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GARDENING. 



June 75, 



WINDOW FLOWER BOXES IN fl BIG FflCTORY. 



We have recently placed over one hun- 

 dred flower boxes in the windows of our 

 factory in fersey City, two blocks from 

 the Pennsylvania railroad ferry. This is 

 an experiment on our part to see if it is 

 not possible to cultivate flowers in boxes 

 to a greater extent in this vicinity. As 

 most of the electric cars pass by our 

 works, we thought that the flowers 

 would be seen by a great many persons 

 who might be induced to try a like decor- 

 ation in their private houses. The writer 

 while last summer on a visit to England, 

 was much impressed \>y the large number 

 of flower boxes seen in the windows of 

 factories and private buildings, and there 

 appears to be no reason why this method 

 of beautifying dwellings in our large 

 cities cannot be extensively carried out. 

 The factory unfortunately faces the north, 

 so that the plants will not do as well as 

 if placed in a more favorable exposure. 

 The effect is most pleasing, and we trust 

 may lead to the greater use of flower 

 boxes in neighboring districts. 



Colgate & Co. 



Soap makers and perfumers, New York. 



Facing the north isn't at all a bad ex- 

 ])osure for window boxes, and you will 

 find that many hanging plants, and fine 

 foliaged ones, will thrive there that might 

 not do so well outside of a south facing 

 window. And so far as flowering plants 

 as nasturtiums, petunias, several gera- 

 niums, begonias, plumbagos, and the like 

 are concerned we have found that they 

 Ijlossom fairlv well in such a situation. 



TO GET RID OF FIELD MICE. 



I got rid of field mice in my flower gar- 

 den by poisoning them with arsenic. 

 They were very destruclive but I hardly 

 ever see a sign of one now. I cut raw 

 potatoes into small pieces, opened a hole 

 into each piece and put a vei-y small 

 quantity of the arsenic into it, being very 

 careful to get none on the outside to be 

 tasted by them, for like other mice they 

 are very shy of bad tastes and must be 

 fooled into eating by getting what is 

 good first. These I kept on hand and 

 whenever I saw a plant wilt I ran a 

 round stick into the burrow, dropped the 

 the potato in and covered the hole with 

 a clod to keep Mr. Mouse from knowing 

 I put it there. Lucv G. Chrisman. 



Kockingham Co., Va., June3, 181)5. 



Concrete Biildings.— H. E. G., Coun- 

 cil Bluffs, Iowa, asks: "Has experience 

 demonstrated that concrete is unsuitable 

 for dwelling and farm building construc- 

 tion?" And other questions about con- 

 crete. We have submitted the inquiries 

 to several city and country builders, but 

 no two of them have given us the same 

 reply, some are in favor of it but the 

 majority are opposed to it. Herealjout 

 it is used very little. At the same time, 

 at Oyster Bay near here, seawalls made 

 of it— using Portland cement and not 

 Rosendale — have kept up better than 

 those made of stone a d cement, and the 

 concrete was nearly one-third cheaper 

 than the other. 



10 000 Berberis Thunbergii, 1 \i to 2 n. 

 20,0(0 •• red berried. 2 to 3^ ft. 

 1.1,000 ■' purple leaved, 2 to 3H ft- 

 20.000 Buckthorns, 2 to 4 ft. 

 :)fl,000 California privet 3 to 6 ft. 

 111,000 common privet. 3 to 6 ft. 

 .5.(M strong Multiflora and Sweet Briar Roses. 



Also Althea, Snowberry, Spiraea, Viburnum, Co 

 nus, White Lilac, three-thorned Acacia aud a 

 P>ergreen Hedge plants. Priced cataloEue to an 

 address. B. M. WATSON, 



Old Colony Nurseries, Plymouth, Mass. 



HORTICULTURAL BOOKS. 



We can supply any of the following books, postpaid, 

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How TO Grow Cut Flowers (Hunt). 

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Fruits and Fruit Trees of America 

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Fruit Garden (Barry). $2.00. 



American Fruit Culturist (Thomas). 

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Small Fruit Culturist (Fuller). $1.50. 



Gardening for Profit (Henderson). 



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Practica Floriculture (Henderson). 

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On the Rose (Parsons 1 $1.00. 



Truck Farming at the South (Oeniler). 

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Window Flower Garden (Heinrich).75c, 



Ornamental Gardening (Long). $2.00- 



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