The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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RURALISMS 
The Moccasin Flower 
Most people who have roamed through 
the rocky hills of the Northern States 
during May or early June are familiar 
with the pink lady's slipper or moccasin 
flower. Two views are here shown. The 
front view shows the opening into the 
flower through which the bees must crawl. 
These strange-looking plants are orchids, 
and this particular kind inhabits moss- 
covered sand overlying rocks at consider- 
Side View of Moccasin Flower 
able elevation above the surrounding 
country; also it may be said that they 
keep away from civilization as far as 
possible. Hogs destroy them and mice 
will eat the roots, which together 
with picking by people, probably accounts 
for their aloofness. The plant shown here 
is growing on a pile of native sand and 
moss and has lived a year after trans¬ 
planting. but how much longer remains to 
be seen. Ordinary soil would not do at 
all. and they seem in their way as exact¬ 
ing as the hothouse orchids. Near this 
lady’s slipper are several showy orchids 
Front Mew of Moccasin Flower 
blooming in ordinary loam, and very suc¬ 
cessfully. The pink lady's slipper (Cyp- 
ripedium acaule) is the State flower of 
Minnesota, adopted back in 1893, and the 
first State flower of the first State to take 
such action. The flowers are borne singly 
on stalks 8 to 12 in. high. The plant pre¬ 
fers partial shade, that of the pine usu- 
ally. The flowers are pink and are strik¬ 
ing in appearance, resembling a huge 
spider. The leaves are very distinct also 
and even without the flower are attract¬ 
ive and interesting. W. E. D. 
Ohio. 
Selling Price of Hen Manure 
1 have seen in a recent issue of The R. 
N.-Y. an article on the value of hen ma¬ 
nure as a fertilizer. I keep about 500 
hens and have some quantity of manure 
stored in a shed (built for the purpose) 
for sale. I would like to know what to 
ask for it. the price to charge per ton or 
cwt. E. M. R. 
New Jersey. 
Of course the value of a product like 
hen manure will vary with the quality and 
locality. It is mostly sold to local farm¬ 
ers or gardeners. One sample may be 
worth twice as much as another. This 
depends on the amount of litter and feath¬ 
ers. In our locality hen manure is con¬ 
sidered worth about four times as much 
as a good sample of stable manure. This 
comparative value is probably as fair as 
any. 
Just You Ride 
More Than Half a Million 
Motorists Now Praise It 
In An 
Essex 
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Its performance is so convincing that one is 
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Consider What 
Thousands Say 
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range. He sees a complete car. It has fea¬ 
tures he had never hoped to obtain in any car 
selling within his price range. 
The man experienced with fine cars sees in 
the Essex an equal quality to that with which 
he is accustomed but at an immense saving in 
operating and maintenance cost. 
On every hand you hear praise for the Essex. 
Its newness created an interest that sent 
hundreds of thousands to Essex stores to see it. 
On the first day more than 5,000 rode and were 
won by its performance. 
Every day of the past four months has seen 
a swelling tide of admiration until now all are 
saying the finest things for it. 
What Is It 
That They Admire? 
Is it performance or appearance—low cost 
or economy of operation? 
One speaks of one quality, another of some 
other feature. 
That is accounted for by the experience 
those persons have had with other cars. 
It Has Appealed 
To All Motorists 
Interest in the Essex has come from all 
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That proves the fulfilment of the aim of its 
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