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HOW TO DESTROY IXSECTS. 



Salt for Jtoses. 



I saw an account in a paper about three rears ago 

 of the success of the Shakers at Xew Lebanon, X. Y., 

 in raising fine fohage and flowers. This the brother in 

 charge attributed to tlie free use of salt as a top-dressing 

 for the soil of the l)eds. The salt kills rose insects of 

 every kind, and also improves the health and vigor of the 

 plants. I had been unable, previous to seeiug this ac- 

 count, to have a single perfect flower, and as I thought 

 that salt could do no worse than slugs did, I would try 

 it. So to al)out half a dozen bushes I used a (piart of 

 rock-salt, worked into the dirt about three or four 

 inches from the body of the bushes. This was done as 

 soon as I could work the ground in the spring. I Iiad 

 some nice roses, and my bushes grew nearly a foot 

 higher than they ever had before. The next spring 1 

 did not work in the salt until the bushes had begun to 

 leave out. This did not prove as successful as the year 

 ])ef<>re ; so I think, in crder to prevent the ravages of the 

 slug, you must work in the salt as early in tlie spring as 

 possible, so as to hinder the insect from hatching. 



SPECIAL FERTILIZERS, WASHES, AND 

 STIMULANTS 



For JFloK'ers and House- Plants. 



The following has been used with good success in the 

 health of greenhouse plants and out-of-door shrubs and 



