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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
May 4, 
; Ruralisms • 
T T 
NOTES FROM THE RURAL GROUNDS 
Baby Rambler in a Pail. —Few new 
roses have received such persistent boom¬ 
ing as the dwarf or “Baby” Rambler, 
Mme. Norbert Levavasseur, since its in¬ 
troduction in this country three or four 
years ago. The sales last Spring as re¬ 
ported by most nurseries and rose-grow¬ 
ing establishments were larger than of 
almost any other variety. It cannot be 
said, however, to have given very general 
satisfaction-—not that it lacks merit, but 
rather that customers were induced to 
form exaggerated opinions of its quali¬ 
ties. Few will now agree that it is “the 
only rose worth growing” or that it is the 
“only rose that can honestly be called an 
everblooming rose, or a pot rose.” While 
a free grower and almost continual 
bloomer when given rich soil and constant 
care it will check up like all others when 
starved or pot-bound. The color is to 
many persons, quite unpleasing, and 
though a fair crimson when the blooms 
develop in cool weather, is seldom agree¬ 
able during the heat of Summer. It is 
hardy, and with, allowance for these not 
uncommon shortcomings, is useful for 
bedding and for early greenhouse decora¬ 
tion. While a continuous bloomer when 
growing, like hundreds of other varieties 
containing Tea rose or Polyantha blood, 
if a special show of flowers is wanted it 
is quite necessary that the plants should 
be well rested—in other words ripen their 
wood and become dormant. Fig. 174, 
page 375, is a portrait of a three-year 
plant grown from a cutting, and brought 
into bloom in February in the Rural 
Grounds glasshouse. It will be noted 
that it is growing in a metal pail instead 
of the usual clay pot, as by this means 
the plant can be exposed to frost severe 
enough to freeze the soil without danger 
of breaking the container. This plant 
was grown in successive sizes of pots, 
starting with the usual deep 2 */ 2 -inch 
rose-cutting pot, until the seven-inch size 
was reached, and then transferred to an 
old 10-quart zinc pail, the bottom of 
which had been liberally punched with 
drainage holes. An inch or two of old 
bones and cinders were placed in the 
bottom to prevent clogging and the pot¬ 
ting soil, composed of equal parts of rot¬ 
ted sod, burned earth and fine manure, 
with a dash of bone meal, firmly packed 
about the ball, after the latter had been 
slightly crushed to free the matted root- 
ends. After becoming established the 
pail was placed outside on a bed of coarse 
cinders and given good growing moisture 
all Summer. During Autumn as growth 
lessened the supply of water was de¬ 
creased until the ordinary rainfall met 
the requirements of the ripening canes 
and diminishing foliage. The dormant 
plant remained outside until sharp freez¬ 
ing in December, when it was stored in 
a small, unheated grape house, needing 
only water once or twice during mild 
weather, until brought into the green¬ 
house in January. The branches were 
cut back to six-inch stubs, the weak 
ones being removed entirely. The flow¬ 
ering growths shown in the illustration 
were all made within six weeks after 
growth was started, and the blooms were 
larger and of better color than any we 
have seen on grafted plants or bedded 
plants dug up in the Fall and forced by 
florists. They were considerably more 
numerous than shown in the picture, as 
many had been cut out to furnish pollen 
for breeding experiments with other vari¬ 
eties before the photograph was taken. 
No Ever-blooming Progeny. —The il¬ 
lustrated plant has not grown up to its 
full pot capacity, and will likely make a 
better appearance a season or two later. 
We find method of growing fairly hardy 
roses, such as finer Hybrid Teas, in 
wooden boxes or metal pails so that they 
may moderately freeze when dormant, 
better than earthern pot culture where 
large specimens are desired. We have a 
glorious Gruss an Teplitz eight years es¬ 
tablished in a strong, well-drained box 
of nearly a cubic foot capacity, that has 
a trunk nearly two inches through at the 
base and throws canes seven feet high 
heavily loaded with blooms, though an¬ 
nually cut back to within a foot of the 
soil. This plant is also wintered in the 
grapery, but any light, cool shelter would 
do as well. A number of cross-bred seed¬ 
lings, grown from Baby Rambler, are 
disappointing in that none turns out to be 
constant-blooming, though largely pollen- 
ized with ever-blooming kinds. All came 
near to the Crimson Rambler type, re¬ 
gardless of the habit of the pollen parent, 
and will probably develop into tall-climb¬ 
ing annual bloomers. When pollen of 
Baby Rambler, which has the continuous 
flowering Gloire des Polyanthes as one 
parent, is used on the stigmas of annual¬ 
blooming Ramblers of Wichuraiana hy¬ 
brids, very dwarf ever-blooming plants 
result in large proportion, and something 
may perhaps be done to develop a useful 
group, of which Baby Rambler will like¬ 
ly remain the type. 
Uncomfortable Weather. —Congratu¬ 
lations on the prospect of a mild Winter, 
which were in order until late in Janu¬ 
ary, were summarily dropped on the ad¬ 
vent of the February cold wave, which 
may be said to have lasted, with a March 
intermission, until well past the middle of 
April. Seldom has vegetation been so 
nearly dormant at this season. The tem¬ 
perature drops below the freezing point 
almost every night, and seldom rises far 
above during the day. The zero weather 
of February killed some peach buds on ex¬ 
posed trees and was generally harmful on 
the lowlands, but did not do as much 
damage as expected. The warm weather 
near the end of March caused buds to 
swell and generally started growth, but 
did not last long enough to open blooms. 
The continuous unseasonable cold since 
has quieted about everything except pas¬ 
ture grasses that are slowly greening and 
Alpine plants such as are accustomed to 
grow amid frost and ice. There has been 
considerable snow but few really severe 
storms, the continual chilliness exagger¬ 
ating the effect of the winds usual at this 
season. Some garden crops were planted in 
March, and peas, radishes and the like 
induced to sprout, but they have since 
made no apparent progress. Farm work 
has been much hampered by late snows. 
The actual rainfall is generally deficient, 
but storms have been so timed as greatly 
to hinder the preparation of retentive 
fields. Crimson clover has suffered much 
from these late freezes, but as it is al¬ 
most universally turned under before it 
has made much Spring growth the loss 
will not be greatly felt. Protected straw¬ 
berries and other herbaceous plants ap¬ 
pear in fair condition. There is notice¬ 
able killing of blackberry canes, but other 
fruits are still in hopeful condition, as the 
percentage of destroyed peach buds is not 
alarming. Some exotic plants of doubt¬ 
ful hardiness, such as Buddleia variabilis, 
which has withstood much lower temper¬ 
atures in previous years, appear to be 
killed outright. w. v. F. 
h a vi WATER SYSTEM hrS u * 
It Is easy and inexpensive if you have a 
brook, spring or pond on your place. Let 
Power Specialty Company 
Fit you out with a simple, 
automatic, guaranteed Rife 
Hydraulic Ram or a Foster 
High Duty Ram. Water raised 
to any height. No trouble, no repairs. 
Free Catalogue gives valuable flugges- 
tlons. Address 
111 Broadway, Ntv York City 
POWER SPECIALTY COMPANY, 
OSCOODSCALES 
All kinds: Portable, Pit, Pitless; Steel 
and Cement Construction. Guaran- 
^teed accurate, reliable and dura¬ 
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on trial. Free catalogue. 
OSGOOD SCALE CO., 157 Central St, Binghamton, N. Y. 
CORNED BEEF 
We use only FRESH BEEF, and then nothing- 
but the plates. WE GUARANTEE THE 
QUALITY. Everybody orders again, as the 
CORNED BEEF Is as we represent. Write for 
prices—will answer promptly. 
GEO. NYE &. COMPANY 
Springfield, Mass. 
Paint that 
Fits 
Use Pure White Bead, thinned with 
Pure Linseed Oil, and your paint 
can be mixed to suit your work. 
No ready-mixed paint preparation 
can be equally suitable to old or new, 
rough or smooth, hard or porous 
surfaces. 
CARTER 
Strictly Pure 
I White Lead 
makes the best paint possible to pro¬ 
duce. Meets every condition, gives 
any tint or color, covers most surface 
and gives longer wear than any other 
paint in the world. Contains no clay, 
chalk or other adulterant that makes 
ordinary paint mixtures crack, scale 
and fade. Every atom is paint. 
Write for our booklet, “Pure 
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paint, and shows six beautiful color 
schemes. 
Address Dept. A. 
CARTER WHITE LEAD CO., Chicago, III. 
Factories: Chicago—Omaha. 
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^ Destroy This 
Pest with 
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Arsenate of Lead 
Every variety of leaf-eating Insect is de¬ 
stroyed by this insecticide; the codling moth 
and other moths, caterpillars, grubs and 
slugs; the potato bug, elm leaf beetle, etc. 
Swift’s Arsenate of Lead is white, sticks to 
the foliage, and cannot bum. or scorch, no 
matter how strong a solution is used. More 
highly recommended than any other insecti¬ 
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MERRIMAC CHEMICAL CO., 31 Broad St., Boston, Mass. 
VALUABLE BOOK FREE . 
In connection with our Hi-Grade Brand of Pure 
Paris Green we have issued a new booklet on Insecti¬ 
cides, containing many useful hints to the fanner, 
truck grower and gardener. It is authoritative and 
up-to-date. Better send for a copy to-day. It costs 
nothing and will tell you all you want to know about 
fightiugjnsect pests. MORIi 
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MORRIS HERRMANN 
lain Street, New York City. 
Spramotor 
Automatic in every section, including pressure, 
direction of spray and the removing of any sedi- 
that might clog the nozzles. 
Mas no equal for Orchards, Vineyards, or Row 
^-»rof5s. 86-page booklet T free! Agents wanted. 
spramotor CO., 
BUFFALO. N. Y. LONDON, CAM. 
SPRA Y w 
The 
atson 
Four Row Potato 
Sprayer 
Covers SO to 40 acres per day. 
Straddles 2 lows, sprays 4 at a 
time. Wheels adjust for different 
widths. Sprays to any fineness and gearing 
of pump to wheel of cart gives any pressure desired. 
Automatic agitator and suction strainer cleaner. It 
never spoils foliage or clogs. Free instruction and for¬ 
mula b >ok shows the famous Garfield, Empire King, 
Orchard Monarch and other sprayers. Write for it. 
FIELD FORCE PUMP CO., 2 11th Sr.. Elmira, N. Y. 
Leggett’s Dusters 
DISTRIBUTE 
INSECTICIDES 
IN DUST FORM 
saving Fruit and Vegetable Crops when other 
methods Fail. 
NO WATER TO HAUL 
The CHAMPION 
dusts two rows of pota¬ 
toes as fast as you walk. 
LEGGETT’S 
, CHAMPION 
iDUSTER 
The BEETLE 
Potato Duster (Horse 
Power) dusts four rows. 
The JUMBO 
dusts trees. 
zu-i'a^e bp ray Calendar gives concise information regarding 
Dusters and addre»s of nearest dealer. Mailed on request. 
LEGGETT & BRO., 301 Pearl St., N. Y. 
QET THE BEST 
A Good Spray Pump earns big 
profits and lasts for years. 
THE ECLIPSE 
is a good pump. As 
practical fruit growers 
we were using common 
sprayers in our own orchards 
—found their defects and 
invented the Eclipse. Its 
success forced us to manu¬ 
facturing on a large scale. 
You take no chances. We 
have done all the experi¬ 
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MORRILL & MORLEY. Benton Harbor, Mich. 
HURST POTATO & 
“ ORCHARD SPRAYER 
ON FREE TRIAL. 
No money in arivanee—Pay when 
convenient. Sprays Everything— 
Trees; Potatoes, Truck .etc. 4 rows 
at a time—20 acres a day. Doubles 
Your Crop—extra yield one acra 
will pay it first season. A boy can 
operate it. GUARANTEED FIVE 
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After trial, if you keep it—pay when you can. Special FREE 
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H. L. HURST MFG CO., 56, North St.,Canton, 0 . 
x-—Tree Insects Killed—^ 
San Jose Seale,apple tree scab,peach curl.pear 
blight—all yield when sprayed with a solution of 
Good’s c ^£.fo'r h Soap No. 3 
Chokes and kills the parasites that destroy the 
trees; fertilizes at the same time. Contains only 
potash, and other active fertilizers—no salt, sul¬ 
phur or mineral oils to stunt growth of plants. 
Used by U.S.Dept.of Agriculture and State Experi¬ 
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James Good.^'fj Vrorn Philadelphia. 
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FUMA 
■ ■ kills Prairie Dogs, 
' 'Woodchucks,Gophers, 
and Grain Insects. 
•‘The wheels of the 
gods grind slow but 
exceedingly small.” So the weevil, but you can stop 
“Fuma Carbon Bisulphide”." SSS 
EDWARD R. TAYLOR, Penn Yan, N. Y. 
INCREASE THE CROP 
IN ORCHARD AND FIELD 
by using this compressed air hand 
Sprayer. 15 seconds’ pumping gives 
power for 10 minutes’ spraying. Force 
enough for tall trees. 4-gal. tank con¬ 
veniently carried over shoulder. This 
"Auto Spray" 
Is used by the U. S. Government 
and State Experiment Stations. 
Save half your mixture and avoid clog¬ 
ging and “random” spraying with the 
Auto-Pop Nozzle. One finger regu¬ 
lates spray from a stream to a fine mist. 
We make 40 styles and sizes ofspray- 
ers. Ask for catalog containing val- 
■* r uable spraying calendar. Free. 
E. C. BROWN CO., 28 Jay St., Rochester, N. V. 
The PERFECTION SPRAYER Sprays Everything 
For Trees use it as a hand-pump. For Potatoes and 
all Vegetables use the horse-power. It creates a 
perfect mist, not affected by winds, and covers 
all the ground and plants. 
SIX ROWS AT A TIME. No 
insect life escapes. Oldest and best. 
Over 600 in N. Y. State alone. For full particulars 
and Catalogue, address 
THOMAS 
Box 70 
HIGHTSTOWN. N. J. 
