THE RURAL* NEW-YORKER 
589 
Holly Without Berries. 
May a holly tree that does not produce 
berries be grafted or budded so that ber¬ 
ries will be produced? f. s. w. 
Tennessee. 
T HE holly is dioecious, and if you have 
a staminate tree it will not produce 
berries. Naturally it would not be prac¬ 
tical to graft the entire head to the pis¬ 
tillate form, even if the work could be 
done satisfactorily. It is customary, in 
making holly plantations, to set the berry¬ 
bearing plants in the more conspicuous 
places, with a few staminate plants to 
pollinate them. 
Spray to Control Rose Bugs. 
Has there been any formula discovered 
which will destroy or drive rosebugs from 
grapevines or other fruit-bearing bushes 
or trees? n. A. c. 
Ohio. 
A spray used for this purpose is com¬ 
posed of five pounds arsenate of lead to 
50 gallons of water, to which is added 
>ne gallon of molasses. This is not ef¬ 
fective without the molasses. Spray very 
thoroughly when the beetles are due. and 
i gain one week later. 
Propagating Forsythia. 
Can you tell me how and when to set 
ir cuttings of Forsythia? T,. F. K. 
Peace Dale, It. I. 
Forsythia cuttings should be made of 
the ripened wood, taken in Fall or Win¬ 
ter. Make them like currant cuttings, six 
>,r eight inches long, and set in the open 
ground in early Spring. Set them with 
ibout two-thirds of their length in the 
ground, and give clean cultivation. Of 
lurse the ground should be clean and 
'.oil-tilled. 
Care of Cyclamen. 
We have a fine pink Cyclamen which 
was in blossom from the first of 
December until March 10, with an aver¬ 
age of more than 25 blossoms on it at a 
rime. It is still growing, but has ceased 
to bloom. How shall we treat it to keep 
it through the Summer and have it bloom 
next Winter? J. S. w. 
Niagara Co., N. Y. 
Cyclamens give best results wheu 
grown continuously from the seed, flow- 
ring when about 15 months old. It is 
not their nature to be dried off like a 
hyacinth or tulip, and for this reason the 
dry roots sold in the Fall like the Dutch 
bulbs are rarely satisfactory. Florists 
make no attempt to carry over the plants 
from season to season, flowering stock 
fresh from seed each year. Our hot 
Summers do not seem to agree with the 
Cyclamens very well. If you decide to 
carry this fine plant over, put it in a 
sheltered place outside—a frame, where 
shade may be given in the hottest part 
of the day is excellent—or the north side 
of a building. Water moderately, and 
give the same general treatment as you 
would to ferns and Azaleas stored out¬ 
side. Its new growth will begin in the 
Fall; the Summer treatment is to keep 
it from drying up at the root, though the 
foliage will naturally go. But we doubf 
whether you will repeat this Winter’s 
success with the old root. 
Blight Attacking Phlox. 
What is a preventive for blight attack¬ 
ing perennial Phlox? j. M. 8. 
Silver Creek, N. Y. 
N T o information is given as to the char¬ 
ter of the “blight” attacking the Phlox. 
V recent authoritative book gives six dif¬ 
ferent fungous diseases attacking Phlox, 
•hie of these is a canker affecting the 
-item just above the ground, and this 
iep ms to be quite troublesome in a num- 
llfi r of different localities. While this 
may be amenable to fungicides, We have 
been advised to cut out and burn the in¬ 
jured stems, rather than to attempt to 
ive them, as the canker injures the tis¬ 
sue quite severely, and there is litti-* 
!, "I>e of a good flower truss on the affecc- 
'd stems. Another familiar trouble is a 
leaf spot (Cercospora) ; this is rarely 
severe, and can be controlled by spray¬ 
ing with Bordeaux mixture, at intervals 
about 10 days. Another trouble that 
.elects Phlox very severely some seasons 
P°wdery mildew; the leaves show the 
1 1‘ iracteristic grayish powdery surface, 
become crumpled and distorted, and if the 
trouble is severe the foliage dries up and 
falls off, leaving bare stalks. Liver of 
sulphur, three ounces in 10 gallons of 
water, is an effective spray for this. 
Flowers of sulphur, dusted on while the 
leaves are wet with dew, is often effect¬ 
ive. Another trouble that may be mis¬ 
taken for some sort of blight is a severe 
infestation of red spider. This is likely 
to occur during a very hot dry season. 
The leaves turn yellow and finally die, 
and if one is unacquainted with the tiny 
insect the appearance suggests disease 
rather than insect attack, as the mites 
are on the under side of the leaves. Per¬ 
sistent syringing or hosing with cold 
water, directed with force against the 
under side of the leaves, will control this 
pest. 
Stained-glass Greenhouse. 
I have stained glass windows out of a 
church; have thought of starting a small 
greenhouse. Would they do? I know 
nothing of the business, and am 70 years 
old, have 2*4 acres inside borough lines, 
gas and water handy, and the dwelling 
would be on west side and near the plant. 
Ground slopes north and east. Advice is 
wanted. R. c. M. 
Andover, O. 
This glass will not do for greenhouse. 
Frosted glass is used extensively in the 
construction of houses for decorative 
plants, such as palms, ferns, etc., but for 
the growing of flowering plants such as 
geraniums, carnations, roses, etc., also 
vegetables, clear glass is absolutely neces¬ 
sary ; while it is true that shading is re¬ 
quired in the Summer months, the glass 
must be clear during the remainder of 
the year. Only such plants as have 
their natural habitat in shaded places 
will succeed in a house with subdued 
light. Such light is provided either by 
shading the glass with whitewash, white 
lead and turpentine, or by the use of 
frosted glass. This kind of shading pro¬ 
duces a mellow light, without dark sha¬ 
dows, such as would be produced by 
colored glass. Without some knowledge 
of greenhouse management, it is not al¬ 
ways wise to embark in the business. 
The expense of constructing houses is 
quite heavy and with the close competi¬ 
tion one encounters in almost every town, 
the best of management is demanded to 
make the business successful and profit¬ 
able. A young man may live long enough 
to learn the business, and perhaps event¬ 
ually make a success of it, but an aged 
person with no knowledge of the business, 
will find the chances of success greatly 
against him and stands a mighty good 
chance of losing in the venture. In as 
few words as possible, I would say to 
you don’t put your money into the green¬ 
house business. K. 
Swiss Chard. 
I wonder whether readers who raise 
garden truck for the home market know 
about Swiss chard. We have grown it 
several years and find it good. We raise 
our own seed, sowing a new row every 
Spring, but the old row starts to grow 
as soon as it warms up in the Spring and 
in a littie while we have a mess of greens 
We use the leaves from the old row until 
the young plants are big enough, then let 
it go to seed. We can have greens any 
time from early Spring until the ground 
freezes in the Fall. The leaves never get 
tough and the thick white stalk and mid 
rib are good cut in small pieces and 
cooked like asparagus or green peas. The 
variety we have grows leaves 1*4 or two 
feet long, and when going to seed makes 
a hedge four feet high. b. 
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