1913. 
THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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Ruralisms 
Seeding Grass With Buckv/heat. 
J. M.j Chreenlaicn, N. Y .—Can grass be 
sown with buckwheat, or would the buck¬ 
wheat smother the grass, as it smothers 
weeds? My neighbors claim it could not be 
done. 
Ans. —Clover and Timothy are some¬ 
times seeded with buckwheat, and good 
results are frequently obtained; but as 
this crop is usually put in early in July, 
the new seeding is subject to the dry 
weather which so often comes in July 
and August. Aside from this I know 
of no reason why seeding should not be 
done with buckwheat instead of with 
Spring or Fall-sown grains as is the 
usual custom. The buckwheat would 
not smother out the grass if there was 
moisture enough for both crops. 
M. B. D. 
American Pillar Rose. 
A. J. 8., Worcester, N. Y.—Last April 
we received a “Pillar rose” for premium 
with your paper. I set it in garden and it 
grew finely, but now I do not know what 
to do with it. Does it need support? 
IIow high will it grow? What color blos¬ 
soms? 
Ans. —The American Pillar rose needs 
support, if left in its natural form, as it 
is said to make a growth of 20 feet or 
more, and it is certainly- a robust grower. 
Use any desirable trellis, as you would 
for any other strong climbing rose. The 
flowers are bright rosy pink, single, with 
conspicuous golden stamens. Although 
an American rose, its earliest successes 
were won in England, where it has met 
with great favor. It can be cut back 
to bush form if desired for a lawn 
plant, but we prefer the irregular grace 
of its natural rambling growth. 
Japan Walnut in Pennsylvania. 
IP. E. H., Cataieissa, Pa .—What is the 
Japan walnut like in quality, and is It 
hardy enough for our latitude, where the 
thermometer seldom shows more than 10 
degrees below zero, although once in per¬ 
haps 10 years or so it drops 20 below? Is it 
a good bearer? 
Ans. —The Japan walnuts are very 
good in quality of kernel, tasting like 
our own Northern species that we call 
“butternut.” The trees are hardy enough 
to endure almost any temperature that 
is likely to be experienced in Pennsyl¬ 
vania, and they make fine shade trees 
and bear abundantly. However, the 
nuts have shells that are very thick and 
hard to crack and the kernels are too 
hard to extract to warrant growing the 
nuts except those of one variety or 
species called “Cordiformis.” This 
bears quite small nuts that are heart- 
shaped, as the name implies, and the 
kernels are almost like those of the 
hazels and come out very easily. The 
kind more commonly grown and proper¬ 
ly called Sieboldiana is really unworthy 
of cultivation except for the beauty and 
vigor of the trees. h. e. van deman. 
Corn from the “ Ear Tip.” 
A. 8. If., Lockport, N. Y.—When I plant 
my corn I have broken off the small end 
and did not use it for seed. An old farmer 
told me that I should plaut the small 
kernels on the end also, or in two or three 
years the corn would “run out.” lie claim¬ 
'd the silk only grew on the small end. 
1 had a very poor lot of corn this year 
and although I selected and tested the seed 
ears I had to go over the field and plant in 
the missing hills, there were so many of 
them. Is there anything in what this man 
told me? 
Ans. —Your farmer friend is in- error 
as regards the value for seed purposes 
of the small kernels at the tip of the 
ear of corn. They are the last to be 
developed, and as a rule are shrunken 
and misshapen, containing less stored 
energy to support the young plant than 
those from other portions of the ear. 
Repeated trials at various experiment- 
stations have shown tip kernels to pro¬ 
duce, with rare exceptions, smaller, 
weaker and less productive stalks than 
those from the middle or butt of the 
same ear, and their continued use 
would doubtless result in a worthless 
and unproductive strain. Heavy, well- 
developed seeds of almost any plant 
give better results than those of light 
weight,, and the difference is more plain¬ 
ly marked with corn than with many 
cultivated crops. The butt kernels often 
produce stronger seedlings than the 
middle-ear kernels, as they are larger, 
but are usually rejected as too irregular 
in shape to be used in planting ma¬ 
chines. 1 he “silk” is not confined to 
'he tip kernels, though the attachment 
I s mc >re obvious there than to the older 
kernels further down the ear, but as 
'he individual stigma of each grain, 
pei forms its office of conveying the 
influence of the pollen from the tassels 
'o its attached ovary and then perishes, 
where there is no silk no kernel re¬ 
sults. The practice of only using nor¬ 
mally developed grains from near the 
middle of the ear is sound and in the 
long run will give best results, though 
there is no objection to the butt kernels, 
when well cured, if to be dropped by 
hand. 
The corn year of 1911 is notorious 
for its defective seed, owing to pro¬ 
longed Summer drought, followed by 
Autumn rains and the excessive cold of 
the ensuing Winter. Seed corn ripened 
badly, and was so generally injured by 
Winter cold that public warnings were 
issued as to its defective quality. This 
may account locally for poor crop in 
1912, even though seed was selected 
with some care. v. 
Seed* of Drug Plants. 
O. B., Neie York .—I am trying to start 
a garden of drug plants. I want burdock, 
mullein, Symplocarpus (skunk cabbage), 
and stramonium, all common enough and 
all largely used in drug manufacture, but I 
cannot learn where the seed can be found. 
I have what is considered a very good wood 
for the growth of ginseng, but that also 
seems to be without beginning. 
Ans. —The species mentioned are so 
rarely handled by seedsmen that applica¬ 
tion to them would likely prove futile. 
Burdock and stramonium seeds may 
doubtless be had on application to Dr. 
R. H. True, Office of Drug Plant In¬ 
vestigations, Department of Agriculture, 
Washington, D. C. Dormant seeds of 
skunk cabbage, which greatly resemble 
moist grains of corn or maize, may be 
dug from almost any swamp where the 
plant grows in profusion, but a more 
practical method would be to transplant 
the clumps themselves and thus save sev¬ 
eral years of time. Mullein seeds might 
be difficult to procure at this season, but 
almost any country boy could dig plants 
from the hillsides and pastures in time 
for garden planting. Ginseng seeds are 
offered by many growers advertising in 
horticultural publications. The seeds 
supplied are usually stratified in sand 
and are ready to germinate when sold. 
Diseased Clematis. 
What ails my Clematis vine, and what 
will “cure it?” It is eight years old, and 
every season just at or before blooming 
time, while in the height of vigorous 
growth, some of the canes of this year's 
growth beginning with the terminal bud 
look as if they were scalded. This -wilt 
descends lower and lower till it reaches 
the ground. Sometimes a few canes escape, 
but all die if the “wilt” sets in early 
enough in the season. Four of my plants 
died entirely of this ailment. The trouble 
does not seem to be the result of any in¬ 
sect’s work, but the vine seems to" tret 
dark-colored and to die just at the collar 
of plant where vine comes from the ground. 
This apparently decayed section does not 
exceed an inch in length. What is the 
matter and how remedied? Drainage is 
good. L. E. B. 
Champaign, Ill. 
There are several diseases attacking the 
Clematis (especially the large-flowered sec¬ 
tion) and so far we have had very little 
encouragement regarding their cure. Many 
gardeners merely refer to them as “wilt" 
or “die-back” without making much distinc¬ 
tion between them and the troubles arising 
from the attacks of nematode worms at the 
roots. While we cannot offer any assur¬ 
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we would try ammoniacal solution of coo¬ 
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