. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 292 The American Florist. Oct. 27, Kerosene Emulsion. Ed. Am. Florist.—As I have received several inquiries about the kerosene emul- sion, I enclose the following receipt for publication: Soft soap one quart, or hard soap one quarter of a pound, preferably whale oil soap; two quarts of hot water, one pint of kerosene; stir until all are permanently mixed; add water until the kerosene forms one-fifteenth of the whole com- pound; mix and apply it with a hand syringe. For soft soap I use a five-cent package of pearli
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 292 The American Florist. Oct. 27, Kerosene Emulsion. Ed. Am. Florist.—As I have received several inquiries about the kerosene emul- sion, I enclose the following receipt for publication: Soft soap one quart, or hard soap one quarter of a pound, preferably whale oil soap; two quarts of hot water, one pint of kerosene; stir until all are permanently mixed; add water until the kerosene forms one-fifteenth of the whole com- pound; mix and apply it with a hand syringe. For soft soap I use a five-cent package of pearline, which makes six quarts by following directions on the package. This receipt is from the Horti- culturist's Rule Book. This is in answer to numerous inquiries in regard to the article on the use of kero- sene emulsion, published in your issue of the 15th inst. E. D. Darlington. Doylestown^Pa. Aristolochia Ornithocephala. I read with interest your article headed "The Columbian Exposition" on page 236. You mention the peculiar vine trained in the main building, .\ristolochia ornithocephala. This vine I received two years ago from South America. It has bloomed with me out of doors for two months and has thousands of different sized buds still to open. So far the plants have not seeded for me. I winter them in the greenhouses, and plant on a trellis in the spring. I think they could be made to bloom around Chicago outside, if plants could be had large enough to be planted out by May 1. Anniston, Ala. F. J. Ulbricht. Greenhouse Shade. Naptha and white lead forming a milk- like liquid when mixed is what is ordi- narily recommended. Here, however, naptha was priced at 15 cents a gallon, coal oil costs only 7';; cents. Naptha is volatile, coal oil is also, only more slowlj'. I used coal oil instead of naptha in mak- ing my shading this summer, and the former answers quite as well as the latter. New .\lbany, Ind. Ernest Chinese Lily Bowls. 1. ISM'I': «.\UI. FAtr
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