House and Garden 
pounds of good clean stone lime in from 
five to ten gallons of hot water. If the 
lime is quick so that it boils violently 
in slaking, add the sulphur while the 
boiling is going on, so as to take advan¬ 
tage of this heat to help cook the mix¬ 
ture. If the lime is slow and does not 
slake readily, give it plenty of time and 
add water very slowly, so that it will not 
“drown” and refuse to slake entirely. 
In dealing with this slow-slaking lime 
add the sulphur after it is thoroughly 
slaked. 
After adding the sulphur dilute to 
about twenty-five gallons and boil for 
forty-five minutes. Then dilute to fifty 
gallons and apply while hot. The lime 
sulphur wash should not be allowed to 
stand over night before using, especially 
in the concentrated solution. It will not 
lose all value, but it is not so good as 
when fresh. The wash should be 
strained as it goes into the spray tank. 
—Home and Farm. 
HARDY PERENNIALS 
\X 7 ELL arranged and trimly kept 
* * borders of hardy herbaceous per¬ 
ennials soon grow into a source of much 
pleasure and considerable profit to any¬ 
one who has made the raising and selling 
of plants his occupation. Such a collec¬ 
tion, being a part of the stock in trade, 
should be well chosen and should chiefly 
consist of such varieties as are truly 
hardy, sure to do well and well known 
and liked by all classes of people. There 
are any number of kinds that will in 
every particular come up to these re¬ 
quirements. 
This is the beginning of the season 
when the hardy border looks its bright¬ 
est. Keeping the bed free of weeds, 
staking, tying, labeling and watering is 
work to be attended to at this time. 
Little in the way of shifting or replant¬ 
ing, or of propagating by division or 
cuttings can now be attempted. But 
seeds of various kinds may be sown at 
this time of the year. It is this one of 
the many ways in which to provide good 
stock for next year’s sales, a way open 
to such retail florists whose lack of 
sufficient garden space forbids the main¬ 
tenance of a hardy herbaceous border. 
The seeds of nearly all varieties, that 
may thus be raised to any advantage, 
germinate readily and quickly grow into 
sturdy little plants. All of them trans- 
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Drinking Fountains 
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Gas and Electric Light Posts and Lamps 
Stable and Cattle House Fittings 
Flower Vases in Cast Iron and Bronze 
Statuary Settees and Chairs 
Tree Guards 
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Every detail carefully developed m a 
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Architects designs carefully executed. 
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