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Show TO PREVENT GREEN ALGA To prevent the green alga that forms on flower pots, soak the pots in the following solution: Take three ounces of copper carbonate and make a thick paste of it with water, using a wooden pail for the purpose. Dilute Di-lute five pints of strong ammonia with 20 pints of water. Add the diluted ammonia to the paste and stir thoroughly. thor-oughly. . Add water to make 50 gallons gal-lons or in this proportion. Scions for next spring's grafting should be cut now. Take them from the tips of the limbs and bury them in sand in the cellar. Do not allow the earth to dry out but It must not be kept too wet. |