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end of a section of a log or piece of timber and 

 first cut the lower edge into notches, as indi- 

 cated at a, Fig. 96, using only one angle of the 

 tool. Then commence at the left side, and place 

 the blade as indicated by the dotted lines, and 

 strike at the end of the handle with a light mal- 

 let, and a complete card is made. Continue in 

 this manner across the paper. The first cut of 

 every alternate course will make an imperfect 

 card, and the last cut in any course may be 

 imperfect, but the other cuts will make perfect 

 cards if the tool is correctly made, and properly 

 used. The cards should be placed about the 

 plants at the time of transplanting. To place 

 the card bend it slightly, to open the slit, then 

 slip it on to the center, the stem entering the 

 slit, after which spread the card out flat, and 

 press the points formed by the star -shaped cut 

 snugly around the stem." 



An efficient means of destroying insects in 

 glass houses is by fumigating with various kinds 

 of smoke or vapors. The best material to use 

 for general purposes is some form of tobacco or 

 tobacco compounds. The old method of fumi- 

 gating with tobacco is to slowly burn slightly 

 dampened tobacco stems in a kettle or scuttle, 

 allowing the house to be filled with the pungent 

 smoke. Lately, however, a fluid extract of to- 

 bacco has been brought into use, which is evap- 

 orated in the house by dropping red-hot iron into 



