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March 28 
THE RURAL NRW-YORKKV 
; Ruralisms f 
/VOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
The Carnation Convention. —The 
American Carnation Society lately held 
its twelfth annual meeting and exhibi¬ 
tion in Brooklyn, New York. The dis¬ 
play of new and superior varieties was 
somewhat bewildering. A carnation 
must now approach four inches in diam¬ 
eter, be a perfect form, clear coloring 
and carried on strong stiff stems two or 
more feet high, to receive consideration. 
After that comes the question of pro¬ 
ductiveness and vigor under the highly 
artificial forcing processes it must en¬ 
dure as a commercial flower. The only 
neglected features in the make-up of the 
new kinds are fragrance and graceful fo¬ 
liage. It must be confessed the modern 
monsters, though attractive in many 
ways, are often lacking in these pleas¬ 
ing requisites. The carnation industry 
runs into really surprising figures. 
There is a great amount of capital in¬ 
vested in this favorite flower which has 
become a Winter necessity to countless 
families of moderate means, and its cul¬ 
ture is pushed with much intelligence 
and vigor. The Carnation Society is one 
of the strongest associations devoted to 
the interests of a commercial plant in 
this country. 
Burnt Clay as a Fertilizer. —“Will 
you explain in Ruralisms what you 
mean by “burnt clay” in planting 
roses?” NOVICE. 
Burnt clay as a garden term simply 
means clay soil containing humus or 
plant roots heated until it changes color 
and the organic matter is pretty well 
consumed. A portion of the potash 
combined with the clay aside from that 
contained in the plant material is made 
available, the texture is altered, and 
probably some iron and other inorganic 
elements needed by plants in a small 
way are also favorably acted on. At any 
rate burnt clay of this kind is very ac¬ 
ceptable to roses and probably most gar¬ 
den and orchard fruits belonging to the 
same family. Applied to roses in mod¬ 
erate quantity—a half peck or so to a 
year-old plant—it promotes a sturdy, 
short-jointed growth with dark lustrous 
foliage, and greatly increases the ten¬ 
dency to produce large deeply-colored 
blooms. It should, of course, be used in 
connection with liberal applications of 
animal manure or wood ashes and bone 
meal in order that no element be defi¬ 
cient, Too much nitrogen causes a soft 
wood growth with a small and flabby 
bloom, but with plenty of potash and 
phosphoric acid in available forms, and 
the modifying effects of burnt clay, there 
is little danger of overdoing animal ma¬ 
nure applications to roses in the open 
air. Burnt clay, the result of charring 
the turf from wild lands, was formerly 
a valued agricultural application abroad, 
but since the introduction of convenient 
concentrated chemicals it has fallen in¬ 
to disuse. 
Burn Some Sods or Corn Stumps.— 
A small quantity of excellent horticul¬ 
tural burnt clay may be found under the 
ashes of any brush heap burned on clay 
or clay loam soil, and a large quantity 
produced by burning sods, tussocks or 
corn stumps pulled from suitable soil. 
The Rural Grounds supply is always ob¬ 
tained in this way when cleaning up 
the rough places. 
The PiEiisoN Fern. —One of the finest 
of recent novelties is the new feathery 
fern, Nephrolepis Piersoni, which orig¬ 
inated in the establishment of F. R. 
Pierson, Tarrytown, N. Y. It has been 
shown at many great horticultural ex¬ 
hibitions, and always receives the high¬ 
est awards as the finest new decorative 
plant adapted for general use. The well- 
known Boston fern, the parent of this 
superb newcomer, is itself a superior 
variety of the Sword fern, Nephrolepis 
exaltata, native to moist places from 
Florida to Brazil, and more locally in 
China and East Africa. It thrives under 
the most ordinary care in the window 
garden or conservatory, and is so easily 
increased that plants are always cheap 
and plentiful. Beautiful specimens 
large enough to fill an average window 
may be grown in one season if the con¬ 
taining vessel is large enough to accom¬ 
modate root growth. It likes a light 
compost containing about one-fourth old 
manure, very thorough drainage, and 
plenty of water while in active growth. 
With fair attention plants may be kept 
in good order for several years, keeping 
them in a partially shaded veranda in 
Summer and in the house in Winter, but 
it is easy to start new ones by pegging 
down the runners or creeping rhizomes 
in small pots, to be detached from the 
parent in the manner of young straw¬ 
berry plants when well rooted. The 
Pierson fern seems to have all of these 
good qualities and is incomparably more 
beautiful in outline and general effect. 
The long wide fronds are gracefully dis¬ 
posed and covered with feathery growths 
giving them a remarkable plume-like 
character. It appears to be destined to 
wide popularity. w. v. f. 
CURING 
CONSUMPTION. 
When Scott’s Emulsion 
makes the consumptive gain 
flesh it is curing his consump¬ 
tion. 
Exactly what goes on inside 
to make the consumptive gain 
weight when taking Scott’s 
Emulsion is still a mystery. 
Scott’s Emulsion does some¬ 
thing to the lungs too that re¬ 
duces the cough. More weight 
and less cough always mean 
that consumption is losing its 
influence over the system. 
Scott’s Emulsion is a relia¬ 
ble help. Sample. 
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists. 409 Pearl St., N. Y. 
Short Weights Make Short Purses 
“I cannot ufTord to be without a 
scale any longer,” wrote an Of*, 
biiyc^r. Can you? Our prices 
l aud terms are very reasonable 
for high grade scales. Free 
Catalogue. OsgiMxl Scale l'o.,t03€eDfral St., Ringhamton, N.Y. 
READY 
ROOFING 
liuy of us Direct and 
Save Money. 
Best goods. Our prices 
surprise. Write us. 
s. e. McDonough & co. 
Dept. C., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
THE HESSLER IS THE BEST. 
Price, 
$1 EaCH. 
Discount Club 
Lots. 
Simple, Durable, 
Economical. 
Round, 
Strong, 
Heavy. 
Lowest 1 n price, 
highest In quali¬ 
ty. A sample best 
evidence. Keap- 
proved Jan. 25th, 
Orders promptly sliipped. 
Rural Mail Box. 
ISKKl. Circulars sent free. 
U. K. HESSLER CO., Syracuse, N. Y. 
HENCH’S 
V 
20th 
Century 
Steel Ball Coupling Cultivator 
With Double Row Corn 
Planter and Fertilizer 
Attachment Complete 
on One Machine. 
Parallel beam move¬ 
ment, pi voted axle,with 
lateral beam niove- 
nientin connection with 
the movable epindleo, 
or either Independent 
of each other. Centre 
lever for spreading 
and cl o mI ng Bhovel 
gangs. The most aoDiplete 
. , cultivator on the market, 
having every possible movement of the shovel gangs. 
Th#HENCH & DROMGOLD CO. Mfr*.,York, Pa. 
Order 
Immediately and 
introduce them for next season, 
wmcHESTm 
"REPEATER" SMOKELESS POWDER SHOTGUN SHELLS. 
Ifyou want a good low-priced Smokeless Powder *‘load,” 
Winchester Factory Loaded “Repeater” Shells will surely 
suit you. Don’t forget the name: Winchester “Repeater,” 
THE YELLOW SHELL WITH THE CORRUGATED HEAD. 
The No. 8 
“PlakRet Jr.” 
Horse Hoe and 
CMhivator 
is without doubt the best, best known 
and most largely used one horse cultivator 
in the world. There is not a civilized 
country on the globe in which it is not 
known and used. This could not be so 
D It did not possess true merit and worth. 
H h^s a large number of attachments 
which make it readily adaptable to all 
uses and nearly all crops. Note the two 
levers. The one standing upright is for 
regu atmg the width. It changes the 
width of the tool for wide or narrow rows. 
Ihe other lever operates the wheel and 
depth regulator simultaneously to a ni- 
cety. It is made of the very best materi- 
^ -fi 1 with reasonable care 
will last indefinitely. It is a great favor¬ 
ite with potato growers, truck farmers 
and general farmers. _ It is but one of our 
fifty seeding and cultivating implements, 
including plain and combined Seed Sow- 
fx?’,, .'''heel Hoes. Hand Cultivators, 
Walking Cultivators and One and Two- 
horse Riding cultivators. Special Sugar 
Beet Tools, etc. Our new 1903 catalogue 
IS fine. It contains over 100 illustrations 
with full descriptions and prices. It costs 
you nothing and will make you monev 
Write for it at once. 
S.I. ALLEN & CO., 
Box iior-v 
Philadelphia, 
Pa. 
SPRAY 
PUMPS 
Doable-actlm; 
Lift, Power, Tank 
and Spray 
PUMPS 
Btor* Ladders, eto. 
Bam Door Hanasre, 
HAYTO^S 
of all klnda Write 
for OlFe Prloee. " 
r. E. HTER8 - 
BBO.. Ashland 
YOUR 
There will be no trouble about the profits If 
you spray your trees and vines with a 
Hardie Spray Pump 
This liigh-grade machine has large ball 
valves, adjustable plunger, mechanical agi¬ 
tator and nozzles that make the finest spray. 
Each of the working parts in made of 
Heavy llrass so accurately fitted that 
there is no friction, 
Thai’s Why They Work so Easy. 
Our catalogue tells you all about it. 
The Hardie Spray Pump nig. Co. 
54 Jharned 8f., Detroit, BIch. 
aud Windsor, Canada# 
RIFLES ARE FAMOUS 
For their accuracy and durability. 
Some of our popular models are 
‘STEVENS MAYNARD JR.” at $3.00 
'CRACK SHOT,” . . at 4,00 
“FAVORITE,” ... at 6,00 
WemakePISTOLSand.SIIOTCUN.Salso 
Nearly every dealer In sporting goods aud 
hardware can supply our firearms. Ifyou 
cannot find them, we will ship direct (ex¬ 
press paid) on receipt of price. 
Send for 128-page illustrated catalogue. 
J. STEVENS ARMS & TOOL CO., 
No. 7 75 Main Street, 
CHICOI'KK FALl.S, MAS.S. 
Rubber Hoseisrm."-'!'.”’; 
garden and fire service. Lowest prices. Mens’ aud 
Boy's Oil-Skin Suits. Absolutely waterproof. 
UONNECTICUT KUBBKR CO., Hartford, Conn. 
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[PUMP^ ^SPRAY. 
I On* * time. IG teconds pumplnc 
cLergee with enough to run 
The Auto-Spray 
lOmlnutea end cover ^ ecre. Per¬ 
fectly Autometio, operetor merely 
velktend directs Doitle. Hprey from 
finemisttosoUustreem. Anv boy eea 
vrork iL Brmss working end oonteet 
lerti meke it perfect working end 
.ureble. For poultry houses, vines, 
trees,eto. Cetelog F.fTee. Shows ihe 
llDeofellsise, ell purposesprey- 
ers mede. Write for egency. 
E.C.BROWN ACOMPANY, 
Roohsater, N. Y. 
IT PAYS TO SPRAY 
nren oodar ordinary ooodiUons and in the ordinary way, hot 
U paye eapeciaily well toepray when youcando the work 
pe rfectly and cower thirty acres a day with Ihe 
PfRi^ECTiON ll.’iiSJa 
ettaer hand or horse power. Pump Is poeltlve In action and 
navar loeet faree# Liquid does not enter the working parte 
of the pump to corrode It. Simple, easily adjusted 
andoperated. Tne manufacturer has spent twelwe 
years in bringing it to its present state of perfec¬ 
tion. Sprays Bordeaux and all miztnres withont 
i trouble or waste. W rite for free Mtalog. We also 
make the Improved Riggs 
Plows and Furrowera. 
TUOn*S PSPPLSB 
.Box liightstovra 
^ ■!. I 
^ ^1% AV means full fruiting 
V |J|#AT and fine flowers. 
About the only pumps worth using are 
n a a W*, those that mecnanlcally mix then 
WW * o'**!! th. itimlMr to prevent clogging Mid itopplng Bpr.j. .u. 
Empire King, Orchard Monarch and Garfield 
are thst kiod. They are easiest a&d fastest in the 6sld, they make the finest spray ' 
and they are the only sprayers with automatic agitators and strainer cleaning 
brushes. They do not bum and spoil obc foliage by applying too much poison ' 
spots, and every part gets lu due proportion. To be • . 
•ur book of instruedons on—■* 
FIELD FOB€£P 
wvw.^ ymt . «i« uu« prt^iwruuo. AO ne sure of being dgbt send for 
•ur book of instruedons on spraying, formulas, etc. Mailed free for the askins. 
wxw. vn vnrxorxo. QQ., g Ugl. St., Klirs, ». I. 
Bronze End 
Spray Pump. 
Mes.srs. Callaud & Nkwino, 
Oeutlemen—You a.sk if the spray 
rig, purchased of you two years ago 
has given satisfactiou. In reply 
will say, we want you to furnish 
another, full rigged, reat/y/or wor/c, 
March let, 1903, with all the im¬ 
provements suggested by your ten 
years of experience in making and 
operating them One machine can¬ 
not thoroughly spray the orchards 
we are now managing in the tune 
of spraying, especially if it is a 
fungus year. S. W. & Wm. M. Smith. 
Albion, January 1, 1903. 
Use a steam pump. It saves 
labor, saves material, saves 
money. Reaches to the top 
of any tree; and sprays more 
evenly and thoroughly than 
any other. Write for full 
particulars. 
CALLARD & HEWING, 
Albion, N. Y. 
