THE WISCONSIN FARM ER.



heard of vaccinating (?) lousy calves with
unguentum (blue ointment), to kill the lice,
and the thought occurred to me it might do
with fruit trees.  I tried mine, and in less
than three days the lice were dead and gone.
  I have a fine young orchard of about 160
trees which is affected more or less with bark
lice. This spring, (some four weeks ago), I
applied the ointment to some four or five of
the worst trees. The result is the lice are all
loose on the bark. and you can rub thein off
with your hand.
  My mrode is to slit the bark up and down
the body, about one inch long, in two or three
places, raise the bark with the point of a knife
on each side, and put in the ointment; also
apply to some of the largest limbs, and your
work is done.           SFYXvOsR CARVER.
t?.otrt. Wis., Jute 15, 1863.

            Gardieing by Ladie.

  r We had the pleasure last sumtuer of visit-
ing the delightful residence of " Sam. Slick,"
on the banks of the upper Thames, near Rich-
mond, and can thus, trom personal observa-
tion, corroborate the complimentary statement
of the Gardener's correspondent. "Sam." was
not there, but the beautiful garden and the
fair gardener were. Would there were more
such gardens, and more such women.-El.]
  A correspondent of the London Co1aWe Gar-
dener, describing the residence of Mr. Justice
ilaliburton, the " Sam Slick " of literary no-
toriety, says:
  " I paid a visit to these gardens about a
year since on the occasion of a fancy fair giv-
en for some charitable purpose, and never do
I remember to have seen bedding done so well
or so choice a collection of plants brought to-
gether in a place of so limited an extent. I
was given to understand by a florist of some
celebrity who was present, that the arrange-
ment of the beds and the selection of the
plants were in the hands of the lady occupier
herself.
  "Their taste for the harmonizing of colors
I consider natural in all women of refined
education, only unfortunately many of them
display their taste in decorating themselves
more than in ornamenting their gardens.
  "But if ladies were to follow gardening
more usually than they are apt to do. how
much oftener we should see the cheek resem-
ble the rose in place of the lily; and how soon



also we should perceive the lighter tints made
use of in decorating the inside of the bonnets.
They would soon be aware that glaring color-
ing was not suited to their complexions so well
as the more subdued shades.
  "Moreover, God has given us health that
we may enjoy the blessings he sends, and de-
pend upon it, that where a lady gardener re-
sides it is there the physician's carriage seldom
stops..



               The Gailnardia.
  This is a representative of another species
of magnificent plants, with bright, showy
flowers of several shades of color. It blooms
profusely, and the flowering continues a long
time.

        Fmit Trees-What am Hardy.

  This question, which has received the ear-
nest attention of professional fruit growers in
the West during the past five years, is one up-
on which opinion is variously divided, accord-
ing to the extent of observation and experi-
ence, as well as the peculiar location of the
grower.
  We think it is oftcu decided upon very lim-
ited observation-upon a single experiment
perhaps, or that experiment based upon some
mistake in the names of varieties; this latter
especially is common. The tendency is to en-
large the list of 'hardy' to a degree which



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