Gardening for Amateurs 



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that from the stable or the cowyard (in a 

 diluted form), while a good substitute is 

 Peruvian guano, 3 ounces dissolved in 3 

 gallons of water. 



Towards the end of August the Vines will 

 have completed their growth, and air must 

 then be admitted freely day and night. 

 As soon as the leaves show signs of turning 



colour the Vines should be taken out 01 doors 

 and placed close together on a bed of ashes 

 in a sheltered corner where they may be 

 protected from rough winds but exposed to 

 plenty of sunshine. When the leaves have 

 fallen give less water, and keep in a cool 

 greenhouse during winter or until wanted for 

 planting borders or forcing under glass. 



Grease Banding Fruit Trees. Many 

 different kinds of caterpillars attack Apple, 

 Pear and Plum trees, and quite a number 

 of these are bred from eggs deposited about 

 the branches by moths from early in Octo- 

 ber until well on in spring. The female 

 moth, being possessed of rudimentary wings, 

 and therefore unable to fly, has to crawl up 

 the trunk of the tree in order to lay her eggs 



in such a position that the caterpillar to be 

 will find a supply of opening buds ready for 

 his voracious appetite ; the timely applica- 

 tion of a band of sticky substance, then, 

 prevents this migration of the pests and does 

 much to prevent, or at least reduce, the 

 mischief often done to foliage and blossom 

 during the early months of the year. Those 

 whose trees have suffered from these virulent 



Grease banding fruit trees . sse reierences in text. 



