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absolutely required ; for if heavily crop- dust. Put up in this way, they can 



ped now, it will weaken and injure for 

 future bearing. Keep young growths 

 regularly stopped, and do not allow 

 any crowding of foliage. If green-fly 

 attack them, destroy it by two moder- 

 ate smokings with tobacco on two con- 

 secutive nights. 

 Strawberries in Pots. — Th ese should 



readily be protected from severe frost 

 by throwing mats or litter over them. 



Figs. — Prune and tie as soon as all 

 the leaves have fallen. If, however, a 

 proper system of summer pinching and 

 thinning has been adopted, there will 

 now be very little surplus wood to 

 prune away. If they are growing in 



now be plunged in cold frames, or re- limited borders, remove the surface soil 



moved to cold late Peach-houses, where ; and replace it with fresh turfy loam and 



they will be .sheltered from rains. Or ' rotten manure in equal proportions, 



where no such protection can be made I Keep the house cool all through the 



available for them, build them into j month. Those in pots can be stored 



stacks, laying the pots on their sides ; away in any cool pit or shed for the 



with the plants outwards, and fill up the j present, 

 space between them with ashes or saw- i 



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 for publication, and questions to be replied to, be forwarded by the middle of the 

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 writers forward their name and address, not for publication, unless they wish if, 

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 and those who address him. We decline noticing anij communication which is 

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Will Mr A. Kerr, Carvert Castle, and Mr Hammond, late of Wells, please to 

 favour us with their addresses in full ? 



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 AVatt, Lady Franklin, John Waterer, Lord Byron, iMadam Domage, j\Ieyerbeer, 

 Milton, Newton, Prince of Wales, Peine Victoria, Shakespeare, Sir Joseph 

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A Young Gardener. — The cause of your Grapes cracking is a rich moist border, 

 and the light crop increases the tendency. Keep your border dry, and cut the 

 shoots on which the bunches are half through below each bunch. This will 

 prevent so great a flow of sap to the bunches. 



A Young Horti. — You will find your request complied with in our present 

 issue. 



F. W. — Very likely it is as you suppose, that your ground is too damp and 

 cold for Alternantheras. They thrive best in a rather elevated situation, in light 

 rich soil, and under such conditions they do not easily sufiFer from watering or 

 rain. They should do well enough in your locality, and we would advise you to 

 give them another trial, preparing the beds with light rich soil, and slightly 

 raised above the ground-level. They are very beautiful where they do well, and 

 Amabilis and Magnifica are probably the best worth growing. The plant you 

 enclose is Tradescantia discolor. It may do on a rockwork outdoors for a short 

 time in summer, though it will never be so beautiful as under glass. 



