1900 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER: 
385 
Tulip Tree from Seed. 
A. D., Blackwell, Okla.—The article about 
the tulip tree, page 283, seems to me cor¬ 
rect. I never saw outside of the forest in 
southern Michigan, but two of the young 
trees. They were growing in pasture and 
were the most beautiful trees I ever saw, 
and I would like to plant some. Where 
can I get seed? We have the right kind 
of land here, and the climate, too. I have 
cut down many big ones, and I owe them 
a little in the way of planting others. 
Ans. —The seeds of the tulip tree cau 
be purchased from some of the leading 
nurserymen and seedsmen. They re¬ 
quire a moist and cool soil to induce 
proper germination. The little seedlings 
also require slight shading and a good 
degree of moisture. If one wished to 
grow grow tulip trees in Oklahoma, or 
where any of the moist conditions are 
not always experienced, the better plan 
would perhaps be to get young seedlings 
to start with. My experience with this 
tree in Kansas would lead me to this 
conclusion. h. e. v. d. 
Winterkilling of Young Trees. 
W. E. R., Ua8cott, Mo.—The Winter of 
1S9S-9 was the coldest on record in south 
Missouri, 30 degrees below zero at one time, 
and all the nursery stock of apples and 
peaches, one year old, was badly dam¬ 
aged. This Spring these trees are two 
years old, and I find on trimming them 
that the heart wood is dead nearly to the 
ground. In the peach it is almost rotten, 
but it is only about the size of a lead pen¬ 
cil. The sap wood is all right, and the 
trees are starting out a strong vigorous 
growth. Will these trees outgrow this de¬ 
fect, or will they prove worthless? If they 
prove a failure it will be a great loss, for 
1 think there must be millions of them set 
in Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas. 
Ans. —The probabilities are that the 
trees that were so injured by the severe 
Winter of 1898-9 will outgrow the injury 
if they are now in a thrifty condition 
and with an abundance of healthy wood 
outside the dark heart made by the dam¬ 
aged wood of the first year’s growth. 
The Winter of 1874-5 was one of like 
damage to nursery trees in the West, as 
I have very good reason to remember 
from my experience in Kansas, The 
living “heart” of a tree is at the junction 
of the wood and bark, but the old wood 
at and near the center of the tree is al¬ 
most or entirely dead, and its chief 
function is to give strength and to hold 
the living parts in favorable and fixed 
positions. _ h. e. v. d. 
BACKYARD GARDEN TALKS. 
Is February 21 too late to prune a grape 
vine and start some of the cuttings? 
The last week in February is a satis¬ 
factory time to prune a grape vine, but 
it is rather late to itake cuttings. They 
will do better if cut soon after the leaves 
have dropped in the Fall, and kept in 
moist sand or old sawdust until Spring, 
in a cool place, where they will not 
freeze severely. They may be made 
with two or ithree joints, and when 
planted in April or May one bud, or 
“eye” only Should be left above ground. 
Should pear and apple trees be sprayed 
before they come of bearing age? 
If the trees are healthy and vigorous, 
there will be little need to spray them 
before they are expected to bear. Theo¬ 
retically, spraying with fungicides would 
promote a healthier leaf-growth, and 
thus benefit the trees, but it 'is a ques¬ 
tion whether the advantage gained 
would pay for the trouble. The case is 
quite different when a crop of fruit is in 
prospect, and there is no longer doubt 
of the value of proper spraying under 
those circumstances. 
Should a Clematis paniculata vine be cut 
back to the ground each Fall? I have 
done it, and have good success; others do 
not, and say that I should not. 
There is no need to cut down Clematis 
paniculata, as zero weather will usually 
attend to that matter for you. If a few 
feet of woody growth survives the Win¬ 
ter tne plants will start more vigorous¬ 
ly, bloom earlier and make a better 
showing than if cut back too closely. 
Better wait until April and prune out 
all the dead wood ana shorten in the 
living canes about one-third of their 
lungth. 
I have a Page woven wire fence as a 
division fence; it is four feet six inches 
high. I wish to cover it with a vine; what 
would you suggest? 
The Chinese honeysuckle, Lonicera 
Japonica, is probably the most satisfac¬ 
tory vine you could use for the purpose. 
It is extremely vigorous, clings closely 
to the wires, the foliage is handsome and 
nearly evergreen, the white and yellow 
flowers are produced nearly all Summer, 
ana are very fragrant. Few insects or 
animals ever disturb this honeysuckle. 
It is hardy, except in the extreme north¬ 
ern portions of the United States. L. 
Japonica Halleana, Hall’s Japan honey¬ 
suckle, is preferred by some, as it is a 
less rampant grower, and blooms over 
a more extended period, but is other¬ 
wise much like the previous variety. 
NEW “CURE" FOR CONSUMPTION. 
Almost every year some one comes for¬ 
ward with a new cure for consumption. 
These cures vary, but since the discov¬ 
ery by Ur. Koch of the real nature of 
the germ which produces the disease, 
most of these cures have had for their 
object the destruction of this germ. We 
remember one case where a doctor pro¬ 
posed to kill the germ by blowing sul- 
phureted hydrogen into the lungs 
through a needle forced through from 
the outside. Naturally /this did not 
work. But now comes a new cure, 
which is said by scientists actually to 
promise good results. This consists in 
driving an antiseptic substance into the 
body by means of electricity. The agent 
used is formaldehyde gas, whicn is much 
ithe same thing that we have been re¬ 
commending for destroying the scab on 
potatoes. A sponge moistened with 
formaldehyde is held closely against the 
body near me part of the lungs known 
to the under side of the leaves; and while 
this is claimed to do the work, yet I have 
my doubts about the thoroughness of it. 
Maryland. w. f. allen. 
Tobacco for Melon Lice.— The best 
remedy that I know for fighting the plant 
lice is tobacco dust, applied early In the 
morning while the dew is still on the vines. 
Where melons are grown extensively it is 
better for two men to work together, one 
to turn up the leaves of the vines by means 
of a rake or some other tool, and the 
other to do the dusting of the powder. 
Bisulphide of carbon is too volatile, and 
is not effective. Bordeaux Mixture is not 
a success, as the lice are not much affect¬ 
ed by it. I have been a melon and cucum¬ 
ber grower for a great many years, and I 
have yet to find a more effective remedy 
for all their various insect enemies than 
tobacco dust applied early in the day, when 
the dew is still on the leaves. 
Florida. c. k. mcq. 
The Green Pea Louse.— Pea growers 
have not been much troubled until late 
years with insect enemies. This year, 
however, growers in Maryland and Dela¬ 
ware have been greatly troubled by the 
Green pea-louse. The extreme heat and 
drought of the season has given these lice 
an extra opportunity to work hard. Prof. 
Johnson, of Maryland, speaks of a 600- 
acre pea field which was seriously at¬ 
tacked by these lice. Efforts were made 
to find an effective remedy. Spraying was 
first suggested and a solution of one pound 
of tobacco whale-oil soap in 12 gallons of 
water was started. After spraying 100 
acres, it was found that while many of the 
lice were being killed, the spray was also 
destroying the eggs of the Syrphus fly. 
This fly feeds on the lice, and does much to 
keep them in check. One method of fight¬ 
ing the flea was to drag a brush of pine 
branches along the row, thus sweeping off 
the lice to the ground. In hot weather, 
with a bright sun, and the thermometer 
over 90, the ground was heated to 115 de¬ 
grees, and when the lice were brushed off 
the plants on to this ground, they were ac¬ 
tually roasted to death. In fact, the most 
satisfactory way of fighting these lice was 
to brush them off the vines and either 
cover them by cultivating, or leave them 
in the hot sun. Spraying was not found 
so useful, because it destroyed numbers of 
the Hies which live on the lice. 
to be diseased. With a properly-ar¬ 
ranged apparatus electricity is applied 
through this sponge, and it is said that 
in this way the gas is driven through the 
tissues into the lung, there destroying 
the germs which cause the disease. It is 
said to be true that consumption is often 
cured; that is, the disease frequently 
starts, and through some agency is over¬ 
come. Those who make post-mortem 
examinations say that a large propor¬ 
tion of the lungs which they have ex¬ 
amined show that at one time consump¬ 
tion was found in Che body. The scars 
in the lungs show that the disease was 
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arrested and cured by some means, thus 
showing that the germs can be destroyed 
in the body. Of course, we understand 
that many of these so-called cures fail 
under accurate scientific investigation, 
fl.nd possibly this plan of driving an an¬ 
tiseptic in from the outside may also 
fail. At the same time it is true that a 
positive cure for consumption would 
prove a wonderful boon to humanity, 
and scientific men should spare neither 
time nor opportunity in their searches 
for such a positive cure. 
Nipped in the bud, that Is the way Jack 
Frost did It to the strawberries here in this 
part of Burlington County, N. J., on May 
10. It is estimated that about one-half of 
the crop is lost. Several of the small 
growers had fires going from 12 o clock 
(night) until morning, and thereby saved 
a great many of their berries. Corn and 
early potatoes also suffered very exten¬ 
sively. p - °- D - 
Red Lion, N. J. 
Fighting Melon Lice. —We have not 
been troubled very badly with these lice 
so far, but have had just enough of them 
to know that they might be very trouble¬ 
some. My remedy so far has been, when 
I found a hill afflicted with them, to pull It 
up very carefully without shaking the lice 
off, get it out of the patch and burn it. I 
think perhaps this is about the best thing 
to do. If I find out their presence in time 
before they spread. Our State Entomolo¬ 
gist recommends spraying the under side 
of the leaves with kerosene emulsion. I 
have had no experience with this, and 
imagine it would be a pretty difficult task. 
I understand that the cyclone nozzle Is the 
proper thing to use on your spray to get 
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