Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1923, Page 75

T A : THE ‘SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 26,- 1923—PART 5. ' i Secrets of Grass for Golf Courses Plants Made to Change Their Habits Discovered at Farm Across Potomac| -Of Growth by Manipulation of Light l;\ li"_ul)ll(lii: !H; D.\C‘ 2 L‘ ] Q C \" } manent well-being of the grass is BY ‘J,\)ll.:! A. BUCHANAN. ST across the Potomac from-the 1C - i 3 ers As- bel instakingly i tigated. v % » N 2 s i H | i “imele S S opeen Ui e A ] e i e Scientists of Department of Agriculture | |T50med e er m Sres o oo ociation in Study of Problems Relating to v : ington Monument is Arlington you are-a golf player, at some palatial home give orders to her A\Ia\’ Force or Retard Dcvclopment at \\'ill called the Peking, 2nd similar rasults § at Model Station—Ar- \ {variety that caused the result just i L‘u»erfunv:\l‘-\l falm“ the lwsll fl:l_rl- Greenstand Hanaay ; ll;\c hor ;mer, .\:u may hfllvu no‘; gardener to have certain plants were obtained. thus proving that the ural fruit and crop testing 3 S d F: rav. ticed the funny brown spots and{in bloom at a definite time a few y o iatt T e method employed fitted not only one &rounds in the world, At present.! | . = Eadd ; - B ot vl e e Mot & eflalie dineia (o | L Blowers andeanit Praduceds Ofit- of ‘Seasonis |1 5505 Fertes, Sed forealy o8 versatile Unele Samuel, in co-opera- ! | lington Tract Has 250 Plots for Most Complete g rmay e g e o e Dtotk sema; tavored guests st that | Discoveries Made: Through. Many: Experi- 2t " % 4 S XPERIMENTS * % were then made with the common wild aster, and |it was found that when the flower . | was exposed to but seven hours of light daily, it was in bloom in thirty- six days instead of the usual 125, soy bean. one variety of which be-|from nearly fifteen hours in the lat-| The same result was obtained with Piper and Oakley and their assistants | the wishes of those she holds in high | gins to flower in June, another vari- (ter part of June to about nine and | variety of Lima bean that does not lcibly, you may have noticed that the | favorite flowers in bloeme or thelr ments Are of Great Value—OIld Theories of {&reens have been dusted with a ma- {special fruit ready when they pay the |terial like powdered bluestone or|expected visit. She will not have to Seasons Give \\'11'\' Before Progrcss. | copper sulphate. And thereby hangs{send to the tropics or to a far-away and variety of golf graes known io T e Been Made—Tom Thumb Research Plant fine turf grasses and potentially h\' an interesting tale of one great sci-|clime, for she now has the means Bll ' i tion there with the United States Golf | g B i A | playing season. At some clubs, pos- |time and wants them to have their Association, is testinz out every type | | Study of Fine Turf Grasses That Has Lver the science of plant industry, in .-1-} forts to learn ail the Zeavets of the apply the information obtained for |Small tufts of grass about one inch | investigating this matter via the|entific accomplishment which Messrs. { her disposal by which she can gratify the improvement and perpctuation of ) SQuUare can be planted at six-inch in- | trial-plat route. the many thourand American golf |t€rVals in both dircctions so that, sul “Should the green clippings be left |have already consummated for the |csteem, ety comes forth in July, and still an; |a half hours at Christmas. { ordinarily flower in Washington until courses. {sequently, thelr creeping roots and |to lie on the spot where they were {good of golf. ; This achieving of the seemIngly im- |other makes its appearance in August.| A series of experiments was made |1ate in the fall. Under the improved Arlington farm is famous. not alone | FURNErs Will cross and criss-cross the feut or should they be removed?' is! Away back in 1914, the Merion Golf { possible is to the credit of the men in | One cannot explain why ths condition | in which several plants were dark- |Methods it bloomed in twenty-eight because it is the finest national prov- ! DAre £pots and ultimately produce an | another golf-grass query which would | Club, near Philadelphia, initially re-f:large of the plant-industrs bureau |obtains, despite the fact that there |ened for a portion of the day during|9ays. A common ragweed behave ir ing ground and testing factory for|Ven and luxuriant stand of fine turf | receive a many positive as negative | quested the advice and assistance of fof the Department of Agriculture,|are practically no temperature | the long days of summer “The re.|a simiiar manner. fruit, vegetable, cercal and forage | |answers if all the greenskeepers in |the government experts in studying | who for some time past have been | changes, so we must recognize that|sults obtained were remarkable. The| The chrysanthemum is a flower thar crops, but also because it was qn.»el %o o lthe country could be canvassed. |and identifying a peculiar grass dis- [doing things that. if they had lived |fnternal canses alone cannot be ac- |plants no longer persisted in their | usually makes its appearance abou: a pa | JYOR the most part, the test grasses | Uncle Sam, master investigator, is|ease which was ravaging the grcens, years ago, would have caused them |cepted as furnishing a satisfactory | usual habit of deferring the flowering | the time that the football seaso rt of the notable Park Custis es tage owned by Ge: | The farm covers 400 acres and con- tains much reclaimed and remade ground. Tts productivity is a strik- ing example. of the effectiveness of organized science practically applied to the salvation of waterlogged low- lands and to the improvement of thin and impoverished hizhlands. Approximately 700 varieties of apple trees, 300 diffcrent species of grapes. 400 types of peach trees, classes of unrelated vegetables, fhousands of grain and forage APectmens, introduced from every country, are now being carefully tudied under Virginia environments letermine their adaptability to an conditions of soil and cli- serutiniz-{at that ecstablishment. After de-{to be burned at the stake as makers |explanation. The only remaining |period till a particular time of the |opens. and we have never looked fo | tailea investigations, these scientists | of magic. | theory is that some external factor|vear. The cxperiments included a|it during the summer months. Now These men of science have obtalned yother than temperature must be re- |large va ¥ of plants, both wild it can be made to bloom by shorien %E y 3 their results as the rewards of many ! sponsible. !and cultivated, and it was found “-_(,t(ing the days of sunlight, so we ma, . ¥ Yy b , i) months, yes, years, of hard, pn:nu-' Let us return to the cosmos and see | the reaction to differences in the have the blooms to wear at base ba 3 o % £ L taking efforts—hours spent in the|what two of the government experts. | length of day is of very wide occur-|&ames if we desire. y 2 3 > 4 l |ctudy of fruit and flower culture:,W. W. Garner and 1. A. Allard, have | rence. i old- ime florists ofien bemoaned many a day and night in close and (o say: | To many tazse experiments appear | the fact that the highly colored poin- darkened rooms; hours spent ‘neath| “The ordinary v 3 os [to be of a complicated character, but | 8€ttia could only be placed on sale the burning rays of the sun and arti- | regularly flower in the fall in north- {such a belief is erropeous for they |during the Christmas s t now Acial light: hours that took their full fern latitudes, if they are planted in | were really most simple. They were |the men who have revolutionized the meed of energy, for the objects under | the spring or summer. If grown in|the result of great care and study. |Plant industries can take this bea I-lmx- scrutiny had 1o be watched not}a warm greenhouse during the winter | A room that was called dark | ful specimen and b ducin intermittently but every minute of | mounths, the plants also flowet readily. | house” was constructed, and it was |Deriod of day 1 hours cause {ihe time that the experiments ere 5o that the cooler weather of fail is )0 designed us to admit air frecly at it to'develop in Angu being ca ed on In some instanc when one expert quit the task in order that he might get a few hours rest, an associate took his piace. Nothing was left to guesswork. Every stage of growth had to be hed. each hour of light or da ness had to be measured. for the men clay [also iving this problem tl at Ling * are being grown on the brick type of soil which predominate once over nol a necessary condition. If %uc- |the bottom and allow its escape at{ There is a large group of plants ission of a |including most of the so-ca ies of stecl | mer annuals, which reg after midsummer as a result of de lcrease in the length of the da: ] { While relatively short days favo: flowering and fruiting in these plants lled sum- flower ive plantings of cosmos are made [ the top, without the ad in the grecnhouses during the late ! single 1ay of 1i A se Aiong the most interesting of tavse Investigations in fruit. grain, | ! long days are more favorable to rapid links 1f. perchance, you are one of those hidebound city residents whose most intimate knowledge of the country d growing things is gained from the window of a limited train or from a speed automobile. you may be d to know that ti nany intricate and comp : riddles associated with the pro- | duction and maintenance of match- v fa a new theory of life or plant growth. | | tocmge and grass growing ave the | Daoliteate that. are helbE anaicr) of learning carefully charted the {and extensive vegetative development M e st ot progress of a plant. They were as jSome of these plants, therefore, if i Seledina e Tk palnstaking as the most thorough ithey receive the full benefit of the Al e unta e arase 0 bt phyrician who is studving a case, \long days of summer, may reach giant grass, Kentucky ana Canadlan blue- | one. which may mean fame and fo { proportions before being brought into iruss and the hundred and one other | Il""” to hita, T ond o ol turf grasses which are suitable for | eadihcse men [0 tie MDepataniant 100 e e me cultivation on greens, fairways, tees | I\g. culture knew that success meant he farmer plants some crops (oo e Rt i e e something new and valuable ‘o the learly there is a tendency toward ex- | | worid. and being men who nave Jde- cessive development of leaf and stem twith little flowering or. fruiting Late p’anting. on the other hand, ma {lead to dwarfing in growth but abun ! ant flowering and fruiting. | Let us look at other side of icture and see what can be accon ed L giving longer periods of light to those plants that need ; more than the ordinary amount o lig) counterfeit, if hings that are not course of growth. It ast with the group ¢ voted their lives to the service, thought of nothing else but the wor in hand. They Gid not for an instant relax or l-a part of the rtndy to hance. They had a real job aud they got res: ey HERE will . be some who 1 say that they have heard of his sort of work years azo perhaps, in theory. but ng of a icfinite character along these lines P s as in the inception of strik e The problems of th t lawfi-| WHITE CLOVER IS ONE OF THE GRASSES IMMUNE TO INJURY BY BIG BROWN PATCH DISEASE. s "°="j‘""fl“;;"{?*“‘T""‘o"'[‘“" s iveady dscunsedite s eeeond maker o dept greensh o « #cale and with such a degree of ce e . e 5 ik varied and multitudinous as any t ainty until these experts made their k :‘vs aV\ ‘g?:e. e x: 2 ever confront our leading captains of | Arlinzton farm and which extends i fertilizing value of clip-jidentified the disease @s “big brown § XPaustive stud 5 - ous that these plants do not requir industry and commerec a beltlike formation from New York left on the is really apatch fungus” depredations. Thel ‘_‘“{f‘.“;f Al ;:):j?‘:f_“,,u {chort davs to reach the flowerin * & |to Florida. Some of the grasse ble quantity. as all greens that | scientific name of the fungus thatg'3¥ the facts hers get forLe 8né O stage. On the contrary. it has bee I the 230 little plots of turfland | nowever, are being tested on artificial kept in good shape have to be|caused the disease was “Rhizoctonia ’T‘](:\‘ ot ol "l"“"‘,’l‘ - ';Z;;":";“f found that short davs prevent. or ar over Arlington way could but talk | soils which have been compounded at essed least onge annually | and it soon proved it was as { | ‘"’:"“’ e aiatn l’ aveit e {least greatly delay. flowering o @ tell intimately about all their!aviington farm to, simulate soil con- ppings soon dry | formidable as its elght-cylinder name D {fruiting. To this class of plants he- special likes and dislikes, Uncle Sam ditions in different parts of the United | Jout the green in such | by extendinz its ravages to golf clubs | TS0 10 #e€ e wWoRk TOF e ilong the so-called winter annuals would be able to take the guess out|States where the greensward game is [a way as to prohibit perfect putting. jin the vicinity of and s D i e pany of our common vegetables of the golf grass conundrum in the | rapidly developing as one of the most| The grass experts at Arlingtor, jinston e R i e aveteedt Take tke humble radisb. The twinkling of an eve. Unfortunately.!popular forms of sport and recreation. | under the direction of Mes ¢t Like many of our human criminals e arlet Globe variety, planted May 15 blossom June 2 or this branch of his government han he has ever had before. the brown pateh fieeboot when ex- however, national sts who| Expert greenskeepers have to top- |and Oakley of the national gets in study growing crops do not have ac- | dress their greens regul to keep Iment of Agriculture and the {mect effeetive destruction during the h z 3 poscd the natural length of da night and very airly morning. when Lo (haygs Selig OGS dna Onve 1A si ing, made at the same ra under glass great strides hav ecn made by the United States, b revar : one been able o cause the development or the tunting of plants at will. It is new ind will enable the man or woman s a certain kind of vege- particular sort of frnit or a ‘avorite flower at a time that is “out )¢ season” to have his or her w jtime. but allowed to receive o {weven lours of light. grew slow formed no flowering stem | | moistu activit conditi are ideal for its| = ‘It is a pest that was para- | L\.m on beets, potatoes and allled eamiming up the results, we fin {1 that in summer the daily ligh {period is readily shortened by use of i ark cham ch the plants are placed for a portion of the day truck crops. but which had never been Kknown to att L grasses vious te its mmrauding cxpeditions of nine ye rs ago. ers, into w | } . Ultimately, more than a £ hun- dred different strains of grasses being \/ ARTIFIEIAL LIGHT MADE THE PLANT AT THE LEFT GROW. grown a n farm were ex et = ¢ WHILE OTHERS IN NATURAL DAYLIGHT FAILED TO ATTAIN 'In this war, various plants may be H T fled b st 1 tracti the | i | posed ratch fungus infec- :ia‘:"d’fr,vr ““ \.;‘f -‘iha“l"‘ 'l:l’c “'J:madv EQUAL GROWTH. forced into flowering or fruiting ou: i tio the grasses, such as tof their natural season or plants ady at a specified tim or. if one who desires these things ix| not fortunate enough to have a gar- | Winte i inormally flowering and fruiting in i, tracks was provided. and. on these, |summer may be prevented from doiny W unted so that if the |so. . ts desired to give the plants: On the other hand, to initia ylight the plants were | fl ng out of season in long-daf i i t { f . Kentucky blueggas:., white { and crab grass ‘;n-nwdmn)x; | { ! and early spring mon fener and sll that gocs with one of |maintainiug a unuiform temperature | tru (hese It s. he or she may still go | throughout. the planting made after | scienti to some firm that makes'a specialty |@ certain date 1 fail to blossom | eight hours of d ;showed their immunity to damage by fthe pest. On the other hand. the scues and fine turi {grasses, which £o unive are usel{,¢ gut-of-season things and give the | Promptly, but. on the vontrary. will | removed, in their containers. out of | plants during the short days of w {in the seeding or pianting of Norti-{oraer several weeks ahead, confident j continue to grow till the following |the dark room and given the desired !ter, or (o prevent its occurrence jerm golf grecns. suffered seriousis {in the kmowledge that the order will | fall. thus flowering at the usual sca- | period of ligi short-day plant would be neces {from the ai hennea son. This curious reversal of be-| Those in charse of the work, injS2i¥ to lengthen the daily periog c At the Columbia Country Club.| e may now take a plant that hasihavior with advance of the season grder to be sure of their data. pro- | luminatios Jut { hecome closely identified with a sea- | cannot be attributed to change it vijed 2 second lot of plants which| The 8reenhouses in which the ex seven vears ago, Bordeaux mixture.{son, just as are the flights of- the | temperaty Some other factor is|iere known as “control plants.” and { PeTiments took place were fitted with the champion all around fungicide | migratory birds, and do with it as we | respoasible for the failure of theinese were grown under exactly the | Series of {0-watt electric lig jknown to modern agriculture, was|desire. In midwinter the blossoms |cosmos to blossom during the summer me conditions as those to iwhich|evenly distributed overhead. so that jused as a control. A green forty by lof eyclamen. frees poinsettia. all jmonths. In this respect the behavior | the darkened plants were exposed.!the average intensity of about three jeighty feet in size was drenched with jremind us of those months. When | of the cosmos is just the opposite of {except that the control plants were i to five candle power was obtained im 1300 gallon« of haif-strength Bordeaux | the davs grow warmer we look for!that™observed in iris.” exposed to the light throughout the ;mediately above the soil surface. The Ibni\lnn‘ a small portion of the turf ;thv unfolded blossoms of forsythia, | T day. | electy ght was used from sunset | being left untreated as a check. The {wild vi ¢ W oth £ b 4 Liq | till abot igt b ¥, he A e A O e o HAYING ovserved he manner in The response of the piants to thi|!ill about midnight each dav. ‘The | . ypical plants. 4 ar s o : SR artificial shortening of the daylight| 3 B s |quently. medicated shower baths {we look for the poppy. rhododendron, | hich flowers L fRults come | e Drontaid cl e 18 ant in comparison with {finally restored the infected green to | iris and columbine to begin flowering ; At e e normal condition by routing the pes- { When the leaves are due to turn to Ilix‘A-ruus invaders. the'seer and brown that is associated 8 a result of these experiments, | with autumn, we watch for the aster, { practical contiol measures for the big {dahlia. cosmos and chrysanthemum, {brown patch disease in the form of {and with the advent of these the end {applications of Bordeaus mixture, | of the open growing season. ither in powder or soluble forms, g Yot |were adopted. The development of | 7J O our mind at once comes the sug where the disease was rampant a ay -, into their perfected state there is but | | lig=t. but, most striking results were one conclusion that can be drawn. for | A striking example of tuis {obtained. For comparison there weje it is clear that the time of flowering | Was shown in the Biloxi soy beans. ! nts grown in similar greenhous and fruiting is linked in some way | Which germinated on May 17. Thes IritRoutiine uselotielsotzic Hight with the advance of the season, and | were allowed to receive seven hours | il 'O (G E Lol | there must of necessity be some ex-|of light daily, beginning May 20.i, wge fleld for experimentation and | ternal factor which maintains this This particular variety of soy 1.ean)s.|““d\> and while at presert it is pos- { relationship. 3 which, if exposed to the normal|,. onjy (o indicate broadly sope We are in position to eliminate the |amount of light, would have required | ;"0 o7\ cotions in which it seems the quality and quantity of fine section of the United States Golf As- |resistant strains of the bent and fos-| | gestion that these flowers and|MAtter of temperature as far as it |110 days to flower, were in blossom oo jicely that practical applica- sgrade. | sociation. are studving the problems | Cue grasses has also aided in over- |plants have particular reasons for | affects plants, and we find, taking | in twenty da “!tion of the principles can be made | throwing the big brown pateh fungus. | flowering or fruiting only at particu- | Vv ashington as a basis, that the t me | In order to make sure that it was|yer enough work has been done to, < T aatna and. that the Srowth de.|between sunrize and sunset ranges'not something in this particular | gomonstrate that a correct interpre- 4 3 | MORE destructive variation of the {pends upon the weather, the length tation of the effects of length of day grains with which they experiment: are topdressed in the fall, othe A scoarge is known as little brown | ©f davlight and other causes: that if| jupon plants will be a great aia in by time-consuming and laborious | the spring and still others every two | expedite rapid and desivable growth. | patch discase. It takes the form of {aNY of, these causes were to be lrcaching a better understanding of methods. They have to check and re- | weeks throughout the golf °ason. | Some of the grass plots are being ;grass blemishes which attain the size | Changed. the usual result would be 1the causes ch limit the naturat check results and repcat doubtful |in order to ascertaln which is the Eoseiie 7 * gilv the death of the plant. {habitat of most plants, a problem B kst P 5 = SR | exposed to excessively heavy rolling ' ©f @ silver dollar and sometimes get Eraemin ' . tests many times. Unele Sam's ex- | preferable fertilization” practice. i ¥ |to be as large as a tennis ball, Al-|_ While it is true that plants can; which has been a difficult one tu perimental policy is to make haste| Many and varied are the controver- |Once 2 week. Others are mowed and |y ooy ron ™o “ha devoted much | lower and fruit successfuily only jizolve: slowly and never to speak extrava- |sies which annually* arise among |raked with spike rakes. wooden-tooth | energy of his scientific organizatt ©2 ] within certain limits of temperature To the farmer, the facts which have gantly until he has convincing evi- |members of the golfing fraternity | rakes and all other varieties of avail- 7 c organizations | 4 molisture supply, it is now known {been established will strongly em- dence and data to support each!relative to the care and management |able hand tools suitable for such pur- that light is indispensable, and, fol { phasize the importance of accurately scientific statement. That is why {of golf grasses of every description. | poses, civered no effective control method, | IOWINg along this line of thought, we | knowing the correct season for plant- some of the very technical soil, animat | Uncle Sam is carrying on detailed | In each instance, accurate informa- { They are still continuing their re-|fnd that development may be re ing each of his crops in order to sé~ and crop studies that he conducts are | search and research which wiil be | tion and records are kept on the daily | searcher. " {tarded in the spring by cool weather. cure the highest returns continued for periods as lons as|fruitful of tangible data which once | responses of cach grass plot to these | . We also. know that drought or ex- The plant breeder should be abie twenty to thirty vears and sometimes (and for all time will end these argu- | different methods of treatment. The e rainfall may interfere. but, cess to any magical wishing lamp like | Aladdin's. gra They have to wheedle information | The government specialists are run-|of gras s and | ning tests wh. es constantly on. the clipping disposal, raking and some grass plots | rolling the out of the mute, dumb gras: ensward and sprinkling | s in[the grass most effectively so as gtd ey to the confrol of this piratical grass destroyer, as vet his agents have dis- The best'time to plant zeed on golf igrecns or anywhere else on the course ces to gain a better insight into some of even longer before irrefutable results | ments. |greens are coated and groomed. (i, guring the late summer and early | 4% & rule, flowers and fruits are pro- his problems, such as securing foi &b joblained. { For example. some experts contend | rubbed and massaged as though they i o) Seed planting never will be a |GUced resulariy in their seasons de- any particular region earlier or later : {varieties, more fruitful or large: spite these temporary disturbances. Let us follow, for a moment, the transplanting of a species of flower The grass-testing grounds at Ar- | that sprinkling a lawn during the |were the best racehorses in the land. lington farm are not large. They do | middle of the day, when the sunshine | The best methods of giving them not encompass broad acreages of |is maximum, spells sure death to the | their weekly or semi-weekly haircuts luxuriant greensward, such as you | 8Fass. There are no definite scientific {are also being observed. In fact, M or fruit from one section to another, will see In the region of thousand- |data to support such contentions.|every operation which in any way | ¢ cRlendarand extensive experience. {4 a¢ 15, one section of the world. We dollar-an-acre land in the heart of | The federal agriculturists are now |could influence even slightly the per-! " (Continued on Fourth Page.) find that its season changes. The the Kentucky bluegrass. In fact each £ time may change from spring to fall of the research plants is of Tom or vice versa. Again, we look more Thumb dimensions, being either eight closely into the matter and find that feet square or else elght feet wide where some plants were annuals in and eight rods long. one section, after their removal they Small though it be, each little area have become biennials. | of grass has a remarkable scientific 1t was the observation of the be- story to tell. One scries of grass havior of certain plants that first plots may present infallible evidence gave the men of science their cue that certain fertilizers are outstand- that external conditions control the ingly superior to others. Adjoining processes of flowering and fruiting, trips of grass may prove the effi- 'nnd this furnished the thought that satch-as-cateh-can, will-o'-the-wisp affair. The successful greenskeeper will have to abide by the decisions of growing forms and improved ever- bloomers and everbearers. It often happens that plant breeders’ are unable to make crosses between certain plants because of differences in time of flowering of the two par ental types. In such instances ar tificial control of the daily light i periog should be of great value, for in this way the date of flowering can Ibe accurately controlied. | 1In addition to these features, in 1 special cases it may be possible to jintroduce successfully new plant« i through artificial light or by taking {fuller advantage of seasonal dif- iferences in length of day. ncy of certain control measures in there was a possibility of artificial circumventing obnoxious diseases. control. Yet others give dumb evidence of the While it is true that temperature efficacy of certain systems of rolling, is an important factor in plant de- raking, sprinkling, tonicking and top- velopment, yet a change in tempera- dressing the grasses. ture fails to explain why plants AP | | Growing Foot a Daj [Dumxc a long drought in spring in Mauritius a eingular spectacle. amid the stretches of dying and 5 flower and fruit at certaln periods. dame;0f. the Rrass iolethiliol; £y For instance, we may provide appro- priate temperatures out of the regu- lar seasons, but as a rule the flowers and fruits fail to appear. Take the case of the iris, which flowers in May and June. It will not blossom under ordinary conditions, cven when grown in hothouses, in the winter period, though the tempera- ture may be the same as that of early all the world like a dog with the mange. The tufts and smatterings of grass oceur in regular. isolated patches. You ask ome of the sei- entists what happened to these grass :as and he will reply: Those plots are typical examples of vegetative repropagation—a system «f reproduction now favored for the PLANTS AT LEFT. RAISED UNDER ARTIFICIAL LIGHT, DID NOT desiccated plants, was presented by the white flowers of giant aloe stems, which sprang up on the mountains and over the waste lands with amaz- |ing speed. At the time of flowering !'shafts as thick as a man's arm shot up from the heart of the plants, grew from twelve to eighteen inches in twenty-four hours, and reached a height_of thirty fect. A cluster of development and perfection of the Ranr FLOWER, WHILE THOSE ON THE RIGHT RECEIVED THE ler Bty G L best golf greens. The ldea is thatl THIS IS THE WAY, THIS BROWN-PATCH FUNGUS LOOKS WHEN GROWN UNDER SPECIAL-CULTURE. | Another tnstance Is that of the'- “DARKROOM" TREATMENT AND FLOWERED PROFUSELY. L e e