. The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist. the site. London Purple in the Destruction of In-sects.—Referring in the Country Gentleman toElm-leaf beetle, and the directions apply to allleaf-eating insects, Dr. Leitner recommends spray-ing with London Purple and says : The London Purple mixture recommended, asthe result of careful experiment with it, by the En-tomological Division at Washington, is one-halfpound of the purple, three quaris of flour, to abarrel of water (40 gallons). The flour and pur-ple are to be thoroughly mixed while dry, and maythen be washed through a large funnel having
. The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist. the site. London Purple in the Destruction of In-sects.—Referring in the Country Gentleman toElm-leaf beetle, and the directions apply to allleaf-eating insects, Dr. Leitner recommends spray-ing with London Purple and says : The London Purple mixture recommended, asthe result of careful experiment with it, by the En-tomological Division at Washington, is one-halfpound of the purple, three quaris of flour, to abarrel of water (40 gallons). The flour and pur-ple are to be thoroughly mixed while dry, and maythen be washed through a large funnel having across-septum of fine wire gauze, set in the bung ofthebarrel, by gradually pouring water into it. Theliquid should be applied by means of a force-pumphaving a proper nozzle, so that it may be distribu-ted in a fine mist, uniformly over the foliage, butBOt in sufficient quantity to drench it. This is a very bright-flowered species, a native,we believe, of Northern Asia, and named by Regel,of St. Petersburg, Statice superba, and which has. NEW OR RARE PLANTS. Statice superba.—The genus Statice is a verycurious one, having some relationship to the Plum-bago of our gardens, which gives the name to the?whole natural order, Plumbaginacea. The sea-thrift or sea-lavender is also pretty well known,and will give a fair idea of some of the genericpeculiarities. They mostly thrive well in Ameri-can gardens; even those that grow in sandy, marshyplaces by the seashore, succeeding very well inordinary garden soil. Statice superba. been introduced by Haage & Schmidt. It will, nodoubt, do as well in our gardens as those alreadyreferred to. The above firm gives us the following accountof it: The St. Suworowi which we introduced in 1884has gained many friends, and we are justified inregarding this new species as one of the most re-markable of this interesting genus. As the annexedillustration shows, it differs conspicuously from thecandelaber-shaped St. Suworowi by forming feath-ered or plum
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