Title: American gardening
Identifier: americangardeni131892newy (find matches)
Year: 1892 (1890s)
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Subjects: Gardening; Horticulture
Publisher: New York : Rural Pub. Co
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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CURRENT GARDEN LORE. 437 gallon of the preservative fluid wanted, the rule being to add T.)i ounces of sugar or glycerine to the preservative fluid for each degree shown by the spindle in the fruit- juice.—From Circular by Prof. Hilgard of the Cali- fornia State University. Pyrus malus floribunda.—This is also known as Mains ndcrocarpa/loribunda. It is highly ornamen- tal during May. Besides its use in the shrubbery or pleasure-ground, it also submits read- ily to farcing, and appears as florifer- ous then as in the open ground, and the flowers are almost as highly col- ored. When forced it will flower about April i, but the heat necessary to flower it earlier would probably cause the flow- ers to be short-lived and poor in color. It is a shrub rather than a tree, with a mass ol slender, twiggy shoots, which give it an imposing appearance when in bloom, because oi their profusion of flower-buds. It comes from Japan. The leaves are small, oblong-lan- ceolate, bluntly toothed and thickly set in tufts on numer- ous, short, spur-like branches. The flowers are relatively large when fully expanded, and heav- ily tinted with rosy red outside. They appear almost crimson while yet in the bud, and the shrub is very conspicuous from the time the buds swell until the petals drop. (Si tration.)—Gardeyiing World. Terrace-Gardens.—In the formation of gardens on rising ground, terraces are sometimes necessary, and where there is plenty of length and breadth, especially the latter, a great deal may be done, in the lavmg out and planting, to hide much of the stiffness and formality inseparable from such artificial surroundings. In the ac" companying engraving (next page) this appears to have been the aim, for at one side of the terrace raised beds of simple form break the monotony of the flatness without destroy- ing the breadth, as a set of beds of more formal pattern running through the center or on each side would have done. Stone edges are used for raising the beds shown, and where natural undressed stone is to be h.-_ no bet- ter dead edging can be found, as if properly formed it retains the soil and forms a happy hunting-ground for many plants, which succeed better in such a position than they do on the flat or with a freer root-run. Amongst these the sedums (stonecrops), mossy saxifrages and sempervivums hold pride of place, and with these alone an excellent effect, agreeable alike in winter or in sum- mer, can be produced. In edging the beds tlie stone- crops are largely used. Some of the neater kinds of ivy are also very suitable for this purpose. Many of the mossy and other neat-growing saxifrages, if fair spaces
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Twig of Pyrus malus ploribunda. be left for them and a little suitable soil given to start them, will soon grow dense enough to keep the soil from dribbling through tbe edge, and for some of the delicate varieties the well-drained position would be the best that could be chosen, especially in a climate naturally humid. In these beds are also used the sand- worts, aubrietias, the smaller campanulas, the money- worts, and best of all, for very mild climates, the bt-auii-

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