Miscellaneous.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 173, 9 October 1886, Page 4

Miscellaneous.

Window Gardening.— Win low boxes ara now made and sold in such a great variety of styles, says an English paper, that thei'e should be no difficulty io piecing the taste of evei*3 one ; very nice wooden ones may be made at home with -\ci;y little tiouble, all* that is nece??aiy being a box long enough to h^thewinduw in which it is to be placed, rather w ider than the diainetei of the flower pot&, and two or tlneo inches deeper. About two inches above the bottom of this box a ledge should be firmly nailed on. Upon this a trame made oi open woodwork, consisting of bars about an inch square, should be piuced, and under this, on the bottom of the box, a shallow zinc tray reaching up to the frame which is to support the flower pots. The interior of the box should be well painted, and the outside decorated according to taste. Virgin cork is excellent for the rustic stylf of boxes, and is very cheap. For the plant*, to grow successfully they must have sufficient pot-ioom and drainage, and proper kinds of soil. Give eullicient water, moderately and regularly. Giving too much water soddens the soil, and the re&ult is the plants rot away from excess oi moi&ture Allowing them to get dry throws them into a faded, stunted state of growth, and the result often is green -fly. Bonfires, in the Orchard. —We would strongly advise all readers of Tub Fakmku to have small bon tires burning in then orchards from just before sunset until at long after dark as' convenient. This is tinmonth to begin these fires to destroy mothe of all kinds, as well as beetles that lly in the evening, such as the bronze beede fOdontria ZtalandivctJ, and probably many others. Hundreds ot moths, and amongst them the much dreaded codlm moth, aic certain to fall victims to these fireri ; and remember e\ cry moth killed means the destruction ere they are born ot a possible and probable army of grubs, some hundieds stiong. Such fit-es will also be found use ful near cabbage plantations, to lesson the plague of cabbage worms which, once they get into a lot of oabbagos, soon destroy the whole value of the crop. Different Fruits suit Different Localities. —A point; of pomological lore that cannot be learned from any course but observation is the behaviour of special soita of fruit in any given locality. They are so nice in their requirements, and differ in thcee so greatly, that a sort which attains high excellence and abundant fruitago in a section of soil or exposure,, may be quite inferior and unremunerativ© in placeb near-by. This is becoming generally known, and already we find not only plantations of sorts of fruits, but of other crops, as onione, celery, etc., clustering around any spot on which they have shown themselves at their best. Those who toet new varieties in any locality do a most useful public service, and intending planter* should study well all growths and yields in their vicinity, and be guided by their own observations in select ing. ,