A WOMxVN^S IIxVRDY GARDEN 



t!iat this is very thoroughly mixed before 

 filhng the sprayer. 



Powdered hellebore, if dissolved in the 

 proportion of one pound of powder to one 

 gallon of water, will destroy both the green 

 worm on the Rose leaf and the small dark 

 beetle that eats the Roses. It wall also 

 dispose of green worms on other plants. 



Slug -shot dissolved, one -half pound of 

 powder to one gallon of water, wdll, if used 

 the latter part of April and several times in 

 ]May, keep the Roses comparatively free 

 from insects. Slug- shot and hellebore may 

 also be used dry and blown on to the plants 

 with a bellows. 



I have used Hellebore in my garden for 

 many years without harm to anything ex- 

 cept the w^orms and beetles. But recently I 

 heard of a lady who was severely poisoned 

 in using dry Hellebore. The wind blew it 

 into her face; perhaps some was inhaled, 

 and serious illness resulted. I mention the 

 fact here, to caution all who use it not to 



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