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GARDENING. 



Oct. 



r 5, 



In conclusion successful keeping of vege- 

 tables largely depends on gathering before 

 the freezing weathtr; and the avoidance of 

 heating and rotting by having small nar- 

 row pits; a heavy covering of straw with 

 a couple of inches of dirt to hold it in 

 place for a first coat, to be followed later 

 by a sufficient coat of dirt to protect them 

 during the winter months. 



Silas L. Albertson. 



Long Island, N. Y. 



Man to grow mushrooms and lettuces 

 indoors wanted by G. 0.,East Liverpool, 

 Ohio. Ans. We do not know of such a 

 man who is disengaged. Use our adver- 

 tising columns. 



Miscellaneous. 



WILD SBNNfl. 

 (Cassia Marilandica.) 

 This hardy, graceful and showy plant 

 is one of the most beautiful things we 

 have in bloom, and if you happen to have 

 a soft spot of free soil on the great slopes 

 you seek to cover you should plant a 

 good group of it. With us it is very gay 

 and the picture it makes, like not a lew 

 good things one sees in gardens, is the 

 outcome of accident, not the result of de- 

 sign. A number of scattered plants have 

 sprung up upon some shrub-clothed 

 slopes; evidently the roots came in the 

 soil that was brought for surfacing pre- 

 vious to planting, and on these slopes 

 with a full southern exposure this plant 

 has found the conditions congenial and 

 has thrust its strong woody shoots up 

 through or between the shrubs that were 

 planted. The stronger growths are quite 

 5 feet long, terminated with a cluster one 

 foot in length of myriads of showy yellow 

 blossoms, small individually, but richly 

 effective by reason of their exceeding pro- 

 fusion. Besides the terminal clusters 

 there are several other smaller ones on 

 lateral branches. Its shoots are well 

 clothed their entire length with elegant 

 pinnate leaves, whilst its growth is so 

 substantial and woody as to make it ap- 

 pear cpjite shrub like, but it is reallv an 

 herbaceous perennial, dying back to the 

 ground in winter. One group of plants 

 has appeared behind and running into a 

 group of the light green feathery Spirxa 

 Thunbergi and the combined effect of 

 these two is delightful, suggesting a com- 

 bination of the two in planting. If some 

 bushes of this spiraea were set out rather 

 thinly and the cassia distributed through 

 a perfect summer picture of graceful 

 growth and showy flowers would be 

 easily created. [It grows wild in the 

 woods hereabout, and is an excellent 

 persistant plant, especially where its 

 roots can get down some depth into the 

 ground. — Ed.] A. H. 



Madison N. J. 



SITUATION WANTED— A eardener. well experi- 

 enced In the cultivation of flowers and vegetables 

 Knows the care of greenhouses and frames. Middle 

 age. Good recommendations. Gentleman'B place 

 preferred. Is a good landscape gardener. Address 

 A B. care Chas. Everdlng. Branford. Conn. 



1^ OLD COLONY NURSERIES. ™* 



Hardy Shrubs, Trees, Vines, Ever= 

 greens and Perennials 



A large and fine slock of well-rooted plants, 

 grown in a sandy loam. Good plants, best sizes 

 for planting; very cheap. 



Priced Catalogue free on application. 



B. M. WATSON, Plymouth, Mass. 



Please mention Garden ng when 

 writing to advertisers. 



A FEW MORE FACTS 



For Home Owners and Farmers 



PRICES OF FARMING PRODUCTS HAVE FALLEN, and so have most of 

 the commodities which we buy clothing and provisions of all sorts - and to= 

 day every man and every woman pays less than ever before on account of 

 the sharp competition forced upon merchants and manufacturers to keep 

 their business going and pay their help. 



TO FARMERS. 



The Democratic Party in the Fifty-third Congress imjosed a big load on the agricult- 

 urist; of the Un.ted States by the Wilson Tariff Bill. Fur instance, wool, one of the greatest 

 industries of the land, was placed on the Free List, thereby causing absolute stagnation in 

 this domestic trade! It further caused the actual loss to our wool growing farmers of 

 millions of dollars 



Our farmers can raise 95 per cent, of all the wool needed for use here, and conse- 

 quently ought to be protected from the cheap foreign raisecs. 



Eggs. 



The McKinley Bill put the duty on Eggs at 5 cents pe*- dozen, while the Wilson Bill 

 reduced it to 3 cents per dozen, with a consequent loss to all who keep poultry for a profit. 



The amount per dozen may seem small, but the aggregate is enormous; and yet the 

 retail prices to the buyer are no lower. Now, WHO makes the profit? The importer from 

 foreign countries! 



Hay. 



Formerly protected by $4 per ton, the Democratic policy (Wilson Bill) reduced it to 

 $2 per ton. Canadian eggs and hay, consequently, came into this market to the detriment 

 of every American producer. 



Ruinous Policy. 



Mr. Bryan, the Democratic-Popocratic nominee for the Presidency, has unqualifiedly 

 indorsed this policy. This shows that he is not the friend of the farmer and the home 

 owner. 



Mr. Brya/i was a member of the Ways and Means Committee which framed the Wilson 

 Bill, and opened the cheap markets of the world against our own people. 



Who should be protected if not American people 1 Are we living for the rest of the 

 world or for ourselves? 



The Home Market. 



That is what the farmers and all other wage earners need, and it is what they should 

 have. It belongs to them rather than to the Englishman or the Russian or the German, 

 and it is, as Mr. McKinley says, "The best market in the world," and the Republican Party 

 believes that the best is none too good for the farmer. 



"Open the Mills, instead of the Mints," 



is Major McKinley's advice. What will be the result? 



You will increase the number of workers and consumers. 



When you do that you will improve the market, not only for farmers, but for other 

 producers. You will also increase the prices that farmers and other producers receive 

 tor their products. 



This is sound Republican doctrine. 



A vote for McKinley and Hobart is a vote to open the mills and improve the 

 markets. 



Democracy and the Farmer? 



Strange, weird combination. Like oil and water, they don't mix. 



The only patty that has loyally looked after the farmer's interests is the Republican 

 Party. 



It has given Protection to every agricultural interest and to every farm product. 



For instance, in 1S91, under Protection, the price of wool was 32 cents; under Free 

 Trade, in 1896, the price of wool is 15 cents. This is a difference of 17 cents per pound. 

 Who loses it? The farmer who grows the wool. It is what he pays to enjoy the luxury 

 of Free Trade. 



Protection and Limited Coinage of Silver 



re to-day what th e countrv needs, and prosperity is bound to come with this sort of leg- 

 siation. The votes of the honest, thinking men of the country will determine it No- 

 vember 3d. 



The Gold Dollar is a Sound Dollar. 



The gold standard is recognized as the basis of actual value in all the civilized nations 

 of the earth. If you are satisfied to accept a dollar worth only fifty cents, vote for Bryan 

 and Sewall. If you want a dollar worth one hundred cents, your vote should be cast for 

 McKinley and Hobart, and thus get full value for your work and your products, whether 

 of your farm, your hands or your brains. 



Will you vote for a loo-cent Dollar or a 53-cent Dollar? 

 McKinley and Hobart are the 100-cent men. 

 Bryan and Sewall are the 53-cent men. 



