Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-23

worthy Place In American Gardens.
Professor L. II. Bailey Of tho Cornell
university experiment station dovoios q
bulletin to the description Of variou,
garden vegetables that havo been intro,
dueed by the Chinese, some Of which
are worthy Of our adoption. Tho best
known and perhaps the most valuable
Of these now vegetables Is tho po.tsai.
or 80 called Chinese cabbage This
plant bears loose, le,iucoliko head Of
crisp leaves which may DO used In all
the fashions In which cabbage IL served.
This plant requires cool and moist
soil In which to mako a. bost growth
IL Is essentially an autumn vegetable
Tho Chinese mustard u nn excellent
plant FOR greens and produces nm cnor.
nous amount Of horhagc. It's culture
demands the same attention rs that ad.
visod for po.tsai
California pepper grass appears TO be
n finely cut leafc1 form OF mustard
long known in old gardens, but not dc.
scribod either In American botanics or
gardening books II Is ono Of tho bost
Of all plants for early spring green's
Although tho species Is cultivated In
China aud Japan. 10 d-as not appear 70
have been independently introduced
from those countries In recent years II
T. not known how or when tho plant
first came 20 this country. Other mus.
tardlike plants recently introduced
from China aro tho pak.choi, used ns
greens and fer tho white thick leaf
stalks. and the tuboroua rooted mustard.
grown for It's small turnipliko root.
These plants possess less merit for Amer.
ican gardens than the foregoing species
OF the various fquashliko plants In.
troducod by tho Chinese the best Is prob. |
ably tho wax gOurd or zitkwn. Tho
fruit Of this IL excellent for consoryos.
Tho plant IL Of easy culture, but re.
quircs a long season.
The la.wak or momordicn has moro
merit an curiosity and AN ornamental
vino than IS an csoulont for American
tastes. II iS-not new 20 tho American
seed trade. Tho ludas or dish cloth
gourds Of the gardens are Of two species
which differ chiefly In tho contour OF
tho fruits. The commonor species In
this country has ribless cylindrical
fruits, but tho one chiefly grown by tho
Chinese about Now York has club
shaped ribbed fruits These fruits are
interesting to us chiefly as curiosity
and as yielding n spongclike fiber which
II useful for household purposes. The
Chinese pea has little TO recommend Il
20 American gardeners Tho Chinese
bean or tou.kok is no doubt valuable
vegetable for late home uso
Tiorai Setss.
Tho Marguerite carnations are partio
ulArly desirable ON account OF being
summon and autumn bloomers.
The object Of pruning roses is 10 kcop
mp n supply Of now wood since the
flowers arc boruo only on tho wood Of
current seasons growth.
Viok's Caprice is marvel among
roseA with ia bright pink color. inter.
sporsed and blended with beautiful
shades Of pure white.
The white single dahlias arc excellent
for out flowers
Although pmonias will "last forever"
In tho sAmo place without transplant
ing. the best results arc obtained by
moving them TO fresh ground every fow
yoArA
Florists get the enormous blossoms Of
ohrysanthemums We 500 with them In
November by disbudding-that is pick.
ing OF all Of tho buds except one TO q
shoot, doing this Ms soon rs tho buds
can 30 disccrncd. And this same sort OF
e.sbudding Is now being praotiood by
tho florists In tho nao OF roses and car
nations undsr pln4.