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tions  more  of  it  will  mean  a  rabble  such 
as  was  known  in,  the  days  of  ancient 
Rome.  Of  course,  I  realize  that  this  is 
chiefly  due  to  the  industrial  development 
which  has  produced  so  many  “saturated” 
characters  and  so  many  swollen  fortunes. 
Most  attempts  thus  far  to  correct  this 
“saturation”  and  take  the  fat  out  of  these 
fortunes  seem  to  have  increased  this 
great  army  of  mendicants  by  seemingly 
giving  something  away  to  people.  I  wish 
the  Christian  Advocate  would  go  on  and 
tell  that  small  farmer  in  Jersey  just  how 
he  could  give  his  cabbage  away  so  that 
the  underfed,  deserving  poor  would  be 
sure  to  get  it.  But  now  someone  will 
say :  “This  man  talks  freely  about 
wealth  and  its  use.  What  would  he  do 
with  a  million  or  more  if  he  had  it?  It 
is  a  safe  bet  that,  like  the  rest  of  us, 
including  Tut-ank-amen,  it  would  go  to 
the  grave  with  him  !” 
That’s  a  fair  question.  I  am  not  well 
qualified  to  talk  about  investments  of 
wealth,  but  I  know  exactly  what  I  should 
do  with  a  million  dollars  if  I  had  it. 
But  here  I  am  at  the  fence  which  ends 
my  pasture.  Perhaps  I  may  give  my 
ideas  later.  h.  w.  c. 
NOTES  ON  FOREST  TREES 
Cedar  in  Swamps 
What  can  you  say  regarding  the  plant¬ 
ing  of  swamp  cedar  in  a  marsh  on  which 
soft  maple  will  grow?  It  is  decidedly 
marshy,  but  at  the  same  time  a  part  ot 
the  marsh  is  sufficiently  high  so  that  the 
soft  maples  have  apparenly  run  out  the 
flags.  If  you  think  swamp  cedar  would 
be  a  success  there,  what  would  be  the 
best  way  to  get  them  started?  E.  s.  c. 
Vergennes,  Vt. 
I  cannot  give  you  any  encouragement 
to  the  hope  that  swamp  cedar  will  grow 
in  a  marsh  where  soft  maple  has  been 
flooded  out  or  run  out  by  flags.  Marshes 
represent  the  most  difficult  problem  which 
we  have  in  reforesting.  Soft  maple,  wil¬ 
low,  black  ash,  white  cedar,  and  black 
spruce  are  about  the  only  trees  which 
grow  in  our  Northern  swamps.  Even 
these  grow  so  slowly  under  swamp  con¬ 
ditions  that  they  are  not  profitable. 
Red  Cedar  from  Seed 
I  wish  to  know  how  to  plant  red  cedar ; 
would  like  to  know  how  to  prepare  the 
berries  and  soil  to  get  young  plants,  as 
my  trees  are  full  of  blueberries.  When 
or  wrhat  time  of  the  year  must  I  gather 
the  seed,  and  how  plant  them?  f.  l.  r. 
'Stratford,  Iowa. 
I  would  suggest  that  you  pick  the  ber¬ 
ries  when  they  are  ripe  on  the  trees, 
and  rub  them  so  as  to  separate  the  coat¬ 
ing  from  the  berry  itself.  The  berries 
may  then  be  sown  in  a  seedbed,  much  as 
you  would  radish  seed.  They  should  be 
allowed  to  grow  in  the  bed  for  two  or 
three  years  before  transplanting  them. 
The  seeds  will  not  germinate  until  the 
second  or  third!  year.  In  order  to  hasten 
their  germination  they  may  be  plunged 
for  three  or  four  seconds  in  boiling  water. 
I  would  suggest,  however,  that  this  be 
considered  as  an  experiment,  and  only  a 
portion  of  the  seed  so  treated. 
Cuttings  are  often  made  of  growing 
wood.  These  are  cut  in  the  Fall  and 
placed  under  glass,  either  out  of  doors  or 
in  a  greenhouse.  They  should  be  set  right 
side  up  in  moist  sand.  As  a  rule,  those 
with  needle-shaped  leaves  root  more  easily 
than  those  with  scale-like  leaves. 
Pruning  Conifers 
I  have  some  small  Scotch  pines  nearly 
20  years  of  age,  but  trees  grow  slowly 
here.  Would  they  benefit  by  pruning  away 
the  bottom  limbs?  In  general,  may  a 
conifer  be  benefited  by  pruning? 
Cape  Cod,  Mass.  e.  l.  s. 
You  ask  if  it  would  benefit  the  trees  to 
prune  away  the  lower  branches.  I  would 
most  heartily  urge  that  you  do  not  do  any 
pruning,  except  where  the  limbs  are  al¬ 
ready  dead.  It  might  be  desirable,  how¬ 
ever,  to  go  into  this  patch  of  pine  and 
select  the  small  spindling  trees  which  are 
being  overtopped  by  more  vigorous  ones, 
and  cut  them  out.  This  to  be  in  the  na¬ 
ture  of  a  weeding,  and  should  result  in 
materially  increased  growth  on  the  part 
of  the  remaining  trees.  On  the  whole, 
pruning  of  conifers  is  not  satisfactory. 
The  leaves  are  laboratories  which  make 
possible  the  assimilation  of  plant  food. 
Evergreen  trees  do  not  put  out  new  leaves 
except  during  the  early  Spring  of  each 
year.  Accordingly,  pruning  often  reduces 
the  rate  of  growth.  g.  h.  o. 
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Made  up  as  a  spray,  it  costs 
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_  Lime  Sulfur  or  Bordeaux  on  open¬ 
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This  means  the  greatest  protection  a- 
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Kayso  causes  the  spray  to  dry  quickly  in  a 
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Kayso  makes  the  delayed  dormant  spray  of 
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and  makes  it  stick. 
Kayso  greatly  retards  chemical  reaction  be¬ 
tween  Lime  Sulfur  and  Arsenate  of  Lead — no 
sludge  or  very  little  is  formed. 
Kayso  makes  Nicotine  Sulfate  really  effec¬ 
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for  it  liberates  the  Nicotine  and  spreads  it 
over  the  insects. 
Kayso  makes  the  spray  cover  smooth  bark 
in  a  durable  coating  and  spreads  it  into  cracks 
and  crevices  where  San  Jose  Scale  and  similar 
pests  seek  protection. 
With 
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These  illustrations,  made 
from  actual  photographs, 
show  apples  sprayed  with 
arsenate  of  lead.  The  apple 
on  the  left  shows  the  result 
of  the  ordinary  method  — 
the  branch  on  the  right 
shows  the  perfect  spread 
with  Kayso  added. 
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