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Lorigerhcad shrike Woixlctl i^hiiul. 



Yellow-tliioatc'rt vireo Wooded islaiul. 



]ihicd-c and white warbler Around park. 



Piothoiiotary warbler W'oodeil island. 



hawrenfc warl)h'r Wooded island. 



Nashville warbler Wooded island. 



Tennessee warbler Wooded island. 



I'arnla warbler \\'ooded island. 



Cape Jlay warbler Wooiled island. 



■N'ellow warbler Wooded island. 



i'laek-tliroated blue warbler. ... Wooded island. 



Jlyrtle warbler Wooded island. 



ila^nolia warbler Wooded island. 



Chestnut-sided warbler Wooded island. 



liay-breasted warbler Wooded island. 



lUaekbuniian w^arbler Woode<l island. 



lilaek-throated S'CP" warbler. .. \\"ooded island. 



I'alni warbler Peninsula. 



Prairie warbler Peninsula. 



(Iven-bird Wooded island. 



Water thrush Wooded island. 



( ounei'l ii-ut warbler Wooded island. 



^lar\ lauil ncHow lluuat I'euinsula. 



Canadian warbler Wooded island. 



Redstart Wooded island. 



Catbird Around park. 



I'rown thrasher .Vronnd park. 



House wren Wooded island. 



Winter wren Wooded island. 



Brown ereeper Wooded island. 



White-breasted iiuthateh Wooded island. 



Hed-breasted iiuthateli Wooded island. 



ltlack-cap|)ed <'hi<kadee Around |)ark. 



Colden-erowned kinglet Around park. 



Kuby-erowned kinglet Around park. 



Blue-gray gnateateher Wooded island. 



Wilson thrush Wooded island. 



(Ilive-backed thrush Wooded island. 



lierniit thrush .• Wooded islauil. 



Robin - .\round i)ark. 



Blue bill!,. Wooded island 



Herring gull Around park. 



Ameriean mergansers Lagoons. 



Old si|uaw duek Lagoons. 



Blue-winged teal Lagoons. 



.\meriean goldeneye Lagoons. 



Pied-billeil grebe Lagoons. 



Red-lireasted mergansers Lagoons. 



Lesser seaup duck Lagoons. 



Ring-necked duck Lagoons. 



Buffleheads Lagoons. 



P.onaparte gull Arovnid ])ark. 



^^'oodeock Wooded island. 



l!road-« iii^cd liawk "^outli edge of park. 



Screech owl Wooded island. 



Hooded merganser Lagoons. 



Kildeer .Around i)ark. 



S|)arrow- liawk Aroinid park. 



Sharp-shinned hawk Around park 



( 'ooper hawk Around park. 



Buddy dwrk Lagoons. 



Spotted sandpijier Around park. 



Wilson snipe Wooded islaml. 



Coot Lagoon. 



Ring-billed gull Around park. 



Black tern Lagoon. 



Recl-shouhlerecl hawk Around park. 



( ireen hercju Around [lark. 



Florida galinule Lagoon. 



I ommou tern ,\round |iark. 



.\mcrican bittern Wooded island. 



Care has been exercised in selecting for plantation 

 many slirnbs having berries of different sorts furnish- 

 ing the birds with considerable food during most of the 

 }'ear and many birds are very likely attracted to the 

 ]>arks through them. 



The benefits derived from the presence of insect 

 eating birds in the parks as an assistance towards pro- 

 tecting trees and bushes from the ravages of harmful 

 insects is very great. There is no doubt but what the 

 effort made by the Park Commissioners to attract 

 birds to come and stay in the parks has resultefl in a 

 very great increase in the interest in birds shown by 

 the ])eople visiting the parks. 



CULTURE OF THE EXHIBITION 

 CHRYSANTHEMUM. 



r.v Er.xest Robinsox,* Co.xnecticut. 



I will endeavor to give you, as near as I can, a talk 

 on this subject, touching on the chief cultural details, 

 in the production of the large lilooms of today. I am 

 often asked the questi<in, "\\'hat bud would you take 

 such a variety on, and on what date"? "\^'hat is your 

 opinion of such a variety"? 



In the first place it must be understood that one 

 cannot be governed by any hard and fast rule, as there 

 are no two conditions alike, such as soils, housing, and 

 different localities. The c)nly way to ascertain just 

 what varieties will do in yi>ur locality and under your 

 conditions, is to tr\' mit a number of varieties, and 

 treat them in different ways. This will take a sea- 

 si)n of experiments to prove just what varieties are 

 suitable, and prove satisfactory. 



T have adopted this method, and find I have been 

 well paid for m_v troulile. You can be governed by 

 acting on the advice, given by the Mum Specialists in 

 their lists to a certain extent, as they give a fairly good 

 idea just what bud is necessary. 



Procure some good, turfy sod, three to four inches 

 thick, and stack, grass down, putting a good layer of 

 cow manure between the layers of sod. This, of course, 

 is better done a year ahead, to allow the compost to 

 be half decayed, thus doing away with all weeds, etc. 

 The chrysanthemum likes a fairly good, heavy loam, 

 but must l)e fibrous, and well drained, to keep the soil 

 sweet. 



After plants have done flowering, cut down close, 

 and give them a few weeks" rest. But do not dry ofif 

 entirely. It is well to bear in mind that this stock is 

 the foundation of your success the following year, 

 therefore, give them good quarters in a temperature 

 of 40 degrees, well up to the light, and always be on the 

 lookout for any pests, which are liable to cripple the 

 young cuttings. One month before you intend to take 

 your first batch of cuttings, raise your temperature to 

 45-50 degrees, and give them a more liberal supply of 

 water. 



Select iinlv the healthy cuttings of each variety, and 

 make cuttings about three inches long, not over, be 

 sure to use a sharp knife, and take out bottom eye 

 without injuring the base. This, I think, is very rarely 

 carried nut. even with some of our exhibitors. It does 

 away with that bunch of rootlets, which, in some cases, 

 fills up your pots with useless material, thus taking 

 most of the nourishment there is in the soil. Insert 

 cuttings in sand in some shady corner of the house, 

 and do not keep close. .A temperature of 50 degrees, 

 without bottom heat, is all that they require. Keep 

 young stock sprayed over, but be sure they are dry at 

 night. Shade, if necessary, from the sun. Pot up 

 when rooted singly in 2><-inch pots, in a compost con- 

 sisting of Vs loam and y^ leaf mold, and a dash of 

 sand.' Do not apply any fertilizer in soil at this stage. 

 Shade from the suii a few days, and keep a little over- 

 head tnoisture about as before, then give them all the 

 light obtainable, and a little more room, as they de- 

 velo]) into nice, stocky plants. Air according to 

 weather, and do not allow any draughts to strike them. 

 \\'hen they have well filled the pots with roots (not to 

 become pot-bound), give them a move into four-inch 

 pots. 



Do not pot deep, as the roots will readily enough find 



'Extracts from 3 paper read before the New London Horticultural 

 Society. . 



{Continued on page 466.) 



