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Dg'CSuber 15, 1004. 



sides leaving them far more liable to 

 the attacks of diseases and insect ene- 

 mies. 



Happily we are not liable to have pro- 

 tracted dull spells, even during the short 

 mid-winter days, but it does not take 

 many days of fire heat to weaken such 

 subjects as lettuce, and once weakened 

 they are sure to be attacked by leaf burn 

 whenever they are again subjected to 

 the flagging influence of sun heat. 



W. S. Croydon, 



COST OF FUMIGATING. 



I should be obliged if Mr. Croydon 

 or some other reader would give the cost 

 of fumigating with hydrocyanic gas, and 

 if it is not dangerous to use in large 

 houses, being deadly poison. J. V. L'. 



Siilfihuric acid costs about 30 cents 

 iper qivaTt and cyanide of potassium 

 about 6 cents per ounce. One quart of 

 acid and five ounces of cyanide would 

 cost about 60 cents and is sufficient for 

 4,000 cubic feet of space, which is quite 

 a good-sized liouso. To kill scale insects 

 and mealy bug it would require to be 

 nearly as strong again. In a large 

 3iouse, where several jars are needed, the 

 ■cyanide can be safely dropped by hand 

 into the acid, provided it is wrapped in 

 two thicknesses of paper and paper and 

 all dropped in; it takes the acid a little 

 time to eat through the paper before it 

 can reach the cyanide. If the operator 

 begins at the farther end of the house, 

 drops the paper as quickly as possible 

 in the jars while making for the door, 

 there should be little danger of the gas 

 overtaking him. W. S. Croydon. 



SOIL FOR TOMATOES. 



According to many growers the char- 

 acter of the soil for forcing tomatoes i-? 

 not a matter of great importance. It is 

 necessary that there be good drainage, 

 but both light and heavy soils have 

 been used with good results. Neverthe- 

 less, those who get probably the best 

 results commonly use a light sandy 

 loam. 



A compost — one used for many crops 

 — consisting of three parts light sandy 

 loam and one part well-rotted horse ma- 

 nure, serves very well for tomatoes. 

 The proportion of manure in the soil 

 has been considerably varied, but the 

 results do not appear to differ in pro- 

 portion to the variability of the com- 

 post. In addition to stable manure, 

 dried blood is often added to the com- 

 post at the rate of 100 pounds to every 

 five cubic yards of compost. 



\Vhen good stable manure is not 

 avnilable for the compost an excellent 

 soil may be obtained, according to 

 Voorhees, by adding to every 100 

 square feet of bench the following fer- 

 tilizers: nitrate of soda, onc-h:^lf pound: 

 superphosphate, one pound; sulphate of 

 potash, one-half pound. This holds 

 good until the fruit liegins to form, 

 •when it is well to give one-fourth pound 

 of nitrate of soda every week, and 

 every two weeks one pound of super- 

 phosphate and one pound of sulphate 

 of potash. These may be applied in 

 solution, or sown broadcast between 

 the plants and well worked in before 

 •watering. Highly satisfactory results 

 have been obtained by using coal ashes 

 and five per cent of peat moss added 

 with various fertilizers. This method 

 has been productive of a yield of two 



or more pounds of fruit per square foot 

 of bench surface. 



It seems that there is but little dan- 

 ger of overfeeding the tomato. Still, 

 while abundant fertilizers may not be 

 injurious to the crop, there is a point 

 beyond which manuring is needless: 

 that is, feeding up to a certain point 

 produces a larger and better crop, but 



beyond this, although the plant may 

 take up all that is offered without 

 diminishing the yield of fruit or even 

 injuring its quality, it is manifest that 

 feeding above this optimum point is 

 waste. Of course there is a point to go 

 beyond which it is not only waste, but 

 will result in injury to the crop. — 

 Gardeners' Chronicle. 



PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY 



COPYRIQHT, 1904, BY FLORISTS' PUBLIIHINQ COMPANY, CHICAQO. 



Frequent inquiry as to the correct pro- 

 nunciation of plant names has led us 

 to compile the following list of names, 

 selecting those in most common use in 

 the trade, and including botanical terms 

 most frequently met with in articles upon 

 plant culture. 



In our list we have used the following 

 KEY TO PRONUNCIATION, 

 a as In fat e as in met 6 as in note 



a as in fate e as in mete 6 as in move 



a as In far e as in her 6 as in nor 



a as in fall i as in pin u as in tub 



a as in fare i as in pine u as in mute 



a as in Persia o as in not ii as in pull 



The svllables to be accented are marked 

 thus '. 



C 

 (Continued from last week.) 



Olarkia— (klar'ki-a). 



Olaytonia — (kla-to'ni-i). 



Clematis — (klem'a-tis) . 



Oleome — (kle-6'me). 



Clerodendron — (kle-ro-den'dron). 



Olethra— (kleth'ra). 



Olianthus— (kli-an'thus). 



Olitoria— (kli-to'ri-a) . 



Oneonim — (ne-6'runi). 



Gnicus — (ni'kus). 



Cob»a — (ko-be'a) . 



Coccinea — (kok-sin'e-a) . 



Ooccoloba — (ko-kol'O-ba). 



Oocos — (ko'koa). 



CodisBum — (ko-di-e'um). 



C(Blog3me — (se-loj'i-ne). "" 



Colctucum — (korchi-kuiii). 



Ooleus — (ko'le-us). 



Colocasia — (kol-6-ka'si-a). 



Columbine — (koruni-bin). 



Oompacta — (koni-pak'ta). 



Compositse — (kom-poz'i-te). 



Composite — (kom-poz'it). 



Concolor — (kon-kul'or). 



Confervse — (kon-fer've). 



Congener —(kon'je-ner). 



Conifer — (ko'ni-fer). 



Ooniferse — (ko-nif'e-re). 



Coniferous — ( ko-n if 'e-nis) . 



Conspicua— (kon-spik'u-a). 



Convallaria — (kon-va-la'ri-ii). 



Convolvulus — (kon-vol'vu-lus). 



Corallina— (kor-a-ll'na). 



Cordata— (kor-da'ta). 



Cordyline— (kor-di-li'ne) . 



Coreopsis — (k5-re-op'sis) . 



Coriaceous — (ko-ri-a'shius). 



Corm^(k6nn). 



Comiculata — (kor-nik-u-la'ta). 



Comus — (kor'iuis). 



Corolla — (ko-rol'a). 



Corona — (k6-r6'i)a). 



Coronilla — (kor-o-nil'a) . 



Cortex— (k6r'teks). "* 



Corydalis — (ko-rid'a-lis). 



OoTymb — (kor'imb). 



Corypha — (kor'i-fti). 



Cosmos — (koz'mos). * .^ ^ 



Cotinus — (kot'in-us). 



Cotoneaster — (ko-to-ne-as'ter). 



Cotyledon — (kot-i-le'don). 



Crambe — (kram'be). - '', 



Crassula — (kras'u-l&). 



Cratsegus — (kra-te'gus). 



Crenata — (kre-na'ta). 



Crenulata — (kren-u-la'ta). 



Crinita — (kri-ni'ta). 



Crinum— (krl'num). 



Crispa — (kris'pa). 



Cristata — (kris-ta't&). .. 



Crocus — (kro'kus). 



Crotalaria — ( kro-t a-la'ri-a) . 



Oroton — (kro'ton). 



CrucifersB — (kro-sif'e-re) . 



Cr3rptogam — (krip't6-gain). 



Cr3rptogamou8 — (krip-tog'a-mus). 



Gucurbitace» — (ku-ker-bi-ta'se-e). 



Cuneatum— (ku-ne-a'tum). 



Cuphea — (ku'fe-a). 



Cupressus — (ku-pres'us). 



Cuspidata — (kus-pi-da'tu). 



Cyanus — (sl-an'us). 



Cyanea — (si-a'n6-fi,). 



Cyathea — (si-ath'e-&) . 



Cycad — (si'kad). 



Oycadaceee — (sik-a-da'se-e). 



Cycas — (si'kas). 



Cyclamen — (si'kla-meu or sik'la-men). 



Cydonia — (si-do'ni-j\) . 



Cymbidium — (sim-bid'i-um). 



Cjrme — (sini). 



Cyperus — (sl-pe'rus) 



Cs^press — (si'pres). 



Cypripedium — (sip-ri-pe'di-um) . 



Cytisus — (sit'i-sus). 



D 



Dactylis— (dak'ti-lis). ' T 



Dactylifera — (dak-til-if'er-&). 

 Daffodil— (daf'6-dil). 

 Dahlia— (da'lia). 

 Dalea— (da'le-a). 

 Daphne — (daf'ne). 

 Darlingtonia — (dar-ling-t5'iii-5). 

 Dasyliiion — ( das-i-lir' i-on ) . 

 Datura — (da-tu'ra). 

 Davallia— (da-val'i-ii) . 

 Davidiana — (da-vid-i-a'na). 

 Davidsoni — (da-vid-s6'nl). 

 Dealbata — (de-al-ba'ta). 

 Deciduous — (de-sid'u-us) . 

 Decumbens — (de-kum'benz). 

 Decussata — (de-ku-sa't&). 

 Deliciosa — (de-lis-i-o'sik). 

 Delphinium — (del-fin'i-um). 

 Dendrobiimi — (den-dro'bi-um) . 

 Dendrocalamus — (den-dr5-kal'a-mus). 

 Dendrology — (den-drol'o-j i) . 

 Dentata — ( den-ta' ta) . 

 Denticulata — (den-tik-u-la'ta). 

 Deodar — (de-o-dar'). 

 Desmodium — (des-mo'di-um). 

 Deutzia — (doit'si-a). 

 Dianthus — (dl-an'thus). 

 Dicentra — (di-sen'tr5 ) . 

 Dicksonia — (dik-s6'ni-u). 



