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POPULAR GARDENING. 



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syringe the plants at least three times a week. 

 Some growers put the red-Howering kind out doors 

 in a shady place, and then spread the whites over 

 all the space under glass. 



Chrysanthemums in pots may have their final 

 shift. Sprinkle often from overhead. 



Cinerarias and Calceolarias. Prick out the 

 seedlings, as soon as they can be handled, into 

 pots or pans, placing these in frames, under shaded 

 sash, .\dniit air and water as required. 

 Cyclamens. See brief note under House Plants. 

 Euphorbias, should be shifted into larger pots 

 whenever the roots in the present ones begin to 

 mat around the ball of earth. 



Ferns. It must be seen to 'that large growing 

 kinds in the Fern-house do not too much crowd or 

 overshadow the smaller kinds. 



Tree Ferns, if much encouraged through giving 

 them ample root-space, oft«n soon get so large as 

 to be useless. It is better to keep the pots or boxes 

 of these rather small, and give some liquid manure. 

 If ignonette for winter blooming is usually not 

 sown early enough. The seeds should go in during 

 June or early July, sowing directly into small pots, 

 three or four seeds in each, the seedlings then later 

 to be thinned down to one. The young plants 

 should from the fu^t be protected from the cab- 

 bage worm buttertly, with mosquito netting. 



Orchids should now he provided with a free cir- 

 culation of air to ripen the spring growth. Use as 

 little shading as possible, and keep the air moist by 

 watering the paths and stages in the afternoon, 

 after which shut up for the night. 



Potted plants of Poinsettia, Heliotrope and like 

 kinds, designed for winter flowers, should be shitted 

 promptly on, as required. 



Eoses tor wmter flowers, that are bedded out 

 under glass should now be at rest, receivmg only 

 enough water to not allow entire dryness of the .soil. 



of such compact-growing kinds as the Delawa 

 and Diana, is a good plan, removing about 01 

 fourth the berries. 



Wasps often injure line specimens of fruit. Tl 

 may be prevented by inclosing in gauze bags. 





FRUIT GARDEN AND ORCHARD. 



Aphis or Lice yield to soapsuds, if applied with 

 force, repeating the operation as needed. 



Currants. Where there are but few bushes the 

 birds are sometimes troublesome. Mischief by 

 them is easily prevented by thi-owing netting over 

 the plants. An old article past use at the windows 

 will answer here. 



Layering of Currants, Gooseberries, Grapes, etc., 

 may now be done. See article on layering under 

 "Lawn and Flower Garden." 



Liquid Manuring. If the soil about them is 

 somewhat poor, applications of liquid manure to 

 trees and plants will help the crop greatly. 



Mildew on Grapes is easily eradicated by the 

 use of powdered sulphm-, applied with a bellows, 

 or even thrown in fine clouds with the hand, when 

 the leaves are wet. This needs prompt attention; 

 mildewed vines do not ripen their fruit well. 



Mulching. Many have yet to learn the great val- 

 ue of summer mulchmg in certain cases. There are 

 instances where it will induce a stronger growth 

 than a coat of manure would. It is especially ben- 

 eficial to newly -set trees, the stone fruits, and to 

 Currants and Gooseberries. 



Poisoning Caterpillars is practicable in the or- 

 chard if done while the fruit is small. One pound 

 of Paris Green to forty gallons of water, applied 

 over the foliage with a force pinup and broadcast 

 spray, will do the work. 



Pruning. The best pruning is that which 

 rarely, if ever, calls for the removal of a large 

 branch. As shoots start up, pinch them awa,v 

 where no branches are wanted, and leave others 

 where some would be desirable. The latter will 

 grow the faster tor the absence of the former. 



Slugs on Cherry and Pear trees may be easily 

 destroyed by dusting with dry ashes, lime, or earth. 



Strawberries. Where new plantations are to be 

 made a great gain comes from layering the young 

 plants, which form at this season, into pots, or on 

 pieces of inverted turf four inches square, set into 

 the ground. The plants, by either com-se, may 

 then be set out in August, and will be in shape for a 

 heavy crop next year. 



Thinning. It does pay to thin fruit. The work 

 is something, but that is about saved in the later 

 operations of picking and sorting, while thinned 

 fruit always commands high prices. In Peaches 

 the rule is to leave one Peach on a shoot six inches 

 long, and two on a limb a foot long. Pears and Ap- 

 ples usually are allowed one apiece to nine spurs. In 

 no tree should fruit clusters be allowed to remain 

 unthinned. Leave the spaces throughout the 

 tree as evenly divided as possible. Grapes are also 

 benefited by thinning. Even thinning on the bunch. 



VEGETABLE GARDEN. 



Bush Beans for a late crop may be sown, as they 

 grow quickly, now; a rich, deep soil for tender pod.s. 

 Celery. Crispness is promoted by the use of good 

 manure. The soil can hardly be too rich, and free 

 watering is also very beneficial. Planting for the 

 main cro]i should now be done 



Cucumbers for pickles planted early this month 

 usuaUy do well, but it nuist be early or not at all. 



Herbs. .\ little before these come into full 

 bloom cut, tie into small bunches and dry in shade. 

 Lima Beans now push ahcail rapidly ; let them 

 be tied to the poles as they need. Bearing com- 

 mences in good earnest only when the tops of the 

 poles are reached, hence these must not be too 

 high ; eight feet is enough. 



Melons making a strong growth should be stop- 

 ped atone joint past the last tniit about the end of 

 the month, to favor maturing of all the fi-uit set. 

 Radishes for use during winter ma,y be sown. 

 Rhubarb should rest during fruit time. 

 Seed saving is an important matter. Let the 

 earliest and best specunens be spared for this pur- 

 pose, marking them to insure their preservation. 



Seed sowing of such things as Sweet Corn, 

 Kohlrabi, Lettuce and Tiu'nips, besides the kinds 

 named under the special heads, is yet in order. 



Slugs sometimes prove quite injurious to late 

 planted cabbage ; they can be kept off by putting 

 a handful or two of coal ashes around the stem. 



Tomatoes do better staked or trained to a trellise 

 than when spreading over the earth, the fruit being 

 more abundant, finer looking and of better flavor. 

 A single stake will answer, but any simple treUise 

 that will admit of spreading the vines is better. 

 Turnips should be sown during the month. 

 Weeds. There is no time like a dry spell for 

 killing weeds. Brought up now and they will dry 

 and die, which cannot be said of most of them 

 when wetness prevails 



FRUIT AND 



VEGETABLES 

 GLASS. 



UNDER 



Grapery. Give an abundance of air to all vines 

 upon which the grapes begin to color. The vines 

 should be looked over and have all laterals stopped ; 

 late ones may be fertilized with manure water. 

 Those late kinds, that it is intended shall hang on 

 the vines until Christmas, will be improved for hav- 

 ing the scissors passed over them to remove all im- 

 perfectly fertilized berries. 



Vines in earl}^ and mid-season houses need thor- 

 ough cleansing as they are cleared ot fruit, as the 

 perfect development ot next year's fruiting buds 

 depends upon having clean, healthy foliage. 



Peaches, after fruiting, the trees being in pots, 

 should be moved into the open air and in some 

 sunny position, plunging the pots to their rims. In 

 young plants started one year from the bud, the 

 tree should have been headed back two feet in the 

 spring. As the new shoots reach one foot in length 

 pinch out the points, and after this any laterals at 

 the fourth leaf, up to autumn. 



Strawberries. Young plants must now be 

 started in pots for next winter's crop. Fill as many 

 three-inch pots as it is desired to have plants for 

 forcing and sink them to the rim along the rows ot 

 stock plants. The earlier this is done after the lay- 

 ers start the better, for the stronger the forcing 

 plants are by winter the better. 



The layers will need directing to the pots, and 

 can be kept in place by a layer hook, stone or clod 

 of earth. By keeping the pots well watered they 

 will be rooted in about three weeks. 



.\fter this place in the shade until the pots are 

 full of roots, when they should be shifted into six- 

 inch pots. Pot rather firmly into good fibrous 

 earth afterwards, standing the pots in an open 

 airy place and giving them all the water they need. 



Tomatoes are not difficult to force for winter 

 fruit in a temperature ot 110° Seed sown early in 

 this month can be had to fruit in November. 



The plants should be brought along in pots, start- 

 ing the seeds in the three-inch size and bringing 

 them up to the 10-inch or l:i-iucb size for fruiting. 



A light, fibrous soil should be used, and if a six- 

 inch potful of bone-meal be mixed into eveiy 

 bushel of soil the plants will be delighted. They 

 cannot bear a sour, stilT soil. 



TMa bring the People's Fatxr it is open lo all their In. 

 quires, henriinj on Oardening. 



i>n the. other htin:l, anamra to published Inquires are 

 iitrnrstty requesteil from readers. 



The editors and nfiecial rontributors are ready to do a 

 lorye share of the anniveriiig. but the experienee of many 

 being more valualde than of tlie few, howerrr varied thai is, 

 nndfunditiuiis and localities being so different, they jtrefer 

 to receive answers, even several of them to the same ques 

 tion, from readers evejywhere. Don't hesitate to lerite 

 because you may feel you are no fine writer: give facts and 

 Ideas and the editors will see that they ajivear in credi- 

 table shape. 



7h writing, give the number of the question you are an- 

 smring: your locality and name, the latter not for publica- 

 tion unless you desire, ifrite only on one side of the paper 

 Flowers will be gladly named provided Jlrst, that no more 

 than three be sent at one time. Second, that these he fully 

 prepaid. Third, that several specimens of each reach us in 

 good shape. We cannot undertake to name florists' varie< 

 ties, 



87. Plant for Name. Would you kindly name 

 the enclosed flower, the plant of which I bought at 

 the market but could not learn its name s B 

 Philadrliihia, Pa. 



88 Dahlias, etc., Devoured. Some of my Dah- 

 lias and Balsam Pears grow a few inches above 

 ground, and then some insect or bird eats off the 

 hearts or leafbuds, as well as any new ones that 

 start later. Some of the leaves are eaten off par- 

 tially also. Can you tell me the cause and a remedy? 



89. Lemon from Seed. I have also a very hand- 

 some Lemon Plant from seed. It is almost two feet 

 high, and being about two years old. Query May I 

 expect such a one to bear truit in time? What treat- 

 ment should it receive? C. W. Mebgler, Jeiseu 

 l-'itij, N. J. ^ 



90. Ornamental Grasses. Some mention was 

 made of these recently in Popular Gardenino 

 Lan you inform us where a good selection ot such 

 may be bought , Rose Mary. 



91. Daffodils. Will the better kmds of Daffodils 

 do in an ordinary grass plat, where the old yellow 

 doubles flourish? My only fear is that the cultivated 

 bulbs should not have strength to push through the 

 matted roots of the old turf;- I thought of planting 

 Barrii, Obvallaris, Juncitolius, Bulbocodium etc- 



S\1.VANUS. 



REPLIES TO INQUIRIES. 



:a — Callas. I grow my young plants in light 

 soil that is made very rich with fine rotten manure 

 in some shady spot, until September, when I ijot 

 them. The fact that your plants are drawn while 

 this IS not to their advantage, vet they may make 

 good plants by this treatment The old plant I 

 would also plant out; the chances are that the soil is 

 sour, causing the leaves to curl downwards. A.H.E. 



TO.— Bouvardia Humboldtii. Cut back in the 

 spring nearly to the root and plant out Keep 

 pinched until the last of August; lift and pot in 

 September. Shade for about a week, and by keep- 

 ing the atmosphere quite moist you will get flowere 

 Perhaps " Anxious " got his or her stock from 

 Philadelphia, or if it even came from there it had 

 better be thrown away, as there was a lot sold as 

 strong, growing plauts that would never bloom 

 though I think it is all gone now. James Frost] 



68. Ants. Mix arsenic and sugar, and sprinkle 

 around the ant holes. Cover with a box or pail and 

 put a stone on top to keep in place. N. M. p. 



Slugs on Roses. .\n even teaspoonful of Paris 

 green in twelve quarts of water, and keep stirred 

 up. Sprinkle the bushes just enough to wet them 

 after the slugs come. Needs to be done but once in 

 a season One tea-spoonful of Paris Green is enough 

 for sixty rose bushes. N. M. P. 



Shading Plants. The best way to shade trans- 

 planted plants is to stick leafy branches on the 

 south and west. N. M. P. 



87. Plant for Name. 

 Eds. p. G. 



90. 



It is Veronica ameth^-stina. 



Ornamental Grasses. The regular nursery- 

 men who grow ornamental stock and hardy plants 

 should keep these. Ens. P. G. 



T.5. Cactus, How Often to Water. Under ordi- 

 nary culture the plants should have a rest durmg 

 November. December and January, When very lit- 

 tle if any w-ater will be needed . At other times 

 they may be watered twice a week, giving more 

 water when growth is rapid than at other times 

 Two rules should be laid down to guide in this mat- 

 ter, namely: The soil must /k-icc be allowed to get 

 stagnant from over watering, and plants should 

 never become so dry that the Hesh becomes shriv- 

 eled and the skin dull and lax from lack of n-ater. 

 -A. H. E. 



79. Dracaena. These plants often suffer from 

 lack ot drainage, causing the soil to become sour 

 Repot into fresh soil, providing ample drainage. 

 .\. H. E. 



80. Bermuda Lily. Plant out after flowering in 

 pots. It is no help to Lilies to dry them off. Mrs 

 G. C. Laikd, UiiniH Co.. Mich. 



81 Wind-break. We would class White Pine, 

 .\ustrian Pine and Norway Spruce among the best 

 ot trees for this purpose. Eds. P. G. 



80. Hedges. For makmg a quick growth and 

 as beuig easily cared for, we think no evergreen 

 hedge plant superior to the Noi-wav Spruce. Eos 



