House and Garden 
would embrace a prodigal son upon his 
: return. Take a group of the hardy 
I garden phlox. First place a slender 
i stake at the four corners of each plant in 
j the outer row standing each outward— 
i run a string from stake to stake, thus 
i encircling the plant and if the stool is a 
large one run the strings across through 
the plant. Draw one flower stalk out 
from under the string, or better still, 
leave it outside when running the string, 
and tie it to the outside of the stake to 
hide it. Then run strings from stakes 
already in, across the bed here and there, 
adding stakes where needed until each 
plant is supported. If well done, hut 
little evidence of staking is seen and no 
storm will blow them down. Most all 
j plants recjuire three to four stakes each 
j but one will do to hollyhocks, single 
I stalked lilies, etc. Delphiniums it exposed 
i should be staked when about three feet 
I tall, and often again, with taller stakes. 
Canes may be cut long enough for certain 
plants that may grow a little taller 
afterwards, just below a joint. This 
leaves a hollow space in the center sev¬ 
eral inches deep, into which the slender 
points of a cane may be thrust, thus 
splicing and elongating a cane already 
in place. When the season is over tie 
the stakes in bundles according to 
lengths and place under cover, and they 
will do duty again. 
TREATMENT FOR LILAC BUSHES 
I 
I am writing you to ask as to the best 
: treatment for some lilac bushes that 
j persistently refuse to bloom. They are 
I twenty years old, and in all that time 
have not borne a dozen blooms. In my 
neighbor’s yard not over a hundred feet 
away are two bushes literally loaded 
with bloom. My bushes have plenty 
of light and air and are as well situated 
as the others. I have tried cutting back 
but it does no good. I have been ad¬ 
vised to prune the roots, but prefer to get 
advice ere doing so. Will manuring 
help ? They are the old - fashioned 
; variety. 
I shall look for a reply in the columns 
of the House and Garden. 
B. H. I. 
It is not an unusual thing for lilacs not 
to bloom until they are five or six years 
old especially the white. Alba granJiflora 
but when they have remained for twenty 
years without blooming freely, there 
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