same time as Nemorosa; it has been wintered in a cold frame, and I 
do not think it will bear the winter in the open. A very handsome 
plant about three feet high. The foliage is coarse, the sage smell 
quite strong, but it is very valuable in the garden, as no flowers but 
the passing foxglove are here now of that height (white and pale 
mauve) . 
Laclifolia, pale blue, very important in late August. 
Blue Beard is an early spring flower, but not worth much trouble, 
low and a short bloomer. 
My idea of this species is that it is neglected with us; certainly 
Nemorosa and Sclarea will be a pleasant variety in our gardens, they 
are common in England. Would it not be attractive to have some 
of the traveling fraternity send us a list of "best bloomers" from 
England and Scotland, with their dates of flowering? 
Hnswers 
Cutworm Remedies. 
Bran, arsenic mash. From United States Department of Agri- 
culture. Use one part, by weight, of white arsenic. One part sugar, 
and parts bran sweetened with a little sugar or molasses, and enough 
water added to make a mash. Put around the plants. 
One quart of bran, one teaspoonful of Paris green, and water 
enough to make a paste. Leave a little among newly set-out plants. — 
The Garden Magazine. 
Carbolic Acid Emulsion. 
One pound of hard soap (oleine) dissolved in one gallon of 
boiling water. Chop up the soap, as it dissolves more quickly. When 
cold add one pint of crude carbolic acid and emulsify by stirring hard. 
Use one part of the mixture to thirty parts of water. Use in watering 
pot around roots of plants. — Mrs. Charles CressTeell. 
5. Can you tell me the name of a shamelessly pretty black and 
gray beetle that devoured Anemone Japonica last fall — or better still, 
its death potion? 
The beetle that attacks the Japanese Anemone is called the blister 
beetle. I have found no remedy, but hand picking and killing early 
in the season, as they eat the foliage and so prevent the nourishment 
of the plant on which the flowers depend. — Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson. 
Questions 
1 . What will destroy small hard black worms which eat tulip 
bulbs? 
2. Should lilies be fed and with what and how often? 
