4®"// /J /At? privilege of subscribers to ask questions about gardening in any department. All will be ansiuered by specialists. 



S^Correspondejits are urged to anticipate the season. Questions received before the fifth of any month will probably be ans7vered 



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the number of question and your address— not for 



QUERIES. 



2905. Propagating- Oleanders.— When is the proper time' 

 I have no greenhouse' — Mrs. McV., Mo. 



2906. Work on Botany.— What one would you recommend 

 for general use? — T. E. B„ Conn. 



2907. Aucuba Japonica.— Please give description and cliar- 

 acteristics. Is it hardy in this latitude? — T. E. B., Conn. 



2908. Transplanting Large Fruit-Trees. — Two apple 

 and two plum trees, about six years old on my lot, must he re- 

 moved. Can I transplant them safely? If so when and how? — 

 H. M., Ohio. 



2909. Moles and G-ophers. — What can I^oto prevent moles 

 and gophers from eating off the roots of herbaceous shrubs, and 

 riddling my lawn with runways ?— Mrs. McV., Mo. 



2910. Cure for Earthworms. — Have tried salt in large 

 quantities without avail. Soil has been heavily manured with 

 stable manure for three years.— C. A. W., Ohio. 



2911. Fuchsia for Winter Bloom.— How should I treat 

 my plants in order to have them free-blooming next winter?— 

 R. S. F., Mich. 



2912. Cold Storage for Winter Apples — How long can 

 apples be kept in cold storage? Is the crop barreled immediately 

 after gathering? Please give description of storage-house ?—\'. L. 



2913. Peach-Paring. — Will someone tell me the best way of 

 paring and pitting peaches for canning and evaporating ? — N. A., 

 Tenn. 



2914. Growing Various Vegetables.— Please give plain 

 directions for growing chard, spinage, endive, leek and kale. — 

 Subscriber, Central Illinois. 



2915. G-rafting and Pruning Fruit-Trees.— Would like 

 to see an illustrated article on these subjects. — Subscriber. 



2916. Greenhouse Heating.— Tell us something more about 

 Chas. Barnard's greenhouse. How would his heater do for a 15x15 

 conservatory, with an arch between it and a sitting-room, heated 

 by a No. 4 base-burner? — Subscriber. 



2917. Keeping Dried Fruit. — How can we^prevent worms 

 from getting into dried fruit that is kept over from one year to 

 another ? — A. C. 



2918. Growing Rhubarb.— How shall I exterminate a long 

 black beetle that attacks my rhubarb-stalks ? — A. C. 



2919. Saving Girdled Trees. — At what season should 

 scions be inserted in trees that have been girdled or are diseased 

 at the base? Some of my trees turned black just above the ground, 

 and the bark died all around their trunks. We saved some of the 

 trees by inserting suckers that had come up around them. — .\. C. 



2920. Fruit Storage Cellar.— Would like to see plans for 

 fruit storage cellar, to be built of lumber, and mostly above ground. 

 Thermometer sometimes reaches 35° below zero here. — L. S. J., 



2921. Pruning and Training Grape - Vines. — What 

 system is most easily understood and practiced ?—C. F. T., Illinois. 



2922. The Kola-Nut.— What are the characteristics of the 

 tree ; and could it be grown in the United States? — Floridian. 



2923. Lawrence Pear Grafted on Le Conte — Will it 

 bear fruit freely? My trees set fruit sparingly. Would root-pruning 

 cause them to be more fruitful ?— C. P. C, Miss. 



2924. Pickling Barletta Onions. — This variety makes 

 choice little pickling onions. But to peel them is a terrible job. 

 How can it be done most easily? — H. W., Conn. 



2925. Raising Seeds of Cauliflower.— How is it done? 

 —A. F. S., Washington. 



2926. Colors for Summer-House and Arbor. — Give 

 suggestions regarding colors that will best harmonize with the 

 lawn, trees, etc.— H. S. G., Ohio. 



2927. Cyclamen and Primula in Summer — How should 

 plants be managed that have bloomed all winter in the house? — 

 J. H. G., IVew Jersey. 



292S. California Privet.— Can it be propagated from cut- 

 tings?— E. H., Otsego Co.,N. }'. 



2929. Remedy for Rose - Bugs. — Our large rose-bushes 

 last year were badly infested with these pests. What can we do to 

 destroy them?— G. S. P., Pa. 



2930. Vitality of Seeds.— How many years do seeds of cab- 

 bage, cauliflower, tomato, celery, bean, turnip, etc., keep their ger- 

 minating power?— J. H., Ohio. 



2931. Making Cider-Vinegar.— What is the best method 

 of treating apple-cider to make vinegar of it ?— J. L. E., Pa. 



2932. Pruning Growing Peach Trees.— Will it injure the 

 trees to cut them back severely after they bloom ? Frost has killed 

 the fruit. Trees are rather spreading. — G. B. B., Ohio. 



2933. Blackberries for Michigan. —What varieties are 

 safe to plant here? Is the Lincoln blackberry worth growing for 

 market?— S. R., Mich. 



2934. Grass Among Fruit-Trees.— Can alfalfa be grown 

 in orchards without damage to the fruit-trees? Is there any other 

 grass that will do for such a situation ?— S. P. C, Texas. 



2935. Remedy for Currant-Borer —Is there any way to 

 kill the worm that bores into currant and gooseberry-canes ? 



2936. Layering Currants and Gooseberries.— .^t what 

 time should this be done?— J. C. S., Mich. 



2937. Onion Plants in Hotbed Dying.— Plants turn yel- 

 low, fall over and die. What is the cause ?— E. S. M., Ohio. 



2938. Early White Grape.— Which is the best variety for 

 New England?— W. C. L., Mass. 



2939. Cellar for Storing Roots.— I wish to store from 10 

 to 14 hundred bushels of roots. Please give plan for cellar. — J. P., 

 Ohio. 



2940. Remedy for Pear Scab.— What can I do for my pear 

 trees to keep the fruit from cracking and to free them from black 

 spots?— J. H. F., Maine. 



2941. Asparagus Ped. — Please give method of starting.— 

 B. I. P. L. 



