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In ten days or two weeks roots ought to form. 

 Treat Jasmine cuttings in same manner. 



Otaheite Orange.— (G.) Give a sunny loca- 

 tion. Soil of rich sandy loam, and moderate 

 amount of water. Keep scale down by washing 

 the foliage once a week with Fir tree oil soap 

 suds. If mealy bug puts in appearance, use 

 kerosene emulsion. 



Cypress Fine.— (E. G. M.) This vine grows 

 * well in ordinary garden soil. I think you 

 started your plants too early. They do best if 

 not started until the weather becomes warm. 

 Then 'they go right ahead, making a rapid 

 growth, and developing finely. 



The Price of Palms.— (A. R. H.) A Palm 

 with four good character leaves can be bought 

 for $1.00 at certain^^times of the year. Plants 

 Avith seven or eight leaves will generally cost 

 $3.00. A large Boston Fern will cost from 

 $1.00 to $2.00. 



Ants in Pot Pla7its.— (A. V. D.) Scatter 

 powdered borax among your pots. 



PJirynium.— (Mrs. C. H. G.) This plant may 

 ~be "able to stand the hottest sun" when well 

 established, but you might have knoAvn had you 

 given the matter a little thought, that a plant 

 just received from the florist is in no condition 

 for exposure to strong sunshine. It should have 

 been allowed to get started in a shaded place. 

 Very likely its exposure, when exhausted from 

 its journey, and with so recent a disturbance of 

 its roots, Avill result in its death. Another time, 

 be sure to keep your plants out of the sun till 

 they begin to grow. Lemons and Oranges do 

 much better in a sandy loam than in leaf mold. 



BooTc Wanted.- (Urs. R. W.) 0. Judd Co., 

 52 Lafayette Place, New York City, can send 

 you "Home Floriculture" for $1.00. Or your 

 local bookseller Avould no doubt order it for 

 you. 



Ventilating a Small Greenhouse.— (Mrs. W. 

 S. B.) By all means have some kind of ventila- 

 tion in the roof. You can have a pipe put in, 

 running up through the roof, with a cover fit- 

 ted to the lower end of it, with a hinge, and 

 kept in place by a spring running up inside the 

 pipe. Have a string fastened to the edge of the 

 lower side of this cover, by which to draw it 

 down when you desire to let out the overheated 

 air. By fastening this string to something you 

 can keep the pipe open at your pleasure. By 

 releasing the string, the spring will at once 

 draw the cover up against the pipe, and thus 

 prevent the exit of air from the room. You 

 will need such a ventilator every sunny day in 

 winter. 



Eoses and Orchids.— (Mrs. F. D, G.) It is not 

 possible to name a Rose from a mere description 

 of color, form, and habit. There are many 

 varieties so nearly alike in these respects that 

 your description would fit them all. The plant 

 you describe is no doubt one of our native 

 Orchids, but I could not name the variety with- 

 out seeing it. 



Eose Trouble.— (Mrs. F. P. W.) "Black 

 spot" is a fungoid disease which causes great 

 harm among Roses. Copperdine, if used per- 

 sistently, will check it. I am not able to recog- 

 nize the specimen of flower which you send. 

 It was crushed in the mails. 



Eoses, Begonias, Gloxinia and Lantanas. — 

 (Mrs. W. F. G.) If the Roses are strong, 1 

 would advise moving them this fall— as soon as 

 they ripen their foliage. Disturb their roots 

 as little as possible. Cover the soil about them 

 with at least six or eight inches of old manure. 

 If Roses kill back to the ground with you in 

 winter, I would lay the branches down flat on 

 the ground before putting the manure about 

 them. You can lay the Rambler down and cover 

 it in the same way. Begonias and Gloxinias are 

 greatly benefitted, if grown in loam, by having 

 sand enough added to make the soil light and 

 friable. A "weeping Lantana" ought not to 

 grow in upright form. Perhaps it has deter- 

 mined to overcome its "weeping" tendencies, and 

 hold up its head among folks. 



Lilacs.— (C.) By all means cut away the 

 shoots which spring up about the old bush. If 

 you do not you will, in a short time, have a per- 

 fect thicket of dwarfed growth. Cut them 

 down now, and next year keep them from grow- 

 ing up again by running the lawn-mower over 

 them every time you mow the lawn. 



Specimens for Name. — (Mrs. W. W. Y.) 

 Fern, Pteris, Ampelopsis Veitchii. 



Impatiens. — To make this plant bushy, cut it 

 back while growing, and keep cutting it back 

 until it has as many branches as you want it 

 to have. One must be persistent in training 

 plants. They may need almost daily attention 

 for months before they take on the form you 

 want them to. 



Sweet Pea Trouble.— (H. J. G.) I do not 

 understand why your Sweet Pea;s drop their 

 flowers as you describe. I have never known 

 the plant to behave in this way before. Are you 

 sure there were no worms or insects on the 

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Plants for Leadville.— (1. V.) Not having 

 had any experience with a climate like yours, I 



