Round the Year in the Garden 



and the following ingredients are recommended: turf 

 loam to form the bulk, leaf mould and sand each being 

 added in the proportion of one to four of loam. Pieces of 

 broken charcoal, too, should be mixed with the compost. 

 Very careful watering is required for a time, and the 

 frame must be kept closed during the greater part of the 

 day for a week or two. During summer Auriculas thrive 

 best in a frame facing north and in winter in a frame or 

 greenhouse facing south. They require to be kept per- 

 fectly cool throughout the year and during winter need 

 little water at the roots. 



In the Fruit Garden 



The Godlin Moth. Much may now be done to eradi- 

 cate the caterpillars of the Codlin Moth by syringing the 

 Apple trees with arsenate of lead solution. It must be 

 so directed as to fall in a fine spray on the tops or 

 " eyes " of the embryo fruits as soon as the petals have 

 dropped ; it is chiefly there that the grubs hatch out and 

 then commence to eat their way through the fruit. 



The Black Currant Mite is one of the most des- 

 tructive pests of fruit bushes, and its presence is easily 

 detected by the presence of swollen buds, which are 

 rendered worthless by the mite inside them. The mites 

 are so small as to be invisible to the naked eye. At 

 this season they commence to migrate, and can now 

 be attacked most usefully. The most likely remedy 

 is slaked lime and sulphur sprinkled on the bushes, or 

 it may be used in the form of a liquid spray. This 

 treatment should be continued at intervals of ten days 

 throughout April and May. Further, it is necessary to 

 cut off at pruning time shoots that are badly affected 

 and burn them. 



Peach trees out of doors will need attention in the 

 matter of disbudding ; the process is exactly the same 

 as has already been explained in connection with Peach 

 trees under glass. A disease that may soon be expected 



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