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former, take a quarter-of-a-pound, tease it up, slightly damp- 

 ing it with water ; by this time the fire will be a red mass of 

 charcoal ; lift the can into the house, placing it on a couple 

 of bricks on the floor, then drop the leaves into the red 

 embers ; leave the house and close the door and all venti- 

 lators. If the other materials are used, a larger quantity will 

 be required, about three-quarters of a pound of either. 

 Evening is the best time to fumigate. Next morning syringe 

 all the plants in the house. It will be necessary to repeat the 

 process in three or four days afterwards. 



How to Make Mushroom Spawn. Lay a founda- 

 tion of horse-droppings, say a square yard, let the first layer 

 be four inches deep; have some artificial spawn ready 

 crumbled into dust, of which scatter a handful over the first 

 layer, and tread it down hard ; then put another layer of 

 horse-droppings, and then more spawn, and so on till the 

 heap is about two feet high. The heat should not attain to 

 more than 80 deg. Cover the heap slightly over with straw, 

 and in about five or six weeks there will be a fine heap of 

 pure spawn to scatter over newly-made beds. If kept dry 

 the spawn will keep good for five or six months. 



Trees required to Plant an Acre of Land. 



Curative Powers of Lemon. Lemons are one of 

 the most useful fruits in our domestic economy. The juice of 

 half a lemon in a glass of water, without sugar, will generally 

 cure a sick headache. If the hand be stained, there is 



