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probably help the plants to grow out 

 of the trouble. If the old plants are 

 badly affected, pull them up, as they 

 bavo now fulfillod their usefulness. 



C. W. 



USE ARSENATE OF LEAD. 



Will you please give me a good rem- 

 ■ody to destroy worms on willow, birch 

 and maple trees and Ivplly plants? I 

 generally pick them olf aiH soon as I 

 notice them, but large trees do not go 

 aa well as the little ones. What do you 

 think abput spraying those trees with 

 jome kind of insect destroyer, and can 

 I use it also on fruit trees as well? 



N. T. 



To destroy worms on maples, willows 

 and other trees, apply arsenate of lead, 

 four pounds to fifty gallons of water, 

 using a fine, misty spray nozzle. Apply 

 when foliage is dry, and aim to cover 

 the lower rather than the upper parts 

 of leaves. This poison adheres prac- 

 tically the whole season and can be ap- 

 plied to apples, pears, cherries, cur- 

 rants and gooseberries at the above 

 strength. For plums and peaches, two 

 pounds to fifty gallons will suffice. Ar- 

 senate of lead can be applied to practi- 

 cally every tree and shrub, and there is 

 practicallv no danger of damaging the 

 foliage. ■ C. W. 



FLY ON PANSIES. 



Lasi spring, for :i few days soiiu' ap- 

 parently small lly gnawed my jmnsy 

 blooms full of fine, round Inilcs and 

 then disappeared. I \y\v<\ !<• capture 

 «ne of the insect.-, luit tlicv eluded me. 

 Can you tell mc ^\l):lt it is and the 

 remedy? ('. A. I'. 



A small black Ilea aUacki» the flow- 

 ers with the first really warm days in 

 spring. The same pest attacks foliage 

 on i)otatoes, tomatoes, egg plants, etc. 

 Tobacco water, tobacco dust or a soap 

 «prnv will clear it out. C. W. 



OTAHEITE ORANGES. 



I v^ould be greatly pleased if you 

 would give me some information about 

 Otaheite oranges. Where and how are 

 they raised? llovv are ihoy sold and is 

 fhero a good demand for them? How 

 are Otaheite oranges and other plants 

 that are not harily transported during 

 severe winter? K. T. 



Texas. 



The -.0 called Otaheite orange is a' 

 ♦iwarf form ol' the common orange, 

 adaptable to i)Ot culture, and fruiting, 

 as it does, when less than a foot in 

 kieight, it proves quite popular commer- 

 cially in America, the i)lant selling par- 

 ticularly w(>ll at Christmas, at which 

 finie thousands are disposed of each 

 ▼ear. 



Otalieito oranges, while they may be 

 raised from seed, are usually budded in 

 -mall pots under glass, ;i close atmos- 

 phere being required until the scions 

 unite. They arc grown under glass all 

 the time in the northern states, where 

 they meet with a large sale. Tn your 

 balmy climate, which should be almost 

 immune from frost, they would grow 

 outdoors in all probability, but as the 

 fruit, while decorative, is small and 

 not of great value apart from the plant, 

 it would be as pot plants that these 

 iiranges would pay you. 



These and othor plants not of a liardy 



In the Store of Alexander McGjnnell, New York City. 



nature arc I'oruardvyi liy cxpr(>ss. long 

 distances, sometimes thousands ot' miles, 

 and arrive in excellent condition, jtro- 

 \ ided they are hea\ ily jirotected by 

 j>aper and other coverings. Ot course, 

 shippers avoid sending tender plants 

 during cold waves, selecting spells (»f 

 mild weather for doing so. ('. W. 



A GREAT ENGLISH SHOW. 



The largest provincial horticultural 

 --liow in England is that htdd in Slirews- 

 liury in August each .vear, under the 

 ausi)ices of the Shropshire Horticultu- 

 ral Society, I'ounded in ISTTi. On this 

 oi'casion there were nearly ;'.,<»()() entries, 

 and recoids were established in several 

 sections. Over $(!.o(iO was aw.arded in 

 cash pri/.i>s, in addition to trophies, cu[is 

 and medals. In two days the show was 

 \ isite-l by about KlO.onij people and the 

 .irate Jiioney w;is over $L'.">,Ol)(l. 



In a<lditi()n to the display of llowers, 

 there were niilit.'iry bainis, balhion as 

 censions, luuse l«>iiping and cither at- 

 tractions, eonsiderably more than the 

 visitor <'(uild givt^ his attention to in 

 one i\n\. Among the large concourse 

 I met T. Tyson, from Madison, X. Y.. 

 and Mr. l>nnn. from New ^■ork di^^trict 

 also. 



Since the great international exhibi- 

 tion in London, W. A. .Manila has made 

 St. Albans his busiiu'ss (piarters over 



here, and medals ha\e 1 a awarded to 



his exhibits at various shows. On this 

 oi-casion he exhibited Polyjiodium 

 •Mandaianum, Draca>na Mandaiana, 

 .\sparagus elongatus an^! other plants, 

 and anoth(>r silver me.hil \v;is jidded to 

 liis collection. 



-Montbrtdia Star of the I'last was one 

 ot' the outstanding novelties of the 

 ^liow, and it i.s safe to predict that it 

 \\ ill be in universal dematid. It is the 

 result of man}' years of selecting and 

 hyliridizing on the part of 11. (). Davi- 

 son, a i>ri\ate gardener. It has a, large. 

 deep yellow llower. suH'use.l orange, 

 tfom four to li\(' incdies across, on 

 liiancliing stems a yard in height. 



.Vmdher sensation \v:is the true sacred 

 lotus llower of the east, N'elnmbium 

 -peciosum, imported from I'lgyjd and 

 -taged by Felton ^: Sons. Ilorists, Lon- 

 don. Flowers of a jdnk hue. about 

 eiLilit inches across, were exliihitt^l on 

 -.lem- seven feet lung, with imnu-nse 

 inliage also. They ftirnied an interest- 

 ini; feature, liloum- aie selling in Lon- 

 at :; shillinizs. ,,i- ;(l,(,,ut 7." cents. 



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