394 The Canadian Horticulturist. 



I steal by lawns and grassy plots, 

 I slide l)y hazel covers : 



I move the sweet forget-me-nots, 

 That grow for happy lovers. 



I slip, I slide, I gloom, I glance, 

 Among my skimming swallows ; 



I make the netted sunbeam dance 

 Against my sandy shallows. 



I murmur under moon and stars 

 In brambly wildernessess ; 



I linger by my shingly bars ; 

 I loiter round my cresses. 



And out again I curve and flow 

 To join the brimming river. 



For men may come and men may go 

 But I go on forever. 



THE WOOLLY APHIS AND THE SCAB. 



.'50I- — Sir, — Many of nij' peach trees have mildewed leaves on the ends of the branches. 

 Can you explain ? My apple trees have woolly aphis on them. What is the most simple and 

 liest remedy ? I have used this year a solution of sulphate of copper and lime for spraying 

 my Winter Nelis pear trees for scab, and found them remarkably free from it. I under- 

 stand that ,this preparation is recommended, for not only the scab, but for the mildew in 

 the grape and the fungus diseases of the potato. Has anyone tried it for the peach leaf 

 curl which I understand to be a fungus growth ? If not, would you advise using it for 

 that purpose. 



H. Cottle, Salnn, Ore<jon. 



We could not explain the cause of the mildew leaws of the peach trees with- 

 out seeing them. 



The woolly aj^his is easily destroyed by spraying with kerosene emulsion. It 

 may be made thus — one quart of soft soap, or (^ne-quarter of a pound of hard 

 soap, two (juarts hot soft water and one pint of kerosene. The kerosene is best 

 added when the soap suds are boiling, for then it will easily emulsify, if stirred 

 briskly. When iieeiled for use, dilute with water to one-half or one-third the 

 strength. 



.\ kerosene and milk emulsion is also conuiieiideil for destroying plant lice. 

 It is made thus :' -Sour milk one gallon, kerosene two gallons, warm to blood 

 heat and iiii\ thoroughly. I>ilute with ten limes the (]uaiUit\()f water. 



