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spoonful, but only dusted over the surface through a 

 pepper caster. 



A Stimulating liquid. 



" I am using a stimulating liquid composed of sul- 

 phate of ammonia, four ounces ; nitrate of potash, two 

 ounces ; add to them one pint of boiling water -, when 

 thoroughly dissolved, cork tightly, and put a teaspoon- 

 ful of it to every three quarts of warmish water used in 

 watering. A few drops of it added to the water in 

 hyacinth-glasses will stimulate the bulbs to much finer 

 growth and blossoms. This liquid seems to be obnox- 

 ious to the small white worms. C. .G." 



Sulphur. 



" I used sulphur on my rose-bushes early in the 

 spring; sprinkled them when the dew was on. It de- 

 stroyed the insects on the foliage ; they bloomed beauti- 

 fully. I tried it on a Jerusalem cherry-tree, for green 

 lice, with good success. Quassia-bark tea is excellent 

 for the same purpose/' 



JAcf. on Rose-bushes. 



"A good way to kill lice on rose-bushes is to take a 

 piece of whale-oil soap about the size of an egg to a 

 gallon of hot water (it dissolves better in hot) ; then 

 apply with watering-pot or syringe ; let it remain on 

 the bushes about ten minutes, then wash off with clear 

 water (for young bushes and for the new foliage make 



