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or conservatory
4 Will raspberries set out now bear next
spring? Yes

5 How get moles out of a lawn? Set mole
traps, the kind that has been so satisfactory
at several places in the neighborhood.

6 What do with a flower garden over-run
with crab-grass? Pull it up and lay boards
around the plants

7 How treat old grape vines cut back in the
winter and allow only two or three shoots
to grow.
Mary Miller told us of the vines she had
seen in Europe which were kept cut back
and were loaded with fruit; the stem
near the ground was as thick through as
a man's arm.

8 How treat a Calla now that has been growing
all summer? Give new earth without
disturbing the new roots

9 Have any been troubled with a worm in the
stems of rose bushes? One person had noticed
two or three stems affected in that way
A visitor, who asked the question recommends
trimming back severely. A
member who was troubled with "Pip"
among her fowls was, advised to try equal
parts of alcohol and turpentine in water,
Put a small quantity of if in their drinking
water. Some complained that their
hens would not lay. There was a general
complaint that egg-plants