Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-04-04
THE FLORAL REALM.

attaining hight OF from i've to seven
feet In O season and therefore Is best
grown on sunny porch. The stems
are green and the leaves-also a
bright. lively green--are from two 20
FIVE inches long and from one to two
inches wide. The plant is OF shrubby
rather than treelike growth. The
stems are light and graceful. The
flowers are small, tube-shaped, the
open end forming a ive.pointed star.
OF good substance and borne In lavish
profusion. Each flower remains per.
feet for a number Of days. closing in
the morning and opening at night.
Gordon's syringe is n very vigorous
growing species, attaining n height OF
from six 10 ten feet and from all the
strong. erect shoots, slender side
shoots are produced which give II the
appearance OF being a shrub OF droop.
ing habit. The blooms which are pro.
duced in dense clusters during the
month OF July are large. pure white
and slightly fragrant As the flowers
are produced month later than those
Of the other syringas. 1t certainly is a
very desirable addition to our list OF
ornamental Towering shrubs. To en-
able IT to develop properly 1t should
be given very deep. well enriched
soil AMI liberal irrigations.
a yellow Gala lily has been produc.
ed by crossing the elliotana with albo-
maculata. The foliage Is vigorous
and prettily spotted, while the spathes
are of beautiful shade of primrose
yellow and produced in greater pro
fusion than with either parent. Single
bulbs planted but six weeks have as
many as four expanded flowers al.
ready with more 20 follow. This Gala
promises to be one of the most valu-
able OF summer outdoor decorative
plants, especially as there is no need
OF II being grown under glass. The
dormant bulbs are planted the latter
part of May and they grow at once,
Towering all season until lall, when
the tops are cut of, the tubers thor.
cughly ripened and then stored in a
cellar, like potatoes, until planting
time again.
The recent wonderful revival in the
demand for hardy Towering plants has
doubtless been somewhat stimulated
by the craze for old.fasnioned things.
Some Of the perennials that are hardy
In colder climates seem not to be
hardy here. but the list of hardy ones
Will be found an ever increasing one
as We become familiar with their indi.
vidual requirements. The dormant
PLANT Is injured by the too warm sun,
the extreme between midday and mid.
night and the drying winds, but
light mulch Is good protection
against all these and IL we see to 1t
that the plants start into the water
well fed and well watered we have
quite list that can be depended upon
to come safely through the winter.
Some plants, comparatively tender,
VIII winter perfectly on the north side
OF house without any protection ek-
cept the shade from the house.
To make n good rose bed the soil
should be trenched at least twenty
four To thirty inches deep. The best
method for doing this is to remove the
top soil to the depth of fifteen or six
teen inches. then break up the subsoil
fifteen inches deeper, thoroughly incor-
ating at least one-third as much good
strong manure as soil through the
whole. When this Is done return the
;opsoil, adding one.fourth as much ma
nuro as soil. thoroughly mixing II in
;he operation. When complete, this
viii leave the bed six or eight inches
higher than IL originally was, but in
the course of few weeks, IL done in
the very early spring or In the fall pre-
II will have settled down very
by the time the bushes |
are ready to plant. When practicable |
II Is MUCK better to prepare a bed du-
ring the fall and allow II 10 lie all win |
ter. This settles II down quite solid |
by spring. Then all that will be necJs- |
sary will be to stir the surface over |
10 make II fine enough to cover the |
roots well at planting time. Another |
advantage gained by preparing the bed |
IN the fall or very early spring is that |
the thawing snow will largely decom.
pose the manure ana impregnate the
from II all through the soil,
leaving II In the best possible condi-
Ion for the roots 10 commence feed
ng on II as soon as planted.