122 How TO Grow Cut Flowers. 



Mr. Richard Bagg gives the following, which is more 

 easily prepared and leaves no discoloration : 



" Put a three inch pot full of flour of sulphur into 

 an earthen vessel, to which add water sufficient to form 

 it into a paste, being careful to have all the sulphur wet. 

 To this add an equal amount of broken caustic potash, 

 stir again and it will rapidly assume an orange brown 

 color, become very hot and turn liquid. Add now wa- 

 ter enough to make a quart, bottle, and it is ready for 

 use. A desert spoonful to a gallon of water used in the 

 form of a spray every day will soon cure ; but, as a pre- 

 ventive, use once, twice or three times a week, accord- 

 ing to the weather." 



Mr. H. M. Wheeler recommends the following : 



"Take one pound of sulphur, one of slacked lime, 

 three-fourths of an ounce of carbolic acid, add two gal- 

 lons of water and boil to one gallon. Cork well and set 

 away for use. Use a two and a half inch pot full to five 

 gallons of water. Keep the ventilators down two or 

 three hours after application to retain the fumes. We 

 use this twice a week, not only as a cure, but a pre- 

 ventive." 



The objection to this, if there is any, is in the line of 

 that of Henderson's. 



Prof. Maynard of Massachusetts says : 



" In the fall of the year I find the us3 of a small ker- 

 osene stove the most convenient form in which to ap- 

 ply sulphur; the same being put in a kettle and boiled 



