160 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



Tubnips. — Sow turnips, and hoe and thin out to eight inches apart those 

 which are forward enough. 



Cabeots and Pabsnips must be also thinned out as soon as they are large 

 enough, and must not be left nearer than eight inches apart ; and carrot seed may 

 still be sown. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Monsteba Deliciosa. — R. B., Carmarthen. — This stove plant should be 

 easy of cultivation, and should succeed in a mixture of peat and loam, and may 

 be propagated by dividing the roots. 



Wild Flowees. — T. S., Bolton. — You will find your request answered 

 by an article in the present number, which may be followed by others on 

 the same subject. 



Book on Febns. — Mrs. B., Donnyhrook. — We have handed your letter to our 

 publishers, who will answer it. 



Lilt op the Valley. — M. C. K., Dungannon. — You do not say how long 

 your roots have been planted ; as a rule, this plant will not flower well until it is 

 thoroughly established and is impatient of removal. Perhaps the article on 

 the subject in the present number will assist you in determining the cause of 

 your non-success. 



Snowdrop. — J. M. t Ballingany. — We do not recognize your snowdrop as a 

 distinct variety. 



Azaleas. — Alpha. — These may now be struck from cuttings of the less than 

 half-ripened wood, or as soon as r,he young shoots are about 1| inches in length, 

 if you are skilful in the art of striking. 



Red Spidee. — C. BT. D., Devon. — This pest may be destroyed by means of 

 sulphur ; the best way of applying it is to heat your flues or hot- water 

 pipes, and then while they are quite hot to wash them with lime and flower 

 of sulphur. 



Fuchsias. — Oxford. — If you destroy the blossom buds now, they will flower 

 stronger and better in the autumn ; but we should not recommend you to do this 

 unless the branches are weak and drawn, as the fuchsia is not a plant that suffers 

 much, if at all, from blooming. 



Peaches and Nectabines. — W. B. Y. — When the fruit of these drop at the 

 time of stoning, the trees are probably weak from overbearing, bad pruning, or 

 the effects of insects, or the evil may arise from the injury caused to the embryo 

 by frost. 



B. D., Salisbury. — We are sorry that we cannot assist you in the cultivation 

 of jour plant, as we do not recognize it. 



