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Show I Soap In the Garden ...... ,Jfi.T..f. tl.... ..... I I Til rrTTT tVTTTT T T TTTTTTTT JJ'EvV amateur gardeners realize the value of solutions of soap In the garden, especially when used at this tlmo of year. Tho best soap for the purpose Is white castlle, but any mild white soap will suffice. As an Insecticide or fungicide shave an ordinary sized bar of the soap. Add three gallons of lukewarm water and six drops of lemon oil. Stir well and before the water is quite cool spray the plant thoroughly, not only on the top of tho foliage, but under It. The. liquid, besides fumigating tho plants, will enrich the soil, and It Is Invaluable Invalu-able for checking mildew on roses. To keep flowers In nice condition shave a pound of soap very finely Into a gallon of boiling water. When dls- j solved add twenty-four gallons of cold water and use without delay. If a i small quantity Is wanted dissolve one- j sixth of a small cake of soap in a pint 1 of boiling water and add a gallon and a half of cold water. Apply to rose plants, carnations, violet vio-let leaves and the like. Half an hour after applying rinse off the solution with soft, clear water. For begonias, fuchsias, ferns and all tender and bulbous plants add a third more water to the solution so that it will bo about three-fourths as strong as the one mentioned above, and, again, after half an hour, rinse off with clear, soft water. Bo careful always to reach tho under as well as tho upper up-per side of tho leaves. |