H ouse and Garden 
be exterminated by applications of belle- 
bore or washing the plants in a solution 
of tobacco water. Insects must be kept 
off' the plants in order to get roses ap¬ 
proaching perfection. 
[ he dahlia is one of the royal flowers 
of autumn, and it is well to make several 
plantings of them. Supposing that a 
first planting was made about the 
middle of May, a second and third 
should be made at intervals of a month 
each. 
By this process, a succession of 
blooms can he had from about the 
middle of July until frost. In Sep¬ 
tember many beautiful and perfect 
flowers can be had. The plant is easily 
rooted from cuttings; from a single tuber 
started early in the spring a number of 
good plants can be secured for later 
blooming. 
If the tops of hardy phlox clusters are 
now pinched out, instead of the large 
flower clusters early, smaller and more 
graceful ones can he had later, and after 
the blooms of the undisturbed plants 
have disappeared. This is the best 
method of securing a succession of these 
flowers. 
GARDEN CORRESPONDENCE 
(Continued from page 214.) 
the row. Run a strong wrapping twine 
from each tuber to the scantling. 1 he 
string may he fastened at the base to a 
forked stick driven into the ground. I 
use an old gas pipe, laying it on the 
ground along the line of tubers. When 
the vine is wanted cut it off, string and all, 
at the base and again at the top, just 
above the tip. By cutting the string 
after the vine is down, a few feet below 
the top and removing it, no evidence of 
the remaining string is seen. 
THE EUONYMUS 
I enclose a small branch of a beauti¬ 
fully colored shrub from one of our 
parks. What is it ^ K. I. 
It is the Euonymus alatus, a native of 
China and Japan growing about eight 
feet, and spreading inform. 1 he corky 
ridges or wings along the bark suggested 
the specific name, alatus. Unfortu¬ 
nately it is subjected to a mysterious 
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