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]y. Dusting witli powdered White Hellebore is said 

 to check them. A. D. Compton recommends a solu- 

 tion, made of one part salt, ten of soap, and twentj' 

 of water, for syringing the Amines and effectually 

 checking the bugs. 



A correspondent of the Farmers' Club recom- 

 mends one part of Paris green and twenty parts of 

 flour of bone, mixed and sifted on the vines, an ex- 

 cellent remedy. One pound of the green will be 

 enough for an acre. 



The directions given for the field management of 

 Potatoes can easily be adopted in garden-culture. 



One bushel of seed will yield about twenty biish- 

 eis of Potatoes, if planted on good ground and well 

 tended. 



JEEUSALEM AETICHOKE. 



Heliantlius tuberosus. 



The Jerusalem Artichoke, or the tuber-bearing 

 Sunflower, as it is sometimes called, is a hardy 

 perennial, a native of Brazil, the roots of which, in 

 this country, are principally used for pickling. 



"When once this plant takes possession in the 

 garden or field, it is almost impossible to eradicate it. 

 It continues to grow from year to year in the same 

 spot ; no matter with what care the tiibei-s have been 

 taken out, there vsdll be enough left to produce a 

 crop the following year. 



On this account it is an unpopular plant for 

 garden-cultiire, for in a few years it would over-run 

 everything else. 



It will groAV on very poor soil, and could witlj 



