SPRAY CALENDAR. 



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soon as lice appear ; or dust carefully with ne 

 wood ashes. 



CELERy^. 



Leaf Blight. — First spraying : Bordeaux 

 mixture (Formula 1) while in the seed bed. 



Second spraying : Bordeaux mixture a week 

 after transplanting. 



PEAS. 

 Pea-weevil or Pea " bug." — Fumigate the peas 

 as soon as threshed in tight bins, boxes or oil 

 barrels, by placing carbon bisulphide in shal- 

 low pans on top of the peas, and covering the 

 whole tightly for 36 hours. Use 1 lb. for 100 

 bushels ; 1 oz. for 100 lbs. of peas ; and a table- 

 spoonful to every cubic foot. The same treat- 

 ment may be used to kill weevils in grain and 

 in meal. As this gas is explosive great care 

 should be taken not to bring a light near it un- 

 til it has been ventilated. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Cow Horn Fly. — Apply with a brush on the 

 parts most usually attacked a mixture of one 

 quart of seal or fish-oil and one tablespoonful 

 of carbolic acid. 



Mustard. — Spray just before the plants some 

 into bloom, on a calm day. Use formula 3, and 

 an ordinary barrel spray pump. A barrel of 

 solution is enough for an acre. 



Buffalo Carpet Beetle and Black Carpet Bee- 

 tle. — Take up infested carpets and spray with 

 benzine ; fill cracks in fioor witn putty or plas- 

 ter paris ; lay pieces of red flannel in closets 

 as traps, which should be examined every week. 



Red Ants. — Attract to a sponge filled with 

 sugared water, and kill the collected ants by 

 dropping them into boiling water. Repeat. 



Rose Slugs. — Apply hellebore before buds 

 open, and at intervals of a week or ten days. 



Thrip, or Leaf-Hopper, on Rose or Virginia 

 Creeper. — Use tobacco solution ; whole-oil soap 

 solution (1 teaspoonful in 2 quarts of water). 



Red Spider. — Syringe or spray with cold 

 water, or tobacco water. 



TABLE OF FERTILIZERS FOR THE GAR- 

 DENEK. 



Given Before the Hamilton Horticultural So- 

 ciety by Mr. F. T. Shutt, Chemist Experi- 

 mental Farm, Otawa. 



ROSES AND FLOWERING PLANTS. 

 (Out of Doors). 



Ground bone 4 parts. 



Sulphate of potash 1 part. 



Well worked into the soil at the rate of, say, 

 4 lbs. per square rod. If leaves are yellow, ap- 

 ply nitrate of soda, one-third to two-thirds lbs. 

 per square rod, as top dressing. 



POTTING SOIL AND FOR USE IN FRAMES, 



GREENHOUSES, ETC. 



For potting soil (house plants.etc), % lbs. to 



1% lbs. of above mixture of ground bone and 



sulphate of potash, thoroughly Incorporated 



with every 100 lbs. of soil. (N. B. — It is better 

 to commence with the smaller application and 

 subsequently enrich, if necessary). If growth 

 lacks vigor, nitrogen can be applied as nitrate 

 of soda to the pots. This is most easily done 

 by making a solution of 1 oz. nitrate of soda to 

 1 gallon water. Two ounces, once every fort- 

 night or three weeks, per 6-inch pot, will be 

 sufficient. 



For soil in greenhouses, 2 lbs. of above mix- 

 ture of ground bone and sulphate of potash for 

 100 square feet. If growth is not vigorous, fol- 

 low with nitrate of soda 1 lb., sulphate of pot- 

 ash 1 lb., per 100 square feet. 



Instead of the foregoing formula, the follow- 

 ing may be used for hothouse work, for frames 

 and vegetable growing: 



Nitrate of soda %lb.\ p .qq 



Superphosphate of lime . . 1 lb. I „„„„_p f„„x _- 



Ground bone ^ 1^- [ ^ surfacl 



Muriate of potash %lb. ! ^uriace. 



N.B. — To facilitate the distribution, mix with 

 4 to 5 times its volume of dry earth. 



After growth has commenced, nitrate of soda 

 at the rate of 4 oz. per 100 square feet may be 

 applied — and repeated, if necessary, every sec- 

 ond or third week during growth. 



Note. — If rich garden loam, reinforced with 

 well rotted manure, is used, there is no occa- 

 sion usually to apply fertilizers. 



LIQUID FERTILIZERS FOR HOUSE PLANTS, 

 VEGETABLES, ETC. 



Nitrate of soda 3 parts. 



Sulphate of potash 1 part. 



Phosphate of soda 1 part. 



Dissolve in water at the rate of 1 oz. to 1 gal- 

 lon, and apply once every fortnight or three 

 weeks at the rate of 1 to 2 fluid ounces per pot. 

 If soil is very rich in organic matter (i. e., 

 rotted manure) , and plants run to foliage, omit 

 the nitrate of soda from above formula. 



STRAWBERRY AND SMALL FRUITS, ALSO 

 USEFUL FOR GENERAL GARDEN oROPS. 



A — Grounu bone 1 part ) 500 lbs. to 



Superphosphate 1 part 800 lbs. per 



Muriate of potash. . . . 1 part ) acre. 

 For Strawberries — Top dress with 100 lbs. of 

 nitrate of soda per acre after blossoming. 



In place of " A," the following may be substi- 

 tuted, and is frequently better by reason of its 

 larger percentage of soluble acid. 



B — Ground bone 1^^ parts. 



Superphosphate of lime 1^^ parts. 



Muriate of potash 1 part. 



Apply at the rate of 500 lbs. to 800 lbs. per 

 acre, and follow with nitrate of soda, as already 

 indicated. 



LAWNS. 



Preparation of the soil is most important. 

 Before seeding, work into the soil : 



Ground bone 5 parts. 



Muriate of potash 1 part. 



At the rate of 5 lbs. per square rod. 

 Top dress with muriate of potash at the rate 

 of y^ lb. per square rod 2 or 3 times during the 

 season. 



