proved by three applications of Bordeaux applied from the end of 
April to early May. Pick off all the old leaves, clean out all de- 
cayed material which might harbor eggs of insects, and spray with 
Bordeaux. Give the first application about the 24th of April, the 
second ten days later and the last about the 1 3th of May. This treat- 
ment of the English Ivy will make the plants produce quantities of 
leaves of beautiful green, and the plants will be healthier all summer. 
If a vine or shrub has an accident and loses all its leaves but is not 
dead, the three applications of Bordeaux will restore the growth. 
Sometimes beetles will strip a plant completely of its leaves, but Bor- 
deaux will repair the damage. 
Virginia E. Verplanck. 
Suggestions 
As a member of the Committee on Improvement of Highways 
and Settlements I desire to impress upon the Garden Club of America, 
through the good offices of The Bulletin, the great need there is 
for all the clubs to do their share in trying to exterminate poison ivy 
from their respective districts. 
Personally I am ignorant of the best means of ridding the country 
of this poisonous plant, but I shall be grateful for any information 
The Bulletin can give me. 
Maria W. B. Hamill, 
Garden Club of Princeton. 
Perhaps it may be of interest to the readers of The BULLETIN 
to know that there is now on the market a satisfactory lantern to show 
postal cards and photographs, without the trouble or expense of hav- 
ing glass slides made. This lantern shows colored cards, or those in 
black and white equally well, and is extremely simple to use, as it is 
equipped with a long cord and screw, which fits into any electric socket. 
Abbie M. Field, 
Garden Club of Cincinnati 
At the suggestion of a member of The BULLETIN Committee, 
The Bulletin asks for articles on the subjects following: 
Substitutes for the fertilizers, such as potash, nitrate of soda, etc., 
now made unobtainable through the war. 
Culture of plants and shrubs in pots and tubs — soil and care. 
Possibilities of wintering plants in pits, and without artificial heat, 
in climates where thermometer occasionally falls to 1 5 below zero. 
Possibilities of size and economics in gardens run by the owner 
and one inexperienced man. 
Successful staking. 
