Round the Year in the Garden 



The best way of dealing with the latter is to destroy 

 as many as possible by hand picking, and to syringe 

 the bushes with hellebore wash.. This is made by 

 mixing a little flour a K>wc!er together 



and dissolving them in water. are all sorts of 



convenient remedies for getting rid -^ nfly, though 



there is probably ig better than Abol insecticide. 



A home-made remedy is obtained by boiling J Ib. of 

 quassia chips and .{ Ib, of soft soap for two hours in 1 

 gallon of water ; the solution is subsequently strained 

 and diluted ingecl on the 



plants. 



Miide ^on 



\e end ud it is essential 



to take measures at once for its destruction. A simple 



use sulphide of potassium (liver of sulphur), 



dissolving ;', oz. in I gallon of water and syringing the 



from chemists, also makes a suitable solution. 



Water Lilies.- The presence of water adds greatly to 

 the delight of a garden and affords the means of growing 

 many til plants that otherwise could scarcely be 



Hnited. -/tlies (Nyniphaeas) should be the first 



choice amoiu its. The present is an excellent 



time to j_.: >\e best plan is first to plant each 



one in a small ii^nket of loamy soil, to weight this with 

 stones, and v nound of soil at the bottom of 



the f swiftly flowing, 



and therefor = ; ponds, lakes, 



tanks, and ever- are quite at home, and give 



much distinction scene. Some 



varieties are ino and a large 



expanse of water is rue* vsary for their accommodation. 

 Among those suitable ll ponds and tubs are Layde- 



keri fulgent ., pygmaea and helveola. 



Other delightful wn: are the native Bog Bean 



(Menyanthes), the W 0, and the flower- 



