154 Every Day in my Ga?^den 



No. 4 



Sand. Contains iron and silica. 



No. 5 



Loam. The soil just under sod. 



No. 6 



Soil treated with sulphur and soot will drive 

 away cut-worms and ants. It is especially 

 good for Pansies and Snapdragons, Use 

 one-half pound sulphur to five pounds sooto 

 Strew this lightly on the ground and rake it in. 



No. 7 



The soil of the garden should be treated 

 with salt and lime every three years. Fifteen 

 hundred pounds of salt to seven hundred and 

 fifty pounds of lime per acre. Sprinkle this 

 on the surface of the ground in the fall to be 

 absorbed. 



No. 8 



The Nursery-bed. This is a place in a garden 

 in which to plant seeds of hardy annuals. 

 Make it ten feet long by three feet wide, use 

 very fine soil, one part manure to three parts 

 soil. 



