HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE 



"Alost of the periodicals de- 

 voted to gardening have got 

 NOT ALL SO. jj^jQ ^[-,g j.^,^ ^]-,^^ Qj^e (-an safely 



say in advance what the next 

 one will contain," says the American Botanist, and "it 

 is hard to decide whether this is the fault of the pub- 

 lisher or of his circle of readers. One may indeed 

 question whether the magazine devoted to the unusual 

 flowers and vegetables would be as successful as one 

 that constantly harps on the commoner ones. Cer- 

 tainly the general public rarely has a taste for any- 

 thing out of the ordinary in gardening. The great 

 mass of people still need to be shown that there are 

 better and more beautiful flowers than the fevv with 

 which they are familiar. But how are they going to 

 find out these things if the garden magazines per- 

 sistently stick to their tulips and cabbages." 

 Answer, Read the Gardeners Chronicle. 



TRAINED HELP. 



The greatest need in the 

 nursery business in America is 

 for skilled or trained help. 

 What nurseryman has not felt 

 and is conthiually feeling the full force of this state- 

 ment. Laborers are sometimes scarce and more often 

 very poor quality, but methods, machinery and brains 

 can to a certain' extent be made to substitute for the 

 shortage. In the growing of plants, knowing how, 

 when and what to do at all times and under all circum- 

 stances requires trained judgment. Men that know 

 plants practically as well as theoretically. Men who 

 studied with a spade in their hands as well as in the 

 class room. Men who the moment they set eyes on 

 a block of trees know what ought to be done to them 

 and know how to do it, and the more able they are to 

 teach others and guide them in their work the more 

 valuable and scarce they are. 



The nursery business'has assumed such proportions 

 in America tliat a defined efifort should be made to en- 

 courage young men to follow the nursery business as 

 a profession. 



A young man with brains and ambition enough to 

 become a good nurseryman is just as able to become 

 a doctor, lawyer or any of the other professions or 

 trades. So there must be some inducement. — National 

 Nurseryman. 



The investigation made by 



AGRICULTURE the Diplomatic Service in con- 



IN FRANCE. nection with President Taft's 



elTort to introduce co-operative 



credit in the United States reveals splendid results 



from systematic organization of agricultural education 



in France. 



"The value of the annual crops in France during the 

 fifteen years that have elapsed since this educational 

 system was introduced has increased by $500,000,000. 

 This remarkable result is entirely due to improved 

 methods of cultivation resulting from the educational 

 advantages now enjoyed." 



It would be hard to'rompute the results of improved 

 methods if they could be generally applied to the 



United States, even of the land now under cultivation. 

 We must stand by our colleges and Agricultural Ex- 

 perimental Stations, and every efTort that is made 

 towards the broad-casting of knowledge of plant life. 

 — Exchange. 



In the best farmed districts 

 DEEP of Europe the farmers plow 



PLOWING. deep. It is said that the aver- 



age depth of the furrow in 

 Germany, where grain is intended to be planted, is be- 

 tw-een eight and nine inches. When sugar beets are 

 planted the depth of the furrow averages about fifteen 

 inches. 



In this country shallow plowing is the rule. In fact, 

 much af the cultivated land in the South, especially 

 on the one-horse farms, is not plowed over four or five 

 inches deep and many Northern farmers scratch over 

 their farms and call it plowing. While in fields with 

 a heavy clay subsoil it is not advisable to turn much 

 of the hardpan on top of the loam, if the farmers would 

 jjIow a little deeper each year they w-ould secure larger 

 crops. 



If the lands that wash badly were plowed deep and 

 kept filled with decaying vegetable matter, the soil 

 would absorb much more of the water, and there 

 would be a great deal less damage from gullying. 

 Then the roots of the plants would penetrate deeper 

 into the soil and be better able to withstand drought. 

 — Exchange. 



E\'ery new profession offers 

 VIRTUE IN A a new opportunity for the 

 NAME. sharks. Forestry is our most 



recent example. As we em- 

 phasized lately, there is a vast difference between a 

 forester and a tree warden — one who merely attends 

 to street trees. Officials are realizing this and Phila- 

 delphia leads with the movement to change the title 

 of her city "forester" to that of "tree warden." For- 

 estry has enouo-h to answer for without carrying the 

 burden of a large and miscellaneous group of imita- 

 tions which are hiding under the cloak of its name. 

 — Cotmtrv Gentleman. 



Competent Gardeners 



q The comlorts ond products ol a country home ore 

 increased by employing a competent gardener; il you 

 want to engage one, write to us. 



q Please give particulars regarding place and say 

 whether married or single man is wanted. We have 

 been supplying them lor years to the best people 

 everywhere. No lee asked. 



PETER HENDERSON & CO. 



Seedsmen and Florists 

 33 and 37 Cortlandt St. NEW YORK CITY 



