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NOTICES OF Books, 
THE GARDEN CALENDAR. By T. W. Sanders. 
cem. Adams & Co., Paternoster Row, 
London. 8vo.) 
It may be шил that books treating of work in 
the work is to take each sie en the year, dividing 
it into sections, In this manner the pron relating 
о the present month opens with some general 
remarks on the season and the work for the month ; 
this being’ followed = $ ortion devoted to the 
vegetable garden, then preparation of the soil 
receives attention ; ehed: OW à page or more 
we жет; о SOW, ап nd ho w to do 
e have directions "f КАИ Mushroom 
leis, eis miscellancou us items; notes on har 
grafting, с. Тһе poi 
re found on сечи ва 
ése also illustrated by wocdcuts 
е part that is not so fully treated as it 
Might be is that on Orchid culture, and we should 
a eeted with satisfaction information on the 
et culture and me thods ofi increase of the rarer 
ing undeserved extinction. The fashion of growing 
Good ктем апа 
of the winter garde t The F та Кепё 
Which place the Rica is gardener. 
ie the Reese Re 
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THE APIARY. 
eim FOR BEES. 
oors er gl 
ensuring aire can 
and som 
уап » len supplies in other direction EI 
d the above from ae = неар 
Catalogue, because I roughl 
eadorse the words as co wn 
tience.: In their article, whieh is headed * Flowers 
Webb & & 
I quite 
pod m saying that it is far better 
yield poll patches of flowers which are known to 
L *n and honey than a lot of small ones, even 
g^ the d be owes: of the A 
Every observant 
Person moras эе a e that when a bee 
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Be from the hive on business and darts into a 
ced apiarians have tested 
he merits of this stant thoroughly. These four 
riy would beautifully fill gaps when there i is not 
much honey about. 
have cease 
Limnanthes would nicely fill 
the gap between the decline of the fruit blossom and 
the advent of white Clover. I should be inclined to 
give a little more prominence to the common cottage 
Wallflower than Messrs. Webb seem to give in their 
article, but this does not take away aught from the 
Brighton, grows it in 
purpose, believing it to be thoroug r 
pollen and honey, Many others might be mentioned, 
and indeed a Pues might be written on the subject, 
which would à valuable addition to our litera- 
ture, Walter акну Pewsey. 
INSECT POWDER.* 
Тнк Dalmatian insect powder, Chrysanthemum 
cinerarizfolium, B. et H., known also b 
tian name bukach, has be 
rs past on a large scale in certain portions o 
California, p ae beiug Dalmatians who 
have settled t 
The best bom for this plant is loam, with a large 
E This ki 
suitable for sowing, but it should be well mixed with 
old dung. The seed itself is mixed with and 
distributed over the soil as uniformly as ible, 
and then gently pressed by passing а 
i til the pen spring up, the beds 
very е E unless it rains. 
overdo it, as the 
plant is very ЧЫН кайа its whole life 
towards undue moisture of the soil. After the plants 
a mS up, they At not be watered more than 
wice eek. Weeds must be kept away until 
transplantation takes place, which occurs when t 
plant is about 6 inches high. It is then e out 
precisely like Cabbage, about 20 фы distant from 
evi tl pei greet and afterwards needs no further 
attendance 
Коч һасһ is a biennial (?) plant, therefore it flowers 
the year subsequent to that of sowing. The 
Hester must be cut off just when they are about to 
an inch, 
roller over it. 
Ф 
is the statement made by the oa oa of the б иче 
suc 
from which we quote. It is ha 
that it appears to be the regu "ад равен followed, 
there being no intention at all to utilise the rers 
flowers i is, the more кашар n it prove to be. If 
&ny one wishes to prepare the powder himself, inan 
not possess а suitable ei he may use a 
* Abstract of a chapter on the subject in Die Tropische 
Agrikultur, Von Heinrich Semler, in San Francisco, 8vo. 
1886, vol. i., p. 207. Reprinted in the Journal к.А the Phar- 
maceutical Society trom the American Druggist, J anuary. 
tarcovered with leather. The quantity thus worked 
in a mortar should, however, not exceed about 1 lb., 
to avoid heating the powder. W 
t to reduce the 
manner, which—as the 
author naively but truly states—is not a serious dis- 
advantage, as the flowers are the n perna 
portion of the plant. Insect powder should be 
served in n glass or metallic vessels, бу should + 
closed air-tight. 
nsect Honc may be used either in form of dry 
vtm or by fumigation, or in form of alcoholic 
ract, or mixed with water, or in form of in- 
ios 
vork from which we quote advises to make 
чар һееп 
p? certain caterpillars, was just 
was рг а Ьу Фан g to t em a mixture of one 
part sect powder and twenty-two parts of flour 
which had been mixed twenty-four h be 
fore. 
[ The explanation of this may be that the volatile oil 
of the flowers probably becomes more thoroughly 
обр се ough the mixture in the course of time, 
E». Ат. Dr.) 
ta аә ппепё of insect powder by way of fumi- 
vem is d D particularly i in closed 
where the smoke gemens by it, 
w which i is not at all diésgrecablé % uman beings, 
soon cud all insects, particularly Көй having tender 
or soft bodies. This method is especially valuable 
fx the purpose of killing mosquitos in rooms. All 
that is necessary is to place а burning coal in a spoon 
or other receptacle, and to sprinkle insect powder 
upon it. In larger rooms, the spoon ma ied 
about, or several may be thus used in order to dis- 
tribute the fumes properly. After a few minutes 
every mosquito will be found dead; and, tif the 
эе. tpe be kept up [for ‘about half an hour, 
same fa 
1 
ing to the author—an 
[He says nothing of ойлан but it is cer- 
tainly worth while to t try the above method for 
getting rid of this troublesome pest, which is spread- 
ing ually into hou f opulence and comfort, 
where such disgusting visitors had been previously 
unheard of! Ep, Am. Dr.] 
The third method of employment, in form of 
alcoholic extract, is the most advantageous for use in 
the fields and garden 
The principal drawback connected with the use of 
insect-powder is this, that its effect, when applied 
in substance, is only certain when it comes in actual 
contact with soft-bodied insects. 
rd 
percolation, or, 
миз» by macerating 1 Ib. of 
r five days with 2 pints 
of alcohol in a warm siad then separating 
alcohol, and adding 1 pint of glycerin. This liquid 
extract is to be diluted with water before use. For 
hard-bodied insects it may be diluted rr twenty 
parts, for сава sensitive insects with thirt 
arts of w: 
‚ан iadd een it should not be applied while rain 
is threatening, nor during the hot part of the day. 
Th ime is early in the re’ чар the dew 
is on the ground, or during cloudy day 
If a decoction of insect-powder » denm. this 
