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appearance of the plants. If powdered sulphur is placed in a piece of 

 cheesecloth and sifted over the plants early in the morning when the 

 dew is on the plants, mildew can be checked from spreading. The 

 use of sulphur is more effective when the sun comes out on the day of 

 application, because the heat of the sun vaporizes the sulphur. It 

 may be needless to remark that the sulphur in no case should be 

 burned. Burning sulphur is most destructive of plant and animal life. 



Bordeaux Mixture. Useful for Peony bud rot, Phlox mildew. Holly- 

 hock rust and many other diseases of perennials. It has the bad fault 

 of leaving a bluish white appearance upon the plants. Its use is there- 

 fore confined to the early stages of growth and may be sprayed upon 

 the soil in March and weekly thereafter until the plants become un- 

 sightly. Some persons believe, however, that a sUghtly white plant is 

 better than a diseased or dead one and always spray with Bordeaux 

 mixture. 



Bordeaux mixture may be purchased already prepared. It is 

 most easily handled. The amateur who makes his own loses rather 

 than gains. To make this fungicide we use 1 oz. copper sulphate (blue 

 stone) and a little over 1 oz. of hydrated lime to 1 gal. of water. Dis- 

 solve each, the lime and the copper sulphate, in a quart of water before 

 mixing the two. It is better to have too much Ume than too little. 



Ammoniacal Copper Carbonate. This is used for the same purpose 

 as Bordeaux mixture but is not quite as effective. It does not leave a 

 precipitate upon the fob'age. To make a small quantity, dissolve 5 

 drams of copper carbonate in as much ammonia as is needed (usually 

 one pint). This stock solution, if bottled, will keep. It is sufficient 

 to make 10 gals, of spray when water is added. 



PROPAGATION 



ONE of the most fascinating things of a garden is the propagation 

 of our favorites, whereby we may increase the number of plants 

 to be set in other parts of the garden. We always require a few 

 extra plants to fill in bare spots and we must have some young plants 

 to give to our flower loving friends. 



Perennials may be easily propagated from seed, division, cuttings 

 and layers. 



SOWING SEED 



Annuals are raised from seed because it is the simplest method of 

 raising the plants, and for the same reason some perennials are also 



