No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 755 



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bly less saHsfactory in the end ajul are short-lived. 1 will only name 

 the oaks as beinj;- especially worthy trees, and ones that will never 

 bring regret. A few really rare plants will increase the interest in 

 your place wonderfully. Such beautiful things as the Yellow Wood, 

 Gingko, Sophora and Jai)anose Varnish tree are not difficult to 

 obtain, yet they are not common. 



This paper has dealt with waste places in a rather broad sense. 

 There are many little places that would seem to come more strictly 

 under that heading that I have not mentioned. There may be an 

 old stump of a tree which would be beautified if a vine were allowed 

 to clamber over it. 



An unused piece of swampy ground could be made beautiful by 

 planting in it some flags and Japanese Iris, Mallows, Lythrum, 

 Coreopsis, and even many swamp-loving shrubs like the common 

 elderberry. White Fringe and Swamp Magnolia. The walls of your 

 house would likely be very much improved by a clinging vine. The 

 fence along the front of your property could have a few vines placed 

 at some of the posts. Many similar places will suggest themselves 

 to you when you give it thought and it is unnecessary for me to 

 attempt further detail. My greatest fear is that we men of business 

 allow waste places to locate in our minds. We think of utility, what 

 we can plant here for profit and there for profit. Everything must 

 pay in dollars and cents. These waste places, I hope my hearers 

 will plant up at once with thoughts of the beauties of nature. All 

 else that I have suggested will then be carried out in a natural 

 course. , 



The following is a synopsis of the remarks by Prof. Wells W. 

 Cooke, Washington, D. C. 



SHALL WE FERTILIZE THE LAND OR THE CROP. 



By PiiOP WEiii.s W. Cooke, Washinuton, D. C. 



Several theories have been advanced as to the proper principle 

 that should underlie the fertilization of the crops. One of the best 

 known is called the Stockbridge theory. According to this, we 

 should apply to the land each year or during each rotation w^hat we 

 expect the crops will remove of fertilizing ingredients. This rule 

 might hold good if we started out with a first class productive soil 

 in fine mechanical condition and full of plant food. But such a 



