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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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PROPAGATING PASSION VINES 



J. M. M., California — The Passion vines (passiflora) 

 are propagated by means of cuttings of half-ripened wood 

 and given bottom heat. 



MANURE FOR BEGONIAS 



M. B. H., California — Ordinary farm manure is not 

 injurious to begonias. Well decayed horse manure, how- 

 ever, is the best; it warms up the soil while cow manure is 

 cold and does not give as favorable soil conditions. 



LIME FOR SOIL 



J. F. D., Ohio — It is not advisable to lime soil in flower 

 beds unless the soil is sour; then only a little is needed, say 

 three or four pounds to ioo square feet. A J-inch dressing 

 would probably render the soil unfit for use for some time. 



HOW TO KILL PLANT LICE 



O. F. S., Mass. — The aphis attacking the lupine may be 

 killed by spraying with whale oil soap solution — one 

 pound to six or eight gallons of water. As the strength of 

 whale oil soap varies after it has been mixed with the 

 water test it on one plant before you spray all of them. 



PROPAGATING CLEMATIS 



J. M. M., California — True species of clematis, such as 

 paniculata or Drummondii, may be increased by seeds, but 

 horticultural forms and hybrids must be reproduced by 

 buds. It is the common practice in this country to grow 

 the clematis from softwood cuttings taken in May or June 

 and inserted in a cutting bed of sand which has a gentle 

 bottom heat. In Europe, the clematis is usually increased 

 by grafting well-ripened, one-year-old wood, of the variety 

 desired, upon roots of any vigorous growing species. C. 

 Flammula is commonly used for this. 



WHY DAHLIAS DO NOT FLOWER 



M. L. S., Virginia — There are several causes which 

 prevent dahlias fium blooming until it is so late that they 

 are killed by frost. Occasionally it is due to too late plant- 

 ing. The chintz fly gets on the under side of the buds and 

 sucks the sap, causing the buds to turn black and drop off. 

 Sometimes over fertilizing is the cause. Many people 

 think they must give the dahlia bed a heavy dres ing of 

 stable manure, and as a result the plants make a rank 

 growth of foliage and few flower buds. Bone meal is a 

 good fertilizer for heavy soils. Sometimes the plants can 

 be induced to flower earliei by confining the roots to a small 

 space. This may be done by putting a mulch of manure 

 around the plants. J. K. A. 



POTTING INDIAN AZALEAS 



F. E. B., Mass. — Presumably the idea of September 

 potting has come about because thousands of azaleas are 

 imported in the fall of the year, but anyone who has estab- 

 lished plants to care for year after year should certainly 

 repot, when needed, early in the year just before new growth 

 commences. If the plants need potting badly it might be 

 well to pick out the flower buds as they develop to prevent 

 them from flowering for a year. I frequently do this with 

 my large plants, even when they need no attention at the 

 root, to give them a year's rest. On the other hand if an 

 azalea was in bad shape through stopping up of the drainage 

 I would not hesitate at any period of the year to take it out 

 of the pot and change the soil, as to do otherwise might 

 result in the loss of the plant. A. H. 



BARNYARD MANURE SUBSTITUTES 



J. F. B., New York. — Commercial fertilizers can never 

 fully take the place of manures as they cannot furnish 

 humus. It is only possible to offer rather general sugges- 

 tions when the nature and condition of the soil are unknown. 

 If the garden is in need of heavy fertilizing and no stable 

 manure at hand, use pulverized sheep manure at the rate 

 of one or two barrels for each one-quarter acre, spreading 

 it broadcast on the plowed ground and working it in with 

 harrow or cultivator. Then use a complete commercial 

 fertilizer raked in the rows before planting — one with 

 6 to 8 per cent, phosphoric acid, 4 to 5 per cent, nitrogen, 

 and 8 to 10 per cent, potash; all from readily available 

 sources. This may be used at the rate of from 500 to 1,000 

 pounds per acre. A good fertilizer may be made as follows: 

 fifty-seven pounds acid phosphate (14 per cent.), twenty- 

 seven pounds nitrate of soda, sixteen pounds sulphate of 

 potash. If such a mixture is to be used in a drilling 

 machine, it will distribute better if mixed with half the 

 quantity of fine dry loam. 



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