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POPULAR GARDENING. 



December, 



Z D LathjTus odoratus 



(Si('e«t Peas) in var- 

 iety.— 5 corMms . . June,Sept. 



Lavatera trimestris -T/reA July, Aug. 



X s Leptosiphon in varie- 

 ty.— 1 rose, etc... July, Aug. 



Xb Lunaria biennis (flon- 



e»t\); Satin Flower). purple May, June. 



X Lupinus (Lupines; 



Sun Dial) in variety 



— Hto3 various . July, Oct. 



Malcomia Maritiraa 



(VirginianStoch)~i4lilac. . . June.-^uly. 

 Malope Grandiflora 



(Large-flowered Ma- 



kipe)—2 red Aug.,Sept. 



Malva zebrina(S(j~ipccJ 



Mallow)— 2 «iJii(c, etc. Aug., Sept. 



Ys Mathlola annua (Ten- 



Weeh Stock) in var- 

 iety.— 1 to 1!^ various ...June, July. 



X Mirabilis Jalapa(Foj(r 



O'Cloek; Marvel of 



Peru) in variety— 2 lorkim . . Aug., Oct. 

 Nigella Damascena 



{Lnve-in-a-Mist)—l.hlue . ...June.July. 



s Nolana postrata— !4 Mue July , Aug. 



ODnothera odorata 



{Pragrant Evening 



Primrose) yellow — July, Aug. 



Z Papaver (Poppy) in 



variety— 1^ to 2 . . varii>us . June.Aug. 

 Z Phlox Drummondi in 



large variety— 1 various Aug., Nov. 

 Zs Reseda odorata (iliiy- 



nonettr) in variety 



— lto2 .. . . ..6i(#, etc . .July, Oct. 



Sanvitalia procum- 



bens— Ji yellow .. .July, Oct. 



Sapouaria Calabrica 



(Bouncing Bed— 1 pink, etc. .July, Oct. 

 X Seabiosa (Mourning 



Bride] in variety— 



1 to 3^ various Aug., Nov. 



Schizanthus Grahanii 



—2 red, etc . . . Aug.,Sept. 



Ye Silene Armeria(ro(cft- 



^i/)in variety— 1 to2)^j-ose, etc June, Aug. 



Y Tagetes (Marigold) in 



variety— 1 to 2 .. .yeUoui, etc. Aug., Oct. 



Z V Tropseolum majus 

 (Naaturtiumjia var- 

 iety— 6 various .. July, Sept. 



Yv peregrinam(Canary 



Hird Flower)— 9,. . yellow .July, Sept. 



Fhs Dwarf Nasturtiums— liwrious . .June,Sept. 

 Viscaria oculata{/?o8e 

 of Heaven)— I . . pitik, c(c July, Sept. 



X u Xeranthenium an- 

 num in variety— 2 purple, efc.Everlast'g. 



Y Viola tricolor {Pansy) 



many varieties varitms . May, Sept. 



(To be Continueil.) 



Self-Operating Animal Gun. 



A California firm, Foreman Brothers of 



Bidwell's Bar, Cal., have invented a new 



device for shooting gophers, moles and other 



small burrovping animals. Our illustration 



SELF-OPERATING ANIMAL GUN. 



o£ it, reproduced from Pacific Rural Press, 

 makes mechanism and the manner of setting 

 in an excavation facing the animal's burrow, 

 quite plain. The gun or pistol is shown set 

 and ready for firing off. A disk which com- 

 municates with the trigger, is inserted a little 

 ways into the burrow, and the animal, in the 

 attempt to pa.ss through to the open end, or 

 in moving dirt against the disk in trying to 

 stop up the hole, meets its speedy death. 



We have no doubt that a device of this kind 

 can be successfully employed for the destruc- 

 tion of woodchucks, which are so trouble- 

 some in many Eastern localities, and per- 



haps for many other animals. Of com-se, 

 for larger game larger guns can be made on 

 the same principles. lu handling and set- 

 ting caution must be exercised, same as 

 with any other gun. 



Chrysanthemums and their Culture. 



KATE M. SESSIONS, SAN DIEao, CAL. 



If a Rosebush lives from year to year and 

 has the soil and water it needs, its Ijeauty and 

 value enhances with age; but the beauty of 

 the Chrysanthemum fades fast, and each 

 spring new and thrifty plants must be pro- 

 pagated by slips. 



Chrysanthemum seed of the best quality 

 will generally produce more that is poor 

 than good, yet most of the new sorts are 

 growTi from seed. As soon as a plant is out 

 of bloom, the flowering stalks should be cut 

 down and the plant repotted or reset in the 

 ground to give it fresh soil to live and thrive 

 upon. The Chrysanthemum roots are vig- 

 orous and dense, but not long; therefore 

 the soil immediately in contact is completely 

 impoverished when the season has passed, 

 hence the need of a new position. 



Propagation.~ln February a vigorous 

 growth will begin, and then is the time to 

 propagate the new stock of flowering plants. 



Cut the tender shoots .iust below a joint, 

 three to Ave inches long; set in a bed o£ 

 sand, or even sandy soil will do. Keep the 

 bed damp but not saturated; protect by 

 some shading from the hot sunshine, but 

 do not cover at night nor on cloudy or damp 

 days. In a month to six weeks good roots 

 will be established. Set the young plants 

 in the open ground, or in small pots until 

 they are sturdy and vigorous, then trans- 

 plant to the permanent place. The most 

 important part of the successful cultivation 

 of the Chrysanthemum begins at this point. 

 Never allow these young plants to receive 

 any check, but keep them growing contin- 

 uously. Cool, moist weather is the climate 

 the Chrysanthemum thrives in best, induc- 

 ing a thrifty growth, which keeps the wood 

 in a soft and brittle condition; hot and dry 

 weather hardens the wood, and flowering 

 begins at once. 



Plants may be set out as late as June. If 

 the early sorts arc set early and the late 

 late, a longer season of bloom can be ob- 

 tained and flowers may be had until the new 

 year. The famous Christmas Eve is one of 

 the best late whites. Nipping back should 

 cease by Aug. 1st for the earlier sorts. 



Soil and Trciifmciif.— Chrysanthemums 

 do not require any special kind of soil, but 

 they do need plenty of enriching and an 

 abundance of water. A moderate amount 

 of well-decayed fertilizer should be spaded 

 into a permanent bed, and after a month's 

 growth and the warm weather is at hand, 

 spread a liberal supply of as old dressing as 

 po.^sible on the surface; frequent waterings 

 will then give most satisfactory returns. 

 Soot water is a help during the entire season. 



The foliage should be sprayed every day. 

 It keeps the plants fresher, the foliage 

 brighter, and lessens the liability to pests, 

 though these are few. 



To secure fine e.xhibition flowers, the buds 

 must be thinned from the plants just as the 

 tree is relieved by the wise farmer to pro- 

 duce fine fruits. Those sorts which bloom 

 in large terminal clusters are the most im- 

 proved by disbudding. This can best be 

 done with a pointed stick or penknife. 



Bloom for E.rhibit —The ideal plant of 

 this country and the standard at American 

 exhibitions is the bush plant. This may be 

 anywhere from 2,'^ to 4 leet in diameter, of 

 nice contour and each branch termiiuited 

 with a good sized, fairly formed flower. In 

 such cases all the buds but one perfect and 

 strong one on the end of each branch are 

 removed. Many exhibitors allow the plant 

 to bear but one immense specimen flower. 

 The result of such cultivation is shown in 



flowers of the "Mrs, Frank Thompson" ten 

 inches in diameter, "Mrs. Carnegie" nine 

 inches in diameter. Such flowers are only 

 the reward of much labor and experience. 



In competitive exhibitions for the finest 

 cut bloom specimens, but one flower of a 

 sort is allowed to be shown, hence the pains 

 taken to produce that one. 



Cut ffoM'fi-s,— Many of these perfect speci- 

 men flowers are grown for the cut-flower 

 trade. Two years ago the "Mrs, Wheeler" 

 was universally worn in New York and 

 Boston and was sold readily at 35 cents 

 each. In England the cost to the grower of 

 such flowers is a shilling each. 



The artistic nature of the Chrysanthe- 

 mum commends it to all lovers of the beau- 

 tiful—the long and ragged petals of one 

 class contrast strongly with the round ball- 

 like flowers of another, and the tiny pompon 

 no larger than a dime may stand beside a 

 flower eight to ten inches in diameter. 

 Every autumnal tint can be matched in 

 these flowers, and we may safely say no yel- 

 lows could be brighter, no reds warmer or 

 pinks paler, no snows whiter than those of 

 the Chrysanthemum. 



New York Market Quotations, 

 Showing Tendencies. 



Week ending Week ending 



Nov, 20. Nov. 6 



Apples— Western King, per bbL, S 5034 00 3 25®3 75 



Western Fall sorts, per bbl, , 2 00(S 3 50 2 OOiSS 00 



Western Greening, per bbl. . 2 5062 75 2 50@3 00 



Western Baldwin & Spy p.bbl 2 25<a2 50 2 25®2 50 



State Winter Mixed, per bbl, 17562 00 1 75@.2 OO 



Greening up-river, per bbl,, 2(I0®3 25 2 00®'"'5 



Baldwin & Spy, per bbl l 75@2 00 1 ^5@■2 00 



Grapes— ConcordW,N,Y„51b,b't, 18® 20 18® 21 



Catawba, W,N.T„ .5 lb, bask. IS® 22 18® ^ 



Isabella, W.N,Y„ 9 lb. bask.. 84® 28 24® 28 



Pear.s— Lawrence .*W.Nelis, p. b, 2 75®.'! 50 2 75(83 5n 



Vicar, per bbl 2CO®250 200®25(| 



Cooking, per bbl 2 00®3 50 2 ()0®2 50 



Cranberries— Cape Cod, per bbl. 3 0O®8 00 5 no@8 oo 



Jersey, per crate 1 87@2 25 1 87®2 25 



Oranges-Florida, per 14 bbl box 2 00c52 50 2 50@3 00 



Lemons— Florida, per box 2 00®4 50 3 00@4 50 



Apples— I^vaporated, 1889 7 l^llO 7 ®io 



Evaporated, 1888 5 ® TiA 5 ©a 



N.C., sliced, 1889 4 ® 5W i ® su 



Ohio & Michigan, 1889, bbls, , 4H@ 5 4«® s** 



Chopped, perlb Sk® SW Sim su 



Cores and Skins, 1S89, per lb. 2)1® 3 vS 3" 



Peaches-Del. eVp't'd. peeled 88. 15 ®20 15 ®2U 



Del., evap't'd, iuipeeled88,,, 8 @10 8 <«'io 



N.C. sundrled, peeled 89. ... 8 ®11 81^@11 



Ga. sundrled. 1889 6)^@ 9J^ 6«® 9U 



Southern, unpeeled, 1889.,,, 2H® 3 2j|® s^ 



Raspberries— EvapTd 1889 23 ®24 2.i ®24 



Sundrled 1889 ®22 @22 



Cherrles—lsS9, per lb,, choice,.. 12 @ 12 ® 



1889, per lb., good 9 ®li 9 ®j| 



Huckleberries— 1889, perlb 12 @I2>^ 12 ®12W 



Blackberries— prime, per lb 5 @ 5)t 5 @ 5w 



Plums-State, 1889, per lb 8 ® 8)^ 8 ® 8i< 



Southern Damson, 1889, p. lb, @7 7 ® 



Cat, 1889, perlb 8 ®0 8 ®9 



Apricots, Cal., 1889. per lb 12 @14!^ 12 ®15 



Potatoes— L. 1., bulk per bbl 1 75®2 00 i 75@2 00 



Jersey, per bbl 125®! SO 125@150 



State, perbbl 12o@175 1250162 



Western, per bbl 1 C0@1 75 1 00®1 62 



Sweet Jersey, per bbl 2 50®3 00 2 50®3 UO 



Sweet Virginia, perbbl 20O®25O 175S250 



Oabbage-L, L, per 100 35O@400 3,'>0c5:400 



Cucumber— Florida, per crate 2 00@3 00 



Egg plant— Florida, perbbl 30O®5 0O 



string Beans— South"u,p, crate, 75®1 25 



Cauliflower— per bbl 10O®5 00 10065 00 



Onions— Western, red, per bbl,. 125®212 1 (10(S2 12 



Eastern, red, perbbl 235@300 200®375 



Eastern, white, per bbl 3 00@4 50 3 00@4 50 



Yellow, perbbl 150®2O0 175@20O 



Squash— L.I.. per bbl 75®1 25 7.5012.') 



Celery— L. I., per doz, bunches. . 75® 1 00 75®1 00 



Wes'n& State, p. doz. roots. 15® 35 15® 80 



Turnips— Russia, Canada, p, bbl. 50® 65 50® 75 



Russia. L, 1,, per I>bl 75® 90 75® 90 



Received at This Office. 



CATALOGLTES. 



Geo. Plnney, Evergreen Nurseries, Dover Co., Wis, 



Christian Weckesser, Marshaliville, Wayne Co., 0., 

 Small Fruit Plants, eti-. 



Floral Supply <'nnipaiiy, Biughampton, N, Y., and 

 Minnciiriolis, tliiui , I'.ulhs, Plants, Seeds, 



LouN Rmscli, Frcdcinia, N, Y,, Grape Vines, SmaU 

 Fruit Plants, etc, 



Wm. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, Herts, England, 

 Roses. 



Reasoner Bros., Manatee, Florida, Tropical Fruits 

 and Plauls. 



T. v. Munson, Denuison, Texas, Small Fruits, etc., 

 Parker Early Strawberry, 



MISCELLANEOUS, 



Insect Life, Vol, II, No. 4. Periodical Bulletin of 

 DivlsiiiTiof Eutomoidgy, Department of Agricuituj'e. 32. 



Ro<)l Knot Disease (if the Peach, (Grange and other 

 plants in Florida; by J. t . Neal. Published by the De- 

 partment of Agriculture. ;;.; with 21 plates. 



American Pomologlcal Society, .Session of 1889. A, A*. 

 Crozler, Ames, Iowa, Sec'y, 220, 



Transactions of the Indiana Horticultural Society for 

 1888. C. ,M. Ili.hhs, .S.cictarv. Bridgeport, Ind. 128. 



Tra.l.' and Ti.uis|m mat I. .11 between the Dnlted States 

 and Siiaiili-li Aiii.rl..i, l,y William E, Cray Curtis. 

 Published by the Gu\eruinent. 



Foods and Food Adulterants. BuUetln No. 13 of the 

 Division of Chemistry. U, S, Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Part I, Baking Powders, 63. 



