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dilute the liquor by adding about seven gallons of 

 water. Strain and apply. Good for lice on peas, 

 roses, etc. (Seedsmen sell ready-made solutions. ) 



Buhach : This is also known as pyrethrum, or 

 Persian insect powder. The best is called California 

 buhach; the imported powder is not so fresh as a 

 rule and therefore not so strong. It may be used as 

 a dry powder, dusted on with a powder bellows when 

 the plants are wet; or one ounce of it may be 

 steeped in one gallon of water, and sprayed on the 

 plants at any time. It is often used on flowers, in 

 greenhouses, on vegetables, etc. Although a contact 

 poison, it can in some cases be used instead of the 

 more dangerous arsenites on cabbages, for instance, 

 to kill the cabbage worm. 



Fir-tree oil : An effective remedy against mealy 

 bug, red spider, thrip, green fly, etc., on household 

 plants, and in greenhouses, etc. Seedsmen sell it, 

 and directions for use accompany it. 



SPRAY PUMPS, ETC. A good spraying outfit is 

 an essential part of a gardener's requirements. The 

 kind of an outfit to buy de- 

 pends, of course, on the size of 

 your garden and the plants to 

 be sprayed. If you have only 

 a small patch a few square 

 rods in size, perhaps a cheap 

 hand atomizer (see picture) 

 will answer the purpose. These HAND ATOMIZER FOR 



iti f V i j SMALL GARDENS 



hold a quart of liquid, and 



seedsmen and implement dealers sell them for about 



75 cents if made of tin; brass, about $1.25. 



A large powder-bellows for applying buhach, 

 sulphur, etc., outdoors, costs about $3.00 smaller 

 sizes for indoor us^ are cheaper. (A less satis fac- 



