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season may be favorable

6 Are any members successful with asters
in the garden? The black beetles
are so destructive that very few try to
raise them except in boxes raised above
the ground. They can be raised in the
garden by very watchful and picking
off the beetles as fast as they appear
as does our friend E.E.Tyson

7 What do now with peach trees planted
in the Spring? Sow wood ashes
around them.

8 Have any tried tea made of soot for
pot plants? Yes, it is considered good

Bags of salt in quince trees or
salt sowed around them has been
beneficial at some places

Our hostess recommends raising
heliotropes from seed; the plants
are stronger and more healthy
Seeds planted in May bloomed in Aug

A member asked for a climbing
rose which would bloom more than
once in the summer is recommended
to get the "Mary Washington", which tho'
introduced by florists recently, seems
identical with the "Washington" or