May 1, 1909 
THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. 
‘early period, and not be allowed to swell 
A slight 
twist will easily detach the bud that is 
at the expense of the plant. 
not wanted. The leaves of camellias 
‘often get dirty at this time of the year. 
A black, sticky substance is found on 
them, which prevenis respiration, and 
‘soon causes the plant to fall into bad 
health. Aphis sometimes secretes a 
Sweet substance on the foliage, then dirt 
from the surrounding atmosphere collects 
and the plant unsightly. 
Sponging the leaves with a solution of 
soft-soap in hot water will cleanse them; 
but, if a small quantity of kerosene be 
added to the solution, the work will be 
becomes 
done more quickly and effectively. The 
oil will not mix with the suds, unless the 
liquid is well churned. 
Wandering Plants : How they 
Take Root. 
Curious among vegetable growths and 
one which is seldom seen of men is the 
Tootless cactus of the Californian desert, 
This plant, a round, compact growth, 
rolls about the level floor of the desert 
for some eight or nine months of the 
year, tossed hither and thither by the 
winds which blow with fierceness over 
all of California’s sand plateaux, during ; 
those months. At the coming of the 
tains, or rather the cloudbursts, which 
Sweep the desert in its springtime, this 
Cactus takes root wherever it happens to 
have been dropped by the last wind of 
which it was the plaything and imme- 
diately begins to put out around it small 
Shoots, which in turn become cacti, 
‘exactly like the parent plant. The roots 
do not penetrate the soil deeply, but 
Spread often over a circle whose radius is 
Not less than 10 feet. These plants get 
every bit of moisture and plant food to 
‘be had in the territory they cover. 
Many people think that Ferns should 
Not be given liquid manure. This is a 
Mistake, as a little decayed manure 
liquid, given once a week is excellent ; as 
‘Also is weak soot water applied twice a 
Week during the growing season, 
The discovery of rose oil is said to have 
As 
far back as 1519 a mahjurat in India 
taken place in the following manner. 
planted musk and damask roses exten- 
sively. Ata great wedding in 1612 cer- 
tain fountains ran with scented rose- water 
and in the morning succeeding that event 
it was found that a thin 
floated upon the surface of the still water. 
This lead to research, and to the discovery 
scum of oil 
of rose-oil. 
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