1887. 



POPULAR GARDENING. 



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345. Flam and Apricot Stocks, In the case of 

 Piums no stocks are of use save those of species or 

 varieties that come true after their own sort from 

 seed. Among such kinds are the free-growing Horse 

 Plum, the Canada or Wild Plum, so abimdant in 

 Ohio, Michigan and other Western States, the Sloe 

 and Chickasaw Plums where dwarf stock is wanted. 

 To take seed from cultivated sorts as they run and 

 not one in a hundred of the seedlings would he fit 

 for budding, a thing that has been tried times with- 

 out end. Apricots are only worked to advantage on 

 natural Peach or Plum stocks. 



Nurserymen, Florists and Seedsmen 

 to Meet In Chicago, June 15-17, 



The coming meeting of this Association prom- 

 ises to be one of great interest and large attend- 

 ance. It is the plan of the executive committee 

 to give more attention to the exhibition of fruits, 

 flowers, plants, accessories, and sale and exchange 

 of stock, and matters affecting the pecuniary in- 

 terests of members, than heretofore. To this end 

 no evening session will be held; the evenings will 

 be given to the forming of new acquaintances, 

 social converse, etc. 



Papers are on the program as follows: American 

 Forestry, by Robt. Douglas; Objects and Working 

 of Seed Central Stations, by Dr. B. E. Fernow; 

 Landscape Art, by Samuel B. Parsons; Acdima- 

 tization of Vegetable Life, by Josiah Hoopes, and 

 a number of others from men of high standing in 

 the art horticultural. 



The Western State Passenger Association, 

 through their chairman, Mr. John N. Abbott, offers 

 a rate of one and one-third fare to members 

 attending this meeting. The association embraces 

 twenty-two railroads, or all of the leading lines of 

 the West and Southwest. The Inter-State Law has 

 been a great hindrance to the tnaking of arrange- 

 ments with the railroads, but it is hoped to cover all 

 the roads before the meeting. The meeting will be 

 held in the Exposition Building. Hotel headquar- 

 ters at the Sherman House. 



The Nurserymen's Protective Association will 

 hold its annual business meeting on Wednesday 

 evening in Club Room of Sherman House. 



The American Pomologica! Society's 

 Next Meeting at Boston, Mass. 



On the invitation of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society the American Pomological So- 

 ciety's next meeting will be held in Boston, Mass., 

 commencing September 14 next, and continuing 

 three days. The session will be held in conjunction 

 with the Annual Exhibition of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society. 



All horticultural, pomological, agricultural and 

 other kindred associations in the United States and 

 British Provinces are invited to send delegates, and 

 all persons interested in the cultivation of fruits are 

 cordially invited to attend. 



The society will not have the hoped-for pleasure 

 of meeting its beloved president, who was stricken 

 down by death, full of years and honors, just as he 

 had commenced to prepare for this meeting; but it 

 Is hoped and expected that in honor of his memory 

 there will be an unusually large attendance of 

 members and delegates from all parts of the coun- 

 try, and that the session will be one of the most 

 interesting and useful ever held by the society. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural Society has, 

 with its accustomed liberality, appropriated the 

 sum of ^t?e hundred dollars, to be offered in special 

 prizes for fruits to be exhibited at the meeting of 

 the American Pomological Society in connection 

 with its own exhibition 



Full particulars concerning the meeting may be 

 had by addressing the Secretary, Charles W. Gar- 

 field, Grand Rapids. Mich. 



The United Tree Dealers' Asso- 

 ciation. 



An association of this name was recently or- 

 ganized at Painesville, Ohio. Its object is to ad- 

 vance the interests of members; to secure fair 

 treatment in buying, and to prevent or expose (as 

 far as lays in its power) frauds in selling and de- 

 livering stock. The buying or contracting for stock 

 for the association is to be done by the secretary, 

 subject to the approval of each individual member. 

 It is hoped that in time the business may be so reg- 

 ulated as to do away with many of the recognized 

 evils associated with the sale of nursery stock, and 

 to result in a lasting benefit to the nurseryman, 

 dealer and purchaser. The following officers were 

 elected for the coming year: W. H. H. Gorham, of 

 Greenwich. O., president; A. L. Daniels, of North 

 East, Pa., secretary ; M. li. Weaver, of Kossuth, Pa., 



assistant secretary; and William Carichel, of Sandy 

 Lake, treasurer. Any further information desired 

 can be obtained from the association's officers. 



Received at this Office. 



CATALOOPKS, ETC., — FIOURES INPICATK PAGES. 



Joseph Plenty, New York City, Greenliouses; 48. 



E. Y. Teas, Dunreith, Ind , Nursery; JO. 



Joseph D. Fitts, Providence, R.I., Small Fruits; R. 



J. M. Ogle, Puyallup, Washington Ter., Small 

 Fruits; 34. 



Pomona Hill Nurseries. Pomona, N. C, Small 

 Fruits; 32. 



M. C. Henley, Richmond, Ind., Fence Machines; G(5. 



"The Propagation of Plants." giving the princi- 

 ples which govern the growth of plants, their 

 botanical affinites. etc. By A. S. Fuller, 348 pages, 

 O. Judd Co., New York. 



" First Annual Report of the Ohio State Forestry 

 Bureau." Adolph Leue, Secretary. 314 pages. 



"Transactions of the American Horticultural 

 Society for ISSi'.." W. H. Ragan, Greencastle, 

 Indiana, Secretary. 2^i'i pages. 



"Our Shade Trees and their Insect Defoliators.*" 

 By C. V. Riley. 69 pages. Being Bulletin No. 10, 

 Division of Entomology, 1 )epartment of Agricultiu-e. 



" Fourth Report of the United States Entomolog- 

 ical Commission.— Cotton Worm and Boll Worm." 

 Riley. 547 pages and (>J plates; Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



" Report of the Commission of Agriculture 1885." 

 624 pages. 



" Report of the Botanists of the New York Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station.'' J. C. Arthur, 

 Geneva, N. Y. 



" Maple Sugar and the Sugar Bush." By A. J. 

 Cook; published by A. I. Root, Medina, Ohio. 



"Transactions of the American Association of 

 Nurserymen, Florists, and Seedsmen for 3886." D. 

 Wilraot Scott, Secretary, Galena, Dl. 133 pages. 



'^e Household 



A touch of oil for squeaking liinges. 



Poor rubbers are the cause of much canned fruit 

 spoiling. 



Light furniture shows dust the least; the best 

 color for the kitchen. 



Sponging off Morocco with the white of an egg 

 will restore its lustre. 



A common mistake. Using acid for cleaning 

 brass. Use fine scouring powder instead. 



The Waste of fuel by not arranging the dampers 

 when heat is not needed is beyond compute. 



Now the drain pipes should be cleaned of slime 

 and greasy deposits. We know of nothing else so 

 good as copperas dissolved and left to gradually 

 cut its way along the course. 



A teaspoonfal of baking powder in a fruit jar, 

 filling it nearly full of hot water and shaking it well, 

 usually has the effect of cleaning the glass perfectly. 

 In bad cases this may need repeating. 



An Economical Preserve. Peel and cut into 

 inch strips some nice sound Rhubarb, and to every 

 pint allow three sweet, juicy Oranges, and a pound 

 of loaf sugar. Spread the Rhubarb on a large dish 

 and sprinkle the sugar over; leave it for twelve 

 hours, then put it into the preserving pan with the 

 grated rinds of the Orange and the pulp cut into 

 thin slices. Every bit of white skin and all the pips 

 must be thrown away, or bitter jam will be the re- 

 sult. Boil slowly for about an hour, or until the 

 jam sets when poured on a plate. Cover closely, 

 and store in a dry closet. As many people have a 

 large stock of Rhubarb they will doubtless be glad 

 to give the above a trial. It may not be generally 

 known that Rhubarb readily absorbs the flavor of 

 any other fruit boiled with it ; for instance, a pound 

 of Raspberries to every two or three pounds of 

 Rhubarb makes excellent jam. —English Farm Jour. 



The Carpet or Buffalo Beetle. All housekeepers 

 should be on their guard against this handsome 

 little foreigner that is so rapidly extending through- 

 out our country, and which is so destructive to car- 

 pets and all woolen fabrics, and it should be known 

 at sight. Cases are reported where the insects 

 have taken complete possession of houses in the 

 year or two's absence of the owner, and destroyed 

 or injured everything in the nature of wool, even 

 down to picture cords. First as to the beetle which 

 lays the eggs that yield the mischief-doing larvae, 

 These somewhat resemble Lady Beetles, but they 

 are enough larger that there should be no mistake. 

 The main color is black, with a red lire along the 

 back and bordering each wing case internally, be- 

 sides several projected on each wing cover. There 

 are also three whitish spots on each wing case. 

 These beetles are to be found in concealed places 

 from October until the following spring; and every 

 effort should be made to destroy them wherever 

 present. A good way is to fold together some 

 pieces of flannel and lay them on the closet floors. 

 These the bugs will And, and then they may be 



shaken into the fire once or twice a week, returning 

 the flannel again. The larva develops most num- 

 erously from June until August, and since carpets 

 are the articles it first attacks these should be the 

 seat of operations against it. Entering at the 

 edge, it may be repelled by laying strips of tarred 

 paper underneath all around the room. But 

 this will not kill the pest; to do so let the cracks 

 beneath the baseboard and eslewhere be puttied 

 up and a line of corrosive sublimate— bed-bufif 

 poison— be applied with a brush along the comer. 

 Professor A. J. Cook recommends, as the ' best 

 remedy, to place two or three thicknesses of com. 

 mon toweling over the borders of carpets, wnmgout 

 of water just so as not to drip, and then to iron with 

 flat irons so hot as to send a full head of steam 

 through the carpet, and thus kill the larval beetle. 

 If clothing should become infested put it in a close 

 box and drench with gasoline. As soon as the in- 

 sects are killed the clothing can be aired, when the 

 odorous liquid will quickly escape. 



Povjitry. 



Drinking troughs must be out of the sun. 



Keep the hens from the poisoned Potato patch. 



Lice and tobacco never get on well together in 

 the laying nests. The hens don't object to the 

 tobacco. 



For Biarrhcea in chicks give some boiled milk In 

 which is stirred while cooking some chalk and a 

 a little bone dust. 



Soft food unless it is fed in slatted boxes has this 

 disadvantage, the hens will track over it more or 

 less, adding filth, and filth is always unhealthy. 



Pea fowls I find to be a very interesting class; 

 they are handsome and subsist with the least care 

 of any kind of fowls. They know their friends, but 

 are rather shy of strangers. They are prolific 

 layers, the best protection against hawks, and a 

 sure exterminator of insects. They hide their nests 

 in June and raise their young with little help. J. W 



The Egg Gourd, so easily grown, is in most re- 

 spects the best substitute for natural nest eggs to 

 be had. It very much resembles the genuine, an 

 agreement that may be enhanced by painting, 

 while with being light there is not the danger of 

 breakage to the laid eggs that arises with the use 

 of porcelain ones. Stale eggs are wholly unfit for 

 nest eggs. They contaminate . 



Losing Their Feathers. In this month of June 

 fowls sometimes are thus troubled. In our opinion 

 this is nearly always the result of neglect. Treat- 

 ment:— Look after your fowl house to begin with. 

 Clean it thoroughly, and whitewash on a fine day. 

 Empty the dust-bath, and make a new one of sandy 

 rubble, sand and peat earth plentifully mixed with 

 sulphur, which is cheap and effectual. Do not 

 let the food be too stimulating; mix It, and give 

 plenty of change, and plenty of green food; a tea- 

 spoonful or two of chlorate of potash may be put 

 in the drinking-water, which must be fresh every 

 day. Some fowls will refuse to drink this. Then 

 a few grains in water, with the same quantity of 

 bicarbonate of potash, should be poured into the 

 throats of the ailing ones twice a day, and the bad 

 parts of the skin anointed with equal parts of 

 petroleum ointment and vaseline. 



A profitable flock of hens is thus referred to by 

 a writer to the Rural New Yorker. " It consists of 

 100 hens, I find that thoroughbred hens will lay 

 more eggs than cross breeds, though they will not 

 grow any faster. I always feed my grain dry. In 

 January I fed 100 pounds of wheat, $1.75; eight 

 bushels of corn, $5.12; two bushels potatoes, 60 

 cents, and 50 pounds of waste bones, 25 cents. 

 These I got at a market and pounded them up with 

 25 cents' worth of shells. Total cost of feed $9.97. 

 I got 30>4 dozen eggs which I sold at 36 cents per 

 dozen, or $10.98 in all. I call the manure good pay 

 for my time, so that there was a clear profit of 

 $3.01 for that month. In February I fed 200 pounds 

 of wheat, fS.K; four bushels of corn, $2.06; bones, 

 30 cents; shells, 40 cents; two bushels of potatoes, 

 60 cents, and one bushel buckwheat, 80 cents. 

 Yield, 72 dozen eggs at 28 cents per dozen-820.16, 

 leaving a clear profit of $12 for that short month. 

 The March feed was one bushels of oats, 45 cents; 

 100 of cracked corn, $1.15; 200 pounds of wheat, 

 $;5.60; one bushel of buckwheat, 80 cents; two 

 bushels of com, $1 .28; 60 pounds of bones, 30 cents; 

 shells, 40 cents. Yield 86>i dozen of eggs at 22 

 cents per dozen— $18.03, leaving a net profit of 

 $11.55. Thus in the first three months of the year, 

 during which many flocks ' are eating their heads 

 off,' my 100 hens made a net profit of $26.16," 



