54 HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS. 



Salt for Jtosr*. 



" I saw an account in a paper about three years ago 

 f the success of the Shakers at New Lebanon, N. Y., 

 in raising fine foliage and flowers. This the brother in 

 charge attributed to the free use of salt as a top-dressing 

 for the soil of the beds. The salt kills rose insects of 

 every kind, and also improves the health and vigor of the 

 plants. I had been unable, previous to seeing this ac- 

 count, to have a single perfect flower, and as I thought 

 that salt could do no worse than slugs did, I would try 

 it. So to about half a dozen bushes I used a quart of 

 rock-salt, worked into the dirt about three or four 

 inches from the body of the bushes. This was done as 

 soon as I could work the ground in the spring. I had 

 some nice roses, and my bushes grew nearly a, foot 

 higher than they ever had before. The next spring I 

 did not work in the salt until the bushes had begun to 

 leave out. This did not prove as successful as the year 

 before ; so I think, in order to prevent the ravages of the 

 slug, you must work in the salt as early in the spring as 

 possible, BO as to hinder the insect from hatching. 



"A. C. F. 



SPECIAL FERTILIZERS, WASHES, AND 

 STIMULANTS 



For Flowers and. House- Plants. 



The following has been used with good success in the 

 health of greenhouse plants and out-of-door shrubs and 



