New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-12
NATURE STUDY BANDS.
TIE NATURALIST CLUB FOR BOYS AND
GIRLS
Talk OK CUTTING AND CUTTINGS" By L 4.
EA--ET OF CORNELL T-1STvERSITY-HOw
~ APPLE TREE Is MADE

Ire Junior Naturalist clubs are meeting with IN
expected success n many parts OF the country.
They are outcome OF the Cornell Nature Study
Movement. which mas for its purpose the awaken
i1g Of love for natural and native things IN chill
6ren-
The clubs are really nature study bands and
their object Is stated n the charter OF each as fol-
lows Every member shan love the country better
ead be content 70 live therein"
Each Junior Naturalist club receives q charter
and each member q button. Every member IS re-
oEr@5 70 pay dues twice each school month by
sanding letter something that mas been seen
Or studied
The Junior Naturalist family now numbers more
thEI uwentT-0ue thousand boys and girls They
Ire z many States and there Is one club IL Egypt
a1d another in Tasmania. The Cornell Nature
StCc- Bureau Ithaca. \ Y invites all schools
Io JOIN The federation. and offers TO send full in
str-c-oas ID ali nguarers II also requests the
names o. boys. girls or adults who by reason OF
illness are shut ms The services Of the bureau
sce tree.
REGARDING CUTTINGS.
II The Nature STUDY Quarterly" for January l.
Z Bailey, Of TIE department Of horticulture IN
Cornell University. gives the following interesting
facts regarding Cutting and Cuttings":
plant does not have definite number Of parts
e - ana aoes II NAY have Zen or nifty Each
coes-p-oaacs leaves, flowers fruit seeds Il Is not
nay % something which some other part NAV moi
= n 81 Is q Is H. = IIIs !. an ear il hears
[s gaTsnt s[9ek' or = L is removed It may
q copetion VIII oter Bran S9 II a Is re FfoSa
bigger; Il makes what We call plant
4 BIT Of 2 plant stuck into the ground stands
ehe1oe ~ growing. and IS DIT Is cutting Plants
which shall be used, but slere no way OF telling
Il some instances tris preference mas NOT bAe,
c.seoEereas ana We say tat the plant cannot be
rhe cutting Be made Of The soft or growing
exsurles Others grow equally wei from r-I---gs
C r1e hard OF mature wood, currants ard
grapes ana N some l1s.ances this mature wood
1e-s--- -,-l7c9iee mile 3a L{1;r ~ - y Ias
-Wo kinds o cuttings ana these principles may
row consider We shall find II excellent practice
= SCI The pupils 70 making cuttings now and then
= We can 60 nothing more We can make cuttings
q potatoes. as the tanner does and We can plant
r1en q COX n the window
For most plants. The proper age maturity Of
mined NJ giving the tVig quick bend II il snaps
ane 555ss y [9e 6sgE II Is n proper condition II
c. 700 old 7 II spinte-s II = TOO old and woody
teE cuttings PreferaBIy each cutting should have
:o-lr or node near It's base and i the internodes
Allow ere ~ three leaves 10 remain the top Z
-ase ezyss are a TF C o. moe ~ ;-s length n
,se- $40 - r-a--a7 press the ear4t firmly about
uEhtif me sun strikes taud 70 prevent 100 rapid
rHr5Egh nor on TOP only.
some pants may 2e pro2aea1so , 9g means ., q
STEAK geranllE1s are ne eqaInonesl sxaI!l2les
2e -aTs ee~Ic i- 80. r9r+ai-fTe At is point
81 O. ne leaf base CtoD 'f the leaf stalk
GRATING
= re cutting were usnted in plant rather her
go No. 5 ~ - vv015IS grow fast 10 the
- MAJ -7s-- nd rFa txair would become one
T-Ia- - c--Irr Is Inserted in plant II IS no
w2frf : i1 z ets * aIIed he stock The com
re1ed thinE-cl0n growing n me stockls o,5s
Plants are particular 70 their companions
vre- I'D comes - such dose relationships as these
y ne -s s I34 T1s heir choice is only BY
making ne experiment There are quee 4 L M
about r. The pear grc@s We. en- On NJ nlar The
Ne --1ve a. eoans 4 he hawthorns but It is
WI grow potato iisnts and potato plahl5 ~ %
tomatoes ana pofafoe: may be produced: when me
tomato Tho root rsither potatoes nor tolhaoDes
WI D produced Clesfnuts VII gro" '-l
wv ~ 3e graf, Think bit II I seeds
= i51-E.n apple VII pl,5Da SsS-ns az these ap-
E-las = apples as h45e re- - .5ey NAV not
Tha- is apple seeds 90 nor reproduce the a.
count than merely produce apples, mes -
my range az Ire way from tootnsolLg A 800 he
beH Davis ne r1Isery man $3.50 80 ~ me hope
tsL tsey WI prC1ee soIs. en-. 10 on kes
con from RE- Kid w1ich ne wishes 20 pgT , a1d
Eels - 5 'le e-e5 ~a-4efies are grow
~ 81 .5rr rCas. ana waat kinds OF fruits these
r+eoi-s -o1-75 re- uro6ucsd no viii ever KNOW
because rheir feads were cut on IN Lhelr you.h SIS
s5 pears ard pITs and PEACHES and cherries an9
s2Ezs9ts are sr,I raspber-fes and black
berries md Eooseberries and currants and grapes
grated By ire nurseryrnan.
GROWING APPLE TREES
Fsouss an apple tree made. The seed IS saved in
20 rs,tec II Isee TIE seedlings 10 not gro" 80
raniGfy IS those q the peach A. the END OF isss
-hev e-e rsEeu ID ard sorted, and IN the spring OF
900 -.ev sre planted IN July August 1900, they
are suEEed II TIE spring OF 1871 the stock is cut
or 100 me bud and the bud shoot grows thIee
q ss1r feet In 1917 shoot branches or me Ipp
feeTr - f1--r srd II ne fau 1902 the tree may
Dc f0le - 2 rEo-vezE-old. although most persons
preer 70 Buy Il in .-5 thrse-year- N
sore PARTS or The country. particularly - Lls
West The little seeding Is grated in the winter OF
-s4-'f1 81 2 grating room. and the young graits
AZ SCI IN The nursery row N the spring OF -" 70
complete their growth