The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist . e off the insect pests ? . Now, take note, I am not instructing or sayingthis or that about gas lime, for sure. I only sug-gest the likelihood of good to come from trial. Itis by trial, when there is a likely lead, that pre- 196 TEE GARDENERS MONTHLY I July, cious mines are reached. Just so it is in mattersand places—horticultural. So,I suggest trial of gaslime. How about gas lime for the Phylloxera,or the root fungus on the peach ? I tried it ona peach stricken with the yellows, laying nearthe roots, sprinkling over the gas lime, and thencovering wi
The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist . e off the insect pests ? . Now, take note, I am not instructing or sayingthis or that about gas lime, for sure. I only sug-gest the likelihood of good to come from trial. Itis by trial, when there is a likely lead, that pre- 196 TEE GARDENERS MONTHLY I July, cious mines are reached. Just so it is in mattersand places—horticultural. So,I suggest trial of gaslime. How about gas lime for the Phylloxera,or the root fungus on the peach ? I tried it ona peach stricken with the yellows, laying nearthe roots, sprinkling over the gas lime, and thencovering with earth. The jaundice changed toa rich green, and the spindling shoots gave place praise of all its members would require severalnumbers of the Monthly. I wish only to speakof Dianthus lacinatus and Heddwigii, two ofthe handsomest flowering members, and whichare far too scarce. Both of these are natives ofJapan, from where they were introduced severalyears ago. The flowers of lacinatus have theedges cut and laced in the most picturesque. to those of stouter and healthy growth. After lying a year or two in a heap, as exposedto the air, the strong smell and acrid, caustictouch of the gas lime is gone. I know notwhether its virtues go, too. Doubtless, however,much goodness still lingers in the pile. Now,let some one else tell us what he knows, or hasdone, about gas lime. DIANTHUS. BY W. C. L. DREW, EL DORADO, CAL. This is one of the handsomest families ofplants known to gardeners, and to^tell of the manner, resembling the finest lace. (See cut.)Those of Heddwigii have very full petals, onlyvery slightly notched. Of both varieties there are single and doubleflowering kinds, and both single and double arefine. Both varieties bear very large flowers, of- 1877.] AND HORTICULTURIST. 197 ten measuring three inches in diameter. Incolor they vary from pure white to deep blood-red ; many have flowers marbled in mostcurious and striking manners, some resemblingmosaic work in their marbli
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