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IRISH c;ai<dkninc;. 



siilpliale of ammonia, i lb. II tlicsf i|iiaiitilit'> lu' mixiul 

 will) about I '2 busliols of fiiu', ilry soil free from weed 

 seeils, and seatlered over the sward, it will have a very 

 benefieial otVeet upon the eharaeler of the herhai^e. 

 The quantity g^iveii will be Miftioient for about thirty 

 square yards. .\ .<ood rakinif previous to application 

 of the mixture is advisable. Some jjardeners have 

 ijreal faith in Peruvian ifuano (mixed with salt) for 

 lawns, and without iloubt it is an excellent thinjf to use. 



I.NSTE.Mi OK Stakks i-ok Swkkt Peas the Boundary 

 Chemical Co., Ltd., has sent us a specimen of a very 

 useful yet very simple invention to take the place of 

 slakes in tfrowinij sweet peas. It is illustrated (as an 

 advertisement) in our present issue. We intend to try it. 

 It seems all right, and the cord is said to be rot-proof, 

 so that the nettingf may be used year after year. In 

 connection with this pea netting introduction, the 

 company .ire holding a photographic competition and 

 are ottering a series of prizes from £•, down to 5s., total 

 ^'25. For full particulars we must refer our readers to 

 our advertisement columns. 



So.MK L'sKFi'L Inventions.— Messrs. West have sent 

 us quite a little collection of their useful garden sundries 

 for inspection and trial. We are particularly pleased 

 with their olive-green aluminium label tags. They are 

 exceedingly handy and require no wire or string ; they 

 are self-fastening. Another most ingenious con- 

 trivance is their patent wall-tree fastener. Special 

 round-headed nails aie driven into the wall on each 



siile of a branch. The fastemus are provided with 

 v.dveil slots through which the head of the nail is 

 pushed. The raised valve is then pusheil back and all 

 is secured. .A still third item is a substitute for crocks 

 in potting ll is simplicity in itself— a convex disk of 

 copper gauze bouiul in a brass ring. .All the gardener 

 has to ilo is to jilace the litlU- contrivance, conca\e 

 side untleiniosl, o\er the hole in ihe bolti>m of llii- 

 pot and \::o a head, ll is neat, elTeclual, and lime- 

 saving. 



Insect Pests and FiNiioiD Disi-.asks. — This is ilu- 

 title of an interesting and really useful little book issueil 

 by Mr. M. Herrod of Wisbech. Mr. 1 Icrrod is a trained 

 scientific man who has applied his special knowledge 

 to the successful building up of a business devoted to 

 the manufacture of insecticides and fungicides. The 

 book before us gives abundant evidence of the good 

 results obtained when science is associated with ;i 

 manufacturing industry. The maker of a wash for fruit- 

 growers must bring into his business a knowledge of 

 chemistry and of biology if he is to have a chance at all 

 in the competitive struggle for supremacy in these pro. 

 gressive times. This little book contains within its 

 eighty-four pages an account of the life-histories of 

 the more common insect pests, illustrated by truthful 

 figures of the pests in various stages of development. 

 After each description comes the remedy, with the w/iv 

 and the //mc as to time and method. It is true that 

 a goodly number of pages are devoted to copies of the 



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