lice at
(best white) | | | |the root and black
HOHENZOLLERN | | | |goldenrod beetles on the
(new large | | | |flowers--must be guarded
flowers.) | | | |against--the first by
| | | |digging sulphur powder,
| | | |unslaked lime, nitrate of
| | | |soda, or wood ashes into
| | | |the soil both before
| | | |sowing the seed and again
| | | |into the place where they
| | | |are transplanted; the
| | | |beetle must be dislodged
| | | |by careful hand picking.
| | | |Cover the seeds with half
| | | |an inch of soil, and in
| | | |transplanting set the
| | | |plants from a foot to
| | | |eighteen inches apart,
| | | |according to variety.
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SWEET ALYSSUM, | H.A. |White, | 1 ft. |A cheerful little
Variety | | fragrant | |mustard-shaped flower
Maritimum | | | |borne in short, thick
| | | |spikes, useful for edgings
| | | |or to supply the white
| | | |setting necessary to
| | | |groups of party-coloured
| | | |flowers.
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BALSAM | T.A. |White, | 18 in. |A rapid-growing, tender
Camellia flowered | |peach, | |annual from India, and
| |carmine, | |while rather stiff in form
| |lavender, | |of growth, very decorative
| |rose,