The sun., 1913-12-28

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ing bushes and so give more flowers |
but the climate there is favorable to
this form Of rose and the heads are
a mass Of bloom. In the United States. |
however. all we have ever seen seem
to show the struggle they make to keep
alive. Those who plant standard roses
should at least plant them properly.
Fig. shows the wrong way to plant a
standard. the roots crowded into a
small deep hole. Fig. 4 shows the same ,
plants with the roots properly spread.
II shoots Of roses have been dam
aged by frost during the winter prune
back beyond the injured part.
Bushes should not be planted closer
than 20 inches apart and standards
three feet apart.
Remove all suckers from the roots
as soon as they appear.
\ > cent cake Of Ivory soap to
gallons of water is perhaps the best
solution that can he used on house
plants for scale insects. plant lice. &c.
\ contributor to green's Fruit
Groirer. on n lot 100 ny $50 feet. has
" fruit trees. , Norway naples. 100
blackherrieS. 20 grape vines. so cur
rants. rOosebcrrIcs and 5000 straw
berry plants. besides the vegetable gar
den. all cared for after office hours
Although fifty years of age. caring for
This garden is found to be a diversion
and a heathful change for the owner.
Three hundred Jars of fruit were put
up for the winter. IL have practiscd
budding and grating on all varieties
\ III. 81
shoots respond. My boy Of II has
learned enough hy actual practice to
operate fruit firm My son planted
a privet hedge around my lot from
cuttings collected from the trimmings
Of "A neiEhbor's hedge. From our hedge
set out 5000 cuttings and sold $50
to one man for Sa450 and 800 to an
other for Sl25u. one Of our neiClihors
SINS 500 would not buy the privet
hodge my hoy set uut tor him last
spring" tn shows W1tt can p, done
with smiN riI'" gwen proper care.
There is no better way tn i-~tn gar
donirc or fruit growing as business
than To- start IN a small way as this
man dld with his ones 9Th of an acre.
The rev philadelphia carnaton was
field. Mich. Th. flower H. - clear silver
pink and WIS produced 10y crossing
Winoua with Ecacou. two ull favorites.
Mr.. Browne also or'-iuat'l IN" white
Enchantr,ss carnation, introduced a
few years ago.
\ western New York uurscryman
gives it as his opn.on that currants
are the most profitable nf the small
fruits. one thousand six hundred and
ffty Diploma Currants the past season
produced fruit that Sold for S322S.3?. \
fiv. acre patch of strawberries returned
s1t5.25. but the blossoms uf strawher-
rieS last season We're injured hv frost.
Jacob Moore. who Orrinaied the
Diploma curraut received nearly 81 n00
for his stock from the uurscryman who
introduced II.
New York state contains 81 uu0, 400
acres of land. 22.uu0uuO uf this are
farm lands and - ,oco, 900 partly in for
ests and partly idle land. OF the - 0o0.-
o0o acres of farm lands but l',"oo,ooo
ar" aCtu1lir producing agricultural
crops therefore. thcr" is an area the
si2. If the state of Massachusetts in
farm lands IN New York State that iS
uupruductN". This idle land II used for
forestry should produce an annual rev
euue of from - Ia 81 an acre. and
therefore represents AN annual loss, AT
lowest calculation, of $l2,0oo.o0O IA year
to che farmers of New York state.
Every three wears it l. advisable 10
lift and divide the clumps of plants In
the hardy flower border. Before re-
. planting turn under a generous sup
ply OF manure. This plan insures
!! much finer flowers than when the plants
are left to become overcrowdcd and
weak. Tile plants should first he prop
erly labelled. when they can be dug
and hocled in until the he'd has been
, prepared. Late in tn" autumn Il a
good time to do this work or as early as
possible in the spring.
The blue African lily, AGapan,hus
umbclatus. commonly grown outdoors
IN summer IS almost hardy and may be
wintcred in a cold frame or cool green
house, and treated thus will stand
weeks Of drought with impunty. If a
few leaves turn yellow and die no
harm will result
To secure an early supply of new
potatoes next season plant the tuhcrs
of any good early variety in pots ana
start them in the house; or inch
pots can be used, filed only about
two-thirds fun of soil. leaving room
for top dressing of soil to bc sup
piled as the plants grow. after the
manner of hilling mp potatoes when
grown In the garden. one potato is
sufficient for each pot. Time the plant
ing SO the plants will ne We'll started
in the pots when they are to he trans
planted in the garden at the time the
tubers are usually planted outdoors.
If there is "A well ventilated cool.
light place. such as cold frame or
cool greenhouse, In which to grow them
potatoes can be raised in pots and full
sized tubers developed very much ear
lier than the first crop from the gar
den. Ten inch pots will hc sufficiently