1898 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
223 
THE GARDEN. 
(CONTINUED.) 
Petunias and Chinese Primroses. 
O. C., Ohio. —1. Are Double Petunias good bed¬ 
ding plants for beds in the lawn, or are they good 
only for pot culture? What are their require¬ 
ments as to soil, distance apart for bedding pur¬ 
poses, and for pot culture during Winter? 2. When 
should Chinese primrose seeds be sown to have 
good large blooming plants by November 1? What 
temperature and soil are best for germinating 
the seeds ? What are their requirements during 
the Summer? In what sized pots, in what soil, 
and about what time, should they be potted the 
last time to have them bloom November 1 ? 
Ans.— 1. Double Petunias are among' 
the very best bedding plants we grow, 
particularly in a warm, sunny situation. 
Seed may be sown in February, March 
and April. Sow in light soil, and put a 
very slight covering over the seeds, 
which are very small. The soil in 
the seed-pan should be carefully watered 
and made smooth and level before the 
seed is sown. Careless watering after 
sowing will wash the seeds about; for 
this reason, it is a good practice to keep 
a light, damp cloth over the pot until the 
seeds germinate, thus obviating the 
necessity for frequent watering. The 
little plants should be pricked out and 
transplanted before they become crowd¬ 
ed. and will, probably, require two shifts 
before planting out. Put them a little 
farther apart than Geraniums. Petunias 
are admirable for window and veranda 
boxes, as well as for bedding. For Winter 
use, either sow seed in July, or take cut¬ 
tings during July or August. Pot them 
in light but good soil, well drained. 
They will not stand much frost. Some 
of the single Petunias (of which there 
are very showy fringed varieties) might 
be preferred for Winter pot culture, be¬ 
cause they will bloom earlier in the sea¬ 
son than the doubles. Frequently the 
latter will not bloom until near Spring. 
2. Sow during March for early-bloom¬ 
ing Chinese primroses; November 1 is a 
little early for them to be in bloom, as 
we usually have plenty of other plants 
in flower at that time. The main stock 
of Chinese primroses is usually sown in 
June, July and August, they being in 
perfection after the holidays. Sow in a 
light soil, with one-third leaf mold, and 
a fair admixture of sand ; start in a tem¬ 
perature of about 55 degrees. When the 
seedlings have started making leaves, 
they should be pricked out into another 
flat and, when about inch high, they 
are potted into two-inch pots, the soil 
used being the same mixture as advised 
for the seed-pans. Abundant drainage 
should be given. The plants will do well 
during the Summer in a shaded frame, 
with plenty of ventilation. When neces¬ 
sary, they should be repotted, receiving - 
their last shift about September 15. lie 
sure that they are potted deeply enough 
to be firm at their last shift. The flower¬ 
ing pot is usually a five or six-inch size. 
A temperature of 50 degrees will suit the 
primroses and, in watering, the moisture 
should not be allowed to lie upon the 
thick, velvety leaves. 
Imperfect Draught in Flue. 
It. II. M., Ilomer , Mich .—Why does our green¬ 
house creosote so? It is a 10x24 shed roof, built 
agaiust a wood-house (12x24) on the south side, 
and is heated with a wood stove which is at the 
east end, just a little south of the center of the 
house. The pipe has a rise of 20 inches in the 
length of the house, and a length of pipe to the 
chimney rising in two step-like angles. The 
chimney is just outside the west end, and is 
about eight feet high, topped oil with live lengths 
of pipe. The soot has completely destroyed the 
pipe at the top of the chimney, .also the upright 
length in the house, and has run as much as a 
pint out of some of the joints inside the house. 
There is a damper in the back of the stove, which 
may be open or shut, also a soot brick in the 
chimney, but it makes no difference whether 
either or both are open or shut. We use dry elm, 
ash, and Red maple wood. The house is used as 
a storehouse for plants in Winter, and to start 
vegetable plants for market in the Spring. 
We can maintain a good temperature at 15 de¬ 
grees below zero. How can we prevent the 
creosote ? 
Ans.—R. II. M. has omitted one item of 
some importance in the description of his 
heating apparatus, namely, the diame¬ 
ter of the smoke pipe. It seems probable 
that the trouble arises from having too 
small a pipe to carry off such a volume 
of smoke rapidly, and this creates a con¬ 
dition somewhat akin to that of the worm 
of a still, thus bringing about a conden¬ 
sation of the products of combustion 
within the pipe. Try a larger pipe, aud 
avoid sharp angles as much as possible 
in its course. A better result would, 
also, be gained by giving the pipe a lit¬ 
tle more rise to the chimney ; a rise of 
about one inch to the foot is scarcely 
enough to give a strong draught. It may 
be added that the fact of the chimney 
being located at the west end of the 
building, and the stove at the east end, 
does not provide the best conditions for 
free draught, the prevailing winds of 
Winter in most localities being from the 
west and north, rather than from the 
east and south, and the direction of the 
air currents has much influence on the 
draught of long flues. w. u. taplin. 
Six Good Roses. 
N. W., Ilornerstown, N. ./.—What are the best 
six roses for garden culure ? 
Ans.—N. W. does not state whether he 
desires hardy varieties of the Remontant 
class, commonly known as “June roses,'’ 
or those of the tender section, usually 
described as Everblooming. Of the first 
class, a good selection would consist of 
Mrs. John Laing, pink ; Paul Neyron, 
rose; Fisher Holmes, rich vermilion ; 
Marie Baumann, deep red, very double ; 
Margaret Dickson, white shading to flesh 
pink, Anne de Diesbach, rose pink. 
This short list compels us to ignore some 
very beautiful varieties, but the sorts 
named are all hardy, vigorous, and ex¬ 
cellent in the garden. Most of them 
will give us some Autumn blooms, if we 
cut the J une flowers as they fade. Bar- 
onne de Rothschild (better known as 
Baroness Rothschild), a beautiful light 
pink rose of elegantly cupped form, and 
its progeny, Mabel Morrison, white, are 
both of exceptional beauty, but they are 
quite subject to mildew. Prince Camille 
de Rohan, velvety blackish crimson, one 
of the darkest-colored roses grown, is 
excellent for garden use. Ulrich Brunner, 
cherry red. Marguerite de St. Amand, 
bright rose, a fine autumn bloomer ; 
Mine. Gabriel Luizet, satiny pink ; Mar¬ 
shall P. Wilder, cherry shaded with car¬ 
mine, large and globular, are all valu¬ 
able garden varieties. 
Of Everblooming varieties, Papa Gon- 
tier, rose; Souvenir de Wootton, crim¬ 
son, large and beautifully shaped ; Clo- 
thilde Soupert, delicate pink shading to 
white; Kaiserin Augusta Victoria,creamy 
white shading to amber at the base; 
Duchess of Albany, pink, and Mme. Caro¬ 
line Testout, silvery pink, are all fine. 
There are so many fine roses of this 
class that it is difficult to limit one’s list. 
If protected with earth, these tender 
roses should survive the Winter in N. W.’s 
locality. 
When the children are 
hungry, what do you give 
them? Food. 
When thirsty? Water. 
Now use the same good 
common sense, and what 
would you give them when 
they are too thin? The best 
fat-forming food, of course. 
Somehow you think of 
Scott’s Emulsion at once. 
For a quarter of a century 
it has been making thin 
children, plump; weak child¬ 
ren, strong; sick children, 
healthy. 
50c. and $1.00, all druggists. 
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York. 
PLANT BOXES $ ^ 5 
I For HOT-BED USE 1000. 
4-lnch cube, 4K-lnch cube, or 6 -lnch oube. 
BERRY CRATES 
and CRAPE BASKETS. 
Write for price list. Address 
COI.B Y-IiL\KJLK Y CO., Benton llarbor, Mich. 
Don’t Buy a Tree or Plant 
, UNTIL YOU HAVE SEEN OUR 1898 SPRING CATALOGUE. 
A larger and finer stock than ever before. 3 , 000,000 Strawberry 
Plants. Fruit, Shrubs and Ornamental Stock in proportion. 
Everything that any fruit grower can need. Our customers are never disappointed. 
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CAMPBELL’S EARLY 
“First of all Grapes,” says Rurai New-Yorker. Scaled 96 points in possible 100. “Will 
| ship round the world.” Early or Late. Insist on our Seals and get what you buy. 
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A Nngget from the Northwest. 
Patrick—Earliest productive strawberry, and 
the best early perfect-Uowered variety ever intro¬ 
duced. Faultless plant of marvelous vigor; enor¬ 
mously productive. Superior to Wood in plant 
and berry, and a far better shipper. Patrick 
and Clyde will be the fortune-makers of the next few 
years. E D W. W. CONE, 
MENOMONIE, WIS. 
large, perfect shape 
vigorous, prolific, 
drought-resisting. 
Best varieties Straw* 
berry Plants ; also As. 
pnrn eus Roots, Peach, 
Apple and Plum Trees. 
Peaches grown from nat¬ 
ural seed In section free 
from scale and yellows. 
Write for lateat'caulog—FREK. 
1LUUUSO.V8 NlfuSERlKS, 
Berlin* Md. 
I low to Grow 
30,000 Quarts of 
Strawberries in 
30 months u” 9 . 
Send the P.O. address of all the 
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WILL GROW 
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SALISBURY. MD. 
AND HE WILL SEND YOU HIS 
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should get our catalogue of tested 
varieties of Strawberries, Rasp¬ 
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and Ornamental Trees, Seed Corn 
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SIRAWBbRRY PLANTS"™ C™ SETS 
CLYDE, ULEN MARY, WM. BELT and BIS¬ 
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ENOS VV. DUNHAM, Stevensville. Mich. 
100 Strawberry Plants, SI.00 
Postage paid. High graue. Five kinds, your own 
selection. Send for catalogue. 
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STRAWBERRY PLANTS B %™»rices. 
Circular free. B. KING, Tewksbury, Mass. 
500 
PARKER EARLE I „„„ dfcO 
BRANDYWINE f * 0K gfifi 
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catalogue. We 
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and up WM. PERRY, Cool Spring. Dol 
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TREES, VINES AND PLANTS 
of all the leading varieties at very reasonable prices, 
No better grown in the United States. Introducers of 
the Now Holderbaum Peach, the (liant of the 
Alleghanies. Write us for Descriptive Price List. 
It will interest you. KEMP BROS. NURSERY AND 
ORCHARD CO., Harnedsville, Pa. 
OHIO BLACKCAP PLANTS, CHEAP. 
$4 per M for choice tip plants from yearling bushes, 
f. o. b. Sodus, packed carefully in moss. Address 
CASE & NORRIS CO., Sodus, N. Y. 
FAY 
No. 1. Two-year-old 
Roots, $2.25 per 100. 
C. E. EDMUNDS, Fredonia. N. Y. 
CURRANTS 
PEACH TREES 
4 to (5 ft., at 2c.; 3 to 4 ft., at 
healthy and thrifty, no scale. Official certificate 
accompanies each shipment. Sample by express if 
wanted. Can ship any time. Trees kept dormant 
till May 10. R. S. JOHNSTON, Box 4, Stockley. Del 
TREES at very low prices. Apple, Pear, Plum, 
free. 
Quince and Cherry, 5c.; Peaches,3c. Cat. 
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DEAPU TBEEC- Flne - health y stock at low 
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P each, Pear and Plum Trees; Raspberries, Black¬ 
berries, Strawberries; Ornamental Trees and 
Shrubs. Write me for special prices. 
C L YATES. Nurseryman, Rochester, N. Y. 
Peach Trees 
a specialty. Other 
stock, too. Don’t 
buy without first seeing our catalogue. Send for it. 
W M. PETERS. Wesley. Md. 
SURPLUS 15,000 KANSAS rlr»:«"i v 
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Agents 
Wanted. 
A Twelve- 
year-old Boy 
can do more and bette. work with 
Hand Cultivator than three men can do 
with common hoes. If you can't get the 
Hand Cultivator 
of your dealer, send 70 cents for sample, 
Farmers' Handy Tool Circular mailed free. 
ULRICH MFC. CO., 20 River St., Rock Fails, 111. 
r 
Market Gardeners \ 
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Mew Universal Model Hand Seed- ! 
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♦ amount of actual value for the money. They are ; 
♦ made in a dozen different styles. The only combina- 
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♦ Insure* perfect work. Write for circulars and ad- ♦ 
. dress of nearest supply house. 
AMES PLOW CO. Sole Makers, 
Koaton and New York. 
THAT OLD HOE 
Is the enemy of the farmer. It eats up his time and his profits-/ 
keeps his nose on the grindstone. The “Planet Jr.” No. 15/..,- 
Single Wheel Iloe will cover more ground in an hour tban/o*- 
can cover in a day with an old-fashioned hoe. Besides/.? ? “ 
this, it has cultivator, rake and plow attachments. $ 1 
There are a score of the “Planet Jr." Machines, each 
being a marvel of mechanical skill. If you would 
like to know what they do and how they do 
it, send for the “Planet Jr." book for '98. 
8 . L. ALLEN A CO., 
HOT Market 8 t., Phil*. 
