Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-07-07

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ibianniais. and perennlals. The perennial
the varieties OF peonies. beginning witt
the earliest, the fennel leayed. then tn,
tree pe0ny, the old fashioned red an,
the late ones. both double and single. o
many shades of red. pink. yellow, whit,
and purple. all very snowy and beauti
ful a. lovely edging for bed is tn,
pOlyanthus. both red and yellow; 1t bios
pretty after blossoming. The ragged rob
In Is a good plant, also the red and whit
i lychnis. plants OF the same order, an(
the old fashioned lychnis london pride
4 the most perfect scarlet ever seen IL
flowers. The autumn phlox Is very hardy
and can be had In great varieties Of col
or. The English buttercup Is as hand
/ some as a yellow rose anu makes q great
show when it grows in q large ciump
There is a great variety Of spfraea, both
white and red. some low growing ones
and others quite large bushes. hut al
very desirable in garden. Sweet peas
must have a place in all gardens: plant
them in dlpble rows with tall. strong
brush to &lfhb on. which they like bettel
than wire netting. which some people
use: have the earth rich and plant or
each side row of mangel wurxel beets
about six inches from the peas; the beett
keep>the ground moist SO the peas do moi
let the peas go to seed and they win bios
| som until the heavy fr0sts kill everything
in the garden. OF course. every one
wants a few rose bushes. There are a
few hardy ones which will live with a
| little protection In winter, and pruning
! and dressing in the spring. AS soon as
the leaves appear 1t is perpetual war ia
keep the insects In subsection; we not
secticide but crush the insects with
thumb and finger which is not very
agreeable. We have kerosene emulsion
made by taking large spoonful OF oil
two spoonfuls of milk and shake well to-
gether, put in cupful Of soft SOAP mix
well and put in one gallon of water and
wash the under part Of the leaves sew
There is one curious fact about the rose
not generally known: the honey bee has
nothing to do with it. The only bee ]
carpenter bee who cuts out pieces from
the green leaf to make its cells. Some
poets write of the bee gathering honey
from the rose. but that only shows that
roses or bees. they only know that the
roses are fragrant, and beautiful. and
that the bees gather honey from flowers
Had the poets said peoples instead 81
the peoples are in blossom the air is full
of the music of the bees. and there is NOT
room on the largest poppy for the null
titude Of bees that gather around it. The
a variety of color and every year they
mix so one gets new varieties. The gar
den heliotrope Is a sweet and pretty
flower. and looks wellrin a nosegay with
to have some lilies of the valley; they
will grow well in some shady place where
n other plants will not blossom. The an.
n nual salpiglossis is a very beautiful flow.
| rich in nOlOring RlnXini1 ln(
" some of them look like orchids. For blue
flowers, which color is rare. have myo
sotis or forget-me-not. and the varie'
ties of larkspur, both perennial and an
! nual. Every one can get from our flor,
lists a catalogue of seeds and Of course
I most people know what ANIMALS tt
plant. asters. marigolds. pansies, stock
candytuft. znnias and multitude o.
: others too numerous to mention. tt
f keep every thing growing a good way i.
to have a barrel in some convenient
nure and fill it with water and use twic,
= a week weak solution of 1t. 1 will
$ close by mentioning few shrubs. Th'
, white lilac and Persian lilac. the large
5 ball and deutzia. gracilis, should be III
@ every large garden. also the weigelia
T. pink and white, and the garden hydran
, gea; all these are hardy and very desir
able Also some varieties of lilies: thu
white day lily. the lemon lily. white gar
G den lily and some of the Japanese lilies
4 A few vines are needed to complete tn
garden: of these the best are honey suck
!. leg. some varieties of clematis, wistari;
= and akebia.
a One thing more I want to say; cut you
:, flowers freely; give them to the sick, es
{ pecally the poor sick; send them to you
= friends and decorate your house will
6 them. The more you pick them the NOR
q you will have.
{ Prof Munson and L. ]. Shepherd, boil
/ of the Maine Experiment Station, wer.
3 the judges, ana the following is the re-
z suit of their work:
p Best quart of Industry gooseberries-
Il ID. ii. knOwitOn of Pennington.
/. Best quart of Smiths Improved goose
berries-D II Knowlton. Pennington.
e Best exhibition of panses-Miss Belle
h Wallis of Brewer, LIST; Miss Anna Eaton
y Augusta, I'd.
= Vase roses-Burt s. Young. Augusta
: LIST; Mrs George NJ. Twitchell. Au
: Basket roses-Miss Anna A. Eaton. 1st
a Vase of nowcrs-Miss Anna Eaton, LIST
: Edward c. Pope 3D.
Sweet peas-Miss Anna Eaton, LIST.
COLLECTION roses-Burt 8. Young, LIST
= Mrs. IL. T. Townsend FreepOrt, "a,
: Foliage plant-Mrs. b. r. Townsend. 1st
]. Besides these prizes, there We're spccla
Y pTices and special mention given to tn,
cirnation pinks of Miss Lucy Chandler
e lthe Freeport florist; the Maine Expert
j inent Station for it's display of flower.
Inft vegetables; the vase of roses of Mrs
A. Hall Of Brewer, and the straw
lofries Of the Insane hospital.
Strawberries:
81 verland-Frank W. Jewett of Halo
y % emarck-F. w. Jewett. LIST.
i snrpless-E. p. Churchill of Hallowell
:. 1stEF. w. Jewett 81
Ifi lnndywine-E. p. Churchill LIST.
e larbach-E. p. Churchill 1st.
q (Re ent Seedling-E. p. Churchill. list
d Ntrshall-Burt S. Young. LIST.
!. 9enfield-C. s. Pope, Manchester. LIST
ri Burr s. Young, 3D.
! Puker Earle-C. s. Pope, LIST: Burt s
al BeSes Wood-C. s. Pope, 1st.
I'll CjNe-C. s. Pope. 1st.
81 W &held-c. s. Pope. LIST.
~ u n Report Of Executive Committee.
]. m tffollowing report of the committe,
:; on an for future work was presented
d to taH executive committee at thei
If meeti Tuesday evening.
y To th4 Members of the Maine State Pom
IS olog I'll Society: