206 THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 
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HE Angle Lamp is the zew method of burning 
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and more reliable than gasoline or acetylene, yet as 
convenient to operate as gas or electricity. 
The Angle Lamp 
is lighted and extinguished like gas. May be turned 
high or low without odor. No-smoke, nodanger. Filled 
while lighted and without moving. Requires filling but 
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HEN AND PIGEON MANURE 
H. C., Md.—Hen and pigeon droppings are much 
stronger than ordinary stable manure. By mixing them 
with about ten times their bulk of stable manure there 
will be no danger of burning the plants. There are no 
particular plants for which they are better adapted than is 
stable manure. 
PLANTING STRAWBERRIES IN THE SOUTH 
B. W., N. C.—In the South strawberries can be planted 
any time during the fall, winter or spring when the ground 
can be worked. After planting give each a mulch—a 
forkful of manure around each plant. This will protect 
them from the cold and will also fertilize the ground. Fall 
planting is to be preferred. 
POISON FOR MICE 
H. M. G., Ohio—The mice which are destroying your 
bulbs can be killed by poisoned food. Soak sweet corn 
kernels in water in which strychnine has been dissolved. 
The water must be hot to dissolve strychnine. Allow 
corn to soak twelve hours, then dry the corn and place 
where the mice are working. 
WIREWORMS ON CARNATIONS 
H. W., New Yorx—The carnation plants submitted 
are infested with wireworms, a very troublesome pest. A 
satisfactory method of eradication is to place pieces of 
carrots on the soil infested and remove them each morning 
with the wireworms. Kill the worms by dropping them 
in boiling water or kerosene. The wireworms are very 
fond of carrots. 
RHODODENDRONS IN CITIES 
B. J. W., Prenn.—Rhododendrons, like conifers, do 
not succeed in cities because there 1s too much coal smoke 
and dust in the atmosphere which clogs the stomata or 
plant’s breathing pores. If you are on the outskirts of the 
city they may do well. | See Mr. Dunbar’s directions for 
preparing the rhododendron bed in the July GarpEn 
MAGaZINE, page 334 
DIVIDING LILY-OF-THE-VALLEY 
H. M. S., New Yorx—The best time to divide lily-of 
the-valley (Convallaria majalis) is in the fall—October or 
November—after the other roots have ripened. You can 
tell when they ripen, because the leaves turn yellow and 
drop. After setting the clumps in the new position they 
will come through the winter much better if they have a 
mulch of loose litter or something of that sort. 
PROPAGATING IVIES 
H. F. K., New Jersry—The English ivy (Hedera 
Helix) may be propagated at any time of year by cuttings 
of half ripened wood. The woodbine (Ampelopsis quin- 
quefolia) is grown from hardwood cuttings taken in Sep- 
tember or October. The Boston ty is best grown from 
seeds sown under glass or outdoors as soon as ripe. It 
may also be increased by cuttings cf green wood made in 
May or June inserted in a propagating bench which has 
a gentle bottom heat. 
PROPAGATING JAPANESE ANEMONE 
C. D. J., Mass.—Late November or December is an 
excellent time to propagate the Japanese anemone (Ane- 
mone Faponica). Cut the roots into pieces one-half to one 
inch long and sow them in a seed pan or flat, just as if 
they were seeds. Use a good seed soil. Or they may be 
laid in rows in sand in a propagating bench. The former 
way is preferable. As soon as roots are being freely pro- 
duced pot cff, putting them in 2-inch pots. Shift as neces- 
sary and plant in the open ground in April in nursery- 
rows, putting the young plants a foot apait. 
1906 
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