USEFUL HINTS. 



Asphalt Garden Walks. Excellent walks may be 

 made in the following manner : Remove the surface soil 

 for four inches, make the bottom perfectly level and roll ; 

 then spread a coating of tar, and sift coal ashes over say 

 one inch thick. When this is dry give another coat of tar 

 and ashes, and repeat until you have four coats of tar and as 

 many of ashes. Such a path will always be dry and hard, 

 and will resist weeds and wear for years. 



Guano. This is a most excellent manure for top- 

 dressing grass plots, or for growing all the cabbage and 

 onion tribe. The best guano is the genuine Peruvian ; but 

 any of the other kinds will answer, only they must be used 

 in much larger quantities. Three pounds of Peruvian guano 

 will suffice for a square rod of ground (five and a half by 

 five and a half yards); before spreading, the guano should 

 be mixed with twice its own bulk of dry earth or sand. The 

 other guanos may be applied as purchased, and in double 

 the quantity. Guano is an excellent manure for onions also. 

 Apply Guano to grass plots, if possible, immediately before 

 rain. Guano is an excellent dressing for flowers in pots, a 

 pinch of Peruvian between the finger and thumb will suffice. 



Liquid Manure. Half-an-ounce of Peruvian guano to 

 the gallon of water will suffice for pot plants, such as Pelar- 

 goniums, Calceolarias, Cinerarias, Achmens, &c., and one 

 ounce per gallon to plants out of doors. Growing plants in 

 pots will be greatly benefited by a watering of the weaker 

 mixture once a week. 



