The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1902-04-04


sonny inquiries on various matters have
boen received from persons who have read
"a Southern New Mexico Flower Garden y"
that it is thought advisable to publish Ia this
form additional Information suggested by
most OF these inquiries.
wHERE TO GET TREEs AND PLANTS.
Good flower seeds can be procured from al
most any reliable horisi 10 the country. With
the growing OF trees aud plants however, this
trade Is lsrgely specializedi aud some growers
give more attention 20 one particular branch
uf the trade than others, Excellent twO-year-
Old roses, in all the Detter Yari sties, such as
those suggested in Bul etin 80, may be pre-
cured from George &. kooding, FruslE, Cul.
These Californian grown appear 60 do uensu-
ally we'll ln our climate, Most Yartetlsf lu
these roses, together with large numbca Of
huwers aud plants that are adapted % ooli
climate, may be procured from Baker brua.s
Fort Worth, leA.l aud trvm ~ n, MuLson OF
DenisQn, Texas. Some rusea and "a guo'i Vari-
ETY. Of greenhouse stock may De prucureu in
our own territory from Byron Ives uI Albu-
QuerQuc. An excellent firm from Whicl 10 pro-
cure grconhOuHe stock, and one that sends out
uniformly good plants Is Joseph Nratal aud
Son. Of Little Rock, ARK. firm that makes
speciality Of supplying hardy pe5ennials; no.
Guiding all those mentioned in Bulletin 40, Is
treueuok ~, Horsford, Charlotte, W, AL
though this Is a considerable distance away,
the stock sent ont he so uniformly good and
worth while to mention this name, J. q.
Vaughan D. 81 Randolph street, Chicago, ILL.,,
The Experiment Station al Mesillu Park can
provide az moderate prices, a limited number
az plants and varieties of flower Seeds IL has
Tor sale young elm, cataipa, and box elder
treesi also Artumesia and Caragdna plna and
common yellow un0 pink fueca, which are suit
able fOI hedge planis. ia other plants 10 Gan
supply duhiiaH, cunuaH, cuttings OF Virginia
Creeper which eau bo eesily started and grown
ia any GARDEN ami chrysantnemums. ia seeds
it has a limited quantity Of hOllyh0ck nam
moth castor bean aud poppy.
TINS 10 PLANT,
Ia the climate oi southern New Mexico, roses
OF an kinds, excepting greenhouse stock and
Oue-year-Old plants should Do sot out at once.
The sumo thing appiea 90 All hardy perenniaia.
q aunah, uanliaai nrysautuemumf, and ui
tender flower seeds should be- planted from
April lst TO april l0 hi OF az such time as dan-
ger from late frost h over, The above dates
viii VARY in different parts ui our territory de
pending upon the altitude and the lateness of
spring tfosts,
HELP FoR RURAL SCHOOLS
The Experiment Station is anxious to do N
in ila power 10 aid in the work Of boautlfying
the surroundings of fnc rurl schools of New
Mexico. 10 tnis end, 10 b willing 20 send, free
of charge. small supply of such trees shrubs
and plants ua lt has available 90 the authOIla
ties or teachers Of rural schools. VINO apply
tor the aume 10 has already sent out stock
Tor such purpoaesi and ii mgre ia desired Dy
ung schools application snoulo na made
promptly. ~ ld expected. of course. lhat
where such stock D. sent out 10 wiz BE- cared
for and Wutefcd when necessary. .~ Narch ~.
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