The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-12-03

.. F. BeSSemer, Ala.
 A. The variety sold as sugar trough will suit you.
 Q. I have bush of yellow jas mine in a large tub that has spread out so that it is difficult to handle. I want to prune or cut away part of 1t. Could this be done now or should wait until later? B. R.
 A. It would be perfectly safe to do it now. Mulch the plant after wards with leaf mold or leaves and don't over water.
 Q. have about five acres that I want to establish in a permanent Bermuda pasture but would like to put something else in with 1t to fur nish grazing until the Bermuda takes hold. Would you start now? w. M. Monteyallo, Ala.
 A. A good plan would be to break up and prepare ground thoroughly TOW. You could then SOW oats, rye CT wheat and cover in the usual way. Then secure some good Bermuda, sod and break up and separate it~into small clumps, place in wagon, drive over the field and drop clumps or sets foot and half or two feet apart. They should be covered by pushing down into the soil with a stick and then step on it to pack. Rolling afterwards would be benefi- cial. Various methods could De re- sorted to and the more Bermuda used, the better the stand would be after the grain is removed in early summer, the grass would soon take -pssesion. Sets would be better than seed to start from, at this time of the year.
 o. What are the best gladioli to grow for blooms to sell for cut flower purposes? Mrs D. L.
 A. There is a long list to select from. but popular sorts for this mar ket and those that are dependable are as follows: America, a fine pink with soft lavender markings; Hal ley, delicate salmon pink; Panama, clear pale pink; Niagara, cream and canary yellow with carmine throat; Peace, large white with lilac mark ings on lower peals, and Chicago White, white with lavender mark ings in throat.
 Q. A friend gave me some seed of the regal lily. How should these be planted to produce blooming sized bulbs? Miss E., Thomasville, Ala.
 A. The seed ought to be started in a green house or in hot bed and grown like you would tomato plants. Let them remain where sown until early next fall, then take up the young bulbs and set them four to six inches deep where you want them to grow. They should bloom the second year.
 Q. Is it too early or too late to SOW red clover? I would like to SOW in the next ten days with wheat? J. S, Hartselle, Ala.
 A. Now is a good time to sow and the practice of sowing with wheat or other winter grains is to be recom- mended. It may be sown by itself or in any grass mixtures. Where ground is infested with weeds or wild grasses, most clovers ought to be sown in fall to get ahead Of spring weeds.
 Q. Do you think it pays to in oculate the soil in planting clover? D. K, Cullman. Ala.
 A.. Inoculation is certainly bene- ficial to all leguminous plants such as clovers and the pea and bean family. It Is not always successful because the bacteria that enables leguminous plants to utilize the free nitrogen gas of the air, when they become established on their roots. will not thrive in some soils. The bacteria itself, being a living plant, or organism. must have favorable soil or living conditions, otherwise they perish or fail to multiply and can do the plant no good. See letter.
 Q. Will the everlasting or peren- nial sweet peas. if planted now. bloom the coming summer? J. H.
 A. Yes. they will bloom from seed planted now but not as early as the dormant roots wiuld if set in De- cember.
 Q. I am told that my strawberry bed should be made over. How would you go about this? Mrs. S. R., R. F. D. 3
 A. This should consist in discard ing the old plant that bore last sea- son and the taking up of the most vigorous new plants and resetting them in a well-prepared bed. After the old plants have borne one good crop, they are of little value.
 c. Is there such plant as peren- nial moon flower? Miss s.
 A. Yes, there is one tipomaea pam durata). very hardy and often seen growing in waste places. on the ground or climbing a support. It pro- duces large fieshy root and comes up every season. The flower is large. white. with purple throat.
 Q. Can bittersweet be rooted like ivy? I can get cuttings from 8 friend? Mrs. E. F.. R. F. D. 8.
 A. There are several different shrubby vines known as bittersweet