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THE FLORAL WOBLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 
Turnips. — S ow turnips, and hoe and thin out to eight inches apart those 
which are forward enough. 
Carrots and Parsnips must be also thinned out as soon as they are large 
enough, and must not be left nearer than eight inches apart ; and carrot seed may 
still be sown. 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Monstera Deliciosa. — II. B., Carmarthen. — This stove plant should be 
easy of cultivation, and should succeed in a mixture of peat and loam, and may 
be propagated by dividing the roots. 
Wild Flowers. — T. S., Bolton. — You will find your request answered 
by an article in the present number, which may be followed by others on 
the same subject. 
Book on Ferns. — Mrs. B., Donnylroolc. — We have handed your letter to our 
publishers, who will answer it. 
Lily of the Valley.— M. C. AT., Dungannon. — You do not say how long 
your roots have been planted ; as a rule, this plant will not flower well until it is 
thoroughly established and is impatient of removal. Perhaps the article on 
the subject in the present number will assist you in determining the cause of 
your non-success. 
Snowdrop. — J. II., Ballingany. — We do not recognize your snowdrop as a 
distinct variety. 
Azaleas. — Alpha. — These may now be struck from cuttings of the less than 
half-ripened wood, or as soon as the young shoots are about 11 inches in length, 
if you are skilful in the art of striking. 
Bed Spider. — C. H. D., Devon. — This pest may be destroyed by means of 
sulphur ; the best way of applying it is to heat your flues or hot-water 
pipes, and then while they are quite hot to wash them with lime and flower 
of sulphur. 
Fuchsias. — Oxford. — If you destroy the blossom buds now, they will flower 
stronger and better in the autumn ; but we should not recommend you to do this 
unless the branches are weak and drawn, as the fuchsia is not a plant that suffers 
much, if at all, from blooming. 
Peaches and Nectarines. — W. B. Y . — When the fruit of these drop at the 
time of stoning, the trees are probably weak from overbearing, bad pruning, or 
the effects of insects, or the evil may arise from the injury caused to the embryo 
by frost. 
B. D., Salisbury. — We are sorry that we cannot assist you in the cultivation 
of your plant, as we do not recognize it. 
