February &, 11108 



H O K I I CU LTURE 



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A STAUNCH HOUSE. 



We present herewith exterior and 

 interior views of an iron-frame house 

 erected last year by John A. Payne, 

 Jersey City, for Stockton & Howe. 

 Princeton. N. J. This house is 54 

 feet 6 inches wide and 317 feet long. 

 The roof is supported on four lines of 

 columns with the usual angle-iron pur- 



inoved satisfactory, much more 'so 

 than if operated in very long lengths, 

 affording better control over the heat 

 of the house. Heating is done with 

 one of Payne's large sectional boilers. 

 Messrs. Stockton & Howe have ex- 

 pressed themselves as entirely satis- 

 fied with the operation of the plant 



lins between the ratters, and is fur- 

 nished with tno Mnes of continuous 

 roof ventilation, which are operated 

 with self-locking worm and gear ma- 

 chinery. The worm rod extends down 

 the columns at the sides, universal 

 connections being used for the offsets 

 in worm rod. The ventilation is ar- 

 ranged in 50-foot lengths, which has 



and feel confident that they can easily 

 maint-.iin the temperature they desire 

 in the coldest weather. They also 

 state that there have not been three 

 panes of glass broken during the year, 

 apart from that broken through acci- 

 dent. This they consider exception- 

 ally good, in view of the heavy storms 

 the house has had to withstand. 



EXEMPTING FOREST LANDS FROM 

 TAXATION. 



The encouragement of forestry is 

 aimed at in a proposed amendment to 

 the taxation laws brought before the 

 taxation committee of Massachusetts 

 by Assistant State Forester Cook. Rep- 

 resentative Crane of Blackstone and 

 Henry James, Jr., of Cambridge. 



The present law allows a 10-year 

 exemption from taxation on lands 

 planted with trees at the ratio of 2000 

 to the acre. The bill advocated 

 brings the number of trees down to 

 1200 and provides for a 20-year ex- 

 emption. 



MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN. 



The annual financial report of the 

 Hoard of Trustees of the Missouri 

 Botanical Garden for the past year 

 has been made public. Therein it is 

 declared that the much-needed im- 

 provements at the gardens, such as 

 the erection of new plant houses and 

 an addition to the library, are serious- 

 ly hindered by the outlay of money 

 necvessitated by street pavements, 

 sidewalks and sewers laid in the 

 streets adjacent to the garden tract. 

 More than $46,000 was expended in 

 this way during the year, and it is 

 estimated by the trustees that more 

 than $22,400 must be spent in the en- 

 suing year for other public improve- 

 ments. The total disbursements for 

 the year amounted to $171,074.26. and 

 total receipts were $170,360.32. 



In ornamental bedding, 27,500 plants 

 were used during the year. An in- 

 crease of 10 per cent, in tulips used, 

 an increase of 26 per cent, in variety 

 of chrysanthemums and a total in- 

 crease of 5 per cent, in plants of all 

 kinds used are recorded for 1907. 



An important Texas collection was 

 studied, and forms the basis of an in- 

 teresting pamphlet. More than 3300 

 books and pamphlets were added to 

 the library and .58.668 new cards were 

 placed in the index. The number of 

 serial publications was extended to 

 1317. an increase of about 5 per cent. 



The report recalls the appointment 

 of Doctor "Von Schrenk to the titular 

 staff of the garden as plant pathol- 

 ogist. 



CONTROLLING THE CODLING 

 MOTH. 



Oregon pear growers, who are 

 greatly tormented by the codling moth, 

 find the following scheme exceedingly 

 useful: A selected tree is completely 

 surrounded by a rnre cage, in which 

 the moths are confined. By careful 

 observation of tlieir development it is 

 possible for the grower to know almost 

 to an hour when he should begin to 

 spray all his trees so as to destroy the 

 moth without injuring the fruit. — 

 Country Gentleman. 



876,951. 



877,117. 

 877,227. 



877,299. 

 877,316. 

 877,359. 



877,424. 



877,434. 



877,452. 

 877,469. 



LIST OF PATENTS. 



Issued January 21, 1908. 



Combined Roller and Harrow. 

 Cordy C. Dollison, Lancas- 

 ter, Ohio. 



Insect Destroying Machine. 

 Joseph Peil, Bloomer, Wis. 



Manure Spreading Attach- 

 ment for Wagons. Alexan- 

 dra Turner and Lee How- 

 ard, Stillwell, 111. 



Grass Catcher for Lawn 

 Mowers. Michael T. Cur- 

 ran, St. Louis, Mo. 



Fertilizer Distributer. Ed- 

 ward F. Fisher, Atkinson, 

 Neb. 



Plow Point. Charles W. Mc- 

 Wane, Lynchburg, Va., as- 

 signor to Lynchburg Foun- 

 dry Co., Lynchburg, Va. 



Combined Plow and Fertilizer 

 Distributer. John B. Hicks, 

 Wolf Pit Township. Rich- 

 mond County, N. C. 



Windmill. John H. Kappel- 

 mann, Washington, Kan. 



Harrow. William A. Preston, 

 Roe, Ark, 



Seeding Machine. William L. 

 Paul, South Bend, Ind.. as- 

 signor to Oliver Chilled 

 Plow Works, South Bend, 

 Ind, 



I write to express my appreciation 

 of your excellent publication during 

 the "past year and to say that I shall 

 be very glad to have it continued dur- 

 ing the coming new year of 1908, for 

 which I wish you eminent success, 

 prosperity and happiness. 



H. A. SURFACE. 



Harrisburg. Pa.. Dec. 28, 1907. 



