THE WELL-CONSIDERED GARDEN 



the last few years has really affected my spirits 

 too. Nothing is a greater menace to August 

 beauty in our gardens. It is therefore with par- 

 ticular pleasure that I mention two kinds of pre- 

 vention, one from no less a gardener than Mr. 

 W. C. Egan. Mr. Egan advises the cutting off 

 of all leaves immediately upon their showing signs 

 of infection. These should be burned. The plants 

 then are to be sprayed every ten days with Bor- 

 deaux mixture until the blight disappears. The 

 other remedy suggested by a friend who has tried 

 it is a spray of X. L. All once each week from 

 the time the leaves of phlox appear above ground. 

 This is declared to be highly effective and I can 

 from my own knowledge of this spray recommend 

 it. In our own garden practically nothing more 

 than this is used for roses or sweet peas. It routs 

 the enemy quickly and completely, be he leaf- 

 hopper, aphis, or that deadly worm known as the 

 rose-slug, who in the twinkling of an eye changes 

 a fine green rose-leaf into a white skeleton. 



So generally is the camera becoming a garden- 

 ing accessory that a few considerations of its best 

 use may not be amiss. Garden photography pre- 

 supposes a trained eye an eye trained first in 

 proportion and line, next in composition. Is it not 



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