POPULAR GARDENING 



AND FRUIT GROWING. 



"AVCUSE NOT NATURE, SEE HATH DONE HEU PART: DO THOV BUT THINE." -Miuroti. 



Vol. V. 



rFEBiarr-A-iair, is so. 



No. 5. 



Already the feet of the winter fly. 

 And the pulse of the earth begins to leap. 

 Waking up from her frozen sleep. 



And knowing the beautiful spring is nigh. 



Good St. Valentine wanders by. 

 Pausing hl.s festival gay to keep— 



Already the feet of the winter fly. 

 And the pulse of the earth begins to leap. 



To life she wakes ; and a smile and a sigh- 

 Language the seoflfer holds so cheap- 

 Thrill her with melody dear and deep. 



And sp'-ing with its mating time is nigh ; 



Already the feet of the winter fly. 

 And the pulse of the earth begins to leap. 



—Independent. 



Let there be light in the center of fruit 

 trees. 



The.htdiciocs planter begins his season's work 

 early bj- studjing catalogues, and sending his 

 orders for planting stock. Early bird has many 

 advantasres 



PENNSYI.TANIA HORTICULTURAL .SOCIETY. G. 



W. Childs took the chair as president of the 

 Society on Jan. 21st This is his first acceptance 

 of any responsibilit.v of the kind, and the society 

 may well be congratulated. 



Improved Packages. At the horticultural 

 meetings we note with great satisfaction evi- 

 dences of continual efforts on the part of mechan- 

 ical geniuses to improve fruit packages and ship- 

 ping devices in the direction of lightness, 

 simpbcity, neatness and cheapness iV wire box 

 handle which serves as a spring to take off the 

 jar is the latest. 



American Horticulture Society. The 

 expense of the trip to Austin, Texas, the place 

 of meeting, will be very reasonable. A special 

 train will leave St. Louis at 8.10 p.m. on Feb. 13th. 

 Railroad tickets to Austin and return, good 

 going on this special train, and returning at any- 

 time within 30 days are to be sold at St. Louis on 

 Feb. 12th and 13th for S2).35. Fruit growers and 

 gardeners who desire to see something of Te.vas 

 at the least possible expense, and attend a good 

 horticultural meeting at same time, can com- 

 bine the two objects by joining the society, if 

 they have not already dtjne so, and remitting the 

 sum of $2 00 to Sec'y W. H. Kagan, Greencastle, 

 Ind. 



Who is Successful. Notwithstanding the 

 complaints against the past unfavorable season 

 for horticulturists, heard from many directions, 

 the fact remains that thousands of growers of 

 fruits and vegetables in the vicinity of American 

 villages and towns have had a profitable season. 

 The growing of a good assortment of products 

 near where people are massed together in large 

 numbers, may always be attended with paying 

 results. When one thing fails, others do not. 

 Then people, as a rule, are anything but well 

 supplied with a large and varied assortment of 

 well-grown vegetables and garden fruits. These 

 grown and offered in attractive shape hardly ever 

 fail to And ready buyers at a good profit 



Evaporated Apples. To judge from all the 

 reports now being received, the crop of evapo- 

 rated Apples on hand is not so large that the 

 disinclination of -\msterdam and Hamburg 

 authorities to permit the importation of the 

 American product, will be seriously felt for a 

 time. The full extent of the injury done us, 

 however may not be known until the next full 

 crop of Apples is grown, worked up, and ready 

 for market. In the mean time it will be well and 

 wise to consider the most promising means of 

 counteracting the prejudice of our foreign cus- 

 tomers. Our fruit growers and evaporator men, 

 as well as our professors and chemical authorities 

 all seem to be very much agreed that Apples 

 as commonly bleached and evaporated, are en- 

 tirely wholesome, and safe to use. 



Nomenclature of Coix)r.s. To describe the 

 colors, shades and tints of flowers and fruits 

 correctly is often a hard task, and impossible for 

 most people, on account of too slight acquain- 

 tance with the nomenclature of colors. In this 

 matter we meet with two serious obstacles; one 

 being the lack of a generally recognized standard 

 of colors: the other lack of opportunity to ac- 

 quire a knowledge of the true nrjracnclature. First 

 of all we need a standard of colons and it seems 

 to us that the Pomological Society or the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture might take this matter in 

 hand. Tl^e publication of an official chart of 

 colors would do much in the direction of ac<iuaint- 

 ing people with the true nomenclature of colors 

 and of avoiding confusion. This is well worthy 

 of the attention of the U. S. Pomologist. 



Society of American Florists. The Execu- 

 tive Committee of this Association met at Boston 

 Jan. 14th, with President Jordan in the chair. 

 The secretary and treasurer's report showed the 

 finances of the Society to be in a more encourag- 

 ing condition than heretofore. Much enthusiasm 

 was shown regarding the next annual conven- 

 tion, for indeed there is much to hope of any 

 meeting pertaining to ornamental horticulture 

 in a city with such advanced ideas in this line 

 as is possessed by Boston. The Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society will donate the use of their 

 elegant Horticultural Hall, and also change time 

 of their summer show to same week, occupying 

 Music Hall for that purpose. The annual meet- 

 ing of the Americar: Cemetery Superintendents' 

 Association will also be held in Boston on same 

 days, with sessions held in the afternoons, when 

 the S. A. F. holds none. This arrangement will 

 admit of attendance to both meetings by those 

 desiring it. The following is a preliminarj' list 

 of subjects to be treated in papers for next meet- 

 ing, viz.: Landscape Gardening; Cultivation and 

 Care of Best 25 Hardy Plants for Commercial 

 Use; Public Interest in the Work and (Objects of 

 the Society; Entomology in its Relation to 

 Florists; Growing Importance of EasterTrade and 

 Preparations for it: Aquatics: Cacti; Horticul- 

 tural Exi.ibits and Agricultural Fair; The Value 

 of Methods and System in the Florist's Business: 

 Horticultural Chemistry. The question box, as 

 usual, will be an important feature, touching on 

 many of the rttal.interests of floriculture. Plant 

 men and dealers will be accommodated for a trade 

 display in Horticultural Hall basement. A gen- 

 eral display of ornamental specialties will be 

 made in connection with the show in Music Hall 

 Altogether the outlook for the present years' 

 work is most gratifying. 



Western New York Fruit Growers. 



The Western Xew York Horticultural 

 Society held its 35th annual meeting in 

 Rochester on .January 22cl and 2.3d. The 

 large number always present at these gath- 

 erings almost filling the spacious hall; the 

 spirited discussions in which all seem to 

 participate freely; the array of fine speci- 

 mens of Pears, Apples, Grapes and other 

 fruits on the aldermauic tables, as products 

 of a season extremely unfavorable to their 

 fullest development ; all these show the 

 vast importance of the fruit growing indus- 

 try in Western New York, and indicate the 

 reliability and value of the pomological 

 truths here brought out. 



PRE.SIDENTIAL SUGGESTloxs. President 

 Patrick Barry, debarred from attendance by 

 hygienic considerations, sends a letter stat- 

 ing that the permanent fund of the society, 

 the substantial neuclus of which was fur- 

 nished by Mr. Barry's -iijOOO gift a year ago, 

 has now reached nearly ■*4,000 by other con- 

 tributions. The presitlent hopes that other 



public-spirited people will contribute for the 

 good of the cause, and that the fund will he 

 large enough to enable the society to offer 

 competitive prizes, etc. 



While we are near good markets, rapid 

 transit favors competitors as well as our- 

 selves, and we must try to meet this com- 

 petition by increased energy and improved 

 methods. In conclusion, Mr. Barry says 

 that being unable to perform the duties of 

 the presidential oflBce any longer, he lays it 

 down with profound gratitude, and with an 

 aflfectionate regard for the society. 



Mr. S. D. Willard, amid hearty applause, 

 remarks that Patrick Barry should continue 

 to be president of the association as long as 

 as he could write "yours truly.'' 



The House Fly. Mr. C. li. Zimmerman 

 presents a paper giving the life history of 

 muca domestica, the common house fly, 

 which he says is at home in barn yards, fields 

 and gardens as much as in the house. They 

 breed in warm, fermenting horse manure, 

 requiring from the time the egg is laid to 

 the development of the winged fiy a period 

 of about two weeks. Consequently, if the 

 manure is carted out of the bam yard once 

 a week and .spread iu the fields, the breeding 

 place of the fly will be destroyed and its 

 propagation cheked. Screens in doors and 

 windows will keep the flies out that may be 

 bred in neighbor's yards. 



Dr. Lintnersays while instances are known 

 of the flesh fly having communicated disease 

 there is hardly any danger of the common 

 house fly doing so. 



Insects. Dr. J. A. Lintner, State Ento- 

 mologist, in his paper "Late Experience 

 with Injurious Insects in Orchard and Gar- 

 den," cheers the assembled fruit growers 

 with the assurance that there is every pros- 

 pect that within a few years almost every 

 insect now troubleing the fruit grower, will 

 be brought under control. An association 

 known as that of Economic Entomologists 

 had been formed during the year, having 

 for its ob.iect co-operation in experiments, 

 etc. The force-pump is destined to play an 

 important part in our warfare with insect 

 pests. To go without it is costly neglect. 

 In the preparation of arsenical solutions the 

 minimum amount be used that will answer 

 its purpose. In no case should the solution 

 be of greater strength than one pound of 

 poison to 200 gallons of water. Foliage of 

 more advanced growth seems to be more 

 liable to injury from arsenical applications 

 than when first put forth. Of all fruit trees 

 the Peach is the most readily injured. Paris 

 green is preferable to some fruits; London 

 purple is less injurious to others. White 

 arsenic is not safe to use, especially when 

 disolved by boiling or otherwise. 

 {To be Continued.) 



The Artistic Arrangement of Paths. 



L. B. PIERCE, SUMMIT CO., O. 



The time has passed when argument was 

 necessary to convince the average citizen 

 that curved walls are not only more beauti- 

 ful but often a saving in distance; and 

 graceful walks and drives in many places 

 take the place of the old formal straight 

 paths with their rectangular corners. 



To properly place paths so that they may 

 just answer the purposes for which they ara 



