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weather than other styles. Loose flowing 
cravats are worn underneath this collar, 
knotted carelessly in front. 
Cashmeres for young girls this summer 
will be made of two colors—for example, of 
light and dark blue percale. Tile sleeves and 
overskirt are light blue, the rest of the dress 
dark ; morocco bolt of pale blue, with oxy- 
dized silver clasps and chains, Hat of white 
straw or Florence braid, with brim turned 
up at one side ; a band of light and dark blue 
ribbon. 
Aprons will be worn often in place of over- 
and the practice is recommended to grape 
growers generally, especially for varieties 
that are subject to mildew or blighting of 
the foliage. Let us all give the experiment 
a trial and report the results next year. 
CHILDREN’S CLOTHES 
FLORICULTURAL NOTES 
For boys who have just left off dresses, 
kilted skirts are universally worn. The kilts 
extend all around the skirt except in front, 
which is a plain tabiier trimmed with braid 
and buttons or bows or rosettes down the 
center. These skirts are made of the .Scotch 
tartan, dark blue waterproof, ladies’ cloth 
or brown linen. The waists are made with¬ 
out vests, buttoning over the white shirt 
front or waist; a wide falling ruffle, round 
or'square linen collar is worn with them. 
Boys of larger size—say eight years old- 
wear Knickerbockers with two rows of braid 
up tbo outside. These may be made of basket 
dot h or linen. The vest is single breasted, 
the coat buttoning over ft: or, if preferred, 
and what will he more suitable for the coun¬ 
try. is a belted blouse of linen or cloth. For 
boys of this age the Turkish or Zouave suit 
is used, made of cloth or linen find braided 
with soutache. The pantaloons reach only 
to the knees. A11 young children wear striped 
stockings and high Polish boots. 
The sailor suits have lost none of their pop¬ 
ularity. Dark blue navy flannel is the most 
suitable material. An anchor is embroidered 
on the collar and sleeves. Very fancy suits 
of whil e flannel trimmed with blue are worn 
by children who have extensive wardrobes 
and mothers to whom the washing is of no 
consideration. With these suits are worn 
sailor hats of tarpaulin or white and mixed 
straws. 
The most fashionable hats for little child¬ 
ren is of silk, with straight high crown and 
brims slightly curling at the sides. Straw 
hats are shaped in the same way. Turbans 
Pot Coverer.— A novelty in the way of a 
pot-cove re r, has been invented by M. Gorse, 
10 Rue Legrattler, of Paris, which may re¬ 
commend itself to the notice of those who 
cultivate plants in rooms. It consists sim¬ 
ply of a circular piece of zinc mode to lit 
the top of the pot, and divided into semi¬ 
circles, united by a hinge at one point of 
contact. In the center, a space is left, which 
allows free passage for the stem of the plant. 
The utility of M. Ggrsk’h invention seems 
chiefly to point to the, fact that plants thus 
protected will require much less water than 
they otherwise would do, as the evaporation 
from the soil in the pot is very considerably 
diminished. 
Arrangement of Flowers with Ref err nee, 
to Color. —The Canada Farmer says :— A 
few simple rules in the arrangement of flow¬ 
er beds will materially enhance the effect 
produced. Among these are ; 
I. Avoid placing rose-colored next to scar¬ 
let, orange, or violet. 
3. Do not place orange next to yellow, nor 
blue next to violet. 
3. White relieves any color, but do not 
place it next to yellow. 
1. Orange goes well with blue, and yellow 
with violet. 
5. Rose color and. purple always go well 
together, 
SlemleHH Ladies' Slipper. —The California 
Horticulturist gives a finely-colored engrav¬ 
ing of this plant (Vyprip pedluvi acuale, 
Ait.) —a red or purple TOae-oolored variety. 
The plant has no branching or leafy proper 
stem, but only a flower stem with two ob¬ 
long root leaves, The pink or purple lower 
lip has a somewhat closed Assure down its 
whole length in front. The scape is one-* 
flowered, bract greenish, and sepals more or 
loss colored. Flowers in May or June. 
Rejnedy for Slugs.— A correspondent of 
the Gardener’s Chronicle says that he has 
found gas-tar water, diluted to the color of 
weak coffee, to ho the best, preventive to the 
ravages of slugs on all garden crops, and 
also an excellent manure, applying it by 
night from an ordinary watering pot, and 
half the slugs will be killed, and the rest 
much weakened. A second dose, after an 
interval of a week, is sufficient to banish 
them altogether. 
Daisy '‘Queen Victoria." —A correspond¬ 
ent sends the editor of the Gardener’s 
Monthly a new daisy (which 1m pronounces 
‘“grand”) saying, “ It is from Europe, and 
we received it under the recommendation of 
being the finest daisy ever sent out. After 
giving il a j’uur’s thorough trial, we feel free 
to say wc have found nothing in its behavior 
to mar its good reputation.” 
Pond Lilies. —1 noticed in your paper 
of December 13, 1373, what Phenial Field 
Said about pond lily culture, and I would 
like to know his address, if his lilies are the 
white, and if he has any for sale, aud the 
price.— A. B. Armsthonu, Litchfield O., Pa. 
VINEYARD NOTES 
Guano vs. Phylloxera .—It was announced 
at a recent meeting of the Academic- das 
Sciences, that the methods adopted in the 
department of the Herault for flooding the 
vineyards with water strongly infiltrated 
RICH SOILS BEST FOR HONEY PRO 
DUCING PLANTS. 
Mu. E. Galldp of Iowa, has noted the 
conditions of soil and climate most favorable 
for the production of hooey in flowers. The 
facts he gives are worth remembering:—If 
the atmosphere is moist and warm, and well 
charged with electricity, then is the timeout* 
flowers produce the most forage. On the 
contrary, the air may be dry, warm or hot, 
and flowers produce nothing. But by heavily 
manuring a piece of land for while clover or 
buckwheat, wo can cause it to produce honey 
in a dry or cool season. Manure warms up 
the land, and it also causes a vapor of moist¬ 
ure to arise from the soil, which does not 
arise from an impoverished soil. We have 
noticed this repeatedly. We. have seen a 
row of currant bushes alive with bees, that 
had been heavily manured the season pre¬ 
vious, while a row that was not manured 
was not visited by bees. We have seen a 
four-acre patch of white clover that had 
been heavily manured the season previous, 
covered with bees, while the clover field by 
the side of it was not visited by a single bee. 
We have had some buckwheat on poor land, 
and on rich land at the same time. That on 
the poor laud wasnot vl 1 I a, on 
the rich land w;is alive with bees, and fairly 
scented the air with sweet around. White 
clover on warm, sandy land, produced abund- 
the past seasou, while on clay 
USE OF SULPHUR IN THE VINEYARD. 
M. B. Bateiiam, in the Horticulturist, says 
of the reports made of recent experiments 
in the use of sulphur on Catawba vineyards 
on the Islands: It was stated by one of the 
grape-growers from there, that sulphuring 
the vines had been practiced to some extent 
for several years past, and that when 
judiciously done, it was found a certain pre¬ 
ventive of mildew and rotting of the fruit, 
and also of the blighting of the foliage; and 
where this was practiced, in 1873, the vines 
ripened their wood so well as to suffer but 
little damage from the winter, and thus pro¬ 
duced a half crop, while vineyards not sul¬ 
phured bore no fruit at all. These, facts will 
cause a very general use of sulphur here¬ 
after, and much improvement is expected 
therefrom. The practice is to mix the sul¬ 
phur with an equal quantity of flue, air- 
slaked lime, and apply the powder with a 
bellows, of which they manufacture a very 
cheap style for the purpose. The first uppli • 
catiou is made as soon as the blossoms are 
off in June, and repeat once a month or so 
during the summer. The labor and expense 
ance of forage l 
J soil it produced nothing, 
