THE RURAL NEW-VOKKEK 
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It will make 
HOME-MADE 
ACETYLENE 
Not only supplies 
good light—but 
cooking fuel as well 
Other light systems furnish you 
light only. Home-made Acetylene 
furnishes you with the finest 
light in the world and a perfect 
cooking fuel as well. You simply 
fill a modern acety-__ . . 
lenegenerator with c vvi 
the gas-producing '' A5> 
stone, Union Car¬ 
bide, about once a 
month; the gener¬ 
ator automatically 
makes the gas as 
you use it. 
You will find 
acetylene to be the 
whitest, softest and 
most beautifully 
brilliant of all illuminants. 
the old homestead attractive and cheer¬ 
ful—it will help to keep everybody hap¬ 
py and contented—and, best of all, it will 
relieve the women folks forever of the 
bother of handling ancient, greasy, ker¬ 
osene lamps. 
You will laugh with joy at: the ease 
with which you can cook the breakfast 
on an acetylene range—no kindling—no 
soot—no wood—no coal—no ashes—no 
surplus heat in your kitchen. You just 
jump out of bed and 
strike a match and your 
coffee and eggs are all 
ready in a few seconds. 
The simple little gener¬ 
ator you require to make 
home - made acetylene 
will be worth more to you 
than a heating plant. The 
cost is insignificant con¬ 
sidering the benefits. 
Modern acetylene plants 
are wonderful improve¬ 
ments over the old. The 
•" d r um » Union Carbide you would 
with bluo bands use j n SU ch a plant is now 
carried in warehouses convenient to us¬ 
ers in practically every town and city, and 
is as safe to store and handle as coal. 
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The Rural New Yorker, 333 West 30th St., N. Y. 
RURALISMS 
Winter Care of House Plants. 
1. Who has tried to winter large house 
plants, such as overgrown rubber trees. 
Aspidistras, ferns, Begonias and others in 
the cellar? I have found some kinds of 
Begonias, geraniums, Ran tanas, Nicotiana 
affinis, roses, Wandering Jew vine, and 
others did very well in a cool cellar with 
an occasional watering, but never tried 
the larger decorative plants. Oleanders 
and Hydrangeas are no trouble either. 2. 
Can asparagus seed be sown in the Fall? 
Would it come up sooner than if sown in 
Spring? It is so slow to germinate. 
3. What care should be given two-yeqr- 
old Norway spruce seedliugs? j. G. s. 
Breinigsville, Pa. 
1. Cellar storage is endured by a va¬ 
riety of plants, more especially by those 
that naturally prefer a resting period, or 
that endure cessation of growth with lit¬ 
tle loss of foliage. Aspidistras endure 
much ill usage, including deficient light 
and low temperature. Rubber trees are 
not likely to be very happy in a cool cel¬ 
lar, which we infer means at times 40 
degrees or below; they will stand shade 
very well, but do not like to be chilled. 
Oleanders and Hydrangeas are often 
wintered in this way. Begonias vary 
greatly in their endurance; a great many 
varieties stand shade well, but suffer 
from chill, losing foliage quite readily, 
and becoming rather scraggy. Geraniums 
are very commonly given cellar storage. 
Lantanas are very hard to kill, as horti¬ 
culturists in some parts of British India 
and the Hawaiian Islands know to their 
sorrow, for this rather prim flowering 
plant is a pernicious weed in the tropics. 
We should prefer to grow Nicotiana af¬ 
finis as an annual, rather than carrying 
over in the cellar. Roses will bear such 
storage well, and the Wandering Jew is 
easily satisfied in Winter storage. 
2. All available authorities advise sow¬ 
ing asparagus seeds in the Spring, as 
early as the ground can be prepared. 
Soaking the seed hastens germination. 3. 
Two-year-old Norway spruce may well be 
left in the seed-bed and given clean culti¬ 
vation ; the next year they may be root- 
pruned and set in nursery rows. 
American Institute Chrysanthemum Show. 
The eighty-fourth annual Chrysanthe¬ 
mum show and flower exhibit of the 
American Institute opened in the En¬ 
gineering Building, New York, Nov. 3. 
The Chrysanthemum display was es¬ 
pecially meritorious in cut blooms, 
though there were some striking show 
plants, William Turner, a huge incurved 
white that has attracted attention 
wherever shown, was perhaps the most 
noticeable variety present in size and fin¬ 
ish. Lady Hopetoun, old rose, is another 
favorite exhibition sort. Mrs. Drabble, 
recurved white of huge size, was hardly 
equal to last year, when it was shown in 
exceptional quality, but this is always a 
striking variety. Other large exhibition 
sorts were W. Mease, dull coral, recurved; 
Master Ilex, deep amber, recurved; W. 
Woodmason, terra cotta, amber reverse; 
Earl Kitchener, magenta, recurved, very 
large; Yellow Miller, recurved, prim¬ 
rose yellow; Rose Rockett, amber, re¬ 
curved, always an attraction. 
Among show plants was a line speci¬ 
men of Garza, an anemone-flowered va¬ 
riety with white ruy florets and ivory 
or pale lemon disk. This fine old sort 
was sent out in 1894, but has never 
been superseded for certain uses. The 
little pompons were very good; an at¬ 
tractive new hardy pompon of the aster 
section was Arlington, deep claret color. 
The familiar little buttons, such as Baby 
Margaret, Brown Bessie, Golden Phea¬ 
sant, Yellow Gem and many others were 
shown freely. 
A striking now rose shown was Gorge¬ 
ous, sent out by Hugh Dickson of Bel¬ 
fast, Ireland. It is bright pink flushed 
with yellow. Orchids, violets, Dahlias, 
carnations, Begonias and other flowers 
were shown, and there was also an inter¬ 
esting display of vegetables. A new 
blue water lily was named Mrs. Wood- 
row Wilson. 
Keeping Cabbage. 
Last Spring I saw a question in The 
R. N.-Y. asking how the farmers kept 
their cabbage so nice through the AVin- 
ter. There were several answers, but 
none of them told how it is done here. 
I live equal distance from Auburn, Itha¬ 
ca and Cortland, and nearly everyone 
raises cabbage. The only way it is stored 
here is to cut it the same as to go to 
the car and then set it on the grass, 
stems down and only one deep right along 
in rows. When done cover with from six 
to eight inches of straw and leave until 
Spring. It is best to put it on a side 
hill or along a board fence where the 
snow will drift over it. 1\ M. 
Locke, N. Y. 
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R. N.-Y. and you'll pet a quick reply and a 
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