. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. e Bordeauxmixture serves to either kill or drive the beetleaway, and we should have liked to see whether with buhach added, and we prepared to give ourfoes the coup dc grace, but worms and aphis wereto be found no more, the imtash solution havingat last gotten in its deadly work, and seeminglyin a thorough manner. The infested foliage , Ogon and Simons Plume, however,was also badly hurt by the application, while thehealthy leaves of these varieties, and all those ofother Plum
. Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches. e Bordeauxmixture serves to either kill or drive the beetleaway, and we should have liked to see whether with buhach added, and we prepared to give ourfoes the coup dc grace, but worms and aphis wereto be found no more, the imtash solution havingat last gotten in its deadly work, and seeminglyin a thorough manner. The infested foliage , Ogon and Simons Plume, however,was also badly hurt by the application, while thehealthy leaves of these varieties, and all those ofother Plums and Cherries, was notinjured in theleast. Perhaps the solution can be made some- in lower situations. The cause of the troublecould not have been excessive cold, for we havenot had it during the past winter. Neither is itlikely to be the result of disease. But what isthe cause? The chief of section of Vegetable Pothology,Department of Agriculture, whom we consultedconcerning this matter, suggests Monilia or Plumrot as the possible cause. The characteristicmanifestations of the disease as observed by us. BRANCH OF ENGLISH HAWTHORNE-—(Oat<Bat« Oxycantha.) what weaker, and still be effective. No harmwas noticed on the Currant bushes. We also tried the saturated solution of kainitfor Radish and Cabbage maggot. It was pouredupon the ground next to the plants in sufficientquantity to reach the roots. mostof the maggots were killed by the applications;some, however, survived, and there were enoughof them to ruin many of the Cabbage and Cauli-flower plants. The strong solution did no harmto the plants. Altogetherwe believe we have inthese potash salts, especially in muriate of pot-ash, a very effective and a very cheap weaponagainst many of our insect enemies. The Seasons Drouth. The flrst rain after adry [spell of six weeks occurred on June and deep-rooting shrubs. Grapes included,had not been suffering a bit, but have made the in New Jersey, however,
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