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placed in the holes to w'hich they are trans- 
ferred. Plant in groups rather than rows. 
Do not put in same beds flowers whose colors 
clash. If a calendar is kept as advised in 
these articles one should know the blooming 
periods of the various flowers and thus be able 
to arrange a pleasing effect. Also sow seeds of 
annuals in the open border. 
Transplant from hotbed into cold frames the 
perennials that were sown in February, three 
inches apart. Shade with lath sashes in hot 
days and glass frames should be put in if 
nights are very cool. Water in the mornings. 
Plant a few of each kind of flower in small 
E ots and sink into the cold frame. These can 
e used as reserves later on in the summer to 
fill in the gaps in the borders. 
Violets should now be separated and planted 
in rich mellow soil in rows in the open ground 
and given constant cultivation' and care 
throughout the summer to make large plants 
to put in the cold frames the end of August for 
winter blooming. 
FLOWERS FOR SUMMER DROUGHT 
Drought resisting flowers should claim at- 
tention in the South so one can have flowers 
during the months of July and August. 
Petunias and Verbenas are especially desirable 
and in the latter there is a wide range of color. 
Snow-on-the-Mountain Euphorbia blooms the 
latter part of August into September, is two 
feet tall and makes lovely cool masses of 
white and green in the garden. As a low grow- 
ing plant the Abronia, so like the Heliotrope in 
flower and the Verbena in leaf, is a great ad- 
dition to the garden because of its long season 
of bloom and easy cultivation. 
Dormant and potted Roses can be planted 
this month, also Peonies and perennials and 
many deciduous shrubs, though it is a little 
late for the early blooming varieties (The 
Forsythias, Loniceras, Pyrus japonica, Mag- 
nolias Soulangea and stellata). They should 
be planted in the fall, as they bloom in Jan- 
uary, February, and March or immediately 
after the blooming season. 
Spray the grape vines and all fruit trees with 
bordeaux mixture for brown rot and fungous 
diseases and two weeks later add to the mix- 
ture which should then be summer strength a 
little arsenate of lead to destroy the plum 
curculio and the coddling moth. Examine 
peach and plum trees for the peach borer. It 
is at the root and should be dug out with a 
sharp knife or wire and the trunk painted with 
coal tar a foot below and above ground. 
Virginia. J. M. Patterson. 
Where the 17-Year Locust is due 
r PHIS Spring the 17-year locust (or brood 
VIII of the periodical cicada) maybe looked 
for in western Pennsylvania, eastern Ohio, 
northern West Virginia, northern New Jersey, 
northern Maryland, central North Carolina, 
southwestern New York, southern South 
Carolina, northwestern Illinois, and Martha’s 
Vineyard, Massachusetts. And also possibly 
in N. Carolina, southern S. Carolina, south- 
western New York, and northwestern Illinois. 
In counties where this insect appeared in 
large numbers in 1900, fruit trees should not be 
planted extensively this spring. Young trees 
may have the trunks and large limbs wrapped 
with paper to prevent egg-disposition, and 
the upper limbs should then be either in- 
closed by mosquito netting as complete 
protection or sprayed liberally with bor- 
deaux mixture or lime-sulphur wash as 
partial protection. 
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