Preparation of Soils 



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Pour the mixture into a watering pot and 

 sprinkle the leaves and stems thoroughly. 

 For blight on Potatoes, apply and repeat in a 

 week ; this should cure it. 

 For rust, mildew, black spot and yellow leaf, 

 apply as soon as leaves are affected. 



No. 15 



Bone meal (a feeder) . — It acts slowly ; it should 

 be put on in April and again in mid-summer. 

 Sprinkle a tablespoonful of Bone Meal (less 

 for the smaller plants) around each plant and 

 work it into the soil. 



No. 16 



Coal ashes. — Used to kill the white worm on 

 Delphiniums. Apply in the spring and fail. 



No. 17 



Cottonseed Meal. — For lawns, one ton to the 

 acre. 



No. 18 



Hellebore (an Insecticide). — Dust it on Egg 

 Plant as soon as planted ; also good for aphis 

 on Roses and other plants. 



