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With Good Holly Scarce, Boxwood Combipations Make a Substitute for Which Better Prices Can be Asked. 



add at least $30 worth of plants and 

 cut flowers and not lose on the trade. 

 —Ed.] 



TRADESCANTIAS. 



I have tried several different ways 

 of growing tradescantias. After they 

 are rooted I pot them up, three or four 

 cuttings to a 3-inch pot, and shift them 

 so they will not become potbound. I 

 used two different batches of soil, sim- 

 ilar to those used for growing roses, and 

 two different temperatures, 50 and 65 

 degrees at night, but without success. 

 What do you suggest as the best way 

 to grow these plants? Any information 

 ^ will be appreciated. R. E. L. — Mass. 



The tradescantia is easily propagated 

 and grown. It is seen at its best be- 

 low benches or where it is allowed to 

 run at its pleasure. It is hardly desir- 



able as a pot plant except where noth- 

 ing else can be grown. It is of some 

 value in window boxes. -C. W. 



REMEDY FOR CYCLAMEN MITE. 



I am sending you a sample of a batch 

 of cyclamen plants that seem to be af- 

 fected by some disease or insect pest. 

 The plants have not been infested with 

 green fly, to my knowledge. They were 

 grown indoors during the summer and 

 since have had a night temperature of 

 50 to 55 degrees. I shall appreciate 

 any information you can give me with 

 regard to the cause of this trouble and 

 a remedy for it. C. L. — Wis. 



The plant arrived in good condition. 

 Both flowers and foliage showed unmis- 

 takably the signs of the cyclamen mite. 

 I do not know of any cure for the mite, 



but frequent dusting of the tops of tlie 

 tubers with fresh tobacco dust and 

 sprayings with a nicotine extract have 

 boon found beneficial by some. Usually 

 when this mite appears it ruins an en- 

 tire batch. It is not due to any in- 

 attention on your part; your treatment 

 lias been quite correct. The stock of the 

 best specialists in this line has severe 

 attacks of it occasionally. I would ad- 

 vise you to drop cyclamen culture for 

 one year and buy what plants you may 

 need for your retail trade. C. W. 



Lincoln, lU.— Visitors at the estab- 

 lishment of Gullett & Sons comment 

 on the exceptional showing made by 

 the benches of Carnation Nebraska that 

 were planted earliest. The variety is 

 said not to have done so well for all 

 growers, but these benches seem to 

 leave nothing to be desired. 



