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dilute the liquor by adding about seven gallons of 

 water. Strain and apply. Good for lice on peas, 

 roses, etc. 



Buhach : This is also known as pyrethrum, or 

 Persian insect powder. The best is called California 

 buhach; the imported powder is not so fresh as a 

 rule and therefore not so strong. It may be used as 

 a dry powder, dusted on with a powder bellows when 

 the plants are wet ; or one ounce of it may be dis- 

 solved in three gallons of water, and sprayed on the 

 plants at any time. It is often used on flowers, in 

 greenhouses, on vegetables, etc. Although a contact 

 poison, it can in some cases be used instead of the 

 more dangerous arsenites — on cabbages, for instance, 

 to kill the cabbage worm. 



Fir-tree oil : An effective remedy against mealy 

 bug, red spider, thrip, green fly, etc., on household 

 plants, and in greenhouses, etc. Seedsmen sell it, 

 and directions for use accompany it. 



Spray Pumps, etc. — A good spraying outfit is 

 an essential part of a gardener's requirements. The 

 kind of an outfit to buy de- 



hand atomizer (see picture) 



will answer the purpose. These hand atomizer for 



seedsmen and implement dealers sell them for about 

 75 cents if made of tin; brass, about $1.25. 



A large powder-bellows for applying buhach, 

 sulphur, etc., outdoors, costs about $3.00 — smaller 

 sizes for indoor use are cheaper. (A less satisfac- 



pends, of course, on the size of 

 your garden and the plants to 

 be sprayed. If you have only 

 a small patch, a few square 

 rods in size, perhaps a cheap 



hold a quart of liquid, and 



SMALL GARDENS 



