THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
March 14 
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Ruralisms 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
Two White-Feoweked Hardy Per¬ 
ennials. —White flowers are everywhere 
useful and attractive, but are particular¬ 
ly welcome in the herbaceous border, 
w'here they are usually none too plenti¬ 
ful. The native Flowering spurge, Eu¬ 
phorbia corollata. Fig. 74, page 187, is 
easily grown and always satisfactory, as 
it bears through June and July broad 
clusters of pure white flowers with a 
greenish eye, having the general make¬ 
up of a forget-me-not. It is most desir¬ 
able for cutting from its profusion and 
long season of bloom. Seeds are seldom 
offered, as the plants are often found 
grow'ing plentifully in dry gravelly 
places, and are easily collected. It is 
also readily propagated by root division. 
Plants may be had at 10 cents each, and 
a good lot soon worked up. They grow 
about 20 inches high. 
GYSOPiin^A Paniculata is a European 
plant belonging to the Caryophyllaceae 
or Pink family, and is popularly known 
as “baby’s breath’’ from the exceeding 
delicacy of the minute but very numer¬ 
ous flowers, carried on thin wiry stems. 
Baby’s breath makes a strong-branch¬ 
ing plant two to three feet high, which 
furnishes many graceful branches for 
cutting. It is constantly growing in 
favor for bouquet trimming. It blooms 
in August and September, having a 
pleasing gauze-like appearance not found 
in other hardy flowers, and is effective 
in rockwork and edging as well as in 
the border. Seeds are very plentiful and 
cheap. They may be sown in the open 
in good light soil and transplanted where 
they are to bloom, placing the seedlings 
15 to 18 inches apart. For immediate 
effect dormant plants rnay be had at 15 
cents each. 
Some Yellow Cai.las. —The common 
calla or Lily of the Nile, like the tuber¬ 
ose, has been so associated with funeral 
decorations that the waxen pallor of its 
large and graceful spathes is not always 
agreeable. There are now several varie¬ 
ties, from the well-known Little Gem, 
growing scarcely a foot high to a great 
Californian giant that reaches, in con¬ 
genial environment, six feet in height 
with blooms almost as large as a man’s 
hat. Florists continue to grow white 
callas in great quantity but they are not 
popular now' among amateurs. The in¬ 
troduction from South Africa of several 
new species of calla or Richardia, with 
rose and yellow blooms, promised to re¬ 
store the genus to popular favor, but 
though meritorious the best of these new 
kinds have not become plentiful. The 
pink or rose-colored calla, R. Rehmanni, 
does not amount to much under cultiva¬ 
tion, as the color is too dull to be at¬ 
tractive. The yellow species, R. Elliot- 
tiana and R. Pentlandi, are very hand¬ 
some indeed. The spathes arc not large, 
but well formed, rich yellow in color 
and last nearly two w'eeks on the plants, 
becoming green with age. Elliottiana 
has the foliage sparingly spotted with 
white, and hybridizes readily with the 
sjjotted-leaf calla, R. albo-maculata, and 
R. Adlami. Hybrids have been produced 
in several nurseries, and are very prom¬ 
ising for garden decoration, being very 
vigorous and of the easiest culture. The 
conns keep exceedingly well in a dry 
cellar, and may be planted out in beds or 
groups like the Gladiolus when the 
ground warms up in Spring. They should 
be given deep rich soil such as would 
grow good potatoes, or a generous ap¬ 
plication of fine old manure may be 
spaded in if they must be planted in a 
poor location. The white calla requires 
much moisture, and can only be well- 
grown in the open air in a bog garden, 
but these yellow hybrids thrive vigor¬ 
ously with ordinary rainfall. They soon 
develop a luxuriant mass of effectively 
spotted foliage, in every way superior 
to_ that of either parent. The blooms 
follow in July anu August, and are very 
striking outlined against the vivid mot¬ 
tled green of the leaves. If cut and 
placed in w'ater in a cool place they 
may be made to last nearly a month. 
The colors range from light sulphur yel¬ 
low to a deep canary tint, usually w'ith a 
central blotch of deep purple black. The 
most promising of these undisseminated 
hybrids are Solfatara and Aurora, pro¬ 
duced in Germany from Elliottiana with 
R. Adlami for the seed parent, and an 
unnamed kind now being grown in Mas¬ 
sachusetts between Elliottiana and Albo- 
maculata. We have grown seedlings of 
the latter parentage on the Rural 
Grounds for the last four years, and are 
much impressed with their beauty and 
availability for garden and dooryard cul¬ 
ture. The corms grow over four inches 
broad and freely proliferate around the 
edges so that a goodly Increase is as¬ 
sured. They may be planted anywhere 
a potato or radish will thrive, but are 
naturally more luxuriant when well ma¬ 
nured. During midsummer they form a 
most novel and attractive feature and 
ripen up well for storage before frost. 
The corms should be carefully dried after 
digging and stored in a di'y place free 
from all frost until wanted next season. 
When the young growths are broken 
away from the large corms it is well to 
sprinkle the fresh surfaces with warm 
dry sand in which a little powdered sul¬ 
phur has been mixed to ward off soft rot, 
which is the only weakness we have 
noticed. These hybrid yellow callas are 
certain to become widely popular as 
soon as their merits become known, and 
it is likely still better ones will he pro¬ 
duced. 
Can be Grown from Seed. —The hy¬ 
brids seed about as freely as their par¬ 
ents, almost every bloom producing a 
considerable number. They do not ripen 
until September, but the fruits may be 
cut and placed under glass or in a sunny 
window to mature gradually if frost 
threatens. They germinate well if sown 
in pots in early Winter, or may be car¬ 
ried over, mixed with sand, and sown 
outside about corn-planting time. Pro¬ 
fuse watering assists germination, after 
which they get along very well with or¬ 
dinary care. They make little corms the 
first year that will grow to blooming 
size another season. Seedlings come 
fairly true, but there is some tendency 
to fall off in depth of color, so the best 
varieties will probably be propagated by 
division. These yellow callas do not 
make good pot plants, but force fairly 
well in early Winter. Both blooms and 
foliage are better when grown in the 
open. w. V. F. 
THE ESQUIMO 
The hZsquimo eats blubber. 
Tlie lumbermen eat pork. 
7'he.se people are constantly 
exposed to cold and physical 
strain. Itxpcrience has taught 
them that fatty foods give 
warmth and nourishment. 
For those who have cold 
and thin bodies, or are threat¬ 
ened with consumption or any 
wasting disease, there is no fat 
in so digestible and palatable a 
form as Scott’s Emulsion. 
Physicians prescribe it. 
We'll send you a lilllc to try, if you like. 
SCOTT & I 30 WNE, 409 Pearl street. New York. 
THE MOWER 
that wi 11 cut y our s hort grass, 
your tall grass and weeds, 
and will do all the triiuuiing 
along fences and walks. 
Send for catalogue and 
prices. THE CLIPPEK 
E.WVN MO AVER CO. 
orrlstown. Pa. 
The South Side Mfg. Co. 
PETERSBURG, VA., U. S. A. 
Carriers for Strawberries, Raspberries, Peaches, 
Mushrooms, Egg Settings, Hothouse 'Tomatoes, etc., 
!ind manufacturers of the Continental Plant Shipping 
Baskets. Send for Catalogue and prices. 
PUMP^ ^SPRAY. 
OxM At A time. 15 feooodc pumpinf 
obATgee wltb enough air to run 
The Auto-Spray 
10 minutes And oover 3^ Acre. Per¬ 
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Rochester, N» Y* 
FLOWING WATER. 
A constant stream in your house, barn or 
garden without running expense by using the 
RIFE 
Hydraulic E^nglne. 
It never stops. Requires no at¬ 
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Power Specialty Co,,126 Liberty St., New York. 
SOLUBLE 
PACIFIC 
GUANO 
USED BY TWO 
GENERATIONS 
CELEBRATED 
Pacific Brands are 
Sure and Profit¬ 
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DUCERS. 
Best Mechanical 
Condition. 
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A Chain 
is no stronger than its 
weakest link. A fertilizer 
deficient in i 
POTASH 
is just as dangerous as a 
chain with a cracked link. 
Our money winning books are 
r needed by every man who owns 
a field and a plow, and who de¬ 
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They are free. Send postal card.^ 
GER.VIAN KALI \V'OBK8,^^A 
38 Nassau St., 
k New York 
Monarch Stump Puller 
Will pull 6-foot Btump In three minutes. 
Guaranteed to stand 250,U0U lbs. strain. 
For Illustrated catalogue and discounts 
address MONARCH GRUBBER CO., Lone Tree. la. 
Dry Spraying 
Brownie Du.stei.$3.00 
Little Giant . . - . 5.00 
Champion - - - - - 7.50 
Mammoth Champion, - - 15.00 
Jumbo,.25.00 
Descriptive Circttlar of each on application. 
Also Dry Insecticides and Eungicldes for 
these machines. 
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“HARDIE” 
with all the 1903 improvements, 
BRASS PUMP 
throughout. Spraying will be 
highly profitable If done with 
thib machine. The fog like 
spray is delivered with such 
force that it penetrates every¬ 
where. 
And It works so easy. 
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Canadian Braneh, Windsor, OnL 
SPRAY PUMPea^r'^h 
We know Its merits from 
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In our own orchards, conse¬ 
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look after. The handle Is ad¬ 
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the operator. The agitator is 
a simple direct motion, and 
keeps the solution tboroughiv 
mixed. A pressure of 16U to 
200 pounds can be easily ob¬ 
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