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Show Hj HCATINQ GREENHOUSES. ! Cmprll? Iff tilt nt Attain ant Hot TTn'nr for Itnttlratlural Itulldlnci On of tho flnt compArattt o lest irai laa,. mmln by l'elrr Hcnlerson abont 1SJS5 nnd tho result M n raring of 93 per Ht rent, of fuel In tho he)tio lipfitoel 1 i,l. am, while tho plants thrived equally ' vtoll with tlio-o In Iho lioM-o lioalnl by ! liotvatcr. In a bulletin luiil tiytho Bi Cornell station Professor llailcy saya Bj "All our cspcrlcnco finiliajlsca tho I creator taluo of steam, but It inuit be I : understood that wo do not condemn hot ' water." The following are somo of tho J conclutlons readied ntlcr n trial of both B ayttrrns at Cornell ttatlom . The belt from steam plnos It ills- BL trilmteil orer n greater length if )l, nn 1 as steam l ordinarily rarrlol at n (; higher (emneraturo than hot water It Bh has a distinct ndrantago for heating 't long mm. f Thero Is lets loss of heat In tho sleam B, risers than In tho hot miter rl.en, nnd B this means that tnoroheat In tho steam H system Is carried to tho farther end of H tho homo nnd moro Is spent In tho re tntc ; liottom heat H Steam Is better thin hot water foi B long and crooked circuits nnd prcssuro BBBff Is of grcit ntlllty In Increasing tho ra- BBMc pi llty of circulation of slinm. BBbK Hot ti ater consumed mora roil than BBBf steam and was at tho tamo timo lets B iCldent, although this remit would H jirobal ly bo incallflcil In n shorter and K atralghter circuit with greater fall. H w ttrloii Ilou.. I I. ill.. H Amateurs, as n rnlo, nro not judicious H when It conies to watering housn plants. H In point of fact this Is nn Important H matter ono that controls to n great ox H tent tho thrift of tho plant. A good BBB plan v Ith must I lants is to wait until ', tho soil Is c)ulto dry, nnd then water BBB eufflclently to moisten tho roll down to H " tho cry bottom of tho flow erpnt. Poll- bWbWI . a itnl. mi .tit In tin nfti ii ftlrrinrfml or Hf syringed, so as t keep tho Irenes froo H ! , i from dust. Deprived of tho rnln, which Hf would naturally cleonto them, nnl not H ' oftciiwatcrodwltliftrosopotorsyrlngcd, tho plants Lr t in n room nro apt gradn. H ally to looto thdr health, ovon If they do H not dlo, Tho remedy for this Is tho n g- H tilar uto of a small pleco of toft old H rpongo with tlUhtly warm water, nnd H In tho caio of "blighted" plants n littlo K Jullow soap, soft soap or liitce.tlclde. H ljHclally is this mccssary In tho win- r tcr, when dnstls rife, nnd as' I light Ms H ' ' then at Its weakest point it thorough ' " cleansing during tho colt Months will ! result in freedom from it during tho summer, A I'romUliia; I'aach. BjBjL' Among iwnclics of recent Introduction BjBJj la tho Liberia, depicted in our cut. It Is BjBJ , now qulto generally known In nn expert- BBJ4 mental way in tho eastern an 1 southern BjBJ (etatcs, and lias ncclrcd much coininen. BBljj datlon. It is said to luno orlgluntcil BBJ v- with a Georgia fruit grower. It is u BBJ'til' largoearlyyellowiwacliwlth redchecks, BBJj aw juicy and of high flavor. Its site, Una- BBJ run ruiruTA ieacii. BBJ X.C89 nnd clear yellow color recommend BBjl it for canners' tiso ilr, Uorclunnus, of BBT Ucorgla, tajs it Is "supposod to bo n BBJ needling of tho Chlnoso cling, rlixns BjB t about tho mlddlo of July and Is n good BJB shlpir." BJB While more cxteutlrely grown nt tho I BJBu south, tho Lllnrtn has lwen tettMland BJBf gh en satifnctlon to northern fruit grow BJBjj irs. Asnliandsonionndiiroductltofmlt BJBil of line quality it has bevn fnrornbl) no- BJBjj ticed b immbcrsoftho American l'o- BjBE inological tioclcty. E Th. llur.Hlllr ul Tl.nl.f r. R J Tho durability of limber isiiotwholly BjBu' eJeH.iidcnt upon tho libers of tho wood, BjBJf I but is partly owing to tho quality of tho BJBJ I rap, which in somo tries is nt n highly BBJj pnttnatho nature, thus, tho oaklmu BBE nn astringent or tanning prluclplo aa BBJj mil as u ftrrugluons qunltt) in ita BBJI jnlcis, nnd It Is from n combination of BBJj theso qualities that Its durablllt) in ox. BBJj jiosctl situations Is obtained. Tho qual BBjR ity of oik timber Is noier better than BBJp when tho tree is grown In a good loam BBJK or loam) clay, resting uion n subsoil of BBJlj bluo claj , from w hlch it obtains tho ox. BBj idoof Iron with which tho wood bo- BBj comes huprcgraUd. "i I llarllciillur. .Votei. vj i Tho Ncwloivn I In In Is popular, not BBj only for homo consumption, but for tho BBj foreign trade. BBj j ... ltoman hyacinths nro citenshel) BBj ' nstd for forcing, w hlch may bo dono nt BBj 'S Uuiraturoof tOiUgs H . John Lewis Chllds tdls tliat tho BBj Clilueso sacred Illy blooms as well in BBj' lubblis and water ns in toll. BBj Jonquils nro cultablo nllko for pot BBj culture or for planting out Tin) culture BBj reunite d Is tho samo as for hj nciuths BBj Tho new Primers stran borr) , w hlch BBj originated in illtmuota, w as nuineil by BBj tho Horticultural soilet) of lhatituto, it BBj nt tho samo tlmo took first ir!zoocr BBj fifteen lien seedlings BBj An irlcnccd each (.rower nysi BBj "Don't force n too lupld growth while BBj young, ns It tend to produio n trio sub- BBJ jtit to early decay, At 1 1) no fertilizer BBJ njon tho iHisch orchard In (,ood toll BBJ until tho pcarlng 1 1 rlod." |
