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ALWAYS BE STICKIXa IN SOMETHINa," 



Should be the motto of those who pride 

 themselves on haviug their garden well 

 stocked, and during the present month, 

 especially the early part of it, is, above all, 

 the time to put it in practice, as great 

 numbers of things will not now refuse to 

 strike root, whilst the ground is warm and 

 the nights moist. I might give specific 

 dii'ections for the propagation of each 

 tribe or variety of plant, but this would 

 lead to a prolixity of detail beyond my 

 present purpose, wliich is mainly to induce 

 young hands to make an attempt, knowing 

 that if only partial success attend their 

 efforts, it will prove an inducement to 

 further and more minute study and expe- 

 riment. Let, then, a piece of ground on 

 the north or east side of a wall — or failing 

 that, the north side of an espalier fruit- 

 tree — or temporary screen, placed for the 

 purpose, have a good coating of pit-sand 

 dug and thoi'oughly mixed into it, and 

 when so done, a slight covering spread 

 upon the surface ; ti'ead the whole evenly 

 and rake smoDth ; it will then be in readi- 

 ness to stick in the cuttings as they can 

 be procured. The following, with many 

 other similar things, will readily strike 

 without any protection ; indeed, with the 

 exception of weeding and watering occa- 

 sionally, they may be stuck in and left to 

 Nature until this time next year, when it 

 will be time to look out places in the gar- 

 den for many- of them, and placing the 

 rest in mirsery beds to strengthen : — 



Common laurel, laurustinus, aucuba, 

 tree box, double furze, yews, holly, varie- 

 gated and common ivies, lavender, coton- 

 caster, with roses of all kinds even down 

 to the old Provence. 



And amongst Herbaceous Plants, sweet 

 rockets and phloxes may have their flower 

 stems cut into lengths of two or three 

 buds. Cuttings of Pentstemon, Digitalis, 

 Allysum saxatile, Iberis, wallflower, etc., 

 may all be put in. And with the addition 

 of a liand-light, or oiled calico screen, the 

 following with others of a like nature : — 

 Taxodium sempervirens, Juniperus of 

 sorts, Arborvitse, Jasmins, Passifloras, Lo- 

 niceras, Cratajgus pyracantha, Berberis of 

 sorts. Hydrangea, the hardy Fuchsias, etc. 

 But rather than extend this list to gi'eater 

 lengtli and then leave it imperfect, I would 

 say, "Stick in everything" that can bo 

 got hold of, using the current year's 

 wood ; cutting close under an eye or at 

 the junction of the present and last year's 

 growths ; cutting off the leaves as far as 

 the cutting is to be inserted in the ground, 

 and many of the large-leaved things will 

 be the better for haviug part of their large 

 leaves cut half away. 



By adopting the above motto, stock 

 will always be on hand to fill gaps, clothe 

 ugly walls and fences, cover a bower, or 

 convert a rough post into a " pillar of 

 beauty." 



H. HOWLETT. 



WIEEWORM. 



I SEND you a recipe which I met with, 

 for the total destruction of the "Wire worm. 

 I give it as I found it, and if those of your 

 readers, who are troubled with these pests, 

 will try the efficacy of the mixture, etc., 

 they will be able to report thei*eou. 



M. Westcott. 

 To destroy this pest (Wireworm) most 

 effectually, the writer says : — " Towards 

 the end of last year, when my carnations 

 and other plants had all been removed 

 from my flower beds, and previous to the i 

 latter being turned up for exposure to the 

 winter frosts, I took sulphuric acid, in the 

 proportion of 0113 gallon to twenty of 

 water, and applied the mixture plentifully j 

 to the soil. In two days, I again repeated 

 the operation, having previously turned up | 

 the soil, and seen that it had been well ! 

 pulverized. After the lapse of ten or four- 



teen days, I gave a plentiful application of 

 powdered lime, and shortly after turned it 

 up in ridges as usual. The result has 

 been that it is now a rare thing to see a 

 wireworm, where previously I had killed 

 a hundred in half-an-hour, and where my 

 plants were eaten up in a wholesale manner. 

 Let anyone collect a number of these most 

 destructive pests, and put them among 

 soil in a box, and then apply the above 

 mixture ; let him look for them next 

 morning and communicate the result ; or 

 indeed in half-an-hour after. This can be 

 used on a large scale as well as on tlie 

 small flower-beds." 



"A Hint."— Circulating the contents 

 of the eighteen numbers of the PloraIj 

 WoELD, by subscribers, per post, is a good 

 plan to make it known ; but I will humbly 

 suggest another, by which its sale may be 



