Washes For Trees

Complaiuta aru mudo, hero and thero, jhat eertaiu washcs for balk of trees do nore har ffl than good. One, wliose ajiplo treea are mossy and hide bcund, jnd iufostcd witli iuseots, used lime wasli; mother uscd soap ; ano t her tar ; another, a solution of' potash ; but ia nearly every ea3e, with ansatisfactory resulta, The caustio lime kills tho pirasitic planta ar.d the veriniu which iufest the bark ; bat hile a good part oí it washea off, what remains becomes converted hito carbonato cf lime, which filis tho pores of tho iüoer bark, and prevente lts hèalthy expansión and growtb. Comraon soap suds is less hurtful than the solutions of caustio potash or tar. The safost and best W-ish l;!iown to us, is simply a solution of coinmon yal-soda (ofteo cal led bleacher's No. 1 soda,) dissolvod in rain water, at the rute of one pound of soda to a gallon of water, and applied in Spring and Fail It will not hijrt tlio tree, but will destroy tcoBses and othcr fungi ; und no uggs or cocoons of vermin eau stand bofore it. - It will work off the dead bark, and loave a clean bealthy Burfaoe. Hut to insure the bighsst Suecèss from this appücation, the soil about tho roots of the trees shou'd bo drained if it is wet, and be raaourcd if it is barren - American Agricidtiirist. R"iC ïai'- 's Ufe'6 scntinel. It gives waruing of dangor. It is nature's monitor: It says, ' Take caro - vou liavo vi olated tlie laws of heatth - you have wouudüd yourself - desist or you die !" - But wlien the wound is mortal bevond hope, the sontiiiel gives uo challenge. - Puin ia oi' uo use then. The victim must die ; and usually lic suffers little. - Paiu, thereforo, if it be a penalty, is aíso a mercy. It ia dcsigned only to teil us of dangejr and to mako us avoid it.