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  2. Field and Garden Reminders for February.

    During January the coastal districts, the high tablelands, and a portion of the central division of the State, were favored with light to heavy rains, the latter, however, occurring principally ...

    Article : 1,178 words
  3. ORCHARD AND FRUIT GARDEN,

    The dry 'weather that was experienced during the 'time that the early crops were 'advancing to maturity had a marked effect upon the fruit, and a great percentage of that forwarded to the ...

    Article : 703 words
  4. THE BUSH HOUSE.

    All vigorous-growing plants, and also those in hanging baskets, should be liberally watered and syringed overhead early in the mornings and late in the evenings of fine, sunny days. Ferns that ...

    Article : 158 words
  5. SEMI-TROPICAL CULTIVATION..

    Sub-tropical fruits, such as mangoes, jack fruit, pineapples, etc., should be gathered before they are thoroughly ripe, if intended for the market, more especially if they have to be sent long ...

    Article : 244 words
  6. THE FLOWER GARDEN.

    Although the season has not been the most favorable one on record for gardening operations, still, where abundant supplies of water have been available for irrigation purposes, there is quite a ...

    Article : 719 words
  7. Destroying Weeds on Walks and Carriage Drives.

    Arsenic is the substance employed, in conjunction with common soda. The former can be had. from 'wholesale druggists in Icwt kegs. This quantity of arsenic requires 2'cwt of soda to make ...

    Article : 465 words
  8. THE KITCHEN GARDEN.

    Until the recent change for the better in the weather, it was practically impossible to grow rich, succulent vegetables without irrigation, and unless in the most favored districts, abundant ...

    Article : 769 words
  9. A New Remedy Against Phylloxera.

    Professor Vassiliere, in the Gironde, France, as quoted in "Some Miscellaneous Results of the Work of the Division of Entomology," U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1901, has for several ...

    Article : 197 words
  10. THE GLASS HOUSE.

    On hot, sunny days shade should be weir provided for, and plenty of water should be sprinkled on the pathways and staging, in order to insure a good degree of humidity in the structure. On ...

    Article : 229 words
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