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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
April 9 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
A Well-Flowered Heath. —The 
beautiful plant in Fig. 129, page 303, is 
a well-developed specimen of a favorite 
Cape heath, Erica hyemalis, as grown 
for the London flower market, where 
heaths have long been immensely popu¬ 
lar. Our climate does not favor their 
cultivation, and they are seldom seen in 
the flower stores except in a small way 
for (he Easter trade. Only two growers 
in the vicinity of New York make a spe¬ 
cialty of these charming plants, and 
practically control the market, while in 
England they are grown by the 100,000 
in many large nurseries. They are cul¬ 
tivated under glass, but do not thrive in 
high temperature and bright sunlight. 
When in bloom, like the plant figured, 
they attract attention wherever shown. 
Their cultural requirements are quite 
simple, but very exacting. If taken from 
(he care of an expert the plants last 
only about as long as the bloom. They 
will not endure the dry heated air of 
living rooms, so that a purchased plant 
makes a lovely but transient window 
decoration, and does not as a rule last 
much longer in the amateur greenhouse 
or conservatory. There are many spe¬ 
cies and countless hybrid varieties of 
Erica in cultivation, most coming origi¬ 
nally from South Africa. The colors are 
while, pink and rose, though one yel¬ 
low-flowered variety is known. The 
hardy Scotch heather, Calluna vulgaris, 
is closely allied to the Cape heath, but 
forms another genus. It is not in any 
way adapted to greenhouse culture. 
Hydrocyanic Gas Tricky. —Damage 
to greenhouse plants from fumigation 
with hydrocyanic acid gas has frequent¬ 
ly been reported where no great excess 
of chemicals appear to have been used. 
Temperature and light seem to be im¬ 
portant factors in determining the ab¬ 
sorption and consequent effect of hydro¬ 
cyanic gas on growing plants. The most 
successful fumigations seem to be in 
darkness at temperatures between 50 
and 60 degrees. Daylight applications 
have generally caused injury to sensitive 
foliage, unless the gas was greatly at¬ 
tenuated. On page ICO we detailed the 
first trial of this powerful insecticide in 
the Rural Grounds glasshouse. One 
ounce of cyanide of potash and 1*4 ounce 
of sulphuric acid to each 2,000 cubic feet 
of air space, applied at night in a tem¬ 
perature of 55 degrees, resulted in the 
destruction of about all adult aphids and 
white flies. Red spiders or mites were 
greatly reduced in number and no per¬ 
ceptible harm to the most delicate 
plants could be detected. The white flies 
in the scale or larval stage developed 
sufficiently in the next two weeks to 
warrant another fumigation of the same 
strength, which was carried out under 
similar conditions, with the same satis¬ 
factory result. As our tomato plants 
had reached maturity by this time, and 
another treatment was needed, we con¬ 
cluded to chance a daylight application 
of greater strength. One and one-fourth 
ounce of cyanide and 1 y 2 ounce of acid 
to each 2,000 feet of space was used, and 
the fumigation started at 4 P. M. in dull 
sunlight, with a temperature at bench 
level of 76 degrees. After two hours’ 
exposure, during which the light faded 
and the temperature declined to 60 de¬ 
grees, the house was ventilated to rid 
it of the remaining gas and closed for 
the night. The insecticide effect did not 
appear as thorough as in the previous 
night applications. A few living adult 
insects could be found, and slight droop¬ 
ing of foliage on tender plants was no¬ 
ticeable. During the next three days 
more or less injury to almost every 
plant in the house developed, being 
quite comparable to the effect of coal or 
sulphur gas. The damage is greatest on 
plants most exposed to light at the west¬ 
ern end, and in the higher portions of 
Pivof-Axle 
Sulky 
Cultivator 
Is the standard in 
Cultivator values. It 
is high wheeled, light 
: draft, adjustable in 
width, perfectly bal- 
' \pt/LK anced, simply construc- 
ted - easily operated. The 
A0£ shovels adjust for wide or 
narrow rows, depth and angle. 
Wheels and shovels instantly thrown to right 
or left by foot levers. 
A Perfect Hillside Worker 
The pivot-axle which controls the entire 
machine, enables it to go against the hill 
with a "gather,” that keeps it upand parallel 
with the row. Works equally well on the level 
Four, six or eight beam, pin, spring hoe or 
spring tooth. Accept no cultivator said to be 
“just as good.” It isn’t made. If your dealer 
doesn’t handle the KRAUS, write us. 
HIE AKRON CULTIVATOR CO. Dept. D Akron, 0. 
THE PERFECTION SPRAYER 
sprays everything, trees, potatoes, etc. Furnished 
complete with cartand barrel. Combined hand and 
horse power. Don’t buy until you net my catalogue— 
THOS.PEPFLEK," -- 
free 
, Box 20, Hightstown, N. J 
ora Planting 
I and fertilizing go hand in hand, w-*, 
C ' 
and fertilizing go hand in hand. w-. 
You can plant in hills, drills or wJ 
checks ana putin the ground till cont- 
/C& mercial or home made fertilizers in 
any conditionals wet,lumpy,etc. with 
THE ECLIPSE 
Corn Planter and 
Fertilizer Distributer, 
With Improved Row Marker. 
Adapted as well to Peas, Beans, Beets, etc. 
Hills 6 to 45 inches apart. Distributes 50 to 
450 lbs. fertilizer per acre. Wide and easy 
adjustment. Light draft, weight 150 lbs. 
Easy to handle, a model for accuracy and 
durability. Investigate our Eclipse Two 
Row Two Horse Planter. Agents wanted in 
new territory. Write for circulars and terms. 
BELCHER & TAYLOR A. T. CO., 
Box 76, Chicopee Falls, Mass. 
(he house, where warmest. No plants 
were killed, but all species, even to a 
pineapple, show; the harmful effect to 
some degree. This is in line with the 
results of various experiment station 
trials. Daylight fumigation of growing 
plants with hydrocyanic gas is risky 
business. The slight increase in the 
amount of chemicals used can scarcely 
be credited with causing the damage, as 
the proportion was far within the lim¬ 
its of safety under proper conditions as 
determined by reports of many trials in 
the horticultural press. 
Hot Water for ‘‘White Fly.” —The 
w r hite fly, a species of the tropical 
genus Aleyrodes. is rapidly becoming 
a troublesome pest in bouses where to¬ 
matoes, cucumbers, geraniums and oth- ' 
er broad-leaved plants are grown. It is 
very resistant to all ordinary methods 
of insect control, but succumbs readily 
to hydrocyanic gas. Fumigation with 
this gas is dreaded by many without ex¬ 
perience in handling poisonous chemi¬ 
cals and some method of controlling the 
white fly in a small way is much desired. 
The only hopeful suggestion we have 
noticed was recently given by a corre¬ 
spondent of the Florists’ Review as a 
result of experiments on infested ger¬ 
aniums. Water heated to 120 degrees 
was forcibly sprayed on the plants, tak¬ 
ing care to reach the under surface of 
the leaves, while the insects were quiet 
in early morning. Geranium houses are 
usually run at a cool temperature, and 
the white fly is very sluggish at 50 de¬ 
grees. It is claimed the insects are 
quickly killed by the shock of w r ater at 
the above temperature, which is not 
harmful to plants. It may be recalled 
that The R. N.-Y. several years ago 
carefully tested the hot water idea as a 
remedy for the detestable Rose beetle. 
Water at 120 degrees will do more to 
overcome Rose beetles than any other 
means yet tested but much difficulty was 
found in maintaining the proper degree 
of heat in the water until it actually 
reaches the insect. It must be 120 de¬ 
grees when it hits the beetle. A higher 
temperature may damage the plant and 
a lower will not greatly affect insects. 
Water divided in spray or slender 
streams cools rapidly while passing 
through the air after leaving the 
syringe. Some practice is needed suc¬ 
cessfully to use the hot water remedy. 
w. v. F. 
GOULDS 
Power Sprayer 
Loses No Time 
Causes No Trouble 
It represents the best value. Write 
us about it. We make everything 
for spraying. Book Free. 
The Goulds Mfg. Company, 
Seneca Falls, N. Y. 
It's a 
-S' 
<« 
HARDIE 
»> 
BRASS PUMP I 
The fog-like spray is 
delivered with such 
force that it pene¬ 
trates everywhere; 
and it works so easy. 
Our book on spray¬ 
ing tells the story. 
Send for it. 
The HOOK-HARDIE CO., 
69 Main St. Hudson, Mich. 
PRAYING 
brings fruits and flowers. Wcmake| 
the right appliances. Special adapta¬ 
tion to every need. 
HAND, BUCKET, BARREL KNAP¬ 
SACK and POWER SPRAYERS. 
20styles. Nozzles,hose,attachments,formulas, 
every spraying accessory. Write for free catalog. 
The Doming Co., Salem, O. 
We item A gent t, lienxon $ HubbcLl, Chicago . 
SPRAY 
"PERFECT AGITATORS win 
-EMPIRE 
""KING 
L 
or ORCHARD MONARCH 
PERFECT AGITATORS With Automatic Brush 
for cleaning strainer. No leather or rubber valves. All styles of Spray | 
Pump*. Book free. “No swindled feeling if you use our pumps. ” 
Field Force Pump Co. 2 llthSt. Elmira, N.Y. 
The Auto-Spray 
is everybody’s sprayer—suits every ] 
job. Brass pump, brass or galvanized 
iron tank. Compress air on mixture ' 
with a dozen plunger strokes, etrap I 
» on back, ana spray % acre vines. 
) Great new feature in Auto-Pop at- ] 
j tachment. Controls spray perfectly. 
I Saves half the mixture. Nozzle abso- i 
f lutely clean every time Auto-Pop is worked. 
Only notrle that can’t clog. Wo manufacture ! 
the largest line in America of high gradoand ' 
power sprayers. Ask for free catalogue. Write I 
us if you vant the agency. 
E. C. BROWN & CO., 
, 2 68 State St., Rochester .N. Y. 
BAKER’S 
RAGELESS HARNESS 
No whiffletrees, no traces. Handy Har¬ 
ness for farmers, fruit growers, lumber¬ 
men, etc. Agent* Wanted. Catalogue 
free. Write to-day. Highly endorsed. 
B. F. BAKER CO.. 223 Main Si., Bumi Hills, N.T. 
MACHINERY 
C IDE 
Best and cheapest. 
Send for catalogue. 
BOOMER & B0SCHERT 
PRESS CO., 
118 West Water St., 
SYKACC8K, N. Y. 
A crop that pays may not 
pay as well as it should 
Potash 
is a plantfood which all crops must have. 
Without sufficient Potash to feed upon 
no crop can reach that 
point where it pays best. 
Experiments have de¬ 
monstrated the value 
of Potash. 
We will send free, 
to any farmer who 
will write for it, a 
little book that will 
give facts in full. 
GERMAN KALI 
WORKS 
93 Nassau Street, 
New York. 
Disparene kills both broods. Also 
every leaf-eating insedl. Book free 
BOWKER INSECTICIDE CO., 
N. Y., Boston & Cincinnati 
66 
FUMA 
kills Prairie Dogs, 
' ' Woodchucks, Gophers, 
and Grain Insects. 
“The wheels of the 
gods g'lnd slow but 
exceedingly small.’’ So the weevil, but you can stop 
thelr-grind np^ BjSUlphide’Vre" 
EDWARD R. TAYLOR, Penn Yan, N. Y. 
NECESSITIES 
THE ORCHARD 
SPRAYING SPAR Compressed-Air Spraying 
U/U1IC fill CHAD Apparatus, Fruit Graders 
YfnALt-UIL OuAr Chemicals for Spraying, Kto. 
Our catalogue will interest you. 
W. H. OWEN, Port Clinton, Ohio 
HENCH’S 
20th 
Century 
Steel Ball Coupling Cultivator 
1 
Order 
immediately and 
With Double Row Corn 
Planter and Fertilizer 
Attachment Complete 
on One Machine. 
Parallel beam move¬ 
ment, pivoted axle,with 
lateral beam move¬ 
ment in connection with 
the movable spindle*, 
or either independent 
of each other. Centre 
lever for Mprciullnir 
and e 1 o * 1 a g shovel 
Introduce them for next season. rh<i J**® slc < J ">plete 
cultivator on the market. 
having every possible movement of the shovel gangs. 
The HENCH & DROMGOLD CO. Mfrs.,York, Pa. 
AGRICULTURAL DRAIN TILE. 
ISIO CLOGGING, ISIO ROTTING, 
NEVER WEARS OUT. 
20 per cent, saved on breakage in handling and 
transit. 80 per cent, saved on strength and dura¬ 
bility. Write for prices and full particulars. Car¬ 
load lots only. Mention this Papkk. Address 
THE H. B. CAMP CO., Frick Bldg., PITTSBURGH, PA - 
The Agricultural Drain Tile 
ough equipment and 
made by JOHN H. JACKSON. 
ALBANY, N.Y., arethevEaP 
'” ” . ” best that long experience, tbor- 
_.. . . superior clay will produce. TiTe drained lane is 
- Fgsj tho earliest, easiest worked and most productive. Make also Sewer Pipe, 
=* i5SSJ Chimney Tops, Red and Fire Brick, Oven Tile and Supply Mortar Colors, 
Cement, Piaster, Lime. etc. Write for what you want. 76 Third Ave. 
HUBBARD'S 
FERTILIZER 
FOR OATS AND TOP-DRESSING. 
TUB FAMOUS HAY-MAKER. 
Office of Cutaway Hakkow Co., Higganum, Conn., 
The Eogees & Hubbard Co., Middleton, Conn. Aug. 7, 1903. 
Gentlemen:—That % of an acre is certainly a wonderful section of land. 
There has never been anything on it hut your Fertilizer, first or last, not one 
pound of any other kind of Fertilizer. It has been top-dressed with every crop. 
It is almost one generation since I seeded that down, so it goes on and on and on. 
Ill tons in 27 crops in 13K years. It is certainly going to make its usual increased 
crop this year. Yours respectfully, GEORGE M. CLAKK. 
SEND FOR PRICES AND OUR DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE SENT FREE. 
THE ROGERS & HUBBARD CO., MIDDLETOWN, CONN. 
