Show VALUE OF HARDY evergreens EVER GREENS give warmth and color to the farm garden which cannot be obtain ed in any other way by W in winter evergreen trees and shrubs give warmth and color to the garden which cannot be obtained in any other way some criticism criticise critic ise the growing of laurels but they grow rapidly and eoon create shelter and warmth and the dark foliage tends to make a place cheerful the best laurels are round leaved and large leaved these are hardier than the common laurel which suffers in very extreme ft enters inters holly box and yew should not bu ignored because no matter what may be the soil or situation with fair treat ment they will thrive there is considerable variety in the hollies especially in the color of the foliage it should be remembered in planting them that there are sexes in the shrub and only the females bear berries the physiologist has not been able to explain why some kinds should bo sexual and others have the organs of reproduction as separate plants among other evergreens ever greens are bush and tree ivies and the derbies family and the golden privets are charming bush trees and make a very neat di version in a garden but they are not strong enough tor a boundary fence of course we cannot do without ca they give elevation and break up the flat surfaces where many low things re planted the lawson cy press in some of its varieties are very effective and the brooms in variety charming LOCATION OF APPLE ORCHARD best soil for fruit Is deep well drained clay loam few other most important details it we are thinking of planting an apple orchard there are a great many things we need to consider first of all the soil apples will grow on many types of soil but a really good apple is a deep well drained clay loam says a writer in an exchange bolings borings to a depth of three or tour feet should be made to determine the subsoil clayey or stone clay sub soils are good sandy bub are objectionable the location of tho or chard Is very important some slope is desirable although it should not be so steep as to induce surface wash ing e need also to be able to drive a horse and wagon all over it so as to give the necessary sprayings spray ings and to pick the fruit the direction of slope is not so important and w e may say that all slopes are about equally good I 1 would plant one year budded and no others it I 1 could get those well grown I 1 would like to have them three to tour feet in height it has often been said that such trees may be suitable for states farther south but they will not do well here in new england this is not the case and the best orchards that I 1 have seen have been developed from such trees FOR GLAZING A greenhouse new jersey man has improved meth od of putting in panes of girss without any disturbance the scientific american in describing and illustrating a greenhouse glazing method the invention of F van assche of jersey city N J says the invention provides a root formed by panes of glass which la smoothed between the sash bars receiving the glass and in which the panes of glass can bo replaced with improved of greenhouse glazing out disturbance to the panes lying between the same sash bars A chan meled bar Is provided between every two consecutive panes of glass lying between the same pair of sash bars this channel bar is supported by the eash bars and constitutes a bed for putty with which the juxtaposed ends ot the panes are sealed apples for exhibition for exhibition at the fairs apples should ba picked when ripe as carefully as possible wrapped in soft pa per and not allowed to become brulor ed or injured in any way fruit for market if one Is to find a market for fruit ft ben there ls an abundance it be carefully picked and graded ano put on the market in neat packages |