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HORTICULTURE 



March 6, 1910 



For San Jose Scale, and to Improve Health of Tree and Shrub. 



BOWKER'S 



Concentrated 



Lime-Sulphur 



Made in New England. FRESH from Factory to User. 



NOW IS THE TIME TO ORDER Lime-Sulphur, 

 which should be used while the trees are dormant. It 

 destroys San Jose and all other Scale Insects and fung- 

 ous spores wintering on the bark. It improves the health of 

 the tree by destroying the mosses and lichens. As J. H. Hale 

 says: "It smoothes up the trees." 



All ready to use by adding cold water. No boiling, no special mixing 

 plant required; no guesswork as to formula. Just add cold water, and spray. 



Before spraying your orchard, post yourself about Bowker's sprays. — Write today for prices. 



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43 Chatham St., Boston, Mass. 



BOWKER 



Manufacturers of Bowker's PYROX for fruits and vegetables. 



CHICAGO NOTES. 



Joliet Jottings. 



An additional range of houses is in 

 contemplation to be erected the com- 

 ing spring by the Thompson Carnation 

 Co. This company has been handi- 

 capped by a suit which has been in 

 the courts for a long time, but a 

 termination is now expected. Chas. 

 N. Fish, manager, is looking forward 

 to extensive improvements as soon as 

 litigation ceases. 



The Chicago Carnation Co.'s excur- 

 sion to Joliet, briefly mentioned in our 

 notes last week, was much enjoyed. 

 Manager Pyfer was very attentive and 

 hospitable. The three new favorites, 

 Mary Tolman, Sangamo and Conquest, 

 were especial objects of interest. Each 

 of a decidedly different order, seems 

 sure to be a winner in its class. 

 Under the supervision of Mr. Peter- 

 son, the six carnation varieties to 

 which they confine their stock reach 

 a stage very near perfection. They 



also have young stock of violets and 

 clirysanthemums ready for immediate 

 delivery, and which are listed in an- 

 other part of this paper. 



Irish Soil for the President. 



Twelve square feet of real Irish sod 

 have been called for to make a minia- 

 ture Emerald Isle upon which Presi- 

 dent Taft will stand to deliver his ad- 

 diess to the Irish Fellowship Club in 

 Chicago, March 17th, at the La Salle 

 Hotel. It will be sent by express and 

 is expected to reach here a week in 

 advance of the day. It will be taken 

 to a greenhouse till used, and after the 

 eventful night it is planned to have 

 it preserved for future transplanting 

 in soiiie one of Cliicago's parks. 

 The Easter Lily Outlook. 



The prospect of lilies for Easter is 

 the all important topic among the 

 growers. Considerable anxiety is ex- 

 liressed and various devices are resort- 

 ed to to coax the plants into bloom. 

 One Chicago firm has put in a small 

 boiler on purpose to help out his lily 



house, and by overhead pipes will 

 keep the temperature high enough to 

 bring out the blooms — providing it 

 does not work some other way. An- 

 other firm has tried heavy feeding, and 

 still another high temperature and no 

 feeding. A few weeks of sunshine 

 would do more good than aiiythlng 

 else. 



A Boulevard Scheme. 

 A good scheme proposed by a land- 

 scape gardener is the transforming of 

 tbe old abandoned Illinois and Michi- 

 gan canal bed into a great state road 

 for automobiles and other vehicles and 

 a path for pedestrians. It would reach 

 far into the state of Illinois and at 

 suitable points could be enlarged into 

 small parks. The banks could be 

 planted with trees and shrubs and a 

 branch road extended to historic 

 Starved Rock and into Deer Park. An 

 unsightly object would be changed In- 

 to something beautiful and extremely 

 useful. O. C. Simonds has the credit 

 for the practical suggestion. The 1111- 



