Knock the bottom out of it and put window screen on 

 in place. This enables you to dust . it on all right. 

 These boxes can be had from your grocer. 



The hole in which you dump your grass, weeds, 

 leaves, etc., owing to the moisture will be a favorite 

 place for snails, slugs, sow bugs and other garden 

 pests, in fact it will be headquarters for them. 



An excellent opportunity for you to make way with 

 them by the use of the insecticides mentioned else- 

 where. 



Sprinkling should be resorted to for lawns, seed 

 beds, ferns and begonias. Ferns and begonias grow 

 their roots near the surface and should have a mulch- 

 ing of leaf mould two inches deep every spring. 



With all deep rooting plants, trees and shrubs, 

 sprinkling should never be resorted to except to wash 

 off, the foliage once in three or four weeks. The hose 

 should be laid on the ground and the water run slowly 

 until the soil has taken all it will absorb. Then don't 

 forget to cultivate. 



Coprosma, a shiny leaf shrub so extensively used in 

 front of residences, should have the tip ends of the 

 new growth kept pinched off. It makes the growth 

 compact and keeps it from growing coarse and un- 

 sightly. 



There is but one way to find out when trees, plants 

 and shrubs need water. Go around with the hoe every 

 day or so and dig down three or four inches. 



Eternal vigilance in fertilizing, irrigating and culti- 

 vating during the growing and dry time of the year 

 spell success. Don't forget it. 



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