The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-22

to bring inside and continue growth
Inside.
down.
Asparagus beds will be benefited by
a good soaking Of weak liquid ma
nure and a light sprinklins Of sah.
Dry herbs in the house, not out in
the sun.
Currants are benefited by cutting
out the oldest wood as soon as the
fruit has been gathered. Allow the
new growths TO remain which grow
directly from the base III the plants.
This admits light and air for ripening
the wood and developing the fruit
buds.
The best way to water hansins
baskets Ia to set them In a tub Of water
for about fifteen or twenty minutes.
Do this three times a week al least,
the other days watering with q
sprinkler or watering car In the even
ing.
Bouvardias for winter towering
should be shifted at once Into the pots
In which they are to flower.
Gala lilies planted in beds must be
literally watered while in full growth.
Dormant bulbs In pots should be KEEP.
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growth when they should De repotted
in good rich loan and started forward
Move into the house or conservatory
as soon as the weather grows cool,
keeping them growing without check
until they flower.
r. A. L.. Bridgeport. Conn.-As the
soil was we'll prepared for your sweet
peas and the vines made vigorous
growth. the cause Of the buds dropping
was probably because the roots became
dry. Once the roots are allowed to dry
out nj amount of rain or water will
avert this trouble.
Climbing Aimee Vibert and Felicite
ct Perpetue are two good roses for
growing in shady places.
For covering fences and srbors Grim =
son Rambler, Dorothy Perkins and
White Dorothy are the most rapid
growers. All the climbing roses are
used for this purpose.
When planting tulips the coming au-
tumn include Bouton dor. a splendid
Aaatx x,ILnuv Tha h,,thp ara NOT nv
pensive. 1t Ia a May Towering cottage
tulip, increasing ius bulbs rapidly. and
with a little are a good stock Of bulbs
can he worked up.
E%scallonia la%ngleyensis Is a beautiful
hardy shrub with rosy carmine flowers
that thrives in England and should be
tried in the latitude of New York,
though II may not stand our winters
South Of Pennsylvania II will probably
thrive in the open ground. 1t is nearly
evergreen and viii make a valuable
greenhouse shrub. whether 1t will
stand outside or not. IL In a hybrid
originating in the nurseries Of Veitch
& Son, L.aDziey, England.
On the Canadian shores OF the st
Lawrence River the gardens for miles
hack in the country produce hardy
phlox. wonderfully robust. some plants
quite Ave feet tall with flower head:
OF immense size. Sweet peas also
flourish in this climate. the vines
growing 1ve to six feet or more Ia
height. fairly covered with flowers oi
good size. The sun seems not too
warm for them In this latitude. ant
the coo nights are just what these
plants require.
Irises In England have been troubled
this year with a disease known as
rhizome rot. due to a bacillus which
produces a kind Of soft rot usually
following damage to the plants by fros
or similar cause. Lime seems to en-,
courage the disease. The treatment
Is to remove the parts Of the plant,
suffering and to replace the soil abou.
| them with fresh. In which superphos,
phate at the rate Of three ounces tt
the square yard has been mixed.
Apple and other fruit trees that beal
every other year or only once in thre<
years can be made to hear regularly
by thinning out the fruit to a thir
crop when the trees bear.
During winter and spring potatoes
sometimes have a sweet taste wher
cooked. This Is because they have
| been frozen and boiled by dropping
sl.aD. tx hat v.tae.- TA .naA ~A1nr No.
tatoes without developing the sweet
flavor first place them in a kettle 81
cold water which ran then be brought
to the boiling point and the potatoes
boiled until thoroughly done. Boiled
in this manner frozen potatoes will no
taste sweet.
Fine sandy soil. which Is Away,
| spoken OF as light soil, probably be
cause the plough and cultivator 70
through It easily, weighs on an aver
age 100 pounds per cubic foot. Peat,
soil, which liz also considered light
weighs only 80 pounds. Clay soil, which
is always spoken of as heavy soil
weighs 70 pounds, Loan soil weigh.
, 80 and prairie soil 10 pounds.
one Of the best books on bees car
be bought for Ave cents. 1t is Farm,
ers' Bulletin No. AIT, issued by the De
partment OF Agriculture. Washington
d. c. Many persons IN cities keel
bees successfully. Italian bees ar,
gentle and cause little trouble. as the,
seldom sting.
Saveral letters have hean receiye.