Destroying Mildew

Marshall P. Wilder, in a communication to the Journal of Agriculture, speaking of mildew on grapes, greenhouse plants, and elsewhere, says, " We have for more than fifteen years used sulphur for this purpose, and in no instance has it failed to effect a speedy cure. We have known instances where mildew, in the space of a few days, would spread its sporules over a large rose-house, destroying nearly all the foliage of the plants, and this, by the use of sulphur spread on the walks and over the plants, was extirpated in a short period".

Destroying Weeds On Lawns

W. Nichol, in the Cottage Gardener, speaks highly of the use of oil of vitriol for ' eradicating plantain and other weeds on garden lawns, having applied it successfully for several years. He says: " We use a small narrow-necked glass bottle, such as is used by chemists in laboratories, etc. One may be purchased at any chemist's at a very trifling cost. If the glass stopper in the side be kept firmly in its place, the liquor will only come out in drops, and therefore the operator is not so likely to waste the acid or throw it over his clothes, as would otherwise be the case. If the acid can be procured pure it may be considerably diluted with water, in some cases quite one-half, and it will still be sufficiently strong for all weed-killing purposes."

Destruction Of Peace Buds

Dec. 27th exhibited the coldest morning of the present winter. At three o'clock A. M., the thermometer stood at 22° below zero; at daylight at 17°, the wind having changed to the east, meanwhile. Previously to this severe weather a large portion of the fruit buds of the peach, retained their vitality. Immediately subsequent to that day, they were generally dead. I have a few very strong seedlings, however, that are yet safe. C. E. Goodrich. Utica. Feb. 6, 1851.

Destruction Of Trees In England

The destruction of trees in England is attracting some discussion. A distinguished member of the Cheshire Board of Agriculture, at a recent meeting, expressed the opinion that if the practice of destroying trees and hedges went on at the present rate, there would be no shade left, and "the cows would have to carry parasols."

Drain Pipes - -Where drain pipes in fields have been coated with gas-tar, all difficulty about choking with roots is avoided; for the roots turn away from the tar as though they were sensible of their danger.

Thirty barrels of blackberry wine brought a Carroll Co., Ky., man, $1,575. The wine was made at odd times last summer.

A Garden Aviary And Border Of Flowers

Corresponding Editors: Josiah Hoopes, James Taplen Vol. 29. October, 18t4. No. 340

Destruction To House Bugs

The French Academy of Sciences is assured, by Baron Thenard, that boiling soap and water, consisting of two parts of common soap, and 100 parts of water by weight, infallibly destroys bugs and their eggs. It is enough to wash walls, woodwork, Ac., with the boiling solution, to be entirely relieved from this horrid pest.