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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



January, 1910 



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Representative Groups of 

 Japan Miniature Plants 



A Dainty and Unique Xmas and New Year's Gift 



We offer: 



No. 10. Lovely Conifer, the Chabo-Hifa of Japan, 

 in beautiful porcelain pot, at $2.00. 



Smaller specimen at $1.00. 



No. 1 1. Twisted Dwarf Pine, in unique china pot or 

 pottery crock, at $1.50. 



No. 2. A larger specimen of Conifer Evergreen, 

 10-15 inches high, in very exquisite porcelain jar, 

 $4.00 to $5.00. 



This forms a very beautiful gift 

 We can send smaller plants from 75 cents to $2.00. 

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^V We have rare old specimens from $ 1 0.00 to $25.00. 



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SCALE ON CACTI 



How can scales on cacti be destroyed without 

 injury to the plants? 



Tennessee. W. F. 



— The safest way to rid cacti of scale insects is to 

 clean off the plants with a brush having bristles of 

 only moderate stiffness. Some of the softer scales 

 may be attacked by spraying, through a fine spray, 

 the following solution: 5 drachms castile soap dis- 

 solved in water (q.s.), to which ij quarts alcohol 

 has been added. Then add 100 drachms of fusil 

 oil. 



EXTERMINATING SNAILS 



What is the best thing to kill snails or slugs in a 

 flower garden? 



New York. W. W. H. 



— The presence of snails and slugs in the garden 

 usually indicates a lack of air drainage — in other 

 words, too wet an atmosphere — which may be 

 produced by soil conditions or by an extremely 

 luxuriant growth of the plants, making air circula- 

 tion impossible on the ground level. The best 

 mechanical method of attack is lime dusted on the 

 ground. 



WORMS IN CELERY 



If celery is infested with worms about an inch 

 or an inch and a half long, what remedy can be used 

 to get rid of the worms? 



New York. A. J. M. 



— The worms are wireworms, a name applied to a 

 number of slender, hard yellow, sometimes brown 

 larvas which are frequently seen in the soil about 

 the roots of cultivated crops. They resemble in 

 some respects certain of the myriapods, but may 

 be distinguished by their small number (six) of 

 legs. The adult form of these insects is a click 

 or snapping beetle, which, when placed on its back 

 springs into the air with a clicking sound. In the 

 larvae condition the insect lives two or three years, 

 according to the species, in the ground, and feeds 

 upon various seeds and roots. In limited areas 

 the larvae may be treated with carbon bisulphide, 

 kerosene or crude petroleum in the soil. Gas lime 

 is also good for the purpose. Treat the soil also 

 with the gas lime several months before next year's 

 plants are set out. It is injurious to young plants. 



A BIT OF FARM LAW 



Myself and brother have rented a farm in Ohio. 

 The former tenant wants to either sell us the manure 

 left on the place, or else cart it away. Has he this 

 right ? 



Pennsylvania. B. J. N. 



— We fail to see wherein you can lay claim to the 

 manure on the land you have just rented. It is a 

 by-product of the farm and as such is the property 

 of the previous renter, as the skim milk from the 

 dairy would be. Of course, the owner of the farm 

 may have some claim on this manure by the terms 

 of his contract with the previous tenant; or if the 

 place was rented on shares, the- owner would be 

 entitled to his share of the manure, in which case 

 he could claim it and compel its return to the land 

 in the interests of his property. This is a matter 

 to be settled between the owner and the previous 

 renter, and the succeeding renter has no voice in its 

 disposal. Disposal of manure should be specified 

 in every farm rental contract, and for the best 

 interests of the land the removal of no part of it 

 should be allowed. 



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