Show WHEN TO PRUNE any month in the year to the Ile Bult many are made lu regard to the proper time for pruning trees or shrubs both ornamental and fruiting it la impossible says in ali monthly to answer except in a general way as the individuals to be treated must be each one considered where considerable pruning Is to bo done the need for a practical man with plenty of experience and a knowledge of all kinds of trees Is evident in the case of fruit trees it may be necessary to thin out the branches to permit the free circulation of air and light very essential things to strong healthy growth such pruning la done in alie winter any time after the leavea have fallen though wounds will probably heal with greater ease if made toward spring A careful painting of the wounds however makes it safe earlier should the growth of the trees be too straggling they should be pruned lightly during early summer while the sap Is active aad growth la being made at he same time it will encourage the production of fruit buda which are set on short spurs As regards the ornamental trees the same rule will apply to the thinning out of branches the weaker ones aie of course to be removed allowing the strong ones to remain it they are to be put into shape possibly a little pruning in winter and a little more in may or june when growth Is resumed would bring about the desired results the flowering trees and shrubs must be pruned according to their respective characters it it Is desirable to retain flowering buds for the first season most early blooming plants should not be pruned very much until after they have bloomed as the flowering buds are formed the season previous of course a thinning out will do no harm in this respect and will give much more strength to the branches one correspondent asks it the end of march Is too late to prune apple trees in northern new york following the above principles it would not belai arct one could prune in any month if it Is done judiciously with an understanding of the results that would follow specimen blooms growers of line chrysanthemums alli be interested in the method of packing blooms for shipment for exhibition PACKED FOP etc practiced by A Herr lugton a shown in our illustration says gardening wooden cleats well wrapped in tissue paper are securely fastened across the box and each individual flower Is tied thereto just below the base of the bloom no amount of rough handling by es pressmen can possibly do any damage to the contents and as an additional dit ional precaution against dryness or heat the end of cadi stem la wrapped in water soaked tissue paper A illien if you ride with your head down that is to say bent slightly eo that the wind does not beat right on to your tare you can breathe easily but it you auld amr mouth wide open and let the air beat right in your face then you will have great in breathing and it the race Is a long one apu willa become exhausted by the end of the ride so eald a well known jockey when questioned on the subject of what his sensations were when riding in a race A mile race on a good horse la ritt in about 1 minute and 40 seconds A mile in 1 minute and 40 seconds la nt the rate of 30 miles an hour so yoa see a race horse travels at train speed if you want to know bow it fecla to go through the air at race horse speed just hang your head out of a railway carriage window turning your face toward the way the train Is traveling at the same time imagine that you are sitting in n saddle and have to hold on to your horse nud guide him on to victory if possible keeping him from being run down or interfered with it 1 no easy task to ride a lionso in n race the jockey must have nil ills alta about him he does not have much almo to think how he feels riding in a neck and neck race down tho home stretch I 1 forget everything except that I 1 must strain every narvo to pasa the other horses no thought Is ahn given to the plaudits pl audits from the grand stand |