Category: Horticulture

” Flowers may be secured from strawberries in a somewhat similar manner. They should not be dug up, however, until after the ground has been frozen for at least two weeks. There is not as much need with them to thaw out the ground gradually, and they may be placed directly in the sunlight. The […]

” Generally a few thrifty geranium slips have been started early in the fall to produce flowers during the winter,” writes Cora B. Williams, “so there remains the work of preserving the old plants which have spent their vitality in almost perpetual bloom throughout the summer. Repotted for the sitting-room windows these old plants are […]

” Nearly everybody keeps house plants, more or less,” writes Mrs. E. B. Murray of Saranac county, New York, ” but how few have flowers all the time or even more than now and then, and yet it is a comparatively easy thing if one only knows how. As to quantity and selection it is […]

” Upon the care we give our plants and bulbs during the fall depends in a great measure the joy we will get from them in the year to come,” writes H. Hunt. ” Neglected then, they will be so weakened by the long, cold winter that a whole season will be required in which […]

Two of the important questions with the fruit grower today are: Where can I get the kind of fruit trees and select them to my own liking? Orlando Harrison of Worcester county, Maryland, declares there is but one answer to the questions : ” Go yourself to the nursery and be convinced whether you are […]

The first few years are the most critical of an orchard’s existence, because neglect is more likely to occur and the injuries done at this time can, in many cases, never be overcome by subsequent good care. In discussing this question Prof. V. H. Davis of Ohio State University gives his experience as follows: ” […]

” The roots should never be exposed for any length of time to the sun and wind, and should always go into the soil wet. In the morning, we take up about the number of trees that can be planted before noon and prune the roots. These are placed on a sled or wagon and […]

ROBT. THOMPSON, ST. CATHERINES, ONTARIO. Ladies and Gentlemen : It gives me a great deal of pleasure to be here. I have intended to come for a couple of years, but have always been so busy that I could not seem to be able to get away from home. And, as it is, our own […]

O. K. WHITE, EAST LANSING. Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of the Horticultural Society : Unfortunately I was not here to hear what was said previously, and I may overlap some of the subjects already touched upon. I do not know that I can say anything new to you men, especially those of you […]

A SYMPOSIUM BY PROFESSORS PETTIT, WHITE AND EUSTACE. Introductory Remarks by Professor Pettit. Friends—I should like at this time to make a plea for the old home-made lime and sulphur. Eight or ten years ago—yes, even five or six years ago—a good strong spray of home-made lime and sulphur used to take care of the […]