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I. LITTLE TWIGS. 



A QUICK growth makes delicious vegetables. 

 Verbenas may be stuck from slips for a month yet. 

 ' On sandy soil the German Iris succeeds well in grass. 

 You CANNOT get sweet-peas into the ground too early. 

 Have you a Magnolia speciosa tree? If not, get one. 

 Avoid extremes; to pot loosely is as bad as topot over- 

 firmly. 



Arbor Day started off on Washington's Birthday in 

 Alabama. 



We have seen poinsettia grown successfully as a 

 -window-plant, 



Who bothers with tile or other artificial garden 

 •edgings nowadays? 



Cleanliness should be the plant-grower's first law. 

 Order is second to it. 



Better than to crowd your plants in greenhouse and 

 ■window, have less of t"hem. 



The umbelled candytuft is a native of southern 

 Europe. The original color was purple. 



Early March is about the best time for starting 

 •cuttings of the majority of bedding-plants. 



The "New Onion-Culture" is bound to revolu- 

 tionize the growing of that wholesome bulb. 



The peony catalogue of Krelage& Sons of Haarlem, 

 Holland, contains descriptions of 500 distinct ('!) varie- 

 ties of peonies. 



My carnations are very nice, grown in rooms heated 

 by coal-stoves. The largest blossom on my Silver Spray 

 measures inches around. — E. A. B., Ohio. 



NuMBO Chestnuts —Samuel C. Moon, of Pennsyl- 

 vania, promises to send us next season some specimens 

 of the Numbo as large as the cut in his advertisements. 



In these days when draperies of various fabrics are 

 so much in vogue for interior decoration, let us not 

 overlook nature's beautiful draping material for out- 

 door use in magnificent climbing vines. 



The Gladiolus is very accommodating. Bulbs set 

 just as soon as the soil can be worked up light do well, 

 and they may be set at any time for ten weeks later 

 with perfect success. 



German Prunes in Pennsylvania. — This year (i8gi) 

 I have grown and marketed at our Erie market 95 

 bushels of German prunes. They averaged a trifle over 

 $2 per bushel. — P. Waidlev, Pa. 



Spir.eas and Rose-Chafers. — I wish to endorse A. S. 

 Fuller's experience, that these insects in the morning, 

 when sluggish, will be found close together on the 

 spiraeas, and can easily be collected and destroyed. — 

 Benj. G. Smith, Mass. 



Why did Pliny term the mulberry the wisest of 

 trees? In answer to this question a writer in Gardener's 

 Clironicle says the reason is not far to seek ; it is because 

 it is late in unfolding its leaves, and thus escapes the 

 sometimes dangerous frosts of early spring. 



Grand Rapids Lettuce. — I have determined to grow 

 the Grand Rapids this season. Although I cannot say it 

 is as nice as the Stonehead Golden or Tennis-Bali, still it 

 is surely a fine-looking sort. It stands up well from the 

 ground, and ought to be free from rot and mildew. — 

 Alfred Barron, Madison Co., N. Y. 



Tool for Raspberry-Growers. — An old manure-fork 

 with broken tines can be easily 

 transformed into a useful imple- 

 ment for cutting suckers and weeds 

 out of the raspberry patch. Simply 

 rivet a piece of an old bush scythe- 

 say a foot long, onthe outer tines, 

 in the way shown in illustration, 

 and the job is done. 



Asparagus from Root-Cut- 

 tings. — Giveusgoodstrongplants, 

 one or two years old, for starting 

 a new asparagus plantation. Those 

 who wish may use root-cuttings of 

 old plants. 



To PRESERVE potatoes for the 

 table, so they will not sprout, it is 

 recommended to soak them for ten hours in a two per 

 cent, solution of sulphuric acid in water in a wooden 

 tank. A trial is easily made. 



