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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



May, 19 06 



The Elm City Nursery Co. 



Desirable 



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Beautiful 



DECIDUOUS TR.EES 



Japanese Magnolias in variety, in balls, 3 to 7 ft. 

 Flowering Dogwood, white, pink, red, 3 to 8 ft. 

 Japanese Maples in variety, from pots, 1 to 4 ft. 



EVERGREEN TREES 



Japanese Umbrella Pines, in balls, 1 to 5 ft. 

 Japanese Yew (Cuspidata) in balls, 1 to 2 ft. 

 Koster's Blue Spruce, in balls, I to 5 ft. 



DECIDUOUS SHR.UBS 



Azaleas in great variety, in balls, 1 to 4 ft. 

 New Fern-leaf Sumach (Staghorn), I to 6 ft. 

 Choice Lilacs in great variety, 1 to 6 ft. 



EVERGREEN SHRUBS 



Rhododendrons, hardy named sorts, I to 3 ft. 

 Rhododendron Maximum (also car-load lots), 



1 to 10 ft. 

 Kalmia or Laurel (also car-loads), 1 to 5 ft. 



HARDY VINES 



Actinidia, new and desirable, 1 to 6 ft. 

 Wistaria Multijuga, rare, 2 to 10 ft. 

 Clematis in variety, strong roots. 



GARDEN ROSES]) 



Killarney, strong dormant plants. 



Frau Karl Druschki, strong dormant plants. 



Baby Rambler, dormant plants and pot grown. 



HERBACEOUS PLANTS 



Hardy Chrysanthemums in variety, in pots. 

 Japanese Anemones in variety, field grown. 

 Shasta Daisies (Alaska), strong field grown. 



FORMAL TREES IN TUBS 



Specimen Bays (Laurus),a grand lot. 

 Specimen Box, standard and pyramidal. 

 Specimen Hydrangeas (large), for summer use. 



HEDGE PLANTS 



California Privet, large stock, 1 to 6 ft. 

 Japanese Barberry (Thunbergii), 1 to 3 ft. 

 American Hemlock (Tsuga), I to 3 ft. 



FRUIT TREES, ETC. 



Apples, Pears, Cherries, Peaches, Quinces, 



Plums, etc., 4 to 8 ft. 

 Grape Vines, Berry Bushes, Asparagus 



Plants, etc., large stock. 



"Just a few " of the many desirable things to be obtained at 

 our Nursery are noted above. All of them are listed with sizes 

 and prices in our NEW CATALOG just issued. You should 

 have a copy of this NEW CATALOG, and we will gladly 

 send you a copy promptly on request; there is no charge. 



The Elm City Nursery Co. 



New Ha.verv : : : : Corvn. 



Visitors always welcome at the Nursery. 



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 any fineness and gearine of pump to wheel 

 I of cart gives any pressure desired. Automatic agitator and suction 

 strainer cleaner, it never spoils foliag-e nor clogs. Free instruction 

 I and formula book shows the famous Garfield, Empire King, Orchard 

 Monarch and other Sprayers, Write for it. 



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PROPAGATION OF SPIREAS 



Q. We have some spireas in our yard from 

 which we would like to secure some young 

 plants. How shall we go about it? 



J. M. P. 



A . Cuttings of Spircea Van Houttei, Can- 

 toniensis, crenata, Bumalda, Japonica and 

 alba should be taken in the fall, using the 

 young, pliable, but ripened, wood of the 

 same year's growth. These are made into 

 lengths of ten inches or so, tied in bund- 

 les, and buried in sand or well-drained 

 soil, then early in the spring they are planted 

 with their tip only appearing above ground. 



S. Thunbergii, argnta and prunifolia will 

 root from cuttings of the growing wood taken 

 in June, and placed in shaded hotbeds, but 

 they require close attention. They will root 

 more readily from cuttings of the growing 

 plants forced in the greenhouse in win- 

 ter, and placed in the propagating bench. 



If seeds are sown, as soon as ripe, in flats, 

 and placed in coldframes, they will germinate 

 the first or second year after ripening, when 

 the seedlings must be slightly shaded for a 

 short time. 



Rochester, N. Y. J. Dunbar. 



ELM BARK BORERS 



Q. Our elm trees are being girdled by 

 borers. Can you suggest a remedy which 

 will kill them? 



Massachusetts, E. T. N. 



A. The elm borer is a rather difficult in- 

 sect to control, because the destructive larvae 

 (worms) work under the bark, where they 

 can not be easily reached. I would advise 

 the immediate removal of all the dead wood 

 and some of the more badly infested limbs, 

 provided the trees are not in such a bad con- 

 dition that the latter can not be cut away 

 without serious damage. Should this be the 

 case it will probably be wiser to cut and burn 

 the worst infested trees rather than to at- 

 tempt to restore them to a healthy condition. 

 The pruning might be followed by carefully 

 shaving down the bark over the other in- 

 fested portions, which can not be cut away, 

 removing the tissues till the grubs are nearly 

 exposed, and then paint with a strong kero- 

 sene emulsion or a carbolic-soap wash pre- 

 pared according to this formula: In six 

 gallons of saturated solution of washing 

 soda, dissolve one gallon of soft soap, add 

 one pint of carbolic acid, mix thoroughly, 

 slack enough lime in four gallons of water so 

 that when added to the mixture a thick white- 

 wash will result, then add half a pound of 

 Paris green. This is also valuable to pre- 

 vent egglaying on bark. It may be necessary 

 to make two applications at intervals of a 

 week or ten days and then the injured parts 

 should be protected by a thick plaster of 

 fresh cow dung and lime, held in place, if 

 necessary, by burlap. This treatment should 

 result in the destruction of considerable num- 

 bers of the grubs, and, if judicious pruning 

 has been given, the trees should recover, pro- 

 vided there is a fair opportunity for growth. 

 It might be advisable to supplement the 

 above measures by digging around the trees 

 for a distance of some ten to fifteen feet, 

 depending upon their size, and manuring 

 heavily. E. P. Felt. 



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