February 24, 1906 



HORTICULTURE 



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\1^S I find the Fumigating Kind Tobacco Powder gives the most satisfactory results. It is better than 



IB ■* anything I have ever used, does not injure the color of flowers nor leave any unpleasant odor. 

 ^sSfiiLC' BELL MILLER, Springfield, 111. 



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 £ ^V* with it for fifteen cents. The H. A. Stoothoff Company, 119 West Street, New York City, N. Y. 



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by river and many more hundreds by 

 land. 



From now on the trees will be 

 watched with daily and constant care. 

 If the purple scale parasites on them 

 develop and live, the problem of 

 relief to Southern California orchards 

 will have been solved. If they fail to 

 fulfil expectations then a second 

 journey to China will be necessary. 

 The search will be kept up as long as 

 the pest exists. 



REFORESTING THE CALIFORNIA 

 MOUNTAINS. 

 Hon. T. P. Lukens gave an informal 

 illustrated talk recently, at Pasadena, 

 Cal., under the auspices of the Pasa- 

 dena Gardeners' Association, upon the 

 practical side of the forestry work in 

 this section, illustrating his remarks 

 with lantern slides intended to show 

 some of the beautiful scenery in the 

 mountains as well as the government 

 nursery work in the forest reserves. 

 He told of the nurseries that have 

 taught the important lesson that the 

 old method of sowing seeds broadcast 

 in order to plant a burned-out district 



ASPARAGUS SPRENG0GRI1, 4 1-2 in. 



pots, $1.50 per doz., $10.00 a 100; strong, 



3 in. rots, 75c. per doz., $5.00 pet' 100; 2 



In. pots, $2.00 per 100. 

 ASPAKAGTIS COMOEENSIS, 3 in. pots. 



75c. per doz.; $5.00 per 100. 

 ABUTILON SAVITZII, 3 in. pots, Top. per 



doz., $5.00 per 100; 2 in. pots, 50c. per 



doz., $3.00 per 100. 

 CLEMATIS PAN'ICULATA. 4 in. pots, 



$1.50 per doz.. $10.00 per 100; 3 in. pots, 



75c. per doz., $5.00 per 100. 

 CLEMATIS, large fid. 2 year old ptants, 



$3.00 per doz. 

 DAISY, Queen Alexandria, 3 in. pots, 75e. 



per doz., $5.00 per 100; 2 1-2 in. pots, 50c. 



per doz., $3.00 per 100. 

 ETJONYMUS, golden variegated, 2 1-2 in. 



pots, otic, per doz., $3.00 per 100. 

 EUONYMUS, radicans, vat-.. 2 1-2 in. pots, 



50c. per doz., $3.00 per 100. 

 FUCHSIAS, 4 varieties, 2 in. i«>ts, 50c. 



per doz., $3.00 per 100. 

 HELIOTROPE, blue and while. 2 1-2 in. 



pots, 50c. per doz., $3.00 per 100. 

 PRIMULA OBCONICA, 2 1-2 in. pots, 50e. 



per doz.. $3.00 per 100; 4 in. pots iu 



bloom, $1.00 per doz. 



GERANIUMS R. C. from pols, double 



white and pink, $2.00 per 100. 

 SHASTA DAISIES. 2 12 in. pots, 50c per 



doz., $3.00 l»'i inn; seedlings from Bats. 

 $1.00 per 100. 

 SWAINSONA alba. 2 in. p. its, 50c. per 



doz., $3.00 per Ion. 

 COLEUS VERSHAFFELTII, It C. and 



fancy varieties, 75c. per 100 from soil; 



from sand, per Inn 



Heliotropes, Fuchsias, 4 var. Feverfew, 

 Cupheas. Scarlet Sage, Ageratuins, Verbe- 

 nas, Alternantheras, 3 var., Swainsona 

 ■■Ilia. Ahutilon Savitzii. any of these well 

 rooted cuttings 75c. per 100. 



Ilth & Roy Stteets, 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA 



C. EISELE, 



Grafted Brides and Maids 



$IO per IOO 

 $90 per I ,000 



R. T. McCORUM 

 Natick, ... Mass. 



is useless in this part of the country at 

 least. 



Here the seed is now planted in the 

 government nurseries, and after two 

 or three years' growth the little trees 

 are transplanted to the hillsides and 

 mountain slopes. Experience has 

 shown that this method is most likely 

 to succeed. Fire breaks and constant 

 watching of the fires, together with sys- 

 tematic tree planting, arc expected in 

 time to bring back the valuable forests 

 with which the mountain slopes of 

 Southern California were once covered. 



A NEW SUMMER ESTATE. 

 Rocky Point, the summer home of 

 Charles A, Stone, is situated four 

 miles east of Plymouth, Mass., and 

 about three from Manomet. The es- 

 tate is some 150 acres in extent, most- 

 ly woods as yet, but an ideal warm- 

 weather home is being made. An im- 

 posing mansion overlooks Cape Cod 

 Bay. A vegetable garden of about two 

 acres is being laid out. with stone 

 walls around it. The land is very 

 rocky; the soil is clay loam, with hard- 

 pan bottom, which makes the trench- 

 ing and plowing hard work. Many 

 oak and hickory trees had to be re- 

 moved, and getting out the stumps 

 and roots is no play work. An Italian 

 flower garden adjacent to the house is 

 planted with hardy flowering material, 

 and, with the help of potted plants, is 

 kept gay till late in the fall. On the 

 south end of this a rose garden is be- 

 ing made, which will take some 250 

 plants. Greenhouses are in the plan, 

 and no doubt will be erected in due 

 time. Wild roses abound in the woods 

 in summer, and asters are plenty — 

 some very beautiful ones in September 

 and October in the open fields anil 

 copses. As elsewhere, the winter has 

 been very mild, and much outdoor 

 work has been done here. 



W. S. 



NITROGEN IN DEAD LEAVES. 



A writer in the Phare de la Loire 

 shows, in a table just published, the 

 relative fertilizing value of certain 

 kinds of leaves, most of which are rich 

 in nitrogenous contents and conse- 

 quently good as fertilizers. According 

 to this writer the following are Hi" 

 contents of nitrogen of some of the 

 leaves after their fall in autumn: 



Per cent. 



Pear L.86 



Oak 1-18 



Poplar <■> 



i; :h 78 



Locust "2 



Elm <3 



Vine 3o 



An examination of the fertilizing 

 value of the dead leaves compared 

 with that of ordinary manure shows 

 the following results: 44 pounds of 

 pear leaves, So pounds of poplar, 51 

 pounds of peach, 83 pnunds of locust, 

 82 pounds of elm, and 174 pounds of 

 vine, respectively, are equal in nitro- 

 gen to 100 pounds of manure.— From 

 report of Consul Goldschmidt, Nantes. 



A BARGAIN 



I have for sale a modern range of green- 

 houses, 25,500 feet of gl ss, iJ4 miles from 

 wealthy growine city of 28.000 people. Forty- 

 five minutes from Pittsburg, P.«. Three rail- 

 roads and expiess line=, 28 acres. Idtal soil for 

 roses a d carnati ns in abundance. Admirably 

 adapted to the . rowing of sn all fruit and garden 

 crops. 



Sixty horse power boiler, steam heat. Free 

 natural gas for all light and fuel for greenhouses, 

 and farm building-.. A most complete urivaie 

 watei ^.y-iem, 1,000 barrel storage tanks, large 

 dam, never failing sprin.s. Hr ducing oil well on 

 the larm. Buildings high and dry, ;iway from all 

 smoke, dust and dirt, fogs unknown, plants free 

 1 rom di ease, houses well stocked auu pr ducii g 

 paying crops, best market selling high grade 

 stuff direct to retailers. Best of reason for se.ling. 

 Price, $22,oor, part on t.me, will s.how a 1 et 

 profit of 22* above expanses, c-n be increased. 

 This offer will bear closest investigation. 



S. S. SKIDELSKY 



724 No. 24th St 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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