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Febbuaby 3, 1910. 



VHITE VORMS IN BENCH. 



Kindly inform us what we can do to 

 get rid of the small white worms that 

 are appearing in the sand in our propa- 

 gating bench. They work on the ends of 

 the cuttings, and in the case of geraniums 

 the cuttings gradually get black spots 

 that when scraped appear to be rotten 

 places. The sand is new, being used for 

 the first time with this batch, and when 

 l)ut in it was remarkable how clean it 

 was. Would applications of lime water 

 do the work? F. P. F. C. 



Provided you have no cuttings in the 

 bench, you could kill the worms either 

 by sterilizing with steam or pouring boil- 

 ing water over the bed. If you can take 

 out any cuttings which you may have in 

 the sand, this would prove effective. If 

 you do not want to go to the trouble of 

 removing the cuttings, procure a can of 

 carbon bisulphide and bore holes twelve 

 inches apart each w.ay, pouring in each 

 half a teaspoonful and immediately cov- 

 ering the hole. If you go over the whole 

 bench in this Avay, you can destroy all 

 wor ns and larva;. Before applying it, 

 soak the sand well with water. The car- 

 bon being of an explosive nature, do not 

 use any naked light near it. Its use will 

 not injure any of the cuttings in the 

 least. For plants in benches it can also 

 be used in a similar manner with perfect 

 safety. I am afraid the use of lime 

 water, while it would destroy ordinary 

 earthworms, would not clean out the 

 variety which is troubling you. C. W. 



ANTS IN GROUND BENCH. 



1 liave a ground bench with brick sides. 

 There are literally thousands of ants that 

 live itnumg tlie bricks, where it is im- 

 possible to get at them. They have spread 

 all over the house and are doing much 

 damage. We have used air-slaked lime 

 and other reineilies, but we cannot get rid 

 of the ants. Can you tell us how we can 

 exterminate them? K. M. M. 



Secure some potassium cyanide and 

 break it up fine. Handle with care, as 

 it is a deadly poison. Mix this in pow- 

 dered sugar and lay about the haunts of 

 the ants. They will eat this greedily and 

 thousands will be destroyed. Do not 

 (lamp the mixture and be sure to keep 

 birds and animals out of the house where 

 it is being laid. You can lay baits of 

 various kinds to attract the ants and 

 then pour boiling water over them. We 

 find the poison, however, the most ef 

 fective. If a little carbon bisulphide is 

 poured among the bricks here and there, 

 the objectionable smell and fumes will 

 drive away the ants. W. C. 



NITRATE OF SODA FOR LILIES. 



On page 25 of the Review for Jan- 

 uary (i you recommend the use of nitrate 

 of &oda for Easter lilies that are a little 

 behind. Will vou please tell me how to 

 use it.' ' M. O. 



A teaspoonful of nitrate of soda to a 

 three-gallon can of water is sufficiently 

 strong. Use it once in five or six days, 

 but only on plants which have the pots 

 well filled with active roots. It will do 

 more harm than good to any which are 

 poorly rooted. C. 



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HADLEY, MASS. 



The Montgomery Co., the new cor- 

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 <liflferent times in the Review, has been 

 ))usliins^ the work of t-onstruction ener- 

 getically all winter, in spite of tlie un- 

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 acres of land in the eastern part of 

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 The first section of the greenhouse range 

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