80 horticulturist's rule-book. 



cow-manure, made strong, forms an excellent anti-rabbit 

 composition. 



Asafoetida for rabbits. — A teaspoonful of tincture of asa- 

 fcetida in | pailful of liquid clay, mud, or muck of any 

 kind. Apply with a brush to the stem and branches of 

 young trees. Two or three applications during winter. 



California ground-squirrel remedies. — Take 6 quarts of 

 clean wheat ; scald with water ; drain. Take f cup of 

 white sugar, dissolve with sufficient water to make a syrup ; 

 add 1 ounce powdered strychnine, stir thoroughly until a 

 thin paste is formed. Pour ]this on the damp wheat. Stir 

 thoroughly for at least 15 minutes. Add 1 pint powdered 

 sugar, stir ; add 5 to 10 drops of rhodium and 5 to 10 drops 

 of oil of anise-seed. Place a few grains in each squirrel- 

 hole, putting it as far in as possible. 



Bisulphide of carbon is also largely used. A small quan- 

 tity is poured into the burrow, and the hole is immediately 

 closed securely with dirt. 



Tying newspapers about trees in such manner as to allow 

 the upper part of the paper to project loosely a few inches, 

 frightens the squirrels away. 



To remedy the injury done by mice, rabbits, and 

 squirrels. — 



1. Pare and clean the wound, and cover it thickly with 

 fresh cow-dung, or soft clay, and bind it up thoroughly 

 with a cloth. Grafting-wax bound on is also good. Com- 

 plete girdling, when done late in spring — when settled 

 weather is approaching — can be remedied in this manner. 



2. Insert long scions over the wound, by paring them 

 thin on both ends and placing one end under the bark on 

 the upper edge of the wound and the other under the bark 

 on the lower edge. . Wax thoroughly the points of union, 

 and tie a cloth band tightly about the trees over both 

 extremities of the scions. 



Bird-poisons. — 



1. Place a shallow box on the end of a pole and put it 4 

 or 5 feet from the ground to keep the poison out of the way 



