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may check the disease, but I know of no remedy except that of 

 rooting up every affected plant and burning it." Mr. Charles 

 Downing recommended the same course. 



The rust has only occasionally attacked a single plant on my 

 grounds, but if it should make its appearance to any extent, I 

 would try the following preparation : Place one peck of quick- 

 lime and two pounds of sulphur in a tight cask, and slack the 

 lime with hot water, covering the cask with an old rug to pre- 

 vent the escape of steam. After cooling off, fill up the cask 

 with cold water, and stir the contents thoroughly. The sedi- 

 ment will soon settle, leaving a clear yellowish liquid at the top. 

 If thought too strong, the lime and sulphur mixture may be 

 reduced, using only one or two quarts to a bucket of water. 

 Apply this to the diseased plants with a small hand force pump 

 or syringe, and repeat the application within a week. 



This has proved a most effective remedy for rust on the ver- 

 bena and other green-house plants, and sulphur alone is known 

 as a specific for rust or what amounts to about the same thing, 

 mildew on the grape. It may be well to experiment with car- 

 bolic acid, or sulphate of iron, in weak solution. The cultivator 

 should bear in mind the maxim that every wrong has a remedy, 

 and take it upon himself to discover, if possible, what the 

 remedy is. 



MULBERRIES. 



This fruit is attracting some notice at the present time, as 

 what is known as the Russian mulberry is being unduly puffed 

 by unscrupulous nursery men, and pushed at extravagant prices 

 by tree peddlers equally unscrupulous. The mulberry-tree 

 grows forty or fifty feet high, and sometimes three feet in 

 diameter, furnishing a beautiful lawn or street tree. It is hardy, 

 and should be more generally introduced for ornamental purpo- 

 ses. The white variety is well known where the silk industry 

 has been introduced, as the leaves are used for feeding the silk- 

 worms. Except for shade, it is otherwise of no value. 



All the varieties make rapid growth, and produce fruit when 

 not more than four or five feet high. For quality the Downing 



