Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . rists in manyplaces have had their social Strawberry meetingsduring the past month with results both pleasantand decidedly profitable. Let there be an increaseof horticultural parties. Hint on Setting Cabbage Plants. Such as havebeen shipped should be unpacked as soon as possi-ble after receiving them. Dip the roots only inwater and lay the plants in a cool, light place untilready to set. If roots are kept wet the sun will nothurt them. To keep them several days, heel in,spreading them
Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . rists in manyplaces have had their social Strawberry meetingsduring the past month with results both pleasantand decidedly profitable. Let there be an increaseof horticultural parties. Hint on Setting Cabbage Plants. Such as havebeen shipped should be unpacked as soon as possi-ble after receiving them. Dip the roots only inwater and lay the plants in a cool, light place untilready to set. If roots are kept wet the sun will nothurt them. To keep them several days, heel in,spreading them out somewhat, and pour wateralong the roots once or twice a day. New rootletswill start and the plants will get in better conditionfor setting than when first received. When theweather is dry such treatment pays, for then everjplant will start at once when set.—Tillinghast. Dandelions in Great Excess. Some parts ofBuffalo Park are so possessed by this insinuatingweed as to present a most unpleasant sight, liftingas they do their countless cottony seed headsabove the ground. Indeed many beautiful banks. A SPECIMEN OF THE SWISS STONE PINE. and plats are ruined so far as beauty is concerned,and the seeding and the extending of the weedyarea goes on from year to year. Were the plats thusinfested to be kept more closely mown than atpresent, with a view to destroying fiower headsbefore seeds develop, a great check t6 the furtherspreading of the weed by seeding would result. Trees as Companions. We find our most soothingcompanionship in the trees among which we havelived, some of which we may ourselves haveplanted. We lean against them, and they neverbetray our trust; they shield us from the sun andfrom the rain; their spring welcome is a new birth. 1887. POPULAR GARDENING. 175 which never loses its freshness; they lay theirbeautiful robes at our feet in autumn; in winterthey stand and w^ait, emblems of patience andof truth, for they hide nothing, not even the littleleaf-buds which
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