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SUMMER TREATMENT OF CALLAS 
E. O. U., Fla.—In Florida the calla lily may be left in the 
open ground during the summer or dug and stored during 
June, July, and August, whichever is the most convenient. 
DUTCH BULBS IN FLORIDA 
E. O. U., Fla.—Tulips’and other Dutch bulbs will not 
succeed in Southern Florida, the climate is not cool 
enough. At rare interval hyacinths will flower; in any case 
the bulbs will not live over. 
HOW TO PROPAGATE CLEMATIS 
M. E. L., Colo.—The different species of clematis may 
be propagated by seed but the varieties and numerous hy- 
brids, like Jackmanii, can be propagated only by grafting, 
cuttings, or layers. For grafting (which is not practical 
unless one has a greenhouse), the roots of C. flammula or 
C. viticella are used as stocks. The cions are taken from 
plants grown under glass; cions taken from plants growing 
in the open do not seem to succeed. After the cions have 
been inserted the plants are put in a moist, cool house and 
given a gentle bottom heat. One of the biggest growers of 
clematis in this country propagates most of his plants by 
cuttings. The work is done in May or June, and neces- 
sitates a cutting bench which has bottom heat. A home- 
made cutting bench which will answer your purposes can 
easily be made by following Mr. Doogue’s suggestions on 
page 166 of the November, 1905, Garpen Macazine. 
Use young or growing wood; hardwood cuttings will not 
strike as well. If you cannot make cuttings, the clematis 
may be increased by layering. ‘This is done in the early 
summer. Give every other joint a twist which will split 
the bark lengthwise; then bury the stems in soil until the 
following spring, when they should have roots. 
ENGLISH WALNUT IN IOWA 
H. E. D., lowa—It is not advisable to plant the English 
walnut in Iowa. The twigs kill backfor a distance of one- 
half to two-thirds of the new growth each year, and most of 
the time the tree looks like a patient that ought to be in the 
hospital. There is a specimen growing on the campus of 
the agricultural college at Ames which is twelve to fifteen 
years old and scarcely that number of feet high—A. T. 
Erwin. 
THE WESTERN BEAN BEETLE 
M. E. L., Colo.—It seems almost certain that the insect 
injuring your beans is the Western bean beetle (Epilachna 
corrupta). This insect is found in the foothills in both Colo- 
rado and New Mexico. It is by far the worst insect pest 
that the bean growers have to contend with; it is to the bean 
what the Colorado potato beetle is to the potato. The in- 
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rather than upon plant lice and other small insects, the nor- 
mal habit of this family of beetles. The bean beetle is a 
very difficult insect to destroy by the use of insecticides. In 
fact, I have only been able to obtain partial success when 
using any of the common insecticides. The bean is so ten- 
der that Paris green, London purple, or arsenite of lime in a 
strength sufficiently strong to kill the beetles will also kill 
the plants. I have been able to use arsenate of lead, one 
pound to twenty gallons of water, with fairly good success, 
but it was not entirely satisfactory. Kerosene emulsion 
thoroughly sprayed upon the beans, taking pains to wet 
the under sides of the leaves, has also been fairly success- 
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leaves. The most effective method of killing these beetles is 
by brushing them up on'the hot ground during the middle of 
the day when the sun is hottest. If the ground is kept clean 
of weeds so as not to be shaded, and the day is clear, very 
few either of the adult beetles or their larve are able to get 
back upon the plants before being killed by the heat.—C. 
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