Seedling Snow White Gladiolus Attracts Favorable Notice
The article highlights a new snow white seedling gladiolus by J. F. C. Hyde of Massachusetts. It features a four foot stem, large spike, semidouble terminal flowers, and prolific branching with reports from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society praising it as the best white gladiolus yet introduced. Readers may obtain bulbs from leading gladiolus dealers.
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J. F. C. Hyde
Massachusetts
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Watermelons and Canteloupes Growing Guide
The best soil for melons is a warm loam with about 60 percent sand. With barnyard manure plowed under and extra applications, a good melon crop is likely. Plant cantaloupes five feet apart, watermelons eight to ten feet apart, thinning to three strong plants per hill and using coal ashes to deter melon bugs.
Castoria Through Generations Recalls a Child’s Remedy
A verso ad-like fragment traces Castoria across generations from infancy to motherhood, noting repeated use as a trusted remedy. The lines imply a long-standing brand association with offering relief from distress in children and continued care as family roles evolve.
Gloxinias from seed and garden notes from 1891
The article notes gloxinias like Defiance and Emperor Frederick come true from seed, mentions Gandy as a strong late strawberry, mignonette as a long-lived pot plant, and warns against planting near wells. It also cites Judge Miller on Michel's Early strawberries, praises the white Countess of Aberdeen fuchsia, and shares a comic aside about a doll swing.
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Defiance
Gandy
Japan
Judge Miller
Michel
Aberdeen
Potato bed directions from New York station
The ground should be enriched and fitted as for potatoes with rows spaced eight or 314 feet apart. Set plants at least 18 inches in the row. If weed free, horse cultivation suffices. winter top dressing of marsh hay or straw shields roots from freeze thaw heave. In spring remove mulch, leave between rows. Beds kept clean yield two years. fouled beds are cheaper to replace. Spring planting advised, August set plants can yield well.
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New York
New flower varieties listed include pansies and more
Pansies claim special beauty with varieties New Peacock Rosy Morn Defiance Improved Giant Trimarcean Imperial German. Asters Queen of Spring Triumph Dwarf Queen. Chrysanthemums Mas sassauqua Nellie A Tong Banquet Thorn Strong Pride of Erie William L Scott. Carnations Day break American Flag White Wings Fred Creighton. Musk plant offers a double flowering variety for baskets or vases. Crazy’s new dwarf cannas merit attention along with a new race of dwarf Marguerite carnations. Verbena strains Tom Thumb and Mam moth.
Where Cyclones Begin, Origins in Five Localities
Cyclones originate in the tropics and are chiefly found in five localities the West Indies, Bengal bay and the Chinese coast north of the equator and the south Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the south Pacific near Samoa according to the New York Journal.
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Tropics
West Indies
Bengal Bay
Chinese Coast
Equator
South Indian Ocean
Madagascar
South Pacific
Samoa
New York Journal
Opinions and Practices of New Jersey Peach Growers
A State experiment station survey shows near unanimity on drainage and tillage in peach orchards, with many varieties named including Smock Crawford Late Reeves Pride of Franklin Selway Morris Rare Ripe Old Mixon President Mountain Rose. The Snow Crest double daisy is noted for keeping qualities and stature, while Shafter raspberries dominate eastern canning, with Cuthbert Marlboro Clark strong for shipping in suitable areas.
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New Jersey
State Experiment Station
Smock
Crawford
Late
Reeves
Pride of Franklin
Selway
Morris
President
Mountain Rose
New York
Cuthbert
Clark
Caroline
Gregg
Cure for Liver Disorders Promoted by Dr Sanford
The display promotes Dr Sanford's Liver Invigorator as a reliable remedy for torpid liver. It claims thousands are cured yearly and urges readers to try the product, noting that a druggist will supply it.
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California Pomological Society
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Kenilworth
Mehan
Kenilworth Abbey
West Michigan
Acre
G. B. Leighton
Taft
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T. T. Lyon
New Jersey State Agricultural Society
Brighton
Worden
Niagara
California State Floral Society
Hera
J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Mass
Castoria
Dot
Ethel May
Snow Crest
Medical
Acker
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BW. i. Hooker & CO
West Broadway
N. Y
Roberts
Wollf
Olff & Randolph
Philadelphia
Ula
THE
Gregg Electric Care CO
Inter Ocean Building
Chicago
Lecal
EE Duckins
Louisville
Kentucky
Susan Pierson
Henry Ll
William W. Prather
Frederick Duckins
Clermont County
Ohio
Clermont
State of
John Hackley
Tom Logan
Anna Sargent
W. G. Sargent
Wooplief & Prather
Moonnley
Marqua Carriages Toy Co
Main St
Cincinnati
Lwichk’s
Broadway
Onioc
Ames Ely
Lizzie Ely
Harry, C. Sparks
Grace E. Sparks
Eden Macoupin County
Illinois
Samuel Burnett
Samuel Ely
Nancy J. Ely
Freddie Idell Staton
Testator
Samuel Elv Depa
Freddie 'Sell Staton
George &. Staton
Freddie Tdell Staton
Walter W. Burke
Swine & Bisner, Parrott & Griffith
Pttarnava Mehse
Ween
James Julian
STGKH
Madisonville
Cincinnati Hamilton
Dayton Thousand Mile Books
Connectiog
Xis
Ncinnati
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Bt. Louis
Alamanca
Ft. Wayne
Indianapolis
Run
Arbor
Toledo
Buffalo
Peoria
Cleveland
Bantam Fair Privileges
WM. Donaldson
Sycamore and
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Holesale
D. Meloy
Clobe Saloon
Railroad Crossing
Loveland
Thomas W. Paxton
Pearl and Sycamore
California
J. S. Kaupman & CO
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Witsa
Gent
Temple Bar
Batavia
Board of Examiners
Byron Williams
Williamsburg
T. L. Simmerman
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Batavia Planing Mill Company
Main Street
Brown’s Tron Bitters
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Locust Corner
Winchester
Marcellus Smith
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