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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1911 



CUT OUT REPAIR BILLS-BUILD WITH CYPRESS AT FIRST! - 



CYPRESS 



In response to a very wide demand we respectfully offer 



Another Cypress House Plan Free 



The artistic, cozy and strictly modern CYPRESS SHINGLE HOUSE shown below meets com- 

 pletely and delightfully the desires of people who need more room than most bungalows contain, yet 

 who wish to "keep the cost down." This CYPRESS house has 9 rooms besides the basement, and 

 should be built complete for close to $3, 800. Complete Working Plans and Specifications 

 {sufficient for any competent carpenter to build from) are Yours with Our Compliments in 



VOL. 29 OF THE CYPRESS POCKET LIBRARY, SENT ON REQUEST. WRITE TODAY. 



"Stop Depreciation BEFORE IT BEGINS— 

 BUILD WITH CYPRESS AT FIRST!" 



Everything 



arm 



except the 



window glass.' 



Mr. GUSTAV STICKLEY, the well-known Craftsman, writes: "In my experience, CYPRESS 

 is the best American wood for all exterior use, such as shingles, timbers, pergolas, and all woodwork 

 subject to weather. Its slight natural oil makes it practically impervious to moisture, so that it does 

 not shrink or swell like other woods, and is very durable when protected merely by a coat of oil. In 

 this it is similar to teakwood, in my opinion is quite as durable, and of course much more practicable." 



ASK our "ALL-ROUND HELPS DEPT." any question about Wood. Our reply will be frank. 

 We recommend CYPRESS only where CYPRESS can prove itself "the one best wood" for your use. 



SOUTHERN CYPRESS MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION 



1209 HIBERNIA BANK BUILDING, NEW ORLEANS, LA. 

 We produce CYPRESS — and talk it — but do not retail it. INSIST ON IT NEAR HOME. 

 Probably your Local Dealer sells CYPRESS; if not, WRITE US, and nve will tell you where you CAN get it. 



Hut Springs* Ark. 

 Los \ neeles, Cal. 

 San Frnnolsco, Cal. 

 \\ est Haven, Conn. 

 WuHhlnarton, '*• C. 

 Jacksonville, Flu. 



Atlanta. <-ii. 

 IMvlght. III. 

 Marlon. Ind. 

 LexfnictiHi, Mai 

 Portland, M «•. 



For Liquor and 



Drug Using 



A scientific remedy which has been 

 skilfully and successfully administered by 

 medical specialists for the past 31 years 



AT THE FOLLOWING KEELEY INSTITUTES: 



Columbus, O. 



Grand Rapids, Mich. 

 Kansas City, Mo. 

 Manchester, A. II. 

 Buffalo, J*. Y. 

 White Pluins, N. Y. 



Philadelphia, Pa. 



818 S. Broad St. 

 Pittsburg, Pa. 



4846 Fifth Ave. 



Providence, R. I. 

 Columbia, S. C. 

 Salt Lake City, Utah. 

 Winnipeg, Manitoba 

 London, Knuluiid 



several men, as an experiment, raised celery at 

 Sanford for the New York market. They had the 

 field all to themselves and made big returns. This 

 led enterprising realty men to rush in and sell 

 land at enormous "boom" prices. This has 

 brought a big tide of new-comers and northern 

 capital. At the present time, after three successive 

 disasters such as I have named, many have either 

 sold out or are vainly hanging on hoping to see a 

 turn in the tide. 



One example may be cited. Hearing the tales 

 of wealth so easily acquired, a number of bankers 

 and capitalists of Stamford, Conn., bought up a 

 big tract of land and formed a company to raise 

 celery. They engaged a practical farmer, one who 

 had made a decided success in the North. After 

 many disappointments, they at last raised a fine 

 crop of celery, but were chagrined to find the mar- 

 ket over-stocked. They have lost very heavily. 



Of those who have acquired sudden wealth from 

 celery, nearly every one sustained heavy losses 

 last spring when hundreds of acres of celery rotted 

 in the field for lack of a market. One woman, 

 Mrs. Tackach, whom The Garden Magazine 

 cites as an example of a successful grower, esti- 

 mates that she lost $15,000 last spring on her crop. 



One or two statements made in The Garden 

 Magazine I think should be corrected. To be 

 sure there is water transportation, but it is slow 

 and uncertain. Accordingly 90 per cent, of the 

 truck from Sanford is sent by express. The express 

 rate on a crate of celery to New York is nearly $1. 



Then again, very little celery is sold in the field. 

 Last winter nearly all was handled through com- 

 mission merchants. 



The soil is so light that fertilizer for celery costs 

 nearly $500 an acre. From this alone it can be 

 seen that it is decidedly not a poor man's game. 



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Guarding Against Insect Pests 



DO NOT neglect your orchard. Now is the 

 time, before the buds swell and the sap 

 commences to flow, to spray the trees for insect 

 pests. The liquids may be used in greater strength 

 while growth is dormant than later on toward 

 the end of March and in April. 



The commonest enemies are: (1) The San Jose 

 scale, a louse protected by a scale, which infests 

 peach, apple, plum and pear trees as well as small 

 fruits, covering the bark thickly first on the twigs 

 and spreading to the boughs and trunk ; (2) borers, 

 which burrow into the twigs and trunk of apple, 

 peach and plum trees — very destructive, and only 

 waiting for warm weather to renew their dep- 

 redations; (3) numerous insects in a state of 

 hibernation concealed beneath the roughened bark, 

 as well as the spores of different fungi ready to 

 attack foliage and fruit as soon as warm weather 

 comes. Spraying with some liquid containing 

 lime, kerosene, sulphur, arsenic or copper, is usually 

 a remedy for external pests. 



Before spraying, go over the trees and remove 

 all dead wood that was not pruned off in the fall. 

 Lifeless twigs may be distinguished by being 

 brittle. The bark is curled away from the wood 

 in some instances and appears much darker than 

 on healthy parts of the tree. Such dead wood may 

 be due to the twig borer or other causes, but in 

 all cases indicating disease cut the wood away 

 at least two inches below the dead part. 



If the apple trees are old and the bark rough 

 and loose, carefully scrape it off. 



Cut the grape canes back to two buds. Remove 



