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Horticultural  Short  Cuts 
A  Suitable  Cemetery  Plant 
In  a  recent  issue  of  The  It.  X.-Y.  there 
appeared  a  request  for  a  suitable  ceme¬ 
tery  plant.  For  many  years  I  have  been 
on  the  board  of  managers  of  the  Y\  allkili 
Valley  Cemetery,  Walden,  N.  1'.,  and 
have  taken  great  personal  interest  in 
plants,  shrubs  and  trees  suitable  for  ceme¬ 
teries.  Your  correspondent  will  tind 
neonies  very  desirable  and  long-lived.  I 
know  of  one  large,,  old-fashioned  red 
peony  that  has  graced  a  lawn  for  over 
GO  years,  and  at  this  writing  is  in  vigor¬ 
ous  growth.  My  suggestion  is  to  select 
three,  one  white,  one  red,  one  pink,  varie¬ 
ties  that  all  bloom  at  the  same  time,  mak¬ 
ing  a  very  lovely  combination  of  colors 
when  set  together.  The  other  plant  and 
much  more  desirable  is  Fraxinella.  That 
never  fails  to  bloom  May  30.  In  our  cem¬ 
etery  are  several  plants  that  were  planted 
in  1863,  and  are  in  vigorous  health  at 
this  date.  W.  c.  h. 
East  Walden,  N.  Y. 
Plan  for  Cold  Frame 
Here  is  a  plan  of  a  cold  frame  I  have 
made  and  used  with  good  results.  It 
is  almost  as  good  as  a  manure,  no  danger 
of  overheating  and  in  extra  cold  weather 
put  a  candle  in  space  under  carpet.  There 
is  an  18-in.  air  space  under  carpet,  which 
is  fastened  to  a  frame  on  which  8-in.  of 
good  earth  is  put.  c.  p. 
Heating  Hotbed 
I  cannot  get  horse  manure  of  any  kind 
to  make  my  hotbeds  this  season.  1  have 
only  nine  frames,  6  x  3  ft.  How  can  l 
heat  them  with  wood  fuel?  I  want  to 
start  them  the  first  week  in  March.  Some 
years  ago  I  saw  a  small  hothouse  heated 
by  the  following  method  but  do  not  re¬ 
member  the  details. 
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Seed  bench 
Suggested  Hotbed  with  Flues 
I  do  not  want  to  go  to  very  much  ex¬ 
pense;  hope  to  build  some  thing  in  the 
way  of  a  small  greenhouse  in  the  future. 
The  flue  pipe  and  chimney  were  glazed 
sewer  pipe. 
Kindly  mention  the  depth  of  soil  and 
how  high  the  benches  should  be  raised 
from  the  floor.  h.  T.  a. 
An  old-fashioned  sheet  iron  wood  stove 
will  answer  the  purpose,  but  the  flue  must 
not  be  direct  as  he  has  it  in  inquirer’s 
drawing.  It  must  have  an  elbow  on  each 
side  of  heater  to  run  the  flue  pipes  under 
each  bench,  six-in.  terra  cotta  pipe  can 
be  used  for  that  purpose.  If  the  tine  is 
direct  it  draws  the  heat  through  the  flue 
too  rapidly  so  the  outsides  of  the  bed  do 
not  get  heat  enough. 
Chimney 
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Proper  Arrangement  of  Hotbed  Flues 
The  entire  space  over  heater  pipes  can 
be  boarded  over,  or,  if  it  is  desired,  a 
door  can  be  made  alongside  of  chimney 
and  a  narrow  passage  between  the 
benches.  The  air  space  between  the  flue 
piipe  and  bottom  of  benches  need  only  be 
about  one  foot.  \v.  r. 
Transplanting  Large  Apple  Trees 
If  It.  L.  K„  Webster,  X.  Y'.,  page  12. 
root-prunes  his  trees  in  July  by  digging  a 
trench  around  each  tree  about  20  in. 
from  stem,  according  to  size  of  tree,  and 
working  well  under,  cutting  off  all  heavy 
roots  and  being  particular  to  save  all 
fibrous  roots,  those  trees  can  be  trans¬ 
planted.  This  may  be  done  next  Spring 
if  carefully  handled  without  sacrificing 
very  many  fruiting  buds,  as  the  trees  will 
have  made  sufficient  fibrous  roots  to  sus¬ 
tain  the  branches.  Better  still  for  these 
trees  to  be  lifted  in  Winter  with  a  frozen 
ball  of  earth,  attending  to  root-pruning  as 
already  described.  s.  S. 
New  Haven,  Conn. 
Hidden  Values  in  Every  Essex 
They  Keep  the  Car  Young  in  Long  Hard  Service 
All  models  have  the  noted 
Essex  chassis.  European  and 
American  experts  call  it  the 
greatest  of  its  size. 
After  fifty,  sixty  and  seventy 
thousand  miles,  Essex  cars 
keep  the  dash  and  action  of 
new  cars.  They  stay  tight 
and  quiet.  They  keep  their 
economy  of  operation  and 
maintenance. 
Service  like  that  is  not  acci¬ 
dental.  It  results  from  hidden 
values  which  are  fully  revealed 
only  in  long  hard  service.  At¬ 
tention  to  detail  extends  to 
parts  you  never  see.  Finest 
roller  bearings  are  used 
where  commonly  plain  bush¬ 
ings  are  used.  For  the  weight 
carried  the  Essex  frame  is  the 
sturdiest  built,  save  one. 
Qualities  like  these  make  Essex 
cost  less  in  the  long  run  than 
the  lowest  priced  cars,  because 
of  the  difference  in  repair, 
maintenance  and  replacement 
costs. 
ESSEX  MOTORS  — DETROIT 
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and  saves  a  big  item  of  replace¬ 
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for  the  everlasting  goodness  ett 
Essex  cars. 
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