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May. 1907 



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TRANSPLANTING PRIVET 



E. H. S., New York — Privet may be planted in spring or 

 fall. If transplanted in fall give it a good mulch of leaves, 

 loose litter or strawy manure, when transplanting set the 

 plants six inches deeper than they were before. This is a 

 good rule to follow whenever planting privet in hedges 

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HEMLOCK HEDGES FROM SEED 



M. S., New York — Hemlock may be grown from seeds 

 but a hedge of any size cannot be had under five or six years. 

 Sow the seeds in April in a coldframe in rows four to six 

 inches apart. Until the seeds have germinated keep the 

 sashes on the frame and it will be better if the sashes have 

 a thin coating of whitewash. As soon as the young plants 

 appear above the soil ventilate the frame. During the hot 

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WATER-LILIES IN CALIFORNIA 



E. S. H., Cal. — The hardy water-lilies of the East can be 

 grown with much success in the vicinity of San Francisco. 

 Good white kinds are Nymphaa Gladsloniana, N. Mar- 

 liacea, var. albida, JV. odorata. The tender water-lilies 

 cannot be grown outside the year round where there is any 

 frost. Read the articles on water-lilies by Professor Henry 

 S. Conard in the Garden Magazine for 1906; January, 

 page 279; March, page 78; July, page 321; September, page 

 70, and November, page 180. 



VARIETIES OF ASPARAGUS 



G. O. P., New York — For green asparagus grow either 

 Colossal or Palmetto. In the South Palmetto is a little 

 earlier than Colossal but the chief point in its favor is that 

 the stalks are all large and even in size; there are few or no 

 culls. For white asparagus grow Mammoth White. The 

 stalks will remain white until three or four inches above the 

 soil. When grown from seed only a small portion come 

 white but the white-stalked plants may be easily distin- 

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PRUNING RAMBLER ROSES 



M. W., New Jersey — The best time to prune Crimson 

 Rambler rose is in the early spring — March or early April. 

 Remove one-fifth to one-third of the previous year's growth 

 and in old, well-established plants any of the old flowering 

 wood which has become weakened. It is also a good plan 

 to do summer pruning after the season of flowering is over. 

 At this time pruning is limited to taking out old wood and 

 pinching out weak and undesirable shoots. During the 

 winter do not let the canes whip in the wind, tie them up to 

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CRUDE CARBOLIC ACID WASH 



C. C. R., Penn. — The statement that carbolic acid is 

 extensively used in New Jersey is absolutely untrue. It 

 has been used to a very limited extent in a very limited 

 locality and with a still more limited amount of success. 

 I have followed the applications made from the original 

 one upon which all the others were based, and have failed, 

 up to the present time, to see any marked beneficial results. 

 Crude carbolic acid painted on the trunks of trees will kill 

 all the scales that it touches and no others. There is not a 

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THE BEST DWARF PEARS 



W. S., Penn. — The pear is dwarfed by grafting it on the 

 quince. Any variety of quince may be used for stock, but 

 the Anger quince is most commonly used. It is imported 

 by nurserymen from France but may be grown from seed. 

 The pear is always root-grafted and nearly all varieties 

 will unite with the quince. The few which do not 

 are double grafted; that is a pear cion which will unite with 

 the quince is inserted and when it has made a union and 

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 is then grafted into the pear cion. Pears grown on quince 

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 own roots. Varieties to be recommended are Angouleme, 

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 Trees" by T. Rivers, is out of print. The only book which 

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