The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-14

rhate and potash about the usual
1915 mixture. At rate OF 500 10 100
pounds an acre.
l'R,pnium Grnss.
II have seen it stated that paspalum
grass is 81 wonderful hay maker. DO
.sou know anything about its Naluer''
There arc Il plumber OF species Of pas
paluni. some worthless and others fair
~ good. There was recently an effort
to boom tho paspalum dilatatuiu. but
IL seems 10 na"o ceased. 1T is II fair
lS good grass. hut we have other
grasses that arc Of greater value in
this part OF the country The paspn-
ium platycaule. which l mentioned to
another correspondent. might have
some value as Il pasture grass in the
warmer corner of the state but there
the bermuda is better. In fact the
paSpaluns have Eot taken with our
farmers 70 any eNtont. Timothy, red
top Randall grass (mcadow rcscuel
aud some others like tall meadow oats
grass are better for hny and for pas
ture' Orchard grass and bluegrass are
wortH more than al the paspalun,s.
in fact. for general pasture purposes
IN Nir2inia, / doubt that there Is an.
grass better than orchard grass But
Tor hay ! DO not care TO have orchard
grass. il comes at catching season.
ana must % ;ut as SOFA rs tho heads
are out, OF II loses value rapidly Blu.
Tor pasture, II is hard 10 boat
Rusty Strawberries.
II have a nice strawberry patch. but
last winter the plants turned red and
rusty. and did not look thrifty, ana
notice thnt they are doing tn. same
this fan. VIII you please advise me
what 10 do" II may be that the
Strawberries nre merely taking on
their winter form and disposinG OF
old foliage. The regular stra wberrv
rust Is disease that attacks the
plants IN tho grSwing season. The
first symptom Is tho formation OF pur-
pl" spots on the leaves. which grad
ually increase in size. and become
brown. The spores pass tho winter on
tho Leaves. Some Varieties are more
subject 10 It than others But your
rust appears in the fall and winter and
| assume is simply the resting stage
of the plants If they nre green and
healthy in summer For tho rust dis
case, spraying with Bordeaux mixture
III early spring ANA again when the
first blooms show. viii chcciS IT. Hut
IT IS never best 10 keep an old straw
berry bed. never let one make more
than two crops. and then turn Il under
planting new bed every fall. so a $ TO
have one IN partial crop and one in
fun crop. II is better To plant new
bed than 10 try 10 keep IN old one
clean II Your plants fruited Well and
Kept green in summer ] hardly think
there Is anything the matter with
them.
james and scuppcrnomg Grapes.
Grceusviile County: Can safely
transplant n large James srapo vine
that is two inches in diameter II
50, low TO do it I desire to prunc
some James and Scuppernoilr vines. SO
that the lower canes viii hc six or
eight feet from the ground VIII APP
prcciatc advice In this regard. II has
occurred 10 me that IL would be q good
idea to SAW Tho branches OF. and char
tho cut with hot iron. What do you
think OF this idea Q" About the only
time when the James and Scupp"rnonE
vines can be pruucd safely is in No
Nembcr You can move the large james
Wine b. cutting tho branches back
closly and taking il up with a good
mass of earth with the roots, If II Is 10
he moved only short distance. Now,
rs "a Tho Wines YOU wish 10 make the
lower branches SIX or eight feet from
tho ground, YOU do not say 1t what
height they now are. ii IN. stems are
not that high 1T present YOU can take
= strong can" ana make it the leading
stem. II the stems now are higher
and YOU want it TO branch lower. /
think IL IS rather doubtful that the
old stem VIII shoot ii il Is cut down
ami Caui eriZed as Won suggest
Then it Is SO easy 10 lay down q long
cane and root new plants, that | would
not bother about doctorlnG the old ones
but would grow some young vines, ami
when they get into fruitiue clean out
the old ones. Win . young vino you
can train il In any height you choose
and hard cutting on an old James or
Scuppcrnon4 Is apt TO hc the end OF
the vine sooner or later
bermuda Lilies.
Can the bermuda l,ly be grown in
the open ground here In lower Vir-
g!nia?& tried years ago TO grow the
Bermuda lily Mt Raleigh y c. plant
co TO the extent of 90. 600 bulbs. The
wintefed all right. cut instead OF in
creasinS In size the bulbs made n great
string OF l!ttle offsets above the main
bulb. have tried them wncro | now
I've and they gradually get smaller
ana disappear. believe that there are
places on our lower coast or IN Florida
where they might be- grown CONNER
ciaily if we could find out just what is
~" best way to grow them. But | do
not mink that YOU can do anything
WIN them III the open ground IN any
locality in Virginia. The iinporters
keep a large number OF the bulbs over
IN cold storage, 80 that the florists can
= ~ tHtil loi IoFClhS At any time. |
nave thought that We might get some
Of these cold storage bulbs IN Tho
spring and plant them and get good
bloom and good bulbs perhaps in fact.
J intend 10 try II next spring But il
l. doubtful that they win ever winter
Wen III any section where there is Inuch
freezinE IN winter. We can grow tho
ola Madonna lily, ltlium candidum. rs
iiuo as tho Imported ones, and / do
grow thousands Of them every year.
These orc planted III August and Sep
tcinDer ana make Il strong green ro-
settle OF leaves IN the fall that remain
green all winter, and are perfectly
hardy And there IS an increasing de-
hand ior these fror" Tie florists
Hardy Cnrnntions
a lady reader writes. u have heard
that There IS 4 harAy carnation that
can DC grown IN the eardcn ana bloom
rom year 70 year. DO you know OF
Suci2 certainly do, ana have a lot
! ~ th"m thnt give me thousands Of
mowers every spring These are what
hfc called Marguerite carnations.
nay" q long border OF them now fou,
years old, They We're grown from seed
from Nliinorin .Andricux Il Gle. Paris
rance Many Of the flowers come sin.
tl"' bat ae stIl pretty. but there mr..
"Iso many Perfectly double ones. An,
lheS are even more fragrant than IN,
evan HN