For April, 1921 



559 



SEWICKLEY (PA.) HORT. SOC. 



The regular monthly meeting was held 

 March 8, President John Carman presiding. 

 The committee on the Way Park improve- 

 ments reported a conference with the Bor- 

 ough Engineer, who concurred in the sug- 

 gested plan of improvements submitted by- 

 the committee. A communication was read 

 from Mrs. Brooks, chairman of the Board 

 of Directors of the .-Mleghany Garden Club, 

 offering its support and co-operation in con- 

 nection with the proposed Fall flower shows 

 and asking that the society submit them 

 a tentative program. 



A resolution was passed thanking the 

 Woman's Club of Sewickley Valley for its 

 cordial invitation extended to the members 

 of the society, to attend an illustrated lec- 

 ture given by Arthur Herrington in the 

 Edgeworth clubhouse. 



Henry Gibson, Asst. Secy. 



THE QUESTIONNAIRE 



Siibscribt-rs are invited to make free use 

 of this department to solve problems that 

 may arise in their garden work. Questions 

 on the ordinary pursuits of gardening, that 

 can be readily answered by applying to the 

 usual reference books should not be re- 

 ferred to the Questionnaire. 



Will you please tell me how thick an 

 apple tree grown from a seed should be 

 before grafting it? Is a tree that is a 

 little over a year, and nearly three feet 

 high all right if it has not started to 

 branch yet? How high should the main 

 stem be before pinching back if I want 

 such a tree? Is there any way to make 

 the tree thicker or is it healthy when it 

 is just a slender stem at a little over a 

 year? What is the best fertilizer to use 

 to help a single apple tree to grow? — 

 M. K.— Texas. 



.\ seedling of the above age would nat- 

 urally not be very thick, if a quarter of m 

 inch in diameter it has done extra well. The 

 usual practice is to bud during the second 

 year during .\ugust and September or later. 

 The bud should be inserted close to the 

 ground and after the bud has made some 

 growth the stem above it removed. Root- 

 grafting used to be very commonly prac- 

 ticed but it has gone out of use more or 

 less. If it is in ordinary garden soil, plenty' 

 of water and clean cultivation should pro- 

 duce normal growth. If the soil is sandy 

 and deficient in humus, forking in some 

 rotted stable manure would be beneficial. 

 together with a table-spoonful of nitrate of 

 soda as soon as growth starts and agai.i 

 in June. On very sandy soil nitrate of 

 potash (saltpetre) may be substituted for 

 nitrate of soda. Pinching out the terminal 

 bud of a stem or shoot may be done -it 

 any height it is desired for branches to be 

 thrown out, irrespective of the stem's thick- 

 ness. — .A. S. — X. I. 



The Flowering Crabs 



(Mains s) 

 'T'HE FlowerinK Crabs have few rivals 

 among the gorgeous spring-flowering 

 trees and shrubs. At the ArnoM Arbore- 

 tum one of the important events of the 

 year is the blooming of the Crabs followed 

 by the showy fruit. 



Of easy culture, and planted singly or in 

 masses give remarkable and quick results. 

 While beautiful on the small lawn Flower- 

 ing Crabs are used to the greatest advan- 

 tage on a large scale in woodland and other 

 mass plantings, as are Dog\voods and Haw- 

 thorns. No group of plants have greater 

 value than the Maluses for enlivening open 

 forest parks and country roadside; they 

 present striking effects when planted on 

 parking strips of boulevards or wide city 

 streets. 



BOXFORD NURSERY 



East Boxford, Massachusetts 



offers eight of thi? tiru-^i varifti*??. Flowt-ring Craba 

 are aiiitf sf'arce anii orders should b^ pjaa'd early. 

 Special Descriptive List and prices on request. 

 Address: HARLAN P. KELSEY, Owner 

 Hardy American. Plants SaJcm, Mass. 



Full Line of Choice 

 VEGETABLE and FLOWER 



SEEDS 



at Pre-War Prices 



.\lso special mixtures of recleaned 



lawn grass seed. 



Write for new catalogue of 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS & 

 GARDENERS' REQUISITES 



JOHN WILK 



155 West 33rd St., New York City 



HI I IVl I I Q ^°'' *^^ price is the 

 KJ LMKJtD best and cheapest 

 FERTIi ITY MAKER 



for lawn. llowcr. vegetable. il;rub and 

 tree. $5.C0 for 5 lOO-lb. bags f. o. b. Stan- 

 hope, New Jersey. Special price in ton 

 and carload lots. 



H. B. PRINDLE, 101 Park Avp., New York 



THE FLOWER GROWER 



Published Monthly for both Amateur and 

 Professional Flower Growers 



GARDEINERS: You should grow flow- 

 ers in quantity and help beautify your 

 surroundings and brighten the lives of 

 those who visit your gardens. 



The subscription price of THE FLOW- 

 ER GROWER is $1.00 per year, three 

 years for $2.50. Sample copy 10c. 



Madison Cooper, Publisher. Calcium, N. Y. 



STAMFORD (CONN.) HORT. SOC. I 



The rcyular ir'.nthlv meetin;:; wa.s hiM | 



.'\pril 4, with Henry Wild in the chair. It | 



was reported that one life member has of- | 



fcred to give to the society $14,500 with the | 



stipulation that the members raise between j 



theinselves a like amount. Every member | 



present at the meeting, therefore, became a i 



life member by giving fifty dollars toward I 



the proposition and there is no doubt that | 



before the end of May the money will be | 



raised. This will free the society's hall } 



from all encumbrances. I 



G. C. Brow.v, Cor. Secy. ?„, 



CONINE NURSERY CO. 



STRATFORD, CONN. 



Large Specimen Evergreens includ- 

 ing Large Cedars with Large Ball 

 Platformed. Large Size Fruit 

 Trees, Small Fruits. Large Hybrid 

 Rhododendrons and Kalmia. 



If interested advise, and we wilt call. 



Established 1895. 



Reference Dun & Bradstreet. 



Hybrid 

 Rhododendrons 



Few garden shrubs pos- 

 sess the beauty and use- 

 fulness of the Rhododen- 

 dron - Evergreen with 

 glossy laurel-like foliage; 

 it has a distinction of its 

 own through all four sea- 

 sons, while early June 

 turns the spot into a 

 fairyland of varicolored 

 blooms. 



We have just published a 

 little RHODODEN- 

 DRON Booklet giving 

 cultural hints and describ- 

 ing more than twenty-five 

 of the choicest varieties 

 ranging in color from 

 white to crimson. 



A copy of the Booklet will be mailed 

 to you upon request 



Gsttage Gardens Co., Inc. 



Nurseries 



Queens, L. L, New York 



Rhododendron Maximum 

 Kalmia Latifolia 



Collected plants in car lots. 



FRUIT TREES 

 FRUIT PLANTS and ROSES 



Write for Price. 



MORRIS NURSERY CO. 



1133 Broadway New York City 



PLANT NAMES 



AND THEIR MEANINGS is the title of 

 a series of articles now aopearing in The 

 American Botanist where a multitude of 

 other things of interest to the plant lover 

 are also discussed. Quarterly, $1.50 a year; 

 specimen copy, 25 oents. 



THE AMERICAN BOTANIST 

 JoHet, 111. 



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