224 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
to just leave the second bud from the base, and, with the aid of a small dibble, fix 
them firmly. They cannot be made too firm; but if they are at all loose, a large 
proportion will perish. As each pan is filled, water the cuttings liberally to settle 
the sand about them, and place ina frame. They must be shaded when necessary, 
and be sprinkled lightly once a day in dull weather, and in dry, hot weather, twice 
a day. The fullest information on the propagation of roses from cuttings ever 
published is given in Hibberd’s Rose Book, published by Messrs. Groombridge 
and Sons, 5, Paternoster Row, E.C., at 6s., which also contains complete directions 
for the management of roses on their own roots, 
J. H. W.—The undermentioned thirty plants are well suited for planting in a 
dry and sunny border :—Achillea egyptiaca, Achillea millefolium rosea, Alyssum 
saxatile, Antirrhinums in variety, Arabis albida, Aster discolor, Campanula 
glomerata, Campanula turbinata, Cerastium tomentosum, Eryngium maritanum, 
Iberis corrifolia, Iberis sempervirens, Iris germanica in variety, Lupinus poly- 
phyllus (the blue and white varieties are both good), Potentillas in variety, Sedum 
fabarium, Vinca major, and Vinca major elegantissima. 
EquisETUM syLyaTicuM.—d. B. P., Wallington.— You will, we have no 
doubt, be able to obtain plants of Hgwisetwm sylvaticum from Mr. Sim, Foot’s 
Cray, Kent. The plant is not generally grown in nurseries. 
DiszasEp Quince TrEE.—H.S., Puddletown.—There is not, so far as we are 
aware, any effectual remedy for the disease from which the quince trees are suffer- 
ing. Dusting the foliage with powdered lime may possibly be useful in checking 
the ravages of the disease. It is in a large measure due to unfavourable atmos- 
pheric conditions, and should the weather become more favourable to a healthy 
growth, it will probably disappear. : 
GoosEBERRY CATERPILLARS.—J. U.—Gooseberry and currant trees that are 
badly infested with caterpillars can only be cleared of these pests with considerable 
perseverance and labour. Hand-picking is one of the most effectual remedies; but 
it is very unpleasant and tedious work to examine the trees thoroughly and remove 
the caterpillars by the hand. Dusting the leaves with hellebore powder when 
moistened with dew is effectual, provided it is applied in a manner that will 
insure its reaching the pests, which, owing to their being mostly on the under 
side of the leaves, is not an easy task, Syringing the trees with a decoc- 
tion, prepared by boiling the leaves and stems of the common foxglove, 
Digitalis purpurea, in soft water for half-an-hour or so, can also be recommended 
to the attention of residents in districts in which the foxglove is plentiful. The 
leaves and stems should be about equal in quantity to the water in which they are 
boiled. The powder and decoction are both poisonous, and the fruit onght not to 
be gathered until sufficient time has elapsed for it to be thoroughly cleansed by the 
rains. Dusting lime and soot over the trees when the foliage is in a moist con- 
dition, will materially assist in checking the ravages of the caterpillars. One of 
the most effectual means of preventing injury to the trees is to examine them at 
intervals during the months of April, May, and June, and remove and burn all the 
leayes upon which the eggs are deposited. The caterpillars of Nematus Ribest and 
Phalena vauaria are the most destructive, and as the pupz hybernate in the 
ground immediately underneath the trees, serious attacks may be prevented by 
adopting, during the winter months, measures for their destruction. Hoeing the 
surface rather deeply two or three times in the course of the winter, can be recom- 
mended ; but it is better when the trees have been much infested the previous 
season, to remove the surface soil to a depth of three inches, and bury it in a deep 
trench. When hoeing the surface is depended upon for the destruction of the pup, 
it should, as far as practicable, be done just before a severe frost is expected. 
