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previous to planting. Caterpillars should be picked off, 

 or deterred by syringing the plants with soot-water. 

 If the grower has a hose he may give the plants a 

 drenching through the rose of this occasionally. It is 

 weak plants that suffer most from fungi, and the best 

 preventive is good soil and careful culture. Should 

 disease attack the plants, spray the foliage with a solu- 

 tion of liver of sulphur, at the rate of half an ounce 

 per gallon of water. 



Every flower-lover should grow Sweet Peas. If he 

 does not care to specialise them under names, let him 

 sow mixtures, preferably of the giant Waved or Spencer 

 type. Let him grow these in rows, in clumps beside 

 a favourite path, in his borders, or against fences and 

 trellis-work. Their beautiful blossoms will enliven the 

 garden and brighten and perfume the house. Flowers 

 of exceptional charm and grace, fragrant, easily grown, 

 they appeal to gardeners of all classes with overwhelm- 

 ing force. 



