PARK AND CEMETERY 
XI 
I 
A method of destroying or preventing 
the growth of algae and certain other 
pathogenic bacteria in water supplies, 
has been published by the U. S. Depart- 
ment of Agriculture as Bulletin No. 64 
of the Bureau of Plant Industry. 
Effect of Electricity 00 Plant Life. 
It has ever been a matter of specula- 
tion with me just why rain will help 
plants so much more than any form of 
artificial watering. My conclusion is 
that rain stimulates the plants on which 
it falls because it is charged with elec- 
tricity, and that the mere wetting of 
a plant has little effect on it. I read 
of an experimenter who passed a cur- 
rent of electricity through ’some pots 
in which plants were growing, with the 
effect that they showed a decided gain 
in size and fertility over those not so 
treated. The difference, if I remember 
aright, was forty per cent. Now, why 
would it not do to apply water elec- 
trically charged to the vegetation, and 
thus stimulate as could be Nature’s 
method? The water could be placed 
in a vessel from which the electricity 
could not escape — an insulated barrel, 
for instance, or a pail bottomed with 
rubber or glass. After the water was 
charged it could be applied with the 
aid of an ordinary rubber hose, with 
a non-conducting nozzle, and that would 
be all that was necessary. If some ex- 
perimenter would follow this suggestion 
I believe discoveries of great practical 
value might be made. — C. Haley, in Sci- 
entific American. 
Settees for Parks, 
Cemeteries and Lawns 
These Settees are of an en- 
l tirely new pattern. They are 
nicely curved to fit the back 
and hence make an easy seat. 
Write lor Circulars and Prices. 
GROTE MFG. CO. 
Evansville, Ind. 
HITCHINGS 
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BOILERS 
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The Standard for Heating 
GREENHOUSES. 
DWELLINGS, ETC. 
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HITCHINGS & CO. 
Horticultural Architects 
and Builders. 
ESTABLISHED 1644. 
233 Mercer St., New York. 
GRAVE and lot MARKERS 
DURABLE AS GRANITE WHITE AS MARBLE CHEAP AS WOOD 
Write at once for Prices and Particulars. 
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TERR/\-COTT/\ 
ALBRIGHT & LIGHTCAP, Limaville, Ohio 
An “Apollo” Lawn 
Means a rich, green, “velvety” lawn free from cut and dead grass, leaves, 
paper, twigs, stone*, peanut shells, etc., and is produced only by 
The “APOLLO” LAWN SWEEPER 
a time-andlabor-saving machine taking the 
place of the rake and broom method of 
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Park and Cemetery Lawns and 
Sweeping Sidewalks, Paths, 
Drive-Ways 
and Shelter 
Houses. 
First class 
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The Greene Mfg. Co. 
SPRINGFIELD, O. 
“ Eureka ” 
WEED KILLER 
Saves Weeding, Keeps Paths, etc. clear with- 
out disturbing or staining the gravel. 
Soluble Powder, readily mixed and applied. Large Size Tin, enough 
for 100 square yards, 75 cts. each. Special prices to Cemeteries and buyers 
in large quantities. Full directions with each tin. 
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