The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Ëv&tistofl. wbre, n akes bnus vau- INSECTS ÀND spgÀky MATERIALS KILLS ANTS liolUSEWIVE - Mauter Ant KIller ri4g your home of ants Ini 24 hours. .Money back guarante. gold at store». Joue PrudUet C..9rnwa.uk.., Wl.. A. B. PITTLiLS ~SPECIAL le SALE [FuIE Lim.eof Amnuul Laàstýweek we descïibed.twvo relativcly new and* very reînarkable insecticides wbich undoubtedly will i-apidlyreplace lead arsenate,- Paris Green, nicotine- sut. f ate,. and similar, well known but oion ous insecticides. 'Pyrethrom and rotonone, eacb non-poisonous and noninjurions to plants,- are the' most efficient and satisfactory spray materials for the modem home gardener. Now it isnecegsary to consider how thèse niateniais should be used. The insects attacking gardeit, and ornamentai plants are of two general types: The Cheu4pig. whiclî do (lainage by eating tihe plnt Parts. Ire coftrolled( by placing upon the plant such iaterials .as will act as a stotnach poison wlien the plant is eaten. Certain chewin.g insects cani be killed by niaterials coining in contact with their bodies. Stickin i insects perforate the leaf, stem, or twig surface and stick the sap froni within. The stomach poisons do not affect them but because their bodies are usually soft they can bc controlled by maierials, UP#IOLSflRINs ing inhect whicb lias been almost 'n-, possible to control. Ii) thegeenthouse' the only success fui method. was bofumigate %wiJth-hydrocyanic acid gas, a niaterial -very deadly tb the men ,fprced, b work wltb if. 'In the garden sucb fuiniigatign vas, impossible but no* white] fly cati bec oritroille by spraying the plants with either of these: two materia1l. according to directions. The insects wbich do the most daniage the garden and green house inchîde, In aphjids. white fly, thrips, red spiders, leaf rollers. nîidge, variou betties and cater-: pillers, leaf :hoppers, rose chaffers; cut worms, web Worms, and others wliich iîîfest the soit., Many of these can be controlled.by pyrcthrumi and aIl of -tiien by rotenoiie or by rotenone and p yrethrtnî cnbined. Little Go.. Long Way The ~pyretlwum and rotefione spray.. oFbtai,îable on the mnarket are very concetitrated if ini the liquid forni. A littie goes a long way. Thlus one ounce wiIl. prepare six gallonrs of spray for aphids and leaf rollers. five gallons of spray for leaf hoppers. and nearly one gallon of. spray for Red spiders, root aplîids, beetie, and other more difficuht insects. Tlîe control of insects in the home garden, is now (-) simplified and' sol i F Pietn n ii Rose Ainq IlsnprOved TheI îîext year a few plants, were sclected front this new group, and the seed saved. After several years of plantirîg and seleëting, the new'-strain of petunia .1. was finally proved worth wvhile. This year Rose King Improved m'a, gi vet a special mention by the AIlAmnerica Selections Committee. and caun be lîad by the amnateur for his garden. It is a rose-pink colon, with a clearness that is at once striking and permanient. The shade, is uniforin, and "s.iult yl cl%111ggn *nsect infesting the plant ini order to de- wniriwee termrine wbat spray material. should )>e Plans used. Plants showing eaten areas on theleaves were usitally sprayed with arsenate of lead. or other arsenical poisons, 1 or with Paris green. Planits ini an un-: tbrifty and weak condition and inifested1 North shore g'arleicrs wlîo visitedj with smiall lice-ike inseets wvere usually 'the exhibit of the American Iris sosprayed with nicotine sulfate. These cietv whicli was held at Garfield Park, materials were 1101 interchangeable and coll-setrvator3' on Saturday and Sunivere mîuc had little if any effect on the type of iii- day. May 30 andI 31, , 011 1fb.r nrGn David Hall Wins Award at Exhibit - The plants have a nice erect braiîching habit, niakiig. them excellent cut ting miaterial for bouquets~. They- art free flowering, and grow as easily as other miembers of the large petIliaý famuly. This is a fine time of year to plant petunia seed directly in the ground. Nlix the. seed with a littie sand to preVent crowding, and when the seedIiihgs appear, thin scrupulously. They L Dundee RosiE .djoiaing sky Kamd g cakes fof abouàt s'8W