204 THE FLOEAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



GIDNEY'S HOUSEMAID'S BAEEOW. 



House sewage is getting into such general I an open vessel could not bo tolerated, and 

 use, and the stupid prejudices against it the liquid poured into it as soon as re- 

 are so rajjidly disappearing, that we f^hidly moved from the bed-rooms, for use in the 

 call attention to a contrivance invent ed by I garden, or wherever required. It is fur- 



Mr. Giduey, of East Dereham, Norfolk, 

 well known to our readers from previous 

 descriptions of his excellent tools and im- 

 plements. This may be stood in a shed, 

 or any odd corner, near the house, where 



uished \\iiii a galvanized iron tunnel, and 

 the distribution can be regulated as the 

 barrow is driven. It will also be found 

 useful for watering lawns either with liquid 

 manure or water alone. [Price £1 15s.] 



CUEEO GUANO. 



I USED Cuero guano last year I must con- 

 fess very much by the old-fashioned rule 

 of thumb, but by recollection of what 

 quantity, or, rather, how many handfuls, it 

 took to empty the jar in which I carried 

 it, I conclude, having measured the said 

 jar, that I used it by the ounce to each 

 yard, not square yard, but lineal yard, ia 

 sowing peas, spinach, and other crops. 

 I sowed everything in drills. Perhaps this 

 is too liberal, but the efiect was excellent. 

 Can you tell me what the insects are which 



I send herewith, and how to get rid of 

 them ? Neither quicklime nor soot seem 

 to have any effect upon them, and my 

 crops are all being destroyed by them. 

 Nothing comes amiss to them ; they seem 

 to eat everything, especially peas and let- 

 tuces. 



R. T. Kent. 



Alma Villa, Sydenham Moctd. 



[The insects were young wireworms, 

 respecting which several papers have ap- 

 peared in these pages. — Ed. F. W.] 



FLOWEES IN SUCCESSION. 



BY SHIELEY HIBBEED. 



What will you do with your beds when 

 the summer-flowers are all potted and 

 housed? If they are kept neatly raked 

 over and quite clean all the winter, they 

 may look quite respectable if the turf is 

 good, but the extravagance of the day de- 

 mand that tliey should be planted. "J.D.," 

 of Clapham, and a few other correspon- 

 dents who will see that their wants liave 

 been considered without separately nam- 

 ing them, are now in a small quandary as 

 to the best method of procedure on this 



point. The chief difficulty, nay the only 

 one, arises through viewing the subject in 

 connection with the old-fashioned way of 

 planting a thing and a-doue with it, in- 

 stead of combining with the idea of suc- 

 cessioual display tlie system of true suc- 

 cessioual culture. Any number of beds, 

 borders, and ribbons may be kept gay the 

 year round if expense is no object, but as 

 a very small space, so decorated, demands 

 a large piece of reserve ground and con- 

 siderable labour to keep it going, there 



