Year: 1879

neldS and gardens. thce eStaDlSneu they are extirpated only at large out lay of time and labor. Digging them out root end branch, moving them down repeatedly or smoothing them, accord ing as they propagate from seed, root, or from both, on their first appearance and while yet young and tender, is the only method by which clean fields are rem dered comparatively easy possession.

 To carry on an intelligent war against weeds it is necessary to know somewhat oftheir growth and nature. Many weeds resist every effort to destroy them ex- cepting the very tiresome one of roofing them out. Attempting to kill them above surface is only o much labor lost. White daisies, one of the weeds in meadows which spreads from both root and seed, should be dug out before the blossom natures, that the seed crop for that year may be destroyed as well as the germ which produces the stem and blossom the next. This is most readily accomplished immediately after rain, when the ground is soft. The same may be said of the iron weed, which usually shows itself in bottom lands and is of similar habit. When either of these pests has spread to such an extent as to render digging it out impracticable, the field should be plowed up before the seed natures.

 The irrepressible Canada thistle, so conspicuous among troublesome plants, while subdued somewhat with repeated and frequent mowings is not often de- stroyed by this means alone. A certain triumph is gained by choking and smoothing it. The weaker growth of some field crop which overtops it and deprives its leaves of sufficient light and air, will soon check and eventually de- stroy it. Rye sown on infested fields re- 'luces thistles by it's quicker and taller growth, and prepares the ground for seeding down to clover and timothy, which in year or two so preoccupies the ground as to drive out the missiles. The mowings they receive when the grass is cut assist, of course, in enfeebling their growth. Thistles will unquestion- ably die out in a few months when they arc buried underground all the time by blowing. Once turned under deeply, if the soil be heavy, the blowing need not be repeated for at least one month. In light soils it must be done oftener, the secret of success lying in the pre- vention of any growth above ground.

 Burdocks cut off near the surface will spring up phnnix-like any time, but if cut from three to six inches under the surface there will soon be an end of them.

 Elders and briers that grow so per sistently in fence-corners and neglected places may be destroyed by cutting down and then pasturing with sheep. When this is not practicable blow up the in- tested land, harrow out the roots and plant in corn. A year or two of culti- vation isl good course to pursue.

 Ray-weed, also milk-weed, can be ex- terminated by constant cutting. Plan tain, il not permitted to mature its seed for two years, will die out. This remedy is effected by cutting off the seed stalks before the seed are ripe. May and August arc fitting months in which to mow such weeds as succumb from loss of their leaves.

 A top dressing of manure, any fall after crop of hay is taken off, will do much to keep down pestiferous weeds and grasses. There is a great deal also to be said in favor of naked fallows, both for the extirpation of troublesome plants and insect pests.-Nc10 York World.

 Three Flowers for the Garden.

 The tuberose, while yearly planted in the majority of flower gardens, does not always reward the expectant gardener with a yield of sweet scented flowers, only mass of rank green leaves being produced from the bulbs that were placed with care in one of the choice spots of the flower-bed. The cause of these frequent failures, florists explain, is a simple one and once understood may prevent the repetition of a barren plant. Tuberose bulbs by being kept in too low temperature during winter decay in the center sufficiently to destroy the flower gem. The bulbs to insure blooms must be kept both dry and warm from October until May. As the out ward appearance of the affected bulbs re- sembles healthy ones it is advised by Peter Henderson and other well-known authorities that the initiated in making a selection in the spring reject all bulbs that do not show signs of vegetation from the center of the bulb, for whilt they will occasionally flower when tho center does not show green they arc always doubtful. The mode of culture is simple. After the ground has beer prepared by being well spaded and man ured, set the bulbs six inches apart ant at least four inches below the surface.

 Gladioluses are of easy culture Planted out the first week in May the, will be in bloom in July, and by makin: successive plantings every two week until the middle of July they can be haC in perfection as late as November. The will thrive in most soils, but succeed best in sandy loam. In any soil tn flowers may be increased in richness an, color and in size by enriching the be' with manure. The authority alread quoted says that all bulbs of the gladio lus will flower if over three quarters c an inch in diameter, but of course tn larger ones are liable to produce tn larger spikes of flowers.

 The tiger flower, one of the most at tractive of all bulbs, like the gladiolus will furnish succession of blooms dur ing the summer and autumn if successiv paintings are made every fortnight unti July. It's treatment is similar to that c the gladiolus, excepting that greater car is necessary in keeping the bulbs durin winter. After being dried they shoul be stored in some dry place where the, will not freeze.

 The Care of ChiIdrens Hair.