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The Florida agriculturist., 1910-03-01
ORNAMENTAL HORTICULTURE
CONDUCTED BY VIM. A. COOK
Of Royal Palm Nurseries, Oneco, Florida

relative value of the architectural and
natural styles of landscape gardening.
For myself, | can see beauty in both
in their highest development and, while
preferring the natural style in general,
believe that there are cases where only
the architectural style will serve the
best artistic and utilitarian ends. For a
general rule, however, the following is
fairly safe: The architectural, or formal
style, is the best and easiest way Of
handling small, circumscribed areas,
whereas the natural style usually re-
qulres considerable area where it is
best seen and most effective. Above all,
remember that because a thing is for
NAL it is not necessarily bad.
To consider the architectural style
first, note that carpet gardening" is
not part of it or any other style Of
landscape art that is patchwork" ef-
fects Geometrical lines are essential,
but they should convey the idea Of sim
pllcity, not Of confusion Indeed, sim
plicity is one of the first considerations,
conveying the idea of boldness, that is
to say dignity, without obtrusiveness.
The end of all is to have the lines and
spaces so planned that thev will blend
into one harmonious picture. The plant
ing of trees in rows is undoubtedly a
feature of this style, but only when used
in limited numbers. In quantity they
should be used to block in some geo.
tnetrical lines, usually corners. When
planted in lines they should be set at
uniform distances and should be of
uniform Species And it is just here
that we in Florida have a distinct ad-
%y0f1 0rt1o Il
is, the use of palms Consider lines Of
plumosa, or its types c. coronata, ETC.,
palmetto-these, with their trunks risino
their great crowns of royal foliage!
And they are adaptable to so many pur-
poses. If the plantinos are suitable,
they may be used to excellent advantage
in pairs. For grounds of somewhat
limited extent they are beautiful when
planted at an opening IN a semi-circu-
lar hedge of evergreens, is Thuya orr
entails. Other hedgings would answer
the purpose admirably. If far enough
south, Acroconia total would be mag
nificent to use in this scheme, as its
heavier trunk would give more dignity,
ct!lN ITO WOlluCl lul PIullIV lOp ulOI e grace
To complete this a grove of tall orange
trees would make an ideal background,
especially when laden with their golden
fruits
In dealing with geometrical land
scape avoid if possible the clipping Of
trees. It usually gives a bad effect
and is not really necessary. Hedges,
on the contrary, need to be sheared,
and also shrubbery, if not carried to the
extreme of fantastic shapes and figures.
Considering the matter Of hedges, the
Thuyas are especially suitable, growing
on any fairly well-drained soil Pittos-
porum Tobira is also fine, both for
hedges and for clipped specimens The
variegated form of this plant is also
most excellent, being a beautiful COM
bination of paler green than the type,
The Florida agriculturist., 1910-03-01

tends to depart from that unity of color
which is so desirable in the architec-
tural style. Deep monotones, especially
| of green, are usually to be preferred.
A mixture of colors usually lacks dig
nifty Especially would this be the case
in the use of more brightly colored
hedge plants as Breynia nivosus (Phyl-
lanthus) > and others, which are, how
ever, indispensable in their correct set
ting. A few plants that are good for
hedging are Euonymus japonicus, Cali
fornia and Amoor river privets, Cattley,
Guavas, Prunus Caroliniana, etc. The last
is especially desirable, and deserves more
attention than it has so far received
It is a handsome, broad-leaved, ever
green shrub, and when in bloom in
| February, is covered with masses of
small, fragrant flowers, and a multitude
of attractive, shiny-black fruits. For
this reason, perhaps, and as it is some
what impatient of the pruning shears,
it is better adapted to the natural style
of landscape gardening.
| One of the most effective features of
the geometrical landscape is the terrace.
1t tends to bring out all the dignity of
the buildings, enhancing the geometri-
cal effect. It's lines should be absolutely
parallel. While essentially useful in
serving their purpose, they are expen-
| Sive to construct and maintain
The question of garden furniture is
large one, but in general this much may
be said: The use of fountains, statu
| ary, stone benches, sundials, ETC., is
very appropriate if the paintings and
positions are ideal, otherwise avoid
| ~,
ton must be exercised in their use, in
any event.
Frost Notes.
Speaking of the hardness of plants,
we had splendid opportunity this win
ter for observing it in regard to many
plants whose resistance has not alto
gether been proven. The general
weather conditions at that time are
familiar to all, the temperature here
at its lowest was "a degrees, while for
a period Of five hours the thermometer
registered 25 degrees. Bauhinias were
defoliated and the bloom for the season
destroyed. except a few flowers of B.
purpurea, which opened before the cold
snap Jacaranda acutifolia j. mimo-
saefolla) was almost completely defoli-
tied, except for the few topmost
punches of leaves, which were merely
little discolored 1t is, however, leaf
ing out again strongly Bscho6a tri-
foliata was also defoliated and the end
growth on the branches killed back a
little 1t was quite we'll protected, how
ever, by other trees and by it's proximity
to the greenhouses; otherwise it would
have been hurt somewhat more than it
was It is coming out again in full
leaf, apparently little the worse for the
freeze. Where it can be grown at all
it is one of the best Of shade trees, with
its 1uxuriant, dark-green foliage. Ma
tive to the East Indies, it does excellent
ly we'll. growing thriftily in our sandy
SOIL Small oleanders were nipped this
year, almost all the commoner varieties
! showing more or less badly the effects
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-15
Mallet Headed
Putting Barred
Authorities of St. Andrews Put a
Ban on Queerly Shaped
Clubs.

NEW YORK, May 1A-In Scotland the
ban has been placed on mallet-headed put
tiers by the authorities of st. Andrews and
the move is likely TO make trouble Many
or the best American players have taken
up the queerly-shaped clubs for work on
the green. Travis among them IL they
bow to the St. Andrews ruling they will
nave to change their style of putting, and
1t is certain that many OF them will baIk.
Putting is one depal tment of the game in
which the amateur compares favorably
with the professional, but there is a d.
vergence of opinion whether the difference
In putting Is due entirely to the difference
In the clubs. Many are inclined to think
there Is more in the man than there is in
the club. Professionals are VIGOROUSLY
carless in the matter of putting and have
lost hard-fought matches time and again
through slpshod work on the green.
This matter of barring implements re-
calls the old trouble In the pole vault.
Almost anything qualified as a pole. An
English vaulter years ago appeared with
pole shod with spiked tripod This he
stuck in the ground and climbed hand over
hand. His American opponent complained
of the practice, but finding nothing in the
rules to prevent borrowed a stepladdsr and
hoped over the bar at an unheard-o of
height. The rulems kers promptly framed
reasonable restriction and that ended
the trouble.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-15
A BacheIor'. reflections.

Nobody can appreciate how much n
wants thing til he can't get IT,
4 man wants 10 buy his ticket for
What seems particularly to poA a
crowd anywhere is what a lot Of idiots II
can be.
When anybody is beholden 10 one person
he Is Just as likely as not TO show II 20
arOther.
ldc ais must spring from reason; they may
be championed with the sWard, they can
be enshrned only In the heart
There's nothingsso easy a 10 get a con
Tempt Tor a thing you try TO gain, but rs
beyond your reach
girl Is very farsighted 10 make mao
so attentive while She can, which Is before
soc marries him.
Nothing males man more indignant
ihan for his wife not to appreciate how
sick he Is when he isn't
Tho funny thing about people With Ikfd
h1ir IS how mad they can EAt trying Wo
prove u doesn't give them a IA tempek-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-15

used. with the iump-spark either high or
low tension. The high tension obriatcs
the necessity Of spsrking-coil. which 10
necessary with the low. put as the coil
must be on the car when batteries are used
for starting purposes the disadvantage OF
the iow-tension ma gneto is not so potent in
practice. The wiring from high-tonsion
magnetos is much more complicated than
that from the low-tenslon. Whichever be
used. the combination of magnetic and celia
or accumulstors is the ne plus ultra OF ef-
ficiency.
Engine Construction.
Into technical details OF engine construc-
ton it is impossible to enter at length in
the space of this article, but there ars a
few points well within the comprehension
OF tho ordinary purchaser which he will
do well 90 bear IN mind. In tho first
place a good engine is a silent engine;
noisy ono Is ipso facto, a bad one, and
stands sclf-condemned. as noise means
wasted energy and undue wear from inn
perfect workmanship. Six cylinders are
becoming more and more fashionable. and
undoubtedly more than compensate for the
additional weight by glving-a more equal
torque As in n four-cycle explosive en-
ginc each cylinder has one power stroke
OhA VI lOhE VI IT'S plbtOn NoI Two
revolutions of the crank shafU, four
cylinder engine gives one power stroke
with each half-turn of the crank-shaft,
therefore n six-cylinder engine gives a
power stroke with each one-third revolu-
ton Of the shaft, producing a more con-
tinuous twisting impulse, or. as it is tech
nically termed "A better torque." The
disadvantages sof the six cylinders are an
undesirable lengthening OF the crank-shaft.
and the Introduction of third more fac
tors of error into the working of the en-
CINE, involved by the additional cylinders,
with their valves, ignition and other APP
purtenances liable to failure.
Low-compressed engines are always pre-
ferable to high; both the probability and
Importance OF leakage round the cylinder
heads are minimized and the labor of
cranking is also much reduced.
Overheating in an engine is n bad fault,
but it is not generally realized that many
builders go 10 the other extreme and keep
their engines too cool. Unless the tenn
perature in the water-jacket approaches
boiling point the engine is not doing its
best. A faVoritc trick of demonstrators,
dipping a finger into the water after a
hard climb, to show that the water is not
hot is misleading, as It simply proves a
great waste OF power, and therefore of
fuel The force of the explosions is mostly
converted into heat and lost by radiation
and conduction, instead of being used to
turn the engine. OF course, no car should
have boiling water in the jacket in Or
binary running, but one in which the water
is cool after a hard climb is unnecessarily
eXtravagant with gasolene.
In carburetters simplicity of design, ease
of adjustment and wide range are the main
features to be sought a dashboard ad-
justor, which enables the driver to alter
the proportion of fuel to air entering the
cylinders, according to the power required,
is potent factor in economy and fleXi-
bilty.-N. Newham- Davis. in Country Life
in America.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-15
Canadians to
Compete for
English Prize
Colonists Plan to Give Johnny Bull
Run for Diamond Skulls at
Regatta.

TORONTO. May lit is a possibility
that three Canadian oarsmen will compete
for the diamond sculls, which Is one OF the
feature events of this years Henley regatta
in England. Lou Scholes and James Cos
grave are already in training for the event
and now comes the announcement that
O'Neli the Halifax oarsman, may also COM
pete. O'Neii won the American amateur
sculling championship at Detroit last year.
Both Scholes and Cosgrave have started
out TO prepare themselves for a gruelling
race. in which they will compete for the
worlds premier sculing title. Cosgrave
has a new Sims shell, which he will use
at Henley in July Is made Of Spanish
cedar, weighs twenty-three and half
pounds and is four and a half inches deep
in the bow. At the stern 1t measures three
and a half inches and has a hip Of five
and a half inches. lis length measures
twenty-five feet. Cosgrave says he is
pleased with the lines Of the boat and
thinks that he vii! be able to make better
time in it than In the old Clasper she'll
which he used last season.
Lou Scholes expects to win the title again
this year. Since he has gone into light
training he says that he feels fit and that
when he gets down TO real hard work on
the river he will surprise the rowing world.
Scholes has captured the event before and
he knows how to train for 1t. His boat is
similar to the one owned by Cosgravc. The
only difference between the two is that
Cosgrave's she'll is a bit beamier. due to
the difference in weight OF the men who
will row them.
IL O'Neil decides TO enter the diamond
SOULS. Canada certainly will be we'll rep
resented. Before the three leave for Eng
and local rowing enthusiasts plan to ar
range match between them Whether
this plan will go through, however, is
matter still to be, decided. The real cause
why the promoters wish 10 get the men
into action before they go abroad is simply
to give rowing followers a chance to figure
out the Canadians chances in capturing
the single sculling honor.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-15
FOR INTERNATIONAL CONTEST

Cue Competitions to BE Held for
Demarest's Trophy.
NEW YORK, May 4.-Negotiations under
way for another international amateur
billiard tournament by the National AS
ISOLATION Of Amateur Billiard Players were
inspired by a recent successful amateur
tournament held in Paris and the fact that
the association has in its custody the inter-
national trophy, won by Calvin Demarest
in 1908 and surrendered by that expert
when he became a professional. M. Rerolle
who represented France in that tourna-
ment was defeated in Paris in 1909 by M
Mortier and subsequently Joined the pro
fessional ranks
Annual competitions in Paris are held
under the auspices of the Federation
Society. of French Amateur Billiardists and
are open to legitimate amateurs from ali
parts of the world The contests are 400
points at 1872 balk line. This years cham
pionship was won by M. Sem, who last
year finished first in the games for second
clsss players. He made a high run of 1l3
and a grand average OF 1h08. French
papers say his improvement in the last
year has been quite remarkable. He won
the deciding game by the small margin
OF two points from Herr Poenssen of
Dusseldorf and had one more inning than
the German expert. The latter made a
high run Of 1O7 and an average of 1888,
while the victor ran SO and averaged 1875.
Herr Poensgen's exhibition of skin was
a distinguishing feature and also the sur.
prise of the tournament. In his game with
M. Mortier, last years champion, whom he
defeated. he averaged 2222. A German
gentleman who saw several of the games
in Paris and who Is now in New York oil
visit was astonished when informed Herr
Poensgen had not won! He says that lc-
gardless Of any possible national prelude
he has no hesitation about pronounolng tha
German the most skillfui of the competi-
tors, II is probable Herr Poensgen is the
best player. either professional or amatouii
ever developed in Germany. And what is
most noteworthy is the fact that he de
veloped on small tables and had to play
on standard 5Xl0 in Paris.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-15
Tribute to Fisher

Red" Fisher, who was with the Omaha
team last year. is coming in for prominence
and much commentator in the public
prints because OF his work in St. Louis.
The following editorial appeared in a st.
Louis paper:
The occasional attendant upon baseball
games of the professional kind has little
cause to complain that wonderful achieve
ments are not brought to pass at every
game. Only the hardened fan can view,
with complacency. the rapidlty and ao-
curacy which mark the work OF all the
players
1.-THE casual witness marvels that so
much skill should ever have been developed.
He cannot see wherein one side is stronger
than another. The men appear to work al
most alike, and all with amazing expert
ness. IT seems only by some sort,of chance
that One team is victorious and the other
defeated. Such is the perfection to which
the playing of the national game has been
brought
But once in a while there is a play
which stands out from all the other plays
in the game, This is the sort of play which
seems nothing short Of miraculous when
an analysis is attempted. The public
knows that the players have learned to ac-
oomplish the impossible. 1t is not very
long ago that a learned man, versed in the
laws of psychics, maintained that ball
could not be thrown by a pitcher in a
curved line. But he was convinced that
the thing could be done.
However. a play like Fishers catch on
Saturday fills even the deVotees Of the
game with amazement.
To the nimble young fellow named the
hot I.s-
Knocked it far over his head. Fisher made
a mental calculation-so we must suppose
AS to speed and distance. and he turned
and tore out toward the edge of the field.
Once and again as he ran he glanced back
over his shoulder. and continued his winged
flight. The spectators saw. or thought
they saw, that all his speed could not avail;
that the ball must fall outside his reach.
But he continued to run. and suddenly he
leaped high in the air, his back TO the fail
ing ball, and then he partially turned
about and when his leap carried him to
tile highest possible point he reached forth
his hand, stretching every muscle, and
seized the ball and drew 1t down to earth
Was 1t calculation-or luck? We do not
/ believe that miracles are being performed
any longer and so 1t could not have been
miracle. There are people who will say
that the thing was an accident; that, IL il
should happen asai1 it would be a coinci
dence; that IL it should happen a third
time, it might be adjudged habit.
For our part. we believe il was a cal
culatlon, so rapidly and accurately done
that it might put the man with compass,
| and triangle 20 shame But IL il must bt
called an accident. let us hope that Mr.
Fisher Will cultivate the habit
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-15
RACE FOR CODE CUP TO
BE AT INDIANAPOLIS
Change of Big Annual Competition
from Road to Track Event Com
sIdcred Significant.

The announcement that the Cobe cup
automobile race will be held al the In
dianapolis speedway on July T. reflects
the growing popularity of motordromes In
this country. There are many motorists
who lament the transition of the middle
vests road race into a track contest
There is certain glamour about a big
road contest that appeals to the ordinary
spectator. However. despite the fact that
the Chicago Automobile club has put road
speeding In the discard in favor Of the
track proposition. the middle west will not
be without an important road race this
season Plans are being completed rapidly
for the Chicago Motor clubs contest
which viii be held at Elgin.
TO those in close touch with automobile
affairs the news that the Hoosler speed
way had been chosen for the Cobe cup
contest did not occasion surprise. IL was
known that the Chicago Automobile club
suffered a large deficit from the running
OF the Cobe contest over the Lowell-Crown
Point course last summer. The expenses
were great and the returns were all out of
proportion to counter-balance this. Con-
sequently there remained but one thing
to do IL the race was to be held again. A
course had to be selected where the
parson to the expenses than those OF the
ill-starred Indiana venture In 1909.
During the last winter there was some
talk Of building a speedway in Chicago for
the purpose of holding the Cobe cup and
other races. This project is still before
the Chicago Automobile club and, ii is
thought Will be carried out in time. 1t
Is out Of the question however, to con-
struct motordrome at this late date IN
time for the 1910 revival OF the Cobe cup
! contest Accordingly, indianapolis was
taken as last resort.
The Hoosier course is lucky in getting
the CODE race The popularity OF the
event was attested to last summer when
thousands thronged The Lowell Grown
Point raceway. That a big attendance will
feature Independence day at the In.
dianspolis speedway appears 10 be a fore
| gone conclusion Certain It is that a great
number of motorists will journey from
/ Chicago to witness the changed condition
Of the Cobe race.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-15
SAVE HORSE BREEDING
INDUSTRY FROM RUIN
New OrsanIEntion Formed In New
York for THIS Pur-

NEW YORK, May H.-ln announcing the
formation OF the new organization to be
known as the New Work Trotting Horse
Breeders association" horsemen and prom
inent breeders in charge of the matter call
special attention OF all citizens of the en-
plre state, members of the New York state
grange, and farmers In general TO the fact
that under existing conditions something
must be done, and done quick, in order to
save the great horse breeding industry from
going into total ruination.
u is also stated that the taking up Of
grand circuit dates for big harness meet
ING at Empire City track next August the
chief aim of the hackers is to encourage
speed contests as the only means through
which the quality of the states and coun-
try's horse stock can be improved and their
real merit actually tested.
Part OF the circular sent out to those
who have not yet subscribed their names
TO the list as members of the new as
ISOLATION reads as follows:
IAN signs point TO the fact that there is
going to he a tremendous demand for trot-
tlngbred horses in the near future. from
all sections of the globe, especially from
New Zealand. Australia and several coun-
tries OF South America, to say nothing OF
Europe, which took more trotters from
this country last year than for the three
previous years combined.
This great prospect for a demand fol-
our trOttins- bred horses is assured to q
certainty, and the breeders OF New York
state who own the largest and most prom.
nent stock farms OF the country, might
Just as well have their share OF the harvest
as the breeders OF Kentucky. Ohio. Ilinoi:
or any other state"
The fist OF membership now contain.
an even dozen names. who also stand a.
patrons and hackers of the coming Crane
circuit meeting as the first step for tn,
proposed association, and who have al
ready subscribed $500 each TO safeguard tn
meeting against any possible loss
After the association is fully organized
aeourse of action will he planned, and TN
work Of advancing the breeding industr,
and improying the quality OF harness
horses viii be carried on systematically
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-15
Germans Plan
for Seven Big
Aviation Nee S
Kaiser's Folks Enthusiastic for De-
velopment of Progress in
Flyers Art.

BERLIN, May 1A-Nothing could more
strikngly Indicate the enormous progress
Of aviation in Germany than tho fact that
no fewer than seven separate flying weeks
already have been organized for the spring
and summer OF 1910. The program is as
follows:
Berlin, May 10 TO 10 OnternationalJ
Munich, June 10 ~ (nationaD.
Dansig. June - 10 26 nationaD.
Leipzig, JUS 10 to II (natioi all.
Berlin, August 10 is mationaD
Munich. September 10 10 mationaD.
Berlin. October TO - (nationaD.
The pr5dominsnce OF weeks" IN which
competition Is limited TO German aero
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-15

NEW YORK May u-Abe Attell ana
Tommy Murphy. the local crack-a- Jack
lightweight, are going to have il out again
in the squared circle. They were matched
10 meet for ten rounds at tho stage OF the
National Sporting club on MAY 20, Murphy
has been pleading for return match with
Attell ever since their recent meeting ana
he y still OF the opinion that he can beat
him. When Tom oRourke offered Attsn
and Murphy the above date at hts club
Attsll accepted it with great pleasure.