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PALE FOLIAGE ON HYDRANGEA. 



Can you suggest to us, for immediate 

 use, a treatment for white leaf on Hy- 

 drangea Otaksa? We thought it might 

 be possible to get prompt action and 

 have better color on the foliage by Me- 

 morial day. The plants were well rip- 

 ened last fall, but the leaves now are pale 

 and even the buds are whitened by this 

 disease. W. H. G. 



If your plants are in the condition you 

 describe, it must be due either to starva- 

 tion of the roots or extreme acidity in 

 the soil, probably the first named. Hy- 

 drangeas are gross feeding plants, re- 

 quiring copious water supplies, and when 

 the pots are filled with roots, frequent 

 top-dressings or waterings with liquid 

 manure are needed, to keep the foliage a 

 dark green color. I would advise water- 

 ing your plants with nitrate of soda, a 

 teaspoonful to a three-gallon can once in 

 three or four days, and also with soot 

 water twice a week. Place the soot in a 

 bag and immerse it in a barrel. Do not 

 use the juice full strength, but dilute it, 

 tising three-fourths clear water to one- 

 fourth soot water. This is excellent for 

 toning up practically any plants with 

 pale foliage. C. W. 



HIBBERTIA READL 



Far and away the best known of the 

 hibbertias is H. dentata, a delightful 

 climbing plant for the greenhouse, in 

 which structure it will keep up a succes- 

 sion of its golden blossoms throughout 

 the winter months, and often well on into 

 the spring. A second species, H. volu- 

 bilis, is even a more vigorous climber, but 

 it does not bloom so freely, and the yel- 

 low flowers have a most unpleasant odor. 

 From these two species that at the head 

 of this note, H. Eeadi, differs widely, as 

 it naturally forms a dense, twiggy little 

 bush, which will flower freely when not 

 more than a foot high. The leaves are 

 small and narrow, and, like all the other 

 members of the genus, the flowers are 

 yellow. They are, in the case of H. 

 Eeadi, about the size of a shilling. The 

 Gardeners' Magazine says this hibbertia 

 will succeed under much the same con- 

 ditions as the eriostemons, chorizemas, 

 and other Australian plants, but the 

 climbing species enjoy more liberal treat- 

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Vassar, Mich. — A heavy rain and hail 

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