February 1, 190S 



HORTICULTURE 



157 



PARK AND FORESTRY ASSOCIA- 

 TION. 

 The Park and Forestry Association 

 meeting was held in Lincoln, Neb., 

 Jan. 23. An interesting program 

 was given. E. C. Bishop, Deputy 

 Superintendent of Public Instruc- 

 tion, spoke of planting and car- 

 ing for trees on school grounds. E. 

 F. Stephens of Crete, the veteran 

 tree planter of Nebraska, spoke of the 

 best varieties of trees for planting in 

 the West. Prof. Chas. E. Bessey gave 

 a very fine paper on the different kinds 

 of poplars and emphasized the impor- 

 tance of planting the Norway Poplar, 

 which is now so highly recommended 

 by the Forestry Department. Accord- 

 ing to Prof. Bessey, this should be 

 called Populus laurifolia. In the dis- 

 cussion connected with this tree, it was 

 decided that it was the most rapid 

 growing of any tree in the northern 

 states. Thousands have been planted 

 at the York Experiment Station and 

 their growth was something wonderful. 

 One year they made nine feet from 

 cuttings. This year, fence posts were 

 cut from four-year-old trees which 

 measured fifteen inches in circumfer- 

 ence, three feet from the ground. 

 Prof. F. J. Phillips gave a very inter- 

 esting account of the progress of the 

 government planting on the Dismal 

 River. The work there is succeeding 

 admirably. C. S. Harrison, the presi- 

 dent, spoke of the great debt which Ne- 

 braska owes herself which should be 

 paid as soon as possible. He empha- 

 sized the fact that for over thirty 

 years the saline lands lying near Lin- 

 coln had been wholly unimproved, and 

 their desolate and naked appearance 

 was an absolute disgrace to the Capi- 

 tal city. He also spoke of the duty of 

 the state toward redeeming the sand 

 wastes of the North, where worthless 

 land could soon be transformed into 

 fine parks and sanitariums, as that is 

 one of the healthiest regions in the 

 West. He emphasized the fact that 

 Nebraska was a great and rich state, 

 but it seemed very hard for our legis- 

 lators to break away from the early 

 grasshopper conditions and realize 

 that they have something more to do 

 than simply guard the state treasury. 

 The former secretary, L. D. Stilson, 

 being very low with a probably fatal 

 disease, I.,. B. Craig was chosen to take 



SC ALEC IDE 



HAS MADE SPRAYING EASY 



i^ii^UE. CtrKAIlI^U t^AAI ySur Trees ?'-^'''' 



The X. \. Herald. November 17, '07, says; ' The chances are about a hundred 

 to one that you have the San Jose Scale on your place and do not know it." and 

 advises the use of " SCALECIDE." This is good advice. " SCALECIDE " has 

 been tested and tried, and found thorouehly effective. The same yesterday, 

 to-day. and all the time. One gallon makes 15 to 20. ready to use, by simply 

 addinp water. 



Prices: Igal.. Sl.OO; Sgal., S3.25; ID gal., 6.00: 50 gal. bbl., J25.00, F. O. B. 

 our fa ctory. Order to-day. Write for booklet Wand free sample^ 

 B. G. PRATT CO., Mfg. Chemists, "" 



11 Broadway, New York City. ■ i >WI15.S>' 



his place as secretary. The other pffi- 

 cers were re-elected. 



LIST OF PATENTS. 

 Issued January 7, 1908. 



S75,690. Check Row Planter. Christo- 

 pher C. Butcher, Urbana, 

 Mo., assignor of one-third 

 to Edward L. Russell, Ur- 

 bana, Mo. 



S75,827. Harrow. Reuben A. Koeller, 

 Colvinpark, 111. 



.S75,831. Pea and Bean Harvester. 

 James C. Longstreet, Jack- 

 son, Miss. 



875,846. Hay and Manure Gatherer 

 and Loader. John Peter- 

 son, St. Paul, Minn. 



875,946. Weeder and Cultivator. Nels 

 P. Nelson. Lexington, Ore. 



876,145. Disk Harrow and Weeder. 

 Frank Buchet and Elmer A. 

 Mullinix. Walla Walla, 

 Wash. 



876,235. Adjustable Flower Box. Leon- 

 ard G. Quackenboss, Chi- 

 cago, 111. 

 , Issued January 14, 1908. 



876,513. Cultivator. Silas E. Bailor. 

 Tarkio, Mo. 



87G,5.3S. Seed Planter. John H. Gard- 

 ner, Dalton, Ga. 



876,649. Hoe. Charles A. Long. Spo- 

 kane, W'ash. 



S76.654. Cutting Apparatus for Mow- 

 ers. Walter J. Needham, 

 Myra, Tex. 



876,665. Lawn Mower. Earl M. Sta- 

 pleton. Cedar Vale, Kans. 



876.697. Lawn Mower Grass Recep- 

 tacle. David G. Davis, El- 

 lensburg, Wash., assignor 

 of one-half to George 

 R. Brydshaw, Ellensburg, 

 Wash. 



I MANUFACTURE 

 AND ERECT 



Iroa frame and wood Qreenboosea of cTcry 

 type for cominerctat and private dm. 



If 70a conteiDplate balldlug, allow m* 

 to submit sketch and estimate coreriBg 

 your requirements. 



JOHN A. PAYNE, 



Horticultural Architect and 

 Builder. 



Main Office and Factory: 



260-274 Culver Ave., Jersey City, N.J. 



Sash opening apparatas and all kinds of 

 greenhouse structural material. 



GREENHOUSES BUILDING OR CON- 

 TEMPLATED. 



St. Louis, Mo. — C. De Wever. range 

 of houses. 



Canon City, Colo. — B. L. Cleveland, 

 one house. 



Brookfleld. 

 house 30x100. 



Milwaukee, 

 range of houses. 



Two Rivers. Wis.- 

 range of houses. 



Oakland. Cal.— P. 

 carnation houses. 



Elmhurst. Cal. — C 

 three rose houses. 



Atchison, Kan. — W. S. Bissel, vege- 

 table house. 40x60. 



Mo. — Gertrude Jones. 

 Schwebke, 



Wis.— H. 



-Louis Hartung. 



McDonnell, two 



W, Simmons. 



HORTICULTURE STUDY AT WELLESLEY. 



Our illustrations show the new 

 greenhouses for laboratory work, at 

 Wellesley College, Mass., completed 

 last October by the Lord & Burnham 

 Company, at a cost of several thou- 



sand dollars. The greenhouse is a 

 wing of the "Botany annex," a build- 

 ing well adapted and primarily in- 

 tended for the gardening course which 

 many of the young ladies are taking, 



under the direction of H. S. Adams. 

 With the opening of the spring the 

 exterior wall will be hidden by a 

 planting of Ampelopsis Veitchii and 

 hardy ferns. 



