The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-24

age the postoffiee will handle and how much postage Is required? A. J.. Northport, Ala.
 A. Seventy pounds Is the limit for single package and the mini mum postage for local delivery is forty cents For first and second zones up to 150 miles, the postage would be "A cents over this and up to 300 miles. the postage would be s1.44. Consult your postmaster as to bulk.
 0. I am sending you new plant to me. It looks like some clov- CT plant Can you tell me what 1t isl?
 w. J.. R. F. D.. Dadeville. Ala.
 A. The specimen is the yellow blooming sweet clover. It is val uable legume and affords good hay.
 o. Is the Japanese kudzu a per- manent vine. Mrs. D., Republic, Ala.
 A. Yes, but is sheds its foliage in winter
 0. l notice many of my squash blooms fall off and produce no fruit.
 What Is the cause of this? c. J. N. R r. D. 5.
 A. Not all blooms are supposed to produce fruit, as not all fertile.
 Insects are often injurious, in fact,
 are very bad after squash. It is necessary to keep plants dusted with some dependable insecticde.
 Q. In lining land. should it all be
 put on at once? H. M. J., R. F. D. B.
 A. It Is permissible to apply all at once, but If convenient. 1t is really better to apply the quantity deter
 mined upon in two or more divisions and at intervals of two or three
 months.
 Q. What form of lime is marl7
 J. G.. Opp.
 A. Carbonate and the very best and safest to sweeten soil. Q. My cabbage crop this year was badly troubled with what our county agent called club root. How can this be prevented? c. C., Columbia. A. Lime the land heavily this fall, as it is about the cheapest and most effective remedy.
 c. Which variety of tomato is less
 liable to crack? w. B. B., R. F. D. 8. A. The Matchless and very de- sirable sort for late crop. c. What variety of honeysuckle is 1t that has the red blooms? Mrs. J., Attalla.
 A. The Scarlet Trumpet. very de- sirable variety for porch vine. Q. l read in a garden magazine dpOul tlilis pl sonOW uyuTdnSld. w na | variety is it and when does it bloom
 Mrs. w.
 A. Hills of Snow (hydrangia ar- borescins, sterilis) is a large double white. showy round heads, that com mences to bloom in midsummer. The plant Is not so large as some of the hardy outdoor varieties but excells them all in beauty. O.. I recently rooted some cuttings of hydrangia and notice some of these small plants have buds. Is 1t natural for them to do this? Mrs. E.,
 East Lake.
 A. Small cuttings. two or three weeks after planting, will sometimes show Towering buds but these buds should be kept pinched out until the l plant gets larger.
 c. In my rounds In Birmingham, I see a number of shrubs with beau | tiful red flowers. I have asked a number of people but nobody seems | to know what they are. Could you l tell from this description? Miss D. A. Weigela (Diervilla) must be
 what is described, as many now in l bloom. The variety Eva Rathke Is
 the deep carmine red one. Some va
 rieties are white. others of various | pink shades.
 1 Q. have an ideal shady place for | fernery. Please tell. me what ferns would be suitable? Mrs. S, R. F. | D. g.
 l A. The most important thing is i the soil which should be a fibrous 1 rich loam. The plant selection would l depend somewhat on the amount of 1 light given. Maidenhair fern (adian-
 tum pedatum) Christmas fern (Aspi- | dium acrostichoides), Lady fern 1 (Asplenium filix -foemina). Climbing fern Qygodium palmatun). Cinnamon 1 fern (Osmunda cinnamomea). Royal fern (Osmunda regalis). .,il of these are very desirable and would doubt
 less serve your purpose 1 Q. While on visit last summer | In Illinois l saw beautiful shrub called lead plant. Where could l 1 get this and would it grow in Bir-
 mingham? Mrs. I. l A. Lead plant (amorpha canes
 cens) Is species of false indigo | growing silvery stems and leaves. and | slender spikes of small lavender flowers. Some northern nurseries list