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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



and Plant lice). Hard soap, 3^ lb., or soft 

 soap, I quart; boiling water (soft), i gal- 

 lon ; coal oil, 2 gallons. After dissolving the 

 soap in the water, add the coal oil and stir 

 well for 5 to 10 minutes. When properly 

 mixed it will adhere to glass without oiliness. 

 A syringe or pump will aid much in this 

 work. In using, dilute with from 9 to 15 

 parts of water. Kerosene emulsion may be 

 prepared with sour milk ( i gallon, and coal 

 oil (2 gallons), no soap being required. 

 This will not keep long. 



11. Tobacco Decoction — Refuse tobacco, 

 2 lbs. ; water, 5 gallons. Boil the mixture 

 for 30 minutes or more, until a dark brown 

 tea-colored solution is obtained. Keep i: 

 covered until cool. It may then be used 

 undiluted for spraying infected plants. 



12. WhaIvE; OiIv Soap — For Plant Lice : 

 I lb. in 7 gallons hot water. For san Jose 

 Scale in winter : 2 lbs. in i gallon hot water 

 applied as the buds are swelling. 



13. Soap Solution — For plant lice on 

 house plants a 5c. cake of soap in 4 gallons 

 water. 



14. Crude Petroleum — (For San Jose 

 Scale in early spring). A 20 per cent me- 

 chanical emulsion applied by a combination 

 emulsion pump to invested trees just before 

 the buds start. (To be done by an exper- 

 ienced person.) 



14 (o). Crude Petroleum — Whale Oil 

 Soap Emulsion.. .Recommended for San 

 Jose Scale and other hibernating insects. 

 Crude petroleum, 2 gallons ; whale oil soap, 

 5 lbs. dissolved in i^^ gallons of boiling 

 water. Churn thoroughly for 5 minutes or 

 more, and add water to make 10 gallons. 



15. Wash for Borers — First, add soft 

 soap to a saturated solution of washing soda 

 to make a thick paint, then add i pint crude 

 carbolic acid, and 3^ lb. Paris green to 10 

 gallons of wash. To be applied to the 

 trunks of apple and maple shade trees in 

 early June. 



16. Lime Wash — (For Oyster-shell Bark 

 Lice, etc). Slake lYz lbs. fresh lime in i 

 gallon of water. Strain the wash before 

 spraying. To be applied during winter to 

 trees infested with oyster-shell bark lice. 



17. Formalin — (o) For Potato Scab: 8 

 oz. or Yz pint in 15 gallons water. Soak 

 seed potatoes in this solution for two hours. 

 (&) For Smut in Oats and Wheat: 8 oz. 

 or Yz pint in 5 gallons water. Sprinkle 

 thoroughly the seed with this solution. 



18. Carbon Bisulphide — (For Weevils 

 in Peas and Grain). i lb. or i pint for 

 every 100 bushels of grain, or 1,000 cubic 

 feet of space. Liquid placed in shallow 

 dishes on top of grain or peas. 



Using Traceless Harness. 



Innovations on old established ways of doing 

 things nece^^sarily proceed slowly. If we did not 

 know this to be true it would be difficult to see 

 why the hitching of teams to their loads without 

 whiffletrees or tracts by the Baker Traceless Har- 

 ness advertised in our columns should not spring 

 quickly into general use. This traceltss harness 

 has many things to commend it. We might in- 

 stance a freer movement on the part of the team, 

 saving in weight, simplicity in harness and hitch- 

 ing, short turning, getting closer to the load, com- 

 £ jrt in hot weather, etc. It is particularly adapted 

 to the plow, harrow, cultivator, scraper, log draw- 

 ing, in fact all kinds of low-down work. The un- 

 initiated m'ght have mipgiviogs of side draft, or 

 added weight upon back or neck. The reverse is 

 the case. It affords a straight square draft from 

 the shoulder, without twisi ing. The great point of 

 merit, however, lies in the doing away with the 

 nu sanca of swinging traces and whiffletrees, which 



are so frequently the cause of annoyance, nnd 

 giving free access behind and on both sides of each 

 horse when hitchel to loed. To the fruit cultuiist 

 its advantages are first apparent. Here it has 

 been most widely adopted, and has a special use 

 in the protection affoided trees shrubs and vines. 

 But the advantages for many c ther farm purposer 

 are almost as great. Any one inte. ested should 

 write the manufacturer at the address given in the 

 advertisement for his circular, which sets forth the 

 advantages in detail. 



NORTHERN GROWN TREES 



Hardy Fruit and Ornamental Trees, 



Small Fruits, Roses, Shrubs, cheap. 



Mammonth Prolific Dewberry a specialty. 

 Send for Free Catalogue. It tells the whole story. 



1. H. WISMER, - - Nurseryman, 



FORT ELGIN, ONTARIO. 



