WINTERING FOXGLOVES 
I CANNOT carry my foxgloves over winter, no 
matter how well I protect them. I buy plants 
in the spring which bloom well but are gone 
by the following spring. Would taking them up and 
nutting them in a cold frame over winter save them .? 
S. E. M. 
The foxglove you evidently refer to is the Digitalis 
purpurea, a biennial indigenous in Western Europe, 
where the climate being suitable to it, the young 
seedlings around the old plants live over winter and 
thus keep up a succession of plants. A biennial is a 
plant that flowers the second year and then dies. In 
most sections of the Northern States the young seed¬ 
lings winter kill. If you want them year after year, 
sow seeds in June and winter the plants in a cold 
frame. Canterbury bells may be treated the same 
way. Digitalis ambigua, is a yellow flowered fox¬ 
glove that being a perennial will last many years. 
INJURY TO POTTED PALMS FROM WATER 
Does water standing in saucers or jardinieres con¬ 
taining potted palms injure them M. N. E. 
d'he chances are that it will rot the roots of any 
plant whose habitat is not in water. In the dry air 
of the house palms and ferns need plenty of water, 
and at the same time good drainage. This neces¬ 
sarily causes a surplus of water to pass through the 
drainage opening at the bottom, which should he 
removed. If your plants are small enough to handle 
take them to the sink, water thoroughly and sprinkle 
the foliage and let remain to drip off the surplus 
water. 
PINE SAWDUST FOR MANURIAL PURPOSES 
I bed my horses with pine sawdust. Will the 
resin in it injure it for manorial purposes ? S. O. E. 
No, sawdust is rich in nitrogen, but it lacks in 
organic matter. It is a splendid absorbent of liquid 
manure and does no injury to growing crops. Keep 
it moist, and if a little chopped sod or loam is added 
to it, it will lessen the chances of firing. 
MEXICAN MORNING GLORY 
\s Ipomoea Mexicanahzrdv I W. P. O. 
This Mexican morning glory, generally sold under 
the above name is, properly speaking Ipomnea pani- 
culata, and is not hardy in the Northern States, but 
is as easily handled as a dahlia. Take up the tubers 
in the fall and store in a frost-proof cellar. Planted 
out in the spring, it will grow twenty or more feet 
during the summer, producing digitate leaves and 
purplish red flowers all summer. For veranda use 
in close city quarters it is a good vine to plant in a 
box or tub, sinking the box in the soil in summer and 
storing box and all during the winter. 
TRANSPLANTING THE SHAD BUSH 
Will the shad bush transplant, and when is the 
time to move them ? Why is it called the shad bush 
H. B. W. 
It received the name shad hush in Connecticut, in 
the early days, because it bloomed at the same time 
the shad commenced their run up the Connecticut 
river. Out West it is called the June berry, on ac¬ 
count of its sweet berries being ripe in June. If you 
can select young trees growing in open places where 
it has had root room, you can readily move them in 
the fall. Cut the head in considerably. You will, 
however, have more success with nursery grown 
stock. The botanical name is Amelanchier Cana¬ 
densis. 
KEEPING DOWN DUST ON DRIVEWAYS 
Which is the best method and what material and 
cost of same for keeping down the dust on my drive¬ 
ways and paths .? What shall I do with the ants and 
moles in my lawns 
J. W. Q. 
You do not state what kind of walks and roads you 
have. A preparation of crude oil is being success¬ 
fully used on macadam roads where there is much 
automobile riding, not only to keep down the dust 
but to prevent the grinding and loosening up of the 
surface dressing which is carried away by the winds. 
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