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HORTICULTURE 



September 27, 1919 



IN LINE FOR FALL SPRAYING 

 IN NEW ENGLAND 



Insecticide 



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OYSTER Ml KM. SCALE 



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SCI HFY HARK I.OUSK 



PEAK I'SVI.I.A 



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HANG OVEB FUNGUS SPOKES OF THE 



BROWN HOT OF THE PEACH AND 



OTHER STONE FRUITS. 

 PEACH LEAF CURL 

 APPLE CANKER AND SCAB 



Destroy the above named insects and fun- 

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A combined contact insecticide and fungi- 

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— Right in Principle and Price 



direct — go to your dealer first 



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148 Front Street 

 NEW YORK CITY 



141 Milk Street 



BOSTON, MASS. 



Geo. II. Frazier, Mgr. 



The Recognised Standard Inaectlelde. 



A spray remedy for green, black, while By, 

 tbrlpa and soft scale. 



Quart, $1.00; Gallon, «2JM. 



FUNCINE 



For mildew, rust and other blights affect- 

 ing flowers, frnlts and vegetables. 

 Quart, 11.00; Gallon, tt.&O. 



VERMINE 



For eel worms, angle worms and other 

 worms working In the soil. 



Quart, f 1.00 ; Gallon, fS.ef 

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Aphine Manufacturing Co. 



MADISON, N. J. 



)reer'8 Peerless^ 

 Glazing Points 



For Greenhouses 



Drive eisy and true, because 

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The Peerless Glazing Point 

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 It Order from your dealejy* 

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 1000, 90c. postpaid. 

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 714 Chestnut Street^ 

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Destroys Lice In Poultry Houses, 

 Fleas on Dogs and all Domestic Pet*. 

 Excellent as a wash for dogs and other 

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HARDY NATIVE FERNS. 



Probably nobody in America is more 

 competent to discuss the native ferns 

 than Mr. Edward Gillett of Southwick, 

 Mass., who has spent many years 

 studying, propagating and growing 

 ferns. Mr. Gillett has now issued a 

 highly interesting little booklet which 

 is devoted to native ferns and flowers, 

 not only describing them, but giving 

 useful information about their uses 

 and cultivation. A few paragraphs 

 are given below: 



Ferns as a rule are easily grown 

 yet there are varieties which require 

 special care. Ordinary garden soil to 

 which a liberal application of well- 

 rotted horse manure has been added 

 furnishes a very good soil condition 

 for some of the ranker growing va- 

 rieties. The smaller growing varieties 

 which comprises those that can be 

 classed as rock ferns, require very 

 rich soil. When found growing wild, 

 the soil in which they grow is al- 

 most pure leaf mold. There are a few 

 which are found growing wild on lime- 

 stone ledges. These, when brought un- 

 der cultivation in most instances re- 

 quire the addition of a small amount 

 of lime to the soil. 



A large percentage of our native 

 ferns grow on sloping ground. This of 

 course affords excellent drainage. If 

 we are to imitate Nature we must also 

 furnish like locations in planting 

 many of our native ferns. Some which 

 are found growing in lowland situa- 

 tions such as the Aspidium thelypteris, 

 Onoclea sensibillis and the Osmundas 

 do not require well drained locations. 

 These varieties grow in rather sour 

 soil. They will grow, however, in soil 

 that is well drained. It does not nec- 

 essarily follow that if ferns are found 

 growing in one particular location 

 they must be planted in a like situa- 

 tion or that they will not thrive in 

 places where conditions are different. 

 By exhaustive experiments many of 

 these points have been determined 

 definitely. 



It is well, especially when ferns are 

 planted in fall or late autumn, to give 

 them a mulching of leaves. This tends 

 to retain the moisture in the soil and 

 also gives them a slight protection 

 against the freezing weather before 

 the snow comes. Care should be used 

 not to place too heavy a mulch on the 

 newly planted stock since by so doing 

 the ferns are apt to be smothered. 



The time of planting ferns does not 

 seem to be particularly essential. Ex- 

 periments have been tried and it has 

 been found that ferns can be moved 

 during the growing season by cutting 

 off the fronds. New fronds will ap- 

 pear. They will not, however, be as 



