sown where it is to bloom, rather than sown early in the frames, and 
transplanted. It is bushier, therefore has more terminal branches to 
bloom, and makes more of a color mass: it lasts longer in the garden, 
and because there is more of it there is more to pick, and oh! it is so 
lovely to pick! 
Many seeds of annuals are slow to germinate, usually because of 
their hard shell. Try treating them as many of us do our Sweet Peas, 
that is, put them to soak in water as hot as the hand can bear, and 
leave them over night in the water. It is especially effective with 
Portulaca, and my much loved Cleome. 
I liked so much last season a Zinnia new to me, named IsabelHna — 
a buff Zinnia, tall, and not too large. Seed may be got from Vaughan, 
31 West Randolph Street, Chicago, It is probably named from the 
Phlox Drummondi Isabelhna and is like the latter in hue, — a cream- 
color sHghtly tinged with brown; a dehghtful companion, naturally, 
for almost any other flower. 
Louisa Yeomans King. 
Seed Germi- 
nation 
Zinnia Isa- 
bellina 
For a bedding plant, where a rather low effect is desired, Torenias 
may be used to good advantage, Torenia Fourmeri grandiflora, the 
blue or speciosa, the "Bride" and the large flowering pink with white 
Torenia. Seed sown the middle or end of February wiU make good 
sized 2,y2 in. pot plants in flower by the time you are ready for planting 
out. Some growers sow later and grow the plants on in a hotbed, 
which is a good way, but you can grow them in the greenhouse, giving 
them the same treatment as a Petunia. 
Mrs. Charles W. Hubbard Louise S. Hubbard. 
Winnetka, 111, 
Torenia as a 
Bedding 
Plant 
Spray, Spray, 
Don't delay — 
Now is the time 
For sulphur and lime. 
Garden 
Pests and 
Remedies 
Do you know that four generations of San Jose scale insects are 
born in a summer, and that each female is, therefore, responsible for 
the production of about 3,200,000,000 others during the season? 
While trees are still dormant, scrape off loose bark and spray wnth 
a strong solution of hme suphur, 6% gallons to 50 gal. water. This 
is effective against oyster shell scale, walnut scale, scurfy scale, cherry 
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