Bordeaux mixture is the preparation usually recommended for 
controlling this disease, but entirely satisfactory results have not 
always followed its use. The modified Bordeaux known as 5-5-50 
is the one to be used in this case, the formula being — 
Copper sulphate 5 pounds 
Lime 5 pounds 
Water to make 50 gallons 
One experienced gardener has recently reported that spraying the 
plants with a weak solution of Cabot's sulpho-naphthol will keep the 
rust in check. — From The American Florists. 
Window Boxes 
A very successful planting for window boxes and one which will 
last for several years and require very little care is English ivy, 
euonymus and Jerusalem cherry. Make the boxes so they can be 
detached from the house and carried away in the fall and put in a 
cellar or pit for the winter. Place in the bottom of the boxes some 
broken flower pots then good soil. For a four-foot box provide three 
Jerusalem cherries (in six-inch pots), five English ivy and one euony- 
mus. These plants require little watering. After frost put the boxes 
in a pit or cellar. They require no watering during the winter. 
About the first of April take them out. Pick off all rusty leaves and 
cultivate the soil. Water them with Bordeaux mixture. One week 
later water with manure water. About May 1st water again with 
manure water. 
These window boxes if thus taken care of will last for years. 
They do not require the daily watering as more delicate flowers do. 
It is always difficult to get fine bloom and harmonious color effects 
in window boxes. What could be more restful and charming than 
dark green masses in good order? Virginia E. Verplanck. 
The Flower Shows 
The National Flower Show held in Philadelphia the week of 
March 27 th and the International Flower Show in New York from 
April 5th to 12th were both very beautiful and very successful. 
Perhaps the most interesting and certainly the loveliest of the 
Philadelphia exhibits was a beautifully arranged group of acacias, 
shown by Thomas Roland of Nahant, Mass. There were perhaps 
twenty-five varieties, all charming. The entire exhibition it is said 
was purchased by Mr. Widener, and part of it will be presented to the 
city of Philadelphia. 
