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in weedy corners that catch the drifting 
seeds from untidy waste fields, so that 
while some weed seeds are destroyed in 
the rotting, many are apt to be added 
from this cause. Fresh manure contains 
fully fifty per cent more plant food, load 
for load, than old, but is. often injurious 
to plant life if in contact with the roots. 
In the case of bulbs no manure, new or 
old, should touch them, but should he 
placed some few inches below the bulbs 
or be used as a mulch. If fresh manure 
is used as a winter’s covering for bulbs 
it should be removed in the spring and in 
the case of bulbs planted closely, as 
scillas or snowdrops, it is quite a task 
to remove all the straw, which, if remain¬ 
ing, produces an untidy effect, while 
stable manure contains all the elements 
of plant food and will in itself produce 
better effects than any other. The pres¬ 
ence of weed seeds in it has caused many 
to use chemical manures for lawn cov¬ 
ering. 
TRIMMING MAPLE TREES 
When is the best time to cut off some 
branches of maples that overhang a 
walk ? O. B. J. 
Cut them at once. The wounds will 
dry up and close the pores during the 
winter. If you wait until spring the 
fresh wounds will “bleed” considerably. 
Cut back close to the main trunk, leav¬ 
ing no stubs to decay, and paint over any 
wound of an inch or over. 
MICHIGAN REFORESTATION 
^ I restore the pine barrens of upper 
Michigan, the Cleveland Cliffs 
Iron Co. is carrying on extensive experi¬ 
ments at considerable expense. It has 
established two nurseries for raising pine 
seedlings—at Negaunee and Coalwood 
—and good success has been attained. 
White pine seedlings are ready for trans¬ 
planting in two years; 90,000 of them 
are now being set out in cut-over land 
near Coalwood. A considerable quan¬ 
tity of seed was planted last year, and 
more will be this season, including fifty 
pounds recently received from Denmark. 
But it takes forty years to make a pine 
tree profitable to market for lumber. 
The company is also experimenting with 
the Southern cottonwood to supply 
pulp wood, of which the company is a 
heavy consumer, owning paper mills. 
Their holdings comprise nearly one half 
Preserve and Beautify Your SKirvgles 
by staining them with 
Cabot’s Shingle Stains 
They are made of Creosote (“the best wood 
preservative known”), pure linseed oil, and 
the best pigments, and give soft, velvety 
coloring effects (moss greens, bark-browns, 
silver grays, etc.) that look better and wear 
beUer than any others. 50% cheaper than 
paint. 
Send for stained wood samples and catalogve 
SAMUEL CABOT, Sole Manufacturer 
141 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. 
Agents at all Central Points 
Clark & ‘Russell, Architects, ‘Boston Cabot’s Sheathing “Quilt” makes warm houses 
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