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to keep it in a flourishing condition. A copy of the Re¬ 
port can doubtless be obtained from the secretary, L. A. 
Goodman, Westport, Mo. 
How to Propagate and Grow Small Fruit .—A book 
of sixty-four pages of closely printed matter, with fifty 
illustrations of fruits and fruit culture, containing besides a 
considerable amount of amusing and entertaining reading 
matter. Address Charles A. Green, box 562, Rochester, 
N. Y. Price, 50 cents. 
Messrs. Ant. Roozen & Son, of Overveen, near Haar¬ 
lem, Holland, send us their new “ Catalogue of Dutch 
and Cape Bulbs for Fall Planting,” through their general 
agency for the United States, Messrs. De Veer & Boom- 
kamp, 19 Broadway, New York city, successors to Mr. 
J. A. De Veer, formerly at 318 Broadway. The firm’s 
announcement in another column sets forth their plan of 
serving their patrons in this country. 
C. W. Dorr & Co., Des Moines, la. Illustrated cata¬ 
logue of vegetable and flower seeds, greenhouse and bed¬ 
ding plants, small fruit plants, &c. This publication 
comes from a section where seed-growing is an important 
industry. Northern grown seeds everywhere have a good 
reputation, and they are particularly desirable for south¬ 
ern latitudes. 
Hovey & Co., 19 South Market street, Boston, Mass. 
Annual illustrated catalogue of vegetable and flower seeds, 
bulbs, roses, &c. This is one of the old and well-known 
firms whose annual catalogues are always welcome, as so 
many new and useful varieties are correctly named and 
truthfully described. Those who procure seeds of this 
firm will not be likely to regret it. 
Charles A. Reeser, Springfield, Ohio. Catalogue of the 
Innisfallen greenhouses. This is a well-known house, 
whose specialty has formerly been, and whose business 
now is, largely roses. In addition to this class of plants 
there is a general assortment of greenhouse and bedding 
plants, bulbs, vegetable and flower seeds—all that is 
required for the most extensive plan of gardening. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Tigridia Alba— Hattie L. Neal, Texas. —This bulb 
can be grown in pots, but it will do better with you to 
plant it in the flower border and let it remain undisturbed. 
In your locality the bulbs should be planted in autumn. 
We should advise your growing it in a pot during the 
present summer, and plant out in the fall, after its season 
of bloom is over and the bulb has had sufficient time 
to ripen. If grown in a pot it will require very liberal 
waterings. 
Nerine Sarniensis— Same .—Your plant now needs rest; 
withhold water until there are new signs of life, which 
will quite likely be a flower spike. The place for this 
bulb is in the open ground, where it will bloom and make 
its new growth during your cool, wet season, and remain 
dormant through the summer. 
Amaryllis Formosissima— Same. —Plant out of doors 
and await results. Give it as moist and rich a soil as 
possible. Treat your arum in the same manner. 
Agapanthus Umbellatus— Same. —The principal re¬ 
quirement of the agapanthus is water. During its period 
of growth, which is nearly the whole season, set the pot 
in a tub of water, and you will get the desired flowers. 
Plant for Name— H. C. Gordon , Texas .-—The plant 
known with you as “kisses ” is Phacelia congesta. The 
flowers of the ivy geraniums are liable to sport, and when 
semi-double to return to the original single type. We 
still hold to the opinion that your climate is too hot for 
the arum, not necessarily at the time of flowering, but 
when the plant is at rest. The tuber gets all dried out— 
at least the flower bud is killed. 
Allamanda Neriifolia— M. E. H. Putnam, Connecti¬ 
cut .—As you say your plant “ has been budded all win¬ 
ter, but after the buds grow to a certain size they wither 
and drop,” it probably does not have sufficient heat 
and moisture to develop the flower. 
Rose La France— New Subscriber. —The La France 
rose is forced into bloom during winter, but does not 
bloom but once in a season, to any extent. Unless the 
flowers bring $40 per 100 it will not pay to grow. 
Tuberoses— Same. —A practised eye can usually select 
such bulbs as are sure to flower under favorable circum¬ 
stances ; it is easy to point out flowering bulbs, but diffi¬ 
cult to lay down a rule for their selection. 
Watering Plants— Same .—Nature rarely waters plants 
when the sun shines; imitate her example. Frequent 
syringing of the foliage is desirable, if done at night or 
early in the morning. 
Marie Louise Violets— Same. — Violets want all the 
light possible, but must be grown cool, a temperature 
but little above the freezing at night is the proper one. 
Pansies— Same. — Winter them in a cold frame, and 
give them plenty of air on sunny days. 
Paeonies.— Mrs. M. E. Earnest, Nevada. —If planted 
last fall, blooms may be expected this season. 
Plant for Name— Mrs. C. H. La Ballister, Washing¬ 
ton Territory. —From the leaf which you send with your 
inquiry we should judge your plant to be Euonymus 
variegata. 
Plant Lice.— E. K., St. Johns. —Your plants are infested 
with aphides ; your best plan for their extermination will 
be to syringe them every morning with tobacco water 
made very strong. An hour after using rinse off with 
clean water. 
