f.3 HAZELWOOD NURSERY, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS

wjELOH :bi^o».

les.

WHOLESALE DEALERS LK

Cut Flowers and Florists

Shipping; of Bon Silenes, Safranos, Fancy tCi'tses and

Smilax a specialty, flowers Sold on Comixiissiou.

Circularb to Growers and Retail Florists

sent on application.

tf.i2 165 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.

For Sale.

The entire stock of the Exotic Nurseky, located at
66 Chestnut Street, Albany, N. Y. The stock consists of
large Palms Agaves, Cactus, Camellias, Azaleas, Ferns,
■Crotons, in 8 varieties, some of which are quite large, and
two bandred and thirty Orchids, in 40 varieties— 63 being
Phalsenopsis amabilis and Schilleriana; several kinds of
Dendrobiums, etc., etc. Many of the Orchids are now
jn bloom. Also, a general variety of Hothouse, Green,
hoase and Bedding Plants, including the celebrated new
Coleus " Garfield."

„,,tf A. F. CHATFIELD, Albany, N. Y.

NEW SUNFLOWER,

The FAMOUS

NEWPORT CORSAGE SUNFLOWER.

An entirely distinct variety which originated with a New

Eort Florist. During last season at this noted watering place
undreds were worn daily by the ladies as corsage flowers.
Plants dwarf and pyramidal ; flowers small, rich jet black
centre with an overlapping row of broad, deep golden
yellow petals, and are produced in the greatest abundance
from June until killed by frost. Grow it and realize how
really beautiful a sunflower is.

We have the entire stock for sale and offer it in packets
of 25 seeds each, free by mail for 23 cents. The trade
supplied. Retail catalogue of flower and vegetable seeds
free to all. Wholesale catalogues to the trade onlv.

YOUNG & ELLIOTT, Seedsmen,

£,3 12 Cortlandt Street, New York.

.| For our illustrateu catafoeiue of IJ
U F. E. Fassett & Bro. , Ashtabula, of

JOHN S.A.XTI.'S

-CATAI^OGXJJE OF-

Nsw,Eirsaiinmti{ulMs!orlS82,

Will be ready in February with a Colored Plate.

It is full in all the really good New Plants— New Dracx-
nas. New Crotons. New Pelargoniums, &c., with a rich
collection of Fine Foliage and other Greenhouse and Hot-
house Plants, well grown and at low prices, free to all OUT
customers ; to others 10 cents, or a plain copy free.

An immense stock of all the New French and English
Varieties. Bennett's Hybrid Teas, Queen of bedders, Jule«
Prigers, Harrison Wier, Jules Chretien ; Perle des Jar-
dins, &c., pot grown at cheap rates. New Rose Catalogue
now readv, free.

ORCHIDS.

East Indian, Mexican, Central and South American,
&c., Catalogues free.

Catalouges of Flower and Vegetable Seeds, Fruit Trees,
&c. Free. Every thing pertaining to Plant, Seed or Nursery
Business,
f •3_ JOHN SAUL, Wa s h i ngton, D. C.

VERBENAS!

NO\A/ READY, from bed, Sl.OO per 100;
SIO.OO per 1000. FINE STOCK PLANTS, 3-inch pots, S6.00
100; 21-^-inch pots, m.di^ per 100. Nothing but DISTINCT
and FINEST VARIETIES, grown. No RUST nor meldew.

NEW rUCHSIAS,

NEW GERANIUMS, &c.

Chicago Floral Co.,

ap.l Send for Descriptive Catalogue.

38th and GRAND BOULEVARD, CHICAGO, ILL.

H. CANNELL & SONS'

IllistraM Floral Gilifi for 1882,

Is now really, aud send post free lor 85 cents.
We assure all lovers of Flowers that it is by far the best
we have ever issued, and probably the best ever published.
Certainly it contains the greatest and most reliable informa-
tion on Flowers and their Seeds. The printing of 20,000 cop-
ies costs £570, the postage of the same 1250. W e simply men-
tion this to show to what extent our efforts are appreciated,
f.tf Swanley, the Home for Flowers, Kent, England.

FOR SPRING PLANTING.

Fine Nursery Stock, from best nurseries here and Europe.
Direct importations, choice hardy Rhododendrons, Azaleas,
Kalmias, New Azalea Mollis, Japanese Maples ; superior
stock Hj'drangea paniculatJi, Purple and Weeping Beech,
Weir's Cut-leaved Maple. Hardy Roses, reasonable prices.
All leading varieties t ruits. Ornamental Trees, Evergreens,
Shrubs, Roses, and special collections finest sorts. List
specialties and novelties free. Full descriptive catalogue (il-
lustrated), 10c. Estimates furnished on application. Address,

mh.2.0.1 208 Broadway, New York, or, Rochester, N. Y.

18

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

Special Offer to the Trade-

Per doz. Per 100

Agapanthus umbellatus $1 25 $10 00

Alysum Double White 75 6 00

Akebia quinata 1 50 12 00

Ardisia Crenulata, 4-lnch pots 3 00 20 00

Azalea Indica, in var. splendid trained,

standards 9 00 70 00

Caladium, Fancy, in 25 best sorts, strong. . . 2 00 12 00

Carnation Meteor, best new scarlet 1 25 10 00

Chrysanthemum, 40 choice sorts 75 6 00

Dahlias, in 25 best sorts, plants 150 10 00

Draecenas Terminalis, 3-inch pots 2 00 12 00

" " 4-ineh " 3 00 20 00

" " 5-inch " 4 50 35 00

The Draecenas are in unusually fine condi-
tion, well furnished and colored.

Ficus elastica «5 00 to 9 00

Gloxinia crassifolia; the finest of the

Gloxinias, extra strong tubers 2 00 15 00

Hydrangea, Thos. Hogg, strong 2 50 12 00

Jasminum Grand Duke of Tuscany 3 00

Latania Borbonica 125 8 00

Lilium auratum 2 00 15 00

T .ilium floribunda, or Harrisi ; the best lily

for forcing $1 each 9 00

Palms, Coryphea Australis, 3-inch pots 1 50 10 00

" Carludovica palmata $1 00 each ; 10 00

" Seaforthia elegans, 1st size 1 25 10 00

2d " 2 00 15 00

" » " 3rd " 3 50 25 00

•' Chamaerops excelsa 100 600

Pandanus utilis, splendid plants, 4-in. pots. . 3 00 20 00

Pansies Dreer's Premium 50 3 00

Pelargoniums, in25choicestsorts,3-in. pots.. 150 10 00

Petunias Double, set of the 12 finest var. ... 1 25 8 00

Phlox Perennial, 25 best sorts 100 6 00

Verbenas, 20 best sorts, healthy 50 350

Vinca Alba, Rosea and Oeulata each 75 5 00

Violet Marie Louise and Neapolitan 75 5 00

" New Double Blue, Marguerite de Savoie 5 00

Wistaria sinensis, 2-y'r old, potgrown, strong 2 50 20 00

Wholesale Trade List for 1S82, mailed to Florists ; and
Dreer's Oar den Calender for 1882, offering New and Choice
Dracenas, Crotons, Oeraniums, Pelargoniums, Carnations,
&c.,&c., mailed free.

HENRY A. DREER,

714 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia.

PEAR CULTURE FOR PROFIT.

BY P. T. QUINN.

A practical Horticulturist, and author of " Money in the
Garden."

Containing practical method of raising Pears intelligently
and with best results: character of soil, best mode of preparing
It; best varieties to select under existing conditions; best mode
of planting, pruning, fertilizing, grafting, and utilizing the
ground before the trees come into bearing, and finally gathering
and packing for market Illustrated with practical cuts on
pruning and grafting, distance table and orchard record. 136
pages, l2mo, cloth. Price, $1. Sent by mail, post-paid, on re-
ceipt of price. Address,

CH AS. H. M AROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS

Plants and Flowers m the Garden and the House ; 'giving
directions short, sharp and decisive how to overcome every insect
enemy that infects flowers and plants, out-doors and in-doors,
which troubles window Gardens ; which eats up the vegetables of
the garden ; which devours the fruit trees, shrubs and vines, and
lives in the homes of anxious, tired housekeepers. Paper, 100 pages.
Price, 30 cents, postage free.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street.Philadelphia.

Say's American Insects

Three volumes and Separate Glossary. Octavo, Numerous

Colored Plates from Original Drawings,

Old Bare and out or Pkint,

One set Only.

Price S!25.00, by mail, postage paid.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

I succeeded in raising some seed of this Rare and Usefal
Plant, and by testing the same found it germinating.
I offer 100 seeds for SI .00; 1000 seeds for S8.00.

f3 JOHN C. EISELE,

1322 and 1324 N. 12th. St., Philadelphia.

nt^iX GOOD WHEAT, GRASS AND FRUIT FARMS
4^9 Vr cheap. Best climate ; good society; convenient
to best markets. For catalogue, prices and county paper,
address, MANCHA & HELLER, Ridgely, Md.

HAND-BOOK

OF

PRACTICAL LANDSCAPE

GARDENING.

BV F. R. ELLIOTT.

Designed for City and Suburban Residences, and Country SchooJ-
Houses; containing designs for lots and grounds, from a lot 30 by
100, to a forty-acre plot. Each plan is drawn to scale, with schedute
to each, showing where each tree, shrub, &c., should be planted
condensed instructions for forming and caring for lawns ; building of
roads; turfing, protection, pruning and care of trees ; making
cuttings, evergreens, hedges, screens, &c. Condensed descriptions
of all the leading trees and shrubs; soil and position in which they
should be grown. Illustrations of ground plans, elevations, trees,
shrubs, winter gardening, &c. 96 pp.,8vo, cloth. Price f 1.50.
Sent by mail on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., PhUa.

KEEPING ONE COW.

Being the experience of a number <
and condensed form, upon the

practical writers, m a clear

Management of a Single Milch Cow.
Illustrated^ 132 pages, cloth. Price, $1.00, mailed, post-paid, od

CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street. Phila.

ORNAMENTAL TREES.

By Tbomas Meehan.

An American Hand-Book, containing the personal observa-
tions of the author. 257 pages, 24mo, cloth. Price 75 cts. Sent
by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

Address CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

AMATEUR'S ROSE BOOK.

By Shirley Hibberd.

Comprising the cultivation of the Rose in the open ground
and under glasB; the formation of the Rosarium; the charac-
ters of Wild and Garden Roses; the preparation of the flowers
for exhibition; the raising of new varieties; and the work of
the Rose Garden in every season of the year. Illustrated with
colored plates and wood engravings. 272 pages cloth, 12mo.
Price $3.00. Sent by mail postpaid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

Orchid Grower's Manual

BY BKNJ. F. WILLIAMS, F. R. H. S.

Containing descriptions of 930 Species and Varieties ot
Orchidaceous Pl&ntS with notices of times of flowedng.
approved modes of treatment and practical instructions on general
culture. Remarks on heat, moisture, soil, seasons of growth and
rest suited to the several species.

FIFTH EDITION ENLARGED WITH COLORED FRONTISPIECE,
and numerous beaudful illustrations, 336 PACES l2nnO
CLOT H . Price, $3.50. Sent by mail, postage free, on re-
ceipt of price.

4th edition of the above work also on hand, 800 pages 12 mo,
cloth, illustrated. Price, 82.50. Sent by mail, postage free, on re-
ceipt of price. Address, C. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phil*.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

19

The Great New Red Raspberry,

THE SUPERB.

Largest, Earliest. Hardiest, Best, Send for descriptive,
Illustrated circular, with prices, to the originator,

t^t3 J. CHURCHMAN, Burlington, N. J.

MARBLEHEAD

Early Sweet Corn

This new sweet corn I warrant to be at least a week ear-
lier than Early Minnesota, and decidedly earlier than the
Dolly Dutton, Early Boynton or Tom Thumb. It is the
size of Minnesota, and very sweet. Many fanners have
written me that it gave them complete control of the
early market. Being the original introducer, my stock will
be found pure and true. By mail, post-paid by me, per
package, lo cents ; per quart, /O cents ; per peck, by express,
$3.00. Seed catalogue, containing some varieties not to be
found in anv other catalogue free to all.
mh2 JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass.

AMERICAN GRAPE GROWING

-wine: making.

By Gborgk Husmann, Professor of Horticulture in University of
Missouri, with contributions from well-known Grape Growers, ^vini(

A WIDE RANGE OF EXPERIENCE.

Illustrated, 12mo, 243 pp., cloth; price, $1.50. Mailed pott-p-<id
on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT

814 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia.

THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES

BY B. J. KENDALL, M. D.

With the real essential information relative to each disease. Will
save many times its cost. Gives cause, symptoms and best treat-
ment of diseases. Table with the doses, effects and antidotes of
principal medicines used, and a few pages on action and uses of
medicines. Rules for telling age of Horse and fine engraving show-
ing appearance of the teeth each year. A large collection of valu-
able recipes. Printed on fine paper 7^x5 inches; nearly 100 pages,
35 engravings. Price, 25 cents. Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt
of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT. 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

THE ABBOTT

Pocket Microscope

Is an .instrument of great
practic.ll usefulness to
Teachers, Farmers,
Merchants, Me-
chanics, Physi-
cians, Botanists,
Miners, and many
others. It is the best
ni ever invented for examining FIOW-

Seeds, Plants, Minerals,
Engravings, Bank Notes, Fabrics,

Etc. By means of a cage, accompanying each In-
strument, one can examine all kinds of |n-
SeCtS or Worms alive. The

EYE OF A FLY,

"r other ineect of like fize, can be readily eeen.
It is simple in congtrnction and easy to operate.
One of these Inte.-esting Instrnments ought to
be in eyery family. We have made arrangements
to furnish the JPocket Microscope at the
manufacturer's price, $1.50. It will be sent, post-
paid, t<» any reader of this Paper desiring it, on
receipt of price, or miy be had at this office.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

1

ers

iNEW.r-r ORNAMENTAL TREES
FRM>8c^SHRUBS ROSES. 1882.

Besides the largest and must comjileto general
stock of Fruit and OrnamentRl Trees, Koses, etc.,
in the U.S., we offer many Choice Novelties.
New Abridsred Catalogue mailed /ree to all who
apply. Address ELLWANCER &. BARRY,

Mount Hope Nurseries, Rochester, N.Y.

HOW TO READ

AND HINTS IN CHOOSING THE BEST BOOKS,

Witha classified list of work of Biography, History, Criticism,
Fine Arts, Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Science, Language, etc. Bv
Amelie V Petit. Pp. 220. i2mo, cloth. Price, Ji.oo. By mail,
post-paid on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., PhUa.

GARDENERS' DICTIONARY.

By Gbo. W. Johnson, Editor of " Cottage Gardener."
Describing the Plants, Fruits and VegeUbles desirable for the
Garden, and explaining the terms and operations employed in
their cultivation. New EdiUon, with a supplement, including the
new plants and varieties. 910 pages, i2mo, cloth, fine print. Pnce,
|3.00. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

HOW TO LAY OUT A GARDEN.

By Edward Kemp.

A general guide in Choosing, Forming and Improving an Es-
tate (from a quarter-acre to a hundred acres in extent), with
reference to both design and execution. Illustrated with nu-
merous plans, sections and sketches. 403 pages, 12mo, cloth.
Price 82.50. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price.
Address CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

CLASS BOOK OF BOTANY.

By Alphonso Wood, A. M.
Being outlines of the Structure, Physiology and Classification of
Plants ; with a Flora of the United States and Canada. 832 pages,
8vo, half arabesque cloth sides. Price, J3.50. Sent by mail post-
paid on receipt^^f jf <=• ^HAS. H. MAROT.

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

SMALL FRUIT CULTURIST.

BY ANDREW S. FULLER.

Giving Description, History, Cultivation, Propagation, Dis-
eases, &c.

Beautifully Illustrated.

276 pages, 12mo, cloth. Price 81.50. Sent by mail, post-paid
on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MABOT. 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

ROSES IN POTS;

observations on their Cultivation including the Autobiography of a
P°'-^'' by WM. PAUL.

92 pages, cloth, illastrated. Price, SI 00
Sent Prepaid by mail on receipt of price.

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phil,.

cIceTtove UNO mmmi puiits,

By Benj. S. Williams. F. B. H. S.

With descriptions of upwards of eleven hundred species and
varieties. Instructions for their cultivation and mode of manage-
ment. Illustrated with colored frontispiece and numeroua
splendid illustrations. 686 pages, 2 vols., 12mo, cloth. Prico
85.00. Sent by mail post- paid on receipt of price.

AddaeM CHAS. H. MAROT.

814 Chestnut St. PbOC.

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THE HORTICLLIURAL ADVER'USER.

WANTED

AT ONCE

In erery County to «ell the Wallace ImproTed "Peerless" Washer.
Big Oommlaalon, Easy Sale, Exclusive Territory. It Is wllhont
doubt the beat aolf-operating Washer In the world. Jt will wash
any kind of clothes clean, from a handkerchief to a be.l quilt,
■without a particle of rubbing. It will tit In any kind of lioller.
We also manufacture a special style that will fit In the old
fashioned wash-pot, so common In the South, It will do all the
family washing better than It can be done In any other way ; In
less than ba!f the time It takes by hand, and with one-half the
Boap, without any chemicals or washing preparations, and with-
out the exhausting labor and the ruinous wiar and tear of gar-
ments as byttie wash-board, or as by the different processes of
pounding, squeezing and dashing the very lile out of them. The
operation of the machine consists In rapidly and continuously
forcing all the hot water contained In the boiler from the bottom
to the surface, through the discharge pipe, at Hie rate of 16 gallons
per minute, when In full operation, and then, by the force of
Buctinn drawing it dowuward through the soiled linen, causing
It to search out and eradi.ate every atom of dirt ; leaving the
articles after rinsing thoroughly cleansed and pnrllted, and having
the pure whiteness of new goodslmparted to them. The Washer
Is especially valuable for washing all kinda of fragile fabrics, such
aa laces, lawns, cambilcB, Ac, which are too delicate to be sub-
jected to the wash-board. We want aecnts to remember that our
WMheris the original self operating Washer. Sinceonr patent
■was Kranted (March 23,1869), there has been over 20 imitations
oifered for sale, some of which are a direct infringement on our
patent ; but the universal verdict Is that our Washer Is still the
**best. " It is made of non-corrosive metal, and Is warranted
never to rust or to get ont of repair. It throws two steady streams
and will work with m nth lens heat than any other Washer. One
agent reports 1-fO sales in one month ; another 72 in two weeks ;
another sold 40 in ten days. We Imve soo e» of agents who are
Belling 12 Waehera every week. Any intelll'jint man orworoan
can do as well. AGENTS WANI ED in every founty. Most of
our agents are averaging ovit $100 profit eveiy month. Re-
member, we guarantee every Waslier to give perfect aatisfactlon.
Price, only $3, delivered free, all charges paid, to any part of the
United States. Oar>h must acrompany all orders. Remit by Post
Office order, registered letter, bank check or draft. For our
responsibility we refer you to any Newspaper or Express Company
In this city. Descriptive circulars and ft:ll directions sent with
•achttachlne. Address, WALLACE WASHER CO.

.6 60H Warren St., N. Y.

PRACTICAL HINTS

On the selection and use of the

MICROSCOPE,

Intended for beginners, by John Phin,

Editor of the Am. Journal of Microscopy. Enlarged edition,
Profusely illustrated; 181 pp., I'itno., cloth. Price, 75 cents.
Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

Thirty-six Varieties of Cabbage, . 6 of Corn, 28 of Cucumber, 4t
of Melon, 33 ol Peas, 28 of Beans, 17 of Squash, 23 of Beet and 40 of
Tomato, with other varieties, in proportion, — a large portion of
which were grown on my five seed farms-will be found in my
Vegetable and Flower Seed Catalogue for 1882. Sent
FREE to all who apply. Customers of last Season need not write tor
it. All Seeds sold from my establishment warranted to be both
fresh and true to name; so far, that should it prove otherwise, j will
refill the order gratis. The original Introducer of Early
Ohio and Burbank Potatoes, Marblehead Early-
Corn, the Hubbard Squash, Marblenead Cabbage,
Phinney's Melon, and a score of other New Vegetables, 1 in-
vite the patrnage of the public. New Vegetables a Specialty,
t d.5. JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass.

Utah New Plants.

GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES.

Frittilaria pudica and Erythronium grandifloram,

fine, tor totcing and pots Also hne for open border, early spring
bloomers, hardy perennials, 12X0. each, $1.25 per doz. Seeds 15c.
per packet.

Allium biseptum, dry bulbs, 5c. each ; 50c. per dozen. Fine
for forcing and pots; also for open border, early spring bloomer,
hardy perennial, 15c. each; 31.50 per dozen, tecds iiC per
packet.

Fenstemon glaber, var. cyananthus, a very fine sky-blue
Penstemon, with long spikes of flowers. 20c. each; $2.co per doz.
Seef's 15c. per packet. Not less than 12 plants at dozen rates of
Utah New Plants of each variety.

C^iEBiiactis Donglasii; fine gray leaved dwarf plant; hardy
perennial ft r edging ; white double fragrant flowers; finecut leaves,
finer than the finest Centaurea, only lour inches high. The finest
plant for edgirg in cultivation. 15c. each. Si 50 per dozen. Seeds
15c perpkt.

Sednm debile, a very fine, hardy Sedum ; for Baskeu, Rock-
work, &c. 10c. each, 8i . o per dozen.

Pbacelia circinata, fine, white flowers ; biennial border
plant t>c e<ch. Si. 50 per dozen.

PREMIUMS. — To every one who buys one dollar's wrrth
of my Greenhouse, Bedding and Basket Plants, Ga'c'en and Flower
Seeds, I will send two p ants extra of Utah New Plants, my selec-
tion. To every one who buys two dollars' worth of Utah New-
Plants or Setds, I wi'l send e.\tra, fee, by mail one new Double
Geranium of 1879, mentioned in my catalogue, worth 60c., or any
other Geranium or Fuchsia they may se ect, if they only buy for one
dollar I cheerfully recommend the above list of Utah New Plants
to all Florist- and lovers of plants in the United States. All fine
and beautiful.

A great variety of House, Bedding and Basket
Plants, Gari-ien und Flower Seeds by mail or express.
Catalogues sent free to all on application. Terms cash with order.
Discount to the trade.

O* F> DUE, Seedsman and Florist,

tjii2 Salt Lake City, Utah.

WALTER ELDER,
Landscape and Jobbing Gardener,

1231 Rodman Street, Philadelphia,
Attends to all branches of his business on reasonable terms.

PATENT BINDER

For the Gardener's Monthly. Numbers filed with the greatest
convenience. Preserve them filed for reference, and have them
when you want them. Neatly lettered on the side in gilt. Price, 40
cents each. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt cf price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St. Phila.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

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(Successors to CHARLES R. PENFIELD.)

LOCKPORT, NIAGARA COUNTY, N. Y.

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LEWIS'S COMBINATION FORCE PUMP MAKES THREE MACHINES-See Cut.

Made of brass throughout. This is the best and cheapest tirst-elass Hand Pump in the world.
To introduce it, I will senil a sample Pump to any express station in the United States or
Canadas, express paid, for $5.50 ; regular retail price, $(j. Will throw a good stream of water
fifty to sixty feet. I have the finest Spray Attachment ever put on a pump— can change from
^ solid stream to spray instantly M'7ii?eiJ(/y/(/)//(;/. 1 also manufacture the Potato-Bug Extermi-

nator separate— price, zinc tube, postpaid, SI. 25; polished brass, po.-tpaid, ^l.ir,; can do four to six acres per day. Send
for Illustrated Catalogue, Price-List and Terms to Agents, etc. I give a long list of customers, each of whom has bought
from $50 to S2,000 worth of these goods in from one to three weeks' time and have made from SIO to 530 per dav.

Agents wanted everywhere. LEWIS MANUFACTUKING WORKS, Catskill, N. Y.

The Sugar Seet.

Including a History of the Beet Root Sugar Industry of
Europe. Varieties of the Sugar Beet, Examination,
Soils, Tillage, Seeds and Sovi^ing, Yield and Cost of
Cultivation, Harvesting, Transportation, Con-
servation, Feeding Qualities of the Beet
and of the Pulp, Etc., Etc., Etc.
BY LEWIS S. WARE, C.E., M.E.,

Fellow of L'Ecole des Arts, Agriculture et Manufactures
Paris; member of American Chemical Society. In one
volume, octavo ; illustrated by 90 engravings. Price, $4.00
by mail, postage free. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

BEET ROOT SUGAR

AND CULTIVATION OF THE BEET.

BY E. B. GRANT.

Including the Sugar supply of the U. S., History of Beet Root
Sugar, Supply of Beets, Cultivation, Cost of Beet Root Sugar in
France, Production in various Countries, Advantages, Method of
Raising, Harvesting, Preservation of Beets, Seed, Manures, Ro-
tation of Crops, Beet Pulp, Leaves of Beets, P/ohts, etc. i6 mo.,
cloth, pp., 158 Price, J1.25. >ent by mail post-paid on receipt of
price. Address, CHAS. H. MAROl .

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa

FRUiT GROWERS' HAND-BOOK.

ByF. R. Elliott author of " Western Fruit Growers* Guide"
(one ot the best posted men on the subject in the United States).
Contains the practice on all subjects connected with fruit growing.
The book is made for those who ;. row iruit f<jr their own use Also
an Appendix, containing matter relating to the selection and culture
of Ornamental Trees, Roses, Plants, &c. Illustrated with 45 wood-
cuts, 130 pages, i6mo, cloth, $1 ; ppet, 63 cts. Sent by mail
postpaid on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H MARO T. 814 Chestnut St . Phila.

WINDOW FLOWER GARDEN

By Julius J. Heintich,

Handsomely illustrated. This work endeavors by a few simple
directions for the management of plants and flowers in the window
or conservatory, to show to all members of the family, and especial-
ly the children, that the eultivation of flowers is not difficult and
brings more real enjoyment than many more expensive amusements.

It is intended for all, includirg children, excudinji technical terms
as far as pcssible, and piving the most simple directions. 93 pp., 12
mo, cloth 75c. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phili.

IheCH[iSTeyofttePftRM

BY. R. WARINGTON, F. C. S.

A most valuable Work, which should be in the Hands of
Farmers, Gardeners and Tillers of the soil generally. It
presents the relations of Chemistry to Agriculture in a most
popular manner. 12mo, cloth. Price, post-paid, $1.00.
Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

SWEET POTATO CULTURE.

GIVING FULL INSTRUCTIONS FROM

STARTING THE PLANTS TO HARVESTING

AND STORING THE CROP.

WITH A CHAPTER ON THE CHINESE YAM.

BY JAMBS FITZ,

Keswick, Va., author of "Southern Apple and Peach
Culturist. " Paper cover. Price, Post-paid, 40 cents.
Address, CH.\S. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut 8tre et, Phila.

HINTS FOR PAINTERS, DECORATORS, AND PAPER-HANGERS.

being a selection of useful rules, data, memoranda, methods
and suggestions of house, ship and furniture painting, paper-
hanging, gilding, color mixing, and other matters useful and
instructive to painters and decorators.

Prenare'l with special reference to the wants of Amateurs,
by an Old Hand, tiO pages paper, mailed post paid for 25 cents
qU receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

XSssay on Roses.

BY MRS. M. D. WELLCOME.

Pajier, pp. 24. Illustrated. Price, 15 cents.

Mrs. Wellcome writes with enthusiasm, and from a
thorough knowleiluc, and a considerable experience. All
lovers of roses ami' all amateur horticulturists will find the
little monograph interesting and suggestive."— J^os^cwt
Journal.

Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

By Edward Spragues Rand, Jr.

A treatise on Hardy and Tender bulbs and Tubers. 369 pages, i2ino,

cloth. Price, $2.50. Sent by mail post paid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, PhiU.

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THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

Sofnetliing New in Water Hete. Please Take lotice.

Sectional view of Carmody's Patent

Woil EitBislii Water \\i\\t

Especially adapted to the heating of

and other buildings where the Hot Water system is desired.

This Heater is composed of sections,
and can be enlarged or diminished in
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By removing the impacting sections
it becomes a first-class saddle boiler.

It can be used in connection with a
flue along the ground, or not, at
pleasure.

It requires no fire pit, where water is
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It burns soft coal as well as hard, and
does not clog up with soot.

It has more heating surface in pro-
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in the market.

It is the cheapest and most durable
first-class boiler made.

For DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR ami PRICE-LIST

Address the proprietor,

J. D. CARMODY,

tau„ Evansville, Ind.

POCKET MAGNIFIERS.

No. 3014. Price, 80 cents.
HARD RUIIBER CASES AN FRAMES.

No. 3010 — I dbl convex lens, round form, Jiin. diam

" 30"— I

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CUAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

PRACTICAL LESSONS IN

Architectural Drawing ;

Or, HOW TO MAKE THE WORKING DRAWINGS AND WRITE
SPECIFICATIONS FOR BUILDINGS.

BY WILLIAM B. TUTHILL, A.M., Architect.

Illustrated by 33 full page plates (one in oolors) and 33
wood cuts, showing Methods of Construction and Representa-
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mail, post free. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

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With full descriptions of all the finest varieties in cultiyation.
selections adaoted to various circumstances and situations and A
Calendar of Operations to be performed each month throughout
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Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

lEIIIT &RO¥ER'S EEIEO.

AN EASY GUIDE FOR THE

Raising of Fruitsfor Pleasure or Profit

BY R. H. HAINES.

Paper, 34 pp., 8vo, price 30 cents mailed post-paid on receipt
ofprice. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT.

814 Chbsiuut Strbet, Phila.

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FERNS OF KENTUCKY,

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Alpine Flowers, Robinson 8 4 50

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Peach Culture and Diseases, Rutter 1 00

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Small Fruit Instructor- Pnrdy 25

Strong's Cultivation of the Grape 2 50

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MicillasiilsriniaailEoineSscoratioii,

Together with General Information for Sportsmen.

By JOSEPH H. BATTY,

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THE SCHOOL GARDEN

BY DR. SCHWAB, DIRECTOR OF THE VIENNA GYMNASIl'M, BTC.
FROM THE GERMAN BY MRS. HORACE MANN.

Advocating education by labor as well as by study, not as a task
but as a delight. Adapting the kindergarten principle to older
children. In France and Sweden it is no longer an experiment.
School gardens in city and town are destined to be a great educa-
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A MANUAL OF VEGETABLE PLANTS,

BY ISAAC F. TILLINGHAST.

Containing the experiences of the author in starting all those
kinds of vegetab es which are most difficult for a novice to produce
from seed ; with the best methods known for combating and repell-
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-vegetables are subject. 102 pages, i6mo, cloth, price, Ji.oo,
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ARITHMETIC MADE EASY.

ROPFS EASY CALCULATOR.

A new publication that must prove of incalculable benefit to
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The first part containing an entirely new system of Tables, show-
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MANUAL of the APIARY,

By A. J. COOK,

Prof, of Entomology in the Michigan State Agricultural College.

286 pp. large 12 mo.; 112 Illustrations.

It comprises a full delineation of the anatomy and physiology
of the honey-bee, illustrated with costly wood engravings— ihe
Products of the Honey-Bee; the Races of Bees; full descilption
of honey-producing planls, trees, shrubs, etc., splendidly illu-
trated— and last, though not least, detailed instructions for the
various manipulations necessary in the apiary.

This work is a masterly production, and one that no bee-
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PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE.

By Peter Henderson.
A Guide to the successful cultivation of

FLORISTS' PLANTS,

for the Amateur and Professional Florist. Illustrated. %%% pages.
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AS Gardener and Florist in a inivate family, having Green-
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BY a young German. First class gardener, and under-
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A. Slurray, .>5 S'chermerhorn Street, Brooklyn X. Y.

\A/Ab|Trn A man to take charge of Fruit Nursery
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Greenhouses.

Address,
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FOR SALE

and Seed Potatoes free bv addressing
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My place in Salina, Kansas, on the U. P.
a growing town of 3,.50O inhabitants,
large lots, good new house, live rooms,
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and pipes laid all through the place. No water to carry, and
well sheltered. Eighty hot-bed sashes with frames and
covers. Everything in best condition. The only bu.siness
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For information send to JOHN BUCHI, Florist,

Salina, Kansas^

wrnm.

Four Greenhouses well stocked with a very line lot of Tropi-
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Hot water heating apparatus, fine healthy location. City
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soil. Will sell very reasonable. Reason for selling given on
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WM. S. FITHIAN, Florist,

Bridgeton, New Jersey.

Some Fine jilisli Bools.

Twining's Natural Order of Plants. 2 vols J15.00

Low's Ferns of Great Britain. 8 vols., V$ tky 80 00

Shirley Hibberd's New, Rare Beautiful Lved Plants. 1 vol... 9.00

" " Amateur's Flower G.irden 3.00

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" " " Rose Book 3.00

Wooster's Alpine Plants. 2 vols 17.50

Wild Flowers, 2 vols, colored plates, 5.00

" of the Holy Land (quarto) colored plates 8.60

Fern Paradise, Illustrated, plain edition 3.00

" " Photographs, 5.00

" colored plates 1.75

Garden 1.50

Field Flowers, " 1.50

British Fungi, " 2.50

Microscopic Fungi, " 2.50

Country Walks, by a Naturalist, Illustrated 1 75

Half Hours in ihe Green Lanes 2.00

Half Hours with some English Antiquities.... 2.00

Marvels of Pond Life, Illustrated 1.75

SeaWeed Collector (Shirley Hibberd) colored illustrations... .2.00

Sylvan Spring, colored plates 5 00

Book About Roses S. Reynolds Hole. Illustrated 3.75

Greenhouse Fanc-es, splendid colored Illustrations 12 50

Newton's Landscape Gardening, fob, 24 dble pp, plates 6 00

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TALKS ABOUT FLOWERS.

BY MRS. M. D. WELLCOME.

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SUBTROPICAL GARDEN;

Or, Beauty of Forna in the Flower Garden.

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ALPINE FLOWERS for ENGLISH GARDENS

By W. Robinson, F. L. S.

An explanation of the principles on which the Exquisite Flora ol

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British Islands, wiih numerous Illustrations, of Rock Gardens,

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ART OF GKAFTING AND BUDDING.

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FRUIT AND BREAD.

A Natural and Scientific Diet.

BY GUSTAV SCHLICKEVSKN.

Translated from the German by M. L. Holbrook, M. D. Intended
to show what is the natural food of man ; to lead him to become a
living child of nature; to simplify and beautify his manner of living;
to emancipate woman from the drudgery of the kitchen ; to lead to
increased use of fruit; to diminish the use of fle^h, and where
possible, to do away with its use altogether; to improve the health
and add to the enjoyments and value of life. Cloth, 250 pages ; n
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price. Address,

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HOW TO RAISE FRUIT

By THOMAS GREGG.

A Hand-book of Fruit Culture, being a Guide to the proper Cul-
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Fruits. 184 pages, i2mo, cloth, fully illustrated. Price, |i. 00. Sent
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MUSHROOM CULTURE.

ITS EXTENaiON AND IMPHOVEMBNT,

BY WM. ROBINSON.

With numerous illustrations, 172 pages, cloth. Price, 76 cents.
Mailed, post paid, on receipt of price.

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THE HORTICVLTLRAL ADVERTISER.

Index to Advertisements.

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Possible Ciia.nse» oJ copy must ie in 6y the latYi. Copy/or n^w
orAvt% received after the Tld of each 7nonth cannot be insuked
insertion in the next issue. Fly-leaf copy (uihether new or
changes) must be in by the 16th. For Adv. rates see'id cover pa£e.

Altorfer G, West Chester, Pa 6

American Manufacturing Co., Waynesboro, 0 6

Aultman & Taylor Co., Mansfield, O ! lO

Bayersdorfer M. M. &Co., Philadelphia 4

BiddleF. CChadd's Ford, Pa i3

Blanc A., Philadelphia .'." |

Breitmeyer John & Sons, Detroit, Mich i-j

Bridgeman Alfred, New York i|

Brinton W. P., Christiana, Pa 13, 14

Brown & Flanagan, Akron, 0 6

Buist Robert, Jr. , Philadelphia 14

Buchi John, Salina, Kan 20

Burrow J. G , Fishkill, N. y .' 7

Business Directory g

Butterton J . , Hammonton, N.J 11

Cannell H. & Sons, Swanley, Kent, Eng 17

Carmody J. D., Evansville, Ind 22

Chatfield A. F., Albany, N. Y 17

Chicago Floral Co., Chicago, 111 17

Childs Rev.T. P.,Troy, 0 0

ChinnickWm. J., Trenton, N. J 9

Churchman J., Burlington, N.J 19

Co'eman Chas. Jr., Los Angeles, Cal 6

Collins, J. S., Moorestown, N.J 30

Cooper C., Bird-in- Hand, Pa 13

CowenN., New York 00

Dick John Jr., Philadelphia 13.15

Dingee & Conard Co , West Grove, Pa 2, 4

Dreer Henry A., Phi'adelphia 10, n, 18

DueO. F., Salt Lake City, Utah 20

Eisele JohnG., Philadelphia 18

Elder Walter, Philadelphia 20

EUwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y 19

Engle & Bro., Marietta, Pa 16

Exeter Machine Works, Boston and Exeter, N. H Cover

Farmer's Adviser, York, Pa 15

FassettF. E. & Bro., Ashtabula, 0 17

Fay W. H., Camden, N.J 10

Fergusson David & Sons, Philadelphia 14

Ferry D. M. & Co., Detroit, Mich 9

Fithian Wm. S., Bridgeton, N. J 29

Fountaiue Floral Co., Racine, Wis 9

Gibson J. C, Woodbury, N. J 16

Gregory James H., Marblehead, Mass 19, 20

Haines R. H., Moorestown, N. J 10

Hales H. W., Ridgewood, N.J 9, 14

Hallett H. &Co., Portland, Maine 14

Halliday Robert J., Baltimore, Md 8

Hallock V. H., Son & Thorpe, Queens, N. Y 15

Henderson Peter & Co.. New York i

Hitchings & Co , New York 3

Hovey C. H., & Co., Boston, Mass 10

Hubbard T. S., & Co., Fredonia. N. Y 16

Jackson Thos., Portland, Me 16

Jenkins J . , Winona, Ohio 10

Johnson I S. & Co., Boston, Mass 16

Kelsey Fred. W., New York 17

Kift Joseph, Westchester, Pa 13

King James, Chicago, 111 Fly-leaf

Lancaster Watch Co., Lancaster, Pa 6

LandrethD. & Sons, Philadelphia Fly-leaf, 12

Lewis Manufacturing Works, Catskill, N. Y 21

Lonsdale & Burton, Germantown, Phila 14

Mancha & Heller, Rid;?ely, Md 18

Marc Gabriel, Woodside, N. Y 10

Marschuetz & Bacharach, Philadelphia. 6

McAllister F. E., New York 30

McCurdy J. C. & Co., Philadelphia 11

McGredy John, Springfield, 111 17

Meehan Thomas, Germantown, Phila 9, 15

Meehan W. E., Philadelphia 10, i6

Merchant S. L. & Co. , New York 11

Merrill H., West Newbury, Mass 29

Miller Geo. L., Jones' Station, 0 12

Miller & Yates. Philadelphia Fly-leaf

Moon Samuel C., Morrisville, Pa 14

Morat F., Louisville, Ky 13

Mylius August D., Detroit, Mich 16

National Teachers' Agency, Cincinnati, 0 14

Nungesser Henry, New York ii

Parry Wm., Parry P. O., N. J 13

Parsons R. B. &Co., Flushing, N. Y Cover

Parsons & Sons Co., Flushing, N. Y Cover

Peacock A. A , Sherman, Tenn 29

Penfield Block Co., Lockport, Niagara Co., N. Y 21

Peters Randolph, Wilmington, Del 14

Phillips W. R., Milford, Del 9

Power Charles J., South Framingham, Mast 6

Reynolds Benj , Norfolk, Va 13

Rice Jerome B. & Co., Cambridge, N. Y ix

Rolker August & Sons, New York i

Saul John, Washington, D. C 10, 16, 17

Seal Thomas F., Unionville, Chester Co., Pa ij

Sealy Jac. C. & Co., Maspeth, N. Y 6

Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine 13

Stone Geo A., Rochester, N. Y 4

Slorrs & Harrison Co., Painesville, 0 10

Straiton & Storm, New York 7

Smith David, Boston, Mass 5

Smith Samuel, Newport, R.I 7

Smith T., P. M, Fresh Pond, N. Y 9

Swain R. A., Philadelphia 7

TaberW. B. & W. M., Detroit, Mich 13

Thomas J. W., King of Prussia, Pa 7

Trimble Hettie B., West Chester, Pa ^

Trowbridge F., Milford, Conn ii

True & Co., Augusta, Maine 13

Tuttle Sidney, Bloomington, Ills ir

Vaughan J. C, Chicago, 111 Fly-leaf

Vick James, Rochester, N. Y Cover

Walker F. & Co . New Albany, Ind 6

Wallace Washei Co., New York 20

Weeks & Ray, Buffalo, N. Y 7

Welch Bros., Boston, Mass 17

Whilldln&Co., Philadelphia 11

White John Jersey City, N. J 16

Wilbor A. B. , Boston, Mass Fly-leaf

Woolson &Co., Passaic, N.J 14

Wright Geo. H., Sioux City, Iowa 29.

Young & Elliott, N. Y 17

For Situations Wanted see page S9.

125 ACRES

IN

Large and Small Fruits.

All the Good new Sorts; all
the Blest Old Sorts. 4»"Plants,
i|?j Trees, Vines. Bottom Prices,
Catalogue Free.

J. S. COM.INS,
d.tf. Moorestown, N. J.

F. E. MCALLISTER'S

SEEDS

PWARF COCKSCOMB.

3tt>ergiger §a^nen!amm.

Celosia Christata nana.
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AB£ THE BEST IN THE WORLD. The FLORAL. GUIOE will tell you how to get and grow them.

VICK'S FLORAL GUIDE for 1882 is an elegant book of 150 pages, a Colored Frontispiece of Flowers, and 1000 Illustra
tions of the choicest Flowers, Plants and Vegetables, and directions for growing. It is handsome enough for the Center Table or a
Holiday Present. Send on your Name and Post Office address, with 10 cents, and I will send you a copy, postage paid. I publish
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VICK'S ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY MAGAZINE— 32 Pages, a Colored Plate in every number and many fine
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t.au.i2 *■ :> - t- ^jj^^^^^ "^ JAMES TICK, Rochester, N. T.

THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.

BY JAMES HOGG.
A complete guide to the cultivation of Vegetables, containing
thorough instructions for Sowing, Planting and Cultivating all kinds
of Vegetables ; with plain directions for preparing, manuring and
tilling the soil to s.'.it each plant; including also a summary of the
work to be done in a vegetable garden during each month of the
year. 137 pages, i6mo, cloth. Illustrated. Price 50 cents; sent
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Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

RARE AND CHEAP.

Thornton's Herbal (258 Engravings Bewick) - • - jzo.co
DodonsEus Herbal (Black letter, 1570) % turkey, very rare 10.00
Florigraphia Brittannica (Deakin) 4 vols. 1625 Illustrations

good as new • 12.00

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Address, CHAS. H. MAROT. 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

AND OUT BUILDINGS.

Aiming to furnish plans and designs to suit every taste and pocket.
257 illustrations, 235 pages, 12 mo. cloth, price, $1.50. Mailed,
post paid on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St.

HOW TO HUNT AND TRAP.

By J. B, Batty, Hunter and Taxidermist.
Containing full instructions for hunting the Buflfalo, Elk

Deei, Antelope, Bear, Fox, Grouse, Quail

itmg
e, Qu
locaiii

Moose,
Geese, Ducks, Wood-
*'lier<

In trapping, tells you all about steel traps ; how to make home-
made traps, and how to trap the Bear, Wolf, Wolverine, Fox, Lynx,
Badger, Otter, Beaver, Fisher, Martin, Mink, etc.. Birds of Prey,
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Architects'and Builders' Pocket Companion

AND PRICE BOOK,

By FRANK W. VODGES, Architect.
Consisting of a short but comprehensive epitome of Decimals, Duo-
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terials, quantities of materials in given sizes and dimensions of
wood, brick and stone, and a full and complete 6iU 0/ prices for
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cloth $1.50. Tuck, J2.00. Sent by mail postage free, on receipt of
price. Address,

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WORKING MAN'S WAY TO WEALTH.

By Edmund Wrigley.

A practical treatise on Building Associations, what they are, and
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Parts k Gartens of Paris

considered in relation to the wants of OTHER CITIES, and of
PUBLIC and PRIVATE GROUNDS.

By WM. ROBINSON.

Splendidly and profusely illustrated, pp. 548. Octavo, fric*
$7.60. Mailed post-paid on receipt of price.

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814 Chestnut St., Phila.

PRACTICAL AZALEA CULTURE.

A TREATISE on the PROPAGATION and CULTURE

OF THE

AZALEA INDICA,

1 BY ROBERT J. HALLIDAY.

' Illustrated, 110 pages, 12mo, cloth, price, ^2.00. Mailed, pos

i paid on receipt of price. Address,

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the: g.a.x%z>e:ne:r's jvEONXxxz-ir

AND HORTICULTURIST FOR 1882.

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THE EXETER

HEiTING jppiieiiTys,

GREENHOUSE HEATING
A SPECIALTY.

Our systems comprise Hot Wa-
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Over 1000 Boilers in Use.

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We solicit correspondence from
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The extensive assortment of the best

Ornamental Trees and Shrubs

In the old Nurseries at Flushing, L. I., of

R. B. PARSONS & CO.

Is now in large quantity and excellent condition, and large Discounts are made from the old catalogue prices of very
many kinds. The stock includes very fine STREET TREES the best Flowering Shrubs, Hydrangea paniculata, Ampe-
lopsi's Veitchii^nd the finer Clematis, &c., in quantity for Dealers' uses. Camellias, Hardy and Chmese Azeleas, rare
Evergreens, «$«; The c^orrespondeuce of large buyers is in\'ited. For catalogues, address,

Box 603, FLUSHING, N. Y.

NOW REAI>Y,

BY THOMAS MEEHAN,

Author of " Native Flowers and Ferns of the U. S.," &c., Ac.

Illustrated with Thirty-one superb Chromo-lithographs by
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THE WILD GARDEN;

Or. O ur (;rove8 and Shrubberies made Beautiful by the
:Nataralization of Hardy £xotic Plants.

By W. ROBINSON, F. L. S.
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KISSENA NURSERIEC
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CONTENTS OF THE MAY NUMBER.

SEASONABLE HINTS :

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground 129

Fruit and Vegetable Glarden / 14:^

COMMUNICATIONS :

The Adornment ot Small "iards 130

Budded Roses 131

Hardy Cypripetiium.^ , 132

Yuccas 132

Calendula Meteor 132

Chestnut Hybrid Rose 132

Tropical Orchids in Open Air ot isumiuer 135

Steam Heating in Chicago 136

Rondoletia Speciosa Major 136

Steam-Heating '. — 137

Fumigating .

Universal Side Cleft Grafting

Fig Culture Again

United States Timber Laws

AUanthus in South Jersey

Winter in Washington Territory

Heredity in White Variegation

Letter of a Califomian Nurseryman.
Canis Ferox Cum Kettlebees. ."

EDITORIAL NOTES :

Wild Roses— Removing Large Trees— Improve-
ment at White Sulphur Spring.s— The California

Mammoth Tree in Europe 133

Orchid Growing— The Harris Lily— Steam Heat-
ing—Bridal Bouquets '. 137-139

Relation Between Seeds and Quality — Peach Yel-
lows—Lichens and Tree Fungi— Stump Pullers—
The Grape Vine Mildew— The Foreign Grape in
America— Glut in the Apple Market— Ramie—
Magnesian Limestone — American Jute — Bottling
Grapes— Fruit Culture in England— Deterioration
of the Strawbenj— Storing Apples— An ^Esthete
in Pear Flavor— Vital Powerin Fruit Trees— Ka by
Castle Red Cunant— Drying Apples Whole— In-
sect Laws— Fruit and Vegetables on the Sacra-
mento— Soil for Peas— Growing Radishes— How
to Ripen Persimmons— Peach Yellows— Yeast

as an Insecticide— The Leechee Fruit 144-147

Forestry Nonsense— Growth of Forest Trees— Eu-
ropean Forests 149-150

Nertera depressa — Nyniphaja tuberosa — Vegeta-
tion of Arizona ." 152-153

Plants Patents Again— Favors — Decaisne — The

History of the Camellia— Satisfied with the Flow-
ers—Suel Foster— Jesse Storrs— Joseph Decaisne
—Dr. W. H. Leggett— Charles Robert Darwin—
The Rose— Chemistry of the Farm— Sweet Potato
Culture— A New Work on Destructive Insects-
Universal Interest TaVdes— Kansas City Review
of Science and Industry— The Penn Monthly h5(i-160

SCRAPS AND QUERIES :

Rural Cemeteries — Bedding Pennyroyal — Superior
Hyacinth— Extra Double Isabella Sprunt Rose-
Rose, Etoile de Lyon— Violet Princess Marie de
Savoy— Fremontia Califomica— Talk about Lilies 134-135
Isotoma longtflora — Conoclinium ianthinum —
Strelitzia reginae— Blue Carpet Bedder— New Ces-
trum— Queries on Steam Heating— Winter Bloom-
ing White Flower— Black Flea on Heliotrope —
Poinsetta pulcherrima — The Detroit Carnations.. 138-142
Winter Nelis Pear— Bentley's Sweet Apple-
Highland Beauty Apple— Calloway Cling Peach-
Sulphur for Currant Worms— Fruits and Trees in
Kansas— Success with Dwarf Apples— Pea c'l Cul-
ture—Hybridizing Grapes ,147-148

The Romance of Forestry 150

Papaw— Yellow Frviited Clioke Cherrj— Rosal
Monstrosity — Ig Kalmia Poisonous ? — Health and
Ailanthus — Erica Meditteranea — Atamasco Lily

—Note on Color? lo3-1.5.5

A Gardeners' Society— Rhyncospennum 160

NEW OR RARE PI ANTS AND FRUITS:

Croton recurvifolius 139

FLOWER GARDEN AND PLEASURE GROUND,l-29-135
GREENHOUSE AND |HOUSE GARDENING.... 1X5-142

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDENING 142-148

FORESTRY 149-151

NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE 151-155

LITERATURE, TRAVELS & PERSONAL NOTES 155-160

liilinm anratnm,

liilinm mbrxun,
L-linm candidam,

Tuberose Gladiolus

AND OTHER

FINE STOCK at LOW PRICES.
STRAW BASKETS of my own manufactare.

Immortelles, Grasses,
Rustic "Work, &ic., &c.

JAMES KING, 57 Lake Street, Chicago, Ills.

SECOND-HAND BOOKS

&Y MAIL ON RECEIPT OF PRICE.

SPEAK QUICKLY IF YOU WANT THEM.

•Say in your order, "Second-Hand List.

Allen's Domestic Animals 81 00

Allen's American Farm Book 1 00

Appleton's American Encyclopedia, 16 vols., full sheep 50 00

Beet Culture and Beet Sugar, by Childs ~ 75

Breck'8 New Book of Flowers 1 25

Blake's Farmers Cyclopaedia ^ 1 00

Blake's Farm and Fireside 1 00

Boyd's Philadelphia Business Directory (1877-78) 75

" " (1878-79) 75

Buist'g Family Kitchen Gardener ~ 75

Children's Garden, and What They Made of It 60

Coal Flora Atlas ol Penna., 85 double page plates, }4 tky 3 50

Cobl)ett'8 American Gardener 1 00

Dinks, Mayhew and Hutchinson on the Dog 2 00

Donaldson's Manures, Grass and Farming 2 00

Don's Gardeners' and Botanists' Dictionary, 4 vols., quarto. 12 00
Downing's Landscape Gardening and Rural Architecture... 3 00

" >^ tky. 4 75

" Cottage Residences (8vo) 1 50

Elder's Cottage Garden of America 70

Eastwood's Cranberry Culture 65

Elliott's American Fruit Growers' Guide 1 00

Facts About Peat 1 00

Farmer's Encycloptedia, \4 tky ^ 4 00

Farmers' and Mechanics Manual 2 50

Field's Pear Culture 1 00

Fitch's Noxious Insects, N. Y 75

Five Acres too Much 1 25

Frank Forester's Sporting Scenes and Characters, 2 vols 4 50

2 vols 2 50

Fralt, Flower and Vegetable Gardener's Companion 1 00

Green and Congdon's Botany, Quarto Illustrated...; 1 50

Harris on Injurious Insects 2 50

Henry Courtland, or What a Farmer Can Do 1 00

Hoffey's North American Pomologist, quarto, full page, col.

plates 4 00

Hooper's Western Fruit Book 1 00

Horse Owners' Cyclopsedla (Walsh, Ac.) 2 75

Horticulturist, ]!^tky., (good as new) 1857 2 50

How to Get a Farm and Where to Find One 1 00

Jenning's Cattle Doctor 1 25

Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry 1 50

Johnston's Elements of Agricultural, Chem. and Geology... 1 25

Klippart's Land Drainage 1 20

Ladies' Flower Garden, Mrs. Loudon 1 25

Liebeg'i Turners' Chemistry, 1394 pages, 8 vo 8 50

Loudon's En<5yclop«edia of Gardening, cloth 7 00

" " of Cottage Architecture, i^ tky 7 00

Mead's Grape Culture and Wine Making 8 00

Mcintosh's Orchard, with colored plates 00

Miss Tiller's Vegetable Garden ~ $ 80-

Mrs. Lee's Trees, Plants and Flowers, guilt, colored plates. ..4 60

Munn's Practical Land Drainer „ 75

My Garden, its Plan and Culture (1250 engravings) 6 76

Neill's Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Gardener's Companionl 00'

Norton's Scientific Agriculture 1 00

New Prac-tical Window Gardener, colored plates 2 00

New American Gardener , 76

Planter's Guide „ „ 1 60

Plough, Loom and Anvil, 2 vols., 8vo 3 5fr

Prince on the Vine, ^ calf _.l 59

Randall's Practical Shepherd 1 25

Rivers' Miniature Fruit Garden „ CO

Schoolcraft's Indian Tribes, half Russia cloth sides, 5 vols.

royal 8 vo., 278 plates, (new, published at $75.00 50 Cff

Sheldon's Dairy Farming, 25 colored plates, 225 wood-cuts,

quarto, gilt...... 9 00

Skeleton Leaves 1 25

Smee on the Potato Plant 76

Stephen's Book of the Farm, 2 vols., oct 4 00

Stewart's Stable Book 1 26

Studies, byj. A. Dorgan IS

Taloa, or Chronicles of a Clay Farm 76

Todd's Young Farmer's Work-shop 1 2S

" " Manual 2 00

Ten Acres Enough 76

rhe Plant, a Biography, 5 col. plates and 13 wood eng's.... 2 60

Tobacco and its Culture, Billings 2 26

Todd's American Wheat Culturist , 1 60

Todd's How to Make Farming Pay 2 00

Tour Round My Oarden 26

Unity of Law (H. C. Carey) 2 26

Waring'sElementa of Agriculture 76

Wharton's Hand-book and Treatment of the Horse 85

What may be Learned from a Tree 70

Wheeler's Homes for the People 2 26

Wheeler's Rural Homes 90

Wood's Class-book of Botany 2 60

" for Schools 100

" Object Lessons in Botany, one cop7 at ISO

200

Woodward's Rural Art 75

" Country Homes 76

Works of Thomas Jeffersou, 4 vols., }4 tky 10 00

Youatt & Martin on the Hog 75

Zell's Encyclopedia (quarto), 2 vols., full sheep IS 00

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CHAS. H. MAKOT,

814 Chestnut Street Phil;

F-OUNDED 1784.

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FlowerinK Roots for Spring Plan tin]

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Seed Potatoes in Great Variety.
Field Corn in Great Variety.
Sugar Corn in Great Variety.
German Millet and Hungarian MiUet.
R«d and "White Clover, Alsike Clover, Lucerne.
Blue Grass, Green Grass, Orchard Grass, Herds' Grass,

Perennial Rye Grass, Mixed Lawn Grass Seed, very

finest quality.
Plant Food for House Plants.
Bone Meal of the Purest Quality.
Peruvian Guano, Land Plaster.

MeflJielianJ Flower Seeis,

Farm Salt, Flax Seed Meal.
Carbolic Soaps, Paris Green.
London Purple, Paris Purple.
Insect Powder, Tobacco Dust.
Agricultural Implements in Great Variety.
Horticultural Tools in Great Variety.
Requisites for Garden and Greenhouses.
Mixed Bird Seed, fresh re-cleaned Seed ; Canary, Hemp
Rape and Maw Seed, Cuttle Fish Bone, Fancy Bird S«ec
Canary Birds. &c.

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SEEDS.

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TOOLS.

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FLORISTS'
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FLORAL DECORATIONS,

for the DWELLING HOUSE.
A PRACTICAL GUIDE to the HOME ARRANGEMENT
of PLANTS and FLOWERS,

By ANNIE HASSARD.

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Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

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GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF INSECTS.

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THE BLESSED BEES.

BY JOHN ALLEN.

A record of a year's work in Bee-keeping by modern methods
its profits certain and large, and Its oleasures invaluable. In-
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INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS.

By C^ias. Darwin.

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Address CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St.. Phila.

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IhJL HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

Wehaveaovaiuairesasseedsmen of which we wish to t« 11 the
public. Thirty years exDeneiice as PIIACTICALMAKKKT
GARDKNERS AND FLORISTS, (rives us such knowledge
as to enable us to juapenoi only what are the best kinds for Fruit.
Flower or Vegetable croi>s (whether for Private or Commer-
cial Gardening). but aiso to thorougrhlv test the quality of all Seeds
Onr Greenhouses and Frames in Jersey City, are the largrest in America, cover-
lu glass, employing' an average of seventy men inroughout the year.

PETER HENDERSON & CO,

35 Cortlandt Street, Nevr York

8@^ AVe send our Illustrated CataIoe\ie of
I •' Everything: for the Garden,'

on anplication.

FREE

Plants

^ugustBolker&IHons,

p. 0. Box 899. 44 DEY STREET, New York,

MANUFACTURERS OF

BASKETS and WIRE GOODS

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ALL

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

m am wMnEiis

ArTD

We offer a fine line of BOUQUKT PAPERS in better quality
than any other make offered in this market ; likewise a large
assortment of BASKETS, in new and elegant stjrlea.

2 THE HOR TICUL TURAL A D VERIISER.

Roses for Florists.

ONE MILLION ROSES IN SEVEN HUNDRED
/[ND FIFTY FINEST SORTS.

We make a special business of growing and distributing Roses, and offer
undoubtedly the largest and best stock of Roses in America. Our New Crop,
rooted in October, are now strong, well-established plants, ready for delivery.

IMPORTANT Tfl RIIYFRQ ^°"'^'^°^^®^'^^'^°''" ''^'^^^^•^^"'"^'^^ ^''^^'^
imruniMiii lu DU I cno. in ordinary soil, without manure or any

STIMULATING PROCESSES WHATEVER ; THEREFORE THEY REQUIRE NO NURSING, OR EXTRA
TREATMENT, BUT GROW OFF STRONG AND HEALTHY, AND COME QUICKLY INTO BLOOM.
FLORISTS SAY OUR ROSES GIVE BETTER SATISFACTION THAN ANY OTHERS THEY CAN BUY.

QITP nr PI AMTQ W® offer but one si2» of Roses, strong, vigorous

OI^C. Ur rLMIl I O. plants, from 2 5 -inch pots. They run from 8 to 12
inches high, according to variety, and are thrifty, well matured, heavily rooted
plants— ready to go in 4-inch pots. Every order, large or small, is carefully
selected from the largest and best on hand at the time.

PFLIC£:S OF GSNSRAI. COI^I^EZCXIONS.

Per 100. Per 500. Per 1000.

EVER-BLOOMING ROSES, First class assortment, $ 8.00 $35.00 $70.00

HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES, " " 10.00 45.00 90.00

MOSS ROSES. " " 15.00 75.00 150.00

CLIMBING ROSES, " " 8.00 35.00 70.00

QPPPIAI AQQHRTMPNTQ ^°'' "P^cial assortments and large orders covering different classes of

or C.UIMI. MOOUn l Iflbll l O. Roses, it is always best to send a list of the varieties and number of each
wanted. We can then tell you exactly what we can do, and will name the lowest price that the character of the
order will justify.

Special attention is given to supplying Florists with reliable plants of all the new and scarce Roses at reasonable
rates. The following choice varieties, and hundreds of others, will be found in our 'Wholesale Price List, tent FREE
to Florists, Market Gardeners and Dealers, viz.:

Per Doz. Per 100.

DUKE OF CON NAUGHT, (Bennett,) New Scarlet Hybrid Tea Rose $9.00 $65.00

BEAUTY OF STAPLE FORD, (Bennett,) New Crimson Hybrid Tea 4.00 25. OO

MAD. ETIENNE SEVET, New French Hybrid Tea, Scarlet 4.00 25.0O

QUEEN OF BE DDERS, (Bourbon,) Crimson, splendid for Bedding 4.00 . 25. OO

ALPHONSE KARR, Fine Crimson Tea 4.00 * 25.00

MADAME WELCH, Tea, magnificent creamy yellow buds 3.00 I6.00

MAD. CHEDANNE CUINISSEAU, Tea, Finest New Yellow 5.00 35.00

PRINCESSE STEPHANIE, Tea, New Pink from France 4.00 25.00

CATHARINE MERMET, Tea, Bright Pink, splendid for forcing 2.00 lO.OO

ANNIE MARIE DE MONTRAVEL, Pure White, <; The New Polyantha > . qq 05 oO

MAD'ELLE CECILE BRUNER, Pale Rose, < Roses from Japan. ^ »*.wv/ ^s.vv

DUKE OF TECK, New Scarlet Hybrid Perpetual 4.00 25. OO

CROWN PRINCE, New Crimson Hybrid Perpetual 4.00 25.00

JAMES VEITCH, Finest Crimson, perpetual mosS 8.00 50.00

Plenty of Perle des Jardins, Niphetos, C. Cook, Marechal Robert, Mad. Rachel, M. Niel,

Bon Silene, Cen. Jacqueminot, Ac, Ac, all at lowest value, quality considered.

NTOTICE FOR IVI-flLY.

As our winter propagation has been unusually succtssful, we can let some kinds of stock go at lower prices than
would have been safe before the New Crop was made, and we are now filling florists' orders at a large reduction from List
prices, WHEN THE SIZE AND CHARACTER OF THE ORDER WILL JUSTIFY DOING SO. If you send a list of the varieties
and number of each wanted, we can tell you by next mail exactly what we can do, and the lowest price for the lot. BUT
YOU CAN ALWAYS RELY ON THE LOWEST PRICES WE CAN MAKE FOR GOODS ORDERED, WHETHER YOU HAVE QUOTA-
TIONS OR NOT.

NOTICE.— This advertisement is intended for the TRADE ONLT, and not for private planters. Address,

The DINGEE & CONARD CO.,

.« ROSE GROWERS, West Grove, Chester Co., Pa.

THE HOR TIL UL TURAL AD VER TISER.

GREEFHOtrSE HEATIITG

Ventilating Apparatus.

Bate-Burning Water Heater
Three sizes. Patented, 1873.

HiTCHINGS & CO.,

[Established, 1844.]

No. 233 MERCER STREET,

NEAE BLBBCKBR STREET,

NEW YORK.

Four Patterns of Boilers,

Corrugated Fire-box Boiler.
Five sizes. • Patented, 1867 New Patterns, 1873

MmATi^m Pipes.

BwQP • ¥ii& rms ^^ i

Pipm FiTWi^&s.

IN GREAT VARIETY AND AT

LOW r»IMOES.

]^ IMPROVED

Sash-Eaising Apparatus,

LIFTIIMCDS m SASBES,

Improved Saddle Boiler.
Five sizes. New Patterns 1877.

ETC., ETC.

Send 6 Cents Postage for illustrated Catalogue,
with References and Prices.

THE HORTICLLTLRAL ADVERTISER,

ledal of Cincinnati Industrial Exposition of 1873 ; Medal
and Diploma of International Exposition of 1877,
"For best display of Bouquet Papers."

We bfg to call the attention of the WHOLESALE and RE-
TAIL TRADE in FLORISTS' GOODS to our well assorted stock
for the Fall season :

BOUQUET PAPERS (ITALIENS\ PASTED CARTONS,

Plain White Edges, Gold and Silver Edges White Satin for
Bridal Bouquets, Fancy Lace Paper for Weddings, Recep-
tions and Parties.

IMMORTELLES-ORIGINAL BUNCHES.

White and all Colors.

DRIED GRASSES AND FLOWERS,

In great varieties and styles ; very suitable for ornamental
purposes .

ORNAMENTAL CRASS BOUQUETS.
FRENCH AND GERMAN GREEN MOSS.
TIN FOIL-Best in the Market.

IMC. IMC. bj%.ye:rsdorfe:fil Ai go.,

IMPORTERS OF FLORISTS' MATERIALS,

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PHILADELPHIA, PA.

Also Importers of Fancy WILLOW and MOSS BASKETS, and Manulacturer»
of Fancy STRAW, BROWN VARNISHED WILLOW, and WHITEand GILT BASKETS.

Send Orders early in Fall. Illustrated Catalogue gratis on application.

THE NEW ROSES OF 1881.

We have the pleasure of offering the following: named NEW KOSES OF 1881. These varieties were first
offered in Europe last Fall, and our plants are propagated from ^ock imported in December last. We offer
vigorous, well-established plants from 2}^-inch pots. THEY ARE ALL. ON THEIR OWN ROOTS and ready
for immediate delivery. Prices as noted.

BEAUTE DE L'EUROPE. (Tea, by Gonod.) Large, finely
formed buils and flowers ; color, bright yellow ; outside
petals shaded dark yellow ; remarkably beautiful and
distinct. 81.1)0.

ETOILE DE LYON. (Tea, by Guillot.) Brilliant chrome yel-
low ; exceedingly beautiful and believed one of the finest
Roses ever introduced; a vigorous grower and profuse
bloomer ; large, finely formed buds ; flowers of good sub-
stance, opening well. $2.00.

MADAME COUSIN. (Tea, by Guillot.) Large, very beautiful
flowers ; color, violet rose, tinged with white and pale
vellow ; verv distinct. Jl.OO.

M4SS MAY PAUL. (Tea, by Levet.) Large, finely formed
flowers ; color white, beautifully shaded with rosy blush.

a.oo.

MAD'ELLE MARIE MOREAU. (Tea.) Medium size flowers,
very full and regular ; color, pale rose, shading to rich
crimson. $1.00.

CAMOENS. (Hybrid Tea, by Schwartz.) Extra large, full
flowers; color, China Rose, suffused with pale yellow,
passing to white. $1.00.

PRINCESSE IMPERIAL OU BRESIL. (Hybrid Tea, by Supert
& Netting.) Brilliant carmine, deepening at centre to
purplish rose ; petals margined with white ; extra large
and beautiful. $1.00.

ABBE GIRARDIN. (Bourbon, by Bemaix.) Flowers very
large and full, satiny rose, with deep crimson centre;
very distinct, and nearly as floriferous as La France. $1.00.

MIGNONNETTE. (Polyantha Remontant, by Guillot.) Beau-
tiful miniature roses, of full and perfect form, borne in
large corymbs ; color, clear rose, passing to white ; a con-
stant and profuse bloomer. $1.00.

CAROLINE SCHMITT. (Noisette, by Schmitt.) Large regu-
lar flowers ; color, salmon yellow, passing to white, tinged
with pale yellow. $1.00.

AMPERE. (H. P., by Libaud.) Seeded from Lion des Com-
bats ; flowers, large and fine ; color, rich crimson, shaded
puijile. Sl.OO.

ULRICH BRUNNER. (H. P., by Levet.) Seeded from Paul
Neyron ; a grand rose ; extra large and fine ; bright cherry
reil : verv lirilliant color ; splendid. $1.00.

MADAME JULES GREVY. (H. P., by Schwartz.) Seeded
ircnn Triumph de {'Exposition; rosy salmon, with light
centre ; hirac, tuU flowers ; very fine. $1.00.

MADAME MARIE BIANCHI. (H. P., by Guillot.) Seeded
Irom Victor Verdier; large, globular flowers; bright pur-

i>lish rose, with rich crimson centre. $1.00.
IDAME MARIE GARNIER. (H. P., by Gonod.) Beautiful
flesh-colored rose ; delicately suffused with silvery whit€ ;
fine, large, full flowers. $1.00.

MAD'ELLE MARIE CHAUVET. (H. P., by Besson.) Seeded
from Baronne de Rothschild ; flowers extra large and strik-
ing : color, clear rose ; very fresh and delicate. $1.00.

FRANCOIS CLIN. (H. P., by Ducher & Soeur.) Large and
finely-formed flowers; color, rich crimson, veined with
pure white; distinct. $1.00.

COMPTE DE FLANDRES. (H. P., by Levecque et fils.>
Seeded from Madame Victor Verdier; a splendid rose;
color, fine puri>lisli red, dark and velvety ; extra fine. $1.

EUGENE TRANSON. (H. P.,by Vigneron.) Large, bold, globu-
lar flowers ; perfect form : color, fine brilliant red. $1.00.

SOUVENIR DE MADAME BERTHIER. (H. P., by Berthier.)
Seeded from Victor Verdier; large, full flowe-rs ; color^
brilliant crimson. $1.00.

SPECIAL OFFER: The Set of 20 Varieties for S 15.00.

Aaa^e... THE DINCEE <&. CONARD CO.,

ROSp C3-X%0WE:RS. west grove, CHESTER CO., PA.

THE NOR TICUL TURAL AD VER TISER.

Medal and Diploma awarded by the U. S. Centen-
nial Commission, 1876, also Gold Medal and Diploma
Awarded at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts ,,^^ ,»m>is,^-
Charitable Mechanic Association, held in Boston, 'p^^i^t^states^
1878, to

DAVID SMITH,

Manufacturer of Patent Improved

PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX RETURN FLUE BOILER

AND

PATENT PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX

BASE BURNER BOILER,

FOR HEATIXG

OreenhouseSf Graperies, Conservatories , Propagating Houses^ Fov'

cing Pits, Public and Private Buildings, Schools, Drying

Hoonis, and Heating Water for Baths.

ALSO KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND

Expansion Tanks, Evaporating Pans, Stop Valves, Cast-iron Pipe, Elbows, Tees, Branches, Pipe
Chairs and everything necessary, of the best material, for Greenhouse Heating.

Smith's Improved Ventilating Apparatus, for opening and closing Ventilating Sash, on
roof or sides of Greenhouses and Graperies.

Judges' Report on awards, with descriptive illustrated circular containing testimonials and
reference. Also price list furnished on application to

86 BSVERXaY

feb.i2

STREET,

BOSTON, MASS.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

MARSCHUETZ & BACHARACH,

25 NORTH FOURTH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa.,

IMPORTKRS OP AND WHOLBSALB DHALEKS I^

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

SUCH AS

Bouquet Papers or ItalienS, in great varieties ot Styles and Patterns. Pasted CartOnS, in all sires.

IMMORTELLES.

Dried Grasses and Flowers, suitable for Decorations. Ornamental Bouquets, for Vases.
French Creen Mosses, Baskets, Wire Designs, Tin Foil.

Our connection with European Houses enables us to sell goods at lowest figures. Orders will receive careful attention and prompt
shipment. t.f.is

In consequence of the large demand for Hybrid Tea Rose,

Duke of Connaught,

We have to announce that we will be

UNABLE TO SUPPLY PLANTS IN QUANTITY UNTIL JUNE 1st.

We will BOOK ORDERS for this SUPERB ROSE to be filled at THAT DATE.

JAC. G. SKAI^ir f£ CO.,

<.^ MASPETH, N. Y.

The Golden Pocklington Grape.

I control the entire STOCK of this Grape by purchase, and am prepared to offer inducements to nurserymen and
dealers who desire a good specialty to place in the hands of their salesmen. Also can supply elegant lithographs of it for
issuing in catalogues at a price so low that the sale of a very few vines will pay for a thousand of them, and circulars,
photographs of the fruit, &c., making a most complete outfit with which to sell the grape. ALSO,

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHIi or JAPAN IVY

AT A LOW FIGURE.

GEORGE A. STONE,

104 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, N. Y.
~MEDAL SINGLE DAHLIAS. ! . Switzerland .

Plants in Colors from Tubers,

Set of 12, S9.00 ; set of 6, S5.00.

ENDORSES

PENNSYLVANIA

Seedlings Raised from my Own Seed, _ ^.,^ . .^.^.^.-r-r-r, ....-,-«,■.

Per dozen, »2.50; per 100, S16.00. j Pronouncing THE LANCASTER WATCH

MANFO ey LANCASTER WATCH CO.. LANCASTER, PA..

Plants Of Oscar Wilde Sunflower, I ..^..^ ^^«— » . , . -^^. .

Per dozen, S3.00; per 100, «13.00. i THE BEST WATCH

A Medal was awarded these Dahlias at the Horticnltural
Show, Boston, September Exhibition, as being "THE BEST."

SAMUEL SMITH,
ja.5 P. O. Box 661. Newport. K. I.

Sent FREE r"

TREATISE ON PBBII^

E\"APOKATiNG rrcui S

Profits and General StBtisticx.

American Mf gCo., Waynesboro, Pa

MADE IN AMERICA.

SEND FOR CIRCULAII.

^^4|%^^ Per Week can be made in any locality. Some-
9 ^\3 thing entirely new for agents. 86.00 outfit free.
G. W. INGRAHAM & CO., Boston, Mass. my«

THRESHERSSSIS;

mh6 free. THE AULTMAN & TAYLOR Co.. Mausfield.O.

THE h OR TICUL TURAL AD VER TIS LR.

Swain's Improved Patent

HOT WATER APPARATUS

For Heating GREENHOUSES, Hot Houses, Conservatories,
Public and Private Buildings, &.c.

Thomas J. Myers, Jr., having purchased the Patent of the late
THOS. J. MYEBS, we are prepared to furnish all the sizes of BOILERS
manufactured by the late Firm of THOS. J. MYERS & SON, We are
making these BOILERS with GREATLY INCREASED STRENGTH
AND DURABILITY. Send for ILLUSTRATED CIRCULAR AND
PRICE LIST.

R. A. SlArAIKr,

THOS. J. MYERS, Manager. 1173 South 9th St., Phila.

Roses, Geranmms,

Fuchsias, Verbenas,

Pansies, Alternantheras,
Coleus, Echeverias,
Petunias, Dahlias,
Carnations, &c.

SPECIAL RATES BY THE 500 OR 1000.
Tine Varieties! Good Stock! Low Prices!

WHOLESALE LIST FOK MAY AND JUNE SENT ON APPLICATION,
niyi LARGE STOCK OF MT. OF SNOW GEKANIUMS.

W. L SMITH, Aurora, Ills.

THE HOR TJCUL TURAL AD VER TISER.

FOR THE TRADE

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY, Florist,

BAi«TiiK[ORK, jam.,

OFFERS FOR MAY,

Roses, Pot-Gro^w^n.

Perle te Jardlnes.

3-inch Pots, Strong.

PertaB, • - 11.80

Pertailrel 12.00

For other Plants see my General Trade List
and Illustrated Catalogue for 1882, mailed free
to all applicants.

ADDRESS.

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY, Florist,

Baltimore, Md.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

BXTSINdSS DIRECTORY.

M.S. ANDERSON, Duchess Grape and Gen
cral Nursery, Uiiion Springs, N. Y.

iOHN S. COLLINS, Small Fiuit, Plants,
Trees, &c , Moorestown, N. J.

49~ Send for Circular and conditions of insertion under thi<

A.W.LIVINGSTON & SONS, Seed, Pota-
toes and Implemei.ts, Columbus, O

F. E. McAllister, riower and Garden
Seeds, 31 Fulion St., New York City.

WILLIAM DESMOND, :Wholesale Verbena
Grower, Kewanee, Ills.

THOMAS MEEHAN,

Nurseryman & Tree Seeds, Germant'n.Phil

ELLWANGER & BARRY, Ornamental and
Fruit Trees, Shrubs, &c., Rochester, N.Y.

i. C. GIBSON, Novelties and Specialties f. r
Spring of 1882, Woodbury, N J.

H. C. GREEN, New Plants and Seeds,

Elmira. N. Y.

JNO.G.HEINL,Greenhouse,Hothouse,Bed-
ding and New Plants, Terre Haute, Ind.

HENRY MERRILL, Small Fruit Plants.
Sirawb's a Specialty. W. Newbury, Mass.

HENRY MICHEL & CO,, Seed and Plant
Merchants, St. L,ouis, Mo.

HANS NIELSON, Floral Conservatories,

St. Joseph, Mo.

J. M. PHILLIPS, Garden and Flower Seeds,
Mercersburg, Pa.

heading.'Cft

SPALDING & McGILL, Flower Seeds. Bu.b»

and Plants, AiDsworth, Iowa.

SAMUEL G. STONE, D..hlias a Specialty,
Char estown, Mass.

GEO. SUCH Rare Hothouse and Green
hou>e Plants, South Amboy, N. J.

E. B. UNDERBILL, Small Fruits.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.

J. C. VAUGHAN, Seeds, Tools, Bulbs, Flor-
ists' Supplies, Chicago, Ills.

WM. WEBSTER, Landscape Engineer,
Seedsman and Florist, Rochester, N. Y.

OSCAR WRIGHT, Fruit & Ornamental Trees
Plants and Flowers, Moundsville, W. Va.

100,000 PEACH TREES,

Free from YeUows. 23 years experience in Nursery Business

in New Jersey and Delaware.

NATURAL, VIRGINIA, PEACH PITS.

Price Lists free.

Address,

W. R. PHILLIPS, Milford, Del.,

fChupch Hill Nurseries.) t.d.12.

To any suffering with Catarrh
or Bronchitis w'lo earnestly
desire relief. I can furnish a
means of Permanent and Pos-
itive Cure. A Home Treatment.
No charge for consultation by
mail. Valuable Treatise Free.

"His remedies are the outtrrowili
of his own experience; tlie.v arc
the only known means of per-
mansnt cure." — BnptUt

Rev. T. P. CHILDS. Troy, 0.

TOBACCO STEMS

IB bales weighing 500 lbs. each, at J5.00 per bale, or three bales for
$ia.oo.

TOBACCO DUST in cases of about 400 lbs. at 82.50 per
case, or five cases for Jio.oo. Free on board of boat or cars.

Straitou & Storm,

204-208 East 27th St., New York City.

■ Al-»ITPn>akeimmense| 8ELLENG OCR NEW

AGcW I o^^^t^t^Ihousehold articles

For terms, etc.. address ff. H.SathtrUinl A Co.. Cincinnati. O.

MEEHAN'S NURSERIES

ARE IN

GERMANTOWN,

(Part of the city of Philadelphia), and are easy of access by steam
cars to

GORGAS LANE STATION or WALNUT
LANE STATION,

Or slightly nearer by street cars to

UPPER CHURCH ST.

The Nurseries contain over one thousand kinds of Trees and
Shrubs, besides Fruit Trees and Flowers. European, African or
Asiatic arders for trees or tree seeds, receive careful attention, and
usually give customers entire satisfaction.

IKlFS. POI«I«OCK

GERANIUMS.

Fine youn<j plants in 2i^-inch pots; Sl.50 per dozen,
SIO.OO per 100. Large stock plants in 3}^ and 4-inch pote ;
S2.00 per dozen, S15.00 per 100.

H. W. HALES,

n.l2 RIdgewood Floral Nursery, Ridgeweod, N. i.

POMONA NURSERY!

KIEFFJER'S HYBRID PEARS, Manches-
ter, Mt. Vernon and Sharpless Strawberries.
Cuthhert, Souhegan, and Gregg Raspberries.
Blackberiies, Grapes and Currants. Fruits
and Flowers, Trees and plants. Catalogue free

AVM. PARRY,
mh3 Parry P. O., N. J.

BEWTN-ETT'S ZIirBRID XE-AS.

Dochess of Connaugbt, Dachess of Westminster, Jean Sisley, and Vicoantess Per doz. Per 100.

Falmouth $4 00 ?30 00

Beauty of Stapleford 3 00 25 00

Dnke of Connaught 800 5000

Hon. George Bancroft 6 00 40 00

Michael Saunders 5 00 40 00

Pearl 3 00 20 00

We have a very heavy stock of these Roses and will, we think, be able to fill all orders.

SPECIAL LIST OF NEW ROSES. Per doz.

Madame Chedane Golnnoisean, splendid for forcing 83 00

Madame Joseph Schwartz, a white Comtesse de Labarthe 3 00

Crown Prince, a beautiful crimson H. P 2 00

Sake of Teck, a new crimson scarlet H. P 2 00

Glory of Cheshnnt, a fine new dark H. P 4 00

Paqaerette, a beautiful white Rose of the Polyantha class, very small but very double and

always in bloom 3 00

Pierre Gaillot, a French Hybrid Tea and of the very best of its class, brilliant cherry red 4 00

For General Collection of Roses see advertisement on another page

Per 1000.
8250 00
200 0ft

Per 100.

820 00
20 00
15 00
15 00
15 00

20 00

W. A. RICHARDSON, LonisviUe, Ky.

10

THE HOR IICUL TURA L AD VER TISER.

PEDIGREE SEEDLING ROSES OF 1882.

H. BENNETT (late of Stapleford, Salisbury), will be prepared to supply from the beginning of
June the following New Eoses of his own raising.

TEA ROSE.

"•PRINCESS of WALES," seedling from

"Adam" x "Klise Sauvage."

HYBRID PERPETUALS.
"EARL of PEMBROKE," seedling from

"Marquise de Castellane" x "Ferdinand de Lesseps."

"HEINRICH SCHULTHBIS," seedling

from " Mabel Morrison " x "Mens. E. Y. Teas."
«15.00 PER SET. FIVE PER CENT. DISCOUNT TO THE TRADE.

HYBRID TEAS.

"COUNTESS of PEMBROKE," seedling

from "President" x "Cliarles Lefebvre.",

"DISTINCTION," seedling from "Madame

de St. Joseph" x "Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier."

"LADY MARY PITZWILLIAM," seed-

ling from "Devoniensis" X " Victor Verdier."
Descriptive CATALOGUES sent post free on application.

H. BENNETT, Pedigree Rose Nursery,

t „;4 SHEPPERTON, WALTON-ON-THAMES, ENGLAND.

Roses t Roses I Roses

We oflfer a choice assortment of ROSES, grown in 2>^-incli pots, at tlie following low prices ;

Per 100. Per 1000.

Everblooming Roses, Well Assortei S5.00 S45.00
Hybrid Perpetuals, Well Assortei 8.00 75.00

Also VERBENAS, GERANIUMS, COLEUS, BOUVARDIAS, &c., best varieties and at lowest prices.
Priced Catalogue upon application. Address,

LOUISVILLE, KY.

LILIES m EARLY FORCING.

Having a LARGE STOCK of our NEW LILY that bloomed early, we are prepared to book orders for well
ripened bulbs, delivery August 1st, suitable for blooming in the HOLIDAYS. They commenced to bloom with
us on the 16th of December last. Send for Price List.

•^ JOSEPH KIFT, West Chester, Pa.

EVERGREENS

NORWAY in excess, very low in price. Also SILVER
MAPLES of small size. SILVER MAPLES in excess, 10
feet 1 inch in diameter.

P. H. FOSTER,

Babylon, L. I., N. Y.

CARNATION PLANTS

FOB SALE.

ROOTED CUTTINGS OF
EDWARDSII,

P. HENDERSON,
KING OF CRIMSONS, °^ CRAW,

LA PURITI,

LADY EMMA,

CHESTER WHITE,
>0r Pot-grown plants for immediate planting.

THOS. F. SEAL, Unionville, Chester Co., Pa.

B

LOOMINGTON(PJiM!i!i

(0=600 ACRES!
C Estfih'd t Prloe<l Cutalocue for Spriiij^
t /.«?. $ 18»a mailed fiec-. Siii.1 lor iU

mh3 SIDNEY TUTTLE. Aet, Bl«...nl..irto... u\\.,.,u

IterbenasT

We off er a large stock of fine thrifty, healthy verbenas, free
from rust and mildew. We grow only the choicest and most
distinct varieties.

Price, strong plants, S3. 00 per 100. ; »20.00 per 1000
Well rooted cuttings, 1.00 " 10.00 "

F. WALKER St, CO.,.. . ^

ap2oSo2 New Albany, ind.

rEstabUehed 1866.)

FAY'S BUILDING MATERIAL

Dies and cataioKTie mailed free. W. H. FAT.CamdenJI.i «*

$72

A WEEK. 812 a day at home easily made. Costly Out-
fit free. Address True & Co., Augusta, Maine. ja.l2

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

11

Roses for Florists

Tlie stock of Roses now otFered is in beautiful conilition antl will compare favorably with any plants sold elsewhere,
from 2K and 3-inch pots. This statement we will substantiate by samples when the request is accompanied by a business
card and stamps to mail them.
Catherine Mermet, Gloire de Dijon, Perle des Jardlns, Duchess of Edinburgh, Malmaison, La France, General Jacqueminot,

Hermosa, Marie Guiilot, Paul Neyron, Madame Plantier, Perpetual White Moss, Comtesse de Murindis,
And a half dozen otlicr Icadiiic; sorts, w
well balanced.

furnish by the th

the general assortment is good and

Teas, Sourbons, Chinas and Noisettes,

$6.00 PER 100. <>c

$60.00 PER 1,000.

HYBRID PERPETUALS,

$8.00 PER 100. <>o>::>c< $75.00 PER I.OOO.

Cornelia Cook

Duchess of Edinburgh

Gloire de Dijon

Madame Lambard

Mad»me Welche

Niphetos

Perle des Jardins

Queen of Bedders, Bourbon

$15.00 PER 100. ^^^^-o^^ PER 1,000.

^^^ SFECI-AL LIST. ^^

y TEAS

1

per dozen, S2 50

per 100, 5 8 00
8 00
7 00
7 00

7 00

8 00
7 00

20 00

Special rates given on lots of more than a thousand plants. Descriptive Catalogue and Trade List on application
Address,

W. A. RICHARDSON,

' LOUISVILLE, KY.

iw ani Bare Caltlejas ai East Mian Icffi

We have received a large quantitv of newlv imported CATTLEYAS, in fine condition, including CATTLEYA
ELDORADO, CATTLEYA ELDORADO SPLENDENS, CATTLEYA LABIATA. CATTLEYA VIRGINALIS (.said
to be the true pure white variety), which we otter, unestablished, as imported, at *6.00 and !¥12.00 per dozen a.s to
Bize. We expect many others by next steamer from iJrazil. We also otter a few plants of '

ENIOBIIIM

DALHOUSIANUM,
LITUIFLORUM,
PIERARDI LATIFOLIUM,
SUAVISSIMUM,
WARDIANUM,

At from «1.50 to S3. 00 each. Also a few established ONCIDIUM DASYTYLE at same
importation of CATTLEYA MOSSIiE are now giving grand bloom. Please order promptlv if i
been blocked or otherwise cared for.

[•rice. Our last sea,srm's
lesircd, before plants have

BENJ. REYNOLDS, Superintendent,

BARKER FLORAL. GARDENS, BRAMBLETON, NORFOLK, VA.

VERBENAS

Larp aiil Stroni. Free tron Kiliew or Bus!

I$3.00 per lOO. !¥25.00 per 1000.

EXGLE &L BRO.,

Marietta Nurseries. Established 1853. MARIETTA, PA.

PENSIONS

For SOI^DIBRS,

widows, fathers, motbera or
children.' Thousands yetentitled. Pensions given
for loss ^'ffinfrer.toe. eye or ruptnre.varicose veins I
or nnyDli>cai>e. Thnns.inds of penpic.ners aiiif
solcli.rs entitled to LNCKKASE and BOUNTY.
PATENTS procured for Inventors. .Soldiers
land w.Trrants procureiZ. bonglitand sold. Soldiers
ami heirs apply for yfur rights at once. Send a
stamps for "The Citiien-Soldier." and Pension
and Bonnty laws, blanks and instrnctions. We
fan refer to thousands of Pensioners and Clients.

White Water Lily

iNYMPHEA ODORATA.)
STRONG ROOTS of this fragrant Lily by mail, 2 for
26c.; :j$1.35 per dozen. By express, 76c. per dozen;
$6.00 per IIHJ ; with full directions for planting.

DAANN BROS.,
BOX 168, RANDOLPH, MASS.

TREE SEEDUNGS^

For Timber Plantations, Young Evergreens, Stocks, Grape
Vines, Seeds and'' Seedlings for Nurserymen. Immense Stock.
Lowest Prices. Greit Variety. Catalogue Free.

J. JENKINS.

Grape and Seedling Nursery,

mhtf Winona, Columbiana Co., Ohio.

12

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

" DRAINAGE FLOffER POT,

PATENT APPLIED FOR.

Having three (3) holes in sidca at equal distances and at angle with
bottom of pot, perfectly free drainage and ventilation are insured.

The absence of hole in bottom, as in the ordinary flower pot, prevents
clogging of outlet, trouble from worms and decay of roots from want of proper
ventilation.

Also Pressed Improved and Hand-made pots. All sizes constantly on hand
at LOWEST PRICES. Hanging Vases and Seed Pans.

For Price List and Circulars apply to

WHILLDIN & CO.,

ESTABLISHED 1840.

Nos. 709-11 Wharton Street,

(Agents for J. E. JEFFORDS & CO.,)

PHILADELPHIA, PA

Bedding and Greenhouse Plants.

WHOLESALE LIST ON APPLICATION.

NEW CARNATIONS,

I=>TJI^E STOCIK: - - - ^IS.OO I^'Ei^ lOO.
TAT. B. &. TAT. IVt. TA.BER,

„hi2 DETROIT, IVEICII.

ROSES, VERBENAS, GERANIUMS

and all other Bedding Plants in large quantities, aUo Dracanas,
Palms and Hothouse and Greenhouse plr'its, the largest assortment
in America.

Camellias and Azaleas a specialty.

Send for Catalogue.

JNO. DICK, JB.,

mytf

53rd & WOODLAND AVE., Phila.

Carnation Florets

IN LARGE NUMBERS

Will be furnished by the undersigned the coming season.

THOMAS F. SEAL,

oj2 Unionville, Chester Co., Pa.

Ffttent 0»8ter Bollins tSiWi

Always follows in line of draft,
never guiiling plow to or from
laud ; can be set wide or narrow,
deepdr shallow, flis any right or
left band, wood, iron or steel
beam plow. Complete, with pol-
ished Wade, boxed by express.to
■riny address, on receipt of $3.60.
Manny Mro. Co., St. Louis, Mu
Agents Wanted. CirclllarB frc*

^K tn <tO riper day at home. Samples worth $5 free. Ad-
99 10 ^>fcUdre8s Stlnson & Co., Portland, Maine. ja.l2

^T'T

^y:^

ilk

111

li£

Engraved for one half Ihe usual rates (this season only).
«end copy for estimate and for catalogue of cheap electroa
of fruits, flowers, trees, plants, etc., etc.

JT« :BJ!fMTlGf

TAT- E:. IVIEISIX.A.M',

Successor to W. E. MEEHAN & CO.,
Wholesale Dealer in

COT FLOWEBS AIO FLORISTS' SUPPLIES,

f.tf REMOVED TO

15 & 17 N. Thirteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.

$66

a week in your own town. Terms and $5 outfit free.
Address H. Hallett <fe Co., Portland, Maine, ja.12

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

13

Grafted Grape Vines

FOR CROWING UNDER CLASS.

The most desirable foreign varieties, grafted on the best
Phylloxera resisting roots. Address,

HETTI£ B. TRIMBLE,

t-ap2 ^West Chester, Penn'a^

F'AST INDIAN ORCHIDS.

ALSO

MEXICAN, CENTRAL

AND

SOUTH AMERICAN ORCHIDS

I am importing constantly from those countries, and can
offer much lower than the same can be purchased in
Europe ; and better plants.

Rare and Beautiful Foliage Plants. Viz, Crotons, Dracaenas,
Marantas, DieHenbachias, Nepenthes, Alocasias, &c.

Suitable for FAIK.S, EXHIBITIuN.s &t-., at low rates.

JOHN SjAlXXL,

»P4 WASHINGTON, D. C.

First class Dwarf Roses, Fine stock clematis. Choice
sorts Rhododendrons. Elegant Azaleas, Hardy and
Chinese, &c., &c. Send for circulars to

GABRIEL MARC,

^h3 Woodside, L. I., N. Y.

Try Rice's New Onion Seed.

Produced from the finest and most perfect seed onions
only, which are carefully selected by hand.

WARRANTED TO CROW
on trial on receipt of seed, and if not satisfactory to be re-
turned to us and amount paid refunded. Being the pro-
ducers we can save you the dealers' profits. Write us,
before ordering elsewhere, for special prices, and state kinds
and quantities wanted. Address JEROME B. RICE, & CO.,
Cambridge, N. Y. (Cambridge Valley Seed Gardens.) ap.3

Roses to the Trade.

We have a line lot of thrifty young plants, of the follow-
ing choice and popular varieties, to offer : —

ferle des Jardins, Md. Lambard,

Catherine Mermet, Sou d'un Ami,

NIphetos. Charles Rovolli,

Cornelia Cook, Md. Joseph Swartz,

Bon Silene, Innocente Pirola,

Safrano. Malmaison, etc., etc.

Queen of Bedders. Hybrid Teas :

Beauty of Stapleford, Duchess of Westminster, Michael Saunders,
Jean Sl&ley, Nancy Lee, Mad. Etienne Levet, and some others.

Send for Price List. Free on application.

LONSDALE & BURTON, Florists,

ap.3 Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.

HALES' MOLE TRAP

P'or destroying ground moles in lawiiSj parks, gardens and
cemeteries, 'This is the only "perfect" mole trap in exis-
tence and is waTanted superior to all others. Sold by all
Seedsmen and Agricultural Implement Dealers. Illustrated
circulars sent free to any address.

sptf

H. W. HALES,

Ridgewood, N.

FOREIGN GRAPE VINES FOR GRAPERIES.

We now otfer tlie finest collection of Foreign Grapes grown
in the country. They are all ^ood, strong, healthy canes, all
true to name and all in excellent condition for shipping.
Below will be found list of varieties grown by us, one and
two years old.

^ Oiy^e year old vines, $1.00 each.

\ Two year old vines, $2.00 each.
Bowood Muscat, Frontignan Grizzly,

Muscat Hamburg, Frontignan Black,

Canon Hall Muscat, Gros Colman,

Madresiield Court Muscat, Hamburg Black,

PRICE:

Mrs. Prince's Black Muscat,
Muscat of Alexandria,
black Prince,
Black Alicante,
Black Barbarossa,
Black St. Peter's,
Buckland Sweetwater,
Calabrian Raisin,
Chasselas de Fontainebleau,
Chasselas White,
Chasselas Golden,
Duchess of Buccleuch,

Hamburg Wilmot's,
Hamburg Mill Hill,
Hamburg Victoria,
Lady Down's Seedling,
Prince Albert,
Royal Ascot,
Santa Cruz,
Trentham Black,
White Nice,
White Syrean,
White Sweetwater,
White Tokay. t.f.l2

Frontignan White, Catalogue sent free on application.

We would also call special attention to our stock of

Camellias, Azaleas, Acacias, Roses and general collection

of winter-blooming ornamental foliage and bedding plants.

DAVID FERGUSSON & SONS, Laurel Hill Nurseries,
Ridge and Lehigh Avenues, opp. Laurel Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.

Teachers Wanted !

Of every kind, to fill Spring, Summer and Fall engagements
now coming to hand.

Graduates and undergraduates of any School, Seminary, or
College, of little or no experience, or other persons desiring
to teach, should not fail to address at onee, with stamp, for
application form.

NATIONAL TEACHERS' AGENCY,

CINCINNATI, OHIO.

N. B.— Situations in the West and South a specialty,
pay to local agents and private correspondents.

Good
ap.S

HARDY PLANTS and BULBS.

Our catalogue of the above is now ready and will be
mailed to all, free on apj)lication. It contains a large varied
selection of choice Hurdy Plants with full directions
as to cultiva' ion. Our collection of Lilies together with
other miscellaneous Bulbs is unsurpassed in thia
country. i»pecial wholesale price list will be sent to
Dealers.

mh3 WOOLSON & Co.,

LockDrawerE. PASSAIC, N.J.

I have an Overstock of about 10-12,000 ROSES, 50 Sorts,
Teas, Bourbon and Hybrids, grown in '2-in. pots, ready for
planting in open ground. Offer same to The Trade in lots
of 500 or 1000 at the low price of Thirty Five Dollars per lOOO,
cash. Address, CKAS. NEUNER,

St. Matthews, Ky.

J. ai

GRAPE VINES.

All Leading Varieties In large supply. Warranted
true to name. Prices low. Also, the celebrated
^ KE-W MTHITE GRAPE,

PRENTISS

Bend stamp for Price and Descriptive List. AIsQ
tteea. Small Fruits, etc.

r. & UUBBARD, Frsdonm, If T

14

THE HOR TICUL 7 URAL A D VER TISER.

THE NEW STRAWBERRY,

Anotlier Season's Trial only Enhances its Value.

Shipping Qualities Remarkable. Good and Productive.

sm?;OiTC3-L"5r sTJL:M:iisrA.a?E.

No imperfect berries ; no green ends, and as a fertilizer for varieties deficient in pollen is surpassed by none.
ORIGINATOR'S STOCK OF PLANTS, WITH OTHER CHOICE NEW AND OLD SMALL FRUITS, BEDDING PLANTS, ETC., ETC,
DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE, with Colored Plates, free on application.

GEO. L MILLER,

Ridgefvood Fruit Farm and Nurseries,

Jones' Station, Butler County, Ohio.

I^EW MUBLE IVHITE BOUVARDIA

CHOICE FVFRGRFENS!

And all kinds of Ornamental Trees and Plants.

SPECIALTIES at the MORRISVILLE NURSEEY.

A large stock of handsome specimens of the best and
choicest varieties of Evergreens, Ornamental Trees, Flow-
ering Shrubs, &c., Ac, which have been recently trans-
planted, and are now in excellent condition for planting.
Abies conica 3 to 8 ft. Hemlock Spruce 3 to 8 ft.

" compacta — 1 to IJ^ ft. ; Norway " 3 to 8 ft.

orientalis 3 to 5 ft.

" inverta 5 to 10 ft.

Picea Nordmaniana.. .3 to 8 ft.
" cephalonica — 2 to 5 ft.
" pectinata 4 to 8 ft.

Retinospora plumosa.4 to 8 ft.
" plumosaaurea 3 to8ft.
" obtusa nana...3to6ft.

" squarrcsa 6 ft.

Arborvitses in great variety.

the most valuable plant sent out for years. Price per plant in
2%-ini.h pots, 50c each ; $3.00 per doz. Large plants in 4-inch
pots, 75c. each; $6 00 per doz. New Pelargonium Sladdons'
Victor, strong plants 75c each ; |6. to per doz. New set of 30
Verbenas (or 1881. Splendid Varieties ready the 15th of
October, J3 00 for the tet John White's Mealy Bug
Exterminator, the only known remedy to kill the Mealy Bug
without injuring the plant, $i,co per bottle; J8.00 per doz.

JOHN WHITE,
a.!2. Communipaw Ave., Jersey City, N. J.

1000 SUGAR MAPLES,

10 to 18 ft. A very fine lot of young thrifty trees, with clean

straight stems, well branched and with excellent roots.

3000 SUGAR MAPLES,

6 to 8 ft. Young, thrifty and straight.

500 PURPLE BEECH.

Grafted trees of a superior variety. 8 to 12 ft. high, with

well-formed heads.

Norway Maple, Silver Maple, Am. Elm, Ash, Linden, Larch, &c.

SPANISH CHESTNUTS.

Trees grafted with a very large and superior variety which |

is perfectly hardy, enormously productive and a regular

bearer. We believe this to be the best variety of European

Chestnut in the United States. One tree, about thirty years !

old, has borne one hundred and ninety (190) quarts of nuts I

during the past three years. Average size of nuts seventy to I

the quart. '

CONCORD GRAPE VINES, |

4 years old, very fine. Herbaceous Plants, Bulbs, &c. !

Pseonies in variety. Iris Koempferii, Smilax from 2J^-in.

pots. Gladiolus in great variety, splendid collection. ;

Doable Tuberoses, strictly pure. '

LILIUM LONGIFLORUM FLORABUNDA,
The new "White Lily. Rhubarb, Asparagus, &c. Send
for Catalogue. S/ViyHJiKi:. C IVKOON,

Successor to Maiilon Moon & Son, I

Morrisville, Bucks County, Pa. I

ao miles from Fhila., on N. Y. Div. of P. R. R. mh3

PEAR CULTURE FOR PROFIT.

BY P. T. QUINN.

A practical Horticulturist, and author of " Money in the
Garden."

Containing practical method of raising Pears intelligently
and with best results: character of soil, best mode of preparing
It; best varieties to select under existine conditions; best mode
of planting, pruning, fertilizing, grafting, and utilizing the
ground before the trees come into bearing, and finally gathering

DICK'S

FatsiitSilnpd Wary toilers,

and packing for market
pruning and graftii

, Illustrated with practical cuts on
distance table and orchard record. 136
pages, l2mo, cloth. Price, $1. Sent by mail, post-paid, on re-
ceipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

FOR HEATING HOTHOUSES, GREENHOUSES AND
DWELLINGS, THREE STYLES and TWELVE SIZES to heat
from 500 to 2000 ft. of 4-in. PIPE. Send for circular to

JNO. DICK JR.,

myi2 63rcl & Woodland Ave., Fblta., Pa.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

15

RHODODENDRONS,

AND MANY HUNDREDS OF OTHKU HKAUTIFUL TREKS AND SHIUIHS AKE OFFKKED THIS SPRING BY

MEEHAN'S GERMANTOWN NURSERIES

Raie and intei

iliints, seldom found in (collections, are grown in this establishment, as for instance :— „^,

CALLUNA VULGARIS, the Heather of English Poets.
'*' The Famous FURZE or GORSE, ULEX BUKOP^US. ..^^

The SCOTCH BROOM, GENISTA SCOPARIUS ; aTnTiTtT.cr onnruT seTTTonvin^-n a'^d^oau

tifu) things.

A large number of kinds can be sent to long aistances by mail. Send for our Complete Catalogue.
tf.tf. Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa,

New Single Dahlia, " Paragon," - - - 50c.
The New Cactus Dahlia, ^^ Juarezii," - 50c.

ALTBRNANTHBRA PARONYCOIDES MAJOR AUREA— The Finest Yellow
Foliage Plant for Designs, Carpets and Edging by the 10,000.

SPECIAL OFFER OF (^VRNATIONS AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN MARCH LIST.

LILIUM AURATUM, $15.00 per 100.

New Gerarfiums and Fuchsias. Gladioli, mixed and named, in 500 var.

V. m. XZAI^nOCK, SON «£ THORPE

QUEENS, N. Y.

CDI FLOWER GROWERS AND FLORISTS GENERALLY.

Undersigned wishes to inform all interested in Flowers
(by request of many Florists), to sell all his young plants of
the superb winter-blooming, Red and White Carnations —
Hinze's Seedlings. These two varieties are exclusively
used for Cut Flowers, since their merits for winter bloom-
ing, lar^ size, early blooming sweet scented, nicely
fringed, was discovered about Detroit. The reason that
these two extra good Carnations are so little kno^Ti outside
of Detroit City is, it never was advertised till now, since it
was first raised by seed by Mr. Hinze some years ago.
These plants advertised were propagated in December from
plants bought of originator, Mr. Hinze. Certificates will be
given to all buyers, signed by Mr. Hinze, if reque.sted, as to
genuineness of plants.

Free X Mr. Hinze's Red Carnation, $5.00 f 100 X ^ree

by X Mr. Hinze's White " 6.00 f! 100 X by

MaU. X Beauty, Carmine •' 6.00 f! 100 ¥ Mail.

Large one year Stock Plants, Hinze's Red, S3.00 per dozen,
by express, charges paid by buyer. Not less th.in one dozen
sent. All are in bud and bloom.

Every Florist about Detroit kno^^i5 that Hinze's Red and
White are the two best winter-blooming Carnations in
cultivation. Not less than .5() plants sold at these low rates.

Double Wiiite Chrysanthemum, 84.00 per 100, free by mail.
This is the best of cut rtowers, blooming during December
till after the holidays. Purest White, 1 inch across. I have
only a few hundred" left.

Cash must be sent with everv order. Send to

mh.3

AUGUST D. MYLIUS,

Mt. Elliott Ave. and Mack Road, DETROIT, MICH.

ART OF GRAFTING AND BUDDING.

By Charles Baltet.
Appropriately and fully illustrated by cuts, showing methods, tools
and appliances, 230 pages, izmo, cloth. Price 81. 50 Mailed, post-
age free, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

For Sale.

The entire stock of the Exotic Nursery, located at
86 Chestnut Street, Albany, N. Y. The stock consi.sts of
large Palms Agaves, Cactus, Camellias, Azaleas, Ferns,
Crotons, in S varieties, some of which are quite large, and
two handred and thirty Orchids, in 40 varietie.s — 63 being
Phalaenopsis amabilis and Schilleriana; several kinds of
Dendrobiums, etc., etc. Many of the Orchids are now
jn bloom. Also, a general variety of Hothouse, Green,
house and Bedding Plants, including the celebrateil new
Coleus '« Garfield."

mhtf. A. F. CHATFIELD, Albany, N. Y.

Farmers' Adviser

A MONTHLY JOURNAL.

Devoted to the interests of the Farmer, Breeder, and
Stuck Raiser. Only 50 cents a year.

The cheapest, spiciest, and best paper for the fanner.
Liberal cash commissions to agents. Illustrated every
month with choice stock from the best artists. Send stump
for sample copy. All articles written by men of authority.

Address,

FARMERS' ADVISER, York, Pa.

The Typographical appearance of this spicy paper is alo^o
worth the subscription price. f 22

16

THE HOR TICUL TURAL AD VER TISER.

VTEZTAT YELLOTAT ROSEZ,

ETOILE De LYON

A ))eautiful new Rose, sent out liy Guillot of Lyons last November; has a fine fonn, <iistinot color, and excellent
habit. There is no doubt of its becoming a standard Hose. Young, but well established. Own root plants, )S2.00 each.

MADAME COUSIN (d;uk Tea) and BEAUTE DE L' EUROPE (yellow of the GLOIRE DE DIJON type), both of
the same importation ns ETOILE DE LYON, 90 oeuts each.

MIGNONETTE, a beautiful colored new I'olyantha, :md the following HYBRID PEPETUALS, viz., ERNEST
PRINCE. FORTUNE BESSON, FRANCOIS OLIN, MARIE BIANCHI and MARIE CHAUVET, aU new in
November, 1S«1, at 90 cents each

We have scon ETOILE DE LYON and MIGNONETTE and know these to be valuable.

For Catalogue and Trade LLst, address,

W. A. RICHARDSON, Louisville, Ky.

H. CANNELL &^ SONS'

IlMralBi Floral Gii for 1882,

Is now ready, and send post free tor 25 cents, x
We assure all lovers of Flowers that it is by far the best
we have ever issued, and probably the best ever published.
Certainly it contains the greatest and most reliable informa-
tion on Flowers and their Seeds. The printing of '20,f)00 cop-
ies costs £570, the postage of the same £2.50. W e simply men-
tion this to show to what extent our efforts are appreciated,
Swanley, the Home for Flowers. Kent, England.

f.tf

WHOLESAX,E DEALERS IN

Cui flowers and Florists Supplies.

Shipping of Bon Sileneg, Safranos, Fancy Roses and

Smllax a specialty. Flovrers Sold on Commissiou.

Circulars to Orower.s and Ketail Florists

sent on application.

£.12 165 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.

MAKE HENS LAY.

An tnguan veterinary s«rgeon ana t/nemist, uow
traveling In this country, says that most of the Horse
and Cattle Powders 8o!d here are worthless trash. He
£:iys that Sheridan's Condition Powders are absolutely
pure and immensely valuable. Nothing on earth will
make hens lay like Sheridan's Condition Powders. Dose,
oneteaspoonful to one pint food. Sold everywhere, or sent
by mail for eight letter stamps. I. S. JOIINSON & CO.,
JlostoD, Mass., formerly Baugor Me.

51 For our illustrafcea catafosrue of RTM
U F.E.Faasett & Brc, Ashtabula, of^""

Utah New Plants.

GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES.

Frittilaria padica and Erythrouium grandiflorona,

j fine, for forcing and pots Also tine for open border, early spring
blooiucrs, hardy perennials, laj^c. each, Ji.25perdoz. Seeds 15c.
per packet.

Allium biseptum, dry bulbs, 5c. each ; 50c. per dozen. Fine
for forcing and pots ; also for open border, early spring bloomer,
haidy perennial, 15c. each; 8150 per dozen. tecds 15c. per
packet.

Fenstemon glaber, var. cyananthus, a very fine sky-blue
Penstemon, with long spikes of flowers. 20c. each; J2.C0 per doz.
Seecs 15c. per packet. Not less than 12 plants at dozen rates of
Utah New Plants of each variety.

CiiEenactis Donglasii; fine gray leaved dwarf plant; hardy
perennial fcr edging; white double fragrant flowers; fine cut leaves,
finer than the finest Centaurea, only four inches high. The finest
plant for edging in cultivation. 15c. each, $t 50 per dozen. Seeds
15c perpkt.

Sedum debile, a very fine, hardy Sedum ; lor Basket*, Rock-
work, &c. IOC. each, 8r. CO per dozen.

Phacelia circinata, fine, white flowers ; biennial border
plant I'C each, $1.50 per dozen.

PREM lUMS.— To every one who buys one dollar's wjrth
of my Greenhouse, Bedding and Basket Plants, Garden and Flower
Seeds, I will send two p!ants extra of Utah New Plants, mv selec-
tion. To every one who buys two dollars' worth of Utah New
Plants or Seeds, I will send extra, fee, by mail one new Double
Geranium of 1879, mentioned in my catalogue, worth 60c., or any
oiher Geranium or Fuchsia they may se ect, if they only buy for one
dollar I cheerfully recommend the above list of Utah New Plantt
to all Florists and lovers of plants in the United States. All fine
and beautiful.

A great variety of House, Bedding and Basket
Plants, Garden and Flower Seeds by mail or express.
Catalogues sent free to all on applieadon. Terms cash with order
Discount to the trade.

O* F- DUE, Seedsman and Florist,

tji» Salt Lake City, Utah.

Orchid Grower's Manual

BY BENJ. F. WILLIAMS, F. R. H. S.

Containing descriptions of 930 Species and Varieties ol
Orchidaceous Plants with notices of times of flowering,
approved modes of treatment and practical instructions on general

approved mooes ot treatment ana practical instructions on general
culture. Remarks on heat, moisture, soil, seasons of growth and
reit suited to the several species.

FIFTH EDITION ENLARGED WITH COLORED FRONTISPrECE,
and numerous beautiful illustrations, 336 PACES l2nnO
CLOT H . Price, S3.50> Sent by mail, postage free, on re-
ceipt of price.

4th edition of the above work also on hand, 300 pages 12 mo,
cloth, illustrated. Price, $2.50. Sent by mail, postage free, on re-
ceipt of price. Address, C. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., PhiUu

WALTER ELDER,
Landscape and Jobbing Cardener,

1231 Rodman Street, PhiladelphL
Attends to all branches of his business on reasonable terms.

A NEW BOOK
NOW READY.

THE ROSE

A treatise on the Cultivation, History, Family Character-
istics, etc., of the various groups of Roses, with accurate
descriptions of the varieties now generally grown.
BY H. B. ELLW ANGER.
Pp. 293, 16mo, cloth. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of
price, 81.25. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

Art of Propagation.

Hand-book for Nurserymen, tlorists, Gardeners and Every-
L body, 32 pages octavo, paper, illustrated with 25 cuts, price 60
nts. Mailed, postage free, on receipt of price.

Address. CHAS. H. MAROT. 814 Chestnut Sc, PhiTa.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

17

CXJX FLOTATEFIS

AT WHOLESALE.

Also full line of

Florists' and Growers' Supplies,

W. E. MEEHAN,

t.S.tf 15 & 17 N. Thirteenth St., Phila.

Manual of Accidents and Emergencies,

Or how to avoid accidents and wtiat to do when they occur,
with notes on til.' Preservation of Health. Compiled for the
use of Teachers, Students, ami the Industrial Classes,

by Geo. A. Groff, M. I).,
of the University of Lewisbuig, Pa. pp 92, 12 mo. boards,
price 50 cents by mail post-paid.

Address, CHAS. H, MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, PhUa.

THE NEW BOTANY

A LECTURE ON THE BEST METHOD OF TEACHING,

BY W. J. BEAL, M. SC, PH. D.,

Professor of Botany in the Agricultural College, Lansing,
Mich. 8vo, paper. "25c. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt oi
price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, PhUa.

HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS

Plants and Flowers in the Garden and the House; 'giving
directions short, sharp and decisive how to overcome every insect
enemy that infects flowers and plants, out-doors and in-doors,
which troubles window Gardens ; which eats up the vegetables of
the garden ; which devours the fruit trees, shrubs and vines, and
lives in the homes of anxious, tired housekeepers. Paper, 100 pages.
Price, .30 cents, postage free.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT.

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Say's American Insects

Three volumes and Separate Glossary. Octavo, Numerous
Colored Plates from Original Drawings,

Old Rare and out of Print,
/ One set Only.

Price S25.00, by mail, postage paid.

Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

AMmUR'S ROSE BOOK.

By Shirlet Hibberd.

Comprising the cultivation of the Rose in the open ground
and under glass; the formation of the Rosarium ; the charac-
ters of Wild and Garden Roses; the preparation of the flowers
for exhibition ; the raising of new varieties ; and the work of
the Rose Garden in every season of the year. Illustrated with
colored plates and wood engravings. 272 pages cloth, 12mo.
Price $3.00. Sent by mail postpaid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

WINDOW FLOWER GARDEN

By Julius J. Heintich.

Handsomely illustrated. This work endeavors by a few simple
directions for the management of plants and flowers in the window
or conservatory, to show to all members of the family, and especial-
ly the children, that the cultivation of flowers is not difficult, and
brings more real enjoyment than many more expensive amusements.

It is intended for all, including children, excluding technical terms
as far as pcssible, and giving the most simple directions. 93 pp., la
iHO, cloth 75c. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

Address. CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

HAND-BOOK

PRACTICAL 'landscape

GARDENING.

BY F. R. ELLIOTT.

Designed for City and Suburban Residences, and Country School-
Houses; containing designs for lots and grounds, from a lot 30 by
100, to a forty-acre plct. Each plan is drawn to scale, with schedule
to each, showing where each tree, shrub, Stc, should be planted
condensed instructions for forming and caring for lawns; building of
roads; turfing, protection, pruning and care of trees ; making
cuttings, evergreens, hedges, screens, &c. Condensed descriptions
of all the leading trers and shrubs ; soil and position in which they
should be grown. Illustrations of ground plans, elevations, trees,
shrubs, winter gardening, &c. 96 pp.,8vo, cloth. Price I1.50.
Sent by mail on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phils.

HOPING ONECOW.

Being the experience of a number of practical writers, in a clear
and condensed form, upon the

Management of a Single Milch Cow.

Illustrated, 132 pages, cloth. Price, $1.00, mailed, post-paid, oa
receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street. Phila.

ORNAMENTAL TREES.

By Thomas Meehan.

An American Hand-Book, containing the personal obserr*-
tions of the author. 257 pages, 24mo, cloth. Price 75 cU. Sent
by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

Adc&ess CHAS. H. MAEOT.

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

PATENT BINDER

For the Gardener's Monthly. Numbers filed with the greatest
convenience. Preserve them filed for reference, and have thera
when you want them. Neatly lettered on the side in gilt. Price, 40
cents each. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St. PhQa.

WHEAT CULTURE;
How to Double the Yield and Increase the Profits.

By D. S. CURTISS.
72 pages, illustrated. Price 50 cents, mailed, post-paid, on r^
ceipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 8x4 Chestnut St., PhUa.

PRACTICAL HINTS

On the selection and use of the

MICROSCOPE,

Intended for beginners, by John Phin,

Editor of the Am. Journal of Microscopy. Enlarged edition.
Profusely illustrated; 181 pp., 12mo., cloth. Price, 75 cents.
Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

Farm Implements and Machinery

AND THE PRINCIPLES OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND USE.

with explanations of the laws of motion and orce as applied on the
farm, with over 300 illustrations by John J. Thomas; newand
revised edition, 312 pages, 12 mo, cloth, price |i. 50; mailed pottage
free on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, PSil*.

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THE HOR TICUL TURAL AD VER USER.

Sometliing New in Water Heaters. Please Tate Mce.

Sectional view of Carmody's Patent

Sfictioil Eitfiisii Waler Heater.

Especially adapted to the heating of

and other buildings where the Hot Water system is desired.

Thi.s Heater is composed of sectiona,
and can be enlarged or diminished in
size at will.

By removing the impacting sectionb
it becomes a first-class saddle boiler.

It can be used in connection with a
flue along the ground, or not, at
pleasure.

It requires no fire pit, where water is
liable to extinguish the fire.

It burns soft coal as well as hard, and
does not clog up with soot.

It has more heating surface in pro-
portion to its size than any other boiler
in the market.

It is the cheapest and most durable
first class boiler made.

For DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR and PRICE-LIST

Address the proprietor,

J. D. CARMODY,

,„ „ Evansville, Ind.

FUMIGATING CONES,

FOR DESTRUCTION OF INSECTS.

Tlie want has long existed for a safe, convenient, eertain
and cheap means of destroying insect life, infesting bushes
and plants.

we take pleasure in offering to the public, such an article
in the unique fomi of a Fumigating Cone. Touched with a
match, it quickly ignites and smoulders (without apparent
heat), givinfr off a larpc volume of smoke fatal to insect life,
but perfectly liaiiiil<>s to the most tender i)l;int. Can Ijc
used for house or •i:;inl«'ii.
SPECIALLY RECOMMENDED TO CULTIVATORS OF THE ROSE.

One dozen Fumigating Cones sent by mail for twenty-tive
cents (can send stamps). Usual discount to the Trade, and
Commercial Greenhouses. You can order the goods, try
them, and if satisfaction is not given we will return the full
price paid.

T. T. SOUTHWICK & CO.,

ROCHESTER. N. Y.

POCKET MAGNIFIERS.

PRACTICAL LESSONS IN

Architectural Drawing ;

Or, HOW TO MAKE THE WORKING DRAWINGS AND WRITE
SPECIFICATIONS FOR BUILDINGS.

BY WmrJAM B. TUTHILL, A.M., Architect.

Illustrated by 3-". full page plates fone in colors) and 3.3
wood cuts, showing Methods of Construction and Representa-
tion, Scale Drawings, Sections and Details of Frame, Brick ami
Stone Buildings, with full descriptions and specifications, show-

irig the various forms of writing the same for different
kinds of buildings. Oblong quarto cloth. Price, $2.50, by
uiail, post free. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut .St., Phila.

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Amateur's Handbook for Workshoi. and Laboratory, neatly bound. » -15

Book for HoLannors with the Microscope, Phin, boards, fully Illustrated ••»"

Celestial()bu'.tstorCo.Mi..on'lVlcscoi)es, Webb, fully Illustrated, cloth 3.00

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CHAS. H. MAROT, Publisher, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila

CONTENTS OF THE JUNE NUMBER.

SEASONABLE HINTS :

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground.
Greenhouse and House Gardening —
Fruit and Vegetable Garden

COMMUNICATIONS :

The Adornment of Small Yards 162

Hyde Park, St. Louis :. 163

The Arboretum, Derby, England 163

Pruning Ornamental Trees 164

Culture of Hardy Cypripediums 164

Attendance on Steam Boilers 168

Culture of the Chrysanthemum, etc 16S

Steam Heating 169

Greenhouse Notes from St. Louis 169

Rhyncospermum jasminoides 169

The Muck Question 174

Rust in Blackberries 176

Forestry Notes 179

Note on the Buzzard 182

South Carolina Wild Flowers 182

Agency of Water in Changing the Character of For-
ests; 18^^

EDITORIAL NOTES :

Origin of the Manetti Rose— Double Dahlias— Im-
proved Wall-flowers— A Large Violet— Clover in
Lawns— PjTus salicifolia— Health and Shade Trees

Kew Gardens 165-166

Beautiful Orchids— Greenhouses of Patterson
Bros., Pittsburg, Pa.— The Indian Currant in Deco-
ration—Bouquets in the London Market— Arrang-
ing Flowers for Evening Effect— Flowers on the

Dinner Table— Passiflora princeps 169-171

The Flat-headed Borer—Peach Culture— French
Fruits in England— Imperfect Flowering Grapes
—Oranges in Europe— Osage Orange Silk— Pear,
B. S. Fox— Cochin China Grape— The Pockling-
ton Grape— Winter Nelis Pear— Peach Flowers-
Preserving Spanish Grapes— Pea Sticks— Full

Podded Peas— President Garfield Pea 176-177

Seedling Forest Trees— Legislative Forestry— Cul-
tivating Forest Trees— Tree Planting in Australia
—Forest Growth in America— Forest Fires— Value
of the Ailanthus Timber— Polygonum amphibium
for Tannuig— An Old White Pine— Michigan For-
ests 180-181

Dr. Parrv— Early Birds which d id not Find the
Worm— The Botanic Gardens at Melbourne— The

Annual Circles of Wood in a Tree— Hybrid Or-
chids—The Seasons in America and England-
Botany in the French Capital— American Sights

Worth Seeing— Hard Botanical Names 183-187

James Vick— Women in Horticulture— Webster
and Papaw— Watson's Nurseries, Brenham,
Texas— Western Art— The Redwood— Spinach-
Insects Injurious to Forest and Shade Trees-
Peach Culture— Book of Plant Descriptions— The
Silk Worm- Proceedings of the American Pomo-

logieal Society 188-190

Associations of City Florists— Premiums at Hor-
ticultural Societies— Maryland Horticultural So-
cieties—Massachusetts Horticultural Society—
Germantown, Pa., Horticultural Society— Law-
rence, Mass., Horticultural Society— American
Nurserymen's Association— Philadelphia Florists'
Association— Programme of the Spring Exhibi-
tion of the Royal Horticultural Society of Tus-
cany—American Forestry Association 191-192

SCRAPS AND QUERIES :

Propagating Hydrangeas— Indian Cherry— Cattle

in Cities— \ ariegated Arbor Vitses 166

Questions on Steam Management — Steam Heat-
ing Around Chicago— Odontoglossum citrosmum. 172-173
Juglans praeparturiens— Disease in Pear and Ap-
ple Trees— A Native Apple— Strong's Method of

Grafting 177-179

Notes from Waukegan, 111.— Size of Honey Lo-
cust—Catalpa at Beaver Dam, Wisconsin 181-182

Scarlet Flowers from a White Geranium— Growth

of Wood— Yellow Choke Cherry 187

Detroit Carnations Again— Paper by the Editor. . 190

NEW OR RARE PLANTS AND FRUITS :

Pavonia Makoyany— Ornithogalum coarctatum. ..171-172

FLOWER GARDEN AND PLEASURE GROUND,161-167
GREENHOUSE AND jHOUSE GARDENING.... 167-173

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDENING 173-179

FORESTRY 179-187

NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE 182-188

LITERATURE, TRAVELS* PERSONAL NOTES 188-190
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES 191-192

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Li'lium candidum,

Tuberose Gladiolus

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Muhn's Practical Land Drainer 75

My Garden, its Plan and Culture (1250 engravings) 6 75

Neill's Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Gardener's Companionl 00

Norton's Scientific Agriculture 1 00

New Practical Window Gardener, colored plates 2 00

New American Gardener 75

Planter's Guide ^ 160

Plough, Loom and Anvil, 2 vols., 8vo 3 50

Prince on the Vine, }4 calf 1 50

Randall's Practical Shepherd 125

Rivers' Miniature Fruit Garden 9O

Schoolcraft's Indian Tribes, half Russia cloth sides, 5 vols

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Sheldon's Dairy Farming, 25 colored plates, 225 wood-cuts,

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Skeleton Leaves 1 25

Smee on the Potato Plant 78

Stephen's Book of the Farm, 2vol8.,oct 4 00

Stewart's Stable Book „ 126

Studies, byJ. A. Dorgan 76

Talpa, or Chronicles of a Clay Farm 76

Todd's Young Farmer's Work-shop 1 25

" " Manual 2 00

Ten Acres Enough 75

The Plant, a Biography, 5 col. plates and 13 wood eng's.... 2 60

Tobacco and its Culture, Billings 2 25

Todd's American Wheat Culturist 1 50

Todd's How to Make Farming Pay 2 00

Tour Round My Garden 25

Unity of Law (H. C.Carey) 2 26

Waring's Elements of Agriculture 76

Wharton's Handbook and Treatment of the Horse 85

What may be Learned from a Tree 70

Wheeler's Homes for the People 2 26

Wheeler's Rural Homes 90

Wood's Class-book of Botany 2 60

" " " forSchools 100

" Object Lessons in Botany, one copy at 125

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Woodward's Country Homes 75

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Blue Grass, Green Grass, Orchard Grass, Herds' Grass, Mixed Bird Seed, fresh re-cleaned Seed ; Canary, Hemp,

Perennial Rye Grass, Mixed Lawn Grass Seed, very Rape and Maw Seed, Cuttle Fish Bone, Fancy Bird Seed,

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B®"SEB FIRST PAGE, FACING COVER. ~e«

IhL HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

Wehavcaiivanuiiit'ias Seedsmen of wiiich we wish to Idl the
jablic. Thirtv years exr.eneuce a> PIl ACTIC AL fllAIlKKT
I GABDKNERSAN1> FLOKISTS, gives us such knowledsre
as to enable us to juage not only what are the best kinds for Fruit.
Flower or Vegetable croDS (whether for Private or Commer-
cial rTarrieningl. but also to thoroughly test the Quality of all Seeds
Our Greenhouses and Frames in Jersey Citv, are thelargrest in' America, cover-
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" EA'erythinjj: for the Garden,'

on application.

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p. 0. Box 899. 44 DEY STREET, New York,

MANUFACTURERS OF

BASKETS and WIRE GOODS

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ALL

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

JA.ND

On Plants will be promptly looked after when entrusted to our care. FOREIGN
SHIPPERS are invited to avail themselves of our services, which will insure a
prompt dispatch. Further particulars on application.

2 THE HOR TICUL TURAL A D VER 7 ISER.

Roses for Florists.

OHE MILLION ROSES IN SEVEN HUNDRED
MD FIFTY FINEST SORTS.

We make a special business of growing- and distributing Roses, and offer
undoubtedly the largest and best stock of Roses in America. Our New Crop,
rooted in October, are now strong, well-established plants, ready for delivery.

IMPORTANT Tfl RIIYFRQ^ our roses are not forced, but are grown

imruniriiii lu DU I cno. in ordinary soil, without manure or any

STIMULATING PROCESSES WHATEVER ; THEREFORE THEY REQUIRE NO NURSING, OR EXTRA
treatment, but grow off STRONG AND HEALTHY, AND COME QUICKLY INTO BLOOM.
FLORISTS SAY OUR ROSES GIVE BETTER SATISFACTION THAN ANY OTHERS THEY CAN BUY.

QI7F nr PI ANTQ ^® offer but one size of Roses, strong, vigorous

0"*-ti Wr FLMIl I O. plants, from 2 5 -inch pots. They run from 8 to 12
inches high, according to variety, and are thrifty, well matured, heavily rooted
plants-ready to go in 4-inch pots. Every order, large or small, is carefully
selected from the largest and best on hand at the time.

PRICES OF G-SNSFiAI. COX-I^SCXION^S.

Per 100. Per 500. Per 1000.

EVER-BLOOMING ROSES, First class assortment, $ 8.00 $35.00 $70.00

HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES, " " 10.00 45.00 90.00

MOSS ROSES. " " 15.00 75.00 150.00

CLIMBING ROSES, " " 8.00 35.00 70.00

CpirpiA| AQQflRTMI-NTQ ^°'" special assortments and large orders covering different classes of

"' I-Ulrtfc. ncyv^UII I 1111.11 I <J. Roses, it is always best to send a list of the varieties and number of each
wanted. We can then tell you exactly what we can do, and will name the lowest price that the character of the
order wUI justify.

Special attention is given to supplying Florists with reliable plants of all the new and scarce Roses at reasonable
rates. The following choice varieties, and hundreds of others, will be found in our Wholesale Price List, sent FREE
to Florists, Market Gardeners and Dealers, viz.:

Per Doz. Per 100.

DUKE OF CON NAUGHT, (Bennett,) New Scarlet Hybrid Tea Rose $9.00 S65.00

BEAUTY OF STAPLEFORD, (Bennett,) New Urimson Hybrid Tea 4.00 25.00

MAD. ETiENNE LE VET, New French Hybrid Tea, Scarlet 4.00 25.00

QUEEN OF BEDDERS, (Bourbon,) Crimson, splendid for Bedding 4,00 25. OO

ALPHONSE KARR, Fine Crimson Tea 4.00 25.00

MADAME WELCH, Tea, magnificent creamy yellow buds 3.00 16. OO

MAD. CHEDANNE GUINISSEAU, Tea, Finest New Yellow 5.00 35.00

PRINCESSE STEPHANIE, Tea, New Pink from France 4.00 25.00

CATHARINE MERMET, Tea, Bright Pink, splendid for forcing 2.00 lO.OO

ANNIE MARIE DE MONTRAVEL, Pure White, ^he New Polyantha > - _-. __ ^^

MAD'ELLE CECILE BRUNER, Pale Rose, < Roses from Japan. S *'"" -^o.wu

DUKE OF TECK, New Scarlet Hybrid Perpetual 4.00 25. OO

CROWN PRINCE, New Crimson Hybrid Perpetual 4.00 25. OO

JAMES VEITCH, Finest Crimson, perpetual moss 8.00 50.00

Plenty of STANDARD SORTS, including Marechal Robert, Mad. Rachel, Catherine Mermet,
M. NIel, Cen. Jacqueminot, Ac, Ac, all at LOWEST RATES, quality considered.

NOTICE FOR: IVIJLY.

As our winter propagation has been unusually successful, we can let some kinds of stock go at lower prices tlian
would have been safe before the New Crop was made, and we are now filling florists' orders at a large reduction from List
prices, WHEN THE SIZE AND CHARACTER OF THE ORDER WILL JUSTIFY DOING SO. If you send a list of the varieties
and number of each wanted, we can tell you by next mail exactly what we can do, and the lowest price for the lot. BUT
YOU CAN ALWAYS RELY ON THE LOWEST PRICES WE CAN MAKE FOR GOODS ORDERED, WHETHER YOU HAVE QUOTA-
TIONS OR NOT.

NOTICE — This advertisement is intended for the TRA DE ONLY, and not for private planters. Address,

The DINGEE & CONARD CO.,

ftf ROSE GROWERS, West Grove, Chester Co., Pa.

IHE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

GREENHOUSE HEATIHG

AND

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Base-Burning Water Heater

Three sizes. Patented, 1873.

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Prize Medal of Cincinnati Industrial Exposition of 1873 ; Medal

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"For best display o< Bouquet Papers."

We beg to call the attention of the WHOLESALE and RE-
TAIL TRADE in FLORISTS' GOODS to our well assorted stock
for the Fall i

BOUQUET PAPERS (ITALIENS), PASTED CARTONS,

Plain White Edges, Gold and Silver Edges White Satin for
Bridal Bouquets^ Fancy Lace Paper for Weddings, Recep-
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IMMORTELLES-ORIGINAL BUNCHES.

White and all Colors.

DRIED GRASSES AND FLOWERS,

In great varieties and styles ; very suitable for ornamental
purposes.

ORNAMENTAL CRASS BOUQUETS.
FRENCH AND CERMAN CREEN MOSS.
TIN FOIL-Best in the Market.

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IMPORTERS OF FLORISTS' MATERIALS,

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Also Importers nf Fancy WILLOW and MOSS BASKETS, and Manufacturers
of Fancy STRAW, BROWN VARNISHED WILLOW, and WHITEand GILT BASKETS.

Send Orders e.irly in Fall. Illustrated Catalogue gratis on application.

THE NEW ROSES OF 1881.

We have the pleasure of offering the following named NEW ROSES OF 1881. These varieties were first
offered in Europe last Fall, and our plants are propa5;ate<l from stock imported in December last. We ofl'er
vigorous, well-established plants from 2%.inch pots. THEY AKE ALL, ON THEIR OWN ROOTS and ready
lor immediate delivery. Prices as noted.

BEAUTE DE L'EUROPE. (Tea, by Gonod.) Large, finely
formed tjuds and flowers ; color, bright yellov/ ; outsiile
petals sliaded dark yellow : remarkably beautiful and
distinct. SI. 00.

ETOILE DE LYON, (Tea, by Guillot. ) Brilliant chrome yel-
low ; exceedingly beautiful and believed one of the finest
Koses ever introduced ; a vigorous grower and profuse
bloomer; large, finely formed buds ; flowers of good sub-
stance, opening well. 82.00.

MADAME COUSIN. (Tea, by Guillot.) Large, very beautiful
flowers; color, violet rose, tinged with white and pale
yeUow : verv distinct. 11.00.

MISS MAY PAUL. (Tea, by Levet.) Large, finely formed
flowers; color white, beautifully shaded with rosy blush.

MAD'ELLE MARIE MOREAU. (Tea.) Medium size flowers,
very full and regular ; color, pale rose, shading to rich
crimson. SI. 00.

CAMOENS. (Hybrid Tea, by Schwartz.) Extra large, fuU
flowers; color, China Rose, suffused with pale yellow,
passing to white. SI. 00.

PRINCESSE IMPERIAL DU BRESIL. (Hybrid Tea, by Supert
& Nottmg.) Brilliant carmine, deepening at centre to
purplish rose ; petals margined with white ; extra large
and beautiful. fl.OO.

ABBE GIRARDIN. (Bourbon, by Bernaix.) Flowers very
large and fuU, satiny rose, with deep crimson centre;
very distmot, and nearly as floriferous as La France. SI. 00.

MIGNONNETTE. (Polyantha Remontant, by Guillot.) Beau-
tiful miniature roses, of full and perfect form, borne in
large corymbs ; color, clear rose, passing to white ; a con-
stant and profuse bloomer. SI. 00.

CAROLINE SCHMITT. (Noisette, by Schmitt.) Large regu-
lar flowers ; color, s.almon yellow, passing to white, tinged
with pale yellow. $1.00.

AMPERE. (H. P., by Libaud.) Seeded from Lion des Com-
bats ; flowers, large and fine ; color, rich crimson, shaded
purple. Sl.OO.

ULRICH BRUNNER. (H. P., by Levet.) Seeded from Paul
Neyron ; a grand rose ; extra large and fine ; bright cherry
rid: ^erv brilliant color; splendid. SI. 00.

MADAME JULES GREVY. (H. P., by Schwartz.) Seeded
troiu Triumph de J'Exposition ; rosy salmon, with light
(■(■ntrp; lavuc, full flowers ; very fine. fl.OO.

MADAME MARIE BIANCHI. (H. P., by GuiUot.) Seeded
1 roni Victor Verdler ; large, globular flowers ; bright pur-
lilish rose, with rich crimson centre. SI. 00.

MADAME MARIE GARNIER. (H. P., by Gonod.) Beautiful
flesh-colored rose ; delicately suffused with silvery white ;
fine, large, full flowers. Sl.CiO.

MAD'ELLE MARIE CHAUVET. (H. P., by Besson.) Seeded
from Baronne de Rothschild ; flowers extra large and strik-
ing : color, clear rose ; very fresh and delicate. $1.00.

FRANCOIS OLIN. (H. P., by Ducher & Soeur.) Large and
finely-formed flowers; color, rich crimson, veined with
pure white; distinct. $1.00.

COMPTE DE FLANDRES. (H. P., by Levecque et fils.)
Seeded from Madame Victor Verdler; a splendid rose;
color, fine purpUsh red, dark and velvety ; extra fine. 81.

EUGENE TR ANSON. (H. P., by Vigneron.) Large, bold, globu-
1 ir flowcns ; jjerfcct form : color, fine brilliant red. fl.OO.

SOUVENIR DE MADAME BERTHIER. (H. P., by Berthier.)
Seeded from Victor Verdler; large, full flowers; color,
brilliant crimson. $1.00.

SPECIAL OFFER: The Set of 20 Varieties for $I5.00.

Address,

ROSS

THE DINCEE & CONARD CO.,

GrR01V£:FlS, WEST GROVE, CHESTER CO., PA.

THE HOR TICbL TURA L AD VER TISER.

Medal and Diploma a-^arded by the U. S, Centen-
nial Commission, 1876, also Gold Medal and Diploma
Awarded at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts
Charitable Mechanic Association, held in Boston,
1878, to

DAVID SMITH,

Manufacturer of Patent Improved

PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX RETURN FLUE BOILER

AND

PATENT PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX

BASE BURNER BOILER.

FOR HEATING

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Expansion Tanks, Evaporating Pans, Stop Valves, Cast- Iron Pipe, Elbows, Tees, Branches, Pipe
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roof or sides of Greenhouses and Graperies.

Judges' Report on awards, with descriptive illustrated circular containing testimonials and
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<».i2 BOSTON, MASS.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

MABSCHUETZ & BACHARACH,

25 NORTH FOURTH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa.,

IMPORTBRS OF AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

SUCH AS

Bouquet Papers or italiens, 'n great varieties ot Styles and Patterns. PaStOd CartOflS, >" a" «"«*■

IMMORTELLES.

Dried Grasses and Flowers, suitable for Decorations. Ornamental Bouquets, for Vases.
French Green Mosses, Baskets, Wire Designs, Tin Foil.

Our connection with European Houses enables us to sell goods at lowest figures. Orders will receive careful attention and prompt
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THE NEW HYBRID TEA ROSET"

Duke of Connaught,

THE EVERBLGOMING JACK.

We are now prepared to furnish this INCOMPARABLE ROSE IN LARGE
QUANTITIES. Price, $6.00 per dozen.

JAG. C. SEAI^ir « CO.,

«2 MASPETH, N. Y.

pe:nfie:x.d bi-ock coimep^vity,

(Successors to CHARLES R. PENFIELD.)

LOCKPORT, NIAGARA COUNTY, N. Y.

PLAIN AND PAINTED TREE, PLANT AND POT LABELS.

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The Golden Pocklington Grape.

I control the entire STOCK of this Grape by purchase, and am prepared to offer inducements to nurserymen and
dealers who desire a good specialty to place in the hands of their salesmen. Also can supply elegant lithographs of it for
issuing in catalogues at a price so low that the sale of a very few vines will pay for a thousand of them, and circulars,
photographs of the fruit, &c., making a most complete outfit with which to sell the grape. ALSO,

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII or JAPAN IVY

AT A LOW FIGURE.

GEORGE A. STONE,

104 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, N. Y.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

THOS. J. MYERS, Jr.'s

NEW IMPROVED PATENT

RETURN FLUE BOILER,

For Heating Greenhouses, Hothouses, Public and Private
Buildings, Drying Rooms, Railroad Tanks, &c.

They are Guaranteed to he the Most Powerful, Durable and Eco-
nomical Boiler ever made in this Country.

We are also mamifactTiriiig: all the various sizes of MYERS*
PATENT and SWAIN'S IMPROVED BOILERS, PIPE, DOUBLE
and SINGLE VALVES, EXPANSION TANKS, ELBOWS, &c.
PIPE CHAINS and aU Varieties of Fittings for HEATING BY
HOT WATER.

Send for Illustrated Circular and Price lAst.

1173 South Ninth Street,

THOS. J. MYERS, Manager. „,, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

FOR THE TRADE

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY, Florist,

BAI«*ri]¥[OR£:, IMED.,

Ofers the Following for June, 1882.

Perdoz. Per 100.

AL,YSSUM, TOM THUMB, very dwarf 1 20 8 00

" THE GEM, double flowers, foliage variegated , 120 8 00

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII, hardy climber 1 20 8 00

ALTEKNANTHERA AUREA, new golden 1 00 8 00

BOUVARDIA, ALFRED NEUNER, double white 1 50 10 00

BEGONIA, LOUIS CHERTEIN, handsome foliage 3 00 20 00

" SCHMIDTII, white-flowered, New 1 80 12 00

CISSUS DISCOLOR, beautiful foliage 1 20 8 00

CALADIUMS, fancy, started 1 80 15 00

DAPHNE ODORATA, three-inch, fine plants 2 40 15 00

EUPHORBIA POINSETTIA PLENISSIMA, double 3 00 20 00

•• JACQUINIFLOK A, flowers in long sprays 150 10 00

GARDENIA (Cape Jasmine) RADICANS 1 50 10 00

HYDRANGEA, THOMAS HOGG, white 1 00 8 00

OTASKA, pink 100 800

PANICULATA GRANDIFLORA 100 8 00

SPECIOSA VARIEGATA 180 12 00

RUSELLIA JUNCEA, basket or vase plant 1 50 10 00

Eosfis from 3-iD. Pots

Safrano, Isabella Sprunt, Clorie de Dijon, Perle des Jardines,
Bon Silene, Niphetos, Marie Van Houtti, Cornelia Cook,
Catharine Mermet and Marechal Niel, Per doz, 51.20 ; per 100, 810.00

For other Plants see my General Trade List
and Illustrated Catalogue for 1882, mailed free
to all applicants. address,

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY, Florist,

Baltimore City, Md.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

BUSirSTEISS DIRECTOr^Y.

H. S. ANDERSON, Duchess Grape and Gen
eral Nursery, Union Springs, N. Y.

Send for Circular and conditions of insertion under this heading
F

WILLIAM DESMOND, :WholesaIe Verbena
Grower, Kewanee, Ills.

ELLWANGER & BARRY, Ornamental and
Fruit Trees, Shrubs, &c., Rochester, N.Y.

E. McAllister, Flower and Garden j SAMUEL G.STONE, Dahlias a Specialty,
Seeds, 31 Fulton St., New York City Charlestown, Mass.

THOMAS MEEHAN.

Nur^eryman & Tree Seeds, Germant'n,Phil.

HENRY MERRILL, Small Fruit Plants.
Strawb's a Specialty. W. Newbury, Ma.ss.

JNO.G.HEINL, Greenhouse, Hothouse.Bed- HANS NIELSON, Floral Conservatories, OSCAR WRIGHT, Fruit & Ornamental Trees

ding and New Plants, Terre Haute, Ind. St. Joseph, Mo. Plants and Flowers, Moundsville, W. Va.

GEO. SUCH, Rare Hothouse and Green
houj.e Plants, South Amboy, N. J.

I/M. WEBSTER, Landscape Engineer,
Seedsman and Florist, Rochester, N. Y.

100,000 PEACH TREES,

Free from Yellows. 23 years experience in Nursery Business

in New Jersey and Delaware.

NATURAL, VIRGINIA, PEACH PITS.

Price Lists free.

Address,

W. R. PHILLIPS, Milford, Del.,

f Church Hill Nurseries.) t.d.12.

MEEHAN'S NURSERIES

GERMANTOWN,

(Part of the city of Philadelphia), and are easy of access by steam
cars to

GORGAS LANE STATION or WALNUT
LANE STATION,

Or slightly nearer by street cars to

UPPER CHURCH ST.

The Nurseries contain over one thousand kinds of Trees and
Shrubs, besides Fruit Trees and Flowers. European, African or
Asiatic *rders for trees or tree seeds, receive careful attention, and
usually give customers entire satisfaction.

GERANIUMS.

I'Mne young plants in 2K-i"eh pots; »1.50 per dozen,
SIO.OO per 100. Large stoc'k plants in 3J^ and 4-inch pots ;
SS.OO per dozen, $16.00 per 100.

H. W. HALES,

n.l2 RIdgewood Floral Nursery, Ridgeweod, N. J.

SMILAX SEED

WANTED OF CROP OF 1882.

Address, with price an<l probable <iuantity.

P. O. Box 2694, New York.

FUMI6ATIXG CONES

FOR DESTRUCTION OF INSECTS.

TlK'.-^e CducsatVord a safe, olieap and exceedingly CON-
VENIENT inians (d fumigating house or garden
plants. Cultivators oi the Kose and other plants infested
with Thrip, Aphis, Green Fly, <Sc., will find very valuable.
Kv mail twenty-live cents per doz. Usual discount to the
Trade. Katisfaction guaranteed. Correspondence solicited.
T. T. SOtJTHlVICK: «Sc CO.,

ROCHESTER, N. Y.

To any suffering with Catarrh
or Bronchitis w^io earnestly
desire relief, I can furnish a
means of Permanent and Pos-
itive Cure. A Home Treatment.
No charge for consultation by
mail. Valuable Treatise Free.

•■Hisremedies nre tlie outprnwh
of his own expurieiice; tlie.v an;
the only known means of pti-
maneiit cure."— /J'i»ei.«<

Rev. T. P. CHILDS. Troy. 0.

EVERY ONE Who Owns a AVAGON Wants
A EUREIiA FOIiDING
I CANOPY TOP. Folds up
like an umbrella. Weighs
lless than 13 lbs. Can be
ptaken off or put on in 3 min-
I utes. Made in sizes to fit
business wagons, pleasure
1 wagons and buggies. Send
for illustrated circular and
price list. Agents wanted
»evervvi-here. State where you
saw this. D. O. BEERS «&
CO., Patentees and M'f 'rs. Sandy Hook, Conn.

A VALUABLE DISCOVERY.

Plants cultivated entirely without earth in the Dumesnd
Fertilizing Moss, blossom more freely and bloom longer
than in earth. Transplantation without wilting and safe
shipment of plants at all seasons now made possible. Of
especial interest to vegetable growers. Send for a pam-
phlet.

D. F. M. CO., P. 0. BOX 2345, N. Y.,

OFFICE, 109 JOHN STREET.

Sent FREE!

TREATISE OX tDI IBTP

-iw APOKATiAG r rCUH I

Proflts and Ceneral Stntlntics.

American Mf g Co., Waynesboro, Pa

TOBACCO STEMS

in bales weighing 500 lbs. each, at ^3.00 per bale, or three bales for
I112.00.

TOBACCO DUST in cases of about 400 lbs. at 82.50 per
case, or five cases for Jio.oo. Free on board of boat or cars.

Straiton & Storm,

204-208 East 27th St., New York City.

June Budding.

I am prepared to bud special varieties of Peaches,
I Apricots, Nectarines and Plunas in lots of 1000 to 50:i,0(X).
Trees to lie delivered in Fall of 1882 or Spring of 1883.
' Would like orders in by May 20th. 8top ,1 une budding by
June 15th. I am then ready to execute large orders in
Fall-budding for parties wanting special varieties for
any location. Correspondence solicited. Catalogues gratis.
Great Northern and Southern Nurseries.

RANDOLPH PETERS,

Wilmington, Delaware.

(K^QA. WEEK. 812 a day at home easily made. Costly Out-
^ / ^flt free. Address True & Co., Augusta, Maine, ja. 12

10 THE HOR 71CUL TURAL A D VER TISER.

PEDIGREE SEEDLING ROSES OF 1882.

H. BENNETT (late of Stapleford, Salisbury), will be prepared to supply from the beginning of
June the following New Roses of his own raising.

HYBRID TEAS.
COUNTESS of PEMBROKE," seedling

from "President" x "Charles Lefebvre.",

TEA ROSE.

PRINCESS of WALES," seedling from

"Adam" X "Elise Sauvage."

HYBRID PERPETUALS.
EARL of PEMBROKE," seedling from

"Marquise de Castellane" x "Ferdinand de Lesseps."

HBINRICH SCHULTHEIS," seedling

from "Mabel Morrison" x "Mons. E. Y. Teas."

DISTINCTION," seedling from "Madame

de St. Joseph" x "Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier."

■LADY MARY FITZWILLIAM," aeed-

ling from "Devouiensis" X "Victor Verdier."

$15,00 PER SET. FIVE PER CENT. DISCOUNT TO TRADE. Descriptive CATALOGUES sent post free on application.

H. BENNETT, Pedigree Rose Nursery,

,_^ SHEPPERTON, WALT0N-0N-THAWE8, ENGLAND.

iw aM Bare Cattleyas aaJ East Mian Orcls.

We have received a large quantity of newly imported CATTLEYAS, in fine condition, including CATTLEYA
ELDORADO, CATTLEYA ELDORADO SPLENDENS, CATTLEYA LABIATA, CATTLEYA VIRGINALIS (said
to be the true pure white variety), which we offer, unestablished, as iuijiorted, at SS6.00 and !S12.00 per dozen, as to
size. "We expect many others by next steamer from Brazil. We also offer a few plants of

DALHOUSIANUM,

iriTTITinTITTTllir LITUIFLORUWl,

■I \ I -{ < y PIERARDI LATIFOLIUM,

JiJllJJiLUlJiUlU SUAVISSIMUM,

WARDIANUM,

At from* 1.50 to S3. 00 each. Also a few established ONCIDIUM DASYTYLE at same price. Our last season's
importation of CATTLEYA MOSSI^ are now giving grand bloom. Please order promptly if desired, before plants have
been blocked or otherwise cared for.

BENJ. REYNOLDS, Superintendent,

mhl2 BARKER FLORAL GARDENS, BRAMBLETON, NORFOLK, VA.

Bedding and Greenhouse Plants

WHOLESALE LIST ON APPLICATION.

NEW CARNATIONS,

i='Tj:e^e stooib: - - - ^is.oo ipei^ loo.

mhi2 DETROIT, lyilCK.

LILIES m EARLY FORCINI)^

CK of our NEW LILY that bloomed early, we are prepared to book orders for
St 1st, suitable for blooming in the HOLIDAYS. They commenced to bloom

ast. Send for Price List.

JOSEPH KIFT, West Chester, Pa,

Having a LARGE STOCK of our NEW LILY that bloomed early, we are prepared to book orders for well
ripened bulbs, delivery August 1st, suitable for blooming in the HOLIDAYS. They commenced to bloom with

us on the 16th of December last. Send for Price List.

mhl2

^«>^\ Per Week can be made in any locality. Some-' TT WIIb^C Ck ^J C d O

OOvl thing entirely new for agents. 85.00 outfit free. | nixCwniiBlvO.,.v...p......-,

G. W. LNGRAHAM & CO., Boston, Mass. my6 mhe free. THE AULTMAN4TAyLORCO..Jttan3fiflld.O,

The Bf^t it tlu
cheapest, Ulus-
rated price list

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

11

DBAIME FLOm POT.

PATENT APPLIED FOR.

Having three (3) holes in sides at equal distances and at angl« with
bottom of pot, perfectly free drainage and ventilation are insured.

The absence of hole in bottom, as in the ordinary flower pot, prevents
clogging of outlet, trouble from worms and decay of roots from want of proper
ventilation.

Also Pressed Improved and Hand-made pots. All sizes constantly on hand
at LOWEST PRICES. Hanging Vases and Seed Pans.

For Price List and Circulars apply to

WHILLDIN & CO.,

ESTABLISHED 1840.

Nos. 709-11 Wharton Street,

(Agents for J. E. JEFFORDS & CO.,)

PHILADELPHIA, FA.

EAST INDIAN ORCHIDS.

ALSO

MEXICAN, CENTRAL

AND

SOUTH AMERICAN ORCHIDS

I am importing constantly from those countries, and can
offer much lower than the same can be purchased in
E'lrope : and better plants.

Rare and Beautiful Foliage Plants. Viz, Crotons, Dracaenas,
Marantas. Dieffenbachias, Nepenthes, Alocaslas, &c.

SuiUble tor I-'AIK.S, EXHIBITIONS Ac, at low rates.

^bMi^m

I

^^^

JM

Engraved for one half the usual rates (this season only).
Send copy for estimate and for catalogue of cheap electros
of fruits, flowers, trees, plants, etc., etc.

jroflN-

ap.4

WASHINGTON, D.

Try Rice's New Onion Seed.! ROSes, verbenas, geraniums

Produced from the finest and most perfect seed onions
only, which are carefully selected by hand.

WARRANTED TO CROW
on trial on receipt of seed, and if not satisfactoiy to be re-
turned to us and amount paid refunded. Being the pro-
ducers we can save you the dealers' profits. Write us.

ind all other Bedding Plants in large quantities, also Dracaenas,
Palms and Hothouse and Greenhouse pl-nts, the largest assortment

before ordering elsewhere, for special prices, and state kinds
and quantities wanted. Address JEROME B. RICE, & CO.,
Cambridge, N. Y. (Cambridge Valley Seed Gardens.) ap.3

Camellias and Azaleas a specialty.
Send for Catalogue.

JNO. DICK, JR.,

mytf

53pd & WOODLAND AVE., Phiia.

Carnation Florets Roses to the Trade.

IX LARGE NUMBERS

Will be furnished by the undersigned the coming season.

THOMAS F. SEAL,

0.12 Unionville, Chester Co., Pa.

HALES' MOLE TRAP

For destroying ground moles in la%vn8, parks, gardens and
cemeteries. This is the only "perfect" mole trap in exis-
tence and is waTanted superior to all others. Sold by all
Seedsmen and Agricultural Implement Dealers. Illustrated
circulars sent free to any address.

H. W. HALES,

Ridgewood, N. J.

We have a fine lot of thrifty young plants, of the folk
ing choice and popular varieties, to offer :—

Perle des Jardlns,
Catherine Mermet,
Niphetos.
Cornelia Cook,
Bon Silene,
Safrano,

Md. Lambard,
Sou d'un Ami,
Charles Rovolli,
Md. Joseph Swartz,
Innocente Pirola,
Malmaison, etc., etc.

Queen of Bedders. Hybrid Teas :

Beauty of Stapleford, Duchess of Westminster, Michael Saunders,
Jean SUley, Nancy Lee, Mad. Etienne Levet, and some others.

Send for Price List. Free on application.

LONSDALE & BURTON, Florists,

ap.3 Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.

<l>CCa week in your own town. Terms and $5 outfit free. I (TC igi (tOnP^"" '1*J ^^^o™®- Samples worth $5 free. Ad-
S'UUAddress H. Hallett & Co., Portland, Maine. ja.l2 I vO lU ^^Udress Stlnson & Co., Portland, Maine. ja.l2

aptf

12

THE HOR TICUL TURA L AD VER TISER.

FOREIGN GRAPE VINES FOR GRAPERIES.

We now oflfer the finest collection of Foreign Grapes irrowii
in the country. They are all good, strong, healthy canes, all
true to name and all ia exLx-lkiu condition for shipping.
Below willbe founrl list of vuric-tics i^^rowii by us, oau and
two years old.

^ One year old vines, $1.00 each.

< Two year old vines, $2.00 each.
Bowood Muscat, Frontignan Grizzly,

Muscat Hamburg, Frontignan Black,

Canon Hall Muscat, Gros Colman,

Madresfield Court Muscat. Hamburg Black,

PRICE;

Hamburg Wilmot's,
Hamburg Mill Hill,
Hamburg Victoria,
Lady Down's Seedling,
Prince Albert,
Royal Ascot,
Santa Cruz,
Trentham Black,
White Nice,
■White Syrean,
White Sweetwater,
White Tokay. t.f.l2

Catalogue sent free on application,
special attention to our stock of

Mrs. Prince's Black Muscat,
Muscat of Alexandria,
Black Prince,
Black Alicante,
Black Barbarossa,
Black St. Peter's,
Buckland Sweetwater,
Calabrian Raisin,
Chasselas de Fontainebleau,
Chasselas White,
Chasselas Golden,
Duchess of Buccleuch
Frontignan White,

We would also call .
Camellias, Azaleas, Acacias, Roses and general collection
of winter-blooming orn.imentul foliage and bedding plants.

DAVID FERGUSSON & SONS. Laurel Hill Nurseries,
Ridge and Lehigh Avenues, opp. Laurel Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.

CA.TA.LOGXJES

OF

Florists' Supplies

AND CUT FLOWERS KEADI OxV APPLICATION,

Wholesale Dealer in Cut Flowers and Florists' Supplies.

t.s.tf 15 and 17 N. 13th Street, Phila.

TME

Farmers' Adviser

A MONTHLY JOURNAL,

Devoted to the interests of the Farmer, Breeder, and
Stock Kaiser. Only 50 cents a year.

DICK'S

The cheapest, spiciest, and best paper for the farmer.
Liberal cash commissions to agents. Illustrated everj'
month with choice stock from the best artists. Send stamp
for sample copy. All articles written by men of authoritj-.

Address,

FARMERS' ADVISER, York, Pa.

The Typographical appearance of this spicy paper is alone
worth the subscription price. f.l2

FOR HEATING HOTHOUSES, GREENHOUSES AND
DWELLINGS, THREE STYLES and TWELVE SIZES to heat
from 500 to 2000 ft. of 4-in. PIPE. Send for circular to

JNO. DICK JR.,

53rd & "Woodland Ave., PhHa., Pa.

NEW DOUBLE WHITE BOUYARDIA

the most valuable plant sent out for years. Price per plant in
2j4-inch pots, 50c each ; $3.00 per doz. Large plants in 4-inch
pots, 75c. each ; $6 ©o per doz. New Pelargoniana Maddons'
Victor, strong plants yic each ; 46.' o per dor. New set 0(30
Verbenas lor i83[. Splendid Varieties ready the 15th of
October, $3 00 for the set John White's Mealy Bug
Exterminator, the only known remedy to till the Mealy Bug
without injuring the plant, ^i.co per boitlc ; $8.00 per doz.

JOHN WHITE,
ja.i2 Communipaw Ave., Jersey City, N. J.

TREE SEEDLINGS

For Timber Plantations, Young Evergreens, Stocks, Grape
Vines, Seeds and Seedlings for Nurserymen. Immense Stock.
Lowest Prices. Great Variety. Catalogue Free.

J. JENKINS.

Grape and Seedling Nursery,

mhtf Winona, Columbiana Co., Ohio.

fEstabllshea 1866.1

FAY'S BUILDING MATERIAL

faster, cam-

Teachers Wanted!

Of every kind, to fill Spring, Summer and Fall engagement*
now coming to hand.

Graduates and undergraduates of any School, Seminary, or
College, of little or no experience, or other persons desiring
to teach, should not fail to address at onee, with stamp, for
application form.

NATIONAL TEACHERS' AGENCY,

CINCINNATI. OHIO.

X. B.— Situations in the West and South a specialty. Good
pay to local agents and private correspondents. ap.»

For Sale.

The entire stock of the Exotic Nukseky, located at
66 Chestnut Street, Albany, N. Y. The stock consists of
large Palms Agaves, Cactns, Camellias, Azaleas, Fems^
Crotons, in 8 varieties, some of which are quite large, and
two handred and thirty Orchids, in 40 varieties— 63 being
Fhalsenopsis amabilis and Schilleriana ; several kinds of
Dendrobiams, etc., etc. Many of the Orchids are now
in bloom. Also, a general variety of Hothouse, Green-
house and Bedding Plants, including the celebrated new
Coleus •' Garfield,"

.,« A. F. CHATFIELD, Albany, N. Y.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

13

RHODODENDRONS,

AND MANY HUNDREDS OF OTHER BEAUTIFUL TREES AND SHRUBS ARE OFFERED THIS SPRING BY

MEEHAN'S GERMANTOWN NURSERIES

Rare and interesting plants, seldom found in collections, are grown in this establishinent,'as for'instanee : —

CALLUN A VULGARIS, the Heather of English Poets.
The Famous FURZE or GORSB, ULEX BUROPJBQS.

The SCOTCH BROOM, GENISTA SCOPARIUS ; and other old but seldom grown andoeau-
tiful things.

A large number of kinds can be seni to long distances by mail. Send for our Complete Catalogue.
t.f.tf. Gertnantown, Philadelphia^ Pa,

New Single Dahlia, "Paragon," - - - 50c.
Tlie New Cactus Dahlia, " Juarezii," - 50c*

ALTBRNANTHERA PARONYCOIDES MAJOR AUREA— The Finest Yellow
Foliage Plant for Designs, Carpets and Edging by the 10,000.

SPECIAL OFFER OF CARNATIONS AND CHRYSANTHEMUMS IN MARCH LIST.

LmUM AURATUM,

New Geraniums and Fuchsias.

$15.00 per 100

Gladioli, mixed and named, in 500 var.

V. R. RAI«I«OCK, SON <£ THORPZS

QUEENS, N. Y.

"W'HOLESAX.E DEALERS IN

Gut Flowers and Florists Supplies.

Shipping of Bon Silenes, Safranos, Fancy Roses and

Smilax a specialty. Flowers Sold on Commissiou.

Circulars to Growers and Retail Florists

sent on application.

f.l2 165 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.

H. CANXELL & SONS'

Dlnslratei Floral Giiifle 1 1882,

Is now ready, and send post free tor 25 cents.
We assure all lovers of Flowers that it is by far the best
we have ever issued, and probably the best ever published.
Certainly it contains the greatest and most reliable informa-
tion on Flowers and their Seeds. The printing of 20,000 cop-
ies costs £570, the postage of the same £250. W'e simply men-
tion this to show to what extent our efforts are appreciated,
f.tf Swanley, the Home for Flowers, Kent, England.

THE ROSE

A treatise on the Cultivation, History, Family Character-
istics, etc., of the various groups of Roses, with accurate
descriptions of the varieties now generally grown.
BY H. B. ELLW ANGER.

A NEW BOOK
NOW READY.

Pp. 293, 16mo, cloth. Mailed, post-paid, on
price, 81.25. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut i

receipt of
It., Phila.

WALTER ELDER,
Landscape and Jobbing Gardener,

1231 Rodman Street, Philadelphi:
Attends to all branches of his business on reasonable terms.

MAKE HENS LAY.

An KnglisiL V etennary swrgeon and Chemist, now
travehng in this country, says that most of the Horse
and Cattle PowJers bc>K1 here are worthless trash. He
says that Pheridan's Condition Powders are absolutely
pure an 1 immensely valuable. Nothm,? on earth will
make hens lay like Sheridan's Condition Powders. Dose,
oneteaspoonl'ul to one pint food. Sold everywhere, or sent
by mail for eight letter stumps. I. S. JOHNSOX & CO..
0.12 Boston, Mass., formerly Bangor Me.

ELEMENTS OF FORESTRY.

Designed to afford Information concerning the Planting
and care of Forest Trees for Ornament and Profit ; giving
Suggestions on the Creation and care of Woodlands, with
the view of securing the Greatest Benefit for the Largest
Time. Particularly adapted to the Wants and Conditions of
the United States. By Franklin B. Hough, Ph. D., Chief of
Forestry Division, Department of Agriculture. Washington,
D. C. Large 12mo; numerous Illustrations, !B2. 00. Mailed,
post-paid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

Orchid Grower's Manual

BT BENJ. F. WILLIAMS, F. R. H. S.

Containing de'criptions of 930 Species and Varieties ot
Orchidaceous Plants with notices of times of flowering,
approved modes of treatment and practical instructions on general
culture. Remarks on heat, moisture, soil, seasons of growth and
rest suited to the several species.

FIFTH EDITION ENLARGED WITH COLORED FRONTISPIECE,.
and numerous beautiful illustrations, 336 PACES l2mO
CLOT H . Price, $3.50. Sent by mail, posuge free, on re-
ceipt of price.

Address. C. H. MAROT, »14 Chestnut St., Phil*.

14

THE HOR TIC UL7 URAL AD VER TISER.

Somettiing New if] Water Heaters. Please Tate Mce.

Sectional view of Carmody's Patent

Sdctioil EiteDslfli Water Heatfir.

Especially adapted to the heating of

and other buildings where the Hot Water system is desired.

This Heater is composed of sections,
and can be enlarged or diminished in
size at will.

By removing the impacting sections
it becomes a first-class saddle boiler.

It can be used in connection with a
flue along the ground, or not, at
pleasure.

It requires no fire pit, where water is
liable to extinguish the fire.

It burns soft coal as well as hard, and
does not clog up with soot.

It has more heating surface in pro-
portion to its size than any other boiler
in the market.

It is the cheapest and most durable
first-class boiler made.

For DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR and PRICE-LIST

Address the proprietor,

J. D. CARMODY,

taux. Evansville, Ind.

PEAR CULTURE FOR PROFIT.

BY P. T. QUINN.

A practical Horticulturist, and author of " Money in the
Garden."

Containing practical method of raising Pears intelligently
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Utah New Plants.

GBEAT REDUCTION IN PKICES.

Fiittilaria pudioa smd Erythroniom grandlflonun*

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CONTENTS OF

SEASONABLE HINTS :

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground

Fruit and Vegetable Garden

COMMUNICATIONS :

Gardening Experiments, Wise an<l Otherwise

Seeds and Seed Sowing

Some Southern Evergreens

Helonias BuUata

The Polyautha Rose

Floral Identities

A Few Budding Plants

A Display of Colors in Spring

A Few Desirable Shrubs

Heating by Steam

A Marechal Niel Rose

Glazing and Pipe-setting

Mr. F. L. Ames' Orchids

A New Grape-vine— The Cochin-Chinese, Tuberous-
rooted Vine

Apple as a Stock for Seckel Pear

Drone Bees on the Wing— A Great Mystery

Fremontia

John Muir, the California Naturalist

Pennsylvania Horticultural Society

EDITORIAL NOTES :

Pritchardia Grandis— Rose, Duke of Connaught—

Seedling Azaleas

The Silk Worm Mulberry— Concord Grape South
—Bacteria in Fruit Diseases— Table Grapes in
the South— A Promising Native Grape to Improve
—Windsor Cherry— Caroline Raspljerrj'— Raising
Seedlings— Miner Plum— Hovey's Seedling Straw-
berry—Best Soil tor the Raspberry— The Codling
Jloth— Superior Canadian Apples— Premiums for
Celery and Onion Essays— American Vegetables
and Fruits— The Newtown Pippin Apple— Toma-
toes to the Acre— Peach Culture— Grapes in Aus-
tralia—Filberts in California— The Tobacco Crop
—Olive Culture— Peach Culture in Australia-
Large Seckel Pears— Substitute for Coffee- The
Rogers' Grape— Cherry Stocks— Pine Apples—

THE JULY NUMBER.

Massachusetts Apples— Seckel Pear— Quince Cul-
ture 208-211

Aged Trees— End of a Historic Elm— A Walnut
Grove in Wisconsin— Poor Land for Forests-
Timber in Michigan— The Farnesian Acacia 212-213

Laws of the Weather— Transpiration of Plants—
SelagineUa Victoriae- Abies Concolor and Lowiana

—The Date Palm— A Colossal Fern 214-217

Wllder's Speech on Agricultural Education— Old-
mixon — Charles Darwin — Introduction of the
Cedar of Lebanon— Professor Edward Morren, of
Leige— The Hallidays of Baltimore— James Vick
—George A. Stone— Flowers and Ferns of the
United States— Entomology— Correspondence Bot-
anique— American Journal of Forestrj' .
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society— Marjland
Horticultural Society— Premiums for Seedling

Fruits

SCRAPS AND QUERIES :

Floral Designs— Greenhouse Correspondence-
" u, ■ •• " . .. ^

224

Carnation " Beauty " — Fumigating Cones — A
' Double Catalonian Jasmine 205

Sulphur for Fungus— Flat Chinese Peach— Manur-

i ing in the West— Eureka Peach 211-212

! Barren Gingko Trees— Fruiting of the Gingko— A

I " Collector's " Letter— The Tallow Tree 217-218

( Beaufin, Biffin, or Beefin Apple— The European

and American Chestnut— Criticisms on other

I Magazines 222-223

' NEW OR RARE PLANTS AND FRUITS :

I Hsemanthus Kalbreyeri 203-204

j FLOWER GARDEN AND PLEASURE GROUND,19.S-200
j GREENHOUSE AND HOUSE* GARD ENING.. .. 200-205

I FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDENING 205-212

{ FORESTRY 212-213

I NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE 213-218

I LITERATURE, TRAVELS & PERSONAL NOTES 219-223
I HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES 224

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Children's Garden, and What They Made of It 60

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Facts About Peat 1 00

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Farmers' and Mechanics'^ Manual 2 50

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Fitch's Noxious Insects, N. Y 75

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Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Gardener's Companion 1 00

Green and Congdon's Botany, Quarto Illustrated 1 50

Harris on Injurious Insects _.... 2 50

Henry Courtland, or What a Farmer Can Do 1 00

Hofifey's North American Pomologist, quarto, full page, col.

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Horse Owners' Cyclopaedia (Walsh, Ac.) 2 75

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Norton's Scientific Agriculture 1 00

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New American Gardener 75

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Prince on the Vine, V^calf „ 1 60

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Studies, byj. A. Dorgan 75

Talpa, or Chronicles of a Clay Farm 76

Todd's Young Farmer's Work-shop 1 25

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Ten Acres Enough 75

The Plant, a Biography, 5 col. plates and 13 wood eng's.... 2 60

Tobacco and its Culture, Billings 2 25

Todd's American Wheat Culturist 1 50

Todd's How to Make Farming Pay 2 00

Tour Round My Oarden 25

Unity of Law (H. C. Carey) 2 25

Waring's Elements of Agriculture 75

Wharton's Handbook and Treatment of the Horse 85

Wheeler's Homes for the People 2 25

Wheeler's Rural Homes 90

Wood's Class-book of Botany 2 50

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CLIMBING ROSES, " " 8.00 35.00 70.00

CPCrPIAI AQQnRTMPNTQ ^°^ special assortments and large orders covering different classes of

OrtUIMI- MOOUn ■ III til I O. Roses, it is always best to send a list of the varieties and number of each
wanted. We can then tell you exactly what we can do, and will name the lowest price that the character of the
order wUl justify.

Special attention is given to supplying Florists with reliable plants of all the new and scarce Roses at reasonable
rates. The following choice varieties, and hundreds of others, will be found in our Wholesale Price List, sent FREE
to Florists, Market Gardeners and Dealers, viz.:

Per Doz. Per 100.

DUKE OF CON NAUGHT, (Bennett,) New Scarlet Hybrid Tea Rose $9.00 $65. OO

BEAUTY OF ST A PL EFORD, (Bennett,) New Crimson Hybrid Tea 4.00 25. OO

MAD. ETIENNE LE VET, New French Hybrid Tea, Scarlet 4.00 25.00

QUEEN OF BE DDERS, (Bourbon,) Crimson, splendid for Bedding 4.00 25. OO

ALPHONSE KARR, Fine Crimson Tea 4.00 25.00

MADAME WELCH, Tea, magnificent creamy yellow buds 3.00 16. OO

MAD. CHEDANNE CUINISSEAU, Tea, Finest New Yellow 5.00 35. OO

PRINCESSE STEPHANIE, Tea, New Pink from France 4.00 25.00

CATHARINE M E R M E T , Tea, Bright Pink, splendid for forcing 2.00 lO.OO

ANNIE MARIE DE MONTRAVEL, Pure White, ^ The New Polyantha ) -^ 25 OO

MAD'ELLE CECILE BRUNER, Pale Rose, < Roses from Japan. )

DUKE OF TECK, New Scarlet Hybrid Perpetual 4.00 25. OO

CROWN PRINCE, New Crimson Hybrid Perpetual 4.00 25. OO

JAMES VEITCH, Finest Crimson, perpetual moss 8.00 50.00

Plenty of STANDARD SORTS, including Marechal Robert, Marie Cuillot, Catherine Mermet,
M. Niel, Cen. Jacqueminot, Ac, Ac, all at LOWEST RATES, quality considered.

NTOTICE FOR: SXJlVClMEEIFt-

As our late propagation has been unusually successful, we can let some varieties go at lower prices than would
have been safe earlier in the season, and we are now filling florists' orders at a large reduction from List prices, WHEN THE
SIZE AND CHARACTER OF THE ORDER WILL JUSTIFY DOING SO. If you send a list of the varieties and number of each
wanted, we can tell you by next mail exactly what we can do, and the lowest price for the lot. BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS
RELY ON THE LOWEST PRICES WE CAN MAKE FOR GOODS ORDERED, WHETHER YOU HAVE QUOTATIONS OR NOT.

NOTICE.— This advertisement is intended for the TKADE ONLY, and not for private planters. Address,

The DINGEE & CONARD CO.,

f« ROSE GROWERS, West Grove, Chester Co., Pa.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER,

GREEHHOITSE HEATIKG

Ventilating Apparatus.

Base-Burning Water Heater

Three sizes. Patented, 1873.

HITCHINGS & CO.,

[Established, 1844.]

No. 233 MERCER STREET,

NEAR BLBBCKBB STREET,

NEW YORK.

Four Patterns of Boilers,

Corrugated Fire-box Boiler.

Five sizes. Patented, 1867. New Patterns, 1873

ALSO,

Mm:ir£jm Pipes,

Pipe Fitwi^&s,

.IN GREAT VARIETY AND AT

L.OW FI^rOJES.

IMPROVED

Sash-Raising Apparatus,

LirTi-EDDS m \mx

ETC., ETC.

Improved Saddle Boiler.
Five sires. New Patterns 1877.

Send 6 Cents Postage for Illustrated Catali>|]U3
with References and Prices.

THE HORTICLLTLRAL ADVERTISER.

BAYERSDORFER & CO.

IMPORTERS OF

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

b6 N. FOURTH ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

We beg to call the attention of the WHOLESALE and
RETAIL TRADE in FLORISTS' GOODS to onr well as-
sorted stock for the Fall season :

BOUQUET PAPERS (ITALIENS, PASTED CARTONS,
the celebrated B. F. manufacture, of which we are
SOLE AGENTS. Also BOUQUET HOLDERS.
IMMORTELLES— Original Bunches always on hand.

White and all Colors.
DRIED GRASSES AND FLOWERS,

In great varieties and styles ; very suitable for orna-
mental purposes.

Ornamental Grass Bouquets,

French and German Green Moss.
Tin Foil— Best in the Market.

ALSO IMPORTERS OF FANCY WILLOW AND MOSS BASKETS, AND

MANUFAPTURERS OF FANCY STRAW, BROWN VARNISHED

WILLOW, AND WHITE AND GILT BASKETS.

Send orders early in Fall. Illustrated Catalogue gratis on application.

Prize Medal of Cincinnati Industrial Exposition of 1873 ; Medal and
Diploma of International Exposition of 1877, "For best display of
Bouquet Papers."

^HE NEW ROSES OF 1882.

We have the pleasure of offering the following named NEW KOSES OF 1882. These varieties were first
offered in Europe last Fall, and our plants are propagated from stock imported in December last. We offer
vigorous, well-established plants from 2>^-inch pots. THEY ARE ALL ON THEIR OWN ROOTS and ready
for immediate delivery. Prices as noted.

BEAUTE DE L'EUROPE. (Tea, by Gonod.) Large, finely
formed buds and flowers ; color, bright yellow ; outside
petals shaded dark yellow ; remarkably beaiitiful and
distinct. Sl.no.

ETOILE DE LYON. (Tea, by Guillot.) Brilliant chrome yel-
low ; exceedingly beautiful and believed one of the finest
Roses ever introduced ; a vigorous grower and profuse
bloomer ; large, finely formed buds ; flowers of good sub-
stance, opening well. S2.00.

MADAME COUSIN. (Tea, by GuUlot.) Large, very beautiful
flowers; color, violet ro'se, tinged with white and pale
yellow : verv distinct. SI. 00.

MISS MAY PAUL. (Tea, by Levet.) Large, finely foi-med
flowers ; color white, beautifully shaded with rosy blush.
81.00.

MAD'ELLE MARIE MOREAU. (Tea.) Medium size flowers,
vei-y full and regular ; color, pale rose, shading to rich
crimson. 11.00.

CAMOENS. (Hybrid Tea, by Schwartz.) Extra large, full
flowers ; color, China Rose, suffused with pale vellow,
passins: to white. Sl.OO.

PRINCESSE IMPERIAL DU BRESIL, (Hybrid Tea, by Supert
& Netting.) Brilliant carmine, deei>ening at centre to
purpUsh rose ; petals margined with white ; extra large
and beautiful. Sl.OO.

ABBE GIRARDIN. (Bourbon, by Bernaix.) Flowers very
large and full, satiny rose, with deep crimson centre ;
verv distinct, and nearly as floriferous as La France. Sl-OO.

MIGNONNETTE. (Polyantha Remontant, by Guillot.) Beau-
tiful miniature roses, of fuU and perfect form, borne in
large corymbs ; color, clear rose, passing to white ; a con-
stant and profuse bloomer. SI. 00.

CAROLINE SCHMITT. (Noisette, by Schmitt.) Large regu-
lar flowers; color, salmon vellow, passing to white, tinged
with iiale vellow. §1.00.

AMPERE. ("H. P., by Libaud.) Seeded from Lion des Com-
bats ; tliiwer>^, large and flne ; color, rich crimson, shaded

(H. P., by licvet.) Seeded from Paul

extra large and fine ; bright cherry
lor; splendid.

ULRICH BRUNNER.

Neyron : a uimimI i

rcu : viTv in-illiiiiit rn\ov ; splendid. 81.00.
MADAME JULES 6REVY. (H. P., by Schwartz.) Seeded

friiiii Triumph de TExposition; rosy salmon, with light

(-•.■litre : l:u-e. tull flowers; very fine. Sl.OO.
MADAME MARIE BIANCHI. (H. P., by Guillot.) Seeded

from Victor Verdier; hirge, globular flowers; bright pur-

v\\-\\ KIM". wiTli ricli crimson centre. $1.00.
MADAME MARIE GARNIER. (H. P., by Gonod.) Beautiful

fit'sli-iolorL'd rosi- : delicatelv suffused with silverv white ;

fin.', lar'ic. fill) Howprs. Sl.OO.
MAD-ELLE MARIE CHAUVET. (H. P., by Besson.) Seeded

from Baronne de Rothschild ; flowers extra large and strik-

iiiL' : roi.ir. . lear rose : very fresh and delicate. SI. 00.
FRANCOIS CLIN. (H. P.. by Ducher & Soeur.) Large and

linelv-loriiiecl Howers: co"lor, rich crimson, veined with

pure" wliite: ili<linr-t. Sl.Ol
COMPTE DE FLANDRES. fH. P., by Levecque et fils.)

.Seeded tioiu Madame Victor Verdier; a splendid rose;

eolov. tine imri>lisi, red, dark and velvety ; extra fine. 81.
EUGENE TRANSON. ( H. P.. liv Vis;neron.) Large, bold, globu-

lir iiM--,er> : ].ei \,-rx form : eoior. fine brilliant red. Sl.OO.
SOUVENIR DE MADAME BERTHIER. (H. P. by Berthier.)

Seeded from Victor Verdier; large, full flowers; color,

brilliant crimson. Sl.Wi.

SPECIAL OFFER: The Set of 20 Varieties for S I5.00.

THE DINCEE & CONARD CO.

FtLOS£: GFtOTATERS,

WEST GROVE, CHESTER CO., PA.

THE HOR TICUL TURAL A D VER TISER.

Medal and Diploma awarded by the U. S. Centen-
nial Commission, 1876, also Gold Medal and Diploma
Awarded at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts
Charitable Mechanic Association, held in Boston,
1878, to

DAVID SMITH,

Manufacturer of Patent Improved

PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX RETURN FLUE BOILER

AND

PATENT PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX

BASE BURNER BOILER,

FOR HEATING

Oreenhouses^ Graperies, Conservatories , Propagating Houses, For^

cing Pits, Public and Private Buildings, Schools, Drying

Booms, and Heating Water for Baths.

ALSO KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND

Expansion Tanks, Evaporating Pans, Stop Valves, Cast Iron Pipe, Elbows, Tees, Branches, Pipe
Chairs and everything necessary, of the best material, for Greenhouse Heating.

Smith's Improved Ventilating Apparatus, for opening and closing Ventilatuig Sash, on
roof or sides of Greenhouses and Graperies.

Judges' Report on awards, with descriptive illustrated circular containing testimonials and
reference. Also price list furnished on application to

8 6 BEVEPiLY SXP^EET,

«et 12 BOSTON. MASS.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

MARSCHUETZ & BACHARACH,

25 NORTH FOURTH STREET, Philadelphia, Pa.,

IMPORTERS OF AND WHOLESALE DEALERS It

FI^ORISTS' SUPPLIES

SUCH AS

Bouquet Papers or ItalienS, >" great varieties of Styles and Patterns. Pasted Cartons, in al! sizes.

IMMORTELLES.

Dried Grasses and Flowers, suitable for Decorations. Ornamental Bouquets, for Vases.
French Green Mosses, Baskets, Wire Designs, Tin Foil.

Our connection with European Houses enables us to sell goods at lowest figures. Orders will receive careful attention and prompt
shipment. t.f.12

THE NEW HYBRID TEA ROSE,

Duke of Connaught,

THE EVERBLOGMING JACK.

"We are now prepared to furnish this INCOMPARABLE ROSE IN LARGE
QUANTITIES. Price, $6.00 per dozen.

JAG. C. SKAI^ir d^ CO.,

MASPETH, N. Y.

NEW ORCHIDS.

Within the past sixty ilavs we have added to our stork the following; desirable Orchids, viz. : Dendrobiums
densiflorum and Devonianum ; Brassavola Perrinii ; Cattleylas, Eldorado splendens (alba), Forbesli, luteola, Mendelii and
Trianse; Colax jugosus ; Oncidlums altlsslmum and sphacelatum majus, besides several others ; prices of which we shall be
plea.sed to give on application.

-tfcS" Having a large stock of the following, well-established and in fine condition, we offer to Florists and others in
the Trade, small plants at $6.00 per doz. These are not little bits, but good blooming plants. As this offer will hold good
for three months only, we ask a prompt response from those who desire to order. Tlicy emlirace the following :

Acinetas (two varieties): Acropera; Brassavola Pescatorei; Brassia verracosa; Cattleya mosslae; Chysis laevis; Cyrtopodium
punctatum: Dendrobium nobile: Epidendrum (i^ varieties, including vettellinum majus); Laelias. anceps, antumnalis, majills,
peduncularis: Lycaste aromatica and Deppel; Masdevallla maculata; Mormodes citrinum; Odontoglossums, citrosmum, cordatum,
maculatum, nebulosum and Rossli majus ; Oncidlums bicallosum caesium, incurvum, mulliflorum, ornithorynchum, unguiculatum;
Phajus grandifollus; Stanhopeas, oculata and Wardll; Trichopilia tortilis; Zyloblum (spc). Address without delay,

BENJ. REYNOLDS, Superintendent,

BAKKEK FLOKAL GARDENS (BRAMBLETON), NORFOLK, VA.

The Golden Pocklington Grape.

I <ontrol the entire STOCK of this Grape by purchase, and am prepared to offer inducements to nurserymen and
dealers who desire a good specialty to place in the hands of their salesmen. Also can supply elegant lithographs of it for
issuing in catalogues at a price so Iom' that the sale of a very few vines will pay for a thousand of them, and circulars,
photographs of the fruit, Ac, making a most complete outfit with which to sell the grape. ALSO,

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII or JAPAN IVY

AT A LOW FIGURE.

GEORGE A. STONEp

104 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, N. Y.

THE hOR TICUL TURAL ADVER TIStR.

THOS. J. MYERS, Jr.'s

NEW IMPROVED PATENT

RETURN FLUE BOILER,

For Heating Greenhouses, Hothouses, Public and Private
Buildings, Drying Rooms, Railroad Tanks, &c.

TJiey are Guaranteed to he the 3Iost Powerful, Durable and Eco-
nomical Boiler ever made in this Country.

We are also manufacturing all tlie various sizes of MYERS'
PATENT and SWAIN'S IMPROVED BOILERS, PIPE, DOUBLE
and SINGLE VALVES, EXPANSION TANKS, ELBOWS, &c.
PIPE CHAINS and all Varieties of Fittings for HEATING BY
HOT WATER.

Send for Illustrated Circular and Price List.

1173 South Ninth Street,

THOS. J. MYERS, Manager. „,„ PHILADELPHIA, PA.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER,

E:STi%.BX.I9HSZ) 1S3S.

ivy '■^^Y^' fRE'^"

Early Wliite Flat Dutch per lb. 70

Early Purple Top Flat " 70

Early White Egg " i OO

Pomeranian White Globe " 60

Large White Norfolk " 60

Long White Cow Horn " 60

Long White French " 60

Robertson's Golden Ball " 80

Yellow Globe, or Amber " 70

Yellow Aberdeen " 70

Improved Purple Top Ruta Baga " 80

Golden Globe Ruta Baga " 80

Add 16 cents per pound when ordered to be sent by mail.

WE OFFER THE FOLLOWING SEASONABLE VEGETABLE
SEEDS: Beans, Beet, Carrot, Corn Salad, Sweet Corn,
Cucumber, Endive, Mushroom Spawn, Peas, Summer
and Winter Radish, Spinach, etc.

A CHOICE COLLECTION OF FLOWER SEEDS CONSTANTLY
ON HAND.

^ Calceolarias, Cinerarias, Carnations, Cyclamen, Pansies,

" Primulas, Smilax, Verbena, etc.

ALSO VEGETABLE PLANTS.

Cabbage in variety Per 100. .50c Per 10(X». ..«3.00

Celery " " ..75c .. 6 00

DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR

with full descriptions of varieties, prices and culture, sent
free by mail to all applicants.

HENRY A. DREER, Seedsman,

7J4 Chestnut St., Phila., Pa.

r^==^ BEST GRO-WriW ^^->

CELERY PLANTS!

Best Varieties and Stocky Plants.

Lowest Price. True to Name.

Crawford's or Henderson's Half Dwarf ) S3.00

Golden Heart Half Dwarf / per 1000

Walnut, White, Solid (new) \ «4.00

Chester, ] per 1000

i,ar(;er lots at L(jwer rates.

>8®= PACKED TO CO ANY DISTANCE."^*

Grown by AUGUST D. MYLIUS,

Market Gardener and Celery Grower, tjll

MT. ELLIOTT AVE. AND MACK ROAD, DETROIT, MICH.

FRUIT TREES WANTEDr

I desire to plant an Orchard in New Mexico this Fall,
and want i)iin(ip;illy Pears, Peaches, Plums and Apricots.

I want piiics and'ternis on these per 100 and 1000 with ap-
proxinuitioii of freight to Denver and Kansas City. -Also
prices of Concord Grapes, Apple root grafts, and Seed-
lings for stocks. AUDKKSS,

L. B. PRINCE,

Santa Fe, New Mexico.

— UE^W—

Geraniums, Bouvardias, &c.

florists will tind it to tlieir interest to send bv postal for
our list of NEWEST and BEST GERANIUMS and other plants,
at low prices. Address,

NANZ & NEUNER,

LOUISVILLE, KY.

iTAIHISS C. XiiimOSAir,

Greenhouse Builder

38 WAYNE STREET, JERSEY CITY, N. J.

Estimates on all Greenhouse work promptly furnished without cliarge. Refers to

PETER 5I:EWDERS0E<T A: CO.,

ji.3 35 AND 37 CORTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK.

NURSERYMEN AND DEALERS

In want of PEACH TREES for their trade this FALL, 1882, and SPRING, 1883,
can find a LARGE and THRIFTY STOCK of the most APPROVED VARIETIES
at the MILFORD NURSERIES, MILFORD, DELAWARE. Also PLUM, APRI-
COT, &c., all grown with SPECIAL CARE. Prices reasonable. Call upon or
address.

MILFORD, DELAWARE,

THE HORTICbLTURAL ADVERTISER.

BXJSIIVSSS DIRECTOFtY.

• Send for Circular and conditions of insertion under this heading."

H.S. AMOERSON, Duchess Grape and Gen-
erj Nursery, Union Springs, N. Y.

WILLIAM DESMOND, :Wholesale Verbena
Grower, Kewanee, Ills.

ELLWANGER &

Fruit Trees, Shri

RRY, Ornamental and
&c., Rochester, N.Y.

JNO. G. HEINL, Greenhouse, Hothouse.Bed-
ding and New Plants, Terre Haute, Ind.

F. E. McAllister, riower and Garden
Seeds, 31 Fulton St., New York City.

SAMUEL G. STONE, Dahlias a Specialty,
Charlestown, Mass.

THOMAS MEEHAN,

Nurseryman & Tree Seeds, Germant'n.Phil.

L. J.TEMPLIN & SON, Fru

mental Trees, Vines, &c.,

and Or
Calla,

WM. WEBSTER, Landscape Engineer,
Seedsman and Florist, Rochester, N. Y.

100,000 PEACH TREES,

Free from Yellows. 23 years experience in Nursery Business

in New Jersey and Delaware.

NATURAL, VIRGINIA, PEACH PITS.

Price Lists free.

Address,

W. R. PHILLIPS, Milford, Del.,

(Church Hill Nurseries.) t.d.12.

MEEHAN'S NURSERIES

GERMANTOWN,

(Part of the city of Philadelphia), and are easy of access by steam
cars to

GORGAS LANE STATION or WALNUT
LANE STATION,

Or slightly nearer by street cars to

UPPER CHURCH ST.

The Nurseries contain over one thousand kinds of Trees and
Shrubs, besides Fruit Trees and Flowers. European, African or
Asiatic orders for trees or tree seeds, receive careful attention, and
usually give customers entire satisfaction.

inrilTPmakeimmensel SELLrNG OUR NEW

AGENTS ^^it^ttsIhousehold articles

For teims. etc!, address W. H. Sntherland k Co^ Cincinnati. O.

GERANIUMS.

Fine young plants in 23'2-inch pots: !S1.50 per dozen,
$10.00 per 100. Large stock plants in 3K iiutl 4-incli pots :
S2.00 per dozen, S15.00 per 100.

H. W. HALES,

n.l2 Ridgewood Floral Nursery, Ridgewood, N. J.

" l_ll II I f W^^ For pamphlets describT "

Hill I trCJa'-e *-<' S^'"''^'' ''"'"'^'
*""" write The AULTilAN A TAYLOR CO. Mansfield. Q.

TOBACCO STEMS

in bales weighing 500 lbs. each, at I5.00 per bale, or three bales foi

|I2.00.

TOBACCO DUST in cases of about 400 lbs. at 82.50 pei
case, or five cases for Ji.^.oo. Free on board of boat or cars.

Straitou & Storm,

204-208 East 27th St., New York City.

Sent FREE!

TRK.M!<r. ON CTDIIIV

KVAl'OJiATI.NG t" K U I I

Profits and Genernl StntlHticn.

American MPg Co., Waynesboro, Pa

"/SiJA destined to become an American staple.''

AMERICAN

SILK m FROIT CyLTOfilST

A New Monthly Magazine,

Devoted to the Development of the Silk Industi-y

and Fruit Culture.

(Under auspices of the Women's Silk Culture Association.)

CAMPBELL & PEPPER PUBLISHERS,

1328 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Each number will be replete with the latest and most re-
liable information on Silk and Fruit Culture, together with
a variety of interesting reading in connection therewith.

The aim of the Publishers in associating Silk and Fruit is
mainlv to induce Farmers and Fruit Growers to adopt Silk
Culture, and thereby place within the reach of their chil-
dren a refined and remunerative occupation.

Yearly Subscription One Dollar.

Single Numbers Ten Cents.

Send in your subscriptions as early as possible, so as to
secure the first numbers.

HinerraSillalFmtCillirist,

1328 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Make all monev orders, checks, drafts or i-egistered
letters payable to the order of JOHN M. CAMPBELL.

WEBSTER'S^

UNABRIDGED.

New Edition, 118,000 Words,

( 3000 more than anv other Eniilisli Iiictionary,)
Four Pages Colored Plates, 3000
Engravings, (nearly tliree time^; Uie number
in anv other Diot'v.l also contains a Biograph.-
icai Dictionary giving briff important facts
concerning over 9700 noted persons.

Recommended by Ptate Supt's of Education in
36 States, and by 50 CoUesie Presidents.
G.&C.MERRIAM&C0..Pub'rs,Sprii^field,Mas8.

CELERY PLANTS!

Boston Market 3.5c. per 100; S3 per 1000

Saiulrinsham 3.5c. per loO ; »3 per lOOO

Leviathan, New »1 per 100

i:E.\l)Y Al'.orT .ll'LY lO-rn.

jl2 TKKNTON. N. J.

10

THE HOR liCUL TbRAL A D VER TISER.

PEDIGREE SEEDLING ROSES OF 1882.

H. BENNETT (late of Stapleford, Salisbury), will be prepared to supply from the beginning. of
June the following New Roses of his own raising.

TEA ROSE.

"PRINCESS of WALES," seedling from

"Adam" X "Klise Sauvage."

HYBRID PERPETUALS.
"EARL of PEMBROKE," seedling from

".Mar<iuise de Castellane" X "Ferdinand de Lesseps."

"HEINRICH SCHULTHBIS," seedling

tioiii "Mabel Morrison" x "Mons. E. Y. Teas."
$15.00 PER SET. FIVE PER CENT. DISCOUNT TO TRADE.

HYBRID TEAS.

"COUNTESS of PEMBROKE," seedling

I'rom "President" x "Cliarles Lefebvre.".

"DISTINCTION," seedling from "Madame

de St. Josepli" X "Mdlle. Kugenie Verdier."

"LADY MARY PITZWILLIAM," seed-

ling from "Devoniensis" X " Victor Verdier."
Descriptive CATALOGUES sent post free on application.

H. BENNETT, Pedigree Rose Nursery,

t.n.y. SHEPPERTON, WALTON-ON-THAMES, ENGLAND.

Bedding and Greenhouse Plants.

WHOLESALE LIST ON APPLICATION.

NEW CARNATIONS,

IPTJIE^E STOCiC - - - ^IS.OO IPEI^ lOO.
T^- B- A: TAT. TVL. TA.BEFt,

mhi2 DETROIT, IMEICH.

LILIES m EARLY FORCING.

Having a I,ARGE STOCK of our NEW LILY that bloomed early, we are prepared to book orders for weU
ripened bulbs, delivery August 1st, suitable for blooming: in the HOLIDAYS. They commenced to bloom with

us on the 16th of December last. Send for Price List.

JOSEPH KIFT, West Chester, Pa.

Engrave I for one half the usual rates (this season only).
Send copy for estimate and fur catalogue of cheap electros
of fruits, howers, trees, plants, etc., etc.

week in your own town. Terms and ?5 outfit free.
'Addiess H. Hallktt & Co., Portland, Maine. ja.l2

Carnation Florets

IN LARGE NUMBERS

Will be furnished by the undersigned the coming season.

THOMAS F. SEAL,

0.12 Uuionville, Chester Co., Pa.

ROSES, VERBENAS, GERANIUMS

and all other Bedding Plants in large quantities, also Dracaenas,
Palms and Hothuuseand Greenhouse pl"its, the largest assortment
in America.

Camellias and Azale

Scud for Catalogue.

lytf

; a specialty.

JNO. DICK, JR.,

53rd & WOODLAND AVE., Phila.

fl>K 4.^ d>or|per day at home. Samples worth $5 free. Ad-
^PU lU <I>^U[iress Stinson <fe Co., Portland, Maine. ja.l2

'I HE HORTICULTURAL ADvhRJlSER.

11

DEAliAGE FLOffEB POT.

PATENT APPLIED FOR.

Having three (3) holes in sides at equal distances and at angle with
bottom of pot, perfectly free drainage and ventilation are insured.

The absence of hole in bottom, as in the ordinary flower pot, prevents
clogging of outlet, trouble from worms and decay of roots from want of proper
ventilation.

Also Pressed Improved and Hand-made pots. All sizes constantly on hand
at LOWEST PRICES. Hanging Vases and Seed Pans,

For Price tist and Circulars apply to

WHILLDIN & CO.,

ESTABLISHED 1840.

Nos. 709<ll Wharton Street,

(Agents for J. £. JEFFORDS & CO.,)

PHrLADELPHIA, PA.

Zimmerman Fruit & Vegetable Evaporator

Made of Galvanized Iron.

Over 13,000 in Use.

Portable, Economical, Durable and Fire Proof. The pro-
ducts of this Evaporator are unsurpassed as to quality or
color, and command the highest price. The racks are made
ot Galvanized Wire Cloth and the Dryer is first-class in
every particular.

Our Nos. I and 2 are Excellent Bakers, ^'^>i>

bake bread in less time tlian a stove and for niastinor meats,
turkey or ganiecannot be exxelled. Full lustructions how
to dry, bleach, pack and market the products accompany
each machine. Send for Illustrated catalogue. Address
JiGF.KTS I ZIMMKR5IAX FKITT DKYER CO.,
WANTED, I Ciuciuuati, Ubiu, U. S, \,

TRFF 9FFnUNR^ A valuable discovery.

I I I H Lb \J Lb k \J kl I \ \A\J I Plants cultivated entirely without earth in the Duuiesril

Fertilizing Moss, blossom more freely and bloom longer

For Timber Plantations, Young Evergreens, Stocks, Grape j than in earth. Transplantation without wilting and safe

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mhtf Winona. Columbiana^Co?,"ohio. j i^ °^'^^' l^i^^""^ street.

We offer for this month young 2-in. Pot Plants of foUo^ving

NEW AND CHOICE PLANTS.

Bouvardia— Rosea multiflora.— a true ever-

bloomer. lirst-class in everv particular. 35c. each; S3
perdoz.; »20 per KX).

Bouvardia— White-A. Neuner.— This splendid

sort is tar better than we claimed for it, even, and will
be grown most extensively this coming winter. 15c.
each ; «1.«5 per doz.; «8 per KX).

Bouvardia— Pink— President Garfield.— Equal

in everv respect to A. Neuner, l)ut of a pleasing, bright
pink tint. 50c. each : Si4 per doz.; .■S25 per 100.

Lemoine's New Geraniums— importation issi.

\-l extra sorts. •4iic. ea( h. '1 li." set of TJ for «2.50.

Lemoine's Newest Geraniums— This spring's

Importation.— 1) distinct sorts, which have bloomed
with us up to this date ; extra flne improvement. 50c.
each ; iiS4 per set.

German Novelties of some of the most eminent
growers ; have found them superior in several instances
to any others. 75c. each ; set of 12 for 186.

Fuchsias.— Nine newest sorts. 30c. each ; 83 per doz.

>S®* For description of above write for our Wholesale Catalogue.

Torenia Fournierii.— ii;ii>'isomest and most useful of

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re

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rhodooendrons,

AND MANY HUNDKKDS OK OTHKU BEAUTIFUL TKKKS AND SHRUBS ARK OFFERED THIS SPRING BY

MEEHAN'S GERMANTOWN NURSERIES

Rare and interestiug plants, seldom found in collections, arc grown in this establishment, as for instance : —

CALLUNA VULGARIS, the Heather of English Poets.
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The SCOTCH BROOM, GENISTA SCOPARIUS ; an.l other old but seldom grown and Deau-
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A large number of kinds can be sent to long distances by mail. Send for our Complete Catalogue.
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New Single Dahlia, ^' Paragon,'' ... 50c.
The New Cactus Dahlia, ^^ Juarezii,'' - 50c.

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THE ROSE

A NEW BOOK
NOW READY.

A treatise on the Cultivation, History, Family Character-
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descriptions of the varieties now generally grown.
BY H. B. ELL W ANGER.
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CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., PhUa.

ELEMENTS OF FORESTRY.

Desit^iied to afford Information concerning the Planting
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THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

13

New and Rare East Indian and Other

-^ORCHIDS^

T;u> iiiulersipHHl onVrs EAST INDIAN and other ORCHIDS
in large quantity, including;

ANCR^CUMS ill variety; splencliil plants.

ARIDES— Virens Ellisii, Curvifolium, Lobbii, Koscuni,
(Juinquevulnera, Adoratiun, &e.

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tim, Luteoluin, niacrophyllum giganteuni, Parisbii,
Pierardli latifolias, Suavissimum, Wardianum and
many others.

L/ELIAS— Anceps, Superbiens, Alba, &c.

LYCASTE SKINNERII-A grand winter-flowering
Orchid.

ODONTOCLOSSUIVIS-Grande, Bictoniaensis, &e.
PH/EL ANOPSIS-Amabilis, Schilleriana, &c.
SACCOL ABIUM— Bliiniei majus, Guttatuin, Ampula-

oeum, Violaceuni, Curvifolium, &c.
CCELOCYNES;'rricopilias; Vandas; Masdevallia; Bar-

keria; Calantha ; Chysis ; Coryanthes ; Phajus ; Stan-

hopea ; Sobralia ; Ac.
All are ofifeied much lower than can be purchased in Europe.
4®- CATALOGUES ON APPLICATION.-®*

JOHN SAUL,

t.jlo

WASHINGTON, D. C.

NEW DOUBLE WHITE BOUYARDIA

the most valuable plant sent out for ye.^rs. Price per plant in
2j4-inch pots, 50c each ; j$3.o3 per doz. Large plants in 4-inch
pots, 75c. each ; $6 00 per doz. New Pelarguniuiu MaddoDs'
Tictor, strong plaiitH ycc each; f6.^operdoz. New set of 30
Verbenas for i88i. Splendid Varieties ready the 15th of
October, J3 00 for the >et John White's Mealy Bug
Exterminator, the only known remedy to kill the Mealy Bug
without injuring the plant, Ji.co per bottle ; $8.00 per doz.

JOHN WHITE,
ja.i2 Communipaw Ave., Jersey City, N. J.

THE NEW BOTANY

A LECTURE ON THE BEST METHOD OF TEACHING.

BY W. J. BEAL, M. SC, PII. D.,

Professor of Botany in the Agricultural College, Lansing,
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I price. Address,

\ CHAS. H. MAROT,

\ 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

BY BBNJ. F. WILLIAMS, P. R. H. S.

Containing descriptions of 930 Species and Varieties o*
Orchidaceous Plants with notices of times of flowering,
approved modes of treatment and practical instructions on general
culture. Remarks on heat, moisture, soil, seasons of growth and
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irchid Grower's Manual

STRAWBERRIES.

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HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS

Plants and Flowers in the Gakoen and the House; -giving
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SMALL FRUIT CULTURIST.

BY ANDREW S. FULLER.

Giving Description, History, Cultivation, Propagation, Dis-
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Beautifully Illustrated.

276 pages, 12mo, cloth. Price 81.50. Sent by mail, post-paid
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Sofnetliiog New in Water Heaters. Please Tale Mce.

This Heater is composed of sections,
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By removing ihe impacting? sections
it becomes a first-class saddle boiler.

It can be used in connection with a
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pleasure.

It requires iio fire pit, where water is
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It burns soft coal as well as hard, and
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It is the cheapest and most durable

Sectional view of Carmody's Patent first class boiier made.

SBCtloil Eilsloi Water Heater. ,r«r™TiyEciECDLARanuRicE.usT

^ ..... . „ Address the proprietor.

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PEAR CULTURE FOR PROFIT. \ AMATEUR'S ROSE BOOK.

BY p. T. QUINN.

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Containing practical method of raising Pears intelligently
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HOW PLANTS GROW.

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Comprising the cultivation of the Rose in the open ground
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OF

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AND CUT FLOWERS READ! ON APPLICATION.

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the: orchid .a-ILiBxtimc.

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THE SCHOOL GARDEN

BT DR. SCHWAB, DIRECTOR OF THE VIENNA GYMNASIUM, KTC.
FROM THE GERMAN BY MRS. HORACE MANN.

Advocating education by labor as well as by study, not as a task
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ARITHMETIC MADE EASY.

ROPP'S EASY CALCULATOR.

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MANUAL of the APIARY,

By A. J. COOK,

Prof, of Entomology in the Michigan State Agricultural Collie.

286 pp. large 12 mo.; 112 Illustrations.

It cOiUpnseB a full delineation of the anatomy and physiology
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THE HOR TICbL 7 URAL A D VhR TISER.

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in the country. They arc all good, strong, healthy canes, all
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(One year old vines, $1.00 each.
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Canon Hall Muscat, Gros Colman,

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WHEAT CULTURE;
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By D. S. CURTISS.
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PRACTICAL HINTS

On the selection and use of the

MICROSCOPE,

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KEEPING ONE COW.

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Say's American Insects

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GARDENERS' DICTIONARY.

By Gbo. W. Johnson, Editor of " Cottage Gardener."
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Jacques' Garden. Farm and Barn Ynrd 1 50

Todd's Young Farmer's Manual, 3 'Vols 4 50

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" 3. Wheat Culture 150

Elliott's Lawn and Shade Trees 100

FuUer's Forest Tree Culturist 1 00

Randall's Practica 1 Shepherd 2 00

Wlllard's Practica 1 Dairy Husbandry 3 00

Willard's Practica I Butter Book 1 00

Lewis' Practical Poultry Book 1 50

Ten Acres Enough 1 00

HowtoGeta Farm, &c 100

Our Farm of Four Acres 60

Flax Culture 10

Husmann s Grapes and Wine 100

Phins Grape Culture 100

Thomery System of Grape Culture 30

Frank Forester's Field Sports, 2 Vols 4 00

Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing 2 50

Frank Forester's Young Sportsman's Manual. 2 0«

Frank Forester's American Game 159

Practical Trout Culture 100

The Breechloader 1 25

The Dead Shot. The Gun 125

The Crack Shot. The Rifle 125

Frank Forester's Horse of America, 2 Tola.... 5 00

Horse Portraiture Training Trotters 2 00

The Dng— Breeding, Breakiug. &c 3 00

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HOW TO MANAGE BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.

By Edmund 'Wriglev.

Being a Director's Guide and Secretary's Assistant, vfith form*

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cloth. Price, |2.oo. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

WINDOW GARDENING.

By Henry T. Williams.
Devoted specially to the Culture of Flowers and Ornamental
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SITUATIONS WANTED.

Advertisements under this head must be paid for in advance, with
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AS head gardener or foreman in flrst-class florist business.
Twentj-one years' experience in all branches. Has kept
first-class places in Europe and United States. Responsible
position with good salary required. Theodore Bock, Box
m, Hamilton, O. jl.2

BY an English gardener ; understands care of Greenhouses,
Fernery, Grapery and Vegetable Garden. Eight years
in this countrj', goodVeferences both .\inerican and English.
A. £■. Gilbert, -100 Broadway, Cambridgeport, Mass.

BY a practical florist, German ; commercial or private es-
tablishment; ten years experience in growing plants
and cut flowers for market ; good reference. Address Wm.
Sabransky, Newark, N. J.

By a sm^le man, temperate and good charac-
ter. A situation to take charge of and buUd
up a Rose Business in some good place in this
vicinity. Nine years experience in the largest
Rose growing establishment in the United States. Also
understands the growing of hardy shrubs and beddingplants.
Address, ROSE MAN, care J. L , 307 N. 9th St.. Phila., Pa.

A steady, reliable single man,
well up to the art of raising
and arranging cut flowers, and

fully able to take charge, if

Good references required. Wages moderate at

WANTED

necessary,

first. Address, stating wages expected,

r. FOUNTAINE, Racine

Wisconsin.

Floral aii Plait BhsIdbss for Sale.

Established thirteen years ago. Offered at a bargain on
account of long continued poor health of the owner. An
excellent opportunity to buy a good business in one of the
most pleasant and promising towns in the United States.

Address,
jl3 J. M. ASHEB, San Diego, California.

One of the best Florists' places in Camden, N. J. Four
Greenhouses, Dwelling seven Rooms, hot and cold water.
Nice lot of ground, in market for buUding lots. The whole
property will be sold for JSIO.OOO, if sold in July. One-half
ran remain on the place.

Federal Street, and the C. A. K. R.,

CAMDEN, N. J.

FOR SALE. 3 Greenhouses and paying Florist's Business,
in small town near Cincinnati. Good stock Roses, Bedding
Plants and everything in best condition. Further information
on application. H. S., Florist, Cumminsville. Cin., Ohio, il.2

FOR S.A.I.E:.

Four acres of land well improved, with house IJ^ story, 5
rooms and Summer kitchen, two Greenhouses 12x50 ft.
each, all new, with plentj' of hard and soft water. No other
Greenhouse in the county. Small Fruits and Grape Vines
and a good business of 12 years standing. 6000 Apple trees
from 1 to 3 years old. Tlie owner is going to Oregon, Splen-
did chance for a voung man with small capital.

JOSEPH GAIVIBX-S,

BOX 229. BROOKFIELD, LINN CO., MO.

PRACTICAL

CAMELLIA CULTURE.

A treatise on the Propagation and Culture of the Camellia Ja-
ponica, by Robert J. Halliday. Illustrated with Five Colored
Plates and 50 Wood Engravings. 12mo, pp. 141, cloth. Price, 82.00.
Sent by mail post-paid, on recipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT.afl4 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia.

HOW TO RAISE FRUIT

By THOMAS GREGG.

A Hand-book of Fruit Culture, being a Guide to the proper Cul-
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CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St , Pbila.

Some File Emlisti Boots,

Twining's Natural Order of Plants. 2 vols JIS.OO

Low's Ferns of Great Britain. 8 vols., V^ tky 80.00

Shirley Hibberd's New, Rare Beautiful Lved Plants. 1 voL. .9.00

" " Amateur's Flower Garden 3.00

" " " Greenhouse 8.00

" " " Rose Book 3.00

Wooster's Alpine Plants. 2 vols 17.50

Wild Flowers, 2 vols, colored plates, 3.00

" of the Holy Land (quarto) colored plates 8.50

Fern Paradise, lUustrated, plain edition 3.00

" " Photographs, 5.0O

" colored plates 1.75

" Garden 1 .60

Field Flowers, " 1.60

British Fungi, " 2.60

Microscopic Fungi, " 2.60

Country Walks, by a Naturalist, Illustrated 1 76

Half Hours in the Green Lanes 2.00

Half Hours with some English Antiquities 2.00

Marvels of Pond Life, Illustrated 1.76

Sea-Weed Collector (Shirley Hibberd) colored illustrations.. . .2.00

Sylvan Spring, colored plates 5 00

Book About Roses. S.Reynolds Hole. Illustrated 3.75

Greenhouse Fancies, splendid colored Illustrations 12 .50

Newton's Landscape Gardening, fob, 24 dble pp, plates 6 00

British Sea Weeds, Mosses, Ferns and Entomology, square,

16mo, gilt, 89 plates, 4 vols 12.00

Newton's Landscape Gardener 5 . 00

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FRUiT AND BREAD.

A Natural and Scientific Diet.

BY GUSTAV SCHLICKEVSEN.

Translated from the German by M. L. Holbrook, M. D. Intended
to show what is the natural food of man ; to lead him to become a
living child of nature; to simplify and beautify his manner of living;
to emancipate woman from the drudgery of the kitchen; to lead to
increased use of fruit; to diminish the use of fle.-.h, and where
possible, to do away with its use altogether; to improve the health
and add to the enjoyments and value of life. Cloth, 250 pages ; 12
mo, illustrated. Price, %\. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of
price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

FRinT frROWER'S ERIElfD.

AN EASY GUIDE FOR THE

Raising of Fruitsfor Pleasure or Profit

BY R. H. HAINES.

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of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT,

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be in by 16th. For Advertising Kates see 2d cover page.

American Manufacturing Co., Waynesboro, 0 9

American Silk and Fruit Culturist, Philadelphia 9

Asher J. M., San Diego, Cal 21

Aultman & Taylor Co., Mansfield, 0 9

Bayersdorfer M. M. & Co., Philadelphia 4

Bennett H., Shepperton, Walton-on-Thames, Eng 10

Blanc A., Philadelphia 10

Business Directory 9

Carmody J. D., Evansville, Ind .' ." .14

Collins, J. S., Moorestown, N. J ]22

Cowen N. &Son, New York 22

D. F. M. Co., New York .■.■.'n

Dick John Jr., Philadelphia 10 12

Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, Pa 2 4

Dreer Henry A., Philadelphia ' 8

Elder Walter, Philadephia 11

Ellwangei & Barry, Rochester, N. Y 13

Exeter Machine Works, Boston and Exeter, N. H Cover

Farmer's Adviser, York, Pa 12

Fergusson David & Sons, Philadelphia .'.'.'!!!.'.' 16

Fountaine F., Racine, Wis 21

Gamble Joseph, Brooktteld, Mo ^l

Hales H. W., Ridgewood, N. J .' ! ! 9

Hallett H. & Co., Portland, Maine ! " "lO

Hallock V. H., Son & Thorpe, Queens, N. Y 12

Henderson Peter & Co., New York 1 8

Hitchings & Co., New If ork '3

H^ S., Cincinnati, O !!.!." 21

Jenkins J., Winona, Ohio 11

Johnson I. S. & Co., Boston, Mass '.'..'. n

Kift Joseph, Wegt Chester, Pa 10

Landreth D. & Sons, Philadelphia Fly-leaf

Lindsay James C, New York «

Lomans B. J., Haarlem, Holland 15

Marchuetz & Bacharach, Philadelphia .'. '. fi

McAllister F. E., New York '. . ' ' ' '22

Meehan Thomas, Germanto^vn, Phila .'.'.'.'.' ".' " 9 12

Meehan W. E., Philadelphia '.I5

Mendelssohn Piano Co., N. Y ' Cover

Merriam G. & C. & Co., Springfield, Mass '.'.'.'.".*.'." .. 9

Miller & Yates, Philadelphia Fly-leaf

Mylius August D., Detroit, Mich 8

Nanz & Neuner, LouisvUle, Ky 8 11

Parsons & Sons Co., Flushing, N. Y .' Cover

Phillips W. R., Milford, Del 9

Prince L. B., Santa Fe, New Mexico 8

PuUen A., Milford, Del '. '. 8

Ragan James, Camden, N. J '.. 2I

Reynolds Benj., Norfolk, Va " ". 6

Roe E. P., Cornwall-on-Hudson, N. Y '."....22

Rolker August & Sons, New York 1

Rose Man, Philadelphia 21

Saul John, Washington, D. C 13

Seal Thomas F., UmonviUe, Chester Co., Pa .'.'..'.'.".'..10

Sealy Jac. C. & Co., Maspeth, N. Y 6

Smith David, Boston, Mass 5

Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.".'.".'".'" IQ

Stone Geo. A., Rochester, N. Y 6

Straiton & Storm, New York " 9

Sutherland W. H. &Co., Cincinnati, O." .'.'.".".".".'."."."."."."."." ."."."." 9

Swain R. A., Philadelphia 7

Taber W. B. & W. M., Detroit, INIich '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.. .10

True & Co., Augusta, Maine . 11

Vaughan J. C Chicago, 111 .".".".;.. .Flylieaf

Vick James, Rochester, N. Y Cover

Wainwiight Geo., Trenton, N. J .". .".".".".'.' '.'.". .... 9

Welch Bros., Boston, Mass 11

WhUldin & Co., Philadelphia 11

White John, Jersey City, N. J '" " ..13

Zimmerman Fruit Dryer Co., Cincinnati, Q.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.W

For Situations Wanted see page 21.

Manual of Accidents and Emergencies,

Or how to avoid accidents and what to do when they occur,

with notes on the Preservation of Health. Compiled for the
use of Teachers, Students, and the Industrial Classes,

by Geo. A. Geoff, M. D.,
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Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

PflT-RRflWN ^^'^^^^^"'^Y PLANTS.

V \3 I jUnUwVIl NEWEST AND BEST VARIETIES,

combined with the; most lil>eral offers ever made to the
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125 ACRES ~

IN

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J. S. COU.INS,
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F. E. MCALLISTER'S

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Subtropical Garden;

Or, Beauty of Form in the Flower Garden.

By W. Robinson, F. L. S.
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14 Chestnut St., Phila.

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Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

With full descriptions of all the finest varieties in cultivation,
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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.

BY JAMES HOGG.

A complete guide to the cultivation of Vegetables, containing
thorough instructions for Sowing, Planting and Cultivating all kinds
of Vegetables ; with plain directions for preparing, manuripg and
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THE EXETER

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GREENHOUSE HEATING
A SPECIALTY.

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Author of "Native Flowers and Ferns of the U. S.," &c., &c.

Illustrated with Thirty-one superb Chromo- lithographs by
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ALPINE FLOWERS for ENGLISH GARDENS

By W. Robinson, F. L. S.

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PRACTICAL AZALEA CULTURE.

A TREATISE on the PROPAGATION and CULTURE

OP THE

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BY ROBERT J. HALLIDAY.
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MUSHROOM CULTURE.

ITS EXTENSION AND IBIPKOVEMBNT,

BY WM. EOBINSON.
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THE WILD GARDEN;

Or, Our Groves and Shrubberies made Beautiful by the
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By W. ROBINSON, F. L. S.
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CONTENTS OF THE AUGUST NUMBER.

SEASONABLE HINTS :

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground iii5

Fruit and Vegetable Garden 2;?S

COMMUNICATIONS :

The Adornment of Small Yards

list of Coniferae, Hardy in the Vicinity of Br

Massachusetts '.

Public Parks of St. Louis

Steam Heating

Dendrobium Bigibbum

Makoya Bella

Steam Heating

Shy Flowering Plants

On the Culture of the Gloxinia:^

Bignonia Venusta

Cool Orchids— Laelias

Strawberries

Disease on Pear Limbs

Peach Flowers

Growth of Trees at Brenham, Texas

Historical Notes on the Arborvit?p

Bulb Growing in Holland

256

EDITOIUAL NOTES :

Cats in Gardens— An Arch from a Pine Tree-
Japan Maples— Golden Arbor Vita? Grafted on
Retinospora— Decadence of Gardening in Japan
—An Enormous Variety of Wistaria— A New Co-
lumbine—The English Bird Cherry as a Street
Tree— Forks and Spades— Golden Evergreens—
Picea alcoquiana— Old-fashioned &hrubs-r A Hon-
eysuckle Ornament- Single Dahlias — Early Rho- .

dodendrons , 228r22!3

Improvements in Floral Designs— Solonljjn's Seal

for Decorating— Richardia ^thiopica-^Moss Cul- I

ture. ....:... 236-237

History of a Five Cent Paper of Seed— Mushroom i
Culture— Codling Moth— The Manchester Straw-
berry—fhe Best Flavored Strawberries 241-244 I

The Culture and Management of our Native For- \

ests— Profitable Tree Planting— Timber in Vir- i

ginia— Section of Sequoia— Forest Fires— Forestry

at Cincii\nati — Durability of Timber

An Enormous Flower— Color in the Dark— Rain-
fall in Utah— Seventeen Year Locusts— Wholesale
Coining of Common Names— Thie Flowering
White Mignonette— Substitute for Quinine— Eng-

245

lish Names— A Hybrid Cotton Plant — Opuntia
Raflnesqui in Canada — Helianthus Maximiliani

—Damage by Crickets 246-248

Rochester Nui-series— The Detroit Carnations—
TheApricot— Gardening by the Monks of Old-
Roman Floral Luxuries— A Rush— History of the
Dahlia—Origin of the Name Horse Chestnut—
The Chestnut^Alan W. Corson— The Business of
.Tames Vick— Memoir of Charles Darwin— The
Horse : How to Buy and Sell, Ac. -Rules for

Simple Hygiene— The Ladies' Floral Cabinet 251-255

American Nurserymen's Association

SCRAPS AND QUERIES :

Some Rose Questions— The Hemlock Spruce in
England— Ailantus and the Public iBCealth— The
Double Sloe— Raphiolepis indica— Hemlocks and
Maple Trees— Improvement of Small Gardens. . .
Peach Trees in Fence Corners— Seedling Straw-
berry from W. F. Bassett, Hammonton, JN,.Jw—

Asparagus— European Walnuts in Arkansas

Glutinous stigmas in Akebia quinat^r-Morchellia
esculenta— White Herb Robert— Purple Anemone
nemorosa— Double Native Columbine— Fruit of

Paper Mulberry

Typographical Errors— French Weights and Meas-

iires 255

NEW OR RARE PLANTS AND FRUITS:

Ellwanger's New Seedling Roses— Gyrnira auran-
tiaca— Wiegela Candida— A New Upright Honey-
suckle (Lonicera Alberti) '.,:.. 230

Croton Sinitzianus— President Garfield Bou-
, vardia..... 237-238

FLOWER GARDEN AND PLEASURE GROUND,225-231
GREENHOUSE AND HOUSE GARDENING.... 232-238

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GABD^MnG 238-244

FORESTRY .- 244-245

NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE 246-249

LITERATURE, TRAVELS & PERSONAL NOTES 249-255
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES 256

— FOR THE TRADE.—

Grass Bouquets, Grasses in Bulk, Immortelles, Mosses, Pampas

Plumes, &c. Direct Importation for the

September Fairs.

FORCING BULBS.

DUTCH BULBS

Lilium Candidum, Roman Hyacinths.
Lily of the Valley and all Bulbs for
■ Florists' Forcing.

Dutch Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Nar-
cissus, Slc. Direct Importations for
Fall Planting and Forcing.

All as low as first-class stock can be sold.

Price lists on application.

JTAIMEEIS KIlWGt,

78J/\/abash Ave., Chicago, Ills'

SECONDHAND BOOKS

BY MAIL ON RECEIPT OF PRICE.

SPEAK QUICKLY IF YOU WANT THEM.

JB@"Siiy in your order, "Second-Hand List."-®a

Allen's Domestic Animals |l 00

Allen's American Farm Book 1 00

Appleton's American Encyclopedia, 16 vols., full sheep 50 00

Beet Culture and Beet Sugar, by Childs 75

Breck's New Book of Flowers 1 25

Blake's Farmei's Cyclopiedia 1 00

Blake's Farm and Fireside 1 00

Boyd's Philadelphia Business Directory (1877-78) 75

(1878-79) 75

Buist's Family Kitchen Gardener 75

Children's Garden, and What They Made of It 60

Coal Flora Atlas ot Penna., 85 double page plates, }^ tky 3 50

Dinks, Mayhew and Hutchinson on the Dog 2 00

Donaldson's Manures, Grass and Farming 2 00

Don's Gardeners' and Botanists' Dictionary, 4 vols., quarto.l2 00
Downing's Landscape Ijardening and Knral Archit. % tky. 4 75

Elder's Cottage Garden of America ,.. 70

Eastwood's Cranberry Culture 65

Elliott's American Fruit Growers' Guide 1 00

Facts About Peat 1 00

Farmer's Encyclopsedia, U tky 4 00

Farmers' and Mechanics'^ Manual 2 50

Field's Pear Culture 1 00

Fitch's Noxious Insects, N. Y 75

Five Acres too Much 1 25

Frank Forester's Sporting Scenes and Characters, 2 vols 4 50

" " 2 vols 2 50

Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Gardener's Companion 1 00

Green and Congdon's Botany, Quarto Illustrated 1 50

Harris on Injurious Insects 2 50

Henry Courtland, or What a Farmer Can Do 1 00

Hoffey's North American Pomologist, quarto, full page, col.

plates 4 00

Hooper's Western Fruit Book 1 00

Horse Owners' Cyclopaedia (Walsh, Ac.) 2 75

Horticulturist, J^tky., (xood as new) 1857 2 50

How to Get a Farm and Where to Find One 1 00

Jennlng's Cattle Doctor 125

Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry 1 50

Johnston's Elements of Agricultural, Chem. and Geology... 1 25

Klippart's Land Drainage 1 25

Liebeg's Turners' Chemistry, 1394 pages, 8 vo 3 50

Loudon's Encyclopsedia of Gardening, cloth 7 00

" " of Cottage Architecture, y^ tky 7 50

Mead's Grape Culture and Wine Making 3 00

Mcintosh's Orchard, with colored plates 00

Miss Tiller's Vegetable Garden « grv

Mrs. Lee's Trees, Plants and Flowers, guilt, colored plates " 4 50

Munn's Practical Land Drainer ' 75

My Garden, its Plan and Culture (12.50 engravings) 6 70

Neill's Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Gardener's Compa'nVonl 00

Norton's Scientific Agriculture „_ j qo

New Practical Window Gardener, colored plates...".!!. 2 00

New American Gardener 7=

Planter's Guide !!!...... 1 fin

Plough, Loom and Anvil, 2 vols., 8vo !!!.'."".'.*.'". 3 50

Prince on the Vine, ^ calf ! 1 c^

Randall's Practical Shepherd !"!!!!!!!!'"!l 25

Schoolcraft's Indian Tribes, half Russia cloth sides.'s vois"

royal 8 vo., 278 plates, (new, published at 875.00..'. 50 OO

Sheldon's Dairy Farming, 25 colored plates, 225 wood-cuts,

quarto, gilt 'g jq

Skeleton Leaves ."'.'.'.*!".".. "."'l 26

Stephen's Book of the Farm, 2 vols., oct '."!!!!*"" 400

Stewart's Stable Book "''^' JSg

Studies, by J. A. Dorgan V!*.!."*.' 75

Talpa, or Chronicles of a Clay Farm y.".*.*.'*. 7S

Todd's Young Farmer's Work-shop !!!! 1 25

" " Manual V.V.V**20ft

Ten AcresEnough /* 7^

The Plant, a Biography, 5 col. plates and 13 wood eng's! ! ! ! 2 50

Tobacco and its Culture, Billings 2 25

Todd's American Wheat Culturist ! 150

Todd's How to Make Farming Pay !.!!!! 2 00

Tour Round My Oaiden 05

Unity of Law (H. C.Carey) .".'.".'.','.'.""" 2 25

Waring'sElements of Agriculture \\\\ 75

Wharton's Handbook and Treatment of the Horse !! 85

Wheeler's Homes for the People \" 2 25

Wheeler's Rural Homes !!!!.'!!! 90

Wood's Class-book of Botany !*/.!!! 2 50

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" Object Lessons in Botany, one copy at ! 1 25

Woodward's Country Homes !!'.*.!!!!"'.*!! 75

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Youatt & Martin on the Hog *."" 75

Zell's Encyclopedia (quarto), 2 vols., full sheep .'.'.*.!.'..'i5 00

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street Phila.

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LAWN SPRINKLERS, DIFFERENT SIZES.

GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE SYRINGES, BRASS AND TIN.
BXCELSIOli m3Il>S, HYDBONETTBS,

CHAMPION FORCE PU3irS, WATEItlJSG POTS,

WATEIt BARBELS AJSI) TRUCKS, &c., dc
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w^H°^^7^^ Nos. 21 & 23 S. Sixth Street,

^ ^"^f-MT^ y^'^J^-^ (Between Market and Chestnut Streets)

Southwest corner Delaware Ave. & Arch St,

PHILADELPHIA.

\1U.

J. C.VAUGHAN,

42 La Salle St., Chicago, Ills.
NETAT CFtOF> SEEDS.

Smilax (package, 50c.) per oz., $2.50

Primula sinensis fimbriata alba package, .50

'* " kermesina splendens, *' .50

" " alba flora pleno " .50

" '* rubra *' " .50

SEVEN PACKAGES, ASSORTED, FOR $3.00.

Baskets, Grasses, Supplies for Florists, Cheap.

The

New

Mm ■'■ U ■ I ^\L PocklliiBton.Ducli.'sR.T-iKly Wnshlnirton Jeffer-^

^M ■ D ■■ ■ ^^ %J ton, No»h. I.»dy,Worden)>, ctcetc (XT-Prices reduced

WPI ■■.■■■ ■■ ^^ Warnnued true to name. All tlie older varieties in large

supply. LARGEST STOCK tii A.IIKIMCA. Cheapl.yi

HUBBAKD. Fredon

FLORAL DECORATIONS,

for the DWELLING HOUSE.

A PRACTICAL GUIDE to the HOME ARRANGEMENT
of PLANTS and FLOWERS,

By ANNIE HASSARD.

Profusely illustrated. 12mo. pp. 166. Cloth. Price, 81.50.
Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

Fruit Growers' Hand-Book,

By F. R. Elliott author of " Western Fruit Growers' Guide"
(one of the best posted men on the subject in the United States).
Contains the practice on all subjects connected with fruit growing.
The book is made for those who grow iruit for their own use Also
an Appendix, containing matter relating to the selection and culture
of Ornamental Trees, Roses, Plants, &c. Illustrated with 45 wood-
cuts, 130 pages, i6mo, cloth, $1 ; pnper, 6o cts. Sent by mail
postpaid on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT. 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

SPECIMEN ^s^nriBS, ^ _j ^ ;0; IS S

KXPEKIENCEP GARDENERS RECOMMT:>Jr)T^T>.

EXPERIENCED GARDENERS RECOMMEXm^T).

SEE FIRST PAGE, FACING COVER.

IhE NOR TIC UL 7 URAL A D VER TISER.

r^^\3^^ Strawberry Plants

in fine Pot Layers, planted any lime from Juiv 15th
to September 15th, will tjive a full croi) next season.

At the June, 1882, Exhibiton ot the NewYork Horti-
cultural Society, we were awarded lour first prizes for
Strawberries shown. Colored I'late, illustrating the

*'CREAM"

of the Varieties for 18S2, including the new and fam«
ous ••JEKSKV (^1:K1;\,"' together with our certain
and simple method of culture, sent to all applicants
on receipt of stamp.

^ii'l!;V i -'X PETER HENDERSON & CO

35 & 3/ Lurtlandt St., New York.

#:

> / i

UGUSTROLKER&

p. 0. Box 899. 44 DEY STREET, New York,

MANUFACTURERS OF

BASKETS and WIRE GOODS

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ALL

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES.

.A.Nro

On Plants will be promptly looked after when entrusted to our care. FOREIGN
SHIPPERS are invited to avail themselves of our services, which will insure a
prompt dispatch. Further particulars on application.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

Roses for Florists.

We make a special business of growing and distributing Roses, and believe we
offer the largest and most complete stock of Roses In America. All are on their
own roots. No budded or grafted Roses are sent out.

PI FAN AND HFAITHY our Roses are kept clean and in good grow-

*'*-^'»'' flllU nuMLI n I. ing condition through the whole season, so
that Florists can replenish their stock whenever it is convenient to do so. We
ship Roses every working-day in the year.

IMPflRTANT Tfl RIIYFRQ our roses are not forced, but are grown

imruniMiii lu du i cno. in ordinary soil, without manure or any

STIMULATING PROCESSES WHATEVER; THEREFORE THEY REQUIRE NO NURSING, OR EXTRA
treatment, but grow off strong and healthy, and come QUICKLY INTO BLOOM.
FLORISTS SAY OUR ROSES GIVE BETTER SATISFACTION THAN ANY OTHERS THEY CAN BUY.

QITIT nr PI ANTQ ^® offer but one size of Roses, strong, vigorous

wlfct Ur rLMHI O. plants, from 2 il -inch pots. They run from 8 to 12
inches high, according to variety, and are thrifty, well matured, heavily rooted
plants— ready to go in 4-inch pots. Every order, large or small, is carefully
selected from the largest and best on hand at the time.

PRICEZS OF CS-SNSRjA.!. COX^I^SCTZONS.

Per 100. Per 500. Per 1000.

EVER-BLOOMING ROSES, First class assortment, $ 8.00 $35.00 $70.00

HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES, " " 10.00 45.00 90.00

MOSS ROSES. " " 15.00 75.00 150.00

CLIMBING ROSES, " " 8.00 35.00 70.00

QPCPIAI AQQORTMPNTQ ^°'' special assortments and large orders covering different classes of

OltVlMU MOOUn I iTibll I 0> Roses, it is always best to send a list of the varieties and number of each
wanted. We can then tell you exactly what we can do, and will name the lowest price that the character of the
>rder will justify.

Special attention is given to supplying Florists with reliable plants of all the new and scarce Roses at reasonable
ates. The following choice varieties, and hundreds of others, will be found in our Wholesale Price List, sent FREE
Florists, Market Gardeners and Dealers, viz.:

Per Doz. Per 100.

DUKE OF CONN AUCHT, (Bennett,) New Scarlet Hybrid Tea Rose S9.00 S65.00

BEAUTY OF STAPLE FORD, (Bennett,) New Crimson Hybrid Tea 4.00 25.00

MAD. ETIENNE LE VET, New French Hybrid Tea, Scarlet 4.00 25.00

QUEEN OF BED DERS, (Bourbon,) Crimson, splendid for Bedding 4.00 25.00

ALPHONSE KARR, Fine Crimson Tea 4.00 25.00

MADAME W E L C H , Tea, magnificent creamy yeUow buds 3.00 16. OO

MAD. CHEDANNE CUINISSEAU, Tea,rinest New YeUow 5.00 35.00

PRINCESSE STEPHANIE, Tea, New Pink from France 4.00 25.00

CATHARINE MERMET, Tea, Bright Pink, splendid for forcing 2.00 fO.OO

ANNIE MARIE DE MONTRAVEL, Pure White, < The New Polyantha > . ^^ 05 oo

MAD'ELLE CECILE BRUNER, Pale Rose, < Roses from Japan. S ^'"^ o.wv

DUKE OF TECK, New Scarlet Hybrid Perpetual 4.00 25. OO

CROWN PRINCE, New Crunson Hybrid Perpetual 4.00 25. OO

JAMES VEITCH, Finest Crimson, perpetual moss 8.00 50.00

Plenty of STANDARD SORTS, including Marechal Robert, Marie Cuillot, Catherine Mermet,
M. Niel, Cen. Jacqueminot, &c., &c., aii at LOWEST RATES, quality considered.

notice: for sxti^imcsr.

As our late propagation has been unusually successful, we can let some varieties go at lower prices than would
have been safe earlier in the season, and we are now filling florists' orders at a large reduction from List prices, WHEN THE
SIZE AND CHARACTER OF THE ORDER WILL JUSTIFY DOING SO. If you send a list of the varieties and number of each
wanted, we can tell you by next mall exactly what we can do, and the lowest price for the lot. BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS
RELY ON THE LOWEST PRICES WE CAN MAKE FOR GOODS ORDERED, WHETHER YOU HAVE QUOTATIONS OR NOT.

NOTICE.— This advertisement is intended for the TRADE ONLY, and not for private planters. Address,

The DINGEE & CONARD CO.,

<..r ROSE GROWERS, West Grove, Chester Co., Pa.

7 HE NOR TICUL TURAL A D VER TISER.

GREENHOUSE HEATIHG

Ventilating Apparatus.

Base-Burning Water Heater
Three sizes. Patented, 1873.

HITCHINGS & CO.,

[Established, 1844.]

No. 233 MERCER STREET,

NEAR BLEECKBR STREET,

NEW YORK,

Four Patterns of Boilers,

Corrugated Fire-box Boiler.

Patented, 1867. New Patterns, 1873

ALSO,

MEATims Pipes*

SrQP • F:i& VMS a^^m

PiPM Fittings,

\XS GREAT VARIETY AND AT

IMPROVED

Sash-Eaising Apparatus,

iiFTim-EDiis m mm

Improved Saddle Boiler.

Five sizes. New Patterns 1877.

ETC., ETC.

Send 6 Cents Postage for Illustrated Catalogue,
with References and Prices.

THE HORTICbLTLRAL ADVERTISER.

M. M. BAYERSDORFER & CO.

IMPORTERS OF

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

bd N. FOURTH ST.. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

We beg to call the attention of the WHOLESALE: and
RETAIL TRADE in FLORISTS' GOODS to our well as-
sorted stock for the Fall season :

BOUQUET PAPERS (ITALiENS\ PASTED CARTONS,
the celebrated B. F. manufacture, of which we are
SOLE AGENTS. Also BOUQUET HOLDERS.
IMMORTELLES— Original Bunches always on hand.

White and all Colors.
DRIED GRASSES AND FLOWERS,

In great varieties and styles ; very suitable for orna-
mental purposes.

Ornamental Grass Bouquets,

French and German Green Moss.
Tin Foil— Best in the Market.

ALSO IMPORTERS OF FANCY WILLOW AND MOSS BASKETS, AND

MANUFACTURERS OF FANCY STRAW, BROWN VARNISHED

WILLOW, AND WHITE AND GILT BASKETS.

Send orders early in Fall. Illustrated Catalogue gratis on application.

Prize Medal of Cincinnati Industrial Exposition of 1873 ; Medal and
Diploma of International Exposition of 1877, "For best display of
Bouquet Papers."

CAROLINE SCHMITT. (Noisette, by Schmitt.) Large regu-
lar tlowers ; color, salmon yellow, passing to white, tinged
with nale yellow. $1.00.

AMPERE. (H. P., by Libaud.) Seeded from Lion des Com-
bats ; flowers, large and fine : color, rich crimson, shaded
l.nnile. Jtl.OO.

ULRICH BRUNNER. (H. P., by Levet.) Seeded from Paul
Neyron ; a grand rose ; extra large and fine :

bright cherry

THE NEIAT ROSES OF 1882.

We have the pleasure of offering the following named NEW ROSES OF 1883. These varieties were first
ofTerecl in furope last Fall, and our plants a'e propagated from stork imported in December last. We offer
vigorous, well-established plants from 2i„-iuch pots. THEY ARE ALL ON THEIR OWN ROOTS and ready
for immediate delivery. Prices as noted.

BEAUTE OE L'EUROPE. (Tea, by Gonod.) Large, finely

formed buds and flowers ; color, bright yellow ; outside

petals shaded dark yellow ; remarkably beautiful and

distinot. SI. 00.
ETOILE DE LYON. (Tea, by Guillot.) Brilliant chrome yel-
low ; exceedingly beautiful and believed one of the finest

Roses ever introduced; a vigorous grower and profuse

bloomer ; large, finely formed buds ; flowers of good sub-
stance, nnening well. $2.00.
MADAME COUSIN. (Tea, by Guillot.) Large, very beautiful

flowers; color, violet rose, tinged with white and pale

vellow : verv distinct. $1.00.
Miss MAY PAUL. (Tea, by Levet.) Large, finely formed

flow ers ; color white, beautifully shaded with rosy blush.

»1.(V).
MAD'ELLE MARIE MOREAU. (Tea.) Meditim size flowers,

very full and regular ; color, pale rose, shading to rich

crimson. $1.00.
CAMOENS. (Hybrid Tea, by Schwartz.) Extra large, full

floweis; color, China Rose, suffused with pale yellow,

passing to white. 81.00.
PRINCESSE IMPERIAL DU BRESIL. (Hybrid Tea, by Supert

& JNoDting.) Brilliant carnune, deepening at centre to

purplish rose ; petals margined with white ; extra large

and beautiful. fl.OO.
ABBE GIRARDIN. (Bourbon, by Bernaix.) Flowers very

large and full, satiny rose, with deep crimson centre ;

verv distinct, and nearly as floriferous as La France. Sl-OO.
MIGNONNETTE. (Polyantha Remontant, by GuUlot.) Beau

red: verv hrilliant <olor ; splendid. $1.00.

MADAME JULES GREVY. (H. P., by Schwartz.) Seeded
from Triumph de {'Exposition ; rosy salmon, with light
centre; lariic, tiill tlnwt-is; very fine. $1.00.

MADAME MARIE BIANCHI. (H. P., by Guillot.) Seeded
from Victor Verdier; huge, globular flowers; bright pur-
plish rose, with iK-h crimson centre. $1.00.

MADAME MARIE GARNIER. (H. P., by Gonod.) Beautiful
ttesli-colored rose ; aclicatelv suffused with silvery white ;
fine. larsre. full tlou-crs. ?1.(J0.

MAD'ELLE MARIE CHAUVET. (H. P., by Besson.) Seeded
from Baronne de Rothschild ; flowers extra large and strik-
iiitr: colni. ( iciir rose; verv fresh and dehcate. 8L00.

FRANCOIS CLIN. (H. P., by Ducher & Soeur.) Large and
tinelv-fornieil flowers; co"lor, rich crimson, veined with
mire white: distivu-t. fl.OO.

COMPTE DE FLANDRES. (H. P., by Levecque et flls.)
Heeded from Madame Victor Verdier; a splendid rose;
color, fine pnn.lisli red, tlark and velvety ; extra fine. $1.

EUGENE TRANSON. (il. P.. l.v Vigneron. i Large, bold, globu-
_ __ lav tlowers : jipi feet tonii : color, fine brilliant red. Sl.OO.

tUuTmiTilaure'^resToFfulTIndTer^^^^^^ DE MADAME BERTHIER. (H. P., by Berthier.)

large corymbs ; color, clear rose, passing to white ; a con- Seeded from Victor Verdier; large, full flowers; coloii
stant and profuse bloomer. $1.00. ' brilliant crimson. $1.00.

SPECIAL OFFER: The Set of 20 Varieties for $I5.00.

Address, THE DINCEE & CONARD CO.,

FIOSE: GrROTATERS, WEST GROVE, CHESTER CO., PA.

THE HOR JICbL TURAL A D VER TISER.

Medal and Diploma a-warded by the U. S. Centen-
nial Commission, 1876, also Gold Medal and Diploma
Awarded at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts
Charitable Mechanic Association, held in Boston,
1878, to

DAYID SMITH,

Manufacturer of Patent Improved

PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX RETURN FLUE BOILER

AND

PATENT PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX

BASE BURNER BOILER.

FOR HEATING

Greenhouses^ Graperies^ Conservatories f Propagating Houses, F&r^

cing Pits, Public and Private Buildings^ Schools, Drying

Rooms, and Heating Water for Baths.

ALSO KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND

Expansion Tanks. Evaporating Pans, Stop Valves, Cast Iron Pipe, Elbows, Tees, Branches, Pipe
Chairs and everything necessary, of the best material, for Greenhouse Heating,

Smith's Improved Ventilating Apparatus, for opening and closing Ventilating Sash, on
roof or sides of Greenhouses and Graperies.

Judges' Report on awards, with descriptive illustrated circular containing testimonials and
reference. Also price list furnished on application to

M>.ii BOSTON, MASS.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

MARSCHUETZ & BACHARACH,

25 NORTH FOURTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.,

IMPOKTERS OK AND WHOI-KSALE DEALERS IN

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

Bouquet Papers (Italiens), Pasted Cartons,

Immortelles, Dried Grasses and Flowers,

Ornamental Crass Bouquets, Mosses,
Wire Designs, Tin Foil,

Swiss Moss and Fancy Baskets.

-MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF BASKETS FOR FLORISTS—

Illustrated Catalogue free on application. Orders will receive careful attention and prompt shipment. t.fl2

THE NEW HYBRID TEA ROSE,

Duke of Connaught,

THE EYERBLOOMING JACK.

We are now prepared to furnish this INCOMPARABLE ROSE IN LARGE
QUANTITIES. Price, $6.00 per dozen.

JAG. C. SSAIiiir <£ CO.,

^ MASPETH, N. Y.

NEIAT ORCHIDS.

Within the past sixty days we have added to our stock the follovring desirable Orchids, viz. : Oendrobiums
densifiorum and Devonianum ; Bi-assavola Perrinii ; Cattteylas, Eldorado splendens (alba), Forbesil, luteola, Mendelii and
Trianae; Colax jugosus ; Oncidiums altissimum and sphacelatum tnajus, besides several others; prices of which \ve shall be
pleased to give on application.

4S~ Having a large stock of the following, well-established and in fine condition, we offer to Florists and others in
the Trade, small plants at $6.00 per doz. These are not little bits, but good blooming plants. As this otter will hold good
for three months only, we ask a prompt response from those who desire to order. They embrace the following :

Acinetas (two varieties): Acropera; Brassavola Pescatorei; Brassia verracosa; Cattleya mossiae; Chysis laevls; Cyrtopodium
punctatum; Dendroblum nobile; Epldendrum (n varieties, iiuludinii vettelllnum majus); Laelias. anceps, antumnalis, majills,
peduncularis: Lycaste aromatica and Deppei; Masdevallla maculata; Mormodes citrinum; Odontoglossums, citrosmum, cordatum,
maculatum, nebulosum and Rossi! majus ; Oncidiums bicallosum caesium. Incurvum, multlflorum, ornlthorynchum, ungulculaturo;
Phajus grandlfolius; Stanhopeas, oculata and Wardll; Trichopilla tortills; Zyloblum (spc). Address without delay,

BENJ. REYNOLDS, Superintendent,

mhl2 BARKER FLORAE GARDENS (BRAMBLETON), NORFOLK, VA.

The Golden Pocklington Grape.

I control the entire STOCK of this Grape by purchase, and am prepared to offer inducements to nurserymen and
dealers who desire a good specialty to place in the hands of their salesmen. Also can supply elegant lithographs of it for
issuing in catalogues at a price so low that the sale of a very few vines will pay for a thousand of them, and circularSy
photographs of the fruit, &c., making a most complete outfit with which to sell the grape. ALSO,

AMPELOPSIS VEITCHII or JAPAN IVY

AT A LOW FIGURE.

GEORGE A. STONEp

104 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, N. Y.

THE hOR TICUL TURA L AD VER 7 IS t R.

THOS. J. MYERS, Jr.'s

NEW IMPROVED PATENT

RETURN FLUE BOILER,

For Heating Greenhouses, Hothouses, Public and Private
Buildings, Drying Rooms, Railroad Tanks, &c.

They a/re Guaranteed to he the Most Powerful, Durable and Eco-
nomical Soiler ever made in this Country.

We are also mannfactxiriiig all tlie various sizes of MYERS*
PATENT and SWAIX'S IMPROVED BOILERS, PIPE, DOUBLE
and SINGLE VALVES, EXPANSION TANKS, ELBOWS, &c.
PIPE CHAINS and all Varieties of Fittings for HEATING BY
HOT WATER.

Send for Illustrated Circular and JPrice Idst.

1173 South Ninth Street

THOS. J. MYERS, Manager. „„, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

8 THE HOR TICUL TURAL AD VER TISER.

C n n n 1 r> I «ff « r «f PL^I « PII T l>ORE IG N G RAPE V INES FOR GRAPERIES.

Ml Mr M flTTPr HT I nniPD KlQnTOl Wenowoffei the finest collection of Foreign Grapes crown

UUUU Q U G U U U IjU I fl n l '" ^'^ """'^■^ niey are an good, strong, healthycanes.au

^^MWIUI UIIUI Ul UMUIUU I I UN lU I true to name and all in ex(cll.'Mt condition for shipping.

' : Below will lie found list of varieties t;rov\n Ijy us, one and

— TO THE TRADE ONLY- 1*^"^ "pripc J one year old vines. $1.00 each.

^ j v\\\\,i. : j j^jj yg^|. jjij ^j^gg J2.00 each.

Per doz Per UK) Bowood Muscat, Frontignan Grizzly,

Ampelopsis Veitchii $ 1 25 S 8 00 Muscat Hamburg, Frontignan Black,

Cala:liiunH-Fancy,:Worthefinest Varieties 2 OO 12 00 ?,^"P" "^,'' !^"^*=^V, Gros Colman,

Dracaena termiualis— ;^-in nots o nn !■> m ! Madresfield Court Muscat. Hamburg Black,

4 V ^w l^^iK) Mrs. Princes Black Muscat, Hamburg Wilmofs.

'• " ,5 " 4 .5^) ^ (X) Muscat of Alexandria, Hamburg Mill Hill,

'• " r, " verv strone 10 (XI , black Prince, Hamburg Victoria,

The Dracajnas are all in very fine condition "" ^'a^k Alicante, Lady Down's Seedling,

Ferns— i'teris cretira alba iineata 100 ^ qq i Black Barbarossa, Prince Albert,

'■ " Argyrea 12.5 g qq i Black St. Peter's, Royal Ascot,

Ficas elasticns ...'......... jti 00 to 9 oii ( Buckland Sweetwater, Santa Cruz,

Palms — Areca I utesrens .......! fO (X) to 18 00 ^ Calabrian Raisin, Trentham Black,

'• '• Verschaft'elti ' 1'' 00 , Chasselas de Fontainebleau, White Nice,

;; Chamierop8excelsa.'3-in.' pots': ;;■.■. 100 8 00 I ^J^^^«^'^^ ;5^'i^'*^' ^u'*^ f^''""' .

Corypha Australis, 1-in. pots 1.50 12 oO Chasselas Golden White Sweetwater,

" CocoH Weddelliaua 18 00 i Duchess of Buccleuch, W^hite Tokay. t.f.12

" Latania Borbonica, 2-in pots 75 5 66 ■ F'ontignan White, Catalogue sent free on application.

" •• '. 3 '■ 1 ,5(( 12 00 i ^^® would also tall spe('ial attention to our stock of

" Phoenix Sylvestris, 6 " 12 00 1 Camellias, Azaleas, Acacias, Roses and general collection

" Seaforihiaelegans, 3 " *> 00 js'qo I "f winter-blooming ornamental foliage and bedding plants.

4 " ■.;■.■. .3,50 25 00 1 DAVID FERGUSSON & SONS, Laurel Hill Nurseries.

„ . ^" " 6 " ....12 00 75 00 ' BIdge and Lehigh Avenues, opp. Laurel Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.

Pandanus Utilis, 2-in. pots 1 00 6 00 | ' ~

sn.n..,^..:,^£tl^^^-v--:^^ 6 ^i I NEW DOUBLE WHITE BOUYARDIA

wisteria Sinensis-Strong pot-gi-own plants 2 50 15 00 /* IffEZXTiyEZH.

Our IVholesale Trade Price List for Florists, issued in 'he most valuable plant sent out for years. Price per plant in
August, will contain .all the latest Novelties in Geraniums, | 2j4-in.h pots, 50c each ; $3.00 per doz Large plants in 4-inch
Coleus, Fuchsias, Paris Daisies, Autumn Bulbs, and the best I i^^ts, 75c. each ; $6 00 per doz. New Pelargonium Maddons'
new pl.ants of recent introduction. Dreer's Garden Calen- Victor, strong plants ycc each ; $6.. o per do7. New stt ot 30
dar for 1882 and Seasonable VegetJible Seed List, sent \ Verbenas lor laSi. Splendid Varieties ready the 1 5th of
free to all applicants. ; October, $3 00 for the :.et John White's Mealy Bug

TTTinnTT 1 ■r«r>•^T^T^ i Exterminator, the only known remedy to kill the Mealybug

HENRY A. DREER, See jsfflan anl Florist, ' ""'°"' '"'""°^ ^'^ '"^"'' ^"'john' wHiTE'/"

. 7»4 Chestnut St.. Philadelphia. Pa. ja." Communipaw Ave., Jersey City, N. J.

Greenhouse Builder

38 WAYNE STREET, JERSEY CITY, N. J.

Estimates on all Greenhouse work promptly furnished without charge. Refers to

I*ETER HENDEFiSON <Sc CO.,

]u 35 AND 37 CORTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK.

NURSERYBlfEN AND DEALERS

In want of PEACH TREES for their trade this PALL, 1882, and SPRING, 1883,
can find a LARGE and THRIFTY STOCK of the most APPROVED VARIETIES
at the MILPORD NURSERIES, MILPORD, DELAWARE. Also PLUM, APRI-
COT, &c., all grown with SPECIAL CARE. Prices reasonable. Call upon or
address.

jitf

MILFORD, DELAWARE.

THE HORTICbLTURAL ADVERTISER.

BXTSIXTEISS DIFtECTOFtY.

■ Send for Circular and conditions of insertion under this heading.'

ELLWANGER & BARRY. Ornamental and
Fruit Trees, Shrubs, &c., Rochester, N.Y.

F. E. McAllister, Flower and Garden
Seeds, 31 Kukon St., New York City.

THOMAS MEEHAN, 1 WM. WEBSTER. Landscape Engineer.

Nurseryman & Tree Seeds, Germant'n.Phil. j Seedsman and Florist, Rochester, N. Y.

L. J. TEMPLIN & SON, Fruit

mental 1 rees. Vines, &c..

and Orna-
Calla, O.

JAS. B.WILD & BRO., Fruit & Omamenta'

Trees, Shrubs, &c.

Sarcoxie, N. Y.

100,000 PEACH TREES,

Free from Yellows. 23 years experience in Nursery Business

in New Jersey and Delaware.

NATURAL, VIRGINIA, PEACH PITS.

Price Lists free.

Address, w. R. PHILLIPS, Wlilford, Del.,

fChureh Hill Nurseries.) i.d.12.

MEEHAN'S NURSERIES

GERMANTOWN,

< Part of the eity of Philadelphia), and are easy of access by steam
cars to

GORGAS LANE STATION or WALNUT
LANE STATION,

Or slightly nearer by street cars to

UPPER CHURCH ST.

The Nurseries contain over one thousand kinds of Trees and
Shrubs, besides Fruit Trees and Flowers. European, African or
Asiatic arders for trees or tree seeds, receive careful attention, and
usually give customers entire satisfaction.

SAWmiLLS-

GERANIViaS.

Fine young plants in 2J'2-inch pots; $1.50 per dozen,
SIO.OO per 100. Large .stock plants in 3>2 and 4-inch pots ;
S2.00 per dozen, $16.00 per 100.

H. W. HALES,

n.l2 Ridgewood Floral Nursery. RIdgeweod. N. J.

? BtM if Cfieapert
rDescriptiveCir-
ar & Prices write
TH£ AULTMAN & TAVLOR CO., Mansfield, Ohic. nih.6

50,000 LE CONTE PEARS !

Also a large stn<k of Plums, Peaches, Cherries. Quinces,
Apricots, &c. SPECIALTIES- Le Conte :umI Kieffer Pears.
European and Native Varieties of Plum on Plum. Peaches on
Plum, Chinese Quinces, Peaches in dormant bud. Paradise
Apple Stocks. Our stoik i.s very handsome and prices low.
Price List on application. Address,

W. F. HEIKES, Agent,
au2 Huntsville Nurseries, Huntsville, Ala.

TOBACCO STEMS

in bales weighing 500 lbs. each, at J5.00 per bale, or three bales for
$13.00.

TOBACCO DUST in cases of about 400 lbs. at $2.50 per
case, or five cases for $1 5.00. Free on board of boat or cars.

Straiton & Storm,

204-208 East 27th St., New York City.

"Silk destined to become an American staple."

AMERICAN

SILUHDFfiyiTCyLTURIST

A New Monthly Magazine,

Devoted to the Development of the Silk Industry

and Fruit Culture.

(Under auspices of the Women's Silk Culture Association.)

CAMPBELL & PEPPER PUBLISHERS,

1328 Ohestnnt Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

Each number will be replete with the latest and most re-
liable information on Silk and Fruit Culture, together with
a variety of interesting reading in connection therewith.

The aim of the Publishers in associating Silk and Fruit is
mainly to induce Farmers and Friiit Growers to adopt Silk
Culture, and thereby place within the reach of their chil-
dren a refined and remunerative occupation.

Yearly Subscription One Dollar.

Single Numbers Ten Cents.

Send in your subscriptions as early as possible, so as to
secure the first numbers.

kmm Si aifl Fruit Ciltirist,

1328 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Make all money orders, checks, drafts or registered
letters payable to the order of JOHN M. CAMPBELL.

Sent^FREE!

e^^obatiSg fruit

Prollto and Generul Statistics.
American MPg Co., Waynesboro, Pi

10

THE HOR71CULTLRAL ADVERTISLR.

PEDIGREE SEEDLING ROSES OF 1882,

H. BENNETT (late of St.-ipleford, Salisbury), w
June the following New

TEA ROSE.

"PRINCESS of WALES," seedling from

"Adam" X "Elise Sauvage."

HYBRID PERPETUALS.
"EARL of PEMBROKE," seedling from

"Marquise de Castellane" X "Ferdinand de Lesseps."

"HEINRICH SCHULTHBIS," seedling

from "Mabel Morrison" x "Mons. E. Y. Teas."
$15.00 PER SET. FIVE PER CENT. DISCOUNT TO TRADE.

ill be prepared to supply from the beginning of
Roses of his own raising.

HYBRID TEAS.

"COUNTESS of PEMBROKE," seedling

from "President" x "Cliarles I^efebvre.",

"DISTINCTION," seedling from "Madame

de St. Joseph" x "Mdlle. Eugenie Verdier."

seed-

Descriptive CATALOG TIES sent post free on application.

'LADY MARY FITZ WILLIAM,

ling from " Devonieusis " x "Victor Verdier.'

H. BENNETT, Pedigree Rose Nursery,

t.my4

SHEPPERTON, WALTON-ON-THAMES, ENGLAND.

Bedding and Greenhouse Plants.

WHOLESALE LIST ON APPLICATION.

NEW CARNATIONS,

x=^TJi^E stoc:k: - - - ^is.oo i^eie^ loo.
TAT- B- &i TAT. IVI. TA.BER,

mhi2 DETROIT, IMLICH:.

Lilies ^ early forcing.

Having a LARGE STOCK of our NEW LILY that bloomed early, we are prepared to book orders for -well
ripened bulbs, delivery August 1st, suitable for blooming in the HOLIDAYS. They commenced to bloom with
us on the 16th of December last. Send for Price List.

JOSEPH KIFT, West Chester, Pa.

STRAWBERRY PLANTS.

Pot-Grown Layers, lSh'.\^,"l^.?«.e™"l.'o?

September, will produce a fine crop the following Summer
of large fruit. We have potted all the best leading varieties.
Our Strawberry Plant Circular with culture, sent to all
applicants.

HENRY A. DREER, Seedsman and Florist,

714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

CELERY PLANTS!

Boston Market 35c. per 100 ; »3 per 1000

Sandringham 35c. per loO ; «3 per lOOO

Leviatban, Mew $1 per 100

READY ABOUT JULY 10th.

jl2 TKEMTON. N. J.

$66

a week in your own town. Terms and ?5 outfit free.
Address H. Haulktt & Co., Portland, Maine. ja.l2

Carnation Florets

IN LARGE NUMBERS

Will be furnished by the undersigned the coming season.

THOMAS F. SEAL,

0.12 Unionville, Chester Co., Pa.

ROSES, VERBENAS, GERANIUMS

and all other Bedding Plants in large quantities, a'so Dracsoas,
Palnns and Hothouse and Greenhouse plr-nts, the largest assortment
in America.

Camellias and Azaleas a specialty.

Seud for Catalogue.

mytf

JNO. DICK, JE.,

53rd & WOODLAND AVE., Phila.

Qt» tn ^OflPcrday athome. Samples worth $5 free. Ad-
^%» lU ^>^Udress Stinson & Co., Portland, Maine. ja.l2

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

11

DEAINAGE FLOWER POT,

PATENT APPLIED FOR.

Having three (3) holes in sides at equal distances and at angle with
bottom of pot, perfectly free drainage and ventilation are insured.

The absence of hole in bottom, as in the ordinary flower pot, prevents
clogging of outlet, trouble from worms and decay of roots from want of proper
ventilation.

Also Pressed Improved and Hand-made pots. All sizes constantlj on hand
at LOWEST PRICES. Hanging Vases and Seed Pans.

For Price List and Circulars apply to

WHILLDIN & CO.,

Nos. 709-11 Wharton Street,

(Agents for J. E. JEFFORDS & CO.,)

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

ESTABLISHED 1840.

The

New

fiR A PFQ Prentiss,!

■ ■ ■'■ ^U 1^ ■ B^ Pockllnston. DucheKit. Lady WashlnKton Jeffer. W ■
H ■ ■ ■ HH ■ ■ ■ VMn.Vereennrn, F.arly Victor, Mooreo Early, Brlch.M

I^H ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ^B ^^ ton, >'ouh, Lady.Wordenm etcetc (TT'Pnces reduced ■

^^^ ■ ^ ■ ■ ■ ^^ ^^ Warranted trut to name. All the older varieties in large ■

QES^STOCfc^i^HERI^^heaijh^nai^lhjstr^^

The
New

fiRAPPQ Prentiss,

■ ■ ■ ■ HB ■ ■ H V "on.Vcrgennem Karly Victor, HoorcK Early, Brish.

^^ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ^^ ^^ ton, >ouh, Lady, Wordenm etc,et«. CCTPrices reduced

^^^ ■ ^« ■ ■ W^ ^^ Warranted true to name. All the older varieties in lar^e

GEsT STOCK In AMEIIICA. Cheap by mall. Illustrated Cataloijue free. T.S. HUBBARD. Fredonia. N.Y.

iipply. LARGEST STOCK In AMERICA. Cheap!

The

New

■ ■ ■ ■ ■-■ ■ ■ _^ Pmkllnrton.nuchexK. Lady Washington Jeffer-'

■ ■ ■ ■ ■■ H ■ ■ VKon.VerKenncK, Knrly victor, Moore* Early, Brich.
^^m ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ^^ ^^ ton, Nouh, Lady,Wordenmetc.,etc (CTPrices reduced
^^^ ■ i&H ■ ■ W^ ^^ Warranted true to name. All the older varieties in large

supply. iJiRGEST STOCK In AMIiRlCA. Cheapbyi

ated Catalogue free. T.S. mjBB.\RD. Fredonia

au9

nHOICE FLOWER SEEDQ

Which are in season, and should be sown now, and at
intervals during the season, to keep up a con-
stant supply of flowers for WINTER
AND SPRING BLOOMING.

Pritnula Sinensis in variety. Pansy, Dreer's Premium
varieties and others. Auricula, Begonia Hybrida and
Tuberous Rooted varieties. Calceolaria, Carnation, Cine-
raria, Cyclamen, Gloxinia and many other varieties,
which we mail with instructions how to cultivate, when
so desired.

For PRICES, DESCRIPTIONS and VARIETIES, we
must refer you to DREER'S GARDEN CALENDAR,
mailed FREE to all applicants. Our AUTUMN BULB
CATALOGUE will be issued early in SEPTEMBER,
with all the leading varieties and culture, mailed FREE.

HENRY A. DREER, Seedsman and Florist,

714 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

$72

A WEEK- 812 a day at home easily made. Costly Out-
fit free. Address True & Co., Augusta, Maine, ja.12

NOW READY IN FINE CONDITION.

GROWN SPECIALLY FOR WINTER FORCING.

Per 10»

Perle des Jardins, in 6-in. pots $;i5 W)

NIphetos, " " 35 00

Cornelia Cook, '• " 35 00

Catherine Mermet, " " 35 00

Marechal Niel, in4-in. " 20 00

Bon Silene, in 4-in. pots, 815 ; 6-in. pots. . 35 00

Douglas, in 6-in. pots 30 00

Duchesse de Brabant, in 6-in. pots.. . a5 00

Mad. Lombard, in 6-in. pots 35 00

Vio LI-, rs- Marie Louise, in ground ... 8 00
CARNATION.S-Peerless, Crimson King, " ... 8 00

ENGLISH ivy, ino-in. i><)rs 810 00 to 15 00

CHAS. R. STILLWELL. Wholesale Florist,
KING'S HIGHWAY, GRAVESEND, L. I.. N. Y.

Art of Propagation.

Hand-book for Nurserymen, FlorisLs, Gardeners and Every-
1. body, 32 pages octavo, paper, illustrated with 25 cuts, price 50
[Its. Mailed, postage free, on receipt ol price.

Addriss, CHAS. H. MAROT. 814 Chestnut St.. Phila.

12

THE HOR TICUL TURA L AD VER TJSER.

RHODODENDRONS,

AND MANY HUNDREDS OF OTIIKK BEAUTIFUL TREES AND SHRUBS ARE OFFERED THLS SPRING BY

MEEHAN'S GERMANTOWN NURSERIES

Kare and Interesting plants, seldom found in collections, are grown in this estublisliinent, as for instance : —

CALLUNA VULGARIS, the Heather of English Poets.
The Famous PUl^ZB or GORSB, UJLEX BUKOP^ JS.

The SCOTCH BROOM, GENISTA SCOPARIUS ; and other old but seldom grown and oeau-
litul things.

A large number of kinds can be sent to long aistances by mail. Send for our Complete Catalogue.
t.f.tf. Gertnantown, Philadelphia^ Pa,

New Single Dahlia, "Paragon," - - - 50c.
The New Cactus Dahlia, '* Juarezii," - 50c.

ALTERNANTHERA FARONYCOIDBS MAJOR AUREA-The Finest Yellow
Foliag-e Plant for Designs, Carpets and Edging by the 10,000.

SPECIAL OFFER OF CARNATIONS AND CHRYSANTHEIMUMS IN MARCH LIST.

LILIUM AURATUM, $15.00 per lOO

New Geraniums and Fuchsias. Gladioli, mixed and named, in 500 var.

V. H. MAIiI^OCK, SOIff €£ "THORPIS
QUEENS, N. Y.

DICK'S

THE

PMSilispeilWarSaidyok,

Farmers' Adviser

A MONTHLY JOURNAL,

DeToted to the interests of the Farmer, Breeder, aud
Stuck Kaiser. Duly 60 ceuts a year.

DWELLINGS, THREE STYLES and TWELVE SIZES to heat
from 500 to 2000 ft. of 4-1

JNO. DICK JR.,

The cheapest, spiciest, and best paper for the fanner.
Liberal cash commissions to agents. Illustrated every
month with choice stock from the best artists. Send stamp
for sample copy. AU articles written by men of authority.

Address,

FARMERS' ADVISER, York, Pa.

The Typographical appearance of this spicy paper is alone
worth the subscription price. f.l2

TREE SEEDLINGS^

For Timber Piantatioas, Young Evergreens, Stocks, Grape
Vines, Seeds and Seedlings for Nurserymen. Immense Stock.
Lowest Prices. Grest Variety. Catalogue Free.

J. JENKINS.

Grape and Seedling Nursery,

mhtf Winona, Columbiana Co., Ohio.

PLANTS WITHOUT EARTH.

Plants cultivated entirely without earth in the Dumesnil
Fertilizing Moss, blossom more freely and bloom longer
than in earth. Transplantation without wilting and safe
shipment of plants at all seasons now made possible. Of
especial interest to vegetable growers. Send for a pam-
plilet.

D. F. M. CO., P. 0. BOX 2345, N. Y..

53rd & Woodlaud Ave., Phila., Pa. '■ J"''

OFFICE, 109 JOHN STREET.

THE HOR TICUL TURAL A D VER TISER.

13

New and Rare East Indian and Other

-«*ORCHIDS«®«"

The uiulersiornea offois EAST INDIAN an.l other ORCHIDS
in larjje quantity, including

ANCR^CUMS in variety; splemlid plants.
•ARIDES— Virens Ellisii, Cursifolium, Lobbii, Roseuin,

Quincuu'vulnera, Adoratuni, <fcc.
CATTLE Y A— Eldorado, Eldorado splendens, Superba,

Mossiie, Leopoldii, Ac.
CYP R I PE Dl U MS— Candatum, Concolor, Niveum,

Pieroeii, Ac.
DENDROB I U M S — Aijfrrogatuni, .Vlbo-Sanguineum,

Barl):ttuhun. Chry.s:iiitliuin, ( 'retaceum, Chrvsotoxum,

Crassiiiiilu, Dalliousiumim, Devonianum, ESburneum,

Falcoiiciii, tiinhriatnin, occulatum, forniosum, gipnite-

um, Luteoluiii, macropliylliun giganteuni, Parishii,

Pierardii latifolias, SuavLssimuni, Wardianuiu and

many others.
L^LIAS— Anceps. .Snperbiens, ^Uba, &c.
LYCASTE SKINNERII-A grand winter-fioweriiig

Orcaiid.
ODONTOCLOSSUMS— Grande, Bictoniaensis, «fec.
PH>EL ANOPSIS— Amabili-s, Sehilleriana, &e.
SACCOL ABIUM— Blumei niajus, Guttatum, Ainpula-

ceum, Violaceum, Curvlfolium, <&c.
CCELQCYNES ; Trleopilias; Vandas; Masdev.allia; Bar-

keria; Calantha ; Chysis ; Coryanthes ; Phajus;Stan-

hopea ; Sobralia ; Ac.
AU are offered much lower than can be purchased in Europe.
as- CATALOGUES ON APPLICATION.-"©*

JOHN SAUL,

t.jl3

WASHINGTON, D. C.

WJE2LOH ]BKOS5i.

WHOLESALE DEAXERS EN

Gut Flowers and Florists Supplies.

Shipping of Bon Silenes, Safranos, Fancy Knges and

Smilax s specialty. Flowers Sold on Commissiou.

Circulars to Grov .-s and Retail Florists

sent on application.

f.i2 |65 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.

MAKE HENS LAY.

AQ £.Dgii5ii VGieriDary svrgeon ana Lfuemist. now
traveling la this country, says that most of the Horse
anlCUtie Powders BoM heie are worthless trash. He
says tliat RheriJan's CoDdltion Powders are absolutely
pure an I Immensely va'uaWe. Nothmj on earth wrll
malce hetis lay like Sheridan's Condition Powtlcis. Dose,
oneteaspoooful toonepintfoo4. Sold everywhere, or sent
by mail for eight letter stumps. I. 3. JOUNSOX & CO.,
Ikistuo, Mass., formerly Ikiugor Me.

WALTER ELDER,
Landscape and Jobbing Gardener,

1231 Rodman Street, Philadelphi:
Attends to all branches of his business on reasonable terms.

HOUGH'S ELEMENTS OF FORESTRY

Designed to afford Information concerning the Planting
and Care of Forest Trees for Ornament or Profit : and giving
Suggestions upon the Creation and Care of Woodlands, M'itli
the view of securing the Greatest Benefit for the L<jngest
Time. Particularly adapted to the Wants and Conditions
of the United States.

By FRANKLIN B. HOUGH, PH.D..

Chief of Forestry I)i\ ision, l)<ii;irtment of Agriculture,

Wasliin-tuu, D. C.

Large 12mo, pp. 3S1. Numerous Illustrations, 82.00. Will

be sent by mail, prepaid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

STRAWBERRIES.

Newest and Best Varieties.
Grown In Pots and rcaily tor sliii»iiicnt after July 25th.
If planted early will give a ^^ooil crop next season.
New descriptive priced <:it;ilo<;uc containing full cul-
tural directions mailed FREE. Address.

ELLWA>GEU & BARKY,
tjl2 Rochester. N. Y.

FOUR ACRES of LAND at FLATBUSH, LONG ISLAND, N. Y.

W ell improved with dwelling house twostorv. Nine Green-
houses, one, 8i">x2J ; four, 8;3x20 each : one. 10.jxl2 ; one, 8.">xl2 ;
two, 50x16 each. All well stocked wih Roses, Camellias,
Carnations, Smilax, &c., heated with ScoUav's boilers. All
m good running order ; will be sold reasonable. For further
infoimation apiilv to

THOS. FOYNTER.

668 FULTON AVE., BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SPIEVDIT) AND WONDERFUL VARIETY OF

OnNAMENTflL

GRASSES

^^ EVERL.1STiNG

•^ FLOWERS

IMMORTELLES

Tastefully arrautred in BOUQUETS and DESIGNS.

or for sale in Bulk.
I.ARIiK.ST STOCK. FINEST COLORS.

No other house offers such ad vantatres to tlie Whole-
sale Trade. riorists,Drufr^sts,Fancy and. \rt Stores
should send for our Illustrated Wholesae Pr;ce-List

Natural Grasses. Flowers and Moss, bleiuUed and
djed to order.

HIRAM SIBLEY & CO.

179-183 E. Main St., ROCHESTER, N. Y.

A NEW BOOK
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ASPARAGUS CULTURE.

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THE PEACH;

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lurseryman's Directory,

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GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF INSECTS.

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Orchid Grower's Manual

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Success with Small Fruits.

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AS head gardener or foreman in first-class florist business.
Twentv-one vears' experience in all branches. Has kept
first-class places in Europe and United States. Responsible
position with good salary required. Theodore Bock, Box
393, Hamilton, O. Jl-2

AS Ornamental Gardener, florist. Fruit, Vegetable
Grower, Foreman and General Manager, by an energetic
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^' Sterling," care H. A. Dreer, 714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

AS Gardener, married, one child. Twenty years experi-
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Address, Caladium, Haddonfield, N. J.

WE have now on our register, a very competent Florist
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By a single man, temperate and good charac-
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Address, ROSE MAN, care^J. L_, 307 N. 19th St., Phlla., Pa.
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VINCENNES, IND.

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STARK & CO., Pike County

Floral aflfl Plan! Basiiess for Sale.

Established thirteen years ago. Offered at a bargain on
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Address,
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FOR SALE. 3 Greenhouses and paying Florist's Business,
in small town near Cincinnati. Good stock Roses, Bedding
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HOW TO RAISE FRUIT

By THOMAS GREGG,
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Subtropical Garden;

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Some Fine EflsM Boots.

Twining'r Natural Order of Plants. 2 vols tl5.09

Low's Ferns of Great Britain. 8 vols . , "% tky 80.00

Shirley Hibberd's New, Rare Beautiful L'ved Plants. 1 vol.. .9.00

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Wild Flowers, 2 vols, colored plates, 5.00

" of the Holy Land (quarto) colored plates 8.60

Fern Paradise, Illustrated, plain edition 3.00

" " Photographs, 5.00

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Garden 1.60

Field Flowers, " 1.50

British Fungi, " 2.50

Microscopic Fungi, " 2.50

Country Walks, by a Naturalist, Illustrated 1.75

Half-Hours in the Green Lanes 2.00

Half- Hours with some English Antiquities 2.00

Marvels of Pond Life, Illustrated 1.75

Sylvan Spring, colored plates 5.00

Book About Roses S. Reynolds Hole. Illustrated 3.75

Greenhouse Fanc'es, splendid colored Illustrations 12 50

Newton's Landscape Gardening, fob, 24 dble pp, plates 6 00

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FRUIT AND BREAD.

A Natural and Scientific Diet.

BY GUSTAV SCHLICKEYSEN.

Translated from the German by M. L. Holbrook, M. D. Intended
to show what is the natural food of man ; to lead him to become a
living child of nature ; to simplify and beautify his manner of living;
to emancipate woman from the drudgery of the kitchen; to lead to
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PRUIT &ROWER'S FRIEO.

AN EASY GUIDE FOR THE

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BY R. H. HAINBS.

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Index to Advertisements. | a&miefe J" J 0W^«^ SS 0l^i9«

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American Manufacturing Co., Waynesboro, 0 9

American Silk and Fruit Culturist, Philadelpliia 9

Asher J. M., San Diego, Cal 21

Aultman & Taylor Co., Mansfield, 0 9

Bayersdorfer M. M. & Co., Philadelphia 4

Bennett H., Shepperton, Walton-on-Thames, Eng 10

Blanc A., Philaclelphia 9

Brackenridge A., Govanstown, Md 14

Brenneman W. H., Harrisburg, Pa 21

Business Directory 9

Churchman J., Burlington, N. J 14

Collins, J. S., Moorcstown, N. J 22

CowenN. & Son, New York 22

Dick John Jr., Philadelphia 10, 12

Dingee <fc Conard Co., West Grove, Pa 2, 4

Dreer Henry A., Philadelphia 8, 10, 11

Dohles A., Waterloo, N. Y 14

Dumesnil Moss Co., New York 12

Elder Walter, Philadephia 13

Ellwangei & Barry, Rochester, N. Y 13

Exeter Machine "V^orks, Boston and Exeter, N. H Cover

Farmer's Adviser, York, Pa 12

Fergusson David & Sons, Philadelphia 8

Hales H. W., Ridgewood, N. J 9

Hallett H. & Co., Portland, Maine 10

Hallock V. H., Son & Thorpe, Queens, N. Y 12

Harris Wm. K., Philadelphia 15

Heikes W. F. , Huntsville, Ala 9

Henderson Peter & Co., New York 1,8

Hitchings & Co., New York 3

H. S., Cincinnati, O 21

Hubbard T. 8., Fredonia, N. Y Fly-leaf, 11

Jenkins J., Winona, Ohio 12

Johnson I. S. & Co., Boston, Mass 13

Kift Joseph, West Chester, Pa 10

King James, Chicago, Bl Fly-leaf

Knox Nursery Co., vincennes, Ind 21

Krelage E. H. & Son, Haarlem, Holland 15

Landreth D. & Sons, Philadelphia Fly-leaf

Lawson Victor F., Chicago, 1\\ 14

Lindsay James C, New York 8

Lomans B. J., Haarlem, Holland 22

Marschuetz & Bacharach, Philadelphia 6

McAllister F. E., New York 22

Median Tliomas, Germantown, Phila 9, 12

Meehan W. E., Philadelphia 14

Mendelssohn Piano Co., N. Y Cover

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CONTENTS OF THE

SEASONABLE HINTS :

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground 257

Fruit and Vegetable Garden 266

COMMUNICATIONS :

Among the Elder Bushes 2.58

Cuttings from Old Wood 258

Yuccas 2.59

Propagating Hydrangea paniculata 2-59

Elberon 2.59

Hardy Herbaceous Plants for General Cultivation. . . 260

Bermuda Grass and Lawns 261

Canna Nepalensis 263

Plants Grown in Moss 263

Glazing Greenhouses 264

New Early Peaches 267

Forcing Early Cauliflower 268

Cicada Septendecim 274

Tapping Maple Trees in Spring, Etc 275

Sexual Characters in Dioecious Trees 275

Notes from Arizona 276

Sketch of the Life of the Late Alan W. Corson 278

Residence of W. B. Dinsmore, Kingston, N. Y 280

EDITORIAL NOTES :

Single Dahlias— Rose Baroness Rothschild— Datura
arborea — Synonyms of Roses — Paulownia impe-
rialis— The Government Grounds at Ottawa— Jap-
anese Chrysanthemum from Seed 261-262

Steam Heating— Plants in Fertilized Moss 264

Protection to Orchards— Grape Rot— Protecting
Peach Trees in Severe Climates— Some Large ,

Strawberries— Le Conte Pear— McCracken Black- |

berry — Churchman's Superb Raspberry — The
Caroline Raspberry— The Hansell Raspberry— The
Hansen Raspberry— Fay's Currant— Out-door i

Mushroom Beds— Small Fruits in Japan— Culture i

of Raspberries— Flat Chinese Peach— Using Py- !

rethrum Powder— The English Sparrow in Canada
—Nectarine— Apple Beauty of Hants— Black Knot

on the Pacific Coast— The Curl in the Peach . .268-270

Eucalyptus in California— Forests of Maine— |

SEPTEMBER NUMBER.

Forest Fires— Lumber Resources of the LTnited

States 272-273

Poverty and Productiveness— A New Guess at
Drift Deposits— The Sugar Maple Border— Theory

and Practice 277

The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences-
Legend of the Cherokee Rose— The Ameri-
can Candle— The Victoria Regia— Globba coccinea
—The Cost of Nursery Products— The American
Nurserjonan— Residence of W. B. Dinsmore— The
Naturalists' Leisure Hour and Monthly Bulletin
—Thomas Moore— The Penn Monthly— How to
Overcome the Potato Disease— Contributions to
American Botany— The New Botany— Transac-
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Tenth Cincinnati Industrial Exposition Pro-
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Railroads and Forest Fires— Rainfall and Forests. 273

CancUe Wax Tree 277-278

A Peculiar Auriphon- Derby Arboretum 288

NEW OR RARE PLANTS AND FRUITS :

Davallia Fijiensis— Gynuraaurantiaca, Brown 265-266

FLOWER GARDEN AND PLEASURE GROUND,257-262
GREENHOUSE AND HOUSE GARDENING.,

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDENING

FORESTRY 272-273

NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE 274-278

LITERATURE, TRAVELS & PERSONAL NOTES 278-288

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FLORISTS' SUPPLIES,

On Plants will be promptlv looked after when entrusted to our care. FOREIGN
SHIPPERI are invited to "avail themselves of our services, which will insure a
prompt dispatch. Further particulars on application.

2 THE HOR TICUL TURAL A D VERT ISER.

Roses for Florists.

We make a special business of growing and distributing Roses, and believe we
offer the largest and most complete stock of Roses in America. All are on their
own roots. No budded or grafted Roses are sent out.

PI PAN ANn HFAI THY Our Roses are kept clean and in good grow-

ULLMIl rinU flLML I n 1 ■ jng condition through the whole season, bo
that Florists can replenish their stock whenever it is convenient to do so. We
ship Roses every working-day in the year.

IMPflRTANT Tfl RIIYFRQ our roses are not forced, but are grown

llfirUnlHIll lU DU I LnO. IN ORDINARY SOIL, WITHOUT MANURE OR ANY
STIMULATING PROCESSES WHATEVER ; THEREFORE THEY REQUIRE NO NURSING, OR EXTRA
TREATMENT, BUT GROW OFF STRONG AND HEALTHY, AND COME QUICKLY INTO BLOOM.
FLORISTS SAY OUR ROSES GIVE BETTER SATISFACTION THAN ANY OTHERS THEY CAN BUY.

QI7F flF PI ANTQ ^^® offer but one size of Pot-grown Roses, strong

Olfc>C. Ur iLMn I O. vigorous plants, from 2;-inch pots. They run from
8 to 12 inches high, according to variety, and are thrifty, well matured, heavily
rooted plants— ready to go in 4-inch pots Every order, large or small, is
carefully selected from the largest and best on hand at the time.

PRIOEZS OF" GSNEIRAX. COI^I^ECXIOlVrS.

Per 100. Per .'500. Per 1000.

EVER-BLOOMING ROSES, First class assortment, $ 8.00 $35.00 $70.00

HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES, " " 10.00 45.00 90.00

MOSS ROSES. " " 15.00 75.00 150.00

CLIMBING ROSES, " '< 8.00 35.00 70.00

CPPpi A| ACQnDT|UICMTC For special assortments and large orders covering different classes of

Or tUIMl- MOOUn l IIICIl l O. Roses, it is always best to send a list of the varieties and number of each
wanted. We can then tell you exactly what we can do, and will name the lowest price that the character of the
arder will justify.

Special attention is given to supplying Florists with reliable plants of all the new and scarce Roses at reasonable
ates. The following choice varieties, and hundreds of others, will be found in our 'Wholesale Price List, sent FREE
Florists, Market Gardeners and Dealers, viz.:

Per Doz. Per 100.

DUKE OF CON NAUGHT, (Bennett,) New Scarlet Hybrid Tea Rose $9.00 S65.00

BEAUTY OF ST APLEFORD, (Bennett,) New Crimson Hybrid Tea 4.00 25.00

MAD. ETIENNE LE VET, New French Hybrid Tea, Scarlet 4.00 25. OO

QUEEN OF BEDDERS, (Bourbon,) Crimson, splendid for Bedding 4.00 25. OO

ALPHONSE KARR, Fine Crimson Tea 4.00 25.00

MADAME WELCH, Tea, magnificent creamy yellow buds 3.00 16. OO

MAD. CHEDANNE CUINISSEAU, Tea, Finest New Yellow 5.00 35.00

PRINCESSE STEPHANIE, Tea, New Pink from France 4.00 25. OO

CATHARINE MERMET, Tea, Bright Pink, splendid for forcing 2.00 lO.OO

ANNIE MARIE DE MONTRAVEL, Pure White, < The New Polyantha ) . qq 25 OO

MAD'ELLE CECILE BRUNER, Pale Rose, < Roses from Japan. > •♦.«« ^^.v/v

DUKE OF TECK, New Scarlet Hybrid Pei-petual 4.00 25. OO

CROWN PRINCE, New Crimson Hybrid Perpetual 4.00 25.00

JAMES VEITCH, Finest Crimson, perpetual moss 8.00 50.00

Plenty of STANDARD SORTS, including Marechal Robert, Marie Cuillot, Catherine Mermet,
M. Niel, Cen. Jacqueminot, Ac, &c., aii at LOWEST RATES, quality considered.

NOTICE FOR FA.LL.

DORMANT ROSES FROM OPEN GROUND, Strong, Thrifty Plants, all on own Roots.
HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES, 2 to 1% feet, $12.00 per 100 ; $100.00 per 1000.

MOSS ROSES, 2 to 3 feet, $15.00 per 100; $150.00 per 1000.
WS8- ASK FOR DORMANT LIST OP HARDY ROSES AND SHRUBS, FRBB.-^s

NOTICE.— This advertisement is intended for the TRADE ONLY, and not for private planters. Address,

The DINGEE & CONARD CO.,

u< ROSE GROWERS, West Grove, Chester Co., Pa.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

GEEEHHOtJSE HEATIHG

Base-Burning Water Heater

Three sizes. Patented, 1873.

Ventilating Apparatus.

HITCHINGS & CO.,

[Established, 1844.]

No. 233 MERCER STREET,

NEAR BLBBCKEB STREET,

NEW YORK.

Four Patterns of Boilers,

Corn gated Fire-box Boiler.
Five sizes. Patented, 1867. New Patterns, 1873

\VS GKEAT VARIETY AND AT

IMPROVED

§111 Sash-Eaising Apparatus,

Improved Saddle Boiler.
Five sizes. New Patterns 1877.

ETC., ETC.

Send 6 Cents Postage for Illustrated Catalogue,
with References and Prices.

THE HOR TICLL TLRAL A D VER TISER.

M. M. BAYERSDORFER & CO.

IMPORTERS OF

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

56 N. FOURTH ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

We beg to call the attention of the ^^'^^OLESALE and
RETAIL TRADE in FLORISTS' GOODS to our well as-
sorted stock for the Fall season :

BOUQUET PAPERS (ITALIENSi, PASTED CARTONS,
the celebrated B. F. manufacture, of which we are
SOLE AGENTS. Also BOUQUET HOLDERS.
IMMORTELLES— Original Bunches always on hand.

White and all Colors.
DRIED GRASSES AND FLOWERS,

In great varieties and styles ; very suitable for orna-
mental purposes.

Ornamental Grass Bouquets,

French and German Green Moss.
Tin Foil— Best in the Market.

ALSO IMPORTERS OF FANCY WILLOW AND MOSS BASKETS, AND
MANUFACTURERS OF FANCY STRAW, BROWN VARNISHED
^^ WILLOW, AND WHITE AND GILT BASKETS.

Send orders early in Fall. Illustrated Catalogue gratis on application.

Prize Medal of Cincinnati Industrial Exposition of 1873 ; Medal and
Diploma of International Exposition of 1877, "For best display of
Bouquet Papers."

THE NEW ROSES OF 1882.

We have the pleasure of oflfering the foUowinR named NEW ROSES OF 1883. These varieties were first
offered in tnrope last Fall, and our plautR a^e propagated from stock imported in December la^t. We offer
vigorous, well-established plants from 2J^-inch pots. THEY AKE ALL ON THEIR OWN ROOTS and ready
for immediate delivery. Prices as noted.

BEAUTE DE L'EUROPE. (Tea, by Gonod.) Large, finely
formed buds and tlowers ; color, bright yellow; outside
petals shaded dark yellow ; remarkably beautiful and
distinct. SI. DO.

ETOILE DE LYON. (Tea, by Guillot.) Brilliant chrome yel-
low ; exceedingly beautiful and believed one of the finest
Roses ever introduced; a vigorous grower and profuse
bloomer ; large, finely formed buds ; flowers of good sub-
stance, onening well. 12.00.

MADAME COUSIN. (Tea, by Guillot.) Large, very beautiful
flowers; color, violet rose, tinged with white and pale
vellow : verv distinct. $1.00.

Miss MAY PAUL. (Tea, by Levet.) Large, finely formed
flowers ; color white, beautifully shaded with rosy blush.
SI. 00.

MAD'ELLE MARIE MOREAU. (Tea.) Medium size flowers,
very full and regular ; color, pale rose, shading to rich
crimson. $1.00.

CAMOENS. (Hybrid Tea, by Schwartz.) Extra large, full
floweis; color, China Rose, suffused with pale yellow,
passinc to white. $1.00.

PRINCESSE IMPERIAL DU BRESIL. (Hybrid Tea, by Supert
&. Netting.) Brilliant carniuie, deepening at centre to
pui-plish rose ; petals margined with white ; extra large
and beautif\il. $1.00.

ABBE GIRARDIN. (Bourbon, by Bernaix.) Flowers very
large and full, satiny rose, with deep crimson centre;
verv distinct, and nearlv as floriferous as La France. $1.00.

MIGNONNETTE. (Polyantha Remontant, by Guillot.) Beau-
tiful miniature roses, of full and perfect form, borne m
large corymbs ; color, clear rose, passing to white ; a con-
stant and profuse bloomer. $1.00.

SPECIAL OFFER : The Set of 20 Varieties for S I5.00.

Address THE DINCEE & CONARD CO.,

FlOSS GrROTATERS, WEST GROVE, CHESTER CO.

CAROLINE SCHMITT. (Noisette, by Schmitt.) Large regu-
lar flowers ; color, salmon yellow, passing to white, tinged
with pale vellow. $1.00.

AMPERE. (II. P., by Libaud.) Seeded from Lion des Com-
bats ; flowers, large and fine ; color, rich crimson, shaded
pur|)le. $1.00.

ULRICH BRUNNER. (H. P., by Levet.) Seeded from Paul
Neyron ; a grand rose ; extra large and fine ; bright cherry
red : verv brilliant color ; sjilendid. $1.00.

MADAME JULES GREVY. (11. P., by Schwartz.) Seeded
from Triumph de rExposltion; rosy salmon, with light
centre; lanrc, full flol^ers; very fine. $1.00.

MADAME MARIE BIANCHi. (H. P., by Guillot.) Seeded
Iroiu Victor Verdier; large, globular flowers; bright pur-
plish rose, with riih crimson centre. $1.00.

MADAME MARIE GARNIER. (H. P., by Gonod.) Beautiful
flesh-colored rose ; delicately suffused with silvery white ;
fine, larce. full flowers. Sl.OO.

MAD'ELLE MARIE CHAUVET. (H. P., by Besson.) Seeded
Iroin Baronne de Rothschild ; flowers extra large and strik-
iiiir : idl.ii-. clear rose ; very fresh and delicate. $1.00.

FRANCOIS CLIN. (H. P., bv Ducher A Soeur.) Large and
ttncly-loriiicd flowers; color, rich crimson, veined -with
pnrp white ; distinct. $1.00.

COMPTE DE FLANDRES. (H. P., by Levecqiie et flls.)
Seeded from Madame Victor Verdier; a splendid rose;
color, fine purplish red, dark and velvety; extra fine. $1.

EUGENE TRANSON. (H. P., by Vigneron.) Large, bold, globu-
Ini- lioxvcrs : ix'iiect form : color, fine brilliant red. $1.00.

SOUVENIR DE MADAME BERTHIER. (H. P., by Berthier.)
Heeded from Victor Verdier; large, full flowers; coioii
brilliant crimson. $1.00.

PA.

THE HORTICLLTURAL ADVERTISER.

Medal and Diploma awarded by the U. S. Centen- y^^^A^y^^
nial Commission, 1876, also Gold Medal and Diploma /^^^^>i^^^
Awarded at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts ^^^j^^^^^*^"^
Charitable Mechanic Association, held m Boston, '/^Jjj^jj^^t^^Ji

1878, to ,!^^ CENTEHNTAL J

DAVID SMITH,

Manufacturer of Patent Improved

PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX RETURN FLUE BOILER

AND

PATENT PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX

BASE BURNER BOILER.

FOR HEATING

OreenhouseSf Graperies, Conservatories , Propagating Houses, for-
cing PitSf Public and Private Buildings^ Schools, Drying
Rooms, and Heating Water for Baths.

ALSO KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND

Expansion Tanks, Evaporating Pans, Stop Valves, Cast Iron Pipe, Elbows, Tees, Branches, Pipe
Chairs and everything necessary, of the best material, for Greenhouse Heating.

Snnith's Improved Ventilating Apparatus, for opening and closing Ventilating Sash, on
roof or sides of Greenhouses and Graperies.

Judges' Report on awards, with descriptive illustrated circular containing testimonials and
reference. Also price list furnished on application to

DJWID SIMEITH,

feb.i3 BOSTON, MASS.

THE NOR TICUL TURAL A D VER TISER.

MARSCHUETZ & BACHARACH,

25 NORTH FOURTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.,

IMPORTERS OF AND WIIOI.E.SALE DEALERS IN

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

Bouquet Papers (Italiens), Pasted Cartons,

Immortelles, Dried Grasses and Flowers,

Ornamental Crass Bouquets, Mosses,
Wire Designs, Tin Foil,

Swiss Moss and Fancy Baskets.

« MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF BASKETS FOR FLORISTS »

Illustrated Catalogue free on application. Orders will receive careful attention and prompt shipment. t.fl2

THE NEW HYBRID TEA ROSE,

Duke of Connaught,

THE EVERBLOOMIX6 JACK.

We are now prepared to furnish this INCOMPARABLE ROSE IN LARGE
QUANTITIES. Price, $6.00 per dozen.

JAC C. SSAI<Y «£ CO.,

<^ MASPETH, N. Y.

New Orchids— Semi-Established

Since our last announcement we have received the following ORCHIDS in fine condition, viz.: BURLINOTONIA
FRAGRANS; DENDROBIUMS— CRETACEUM, EBURNUM, FORMOSUM, FORMOSUM GIGANTEUM (?),
JAMESIANUM, SECUNDUM, TAURIANUM ; L,ffi;LIAS— FLAVA, PERRINII, PURPURATA The very beau-
tiful LYCASTE SKINNERI, MILTONIA CLOWESII ; ODONTOGLOSSUMS—ALEXANDRiE, GRANDE; ON-
CIDIUMS— CONCOLOR, CRISPUM (?), LAUCEANUM, LURIDUM and others from Brazil. SOPHRONISTIS—
CERUNA, GRANDIFLORA; STANHOPEA AUREA (the most beautiful variety) and many others.

These plants are SEMI-ESTABLISHED and with exception of ODONTOGLOSSUM ALEXANDR.® and
ONCIDIUM CONCOLOR and LAUCEANUM, we offer them at «1.00 to «3.00 each, as to size.

We will extend the offer of small plants at S6.00 per dozen, as advertised in July "Monthly," to all our former
customers, and shall be pleased to have prompt responses if desired. Address

BENJ. REYNOLDS, Superintendent,

mhi2 Barker Floral Gardens (Brambleton), Norfolk, Va.

Trade Catalogue for Fall of 1882,

NOW READY, WITH COLORED PLATE OF CLEMATIS COCCINEA.

The True Lilium Harris!! and L. Tenu!fol!um.

-hdtjtoh: bulbs. -

FINE NOVELTIES. SUCH AS ANTHERIJD;iI PICTURATUM, YELLOW CALLA, JUNCOS ZEBRINDS.

OUR SUPERB SET OF NEW GERANIUMS, AND MANY OTHERS.

V. H. H ALLOCK, SON & THORPE

Btf Address Telegrams and Letters, QUEENS, N. Y.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

THOS. J. MYERS, Jr.'s

NEW IMPROVED PATENT

RETURN FLUE BOILER,

For Heating Greenhouses, Hothouses, Public and Private
Buildings, Drying Rooms, Railroad Tanks, &c.

They are Guaranteed to he the Ifost Powerfulf I>urdble and Eco-
nomictU Bailer ever made hi this Country.

We are also mannfactxiring; all the varions sizes of MY£ItS*
PATENT and SWAIN'S IMPROVED BOILERS, PIPE, DOUBLE
and SINGLE VALVES, EXPANSION TANKS, ELBOWS, 8lc.
PIPE CHAINS and all Varieties of Fittings for HEATING BY
HOT WATER.

Send for Illustrated Circular and Price List,

1173 South Ninth Street,

THOS. J. MYERS, Manager. .,, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

CHEAP TREES AND SHRUBS.

It is now well known that there is as much (litfercnce in the quality of trees as in the «iuality of ch-y goods. A yard
may be worth ten cents, or it may be worth a dollar. So the ten-cent tree may be a dear tree, while the dollar one be
cheap. A tree which dies is a dear tree at any price— and not much less dear is one which lives, but is stunted tor years
afterwards. Even under the most favorable condition trees will sometimes die, but the chances are reduced by getting
the best trees.

We have trees so low in price that they barely pay the cost of digging, for those who prefer to take the risk— others,
frequently transplanted, at soinewlnu hit^lu'V prices, but still cheap in proportion to quality.

Our priced Catalogue, wlioli ■^•alo iind retail, is now ready. Our collection, embracing over one thousand items, has
been too large to give it in the tonii of acles( liptive list; but a new feature of the present one is an attempt to make it

ihat more oT a descriptive catalogue than has been hitherto thought i)ossible.

SENT FREE TO ALL APPLICANTS.

THOMAS MEEHAN, Nurseryman,

GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

SMILAX

One thousand fine, strong, healthy clumps, one
year old, for sale.

W- B- &i "W- -DIL. TA.BER,

Greenhouse Builder

38 WAYNE STREET, JERSEY CITY, N. J.

Estimates on all Greenhouse work promptly furnished without charge. Refers to

PSTSFt IISNDSrRSON & CO.,

ju 35 AND 37 COBTLANDT STREET, NEW YORK.

NURSERYMEN AND DEALERS

In want of PEACH TREES for their trade this FALL, 1882. and SPRING, 1883,
can find a LARGE and THRIFTY STOCK of the most APPROVED VARIETIES
at the MILFORD NURSERIES, MILFORD, DELAWARE. Also PLUM, APRI-
COT, &c., all grown with SPECIAL CARE. Prices reasonable. Call upon or
address,

MILFORD, DELAWARE.

THE HORTICLLTURAL ADVERTISER.

bxtsine:ss directory.

• Send for Circular and conditions of insertion under this heading.'®^

ELLWANGER & BARRY, Ornamental and

Fruit 1 rets, Shrubs, &c., Rochester, N.Y.

ALBERT BENZ, Florist. Pansies a
cialty, Little Neck, L. I., N.y

F. E. McAllister, Flower and Garden
Seeds, 31 tulton St., New York City.

THOMAS MEEHAN,

Nur>crymar. & I'ree Seeds, Germant'n.Phil.

L. J. TEMPLIN & SON, Fruit and Orna-
mental Trees, Vines, &c., Calla, O.

WM. WEBSTER, Landscape Engineer,
Seedsman and Florist, Rochester, N. Y.

JAS. B.WILD & BRO., Fruit & Ornamenta
Trees, Shrubs, &c., Sarcoxie, Mo.

100,000 PEACH TREES,

Free from Yellows. 23 years experience in Nursery Business

in New J-^rsey and Delawa'-e.

NATURAL, VIRGINIA, PEACH PITS.

Price Lists free.

Address,

W. R. PHILLIPS, Wlilford, Del.,

C Church Hill Nurseries.) t.d.12.

IKErs. POI^ZaOCH:

GERANIUMS.

Fine voung plants in 2%-ineh pot.s ; SI. 50 per dozen,
SlO.OO'per 100. Large stock plants in 3>.2 and 4-inch pots ;
S2.00 per dozen, $15.00 per 100.

H. W. HALES,

11.12 RIdgewood Floral Nursery, Ridgeweod, N. J.

50,000 LECONTE PEARS!

Alsn a large stofU of Plums. Peaches, Cherries, Quinces,
Apricots. &c. SPECIALTIES Le Conte uut Kieffer Pears.
European and Native Varieties of Plum on Plum. Peaches on
Plum, Chinese Quinces, Peaches in dormant bud. Paradise
Apple Stocks. Our stock is very handbouie and prices low.
Price List on application. Address,

W. F. HEIKES Agent,
au2 Hu^itsville Nurseries, Huntsville, Ala.

:> -5 2 ri '^ * -i bl •

TOBACCO STEMS

in bales weighing 500 lbs. each, at J5.00 per bale, or three bales for

|l3.o0.

TOBACCO DUST in cases of about 400 lbs. at $3.50 per
case, or five cases ftr $1 j.oo. Free on board of boat or cars.

Straiton & Storm,

204-208 East 27th St., New York City.

NURSERIES,

WASHINGTON, D. C.

The undersigned offers a fine stock of the following at
low rates :

NEW PEARS, NEW PEACHES. NEW CHERRIES. NEW GRAPES,
NEW STRAWBERRIES. &c.

Fruit Trees of all kinds.

An Extensive Stock, viz.:

PEARS, PLUMS CHERRIES. APRICOTS, APPLES,
Suitable to the SOUTH, &c.

Crape Vines, Strawberries, Raspberries. Ac.

New sorts Evergreens, New Ornamental Trees. New Shrubs,

&c.. Small Sizes, suitable tor Nurserymen a^s weU

as large stock in great variety.

DUTCH BULBS.

Large importations direct from the leading growers in Hol-
land. First quality Bulbs : Hyacinths. Lilies, Talips, Ac.

ORCHIDS.-EAST INDIAN, MEXICAN, &c.

Beautiful Hothouse and Greenhouse Plants,

Crotons, Dracenas, Dietfenbachlas. Orchids, Winter
Blooming Plants, &c.

MCIA/ DflOCC Reniiett's Hybrid Teas, New
NLW nUdbO. French and Kn^jlish Koses.
New Wistarias, New Clematis, Geraniums, Primulas, &c.

Everything at low rates. Catalogues mailed to applicants.

s.;: JOHN SAUL, Washington, P. C.

Specialties for Fall, 1882.

Silver M.aples
Sugar ''

Norway " 5toHft

American Linden.. . 5 to Kift

Elm 10tor2ft

Norway Fir 2 to i3ft

12 to ISft I Balsam Fir 2 to 7ft

to Ifift 1 Siberian ArborvitK!.. .1 to 5ft
American " ...2 to 8ft
Gohlen " ...2 to 4ft
Keid's " ....S to 4ft
Irish Juniper 3 to 5ft

Large quantities will be sohi very low. Dealers are in-
vited :o examine the stock. Nursery within two minutes'
walk of Penna. R. R. Depot, Christiana Station. Address

s2 CHRISTIANA, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA.

5 000^!

CAKS in Orchard, and

5£\ £\ f\ £\ in Nurnery. Being the
U . U U Vf introducer of this fa-
mous fruit, I nave the original trees, pro-
'fiured from the originator, in fruiting at
POMONA NURSERY, from which I am pro-
pagating my stoclt for sale. Apply to Head-
quarters .and get the genuine. Liberal dis-
count to the trade. Also small Fruits. Trees, Plantt, and
Vines in variety. Catalogues free „.,..„,

au.3 WM. PARRY, Parry P. C, K. J.

10

THE NOR 7JCUL7 LRAL A D VER TISER.

Something New in Water Heaters

Please tale itice.

Sectional View of Carmody's Patent

m\w\ imm m\\ m\\

Especially adapted to the heating of

And other Buildings where the HOT WATER system is desirec'. 1 tstf

Tliis Heater is composed ot sections, and
can be enlarged or diminished in size at wUl.

By removing the impacting sections it be-
comes a first-class saddle boiler.

It can be used in connection with a flue
along the ground, or not, at pleasure.

It requires no fire pit, where water is Uable
to extinguish the fire.

It burns soft coal as well as hard, and does
not clog up with soot.

It has more heating surface in proportion
to its size than any other boiler in the market.

It is the CHEAPEST and most durable first-
class boiler made.

! FOR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR AND
j PRICE LIST,

ADDRESS THE RROPRIETOR,

J. D. CARMODY,

EVANSyiLLE, IHD,

ClAIRNAiTIiOlNISI.

FINE STOCKY, TIELD-GROWN PLANTS FOR FORCING.

$10.00 PER 100. $80.00 PER 1000. 250 AT lOO RATES.

4®" Send for Circular of other varieties. "=©&

We do not deal in vegetable seeds, but have for a quarter of a ceuturv made a specialty of collecting
SEEDS OF TREES, SHRUBS AND FRUITS, FOR

Amateurs, Botanic Gardens, Foresters, Nurserymen and General Seedsmen.

NEW CATALOGUE SOON READY. stf

THOMAS MEEHAN GERMANTOWN, PA.

TO FLOmSTS.

We oifer a fine lot of ROSES, from fin. ^ots. our selectmn
of varieties, at »10.00 per lOH. White Chrysanthemums, from
open ground, 15.00 per 100. Double White Bouvardia, A.
Neuner, from 2-in. pots, $6.00 i>er \W ; Ww. pots, *H.(X) per lOO ;
4-in. ])ots, SIO.OO per 100. Begonia rubra, per dozen, $1.00.
Acalyha tricolor, per dozen, %\m.

ap2s3-7

F. WALKER & CO.,

New Albany, Ind.

OAKLAND NURSERIES!

Its,

and itiaiiiinotb Cluster

Raspberries, Stra^vberry Plants. et<-. Wholesale
and retail Cataloyue, free to all aiipllcauts. Address
BOWMAN & BBECKBILL, Donuel8\-ille,Clark Cc.Ohio

WINTER-BLQOMING ROSES,

IiK luiliKt; Perle des Jardins. Marie Guillot, M. Mel, La France,
Safrano.C. Mermet, JulesFlnger.C. Rovolll, Nlphetosmd others
ill o-iii. and tl in. pcits. Also, line stock of Bouvardlas, Chinese
Primroses, Carnations and other winter-lilooniing plants,
stock plants of Pelargoniums of leading kinds and English
Ivy for sale. Price and other particulars on application to

J. R. FREEMAN, Florist, Georgetown, D. C.

GRAPS ROOTS

One year strong plants, Elviria and Ives' Seedling. Osage
Hedge plants, one year, very strong, by the 1000 or car load.
Send for prices.

JOHN 6RAVETT, Lancaster, 0.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

11

WHITE WALLFLOWER-LEAFED

-= INTERMEDIATE STOCK =-

I have to offer to the tnule for FALL SOWING a fine strain of tliis valuable white winter-ttowering STOCK.
SHOULD BE SOWN SEPTEMBER 1st. PRICE, 50 CENTS AND $1.00 PER PACKET. t

WILLIAM SCOTT, Corner Michigan and Balcom Streets, Buffalo, N. Y.

The

New

CD APC^ Prentiss,!

WTm ■■ ■d I ■ B^ ^ockllnirton. I>uo)ie*>N, Lady Waf>hIn«rton Ji-ffer.^M

UB ■ ■ W ■ ■ A B "on.Verirenno*. Knrly Victor. Moortx Early, BrlRh. M

Hfl ■ ■ ■ B ■ HH ^Jr ton, >uuli, Lady.Wordt'iiH. C'tcrtc. (TT'Prices reduced ■

_^^ ™.~'™ ^ ■ ^"^ ^^ Warrant,-,! true to name. All tl:.; .,l.ler varieties in lari^o ■

The
New

n ■ ■ ■ l^B ■ ■ B^A Pockllneton, nuoliesH. Lady Wanhliicrton JefTor- ^

H ■ ■ ■ n 9 HI BL ■ Honi^creenneii, Karly Victor, Moorcx Karly, Hrieh-

ffaflHHB ■■ HHI ^^V ton, Nouh, Lady, Wordeii8,ctc.,etc (Hri'rices reduced

^T^^^™ «™ ^ ™ ^mm ^^ Warranted true to name. All the older varieties in larire

supply. LARGEST STOCK In AMEKKA. Che

The

New

fiRAPFQP''®"^°ss,

■ ^ ■■ ^^H H ■ H^A ^"<^'^ll"(^^o"'^"<^'i<^'*'H^'><^3rWafihlnirton Jeffer-^

■ ■ ■■ WV| H H H V son, VcrKenneH, Karly Victor, MooreH Early, Itrlffh.
MdH ■ ■ B ■ ■ ^M ^^P ton, Noah, Lady,WordenN, etcetc. CCTPrices reduced
^^ ■ m.™ ■ Bi Hi^ ^^ Warranted true to name. All the older varieties in lar^e

supply. LARGEi^TSTOCKiii AMEIUCA. Cheap by i

PENNSYLVANIA

State College!

FALL TERM OPENS AUGUST 25.

Located in one of the most beautiful and healthful spots
of the entire Allegheny region. Open to students of both
sexes, and offers the following Courses of Study:
1. A Full Classical Course of four years.
3. A Full Scientific Course of four years.

3. The following Technical Courses of four years
eacti ; (a) Agriculture ; (b) Natural History ; (c)
Chemistry and Physics ; (d) Civil Engineering.

4. A short Special Course in Agrriculture.
6. A short *-pecial Course in Chemistry.

6. A Classical and Scientific Preparatory Course.

Military drill is reeiuired. Expenses for board and inci-
dentals very low. Tuition Free. Young ladies under
charge of a competent lady Principal.
For Catalogues, or other information, address

GEO. W. ATHERTON, President,

State College, Centre County, Pa.

I

13 GREENHOUSES!

PRICED CATALOOTTE FOR FALL,
1882, MAILED FREE. Send for it.
«2 SIDNEY TUTTLE. Agt,Bloomlngton.llUnoU

Subtropical Garden;

Or, Beauty of Form in the Flower Garden.

By W. Robinson, F. L. S.

Beautifully illustrated. 241 pages, i2mo, cloth. Price, J3.75
Mailed. posUge free, on receipt of Price
Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

iLOOMINGTON (PJM!)!)

'MIIDCCDV ^BtablJBhedin 1853

nUnOCnii r^ooo ACRES.

Each.

Duchess, Moore's Early, 1 year 35

Pocklington and Naomi, 1 year, strong,

well rooted plants from open ground 75
Lady Washington, Prentiss " 75

Jefferson and vergennes " 75

Bacchus, PearlUhland " 50

Delaware 35

Duchess, strong

Moore's Early, Lady
Brighton, Senasqua
lona, Salem, Champion'

35

Doz.
S3 00

6 00
5 00
4 00
300

2 00
4 00

3 50
2 50
2«0

Hund.

$15 00

45 00
35 00
35 00

10 00
25 00
18 00
7 00
600

Plants sent by mail, 50 cents per dozen additional.

J. ELLETSON, Floral Nurseries,

.A.X7BUFtN, N. Y.

TREE ROSES.

ELEGANT FIRST-CLASS STOCK BY THE
too AND 1000.

GABRIEL MARC,

S3 -WOODSIDE, L. I., WT Y

ROSES, YERBENAST^GERANlUMS"

and all other Bedding Plants in large quantities, also Dracxnas
Palms and Hothouse and Greenhouse pl.-nts, the largest assortment
in America.

Camellias and Azaleas a specialty.

Send for Catalogue.

JNO. DICK, JR.,
mytf 5Srd & WOODLAND AVE., Phlla.

12

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER,

FREESIA REFRACTA ALBA.
HOVEY Sl CO.

Otter for sale fine strong flowering Bulbs of this most beauti-
ful and higlily Iraiiiaiit llouci. invaluable for cutting for
Bouquets. Nearly one hundred dollar*' worth of flowers were
supplied to a Boston florist from a very small number of
plants in pots. Hulbs sent by mail FREE. Per dozen,
«2.00; per 100, »15.00. Also, the following choice

— *-^ X. 1 1. 1 £: s — *-

LILIUM MKI.POMKNE »1 00 each

'• THALIA 100 "

" POLYHYMNIA l.OO "

•« BATEMANI 1.00 •«

LONGIFLORUM FLORABCNDA 1.00 «•

Address HOVEY & CO.,

t CAMBRIDGE NURSERY, CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

Carnation Plants

Will furnish a few thousands in September

and October.

THOIVEAS F. SE:^!.,

0.12 Unionville, Chester Co., Pa.

PEACH AND QUINCE TREES.

Concord Grape Vines and Gregg Raspberries.

NURSERYMEN and DEALERS ran find a good assortment
at the LOWEST WHOLESALE PRICES at my Nursery. CaU
on or aildress

S. TAT. O/IlX.!.,

^_ Perry, Lake County, 0.

DICK'S

FUliliiiproTd War Sdille Bote,

DUTCH J. C,

I i2LaSalls St., Chicago, Ills.

Hyacinths, Tulips,

Roman Hyacinths,
Lilies, Narcissus, &c.

SS' A very large stock now ready at lowest rates. tsl

Baskets, Grasses, Bouquets for the Fairs.

BULBS

FOR HEATING HOTHOUSES, GREENHOUSES AND
DWELLINGS, THREE STYLES and TWELVE SIZES to heat
from 500 to 2000 ft. of 4-in. PIPE. Send for circular to

JNO. DICK JR.,

53rd & Woodland Ave., Pbila., Pa.

Niphetos, in 4-inch pots per doz. ;5 3 00

" in3-inchpots " 2 00

2 and '21^-inch pots per 1000 8 00

Malmaison, 5-incli pots per doz. 2 50

" 4-inch pots " 2 00

2 and 2>^-inch pots per 1000 50 00

Sombreuil, 5-inch pots per doz. 2 50

2 and 2K-inch pots per 1000 50 00

Isabella Sprunt, SaTrano, Bon Silere, Marie Guillot,

2 and 2}^-inch pots per 1000 ,50 00

Cornelia Cook, 4-inch pots, strong per 100 15 00

" " 2 and 2>^-inch pots, strong per 1000 50 00

Bouvardia, Double White, 5-inch pots per 100 25 00

" " " 4-inch pots " 15 00

" " " 2 and 23^-in. pots "

•' President Garfield, New Double Pink,

2 and 2J^-inch pots per doz.

" Vraelandi, elegans and Leiantha, .5-inch

pots per doz.

White Crape Myrtles, 3 and 334-Inch pots per 100

" " " 2 and 2>^-inch pots "

Scarlet " " "

Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, 4-in. pots "
" " " 2 &2>^-in.pots "

Tabernse Montana, coronaria flora plena, 2 and 2M-

inchpots per 100

" " grandiflora, 2 <fe23^-ln. pots "
" " camasa, (new) each

The TabernsB Montana flowers are the purest white, with
a Jessamine fragrance and very valuable for Cut Flower
work. Send for Price List. Address

8 00
3 00

2 00
15 00

8 00

600
15 00

8 00

15 00

16 00

75

A. LATTER,

LOUISVILLE, KY.

TREE SEEDLINGS

For Timber Plantations, Young Evergreens, Stocks, Grape
Vines, Seeds and Seedlings for Nurserymen. Immense Stock.
Lowest Prices. Great Variety. Catalogue Free.

J. JENKINS.

Grape and Seedling Nursery,

mhtf Winona, Coiunnbiana Co., Ohio.

PLANTS WITHOUT EARTH.

Plants cultivated entirely without earth in the Dumesnil
Fertilizing Moss, blossom more freely and bloom longer
than in earth. Transplantation without wilting and safe
shipment of plants at all seasons now made possible. Of
especial interest to vegetable growers. Send for a pam-
phlet.

D. F. M. CO., P. 0. BOX 2345, N. Y.,
ie6 OFFICE, 109 JOHN STREET.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

13

New and Rare East Indian and Other

The undersigneil offers EAST INDIAN and other ORCHIDS
in large quantity, including

ANCR^CUMS in variety; splendid plants.

A RIDES— Sirens Ellisii, Curvifolium, Lobbil, Roseum,

Quinquevulnera, Adoratum, &c.
CATTLE Y A— Eldorado, Eldorado splendens, Superba,

Mossiie, Leopoldii, &c.

CYPRIPEDIUM S— Candatum, Concolor, Niveum,
Piereeii, Jcc.

DENDROBIUMS — Aggregatum, Albo-Sanguineum,
Barbatulum, Cbrysanthum, Cretaceum, Chrj'sotoxum,
Crassinola, Dalhousianum, Devonianum, Eburneum,
Falconerii, fimbriatum, occulatum, formosum, gigante-
um, Lutecium, macrophyllum giganteum, Parishii,
Pierardii latifolias, Suavissimum, Wardianum and
many others.

L^LIAS— Anceps, Superbiens, Alba, &c.

LYCASTE SKINNERII-A grand winter-flowering
Orchid.

ODONTOCLOSSUMS-Grande, Bictonlaensis, &e.
PH^LANOPSIS— Amabilis, Schilleriana, &c.
SACCOLABIUM— Blumei majus, Guttatum, Ainpula-

ceum, Violaceura, Curvifolium, &c.
CCELOCYNES ; Tricopilias; Vandas; Masdevallia; Bar-

keria; Calantha ; Chysis ; Coryanthes ; Phajus ; Stan-

hopea ; Sobralia ; &c.
All are offered much lower than can be purchased In Europe.
a&- CATALOGUES ON APPLICATION. -^l

t.J18

JOHN SAUL,

WASHINGTON, D. C.

BPIEWDID AND WONDERFtTl VARIETY OP
ORNAMENTAL

i GRASSES

EVERLASTING

FLOWERS

AND

IMMORTEUES

Tastefully airauged in BOUQUETS and DESIGNS,

or for sale in Bulk.
LARGEST STOCK. FINEST COLORS.

No other house offers such advantages to the Whole-
sale Trade. Florists.Drus^^sts.Fancy and Art Stores
should send for our Illustrated Wholesale Price-List

Natural Grasses, Flowers and Moss, bleached and
dyed to order.

HIRAM SIBLEY & CO.

179-183 E. Main St., ROCHESTER. N. V.-
200-206 Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL.;

WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

Gui Flowers and Florists Supplies.

Shipping of Bon Silenes, .Safranos, Fancy Rnses and

Smilax a specialty. Flowers Sold on Commissiou.

Circulars to Growers and Ketail Florists

sent on application.

f.i2 165 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.

WALTER ELDER, ~^

Landscape and Jobbing Gardener,

12.^1 Rodman Street, Philadelphia,
Attends to all branches of his business on reasonable terms.

^^ tn 4iOnP®''*^*J**home. Samples worth 86 free. Ad-
*j»*# lu »ptUdress Stihson & Co., Portland, Maine. ja.l2

CKLOSIA PYBAMIDALISCLAKKIC.-Tlie most pro-
litic winter-llowering plaiit ever ottered. A constant suc-
cession ot bright crimson pyramidal flowers from October
to May. No florist should be without this splendid novelty.
Strong plants, in 3-in. pots, 50c. each, aS5.00 per dozen.

— coi^e:us —

Magnificent new strains. Seed imported from newly ex-
plored portions of South Sea Islands.
COLErS MACRO PHYLLA, GEN. GARFIKLD.— A

grand variety ; leaves under good cultivation, 8 to 10 in.
long, « to 8 wide ; color, chocolate marbled with bright rosy
carmine. COLEUS MACROPHYLLA, MRS. GEDDES.—
Leaves 10 to 12 in. long, 8 to 10 wide ; beautifully variegated
with carmine, green, pink, chocolate and cream. The finest
colored Coleus in cultivation. COLELS GARLAND.—
Elegantly colored with purple, cream, green and carmine ;
deeply serrated edges, forming miniature leaflets of great
beauty. Price, single plants, 50c. each ; set of 3, ISl.OO.
(Nothmg equals them for pot culture in winter.)
ts2 A.THORPE &, CO.. Washington, D. C.

BOUVARDIAS.

Neuner and Garfield specialties ; these and other fine
sorts in 2, 3 and 4-iiich pots. All the best sorts of ROSES,
OLEANDERS, BEGONIAS, &c., &c. Strong, clean stocky
plants grown in pots. For lowest rates by the doz., 100 or
1000. Address

D. R. -W^OODS,

NEW BRIGHTON, PA.
Wanted, two-year old Gen. Jacqueminot and La Riene
Roses.

MAKE HENS LAY.

yiu £.uguau V cieruiciry scrgeon ana unemist, now
traveling hi this country, says that most of the Horse
anfCittle PowJers B<.>!a heie are worthless tiash. He
says tliut Sheridan's Condition Powders are absolutely
pure an 1 immensesy valuable. Nothin;j on earth will
make heus lay like Sheridan's Comlition Powders. Dose,
oneteaspoonful to one pint food. Sold everywhere, or sent
by mail for eight letter stamps. I. S. JOUNSOX k CO.,
Oustuu, Mass., formerly Bungor Me.

tjhe:

Farmers' Adviser

A MONTHLY JOURNAL,

DeToted to the interests of the Farmer, Breeder, and

Stock Raiser. Only 50 cents a year.

The cheapest, spiciest, and best paper for the farmer.
Liberal cash commissions to agents. Illustrated every
month with choice .stock from the best artists. Send stamp
for sample copy. All articles written by men of authority.

Address,

FARMERS' ADVISER, York, Pa.

The Typographical appearance of this spicy paper is alone
worth the subscription price. f.i2

NEW DOUBLE WHITE BOUYARDIA

the most valuable plant sent out for years. Price per plant in
2)4-inch pots, 50c each ; $3.00 per doz. Large plants in 4-inch
pots, 7=;c. each ; $6 00 per doz. New Pelargonium Maddons'
Victor, strong plants 7";c each ; $f>.i o per dor. New set of 30
Verbenas for 1881. Splendid Varieties ready the 15th of
October, $2 00 for the ^et John White's Mealy Bug
Exterminator, the only known remedy to kill the Mealy Bug
without injuring the plant, $1 ,00 per bottle ; ;f 8,co per doz.

JOHN WHITE,
ja.i2 Communipaw Ave., Jersey City, N. J.

$72

A WEEK. S12 a day at home easily made. Costly Out-
fit free. Address Tkue <& Co., Augusta, Maine. ja.l2

14

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

FOR FALL PLANTING.

FRUIT AND ORNAMENTAL TREES,
SHRUBS, ROSES, &c.

The largest and most coiiiplete Renc^ral stock in the U. S.,
includincniany Choice JJovelties. Abridfied Catalogue
mailed Free to all applicants. Address, ts2

ELLWANGER & BARRY,"°K"o*ch"e''s«rY""

I admirable new seedling Rasplierry having now pass-
ed its eighth Winter and fully confirmed its previously well
established reputation for hardiness and other admirable
qualities and produced an unprecedented crop of fruit, is
now offered in consequence of increased stock at greatly
reduced prices from those of last season.
Send for descriptive circular and prices to the propagator.

t.au.2 __ J. CHURCHMAN, Burlington, N. J.

<tRR3, week in your own town. Terms and 85 outfit free.
^Ull Address H. Hallf.tt & Co., Portland, Maine. ja.l2

PANSIES A SPECIALTY

SX2

P=:5

li=d

t=il

t=il

ALBERT BENZ, LITTLE NECK, L. I., N. Y

i2 Special Seed Price List and Circular sent free on application.

Americi im BM Slootlm.

By JOHN MORTIMER MURPHY,

Author of Sporting Adventures in the Far West, Rambles in
Northwest America, The Zoology and Resources of Ore-
gon and Washington Teivitory. A Search for the
Mountain of Gold, The Forester of the Ardennes,
Adventures in the Wilds of Florida, etc., etc.
Handsomely Illustrated. 347 pages. 12mo. Cloth. Tinted
Paper. Price, 82.00 by mail, post paid. Address
CHAS. H. MA ROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

PRACTICAL LESSONS IN

Architectural Drawing ;

Or, HOW TO MAKE THE WORKING DRAWINGS AND WRITE

SPECIFICATIONS FOR BUILDINGS.

BY WILLIAM B. TUTHILL, A.M., Aechttect.

Illustrated by 33 full page plates (one in colors) and 33
wood cuts, showing Methods of Construction and Representa*
tion. Scale Drawings, Sections and Details of Frame, Brick and
Stone Buildings, with full descriptions and specifications, show-
ing the various forms of writing the same for different
kinds of buildings. Oblong quarto cloth. Price, $2.50, by
mail, post free. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Fhila.

INJURIOUS INSECTS

OF THE

FARM and GARDEN.

By MARY TREAT.

Fully Illustrated. 288 pages. 12nio, cloth.
Price, 82.00 by mail, post paid. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

A NEW BOOK
NOW READY.

THE ROSE

A treatise on the Cultivation, History, Family Character-
istics, etc., of the various groups of Roses, with accurate
descriptions of the varieties now generally grown.

BY H. B. ELLWANGER.

Pp. 293, 16mo, cloth. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of
price, 81.25. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

Art of Propagation.

A Hand -book for Nurserymen, Florists, Gardeners and Every-
body, 32 pages octavo, paper, illustrated with 25 cuts, price 50
:ents. Mailed, postage free, on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phla.

THE HOR TICUL TURAL AD VER TISER.

15

FOR THE J'RADE

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY, Florist,

BAIiTIlXEORX:, nsD.,

OFFERS THE FOLLOWING FOR SEPTEMBER

Alternant hera aurea, new golden

Alyssum flora plena, double white

Tom Thumb, single, very dwarf

Amnelopsls Veitchii, lovely hardy climber, 12 to 18 inches

•■ '■ " " 6tol0 "

Azalea Indica, assorted kinds, choice selection, 7 and 8-inch pots, with flnejheads

■' " 6-inch pots, assorted kinds

'• '• 5-inch '■ "

'• " 4-inch " "

'■ " 3-inch " "

(special kinds), Borsig. double white, 3-inch, grafted

" Flag of Truce, double white, ;Wnch, grafted

" S. de Prince Albert, double, variegated

'• alba, best single white for cut flower trade, 3-inch pots

Begon I a r u b ra , red flowered

Bouvardia Alfred Neuner, double white, grown from cuttings from 4-inch pots

" " " " 3-inch "

" '• " " 2-inch "

Camellia Japonica, alba plena, old double white,'3 feet, well set with buds

" " " 2feet, " "

18 to 20 in., " " 5-inclipots.

'• '• '• " " 12 to 15 in., " " 4-inch " .

" " double red, well set with buds, .D-inch pots

'• '• alba plena, without buds, 8 to 10 inches high, 3-inch pots

" " " " 2-inch pots ,

C al ad i u m s , fancy, tine assortment in 20 kinds ,

Clematis Jackrnanii, blue flowered

Crotons, fine assortment

Daphne odora, good plants from ;Mnch pots ,

D racae n a, fine assortment

Euphorbia Jacquiniflora, brilliant orange, scarlet flowers

Doz. Hund.

M 00 8 6 00

-.5 6 00

8 2 00

1 00

50

30

20

20

s'lJO
1 .50
1 25
75
1 00

1 80

1 00
18 00

9 00
5 00
3 60

2 40

3 00
3 00
3 00
1 80
1 50
3 00
1 SO
1 .50

30 00 200 00
18 00 1.50 00

40 00
25 00
15 (JO
20 00
20 00
20 00
12 00
10 00
25 00
15 00
10 00

Hydrangea variegata, foliage beautifully variegated.
Ole.- ' ''—- " •-*■

lea fragrans (sweet olive), 3 mch.
Poinsettia (new double) Pulcherrima plenissima

12 00
8 00

12 00
2 40

1 50

2 40

4 .50

3 00
2 40

5 00

1 80

2 40
1 80
300

100 00
60 00

100 00
15 00
10 00
15 00
35 00
25 00
20 00

'is'oo

15 00
15 00
25 OO

ROSES— WINTER-FLOWERING, WELL ESTABLISHED PLANTS.

Catharine Mermet, Niphetos, Marie Van Houtte, Bon Silene, Maria Guil-
lott, Marechal Niei, La France, Queen's Scarlet, Gen. Jacqueminot,

Safrano and Perle des Jardins, from 2-inch pots 1 50 10 00

3-inch pots 180 15 00

4-inchpots 3 00 25 00

ROSES (HYBRID TEAS, BENNETT'S,) 3-INCH POTS.

Duke of Connaught, or Ever-blooming Gen. Jack, the coming rose, color velvety crimson...

Beauty of Stapleford, large pinkish rose

Hon. George Bancroft, bright rosy crimson

Michael Saunders, color bronze pink

N ancy Lee, dark silvery rose

Pearl , blush white

Jean Sisley, rosy lilac

Duchess of Connaught, silvery rose

Viscountess Falmouth, delicate pink

Duchess of Westminster, bright cherry

THE SET OF TEN FOR THREE DOLLARS.

For other plants send for NEW FALL TRADE CIRCLTLAR just issued; mailed FREE to all applicants. Fine
stock of specimen and •xhibition plants always on hand. Prices on application. Address

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY, Florist,

.50

6 00

40 00

.50

5 00

40 00

.50

5 00

40 00

.50

5 00

.50

5 00

.50

500

.50

500

.50

5 00

50

500

.50

.1

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THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

DUTCH BULBS LILIUM HARRI8II.

£. H. KRELAGE & SON,

NUBSERYMEN, SEEDSMEN AND FLORISTS,

HAARLEM, HOLLAND.

The Wholesale Cataloerue, American Kditlon (No. a'jfla),
of DUTCH FLOWER ROOTS AND MISCELLANEOUS BULBOUS
AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS for 1882-1883, 44pp., 8vo,
is now ready and may be had free on prepaid applica-
tion. t.au3

JAPANESE BULBS AND PLANTS

£!xported to America or Europe by

LOUIS BOHMER, YOKOHAMA, JAPAN,

(Formerly Horticulturist to the Japanese Government;)
has had twenty years' experience in Japan. All orders ac-
companied by draft on the Oriental Bank, Yokohama,
Japan, will secure prompt attention. >9^ Correspondence
Bolicited. ts6

TREES! TREES!

Our new Descriptive Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental
Trees, Small Fruits, Hardy Shrubs, Roses, etc., with prices,
will be ready September 10th, and will be mailed free to all
who apply.

JOHN R. & A. MURDOCH,

au.2 112 Smithfield St.. Pittsburgh, Pa.

I am now prepared to furnish well ripened bulbs of the
above valuable new Lily. For early forcing or as a decora-
tive plant in Winter it has no equal.

Price, first-class bulbs, 75 cts. each ; S7.60 per dozen ;
*50 per hundred.

Second size, blooming bulbs, 50 cts. each ; S4.00 per
dozen ; S25.00 per hundred.

TVIVi;. K. HARMS,

t.au.4 550I DARBY R O A D , Ph i I a . , P a.

Imported from the most reliable g:rower8 of Holland.
A large stock of Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Narcissus,
Crown Imperials, &c., at lowest prices. Seed Wheat,
new and iniproved varieties. New crop Timothy, Clover.
Orchard, Herd, &c. Send for descriptive circulars and
price list.

JOHNSON & STOKES, Seedsmen,

tsl 1114 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

H0WT0¥ESTR0Y INSECTS

Plants and Flowers m the Gardkn and the House ; giving
directions short, sharp and decisive how to overcome every insect
enemy that infects flowers and plants, out-doors and in-doors,
which troubles window Gardens ; which eats up the vegetables of
the garden ; which devours the fruit trees, shrubs and vines, and
lives in the homes of anxious, tired housekeepers. Paper, 100 pages.
Price, 30 cents, postage free.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT.

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

CRAPE

SitIAI.L. FRUIT PI.ANTS.

TRKKS. Headquarters for

the unrivalled New Cnrrant

FAY'S PROLIFIC.

VINES,

Thorouehbred L.AND and -^

Specialty. 1.' jH. 1 ij 1 XtV/L^ll l^i Thoroughbred ]>AND and'
Free Catalogues. GEO. S. JOSSELYN, Fredonla, New York.

txxe: orcziid .a-i^bxtiux.

A New Illustrated Monthly Work on Exotic Orchids. Conducted by Rober Warner and Benjamin S. Williams. Botanical
Descriptions by Thomas Moore, Curator of Chelsea Botanic Gardens.

The colored figures by John Nugent Fitch. Size of page royal quarto, enabling artist to produce ample and intelligible portraits
of the plants, which will be drawn and colored in the best style. The text will comprise English botanical descriptions of the plants,
notes on their culdvation, and such general observations concerning them as may prove of interest or utility to orchid-growers. The sub-
jects selected for illustration will comprise the most ornamental and attractive species and varieties, new and old, of this noble and beau-
tiful family. The publishers hope to present to their subscribers an annual album of floral pictures which will be at once welcomed to
the drawing-room and the library. Sold by subscription and issued in regular monthly parts.at $1.25 per part, or $15.00 for the
twelve annual parts, mailed post free on receipt of price. Each part will contain in an elegant wrapper, four handsomely colored
plates with corresponding letter-press ; and a volume of twelve parts will be completed annually. First part was issued July, i88i, and
the first annual volume will be completed in June of 1882.

Orders as received by the undersigned will be entered and forwarded to the Publisher in London. An interval of from four to six
weeks will ensue between reception of order by us and reception of initial numbers (per mail, direct from London,) by subscriber, — after-
wards regularly each month.

Advertisements of a suitable character will be admitted at following rates per single issue : Whole page, ^20.00 ; half-page, $11.25 •
quarter-page. Js. 50 : per inch, single column, jti.so. Terms cash with the order. Address for subscription or advertising.

CHAS. H. MAROT, Sole Agent for the United States, 814 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

HOUGH'S ELEMENTS OF FORESTRY

Designed to afford Information concerning the Planting
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HOW TO RAISE FRUIT

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Downing's Landscape Gardening and
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The Temperaments*

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Downing's Ladies' Companion to the Garden "00

Ellwanger on the Rose 1 25

Ferns, British and Foreign (Smith) 3 75

Ferns in their Homes and Ours 1 50

Ferns of Kentucky 2 00

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Floral Decorations for Dwelling Houses 1 .50

HalUday's Azalea Culture 2 00

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Paul'sBookof Roses 00

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Paul's Roses in Pots 1 W)

Parsons, Saml. B., on the Rose 1 ^50

Rand's Bulbs 2 50

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Rand's Orchid Culture 3 .50

Rand's Popular Flowers and How to Cultivate Them . . 2 00

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Williams, B. S. Orchid Growers' Manual, 5th edition . . 3 50

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Apple Culturist, Todd SI .50

Bakers Fruit Culture 4 00

Barnard's Strawberry Garden ;i8

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Eastwood on Cultivation of the Cranberry 75

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Phin on Wine Making 1

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, 2.90

3.90

6.0© 6.80

9.00

17.00

33.00

Three "

2.80

3.75

4.75 6.55

8.50

15.50

30.00

Four •«

2.70

3.60

4.50 6.30

8.10

14.40

27.0O

Five «'

2.56

3.40

4.25 5.95

7.66

13.60

25.60

Six

2.35

3.16

3.93 5.50

7.06

12.45

23.60

Seven " •«

2.20

2.05

3.66 5.16

6.60

11.75

22.00

Eight "

2.05

2.76

3.45 4.80

6.15

10.95

20.60

Nine «

1.90

2.46

. 3.20 4.46

5.70

10.15

18.85

Ten

1.76

2.30

2.85 4.05

5.26

9.30

17.45

Eleven "

1.60

2.16

2.65 3.75

4.80

8.55

16.15

Twelve " •'

1.60

2.00

2.50 3.50

4.50

8.00

16.00

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For space on FLY-LEAF and LAST COVER PAGE, also FIRST PAGE advertisements fac

line as 1^ col.

iag last reading page, 20 percent

•ivance on above rates n

ill be charged.

CHAS. H.

MAROT, Publisher,

814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

CONTENTS OF THE OCTOBER NUMBER.

-290

SEASONABLE HINTS :

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground

Greenhouse and House Gardening

Fruit and Vegetable Gardening 300-302

COMMUNICATIONS :

Hardiness of the Bermuda Grass 290

The Ailantus 290

EverOTeen Hedges under Trees 291

The Beauty of the DandeUon 291

Propagating Hydrangeas 291

The Cypress Family in Texas 292

Cheap Paint 292

The Siberian Arborvitse

Celosia Clarkii

Fertilizing Moss

Allamanda

Glazing without Lapping

Cydonia Japonica— Tne Coming Hedge Plant

Irrigation in Kansas

Rabbits in Orchards

Some Desultory Notes about Strawberries

A Grape for California 304

How to Grow Early Cabbage 304

Botanical Notes from New Jersey 309

Damson Dje vs. Damson Pie 310

Varieties Reproducing Themselves 311

Notes from the West 311

Residence of "W. B. Dinsmore, Kingston, N. Y 314

The Decimal System 316

EDITORIAL NOTES :

Mr. H. B. Ellwanger's Rose Crosses— Flowering
of the Victoria regia in the Open Air— Euonymus
radicans— BuddedRoses— PropagatingHydrangea

paniculata— Rosa minutif olia 298-294

Fostering a Love for Flowers— Moss Culture-
Imitation Flowers 298

Fruit Growing and Gardening in Florida— Straw-
berries in Ohio— The Grape Crop in the Lake
Regions— Apple Crop in Michigan— American Ap-
ples in China— Vegetable Gardening about Louis-
ville—Premiums for New Fruits— James Vick
Strawberry— Strawberry Burr's Pine— The Sou-
hegan Raspberry — The Lucretia Blackberry—

313

Dormant Bud Peach Planting — The Amsden

Peach— Florida Oranges 301-3*5

Planting Seedlings from the Forest — Graduates
in Arboriculture— Succession of Forest Growths-
Roadside Forestry — Forestry in Canada — Forestry

Planting— Spark Arrestors.

Sex of the Ailantus— The Mole— The Rose "With-
out Thorns— Coal and Lignite in Mexico— Tomato

Disease in Kentucky

Mr. Warren H. Manning— Maurice Vilmorin—
Estate of the Late Charles Darwin— Nepenthes
Rajah— Professor Joseph L. Barf oot— The Pro-
gress of Refinement- Hide-bound Beings— Hough-
ton Farm Experiments with Indian Com— Origin
of the Marechal Niel Rose— Injurious Insects of
the Farm and Garden— American Game-bird
Shooting— The American Silk and Fruit Cul-

turist 317

SCRAPS AND QUERIES :

Grafting Epiphyllum— Celosia Clarkii— Cattleya
Dowiana— Culture of Clerodendron Imperiale—

New Coleus—Calceolaria crenatlfclia

Hansen and Superb Raspberries— Hansell and
Superb Raspberries — Healthfulness of Pears
Propagated from Plants Growing on Dwarf
Stocks— The Willson Peach— Degenerate Albany
Seedling Strawberries— White Blackberries— The
Boss Watermelon— Tomato Disease— Yucca Fibre

for Tjing Purposes 306-307

Tubular-rayed Rudbeckia— Poisonous Kalmia—
Cicada septendecim— Paper Mulberry 313-314

NEW OR RARE PLANTS AND FRUITS :

Yellow Calla Lily— Heliconia aureo-striata 298

FLOWER GARDEN AND PLEASURE GROUND,289-294
GREENHOUSE AND HOUSE GARDENING.... 294-300
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDENING....

FORESTRY

NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE

LITERATURE, TRAVELS & PERSONAL NOTES 314-320

300

THE GA^PiDENER'S IVIONXHLY

AND HORTICULTURIST FOR 1882-83.

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BY P. T. QUINN.

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Farmers' and Mechanics* Manual 2 50

Fitch's Noxious Insects, N. Y 75

Five Acres too Much. 1 25

Frank Forester's Sporting Scenes and Characters, 2 vols 4 50

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Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Gardener's Companion 1 00

Fuller's Grape Culturisi 1 00

Gray's Lessons in Botany 1 00

" School and Fie'd Botary 2 25

Green and Congdon's Botany, Quarto Illustrated 1 50

Harris on Injurious Insects 2 50

" " colored plates „ 5 50

Henry Courtland, or What a Farmer Can Do 1 00

Hotfey's North American Pomologist, quarto, full page, col.

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Hooper's Western Fruit Book 1 00

Horse Owners' Cyclopaedia (Walsh, Ac.) 2 75

Horticulturist. J/^tky., (good as new) 1857 2 50

How to Get a Farm and Where to Find One 1 00

Jenning's Cattle Doctor 125

Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry 1 50

Johnston's Elements of Agricultural, Chem. and Geology... 1 25

Klippart's Land Drainage 1 25

Llebeg's Turners' Chemistrv, 1394 pages, 8 vo 3 50

Loudon's Encyclopaedia of Gardening, cloth 7 00

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Mead's Grape Culture and Wine Making 3 00

Mcintosh's Orchard, with colored plates 3 00

Miss Tiller's Vegetable Garden 4 80

Mrs. Lee's Trees. Plants and Flowers, guilt, colored plates.. . 50

My Garden, its Plan and Culture (1250 engravings) 6 70

Neill's Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Gardener's Companionl 00

Norton's Scientific Agriculture 1 00

New Practicnl Window Gardener, colored plates 2 00

New American Gardener 75

Planter's Guide 1 60

Plough, Loom and Anvil, 2 vols., 8vo 3 50

Prince on the Vine, V^ calf 1 60

Rand's Flowers for Parlor and Garden 2 25

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Skeleton Leaves 1 26

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Stewart's Stable Book 1 25

Studies, byj. A. Dorgan 75

Talna, or Chronicles of a Clay Farm '76

Todd's Young Farmer's Work-shop 1 26

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The Plant, a Biography, 5 col. plates and 13 wood eng's. ... 2 50

Tobacco and its Culture, Billings 2 25

Todd's American Wheat Culturist 1 60

Todd's How to Make Farming Pay 2 00

Tour Round My Oarden 26

Unity of Law (H. C. Carey) 2 25

Waring's Elements of Agriculture 75

Wharton's Handbook and Treatment of the Horse 85

Wheeler's Homes for the People 2 25

Wheeler's Rural Homos 90

Wood's Class-book of Botany 2 50

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HYACINTHSJULIPS, CROCUS, NARCISSUS, CROWN IMPERIAL, &c.

OUR OWN IMPORTATION, FROM HOLLAND DIRECT. ALSO, FOR SALE,

Hyacinth Glasses, assorted colors. Crocus Pots, Window Boxes, Plain and Fancy Flower Pots, all sizes and
styles. Terra Cotta and Rustic Hanging Baskets, Flower Stands, Greenhouse Syringes and Pumps.

EVERyIhSs o'p'THE'^BESrF'oi, pi'l.t'iA'SllENS'ciKRY'sMt. «»«'=""""' T"»'- '» S-«v„,.,T.

D. LANDRETH &. SONS,

21 and 23 South Sixth Street, between Chestnut and Market Sts., and Southwest Corner of
Delaware Ave. and Arch St., Philadelphia.

m- CATALOGUES, WHOLE.'SALE AND RETAIL, FREE ON APPLICATION.-^ia

NEW CROP BY EXPRESS FROM

CALIFORNIA.
WILL BE READY OCTOBER lOth.

LONCIFLORUM AND CANDIDUM.
A LARGE STOCK
AT THE X.O'WSST I>RICES.

PAMPAS PLUMES
^ FORCING LILIES \

DUTCH BULBS, ROMAN HYACINTHS, TULIPS, &c.

Grasses, Bouquets, Baskets, Bouquet Green, Holly, Tin Foil, &c. ($10 per 100 lbs.)
ALL FLORISTS' SUPPLIES. SEND FOR CATALOGUE.

J. C, TAEHl 12 La SaEe Street, CMcap, Ills.

The

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^^ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ^^ mM ton.Nouh, I.ady,Worden)>,ete.,etc. CCTI'rices reduced

^Pl ■■.■■■ ^H ^KF Warrante.l true to name. All the older varieties in large

New

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supply. LARGEtiT STOCK In AMKItiCA. Cheaply mail. Illustrated Catalogue free. T. S. HUBBARU. Fredonia. N.Y.

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Roman Hyacinths,

Paper White Narcissus,

Lily of the Valley Pips,

T ulips and other Bulbs.

Send for WHOLESALE AUTUMN LIST now ready, containing BULBS, PLANTS
and all FLORISTS' SUPPLIES AT LOWEST PRICES. aui2

J- -NL. THORBXJRN ^c CO.

15 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK,

Beg to announce that their DESCRIPTIVE PRICED CATALOGUE of

'^.

si2 For AUTUMN PLANTING is ready for mailing to applicants.

LILY OF THE VALLEY FlPaS FOR FLOFtlSTS A SPECIALTY.

«@- SEE FIRST PAGE, FACING COVER, "©a

IhL HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

The Leading Plants and Bulbs for

-«WINTER FLOWERS.«^

CHRYSANTHEMUMS.— The best yellow and white and 12 other marked sorts; strong bushy plants; 4-inch

pots, 812 per 100. 3-inch pots, $8 per 100.
CARNATIONS.— Large Strong Clumps of best White, Pink, Scarlet, Crimson and Variegated; 812 per 100.
BOUVARDIAS.— All pot-grown, single and double White, Pink, Crimson, Scarlet and Rose Color; $8, 816, and

S2.5 per 100, according to size.
ROSES.— The best Winter flowering kinds, such as Madam Capucine, Catharine Mermet, Bon SUene, Nipheto*,

Sprunt, Douglas, Safrano, La France, Souvenir dun Ami, and Red Safrano ; fine vigorous young

plants, 3-inch pots, 88 per 100 ; larger sizes at S16, 825 and $50 per 100.

New Hybrid Tea Rose, Duke of Conuaught, 3-inch pots, $.35 per 100. Hybrid Perpetual, Duke of

Edinburgh, General Jacqueminot, &c.; bushy plants in 5-inch pots, 82.5 per 100.

Early White Roman Hyacinths 86 oo per lOO 855 oo per looo

Paper White Narcissus 3 50

Single Yellow Narcissus 6 50

Lily-of-the-Valley, Large Pips, (in November) 2 00

Lilium candidum, (Home Grown) 4 00

" longiflorum, (Ready in October) 7 00

Tulips for Forcing, Single Scarlet, White, YeUow and Rose 1 75

Unnamed Hyacinths, all colors, double and single 6 00

For other Bulbs and Plants, see Wholesale List, sent free on appUcation.

Peter Henderson & Co.,

35 and 37 Cortlandt Street, NEW YORK.

ugustBolker& Spins,

p. 0. Box 899. 44 DEY STREET, New York,

MANUFACTURERS OF

BASKETS and WIRE GOODS

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ALL

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES,

On Plants will be promptly looked after when entrusted to our care. FOREIGN
SHIPPERS are invited to avail themselves of our services, which will insure a
prompt dispatch. Further particulars on application.

REPEATED QUESTIONS if we are represented in the country by Agents, we herewith answer with a plain U \ir\ i J>
Anyone claiming to be our Agent, who does not furnish ample proof that he is in our employ, may be I^U I
considered aFRAUD; as we keep no Agents in the United States, but attend to our own business from New York

2 THE HOR TICUL TURAL A D VER 7 ISER.

Roses for Florists.

We make a special business of growing and distributing Roses, and believe we
offer the largest and most complete stock of Roses in America. All are on their
own roots. No budded or grafted Roses are sent out,

PI TAM AMn I4FAI THY Our Roses are kept clean and in good grow-

ilLLMn MIlU mLML I n I . ing condition through the whole season, so
that Florists can replenish their stock whenever it is convenient to do so. We
ship Roses every working-day in the year.

IMDnPTANT Tfl RIIYFRQ ourroses are not forced. but are grown

IIYlrUn I Hn I lU DU i LnO. in ordinary soil, without manure or any

STIMULATING PROCESSES WHATEVER ; THEREFORE THEY REQUIRE NO NURSING, OR EXTRA
treatment, but GROW OFF STRONG AND HEALTHY, AND COME QUICKLY INTO BLOOM.
FLORISTS SAY OUR ROSES GIVE BETTER SATISFACTION THAN ANY OTHERS THEY CAN BUY.

CI7P nr PI AMTQ ^^® offer but one size of Pot-grown Roses, strong

Ol^L Ur I LMIl I O. vigorous plants, from 2!-inch pots. They run from
8 to 12 inches high, according to variety, and are thrifty, well matured, heavily
rooted plants-ready to go in 4-inch pots. Every order, large or small, is
carefully selected from the largest and best on hand at the time.

PRZCEIS OF GEINKR^r. COI-I-ECXIONS.

Per 100. Per 500 Per 1000.

EVER-BLOOMING ROSES, First class assortment, $ 8.00 $35.00 $70.00

HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES, " " 10.00 45.00 90.00

MOSS ROSES. " " 15.00 75.00 150.00

CLIMBING ROSES, " " 8.00 35.00 70.00

QDCpiill ACCnCTMirMTQ Fo"" special assortments and large orders covering different classes of

or tulML MOOUn I niCI^ l O. Roses, it is always best to send a list of the varieties and number of each

vi^anted. We can then tell you exactly what we can do, and will name the lowest price that the character of the
3rder will justify.

Special attention is given to supplying Florists with reliable plants of all the new and scarce Roses at reasonable
ates. The following choice varieties, and hundreds of others, will be found in our Wholesale Price List, sent FREE

Florists, Market Gardeners and Dealers, viz.: „ ^ t, .««

Per Doz. Per 100.

DUKE OF CONN AUCHT, (Bennett,) New Scarlet Hybrid Tea Rose $9.00 $65.00

BEAUTY OF STAPLE FORD, (Bennett,) New Crimson Hybrid Tea 4.00 25. OO

MAD. ETIENNE LE VET, New French Hybrid Tea, Scarlet 4.00 25. OO

QUEEN OF BE DDERS, (Bourbon,) Crimson, splendid for Bedding 4.00 25. OO

ALPHONSE KARR, Fine Crimson Tea 4.00 25.00

MADAME WELCH, Tea, magnificent creamy yellow buds 3.00 16. OO

MAD. CHEDANNE CUINISSEAU, Tea,FinestNewYeUow 5.00 35.00 ^

PRINCESSE STEPHANIE, Tea, New Pink from France 4.00 25. OO

CATHARINE MERMET, Tea, Bright Pink, splendid for forcing 2.00 lO.OO

ANNIE MARIE DE MONTRAVEL, Pure White, < The New Polyantha > ^qq 25.0O

MAD'ELLE CECILE BRUNER, Pale Rose, < Roses from Japan. '>

DUKE OF TECK, New Scarlet Hybrid Perpetual 4.00 25. OO

CROWN PRINCE, New Crimson Hybrid Perpetual , 4.00 25. OO

JAMES VEITCH, Finest Crimson, perpetual moss 8.00 50.00

Plenty of STANDARD SORTS, including Marechal Robert, Marie Cuillot, Catherine Mermet,
M. Niel, Cen. Jacqueminot, Ac, Ac, a" at LOWEST RATES, quality considered.

NOTICE FOR FA.LL-

DORMANT ROSES FROM OPEN GROUND, Strong, Thrifty Plants, all on own Roots.
HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES, 2 to 2% feet, $12.00 per 100 ; $100.00 per 1000.

MOSS ROSES, 2 to 3 feet, $15.00 per 100; $150.00 per 1000.
I®- ASK FOR DORMANT LIST OF HARDY ROSES AND SHRUBS, FRBE.-^g

NOTICE This advertisement is intended for the TRADE ONLY, and not for private planters. Address,

The DINGEE & CONARD CO.,

t« ROSE GROWERS, West Grove, Chester Co., Pa.

IHE HOR TJCUL TURAL A D VER TISER.

GREElTHOirSE HEATIKG

Ventilating Apparatus.

Base-Burning Water Heater

Three sizes. Patented, 1873.

HITCHINGS & CO.,

[Established, 1844.]

No. 233 MERCER STREET,

NEAR BLBECKBR STREET,

NEW YORK,

?rM Four Patterns of Boilers,

Corrugated Fire-box Boiler.
Five sizes. Patented, 1867. New Patterns, 1873

§TQP • ¥ii& rss :i^m

Pipe FiTTtffGS.

:iN GREAT VABtETir AND AT

IMPROVED

Sash-Eaising Apparatus,

LiFiim-is m \mi

Improved Saddle Boiler.
Fire sise*. New Patterns 1877.

ETC., ETC.

Send 6 Cents Poatage for lUuetrated Catalogut,
with Referenoea and Prioea.

THE HORTICLLTLRAL ADVERTISER.

M. M. BAYERSDORFER & CO.

IMPORTERS OF

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

b6 N. FOURTH ST.. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

We beg to call the attention of the WHOLESALE and
RETAIL TRADE in FLORISTS' GOODS to our weU as-
sorted stock for the Fall season :

BOUQUET PAPERS (ITALIENS^ PASTED CARTONS,
the celebrated B. F. manufacture, of which we are
SOLE AGENTS. Also BOUQUET HOLDERS.
IMMORTELLES— Original Bunches always on hand.

White and all Colors.
DRIED GRASSES AND FLOWERS,

In great varieties and styles ; very suitable for orna-
mental purposes.

Ornamental Grass Bouquets,

French and German Green Moss.
Tin Foil— Best in the Market.

ALSO IMPORTERS OF FANCY WILLOW AND MOSS BASKETS. AND

MANUFACTURERS OF FANCY STRAW, BROWN VARNISHED

WILLOW, AND WHITE AND GILT BASKETS.

Send orders early in Fall. Illustrated Catalogue gratis on application.

Prize Medal of Cincinnati Industrial Exposition of 1873 ; Medal and
Diploma of International Exposition of 1877, "For best display of
Bouquet Papers."

THE NEW ROSES OF 1882.

We have the pleasure of offering the following named NEW KOSES OF 1882. These varieties were first
offered in Europe last Fall, and our plants a'e propagate*! frona sttx^k importe<l i-i l)ec«»mber la^t. We offer
vigorous, vrell-established plants from 23^-inch pots. THEY AKE ALL, ON THEIR OWN KOOTS and ready
for immediate delivery. Prices as noted.

BEAUTE DE L'EUROPE. (Tea, by Gonod.) Large, finely
formed buds and flowers ; color, bright yellow ; outside
petals shaded dark yellow ; remarkably beautiful and
distinct. SI. 00.

ETOILE DE LYON. (Tea, by Guillot.) Brilliant chrome yel-
low ; exceedingly beautiful and believed one of the finest
Roses ever introduced ; a vigorous grower and profuse
bloomer ; large, finely formed buds ; flowers of good sub-
stance, opening well. S2.00.

MADAME COUSIN. (Tea, by Guillot.) Large, very beautiful
flowers; color, violet rose, tinged with white and pale
vellow : verv distinct. 81.00.

MISS MAY PAUL. (Tea, by Levet.) Large, finely formed
flowers ; color white, beautifully shaded with rosy blush.
81. on.

MAD'ELLE MARIE MOREAU. (Tea.) Medium size flowers,
very full and regular ; color, pale rose, shading to rich
crimson. 81.00.

CAMOENS. (Hybrid Tea, by Schwartz.) Extra large, full
floweis; color, China Rose, suffused with pale yellow,
passing: to white. 81.00.

PRINCESSE IMPERIAL DU BRESIL. (Hybrid Tea, by Supert
& Notting.) Brilliant carmine, deepening at centre to
purplish rose ; petals margined with white ; extra large
and beautiful. 81.00.

ABBE GIRARDIN. (Bourbon, by Bernaix.) Flowers very
large and full, satiny rose, with deep crimson centre ;
verv distinot, and nearly as floriferous as La France. 81.00.

MIGNONNETTE. (Polyantha Remontant, by Guilloi.) Beau-
tiful miniature roses, of full and perfect form, borne in
large corymbs ; color, clear rose, passing to white ; a con-
stant and profuse bloomer. 81.00.

SPECIAL OFFER: The Set of 20 Varieties for $15.00.

Address THE DINCEE & CONARD CO.,

rose: cs-rotaters. west grove, Chester co., pa.

CAROLINE SCHMITT. (Noisette, by Schmitt.) Large regu-
lar flowers ; color, salmon yellow', passing to white, tinged
with pale vellow. 81.00.

AMPERE. (^. P.,byLibaud.) Seeded from Lion des Com-
bats ; flowers, large and fine ; color, rich crimson, shaded
piu-Dle. SI. 00.

ULRICH BRUNNER. (H. P., by Levet.} Seeded from Paul
Neyron ; a grand rose ; extra large and fine ; bright cherry
reil ; verv brilliaiit poinr ; splendid. 81.00.

MADAME JULES GREVY. (H. P., by Schwartz.) Seeded
from Triumph de TExposition ; rosv salmon, with light
cpnrre; iMvr. tull tloMMs; very fine. 81.00.

MADAME MARIE BIANCHI. (H. P., by GuiUot.) Seeded
from Victor Verdier; large, globular flowers; bright pur-
)i)i'^li rose, with ri'^b oriiason centre. 81-00.

MADAME MARIE GARNIER. (H. P., by Gonod.) Beautiful
flesli-colored rose ; delicatelv suffused with silvery white ;
finp. lars:e. full flowers. Jtl.OO.

MAD'ELLE MARIE CHAUVET. (H. P., by Besson.) Seeded
from Baronne de Rothschild ; flowers extra large and strlk-
inar ; foior. 1 lear rose ; very fresh and delicate. 81.00.

FRANCOIS OLIN. (H. P., by Ducher & Soeur ) Large and
tinely-fornied flowers; color, rich crimson, vemed with
Tiurp whit-p : distinpt. 81.00.

COMPTE DE FLANDRES. (H. P., by Levecque et flls.)
Seeded from Madame Victor Verdier; a splendid rose;
polnr. fine nnvtilisli red, dark and velvety ; extra fine. 81.

EUGENE TRANSON. (H. P.,by Vigneron. 1 Large, bold, globu-
1 IV tlo'vers : npifpr-t form : pnlor. fine brilliant red. 81.00.

SOUVENIR DE MADAME BERTHIER. (H. P., by Berthier.)
Seeded from Victor Verdier ; large, full flowers ; colon
brilliant crinuiou. 81.00.

THE HOR IICLL TURAL A D VER TISER.

Medal and Diploma awarded by the U. S. Centen-
nial Commission, 1876, also Gold Medal and Diploma
Awarded at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts
Charitable Mechanic Association, held in Boston,
1878, to

DAVID SMITH,

Manufacturer of Patent Improved

PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX RETURN FLUE BOILER

AND

PATENT PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX

BASE BURNER BOILER.

FOR HEATING

Greenhouses^ Graperies, Conservatories^ Propagating Mouses, For-
cing PltSf Public and Private Buildings, Schools, Drying
Rooms, and Heating Water for Baths.

ALSO KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND

Expansion Tanka, Evaporating Pans, Stop Valves, Cast Iron Pipe, Elb(^\vs, Tees, Branches, Pipe
Chairs and everything necessary, of the best material, for Greenhouse Heating.

Smith's Improved Ventilating Apparatus, for opening and closing Ventilating Sash, on
roof or sides of Greenhouses and Graperies.

Judges' Report on awards, with descriptive illustrated circular containing testimonials and
reference. Also price list furnished on application to

86 BEVERLY

feb.i2

STREET,

BOSTON. MASS.

THE HOR TICVL TURAL AD VER TIBER.

MARSCHUETZ & BACHARACH,

25 NORTH FOURTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.,

IMPORTERS OF AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

Bouquet Papers (Italiens), Pasted Cartons,

Immortelles, Dried Grasses and Flowers,

Ornamental Crass Bouquets, Mosses,
Wire Designs, Tin Foil,

Swiss Moss and Fancy Baskets.

MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF BASKETS FOR FLORISTS —

Illustrated Catalogue free ou application. Orders will receive careful attention and prompt shipment. t.fl2

~ THE NEW HYBRID TEA ROSE,

Duke of Connaught

THE EVERBLOOMING JACK.

"We are now prepared to furnish this INCOMPARABLE ROSE IN LARGE
QUANTITIES. Price, $6.00 per dozen.

JAG. G. SSAljir c£ CO.,

.^ MASPETH, N. Y.

New Orchids—Semi-Established

Since our last announcement we have received the following ORCHIDS in fine condition, viz.: BURLINOTONIA
FRAGRANS; DENDROBIUMS-CRETACEUM, EBURNUM, FORMOSUM, FORMOSUM GIGANTEUM (?),
JAMESIANUM, SECUNDUM, TAURIANUM ; L.ffiLIAS— FLAVA, PERRINII, PURPURATA. The very beau-
tiful LYCASTE SKINNERI, MILTONIA CLOWESII; ODONTOGLOSSUMS—ALEXANDRiE, GRANDE; ON-
CIDIUMS-CONCOLOR, CRISPUM (?), LAUCEANUM, LURIDUM and others from Brazil. SOPHRONISTIS—
CERUNA, GRANDIFLORA; STANHOPEA AUREA (the most beautiful variety) and many others.

These plants are SEMI-ESTABLISHED and with exception of ODONTOGLOSSUM ALEXANDR/E and
ONCIDIUM CONCOLOR and LAUCEANUM, we offer them at «1.00 to «3.00 each, as to size,

\Ve will extend the offer of small plants at S6.00 per dozen, as advertised in July "Monthly," to all our former
customers, and shall be pleased to have prompt responses if desired. Address

BENJ. REYNOLDS, Superintendent,

inhi2 Barker Floral Cardens (Brambleton), Norfolk, Va.

Trade Catalogue for Fall of 1882,

NOW READY, WITH COLORED PLATE OF CLEMATIS COCCINEA.

The True Lilium Harrisii and L. Tenuifolium.

-HDTJTOia: BTJLBS.-

FINE SOYELTIES, SUCH AS ANTHERKDJl PICTUEATDH, YELLOW GALLS, JUNCDS ZEBRINnS,

OUR SUPERB SET OF NEW GERANIUMS, AND MANY OTHERS.

V. H. HALLOCK, SON & THORPE

stf Address Telegrams and Letters, QUEENS, N. Y.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

THOS. J. MYERS, Jr.'s

NEW IMPROVED PATENT

RETURN FLUE BOILER,

For Heating Greenhouses, Hothouses, Public and Private
Buildings, Drying Rooms, Railroad Tanks, &c.

They are Guaranteed to he the Most Powerful, Durable and Eco-
nomical Boiler ever made in this Counti'y.

We are also mamifacturiiig all the various sizes of MYERS'
PATENT and SWAIN'S IMPROVED BOILERS, PIPE, DOUBLE
and SINGLE VALVES, EXPANSION TANKS, ELBOWS, &ic.
PIPE CHAINS and all Varieties of Fittings for HEATING BY
HOT WATER.

Send for Illustrated Circular and Price List,

1173 South Ninth Street.

THOS. J. MYERS, Manager.

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

CHEAP TREES AND SHRUBS.

It is now well known that there is as much difference in the quality of trees as in the quality of dry goods. A yard
may be wortli ten cents, or it may be worth a dollar. So the ten-cent tree may be a dear tree, while the dollar one be
cheap. A tree which dies is a dear tree at any price— and not much less dear is one which lives, but is stunted for years
arterwards. Even under the most favorable condition trees will sometimes die, but the chances are reduced by eettine
the best trees. / 6 s

We have trees so low in price that they barely pay the cost of digging, for those who prefer to take the risk— others,
frequently transplanted, at somewhat higher prices, but still cheap in proportion to quality.

Our priced Catalogue, wholesale and retail, is now ready. Our collection, embracing over one thousand items, has
been too large to give it in the form of a descriptive list ; but a new feature of the present one is an attempt to make it
somewhat more of a descriptive catalogue than has been hitherto thought possible.
SENT FREE TO ALL APPLICANTS.

THOMAS MEEHAX, Nurseryman,

GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

CUT FLOWERS.

Roses, Camellias, Carnations, Bouvardias, Smilax, &c., &c.

W. B. &W. M.TABER,

WHOLESALE GROWERS AND DEALERS,

ROMAN HYACINTHS!

PAPER WHITE NARCISSUS!

LILY OF THE VALLEY PIPS!
EARLY SINGLE TULIPS!

LILIUM CANDIDUM, &c., Sue.

Dtttci Bis ii tie Larpst Assortmsit, r;::::::::™::r z;

HENRY A.. DREEZR,

714 CHESTNUT ST.. PHILADELPHIA.

NURSERYMEN AND DEALERS

In want of PEACH TREES for their trade this PALL, 1882, and SPRING, 1883,
can find a LARGE and THRIFTY STOCK of the most APPROVED VARIETIES
at the MILFORD NURSERIES, MILFORD, DELAWARE. Also PLUM, APRI-
COT, &c., all grown with SPECIAL CARE. Prices reasonable. Call upon or
address,

A.. pxtLiIl.e:n,

■m MILFORD, DELAWARE.

THE HORTlCbLTURAL ADVERTISER.

BXTSIXrSSS DIRECTORY.

• Send for Circular and conditions of insertion under this heading."®^

ALBERT BENZ, Pansies a specialty,
si: Little Neck, L. I., N.Y

F. E. McAllister, Flower and Garden
Seeds, 31 Fulion St., New York City.

ELLWANGER & BARRY, Ornamental and THOMAS MEEHAN.

Fruit I'rees, Shrubs, &c., Rochester, N.Y. NufNeryman & Tree Seeds, Germant'n.Phil.

ROBT. J. HALLIDAY, Florist. New. Rare i. C. VAUGHAN, Fancy New Potatoes and
and other plants, Baltimore, Md. Seed Corn a specialty, Chicago, Ills.

WM. WEBSTER, Landscape Enpneer,
Seedsman and Florist, Rochester, N. Y.

JAS. B.WILD & BRO., Fruit & Orname«ta
Trees, Shrubs, &c., Sarcoxie, Mo.

100,000 PEACH TREES,

Free from Yellows. 23 years experience in Nursery Business

in New Jersey and Delaware.

NATURAL, VIRGINIA, PEACH PITS.

Price Lists free.

W. R. PHILLIPS, Milford, Del.,

Address,

^Chureh Hill Nurseries.) t.d.

WM. J. STEWART,

WHOLESALE DEALER LN

ciiT \\m\ m FLORISTS' sums,

Boston Store : 4 Park St. Philadelphia Store : 1518 Chestnut.

Telegraphic orders to either store promptly attended to.
Fresh Flowers and careful packing a specialty. tol2

S-A.TJXi'S

NURSERIES,

Mrs. POIjiIaOCK

GERANIUMS.

Fine young plants in 2>2-inch pots; Sl.50 per dozen,
•10.00 per 100. Large stock plants in 3>^ and 4-inch pots ;
«2.00 per dozen, $15.00 per 100.

H. W. HALES,

11.12 RIdgewood Floral Nursery, RIdgeweod, N. J.

WASHINGTON, D. C.

The undersigned offers a fine stock of the following at
low rates :

NEW PEARS, NEW PEACHES. NEW CHERRIES, NEW GRAPES,
NEW STRAWBERRIES, &c.

Fruit Trees of all kinds.

An Extensive Stock, viz.:

PEARS, PLUMS. CHERRIES. APRICOTS, APPLES,

Suitable to the SOUTH, &c.

Crape Vines, Strawberries, Raspberries. &c.

New sorts Evergreens, New Ornamental Trees, New Shrubs,

&C., Small Sizes, suitable tor Nurserymen as well

as large stock in great variety.

DUTCH BULBS.

Tlfi \\\t\ Fimialor,

Manufactured and for sale by

HENRY A. DREER,

For Greenhouses, Conservatories, Pits,
Frames Infirmaries, Hospitals, Ships,
Poultry Houses, etc.

For destruction of Vermin or Purifying
Kooms, etc.

The most effectual apparatus for tbe fumigation of Green-
houses in the market. Simple in constructiou, not liable
to get ont of order, aud seif-actiug.

No. 1, height 12 in., suitable for house, 10x20 82.00

N0.2, " IGin., " " 12x40 3.00

No. 3, " 20 in., " " 15x100 4.00

No. 3, Heavy Galvanized Iron 5.00

No. 4, height 24 in., suitable for house, 20x100^ 8.00

Made of Heavy Galvanized Iron.
Ldberal discoitnl to the trade. Shipped by rail or express to
any part of the country on receipt of price by P. O. Order.
TOBACCO STE.\IS for fumigating, in bales of about 22-5 lbs.
each, delivered to K. R. depot at ^i. 50 per bale or S20 per

Large importations direct from the leading growers in Hol-
land. First quality Bulbs : Hyacinths. Lilies, Tulips, &c.
ORCHIDS.-EAST INDIAN, MEXICAN, &c.

Beautiful Hothouse and Greenhouse Plants,

Crotons, Dracenas. DIeffenbachias. Orchids, Winter
Blooming Plants, &c.

NEW ROSES.

Penneft's Hybrid Teas, New
French and Knglish Koses.

I New Wistarias, New Clematis, Geraniums, Primulas, &c.

I Everything at low rates. Catalogues mailed to applicants.

; s.3 JOHN SAUL, Washington, D. C.

Specialties for Fall, 1882.

! Silver Maples 12 to 18ft | Balsam Fir _ ? J*' IS

Sugar " otolGft Siberian Arborvitie...! to 5rt

Norway " 5 to 14ft

American Linden. . . 5 to 16ft

" Elm 10tor2ft

Norway Fir 2 to oft

American " ...2 to 8ft
Golden " ...2 to 4ft
Reid's " . . .3 to 4ft
Irish Juniper 3 to 5ft

ton.
0.1

HENRY A. DREER. 714 CisslDUt St.

GRAPC ROOTS

One year strong plants, Elviria and Ives' Seedling. Osage
Hedge plants, one year, ve' 'OMg, by the 1000 or car load.
Bend for prices.

,2 JOHr: oriAVETT, Lancaster, 0.

Large quantities will be sold very low. Dealers are in-
vited to examine the stock. Nursery within two niinutee
walk of Penna. R. R. Depot, Christiana Station. Address

lAT. T*. BRINTON,

CHRISTIANA, LANCASTER COUNTY, PA.

, POMONA NURSERYT

^ K nnn KIKFFEK'S hybrid pears in
- - ; O.UUU orchnrd. and iu Nuritery, grown
cn r\(\r\ exclusively from healthy STAND-
OU.UUUaKUS; none propagated from
DWARFS.— Liberal discount to the trade.
Small Fruits, Trees, Plants, and Vines in variety.

CATALOGUES free.

WM. PA

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THE HORTlCULTbRAL ADVERTISER.

Something New in Water Heaters

Please tale Mce.

Sectional View of Carmody's Patent

SBCTIOIAL EmSSIOI WATEE Mil

Especially adapted to the heating of

„ Batlis, CoisemloriBS, ,

And other Buildings where the HOT WATER system is desired, i t^tf

This Heater is composed of sections, and
can be enlarged or diminished in size at will.

By removing the impacting sections it be-
comes a flrst-class saddle boiler.

It can be used in connection with a flue
along the ground, or not, at pleasure.

It requires no fire pit, where water is liable
to extinguish the fire.

It burns soft coal as well as hard, and does
not clog up with soot.

It has more heating surface in proportion
to its size than any other boiler in the market.

It is the CHEAPEST and most durable first-
class boiler made.

FOR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR AND
PRICE LIST,

ADDRESS THE PROPRIETOR,

J. D. CARMODY.

EVAKSVILLE, IND,

THE"CEEAM"OFraEEOSES.

A large collection of the finest sorts and in the best condition for sale very low, including the

following varieties :

POYANTHAS.

Anna Marie de Montravel, Paquerette, Mignonette.

BOURBONS.

Acidalie, Hermosa, Mrs. Bosauquet, Malmaison.

MOSSES.

Comtesse de Murcnais, Mad. Moreau, Perpetual White.

HYBRID REMONTANT.

Coquette des Alpes, Gabriel Tournier, Jean Liabaud, Jean
Soupert, May Turner, Senateur Vaisse, Victor Verdier.

CHINESE ROSES.

Cramoise Superieur, Ducher, Nemesis, Queen's Scarlet,
Pink Daily, Rival de Pestun.

EVER-BLOOMING CLIMBERS.

Glorie de Dijon, La Marque, Marechal Niel, Reiae
Marie Henriette.

ETOILE DE LYON.

Fine plants of this charming variety in IVz to 3-inch pots,
VERY LOW. ^

HYBRID TEAS.

Beauty of Stapleford, Duke of Connaught, Duchess of
Connaught, Duchess of Westminster. Hon. Geo. Bancroft,
Mad. Alexandre Bernaix, Michael Saunders, Jean Sisley,
Pearl, Viscountess Falmouth, La France.

TEAS.

GENERAL COLLECTION.

Adam, Bon Silene, Catharine Mermet, Chas. Rovolli,
Clement Nabonnaud, Comtesse de Labarthe, Comtesse
Riza du Pare, Coquette de Lyon, Cornelia Cook. Duchess
of Edinburgh, Homer, Jean Pernet, Julie Mausais, La
Princesse Vera, Mad Camille, Mad. Caroline Kuster,
Mad. Falcot, Mad. Lambard. Mad. Margottin, Mad.
Welche, Marie Ducher, Marie Guillot. Marie Sisley,
Marie Van Houtte, Narcisse, Ophelia, Safrano, Perle des
Jardines, Sombreuil, Souvenir de Mme Pernet, Souvenir
d'un Ami, Reine des Massifs, Rubens, Therese Loth.

Prices furnished on application to

911 THIRD STREET, LOUISVILLE, KY.

THE HOR TIC UL TVRAL A D VER TISER. 1 1

AUCUSTEVAN CEERT, '=°^T^gEaT,U)g^o\^^"c!^o^PP<i'g^'^-^'

Azalea mollis, tine mixture, niie plants, well sot with buUs....r $30, $jO, $-50 to 8(jO per 10<>

in varieties to name, well set with buds $3(i, $30 to SlOO "

Indica, ehoicest varieties, strong plants, well set with buds 830, goO, W) to 880 "

" " half specimen and specimen plants, well set with buds 81.25, 82.50, $5, 810 to 820 each

Camellias, best varieties, good shaped plants, w ell budded 835, 840, 850 to 880 per lOO

" •' " without buds 820 to 8;30 "

Hardy Hybrid Rhododendron, with buds $50, 875 to $100 "

hal r specimen and specimen plants 83.50, $5, |io to 820 each

" without buds......... Ki5 to 830 per 10(>

Dracaena termmalis rosea, imc plants, well colored $1 to 81.50 each

lineata (ilu- true varictv), lii.e specimen plants 82.50 to 8-5 "

" cannaefolia, tine decorative plant 82..50 "

Palms, for tai)le and general decoration of every description 86, 87.50 to 815 per doz

in stores. (For list see General Catalogue. ) from 82.50 upwards per lOO'

Ferns, in varieties of my own selection 810, 815 to 820 "

Spiraea Japonfca, strong clumps for forcing 85 " '

palmata jlO "

Tuberous Begonias 87.50 to 812.50 "

Gloxinias, good flowering bulbs, choice mixture $5 to 87-50 "

" " " best named varieties 810 "

Lily of the Valley Pips, extra quality for forcing 812.50 per lOOii'

For ORCHIDS and other plants, see General Trade List and Descriptive Catalogue, mailed FREE to all applicants. to2

AND

We do not deal in vegetable seeds, but have for a quarter of a century made a specialty of collecting
SEEDS OF TREES, SHRUBS AND FRUITS, FOR

Amateurs, Botanic Gardens, Foresters, Nurserymen and General Seedsmen.

NEW CATALOGUE SOON READY. stf

THOMAS MEEHAX GERMANTOWN, PA.

CRAPF^ Prentiss,!

■ ■ ■ ■ Hm H H ■ n "•"•'^(^''Eonne*. Kurly Victor, MoorcK Karly, Brleh.i

Afl ■ ■ ■ ■ H mam ^^V ton, IMouIi, Lady, WordciiH,etc.,cto. CCT^Pnces reduced I

I ^^^ ■ ^^ ai a a^ ^^ warranted true to name. All the older varieties in large I

supply. LARGE8T STOCK in AMERICA. Cheap by mail. Illustrated Catalogue free. T.S. HUBBARD. Fredonia. N.Y.

wpw —III Hiiiiiiiipmiii II I [ mil Ml iiwi— iB—i^— wiwi

The

iNew

The

New

CRAPED Prentiss,

■ g inB ^^1 If ■ B^B Pockllneton, I>ue1ie8H.T.ady Washlntrton Jcffer.^

■ ■ ■ ■ Hi^B H H H Wl >*on,Veri;i-nneH, Knrly Victor, MoorcH Karly, Itrleh-
^M ■ ■ ■ ■ H ^M ^^B ton,>'oiili, Ludy.VVordciix.ctcetc. QCTPrices reduced
^^W O ■L« ■ ■ ^^ ^Pr Warranted true to name. All the older varieties in large

upply. LARGE.S T STOCK In AMEIUC'A. Cheapbymail. illustrated Catalogu(

mammamammBmmBmmmmmmsmmBmmk

CDADCQ Prentiss,

■ ■ ■ ■ HIH B ■ ■ W HOii.VcriEenneN, Kurly Victor. Moore* Early, Urlsh-

■kfl ■ ■ ■ B ■ ^^ ^^P ton, Noali, Lady, Wordeim.etcetc CCTPrices reduced

^^^ ■ WIM ■ ■ ■■■ ^^F Warranted true to name. All the older varieties in large

supply. LARGEST STOCK In AMEItKA. Cheapbymail. Illustrated Catalogue free. T.S. HUBBARD. Fredonia, N.Y.

The
New

THE EXTENSIVE ASSORTMENT OF THE BEST

ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS

In tlie old Nurseries at Flushing. L. I., of

R. B. PARSONS & CO.

Is now in large quantity and excellent condition. Large Discounts are made from the old catalogue prices of very
many kinds. The .stock includes very tine STREET TREES, the best Flowering Shrubs, Hydrangea piniculata, Ampe-
lopsis Veitchii, and the finer Clematis, &c., in quantity for dealers' uses. Camellias, Hardy and Chinese Azeleas, rare
Evergreens, &c. The correspondence of large buyers is invited. For catalogues, address.

Box 603, FLUSHING, N. T.

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THE HOR TICUL TURA L AD VER TISER.

DORMANT ROSES

Hybrid rerpetuals, 2 to 3 ft $lo x>er 100, $140 jyer 1000.

lloss, 2 to 3 ft $25xfer 100.

Tea, Bourbon and China, strong $10 to $15 per 100.

ALSO,

A LARGE STOCK OF ALL THE STANDARD VARIETIES,

i>ox-csFioivr«r

Everblooming $ 60 per 1000.

Hybrid Perpetuals 70 per 1000.

Moss 150 per 1000.

FOR VARIETIES, SEE OUR MONTHLY LIST.

Winter-blooming Carnations, strong plants from

open ground from $10 to $15 per 100.

Primulas, Single, 2i-incli $6 per 100.

KeraiiMS, Ficlsias, Ptilox, Hariy State, Etc,

CONSTANTLY ON HAND.

-Send for CaUlogue.

MILLER & HUNT,

WRIGHT'S GROVE, CHICAGO, ILLS.

Asparagus Eoots

Improved Colossal variety. An improvement on the old
Colossal, which is the largest asparagus raised. This variety
is earlier and larger.

One year roots » fi.OO per 1000

Two " 8.00

Three " 12.00 "

Four " 15.00 "

Hinze'8 Ked and White Carnations best Winter
bloomers of all Carnations. Large plants from open ground
$3.00 per doz., S14.00 per 100

AUG. D. MYLIUS,

Florist and Market Gardener,

Mt. £lUot Ave. and Mack Road,

DETROIT, MICH.

mm, GRAPES! GRAPES

Doz. 100.
$4.00 825.00

18.00
7.00
8.00

10.00

From Open Ground, well rooted, No. I Vines
warranted true to name.

Each,

Duchess, 2 years strong 50

Moore's Early, Lady, 2 years, strong 50

Brighton. Laky Champion, 2 years, strong... .25
Martha, Agawam. Wilder, " " ....25

Worden's Seedling, " " ... .2.5

Lady Washington, strong, 1 year 75

Prentiss, Jefferson. Vergennes, strong, 1 yr. .75

Pocklington, Naomi 75

Plants sent by mail BOc. per dozen additional. These
prices cancel all former ones. Wholesale Price List on ap-
plication, where thousand rates are given.

J. ELLETSON,

S2 AUBURN, N. Y.

3.00
1.50
1.50
1.50
5.00
5.00
6.00

DICK'S

Pats&iSflsipiWarSaildyoikrs,

FOR HEATING HOTHOUSES, GREENHOUSES AND
DWELLINGS, THREE STYLES and TWELVE SIZES to heat
froni 500 to 2000 ft. of 4-in. PIPE. Send for circular to

JNO. DICK JR.,

53rd & Woodland Ave., Phlla., Pa.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

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NURSERIES,

ORIiSANS, FRANCE,

Beg to inform their friends and customers generally that their

New List for 1882 and 1883

Is now ready and may be had on application to

Messrs. Knauth, Nachocl& Kuhne,

17 fflLLIAM ST., NEff YORK.

This CaUlogue contains Prices of all the Fruit Tree Stocks ; an extensive list of Fruit Trees. New and Hardy Orna-
mental Plants, Climbers, the Hardiest and Best Conifers, Roses on their own roots. Also, Small Conifers, Deciduous and
Evergreen Ornamental Trees, one or two years' seedlings, most useful for Nurserymen.

tS" N. B. — The greatest attention given to packing.

to5

the:

Farmers' Adviser

A MONTHLY JOURNAL,

DeToted to the interests of the Farmer, Breeder, and
Stock Baiser. Only 50 ceuts a year.

The cheapest, spiciest, and best paper for the farmer.
Liberal cash commissions to agents. Illustrated every
month with choice stock from the best artists. Send stamp
for sample copy. Ali articles written by men of authority.

Address,

FARMERS' ADVISER, York, Pa.

The Typographical appearance of this spicy paper is alone
worth the subscription price. f.l2

gPlENDID AND WONDERFTJl VARIETY OP
>^^o Sv ,J-^.^ ORNAMENTAL

* GRASSES

EVERLASTING

FLOWERS

AND

IMMORTEUES

Tastefully arranged in BOUQUETS and DESIGNS,
or for sale in Bulls.

LlARgest stock, finkst colors.

No other house offers such ad va ntaxes to the Whole-
sale Trade. FloristP.DruKTriMts, Fancy and Art Stores
should send for our lUuKtrated Wholesale Price-List.

Natural GrasBes, Flowers and Mosa, bleached and
dyed to order.

HIRAM SIBLEY & CO.

170-183 E. Main St., ROCHESTER.
200-206 Randolph St., CHICAGO,

TREE SEEDLINGS

For Timber Flantations, Young Evergreens, Stocks. Grape
Vines, Seeds and Seedlings for Nurserymen. Immense Stock
Lowest Prices. Great Variety. Catalogue Free

J. JENKINS.

Grape and Seedling Nursery,

"^ Winona, Columbiana Co., Ohio.

PLANTS WITHOUT EARTH.

Plants cultivated entirely without earth in the Dumesnil
Fertilizing Moss, blossom more freely and bloom longer
than in earth. Transplantation without wilting and safe
shipment of plants at all seasons now made possible. Of
especial interest to vegetable growers. Send for a pam-
phlet.

D. F. M. CO., P. 0. BOX 2345, N. Y.,
ie6 OFFICE, 109 JOHN STREET.

N. Y.Tl,
ILL.?

PEACH AND QUINCE TREES.

Concord Grape Vines and Gregg Raspberries.

NURSERYMEN and DEALERS can find a good assortment
at the LOWEST WHOLESALE PRICES at my Nursery Call

TAT. CALL,

Perry, Lake County, 0.

on or address

WHOLESAXB DEAI.EES IN

Gui Flowers and Florists' Supplies.

Shipping of Bon Silenes, Safranos, Fancy Roses and

Smllax a specialty. Flowers Sold on Commission.

Circulars to Growers and Retail Florists

sent on application.

f.i2 165 Tremont Street, Boston, Mass.

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THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

OFFER TO THE TRADE

OF SPECIAL CULTURE OF

^ doz. ^ 100

Alyssum— New Double Variegated Gem $1 00 $6 00

" Tom Thumb, New Dwarf. 100 6 00

Carnation— Meteor, best Scarlet for Forcing ... 3 00 20 00

Calla Ethiopica $2 per doz.. %\2 per 100, to 3 00 20 00

Dracaena terminalis, are in very fine condition,
well furnished and colored.

First size, strong O-in. pots $6 to 10 00 50 00

Second " " 5-in. " 4 50 .35 00

Third " " 4-in. " 3 00 20 00

Fourth " " 3-in. " 2 00 12 00

Ferns— Alsophilla Australis $2 to 3 00 20 00

Adiantum cuneateum 1 00 8 00

Pteris Argyrea, 3-in. pots 1 00 8 00

" " 4-in. " 2 00 15 00

" Cretica albo lineata 75 6 00

Ficus— Elastica, splendid plants,

First size, 6-in. pots 9 00 65 00

Second " 5-in. " 6 00 40 00

Third " 4-in. " 3 00 25 00

Ivies— English, strong, 3 feet long, bushy 1 50 12 00

Palms— Areca lutescens, 18 to 36 m 818 to 36 00

" Verschaffelti, 12 to 15 in . . ..$12 to 18 00

Chamserops excelsa, 3-in. pots 1 00 8 00

" " 4-in. " 2 50 20 OC

Corypha Australis, 3-in. " l 50

Cocos Wedelliana, 15 to 24 in 818 to 24 00

12 00

Latania Borbonica, 2-in. pots.
" " 3-in. " .

1 00

6 00

Oreodoxa regia, 2^-in."

1 00

6 00

Phoenix Sylvestris, 2 y,-in." .

" elegans, 6-in. "
Seaforthia elegans, 3-iu. "

1 25

12 00

2 00

10 00
90 00
15 00

" " 4-in. "

3 50

25 00

" " 6-in "

812 to 18 00

danus utilis, 2-in. "
.3-in. "

.per 1000, $50 1 00
150

6 00
10 00

2-^ ft. high $12 to 15 00

Pansies — Very choice strain 75

Petunias— Double, unrivalled collection 2 00

4 00
15 00

1 00

6 00
75 4 00
1 50 12 00

Primula Sinensis— An extra choice stock of the

best varieties, 3-in. pots

Verbenas— 25 choice sorts, very healthy

Violets— Neapolitan and Marie Louise, clumps,
Marguerite de Savoy, new ; the finest

double blue for forcing, 2%-va.. pots, 2 00 15 00

Vincamajorvar., bushy, 3 feet 150 12 00

The plants offered above are in every way first-class, and
in condition to realize handsome profits in retail sales.

Full list of plants for the trade. Please see Dreer's Whole-
sale List for Autumn, 1882, mailed to applicants in the trade.

HENRY A. DREER,

714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia,

Pa.

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Bon Silene and Safrano Roses

Five plants in 4 and 5-inch pots.

F. E. CANDA, Ravenswood, Ills.

IVANHOE

APPLE keeps until

JULY. I am branch head-
quarters for this excellent,
yellow, late-keeT)ing, juicy
Aiqjle. Scions or buds $2.00 per dozen. Trees, Sl.OO
cacli. I am also headquarters at the North for TEXAS
KKD HYBRID BLACKBERRY. The Trade supplied
at low rates. Big Bob, .James Vick, Finch's Prolific,
Jersey Queen, lUanchester and FORTY oilier Straw-
berries. Wilsons and Crescents in 50,000 lots. Han-
sell, Superb and other Raspberries. New Grapes
Fay's Currant, Blackberries, &c.

1/ I rriT C D PEARS (grafts from

|\ I r r I ■ r\ OriKinatorj. APPLES and
I^IIhI B ImII PEACHES as Specialties.

My Handbook, THE FRUIT GROWERS' FRIEND, 30 cents.
Catalogues FREE. Address,

to Moorestown, N. J.

FINE NURSERY STOCK!

SPECIALTIES FOR FALL

Bare ornamental trees choice hardy Shrubs. Best
hardy Koses. Collections of the finest hardy liliec,
also novelties in both fruits and ornamentals for Spring
planting;. Large and direct importation of Japanese Maples,
Azalea Mollis, Rhododendrons, and other rare and beautiful
shrubs. Eor Catalogue, price lists, etc., address,

FRED. W. KELSEY,

mh2ol 208 Broadway, New York, or Rochester N. Y.

NEW PEARS.

The Marshall our specialty ; stands ahead to-day of all other
pears. Van Cott, July, very handsome, red cheek, great
bearer, good, valuable for market. Coles Pear, 1.5th Sep-
tember, medium size, handsome yellow: good, vigorous
J-' rower. Napoleon Section like Lawrence, better grower.
Duchess of March, reseud)les D. de Angoubeau, large, very
sweet. Fred. Clapp. The above new fruits are kept low
in price, are steadily gaining the confidence of good judges,
d fogies and young strike them for the

notwithstanding ol
dollar. Address,

P. 1. FOSIER, Baiylon \mi

Babylon, N. Y.

ISO.OOO I>EACH TREES

Comprising over 50 varieties suitable for all sections, grown
from Southern natural seed and free from the yellows. A
large stock of Strawberries, Blackberries, Raspberries and
all small fruit plants and vines 50,000 strong; 2 year Conover's
Colossal asparagus. Low Manchester Strawberries SI per
doz., »5 per 100 ; after October 20th S3 per 100, »35 per 1000
warranted pure. We are not bound to the ring princes.
Also Peach trees prepared for pot culture under glass. All
stock packed free to carry safely. For circulars address
o2^CHAS. BLACK & BRO., Village Nurseries. Hightstown.N. J.
DOUBLE WHITE EVER-BLOOMING CHRYSANTHEMUM.

MRS. DR. VERTREES.

The plant is of dwarf compact habit, and blooms in the
greatest profusion from April until frost, and all winter
under glass, if properly managed. Nothing equal to it as a
hardy ever-blooming plant. Price, in 3-inch pots 50 cents
each, 85 per dozen, 5 and 6-inch pots ; 81 a plant. Address,

L.tC- LISCHY,

0.1 NASHVILLE, TENN.

S1.00 for 25c.

Every one should see our JIontblT.iiest of Farmers' papers

pe:
50c. a year, or 25c. f')r 6 mos.> trial, but to enable all ;
lakcit, we send 6copleit 1 ycHrforftl.60, givingapaper

'- - St.iirnstak.'ii. Scnd^stampfor Sample

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Farmuud Garden, 1^5 S. 4

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$72

A WEEK. 812 a day at home easily made. Costly Out-
fit free. Address Texte & Co., Augusta, Maine, ja.12

THE HOR TICUL TURAL A D VER TISER. 15

FOR THE^RADE

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY, Florist,

BAIiTIIXIORX:, IHD.,

OFFERS THE FOLLOWING FOR OCTOBER.

. ,. ^^ ,j Each Doz. Hund.
Alternant hera aurea, iiew golden 8 1 00 8 6 00

00

1 80 12 00
1 00 8 00

Alyssum flora plena, double white

Tom Thumb, single, very dwarf

Ampelopsis Veitchli, lovely hardy climber, 12 to 18 inches

6toio " ;....; ; ^^

Azalea Indica, assorted kinds, choice selection, 7 and 8-inch pots, with fine .heads 8 2 66 18 00

" " •' " 6-inch pots, assorted kinds.' 100 9 00

" " " 5-inch " " 50 5 OO '4606

4-incb '• 30 3 60 25 00

3-jnch '• " 20 2 40 15 OO

■' (special kinds), Borsig, double white, 3-ineh, grafted 25 3 00 20 00

■' " Flag of Truce, double white, 3-inch, grafted 25 3 00 20 00

" " S. de Prince Albert, double, variegated 25 3 00 20 00

alba, best single wrhite for cut flower trade, 3-inch pots '.'.'.'.'.' . . 1 80 12 00

Begronia rubra, red flowered ....!.'.'..!'. ...'. 1 50 10 00

Bouvardia Alfred Neuner, double white, grown from cuttings from 4-inch pots 30 3 00 25 00

;; ;; ;; .'' ',' ", s-mch ^'^ 20 iso 1500

Camellia Japonica, alba plena, olddouble white, 3 feet, well set with buds.... !!..'!. !..... 3 00 30 00 200 00

" " " !' " ?/eet, '• " 150 18 00 150 00

18 to 20 m., " " 5-inch pots ... . 125 1200 10000

, ,,'■ , „ -.x, I, ^ 12tol5m., •' " 4-inch " .... 75 8 00 60 00

" " double red, well set with buds, 5-meh pots 100 12 00 100 00

" " alba plena, without buds, 8 to 10 inches high, 3-inch pots 25 2 40 15 00

" " " " 2-inch pots .. 150 10 00

Caladiums, fancy, fine assortment in 20 kinds 25 2 40 15 00

Clematis Jack man 11, blue flowered 4 50 35 oO

Crotons, fine assortment 3 00 25 00

Daphne odora, good plants from 3-inch pots 25 2 40 20 00

Dracaena, fine assortment '"' 5 00

Euphorbia Jacquin if lora, brilliant orange, scarlet flowers .... ISO 15 66

Hydrangea variegata, foliage beautifully variegated 25 2 40 15 00

Olea fragrans (sweet olive), 3 inch 20 180 15 00

Poinsettia (new double) Pulcherrima plenissima 30 3 00 25 00

ROSES-WINTER-FLOWERING, WELL ESTABLISHED PLANTS.

Catharine Mermet, Niphetos, Marie Van Houtte, Bon Silene, Maria Guil-
Iptt, Marechal Niei, La France, Queen's Scarlet, Gen. Jacqueminot,

Safrano and Perle des J ard ins, from 2-inch pots 150 10 OO

3-inchpots 180 15 OO

4-inchpots 3 00 26 OO

ROSES (HYBRID TEAS, BENNETT'S,) 3-INCH POTS.

Duke of Connaught, or Ever-blooming Gen. Jack, the coming rose, color velvety crimson... 60 6 00 40 00

Beauty of Stapleford, large pinkish rose 50 5 oO 40 00

Hon. George Bancroft, bright rosy crimson 50 5 oO 40 00

Michael Saunders, color bronze pink 60 500

Nancy Lee, dark silvery rose 50 50O

Pearl, blush white ■■' 50 5 qo

Jean Sisley, rosy lilac 50 5 00

Duchess of Connaught, silvery rose 50 5 oo .....'.

Viscountess Falmouth, delicate pink 50 5 oo

Duchess of Westminster, bright cherry 50 5 '.'.'.'..'.

THE SET OF TEN FOR THREE DOLLARS.

For other plants send for NEW FALL TRADE CIRCULAR just issued; mailed FREE to aU applicants. Fine
stock of specimen and •xhibition plants always on hand. Prices on application. Address

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY, Florist,
ba.z.ti]V[ox%e:, ibiD.

16 THE nOR TICUL 7 URAL A D VER TISER.

Nature's Beauties

PRESERVED^.

IN A SPLENDID AND "WONDERFUL VARIETY OP

Ornanieiital Grasses, Everlastings, 3{^^

^^In^iportelles, Ferns, Mosses,

Tastefully arranged in Bouquets, and in beautiful, original and standard
Designs, or for sale in bulk in their natural forms. Exquisitely colored in

BLUE, VIOLET, PURPLE, ORANGE, YELLOW,

GREEN, RED, MAGENTA, SCARLET, ROSE and PINK;
ALSO, BLEACHED AND IN NA TURAL COLORS.

These goods are adapted to use in home decoration and for public
places, as well as for festive occasions and funerals. They are capable
of the most artistic use and arrangement, and are appropriate for the
most elegant houses, while within the reach of moderate means.

We have the greatest variety and largest stock of any house in the
Trade, and all acknowledge that we have the best dyer in the country in
charge of this department.

No other house offers such advantages to the Wholesale Trade.
Florists, Druggists, Fancy and Art Stores should send for our Illustrated
Wholesale Price List.

Natural Grasses, Flowers and Moss, bleached and dyed to order.

HIRAM SIBLEY & CO.,

179-183 E. Main Street, Rochester, N. Y.
200-206 Randolph Street, Chicago, Ills.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER

FRXJIT

stocks of every kind from French importation, offered for sale this Fall
at very cheap and reduced prices.

and 200,000 I'liiiii, Kt. Julieii, 1 vcar
seeillinp, and 2oU,<)0(» No. 1
and 2 choiLc.
100,000 Plum, St. Julien, true, ex-
tra and No. 1, from layer
transplanted, special vari-
ety to make up fine stand-
ard trees.
500,000 Mahaleb, extra, and No. 1

and 2 choice.
200,000 Cherries stock, common
Cherry (Cerasus avium).

The whole at very cheap and reduced prices. Prices on demand. Orders must be sent as early as possiV)le in
order to he assured to be suppUed in full. Halt the value of orders must be sent with the order, or deiiosited with mv
bankers in New York, Messrs. Joh>- Munroe & Co., 8 Wall Street; but orders must be sent directly to me, Munroe
<fe Co. only trusted with money mattei-s. Catalogues and General Trade List will be ready by November, and will be sent
on demand. All communications and orders must be sent directly to "

L. PAILLET, Nurseryman, Vallee de Chatenay, a Chatenay pres Paris, France.

Special arrangements may be made for large or small orders sent franco at New York, and duties and expenses of trans-
port of every kind paid, customers paying only expenses from New York to his place. Special prices sent on demand.

200,000 Roses on fine high and

balfstandards, low budded [
on Manneti stock, on briar '
roots and on own roots ; j
Tea Roses cultivated in !
pots and in open ground. |

500,000 Manetti stocks and briars,
seedlings one year old.

500,000 Pear stock, fine 1 vear ex-
tra, and .Si)0,OiX) good No. 1.

300,000 Quince stock, tine extra,
and ,SU0,(K)(( No. 1 i 2 choice.

300,000 Doucin and Paradise Ap-
pie stock, extra and No. 1
choice.

800,000 Apple stock, 1 year, from
seed, in extra and No. 1
choice.

1000 to f 200 lbs. of Fresh Pear Seed
will be cropped with the
best care in October and
November and otfered for
sale.

NEff TEA ROSE
Etoile de Lyon.

We consider it the best new Rose sent out. Color,
Canary yellow ; bud full and finely ff)rmed. Vigorous
grower and very profuse bloomer. Excellent Rose for the
Garden and for the Greenhouse. We are prepared to fill
orders at once. Price for Plants in S^-inch pots, 75 cents
each. 87 per dozen ; »50 per 100. Plants 2>4-inch pots, 50
cts. each, $4.35 per dozen; *35 per 100. Write for our
price list. Address,

NANZ & NEUNER,

Louisville, Ky.

Imported direct from the most re-
liable growers of Holland. A large
stock of

HIACINTHS, TULIPS,
CKOCUS, NARCISSUS.

CROWN IMPERIALS, &c.,
at remarkably low prices. Send for
catalogue.
JOHNSON &, STOKES. Seedsman,

1114 MARKKT ST., PHILA., PA.

Roses, Bouvardias.

Perle den Jardins, 2V^-inch pots per 100 S7 00

Cornelia Cork, 3-inch pots " 700

" -l-inch pots " 1200

" 5 and 6-inch pots " 20 00

Malmaison, 4-inch pots " 12 OO

" 5 and 6-inch pots " 20 00

Bouvardias, Double White, 5-inch pots " 20 00

" " -1-in. pots, very strong " 10 00

!! t/' X- " " 7 00

" 2!^-mch pots strong.. " 5 00
" Davidsoni and Klegans, 2V2-inch

pots " 5 QQ

Pres. Garfield, Double Pink, 3-inch pots'. . '. " ]8 00

" 4-inch pots very

strong " 25 00

FRANCIS MORAT,

Cor. 2nd and Ormsby Aves., Louisville, Ky.

NEW DOUBLE WHITE BOUYARDIA

A.. NEXJNER,

the most valuable plant sent out for years. Price per plant in
2j4->n^h pots, 50c each ; {3.03 per doz Large plants in 4-inch
pf^t5, 7 c. rach : $6 00 per doz New Pelargonium Maddons'
Victor, strong plants 7=c each ; jt^i.. o per dor. New set of 30
Verbenas for 1881. Splendid Varietien ready the 15th of
October, I3 00 for the -et John White's Mealy Bug
Exterminator, the only known remedy to kill the Mealy Hug
without injuring the plant, Ji. coper bott)e ; $8.co per doz.

JOHN WHITE,
Ja 12 Communipaw Ave., Jersey City, N. J.

Nymphsea Odorata.

Strong Roots of this beautiful White Water Lily for Fall
planting. By mail 25 cents each ; »1. 26 per doz. By express
15 cents per dozen ; 96.00 per 100 ; with free directions for
planting.

1M.AJSN BROS.,

BOX 162, RANDOLPH, MASS.

Violets, Bouvardias,

And CARNATIONS in hest sorts from open ground. Strong
clean stock, SlO.OO per hundred (25 at same rates). These
are our specialties. Those who have purchased testify to
their superiority. Address,

HARRY CHAAPEL,

WILLIAMSPORT, PA.

$66

BLOOMiNGTON mm
NURSERY. g^SS^A^A^^i'
13 GREENHOUSES!
PRICED CATALOGUE FOE FALL.
1882, MAILED FEEE. Send FOBii.
^ D N EY TUTTLE. A»t.Blooinlngto»i,IlllnoU

« -weelc in your own town. Terms and 85 outfit free
'Address H. Haxlett & Co., Portland, Maine. ia.l2

18

THE HOR TICUL TURAL AD VER TISER.

ONE YEAR OLD HYBRID PERPETUALS

Stroiif; plants in good variety ; very clit-ap. Write for prices before purchasing.

LEEIDS &c CO.,

toi RICHI^OND, IND.

MClfCDWA^TP ^""'' '>•- - "b'u V :r,ri';rJwn rtne farm and hi

nifVr 1 ft HO I L Time and Terms a T wiu. the heht maki

I 1 ■■ ■ k \mmm^^^mma^m^^^^mm^^^^^^^mmmm^t^im^t% ulmost at jour door.

300

,000

M PDCC •'"""''^^ Fanninjf Lands in the World. Kuav payi
A L n Il,s3 r It,. „f iiiton-st. F„r t..rms address O.M. BARNE.S.

Low
Hiiis:. Mich. o6

PANSIES

THE BEST QUALITY IN THE
GREATEST VARIETY.

Albert Benz,

LITTLE HECK, N, Y.

Seed Price List and Circular oh appli-

CRAPE

.SMAI.I.. FKUIT PLANTS.
TBKKS. IIoa>*qiiarlei-s for

the unrivalled New CuiTHnt

Specialty. FAY Ij iKU LI T IL. Thoroughbred L,ANI>

Free Catalogues. GEO. S. JOS.SELYN, Fredouia, New York.

VINES,

Thorouehbred l.A9II> matA^

TO FLOFtlSTS.

We offer a finelot of ROSES, from 4-ln. pots, our selection
of rarieties, at 810.00 per lUO. White Chrysanthemums, from
open ground, 85.00 per 100. Double White Bouvardia, A.
Neuner, from 2-in. pots, 86.00 per KIO ; 3-in. pots, 8«.00 per 100 ;
4-in. pots, 810.00 per 100. Begonia rubra, per dozen, $1.00.
Aealyha tricolor, per dozen, 81.00.

F. WALKER & CO.. ,^ . ^

ap2s3-7 New Albany, Ind.

TREE ROSES.

ELEGANT FIRST-CLASS STOCK BY THE
100 AND lOOO.

GABRIEL MARC,

S3 'MTOODSIDE:, I^. I., N.Y.

ROSES, VERBENAS, GERANIUMS

and all other Bedding Plants in large quantities, also Dracaenas,
Palms and Hothouse and Greenhouse plants, the largest assortment
in America.

Camellias and Azaleas a specialty.

Send for Catalogue.

JNO. DICK, JR.,

mytf

53pd & WOODLAND AVE., Phila.

To the Trade

PALMS, DRAC>ENAS»
PELARGONIUMS ic.

Seaforthia elegans, 3V^ ft 82.00 each

Latania Borbonica, V/, ft., 2>^ ft. across 50 "

" lft.high 30 "

Phoenix Dactylifera, 3 ft 1.00 "

Corypha Australis, 2 ft 50 "

Chamserops Fortunii, 11^ ft. 50 "

Dracaena terminalis, 2 ft 35 "

" elegans rubra, 2 ft 20 "

Croton interruptum, 21/^ ft 35 "

Aspedistra lureda variegata, good plants 30 "

Ampelopsis Veitchii, 3 to 4 ft 20 "

Cyclamen Persicum, 5-in. pots 25 "

" " smaller, from 3-in 10 "

5PT AC rflMTT!V5 The following are most valuable sorts for
iUUAAuUillUilM Florists; bloom early and very profusely.

Beauty of Oxton, crimson maroon 20 each

IMadam Vibert, dark maroon and rose 20 "

Mermeris, rosy crimson 20 "

Hebe the Beautiful, red frilled 20 "

General Taylor, light crimson 15 "

AtEX. SCOTT, Waverly, Baltimore Co.. Md.

TO NURSERYMEN.

PEACH PITS. A large stock of choice-Southem natural
Peach Pits for planting, at low prices. Samples and prices
on application.

JOHNSON & STOKES, Seedsmen,

o2 tll4 Market St., Philadelphia.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER,

19

FOREIGN GRAPE VINES FOR GRAPERIES.

We now offer the flneit •ollectlon of Foreign Grapes prow-n
in the country. They ;irc :ill good, Strong, healthy canes, all
true to name and all in exielleni condition for shipping.
Below will be found list of varieties grown by us, one and
two years old.

S One year old vines, $1.00 each.
PRICE : \ j^„ ygg^ pij y,„jj J2.00 each.

Bowood Muscat,
Muscat Hamburg,
Cansn Hall Muscat,
Madresfield Court Muscat,
Mrs. Prince's Black Muscat,
Muscat of Alexandria,
Black Prince,
Black Alicante,
Black Barbarossa,
Black St. Peter's,
Buckland Sweetwater,
Calabrian Raisin,
Chasselas de Fontainebleau,
Chasselas White,
Chasselas Golden,
Duchess of Buccleuch,

Frontignan Grizzly,
Frontignan Black,
Gros Colman,
Hamburg Black,
Hamburg Wilmot'a,
Hamburg Mill Hill,
Hamburg Victoria,
Lady Down's Seedling,
Prince Albert,
Royal Ascot,
Santa Cruz,
Trentham Black,
White Nice,
White Syrean,
^A/hite Sweetwater,
White Tokay. t.f.l2

Frontignan White, Catalogue sent free on application.

We would also call special attention to our stock of

Camellias, Azaleas, Acacias, Roses and general collection

of winrer-blonmine; nrnainentril foliage and bedding plants.

DAVID FERGUSSON & SONS. Laurel Hill Nurseries,
Ridge and Lehigh Avenues, opp. Laurel Hill, Philadelphia. Pa.

BOMAEDIAS, iSES, &C,

WE OFFER TO THE TRADE

Primroses, fine strain, 2-inch 84.00 per 100

Bouv»rdii»8. single and dottble, 2-inch., 6.00 "

Pres. Garfield, Double Pink 2-in. 8.00 "

Pteris Tremula, 2-inch 4.00 "

Roses from open ground, assorted 10 00 "

Climbing Roses, as Baltimore Belle, and Queen of
Prairies, extra, strong, »10 per 100 ; !S90 per 10<X). Write
for Circulars, Ac, to

NANZ <&, NEUNER,

LOUISVILLE, KY.

The Cnlminating Triumph.

TO LIVE!

Agents Wanted.

HOVT

A complete Cyclopedia of household knowledge for the
masses ; now ready. Nothing like it. Going fast. Low-
priced, illustrated', nnequaled in authorship. Send for
Press notices and full particulars now. Outfit and instruc-
tions how to sell, free to actual agents. Success guaranteed
faithful workers. State experience, if anv, and territory
desired. W. H. THOMPSON, Pub., 404 Arch St.. Phiia.

HANSELL RASPBERRY

p&ssed ID other respecu

anohcs-

STRAT|4'i^*«i*^^Jii« GRAPES

D

CarraDtii

lock of HUnU of »M the

etie;*. t,oth new mod old.

Lovett'o 8Bia]| Fnilta are the

»tcd priced catalogue telling how to get

berries:

CR 4>n <tOnP*'''l*y **^ho™^- Samples worth $5 free. Ad-
<g%J \M <g^Udre8s8Ti>-so.N A Co.. Portland, Maine. ja.l2

WINDOW FLOWER GARDEN

By Julius J. Heintich.

Handsomely lUuitrated. This work endeavors by a few simple
directions for the management of plants and flowers in the window
or conservatory, to show to all members of the family, and especial-
ly the children, that the uultivation of flowers is not difficult and
brings more real enjoyment than many moreexpensiv* amusements.

It is intended for all, including children, excluding technical terms
as far as possible, and giving the most simple directions. 93 pp., la
mo, cloth 75c. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

Address. CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street. Phila.

CELO8IA PYRAMIUALIS CLARKU The most pro-
lific winter-flowering plant ever ottered. A constant suc-
cession of bright crimson pyramidal flowers from October
to May. Xo florist should be without this splendid novelty.
Strong plants, in 3-in. pots, 50c. each, S6.00 per dozen.

— cor.E:x7s —

Magnificent new strains. Seed imported from newly ex-
plored portions of South Sea Islands.
COLErS MACKOPHYLLA, GEN. OARFIKLD.— A

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A REFERENCE BOOK of the Nurserymen. Florists. Seeds-
men, Tree Dealers, &c., for the United States. Alphaoeiically
arranged by States and Post Offices. Over 8000 names. 310
pages, 8vo. Price , $10.00. Mailed, post-paid. Address,
CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia

HOUGH'S ELEMENTS OF FORESTRY

Designed to afford Information concerning the Planting
and Uare of Forest Trees for Ornament or Profit ; and giving
Suggestions upon the Creation and Care of Woodlands, with
the view of securing the Greatest Benefit for the Longest
Time. Particularly adapted to the Wants and Conditions
of the United States.

By FRANKLIN B. HOUGH. PH.D.,

Chief of Forestry Di^^sion, Department of Agriculture,

Washington, D. C.

Large 12mo, pp. 381. Numerous Illustrations, 82.00. Will

be sent by mail, prepaid, on receipt of price. Address,

'CHAS. H. lUAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Pbila.

Subtropical Garden;

Or, Beauty of Form in the Flower Garden.

By W. Robinson. F. L. S.

Beautifully illustrated. 241 pages, T2mo, cloth. Price, ^3.75
Mailed, postage free, on receipt of Price
Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

ARITHMETIC MADE EASY.

ROPP'S EASY CALCULATOR.

A new publication that must prove of incalculable benefit to
Farmers, Mechanics and Business men. It is so ra/rV and angi-
nal i.^ to startle the most scholarly, and yet io simple a.nd. practical
that the most illiterate in figures can instantaneously become his
own accountant It enables thousands to accomplish in a minute
what they could not learn to calculate in many months.

The first part containing an entirely new system of Tables, show-
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Coal, Lumber, Merchandise, etc , from one pound up to a car load,
and for any price which the market is likely to reach ; the interest
on any sum for anytime at 6, 7, 8 and to percent.; correct measure-
ment of all kinds of Lumber, Saw Logs, Cisterns, Tanks, Granaries,
Bins, Wagon Beds, Corn Cribs ; a Time, Wages, and many other
valuable tables.

The second part is a/rac/zca/ Arithmetic, and embodies a simple
mathematical principle which enables any one familiar with the
fundamental rules to become a lightning calculator; and by which
over two-thirds of the figures and labor required by the ordinary
methods, ^nA fractions with their intricacies, are entirely avoided.

The work is nicely printed on fine tinted paper, is well and
elegar dy bound In pocket-book shape and is accompanied by a
Silicate Slate, Memorandum and Pocket for paper. It is by far the
most complete, comprehensive and convenient pocket manual ever
published.

Rossia Leather, Gilded, S/S.OO, Morocco, S1.50;
Fine English Cloth, SI. 00. Cloth (vrithout Slate
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Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

THE FARMER'S ACCOUNT BOOL

A Complete System of Book-Keeping for
Farmers, Planters, and Gardeners.

BY A. L. CAMFFIBLD.

Every one should keep a strictaccount of all business transactions,
and thereby save much trouble that comes of neglect. This is a
plain, practical system of book-keeping, easily understood, and
especially adapted to the wanisof the Farmer. Full instru.tions in
each book Can be carried in an ordinary pocket ; 180 pages,
bound in sheep-skin. Price 75 cents. Mailed postage free on
receip t of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila

Second Edition, revised by the author.

THE NEW BOTANY

A LECTURE ON THE BEST METHOD OF TEACHING,

BY W. J. BEALi, M. SC, PH. D.,

Professor of Botany in the Agricultural College, Lansing,
Mich. 8vo, paper. 25o. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of
price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

PRACTICAI.

CAMELLIA CULTURE.

A treatise on the Propagation and Culture of the Camellia Ja-
ponica, by Robert J. Halliday. Illustrated with Five Colored
Plates and 50 Wood Engravings, 12mo, pp. 141, cloth. Price, $2.00.
Sent by mail post paid, on rec ipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Philadelphia .

HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS.

Plants and Flowers in the Garden and the Housb; giving
dtrections short, sharp and decisive how to overcome every insect
enemy that infects flowers and plants, out-doors and in-doors,
which troubles window Gardens ; which eats up the vegetables of
the garden ; which devours the fruit trees, shrubs and vines, and
lives in the homes of anxious, tired housekeepers. Paper, 100 pages.
Price, 30 cents, postage free.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

INJURIOUS INSECTS

OF THE

FARM and GARDEX.

By MARY TREAT.

Fully Illustrated. 288 pages. 12mo, cloth.
Price, 82.00 by mail, post paid. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

The Temperaments.

Or, The Varieties of Physical Constitution in Man, considered
in their Relations to Mental Character and the Practical Affairs of
life, etc. By D. H. jAcguBS, M. D,« with an Introduction by
H. S. Drayton, A. M , Editor of the Phrenological yournal.
i2mo, 350 pages, 150 illustrations, extra cloth Price ^1.50.
Mailed post-paid on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

Success with Small Fruits.

BY E. P. ROE.

Profusely and sumptuously illustrated in the highest style of art.
Fine heavy paper and splendid typography. Royal 8vo, pp. 313,
cloth. Price, ^5.00, mailed, postage paid, on receipt of price.
Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street," Philadelphia, Pa

Farm Implements and Machinery

AND THE PRINCIPLES OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND USE.

with explanations of the laws of motion and orce as applied on the
farm, with over 300 illustrations by John J. Thomas; new and
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CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

HOW TO READ

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THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

MANUAL of the APIARY,

By A. J. COOK,

Prof. of Entomology in the Michigan State Agricultural College.

286 pp. large 12 mo.; 112 Illustrations.

It co.oprisea a full delineation of the anatomy and phyBiology
of the honey-iiee, illustraied with costly wood engravings— the
Products of the Honey-bee; the Races of Bees; full dcsciiptioD
of honey-producing plants, trees, shrubs, etc., splendidly illu-
trated— and last, tliough not least, detailed instructions for the
various manipulations necessary in the apiary.

This worK Is a masterly production, and one that no bee-
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is fully up wiih the times on every conceivable subject that in-
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worfe WHS issued from the press, 600 copies were disposed of— .a
sale unprecedeuted in Bee Literature. Price, 81.25. Mailed
post-paid, on receipt of price.

Address. CH AS. H MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street Phila.

CLASS BOOK OF BOTANY.

By Alphonso Wood, A. M.
Being outlines of the Structure, Physiology and Classification of
Plants ; with a Flora of the United States and Canada. 832 pages,
8vo, half arabesque cloth sides. Price, $3. 50. Sent by mail post-
paid on receipt of price.

Address,

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HOW TO PAINT.

A New Work by a Practical Painter, desipn
ed for the use of Tradeamen, IVIeclianlcii,
irierchaiit*. Farmers, and as a Guide to Pro-
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makes

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Full Directions fo JslngAVlilte Lead-Lamp*
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fearly. Bvery family should possess a copy. Pric*
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FRUIT AND BREAD.

A Natural and Sciehtiric Diet.

BY GUSTAV SCHLICKEYSEN.

Translated from the German by M. L. Holbrook, M. D. Intended
to show what is the natural food of man : to lead him to become a
living child of nature ; to simplify and beautify his manner of living;
I to emancipate woman from (lie drudgery of the kitchen; to lead to
increased use of fruit; to diminish the use of fle-h, and where
possible, to do away wth its use altogether; to improve the health
and add to the enjoyments and value of life. Cloth, 250 pages ; 12
mo. illustrated. Price, ;Ji. Sent by mail post paid on receipt ol
price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS.

By Clias. Darwin.

With copious descriptive contents and index. Uluatrated.
462 pages, i2mo, cloth. PricefT.OO.

Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

. Addrew CHAS. H, MAHOT,

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PARSONS ON THE ROSE.

By Samuel B. Parsons.

A treatise on the Propagation, Culture and HiPtory of t.ha
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bv mail post-paid on receipt of price.
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mil STOVE m mmm. plants,

By Benj. S. Williams. F. B. H. S.

With descriptions of upwards of eleven hundred species and
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FARMING

WITH
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BY C. HARLAN, M.D.

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WORKING MAN'S WAY TO WEALTH.

By Edmund Wrigley.

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by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

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AMERICAN GARDENER'S ASSISTANT.

By Thomas Bridgeman.

Containing compleie practical directions for the cultivation of
Vegetables, Flowers, Fruit Trees and Grapevines. Illustrated.
529 pages, 12mo, cloth. Price $2.50. Sent by mail post-paid on
receipt of price.

Address CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chcbtnut St., Phila.

GARDENING BY MYSELF.

By Anna Warner.

Containing Hints and Experiences under heading of each
month in the year. Illustrated. 16mo, 223 pages, cloth. Price
$1.25. Sent bf mail post-paid on receipt of price.

Addrew CHAS H. MABOT,

814 Chestnut St., PhQ*.

THE H0RT1CUL7LRAL ADVERTISER.

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SITUATIONS WANTED.

Advertisements under this held must be paid for in advance, with
the oroer, at rate ol Ji.oo for each 36 worcis per ins'rtion.

B

Y a temperate, sinjile German, as Gardener on private
place. Understands care and management of Green-
houses and is a Ko. 1 Vegetable gardener. Looks more for
kind treatment and good home than high salary. Will be
free about middle of September. State full particulars.
References given. Address, Cbas. Arnold, 519 Market St.,
St. Louis, Mo.

AS Gardener on a private place ; is thoroughly experi-
enced in every branch of the business ; has the best
recommendations from his last situation, single, 30 years of
age. Address, Robert Logan, care of Chas. Fremd, Rye,
5s. Y.

BY Florist, German, who has learned his trade thoroughly
and understands Landscape gardening. With Florist
or at private place. Address all letters to Chas. Pockert,
428 North -1th Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

AS head gardener, by an Englishman, age 40; 27 years
experience in best "English and American establish-
ments. P'irst-rate Orchid and Plantsman. Understands
the whole routine of the business, either private or com-
mercial. Woula not object to run a good place on the share
system. Best references both English and American. No
single handed place accepted. Address, Gardener care of
Mr. Chitty, Nurserj- Seedsman, 169 Main St., Paterson, N.J.

AS Foreman in commercial establishment: thoroughly
understands growing of roses and general greenhouse
plants. H.is had charge of one of the largest establishments
in this country. Can give the best references. Address,
N. B. Stover, 246 S. 3rd St., Richmond, Ind.

FOR SALE CHEAP.

(xreenhouse and grounds witli good --tDck. Well located
for cut tlowers and a wholesale plant trade. Within a few
hours of St. Louis, Chicago and Cincinnati. Write to
ROBERT B. PORTER, States Att'y.,

Bloomiiigton', Jlls.

FOE m

GAKDKNfc^K WANTKD. Partner with a few hundreddol-
lars capital, to run truck farm of 60 acres near Augusta,
Ga. Business and cu.stom already established. For particulars
address, W. K. Nelson, Prop., Ga. Nursery, Augusta, Ga. s.2

gentleman's place. 3f' years' experience in
some of the largest establishments in England, Scotland and
this country. Successful grower and exhibitor of Orchids,
flowering and foliage plants ; forced fruits and vegetables,
bouquet and dinner table decorations. Best testimonials.
Address J. W. P., 359 W. Water St.. Dayton, Ohio^

Experienced Propagator

Of Roses, Clematis, Shrubs, Evergreens, hard and soft
wooded plants. Wants position as foreman or manager.
Preference for one where upwards of 100,000 Roses are pro-
duced annually, by a firm desiring their business well and
■economically managed. Advertiser will make liberal ar-
rangements with a firm of large established trade and facili-
ties for producing first-class stock until he can show his
capabilities by his marks. Address,

"A," 64 Park Ave., Rochester, N. Y.

3 Greenhouses well stocked for Winter. Everything in
complete running o-der, doing a good paying business in cut
flowers and plants with no opposition. 3 acres ot good land for
market garden. The greenhouses are supplied with hydrant
water and Hitchings' boiler nearly new. Situated in Green-
field,Mas8., over 4,000 inhabitants, a growing, town about 100
miles from Boston. Excellent centre for shipping, being at
the junction of Conn. River and Hoosack Tunnel R. R.
Possession given immediately, For terms address,

0.2 Brattleboro, Vermont.

WMV T TTTT P r'ABTTAT Required to make money. Rent
VaAi LiiiLa yArUAL moderate, on Lease or Shares,
with privilege of imrcliasing. Five Greenhouses, nearly
new, heated with hot water; tools, manure, sod, i>ots, &c.
"Well stocked Winter-blooming Roses, large quantities of
Carnations, Roses, Bouvardias, Chrysanthemums, Tube-
roses, &-C-, in ground. 6 room house. Two acres. At sta-
tion near Philatlelphia. Beautiful location, surrounded by
first-class improvements. Houses were built expressly for
growing Cut Flowers. Cannot be surpassed. I will take pro-
duct at market prices and assist party of qualifications and
character. KOBT. CLARK. 6th & Washington Ave.. Phila.

WALTER ELDER,
Landscape and Jobbing Gardener,

1231 Rodman Street, Philadelphia,
Attends to all branches of his business on reasonable terms.

a very desiral)le property situated in Rox-
borough, within eight miles of Philadelphia,
now, and for some years past, occupied by a
Florist. The place contains 4 acres of splen-
did land, good stone dwelling house, frame stable and barn,
4 greenhouses and considerable greenhouse stock. The
whole will be sold forS7,.500, one half of which can remain on
mortgage. To anyone with a little capital wishing to invest
intheHorists business, this would prove a great bargain, the
place having already a good local connection. Cars to city
passeverv few luinntps. '('orresi)onden(e solicitetl. Address
0.3 JOSHUA SAUNDERS, Ridge Avenue. Roxborough.Phlla.

YODiG MAPLE TIEEI

100.000 (chiefly Sugar Maple), which I will dispose of this
Fall.

1 foot to 18 inches high, excellent roots. Will sell cheap
forcash. Address THOMAS BENNETT,

(care Edward Bennett, Raquette Lake',

Blue Mountain Lake P. 0.. Hamilton Co.. N. Y-

Sonie Fine Eiilisli Bools.

Twining's Natural Order of Plants. 2 vols 815.00

Lriw's Ferns of Great Britain. 8 vols., V^ tky 80.00

Shirley Hibberd's New, Rare Beautiful Lved Plants. 1 V.1...9.00

" " Amateur's Flower G.irden 3.00

" " " Greenhouse 8.00

" " " Rose Book 3.00

Wooster's Alpine Plants. 2 vols 17. ."iO

Wild Flowers, 2 vols, colored plates, 5.00

" of the Holy Land (quarto) colored plates 8.60

Fern Paradise, Illustrated, plain edition 3.00

" " Photographs, 5.00

" colored plates 1 75

Garden 1.60

Field Flowers, " 1.50

British Fungi, " 2.50

Microscopic Fungi, " 2.50

Country Walks, by a Naturalist, Illustrated 1 75

Half Hours in the Green Lanes 2.00

Half Hours with some English Antiquities 2.00

Marvels of Pond Life, Illustrated 1.75

Sylvan Spring, colored plates 5 00

Book About Roses S.Reynolds Hole. Illustrated 3.75

Greenhouse Fane es, splendid colored Illustrations 12 50

Newton's Landscape Gardening, fob, 24 dble pp, plates 6 00

British Sea Weeds, Mouses, Ferns and Entomology, square,

I61U0, gilt. 89 plates, 4 vols 12.00

Newton s Landscape Gardener 5.00

Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of prices. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Fhila.

BACK VOLUMES

Can still be had in numbers, per year - - • - |2 10

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Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT,
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THE H0R1ICUL71RAL ADVERTISER.

Index to Advertisements.

Advertisers are requested to send orders as early as possi-
ble. Changes of copy must be in by IGlh. Copy for new orders
received after 22d of each month cannot be iiumred inser-
tion iu the next issue. Fly-leaf copy (new or changes) must
be in by luth. For Advertising Rates see 2d cover page.

Allen C. E., Brattleboro, Vermont 29

Bayersdorfer M M. & Co., Philadelphia 4

Barnes O. M., Lansing, Mich 18

Bennett Thos., Blue Mountain Lake P. O., N. Y 29

Benz Albert, Little Neck, L. I., N. Y 18

Black Chas. & Bro., Hightstown, N. J 14

Blanc A., Philadelphia 14

Bohmer Louis, Yokohama, Japan 22

Brinton W. P., Christiana, Pa 9

Burrow J. G., Fishkill, N. Y 30

Business Directory 9

Cans. VV., Perry, O 13

Canda F. E., Ravenswood, Ills 14

Carmody J. D., Evansville. Ind 10

Chaapel Harry, Williamsport, Pa 17

Charlton John, Rochester, N. Y 21

Clark Robt., Philadelphia 29

Collins, J. S., Moorestown, N. J 30

Cowen N. & Son, New York 30

Crane A. B., Flushing, N. Y 11

Dick John J r., Philadelphia 12, 18

Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, Pa 2, 4

Dreer Henry A., Philadelphia 8, 9, 14

Dumesnil Moss Co., New York 13

Elder Walter, Philadephia 29

Eiietson J., Auburn, N. Y 12

EUwangei & Barry, Rochester, N. Y 22

Exeter Machine Works, Boston and Exeter, N. H Cover

Farm and Garden, Philadelphia 14

Farmer's Adviser, York, Pa 13

Fergusson David & Sons, Philadelphia 19

Foster P. H., Babylon, N. Y 14

Gravett John, Lancaster, 0 9

Haines R. H., Moorestown, N. J 14

Hales H. W., Ridgewood, N. J 9

Hallett H. & Co., Portland. Maine 17

Halliday Robert J., Baltimore, Md 15

Hallock V. H.j Son & Thorpe, Queens, N. Y 6

Harris Wm. K., Philadelphia 20

Henderson Peter <fe Co., New York 1

Hitchings & Co., New York 8

Hubbard T. 8., Fredonia, N. Y Fly-leaf, 11

Jenkins J., Winona, Ohio 13

Johnson & Stokes, Philadelphia 17, 18

Josselyn Geo. S., Fredonia, N. Y IS

Kelsey Fred. W., New York 14

Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne, New York 13

KrelageE. H. & Son, Haarlem, Holland 20

Landreth D. & Sons, Philadelphia Fly-leaf

Leeds & Co., Richmond, Ind 18

Lischy L. C, Nashville, Tenn 14

Loveti J. T., Little Silver, N. J .19

Mann Bros., Randolph, Mass 17

Marc Gabriel, Woodside, N. Y 18

Marschuetz & Bacharach, Philadelphia 6

McAllister F. E., New York 30

Meehan Thomas, Germantown, Phila 8, 11

Miller & Hunt, Chicago, Ills 12

Morat Francis, Louisville, Ky 17

Myhus August D., Detroit, Mich 12

Nanz ANeuner, Louisville, Ky 17, 19

Nelson W. K., Augusta, Ga 29

Paillet L., Paris, Prance 17

Parry Wm., Parry P. O., N. J 9

Parsons R. B <fe Co., Flushing, N. Y 11

Parsons <fe Sons Co., Flushing, N. Y Cover

Phillips W. R., Milford, Del 9

Porter Robert B., Bloomington, Bis 29

Puetz Arnold, Jacksonville, Fla 21, Cover

PuUen A., Milford, Del 8

Reynolds Benj., Norfolk, Va 6

Richardson W. A., Louisville, Ky 10

Rogers C. B., PhUadelphia 19

Rolker August & Sons, New York 1

Saul John, Washington, D. C 9

Saunders J oshua, Philadelphia 29

Scott Alex., Waverly, Md 18

Sealy Jac. C. & Co., Maspeth, N. Y 6

Sibley Hiram & Co., Rochester, N. Y '. 13, 16

Smith David, Boston, Mass 5

Stark &Co., Louisiana, Mo 19

Stewart Wm. J. , Philadelphia and Boston 9

Stinson & Co. , Portland, Maine 19

Swain R. A., Philadelphia 7

Taber W. B. & W. M., Detroit, Mich 8

Thompson W. H., Philadelphia 19

Thorburn J. M. & Co., New York Fly-leaf

Thorpe A. & Co., Washington, D. C 19

Transon P. & E., Orleans, France 13

True & Co., Augusta, Maine 14

Tuttle Sidney, Bloomington, Ills i7

Van Geert Auguste, Ghent, Belgium 11

Vaughan J. C, Chicago, 111 Fly-leal'

Vick James, Rochester, N. Y Fly-leaf

Walker F. & Co., New Albany, Ind 18

Ware Thos. S., London, Eng 21

Welch Bros., Boston, Mass 13

White John, Jersey City, N. J 17

For Sitaations Wanted see page

FLOWERING BULBS

^^ AND

Floiftrer Seed

-FOR AXTXU3«II»I I»I-ANTING.-

Ryacintlis, Tulips, Crocus, Lilies,

Ranunculus, Anemones, Sic, k,

Illustrated Catalogue, containing full description and in-
structions for cultivation, sent FREE on application.

F. E. McAllister,

IMPORTER AND DEAXER IN

Bulbs, Florists' Supplies, Seeds, &c.,

f« 31 rUlIOH SMI, KEW YORK,

B

EST MARKET PEAR

I oljtained my first Grafts of this valua-
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md now offer the largest t>to<'k of Trees in
the country. Also other Trees, Vines and
Plants, including all the best sorts of Straw-
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THE NEW. STRAWBERRY (ly^Cj

Meal TasiHeriBy anil Eons Sscordos,

Together with General Information for Sportsmen.
By JOSEPH H. BATTY,

Taxidermist for the Hayden Expedition and other Government
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receipt of price. Address,

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World, Weekly 98

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Architect Weekly 5 20 Germantown Telegraph, new subs 1 85

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Good Company 2 75

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" Builder and Woodworker. 1 35

" Dairyman 1 25

" Etchings 8 00

" Farmer 1 35

Garden 80

" Journal of Microscopy 90

" Journal of Science 5 25

MachlnUt 2 90

" Naturalist 3 25

" Statistical Review 4 25

Andrews' Bazar 90

Archives of Dermatology 3 25

Art Amateur 3 25

Art Interchange 1 75

Art Work Manual 2 50

Arthur's Home Magazine 1 60

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CONTENTS OF THE NOVEMBER NUMBER.

SEASONABLE HINTS :

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground 321-322

Greenhouse and House Gardening 326-327

Fruit and Vegetable Gardening 333-3:54

COMMUNICATIONS :

Close Trimmed Trees 322

A Few Flower Notes : . . . . 323

Hydrangea Panieulata 324

Bermuda Grass 324

Gloxinia and its Culture 327

Hardenbergia Comptoniana . 328

Natural Hanging Baskets and Epergenes 329

A History of Some City Peach Trees 334

Grape Culture Under Glass 335

Silk Culture in Nebraska 339

Caladium Esculentum.— Nymphaea Ampla

Insects in Pitchers of Nepenthes

Is the Kalmia Poisonous?

Influence of Pollen in Cross-Fertilizing

The Romance of Herbacea

History of the Peach in America

Fruiting of a Male Tree of Cephalotaxus Fortunii. . . 348

EDITORIAL NOTES :

The Blood-leaved Peach— Tuberoses— Florida Yel-
low Water LUy 32-5

Lapageria rosea and alba— Cypripedium insigne—

Pruning Marechal Niel Rose 330-331

New White Grapes— Dandelions— Tomato Cat-
sup 336-337

Arguments for Tree Planting— Forest Fires— En-
couragement of Forestry in Canada— Frame
Buildings in Cities— Forests of the Wabash Val-
ley—Insect Borers in the Yellow Locust— For-
estry in Canada 340-341

The Hybrid Cotton— Death and Birth of New
Species of Plants— Nepenthes Madagascariensis
—The Giant Tree of California— Origin of the

Treeless Prairies 343-345

Intelligent Correspondents— Silk Culture in the
South— Testimonial to the Kieffer Pear— Kenil-
worth Ivy— Hiram Sibley— The Farm Journal-
Express Packages for the Editor— Elihu Hall-
Edward J. Hooper— Joseph Sherfy— American

Journal of Forestry 348-352

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society— The
Mississippi Valley Horticultural Society— Penn-
sylvania State Horticultural Society 351-352

SCRAPS AND QUERIES :

Nandine Tree— A Chapter on Water Lilies 32-5-326

Apples from Mecklenburg County, N. C— Pear
from Wisconsin — Sprouting of Pear Roots—
Le Conte Pear- Chinese Cling Peaches— Colonel
McFarland's Late Peach— Peach from Chanute,
Kansas— Moore's Early Grape— The Triumph
Grape— Jessica Grape— A New Plum— Kelsey's

Japan Plum-^James Vick Strawberry

Truflaes — Sheep and Kalmia— Use for Yucca
Leaves

NEW OR RARE PLANTS AND FRUITS :
Bignonia magnifica

345

FLOWER GARDEN AND PLEASURE GROUND,321-
GREENHOUSE AND HOUSE GARDENING.
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE GARDENING....

FORESTRY 339-341

NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE 341-345

LITERATURE, TRAVELS* PERSONAL NOTES 346-351
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES

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MADAME WELCH, Tea, magnificent creamy yellow buds 3.00 16.00

MAD. CHEDANNE CUINISSEAU, Tea, Finest New Yellow 5.00 35.00

PRINCESSE STEPHANIE, Tea, New Pink from France 4.00 25. OO

CATHARINE MERMET, Tea, Bright Pink, splendid for forcing 2.00 lO.OO

ANNIE MARIE DE MONTRAVEL, Pure White, | The New Polyantha > ^ qq 25 OO

MAD'ELLE CECILE BRUNER, Pale Rose, < Roses from Japan. S

DUKE OF TECK, New Scarlet Hybrid Perpetual 4.00 25.00

CROWN PRINCE, New Crimson Hybrid PenJetual , 4.00 25.00

JAMES VEITCH, Finest Crimson, perpetual moss 8.00 50.00

Plenty of STANDARD SORTS, including Marechal Robert, Marie Cuillot, Catherine Mermet,
M. Niel, Cen. Jacqueminot, Ac, Ac, all at LOWEST RATES, quality considered.

NOTICE FOR. FA.LL-

DORMANT ROSES FROM OPEN GROUND, Strong, Thrifty Plants, all on own Roots.
HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES, 2 to 2>^ feet, $12.00 per 100 ; $100.00 per 1000.

MOSS ROSES, 2 to 3 feet, $15.00 per 100; $150.00 per 1000.

|@-ASK FOR DORMANT LIST OF HARDY ROSES AND SHRUBS, FREB.-®8

NOTICE.— This advertisement is intended for the TKADE ONL.T, and not for private planters. Address,

The DINGEE & CONARD CO.,

<« ROSE GROWERS, West Grove, Chester Co., Pa.

THE HOR TICUL TURAL AD VER TISER.

Greenhouse Meating

Ventilating Apparatus.

HITCHINGS & CO.,

[Established, 1844.]

No. 233 Mercer Street,

Base-Burning Water Heater

Three sizes. Patented, iS;;.

NEAR BLEBCKBB STEBBT,

NEW YORK.

Corrugated Fire-box Boiler.
Five sizes. Patented, 1867. New Patterns, 1873.

FOUR PATTERNS OF BOILERS

-EIGHTEEN SIZES.-

ALSO,

HEATING PIPES,

EXPANSION TANKS,

STOP-VALVES AND

PIPE FITTINGS,

IN GREAT VARIETY AND AT

J& IMPROVED

^% Rash-raising Apparatus,

Lifting-Rods for Sashes,

Etc., Etc.

Improved Saddle Boiler. Send 6 cents postage for Illustrated Cata-

Five sizes. New Patterns 1877. loguo, wlth References and Prices.

THE HORTICLLTLRAL ADVERTISER.

M. M. BATERSDORFER & CO.

IMPORTERS OF

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

56 N. FOURTH ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

We beg to call the attention of the WHOLESALE and
RETAIL TRADE in FLORISTS' GOODS to our weU as-
sorted stock for the Fall season :

BOUQUET PAPERS (ITALIENS, PASTED CARTONS,
the celebrated B. F. manufacture, of which we are
SOLE AGENTS. Also BOUQUET HOLDERS.
IMMORTELLES— Original Bunches always on hand.

White and all Colors.
DRIED GRASSES AND FLOWERS,

In great varieties and styles ; very suitable_for orna-
mental purposes.

Ornamental Grass Bouquets,

French and German Green Moss.
Tin Foil— Best in the Market.

ALSO IMPORTERS OF FANCY WILLOW AND MOSS BASKETS, AND

MANUFACTURERS OF FANCY STRAW, BROWN VARNISHED

WILLOW, AND WHITE AND GILT BASKETS.

Send orders early in Fall. Illustrated Catalogue gratis on application.

Prize Medal of Cincinnati Industrial Exposition of 1873 ; Medal and
Diploma of International Exposition of 1877, "For best display of
Bouquet Papers."

CUT FLOWERS.

Roses, Camellias, Carnations, Bouvardlas, Smilax, &c., &c.

W. B. &W. M.TABER,

WHOLESALE GROWERS AND DEALERS,

NURSERYMEN AND DEALERS

In want of PEACH TREES for their trade this PALL, 1882, and SPRING, 1883^
can find a LARGE and THRIFTY STOCK of the most APPROVED VARIETIES
at the MILPORD NURSERIES, MILPORD, DELAWARE. Also PLUM, APRI-
COT, &c., all grown with SPECIAL CARE. Prices reasonable. Call upon or
address.

jitf

MILFORD, DELAWARE.

THE HORTICLLTURAL ADVERTISER.

Medal and Diploma awarded by the U. S. Centen-
nial Commission, 1876, also Gold Medal and Diploma
Awarded at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts
Charitable Mechanic Association, held in Boston,
1878, to

DAVID SMITH,

Manufacturer of Patent Improved

PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX RETURN FLUE BOILER

AND

PATENT PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX

BASE BURNER BOILER,

FOR HEATING

Greenhouses^ Graperies, Conservatories, Propagating Houses, FoV'

cing Pits, Public and Private Buildings^ Schools, Drying

Rooms, and Heating Water for Baths.

ALSO KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND

Expansion Tanks, Evaporating Pans. Stop Valves, Cast Iron Pipe, Elb(^ws, Tees, Branches, Pipe
Chairs and everything necessary, of the best material, for Greenhouse Heating.

Smith's Improved Ventilating Apparatus, for opening and closing Ventilating Sash, on
roof or sides of Greenhouses and Gmperies.

Judges' Report on awards, with descriptive illustrated circular containing testimonials and
reference. Also price list furnished on application to

jyATSTTTy SIVEITK,

8 6 BEVERLY STFtEEX,

fct 12 BOSTON, MASS.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

MARSCHUETZ & BACHARACH,

25 NORTH FOURTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.,

IJII'ORTICRS OF AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

Bouquet Papers (Italiens), Pasted Cartons,

Immortelles, Dried Grasses and Flowers,

Ornamental Crass Bouquets, Mosses,
Wire Designs, Tin Foil,

Swiss Moss and Fancy Baskets.

-MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF BASKETS FOR FLORISTS*

Illustrated Catalogue free on application. Orders will receive careful attention and prompt shipment. t.fl2

THE NEW HYBRID TEA ROSE,

Duke of Connaught,

THE EVERBLGOMING JACK.

We are now prepared to furnish this INCOMPARABLE ROSE IN LARGE
QUANTITIES. Price, $6.00 per dozen.

«JAG. C SSAIjiir «£ CO.,

<^ MASPETH, N. Y.

New Orchids—Semi-Established

Since our last announcement we have received the following ORCHIDS in fine condition, viz.: BURLINQTCNIA
FRAGRANS; DENDROBIUMS— CRETACEUM, EbURNUM, FORMOSUM, FORMOSUM GIGANTEUM (?),
JAMESIANUM, SECUNDUM, TAURIANUM ; L^LIAS-FLAVA, PERRINII, PURPURATA The very beau-
tiful LYCASTE SKINNERI, MILTONIA CLOWESII; ODONTOGLOSSUMS—ALEXANDRiE, GRANDE; ON-
CIDIUMS— CONCOLOR, CRISPUM i?), LAUCEANUM, LURIDUM and others from Brazil. SOPHkONlSTIS—
CERUNA, GRANDIFLORA; STANHOPEA AUREA (the most beautiful variety) and many others.

These plants are SEMI-ESTABLISHED and with exception of ODONTOGLOS3U M ALEXANDR/E and
ONCIDIUM CONCOLOR and LAUCEANUM, we oflfer them at iSl.OO to «3.00 each, as to size.

We will extend the offer of small plants at $6.00 per dozen, as advertised in July "Monthly," to all our former
customers, and shall be pleased to have prompt responses if desired. Address

BENJ. REYNOLDS, Superintendent,

mhi2 Barker Floral Gardens (Brambleton), Norfolk, Va.

Trade Catalogue for Fall of 1882,

NOW READY, WITH COLORED PLATE OF CLEMATIS COCCINEA.

The True Lilium Harrisii and L. Tenuifolium.

-idtjtoh: bulbs. -

FINE BOVELTIES, SUCH AS ANTHERIJU.fI PICTDRATUM, YELLOW CALLS JUNCOS ZEBRINOS,

OUR SUPERB SET OF NEW GERANIUMS, AND MANY OTHERS.

V. H. HALLOCK, SON & THORPE

•tf Address Telegrams and Letters, QUEENS, N. Y.

THE h OR TICUL TURAL A D VER TlShR.

THOS. J. MYERS, Jr.'s

NEW IMPROVED PATENT

RETURN FLUE BOILER,

For Heating Greenhouses, Hothouses, Public and Private
Buildings, Drying Rooms, Railroad Tanks, &c.

Tliey are Guaranteed to he the 3Iost Powerful, Durable and Eco-
nomical toiler ever made in this Country,

"We are also manufacturing all tlie various sizes of MYERS'
PATENT and SWAIN'S IMPROVED BOILERS, PIPE, DOUBLE
and SINGLE VALVES, EXPANSION TANKS, ELBOWS, &c.
PIPE CHAINS and all Varieties of Fittings for HEATING BY
HOT WATER.

Send for Illustrated Circular and Price List.

1173 South Ninth Street

THOS. J. MYERS, Manager.

PHILADELPHIA, PA.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

CHEAP TREES AND SHRUBS.

It is now well known that there is as ninoh difterence in the quality of trees as in the quality of dry goods. A yard
may be worth ten cents, or it may be worth a dollar. So the ten-cent tree may be a dear tree, while the dollar one be
cheap. A tree which dies is a dear tree at any price— and not much less dear is one which lives, but is stunted for years
afterwards. Even under the most favorable condition trees will sometimes die, but the chances are reduced by getting
the best trees. j b &

We have trees so low in price that they barely pay the cost of digging, for those who prefer to take the risk- others,
frequently transplanted, at somewhat higher prices, but still cheap in proportion to quality.

Our priced Catalogue, wholesale and retail, is now ready. Our collection, embracing over one thousand items, has
been too large to give it in the form of a descriptive list ; but a new feature of the present one is an attempt to make it
somewhat more of a descriptive catalogue than has been hitherto thought possible.

SENT FREE TO ALL APPLICANTS.

THOMAS MEEHAN, Nurseryman,

tstf 6ERMANT0WN, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

President JAMES A. GARriELD.

Color, English Vermilion.

MRS. GARFIELD.

Color, Chinese Pink.

New Carnation
Nevir Carnation

We now offer fine healthy phmts (that will be in bloom for the holidays) of these magnificent Carnations at the
following rates: First size, «1.00 each; iSlO.OO per doz. Second size, Sob. each; «4.00 perdoz.; »30.00 per 100.
Third size, 2ac. each ; iS3.00 per doz.; S15.00 per 100. Having given PRESIOENT GARFIELD a thorough tri 1, and
compared it with Firebrand, Lady Emma, Fred. Johnsou and other S<arlets, we feel safe to say, that it is far better
than any of them. Cut Blooms of the above and other leading varieties in large quantities! Cut Flower and Fall
Price List FREE on appUcation. Address all orders to n7

JNO. BREITMEYER & SON, 157 Bates Street. Detroit, Mich.

WHAT WILL THE WEATHER BE TO-MORROW
Pool's Signal Service Barometer

— OR STORitf GLASS AND THERMOMETER COMBINED,

•V^ILXj tell "K'O'U" !
Itwill detect andindicate correctly any change in the weather 12 to 48hours
in advance. It will tell what kind of storm is approaching-, and from what
direction— invaluable to navig;ators. Farmers can plan their work
according to its predictions. Saves 50 times its cost in a single season.
Has an accurate thermometer attached, which alone is worth the price of the
combination. This great \\ EATHEll INDICATE) 11 isendorsed by the
most eminent Physicians, Professor.s DP©T lU TUF UfnDI 1% I
andScientihomen of the day to be the DtO \ I II I 91 1 WUKLU !
The Thermometer and Barometer are jiutiu a nicely finished walnut frame,

with silver plated trimmings, etc., making it a beavitil id as well as useful or-
nament. Wewill send youa sample one,dt/ii)ered//ee, to your place, in good
order, on receipt of Si» or six for gi4. AKentsaremakingfrom$5 to$20
daily selling them. AtrialwiUconviuceyou. Order at once. It iSclIs at
SKiHTI Just the thing to sell to farmers, merchants, etc. Invaluable to
everybody. XJ. S. Posta:re Stamps taken if in good order, but money pre-
ferred. A cents wanted everywhere. Send for Circular and teems.
Addresa all orders to OSWECiO THERMOMETER WORKS,
iLargesles.ablishmentofiheUadvntheicorld) UswegO, OswCgO Co.,N.Y.

We refer to the Mayor, Postmaster, County Clerk, First and Second
National Banks, or any business house in Oswego, N. Y.

Write your Post OJice, County and State plainly, and remit by money-order,
drnfton New Ynrh or registered le'ter.at our risk.

Tills will make a Beautiful und Very Useful Present.

READ WHAT THE PUBLIC SAY ABOUT IT.
iuiA Pool's Barometer works as well as oae that costs fifty dollars. You can rely on it
. time. Capt. Chas. E. Rogem, Ship "Twilight," San Francisco.

.;.iromcter received in good order, and must say that the instrument gives perfect sat-
isfaction in every respect. It is neatly made and wonderfully cheap at two dollars.

Geo. is. Pahsons, M. C. K. K. Office, Detroit, Mich.

Pool's Barometer has already saved me many times its cost, in foretelling the weather.
It is a wonderf'.il curiosity and works to perfection. P. J. Eobketson, Milwaukee,Wis.

BEVVATIE OP WORTHL,ESS I.MITATIONS. None genuine
witliout onr Trade Mark, and Signature of J. A. Pool, on back of Instru-

ment, as below:

^^fu^-^^^^:.

AD,

Every instrument warranted Perfect and JJeliable. Size 9y inches lorig,

i wide. If not s.ati'siied on receiving the inntrument, return it atonce and

we will ref uu d y our money. Please state where you saw our advertisement

SPIR/EA JAPONICA, fine imported clumps $ 8.00 per 100

LILY OF THE VALLEY, large selected blooming roots 16.00 per 1000

TUBEROSES-Doubie White and Pearl— first-class bulbs, my own

raising 25.00 per 1000

Al^lSlX.. SCOTX,

WAVERLY, BALTIMORE COUNTY. IVID.

THE HORTICLLTURAL ADVERTISER.

BTTSINSSS DIRECTORY.

^S" Send for Circular and conditions of insertion under this heading.'^tl

ALBERT BENZ. Pansies a specially.
SI2 Little Neck. L. I.. N.Y

CHAS. BLACK & BRO., Fruit and Orna-
mental Trees & Plants, Hightstown, N. J

ELLWANGER & BARRY. Ornamental and
Fruit Trees, Shrubs, &c., Rochester, N.Y.

ROBT. J. HALLIOAY, Florist. New, Rare j. C. VAUGHAN, Fancy New Potatoes and
and other plants, Baltimore, Md. I Seed Corn a specialty, Chicago, Ills

THOMAS MEEHAN, ' WM. WEBSTER, Landscape Engineer,

Nurseryman & Tree Seeds, Germant'n.Phil Seedsman and Florist, Rochester, N. V

WM. PARRY, Fruit and Ornamental Trees JAS. B. WILD & BRO., Fruit & Ornameita!
and Small Fruits, Parry P. O., N. J. Trees, Shrubs, &c., Sarcoxie, Mo.

100,000 PEACH TREES,

Free from Yellows. 23 years experience in Nursery B
ia New Jersey and Delaware.
NATURAL. VIRGINIA, PEACH PITS.

Price Lists free.

Address,

W. R. PHILLIPS, Milford, Del.,

(Church Hill Nurseries.) i.d.12.

WM. J. STEWART,

AVIIOLE.S.\LE DEALP:K IN

CUT FLiEES MD FUSTS' SUPPLIES,

Boston Store : 4 Park St. Philadelphia Store : 1318 Chestnut.

Teleeraphie orders to either store promptly attended to.
Fresh Flowers and careful packing a specialty. ^tol2

J!^

l?i. Tie Mti Fiiiptor,

Manufactured and for sale by

HENRY A. DREER,

For Greenhouses, Conservatories, Pits,
Frames Infirmaries, Hospitals, Ships,
Poultry Houses, etc.

For destruction of Vermin or Purifying
Rooms, etc.

The most effectual apjiaratus for the fumigation of Green-
houses in the market. Simple in construction, not liable
to get out of order, and self-acting.

No. 1, height 12 in., suital)le for house, 10.K20 f2.00

No. 2, " 16 in.' " " 12x40 3.00

No. 3, " 20 in., " '• 15x100 4.00

No. 3, Hea\-j' Galvanized Iron S-OO

No. 4, height 24 in., suitable for house, 20x100 8.00

Made of Heavy Galvanized Iron.

Ldberal discount to the trade. Shipped by rail or express to

any part of the country on receipt of price by P. O. Order.

TOBACCO STEWS for fumigating, in i)alesof about 2251bs.

each, delivered to R. R. (Icjjot at S^J. 50 per bale or S20 per

S.A.TJrj'S

NURSERIES,

WASHINGTON, D. C.

Tlie undersigne.l offers a fine stock of the foUowing at
low rates :

NEW PEARS, NEW PEACHES. NEW CHERRIES, NEW GRAPES,
NEW STRAWBERRIES. &c.

Fruit Trees of all kinds.

An Extensive Stock, viz.:

PEARS, PLUMS, CHERRIES. APRICOTS, APPLES,
Suitable to the SOUTH, &c.

Crape Vines, Strawberries, Raspberries. Ac.

New sorts Evergreens, New Ornamental Trees. New Shrubs,

&c.. Small Sizes, suitable for Nurserymen as well

as large stock in great variety.

DUTCH BULBS.

i Large importations direct from the leading growers in Hol-
! land. First quality Bulbs : Hyacinths. Lilies, Tulips, &c.
I ORCHIDS.-EAST INDIAN, MEXICAN, &c.

Beautiful Hothouse and Greenhouse Plants,

Crotons, Dracenas. Oleffenbachias, Orchids, Winter
Blooming Plants, &c.

' MriAl OnOCC Hennett's Hybrid Teas, New
! IMLW tlUOtO. French and English Roses.
New Wistarias, New Clematis, Geraniums, Primulas, &c.

j Everything at low rates. Catalogues mailed to applicants.

j s. 11 JOHN SAUL, Washi ngton, D. C.

ton.
n.l

HENRY A. DREER, 714 CHestnnl St.. PHila.

S1.00fQr25c.

Every one should sco our MontiTTy.Tlestof Fariuers' papc

Every

50c. a year, or
taHcit, wescnd«oopt

w»rth$1.00n.r2-.pt-. M
Copy and sue. Kiirni!

' triul, but to euable all to
> 1 yoaFfor|Sil.50, giviiiKapaper

ni;i'< l:>k''ii. Si-nrt stamp for Snmnlo
KUJurdfTi, l:J.S.-lth .';t.,Philad'a.

CXJT FLOTATEFTS

By :>Iail or Kxpress, as follows:
ROSES- Pearl. Cook. Niphetos and Caroline Mermet :it !li-."i.oo
per luo. Bon Silene, Douglas, Sprunt, Safrano,
&dam B. gere. &c.. at *a.oo ,),.r \w.
CARNATIONS King of Crimson. La Purity, Mrs. Joliffc.
Peerless. Smith Setdling, Degraw, Edwardsli,
Queen of White, Phllopena at sa oo per lUO.
VIOLETS- Neapolitan ai 75 ceuis l',^:'''"!- „„,„.„„
SPK('IAIi K.vri-.S ON I;.\l^(;i'. lil .ENTITIES.
New Apples, Pears. Peaches, Grapes, Cherries, Quince, Ac.

Catalogues sent FKl' K. .\d(ln^-.s
n2 I. C. WOOD & BRO., Fishkill, N. Y.

POMONA NURSERY. MOSS ROSES

■ nnn KIK.FKKR'S hybrid pears in I T I V«/ ^J" '^J ■ • ^-^ ^^ ■*" ^^

C r\r\C\ KIK.FKER'.S HYBRID PEARS in
, O.UUU Orchard, and in NurMery, grown

/ cn nnn exclusively from healtliv STAND

/ <JU,UUUaRDS; none propagated Iron:

DWARFS — Lil)cral discount to the trade

none propa
discount to
Small Fruits, Trees, Plants, and Vines in variety.

Good strong

CATALOGUES free

WM. PARRY, Parry P. 0., N. J.

. ,.. ig plants lor Fall planting now ready, al.so a

; fine lot of White Fringed Pinks, and Lily of the Valley

in large clnnip>.

H. W. HALES,

n tf. Ridgewood Floral Nursery, RIdgewood, N. J.

iO

THE HORllCUL TLRA L AD VER TISER.

Something New in Water Heaters

Please tale Mce.

Sectional View of Carmody's Patent

m\m EiTBisioi mil \m\

Especially adapted to the heating of

III

And other Buildings where the HOT WATER system is desirerl. I tstf

This Heater is composed of sections, and
can be enlarged or dinnnished in size at will.

By removing the impacting sections it be-
comes a first-class saddle boiler.

It can be used in connection with a flue
along the ground, or not, at pleasure.

It requires no fire pit, where water is liable
to extinguish the fire.

It burns soft coal as well as hard, and doee
not clog up with soot.

It has more heating surface in proportion
to its size than any other boiler in the market.

It is the CHEAPEST and most durable first-
class boiler made.

FOR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR AND
PRICE LIST,

A DDRESS THE PROPRIETOR,

J. D. CARMODY,

EVASSVIILE, IND,

PALM

-LEAVES-

FOR

DECORATION

3^ FRESH OR BLEACHED. ^^:s

Price on application to n3

ARNOLD PUETZ, JACKSONVILLE, FLA

BOSTON TEA ROSES

Carefully packed and shipped to all points in Western and
Middle States, at lowest Boston market prices. Price list
■of Flowers and Florists' su)ii>lies sent od application.

WELCH BROS.,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS,
fl2 16.5 Tremuut Street, Boston, Mass.

PLUM TREES.

A fine .assortment of Plum on Teach one and two years
old at the lowest wholesale price. Call on or address,

PKKKY, LAKE CO., OHIO.

PEACH PITS FORTLANTING

Choice Southern natural Peach Pits, selected from original
SeeUlmg tiecs, wlndi arc entirely free from yellows or
disease, at .50 v,.;ns (,1<1. We offer them at very low prices.
imported and American Tree Seeds in great variety. Cherry
"Pits. Russia matting, &c. Write for prices, stating quantity
required.

JOHNSON & STOKES,
••2 1114 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Per 100

Double White, 4-inch pots, strong 810.00

.3 " " 8.00

" 2 " " extra fine 5.00

English iTies. .3 ft 10.00

Verbenas, finest named varieties 3.00

AmpelopMK. Veitchii, 9 to 12-inehes 10.00

Calle Lilies, strony; plants 1 6.00

Begonia Kubra, '• per doz. 1.00

aii2s.i-7 -p. WALKER & Co.. New AIb-.ivy, Ind.

[jTO

Garmore's^a^D?JS..

As Inrented and worn by him
perfectly restoring the hearing.^ ^En.
tirely deaf for thirty years, he hears with
them even whispers, distinctly. Are
not observable, and remain in posi-
tion without aid. Descriptive Circular
Free. CAUTION : Do not be deceived
by bogus ear drums. Mine is the only
successful artificial Ear Drum mantk
factured.

JOHN GARMORE.

Filth & Race Sts., CincinnatC O.

SPECIALTIES TO THE TRADE.

Monthly Pelargonium, P'red. Dorner, 3-in. pots, 83..50 ^
doz., Si5 ^ 100; 2-in. pots, 82.50 fl doz., S15 fl 100. Begonia
niiira and Nephrolepis exaltata, 23.2-in. pots, SI. 50 f, doz., 819
^ 100. Rhyncospermum jasminoides, 2}^-in. pots, S3 f! doz.,
S20 ^ 100. Hydrangea japonica variegata, strong, 4-in. pots,
S3 f. doz.. $20 ^ 100. Roses, field-grown, mostly H. P., Ist
size, S12.50 f( 100; SlOO ^ 1000; 2d size, S8 ¥* 100; S50 f! 1000.
Roses, pot-grown Teas, China and H. P., 1st size, SIO f. 100;
$75 ^ 1000 ; 2d size, S7.50 f 100, S50 f. 1000. Principal varie-
ties Gen. Jacqueminot, Capt. Christy, Gen. Washington,
Mad. Chas. Wood, Hermosa, Malmaison, Safrano, Douglass,
Paul Neyrori, Cramois, Superior, LaFrance, etc. Strawberry,
Gregg Raspberry and Snvder Blackberrv plants cheap m
quantity Ad<lress, JOHN G. HEINL. Terra Haute. Ind. n2

GUN.WORKS,»

IHE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER. U

AllOII'CTC \/AM /^CPDT continent aTT nurseries, ghent,

AUV4UO I EL VAIM ^CitlX I ■ (BELGIUM,) BEGS TO OFFER

Azalea mollis, flne mixture, nice plants, well set witli L>uas....r S:sO, $J0, S.">0 to 8tiO per 100

" •' in varieties to name, well set with buds §.S0. 850 to SIOO "

" Indica, clioicest varieties, strong plants, well set with buds S30, $50, $(J0 to S«0 "

•' " half specimen and specimen plants, well set with buds 81.25, ?2..50, &>, SIO, to 520 each

Camellias, best varieties, good shaped plants, well budded 535, S40, &50 to 880 per lOO

" •' " without buds 820 to $;^ "

Hardy Hybrid Rhododendron, with buds 850, 875 to 8100 "

" " halt" specimen and specimen plants 83.50, 85, 810 to 820 each

" " without buds 825 to 8;^0 per 10*>

Dracaena termlnalis rosea, nice plants, well colored 81 to 81.50 each

lineata (riu- true variety), fir.e specimen plants ?2.50 to 8.5 "

" cannaefolla, tine decorative plant 82.50 "

Palms, for tauie and general decoration of every description Sfi, 87..50 to 815 perdoz

'■ in stores. ( For list see General Catalogue.) from $2.50 upwards per 100

Ferns, in varieties of uij- own selection 810, §15 to 820 "

Spiraea iaponica, strong clumps for forcing 85 '■

palmata 810 '•

Tuberous Begonias 87.50 to 812.50 '•

Gloxinias, guod nowering bulbs, choice mixture $5 to 87.50 "

" " best named varieties 810 '•

Lily of the Valley Pips, extra quality for foreins: 812.50 per lOOu

For ORCHIDS and other plants, see General Trade List and Descrip'ive Catalogue, mailed FREE to nil applicants. to2

AND

We do not deal in vegetable seeds, but have for a quarter ot a eenturv made a specialtv of collecting
SEEDS OF TREhS, SHRUBS AND FRUITS, FOR

Amateurs, Botanic Gardens, Foresters, Nurserymen and General Seedsmen.

NEW CATALOGUE SOON READY. ,tf

THOMAS MEEHAX ■ GERMANTOWN, PA.

The " ""

jNew

— ^— ^>»-> IM^H H ■ ■ B H H^n ^^^* ton, .>uiili, L.udy, Wordeiix, etc.,et«. Qly'h'ricesn

^i^W Bl ^H ■ ■ ■■■ ^Br Warrniued true to name. All the older varieties in large I

jpply. LARGEaT ISXOCw in A.11lim€A. Cheapby mail. Illustrated CatulogLe free. T.S. HUBBARD. Fredoni, •• ■■ '

The
New

n H ■■ ^^B| H H m\B I*ockIlneton, Ducliei>H,1.a<1y WashinKton Jeffer.'

H ■ ■ ■ ■B B ■ ■ ■ xon.-N crKenne«. Karly Victor. Moores Early, ItHish-

^UH ■ H ■ B ■ Km ^^V ton. Noah, Lu<1y,Wordeni<.etc.,etc. QrTPrices reduced

^^^ ^W.m ■ ■ ^Hi ^^ Warranted true to name. All the older varieties in larce

upply. LARGE-. 1' ISTUCti: lu AJlhlUtA. Cheapby mail

\— JlBRPC^PrentSss,

QM^vsAJ mm ■ ■ U PI I M^l^ PocVIineton. »ui)ie»H.T.a<ly Wuolilncton JcfTer.'

■ ni6W fl ■ ■ ■ BH H I ■Wxon.Vi-rKennc.^KaHyVK-tor.Muoroo Early. Itrieh.

■ C^l ■ D ■ B fl ^^ mJr ton.Nouli, Ea<ly.\Vorden>*.«.-tv..ete. GTTl'nces reduced

■ ^^P B BB B B HH ^^ Warr^^med true Xc nan,.;. All the older varieties in lar^e

■ supply. LARGEST flTOChL in .tJlh.llICA. Cheaoby mail, liliistraied Cnlalotri..- I'.-ee. T.^. llf liCAKD. Fredonia. N'.Y.

gJiMBBBMBBMMPMMBWBBaiiwWiBWBWSWP'W''^

Farmers' Adviser

A MONTHLY JOURNAL,

Devoted to the interests of the Farmer, Hreeder, and
Stuck Kaiser. Only 50 ceut» a year.

The cheapest, spiciest, and best paper for the farmer.
Liberal cash commissions to agents. Illustrated every
month with choice stock from the best artLsts. Send stamp
for sample copy. All articles written by men of authority.

Address,

FARMERS' ADVISER, York, Pa. i

The Typographical appearance of this spicy paper ie alone
worth the subscription price. f.l2

gPlENDID AND WONDERFTO VARTETT OP
ORNAMENTAL

GRASSES

EVERLASTING

FLOWERS

AJSD

^ IMMORTELLES

Tastefully arrau^rfid in BOUQUETS and DESIGNS,

or for sale in Bult.
LARGEST STOCK. FINEST COLORS.

No other house ofTfrssuchadvautaKes to the W hole-
sale Trade. Florists.DruKKists.Fancy and Art Stores
should send for oir lUiistrated Wholesale Price-List

Natural Grasses, Flowers and Moss, bleached and

dved tii onU-r.

Hiram sibley& co.^

179-183 E. Main St., ROCHESTER. N. Y.-^
200-206 Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL.?

12

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

DORMANT ROSES

Hybrid Perpetuals, 2 to 3 ft $ IS per 100, $140 per 1000.

Moss, 2 to 3 ft $25 per 100.

Tea, Boil rbon and Ch ina, strong $10 to $1S per 100,

ALSO,

A LARGE STOCK OF ALL THE STANDARD VARIETIES,

I>0X-GFi01VNr

Everblooming $ 60 per 1000.

Hybrid Perpetuals 70 per 1000.

Moss 150 per 1000.

iEverblooming, 4-in. strong plants 15 per 100.

FOR VARIETIES, SEE OUR MONTHLY LIST.

Winter -blooming Carnations, strong plants from

open ground from $10 to $15 per 100.

Primulas, Single, 2^-incli $6 per 100.

BerafliMS, FEtisias, Pllox, Hariy Ms, Etc.,

CONSTANTLY ON HAND.

«®-Sen(l for Catalogue.

MILLER & HUNT,

WRIGHT'S GROVE, CHICAGO, ILLS.

DICK'S

PatsstSjImpsiWarSailikSoikr:,

TREE SEEDLINGS

For Timber Plantations, Young Evergreens, Stocks, Grape
Vines, Seeds and Seedlings for Nurserymen. Immense Stoclc.
Lowest Prices. Great Variety. Catalogue Free.

J. JENKINS.

Grape and Seedling Nursery,

mhtf Winona, Columbiana Co., Ohio.

PLANTS WITHOUT EARTH.

Plants cultivp.ted entirely without earth in the Dumesnil
Fertilizing Moss, blossom more freely and bloom longer
than in earth. Transplantation without wilting and safe
shipment of plants at all seasons now made possible. Of
especial interest to vegetable growers. Send for a pam-
phlet.

D. F. M. CO., P. 0. BOX 2345, N. Y.,
ie6

OFFICE, 109 JOHN STREET.

FOR HEATING HOTHOUSES, GREENHOUSES AND
DWELLINGS, THREE STYLES and TWELVE SIZES to heat
from 500 to 2000 ft. of 4-in. PIPE. Send for circular to

JNO. DICK JR.,

niyia 53rd & Woodland Ave., Fbila., Pa.

PEACH AND QUINCE TREES.

Concord Grape Vines and Gregg Raspberries.

NURSERYMEN and DEALERS can lind a good assortment
at the LOWEST WHOLESALE PRICES at my Nursery. Call
on or address

^^ Perry, Lake County, 0.

ELECTROTYPES I

M^e have over 500 well executed wood cuts of the best
varieties of Plants, Bulbs, Flowers and Vegetables. Elec-
trotypes of same will be sold low to the trade. Send for list
and catalogues. Address

NANZ & NEUNER,

LoaisTlUe, Ky.

THE HOR TICUL TURAL A D VER TISER.

13

NURSERIES,

0RI.Z:A»IS, FRANCIS,

Beg to inform their friends and customers generally that their

New List for 1882 and 1883

Is now ready and may be had on application to

Messrs. Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne,

17 fflLLIAM ST., NEff YORK.

This Catalogue contains Prices of all the Fruit Tree Stocks ; an extensive list of Fruit Trees, New and Hardy Orna-
mental Plants. Climbers, the Hardiest and Best Conifers, Roses on their own roots. Also, Small Conifers, Deciduous and
Evergreen Ornamental Trees, one or two years' seedlings, most useful for Nurserymen.

4®* N. B.— The greatest attention given to packing. ■

to5

FARM & FEED MILLS

The CLieapest and Best.

"Will Crush and Grind Any thing.
Illustrat (1 Catalogiue FKE-E.
Address L.J. MILLER, CincmnatLO.

150,000 PEACH TFiSJEZS

Comprising over 50 varieties suitable for all sections, grown
from Southern natural seed and free from the yellows. A
large stock of Strawberries, Blackberries, Raspberries and
all small fruit plants and vines .SO.OOO strong; 2 year Conover's
Colossal asparagus. Low Manchester Strawberries *1 per
doz., «6 per 100 ; after October 20tb «3 per 100, ««5 per 1000
warranted pure. We are not bound to the ring princes.
Also Peach trees prepared for pot culture under glass. All
stock packed free to carry safely. For circulars address
o2 CHAS. BLACK & BRO., Village Nurseries. Hightstown, N. J.

Flow^er Seeds,

FOR FLORISTS' USE.

NETAT CROP, 1882.

Ceutaurea condidissima Per 1000

" Clementl

Per oz.

" candidissima "

Smilax «

Vinca, .3 sorts each '. "

Mailed free on receipt of P. O. O. or Stamps.
. HENRY A. DREER, Seedsman, 714 Chestnut St , Phlla,

»1.00
2.00
1.00
60
1.50
S.SO
1.50

NEW DOUBLE WHITE BOUVARDIA

A.. WTEXXNER,

the most valuable plant sent out for years. Price per plant in
254-inLh pots, 50c each ; $3.00 per doz. Large plants in 4-incb
I'ots, 75c. each ; $6 00 per doz. New Pelargonium Maddons'
Victor, strong plants 7i;c each ; J'^.ro per doz. New set of 30
Verbenas for i88i. Splendid Varieties ready the 15th of
October, $3 00 for the set John White's Mealy Bug
Exterminator, the only known remedy to kill the Mealy Bug
without injuring the plant, Ji, coper bottle; |;8.oo per doz.

JOHN WHITE,
Communipaw Ave., Jersey City, N. J.

Bl
13 GREENHOUSES!
PIUOED CATALOGTTE FOR FALL,
1882, MAILED FKEE. Send fur it.
SIDNEY TUTTLE. Act,BluoinlnKton,IIllnals

jLOOMINGTON (PJMli!)

'MIIDCCDV I^etubliehedin 1852

nunocnii i»-6oo acres.

Pear Seedlings.

In Large or small quantitief?. Not blighted. Address
D. C. HOBART, Homer, N. Y.

14

THE HOR TICUL TURA L AD VER 7 ISER.

HALES' PATENT MOLE TRAP

For destroying ground moles in lawns, parks, gardens and cemeteries. This is the only " perfect" mole trap in existence
and having been thoroughly tested for years, is guaranteed to be superior to all others. Sold by aU Seedsmen and
Agricultural Implement Dealers. Illustrated Circulars sent free to any ad<lress.

t.n.tf

H. W. HALES, Ridgewood, N. J.

NEVERWASTE

300.000 ACRFs:;;:

lour time or inoiipv renting a raiin
Riicil y..u can BIJV (.ii your own

Time and Terms a

F

ine FARM and HOME

with the JJKST .MARKETS

uIiiioHt at your doiir.

y paymrnl^. I,.,i,,. ,]„„. ,^,„

liAIiNKS, l.an,^ina:, Mi«li.

OFFER TO THE TRADE

OF SPECIAL CULTURE OF

2 00
75

00
15 00
600

f^ doz. f, 100

Alyssum— New Double Variegated Gem SI 00 f 6 00

" Tom Thumb, New Dwarf. 100 COO

Carnation— Meteor, best Scarlet for Forcing ... 3 00 20 00

Calla Ethiopica 82 per doz., S12 per 100, to 3 00 20 00

Dracaena terminalis, are in very fine condition,
well furnished and colored.

First size, strong 6-in. pots ?C to 10 00 50 00

Second" " 5-in. " 4 50 35 (X)

Third " " 4-in. " 3 00 20 00

Fourth " " 3-in. " 2 00 12 00

Ferus— Alsophilla Australis $2 to 3 00 20 00

Adiantum cuneateum 1 00 8 00

Pteris Argyrea, 3-in. pots 1 00

" '' 4-in. " o nn

" Cretica albo lineata

Ficus— Elastica, splendid plants,

First size, 6-in. pots 9 00 65 00

Second " 5-in. " 6 00 40 00

Third " 4-in. " 3 00 25 00

Ivies— English, strong, 3 feet long, bushy 1 50 12 00

Palms— Areca lutescens, 18 to 36 in $18 to 36 00

" Verschatfelti, 12 to 15 in . . ..$12 to 18 00

Chamaerops excelsa, 3-in. pots 1 00 8 00

" " 4-in. " 2 50 20 00

Corypha Australis, 3-in. " 1 50 12 00

Cocos Wedelliana, 15 to 21 in $18 to 24 00

Latania Borbouica, 2in. pots 100 6 00

3-in. " 1 50 12 00

1 00 6 00

1 a'-) 10 00

12 00 90 00

2 00 15 00

3 50 25 00

$12 to 18 00

. .per 1000, 850 1 00

TREE ROSES.

ELEGANT FIRST-CLASS STOCK BY THE
lOO AND lOOO.

GABRIEL MARC,

S3 -WOODSIDE, L. I., N.Y_

Oreodoxa regia, 2X-in.
Phoenix Sylvestris, 2 . -in.'

" elegans, 6-in.
Seaforthia elegans, 3-in.

Pandanus utilLs,

6 00 i
10 00

6 00
4 00

4-m.
6-in.
2-in.

•' " 3-in. " 1 50

" " 25^ ft. high f 12 to 15 00

Pansies— Very choice strain 75

Petunias -Double, unrivalled collection 2 00

Primula Sinensis— An extra choice stock of the

best varieties, 3-in. pots 1 00

Verbenas— 25 choice sorts, very heal'hy 75

Violets— Neapolitan and Marie Louise, clumps, 1 50 12 00
Marguerite de Savoy, new ; the finest

double blue for forcing, 2H-in. pots, 2 00 15 00

Vincamajorvar., bushy, 3 feet 1.50 12 00

The plants offered above are in every way first-class, and
in condition to realize handsome profits in retail sales.

Full list of plants for the trade. Please see Dreer's Whole-
sale List for Autumn, 1882, mailed to applicants in the trade.

HENRY A. DREER,

714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

ROSES, VERBENAS, GERANIUMS

and all other Bedding Plants in large quantities, also Dracaenas,
Palms and Hothouse and Greenhouse plants, the largest assortment
in America.

Camellias and Azaleas a specialty.

Send for Catalogue.

JNO. DICK, JR.,

. 53rd & WOODLAND AVE., Phila.

A WEEK. 812 a day at home easily made. Costly Out-
fit free. Address Tkue & Co., Augusta, Maine. ja.l2

mytf

$72

<tRR* week in your own town. Terms and SS outfit free.
<jmUAddiess H. Hallett & Ca, Portland, Maine^^ ja.l2

mElTS

CAN I OBTAIN A PATENT?

Send a roup-h sketch or (if you can) a model of
your invention to <;EOII<iE E. I/Ei>ION,
vVasIiington, !>. C, and a Preliminary Ex-
amination v.'ill be made of all United States
jiatentsof the pame class of inventions and youvrill
be advised whether or not a patent can be obtained
FOR TIII.S PI1EL,13II> AR Y EXAMINA-
TION NO CHAIICJ E IS MADE.

What will a Patent

^^ e\C'¥ '7 If you are advised thatyour Inven-

V^WiOl m tionispatentable,BendS!20,topay
Oovernmeut appUcation fee of !s(l5, and S5 for
thi; (Irawint^H requ red by the Government. This is
paj'ablo when apiiUcation is made, and is all ot the
expense unless a i)atent is allowed. When allowed,
the attorney's fee (Sa5) and the fin; I Govern-
ment fee (S20) is payable. Thus you know be-
forehand, j^t noihing, whether you are.eroingtOKet
a patent or not, and no attorney's fee is ch.-irpred un-
iesa you do pet a Patent. An attorney wUo^« fee
depends on his success in obtaining a Patent will
not advise you that your invention is patentable,
unless it really is patentable, so far as his best
iudgrment can aid m determining the question ;
hence, you can rely on the advice given after a
preliminary examination is had. Design I'aU
ents and the Registration of Labels, Trade
Marks and Re-issues secured. "

pared and iiled. Applications in revivor

jectedj Abaiiclonedior Forfeited Cases made.

Caveats pre-
of Re
I. AuandonedfOr Forfeited Case

ery often valuable Inventions are saved in these
classes of cases. If you have tindertaken to pecure
your own patent and failed, a skiUfuI handling
of the case may lead to success. Send me a written
request addressed 1 1 the Conmiissioner of Patents
that he recognize George E. Lemon, of Waeh
ington, r "

the title

iiUn','' your application. An examination and re-

Sort will cost you nothing. Searches made for
tie to inventions, in fact any information relating
to Patents promptly furnished. Copies of Patents
mailed at the regn'ar Government rates, (25c.
each. ) Remember this office has been in successful
operation since 186-5, and you therefore reap the ben-
efits of experience, besides reference can be given
to actual chents iu almost every county in the U. S,
Pamphlet relating to Patents free upon request.

CEO. E. LEMON,

G15 15th St., WASHINGTON, D.C.
Attomey-at-Iinwand Solicitor of Ameri-
can and Foreign Patents.

^^ tn <tOnP6'' day athome. Samples worth 85 free. Ad-
vP»* LU <P^UdressSTiNSON& Co., Portland, Maine, ja.12'

THE NOR TICUL TURAL A D VER TISER. 15

LOW PRICED TRADE LIST

» >< ♦

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY, Florist,

BALTIMORE CITY, MD.,

OFFERS THE FOLLOWING FOR THIRTY DAYS ONLY.

Abutilons, new set of seven for gl 00 ^°^- Hund.

" from general collection « -r « /. aa

Acalyphas, in three kinds .■.■.■.■.■.■■.■.■ '* i ^ ',X 2^

Alternanthera aurea, new goklen SJ 4 nX

Alyssum Colossus, flora plena, double '.!!'.!'.'.'.!!!".'.'.!"."."" 7^ I nn

Tom Thumb, single dwarf . .

75 5 00

6

lo'oo

8 00
8 00
60 00

I *_/i 1 1 I 1 1 u 1 1 1 IL7, sm^ic «-ivv«ii J fjrc e Art

" The Gem, double, foliage variegated is 2 XX

Ampelopsis Veitchii, beautiful hardy climber .'.'.".'.".".'.".'." 75 c^

Antigonen leptophus, new greenhoose climber 1 da " "^

Azalea alba, best single white, from 3-ineli pots T ?a

Begonia^1^uiSandrosea::::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::":::;::;;::v;;;S«^F^ ,, „^

" glaucophylla scandens, drooping habit i^ ° ""

" Schmidt 11, white flowering, new ■■■' j ^

Bouvardia Alfred Neuner, double white, true, grown from nuttings 1 20

Camellia Japonica, alba plena, old double white, without buds, from 5-inch pots...!!...!!.".'.'!.'.'." 8 00

W W !,' " " ;.' !' 4-inch pots !!!!!!!! 400 3060

3-inchpots 180 15 00

.^, ^ , 2-inch pots 120 10 00

withbuds See Fall TraHft Lie*

Cissus discolor and Li nden I i, beautiful foliage !!.... ' raae uist.

Campsidium fillcifolium, fern-like climber jAX 2xx

Chrysanthemum frutescens, fashionable Paris Daisy ?a ? aX

spotless, large white ". , Xa ^ XX

Clerodendron speciosum and Balfourii, beautiful climber ?^ in XX

fragrans, flora plena \'i^ In m

Crotons, fine assortment 9 XX jV XX

Dracaen a, fine assortment X JC^ ^m

Euphorbia Jacquinlflora, scarlet flowers '? Ss fx xx

Fuchsia, Earl of Beaconsfield f ?a h^

Jasmine Hersutum,, white, flowering in clusters ? Xn o XX

Hydrangea panlcullta grand if lora !!!! i XX « XX

o*^.?'^.^^nl'^°'""°^s !.!!.!!!::!!! iw 6oo

Lycopodiums, in six kinds.

1 00 6 OO

IVIeyenia erecta, flowers dark blue, yellow throat i aa

IVIarants, good assortment i Vx " ^

Olea fragrans, sweet olive "; i ?X {x ""

Phyllanthus rosea pictum, handsome foliage , sn isArt

Phlox, White Lady, flowers white, hardy ^2^ ^^ [^

Poinsettia Pulcherrima plenisslma, double, 2-inch i ^0 in m

Passiflora quadrangularis, foliage variegated ". i ?X " ""

Bulstll, hardy \^

6 00

10 00

Russellia Juncea, fine for baskets or vases.

75 6 00

smiiax, 3-inch :::;;;:: , a;^ ^""

Thunbergia fragrans, white flowering, climbing !!!!!!!!!!!!.' i oo 8 00

ROSES-WINTER-FLOWERING, WELL ESTABLISHED PLANTS.

Catharine Mermet, NIphetos, Marie Van Houtii. Bon Silene, Maria Guillott

Marechal Niei, Queen's Scarlet, Safrano, Perle des Jardins, from 3-inch pots...! 1 20 SCO

ROSES, BENNETT'S HYBRID TEAS, 3-INCH POTS.

SET OF TEN KINDS FOR TWO DOLLARS.

For other plants send for General Fall Trade List. Descriptive Gataloeue mailed
free to all applicants. Address

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY, Florist,

"BAJ^TTBOXm.^:, USD.

16

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

Nature's Beauties

PRESERVED

IN A SPLENDID AND WONDERFUL VARIETY OP

Ornamental brasses, Everlastings/*^

-^{(Immortelles, Ferns, Mosses,

Tastefully arranged in Bouquets, and in beautiful, original and standard
Designs, or for sale in bulk in their natural forms. Exquisitely colored in
Blue, Violet, Purple, Orange, Yellow, Green, Red, Magenta, Scarlet, Rose,
and Pink. Also, Bleached and in Natural Colors.

We have the
greatest variety
and largest stock
of any house in the
Trade, and all ac-
knov\/ledge that we
have the best dyer
in the country in
charge of this de-
partment.

No other house
offers such ad-
vantages to the
Wholesale Trade.
Florists, Drug-
gists, Fancy and
Art Stores should
Send for our Illus-
trated Wholesale
Price List.

These goods are adapted to use in home decoration and for public
places, as well as for festive occasions and funerals. They are capable
of the most artistic use and arrangement, and are appropriate for the
most elegant houses, while within the reach of moderate means. .

Natural Grasses, Flowers and Moss, bleached and dyed to order.

HIRAM SIBLEY & CO.,

179-183 E. MAIN STREET, ROCHESTER, N. Y.

200-206 RANDOLPH STREET, CHICAGO, ILLS.

THE HOR TICUL TURAL A D VER TISER.

17

stocks of every kind from French importation, offered for sale this Fall
at very cheap and reduced prices.

200,000 Roses on fine high and
half standanls, low buiUled
on Manneti stock, on briar
roots and on own roots ;
Tea Roses cultivated in
pots and in open ground.

500,000 Manetti stocks and briars,
seedlings one year old.

BOO, 000 Pear stock, fine 1 year ex-
tra, and 800,000 good No. 1.

300,000 Quince stock, fine extra,
and 800,000 No. 1 & 2 choice.

200,000 Plum, St. Julien 1 vear
seedling, and 2.30,000 iS^o. I
and 2 choice.
i 00,000 Plum, St. Julien, true, ex-
tra and No. 1, from layer
transplanted, special vari-
ety to make up fine stand-
ard trees.

500,000 Mahaleb, extra, and No. 1
and 2 choice.

200,000 Cherries stock, common
Cherry (Cerasus avium).

300,000 Doucin and Paradise Ap-
ple stock, extra and No. 1
choice.

800,000 Apple stock, 1 year, from
seed, in extra and No. 1
choice.

1000 to 1200 lbs. of Fresh Pear Seed
wdl be cropped with the
best care in October and
November and ottered for
sale.

The whole at very cheap and reduced prices. Prices on demand. Orders must be sent as early as possible, in
order to be a.ssured to be supplied in full. Halt the value of orders must be sent with the order, or dep^isited with my
bankers in New York, Me.ssrs. John Munroe & Co., 8 Wall Street; but orders must be sent directly to me, Munroe
& Co. only trusted with money matters. Catalogues and General Trade List will be ready by November, and will be sent
on demand. All communications and orders must be sent directly to

L. PAILLET, Nurseryman, Vallee de Chatenay, a Chatenay pres Paris, France.

Special arrangements may be made for large or small orders sent franco at New York, and duties and expenses of trans-
port of every kind paid, customers paying only expenses from New York to his place. Special prices sent on demand.

We offer in splendid condition a few

Extra large Bulbs

I >f this celebrated lily that has created such a consternation in the Horti-
I ultural World. One specimen exhibited at the Fifth Avenue Hotel New
^■ork, last Spring, produced 145 blooms. It may be brought into flower
l.y Christmas.

Each. Doz.

Julbs that measure over 10 inclies in circumference 91.50 816.00

" " from 6 to 10 inches in " 1.00 9.00

Delivered free of Mail or express charges.

HENRY A. DREER

714 CHESTNUT STREET,

PHILADELPHIA.

TUBEROSE BULBS,

PEARL AND DOUBLE.

The largest stock of Pearl and Double in the country.
Our new crop is exceptionally fine.

ENCLE & BRO.,

Nurserymen and Florists,
nl MARIETTA, PA.

HOW TO READ

AND HINTS IN CHOUSING THE BKST BOOKS,

With a classified list of work of Biogr phy, History, Criticism
Fine Arts, Fiction, Poetry, Religion, Science, Language, etc. Bv
Amelie V Petit. Pp. aao. i2mo, cloth. Price, ;|i.oo. By mail,
post-paid on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

TOBACCO STEMS,

In bales weighing 500 lbs. each, at 85.00 per bale, or three
bales for S12 00.

TOBACCO DUST, $3 per case. Free on board of boats or cars.

ni2 Straiton & Storm,

204-208 East 27th St., New York City.

Farm ImpIemeDts and Machinery

AND THE PRINCIPLES OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION AND USE,

wvth explanations of the laws of motion and orce as a> pi ed on the
farm, with over 300 illustrations by John J. Thomas; newand
revi.sed edition, 312 page^, 12 mo, cloth, prireji.so; mailed postage
free on receipt of price. Address.

CHAS. H. MAROr, 814 Chestnut Street, PMa.

18

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

THE BERMUDA EASTER LILY

Also called Liliuni longiflorum florabunda and Liliiun Hanisii.

THE BEST IN THE WORLD FOR FORCING FOR WINTER FLOWERS.

The most v. luable, as it blooms quicker, is more fragrant, never fails to bloom :
as many flowers as- the older sorts, which it is destined to entirely supersede.

d produces from three to four times
Jne plant has been known to have

145 FLOWERS TO A SINGLE STEM!!

We were awarded for this new lily the FIRST PREMIUM by the N. Y. Horticultural Society, May, 1884.

For notices of the press, illustrations and full descriptions, write for our Circular, mailed FREE to all. SS" Owing
to the large Wholesale demand, our stock of common sized Bulbs has been exhausted this season, but we have a limited
supply of extra sized Bulbs, which are very superior to anything ever before on the market, which we otfer at the^fol-
lowmg low rates : Price, fine strong bulbs, SI each ; S9 per doz. These are large bulbs, about 7-8 inches in circumference,
and must not be compared with smaller bulbs, offered at a less price. Also, a very few extra large mammoth bulbs,
suitable for exhibition purposes, and from which fine results may be expected, *2 each. Remit by I'. (_). (jrder. Address,

F. R. PIERSON & CO.

Seedsmen and Florists,

XA.RRYTO'WN, Wr. Y.

CRAPE

K.n %l.l.. FRUIT PI..V>TS.
TKKIOK. Hea<iquarleiH tor

till' uurivallfd New C'lii-ivint

sKcuv FAY'S PROLIFIC.

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BERRIES

WINDOW FLOWER GARDEN

By Julius J. Heintich.

Handsomely illustrated. This work endeavors by a few simple
directions for'the management of plants and flowers in the window
or conservatory, to show to all members of the family, ..nd especial-
ly the children, that the cultivation of flowers is not difficult and
brings more real enjoyment than many moreexpensiv- amusemems.

It IS intended for all, includipg children, exc udinjj technical terms
as far as pcssible, and giving the most simple directions. 93 pp , 12
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Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phili.

INJURIOUS INSECTS

OF THE

FARM and GARDEN.

Ey MARY TREAT.

Fully Illu tr.ited. 28% pages. 12mo. cloth.
Price, $2.00 by mail, po.st paid. Acldress,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

HYACINTHS, TULIPS,

CROCUS, NAUCISSUS, LILIES,

And all other bulbs for planting in

the autumn.
Bulb Glasses, Fancy Flower Pots, Fern

Cases, Winter Flowering Plants.

The largest and finest assortment in

the country.

PRICES MODERATE.

Descriptive catalogue, with culture,

free to all applicants.

HENKY A. DREER, 71* Chestnut St., Phila., Pa.

Queen"T?.E Soutli"^

FARM MILLS

For Stock Feed or Meal for
Family use.
10,000 TliT TTSE.
W rite for Pamphlet.

Simpson & Ganlt M'fg Co.

Successors to Strabb Mill Co,
CINCINNATI. O.

Carnation Florets

IN LARGE NUMBERS

Will be furaished by the undersigned the coming season.

! THOIVIAS F. SEAL,

I Uuionville, Chester Co., Pa.

PRACTICAL LESSONS IN

Architectural Drawing ;

Or, HOW TO MAKE THE WORKING DRAWINGS AND WRITE
SPECIFICATIONS FOR BUILDINGS.

BY WILLIAM B. TUTHILL, A.M., Aechitect.

Illustrated by 33 full page plates (one in colors) and 33
wood cuts, showing Methods of Construction and Representa<
tlon Scale Drawings, Sections and Details of Frame, Brick and
Stone Buildings, with full descriptions and specifications, show-
ing the various forms of writing the same for different
kinds of buildings. Oblong quarto cloth. Price, $2.50, by
mail, post free. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

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POCKET M/^GNIFIERS.

Single Dahlias! Single Dahlias!

WARE'S COLD MEDAL STRAIN. The largest and finest collection extant. Pot and ground roots of uU the leading kinds.
Also seed of this tine strain can he supplied in any quantity. List and prices on application.

to.2 THOS. S. WARE, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, London, Eng.

Downing's Landscape Gardening and
Rural Architecture.

BY THE LATE A. J. DOWNING E^Q.

Adapted to North America, with a view to the improvement in
country res dences. Comprisirn; historical notices of tt.e irt, di-
rections for laying out grounds and arranging plantations; the de-
scription and cu'tivation of hardy trees, decoratve accompaniments
of the house and grounds, the formation of artificial water, fljwer
gardens, etc.; with rem.irks on rural architecture. With two sup-
plements by H. Winihrop Sargent. Handsomely illustrated, pp.
592. Royal 8vo. Price, J6.-0, by mail, p-^stage free.

The above work is now out of print and w>^en the few
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be had. Those wh 1 wish to secure a copy ot this valuable work
while the chance is yet open, should speak at once. Address,

CHAS. H. MAKOT,

814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

HAND-BOOK

PRACTICAL "landscape

GARDENING.

BY F. R. ELLIOTT.

Designed for City and Suburban Residences, and Country School-
Houses, containing designs for lots and grounds, from a lot 30 by
100, to a forty-acre plot. Each plan is drawn to lica'e, with schedule
to each, showing where each tree, shaib, &c., shruld be planted
condensed instructions for forming and caring for lawns; building of
roads; turfing, protection, pruning and care 01 trees; making
cuttings, evergreens, hedges, screens, &c. Condensed descriptions
of all the leading trers and -hrubs ; soil and position in which they
should be gr.iwn Illustrations of ground plans, elevations, trees,
shrubs, winter gardening, &c. 96 pp.,8vo, cloth. Price ^1.50.
Sent by mail on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

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iirssryman's Directory,

ONLY A PEW COPIES OF CURRENT
EDITION LEFT.

SOLD ONLY BY SUBSCRIPTION.

A REFERENCE BOOK of the Nurserymen, Florists, Seeds-
men, Tree Dealers. &c., for the United States. Alphaoeiically
arranged by States and Post Offices. Over 800O names. 310
pages, 8 vo. Price , $10.00. Mailed, post-paid. Address,
CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut street, Philadelphia

HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS

Plants and Flowers in the Garden and the Housk; giving
directions short, sharp and decisive how to overcome every insect
enemy that infects flowers and p'anis, out-doors and in-doors,
which troubles window Gardens ; which eats up the vegetables ol
the garden ; which devours the fruit trees, shrubs and vines, and
lives in the homes of anxious, tired housekeepers. Paper, 100 pages.
Price, 30 cents, postage free.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT.

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

PATENT BINDER

For the Gardener's Monthly. Numbers filed with the greatest
convenience. Preserve them filed for reference, and have them
when you want them. Neatly Uttered on the side in gilt. Price, 40
cents each. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt ff price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT. 814 Chestnut St. Phila,

AMERICAN GRAPE GROWING

AND

By George HuSMANN, Professor of Horticulture in University of
Missouri, with contributions from well known Grape Growers, ^Tin^

A WIDE RANGE OF EXPERIENCE.

Illustrated, 12mo, 243 pp , cloth; price, $1.50. Mailed p^t-p-4id
r receipt of price. Address,

CHAS H. MAROT

814 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia.

THE HORSE AND HIS DISEASES

BY B. J. KENDALL, M. D.

With the real essential information relative to each disease. Will
<ave many times its cost. Gives cause, symptoms and best treat-
ment of iseases Table with the do.ses, eflfccts and antidotes of
principal medicines used, and a few pages on action and uses of
medicines. Rules for telling age of Horse and fine engraving show-
;ne appearance of the teeih each year. A large collection of valu-
able recipes. Printed on fine paper 7Ux5 inches ; nearly 100 page*,
35 engravings. Price, 25 cents. Sent by mail, poit-paid, on receipt
of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street. Phila.

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THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

FOREIGN GRAPE VINES FOR GRAPERIES.

We now offer the finest collection of Foreign Grapes srown
in the country. They are all good, strong, healthy canes, all
tnie to name and all in exctllcnt condition for shipping.
Below will be found list of varieties grown by us, one and
two years old.

One year old vines, $1.00 each.

vines, $2.00 each.
Frontignan Grizzly,
Frontignan Black,
Gros Colman,
Hamburg Black,
Hamourg Wilmot's,
Hamburg Mill Hill,
Hamburg Victoria,
Lady Down's Seedling
Prince Albert,
Royal Ascot,
Santa Cruz.
Trentham Black,
White Nice,
White Syrean,
White Sweetwater,
White Tokay. t.f.l2

PRICE i^l-^Q year oli
Bowood Muscat,
Muscar Hamburg,
Canon Hall Muscat,
Madresfield Court Muscat,
Mrs. Prince's Black Muscat,
Muscat of Alexandria,
Black Prince.
Black Alicante,
Black Barbarossa,
Black St. Peter's,
Buckland Sweetwater,
Calabrian Raisin,
Chasselas de Fontainebleau,
Chasselas White,
Chasselas Golden,
Duchess of Buccleuch,

Frontignan White, Catalogue sent free on application

We would also call special attention to our stock of

Camellias, Azaleas, Acacias, Roses and general collection

of winroi-Iilnn,iiiii<r orn.aiiient-;il foliage and heddins: plants.

DAVID FERGUSSON & SONS. Laurel Hill Nurseries.
Ridge and Lehigh Avenues, opp. Laurel Hill, Philadelphia, Pa

HOUGH'S eIementsofTorestry

Designed to afford Information concerning the Planting
and Care of Forest Trees for Ornament or Profit ; and giving
Suggestions upon the Creation and Care of Woodlands, with
the view of securing the Greatest Benefit for the Longest
Time. Particularly adapted to the Wants and Conditions
of the United States.

By FRANKLIN B. HOUGH, PH.D.,

Chief of Forestry Division, Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C.
Large 12mo, pp. 381. Numerous Illustrations, S2.00. Will
be sent by mail, prepaid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Pbila.

Subtropical Garden;

Or, Beauty of Form in the Flower Garden.

By W. Robinson. F. L. S.

Beautifully illustrated. 241 pages, i2mo, cloth. Price, J3.75
Mailed, po&tage free, on receipt of Price
Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

PRACTICAL

CAMELLIA CULTURE.

A treatise on the Propagation and Culture of the Camellia Ja-
ponica, by Robert J. Halliday. Illustrated with Five Colored
Plates and 50 Wood Engravings, 12mo, pp. 141, cloth. Price, %lSi^.
Sent by mail post paid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

Success with Small Fruits.

BY E. P. ROE.

Profusely and sumptuously illustrated in the highest style of art.
Fine keary paper and splendid typography. Royal 8vo, pp. 313,
doth. Price, ^5.00, mailed, postage paid, on receipt of price.
Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia, Pa

The Temperaments.

Or, The Varieties of Physical Constitution in Man, considered
in their Kelations to Mental Character and the Practical Affairs of
life, etc. By D. H. Jacques, M. D.. with an Introduction by
H. S. Drayton, A. M , Editor of the Phrenological Joitrnal.
i2mo, 350 pages, ISO illustrations, extra cloth Price ^1.50.
Mailed post-paid on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

JAMES VICK STRAWBERRY

The best of all new strawberries. Plaiitn for sale,
oriKioal stock. Pocklingtun (irupe VineH. The best of
all new trapes, 1 year strong plants, original stock. .Send
for circulars. Address.

JOHN CZZAFtt^TON,
t.o2 KOCH ESTER, N. Y.

The Flowering Plants,

GRASSES, SEDGES and FERNS

OF
C3^REA.T BRITAIN

And their allies, the Club Mosses, Pepperworts and
Horsetails.

By ANNIE PRATT,
6 vols, octavo, cloth, gilt. 319 full colored pl.ates. Illustra-
ting 1.513 species figured with index in each vol. witii botani-
cal and common name refei ring to plate, figure and paper.
Price $1^7.50 sent post-paid. Address,
CHAS. H. MAROT, 81* Chestnnt Street, Phila.

lift of Grftiog aod Budding

By CHARLES BALTET,
Appropriately and fully illustrated by 186 cuts, showing
methods, tools and appliances. Pp. 230, 12 mo. cloth, flexi-
Price $1.25 mailed, postage free.

ble.

Address,
CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street Phila.

APPLBTON'S

American Ciclojaeiia.

New Revised Edition 16 vols. Large Octavo Volumes, e^ch

volu e iitainn..; .•v.f 8 o pa^es tu y iliii>' atrci w ii. several

thousand wood engravings, and with numerous colored Litho-
graphic Maps, h. wh.ie. >;ting thi- n '111 Stic s -u exceeding
$500,000, exclusion of Paper, Printing and Binding,

Prices and Styles of Binding:

Extra cloth, the 16 vols., for % 80 00

Library leather, " " 9600

Half Turkey Morocco, 16 vols., for 112 00

Half Russia, extra gilt, " " u8 00

Full Russia, " ■' 16000

Full Morocco, antique gilt edges 160 00

A UNIVERSAL LIBRARY IN ITSELF.

Sent free of transportation and securely packed 1
United States, on receipt of price. Address,

I any part of the

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St.

THE SCHOOL GARDEN

BY DR. SCHWAB, DIRBCTOR OF THE VIENNA GYMNASIl'M, ETC.
FROM THB GERMAN BY MRS. HORACE MANN.

Advocating education by labor as well as by study, not as a task
but as a delight Adapting the kinderganen principle to older
children. In France and Sweden it is no lOnger an experiment.
School gardens in city and town are destine ' to be a great educa-
tional force in America. This book, full of spirit and enthusiasm, will
materially hasten the day. Price by mail, 50 cts. each. Byexpress,
5 copies for #2.00, 12 copies for J4 00. Sent on receipt of price.
Address. CHAS H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

THE BLESSED BEES.

BY JOHN ALLEN.

A record of a year's work in Bee-keeping by modern methods
Its profits certain and large, and Its pleasures invaluab.e. In-
tended to diffuse a more general knowledge of Bee-culture.
169 pages, 12 mo. cloth, limp. Price. $1. Mailed postage free,
on receipt of price. Address, 1 HAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, PhUadelphla.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

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Chrysanthemums JAPANESE BDLBS AND PLANTS

Wm. K. Harris has many thousand of all the hest varie- |
ties in bloom, and begs all lovers of the queen of autumn ,
flowers to visit the Kingsessing Nurseries and inspect his
extensive collection while in bloom.

Price, for large plants grown in six-inch pots, well ;
bloomed, S4.0O per doz.; «25.00 per hundred. \

WM. K. HARRIS,

taa4 No. 5501 Darby Road, Philadelphia.

Manual of Accidents and Emergencies,

Or how to avoid accidents and what to do when they occur,
•with notes on the Preservation of Health. (Compiled for the
use of Teachers, Students, and the Industrial Classes,

By Geo. A. Groff, M. D.,
of the University of Lewisburg, Pa. pp 92, 12 mo. boards,
price 50 cents by mail post-paid.
Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 811 Chestnut Street, Phila.

Exported lo America or Europe by

LOUIS BOHMER, YOKOHAMA, JAPAN,

(Formerly Horticulturist to the Japanese Government;)
has had twenty > ears' experience in Japan. All orders ac-
companied by draft on the Oriental Bank, Yokohama,
Japan, will secure prompt attention. SIS' Correspondence
solicited^ te6

AmericaTGaiiB Birfl Slontini.

By JOHN MORTIMER MURPHY,

Author of Sportmg Adventures in the Far West, Rambles in
Northwest America, The Zoology and Resources of Ore-
gon and Washington Territory. A Search for the
Mountain of Gold, The Forester of the Ardennes,
Adventures in the Wilds of Florida, etc., etc.
Handsomely Illustrated. 347 pages. 12mo. Cloth. Tinted
Paper. Price, 82.00 by mail, post paid. Address
CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., PhUa.

tixe: orchid jFLI^BXTIMC.

A New Illustrated Monthlv Work on Exotic Orchids. Conducted by Rober Wakner and Benjamin S. W illiams. Botanical
Descriptions by Thomas Moore, Curator of I'hekea Botanic Gardens.

The colored figures by John Nugent Fitch. Size of page royal quarto, enabling artist to produce ample and intelligible po'traits
•fthe plant- which will De drawn ani culored in the best style. The text will comprise English bot.niral de^.criptions ol the plants,
notes on their cultivation and such general o servations concerning them as may prove of interest or utility to orchid-growers. The sub-
jects Selected for dlu.-tration will comprise the most ornamental an<i attractive species and varieii<s. new ;!rd old, of this nolile and beau-
tiful family. The publi hers hope to present to their subset ibers an annual album r,f floral pictures whiih will be at once welcomed to
the drawing-room and the library, bold by subscription and issued in regular monthly parts.at $1.2^ per part, or Sl'i.OO for the
twe ve annual parts, mailed p stfreeon receipt of price. Each part wi 1 contain in an elcgmt wrapper, tour hand-omely colored
plati s with c rresp jnuing letter-press , and a vo ume of twelve parts will be completed annually. First part wa^ issued July, i88i, and
the first annual volume will be completed in June of 1882.

Orders as received by the .<n .ersigned will be enterel and forwarded to the Publisher in London. An interval of frf^m four to six
weeks will ensue b. tween reception of order by us and reception of initial nnmbers (per mail, direct from London,) by subscriber, — after-
wards regularly each month.

Ader.isements of a su table character will be admitted at following rates per single issue : Whole page, |2o.oo ; half-page, J11.25;
quarter-page. 4s. 50 : per inch, single c.dumn, Ji 50. Terms cash with the order. Address for subscription or advertising.

CHAS. H. MAROT, Sole Agent for the United States. 814 Chestnut St., Philadelphia.

Second Hand, out of print and rare. RimHng somewhat
worn, but paper in excellent order. \

m

A NEW BOOK
NOW READY.

Irees and Shrubs of Britain, Native arid Foreign, Hardy and
Half-Hardy, Piclorially and Botanically delineated, and
Scientifically and Popularly described.

With their PROPAGATION, CULTURE and MANAGEMENT,
and USES i" fb'- ARTS, m useful aiul ornamental pliiii^itioiis
and 11 LANDSCAPE GARDENING ; p ecede.l by a HISTORICAL
and GEOGRAPHICAL outline of the TREES .-vnd SHRUBo of
TEMPERATE CLIMATES throughout the WORLD.
400 Plates of Trees, 2500 Wood-cuts of Shrubs, Trees, etc.
BY J. C. LOUDON, F. L. & H. S., etc.
In 8 vols. Cloth. Price. $4('.00. Expressage at expense of
buyer. One set only! Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Philad'a.

GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF INSECTS.

By a. S. Packard, Jr., M.D.
Also a Treatise on those Injurious and Beneficial to
Crops. For the use of Colleges, Farms, Schools and Agri-
culturists. Illustrated with 11 plates, and 650 wood-cuts.
702 pages, 8vo, cloth. Price, S6,00. Sent by mail post-paid
on receipt of price. Address,
CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

' HOW TO RAISE FRUIT

By THOMAS GREGG.
A Hand-book of Fruit Culture, being a Guide to the proper Cul-
tivation and M.<nagement ot Fruit Trees, and of Grapes and small
Fruits. 184 pages, izmo, cloth, fully illustrated. Price, li.Oi,. Sent
by mail post-paid, on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St , Phila.

THE ROSE

A treatise on the Cultivation, History, Family Character-
istics, etc., of the various groups of Roses, with accurate
descriptions of the varieties now generally grown.
BY H. B. ELLW ANGER.
Pp. 29.3, 16mo, cloth. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of
price, 81.25. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

A Complete Systeiu of Book-Keepiug for
Farmers, Planters, and Garcteueni.

I BY A. L. CAMPFIELD.

Every one should keep a strictaccount of all business transactions,
and thereby save much trouble that comes of neglect. This is a
j plain, practical system of book-keeping, easily understood, and
especially adapted to the wanisol the Farmer. Full instru tions in
each book Can be carried in an ordina'y pocket; 180 pages,
bound in shecp-skin. Price 7^ cents. Mailed postage free on
receip t of price. Address,

CHAS. H. lUAKOT. 814 Chestnut St.. PhUa

Second Edition, revised by the author.

THE NEW BOTANY

A LECTURE ON THE BEST METHOD OF TEACHING,

BY W. J. BEAL, M. SC, PH. D.,

Professor of Botany in the Agricultural College, Lansing,
.Mich. 8vo, paper. !86o. Mailed, post-paid, on receipt of
price. Address,
^ CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, PhUa.

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IHE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

Mfersal Interest TaMes

At 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 10 per cent, computed by

Geokge William Jones

of Cornell University, and guaranteed correct. Pp. 120,

16 mo, cloth, limp. Price, 50 cents. Mailed post-paid.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

Hand-book of Useful Tables

For the Lumberman, Farmer and Mechanic, containing ac-
curate tables of logs reduced to inch board measure, plank,
scantling and timber measure ; wages and rent by week or
month ; cai)acity of granaries, bins and cisterns ; land
measures ; interest tables, with direction for finding the
interest on any sum at 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 per cent, and many
other useful tables. Revised*and enlarged edition, 182 pp.,
25 cents. Mailed, postage free on receipt of price. Address
CHAS. h: MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

THE

ROSE GARDEN.

BY WM. PAUL.

ARRANGBD IN TWO DIVISIONS.

Division i. — Embracing the History of the Rose, the formation
of the Rosarium, ard a detailed account of the various practices
adopted in a .succs'^ful cultivation of this popular flower.

Division 2.— Containing an arrangement in Natural Groups of
the most esteemed varieties of R ^ses recognized and cuhivated in
the various Rose Gardens, English and Foreign, with fuU descript-
ions and remarks on their origin and mode of culture.

Illustrated with Thirteen magnificent Colored Plates of various
Roses drawn to life, atid with numer U'i engravings on wood.

Royal 8vo. Cloth. 328 pp. cloth, heavy paper and handsome
type. Price, 87 00, mailed post-paid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Philad'a.

HAl-BOOK OF PLAHTS.

BY PETER HENDERSON.

A concise, yet comprehensive Dictionary of Plant**.
As a book ol reference 11 w ill take th*> \>\-av^ f . al' practical
purpoHes, of ihe expensive and voluminous European
fverks (11 tbi» k nd Ha-- been wr tttn wiih special view 10
the wants of thp climate of th" United States, hoth in
matters ol propagation and culture, instiucnous for cul-
ture of many iiuioriHnl plants such an the Ko e, hnvp »>• en
givpn at length. Scope of w.irk fin'-racps botanical name,
derivation, Linnaean and natural orders ol al leading

f:enera of ornament; 1 or useful plants up to present
ime. All iiuponant species aid varieties will brief in-
structions 'or propagation and «ulture A valuable
feature 10 amateurs is all known local nr common
names. ArrHiiat'iiient <il bo'.» s alphabetical, auo a' y
piani can he quickly referred to uuo. scientific t com-
mon name. Index Is addtowbere important plants or

modes ii culture can t-e rpfprred to ai p k'-u compre-

bensive glossary of botanical anH technical terms, with
general horticulturnl turms md practices, of great value
to the experienced horticulturist. Onavo 400 pages, fine
paper, baudaomely bo .ud lu cli.in fient by mail, postage paid,
on receipt of price, $3.f'0 Address

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St.. Phila

Frnits ani Fruit Trees

OF AMERICA.

BY A. J. I^OWNING.

The culture, propagation and management in the Garden and
Orchard of Fruit Trec-s generally, with despriptiona of all the
finest varieties of fruit native and foreign, cultivated in this
country. »< cond revision and correctioris >iy Charles Down-
ing, with large additions, incliidirg appendices of 1872 and
1876, and containing many new varieties. N- arly 400 outline
lllustationsof Fruit, pp. 1218 Royal 8vo. Price, $5.00; mailed,
postpaid on receipt of price.

Addresa, CHAS. H, MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

HOUSE PLANS FOR EVERYBODY,

FOR VILLAGE AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES, COSTING
FROM S250 TO S8,000.

By S. B. REED, ARCHITECT.

Including full descriptions and estimate in detail of matenal, Uibor,
cost, with many practical suggestions, and 17t illustrations; 24$
pages, 12mo, cloth. Price, $1.50 mailed, post-paid on receipt of
Price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St.. PhiU.

ASPARAGUS CULTURE.

Til BEST METHODS EMPLOKED in ENGLANE ail FEiNCE.

BY JAMES BARNES AND WM. ROBINSON.

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Scribner's Ready Reckoner and Log Book 35

Webster's Dictionary, Unabridged 8 50

Wells' Every Man his own Lawyer 2 08

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GARDENERS' DICTIONARY.

By Geo. W. Johnson, Editor of " Cottage Gardener."

Describing the Plants, Fruits and Vegetables desirable for the
Garden, and explain' ng the terms and operations employed in
their cultivation. New Edition, with a su plemcnt, including the
new plants and varieties. 910 pages, i2mo, cloth, fine print. Price,
f a.Oo. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

GARDENING FOR PROFIT.

BY PETER HENDERSON.

A Guide to the successful cultivation of the
MARKET AND FAMILY GARDEN.

New and enlarged edition. Illustrated. 276 Pages, 12mo, cloth.
Price, $1.50. Sent by mail posUpaid on receipt of price.

Address CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

HOW PLANTS GROW.

By Asa Gray. M. D.

A simple Introduction to Structural Botanj^ with a Popular
Flora, or an arrangement and description of Common Plants,
both wild and cultivated. Illustrated with 500 wood engravings.
23-3 pages, large I'Smo, half-arabesque, paper sides. Price 81 25.
Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

Address CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Cheatnut St., Phila.

GARDENING FOR PLEASURE.

BY PETER HENDERSON.

A guide to the A.mateiir in the

FRUIT, VEGETABLE and FLOWER GARDEN.

With full directions for the
Greenhouse, Conpervatory and "Window-Garden.
Illustrated. 250 Pagps, 12mo, cloth. Price Sl.50. Sent by
mail post-paid on receipt of price.

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SELECT FERNS AND LYCOPODS.

By Benjamin S. Williams, F.R.H.S.
Comprising descriptions of 950 choice species and varieties, Brit-
ish and Exotic, with directions for their management in the Tropical,
Temperate and Hardy Fernery, with numerous beautiful full-page
illustrations. 353 pages, i2rao, cloth. Price, ;^2. 50. Sent by mail
post-paid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

81A Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

ROSES AND ROSE CULTURE.

By Wm. Paul. F.R.H.S.
The rationale of Rose cultivation in a nut-shell. Intended to
place within a small compass all that is necessary for the successful
cultivation of the " Queen of Flowers." 83 pages, i2mo, paper-
boards. Price, 60 cents. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of
price. Address,

CHAS. H MAROT,
814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

BOOK OF EVERGREENS.

By Josiah Hoopes.

A practical treatise on the Coniferse or Cone-bearing plants
Handsomely illustrated. 435 pages. 12mo, cloth. Price S3.01'
Sent by mail post-paid on r^^oeipt of price.

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814Chestnut 81.. Philo

AMERICAN FRUIT CULTURIST.

BY JOHN J. THOMAS.

Practical directions for the Cultivation of Fruit Trees in the
NURSERY. ORCHARD AND GARDEN

Descriptions of the principal American and Foreign varieti'-s,
Plain Edition, 480 engravings, 511 pages, 12 mo. Price, $3.00
Mailed post-paid on receipt of price.

$^- Kxtra Sdition, 676 pages, heavy paper, fine cloth, 608

illustrations and chromo frontispiece; mailed, for $3.75."u-f

Addiess CHAS. H. MAROT. 814 Chestnu . St.. Phllrf

HO\N TO MANAGE BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.

By Edmi^nd Wkigley.
Being a Director's Guide and Secretary's Assistant, with form*
for Keeping Books .ind Accounts, also rules, examples and explana-
tions illustrating the various plans of working. 211 pages, i2m.o,
cloth. Price, f 2.00. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price.
Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

HOW TO UY OUT A GARDEN.

By Edward Kemp.

A general guide in Choosing, Forming and Improving an Es-
tate (from a quarter-acre to a hundr d acres iu extent) with
reference to both design and execution. Illustraied with nu-
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Price 82.50. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of pri e.
Address CHAS. H. MAKOT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

PRACTICAL FLORICULTURE.

By Peter Henderson.
A Guide to the successful cultivation of

FLORISTS' PLANTS,

for the Amateur and Professional Florist. Illustrated. 288 pages,
i2mo, cloth. Price, Ji. 50. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt ol
price.

Address, CHAS H. MAROT,

614 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

ilanual of Botany of tlifi Nortliern Onifei States.

By Asa Gray.

Including the district east of the Mississippi and north of Carolina
n J Tennessee. Arranged according to the Natural System. Illus-
rated with 2r> pia«^ ui Sedges, Gra-ses, Ferns, &c. 703 pages,
;\o, half-arabesque cloth sides. Price, ^2.25. Sent by mail post-
jaid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

GRAPE CULTURALIST.

By Andrew S. Fuller.

A treatise on the Cultivation of the Native Grape. Illustrated.
286 pages, 12mo, cloth. Price 81.50. Sent by mail post-paid on
receipt of price.

Address CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

SMALL FRUIT CULTURIST.

BY ANDREW S. PULLER.

Giving Description, History, Cultivation, Propagation, Dis-
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Beautifully Illustrated.

276 pages, 12nio, cloth. Price $1.50. Sent by mail, post-paid
on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT. 814 Chestnut St.. Phila.

WINDOW GARDENING.

By Henry T. Williams.

Devoted specially to the Culture of Fl'^wers and Ornamental
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post-paid on receipt ol pr'ce.

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814 Chestnut St., Phila.

AMERICAN FLOWER GARDEN DIRECTORY.

By Robert Buist.
With practical directions for the Culture of Plants in Flower-
Gard'^n, Hot^H^'Use, Green-House, Rooms, or Parlor Windows,
for every month of the year. Instructions for erecting Hot-
house, Greei house, and laying out a Flower garden. Instruc-
tion for cultivating, propagating, pruning and training the
Grap3 vine and description of best sorts for the open air. 34
pages, 12mo, cloth. Price $1 50. Sent by mail post paid on receipt
of price. CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St Phila.

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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.

BY JAMES HOGG.

A complete guide to the cultivation of Vegetables, contoining
thorough instructions for Sow ng, Planting and Cultivating all kinds
of Vegetaliles ; wiih plain directions for preparing, manuring and
tillme the soil to sait each plant; including also a summarv of the
work to be done in a veg- table garden during each month of the
year. 137 pages, i6mo, cloth. Illustrated. Price 50 cents; sent
oy mail, post paid, on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

RARE AND CHEAP.

Thornton's HerbaKasS Engravings Bewick) - - - |io.oo
Dodonseus Herbal (Black letter, 157 ) Yz turkey, very rare lO.so
Florigraphia Brictannica (Deakin) 4 vols. .625 Illustrations

g od as new .-.....- 12.00

The above will be Expressed at purchaser's expense, on receipt ot
price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

Paris & Mm of Paris

considered in relstion to the wants of OTHER CITIES, and of
PUBLIC and PRIVATE GROUNDS.

By WM. ROBINSON.

Splendidly and profusely illustrated, pp. 548. Octavo. JPric*
S7.50. Mailed post-paid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

HOW TO HUNT AND TRAP.

By J. B. Batty, Hunter and Taxidermist.

Containing full instructions for hunting the Buffalo, Elk, Moose,
Deei , Antelope, Bear, Fox, Grouse, Quail, iTcese, Ducks, Wooa-
cock. Snipe, etc., etc. Also, the localities where game abounds.
In trapping, tells you all about steel traps ; how to make home-
made traps, and how to trap the Rear Wolf, Wolverine, Fox, Lynx,
Badger, Otter, Beaver, Fisher, Martin, Mink, etc.. Birds of Prey,
po soning carnivorous animals, wiih full directions for preparing
pelts for m-irket, etc. Fully illustrated. 223 pages i2mo cloth.
Price ^1.50. Sent post paid on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, S14 Chestnut St., Phila.

Architects'and Builders' Pocket Companion

AND PRICE BOOK,

By FRANK W VODGES, Architect.
Consisting of a short but comprehensive epitome of Decimals, Duo-
decim.ils, Geometry and Mensuration, with tables ot U S. Mea-
sures, strengths, etc., of iron, wood, stone and various other ma-
terials, quantities of materials in given sizes and dimensiors of
wood, brick and stone, and » full and complete bill of prices for
Carpenter work Also, rules for computing and valuing brick and
brick work, stone work, pa nting, plastering, &c., 284 pages, i6mo,
cloth $1.50. Tuck, {2.00. Sent by mail postage free, on receipt of
price. Address,

CHAS. H MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

Fruit Growers' Hand-Book,

ByF. R. Elliott author of " Western Fruit Growi-rs' Guide"
(one of the best p sttd men on the subject in the ,United States).
Contains the practice on all subjects connected with fruit growing.
The book is made for those who row fruit for their own use Also
an Appendix, containing matter relating to the se ectiop and culture
of Ornamental Trees, Roses, Plants, &c. Illustrated with 45 w<«d-
cuts, 130 pages, i6mo, cloth, |i ; p per, 6j cts. Sent by mail
postpaid on receipt ot price. Address,

CHAS. H MAROT. 814 Chestnut St . Phila.

FLORAL DECORATIONS,

for the DWELLING HOUSE.

A PRACTICAL GUIDE to the HOME ARRANGEMENT
of PLANTS and FLOWERS,

By ANNIE HASSARD.

Profiisely illustrated. 12mo. pp lfi6 Cloth. Price, $1.50.
Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

NOW REAPY,

VTAYSIDE: FI-OWERS5,

BV THOMAS MEEHAN,

Author of " Native Flowers and Ferns of the U. S.," &c , Ac.

Illustrated with Thirty-one superb Chromo-llthographs bv
L. Prang & Co. a r ,

One vol., Imperi 1 8vo, extra cloth, gilt, I5.C0.
Only a few left. No more to be issued.

Address, CHAS H. MAROT,

8.4 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
.^"Mailed to any address on receipt of price.

TALKS ABOUT FLOWERS.

BY MR.S. M. D. WELLCOME.

"The author chats of flowers in a very entertaining and
instructive manner. Many valuable hints are pven to
amateurs respecting the sowing of seeds, rooting of cuttings,
■window gardening, insects on plants, etc., etc."— Concord
Monitor.

Pp 162 ; octavo, cloth, Sl.OO ; paper, gilt, 60 cts. mailed, post-
paid, on receipt of price. Address,

(5hAS. H. MAROT. 814 Chestnut St., Phila.

FARM HOMES,

IN-DOORS AND OUT-DOORS.

By E. H Leiand
Illustrated, 204 pages, cloth, price $1 50; mailed, post-paid on re.
ceipt of price . A Hd re-is
CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnnt St., Phila.

J

With full descriptions of all the finest varieties in cultivation.
3<'!e tinns adin'ed to various circumstances and situations and A
Calendar ol Operations t j be performed each month through ut
tfie viar, 6in tdiiion. Revised, Illu trated with 7 p|ge illustrations
of Plans of Rosariums, i2mo, pp. 158. Price ^i. Post free on re-
ceipt of pi ice.

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257 ilitistratioDS, 235 pages, 12 mo. cloth, price, >i. 50. Mailed,
post paid on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St.

PRACTICAL AZALEA CULTURE.

A TREATISE on the PROPAGATION and CULTURE

OF THE

AZALEA INDICA,

BY ROBERT J. HaLLIDAY.
Illustrated, 110 pages, 12mo, cloth, price, ^2.00. Mailed, post
paid on receipt of price. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT. 814 Cheatnut St.. Phila.

ALPINE FLOWERS for ENGLISH GARDENS

By W. R..bin';on, F. L. S.

An explanation of the principles on which the Exquisite Flora of

Alpine countriss may be grown to perfection in all Parts of the

British Islands, with numerous Illustrations, of Rock (-Jardenn,

Natural and Artificial 70 Illustr tions,^4- paces, crown 8vo, cloth.

Price, I4 50. Mailed, postage free on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila,

By Edward Spragues Rand, Jr.
A treatise on Hatdy and Trnder bulbs and Tubers. 369 pages, i2mo,
cloth. Price, Ja. 50. Sent by mail postpaid on receipt of price.
Address, CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street, PhiU.

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MANUAL of the APIARY,

By A. J. COOK,

Prof, of Entomology in the Michigan State Agricultural College.

286 pp. large 12 mo.; 112 Illustrations.

It coiuprises a full delineation of the anatomy and physiology
of the honey-bee, illustrated with costly wood engravings— i he
Products of the Honey-bee; the Kace'^ ot Bees; full deHCiiplion
of honey-producing plants, trees, sti tubs, etc.. splendidly illu-
trated— and last, tliough not least, detailed instructions for the
yarioubmanipulaiious necessary in the apiary.

This worK is a masterly production, and one that no bee-
keeper, however limited his means, can afford (o do without. It
is fully up wiih the times on every conceivable subject that in-
terests the apiarist. It is not only instructive, but intensely in-
teresting and thoroughly practical. Within 20 day after this
■wort was Issued from the press, 600 copies were disposed of— nB
sale unprecedeuted in Bee Literature. Price, 81.25. Mailed
post-paid, on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H MAROT, 814 Chestnut Street Phila.

HOW TO PAINT.

A New Work by a Prartlr-al Painter, deeipn
ed for the ase of Tradeannen, OTeclianlos,
merchaiito- Farmeri*, and a» a Guide t« Pro-
renMloiial Painters. Contalntnj? a Plain Com
mon-Hense Statement of the Methode employed by
Painters to produce satlBfactory resnlte In Plain
and Fancy Palntliigof every description, luclad
ing Forniiila* for Ifllxln« Paint In Oil or
Water, Tools required, etc. This le Just the Book
needed by any person having anything to paint, and
makes

"Every Mar His Own Painter.' ^

Pnll Directions fp Jelng Wblte Lead-Lamp-
Blai-k— <ireer -Yellow — Brown— Whlt-
Ine — Olue- PuBslce Stone — Splrltn of
Turpentln*) — OliM - Varul»«lie» - Furnl-
Jure VarnlMh — ITllIk Palut — Preparing
Kalsomlne, etc.

Paint for Outbuildings

-Whlte*va*h— Paste for Paper-Hanaing—
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Ronewood, Black Walnut— Staining—
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— Paiiitlns Flower-Stand* — Rosewood
PoIImIi - VarnlHliins Furniture — Wax-
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Paint for Farming Tools

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To Paint a Farm Wagon

-to Re-VarnlKh a Carriage— to make Plas-
ter CHHts. The work is neatly printed, with lUus-
tratiouB wherever they can serve to make the subject
plainer, and It will save many times Its cost
yearly. Every family Bboold poBBesB a copy. Prlca
By mall, post-paid, $1.

CHARLES H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa

INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS.

By Chas. Darwin.

With copious descriptive contents and index. Illustrated.
462 pages, 12mo, cloih. Price$7.00.
Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

Address CHAS. H. MAROT,

8U Chestnut St., Phila.

CLASS BOOK OF BOTANY.

By Alphonso Wood, A. M.
Being outlines of the Structure, Physiology and Classification of
Plants ; with a Flora of the United States and Canada. 832 pages,
8vo, half arabesque cloth sides. Price, fe.50. Sent by mail post-
paid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

FRUIT AND BREAD.

A Natural and Scientific Diet.

BY GUSTAV SCHLICKBYSEN.

Translated from the German by M. L. Holbrook, M, D. Intended
to show what is the natural food of man : to lead him to become a
living child of nature; to simplify and beautify his manner of living;
to emancipate woman from the Hrudgery of the kitchen; to lead to
in reased use of fruit; to diminish the use of fle-h, and where
possible, to do away w th its use altogether; to improve the health
and aHd to the enjoyments and value of life. Cloth, 250 pages ; 12
mo, illustrated. Price, %i. Sent by n.ail post-paid on receipt of
pr'ce. Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phila

PARSONS ON THE ROSE.

By Samuel B. Parsons.

A treatise on the Propagation, Culture and History of the
Rose. Illustrated. 215 pages 12mo, cloth. Price $1.50. Sent
by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

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814 Chestnut St., Phila,

CHOICE STOVE AND CeEENIOUSE PUKTS,

By Benj. S. Williams. F. il. H. S.

With descriptions of upwards of eleven hundred species and
varieties. Instructions fortheir cultivation and mod ■ cf manage-
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WITH
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BY C. HARI,AN, M.D.

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of price. Address, CHAS. H MARO 1". 814 Chestnut St , Phila.

WORKING MAN'S WAY TO WEALTH.

By Edmund Wrigley.

A prictical treatise on Building Associations, what they are, and
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by mail post-paid on receipt of price.

Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

AMERICAN GARDENER'S ASSISTANT.

By Thomas Bridgeman.
Containing complete practical directions for the cultivation of
Vegetables, Flowers, Fruit Trees and Grapevines. Illustrated.
629 pages, 12mo, cloth. Price $2.50. Sent by mail post-paid on
receipt of price.

Address CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut St., Phila.

GARDENING BY MYSELF.

By Anna Warner.

Containing Hints and Experiences under heading of each
month in the year. Illustrated. 16mo, 223 pages, cloth. Price
$1.25. Sent by mail post-paid on receipt of piice.

Address CHAS H. MAROT.

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SITUATIONS WANTED.

^drertisements under this head must He paid for in advance, with
the order, at rate ol $1.00 for each 36 worHs per insertion

AS Gardener by a single man, 34 years of age. Under-
stands greenhouses and graperies and is good vegetable
gardener. Good reference. Address, W. H., care of Wm.
Clarke, Crescentville P. O., Philadelphia.

SIXXJA.TIOPT lArjft.NTED

By a young man aged 2.5. Has been with some of the lead-
ing ^^irserv and Seedsmen of Germany, England and
United States for the past 7 years. A practical and theoreti-
ca' gardener, chiefly experienced in propagating Roses, Cle-
matis, Conifers, cultivation of flower seed, &c. Has a good
knowledge of the seed trade. Wants a situation in small,
or newly established seed or plant business, where he could
take a share in the business aftvr he has shown his ability.
Ad<lrcss, Rtz., care of Krauch, Esq., 246 Plymouth Ave.,
Rochester, N. Y.

EVERY LADY

Should send 25 cents to Strawbridge
& Clothier, Philadelphia, and receive
their Fashion Quarterly for 6 mos. 1,000 illustrations and

4 pages new music each issue^

Not having been disposed of the past
season, I will continue the business as
heretofore.

A. F. CHATFIELD. Albany, N. Y.

M\ llmsry

mm

Lowe's work on Ferns advertised in (iAR-
dexek's Monthly forSSO. 1 will sell the
full set of 8 vols, beautiful colored plates
and engravings. Also a natural history of
New and Rare Fruits by same author with 105 colored
plates and engravings ; all for $15. and in good condition,
9 vols, in all and verv cheap. Address,

A. A., BOX 23 DEDHAM, MASS.

8 Greenhouses well stocked for Winter. Everything in
complete running o'der, doing a good paying business in cut
flowers and plants with no opposition. 3 acres ot good land for
market garden. The greenhouses are supplied with hydrant
water and Hitcliings' boiler nearly new. Situated in Green-
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miles from Boston. Excellent centre for shipping, being at
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Possession given immediatelv, For terms address,

0.2 Brattleboro, Vermont.

FOR SALE CHEAP.

Greenhouse and grounds with good stock. W ell located
for cut flowers and a wholesale plant trade. Within a few
hours of St. Louis, Chicago and Cincinnati. Write to
ROBERT B. PORTER, States Att'y.,
0.3 Bloomiiigton, Ills.

roE m

very desirable property situated in Rox-
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now, and for some years past, occupied by a
Florist. The place contams 4 acres of splen-
did land, good stone dwelling house, frame stable and barn,
4 greenhouses and considerable greenhouse stock. The
■whole will be sold for 87,500, one half of which can remain on
mortgage. To anyone with a little capital wishing to invest
in the Florists busmess, this would prove a great bargain, the
place having already a good local connection. Cars to city
passeverv t'pw uiinnto«. Corresiiondpnce solicited. Address
0.3 JOSHUASAUNDERS. Ridge Avenue, Roxborough.Phila.

Some Fine Emlisl Boots.

Twining's Natural Order of Plants. 2 vols Jl-t.OO

Low's Ferns of Great Britain. 8 vols., V^ tky 80 00

Shirley Hiliberd's New, Rare B-autifnl L ved Plants. 1 vol.. .9.00

" " Amateur's Flower G.irden 3.00

" " " Greenhouse 8.00

" " " Rose Book 3.00

Wooster's Alpine Plants. 2 vols 17 .'iO

Wild Flowers, 2 vols, colored plates, 5.00

" of the Holy Land (quarto) colored plates 8.60

Fern Paradise, Illustrated, plain edition 3 00

" " Photographs, 5.00

" colored plates 1 75

" Garden 1 .50

Field Flowers, " 1.50

British Fungi, " 2 50

Microscopic Fungi, " 2.50

Country Walks, by a Naturalist, Illustrated 1 76

Half Hours in 1 he Green Lanes 2.00

Half Hours with some English Antiquities 2 00

Marvels of Pond Life, Mustrated 1 76

Sylvan Spring, colored plates 5 00

Book About Roses S.Reynolds Hole Illustrated 3.75

Greenhouse F;inc es, splendid colored Illustrations 12 50

Newton's Landscape Gardfning, fob, 24 dble pp, plates 6 00

British St-a Weeds, Mouses, Ferns and Entomjlogy, square,

]6ino, gilt. 89 plates, 4 vols 12.00

Newton s Land-cape Gardener 5,00

Sent by mail, post-paid, on receipt of prices. Address,

CHAS. H. MABOT,

814 Chestnut Street, Phlla,

Greenhouse Boilers,

SECOND HAND, FOR SALE BY

G.A.BWFlorisUvfliale.N.J.

WALTER ELDER,
Landscape and Jobbing Gardener,

1231 Rodman Street, Philadelphia,
Attends to all branches of his business on reasonable terms.

BACK VOLUMES

Can still be had in numbers, per year - - - - ^2 10

Bound in neat cloth cases, including numbers, - - - 2 85

" J^ Roan. " " - - - 310

Cloth cases alone, mailed for ----•.- 60

Delivered postage Jree.
3r mail us your own numbers, and have them bound in cloth cases
for 90 cents. R etu rned to you bound, postage free.
Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT,
814 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

AMATEUR'S GREENHOUSE

AND CONSERVATORY,

By Shiklky Hibberd.

A handy guide to the construction and management of plant
houses and the selection, cultivation and improvement of orna-
ment«l greenhousf and conservatory plants. Illustrated with
colored plates and wood engravings. 272 pages, cloth, l2mo.
Price 83.00. Sent by mail postpaid on receipt of price.

Address CHAS. H. MAROT, 814 Chestnut St., Phlla.

hcticilTasiierisydHonieSecDratioii,

Together with General Information for Sportsmen.

By JOSEPH H. BATTY,

Taxidermist for the Hyden Expedition and other Government
Surveys, and many of the leading Col eges and Museums of the
United St.ites. Author of " H w to Hunt and Trap," etc. 125
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receipt of price. Address,

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SEASONABLE HINTS :

Flower Garden and Pleasure Ground.
Greenhouse And House Gardening

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COMMUNICATIONS :

Victoria Regia in the Open Air

Fruiting of the Araucaria imbricata

Notes from California

Single Dahlias

The Double Carolina Jasmine

The Science of Arranging Cut Flowers

The Marechal Niel Rose

Experiments with Caladiums

Seedling Pear

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The Gros Colman Grape

Succession of Forest Growths

The Old and New, or "God's Acre" Made Beautiful.

EDITORIAL NOTES :

The Government Grounds in Ottawa— Rose Gi-
gantesque— Cedar of Lebanon in New England-
Dwarf Tuberose Diamond— Double Dwarf Ger-
man Scabious— Callicarpa Purpurea— Cultivating
Daffodils in China— American Banner Rose— Im-
proved Foxgloves

Large Cockscombs — Arranging Cat Flowers-
Destroying Insects Under Glass — Fumigating
Greenhouses— Arranging Flowers for a Dmner-

table

Hot-house Grapes— Gros Colman Grape— The Best
Black Grape— Prentiss Grape— Preserving Hot-
house Grapes— Yellows in the Peach— Barbed-
wire Fences— Sauer-kraut— Comparative Weight
of Apples— The Early Fruiting Walnut— Hedge

hog— The Alexander Peach

Succession of Forests— Tree Planting in China-
Tree Planting in Kansas— Ailanthus Silk Worms
— Californian Chestnut Oak for Leather— Tree
Planting in Canada— Tree Planting in Nebraska-
Insects on Timber Trees— A Year's Tree-planting

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Mr. E. D. Cope and the Academy of Natural Sci-
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Florida Jute — White Frost Near Paris — The
First Fuchsia— Another Sheep Killer— The Ailan-
thus Silk Worm— Flowers in Egyptian Hiero-

glyphics—Potatoes from Tomato Plants — The
House Fly and Distribution of Poison Germs-
Herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences
of Philadelphia— Japan Lacquer— Night Closing
in the Leaves of Purslane— Summer Migration of
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Index to the Gardener's Monthly— Busts of our
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Ohmer— Heni-y Winthrop Sargent— Edward Mee-
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Horticulture— Proceedings of a Convention of
Agriculturists, held in the Department of Agri-
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York Independent— Fungi Injurious to Vegeta-
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Transactions of Societies— Association of Nursei-y-
men and Florists— Convention of Horticulturists
in Brussels. Belgium— The Imperial Society of
Horticulture of Russia— Horticultvual Societies
in the Old World 384

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Dark-leaved Mountain Ash— Clerodendron Bun-

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Dumesnil Fertilizing Moss— A New Decorative

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Fruiting of a Lemon— Josephine de Malines Pear
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FLOWER GARDEN AND PLEASURE GROUND,353-358
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NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENCE 371-376

LITERATURE, TRAVELS & PERSONAL NOTES 376-384
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES 384

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Fuller s(;ra e Oulturist 100

Gray's Li^ssons in Botany I 00

" school and Fie d Botary 2 25

Green and Congdon's Botany, Quarto Illustrated 1 50

Harris on Injurious Insects 2 50

" " colored plates ». 5 50

Henry Courtland, or What a Farmer Can Do 1 00

Hofley's North American Pomologist, quarto, full page, col.

plates 4 00

Hooper's Western Fruit Book 1 00

Horse Owners' Cyclopsedia (Walsh, Ac.) 2 75

Horticulturist. V^lky., (good as new) 1857 2 50

How to Get a Farm and Where to Find One 1 00

Jenning's Cattle Doctor 1 25

Johnston's Agricultural Chemistry 1 .50

Johnston's Elements of Agricultural, Chem. and Geology... 1 25
Klippart's Land Drainage 1 25

Liebeg's Turners' Chemistry, 1394 pages, 8 vo 3 50

Loudon's Encyclopsedia of Gardening, cloth 7 00

Loud'in's Encycloi sedia of Cottage Archittcture, J^ tky 7 50

Mil utosh's Orchard, with colored plates 3 00

Miss Tiller's Vegetable (iarden 4 80

Mrs Lee's rree.s Plants and Flowers, guilt, colored plates . . 50

My Garden, it.i Plan and Culture (1250 engravings) 6 70

Neill's P'ruit, Flower and Vegetable Gardener's Companionl 00

Norton's Scientific Agriculture 1 00

New Praciic:il Wiudow Gardener, colored plates 2 00

New American Gardener 75

Planter's Guide 1 50

Plough, Loom and .4nvil, 2 vols., 8vo 3 50

Prince on the Vine, }A calf „ 1 50

Rani's Flowers for Parlor and Gardtn 2 25

Schoolcraft s Indian Tritifls, half Russia cloth s'de-i, 5 vols

royal 8 vo , 278 plates, (new, published at 875 oO 50 00

Sheldon's D^iry Farming, 25 colored plates, 225 wood-cuts,

quarto, gilt 9 00

.Skeleton Leaves *.. 1 26

Stephen's Book of the Farm, 2 vols., oct 4 00

StHwarfs Stable Book 1 25

Studies, by .1. A. Dorgan 75

Tall. a, or Chronicles of a Clay Farm 75

Todd's Young Farmer's Work-shop 1 25

" " Manual. 2 00

The Plant, a Biography, 5 col. plates and 13 wood eng's 2 50

Tobacco and its Culture, Billings 2 25

Todd's .American Wheat Culturist 150

Todd's How to Make Farming Pay 2 00

Tour Round My Cardeu 26

Unity of Law (H. C. Carey) 2 25

Waring'sElementa of Agriculture 76

Wharton's Handbook and Treatment of the Horse 85

Wheelers Homes for the People 2 25

Wheeler's Rural Homes 90

Wood's Class-book of Botany 2 50

•' " " forSchools 100

" Object Lessons in Botany, one copy at 125

'• " 200

Worksof Thomas Jefferson, 4 vols., J^ tky 10 00

Youatt & Martin ou the Hog 75

Zell's Encyclopedia (quarto), 2 vols., full sheep 15 00

Address,

CHAS. H. MAROT,

814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

HYACINTHSJULIPS, CROCUS, NARCISSUS, CROWN IMPERIAL, &c.

OUR OWN IBirOKTATION, FROM HOLLAND DIRECT. ALSO, FOR SALE,

Hyacinth Glasses, assorted colors. Crocus Pots, Window Boxes, IMain and Fancy Flower Pots, all sizes and
styles. Terra Cotta and Rustic Planging Basket.'*, Flower Stands, Greenhouse Syringes and Pumps.
Prnninir and Kuddiiijr Knives. PTiinine: and 'I'dnnins' Shenrs, A'c. Horticultural Tools in great variety.
EVERYTHING OF THE BEST FOR FARM, GARDEN OR COUNTRY SEAT.

D. LANDRETH & SONS,

21 and 23 South Sixth Street, between Chestnut and Market Sts., and Southwest Corner of
Delaware Ave. and Arch St., Philadelphia.

as- CATALOGUES, WHOLE.SALE AND RETAIL, FREE ON APPLICATION. -©a

VAUGHAN

CHICAGO, ILLS.,

OFFERS FOR

DECEMBER

BOUQUET GREEN
XlAS HOLLY

PAMPAS PLUMES

On hand for immediate ship-
ment ill quantity. Very fine
green, full weight, promptly
sent.

Bright berries, with deep green
leaves. ReAdY NOW. Case

10 cubic feet.

$6.50.

None finer are offered in the
U.S. I ask a sample order
from those who have never
seen my Plumes.

«®- SEND FOR •=©&

CATALOGUE,

Wholesale Cut Flowers.

Also, Mistletoe, Southern Moss, Sphagnum, all in store.
You can have your orders filled. Strong Clumps Lily of
the Valley, Imported, $25.00 per 100. Pearl Tuberose
Bulbs, first-class, per 1000, $25.00. SAMPLES FREE.

The
New

supply. LARGEST STOCii In AMEIUtA.

Prentcss.

Pockllnjrtcm, Wucheftf*. Lady Woshinjrton Jcffer- ^
soii.VcPKeiiiiea. Kariy Victor, Moore« Early, Brigh.
toH. Nouh. Lady.Wordenx, ctc.etc OCT" prices reduced
Warrante.l true to name. All the older varieties in larRe
lUustratedCataloK^^ee^^. HUBBARD. Fredonia. N.Y.

James Vick, Rochester, N.Y.

Roman Hyacinths,

Paper White Narcissus,

Lily of the Valley Pips,

Tulips and other Bulbs.

Send for WHOLESALE AUTUMN LIST now ready, containing BULBS, PLANTS

and all FLORISTS' SUPPLIES AT LOWEST PRICES. aui2

November is the Best Month for Startingr Them.

LILY a VALLEY PIPS.

Florists supplied at $17.00 per 1000 for the finest and largest ever im-
ported. Quotations for 10,000 or over on application.

J. m. "THORBURN <£ CO.

15 JOHN STREET, NEW YORK.

812

SEE FIRST PAGE, FACING COVER.

Ihh NOR TICULIURAL AD VER TISER.

If you wkH t'l p;ro\s- Vef^-tables for sale, read

Gardening for Profit !

Price, $1.50.

If you wish to become a Commercial Florist, read

Practical Floriculture !

Price, $1 50

If you wish to Garden for Amusement or for

Home Use only, read

Gardening for jpleasure I

Price, §1.50.

If for Reference on '^lants and General Gardeu-

ingr, read

Handbook of Plants !

Price, $3.00.
All by

Any of the above books mailed post-paid at prices
attached.

Our NEW CATALOGUE for 1883, of SEEDS
AND PLANTS, ready Jan. ist, and mailed free
on application.

Peter Henderson & Co,

35 & 37 Cortlandt St., New York.

fluGUSTBoLKER&pS,

p. 0. Box 899. 44 DEY STREET, New York,

MANUFACTURERS OF

BASKETS and WIRE GOODS

IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN ALL

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES,

JLND

Uni inAV flRnrRQ RhouklbesentatonceJ Our Seed catalogue for 1883 will appear January Ist, and mailed
nUUIUMl UnUtnO to the trade on application.

s^FIRl TREE OIL^

THE BEST ENGLISH INSECTICIDE. SEE ADVERTISEMENT, PAGE 11.

2 THE NOR TICUL TURAL A D VER 7 ISER.

Roses for Florists.

We make a special business of growing and distributing Roses, and believe we
offer the largest and most complete stock of Roses in America. All are on their
own roots. No budded or grafted Roses are sent out.

PI FAN ANn HFAI THY ^"Our Roses are kept clean and m good grow-

*^^^^*' rtliU nL.fll.in I. ing- condition through the whole season so
that Florists can replenish their stock whenever it is convenient to do so. We
ship Roses every working-day in the year.

IMPflRTANT Tfl RIIYFR^ our roses are not forced, but are grown

imrunimiii lu DUiL.no. in ordinary soil, without manure or any

STIMULATING PROCESSES WHATEVER ; THEREFORE THEY REQUIRE NO NURSING, OR EXTRA
TREATMENT, BUT GROW OFF STRONG AND HEALTHY, AND COME QUICKLY INTO BLOOM.
FLORISTS SAY OUR ROSES GIVE BETTER SATISFACTION THAN ANY OTHERS THEY CAN BUY.

^I7F flF PI ANTQ ^^® offer but one size of Pot-grown Roses, etrong

^'^^ yr ri.rili l O. vigorous plants, from 2,1-inch pots They run from
8 to 12 inches high, according to variety, and are thrifty, well matured, heavily
rooted plants -ready to go in 4-inch pots Every order, large or small, is
carefully selected from the largest and best on hand at the time.

PRIONS OF GrSNEflAX. COI^I^SOTIONS.

Per 100. Per ."500 Per 1000.

EVER-BLOOMING ROSES, First class assortment, $ 8.00 $35.00 $70.00

HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES, " ' " 10 00 45.00 90 00

MOSS ROSES. " " 15.00 75.00 150.00

CLIMBING ROSES, " " 8.00 35.00 70.00

CPPPIAI AQQnRTMPNTQ ^°^ special assortments and large orders covering different classes of

W» t.UI«l. «Ov»Ull ■ mt.ll I vJ. Roses, it is always best to send a list of the varieties and number of each
wanted. ^Ve can then tell you exactly what we can do, and will name the lowest price that the character of the
>rder will justify.

Special attention is given to supplying Florists with reliable plants of all the new and scarce Roses at reasonable
ates. The following choice varieties, and hundreds of others, will be found in our Wholesale Price List, sent FREE
Florists, Market Gardeners and Dealers, viz.:

Per Doz. Per 100.

DUKE OF CON NAUGHT, (Bennett,) New Scarlet Hybrid Tea Rose $9.00 S65.00

BEAUTY OF ST A PL E FORD, (Bennett,) New Crimson Hybrid Tea 4.00 25. OO

MAD. ETIENNE.LEVET, New French Hybrid Tea, Scarlet 4.00 25.00

QUEEN OF BE DDERS, (Bourbon,) Crimson, splendid for Bedding 4.00 25. OO

ALPHONSE KARR, Fine Crimson Tea 4.00 25.00

MADAME WELCH, Tea, magnificent creamy yellow buds 3.00 16. OO

MAD. CHEDANNE CUINISSEAU, Tea, Finest New Yellow 5.00 35. OO

PRINCESSE STEPHANIE, Tea, New Pink from France 4.00 25.00

CATHARINE MERMET, Tea, Bright Pink, splendid for forcing 2.00 lO.OO

ANNIE MARIE DE MONTRAVEL, Pure White, ^ The New Polyantha > -- or oft

MAD'ELLE CECILE BRUNER, Pale Rose, < Roses from Japan. S *""" -:o.uu

DUKE OF TECK, New Scarlet Hybrid Perpetual 4.00 25.00

CROWN PRINCE, New Crimson Hybrid Perpetual 4.00 25. OO

JAMES VEITCH, Finest Crimson, perpetual moss 8.00 50.00

Plenty of STANDARD SORTS, including Marechal Robert, Marie Cuillot, Catherine Mermet,
M. Niel, Cen. Jacqueminot, ifcc, Ac, all at LOWtST RATES, quality considered.

NOTICE FOR F-.ALL.

DORMANT ROSES FROM OPEN GROUND, Strong, Thrifty Plants, all on own Roots.
HYBRID PERPETUAL ROSES, 2 to IYt. feet, $12.00 per 100 ; $100.00 per 1000.

MOSS ROSES, 2 to 3 feet, $15 00 per 100; $150.00 per 1000.
Wm- ASK FOR DORMANT LIST OF HARDY ROSES AND SHRUBS, FRBE.-®8

NOTICE.— This advertisement is intended for the TRADE ONLY, and not for private planters. Address,

The DINGEE & CONARD CO.,

f« ROSE GROWERS, West Grove, Chester Co., Pa.

THE HOR TICUL TURAL AD VER TISER.

Greenhouse Meating

AND

Ventilating Apparatus.

HITCHINGS & CO.,

[Established, 1844.]

No. 233 Mercer Street,

NEAR BLBECKBR STREET,

NEW YORK.

Base-Burning Water Heater

Three sizes. Patented, 1873.

. ^:,.f^'^^^ ,.'t ' i ''i ' rl;

Corrugated Fire-box Boiler.
Five sizes. Patented, 1867. New Patterns, 1873.

FOUR PATTERNS OF BOILERS

-EIGHTEEN SIZES -

ALSO,

HEATING PIPES,

EXPANSION TANKS,

STOP-VALVES AND

PIPE FITTINGS,

IN GREAT VARIETY AND AT

-^ IMPROVED

f^ASH-RAISING APPARATUS,

Liftiog-Rods for Sashes,

Etc., Etc.

Improved Saddle Boiler. Send 6 cents postage for Illustrated Cata-

Five sizes. New Patterns 1877. logue, with References and Prices.

THE HORTICLLTLRAL ADVERTISER.

M. M. BAYERSDORFER & CO.

IMPORTERS OF

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

66 N. FOURTH ST., PHILADLiPHIA, PA.

We beg to call the attention of the WHOLESALE and
RETAIL TRADE in FLORISTS' GOODS to our well as-
sorted stock for the Fall season :

BOUQUET PAPERS ITALIENS^ PASTED CARTONS.
the celebrated B. F. niannf':icture, of which we are
SOLE AGENTS. Also BOUQUET HOLDERS.
IMMORTELLES— Original Bunches always on hand.

White and all Colors.
DRIED GRASSES AND FLOWERS,

In great varieties and styles ; very suitable_for orna-
mental purposes.

Ornamental Grass Bouquets,

French and German Green Moss.
^^^^ Tin Foil— Best in the Market.

ALSO IIMPORTERS OF FANCY WILLOW AND MOSS BASKETS, AND

MANUFACTURERS OF FANCY STRAW. BROWN VARNISHED

WILLOW, AND WHITE AND GILT BASKETS.

Send orders early in Fall. Illustrated Catalogue gratis on application.

Prize Medal of Cincinnati Industrial Exposition of 1873 ; Medal and
Diploma of International Exposition of 1877, "For best display of
Bouquet Papers."

^UT FLOlftTERS.

Roses, Camellias, Carnations, Bouvardias, Smilax, &c., &c.

W. B. &W. M.TABER,

WHOLESALE GROWERS AND DEALERS,

NURSERYMEN AND DEALERS

In want of PEACH TREES for their trade this FALL, 1882. and SPRING, 1883,
can find a LARGE and THRIFTY STOCK of the most APPROVED VARIETIES
at the MILFORD NURSERIES, MILFORD, DELAWARE. Also PLUM, APRI-
COT, &c., all grown with SPECIAL CARE. Prices reasonable. Call upon or
address,

jitf

MILFORD, DELAWARE.

THE HORTICLLTURAL ADVERTISER.

Medal and Diploma awarded by the U. S. Centen-
nial Commission, 1876, also Gold Medal and Diploma
Awarded at the Exhibition of the Massachusetts
Charitable Mechanic Association, held in Boston,
1878, to

DAVID SMITH,

Manufacturer of Patent Improved

PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX RETURN FLUE BOILER

AND

PATENT PORTABLE CELLULAR FIRE BOX

BASE BURNER BOILER,

FOR HEATING

Qreenhouses, Graperies, Conservatories, Propagating Houses, For-
cing Pits, Public and Private Buildings, Schools, Drying
Booms, and Heating Water for Baths.

ALSO KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND

Expansion Tanks. Evaporating Pans. Stop Valves, Cast Iron Pipe, Elbi^ws, Tees, Branches, Pip«
Chairs and everything: necessary, of the best material, for Greenhouse Heatins:.

Smith's Improved Ventilating Apparatus, for opening and closing Ventilating Sash, on
roof or sides of Greenhouses and Graperies.

Judges' Report on awards, with descriptive illustrated circular containing testimonials and
reference. Also price list furnished on application to

jyATSTT'D SIVEITH.

86 BE:vE:i%.r.Y strest,

feb.i2

BOSTON, MASS.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

MARSCHUETZ & BACHARACH,

25 NORTH FOURTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.,

IMPORTERS OF AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN

FLORISTS' SUPPLIES

-V, Bouquet Papers (Italians), Pasted Cartons,

Immortelles, Dried Grasses and Flowers,

Ornamental Crass Bouquets, Mosses,
Wire Designs, Tin Foil,

Swiss Moss and Fancy Baskets.

—MANUFACTURERS OF ALL KINDS OF BASKETS FOR FLORISTS—

Illustrated Catalogue free on application. Orders will receive careful attention and prompt shipment. t.fl2

New Orchids— Semi-Established

Since our last announcement we have received the following ORCHIDS in fine condition, viz.: BURLINGTONIA
FRAGRANS; DENDROBIUMS— CRETACEUM, EBURNUM, FORMOSUM, FORMOSUM GIGANTEUM (?),
JAMESIANUM, SECUNDUM, TAURIANUM; LiELIAS— FLAVA, PERRINII, PURPURATA The very beau-
tiful LYCASTE SKINNERI, MILTONIA CLOWESII ; ODONTOGLOSSUMS—ALEXANDRiE, GRANDE; ON-
CIDIUMS— CONCOLOR, CRISPUM i ?), LAUCEANUM, LURIDUM and others from Brazil. SOPHkONISTlS—
CERUNA, GRANDIFLORA; STANHOPEA AUREA (the most beautiful variety) and many others.

These plants are SEMI-ESTABLISHED and with exception of ODONTOGLOSSU M ALEXANDR.ffi and
ONCIDIUM CONCOLOR and LAUCEANUM, we offer them at Sl.OO to «3.00 each, as to size.

We will extend the offer of small plants at S6.00 per dozen, as advertised in July "Monthly," to all our former
customers, and shall be pleased to have prompt responses if desired. Address

BENJ. REYNOLDS, Superintendent,

mhi2 Barker Floral Gardens (Brambleton), Norfolk, Va.

Trade Catalogue for Fall of 1882,

NOW READY, WITH COLORED PLATE OF CLEMATIS COCCINEA.

The True Lilium Harrisii and L. Tenuifolium.

-3DTJTOH: BULBS. -

FINE NOVELTIES, SUCH AS ANTHEEIJD.^ PICTHRHUM, YELLOW CALL^, JUNCOS ZEBEINOS,

OUR SUPERB SET OF NEW GERANIUMS, AND MANY OTHERS.

V. H. H ALLOCK, SON & THORPE

9tf Address Telegrams and Letters, QUEENS, N. Y.

200,000 Tuberoses.

We offer to the trade a clioice stock of blooming bulbs
of the following varieties. Bulbs will be shipped now, or
orders booked for later delivery.

Dwarf early blooming Tuberose

••Diamond"

Dwarf •' P^arl "

Double Tall Italian

Single Karly

Single variegated leaved

Per 100. Per 1000.

S5.00
3.00
2.50
S.OO
4.00

$40.00
25.00
20.00
IX 00
35.00

Orders for 5000 and over filled at special prices. Our new
catalogue for 1883 will be mailed free to aU applicants by
January 1. Address,

NANZ Sl NEUNER,

Louisville, Ky.

NEW GOLDEN COLEUS,

Chas. F. Koester

This fine Coleus has large leaves broad at the base, which
in hot sun assumes the richest golden yellow color. After a
trial of two seasons I can recommend it tojthe public with
the assurance that it is as tine a bedder as C. Verschattelti,
where a golden foliage is wanted ; keeping its color, and is a
fine unique grower. 50 cents each, $5.00 per doz. Free by
mail.

HANS NIELSON, Florist,

St. Josepli, Mo.

TESTiMONiAii : This is to certify that I saw the above
Coleus growing in Mr. Nielsen's grounds this Summer, and
it is all he claims for it. Wilson Keeth, Florist, Topeka,

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

THOS. J. MYERS, Jr.'s

NEW IMPROVED PATENT

RETURN FLUE BOILER,

For Heating Greenhouses, Hothouses, Public and Private
Buildings, Drying Rooms, Railroad Tanks, &c.

^v -

They are Guaranteed to he the 3Iost Powerful, Durable and Eco-
nomieal Boiler ever made in this Country,

"We are also mantifactTiriiig all tlie various sizes of MYERS'
PATENT and SWAIN'S IMPROVED BOILERS, PIPE, DOUBLE
and SINGLE VALVES, EXPANSION TANKS, ELBOWS, &c.
PIPE CHAINS and all Varieties of Fittings for HEATING BY
HOT WATER.

Send for Illustrated Circular and Price List,

R. A. SWAIN,

1173 South Ninth Street,

THOS. J. MYERS, Manager. „„. PHILADELPHIA, PA.

THE HOR TICUL TURAL AD VER TISER.

CHEAP TREES AND SHRUBS.

It is now well known that there is as much difference in the quality of trees as in the quality of dry goods. A yard
may he worth ten cents, or it may be worth a dollar. So the ten-cent tree may be a dear tree, while the dollar one be
cheap. A tree which dies is a dear tree at any price— and not much less dear is one which lives, but is stunted for years
alterwards. Even under the most favorable condition trees will sometimes die, but the chances are reduced by getting
the best trees.

We have trees so low in price that they barely pay the cost of digpng, for those who prefer to take the risk— others,
frequently transplanted, at somewhat higher prices, but still cheap in proportion to quality.

Our priced Catalogue, wholesale and retail, is now ready. Our collection, embracing over one thousand items, has
been t<)o large to give it in the form of a descriptive list ; but a new feature of the present one is an attempt to make It
somewhat more of a descriptive catalogue than has been hitherto thought possible.

SENT FREE TO ALL APPLICANTS.

THOMAS MEEHAN, Nurseryman,

t«tf GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

WILL THE WEATHER BE TO-MORROW

Pool's Signal Service Barometer

OR WTOU.tl GLASS AND THERMOMETER COMBINED.

•WILL TEIilj -^OTJ!

ItwiU detect andindicateorrectlyauy chanjje in the weather 12 to 48hoiir.-
in advance. It will t^-ll what kiud of storm is approacliiu),', and from wnat
direction— invaluable to navigators. I'ariiiers cau plan their work
according to its iiredictions. Saves &0 times its cost in a single beasou.
Hasau accurate tliermometer attached, which aloneis worth thepriceol the
combination. This great \v RATHER INOlCATOlliaendorsed by the
most eminent Physicians, Professors DCOY ISU TOT lUnDI R I
and Scientiiic men of the da y to be the B CO | 1 11 I II C W U 11 Lu I
The Thermometer and Barometer are jiutin a nicely finished walnut frame
■with silver plated trimminK-s, etc., makinsr it a bea\^titi.l as w ell as usetiU or-
nament. We will send youa sample one, rte/iiierc<i/>ecf, to yoiu: place, in good
order, on receint of Sjl, or six for %i4. Aaeiitsaremaking from $5 to $21:
daily selling them. AirialuMconmuceyov,. Order at onca it Sells at
SI t ; HT I Just the thing to sell to farmers, merchants, etc. Invaluable to
everybody. U. S. I'ostare Stamps taken if in good order, but money pre-
ferred. Asents wanted everywhere. Send for Circular and teums.
Address alforders to OSWEGO THERMOMETER WORKS,
{Largest es.ablishment q/'the hind in the world) Uswego. Oswego Co., N. Y.

We refer to the Mayor, Po-tmaster, County Clerk, First and Second
National Banks, or any business house in Osweg-o, N. Y.

Write yovT Pnxt OS'ce, County and State plainly, and remit by money-ordpr ,
droj'ton Neio Yorlcorretjistrrfd le !er, at our risk.

This will make a Beautiful and Very Useful Present.

READ WHAT THE PUBLIC SAT ABOUT IT.

I find Pool's Barometer works as well as one that costs fifty dollars. You can rely on it
every time. Capt. Chas. 15. RoGERa, Ship '"'Twilight," San Francisco. ,

Barometer received in good order, and must say that the instrument gives perfect sat-
isfaction in every respect. It is neatly made and wonderfully cheap at two dollars.

Geo. I!. Pabsons, M. C. K. B. Office, Detroit, Mich.

Pool's Barometer has already saved me many times its cost, in foretelling the weather.
It i5 a wonderful curiosity and works to perfection. F. J. F.obektso.v, Wihvaukee.AVis.

HEVVAnf': OF WORTHLESS I7IITATIONS. None genuine
without onr Trade Mark, and Signature of J. A. Pool, on back of Instru-
ment, as below : z' "^ _ ^-^ _ ^ f^ a O

" <9y^^^^-i^^:.

Every InRtrument warranted Perf'-c' and neliable. Size 9)f inches long.
8V wide. If not satisfied on receivin'f t'ie in'^trument, return it etonce and
we will refund your money. Please state where vou saw our advertisement

Nevir Carnation
Meinr Carnation

President JAMES A. GARFIIXD.

Color, English Vermilion.

MRS. GARFIELD.

Color, Chinese Pink.

We now offer fine healthv plants (that will be in bloom for the holidays) of these magnificent Carnations at the
following rates: First size. SBI.OO each: ."SIO.OO per doz. Second .size. 5'»c. each: !S4.00 perdoz.; S."* 0.00 per 100.
Third size, 23c. each ; !»2.00 per doz.; iSl.'S.Oii per 100. Having given PRESIDENT GARFIELD a thorough tn 1. and
compared it with Firebrand, Lady Emma, Fred. Johnson and other Scarlets, we feel safe to say, that it is far better
than any of them. Cut Blooms of the above and other leading varieties in large quantities. Cut Flower and Fall
Price List FREE on application. Address all orders to n7

JNO. BREITMEYER & SON, 157 Bates Street, Detroit, Micli.

MOSS ROSES

Good strong plants for Fall planting now ready, also a
fine lot of White Fringed Finks, and Lily of the Valley
in large clumps.

H. W. HALES,

n.tf. Ridgewood Floral Nursery, RIdgewood, N. J.

BOSTON TEA ROSES

Carefully packed and shipped to all points in Western and
Middle States, at lowest Boston market prices. Price list
of Flowers and Florists' supplies sent on application.

WELCH BROS.,

WHOLESALE FLORISTS.
fl2 165 Tremont Street, Boston, Blass.

THE HORTICLLTURAL ADVERTISER.

BXTSIM-ESS DIRLECTOI^Y.

■ Send for Circular and conditions of insertion under this heading.'

ALBERT BENZ. Pansies a specialty.
ii2 Little Neck, L. I., N.Y.

CHAS. BLACK & BRO., Fruit and Orna-
mental Trees & Plants, Hightstown, N J

ELLWANGER & BARRY, Ornamental and

Fruit 1 rces, Shrub;,, &c., Rochester, N.Y.

ROBT. J. HALLIDAY, Florist. New, Rare
and other plants, Baltimore, Md

D. W. LANGDON, Fruit and Ornamental | J. C. VAU6HAN, Fancy New Potatoes and
Trees, shrubbery, &c., Mobile, Ala. 1 beed Corn a specialty, Chicago, Ills.

THOMAS MEEHAN,

Nurseryman & Tree Seeds, Germant'i

WM. WEBSTER, Landscape Engineer.
.Phil I beedsmaii and Florist, Rochester, N. Y

WM. PARRY, Fruit and Ornamental Trees I A. WHITCOMB, Beddii
and bmall Fruits, Parry P. O., N. J. I Plants,

ig and Greenhouse
Lawrence, Kansas.

WM. J. STEWART,

WUOLESALE DF.ALKR IN

ClIT FLiEES AID FLOEISIS' IMS,

Boston Store : 4 Park St. Philadelphia Store : 1518 Chestnut.

Tele!?raphie orders to either store proiujjTly attended to.
Fresh Flowers and careful i)ackiii.u a siieeialty. tol2

P^TJT^IJY'S

FRUIT RECORDER

PobHshe,! ana edited by a trnn bovinff SC TEALS pro.',
tical experience, and now hnviIl^' '.mi nerep under fruit, wif
«vaporatins building*, preen-honses, Ac., Ac, rierlit in the niidp'
of the preat fruit section of Weftem N. Y. Montldy, SO pnpe<
tl.flOpervear. Specimen tree. Each No. upeakulop Itwlf.
Valoahle "rTeminm to everv Eiihscriher. GK A N l> and L.IIt-
y.K 41. liiducemeiitAto Club Agents. Address,

A. M. PURDY, Palmyra, N.Y.

PURDY'S

XFW EDITION (1880^ of the

§!M ALI. ERXJIT

INSTRUGTbR.

It leus m plHin, simple l.ir.guage hon lo jjia?ii, grou.
and market the al)Ove, hnir to qet ifii bftil crnpa, giving
the best plans for growing : "how to dry, force, pot.
«row seedlings ; plans of drying-houses, grape-trellises.
etc., etc. It i« as full of pnicliral mattfr as an rgg

PALM

-LEAVES-

FOR

DECORATION

G^ FRESH OR BLEACHED. =s::z:^

Pri<e on application to nS

ARNOLD PUETZ, JACKSONVILLE, FLA.

^ |Garmore's^J^'S?I.iLr'

As invented and worn by hlni

perfectly restoring the hearing. ^En.
tirely deaf for thirty years, he hears witi,
them even whispers, distinctly. Are
not observable, and remain in posi-

Ition without aid. Descriptive Circular
Free. CAUTION i Do not be deceived

I by bogus ear drums. Mine is the on\y

■ successful artificial Ear Drum manu

Itactured.

JOHN GARMORE.

Filth & Kace Sts., Cincinnati, O,

' YE

DEAF

rhe writer has compressed into this work his thirty
years' experience. H4 mges. Paper cover, 25c.
'"■ ' " . ■. "Postage stainps accepted

I his Catalogue on

cloth bound, &)(

SPECIAL f IKS lO THE TRADE.

I Monthly Pelargonium, Fred. Domer, 3-in. pots, $3.50 ^
(loz., S2.5 ^ 100; 2-in. pots, S2.50 ^ doz., 815 ^ 100. Begonia
rubra and Nephrolepis exaltata,2J^-in. pots, $1.50 f. doz., $10
^ 100. Rhyncospermum jasminoides, 2J^<-in. pots, 83 f) doz.,

; .f20 f! 100. Hydrangea japonica yariegata, strong, 4-in. pots,
U f. doz.. *>0 f. 1(10. Roses, fteld-grown, mostly H. P., Ist
size, $12.50 f. 1(X): $100 #1 1000; 2(1 size, $8 f, 100; $50 ^ 1000.

! Roses, pot-grown Teas, China and H. P., 1st size, SIO fl 100;

! $75 f. 1000 ; 2(1 size, S7.50 f. 100, 850 f) 1000. Principal varie-
ties Gen. Jacqueminot, Capt. Christy, Gen. Washington,
Mad. Chas. Wood, Hermosa, Malmaison, Rafrano, Douglass,
PaulNevroii,Cramois,Superior, I^aFrance, etc. Stiawberry,
Gregg Raspborrv am' Siivder BlacUlierrv plants cheap m
quantity Addiess. JOHN G. HEINL. Terra Haute. IniL n2

S1.QOfpr25c.

Every ouo BhouTd suu our iUTutiiTj-.Tlest of FarmtrH' paper

SMALI. FRUJTS

(40 pages), FREE to all applicnnts. Address

,u ^. M. PURDY. Palmyra, N. Y.

Every o

iOc. a year, or 25c. f')r 6nto».'trIul, but

la:io it, we send B copies

CXXT FH-OTATEIRS

By Mail or Kxpresw, sis follows:
ROSES- Pearl, Cook. Niphetos and Caroline Mermet at »5.00
ixr UK). Bon Silene, Douglas. Sprunt, Safrano,
Adam B gere. &c.. n is.AMii |>. r Kmi
CABNATIONX King of Crimson. La Purity. Mrs. Jollffe.
Peerless. Smith Seedling, Degraw, Edwardsll,
Oueen of White, Philopena at *2 oo per loo.
VIOLKTS- Neapolitan at 75 i;eiil« per 100.

SFKCIAI, ilA'IKS ON I,AK(iE QUANTITIE.S.
New Apples. Pears. Peaches, Grapes, Cherries, Quince, &c.
Catalogues sent KKEK. Address

1^2 I^C^WOOD &. BRO., Fishkill, N. Y.

Pure Natural Peach Pits.

Osage Orange and Apple Seed, at lowest prices. Samph's
toy mail.

C. B. ROGERS. Seedsman. 133 Market St., Phila .Pa. |

p.iperfl

enable all to

,, ..,; o> Mv. -....#,.. vr, » jeiirforliil.50, giviujapuper

jl.nOforS.'ieH. Miiin'.s talicn. Send stamp for Sample

0.3 CopyanJsec. Farmnnd Ourdcn, l'-JS.<th Sl.,l"lilla>i'».

prCT FAUIL? UMINE,

DLbO I Two Dollars.

DemoresVs Illustrated 3Ionthly,

Sold by all Nn-wHdealers and Po8tmaf>terR. Snnd
twenty o.eiitt for a xpeciiiieii copy lo U. JKNNING8
l>KMt)RhST, Publisher, 17 E. 14th St., New York.

J8^° The New Vnliinip (19) commences with
November. Send FIFTY CENTS for three
months ; it will satisfy you that you can sub-
scribe Two Dollars lor a year and get ten times
its value.

GREAT WESTERN

GUN WORKS, V

10

THE HOR IICUL TLRAL A D VER TISER.

Something New in Water Heaters

Please tale Mice.

Sectional View of Carmody's Patent

SECTIOML EKTEISIDN WW Mil

Especially adapted to the heating of

This Heater is composed of sections, and
can be enlarged or diminished in size at will.

By removing the impacting sections it be-
comes a first-class saddle boiler.

It can be used in connection with x flu©
aloHg the ground, or not, at pleasure.

It requires no Are pit, where water is liable
to extinguish the fire.

It burns soft coal as well as hard, and does
not clog up with soot.

It has more heating surface in proportion
to its size than any other boiler in the market.

It is the CHEAPEST and most durable first-
class boiler made.

FOR DESCRIPTIVE CIRCULAR AND
PRICE LIST,

AUDUB8S THE PROPRIETOR,

J. D. CARMODY,

And other Buildings where the HOT WATER system is desired.

EVANSYILLE, IND,

MAKE HENS LAY

A.n English Veterinary Surgeon anc (.'Demist,
now traveling in this country, says that most
of the Horse and Cattle Powders sold here
are worihless trash. He says that Sheridan's
Condition Powders are absolutely pure and
Nothing on earth will make hens lay like Sheridan's Condition Powders. Dose. 1 te.asp'n-
' ■ i-erywhere, or sent by mail for 8 letter-stamps. I. S. Johnson & Co-, Koston, Mass.

Awarded a first-class certificate of merit by the Mass. Horticultural Society.

Gen. Hancock, Double Sl.OO l H. W.Longfellow, Sin<'le » -75

Mrs. Mary B. Bock, Double 75 I A. Lincoln. " " l.«0

Tricolor, " 75 I Wm. A. Book, « .." 1.00

The Gem, •' Bronzed 1.00 I Cambridge Beauty, " '75

OR THE SET COMPLETE FOR S5.00.
Also, New Yellow Rose, ETOILE KB LYON, !»25 00 per hunt!., $4.00 per doz.
The above are all new and distinct varieties, and have I ccn thoroughly tested for two and three vears and have all
proved good bedders as well as excellent pot plants.

WM. A. BOCK, 329 Nortli Ave., North Cambrid**-©. Mass.

THE

Farmers' Adviser

A MONTHLY JOURNAL,

DeToted to the interests of the Farmer, Breeder, and
Stock Raiser. Only 50 cents a year.

SPLENDID AND WONDERFUL VARIETY OP
ORNAMENTAL

GRASSES

EVERLASTING

FLOWERS

The cheapest, spiciest, and best paper for the farmer. !
Liberal cash commissions to agents. Illustrated every
month with choice stock from the best artists. Send stamp |
for sample copy. AU articles written by men of authority, j

Address, I

FARMERS' ADVISER, York, Pa.

The Typographical appearance of this spicy paper is alone
worth the subscription price. f.l2

AND

IMMORTELIES

TasteluUy airaug-ed in BOUQUETS and DESIGNB,

or for sale in BulJi.
LARGEST STOCK. FINEST COLORS.

No other house offers such advantaKes to the Whole-
sale Trade. FloriBts,Dru(f^st8,Fancy and Art Stores
should send for our IlluRtrated Wholesale Price-List.

Natural Grasses, Flowers and Moss, bleached and
dyed to order.

HIRAM SIBLEY & CO.i

• 79-183 E. Main St., ROCHESTER. N. Y. :
200-206 Randolph St., CHICAGO, ILL."

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

11

THE BEST ENGLISH REMEDY FOR EFFECTUALLY DESTROYING ALL KINDS OF PESTS TO
WHICH PLANTS ARE SUBJECT:

SOLUBLE FIR TREE OIL INSECTICIDE,

Kills Mildew, Blight. Green and Black Fly, Red Spider, Mealy Bug, Thrip, Brown and White Scale, Woolly Aphis,
Caterpillars, Ants, Worms. Gni\)s. Woodlice, Ac, insects and parasites that infest fruit trees and plants, whether at the
roots or on the foliage. Since it must be applied diluted with soft water, a little goes very far. Those who wish to
experiment on a small scale before ordering largely, can have half pint tins for #1.00, pint tins for S1.50. Express
pre-i»aid to any address in the United States on sending the mpney. FOR SALE BY

AUGUST ROLKER & SONS,

p. O. Box 899.

44 DEY STREET, NEW YORK.

Price in Tin Cans, each with full directions how to use : Gallon, $5.00 ; Half Gallon, S3. 00 ; Quart, i$3.00,
in store iu New torli. ' t^jy

AND

We do not deal in vegetalile seeds, but have for a quarter of a oenturv made a i
SEEDS OF TREtS, SHRUBS AND FRUITS, FOR

;pecialty of collecting

Amateurs, Botanic Gardens, Foresters, Nurserymen and General Seedsmen.

NEW CATALOGUE SOON READY.

THOMAS MEEHAN GERMANTOWN, PA.

The

New

Prentiss,!

upply. L.\RGKgr »1<»CK In AMtKUA. Cheapl.yni^

'.atlyWashlnart
_i-niie>i, Korly Victor, Moore* Early, Brlffh.
, Nonli, I.ndy.Wordenn, etcetc. (XT't'rices reduced
r.mt.il truL- tc name. All the older varieties in l.irp"
.traied Cat.ilogLe free. T. S. HUBBARD. Fredonia. N.Y.

I

Prentiss,

'ockllnirf on, I>uolief>8, 1-ady WashlniFton Jcffer. w

ady AVashlnirtoii Jeffer.
», Karly VIetor, MoorcH Early, Krlfch-
ih, l-a<ly.Worden», etc.etc (XTTPfices reduced
d true tL name. All the older varieties in larjre
d Catnlot;i.3 free. T.S. HL'BBARD. Fredonia. NY.

TREE SEEDLINGS

For Timber Plantations, Young Evergreens, Stocks, Grape
Vines, Seeds and Seedlings for Nurserymen. Immense Stock.
Lowest Prices. Great Variety. Cat?l' gnr Free

J. JENKINS.

Grape and Seedling Nursery,

mhtf Winona, Columbiana Co., Ohio.

EIA.STIC TRUSS

Hu B P»d differing from tl 1 othen,
p shape, with Solf-Adjuitlni
IQ center, »d«pt«l tself to «ll

Kltlons of tbo body, while tha
^^^ llin thecnppre«iiei b»ck the

^^K ^ TRUSS^^ lDteitlD«aJiista8*p«naowoul<l
^^ ^^^ 1/ whh the Finger. With light
|^» ^^^1^^^ pfeisorelhetierDlaUheldMcurely

layina night, and » radical cure ceruln. llta «aty, duiabU
tad cheap. Sent by mall, CIrculan free.

EGGLESION TRUSS CO.. GUcBgo. IU*

ROSES, VERBENAS, GERANIUMS

and all other Bedding Plants in large quantities, a'so Dracaenas,
Palms and Huth^ useand Greenhouse pl-its, the largest assortment
in America.

Camellias and Azaleas a specialty.

Send for Catalogue.

JNO. DICK, JR.,

mytf

53pd & WOODLAND AVE., Phila.

PENSIONS

croased. The charge o(

for soldiers and heir-s, for
lounds or aiiv disea.se. Thou-
aniis eiili;le9. Pensions in-

Krjecti'd cascs^-cipciied.
No fee unless successful,
promptly secured. One of the oldest I
claim houses. .Send stamp for late laws.f
W.T.FiTZOKBALD. Atfy at Law.Box4*J,Washington,D.C,

mmi

$72

A WEEK. 812 a day at home easily made. Costly Out-
fit free. Address True & Co., Augusta, Maine, ja.12

12

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

DORMANT ROSES

Hybrid I*erpetuals, 2 to 3 ft $15 lier 100, $140 per 1000,

Moss, 2 to 3 ft $25 per 100,

Tea, Bourbon and China, strong $10 to $15 per 100,

ALSO,

A LARGE STOCK OF ALL THE STANDARD VARIETIES,

-POT-GR-OAMrN

Everblooming $ 60 per 1000.

Hybrid Perpetuals 70 per 1000.

Moss 150 per 1000.

£verblooining. 4-in. strong plants 15 per 100.

FOR VARIETIES, SEE OUR MONTHLY LIST.

Kerantas, Fnclisias, PMox, HarJy State, Etc..

CONSTANTLY ON HAND.

4S="S€nd lor Catalogue.

MILLER & HUNT,

WRIGHT'S GROVE, CHICAGO, ILLS.

DICK'S

Patent Si ImpeillvhlarSidilsSoikrs

Floiftrer Seeds,

FOR FLORISTS' USE.

II N-ETWT CROP, 1882.

' Centaurea con<liiliH8ima Per 1000 Sl.OO

•' Clementi " 3.liO

" s.vuiiiucarpa " 1.00

Cineraria Maritinii Per oz. 50

" caniliUissima " l..*>0

Snailax " 3.50

Viiica, 3 sorts each " 1.50

Mailed free on receipt of P. O. O. or Stamps.

HENRY A. DREER, Seedsman, 714 Chestnut St , Phila.

i CC fn djortoerday at home. Samples worth S5 free. Ad-
I ^£■13 IressSTIXSON A- Co.. Portland. Maine. ja.l2

FARM & FEED MILLS

The Cheapest and Best.

Will Crush and Grind Any tking-
Illustrat (1 Catnlogwe FUUG.
Address L J. MILLER, fineiaiiatlO.

FOR HEATING HOTHOUSES, GREENHOUSES AND
DWELLINGS, THREE STYLES and TWELVE SIZES to heat
from 500 to aooo ft. of 4-in. PIPE. Send for circular to

JNO. DICK JR.,

NEW DOUBLE WHITE BOUVARDIA

A. N£:XJN£:Ft,

the most valuable plant sent out for years. Price per plant in
2H-'n h pots, 50c each ; $z.Q-> per drz l,are;e plants iti 4-inch
'"'ts, 7 c. ach ; $6 00 per doz New Pelargonium Maddons'
Victor, strong plants 7 c each ; j^^. o prr dc ^ew s<t o( 30
Vebenas tor 1881 Splendid Varieties ready t*ie rsth of
O«tol>pr, #3 00 for the et John White's Mealy Bug
Exterminator, the only known remedy t" kill th. Aicaly «ug
without injuring the plant, Ji. coper bottle; $8x0 per doz.

JOHN WHITE,
Jai2 Communipaw Ave., Jersey City, N. J.

Terms and 85 outfit fre«.
i».12

CCCa week in your own town
53rd & Woodland Ave., Phlla., Pa. j S»WVAddress H, Haxlett & Co., Portland, Maine.

THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

1-3

NURSERIES,

Beg to inform their friends and customers generally that their

New List for 1882 and 1883

Is now ready and may be had on application to

Messrs. Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne,

17 iriLLIAH ST., Iff YOI.

This Catalogue contains Prices of all the Fruit Tree Stocks ; an extensive list of Fruit Trees. New and Hardy Orna*

mental Plants. Climbers, the Hardiest and Best Conifers. Roses on their own roots. Also, Small Conifers, Deciduous an4
Evergreen Ornamental Trees, one or two years' seedlings, most useful for Nurserymen.

j^- N. B.— The greatest attention given to packing. to5

NEVERJKMLE

300.000 ACRES r-;

it:. Vrc'i'n"B°",f^^orv':!ror:'rine farm and HOME
Time and Terms a f" ^uTthTBE^^i^RKETs

^^^^^^^■^^^^^■^^■^^^^^^ I almost at your door.

Farming Lands in the World. Kasy payments. Loi.sr time. Low

?"'>r term:

essO. M.BARNES, Lansing. Mi.h.

TUBEROSB BULBS

The largest stock of PEARL and DOUBLE in the countiy. Our NEW CROP is exceptionaUy fine.

ENGLE & BRO., Nurserymen and Florists,

MARIETTA, PA.

Carnation Florets

IN LARGE NUMBERS

Will be furnished by the undersigned the coming season,
ntf

THOMAS F. SEAL,

UniouTille, Chester Co., Fs.

T^.'k South

FOS5T.A T3T..T3

FARM MILLS

For Stock Feed or Meal for
Kiimily use.
10,000 I^T TTSE.
\Vrit« for Pamphlet.

Simpson & Gault Wig Co.

Sucoess'Ts to Straub Mill Co.
CINCINNATI. O.

14 THE HOR TICUL TURAL A D VER TISER.

1848 THE INDEPENDENT. — 1883

THE LARGEST, THE ABLEST, AJSL> THE FBESHEST
BELLGIOUS AXn LITERARY WEEKLY.

" The foremost religious newspaper of the United States," is what Joseph Cook, the brilliant Boston lecturer, calls
The Independent, and both the religious and secular press concede this superiority. They say that it is ■• The best
religious periodical in the world;" "A marvel among newspapers ;" that it has "An incomparable corps of writers;"'
and that " No other paper in the countrj- has a tithe of its intellectual resources."

It is not sectarian or denominational. It is an evangelical, religious journal. It secures the best of contributions
from the best writers in all denominations and expresses its own opinions plainly and frankly.

Its literary features are very attractive. Its poems are from the best poetical writers. Its stories and descriptive
articles are by the most eminent authors. Its department of Literature is especially valuable for its fullness. All the
publications of the day are critically reviewed and the opinions expressed are able, unbiased, and frank.

It neglects no department of human knowledge. Its special and editorial departments are numerous, comprehen.
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We will report in full Rev. Joseph Cook's celebrated Boston Monday Lectures, which will begin in January.
Mr. Cook has just returned from a two years' trip roimd the world, and his lectures this Winter will attract greater
attention than ever.

Read some of the names of its regular contributors :

THEODORE L. CUYLER, D.D.

PHILIP SCHAFF. D.lX, Pres. of Amer. Bible Revision Co.

RAY PALMER, D.D.

G. R. CROOK.S. D.D., Prof, in Drew Theological Seminary.

WILKINSON. D.D.

NOAH PORTER. D.D., LL.D., PresiderU of Yale College.

8. C. BARTLETT. D.D., LL.D.. Pres. of Dartmouth College.

GEO. P. FISHER, D.U.. Prof, in Yale Iheological Sem'y.

DANIEL CURRY. D.D.. LL. D.

Bishop J. F. HLRST. D.D.. of the Methodist Epis. Church.

Bishop HENRY W.WARREN. D.D.. of the M: E. Church. W. .ST. CHAD BO-SCAWEN. Wrexham, England

E. D. MORRIS. D.D.. Prof, in Lane Theological Seminary. Prok. A. B. BRUCE, D.D.. of Olasgow.

L. H. ATWATEP^ D.D., Professor in Princeton College. The Rev. NEWMAN HALL, London.

HOWARD CROSBY. D.D.. ex-ChanceUor of the UniversUy Dk. R. GRUNDEMANN. Germany.

of the CUy of New York. \ JOHN H. VINCENT. D.D.. of the Methodist S. 8. Union.

Rt. Rev. A. C. COXE. D.D.. LL.D.. BUhop of Western X. Y. Blshop J ESSE T. PECK, D.D.. LLD.. of the M. E. Church.
FRANCIS L PATTON. D.D.. LL.D.. Professor in Prince- GEORGE WASHBUP^'. D.D.. President of Mobert College,

ton Theological Seminary. Constantinople.

JAilES FREEMAN CLARKE, D.D., Author of ''The Ten C. F. TOY. D.D.. Professvrin Harvard College.

Great Religions." R. S. STORR.S. D.D., LL.D.. Ch. of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn.

VrSL M. TAYLOR. D.D.. Broadway Tabernacle. Prof. ASA GRAY, of Harvard College.

Rt. Rev. F. D. HUNTINGTON, D.D., LL.D., ,Bw7iop of Prof. SIMON NEWCOilB, LL.D., Author of ''Popular

Central JN'ew' York. Astronomy.'"

EDWARD .\. FREEMAN. D. C. L. MARY CLEMMER.

ELIZ-AJiETH .STUART PHELPS, Author of "Gates Ajar." HELEN .1 ACKSON ( 'H.H."). Author of "Bits of Travel."
HORACE E. SCUDDER. '•G.A.IL HAMILTON."

REBECCA H.\RDING DA\TS. | SARAH O. JEWETT.

LOUIS.A. M. ALCOTT. Author of "Little Women." I WM. M. BAKER. Author of the "New Timothy."

EDW. EVERETT HALE, Auth. of "Ten Times One is Ten." - THOS. DUNN ENGLISH.' LL.D.
SL'SAN CtJOLIDGE. ; Mrs. Gov. LEW WALLACE.

ROSE TERRY COOKE. LOUISE CHAJNDLER MOULTON.

JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER, i J. T. TROWBRIDGE,

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, I BRET HARTE.

RICHARD HENRY STODDARD, PAUL H. HAYNE,

JEAN INGELOW, JOAi^UIN DULLER,

C. P. CRANCH.

E. C. 8TEDMAN.

PHILIP BOURKE MARSTON,

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addition will secure the balance of a year's subscription.

Send postal card for free Specimen Copy and judge for yourself. Address,

251 BROADWAY, NEW YORK,

THE HOR TICUL TURAL A D VER TISER. 15

FOR THE TRADE

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY, Florist,

BALTIMORE, MD.,

OFFERS THE F0LI.OWINO FOR DECEHBER

Doz. Hund.

Acalyphas, in three kinds 1 50 lo 00

Alternanthera aurea 75 5 oo

Ampelopsis Veitchii, beautiful hardy climber 1 00 8 00

Antigonen leptophus. new greenhouse climber 3 00 20 00

Begonia Louis Chertein, very handsome foliage 3 OO 20 00

Bouvardia Alfred Neuner, double white, gro\vn from cuttings 100 8 00

Camellia Japonica, alba plena, old double white, without bads, 5-inch 8 00 60 00

" " " 4-inch 4 00 30 00

3-inch 180 15 00

" " 2-inch 120 ,10 00

Campsidium filicifolium, fem-like climber 1 20 8 00

CIssus discolor and Lindenii 100 SCO

Clerodendron Balfourii and speciosum 150 10 oo

fragrans, double flowered, dwarf habit, fragrant 150 10 00

C roton s , fine assortment 2 00 15 00

Daphne odorata, 3-inch 2 40 20 00

Dracaenas, good assortment 300 25 00

Euphorbia Jacquiniflora, fine for winter blooming 2 40 15 00

Jasmine Hersutum, white flowering, in clusters 1 50 10 oo

Hydrangea pan icu lata grand if lora 1 50 10 00

Otaska and Tom Hogg 1 OO 8 00

LIgodium scandens (Hartford Fern), climbing 1 OO 8 00

Lycopodiums, in six kinds 1 50 10 oo

Marantas, good assortment 2 40 20 00

Olea fragrans (sweet olive) 1 50 10 oo

Phyllanthus rosea picta, handsome foliage 3 00 20 00

Phlox, White Lady, flowers white, hardy 1 OO 8 00

Poinsettia Pulcherrima plenissima, double, 3-inch 180 12 OO

Passiflora quadrangularis, foliage variegated 2 40 15 00

" Buistii, hardy herbaceous 1 00 8 00

Palm, Seaforthia elegans, 5-inch 9 00

Russellia Juncea, tine for baskets or vases 1 00 6 00

Thunbergia fragrans, white flowering, climbing 1 OO 3 oo

ROSES-WINTER-FLOWERING, WELL ESTABLISHED PLANTS.

Catharine Mermet, Marie Van Houtil, Bon Silene, Maria Guillott, Marechal

Niel, Safrano, Perle des Jardines, 3-inch, strong 130 g qo

For other plants send for General Fall Trade List. Descriptive Cataloeue mailed
free to all applicants. Address

ROBERT J. HALLIDAY, Florist,

16

THE HOR TICUL 7 URAL A D VER TISER,

Nature's Beauties

PRESERVED^^

IN A SPLENDID AND WONDERFUL VARIETY OP

Ornamental Grasses, Everlastings,*^

-^Mnmiortelles, Ferns, Mosses,

Tastefully arranged in Bouquets, and in beautiful, original and standard
Designs, or for sale in bulk in their natural forms. Exquisitely colored in
Blue, Violet, Purple, Orange, Yellow, Green, Red, Magenta, Scarlet, Rose,
and Pink. Also, Bleached and in Natural Colors.

We have the
greatest variety
and largest stock
of any house in the
Trade, and all ac-
knowledge that we
have the best dyer i
in the country in
charge of this de-
partment.

No other house
offers such ad-
vantages to the
Wholesale Trade.
Florists, Drug-
gists, Fancy and
Art Stores should
send for our Illus-
trated Wholesale
Price List.

These goods are adapted to use in home decoration and for public
places, as well as for festive occasions and funerals. They are capable
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most elegant houses, while within the reach of moderate means.

Natural Grasses, Flowers and Moss, bleached and dyed to order.

HIRAM SIBIiiEY & CO.,

179-183 E. MAIN STREET, ROCHESTER, N. Y.

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THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

THOMAS W. WEATHERED,

No. 46 Marion Street, New^ York,

TWO BLOCKS EAST OF BROADWAY, BET. SPRING AND PRINCE STREETS.

Improved Hot Water Boilers

FOR ke:/\.ting

CrefirliflDSds, GraBiies, CoDservalories, Propplii Hoisbs, &c.

S^^^^^-fe^ ~ ^ ^1

ALSO.

Expansion Tanks, Evaporating Pans,

Elbows, Valves and Cast Iron Pipe

MADE EXPKESSLY FOE GREENHOUSE PURPOSES.

Patent Ventilating Apparatus,

FOR RAISING THE SASHES IN GREENHOUSES. ,

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FI^XJIT TREES

stocks of erery kind from French importation, offered for sale this Fall
at very cheap and reduced prices.

300,000 Doucin and Paradise Ap-
ple stock, extra and No. 1
choice.

200.000 Roses on fine hisli and
' half standards, loubiuUled

on Manneti stock, on lunar
roots and on own roots;
Tea Roses cultivated in
pots and in open ground.
500 000 ilanetti stocks and briars,

' seetllings one year old.

BOO OOO Pear stock, tine 1 year ex-
' tra, and 800,000 good No. 1.

300 000 <4"infe stock, fine extra.

and «0O,000 No. 1 & 2 choice.

200.000 Plum, Kt. Julien, 1 year
' seedling, and 2.^,000 No. 1

and 2 choice.
100,000 Plum, St. Julien, true, ex-
tra and No. 1, from layer

800,000 Apple stock, 1 year, from
seed, in extra and No. 1
choice.

1000 to I200 ll's. of Fresh Pear Seed

, will be croppeti wiili the
best care in October and
November and otfered for
sale.

transplanted, special vari-
ety to make up fine stand-
ard trees.
500,000 Mahaleb, extra, and No. 1

and 2 choice.
200,000 Cherries stock, common
Cherry (Cerasus avium).

The whole at very cht-ap and reduced prices. Prices on demand. Orders must be sent as early as possible, in
order to be assured to be supplied in full. Hall the value of orders must be sent with the order, .ir deposited with my
bankers in New York, Messrs. John Munroe & Co., 8 Wall Street; but orders must be sent directly to me. Munroe
4 c:o. only trusted with money matters. Catalogues and General Trade Ust will be ready by November, and will be sent
on demand. All communications and orders must be sent directly to o»

L. PAILLET, Nurseryman, Vallee de Chatenay, a Chatenay pres Paris, France.

Special arrangements mav be made for large or small orders sent franco at New York, and duties and expenses of trans-
port of every kind paid, customers paying only expenses from New York to his place. Special prices sent on demand.

OFFER TO THE TRADE

OF SPECIAL CULTURE OF

mniomMmiPLiim.

f. doz. ^ 100

Alyssum— New Double Variegated Gem SI 00 86 00

Tom Thumb, New Dwarf. 100 6 00

Carnation- Meteor, best Scarlet for Forcing ... 3 00 20 00

Calla Kthiopica S2 per doz., S12 per 100, to 3 00 20 00

Bracabua teiminalis, are in very fine condition,
well furnished and colored.

Fii St size, strong 6-in. pots S6 to 10 00 50 00

Second" " 5-in. " 4 50 a5 00

Third " " 4-in. " 3 00 20 00

Fourth" " 3-in. " 2 00 12 00

Ferns— AlsophUla Australis 12 to 3 00 20 00

Ptei is Argyrea, 3-in. pots 100 800

" 4-in. " 2 00 15 00

" Cretica albo lineata 75 6 00

Flcns— Elastica, splendid plants,

Fii-st size, 6-in. pots 9 00 65 00

• Second " 5-in. " 6 00 40 00

Ivlep— English, strong, 3 feet long, bushy 1 50 12 00

PaauB— Aiecalutesiens, IS to 36 in $18 to 36 00

Verschafielti, 12 to 15 in . . ..«12 to 18 00

Chamajrops excelsa, 3-in. pots 1 00 8 00

" " 4-in. " 2 50 20 OC

Corypha Australis, 3-in. " 150 12 00

Cocos Wedelliana, 15 to 24 in »18 to 24 00

Latania Borbonica, 2- in. pots.
3in. "

00
1 50

Oreodoxa regia, 2J^-in." 100

Phu;nix Sylvestris, 2>,

" elegans, 6-in

Beaforthia elegans, 3-in,

'^ 4-in,

600
12 00

6 00
1 25 10 00

12 00 90 00

2 00 15 00

3 50 25 00

«12to 18 00

per 1000, S50 1 00 6 00
1 50 10 00

" " 6-in.

Pandanus utilis, 2-in.

" " 3-in.

" " 2^ ft. high 412 to 15 00

Pansie-s— Very choice strain 75 4 00

Petunias- Double, unrivalled collection 2 00 15 00

Primula Sinensis- An extra choice stock of the

best varieties, 3-in. pots 100 6 00

Byringa Charles X, the well-knowTi French Lilac,
which forces white,strongplants,set with buds, 18 00

Verbenas— 25 choice sorts, very heal hy 75 4 00

Violets— Neapolitan and Marie Louise, clumps, 1 50 12 00
Marguerite de Savoy, new ; the finest

double blue for forcing, iv.-va.. pots, 2 00 15 00

Vinca major var.,, bushy, 3 feet 1 50 12 00

The iilants ottered above are in every way first-class, and
In c«mdition to realize handsome profits in retnil sales.

Full list of Iilants for the trade. Please see Dreer's Whole-
sale List tor Autumn, 1882, mailed to applicants in the trade.

HENRY A. DREER,

714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

TOBACCO STEMS,

In bales weighing 500 lbs. each, at $5.00 per bale, or three
bales for »13 00.

TOBACCO DUST, $3 per case. Free on board of boats or cars,

ni2 Straiton 6l Storm,

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with explanations of the laws of motion and orce as applied on the
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ThE HOR TICUL TURAL A D VER USER. 19

THE BERMUDA EASTER LILY

Also calkMl Liliuiii longifloruin florabunila ami Liliuin Harri.sii.

THE BEST IN THE WORLD FOR FORCING FOR WINTER FLOWERS.

The most v luable, as it Moonis quicker, is more fraRrant, never fails to bloom and produces from three to four times
ae many dowers as the older sorts, which it is destined to entirely supersede. One plant has been known to have

145 FLOWERS TO A SINGLE STEM!!

H'e were awarded for this new lily the FIRST PREMIUM by the N. Y. Horticultural Society, May, 1888.

P'or notices of the press, illustrations and full descriptitms, write for our Circular, mailed KHKE to all. fS" Owinc
to the large Wholesale demand, our stock of common sized Bulbs has been exhausted this season, but we have a limited
supply of extra sized BuU's. whidi are verv superior to anything ever before on the market, which we offer at the fol-
lowing low rates : Price, fine-streng bulbs, '»l each ; *9 per doz. These are large bulbs, about 7-^S inches in circumfeience,
and must not be eoiupaicil with Miiallur bulbs, offered at a less price. Also, a very few extra large mammoth bulbt,
suitable for exhibition purposes, and from which fine results maybe expected, SZ each. Remit uy 1'. U. Order.

These prices are for Dry Bulbs delivered without extra charge to any P. O. in U. S. We also have a tine stock of
these Lilies, started in large pots, well rooted and ready for immediate forcing. As from present appearances our stock
of Dry Bulbs will soon be exhausted, we have concluded to make this liberal offer. We will fill all orders with ihea*
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tn2 TARRYTQ-WrJ, JT. Y.

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THE NETM^ BOXA.NY-

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GARDENING.

BY P. R. BLLIOTT.

Designed for City and Suburban Residences, and Country School-
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THE HORTICULTURAL ADVERTISER.

FOREIGN GRAPE VINES FOR GRAPERIES.

We now offer the finest collection of Foreign Grapes arrowTi
In the country. They are all good, strong, liealthy canes, ;ill
true to name and all in cxcellciii condition for shipping.
Below will l)e found list of varieties f^rown by us, one and
two years old.

5 One year old vines, $1.00 each.
PRICE : ^ j^^o ygg^ pij ^j^gg 52.00 each.

Bowood Muscat,
Muscat Hamburg,
Canon Hall Muscat,
Madresfield Court Muscat,
Mrs. Prince's Black Muscat,
Muscat of Alexaaaria,
Black Prince,
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Black Barbarossa,
Black St. Peter's,
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Calabrian Raisin,
Chasselas de Fontainebleau,
Chasselas White,
Chasselas Golden,
Duchess of Buccleuch,

Frontignan Grizzly,
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Gros Colman,
Hamburg Black,
Hamourg Wilmot's,
Hamburg Mill Hill,
Hamburg Victoria.
Lady Down's Seedling
Prince Albert,
Royal Ascot,
Santa Cruz.
Trentham Black,
White Nice,
White Syrean,
White Sweetwater,
White Tokay. t.f.l2

Frontignan White, Catalogue sent free on application.

"We would also call special attention to our stock ol

Camellias, Azaleas, Acacias, Roses and general collection

of wiiiter-hloMniiiisr ornanipiitnl foliaffe and beddinc: plants.

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Designed to afford Information concerning the Planting
and Care of Forest Trees for Ornament or Profit ; and giving
Suggestions upon the Creation and Care of Woodlands, with
the view of securing the Greatest Benefit for the Longest
Time. Particularly adapted to the Wants and Conditions
of tlie United States.

By FRANKLIN B. HOUGH, PH.D.,

Chief of Forestry Division, Department of Agriculture,
Washington, D. C.
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Subtropical Garden;

Or, Beauty of Form in the Flower Garden.

By W. Robinson, F. L. S.

Beautifully illustrated. 241 pages, T2mo, cloth. Price, #3.75
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PRACTICAL

CAMELLIA CULTURE.

A treatise on the Propagation and Culture of the Camellia J a-
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BY E. P. ROE.
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HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS

Plants and Flowers in the Gardfn and the House ; giving
di\rKci\or\9. short, sharp and decisive \\ov to overcome every insect
enemy that infects flowers and plants, out-doors and in-doors,
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Address, CHAS. H. MAROT,

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JAPANESE BULBS Al PLANTS

Hzixjrtcd to America or Europe by

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(Formerly Horticulturist to the Japanese Government;)
has had twenty > ears' experience in Japan. All orders ac-
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Japan, will secure prompt attention. 4®" Correspondence
solicited. ts6

The Flowering Plants,

GRASSES, SEDGES and FERNS

OF'

GrREAT BRITAIN

And their allies, the Club Alosses, Fepperworts antl

Uursetails.

By ANNIE PRATT,

6 vols, octavo, cloth, gilt. 319 full colored plates. Illustra-
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Price S:i2..50 sent post-paid. Address,

CHAS. H. MAKOT, 814 Chestnut Street, Phila.

Urt of Graftiog aod Boddiog

By CHARLES BALTET,
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THE SCHOOL GARDEN

BY DR. SCHWAB, DIRBCTOR OF THE VIENNA GYMNASIUM, ETC.
FROM THE GERMAN BY MRS. HORACE MANN.

Advocating education by labor as well as by study, not as a task,
but as a delight Adapting the kindergarien principle to older
children. In France and Sweden it is no on.er an experiment.
School gardens in city and town are destine to bf a grcal educa-
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THE BLESSED BEES.

BY JOHN ALLEN.

A record of a year's work in Bee- keeping by modern methods
its profits certain and large, and Its uleasures iiivaluab e. In-
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THE HOR TIC UL 7 URAL AD VER TISER.

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HALES' PATENT MOLE TRAP

For destroyin;; grounil moles in lawns, parks, Rardeiis and oeinetcrics. This is the only "perfect" mole'trapin existence
and haviuK been thoroughly tested for years, is guaranteed to be superior to all others. Sold by all Seedsmen and
Agricultural Implement Dealers. Illustrated Circulars sent free to any address.

" « H. W. HALES, Ridgewood, N. J.

TXXS ORCHID .A.X.BXJ1VE.

A New Illustrated Monthlv Work on Exotic Orchids, ronducted by Robert Warner ind Benjamin S. W illiams. Botanical
Descriptions by Thomas Mookb, Curator of Chelsea Botanic Gardens.

The colored figures bv John Nugent Kitch. Size of page royal qna'to, enabling artist to produce ample and intelligible po- traits
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notes on their cultivation, and such general o serv. lions concerning them as may prove of interest or utility to irchid-growtrs. The sub-
jects selected for dlu>tration will comprise the most ornamental ann attractive species and varieiiis new rd old, of this noLle and beau-
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the first annual volume will be completed in June of i382.

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Second Hand, out of print and rare. Binding somewhat
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J.

Irees and S?irubs of Britain, Native and Foreign, Hardy and
Half-Hardy, Pictorially and Botanically delineated, and
Scientifically and Popularly described.

With their PROPAGATION, CULTURE and MANAGEMENT,

and USES i" t-i... ARTS, i.i •i-i-tul luul ornamental v\ MHiui.ms
and iv LANDSCAPE GARDENING ; p efodp'l bv a HISTORICAL
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TEMPERATE CLIMATES throughout the WORLD.
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PRACTICAL LESSONS IX

Architectural Drawing ;

Or, HOW TO MAKE THE WORKING DRAWINGS AND WRITE

SPECIFICATIONS FOR BUILDINGS.

BY WILLIAM B TUTHILL, A.M., Architect.

Blustrated by Zi full pace plates (one in oolors) and .S3
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irseryman's Directory,

ONLY A FEW COPIES OF CURRENT
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THE ROSE

A NEW BOOK
NOW READY.

A treatise on the Cultivation, History, Family Character-
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BY H. B. ELLW ANGER.
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GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF INSECTS.

By a. S. Packard, Jr., M.D.
ALSO a Treatise on those Injurious and Beneficial to
Chops. For the use of Colleges, Farms, Schools and Agri-
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HOW TO RAISE FRXJIT

By THOMAS GREGG.
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