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should the plant be shaken even the upper and more 

 tender parts of the shoots will suddenly droop as 

 if" badly in want of water or about to die. It 

 is an annual plant, and is raised from seeds sown 

 in brisk heat during- February or March. As a rule 

 they do not g^erminate evenly, and should be soaked 

 for some time previous to sowing in warm water. 

 When the plants g^ain the heig^ht of an inch or two the}' 

 should be carefully transferred to three-inch pots, pot- 

 ting them on, when ready, into fives. Peat and loam 

 in equal parts, to which one-sixth of sand should be 

 added, will be found a suitable compost. Particular 

 pains must be taken to ensure good drainage, as they 

 quickly suffer from any tendency to sourness in the soil. 



Vegetable Marrows ("D. M'A.") — Make a mound of 

 manure and vegetable refuse, about a barrowful in quan- 

 tity, cover with soil. If the plants were raised in a 

 frame they may be transferred and planted singly on the 

 top of these beds, or the seeds may be sown, placing 

 two or three seeds about ik inches deep, the seedlings 

 to be thinned to the strongest later. Marrows are 

 rapid growers and do well when treated thus, and pro- 

 duce fruit quickly. The plants must be watered in dry 

 weather. Your other two requests will be remembered. 



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Rose Hedge ("Lex"). — There is no better way of 

 ' showing- off" the peculiar vigour and beaut}- of Crimson 

 Rambler than by planting a hedge of it. You need only 

 put in a few posts, with stout wire stretched between, to 

 give the necessary support. See that the ground is well 

 drained and trenched, and in two years' time you will 

 have a gorgeous effect. ] 



Climbing Plants ("S. B. A."). — We quite agree as to 

 the decorative usefulness of these plants. The general 

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 bare walls and fences, and hard}' annuals or biennials 

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 loides, Bryonia alba, Eccremocarpus scaper(half-hardy). 

 Annuals — Echinocystis lobata (wild balsam apple), 

 Cajophora lateritia (Loasa), half-hardy ; Cobaea scan- 

 dens (half-hardy), Cucurbita aurantiaca, C. melan 

 osperma and other sp. (Gourds) (half-hardy), Ipomaea 

 purpurea (half-hardy). Hardy Biennials — .4dlumia cir- 

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