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THE QUESTIONNAIRE j 



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of this department to solve problems that \ 



may arise in their garden work. Questions i 



on' the ordinary pursuits of gardening, that \ 



can be readily answered by applying to the % 



usual reference books should not be re- I 



ferred to the Questionnaire. | 



In transplanting the following roses: 

 Rosa Spinosissima, Tausendschon and 

 Crimson Rambler, also Rosa Rugosa, 

 which roses have been 3'/^ years in their 

 present location, but must be moved in 

 the spring, how much should I cut them 

 back? When is the best time to plant 

 the seeds of the Blackberry Lily? — Mrs. 

 O. G., N. Y. 



Rosa Spinosissima. tlie Scotch rose, is a 

 bushy rose and should be pruned rather 

 severely at the time it is lifted, cutting out 

 all the old and worn-out wood, at the same 

 time shortening the new or last year's 

 growth to six joints. Tausendschon and 

 Crimson Rambler are of the well-known 

 Rambler type, and in their case we would 

 advise sacrificing the season's flowers. All 

 two-year wood and older should be cut 

 away entirely; the last year's growth short- 

 ened to two feet. 



Rosa Rugosa, the well-known old-fash- 

 ioned dog rose, should be treated much the 

 same as Rosa Spinosissima. cutting away 

 the old and worn-out wood and reducing 

 the new. 



It is necessary to reduce the top of plants 

 to correspond with the root reduction which 

 takes place when plants are lifted or trans- 

 planted. We always do our best to try 

 and get as much root as possible, but no 

 matter how careful we are we find we do 

 not get more than one-third of the plant's 

 roots, and for that reason we always re- 

 duce the tops or branches. 



The Blackberry Lily, or Leopard Flower, 

 botanically known as Ccmmini;ia chinciisis. 

 can Ue propagated either by division of the 

 roots or bv sowing the seeds. In the lat- 

 ter case the seeds are gathered when ripe 

 and sown in a cold frame, sometime m 

 May. They soon germinate, and should 

 then be transplanted to rows, preferably in 

 the cold frames— with the sash removed- 

 planting the seedlings 6 inches apart. By 

 fall they should be nicely developed plants, 

 and either then or early spring may be 

 shifted to their permanent position. — T. H. 



What causes pithy or hollow celery? 

 I have had it for the past two years, and 

 the only thing I can put it down for is 

 some disease which attacks it, as it seems 

 to start from the root and work up 

 through the stems as they gain maturity, 

 beginning in them when quite young and 

 by the time they are blanched, it is quite 

 in evidence, and has a very nasty flavor 

 when eaten. The celery always seems 

 healthy, and no signs of any trouble on 

 the leaves at all, only that it is pithy. I 

 have four varieties: White Plume, Easy 

 Blanching, Winter Queen and Winter 

 King. The four varieties have a touch 

 of it, more or less. Last year I lost 

 quite a good lot of it the same way. I 

 wrote to the Agricultural School at Farm- 

 ingdale last fall, but they could not 

 tell me anything much about it. Here is 

 what they say: "Pithy celery appears to 

 be a result of a malfunctioning of the 

 cells of the plant. Just what causes this 

 is not known, although the following 

 facts have been noted: Celery appears to 

 become pithy when, through any reason, 

 growth has been retarded or slow." Also 

 they go on to say about using plenty of 

 manure or quick-acting fertilizer, con- 

 taining nitrate of soda; also, about some 



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