THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE, 191 



twenty-six weeks, and 5s. per week as long as the sickness lasts. The secretary is 

 Mr. William Sunley, Spring Bank, Headingley, Leeds, from v/hom all information. 

 may be obtained. 



Spring Flowers. — An Early Subscriber. — All the plants mentioned in your 

 letter may be found in the Catalogue of Perennials issued by Mr. T. S. Ware, Hale 

 Farm Nurseries, Tottenham. Mr. Ware also issues annually a Supplemeutax-y List 

 of Spring Flowers, which, as well as the General Catalogue, may be obtained on 

 application. The Italian Coltsfoot [Tussilago fragrans) is entered in Mr. Ware's 

 Catalogue of Herbaceous Plants, and you will have no difficulty in obtaining a 

 stock. It grows as freely as the common Coltsfoot, and spreads very rapidly in all 

 directions. It should only be planted in semi-wild places, where its spreading is of 

 no great consequence. 



Cacti. — O. W. O. — "We know of no good book exclusively devoted to these 

 plants. Epiphyllums, and others of similar character of growth, are grafted 

 very easily. A notch is cut in the side or at the top of the stock to receive the 

 base of the scion, and when the latter is properly fitted in its place, it is made 

 secure by means of bast. A little moss is wrapped round the wound, and the 

 stocks removed to a house intermediate between the greenhouse and stove. Until 

 a junction is effected, the soil must be kept rather dry, but a comparatively moist 

 atmosphere is favourable to a junction being rapidly eflected. 



Runner Beans »or Late Supplies. — K. If. — A row of runner beans, sown 

 about the 10th of June, will be found of immense service in maintaining a supply 

 in the autumn, after those sown in May cease to he productive. Provided the 

 weather remains open, the June sown runners will continue to bear until quite the 

 end of October, and will be of great value, as there will then be a scarcity of the 

 choicer vegetables. 



Planting Winter Greens. — Amateur. — Breadths of winter greens of all 

 kinds should be put out as fast as the ground can be made ready for them. It is 

 well to bear in mind that unless these things have a long season of growth, they do 

 not attain their full size, and in consequence the produce is not so large as it other- 

 wise would be. Early planting is of especial importance in the case of Brussels 

 sprouts. It is good practice in planting cabbages and winter greens to press the 

 foot along by the side of the line, and then pour water along the shallow trench 

 formed by the foot. When this is dene, and the plants put out immediately after 

 the water has soaked away, the soil about the roots will be in a nice moist 

 state, and the plants will be placed under conditions more favourable to their 

 becoming quickly established than they otherwise would be. The work can also 

 be executed more expeditiously, as there will be no trouble from the dry soil 

 filling up the holes as fast as they are made, as sometimes happens when the soil 

 is in a dry powdery , state when planted. Thirty inches apart each way is a 

 fair distance for winter greens of all kinds. If the ground is very rich, the rows 

 may be three feet apart, and the plants thirty inches apart in the row. 



Weeds on Lawn. — U. F. Seiiunercote, Darlington. — The lawn sand will turn 

 the grass brown if applied in sufficient quantities to destroy the weeds, and the 

 grass will remain brown and unsightly until the autumn. Dressings of phospho- 

 guano, at the rate of three and a half pounds to the square rod, will be the best, as 

 the guano will promote a luxuriant growth of the "grasses, and help them to outgrow 

 the weeds. Nitrate of soda, applied at the same rate, is also an excellent dressing 

 for lawns. When a lawn is overrun with plantains, daisies, and other weeds, the 

 dressing of either the guano or nitrate should be applied in hot weather, as it is 

 then more effectual in destroying them. It will turn the grass brown, but ,the 

 lawn will resume its proper colour after the first shower of rain. When used 

 simply for promoting a more luxuriant growth of grass and clover, the dressing 

 should he applied in dull showery weather, as it will then not aftect the colour of 

 the grass at all. 



Nbwlt-planted Fruit Trees. — E. F. — If the trees appear to be well estab- 

 lished, and are making new growth freely, they may he allowed to bear a moderate 

 crop this season. But on tlie other hand, if they have a starved appearance, and as 

 the season advances the shoots do not extend freely, it may be concluded that they 

 are not well established, and should not, therefore, be allowed to carry a crop. 



Photectino Seeds from Birds. — A Subscriber. — A dressing of saltpetre will 

 not prevent birds eating the seeds ; but if they are dressed with red lead previous to 



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