16 GARDEN FOES. 



Dissolve the soft isoap in fc;onie of the water, and add to 

 the soda and potash when dissolved. 



Uses. — Cleansing trees from moss and lichen, and kill- 

 ing Scale and other insect ova. 



Time to Apply. — November to IMareh. 



2. Woburn Winter Wash — A wash recommended 

 by Mr. Spencer U. Pickering, F.E.S. (Director of the 

 Woburn Experimental Fruit Farm) : 



Soft Soap hlh. 



P.ai'afifin (Solar di'stilFate) 5 pts. 



Caustic soda 2 to 2ilb. 



Water 91 gal. 



Dissolve the soap in hot or cold water (hot preferably), 

 then add the paraffin and thoroughly mix, after which 

 gradually add the soda. Stir continually during use. 



UsEr*. — Same as No. 1. 



Time to Apply. — November to March. 



3. Another Woburn Formula. — Mr. Spencer U. 

 Pickering discovered that by adding copper sulphate to 

 above formula the wash required less constant stirring, 

 while it also acted as a fungicide: 



Copper sulphate IJlb. 



Quicklime |^ to | lb. 



Paraffin (Solar distillatt') 5 pts. 



Water 9^ gal. 



Caustic swla 2 to 2^ lb. 



Prepare as advised in formula No. 2, adding the soda 

 gradually last of all. 



Uses. — Precisely as advised for No. 1. 

 Time to Apply. — November to March. 



4. A Cheaper Formula. — The same authority re- 

 commends the following formula as being cheaper and 

 quite as effectual, but possessing no fungicidal properties: 



