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Vht RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
January 21, 1922 
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Condon's 1922 Catalog contains 1C.0 
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Fruits. Shrubs, etc. Over 1000 illus¬ 
trations: tells how to plan, plant and 
care for gardens. 
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Manurial Value of Garbage 
How would you estimate the relative 
values of stable manure and Riirbage. such 
garbage as may be collected in the Fall 
in backyards and alleys of a village? 
This material at this time has only a 
small amount of coal ashes, representing, 
principally, an accumulation of some 
seven or eight of the warmer months of 
swill, wood ashes, lye, etc., this with the 
bulky stuff of Winter being removed in 
the Spring clean-up by the corporation. 
Athens, N. Y. c. M, r„ 
Garbage refuse varies so that it is hard 
to make a definite statement about it. 
Taking an average of several samples, the 
following figures are fair: 
Founds to the ton. 
Nitro- Phosphoric 
gen. acid. Potash. 
Horse manure.. 10 5 12 
Garbage . 4 40 20 
This, of course, is on the theory that 
the garbage contains more or less bone. 
Usually the bones found in garbage are 
the softer kind, more easily broken than 
the hard leg bones. One objection to 
garbage as fertilizer is that it often con¬ 
tains the germs of plant disease in the 
parings and refuse of vegetables. 
Growing an Easter Lily 
Will you let ine know when to plant 
a lily for Easter, and how to take care of 
it? Where can I get seed ami what kind 
of soil is needed? MRS. J. M. 
Pulaski, N. Y. 
Easter lilies are not raised from seed, 
but from bulbs, which are potted in the 
Fall, as soon ns the bulbs can be obtained* 
usually in October. A well-drained (i-in. 
pot, with a compost consisting of three 
parts fibrous loam to one part well-rotted 
horse or cow manure, will ho desirable. 
It is well to have the pot not quite filled 
with soil, leaving space for a top-dressing 
of loam and manure, halt and half, later. 
When the bulb is first potted it should 
not he brought at once to a light window, 
but stored in a frame or cool cellar, 
watered thoroughly, and covered with 
sacking or litter. Here the pot. is left 
uutil there is good root formation, and 
signs of top growth, when it may be 
stored in a north window, iu a cool room, 
for a week or two. After this it mav bo 
kept iu a sunny window, in a room where 
the night temperature is around <50 de¬ 
grees. When the flower buds are develop¬ 
ing the pot should have light, but not 
full sun, and a night temperature of 45 
degrees is desirable. While the soil 
should never he allowed to dry out. a 
soggy, sodden condition should be avoided. 
Light syringing of the foliage is helpful; 
(his should he done iu the morning, so 
that the leaves dry off before night. It 
is desirable to use water at a temperature 
of about 70 degrees for both watering and 
syringing. When the buds begin to show 
a weekly application of clear liquid ma¬ 
nure, made in the proportion of one 
bushel of cmv manure to 50 gallons of 
water, may he used. Do not apply liquid 
manure when the soil is very dry. With 
a regular temperature of <50 degrees, it. 
will take about 15 weeks from the time 
the plant is brought to the window to 
have it in flower. Care must he taken 
to avoid aphis attacks, as a bad infesta¬ 
tion will result in malformed or “blind” 
buds. 
Culture of Christmas Cactus 
We have a Christmas cactus which has 
not bloomed in two years. We put it 
outdoors in Summer and bring in the 
house in the Fall, water thoroughly and 
place on a shelf in the kitchen window. 
Soon the leaves begin io wither and 
drop off. It is a good-sized plant, is in 
a shallow 7-iu. pot. T. s. if. 
Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
The fact that the leaves of your Christ¬ 
mas cactus wither and drop off suggests 
impaired root action, and the most prob¬ 
able cause is sour, soggy soil from over- 
watering. The Christmas or crab cactus, 
Epipbyllmn, requires light., rich, sandy 
soil, with abundant drainage, for it com¬ 
monly grows upon trees in the Brazilian 
forests, where it has abundant moisture 
except for comparatively short periods. 
While making its active growth outside 
in Slimmer it. needs plenty of water and 
sun, but it should never be waterlogged, 
nor should the pot stand in some con¬ 
tainer that will bold drainage water. It 
should be brought indoors before there 
are cold rains, which are often iujm'ious 
to the roots of warm-loving plants, and 
when first brought in should be watered 
rather .sparingly for a time, then more 
freely as buds begin to form. We flower 
ibis esietus every Winter in (lie bouse, 
nnd consider it one of the easiest window 
plants to grow and bloom. The kitchen 
window, if sunny, should be n congenial 
place for il. Water carefully, and when 
you put it outside next .Summer, see that 
the not is well drained, and treat it well 
until brought in again. A severe chill 
sometimes causes loss of leaves, and also 
c,.uses the buds to drop. It may be that 
drafts around the window are another 
cause of trouble. Cold, windy nights we 
put a newspaper against the window as 
additional protection. 
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