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HOKTICULTURE 



Jupe 13, 1914 



WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC. 



Advertlcements In thl§ colDmn 

 one cent a word. Initials connt 

 as words. Cash with order. All 

 correspondence addressed "Care 

 HORTICULTURE" should be sent 

 to 11 Bamllton Place. Boson. 



FOR SALE 



FOR SALE 



Lot of land, 348 feet by 106 feet, with 3 

 iron construction green houses 175 x 20 feet 

 each, potting: shed, some frames in fine 

 condition. Located on three streets, trolley 

 passing the front, in a town of 40,000 in- 

 habitants, close to New Vorli. Excellent 

 place suitable either for local trade where 

 all tlie products could be readily sold or 

 for wholesale shipping to New York or 

 Philadelphia. Low price, terms to suit pur- 

 chaser. .\ddres8 Chance, care HORTICUL- 

 TURE. 



FOR SALE— 30,000 sq. £t. of Greenhouses ; 

 Extra Large 6-Room House; Large Barn 

 and Wagon Shed; Paekiug House with 

 Cement Tanks, Pumping Engine and 

 Engiue House, also Boiler House; 4 1-50 

 acres of the best land, with the privilege 

 of .30 acres more. R. R. switch on premises 

 Located 30 miles from New York on Long 

 Island : 1 mile to two R. R. stations. Ad- 

 <Jress "W. B., Box 83, Lakehurst, N. J 



FOR SALE — Fresh from factory, new: 

 10 X 12, 16 X 18, 16 X 24, double thick. A 

 and B qualities. Market dropped. Now is 

 the time to buy and save money. PAR- 

 SHELSKY BROS., INC., 215-217 Have- 

 meyer St., Brooklyn, N. Y. 



BARGAIN — Greenhouce. residence and 

 stock; no competition; live village, 30 

 miles from Buffalo, excellent shipping fa- 

 «llitles. Write ELLIS BROS., SpringvIIle, 



SITUATIONS WANTED 



SITUATION WANTED— Young man, as- 

 sistant gardener; intelligent, willing work- 

 er. Lover of plants. Near Boston. Refer- 

 ences. Addres.s S. F., care HORTICUL- 

 TURE. 



SITUATION WANTED— As gardener. 

 Life experience, both inside and out, in all 

 branches. Best of references. Married 

 Scotch. Address "D. M.," care of HOR- 

 TICULTURE. 



WANTED— By married man. position as 

 working superintendent on private estate. 

 Thoroughly competent with poultrv, dairy 

 and gardens. For full particulars, apply 

 to .JOHN T. WITHERS, Landscape Archi- 

 tect, 1 Montgomery St., Jersey City. 



INFORMATI ON WANTED 



WANTED names and addresses of fore- 

 men seeking positions on commercial 

 places January and February, 191.3. Ad- 

 dress "J. L.," care HORTICULTURE. 



POISONOUS SPRAY ON APPLES. 



Tlie London press has recently 

 printed communicated articles relat- 

 ing to the presence of copper sulphate 

 (blue vitriol) on imported apples, de- 

 posited there, it is assumed, in the 

 course of spraying the trees against 

 attacks of fungi, etc. It was said 

 that this poisonous substance is em- 

 ployed as a spray in one American 

 State, and that its use may seriously 

 affect the British importation of ap- 

 ples therefrom. This matter has been 

 referred to the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. — (Consul General 

 John L. Griffiths. London. England.) 



FERTILIZER EXPERIMENTS 



At the Floricultural Experiment Station, 

 University of Illinois. By P. W. Mun- 

 cie, in Charge of Fertilizer Ex- 

 periments. 

 The experimental work upon fer- 

 tilizers and methods of growing flori- 

 cultural crops conducted at the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois at the present time 

 may be summarized as follows: 



1, The Advisability uf Fertilizing With 

 Acid Phosphate. 



Experiments which have been com- 

 pleted have shown (1) that dried 

 blood, supplying nitrogen to the plant, 

 has resulted in an increase in the 

 number of flowers without causing a 

 deterioration in the quality in the cul- 

 ture of carnations and roses, in case 

 the amount applied is not so exces- 

 sive as to result in injury from over- 

 feeding. Applications of acid phos- 

 phate and sulphate of potash have not 

 given beneficial results when applied 

 alone. The conclusion seems to be 

 that nitrogen is the element most 

 necessary to apply. During the pres- 

 ent year, a test has been made to see 

 whether acid phosphate when applied 

 together with ample amounts of a 

 nitrogenous fertilizer would cause a 

 further increase in production. For 

 this purpose the amount of nitrogen- 

 ous fertilizer (sulphate of ammonia 

 in this case) has been kept tlie same 

 in all sections, but ample enough to 

 supply the plant, while the quantities 

 of acid phosphate have been varied 

 from none to 43 lbs. on carnations 

 and 100 lbs. on roses per 100 sq. ft, 

 six sections, each containing succes- 

 sively larger quantities of acid phos- 

 phate constituting the experiment. As 

 would be expected from an experi- 

 ment extending over only six months, 

 the results are not yet conclusive, but 

 results to the present date may be 

 given. 



CARNATIONS* (120 plants). 



White 



Rosette Perfection 



flowers flowers 



No phosphate 5,53 683 



2.6 lbs 525 692 



5.3 " 564 664 



10.6 " 573 665 



21.3 " 5.50 634 



42.6 " 614 684 



Average 563.5 670.3 



•8 lbs. sulphate of ammonia per 100 sq. 

 ft. applied to date. .4cid phosphate in lbs. 

 per 100 sq. ft. 



ROSES (96). 

 Richmond. 



Own-Root Grafted 



flowers flowers 



No phosphate 480 564 



6.6 lbs 494 585 



13.3 " 485 625 



26.6 " 471 646 



53.3 " 499 606 



106.6 " 486 602 



Average 485.8 604.6 



Killarney. 



Own-Root Grafted 



flowers flowers 



No phosphate 394 479 



6.6 lbs 431 516 



13.3 " 430 592 



26.6 " 440 597 



53.3 " 458 542 



106.6 " 4.32 532 



Average 430.8 5.39.6 



•10 lbs. sulphate of ammonia per 100 sq. 

 ft. applied to date. Acid phosphate in lbs. 

 per 100 sq. ft. 



The inconsistencies here may be due 

 to the short duration of the experi- 

 ment, or, as seems quite likely, to the 

 fact that the soil at the experiment 



POISON 



KIL-WORM 



POISON 



Destroys Worms, Ants, etc., Infesting 

 Golf, Cricket Grounds, Parks and Lawns. 

 Sure death to Snails. Does not Injnre 

 Grass; causes the insects to come to the 

 surface to die. (Must not come in contact 

 with fine plants.) 



One gallon Kil-Worm makes 50 gallons 

 liquid when mixed with water. 

 1 qt., $1.00; % gal., $1.75; 1 gal., $3.00; 5 

 gals., $13.60. 



POISON K|[ . W[[D POISON 



A scientific Weed Destroyer — free from 

 odor. An unsurpassed preparation for the 

 removal of Grass, Weeds, Vines and Buslies 

 from paths, etc. Saves expense of several 

 men; can be applied with an ordinary 

 sprinkling can. 



One gallon Kil-Weed makes 30 to 35 gal- 

 lons liquid when mixed with water. 

 lqt.,35c, : 1/, gal., 60c.; 1 gal., $1.00; 5 gals., 

 $4.00; 10 gals., $7.60; 1 barrel, per gal., 66c, 



LEMON OIL COMPANY, T 



420 W. Lexington St., Baltimore, Md. 



Directions on every pkg. ; write for circular. 



AUTOMOBILE TIRES AT 

 FACTORY PRICES 



SAVE FROM 30 TO 60 PER CENT. 



All other sizes in stock. Non-Skid 

 tires 15 per cent, additional, red tubes 

 10 per cent, above gray. All new 

 clean, fresh, guaranteed tires. Best 

 standard and independent makes. Buy 

 direct from us and save money. 5 per 

 cent, discount if payment in full ac- 

 companies each order. C. O. D. on 10 per 

 cent, deposit. Allowing examination, 



TIRE FACTORIES SALES CO. 

 Dept. A. Dayton, Ohio 



station is fairly rich, and does not 

 need fertilizers until later in the year 

 when the stock of available food in 

 the soil has become comparatively ex- 

 hausted. An observation that sec- 

 tions both of roses and carnations 

 which have received no fertilizer dur^ 

 ing the fall and winter seem to be in 

 excellent condition, would point out 

 that the well-known adage of "not 

 feeding until the turn of the year" is 

 worth investigating. 



{To be coiiiinued) 



Wilmington, Del, — The greenhouse 

 of John F. Knauss, 231 South Broad- 

 way, was damaged by fire May 30. 

 The loss is estimated at $500, partly 

 covered by insurance. 



