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HORTICULTURE 



August 21, 1920 



me that he tried to dry them oti 

 enough so that they would take a rest, 

 and even by closing the ventilators and 

 running the temperature on sunshiny 

 days away up to an extreme heat, he 

 was unable to stop them from growing, 

 so it was necessary to go in with a 

 scythe and cut them back. This liouse 

 of plants now stands in very good con- 

 dition. It has a very moderate top 

 dressing of manure, and that is all 

 that has been done to them. They are 

 coming along in fine shape, and unless 

 1 miss my guess there will be good re- 

 sults again this year, in fact I look for 

 better than last vear. 



Sweet Pea Seed 



For Early August to December Delivery 

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A trip into DeVito's Conservatories, 

 Wakefield, Mass., will show a big 

 change since Mr. DeVito took posses- 

 sion. He has the houses in good con- 

 dition and his crops are all standing 

 well. Mr. DeVito is evidently a good 

 grower and I don't think there is any 

 doubt that he will succeed at Wakefield 

 and turn out crops which would be a 

 credit to anyone. 



I have mentioned before that in my 

 opinion adiantum would be a fine crop 

 to grow around Boston, and I still feel 

 sure that my advice is right. When I 

 called at M. A. Patten & Company's 

 place last week I found there several 



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