The New Pure 
White l»ouvar<lia. 
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Among the new and rare 
•winter flowering plants, 
i he Bouvardias hold a 
high place in the esteem 
•of all lovers of a fine win¬ 
flow garden. 
Our cut represents the 
new. pure white, double 
tl o w e r i n g B ouvardia. 
Alfred Neuner, nam¬ 
ed in honor of the erni- 
nent florist of the firm of 
Nanz & Neuner of Lou¬ 
isville. through whose 
politeness we are permit¬ 
ted to give this excellent 
illustration. This grand 
n o v e 11 v is universally 
conceded to t»e the finest 
new plant brought out 
for years. Its fl o w e r s 
are pure waxy white, 
and perfectly d o ti b 1 e. 
They are rather larger than those of the 
single variety and each floret resembles a 
miniature tube-rose. It is a constant bloom¬ 
er withproper care, and a great ornament to 
any collection. 
Hints on Orchard Management. 
In three years I improved the production 
of my fruit trees from fifteen to two hun¬ 
dred bushels, by treating them in the fol¬ 
lowing manner. I first reduced the top one- 
fourtli. then !u the fall I ploughed the soil 
as well as I could, it twnng quite rocky, 
and turned a short furrow toward the tree. 
As I worked from them I let the plow fall 
a little lower, and when between the trees 
I allowed the plow to run deep, so that the 
water would settle away from them in the 
spring. I hauled a fair quantity of coarse 
manure, pulverized it well, and marked out 
hills, manuring each hill. I planted corn 
and beans and harvested a nice crop of 
corn, bean9 and pumpkins. The following 
spring I repeated the same form of culti¬ 
vation and harvested the second crop of 
corn, beans and pumpkins, which paid me 
to satisfaction. My trees began to grow 
very fast and that fall I harvested 70 bush¬ 
els of very good apples. The following 
spring I manured for the third time; plant¬ 
ed it to potatoes, which grew very large 
but rotted very badly. I made up the loss, 
however, by harvesting 200 bushels of large 
and matured fruit. I changed the produc¬ 
tion of a Yellow Bellflower tree from three- 
fourths of a bushel to seven bushels, and 
sold them for .$1.25 per barrel, which I 
think a very good return for my labor. 
From my experience I am of the opinion 
that most trees have too much top for the 
amount of roots, and a deficiency of nourish¬ 
ment for producing a developed fruit. I 
like fall or winter pruning. Always cover 
the cut with grafting wax or a thick paint. 
After removing the limbs by thinning out 
the center of the. tree it has a tendency to 
make it grow broad. Too many varieties 
are bad and hardy stock is all that is need¬ 
ed.—/?. W. S. In Home Farmer. 
