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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
June 13 
Ruralisms ; 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
Dry and Liquid Fungicides. —Reme¬ 
dies for insect and fungus troubles are 
constantly needed when conducting ex¬ 
perimental work among plants. Where 
many species and varieties are grown 
something is always getting infected, 
and a handy means of application is of 
more importance than the particular 
form of the remedy. The powder or dust 
method of distribution is generally most 
convenient, as the bellows or powder 
gun may be kept in a dry place con¬ 
stantly charged and ready for action 
without an instant’s delay for prepara¬ 
tion. Dry copper fungicides, whether 
the commercial Fungiroid or home prep¬ 
arations, such as described on first page, 
R. N.-Y. for May 22, are not credited 
with the staying powers of regular Bor¬ 
deaux Mixture, but if thoroughly applied 
are at least measurably effective. It 
needs a strong air current to disperse 
these powders sufficiently to give the 
leaves a fair coating, and this is espe¬ 
cially required with tobacco dust, helle¬ 
bore, pyrethrum and other vegetable in¬ 
secticides unless very finely ground and 
exceptionally dry. A good bellows work¬ 
ed with vigor is useful in a limited way, 
but the air blast guns of the Champion 
type are most practical. The regular 
Champion duster is complete and ser¬ 
viceable for ordinary horticultural op¬ 
erations, as trees of fair size may be 
treated, or several acres of potatoes, cab¬ 
bage or tobacco covered in a day, but as 
at present constructed it is too large and 
noisy for occasional comfortable use 
about the home garden. 
The Litti.e Brownie Duster. —For 
use about the dooryard, in suburban 
places, for small trees and home vine¬ 
yards, the Brownie duster, made on the 
same plan, is very economical and effec¬ 
tive. It holds about half a pound of 
Paris-green or sulphur, which may be 
distributed in a smoke-like dust by 
turning the handle rapidly. As a 
leather belt replaces the metal gears of 
the larger machines Its operation is al¬ 
most noiseless. The commuter who 
must catch an early train may with it 
dust his roses with sulphur, his cur¬ 
rants with hellebore, and his pet pota¬ 
toes with an arsenite without awakening 
his neighbors with the clatter of cog¬ 
wheels. The Brownie is small and light 
enough to be used in the conservatory or 
greenhouse, but dry applications under 
glass seldom replace the benefits of for¬ 
cible syringing. 
Adenophora Potanini. —This forbid¬ 
ding name is applied to a very pretty 
hardy perennial somewhat resembling 
the Canterbury bell, to which it is bo- 
tanlcally related. The plant is shrubby 
in character and seems to be quite hardy 
and enduring. The fiower spikes rise two 
or three feet high and are covered a long 
time in midsummer with lovely light 
blue bell-shaped fiowers an inch or more 
across. There are several good species 
of Adenophora, but they are seldom 
seen in cultivation. A. Potanini origi¬ 
nated in a German garden, and our 
plants were grown from seeds secured 
from a foreign correspondent It is of¬ 
fered in one or two seed catalogues in 
this country. From our experience we 
conclude seeds are best sown where the 
plants are to stand, as the roots quickly 
resent disturbance. Seedlings may, how¬ 
ever, be planted out in pots when quite 
small and turned out in the border as 
soon as the roots reach the sides of the 
pots. We have so few good blue-fiower- 
ing hardy plants that this new shrubby 
bluebell Is well worth trial. 
Burbank’s Clematis-Flowered Aqui- 
LEGIA8. —By intercrossing various spe¬ 
cies and varieties of garden columbines 
Luther Burbank has produced a strain 
bearing large flat flowers with the spurs 
entirely eliminated. They open widely 
like Clematis blooms, a peculiarity that 
suggests the trade name. They come in 
many colors, and both single and double 
blooms are usually found in a small 
planting. The seeds we have grown pro¬ 
duced chiefly purple and blue shades, but 
there was a small percentage of wine 
and brownish tints. The plants are 
healthy and the widely expanded blooms 
undeniably attractive, but the suppres¬ 
sion of the spurs is not all gain. Few 
flowers are more graceful than our na¬ 
tive long-spurred Aquilegias, such as 
the golden A. chrysantha and A. Cana¬ 
densis, so common in the East. The 
spurs on some of the old-world types, 
however, are so thick and clumsy that 
they do not add much to the appearance 
of the bloom. Growing seedling Aqui¬ 
legias is a delightful pastime if one can 
spare a plot of light rich soil for them. 
Some of the choicest varieties are not 
very lasting, dying out after blooming 
a season or two, while others may be 
counted on as quite permanent border 
plants. The seeds are best sown in pots 
or shallow boxes of light soil, which 
should be kept quite moist until the 
plants come up. After making three or 
four leaves the seedlings may be trans¬ 
planted singly in small pots or placed, 
two inches apart, in similar boxes and 
later transferred to their permanent 
beds during moist weather. If good 
kinds are grown together an abundance 
of seeds may usually be secured, as they 
freely Intercross by natural agencies, 
and a constant succession of diverse and 
pleasing colors Is secured. 
The Best Columbines. —Without 
doubt the finest Aquilegia that can be 
depended on to come true from seeds is 
A. Stuarti. It is a garden hybrid, but 
seems well fixed in its type, and though 
not robust In habit, produces immense 
clear blue and white flowers in great 
profusion. After Stuarti we would rate 
A. glandulosa and our long-spurred na¬ 
tive kinds as most desirable. The Bur¬ 
bank hybrids and the double and single 
white forms of the European A. vulgaris 
should come in for variety in form and 
color. As a rule Aquilegias need little 
Winter protection, but a fair supply of 
moisture and some shade from midday 
sun are conditions very favorable to 
their perfect development. w. v. f. 
Salt and Wireworms.— There Is no 
doubt that sometimes salt exercises a 
wonderful effect as against white grubs 
and wireworms. I have seen that myself 
and I have recommended the use of salt 
or rather kainlt as a remedial measure; 
but, on the other hand, I am bound to say 
that there are just as many flat failures 
as there have been successes, and I really 
cannot explain why this difference should 
be. Wireworms, when “salted,” will or¬ 
dinarily go farther down Into the soil. 
There is one thing that is worth noting 
in this connection, and that Is, my ex¬ 
perience has been that just as soon as you 
get a soil thoroughly pulverized and dried 
out wireworms will die. They need a moist 
compact soil for their best development. 
JOHN B. SMITH. 
Root Rot on Stump Land.— Prof. Ernest 
Walker. In the Practical Fruit Grower, 
says that he does not consider it safe in 
the Southwest to plant trees among the 
stumps of newly cleared land. He thinks 
that such trees will be greatly in danger 
of the disease known as root rot. Several 
weeks ago an article appeared in The R. 
N.-Y. giving the experience of Samuel B. 
Woods in Virginia in planting trees on 
newly-cleared land. That experience seems 
to be favorable, but Prof. Walker says 
that in the Southwest trees are not safe 
on stumpy land because of the disease. 
He says that this root rot does not appear 
until the trees are seven to 12 years old. 
He says that it is much better to clear the 
stumps out before planting, as in this way 
danger from the disease will be avoided. 
Prof. Walker makes an excellent point; 
that an article giving a man’s experience 
in a certain locality is at best only sug¬ 
gestive for those who live elsewhere, and 
must work under other conditions. He 
says that such articles serve their purpose 
if they make us think, but we should not 
adopt these suggestions until we have 
given them careful consideration. 
ABHSTRONO <k HcEELVT 
Pittsburgh. 
BETMES-BAVMAN 
Pittsburgh. 
DAV18-CHAMBEBS 
Pittsburgh. 
FAHNESTOCK 
Pittsburgh. 
ANCHOR 
ECKSTEIN 
ATLANTIC 
BRADLEY 
BROOKLYN I 
JEWETT 
ULSTER 
UNION 
SOUTHERN 
SHIPMAN 
COLLIER 
MISSOURI 
RED SEAL 
SOUTHERN 
JOHN T. LEWIS ± BROS CO 
Philadelphia. 
MORLEY ^ 
Ceveland. 
SALEM 
Salem. Mass. 
CORNELL 
Buffalo. 
KENTUCKY 
Louisville. 
' Cincinnati. 
New York. 
Chicago. 
St. Louis. 
n N painting, as in everything 
else, experience counts. It 
- should tell what to use and 
how to use it. 
Get the best experience by em¬ 
ploying a responsible, practical 
painter, and remember the word 
‘‘painter” on a card or sign does 
not make a painter. Experience 
does this. 
If interested in paint or painting, address 
National L^ad Co., loo William Street, New York. 
RAPID POTATO SPRAYING. 
tf.nd spraying is too slow for the potato field. For the grower who haa a consider¬ 
able acreage the ideal machine from numerous considerations is the 
WATSON FOUR ROW SPRAYER. 
At tbova In out, 11 It • 60 guL mouotod oa cart which ttraddlet two rowt and tpraji four rowt at % iltaa. 
Forfocily automatic io all working*. Power it foaerated bj wheel Rearing and dlitributod over plantt under 
L preeture. Automatio agitator keep* mixture ttirred and brutb operate! to clean itralner and avoid clogglag. 
' Wheele and aoKleo adjuttfor width ornarrowneit. Braetpumpaad working parte, nothing to corrode, no 
leather or rubber TaWea. Ixnprored Vermorelnoxtlet. Sprayt 80 to 40acrei per day. We make the Orchard 
Monarch, Xmpiro King, Garfteld^aptack aodaUrgeUneoftpr«y>'*f<’'^lp^n^**' Writo for free tpraj- 
FIELD FORCE PUMP CO., 2 llth St., Elmira, N. Y. 
SUN SHUT 
Will. Insects on Cnrrants, Potatoes, Cabbage, and 
Flowers. Used 24 years. 
SOLD BY SEEDSMEN EVERYWHERE. 
Bend for Free booklet on Bugs and Blights to 
B. HAMMOND, FlshklU-on-Hudson, N. Y, 
Disparene 
The most powerful Insecticide made; 
kills all leaf-eating insects; the only one 
that will destroy both broods of the codling- 
moth. Used and endorsed by Ohio, New 
Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode 
Island, and other experiment stations, park 
superintendents, tree wardens, and large 
orcliardists everywhere. 
Professor Smith, of New Jersey, says: 
“ My experience has been so satisfactory 
I have recommended it highly.” 
Enough for a large orchard, $4-25 
Enough for 75 gals, spray . 1.00 
2 lb. sample..50 
Large illustrated catalogue free. 
INSECTICIDE 
DWVIVBK company 
Address nearest office: 
Boston, New York, or Cincinnati 
Dr. H. T. Pernald, of Massachusetts Ex¬ 
periment Station, says: “Disparene is a 
most effective Insecticide, particularly ef¬ 
fective against the Elm-leaf Beetle; it 
should In most all cases take the place of 
Paris-green.” 
The Niagara 
Fruit Ladder. 
It always stands and 
never rocks. The best 
basswood ladders on the 
market, both single and 
extension. Write 
BACON & CARPENTER, 
A Y. 
The Sickle 
Lawn Niowet 
will clip short and long grass from 
your lawn easily, smoothly, nicely. 
Has plenty of speed, power and 
weight. See that fly wheel. 
Write for particulars. Mention 
this paper. Ask for circular B. 
LEAVITT MFG. CO., 
Tuscola, III. 
\M 
THE 
AUTO-SPRAT 
b«ti fbr aU work. No ocntfMOM 
ComproMod wlr rant It to tprv o 
noro of Tlnot. Boy ena earry and oparala. ^ 
fll wooklag and oootaot partt of hraat laag 
Uno of high grada tpr^ort for orary parptot 
■bown la Catalog lu llUFRU. w tilt at 
oaoo If yon wMrt tho agoaoy. 
E. C. IROWR a CO. JOCRESTER, R. T. 
TELEPHONES 
For Farmers’ Lines. 
Organize an exchange in your 
oommunity. Full particulars fnr> 
nlshed. Catalogue free. 
THE NORTH ELECTRIC CO, 
162 St. Clair Street, 
C-N. 801. CLEVEDAND, O. 
SAN JOSE SCALE. 
And other Insects can be Controlled by Using 
Good’s Caustic Potash Whale- 
Oil Soap No. 3. 
It also prevents Curl Leaf. Endorsed by Entomolo¬ 
gists. This Soap Is a Fertilizer as well as Insecticide. 
50-lb. Kegs, t2.50; 100-lb. Kegs, »4.50; Half-Barrel, 
270 lbs., 3^c. per lb.; Barrel, 425 lbs., 3Hc. Large 
quantities, Special Bates. Send for Circulars. 
JAMBS GOOD, 939 N. Front St., Philadelphia, Pa 
ii 
FUMA 
■ 5 Prairie Dogs, 
' Woodchucks, Gophers, 
and Grain Insects. 
“The wheels of the 
gods grind slow but 
roeedlngly small.” So the weevil, but you can stop 
“I'lfh-" “Fuina Carbon Bisolphi(le".“d« 
For Club of 10 or 12. 
If you want a good Shotgun you need 
not pay fancy prices for it. There is 
none better made than the Stevens. No. 1 
has top .snap, low rebounding hammer, 
special “electro steel” choke bored for 
nitro powder, walnut stock, rubber butt, 
plate case-hardened frame. Forearm 
attached to barrel, and fitted with metal 
joint. Price, $5.50. No. 2, in addition to 
No. 1, has automatic shell ejector, check¬ 
ed pistol grip and forearm. Price $6.50. 
These guns are 12, 16 or 20 -gauge, 28, 30 
and 32-inch barrel, and weigh about 6H 
pounds. We will send No. 1 free for a 
club of 10 subscriptions, or No. 2 for a 
club of 12 at $1 each. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER, 
I 409 Pearl Street, New Tork. 
