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upon spraying and sprays in order that he 
may see for himself from actual and care¬ 
fully tried experiments what preparations 
are likely to give the best results. The 
percentages of efficiency obtained from 
the various preparations are sure to prove 
not only an interesting but in all probabili¬ 
ty, a money saving study. 
The growing of dwarf fruits offers one 
of the greatest fields for the development 
and use of the skill of the amateur; and 
the rewards which he may obtain therein 
for his labor will certainly be among the 
most highly prized. 
Ornamental Tub Plants 
(Continued from page 178) 
half pound of alum lumps to a bushel of 
soil being the simplest application. Iron 
filings treated with muriatic acid is another 
method. 
Good turfy loam well enriched with well 
decayed cow manure suits them as to soil, 
and an open, sunny position in summer. In 
winter the hydrangeas should be stored in 
a light, cool cellar and given only enough 
water to prevent the roots drying up; in 
summer water should be freely supplied. 
The lantanas are remarkable bloomers 
showing many attractive shades of color. 
They make neat, symmetrical plants, usual¬ 
ly as broad as high and continue in bloom 
the entire summer. They are of the easiest 
culture and do best on the east side of the 
house where they have the morning sun. 
In winter the plants may be stored in a 
frost-proof cellar and treated much the 
same as hibiscus, requiring rather more 
warmth than the hydrangeas. 
The lantanas are easily raised from seed 
which should be started in flats in the 
house or green-house early in March and 
potted when the plants have two pairs of 
leaves. They should be shifted rapidly 
from pot to pot as they fill them with 
roots until the time comes for putting them 
outside, when they may be given a twelve- 
inch pot or larger and will soon be in 
bloom. I have raised from spring-sown 
seed plants which by mid-summer were 
two feet or more in diameter and covered 
with a mass of flowers. 
The Epicure in the Garden 
(Continued from page 189) 
The mushroom house is a shed set 
against the side of a north wall, and a hot- 
water pipe, used only in severe weather, 
however, goes through it. The bed is 
composed of good horse-dung and loam, 
and is renewed from time to time when 
one lot of spawn seems worked out. Roots 
of rhubarb and chicory stand on the floor 
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