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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
April, 1911 
FLOMBIN 
’OUR bathroom cannot be properly ven¬ 
tilated unless the vent is located where 
it will act directly and instantaneously. 
The “Boston” Vent of the “Langham” 
closet leads directly from the bowl. It 
immediately removes air from within 
the fixture and continuously ventilates 
the bathroom. The flush valve is em¬ 
bedded in the ware, doing away with 
the usual cistern and exposed metal. 
The screw connection with the waste 
pipe is permanent, unlike the ordinary 
putty joint. It is the ideal fixture for 
fine residences, apartments and hotels. 
Our booklet, 
“MODERN PLUMBING” 
contains illustrations showing 24 modern bathroom interiors, 
ranging in cost from $74 to $3000. Sent on request with 
4 cents to cover postage. 
The J. L. Mott Iron Works 
1828 EIGHTY YEARS OF SUPREMACY 1911 
Fifth Ave. and Seventeenth St., New York 
BRANCHES: Boston. Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Minneapolis. Washing¬ 
ton. St. Louis. New Orleans, Denver. San Francisco, San Antonio, 
Atlanta, Seattle. Indianapolis and Pittsburgh. 
CANADA: 138 Bleury Street, Montreal 
PROTECT ” u p‘Sr, 
coverings from injury. Also beau¬ 
tify your furniture by using Glass 
Onward Sliding Furniture and 
'Piano Shoes in place of casters. 
•If your dealer will not supply you. 
WriteusOnward Mfg. Co. 
U. S. Factory and Glass Plant, 
MeDasha, Wisconsin. 
Canadian Factory, Berlin, Ont. 
PRATT’S 
Will positively destroy SAN JOSE SCALE and all 
soft bodied sucking insects without injury to the 
tree. Simple, more effective and cheaper than 
Lime Sulphur. Not an experiment. On© grallon 
makes 1C to 20 gallons spray by simply adding water* 
Send for Booklet, “Orchard Insurance.” 
Bo G. PRATT CO., 50 CHURCH ST. ( NEW YORK CITY. 
FLEMING’S WELSH QUARRIES AND ROMAN BRINDLED TILE 
For Interior Floors Vestibules, Porches, Terraces. They harmonize with every color scheme and are permanent, 
durable and easily cleaned. 
FLEMING’S ADAMANTINE CLINKER BRICK 
For Stable Floors, Approaches, Areas under Porte Cocheres, and laid in designs around Sun Dial pedestals are most 
attractive. 
All information on application 
HOWARD FLEMING { 
References to work 
} 253 Broadway, New York 
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ing ugly, black, distorted gnarls, at first 
on the smaller limbs. Remove these and 
burn immediately , and keep a sharp watch. 
As this disease is supposed to be carried 
by the wind, see to it that no careless 
neighbor is supplying you with the germs. 
As will have been seen from the above, 
spraying poisons are of two kinds; those 
that work by contact, which must be used 
for most sticking insects and germs and 
fungous diseases; and those that poison 
internally, used for leai-cating insects. Of 
the former sorts, Bordeaux mixture is the 
standard, although within the last few 
years it has been to a considerable extent 
replaced by lime-sulplmr mixtures, which 
are described below. Bordeaux is made 
in various forms. That usually used is 
the 5-5-50, or five pounds copper sulphate, 
five pounds unslaked lime, fifty gallons 
water. To save the trouble of making up 
the mixture each time it is needed, make 
a stock solution as follows: Dissolve the 
copper sulphate in water at the rate of one 
pound to one gallon. This should be done 
the day before, or at least several hours 
before, the Bordeaux is wanted for use. 
Suspend the sulphate crystals in a cloth or 
old bag just below the surface of the water. 
Then shake the lime in a tub or tight box, 
adding the water a little at a time, until 
the whole attains the consistency of thick 
milk. When necessary add water to this 
mixture if it is kept a considerable time; 
never let it dry out. When ready to spray, 
pour the stock copper sulphate solution 
into the tank, in the proportion of five gal¬ 
lons to every fifty of spray required. Add 
water to amount required. Then add 
stock lime solution, first diluting about 
one-half with water and straining. T he 
amount of lime stock solution to be used 
is determined as follows: At the drug¬ 
gist’s get an ounce of yellow prussiate of 
potash dissolved in a pint of water, with a 
quill in the cork of the bottle so that it 
may be dropped out. (It is poison.) When 
adding the stock lime solution as directed 
above, do so until the prussiate testing 
solution when dropped into the Bordeaux 
mixture will no longer turn brown. Add 
a little lime to be on the safe side. All 
this sounds like a formidable task, but it 
is quite simple when you really get at it. 
Remember that all you need is a few 
pounds each of quick-lime and copper 
sulphate, an ounce of prussiate of potash 
and a couple of old kegs or large pails in 
which to keep the stock solutions. 
Lime-sulphur mixtures can be bought 
or mixed by the home orchardist. They 
have the advantage over Bordeaux that 
they do not discolor the foliage or affect 
the appearance of the fruit. Use accord¬ 
ing to directions, usually about one part 
to thirty of water. These may be used at 
the same times, and for the same purposes 
as Bordeaux. 
Lime-sulphur wash is used largely in 
commercial orcharding, hut it is a nasty 
mess to prepare, and must he used in late 
fall or winder. For the home orchard one 
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