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seeds, in eighteen both, good, and in twenty-three 

 one good and one bad. 



H. W. Beecher, in his book on " Fruit, Flowers, 

 and Farming," states that this weed is particularly- 

 hard to kill because it ripens its seed at two different 

 times. 



A Remedy for Orange Scale. — "I have just 

 heard of a new method of destroying these insects 

 which may be worth a trial. It is to make a cross 

 incision in the bark, L shaped, and after rolling 

 back the bark, dust the wound with flowers of sul- 

 phur. Wax and bind up as for budding. Years 

 ago I found that the juice of the squash vine was a 

 solvent of sulphur and would take it into the cir- 

 culation of the plant. At all events it will cost 

 nothing to try and will do no injury to the tree." — 

 George F. HoUis, Consul at Cape Colony, in Special 

 Consular Report on Fruit Culture in Foreign 

 Countries, 1890. 



A Fruit Tree Invigorator. — "A correspondent 

 in Livingston county. New York, sends us a circu- 

 lar, headed ' A Revolution in Fruit Culture,' which 

 is to be brought about by the use of a ' Fruit Tree 

 Invigorator.' The compound is to be applied by 

 boring a hole in the trunk of a tree, filling it with 

 the ' Invigorator ' and closing the hole tight with 

 grafting wax, or a cork. It is claimed for the 

 compound that: 'It so changes the flavor of the 



