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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



A strong- solution of tobacco water is the 

 '«best preventive and remedy for the small 

 White pests — the rose thrip— that attacks 

 rose bushes in June and July. Pour boiling 

 water on a handful of raw tobacco or raw 

 stems in a pail. When the liquid is cool, 

 strain it off and add sufficient water to make 

 two gallons of the solution. Sprinkle or 

 syringe the foliage with this solution, once 

 or twice a week, before these pests have 

 made much headway. Sprinkling raw tob- 

 acco or stems around under the plants is a 

 partial remedy against the attacks of this 

 enemy of the rose. 



Bulbs that are out of flower can be taken 

 up and planted in some out-of-the-way place 

 to ripen. If the bulbs can be left undisturb- 

 ed, especially the tulips and crocuses, they 

 will give good results next season. But it 

 is useless to leave them in beds intended for 

 coleus, geraniums and similar strong grow- 

 ing plants, unless the bulbs are a great dis- 

 tance apart from each other. Small annuals 

 such as alyssum, candytuft, portulacca, etc., 

 might perhaps be sown without disturbing 

 the bulbs, but the results are not often satis- 

 factory. 



Gladiolus should be planted out during 

 May at intervals of a week or two. Plant 

 the bulbs three or four inches deep, in good 

 light soil. 



Dahlia roots can be planted out the last 

 week in May in safety. 



Ricinus, cannas and tender plants are 

 better not planted outside until well into 

 June. 



Vegetable Garden — The main crop of 

 beets and carrots should be sown early in 

 May. Second early and late potatoes can 

 be planted from the middle of May until the 

 first week in June. 



Celery plants, from seed sown in April, will 

 require transplanting into a small frame out 

 of doors. The plants must be kept well 



watered and shaded until they have started 

 into growth. 



Successive crops of peas and beans as re- 

 quired can be sown. The Golden Wax, Early 

 Valentine, Excelsior and Refugee are good 

 beans for the garden. Horsfords' Market Gar- 

 den, Burpee's Profusion and the Stratagem 

 are good kinds. Plant second early corn 

 about the second week in May. Early Min- 

 nesota, Cory, Hickock's Improved and Stow- 

 ell's Evergreen are four good varieties. By 

 sowing these four varieties at the same time 

 they come in for use one after the other in the 

 order named. The Stowell's Evergreen is a 

 grand main crop sweet corn, the immense 

 ears it produces remaining fresh and sweet for 

 a long time. Plant a few seeds of vegetable 

 marrow squash in the hills of corn. The 

 Bush Marrow is the earliest variety, but the 

 long-running English Marrow is the most 

 productive kind. 



A second crop of spinach may be sown 

 early in May, but it is doubtful if it will 

 yield profitable returns. 



Plant out leeks as soon as large enough 

 in shallow trenches prepared the same as 

 for celery. 



Start the hoe and cultivator early to keep 

 down weeds and to help the crops. 



Sprinkle powdered hellebore on the goose- 

 berry and currant bushes to check the rav- 

 ages of caterpillars. 



Radishes and lettuce should be sown early 

 in May so as to secure a succession of salads 

 for the table. 



Late frosts must be watched for and 

 guarded against in May and early June. A 

 little protection given now to early crops, 

 for perhaps only one night, means the en- 

 joyment of a dish or two of vegetables very 

 early, at a time when they are certainly a 

 great luxury. 



W. Hunt. 

 Hamilton. 



