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GARDENING. 



Sept. /, 



and otherwise to leave it alone, for until 

 some new roots have been formed there 

 is little chance for further top-growth. 



It is most likely that another crown of 

 fronds will not appear before next spring, 

 though the conduct of the eyeas in this 

 particular is frequently erratic, but the 

 plant having had a severe check it would 

 be a difficult matter to predict the date of 

 its further growth, and considerable 

 patience may be required on the part of 

 its owner. W. H. Taplin. 



flOW TO EXTERMINATE DODDER. 



How can I get rid of dodder that is 

 very thick on Monarda didyma and 

 boltonias? It seems to retard their full 

 development. I have had them for sev- 

 eral years and they are spreading even- 

 year more and more. Would burning the 

 "tops of the plants this fall, taking up the 

 roots and washing them with a hose, 

 carting away the soil where they were 

 grown, and replacing with fresh soil rem- 

 edy it? J. M. M. 



Chicago. 



Dodder (cuscutal are leafless, parasitic 

 plants, their reddish, thread-like stalks 

 twine around and spread over the stems 

 and branches of herbs and low bushes, 

 attaching themselves firmly on to the 

 bark of the support with their numerous 

 little protuberances or visicules, robbing 

 the plants of their sap and in some in- 

 stances stopping their growth entirely. 

 In moist seasons they grow more vigor- 

 ous and spread rapidly, while dry sunny 

 weather and free circulation of air is 

 adverse to their growth. 



It is rather a difficult matter to com- 

 pletely destroy the cuseuta in low places 

 unless we expose the ground to the full 

 action of the sun for at least one season, 

 therefore J. M. M. would do well to 

 remove the mouardasand boltonias now 

 or this fall, as early as possible, burn all 

 the plants and keep the infested space 

 clear and bare of all growth for a year. 

 Ifitis only a small space, however, his 

 suggestion of removingand filling in with 

 fresh soil would be all riaht, but underno 

 circumstances should he plant the old 

 stock, because it is very doubtful whether 

 he can effectually wash out all the seeds 

 which may be lodged in among the roots, 

 and new stock can be procured most any- 

 where at very reasonable figures. 



It is fortunate that dodder does not 

 succeed very often in well cultivated 

 ground else we would hear more fre- 

 quently of its destructive influence on 

 various plants, our climate in most sec- 

 tions being too dry for them. In our 

 immediate vicinity we only find it in low 

 moist places or in marshes. Several 

 other species are indigenous to the north, 

 west and south, some are stronger in 

 growth than others but all are trouble- 

 some when they become abundant. 



J. B. Keller. 



CLUSTERED GOLDENRODS. 



The solidago family is such a large one, 

 modern botanies containing a list of 

 about fifty of them, that it seems a most 

 difficult task for one not acquainted with 

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 especially good in this respect. 



There is 'a division containing but three 



sorts which are common and noticing 



two of them in flower to-day leads me to 



mention them here, hoping it may enable 



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