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Show l .Vr, ' HORTICULTURAL NOTES. - vvrt Apples should be barreled up Ik fore '. $"'"'" putting' into the pit. fafi'1' , An eastern fruit man rays the pear i tree will thrive better after being' mis- 1 tieated than almost any other kind of I tree. Hoot or crown galls attack apple. , i " cherry, peach ajid other trees, nnd the t,f- raspberry. It is spread from aiTeeted ,' t - nurseries. It is believed there is no ' ( cure for it. 'The. trees should be dug out -nnd burned. V'; If house plants become frozen, ' darken the room and sprinkle wit li vn- ' lea from the well, with a few drops of spirit.s of camphor in it. Keep the temperature at 45 degrees, for 24 hours. i 'f This is the advice given by a flower . grower. , t 'I ' ' ',& t Black-knot occurs in every state of " '" i this union. The 'remedy is to cut out and burn the knots us fast a formed, and when the foliage is all gone in wiii- . ter (jo over tfiVm carefully to cut of -. ' and burn any that may have been hid ' , by the leaves. , t Prof. Lodeninn, who has been epcri i ' . ,t ,lf iuentinr with old and new Bordoaux ,, V ', mixtures, says, in the Rural New York- ' y ''. ' "' cr, that only freah made is safe to use, 'n , 'beeause it is' dillleult to keep old njfi- '' ' "- " itvtod RiilTiciently to accomplish its , ' '"' c ,"- "work properly in the case of fungous -Sti ' ' diseases. fl , n.' ,; rotuHh for tho Orrhnrrt. ,;i t, v' Potash plays an important paTt in I "H ' the development of the fleshy part of a I , j. " fruits and for thLs reason orchnrdists 1 I , : would do well 1o investigate into the . Avlsdom of applying it to their trt'es ', jl , as a fertilizer. This is an. eipeclally ,"J . $ important point when applied to those 5A"i localities where the soil is naturally i 'u -! deficient in potash. In some cases this ' " , ' deflciCMiey can be supplied by wood J. ' . ashes but in goncral, the use of the ? t potash sails, muriate, sulphate orkainit x , will be necessary. Itural World. !-'; ' ' I . '"" i i |