On the subject of remedies a number of inquiries continue
to reach me about chlorate of soda as a cure for nettles. The efficacy of the treatment is emphasized by the "Farm Adviser" of the Country Gentlemen's Association. Ills instructions for using the stuff are as follows. Make up a solution of " Y lbs. in 10 gallons of water, and spray or sprinkle with a watering- con (with a rose nozzle) over the nettle's when they are about three inches high, preferably in dry weather." The solution will apparently also kill the grass, but it will come again. There are two warnings to give. The sprayer must be careful not to let the stuff fall on any part of his person (rubber gloves have been recommended by a correspondent from Rothamsted), and though the spray has been used with great success in commercial orchards, it may slightly damage the roots of trees if sprayed thickly where roots are near the surface.
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