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cessively dangerous, and great care should be exercised in their mani- 

 pulation. A wooden, enamel, or earthenware vessel is placed inside 

 the tent, the vessel containing a mixture of 4 fluid ounces of sulphuric 

 acid, and 12 fluid ounces of water, the acid being placed in the vessel 

 first. Four ounces of cyanide of potassium should then be quickly 

 dropped into the vessel, and the tent closed down at once; the bottom 

 of the tent all round should be covered with soil to prevent any of the 

 gaa escaping. The operator must take care that not the slightest por- 

 tion of the fumes is breathed. Fumigation should be carried out at 

 night-time or on a cloudy day, and the foliage of the trees must be 

 thoroughly dry. 



Vegetable Garden. 



Celery crops will now be a prominent feature in the vegetable sec- 

 tion. The seed may be sowu from January to March, and succession 

 plantings should be carried out occasionally during those months. The 

 growth of celery should be quick; a fair supply of water and a good 

 rich, loose soil are helpful to its growth. 



Ample water will now be required in the vegetable garden. The 

 surface should be kept well hoed, and mulchin,gs of manure should be 

 given wherever possible. 



Cabbage, carrot, turnip, radish, lettuce, peas, cauliflower, &c., seeds 

 may now all be sown, and young plants from any seed beds may be 

 planted out. 



Flower Garden. 



Constant watering and hoeing will now be required to keep the flower 

 garden in a condition of success. Cannas will require manuring; the 

 old flowering stems should be removed to make way for the new growths. 

 Dahlias and chrysanthemums will need a great deal of attention, staking 

 the growths as they develop, disbudding, thinning out weak shoots, and 

 removing unnecessary growths. The dahlias should receive a good 

 soaking of water during the hot weather, and liquid manure or quick 

 acting fertilizers should be given when the flower buds are developing. 

 When chrysanthemum buds are very small liquid manure should be ap- 

 pfied. Ro&es may now be summer pruned ; all weak growths should be 

 removed, and the strong ones shortened to a fairly good bud. The 

 plants should then receive occasional waterings with liijuid manure, 

 and be kept well supplied with water. 



All flowering trees and shrubs that have finished blooming should be 

 l)runed, the flowering growths removed, and, unless the seed is required, 

 all seeds heads sliould be cut off. 



Cuttings of pelargoniums, zonale and regal, may now be planted; 

 delphinium spikes that have finished flowering should be cut down to 

 make way for new growth, the plant l)eing watered and manured. Seeds 

 of perennial and hardy annual plants may now be sown, and a few 

 bulbs for early flowering may be planted. The beds should be well 

 manured and deeply worked in ant icijial ion of planting the main crop of 

 bulbs. 



