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gone far, bring the plant gradually into sounder 

 growth and healthy layers may be obtained, and the 

 stock saved. In the case of older plants Avhere 

 the disease has become developed, the layers 

 should be put down as early as possible, and 

 severed immediately they are found to be rooted, 

 and in bad cases the sound shoots can be taken 

 off and be planted as cuttings. 1 have at present 

 nothing so hard and sound as " Favourite " (light 

 scarlet-edged Picotee), the plants of which when 

 received some years ago were decidedly gouty. 



Green-fly will not generally be troublesome where 

 plenty of air has been given to the plants in the 

 frames during the winter, but in some seasons it is 

 more prevalent than in others, as in the May of 

 1890, when in the universal check resulting from 

 cold frosty nights following the hot drying days of 

 that month, the very trees were seen covered with 

 it. Soft- wooded plants exposed to the same con- 

 ditions may be trusted, at such times, to come 

 in for their full share of this pest. It must then 

 be dealt with by the application of a weak solution 

 of soft soap, or by dusting the plants Avith tobacco 

 powder, either of which should be syrmged off 

 again. If the plants are only affected here and 

 there slightly, the fly may be removed by a camel- 

 hair brush. 



Spittle-fly must be watched for and instantly 

 removed or the plants will be crippled and 



