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from three to six cents per pound ; place it in a skillet 

 on the fire ; ; t will soon ^o to what seems water, then 

 evaporate a ., I leave a white powder j keep it on the fire 

 till it becomes a light brown, when it is done. Use a 

 fourth of a pound, or, if the trees are much covered 

 with moss or are very dirty, use half a pound to the 

 gallon of water. Wash the trunks and large limbs, 

 using a sponge or cloth. It can be used at any season 

 of the year, but winter is preferable. This wash will 

 not injure the foliage ef the most delicate plant. In a 

 few weeks after usinj", the trees will look as clean and 

 sleek as thoup-b they had been varnished, and their 

 growth and healthy appearance will be most astonish- 

 ing. This is probably the best and cheapest wash for 

 this purpose for garden use that can be suggested. 



Experiments vAth Carbclic Soap. 



An Ohio horticulturist succeeded in various experi- 

 ments with carbolic soap as follows : 



Citt-iconns. " For cut-worms I made the 8oap-suds 

 pretty strong two gallons of water to half a pound of 

 soap and with it saturated a bushel of sawdust, then 

 placed a little around the stem of each cabbage and 

 tomato plant, using a handful to eight or ten plants 

 adding a little more after two or three days when tin; 

 odor seemed gone. This was completely successful in 

 ground where the worms were quite plenty, and where 

 plants not protected were speedily cut off by them. It 



