THE AUSTRALIAN GARDENER. © 
April, 1910 
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able to help a smali gardener than another 
owner of a small garden who has gained 
experience in dealing with the many diffi- 
culties that have to be faced, : 
GERANIUM CUTTINGS TURNING 
BEACK. 
A. ¥F., Wallaroo.—You have probably 
kept the Geranium cuttings too damp. 
Try again, and taking shoots getting 
firm ; the soft green shvots at this 
~ ‘Belated,’ 
likely your plants have made too vigorous 
Mix. 
some sand with the soil, and place a little 
on the top of the pot. - 
serngon will be Hable to damp off. 
A x be Fon * * 
OFF, 
Mitcham.— We. think is 
growth, and that you have not kept them 
thinned enough, so that the flowers have 
not been able to set. 
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SALT APPLIED TO LAWN. 
‘Worm,’ Payneham.—-A heavy dressing 
of salt might well have the effect you 
describe, of causing the lawn to have a 
‘burnt up’ appearance, but it will probably 
get all right ayain, and in any case there 
ig nothing you can do now. As to the 
worm casts, we don’t think the salt was 
the best treatment if you wanted to get 
rid of the worms, and we should have 
prefered lime, 
re uet * * % * 
STRIKING ROSE CUTTINGS 
HS., Maylands.—Cuttings of ‘loses 
may be planted now, either in pots or in 
a sheltered, shady border. Select firm 
shoots of the current year’s growth, and 
cut close to a joint at the bottom, and 
shorten the top, so that the cuttings may 
be abot 9 inches long, Bury the bottom 
very firmly in the ground, Remove the 
leaves from the part buried in the ground, 
but leave the others, if there are any. 
Givew good soaking of water, and mulch 
with a little old leaf-mould or cocoa-fibre. 
Plant in rows L ft-apart, and 3 or 4 in. 
apart in the rows. 
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AILING LEGHORN. 
A. A.,Willamulka.—If your birds eat 
well, and there is no sign of anything 
being amiss with the throat, I should look 
upon the ailment as a mere cold, and 
‘this will probably right itself. It is 
nothing unusual to see fowls apparently 
well, but giving a croaking sound when 
moved. You may give the bird a tea- 
spoonful of linseed jelly twice daily, or a 
little glycerine, to. soothe the irritant 
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symptoms. UG GSI GRE 
shows itself, in “Nothing 
injurious would be likely to .arise from 
Pyrite ie: 
/ the scratching ut the manta heap, niles ~ 
ioe ei ete ah ae i ee tenibes 2: 
‘TOMATO .FLOWERS DROPPING 222" substance hag heen picked up which 
has become lodged j in the-throut 
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‘GAS LEME, 
“Young Orchardist,’ Croydon —(as. 
line will injure everything it comes in 
contract with, and we should: certainly 
advise you not to uge it amoug your fruit 
trees, between winter greens, 
the bulbs. It would certiinly injure 
bulbs, and you would be very fortunate if 
other things escaped, a good dressing of 
gas lime would be 4 or 5 tons to the acre. 
There is a great temptation to use drastic 
measures of this kind when tormented by 
snails and insects of various kinds, but we. 
fear in many cases the remedy is worse 
than the disease. ; 
and above 
Adopt milder measures ; 
ordinary lime could be scattered about 
with safety, and we thinka few ducks 
turned out would vive a good account of 
theinselves. 
EDITORIAL. 
SE e se SRD 
Hae growers are now in the 
thick of garnering their 
fruit, busy as bees. In the study 
of human nature this busy time 
gives many opportunities to reflect 
upon the character and backbone 
of the country, the producers. As 
the collecting of fruit goes on the 
producer is subject -to varying 
moods of satisfaction and degrees 
of disappointment. Altogether his 
crop is perhaps the best he has 
ever had, and calculated in money 
means more to~him than any 
previous year. So far so good. 
But the backbone during the days 
of harvesting is subject to a good 
many twists and turns and bending, 
if not concussion by shock. In 
the first place there is the waste. 
Why should so much, so many 
thousands of bushels of fruit go to 
