MAURICE FULD 



announces 



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 New York 



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Peonies, Irises, Phloxes, Etc. 



Catalogue on request 



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PEONIES 



"If the reader is interested in standard varieties 

 of Peonies, do not fail to send for our descriptive 

 catalogue of the best sorts." 

 OBERLIN PEONY GARDENS, Sinking Spring, Pa. 



When the Winds Blow 

 and the Snow Flies 



you will appreciate a screen of 

 Arborvitae, or Pines, or Spruces. 

 Some of my large sized trees will 

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Write me to-day 

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Readers Interehanfi 



What Makes A Tree Hardy? — Pondering 

 the question and working among trees will 

 sooner or later bring to the attention a salient 

 fact that apparently is the underlying cause 

 for some species' ability to thrive where many 

 fail. There is no tree that has actually proven 

 itself hardy on the Northwestern prairies that 

 is not a wet-wooded tree. This term may 

 mean much or little, but for want of a better 

 term we are compelled to use it and must trust 

 to our discussion to give it a concise meaning. 



Saw into a Cottonwood at any season of the 

 year and the sawdust will not only be moist 

 but unmistakably wet. Chop into a green 

 block of this wood and the only time the sap 

 will not spurt up is in winter when it is frozen. 

 A Cottonwood is, undeniably hardy in the 

 Northwest. The wetness of Willow would 

 seem to be demonstrated by the fact that when 

 a live tree is felled, the log if left unmolested 

 will send forth new sprouts. In one instance 

 an eight foot log cut out of a newly felled Wil- 

 low was left lying on the ground with the pur- 

 pose of hewing it into a seat when time should 

 afford the opportunity. On this log there grew 

 more than ten sprouts that attained an average 

 height of one foot and only withered when the 

 available water in the log had been used up 

 which was not until July. Since the log was 

 lying on dry ground enough water must have 

 been stored within to keep the sprouts grow- 

 ing, nourished of course by the stored-up food, 

 through May and June. 



Why does Elm wood split best in winter? 

 Because then its abundant moisture is frozen 

 and aids the axe in tearing the tough and 

 stringy wood asunder. The White or Ameri- 

 can Elm will thrive on the prairies exposed to 

 all the winds that blow; while the Rock Elm 

 fails under similar conditions. The latter Elm 

 let it be noted has a much drier wood than that 

 of the White Elm. 



The genus Acer gives us a further clue. The 

 Soft Maple and especially the Boxelder have 

 proven their fitness for prairie planting. 

 The wood of both can be called wet with a 

 fair degree of accuracy. The wood of the 

 Sugar or Hard Maple is dry save for a short time 

 during the sap flow in spring. It is not a tree 

 to be recommended for the prairies. Maple 

 sugar can be obtained from the Soft Maple and 

 the Boxelder but in the case of both though 

 more especially in that of the Boxelder, the 

 syrup while well flavored and sweet to the 

 taste has an almost infinitesimal sugar content. 

 The sap, therefore, of these two trees must be 

 much less concentrated than that of the Sugar 

 Maple. As we might expect in the shelter of 

 a prairie town, a Hard Maple will establish 

 and maintain itself, but it can hardly be said to 

 flourish. 



Of Ashes, the Green will thrive in exposures 

 where the White fails and the Green Ash has 

 much the wetter wood of the two. The 

 Black Walnut can be made to grow on the 

 prairies. Of the family to which this tree 

 belongs, its wood is the wettest. The Bur 

 Oak will maintain itself in the Northwest and 

 shows up to be a wet wood when attacked with 

 an axe. Birches are fairly hardy and they 

 have an abundant sweet watery sap. Indeed, 

 this can be said of the entire Birch family and 



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Hardy Phlox 



Is my Specialty 



Are not approachable by anything else in the garden. 



Are in bloom all 

 summer, exquisite 

 fragrance, here are 

 varieties to give 

 satisfaction. In- 

 dependence, and 

 Miss Lingard, 

 white; Bountain, 

 pink; LaVaue, buff; 

 Obergartner Wittig, 

 lavender; Siebold, 

 fiery orange: Prof. 

 Schieman, light 

 mauve; Mad. P. 

 Langier, red. The 

 above 8 sorts for 

 $1.85, post paid. 

 Send for complete 

 list. 



W. F. SCHMEISKE, 

 State Hospital Station, Binghamton, New York 



Japanese ~ Gardens 



The Fall is the best season for its 

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now. 



Gardens are a necessary part of 

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Landscape Architect 

 300 South Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ul 



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