Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04

cup half filled with the soil desired 70
be tested. and add water enough e
make a thick batter. Insert strip OF
blue litmus paper-of which several
strips may be obtained at almost any
drug store for dime-into the batter
or thin mud. Do not touch with the
hands the portion of the strip of paper
to be inserted into the mud. Allow the
paper to remain for about an hour:
then remove and rinse in clean water.
the soil is acid aud needs lime. A
pinkish color indicates an excess e.
acid vegetable matter, while a bricA.
red color shows that the soil lacks
acid vegetable matter.
The ammonia water test of soils Is
made as follows: To a tumbler half
filled with water and a tablespoonful Of
soil add a teaspoonful of ammonia and
allow 1t to stand for some hours. II
the mixture becomes dark brown or
black there is probably an excess of
acid vegetable matter and the soil Is in
need of lime. Where only slight acidity
Is shown most plants will not require
lime.
Lime is generally referred to as .
soil amendment rather than a plant
food. Lime corrects acidity and helps
many soils. especially Of soil organisms
Lime may be applied in the spring or
fall after the ground has been dug over.
working IL into the surface with a rake.
For one application 500 pounds per
acre will usually be sufficient.
Robins, catbirds, blackbirds or
grackles-and many other varieties OF
birds. while desirable neighbors whose
presence adds much to the attractive
ness of country or suburban homes. do
like fruit, and frequently ravage cherry
Trees, berry bushes and even peach and
apple orchards, to the disgust and the
oftentimes serious loss of the owners.
Country jewellers or suburbanites may
overcome this disadvantage of a large
bird population by planting near the
fruit trees or the berry patches such
trees and shrubs as redberried elders.
buffalo berry, wild cherry, bird cherry
sweet cherry or mulberry trees.
Keep the suckers off the tomato
plants. pinching off every one that
shows at the joints where the laterals
set off from the main stalk. Train the
plant to one or two branches and tie
them up to stakes about four feet
high. Pinch Off half the fruits that
enough to more than make up for the
apparent loss.
The American Forestry Association
has prepared a list of trees for plant
ing in various locations. with some of
the characteristics of each. The list,
which should prove of material assist
ance to persons planning to set out
trees and shrubs. is as follows:
Trees preferring wet soil-Pin oak,
bald cypress. oriental sycamore, swamp
white oak, willow oak. sweet gum. red
maple. white birch. black ash, tama-
rack. willows and poplars.
Tall trees with large spreading
crowns-American elm, tulip tree, red
oak. American sycamore, honey locust.
white oak, horse chestnut, white ash
and black walnut.
Trees with narrow pyramidal crowns
Norway spruce. Colorado blue spruce.
arbor vitae, red cedar, red fir. hemlock.
Lombardy poplar.
Trees with very large leaves-Catal-
pa, paulonia, ailanthus, great lowered
magnolia, cucumber tree. black wall
nut, Hercules club
Trees with narrow or finely cut
leaves-Honey locust, bald cypress.
European larch. willow oak. black
cherry sumach, cut-leaved varieties of
many other species and most conifers.
Broad-leaved evergreens - American
holly, great POWERED magnolia, swamp
magnolia, rhododendron, m u n a n
laurel.
Trees with fragrant flowers-Swamp
magnolia, lindens, black locust, honey
wild plum, cherries, hawthorne. June
berry.
Trees with snowy white flowers
blooming before the leaves)-Flower.
Ing dogwood, June berry. plums. cher
ries; blooming after the leaves-Catal-
pa, horse chestnut, buckeye. magnolias,
Eastwood, yellowwood. black locust,
Hercules club. mountain ash. rhododen-
dron, hawthorns. sourwood, silverbell
tree, fringe tree, viburnum.
Trees with snowy yellow flowers
Tulip tree, cucumber tree, yellow
buckeye. chestnut willows. sassafras
witch hazel, birches (staminate).
Trees with snowy pink f1owers-Red
bud. wild crab apple, mountain laurel
rhododendron.
Trees with snowy red flowers-Red
maple, sumachs, papaw.
Trees with snowy red fruits-Moun-
tain ash, Towering dogwood, hollies
red maple. magnolias, burning BUSH
hawthorns. cherries. plums. yew, su-
machs, red ailanthus.
Trees with bright autumn foliags
Qeaves turned red)-Sweet gum, tupelo,
red maple, Towering dogwood. scarlet
oak, red oak, sumachs. June berry,
hawthorn, sorrel tree, burning bush.
Leaves turning, yellow--Tulip tree.
ginkgo, larch, silver maple, white ash,
ailanthus, cucumber tree, white birch,
hickories, beech, walnuts, willow, pop
lars. Leaves turning mixed red and
yellow-Sugar maple, sweet gum, sweet
birch. sassafras. Leaves turning pur-
0ogwood.
Hardy coniferous species Qarge
trees)-White pine, red pine, pitch
pine, Timber pine. sugar pine, Table
mountain pine. Austrian pine, Scotch
pine. European larch. Norway spruce.
white spruce. red spruce. Colorado
blue spruce, Engleman spruce, Doug
las fir, giant arbor vitae, bald cypress.
Lauson cypress and Sitka cypress.
Medium sized and small trees-Nut
pine, fox-tail pine, Cembrian pine.
Swiss mountain pine. Mugho pine.
Korean pine, laceback pine, black
spruce, dropping juniper. red cedar.
arbor vitae and white cedar (Chamae-
cyparis retinospora).
Planting of sweet corn for late sum-
mer and fall may be made up to the
middle of July. but early varieties,
such as Golden Bantam. must be used.
Plant the same as in the spring and
keep the soil well stirred up around
and between the rows by means of
the hand hoe or the hand cultivator.