o neutralize any caustic effect of the arsenical on the foliage.
Arsenate of lead is used at the rate of 2 pounds to each 50 gallons of
water.

On stone fruits, such as cherry, peach, and plum, arsenicals are likely
to cause injury to foliage and must be used with caution if at all. On
such trees the arsenate of lead is preferable, as it is less injurious
to foliage, and on all trees sticks much better. In spraying for the
tent caterpillar only, applications should be made while the
caterpillars are yet small, as they then succumb more quickly to poisons
than when more nearly full grown, and prompt treatment stops further
defoliation of the trees.--U. S. Dept. Agri.

Color Combinations in the Garden.

MISS ELIZABETH STARR, 2224 FREMONT SO., MINNEAPOLIS.

English books on gardening set forth two principal methods of making a
garden: first, to have each part perfect for a short time each year and
then let it melt into the background for the rest of the season; second,
to have every part of the garden showing some flowers all through the
summer.

These two methods suggest the impressionistic and miniature schools of
painting. With the first method it is possible to get great masses of
color and brilliant effects to be viewed at a distance, but it requires
a great deal of space, with a perennial garden at least, for
unfortunately most of our perennials are in their greatest glory for
only a few weeks at a time. The second method fills more nearly the
needs of the small garden, where the vistas are short and the individual
plant is under close inspection. The greatest difficulty is this, that
the amateur cannot resist the lure of a great variety of plants, and
unless a vigorous thinning out is faithfully practiced and the habit of
growth, the period of blooming, the height and color of each individual
is carefully studied, the effect of the whole is very apt to be mussy
and distracting to the eye, whereas the ideal garden is soothing in
effect.

I have only been studying the problem for the last five or six years, so
that I am still decidedly an amateur, but I have kept a faithful record
of the time of flowering of each variety I have grown in my garden and
have discovered that the time of blooming does not vary more than five
days for each plant no matter whether the season be wet or dry. With
this record at hand I can arrange each part of my garden with a view to
the succession of bloom throughout the summer