Octobei 30, 1915 



HORTICULTURE 



589 



MAGIC 



Manures for all Greenhoase Soils 



Manufaclured Etclpsivelv for the Trade by the 



CBICAGO FEED S FERTILIZER CO 



Union Stock Yards, CHICAGO, ILL. 



SOLVING THE POTASH PROBLEM. 



Several new methods of increasing 

 the supply of American potasli have 

 recently been brought to the attention 

 of the Bureau of Foreign and Domes- 

 tic Commerce, of the Department of 

 Commerce. One of the most promis- 

 ing of these efforts to find a substitute 

 for German fertilizers is a patent 

 taken out a few -weeks ago by a Cana- 

 dian for a method of using the potash 

 in ordinary feldspar. 



The process is a simple one, con- 

 sisting of heating the feldspar with 

 limestone and iron oxide at a tempera- 

 ture of about 2,200 degrees Fahrenheit, 

 which produces a partly fused mass 

 that is easily decomposed by a weak 

 acid. From this product the potash 

 salts can readily be extracted for fur- 

 ther purification. The inventor has 

 been in consultation with Dr. Norton, 

 the expert who has been looking after 

 the potash and dyestuff situations for 

 the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic 

 Commerce, and it seems very possible 

 that a greatly simplified method of 

 transforming feldspar into fertilizer 

 will soon be available. 



A practical try-out for another 

 method of obtaining potash fertilizer 

 will soon take place at a New Orleans 

 distillery whero molasses is used in 

 large quantities. It is a fact that 106 

 tons of potash are wasted daily by the 

 twenty-five or more distilleries in this 

 country that subject molasses to proc- 

 esses of fermentation. The New Or- 

 leans company is planning to install 

 the process of saving the potash in 

 distillery waste recently brought to 

 the attention of the public by the 

 Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- 

 merce. It should be possible to make 

 fertilizer from this otherwise worth- 

 less material at a price that will meet 

 competition even after the war is 

 over. 



FREAKISH FACTS AND FACTLESS 

 FREAKS. 



Culled frovi he columns of our 

 exchanges. 



Janesvllle Wis., Oct. 25 — Clarence Ham- 

 mens. a dahlia fancier, discovered n bulh 

 In his garden which has grown entirely 

 throngb a large root of an elm tree some 

 two Inches In diameter, cutting It neatl.v 

 In two as though with an uxc. 



— Press-Telegram. 



After hearing a talk by WIlll.Tm Gloeck- 

 ner on "The Florist Business" at the 

 weekly luncheon of the Rot.iry Club at 

 the Ten Eyck today, more than one Ro- 

 tnrian derided that after all the only peo- 

 ple In Albany who are making any money 

 are the florists — Albany Journal. 



A freak potato, presenting four interest 

 Ing studies, was brought Into the offlcc 

 of the Post I.Tst night by James F. Lonvey 

 of 10 Leon street. Somerrllle. who raised 

 the potato with others at the Eagles Rest 

 Cottage, North Weymouth. One view of 



the play ot nature potato shows the out 

 line and features of the human face; an- 

 other pose strongly suggests the hippopota- 

 mus; a third, is a likeness to the mush- 

 room, and a fourth position shows the 

 spud resembling the monkey's head and 

 fare.— Boston Post. 



Only Nine Days Until 



the Opening of the 

 Cleveland Flower Show 



Ames, la. — On Friday afternoon, 

 November 5th, will take place the 

 formal opening of the new green- 

 house and Horticultural Laboratory 

 building of the Iowa Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station. In the evening a 

 banquet will be given under the 

 auspices of the Students' Horticultural 

 Club. 



hflNURES 



Unequalled for Greenhotase and 

 Landscape Fertilizing 



THE PULVERIZED MANURE CO. 



31 Union Stock Yards, Chicago 



■•"til 



Guaranteed To Kill 



Every Scale 



It Reaches. ,<-0^'^U 



What? 



-i-^H^^^^^-^''''''*'^ or — your 



money back. Only 3 "Do's" 

 and "Don'ts." It's also the best dormant 

 spray for larvae, eggs of insects and fungi. 



Easily prepared, easily used. No burning, no"^ 



clopging, but does do the work. 1 bbl. 



mixed 1 to 15 will spray as many trees until j 



they drip as3bbls. limesulphur 1 to 10. 



lOycarson thcmarkct. Nationally endorsed. ^ 



Send for free bootdet, " 'Scalccide'. ihe^^r »^ 



Trpc Savrr." Write today. ^W ^ '^ 



G. PRATT CO., Depl. Vi ^^^iSK? 



50CharcbSt..N.y. "^ ' 



I aril 



NIKOTEEN 



For Spraying 



APHIS PUNK 



For Fumigating 

 Ask Your Dealer For It. 



NICOTINE MFG. CO. 



ST. LOUISj 



The Recosnized Standard Insecticide. 



A spray remedy for green, black, white fly, 



red spider, thrips, mealy bug and soft scale. 



Quart, n.OO; Gallon, ;g.60. 



FUNCINE 



An Infallible spray remedy for rose mildew. 

 carnation and cbrysantbemum rust. 

 Quart, 76c.; GaUon, f2.00. 



VERMINE 



A soil sterilizer for cut, eel, wire and angle 

 worms. 



Qoart, (1.00; Gallon. (3.00. 



SCALINE 



A scallelde and fungicide combined for San 

 Jose and various scale on trees and bardy 

 stock, and varlons bltgbta whlcb affect 

 them. 



Qnart, 7So.; Gallon, (l.SO. 



NIKOTIANA 



A 12% nkotino solatloc properly diluted 

 for fumigatinff or T.iporlzini;. 



QLart, $1.S0; Gallon, ^.50. 



If yon cannot obtain our products front 

 your local dealer, send us your order and 

 we iTili ship immediately through our 

 nearest agent. 



Aphine Manufacturing Co. 



MADISON. N. J. 

 GEO. A. BCKNISTON M. C. EBEL 



President TrcMorar 



SCOTCH SOOT 



Where there Is a house that is Jnst 

 full of buds almost ready to show color, 

 nothing will turn better color into the 

 flowers than a little soot, that can be 

 scattered over the benches before water- 

 ing. The amount applied should not be 

 excessive, as the soot Is very strong 

 .Tnd may damage some of the foliage 

 somewhat. Apply Just enough to blacken 

 the surface of the soil In the benches 

 and let it go at that. Better a little 

 oftener than too much all at once. 



We offer the genuine in original cwt. 

 Sacks, at: 



*4.00 per Wt lbs.; $17.60 per S60 Ibe. 



Sfumpp & Walter Co. 



30-32 BarcUy Street, NEW YORK 



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THE PLANTLIFE COMPANr 



Manufacurers of Insecticides 

 Removed to Larger Quarters 



417 E. 19th Street, NEW YORK 



lOO-lb. bag 



Plantlife Inseelieide for Dusting $t.60 



Plantlife I'umlgating Tobacco s.00 



Very Strung Tobacco Dust Z.OO 



We pay freight orders for aoo lbs. or more. 

 Cash with order. 



Cocoanut Fibre Soil 



Does not stop the use of Humus. 

 All seedsmen keep it in stcick. It is the 

 last word in Fertilizing Flumus. 

 Send for Prices. 



20th CENTURY PLANT FOOD CO. 



27 t 29 OCEAN ST., BEVEBLY, HXSS. 



V/hen writing to advertiterM kindly 

 mention HORTICULTURE. 



