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seeds, in eighteen both good, and in twenty- three 

 one good and one bad. 



H. W. Beecher, in his book on " Fruit, Flowers, 

 and Farming," states that this weed is particularly 

 hard to kill because it ripens its seed at two different 

 times. 



A Remedy for Orange Scale. " I have just 

 heard of a new method of destroying these insects 

 which may be worth a trial. It is to make a cross 

 incision in the bark, L shaped, and after rolling 

 back the bark, dust the wound with flowers of sul- 

 phur. Wax and bind up as for budding. Years 

 ago I found that the juice of the squash vine was a 

 solvent of sulphur and would take it into the cir- 

 culation of the plant. At all events it will cost 

 nothing to try and will do no injury to the tree." 

 George F. Hollis, Consul at Cape Colony, in Special 

 Consular Report on Fruit Culture in Foreign 

 Countries, 1890. 



A Fruit Tree Invigorator. "A correspondent 

 in Livingston county, New York, sends us a circu- 

 lar, headed ' A Revolution in Fruit Culture,' which 

 is to be brought about by the use of a ' Fruit Tree 

 Invigorator.' The compound is to be applied by 

 boring a hole in the trunk of a tree, filling it with 

 the ' Invigorator ' and closing the hole tight with 

 grafting wax, or a cork. It is claimed for the 

 compound that : ' It so changes the flavor of the 



