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4ee- It IS the privilege of subscribers to ask any questions about gardening in any department. All will be answered by specialists. 

 Correspondents are urged to anticipate the season. To ask on April 15 or 20 what peas had best be sown, could bring no answer 

 before June, when the answer would be unseasonable. Questions received before the fifth of any month will probably be answered in 

 next issue. Please do not expect answers by mail, except to very important questions. Inquiries appearing without name, belong to the 

 name next following. 



4®- Replies to inquiries are requested from our readers. In answering, give the number of question and your address — not for pui- 

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2738. Ventilated Barrel. Please give address of manufac- 

 turer— H. T. W, Texas. 



2739. Mixtures for Grape Diseases. What are the bes' 

 formulas for Borbeaux mixture and carbonate of copper solution? 

 — T. W., La. 



2740. Zephyranthes Varieties. Where can all the varie- 

 ties named in an earlier number be obtained?— C. W. L., Mass. 



2741. Pines and Spruces for Odor. What kinds emit so 

 pleasant an odor, especiallylin summer time?— J. T. T., N. J. 



- 2742. Strawberry Plants from Old Beds. Are they as 

 good for setting as plants from beds that have never borne fruit.— 

 M. D. F. 



2743. Marketing- Cucumber Pickles. What kind of pack- 

 ages are used, and where can they be obtained? How are the 

 pickles laid down? Do you know of any book on the subject? — 

 M. D. F. 



2744. Remedy for Flea-beetle and Blight .—Flea-beetles 

 have eaten my potato-crops, and blight turned them yellow. What 

 remedies would you recommend ? 



2745. Soot for Lawn. I have a quantity of soot from boiler 

 where hard coal is burnt. Is it good for a high lawn, and should it 

 be used alone or with lawn fertilizer? — L. W. D., N. J. 



2746. Acme or Shense Apricot. Is this one and the same? 

 If so, which is the right name?— R. F. N., O. 



2747. Remedy for Scale Lice. One of my youngtulip-trees 

 .s quite covered with scales. What can be done?— F. X. M., Mich. 



2748. Fruits for the Family. What list of the various fruits 

 would you recommend for western New York ? — M. H.J. 



2749. Peanut Culture. — What are the essential conditions ot 

 success ? — Southern Virginian. 



2750. Utah Hybrid Cherry. What is its origin? Has it 

 proved worthy of planting? 



2751. Black Hansen Raspberry. Do you know of any 

 under this name?— S. J. B., Kans. 



2752. Best Clematises for Bloom. My soil is sandy loam, 

 made especially deep and rich, mixed with plenty of leaf-mold, rich 

 compost and some peat. Spot well drained and protected from 

 noon sun. What clematis will give largest and best bloom during 

 ^he season ? I have C. Jackmanni.—'W . H. L., N. J. 



2753. Pears for Kentucky. I want to plant for profit. Are 

 the following good and blight-proof, viz. Kieffer, LeCoute, Lawson 

 Jefferson, Garber, Early Harvest, Idaho, Souvenir de Congresp 

 Which of them have Chinese sand pear blood ? Do they grow freely 

 from cutting? Would the trees, when three or four years old, be 

 injured by driving three small staples in each, to support three lines 

 of wire for training'grape-vines.on, and could both pears and grapes 

 be grown in this way ? 



27=4. Shrubs for Kentucky. Will the following shrubs 

 Araucaria fimbricata. Seedless Oonshiu Orange, Citrus trifoliata, 

 Elixagnus longipes, grow in this climate? What fig is best 

 adapted to this district, and would it require protection?— G. D. 

 C. E., Lyndon, Ky. 



2755. Climbers for Veranda and Lawn. I wish to plant 

 some climbers that cows will not eat. What would you recommend? 

 -T. W. L., Va. 



2756. Wood-ashes for Pear Trees. What is the value of 



a bushel of good ashes for this purpose ? How should the material 

 be applied ?— T. E. G., Cobden, 111. 



2757. Transplanting- Large Trees. In the cities large 

 trees are transplanted quite frequently and quite successfully. 

 Please describe the mode of operation. — R. M. W. 



275S. The Buffalo Tree-Hopper. A small greenish yellow 

 Dug, a hopper, did great damage in our pear orchard Jlast year. 

 What is it and how can we get rid of it?— M. N., ///. 



2759. The Hardy Orange for Hedge Purposes. Will 

 Prof. Massey please state what treatment Citrus trifoliata requires 

 to make a hedge fence. How long will it take from seed to get at 

 fence?— P. W. R., Kentucky. 



2760. Water-Cress in Greenhouse. Could the green- 

 house culture of water-cresses be made profitable ?—M. N. O., N.J. 



2761. Protecting Peach Buds. Can any thing' be done to 

 protect the buds of peach trees from harm by late frosts?— W. W. 

 M., R. L 



2762. Vineyard on Western Slope. What is the objection 

 urged against a western exposure for grapes? I have a piece of 

 ground suitable in every other^respect. Would you advise me to 

 plant it?— B. B.S., Miss. 



2763. Nursery Stock from Different Sections. Will 



peach and plum trees grown in Delaware and New Jersey do as 

 well as'if grown in Ohio?— D. H. H., Ohio. 



f 2764. Running Water in Fruit-House. I can have a 

 six-inch stream flowing through bottom of fruit-house. Would this 

 be a good thing ?— V. B. 



2765. Remedy for Pear Curculio. Do you know a prac- 

 tical remedy? — A. B. H., Mass. 



2766. Plum Varieties for Western Ohio. Please name 

 six or eight varieties best suited for market and the home garden. 

 — O. C, Ohio. 



2767. Spruces from Seed. Can an inexperienced person 

 hope to be successful in rai; ing the Colorado and Douglass spruces 

 from seed? I have plenty of room and want about 500 seedlings. 

 How is it done?— G. E. B., Minn. 



2768. Clianthus from Seed. Have tried for four years, bu 

 never succeeded in getting a flower.^ What is required ? — C. E. B., 

 Minn. 



