The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-01-27
The Greenhouse Nursery SmanPrmls
Onions.

I'll quite iarSciy 10 our iist oi piuiitS
by purchasing young or small spec
linens ut small cost, by donations,
and otherwise. We now have about
555 species and varieties, many of
them very choice and many rare.
The sales from the greenhouse could
easily be increased by finishing the
propagating pits or by converting
the present houses into CONNER
cial establishment. The latter
would not be in accordance with
the design of the house. 1t is now
serving a very useful purpose for
instruction in botany and horticul-
ture. Students every day, at all
times of day when not in classes
or at work, are seen lettering about
the greenhouse, to study the cacti,
century plants, palms, tree-ferns,
cycas. banana, tea, coffee, cinnamon,
India rubber tree, cuphorbias, dra-
c@nas, ncpenthcs "a queer tropical
pitcher-plant), acacins, begonias,
coccololia, or some other new and
curious and common plant referred
to in the lecture-room. They are
amused and instructed; they are re.
fined by the influence of the beau
tiful plants, well kept in the beau
tiful greenhouse. 1t is certainly u
great satisfaction to have such an
attraction at the college, and u
greater satisfaction to have it for
illustration, study, and experiment.
The flower beds arc still quite
limited in extent. They have been
much improved by digging out, to
the depth of two feet or over, the
poor sandy soil, and filling in with
rich loan, clay, and manure.
The lawn by the greenhouse and
elsewhere has been much improved,
but there is n vast amount of work
still needed in this direction. There
is scarcely a square rod of lawn or
drives in II condition satisfactory
to the one in charge. lie does the
best he can with his limited means.
There is much ground to 60 over.
There are, or will be when done,
two and threc-fourths ca miles in
length of paths and drives.
TIE FORESTRY, NURSERY, ETC,
have all been put together in a
strip next to the road, north Of the
house occupied by DR.. Kedzie,
The patch contains long rows OF
young forest trees growing from
seed, such as black walnut, white
ash, sugar maple, hickory, chestnut,
wildwood, and many others, some
of which will not likely prove OF
value for timber or ornament. 1t
also includes good variety Of
young plants for samples of hedges,
aud quite Il lot Of evergrcens and
other ornamental stock, samples of
many of the rarcr shrubs of other
parts of the country; also some
which grew from seeds obtained
from the Kew gardens. 1t also in.
cludes small quantity Of young
apple and other fruit trees.
The young currant bushes were
planted four feet apart each way,
and have always been kept heavily
mulchcd. The imported curran,
worm has not troubled them, al.
though it has been two years Oh 9th.
err parts of the farm. We have red
Dutch, white Dutch, cherry, Veto.
ria, Versailles, and white grape.
OF Strawberries we raise about q
sorts. So far, Wilson and green
prolific mixed have been our main
crop. In small quantity VIC hav.
Charles Downing, Jucunda, Trioni
phe de Grand, French emperor, Az
riculturist. Downcr's, Mctcalf, Phil
adclphia, Wilder. For the last lis,
named have little to say, as grow
on our sandy loan. They have no
yet been sufficiently tested, cxccp'
the Agricn.tui'ist, which docs very
poorly. The green prolific yield,
better than the Wilson, and Ina.
generally done so for several years
The berry is softer aud the varict,
has imperfect flowers, SO it has ii
be mixed with something else t.
make it bear. Colonel Chconc,
and Michigan promise well; als'
Kentucky for late.
ONIONS.
A row ten feet long of each sort
was planted on sandy, lcachy soil
and all treated alike. They were
harvested at the close of the grow
ing season.
Weight.
Nasly's gray mammoth,
poor, unripc Obs. 10 OF
White globe, mature IL ~
Early rod globe, nice, ma
tue l. 3" II
| Giant rOcca, uneven, inn
mature 10"
Improved large yellow
cracker, mature 3 o
New Queen, early, amount
to little }" -
White fat Italian, very earlyG {" 3
Early flat RID Z" 0
Southport late globe, not
mature, large ~ =" II
yellow Strasburg l." IL .
Margnjolc, neutrality-suspicious. 3 +" II
Large round giant Madeira,
immature, large IL a" II
White Portugal pretty white,
and striped with pink 3" s
Yellow Danvcrs, mature II o
Red Wcthcrsncld, not all mature, goo,
yield. The quantity has not beer
tested.
From our short experience
should recommend the rcd Wcthers