Excerpt from The Gardener's Monthly and Horticulturist, 1882, Vol. 24: Devoted to Horticulture, Arboriculture and Rural Affairs I should like to speak of other plants on this lawn, but they are either too difficult of attain ment, like the Cercidiphyllum, a promising tree, or like the dwarf pines and spruces. Hardly new enough to come within the scope of this essay. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Gardener's Monthly and Horticulturist, 1878, Vol. 20: Devoted to Horticulture, Arboriculture and Rural Affairs Perhaps some of the many lady readers of your monthly would like to know how to get two flowers instead of one from every flowering sheath of their Calla lillies. As soon as the joint flower is cut, or begins to wither, pull the stalk down through the open sheath clear to the bottom. At the bottom will be found standing close to the stalk another bud, enclosed in a delicate covering. Cut the old stalk away as close as possible without injuring the bud, and if it has not been kept back too long it will grow up very quick. I have never failed to get both buds to flower. I never tie up the leaves close, but leave them free. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from The Gardener's Monthly and Horticulturist, Vol. 24: Devoted to Horticulture, Arboriculture and Rural Affairs I should like to speak of other plants on this lawn, but they are either too difficult of attain ment, like the Cercidiphyllum, a promising tree, or like the dwarf pines and spruces. Hardly new enough to come within the scope of this essay. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Gardener's Monthly and Horticulturist, Vol. 24: Devoted to Horticulture, Arboriculture and Rural Affairs With Sargent's weeping hemlock, however, this beautiful habit is absolutely permanent on all specimens grown from grafts of that tree. Mr. H. W. Sargent discovered this weeping hemlock about twenty years ago, near his place, at Fishkill on the Hudson, and moved by his enthusiasm and appreciation of choice ornamental trees, entrusted it for propagation to the distinguished expert J. R. Trumpy. Turning from this queenly tree, we note the rich grandeur of the third member of our trio of distinguished 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 grotesque 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 characteristic 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 suggested 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 elegant 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, perhaps, the best of Japanese pines, except Pinus Massoniana, which only surpasses it in a yellowish 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 Massoniana 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 peculiarity that gave rise to the name sun ray pine. But the noteworthy habit of this pine is its late variegation. In June, while in 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 amou...