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Show bTREET TREtS. The Cft Ihete ffqurnl itrirrlor linn Klnil Tlit Tlirlte llrt Trees In cltleaimdtowmd not alwaya Ihrivr.nnr doe thin bi.kvfthrirtnlw tniieed from the rooU I'ruTnajtir Ar thnr, of Indiana, tcport to the ilipait tntntntWanhlngtonthit tlw causo of deterioration Is often to I fonn I iu tm smoko from large inannfaottirliig wtab lUliinetiUabilevpccialiy fiwn onr rePn erlf. Tho Bctlon of tho Mnol-o is twv fold mechanical and chemical. No no Ileal lucllisM of prevt ntlng thoeffect can bo anggetid to long M tho smoke tml hancAcuntlmies ltrincdlal action thcro-furo thcro-furo Ilea In two din-cthuis preventing lhterioftletioxtuugnsorplAntliU l.icli tree a aro exempt from ill effect of thu ga. The first U a matter for tlm city aiithorttfcii, 1hik 0 1 lie latter iny wiinitlurocotilWnil. Aa regard tun eh co of trees I'rofea rop Arthur uportnl "When tlie smoko milsajie In exreMlvu none will iiirrho Tho ccnifi ra milTi r moet Of dtciduojin lre tlio older, which ran hardly 1 ronallered a dexlrable street tn, nnl theycJllllo9 wm hardlewtt next como the jHiilara, the nfh and the linden nnd the ery ornamental mountain ah, which d'esern- more atUiitlon tlian it I j )et nt-elvM. As to tho elm, ex-perlt ex-perlt iicm teem to differ, prrdi ibly other w lo kt) f arorable eotiditlona of trttiwtli, which, lmwever, aro rarely found In cltte. may rniblo It toresM theelTectAof the smoke The Norway nuiplff mra to exiel onr American kinds In nwoko tenhttng nunllty. All m thus, horao chestnut nnd blick lociut aro alw inntloucdaurailable Th prof.wr Incline to add to tholUtof tn camblo ( f renlntlng tho netlon of rmoko thoawcetK"nior ll'inll nmlicr, which, in overy renpect, is ono of tho most commriihihlo street trees, and nlso tho tulip i-cplar. RrttlDc tint I are 1'Uiitt. A very uaual custom when putting out palma, oleanderalmd other ten ler plant 1 for tho summer to st them abont with thu boxe or tuli In aight, A moru cf fecllvo way of ulttg man) kind la to alnlcoutcf algi tho tub In which thty grow, giving tlio oppearntico that tho jlaut 1 growing naturally in tho uevr laco. Tho Migrating, from American Gardening, shows how a box mav 1j lowered into tho lawn nnd entirely Lid iDiartiTa-'l 1 n at r Ttw ww 1 tiEn into tiic un I den, court yiug tho Idea tliat tho plant ' jowa out of tho gran. Tlrat tho nod la I rolled backt then an excavation wmo IncliM larger than tho tub la carefully mado and lined with rough lumber, Into which thu box U lowered, a ehowu In thu cut There idionld 1m at lca-t an Inch apneo around tho box nfdr it is lowered iuto I luce Tho sod Is then straightened into j laco an 1 tin ro la uvi ty apl arauco that tho plant glow where it ataudx I arilth Great atrldea have lieen mado in tho improvement of pansle within tho 1 nt Li e or nit ) ear, l'rob ibly In 110 part of tho world has moro Attention beu pild to tho pini) th mi in Brotl&nd, wheru to clellea aro yet In ixUtenco for its Im pnitiMuent, iKtabllahing point aa to tho fixe, fonn an I coloring of the llowera, aj jure 1 illy showing that their excellenco ' liaa bueii reachetl there. It waa left ton 1 few I'rench specialists, however, tocnter I the arena of tloriculturo w llh their meg niricciit productions nnd to ecliiiMonil I eeraUemitedlu tint lino, lu Instance of which we hao but to uamo lluynot. Ljiwltr, rahilso nnd Trlmardeuu. or lulfrrtt t I Mill (Irower. Tlio Xew York legialaturo haa paapM thu ChimUrlaln antiblack knot bill, w hich decjare e ery Infected treu a mil snnco, and prot idea for thu a jiolntuient of cominlsMloiiera to burn them when tho owner fall to do it, u well a for tho puuiklnnciit 1 f thu ow uer, Tlio Whltu Btar ntcnincn Iiavo lecn specially fitted up with refrigerating ! room upon tho prlnclplo ndoptM by tho I I'ntirnriila I'rnlt TrniiittKirtntlon 10m. pjny and tho firxt tonhignment of frech AmerUaii fruits arrhitl in Liuriool lu good condition. It lorldu oraugo grow r hn 0 arranged for two fast atGamahiiH with a tanking uipaclty of 21000 boxe each on tho routuVtwt-eu Jftckaonvillu and I.hir jiool, Unlnnd. riueapplu culture Is rapidly exteudinft In tho aouthvrn parta of l'lorlda nnd upt)n thu islands oif thu southwest cihist. An entlro bulletin of tho New Jersey ttutt m it dooted to lusvcttcldea, fungi eldss, etc. Ono of tho rc elation of tho cennua la that there aro now hundred of thou Huida of lariu eocoatiut trees lu tho United State an I inoru than a quarter of a million 1 litu trees prodmlng fruit. Three good grapes forgemrul 110 nru tho lied llrlghtou, Ulack. Wordeii and White Klagarn. Tho London Oanh 11 cluima that wind mil fchowciiiaa well aa auiiahlnu lio motu color iu aprloj |
