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blooms open, and supports should be put to them in May 

 good time. If wooden stakes are used, care must be 1^3^ 

 taken not to loop the flower stems tightly to them, or 

 extension will be checked. Trouble from this cause 

 has led to the invention of wire coil stakes. They are 

 painted green, and cost between a shilhng and eighteen- 

 pence a dozen. Clips cost about a shilling a hundred. 

 If Carnations do badly, dwindling rather than growing, 

 without any external cause, wireworm or leather-jacket 

 grubs may be suspected. The first point can generally 

 be settled speedily by taking the unsatisfactory plants 

 up, when the pests will probably be found on or near 

 them. If grubs are found, some pieces of raw Potato 

 had better be impaled on sticks and embedded as baits 

 near the plants. Further, holes may be made a few 

 inches deep round the plants, and Apterite or Vaporite 

 dropped in. 



Repotting Cyclamens. — Cyclamens that have gone out 

 of bloom may now have the flower stems removed, and 

 be repotted. Three parts of fibrous loam, one each of 

 decayed manure and leaf mould and a good dash of 

 coarse sand, will suit them. They should be placed 

 on an ash-bed stage in the greenhouse, and, when they 

 have started growing, given abundance of water. Fre- 

 quent syringing will prove advantageous, as the plants 

 like a moist atmosphere. 



Platiting-out Arum Lilies. — The beautiful Arum Lily 

 does well in the open garden in summer, if the soil is 

 deep and rich ; and planting it out saves house-room 

 and trouble in watering. A simple plan is to make a 

 trench six inches deep, place the plants in it after turning 

 them out of their pots, press the soil around them, and 

 give a good soaking of water. 



Young Hydrangeas. — Young plants of Hydrangea 

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