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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



May, 1909 



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 ' The Lightning Conductor " with pleasure: 



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A delicious transcontinental comedy 

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Conifers in America and England 



I NOTE in Mr. Wilhelm Miller's remarks on 

 coniferous trees in The Garden Magazine 

 for January, 1909, his statement with regard to 

 the white pine, the Weymouth pine of the English, 

 (Pinus Strobus). It is, indeed, a more elegant 

 pine than many, but its peculiar beauty as a land- 

 scape tree is best observed when the tree is old — 

 say, from fifty to seventy years — when the lateral 

 branches have long since fallen; more especially 

 if it be planted in groups, the better method 

 — or associated in close order with other trees. 

 The beauty of the reddish bole then comes into 

 view, and the upper branches have assumed a 

 table-like mass — a complete contrast to the erect, 

 straight boles. 



That is the appearance of the tree when of 

 mature age, but its contour before this stage is 

 reached does not differ much from that of many 

 other pines. 



It is a capital species for planting in groups, 

 the individual trees standing fifteen to twenty feet 

 apart. The tree does well planted near water, 

 if not stagnant in the soil; and it shows up 

 with peculiar effect on projections on the shores 

 of a lake or winding stream. 



Mr. William Robinson, in his foot-note to the 

 article mentioned, is quite right in regard to Pinus 

 Strobus succeeding in England on shady or gritty 

 soil. In Moravia I have observed the tree in 

 capital condition at seventy years of age on re- 

 claimed, swampy soil, in positions adjacent to a 

 large lake. 



England. F. Moore. 



$240,000 in Sweet Peas 



IN CALIFORNIA, where almost every flower 

 grows in great profusion, one of the most 

 beautiful sights is a field devoted wholly to sweet 

 peas. Where the colors are grown separately 

 they give the appearance of a great floor laid in 

 mosaics. 



In Los Angeles County there is a field of sweet 

 peas a half mile square. The rows, which run 

 east and west, are a quarter of a mile long; the 

 varieties are in beds ten to one hundred feet wide, 

 according to the quantity desired, and are sepa- 

 rated by rows of lettuce. 



About July 1st the sweet-pea harvest begins, 

 the threshing being done in the field. The tall 

 varieties are cut with the mower, piled up to dry, 

 and threshed as soon as possible to prevent the 

 pods from opening and the seed from being lost. 



The commercial side of this great crop is of no 

 small moment. Seventy-five tons of seed are pro- 

 duced almost every year, or about two million 

 four hundred thousand ounces. As good seed 

 usually retails at about ten cents an ounce, the 

 value of such a crop is $240,000. 



California. W. G. 





