House and Garden 
around each plant, some two feet in 
diameter, and six to eight inches deep. 
Water freely, at least every other day, 
when dry weather sets in. The cactus 
varieties often send out short stemmed 
flowers quite early. The plant is grow¬ 
ing too freely to give these early flowers 
any length of stem or substance in the 
bloom, therefore it is best to cut them 
off; later on the flowers will he all right. 
If large flowers are desired use a 
solution of nitrate of soda when the 
flowers first appear. One ounce of 
nitrate of soda to twelve quarts of water. 
AGE OF TREES 
To what age have trees been known 
to grow ^ S. M. H. 
In “Notes and Queries,” published 
in the “Journal of Horticulture” some 
years ago, Mr. J. Collinson gave the 
following list: 
Elm, 300 years; ivy, 335 years; 
maple, 516 years; larch, 576 years; 
orange, 630 years; cypress, 800 years; 
olive, 800 years; walnut, 900 years; 
Oriental plane, 1000 years; lime iioo 
years; spruce 1200 years; oak, 1500 
years; cedar, 2000 years; yew, 3200 
years. The authority given in ascer¬ 
taining these ages were historical facts, 
traditions and the counting of the annual 
lines of growth. 
We have received from the H. B. 
Ives Co., New Haven, Conn., an elabo¬ 
rate illustrated catalogue of builders’ 
hardware specialties, showing probably 
the most complete line of window hard¬ 
ware manufactured. Attention is called 
to the many new goods illustrated and 
the large variety of finishes described, 
enabling the buyer to order correctly by 
number any finish desired, also to ascer¬ 
tain quickly the cost from the price 
book. 
Among the new goods included is a 
very complete line of sash fasts, lifts, 
transom catches and automatic gravity 
locks made in malleable iron for metal 
sash. 
The company will be pleased to mail 
a copy of the catalogue to any architect, 
builder or person interested. 
Lord & Burnham Company, New 
York, Greenhouse Designers and Manu¬ 
facturers, have just published an attrac¬ 
tive catalogue which they style “ Handy 
THE GARDEN NUMBER 
The January issue will be the 
Annual Garden Number. 
This issue will be devoted entirely to the Garden—will tell you just 
what to do and when—a series of letters from the leading Nursery¬ 
men and Seedsmen giving practical advice based on their personal 
experience as to how to obtain the very best results in the garden. The 
advice contained in these letters will prove of inestimable value not only to 
the amateur but the professional gardener as well. 
The many letters of inquiry and complaint regarding planting and the 
poor results obtained in this line which have been received by House 
acrid Gacrderv during the last year or two, determined us to find for our 
readers a satisfactory explanation of these failures and secure for them the 
advice of practical specialists. 
This we have succeeded in doing and the letters which we will publish in 
their entirety, will be timely and distinctly valuable, setting forth as they do, 
theories which have been proven and facts which are indisputable. 
THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY 
-PUBLISHERS- 
1006 Arch Street 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
GUARANTEED NURSERY STOCK 
CHOICE HARDY TREES. CONIFERS, SHRUBS, VINES. ETC. 
A SPECIALTY MADE OF LAYING OUT GROUNDS FROM ARCHITECTS’ PLANS. 
TERRA COTTA GARDEN ORNAMENTS AND FURNITURE DIRECT FROM THE 
MAKERS IN ITALY. PHOTOGRAPHS ON REQUEST. 
WRITE FOR PRICES OR APPOINTMENT. 
P. HAMILTON GOODSELL 
NURSERYMAN & LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR, 
200 BROADWAY, NEW YORK PHONE 5617 CORT. 
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