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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



December, 1909 



Why Most Tree Repairing Fails 



Take the matter of cementing up cavities, for instance — it looks 

 simple enough, and is seemingly only a matter of digging out the cavity 

 and crowding it full of cement. Such a cavity so treated goes right on 

 decaying just the same, Straight into the heart of the tree. Moisture 

 between the wood and cement being confined, only hastens the 

 destruction. 



The cement, if not rightly edged off, will prevent the growth of 

 the bark, and keep it from completely covering over the filling. Your 

 tree is worse off than it was before. 



Then there is the vitalness of trimming a tree right. When a 

 physician removes a human limb he brings his skill to bear so the 

 healing shall be rapid — perfect. Trees should be treated in the same 

 careful way — that is, if you care a rap about their health, their living. 



And so we might go on and name a dozen brutalities practiced on 

 trees by the good intentioned but unknowing, not to mention the 

 quack tree doctors. 



Our work is directed entirely by Forestry College graduates, and 

 not by men who have ** picked up their scant knowledge." 



We do know our business — can save your trees — do not run up 

 exorbitant bills — do advise our customers frankly. In short, you depend 

 on depending upon us. 



If you want a concern of this kind to do your work, we will gladly 

 come and make an inspection of your trees and advise their right 

 treatment. 



To know us and our methods a bit better, let us send you our booklet, "The Care of Trees. 



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be deeper than i \ in. if the screws are to hold firmly. 

 Try drawing the screws across a cake of soap and 

 see if they will not be applied more easily. 



To be sure that the legs go on exactly rigid it would 

 be well to draw lines diagonally through the centre 

 of the under surface of the top piece. The legs are 

 to be attached at right angles to these diagonals. 

 After the legs are screwed to the upper and lower 

 braces sand paper the entire stool. Do this length- 

 wise to the grain, never across. Then stain and 

 wax just as in the case of the flower box, on page 

 231. 



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The Difference in Catalpas 



ONE of the easiest ways to distinguish the hardy 

 or Western catalpa {Catalpa speciosa) from 

 C. bignonioides is by the seeds. The seed of the 

 former is wide and flat, from one to two inches long, 

 and the fine hairs at the end stick straight out beyond 

 the seed like the bristles on a flat paint brush. 

 The seeds of bignonioides, on the contrary, are 

 usually more slender and the hairs at the end are 

 usually drawn to a point. 



The trees can also be distinguished by the seed 

 pods. Those of speciosa are usually longer than 

 bignonioides and are more bluntly formed, being 

 thicker in proportion to their length. They are 

 about three-quarters of an inch wide. As a rule 

 they are borne rather sparingly and high up on the 

 tree. The pods of bignonioides are more slender, 

 from one-quarter to one-third of an inch in thick- 

 ness, are often borne on the lower branches, and 

 generally more in a cluster than are those of speciosa. 



The bark is also a means of identification. That 

 of speciosa is like the oak, being rough and rather 

 deeply furrowed, while the bark of the other variety 

 is smoother and is inclined to peel off in scales. 

 The flowers of speciosa are larger and fewer in a 

 cluster than those of bignonioides, and they appear 

 a week or so earlier in the spring. 



New Hampshire. G. W. C. 



Anthracnose on Rose Bushes 



ROSE bushes are often-attacked by anthrac- 

 nose, the disease being chiefly characterized 

 by a scarcity of leaves. Instead of a plant with 

 foliage upon all the canes, there are but a few leaves 

 upon some stems, while others are entirely defoli- 

 ated. The whole plant becomes infested with the 

 fungus, which so saps the vitality and interferes 

 with the processes of growth that the leaves, even if 

 they were healthy in themselves, are unable to per- 

 form their work. 



The plant is most likely to be attacked when young 

 — or, at least, the young portions of a plant are the 

 most susceptible. The spores fall upon the sur- 

 face of the young, tender canes, and leaves as well, 

 germinate and shortly produce an affected spot. 



Foliage of a sickly color and leaves falling pre- 

 maturely, especially from the tips of the canes, are 

 sure indications of the presence of anthracnose. 

 Pinkish blotches will be found on the leaves, par- 

 ticularly those that lie upon the moist earth beneath 

 the half defoliated plant. Similar but more dis- 

 tinct pimples usually occur upon some portion of 

 the cane. 



Bordeaux mixture used upon the leaves and 

 stems prevents in large degree the entrance of the 

 germs. All plants that are nearly leafless from this 

 caus.e should either be cut down close to the soil 

 or pulled up bodily and thrown in the trash heap. 



New Jersey. M. D. Marshall. 





