II.VVK FLOWERS THE SEASON TllKOUGH. 245 



The third spraying is applied just about the time the eggs of the first 

 brood cf codling moths are hatching. By coating the foliage and fruits 

 with spray at this time, a large number of the worms will be killed. 

 This spraying is especially valuable for destroying those larvae which 

 may attempt to enter the apple at some point othei- than the calyx. 



Apple scab largely spreads about the time of the first, second, and 

 ihird sprayings. If the weathei- is hot and dry during this period, the 

 germination of the spores is retarded, and in such a' season apple scab 

 does little damage; but if we have moist conditions the disease thrives. 

 As we do not know in advance what weather conditions will be, the 

 only safe plan to follow is always to make the first three sprayings with 

 the fungicide. As scab is not developing when the fourth spraying is 

 made, it means a waste of material to apply Bordeaux. Lead arsenate, 

 mixed at the rate of 1% pounds to 50 gallons of water, should be used 

 at this time, — which is for controlling the second brood of the codling 

 moths. Carefully mixing and applying the second and third sprayings 

 means that comparatively few larvae of the first brood will escape, 

 hence the second brood would be few and would cause but little trouble. 

 For that reason, it behooves the orchardist to be unusually careful with 

 the earlier sprayings. At times in the past, a fifth spraying has been 

 recommended, but certainly it is not very essential providing the earlier 

 sprayings have been properly given. Where a fifth spraying is made. 

 it should be with the insecticide alone and should be applied three to 

 four weeks after the fourth. 



HAVE FLOWERS THE SEASON THROUGH. 



C. S. HAKRISON, YORK. 



Suppose you have a humble home. You might better go to work and 

 adorn it than to wait for a larger one. Suppose, for instance, you get 

 peonies. They continue a long while in bloom. We have many varieties 

 For some we have paid .$.5 and even $10. They multiply very fast and 

 from a small planting in ten years there ought to be something like a 

 thousand. 



Then, there is the syringa and the honeysuckle. There is one which 

 is a marvelous plant from Manchuria. It is very vigorous and grows up 

 straight and is compact. Suppose you have a flower garden and sur 

 I'ound it with varieties of honeysuckle. There are many beautiful flow- 

 ers that will grow readily with very little care. 



Then, there are those phloxes. I have spent many years in the grow- 

 ing of phloxes and have published a work on phloxes so that if any 

 man. woman or child cares to they can produce even finer ones than I 

 have. I have succeeded in getting thirty different varieties. I have made 

 instructions so plain in this manual that any child, even, if directions 

 are followed, can grow them with success. The children are delighted 



