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of a plum tree which was attacked be [curculio?]? Try it and report result.

7| Will radishes which are "drawn" in a hot bed recover and come to anything? No

8| How destroy the asparagus beetle? Cut all stalks every day. Sprinkle with lime after you stop cutting

9| An asparagus bed planted a foot deep It has not put up yet. Were the plants set too deep? Yes, decidedly

10| Did the experiment of putting salt in quince trees do good? Yes, at Rockland they had a good crop of good quinces, where they used to have very poor ones

11| When move roots of lily of the Valley? After they are done blooming

Mary E. Gilpin planted a number of little rose bushes last Spring. Half of them she left in the ground and half she protected with glass. Those in the ground died; the others are now a foot high. Others have had a similar experience. The first winter of a rose bush's life is a delicate time.

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