February 6, 1915 



HOKTICULTURE 



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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Schedule of Premiums offered by the 

 Worcester Couniy (Mass.) Horticul- 

 liiral Society for 1915. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 Boston.— Schedule of Prizes, Rules, etc., 

 for the Exhibitions of 1915. 



"Corn is King in South Dakota."— A 

 publicity booklet issued by the South 

 Dakota Bureau of Immigration, Pierre, 

 S. D. "A plain official story of the 

 state's resources and opportunities." 



Daniel B. Long, Buffalo, sends us a 

 sample of his newest album of floral 

 design illustrations for florists' use. 

 This is an excellent thing for the retail 

 florist to have constantly at hand to 

 indicate to customers the various styles 

 of flower pieces and prices of same, and 

 after being used a little while becomes 

 almost indispensable. Mr. Long has 

 been working on this and similar spe- 

 cialties for many years and has intro- 

 duced from time to time many desir- 

 able and helpful features. 



The Thirteenth Annual Report of the 

 Commissioners of the State Reserva- 

 tion at Niagara. We are indebted to 

 Superintendent Harry K, Eckert for a 

 copy of this interesting pamphlet show- 

 ing the good worif which has been ac- 

 complished in the elimination of the 

 many eyesores that once defaced the 

 scenery about Niagara and the progress 

 of restoration of original natural con- 

 ditions and landscape. There are four- 

 teen full-page views. We have also 

 received a history in detail of the 

 State Reservation at Niagara by Charles 

 M. Dow. This is a 200-page book of 

 much historical interest. 



BROWN ANTS. 



Editor of HORTICULTURE: 



De;ir Sir. — Will you please a.sk any of 

 your kind readers of HOKTICULTUUE if 

 they know of any remedy for eradicating 

 the small t)rown ants? T^or the past year 

 they have been very troublesome to me. 

 Yours truly, 



W. D. 



It you are troubled with ants out- 

 doors they can be eradicated by means 

 of carbon bisulphide poured into holes 

 six inches deep and a foot apart, the 

 holes being immediately filled up. A 

 very good remedy for ants in the 

 greenhouse is a mixture of Paris green 

 and sugar, adding just enough of the 

 poison to white granulated sugar to 

 turn it a light green color. This 

 should be dusted lightly among the 

 pots on and under the benches. Be 

 careful not to put any into the pots 

 or on a bench containing soil, as the 

 Paris green is liable to damage the 

 plants. 



NEWS NOTES. 

 Delavan, Wis.— The Phoenix Nurs- 

 ery & Floral Co. have purchased the 

 business of Joseph Wright. 



Centerville, Ind.— Fred Davis has 

 pur(lia.scd the business of the E. Y. 

 Teas Comipany, florists and nursery- 

 men. 



Berlin.- A decree prohibiting the 

 export of potash salts and the manu- 

 factures thereof Is published in the 

 Reichs Anzeiger. 



OTASH 



is food for thought 

 as well as for crops 

 this year. 



When shipments were interrupted by the war, it was 

 estimated that there was enough Potash on hand in the 

 United States to provide two and three per cent Potash in 

 mixed fertihzers for this spring's trade. Some manufac- 

 turers had more than enough for these percentages. 



Since then minor sources of Potash have been fully 

 utilized, and additional shipments from the usual source 

 have been and are still being received. 



The supply is below normal, but this need not prevent 

 farmers securing some Potash in their fertilizers, nor should 

 it lead farmers to decide not to use fertilizers. 



There is no reason to return to the out-of-date goods 

 without Potash, although some authorities may try to 

 "wish" them on us. 



We have not used enough Potash in the past. The largest 

 annual import of Potash was only one-seventieth of the 

 Potash taken from the soil by our 1914 corn crop and 

 only one-fifteenth of the Potash lost every year in drainage 

 water. 



Spring crops use from two to ten times as much Potash 

 as Phosphoric Acid. Get as much Potash in the fertilizer 

 as possible. A few firms are offering to furnish from four 

 to ten per cent. 



There is no substitute for Potash. It may be harder to 

 get just now, but POTASH PAYS. 



GERMAN KALI WORKS, Inc., 42 Broadway, New York 



Chicago, McCormick Block San Francisco, 25 California St. 



Atlanta, Empire BIdg. Savannah, Bank & Trust Bldg. 



New Orleans, Whitney Central Bank Bldg. 



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For mulc-hiuK it cannot be equaled as It is nutritious, 

 lininertlate, .-iiid convenient to handle. Always ready for 

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Prof. J. F. Cowell, of the Buffalo 

 Botanical Garden, started for Porto 

 Rico on .laniiaiy 30. 



NIKOTEEN For Spraying 

 APHIS PUNK For Fumigating 



ASK YOUR DEALER FOR IT. 



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