Hints.—Throw the suds left from
washing around your Howers. They
who allow the suds from the weekly
wash to be thrown away waste the
< quivuieiit of a wheelbarrow load of
manure; the best water for plants is
undoubtedly rain water, if it cannot
be obtained, river water will do;
pond waur is not good, and hard
water is positively injurious. Il
conn ibutes to its health and beauty
to sprinkle the whole plant. Look
to the walks in your flower garden,
and see that they are trim insects
injurious to flowers, it is stated, can
be destroyed by the application of a
liquid composed of one part vinegar
aud nine parts water; the mixture
should be applied to vines and plants
with a water-pot with a fine nozzle.
Do not permit coarse weeds like
plain.ains, thistles, aud dandelions
and the like to grow in your lawns
aud edgings, pull them up by hand.
It is now time to sow most kinds of
annuals, with the prospect of satis
factory flowers. Nothing gives a
finer show than Asters. Everlasting
flowers pay for raising ; they are fine
in the garden, and the dried flowers
are pleasing in the parlor in winter.
