Tree Lemon Verbena

The London Gardener's Chronicle calls attention to the pretty effects which can be had from the common Lemon Verbena when trained as a standard. The wavy spikes of flowers are very graceful and the odoriferous character of the plant will always make it a favorite in any form.

Tree Peonies

We have repeatedly written of the wealth and beauty of leaves and flowers possessed by Moutan or tree peonies, and we now again desire to call the attention of every lover of flowers to an examination of their foliage and blossoms. We have found them to be perfectly hardy, and now that a variety of shades of color have been produced by new seedlings, a bed of them when in flower presents one of the grandest sights we have ever seen created by grouping or massing of flowering shrubs.

Tree Planting

In planting trees this fall, all should remember that it is requisite to set the tree only just so deep as to enable it to stand, for we can earth to protect it from heaving off the winter's frosts; and as soon as spring opens and the ground is levered down, the roots will start and seek their appropriate depth. If we dig a deep hole, especially in hard clay soil, and fill it with good loam and set our tree therein, we first invite the water there as into a cistern - and second, we cause a vigorous growth of roots, until they reach the undisturbed clay, when a check is at once perceptible; and often an orchard stands from five to seven years without apparently making any progress. Remember, then, and plant your trees just so deep as to cover their roots, but no more; then earth up for a winter protection against frost for the first year, and dress down again to a level in spring.

Tree Seeds

J. M. M. (Tompkinscounty, N. Y.) Seeds of some of the ornamental trees may be had of Thorburn & Co., New.York, and Buist, Philadelphia; but a general assortment is not kept anywhere in this country. Mahaleb cherry stones, cannot probably be had short of France.

Tree Seeds #1

R.Johnson. Tree seeds kept till this spring, (that should have been planted in the autumn,) may be made to grow more certainly by soaking them for a couple of hours in water, in which you can just bear the hand, and then sprinkling them, very thinly, with newly slacked lime, just before planting them.

Tree Suckers

This is the best month in the year to remove suckers from around the crowns of trees. Removed now they will not sprout again; whereas, if removed in the fall, winter, or spring, they will grow again as strong as ever. Dig away the earth two or three inches deep from around them and cut clean down to their connection with the main trunk or roots. Leave the wound open to the air for a day or two, then re-cover with earth.

Trees At The Side Or Railways

The Austrian government requests the directors of the railways in the Empire to plant young trees, of a description indicated, at convenient distances along the lines, intending them eventually to replace the posts upon which telegraphic wires are at present affixed. If this plan should be adopted in the United States, a graceful tree would take the place and perform the service of the unsightly poles which are to be seen along our railways and public roads.

The Rhode Island Horticultural Society has published in a very handsome form, its charter, constitution and by-laws, and seems to be altogether in a prosperous way.