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Wisconsin State Horticultural Society / The Wisconsin horticulturist
Vol. V, No. 11 (January 1901)
Spraying primulas, p. 7
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FRR WM':- 11)7 " .W 7 -_ overspread by * bluish blebag lusciout to eat from the baud when costedaud dripguS i4M dew in theearlymorn- 11g. Our gay, whistling frek,* the robin, will bear me out in this statement, for from early iorn until dusk he swings on the ender branches, w y ig the cher- ns anant on both sides of the Aedge, aid fairly gorges hiuseif with Juseberries, boldly the ground with whoever is inclined to follow his euinlei Taste the chilled fruit crushed with having y eyes ced, and you will say lackberries-' A little leson Juice added, and yqu will pronounce them delicious- The place of ai places for a Juneberry hedge is as a dividing line between lawns' Cutting the roots, in culti- vating, causes new shoots; as they do not encroach upon the sod, they all go to render the hedge line denser and more beautiful. They are easily kept down by cutting off with the hoe, at first appearance, if they spring up where they are not wantedL Care in cultivating obviates this nes cessity." SPFAYIRG NA& As to these plants not being able to endure water on the foliage, that is a delusiou, water standing in the crowns is certainly injurious to them, but s ig fuenough; to keep the leaves free from dust, on y day a$ not in a falling -It e -(isidia.bloost- y prekrably), is a bene- fit to the plants. Of two supposed evil, wetting the leaves, or leaving them dust covered, by all meaus choose the for- mer. -exchange. Bertha: "Grandma, is oor teef goot? Grandma: "No, darling; rye got nose now,uno. r y Bertha: "lThen Il give oo my wits to mind till I come back."
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