H0K^E-R\D1« 



HORTICULTURE 



inch 

 planti 

 squill- 



one fourth of au 



To fac 1 tate 



end s c t off 



t small end p 



tal plautini; thi> i al 



unnecessary. Root ciowu are 



sometimes used but s ce the e 



develop a large n ml ei of ro t 



too small for profltil le g n 



they are employed onlj for mcr 



ing stock. 



The land having been prep r 



shallow furrows are la 1 tt 



apart and 2-5 in dee] 



to the method of plant x 



planted horizontally ve 1 



at all intervening angl I 1 



ends being made to po ut e 



direction to fac 1 tate cult va i 



and digging. The angle s a m t 



ter of choice, goo 1 ret r 1 



obtained in each The 1 1 



tanee between sets s il ut 1 n 



Cultivation is g ven after ever 



rain, or once in 1) lay unt 1 the 



Ivs. shade the gro n I 

 Double-cropping s com uon n 



Horse-radish grow ng ei 1 a 



bage, turnip beets and otl er ju k 

 maturing plants le ng u el The 



sets are dibbled n 2-t weeks afte 

 the first crop, vert call3 18 n 



asunder, between the rows f ca 

 bage, which are i ot lesb than ft 



apart. One management 

 for both crops unt 1 the fir 

 moved, when, after one cult 

 the Horse-radish suallj tikes full """-•'""" ^'^ 3 

 possession. Deep b rj ^ f the sets at the time the 

 first crop is planted is also practiced, the object, as in 

 the first case, being to prevent the appearance of the 

 former until the latter is almost mature. 



Horse-radish makes its licst tinjwth in thi- cool au- 

 tumn, steadily iraprov.^ mi r < ;.i. m'. ,-. :. , I, not be- 

 ing injured by frost if u :_, ; ' , -itil late 

 before harvesting with j i ■ . , ~ in pits 

 is best, since the roots lo-,- |,-,- ,,i' ih-n- m |.ii,'^s, pun- 

 gency and good appearance riian it stuivd in cellars. In 

 trimming for storage, the lateral roots are saved and 

 buried for next season's planting. Exposure to air, sun 

 and frost robs the roots of their good qualities and in- 

 jures their vitality. 



The insect enemies of this plant are those that attack 

 other members of the cabbage family, the harlequin 

 bug being the most dreaded. Remedies are the same as 

 for other pests of this group of plants. Oulv two dis- 

 eases have been reported, and these are seldom trou- 

 blesome. 



In the neighborhood of cities, especially where oysters 

 are cheap, this crop is generally profitable, the usual 

 retail price being 10 cents per pint, freshly grated, but 

 without vinegar. This quantity weighs a scant half- 

 pound. The cost of growing per acre is about as fol- 

 lows: Cuttings ( 10,000 (® $2), $20; fertilizer (1,000 lbs.), 

 $17.50; cultivation (6 times), $6; rent of land, $5; plow- 

 ing, wear of tools, etc., $3.50; setting roots, at :iO cents 

 per 1,000, $3 ; total, $55. A marketable crop varies 

 from 3,000 to 6,000 Dounds, which niav sometimes be 

 sold as high as 5 cents per lb. for first-class root, and 

 2% cents for second grade. Usually, however, prices 

 seldom rise above 4 cents and 2 cents for the two grades. 

 Under good cultivation, the proportion of No. 1 to No. 2 

 root is about 1 to 1 by weight. Lower prices may rule 

 in well supplied markets, and higher in poorly furnished, 

 1 when sold in small lots to retail graters, even 7 cents 



may be obtained. 



G. Kains. 



HOKSE-BADISH TREE. Moringa pteryjosperma. 

 HOKSE SUGAR. Sijmplocos tinctoria. 

 HORSETAIL. Equisetitm. 



HOBSEWEED C U s> 

 HORTICULTURE (7 ort 



the 



foi ge 



ng 



In 



wasconceme I v 

 alent to Hort 

 A.n-'lo Sa 



pract call cool 1 uat 



ur t \ and Hort c ilture 



b tl e ten 1 ng of the fields 



'h 1 eail er t mes lay 



te 1 n lo e or at least 



ience Horti Ituie 



tl e mclo u E lu V 



1 gy 1 le tg 



re s the 1 ne of cu t s t ] t t 



all cons dered to be a hort iltural c p n \o 1 

 Amer ca particularly in the no thern state 1 t r i 

 or Ir sh potatoes are u uallj cla 1 al 



crop. Nor is there a definite division Ii i ,. . n Hon i,-iil- 

 ture and botany. The science of plani - i i : . i . . i < .me 

 ot the most signiflcantproblemsrel.ii I ilu-ir 



response to the needs of man— ai i m> i. -uii'-d 



by the botanist to the horticulturist, lloni. iiliaiL- is a 

 composite of botanical and agricultural subjects. 



But Horticulture is more than all this. It is a means 

 of expressing the art-sense. Plant-forms and plant- 

 colors are as expressive as the canvas work of the 

 painter. In some respects they are more expressive, 

 since they are things themselves, with individuality 

 and life, not the suggestions of things. The painter's 

 work excels in its power to suggest, and in its cjon- 

 densed portray.il ..t exi>rossion. But the essentials of a 

 good lands, alio j.ainlin^' often can be presented in an 

 artificially nn.l.. Ian. N. -ape. This effort to plant what 

 the artist paints is ni<.il,i-n. It is strictly not Horticul- 

 ture, nltli..ML;li II..rti.ultnrp is contributory to the re- 

 sults, a~ ]. liiit-iiiakim' is .•..ntriluitory to painting. 

 Lan.N,o,|... iiLikin- is fwn.laiii.oitally a fine art. In this 

 \v..i-k it Is ir.-ii.-.| iiii.l.T L'niil <r,t [If Gardening. 



Horti.Milliin. ilivi.l.-s itself into four somewhat coordi- 

 nate branches (Annals Hort. 1891, 125-130): 



Pomology, or the growing of fruits; 



Olericulture, or vegetable-gardening; 



Floriculture, or the raising of ornamental plants for 

 their individual uses or for their products; 



Landscape Horticulture, or the growing of plants for 

 their use in the landscape (or in landscape garden- 

 ing). 



In the world at largo, floriculture is the most impor- 

 tant as m.:isiir...| l.v tho number of people who are in- 

 terested, an. I l.v th.. iiuiiibor of species of plants which 

 are grown i s,..- Fl.,ririi/iiin'). InNorth America, pomol- 

 ogy is the iii..st important in respect to commercial 

 supremacy. N.irth America is the great fruit-growing 

 country of the world ( see Pomolofji/ ) . Relatively speak- 

 ing, vegetatile-gardening is undeveloped in the New 

 World, Landscape Horticulture and landscape garden- 

 ing will appeal to a constantly enlarging constituency 

 with the growth of culture and of leisure and the deep- 

 ening of the home life, 



Strictly speaking, there are few horticulturists. The 

 details are too many to allow any one person to cover 



