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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Greenhouses of C. L. Bronson Co., Paducah, Ky. 



BLACK ANTS. 



soil, and 

 idge uiih- 

 iliai are 



i he sides and ti p edges of i he benches 

 on chips of wood near where the ants 

 ngregate, and I trust this will "settle 

 eir goose." \\ 1 1 . ■ i \u Scott. 



UNDER-GROUND WATERING. 

 An English writer on gardening' ree- 

 imends the use of "water spears," 

 lirli are hollow ca nes to be insert ed in 

 e soil and filled with water, the idea 

 ing that this would counteract Hie ef- 

 cts of "the zoi 1' earth that exists 



very hot, oiy weather, at or near the 



Referring to this statement an Ameri- 



Cl 0] 1 iClUtul i-t W - lis: 



••1 cannot imagine an} intermittent 

 conditions of the weather that would 



I luce .i ' zone of eai th' in which the 



necessary conditions for capiaary attrae- 



ti.iu are eliminated. Si soils in a 



hot, dr} spell bake and become hard, 



ues just the same, and tillage or mulch- 



of any character, entangles the 

 e a- n arises by capillar} attrac- 



nl retains it for the use of thu 



po-s 



irrier to the prin- 

 lillary attraction ' were tonne, 1 

 r the surface' it would be a 

 for plant life if not of a 

 retard the passage of air to 

 Mulching and tillage do not 

 i impassable barrier but an 



one. 



gallon is often essential. 

 iw place is laid out and largo 

 ■■- are retained on sloping 

 ..in which the surface drains 

 ly, they nil en sutler for want 

 '■' especially if not standing in 

 ered lawn. Before the place 

 I. when the neighboring trees 

 rnwth shaded the ground and 

 he surface tlow of water, 

 usture reached the roots to 



er the 



Four- 



g, sunk 



between 



