‘ - 
74 3 AnnuaL Report. | Pact, 
by using one of Little’s excelsior pumps, a very great improvement over a com- 
mon watering pot. We would give more for a few squares of sky-light and. 
ventilation than anything else. SRE: 
If people only knew and realized how plants loved to grow towards thsi ) 
they would use glass instead of shingles for covering their conservatories. 
’ We often ask, when is the right time to water our plants? Last winter we 
tried watering them at night, and they did very well, but last summer a florist 
told us the best time to give water was when the room was at its highest temper- 
ature, when evaporation would be most rapid. This seemed tous the right way, 
and time, for we remembered things in the garden grow very rapidly after anice 
warm rain. We think we might learn many a good lesson if we were Only a 
a little more observing of the manner in which nature treats her flowers and 
fruits, and where she originally grows them. 
And now, if what we have so imperfectly said shall be the means of calling out 
words of wisdom and instruction from those here present, who make this their 
constant study, which shall enable us all to attain to a higher degree of success 
in the cultivation of flowers, we shall have accomplished all we hoped. 
The love of flowers we have all inherited from our first parents, who were 
placed in that first garden to ‘‘dress and to keep it;”’ that perfect garden, for 
God planned and made it, made it for perfect happiness. May we not hope for 
much of earth, by happiness as we advance in understanding these 
“Bright gems of earth, in which perchance we see 
What Eden was—what Paradise may be?’’ 
DISCUSSION. 
Fumigation, Sprinkling and Immersion for Insects. 
Motion was made to accept and file for publication, which was 
- carried, and the following discussion ensued: 
Mr. Underwood. My wife fumigated with tobacco but found it 
disagreeable. She thought of carbolic acid and tried it by various 
methods but was not successful. She has succeeded better with 
a mixture of carbolic acid with glycerine made and used as follows: 
One-half teaspoon carbolic acid put in cup with about two table- 
spoons of glycerine. Mix thoroughly, then pour into a pail of 
water. To use it dip the parts affected into the mixture or syringe 
with force pump. It may take more than one application to exter- 
minate entirely, but it is more cleanly than tobacco in any form. 
Mr. Harris. I find that the persistent use of hot water by an 
expert is a success. Place a piece of card-board over the pot and 
invert it bringing the top of the plant into the water. I think 
this good for both aphis and spider. Another insect is a hopper 
that does much injury to house plants. Hot water at 170 deg. Fahr. 
will destroy them when used two or three times, Irresponsible deal- 
ers are sending out plants covered with insects. Thus we get the 
