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POPULAR GARDENING. 



April, 



1,154. Benewing a Grape Vine. The vine will 

 mal^e new wood it ^ou do not cut it too close to 

 the ground. 



-C. E. P. 



Melon Forcing in England. 

 The cool, moist climate of Old England 

 offers serious obstacles to Melon culture, 

 but our British brethren, who like good 

 Melons as well as do people favored with 

 more suitable climatic conditions, know 

 how to overcome their difficulties with 



good success, as our lUustra- 



tion of Melon house taken from 

 Garden will show. It may be 

 worth while to observe their 

 methods somewhat, as show- 

 ing what can be done by inge- 

 nuity and perseverance in over- 

 coming natural obstacles, even 

 If of so serious a character as 

 England's eternal fogs and 

 moisture. The variety is called 

 Hero of Lockinge, considered 

 the best for forcing in England. 



The house is light,well heated 

 and ventilated. Seeds were 

 sown at the end of March in 

 pure loam, and planted out at 

 the end of April in the same 

 kind of soil made very solid on 

 a bed of hot manure and 

 leaves, the main vines being 

 tied to a stake leading to the 

 trellis. AU laterals were 

 rubbed off as fast as they ap- 

 peared. With plenty of heat 

 and moisture these plants 

 quickly filled their required 

 space, when the ends of tlu- 

 main vines were pinched otV 

 to induce lateral growth. These 

 laterals were allowed to hang 

 down until they had set a suffi- 

 cient number of Melons, and 

 these were as large as cricket balls. As It 

 is desired to have them all of even size, 

 the small fruits were tied up first, leaving 

 the larger ones hanging down until six even 

 sized fruits were obtained on each lateral, 

 all the rest being pinched off. 



Abundance of warm water is required at 

 this time, and occasional doses of warm 

 liquid manure from the barn-yard may be 

 given. When the Melons show signs of 

 netting, less water and more ventilation is 

 given until the fruits begin to ripen, and 

 now the ventilators are left open more or 

 less both day and night. 



The fruit is supported with old strips of 

 fish-net cut Into 9-inch squares, a piece of 

 string being fixed at each end and tied to 

 the trellis thus forming cheap and safe sup- 

 ports for the fruit. This house contained 



better device for large specimens, simple and 

 cheap, is made of a piece of tin about four 

 inches long by three inches wide. Bend 

 down about half an inch of the upper edge 

 at a right angle, which will form a little 

 coping for the label; then make two little 

 holes just beneath this and pass a strong 

 copper wire through them, firmly nailing it 

 to the tree. This should be about 5 or (i feet 

 from the ground, and in a position where it 

 can be easily read. Such labels last a long 



MELON FORCING: THE MELONS SUSPENDED FROM THE GLASS ROOF. 



Sc arletQa K. 



Quercus 

 coccineu s. 



Labels for Trees and Plants. 



twenty-six plants, carrying 160 good hand- 

 some fruits worth 3s. each in the market. 

 They were ripe in fourteen weeks from the 

 sowing of the seeds. 



Labels forTrees in Pleasure Grounds 



While a ground label may be the proper 

 thing for a young and choice tree in parks, 

 etc., because another kind could not be 

 affixed to it in a satisfactory way, a much 



time and are safer from displacement or 

 loss and hence more satisfactory than labels 

 inserted in the grass at the foot of trees. 



For garden plants,young trees, etc., strong 

 but neat cast iron labels will be found ser- 

 viceable. If you wish to get a stock of them 

 for your choicer plants, make a model of 

 wood, about 10 or 11 inches high, one inch 

 wide at the shank, the head 4 to 5 inches 

 across and 3 inches wide, as shown in en- 

 graving, and send it to the foundry. In 

 writing these labels first write in the out- 

 lines of the letters, and then fill in rather 

 thickly with finely strained paint. For 

 ground color white is preferable to black. 

 Write the common name first, then the 

 generic name, then the species, and a little 

 to the right below the genus. It is always 

 desirable to put down the native country of 

 tree or shrub, and date of planting. The 

 writings on these labels should be occasion- 

 ally renewed in winter. 



L. Templin & Sons, CaUa, Ohio, Plants, Bulbs, 

 Seeds, 88 



W. H. Smith, 1018 Market Street, Philadelphia. 

 Pa., Seeds, 104. 



Floral Supply Co., Binghampton, N, Y., and 

 Minneapolis, Minn., Flower seeds, la. 

 M. S. Benedict, Crete, Neb.. Seeds and Plants, 16. 

 A. B. Cleveland & Co., Cortlandt street, New 

 York, Seed Specialties, 16. 

 Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester, N. Y., Roses, 28. 

 E. W. Reed, Bridgeport, Ohio. Small Fruits, 

 Grapes, 32. 



Lewish Roesch, Fredonia, N. Y., Grapes, Small 

 Fruit Plants, 16. 

 Joseph Harris Seed Co., Rochester, N. Y., 

 Seeds 72. 



Price & Reed, Albany, N. Y., 

 Seeds, 48. 



M. B. Faxon, 21 South Market 

 Street, Boston, Mass., Seeds, 

 Plants. 40. 



Michel Plant & Seed Co., 718, 

 Olive street, St. Louis, Mo., Seeds, 

 Plants, 44. 



A. W. Livingston's, Sons, Colum- 

 bus, Ohio, Seeds, 88, 



Herendeen Manufacturing Co., 



Geneva, N. Y., Magazine Burners,8. 



H. Cannell & Sons, Eynsford 



and Swanley, Kent, Eng., seeds, 



160, Flowers, 300. 



G. H. & J. H. Hale, South Glas- 

 tonbury, Conn., Nursery, 32. 



John S. Collins, Moorestown, 

 Burlington Co., N. J., Nursery, 16. 

 H. W. Hales, Ridgewood, N. J., 

 Chrysanthemun Novelty, 55. 



James J. H. Gregory, Marble- 

 head, Mass., Seeds, K. 



MISCELLAITEOUS. 



Minnesota Experiment Station, 

 Bulletin No. 6. on Wheat Experi- 

 ments, E. D. Porter, Director, St. 

 Anthony Park, 58. 



Michigan Crop Report, Nos. 82 

 and 89. Twenty-fifth Monthly Re- 

 port of the Michigan Weather 

 Service, Gilbert R. Osmun, Secre- 

 tary of State, 28. 



Department of Agriculture, Re- 

 port, on the Numbers and Values 

 of Farm Animals, etc., 48. 



New York Experiment Station. 

 The UtUity of Experiment Sta- 

 tions, Address by Hon. W. W. 

 Wright, 16. 



Consuiar Reports for September 

 and October, 1888, 400. 



llbnois Horticultural Society, 

 Report for 1888,Vol. 22, A. C. Ham- 

 mond, Secretary, Warsaw, 340. 



Received at this Office. 



CATALOGUES, ETC— FIQUKES INDICATE PAGES. 



J. C. Smith, Erfurt, Germany, Florist's sup- 

 plies, 104. 



T. S. Hubbard Co., Fredonia, N. Y., Grape 

 Vines and Small Fruits, 20. 



A. G. Hull, St. Catherines, Ont., Nursery, 20. 



J. T. Lovett Co., Little Silver, N, J., Nursery, 80. 



J. W. Hall, Marion Station, Md., Seed Potatoes, 

 Seeds and Small Fruit, 12" 



Haage & Schmidt, Erfurt, Prussia, Seeds, 186 



Geo. Pinney, Evergreen, Door Co., Wis., Ever- 

 greens, 16. 



M. J. Graham, Adel, Iowa, Nursery, 13. 



Wiley & Co , Cayuga, N. Y., Nursery, 32. 



John N. May, Summit, N. J.,Roses,Wholesale, 8. 



Thompson Bros., Lakewood, Cuyahoga Co., O., 

 Nursery, 48. 



Luther Burbank, Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., Cal., 

 Olives, Nut Ti'ees, etc^ 8. 



D. Landreth & Sons, Philadelphia, Pa., Seeds, 48. 



V. H. Hallock & Sons, Queens, N. Y., Seeds, 

 Plants, Bulbs, 84. 



Paul Butz & Son, New Castle, Penna., Plants, 

 Flower seeds, 32. 



Henry A. Aldrich, Neoga, His., Plants, Seeds, 64. 



Harvey Bros., 327 Washington street, Buffalo. 

 N. Y., Seeds, 82. 



New York Market Quotations, 

 Showing Tendencies. 



Weet ending Week ending 



March 20. March 6. 



Appies-Spltzenberg per bbl $1 50®2 00 tl 50®a 25 



N.Spy.perbbl 150®225 1 50®2 25 



Baldwin, per bbl., 1 25®1 75 1 2o@l 75 



Greening, per bbl 1 25@2 00 ) 25@2 00 



Cranberries— .Jersey, poor to 



choice, crate 75® I 75 75®2 00 



Grapes— Catawba, per lb 2ii® 4 2«®S>i 



strawberries- Florida, per quart 4U@ 80 30® 75 



Apples, cvap't'd,'88, fancy per lb SH(S)6H 5^®Sii 



Evap'f d.'88. prune to choice 5 -95U Sii®i!4 



Evaporated 1888, common 4 @4^ 4 @ 5 



Ohio and Michigan, qrs, bbls 3J4®4 »?i®4?S 



Chopped, per lb llimH il4®m 



Cores and sklus. 1 I 



Peaches— Del., evap't'd, peeled,. @ 16 15® 16 



Del., evap't'd, luipeeled 5 @ t» 5® 6 



North Carolina, peeled fancy 9 @9W 9^®]0 



Southern, unpeeled 3®3^ 3® 3t^ 



Raspberries— evap't'd '88, per lb, 17J^®l8 18®19 



Sun-dried 1888, per lb 16®17 16®17 



Cherries— new, per lb 13® 15 13® 15 



Huckleberries 10 10 



Plums— state 6®7 8® 9 



South Damson, per lb,,..... . 6 7 



Blackberries— 1888, per lb 4® iU: 4Ji®4J^ 



Potatoes— Long Island, 170 lb bik 2 W 2.00 



Peerless, per ISO B. 100 100 



State Rose, per 180 lb 1 '25®! 50 1 25@1 60 



State Burbank, 180 lb 100 1 00@1 12 



Sweet Jersey, fancy per bbl ., 3 00®4 00 3 00@4 50 



fair to good... 2 ■25®2 50 225@250 



Cabbage, Long Island, per 100, . . 3 50®5 00 4 00®5 50 



Florida, per bbl 1 00®2 00 2 00®2 50 



Onions— Connecticut red, per bbl 76®1 00 80@100 



Orange County red, per bbl.. 50® 75 50@ 75 



State yellow, per bbl 75®1 00 75® I 00 



Eastern, white per bbl 2 00®3 00 2 50@3 5o 



Bermuda, per crate 1 40@1 75 2 00 



Celery, L. I., per doz. bunches. . 1 50®2 00 1 50®2 00 



Turnips, Russia, per bbl 40® 50 50® 60 



Squash— marrow, per bbl 1 75®2 25 175®200 



Hubbard, per bbl 2 75®3 01) 2 75®3 25 



Kale, Norfolk, per bbl 75®1 00 40® 50 



Spinach, Norfolk, per bbl 200®275 150®225 



Bean, Florida, per crate 300®550 800®450 



Beets— Bermuda, per crate 1 50@1 75 1 75 



Florida, per crate 150@1 75 175 



Tomatoes Key West, per box.... 60® 90 60® 90 



The Eastern Flower Market. 



Prices per 100 except where noted. 



March 20. March 5. 



Roses- Bon SUene $100® 200 S200® 300 



Perles 300" 4 00 400,, 60O 



Gontler, Nlphetos 300" 400 400" 600 



Brides, lUermets 5 00" S 00 8 00 "10 00 



American Beauty 15 00 " :J5 00 36 00 " 50 O'J 



LaFrance 50O" 8 00 1000"1200 



Jacqueminot 8 00 " 10 00 15 00 " 20 00 



LllyofValley 3 00 4 00 



Llllum Longlflorum 800"1000 



violets 36" 75 50" 100 



Pansles 50" 100 



Marguerites (Daisies) 50" 75 



Andlantums 100 , 



Smllax I6OO"2O00 



