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used the Bordeaux mixture with J^4 lb. 

 Paris green added to each barrel. The 

 last two years I have used a mixture I 

 like much better. The mixture I use 

 now for one barrel is : Blue vitriol, four 



pounds; fresh lime, 16 lbs. ; Paris green, 

 }^lb.; white arsenic, }^ lb. The white 

 arsenic is prepared by boiling one pound 

 white arsenic with two pounds of sal 

 soda for 45 minutes in an iron kettle 



Improving a CKild's Playground 



EHE views here shown were taken bv 

 Mr. W. A. Code, of 327 Waverley 

 St., Ottawa, showing his yard in 

 „ List of last year, and while Mr. Code 

 primarily intended the photographs to 

 display his handiwork, as evidenced bv 



thrown back a very strong glare and 

 heat, and all round an uninviting 

 board fence the same vines were strug- 

 gling for supremacy with the result 

 seen in the photos. 



The strip, termed a garden, also 



A Screen of Vines and Perennials 



ie little cabinet he had just com- 

 pleted for his daughter of five, he has 

 reproduced them with a view- of show- 

 ing, in a small way, what a Httle trouble 

 will accompHsh toward improving un- 

 attractive surroundings. 



Having inherited a sUght taste for 

 gardening, Mr. Code, when first he 

 took up his residence at his present 

 address, some seven years ago, at- 

 tempted growing vegetables of differ- 

 ent kinds in a small plot in the rear of 

 his premises, but the soil, not being 

 good, and his little daughter requiring 

 a play-ground, he levelled off the whole 

 plot — an L-shaped space about 45 feet 

 long by 33 feet wide at the rear half — 

 and sowed grass seed thereon. His 

 desire, however, for some sort of garden 

 was too strong, and accordingly a nar- 

 row strip of one and a half to two and 

 a half feet was encroached upon all 

 the way round the yard, and this plot 

 prepared with a cart load or two of 

 sand and loam, which was mixed with 

 the original soil. 



Morning glory, wild cucumber and 

 scarlet runner vines were soon grow- 

 ing up the side of a neighbor's back 



kitchen, which on hot afternoons had 

 lent its quota, for therein, as may be 

 seen, flourished golden-glow, gerani- 



with two gallons of soft water. Apply 

 with a good sprayer that has a good 

 agitator and don't be afraid that your 

 barrel will be empty too soon for your 

 pocket book. 



ums and a variety of other plants not 

 easily discernible. Having put so lit- 

 tle effort into the undertaking, Mr. 

 Code naturally felt amply repaid and 

 encouraged over the result. The same 

 returns might be obtained by others of 

 our readers as a reward for the expend- 

 iture of a Httle energy and a few 

 cents. The influence such pleasant sur- 

 roundings have on the children is an 

 important consideration. 



Destroying Cut "Worms 



T. D. Jarvis, B.S.A., Guelph 



What is the best remedy for the cut worm on 

 tomatoes and peppers? The worms assume the 

 color of the soil in which they work, and burrow 

 themselves under the plants they cut off. — 

 W. C, Burlington. 



The larvse of cut worms are about 

 l}/4 inches long, smooth and naked, 

 presenting a greasy appearance. The 

 colors are generally some shade of green, 

 grey, brown or black. Most of them are 

 night feeders. The natural home of 

 the cut worm is on sod land, and it is 

 well to avoid planting tomatoes and 

 peppers and other crops specially liable 

 to their attacks after grass. 



Poisoned baits, such as small bunches 

 of clover or cabbage leaves dipped in 

 Paris green solution (one pound Paris 

 green to 100 gallons of water) and 

 placed near the attacked plants, may 

 be used to advantage. The cut worms 

 feed on these and are destroyed. Pois- 

 oned bran, sweetened with a little 

 molasses and made mto moist balls the 

 size of plums, has given excellent results. 



A Child's Playground Beautified 



