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use the ammoniacal mixture for the 

 purpose, but if you prefer the Bordeaux 

 mixture you can obtain it in pulp form 

 and dilute it as you need it. Benj. 

 Hammond, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N. Y., 

 prepares the pulp in convenient sized 

 cans and saves you the trouble of mak- 

 ing it. I believe that one pipe on each 

 side of the house painted with sulphur 

 is of great assistance in keeping down 

 both red spider and rust. I saw this 

 demonstrated in the case of a house of 

 Daybreaks in my neighborhood. They 

 were in a house formerly used for 

 roses and overhead was a 3-inch flow 

 pipe, which had been about covered 

 with sulphur for the benefit of the 

 roses. While several establishments 

 on every side of this house had their 

 Daybreaks black with rust not a grain 

 of it appeared in this house, and this 

 was for the three years during which 

 the rust was most troublesome. No 

 other preventive than this unconscious 

 one was used. 



Varieties. 



It would be futile to mention or re- 

 commend any particular varieties. 

 Grow what you can grow best and that 

 suit your soil best. Flora Hill and 

 White Cloud are grand whites; G. H. 

 Crane and Jubilee are fine scarlets; 

 Mayor Pingree and Gold Nugget are 

 great yellows; Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt is 

 a wonderful variegated flower, and so 

 is Helen Keller when well grown; old 

 Wm. Scott and Daybreak are still 

 standards in many places. In pinks 

 there is a host of new aspirants for 

 favor and the most promising of all I 

 have seen grown and flower and sell is 

 The Marquis. In every shade, from 

 the dark Gen. Gomez to the beautifully 

 tinted J. Whitcomb Riley we will have 

 a chance to please our patron's fancy. 



An Exhibition of the American Carnation Society. 



Sub-Watering. 



Sub-watering, by Prof. Arthur's 

 plan, with the watertight bench and 

 bricks on edge is yet in the experi- 

 mental stage. It seems to me almost 

 impossible that saturated bricks can 

 impart to the soil sufficient moisture. 

 We must wait for further trials before 

 going to any great expense in this di- 

 rection. 



The method of sub-watering adopted 

 and explained by Prof. Taft, of the 

 Michigan Agricultural College, has 

 proven a great success. He makes his 

 bench nearly water tight by nailing 

 sound boards or planks as tightly to- 

 gether as possible and runs cement 

 over the benches and between joints. 

 In a 5 or 6-inch width of bench he lays 

 two runs of common 2-inch drain tile. 

 The last tile at the end is raised to 



Carnation Gold Nugget. 



