The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-28

and has leaves about one foot long. 1t
blossoms from June to August, and
has spikelets containing from seven to
thirteen flowers each the seeds of which
drop into the water. Persons owning
carp ponds would do well to secure the
aid OF some local botanist to identify or
discover it, and transplant it to the
edges of their ponds. DR.. Hessel says
he has found carp eggs adhering to it.
in greater numbers than to any other
plant, and that Its narrow, long, strap
shaped, thin leaves spread softly over
the waters surface, as also its numer-
GUS branches in the water. affording to
the fish the sought for opportunity TO
deposit its eggs upon the tender leaves ="
1t is therefore highly recommended by
the q. S. Fish Commission.
An exchange gives this recipe for
making cheap wash for buildings:
Take clean, water-tight cask and put
into it half bushel of lime. Slack it
by pouring water over it boiling hot,
and in sufficient quantity to cover it
five inches deep. and stir it briskly I'M
til it is thoroughly slackened. When
the lime has been slackened, dissolve It
in water and add two pounds of sui
plate of zinc and one of common salt.
These will cause the wash to harden
and prevent its cracking, which gives
an uDseemly appearance to the work.
A beautiful cream-color may be given
to the wash by adding three pounds of
yellow ochre, or a god pearl or lead
color by the addition of lump OF iron
black. For fawn color add four pounds
of umber, one pound of Indian red and
one pound of common lampblack. For
stone-color add two pounds of raw UNI
Der and two pounds of lampblack
When applied to the outside of houses
and to fences, it is rendered more dur
able by adding about pint of sweet
milk to a gallon of wash.
Perhaps no other fruit tree suffers so
much from neglect of pruning, both at
the time OF planting and in after years,
as the peach. This is owing not only
to the fact that the peach requires an
nual pruning-more than almost any
other fruit bearing tree-but also be-
cause no other fruit tree receives so little
or is so often neglected. In planting,
all side branches should be cut back to
within a few inches of the main stem
the main stem being severed at about
two thirds of the distance from the
ground. Small trees should be pruned
to whip, cutting back the stem very
nearly one-half the way to the ground.
In order to produce what is known as
the bush form-a system followed by
many successful peach growers sever
the main stem from twelve to eighteen
inches from the ground, causing many
shoots to be produced near the earth.
Subsequent pruning consists OF an an
nual cutting back of the main branches
forming a symmetrical contour, and
judicious thinning of the branches.
The latter, however, is of minor i'm
portance, as the inner branches will,
without assistance, in a great measure
die and drop off.-Er.
In removing trees from gardens it is
necessary to carefully remove all roots
along with them, otherwise they will
probably prove a source of annoyance
for long time, by encouraging fungoid
growths of very offensive smelling
kinds. All fruit growers are aware of
mischief wrought in vine and other
fruit-tree borders by burying decaying
wood in them, and thereby generating
a fungus that attacks the roots in the
vines and trees, and soon brings them
into a sickly' condition. During the
present season the owner of villa close
10 me frequently C. implanted that he
could scarcely live in his house. owing
to the disagreeable odor arising from
his garden, and on examination it was
found that a fungus was the canse;
tree in half-dead state had filled the
soil with this pest, puff ball-looking
fungus, which when fully grown aud
above ground gave off an offensive
odor. As plants of most kinds can be |
removed now with safety, any one
troubled With similar pest will do well |
to look to it at once; dig the soil up
decaying wood and fungus; then give a
good dressing of lime. Shrubs and |
trees that die from any cause are too
frequently cut off close to the soil and |
the roots left to decay, but it is far safer !
to carefully dig them up.-Ez.