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” 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 […]

Let me tell you,” says C. L. Meller of Wisconsin, “how I have obtained rather inexpensive, though very pretty floral decorations from the pansy, and that without going to a florist. You can have pansies any winter month in bloom if you will follow directions, and if you have a pansy bed, or can get […]

” Two of the most important classes of flowers,” writes Laura Jones of Kentucky, ” are pot shrubs and hanging basket plants, because they are useful, decorative, and are all-the-year-round plants. With proper care they are always permanent with us. Some of the pot shrubs can be kept from six to eight years, if properly […]

“The great mistake in growing hardy perennials,” writes the late C. L. Allen of Long Island, New York, ” is the almost general opinion that when once planted they can forever remain in the same place without further care or attention. This is a fatal error from the fact of its being in direct opposition […]

As an adjunct to many farm homes, a small conservatory or greenhouse will add greatly to the wife’s and daughter’s enjoyment of flowers during the winter. Such structures need not be costly nor large. An area 10 by 15 feet will supply all the needs of the household, both for flowers and for such small […]

In grafting the simplest method is the cleft. This method is most commonly employed in large trees. The stock or main limb is sawed off at right angles to the direction of its growth. A cleft is made in the end and a scion whittled in narrow wedge shape is thrust into this cleft, which […]

INTRODUCTION If one really desires to succeed in horticulture, nothing can stop him. The little failures that may appear from time to time with various plants, and in different seasons, always lead to better directed efforts, and consequently better success, provided the desire to have a garden is genuine. Supposing some kinds continue to fail […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]