20 Catnip 



this pest and should be well worked into the sur- 

 face soil. A quart of paraffin mixed with a half 

 bushel of wood ashes and applied as a surface 

 dressing has been known to give excellent results. 

 This makes the surface of the soil hard and the 

 flies cannot penetrate it to lay eggs. 



CATNIP 



Catnip is sometimes used as a seasoning, but the 

 real reason why one should have a bunch of catnip 

 in the garden is for our friends, the cats. It is 

 the cat's true medicine as well as a delightful relish, 

 and when there is any around, the cats will find it. 



Catnip should be sown in a trench an inch deep 

 and the young plants thinned to eight inches apart. 

 // is self-perpetuating and need not be renewed more 

 often than every four or five years. 



Catnip has a very pleasant odor for the adult; 

 it is excellent as a tea for certain ailments; and as 

 a tonic and a pleasure to the cat it has no equal. 

 If it once has a start, the roots will sprout every 

 season. 



