The Tropical agriculturist and magazine of the Ceylon Agricultural Society . milar bulbous plants (so-called lilies ), but place liberal quantitiesof decayed manure round these when opportunity offers. Many of the ornamentalshrubs and climbers will now require to be pruned or thinned out. White-antswill become active in wet weather, and persistent effort should be directed againstthem. Each nest should be dug up and the queen-ant destroyed. If availablepour a small quantity of carbon bisulphide down the crevices and immediatelyclose up the latter; this is considered the most effective means of
The Tropical agriculturist and magazine of the Ceylon Agricultural Society . milar bulbous plants (so-called lilies ), but place liberal quantitiesof decayed manure round these when opportunity offers. Many of the ornamentalshrubs and climbers will now require to be pruned or thinned out. White-antswill become active in wet weather, and persistent effort should be directed againstthem. Each nest should be dug up and the queen-ant destroyed. If availablepour a small quantity of carbon bisulphide down the crevices and immediatelyclose up the latter; this is considered the most effective means of destroying thenests. Various other remedies have also been to some extent found effectual,nuch as arsenic compounds, emulsified kerosine, and even plain boiling water. Vegetable Garden.—After the necessary preparation of the ground thevarious native vegetables may be planted or sown. Plant out sets of yams(Dioscorea) in rows four feet apart, and place supports for the vines, such as bambootops, along both sides of the rows. Tubers or cuttings of Sweet-potato, Jerusalem. THE TRAVELLER S TREE KAVJSNAtA M 4 DAGA6CABIEK8IS Photo by H. F. Mnrmitlaih 231 Horticulture. Artichoke, Alocasia, Inuala, &c, should bo planted out in beds about three feetwide, with a path fifteen inches in breadth between the beds. Sow seeds of Gourds,Baudakkai, Bonchi, Dhara-dambala, Brinjals, Chocho, Maize, Katurumurunga,Nivithi, &c. Seeds of European vegetables, such as Pens, Knol-Kohl (or Kohl-rabi),Beetroot, Carrots, Scarlet-runners, Tomatoes, Lettuce, Parsley, &c., should notbe sown till the beginning of the south-west monsoon. Celery should be sownunder cover and the seedlings afterwards pricked out into boxes, finally trans-planting them into a deep trench in which a good layer of manure and soil hasbeen placed. Keeping notes of the various seeds sown or plants put out (thenames of varieties, dates of sowing or planting, time of ripening, &c.,) is a methodto be especially recommended. The experienc
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