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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 4, 
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NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
Gladiolus Autumn Giant.—The R. 
N.-Y. for October 29, 1904, contained de¬ 
scription and illustration of a new tall- 
growing and late-blooming Gladiolus, 
raised on the Rural Grounds from seeds 
of G. Quartinianus, from Central Africa, 
pollinated with the very large-flowered 
garden variety, Princeps, also a Rural 
Grounds product. The plant illustrated 
grew quite six feet high, and bore a total 
of 50 blooms on the main and side spikes, 
the main spike reaching a length of three 
feet when the last bloom expanded. We 
have this year bloomed nearly 1,000 seed¬ 
lings of similar parentage, and find them 
quite a uniform lot. Fig. 340, page 791, 
is from a much reduced photograph of 
some of the earlier spikes. The plants 
grow four to five feet high in the nur¬ 
sery row. a good proportion of the spikes 
attaining to six feet. The blooms are me¬ 
dium in size and vary in color from or¬ 
ange yellow through scarlet to deep crim¬ 
son, all with deep yellow throats. Some 
are quite hooded in form, others more 
open. 'I lie foliage is the largest and most 
luxuriant we have ever seen in the Gladi¬ 
olus family, and is ornamental in al 
stages of growth, being specially impres¬ 
sive just as the bloom spikes appear. The 
variety, or rather race, if we consider the 
varying shades of color and slight modi 
fications of form, is late blooming, the 
flowers appearing in different individuals 
from August to late October, no matter 
how early the conns are planted. It ap 
pears to grow best in ordinary light gar¬ 
den soil, and is not benefited by applica¬ 
tions of animal manures, though quite 
responsive to good chemical fertilizers. 
1 lie name, “Autumn Giant,” has been 
selected as appropriate on account of its 
tall growth and late blooming qualities. 
It is so sturdy and vigorous that it is not 
easily blown over by storms, notwith¬ 
standing its unusual height. The bulblets 
or eormels, by which the plants increase, 
are the largest ever grown on the Rural 
Grounds, often reaching the size of a 
hickorynut and blooming the next year 
if given enough space to develop. Au¬ 
tumn Giant, coming into bloom after other 
varieties have ceased, furnishes a brilliant 
garden decoration when bright-colored 
blooms are scarce, and appears valuable 
for cut blooms to accompany Chrysanthe¬ 
mums and other Autumn flowers. Gladi¬ 
olus Quartinianus, the parent species, is 
not without charm. The foliage is very 
luxuriant, and the small flowers bright 
red and yellow The bloom spike, does 
not form, however, until late October, just 
in time to be caught by hard frosts. In 
seven years’ trial we have never been 
able to bloom the species except under 
glass protection. Autumn Giant gives us 
the imposing plant of the parent with far 
larger and more brilliant blooms devel¬ 
oping in suitable season. 
Scale and Scale Killers.' —We have 
received some rather pointed letters con¬ 
cerning failures of limoid-kerosene and 
liver-of-sulphur-lime scale washes as used 
on the Rural Grounds. The writers as¬ 
sume that not enough care was taken in 
making up and applying these insecticides; 
that too much was expected of them in 
the way of ridding badly crusted trees with 
a single application, and one critic, at, 
least, seemed to think it not good policy 
to report failures that might discourage 
others from trying a promising remedy. 
To all of this we reply that the mix¬ 
tures were made up, possibly not with 
( laboratory precision, but with sufficient 
care to satisfy an earnest fruit grower, 
and personally sprayed on, covering every 
part of the trees above ground. We ex¬ 
pected the mixtures to kill every scale 
that was fairly hit, and we took care to 
hit them all. In both cases early Spring 
applications were made, and by midsum¬ 
mer the trees were about as thicklv coated 
as ever with larvae and young scales, 
showing the remedies to be ineffectual. 
Whale-oil soap, two pounds to the gallon, 
and crude petroleum applied on different 
trees at the same time completely cleared 
them of scale for the season. 
Liver-of-sulphur-lime wash is not the 
true boiled lime-sulphur preparation, 
though there is no denying the contained 
sulphur is in perfect solution. It was 
claimed by the experiment stations to be 
as effective as boiled lime and sulphur. 
It is much more convenient, though ex¬ 
pensive. We have never boiled lime and 
sulphur for the regular California wash, 
as we regard it as too troublesome to 
make in a small way, but think we have 
proved the liver-of-sulphur-lime combi¬ 
nation to be at least unreliable under our 
conditions. Prof. Close recommends 
limoid and kerosene at strengths of 20 
and 25 per cent kerosene for use on dor¬ 
mant trees. We used it with IS per cent 
kerosene, and failed appreciably to reduce 
the scale. It may be that the additional 
amount of kerosene would have made the 
application effectual, but a better showing 
of the 18 per cent mixture was certainly 
expected. 
We hold that a scale remedy worth 
practical consideration should have at 
least as wide limits of variation in prep¬ 
aration as Bordeaux Mixture among fun¬ 
gicides, that it should be of quick and in¬ 
expensive preparation with home facilities, 
and when well applied it positively should 
clear out the pest for a season without 
serious damage to the trees. Fruit grow¬ 
ers are awaiting such a remedy, and will 
be satisfied with no less. 
Pernicious Scale All About. —It may 
be well to explain that the writer’s local¬ 
ity is one of the original centers of east¬ 
ern scale infection. An enterprising local 
nurseryman innocently propagated and 
sold new varieties of Japan plums, bought 
in California, infected with this Oriental 
scale, before the dangerous nature of the 
pest was recognized. Scale has therefore 
been thoroughly naturalized here over 15 
years, and has worked untold damage, 
killing out all susceptible trees not under 
constant supervision. Wayside and scrub 
fruit trees have nearly disappeared, with 
the exception of cherry and Sand pear 
seedlings, which seem able to hold their 
own. Countless orchard and garden fruit 
trees have been swept away, thus concen¬ 
trating the surviving scales on those now 
in cultivation, as contrary to expectation 
it does not well maintain itself on native 
trees and plants. A remedy really effec¬ 
tive here is likely to be valuable wherever 
the pest exists. We have no sympathy 
with the idea of withholding adverse re¬ 
ports of tests honestly made. If the rem¬ 
edy is a good one it will win its way, not¬ 
withstanding occasional failures in inex¬ 
perienced hands. 
Bonora on Cabbages and Flowering 
Plants. —We have before mentioned the 
effectiveness of Bonora, a commercial 
plant food, on various plants. The makers 
now claim to have improved it by the 
addition of a lacking ingredient, making it 
a complete fertilizer, without changing its 
convenient, odorless character. Having at 
hand some of the new Bonora we tried it 
on a dozen late cabbage plants set in poor 
soil that had ceased growth and showed 
no indications of forming heads, and on 
50 plants of a choice variety of Phlox 
Drummondi growing thickly in a “flat” 
or three-inch box of soil. The Phlox 
plants were showing signs of starvation in 
spindling growth and yellow foliage. Four 
applications, one week apart, of one part 
Bonora to 100 of water, were made both 
to the cabbages in the garden and the 
flower plants in the box. The result was 
renewed growth, visible at end of first 
week, deep green color of foliage in two 
weeks in both cases, 11 solid heads of 
cabbage in the garden and a mass of brill¬ 
iant bloom covering the crowded Phloxes 
at this writing, eight wgeks after the first 
application. Both lots of plants were in 
condition to respond to any good quick¬ 
acting fertilizer, but with some experience 
in handling home and commercial ma¬ 
nures we have never found anything to 
equal Bonora for quick and positive effect 
when additional plant food is plainly need¬ 
ed. While most effective in its way, 
Bonora is probably too expensive for gen¬ 
eral use as sold in small packages. For 
special applications we know nothing bet¬ 
ter. _ w. v. F. 
Killing Canada Thistle.—O n page 665 
G. 15. D. says if anyone has mastered a patch 
of Canada thistles he should like to know his 
experience. I have killed three patches hy 
mowing them when it rained. n. l. p. 
Middlesex Co., Conn. 
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Hot Hlast Stoves : 
Small size at • - 7.00 
Medium size at • - 9.50 
Largo size at - • 12.75 
Cannon Heaters: 
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Large size at - - 7.75 
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400 Yards Ingrai n Carpets, dark 
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2 Ply “Eagle” Braad Ready Roofing with- 
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150 Couches..Each,94.00 to *5.00 
260 Office Desks.mach,*16.00 
2,000 Dressers.Each, *5.00 
2.000 Iron Beds .Each. *2.85 
EXTRAORDINARY BED BARGAIN 
96.96 EACH. 
Exactly like illustra¬ 
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Five colors, black, red, 
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Two izei, full 
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Wire Shorts, No. 1* gauge, per 100 lb. 
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lgths, 100 lbs. *2.75 
Painted Barbed 
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Galvanized Barbed 
Wire, 100 lbs.*2.60 
Poultry Netting, 
cal.. 100ad. ft.. ,40r 
HANDSOME GOLDEN OAK 
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$7.75 EACH. 
Like illustration, have 
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mirrors, size 18x20. Bases 
contain splendid cabinet 
work, well polished — 
usually retailing at from 
$11.00 to $15.00,while they 
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Others Dressers as low 
as.97.50 
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10,000,000 feet of 
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I 1 .: inch, per foot....... 4 4 cts. 
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