CATALOGUE 
pare the liquid the evening before using, by dissolving one ounce < > 
of the Ammonia in two gallons of water. It may be applied ] $ 
once a week with safety, or if the plants are flowering freely, twice < j 
a week. A good fertilizer may also be made, by dissolving one > I 
pound of Guano in ten gallons of water, letting it stand twenty- I < 
four hours ; this may be used once a week, but not in connection 1 ? 
with the Ammonia. Whore either of the above cannot be oh- > s 
tained. Hen manure may be used as a substitute, by preparing it < < 
as recommended for Guano. ? > 
Shower the plants two or three times a week, in order to keep s s 
the foliage clean and free from dust that is constantly settling 1 1 
upon them in dry rooms. Use rain water for the plants in aU > > 
cases, when it can be had. < s 
Keep down the insects by fumigating with Tobacco, once in ? < 
two or three weeks. They must not be allowed to get the start, I > 
as it will take the plant a long time to recover from the injury < < 
done by them. Place a dish of coals under the plant stands and ^ < 
throw on a handfull of Tobacco, (better if moist,) ten or fifteen I > 
minutes smoking will bo suflicient. Where there are but few < t 
plants, set them in a group upon the kitchen floor, place a few > ) 
chairs about them, over which throw an old quilt or carpet, form- s S 
ing a sort of tent, set the coals and Tobacco underneath, but not 1 1 
so near as to scorch the plants. In this way, the insects may bo > > 
destroyed without the inconvenience of having the smoke in the < < 
sitting-room. j i 
dtultibatiou in lije (Sarbin. || 
Prepare the ground in the Fall, by throwing it into high ridges 5 s 
and spreading over it a coating of wood ashes, and upon these, 1 1 
old and well decomposed stable manure. In thus exposing the j ) 
whole to the action of frost, the worms and larva of insects are s i 
in a great measure destroyed. The soil becomes pulverized and ; ) 
receives a share of Ammonia from the snows and rains of Win- > > 
ter. If the soil be too sandy, so much so as to be incapable of re- s I 
taining sufiBcient moisture to sustain the plants in very dry ! ^ 
