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fHE L\"DC..\\0\t\':
pl.1nls Parly, whil~ they are still wet wuh dr·w and
, 1 g ain i~ tl.te evenmg aft(•r tPa when the night 'd ..
, re b<·gtnmng to fall.
ew~
1
Vapo~t~ or ~terol~ will reduce wire-worm 3 d
lcathN Jackets ; th<·y should lx· pricked into th~ ~
1
or pW<'(-<1 unde rneath th.P plants lx·fore planun;o~~
1 hf'; ar~ both fof thehm gac;cs, and it is th<> fum{'s
"hie 1 1 r asfc up rorn t cm that uttl'rly d<>strO) ins('d
p• sts. 0 coor~, w 1 1cn• th('~f' arc only tr<.'(;'> and
!lower\ to .he ~onstder~, thf> J>OI~)OOUS c;pray.:;, XL-AII,
.\bot, I an~ Gn-<·n, and ~ord("au, :\lixturc arc quitf·
thf' bc-.t and most cffoct1v•· mean-. of d~>-.tro}ing :-~ll
p( -.t-., but the.<;(· mu<;t not lx· uc;('() on, or nf•.tr, am
, rlihl1• vcg('tatJOn.
.
ha\ing little or no gard~n will find tlw ... {' box< ... :.
gr.t·ct~ sourcP of joy. &! sure th~o• bo"''" .tr•• p.tim•d;
th1s IS n<:cessary to kN•p 0\lt damp ;,and pr( ~n•· the
wood from doc.ay. s~ to it that th('re an• ~CJOd
holes at the bottom to allow for drnin.tgf'. ~ <:Mf-
fu, as to tht> c;oii put in th(•-.e boxes. Thi-. -.oil
-.hould con.;i,t of two p.1rts fair!) good g.trdr-n
mould; two. parts lt'af mould, or dP<":lY~ lt'aw ... frorn
autumn
fWt • a «ood
. kt•
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"'Pnn · mg of Rito-bc sur<: to g4 t thi:-,, it j.., ;;uch
'' on IX)X<'<: b<· "un to put .;onw ,ton~>-.
[" Gardcnin~ Illustratt J. "J
Iris.
The Bcun. Dolphin appear:- in the tips; rem(>dy-
pid impossible to e numerat<' all the disea~('S and
JX'S~s t~at will most likely appear in May, but my
advtcE> IS to take r emedies at once, not to leave 1t
until the plant is almost des troy<>d or so we-akened
by the attack that it will takes week" to rcro'ver.
May is also t!he " bedding-out " month . Window-
boxes '> hould also receive attention, and these can be
rnnde so pr~tty and attractive with a little care and
thought J u <>t a word about window-boxes, as those
o r brokt>n brt(.ks <.'f cr.-., or an~ rough
fibrou-. nwtt>rial . tht•n 1111 up with thE>
rompo~t
to
room f<~r
wat(>ring, or addition Q{ a little more· 'oH; then prC'\'11
fi rm!) abcut plant<;. Nmv "indow-. fa<'ing t!IJrth an.•
practkall) ..,unksc;; for thPm h.\rdy f<·t ""· <:rc(•pmg
j<•nn), p<'ri\\ inklf", ('Uk{'ol.tri.t.;;, and mu"k will b<- lx•-.t.
An eastern window geh. of cour-.. <', th< morning
sun, a nd in it fuchsias will fiouri,h, dwnrf na~tm
tiu mc;, «WC<'t-sc<•nt('d tobac<:o plant<;, god('ti .. ts, \',tl1,lt\
cn'<'pt>rs ; also violas a nd p~n"ir....
·
In a window b eing 1l'l'st, tV\-l<'a\'('d g.-ranium-..
p<.>largoniums, margueritE><;. pNunw... lolwlia ... , and
tropmdium lobbianum will look lowh dut ing the
about t\'-0 inch<•s of th<' top,
to .tllm\
~ummC'r.
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