TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4513, 15 November 1884, Page 4

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Roses (R.A.)-About the best time to lift and transplant roao. is in Julv-the time you lifted thorn. It is also a good tlmo to take off cuttings. Only a few of tho roses strike freely from cuttings. The best to übo is the nianotto and orimson multlilora. Bud the other varieties upon thoso. Cowdung is tho best manure. Thoro must bo something the matter with your soil when you do not succeed; If cold or wet, drain and give Slenty of manure The soils best adapted for 10 culture of tho rose arc deep rich retonlive and well drained. Tubrr Rosks.—Tbcso liko a deep rich light 8011, and they ought to be lifted and transplanted every season. When coming into flower, wator with weak liquid manure Tulips.—These also liko a rich, light, deep soil. Lift every season whenever tho bulbs have ripened off. Lkaf Mould,—Tho only method of forming tho above is to collect the loaves and keep them till thoy rot. When these cannot bo procured in sumcient quantity a good substitute is stable or cow manure, rotted to tho coneistonoy of soil. Worms (M.A., Parncll).-In some soils thoso are very troublesome. At night-fall dust with hot lime or soot. This will have tho -fleet of both killing tho worms and also tho Kings. Another good method Is to put a spadeful of Umo in a tub of water, and thoroughly saturate Die soil wiih it. Wheroyou find tho worms troublesome, they will como to tho surface and die. Coleds Culture (A.M., Auckland).—Colons are about tho easiest of all plants to grow. >N hat Ihey require bo as to grow them well is any amount of h<-at, sun, and light. When giowinx obundanco of wator, pitting soils, i;<-.od rich loam or peat, leaf mould, sand, and well-rotted manure. Cuttings will now .trlko liko weeds If placed in any soil.- To grow bushy plants constantly pinch back tho shoot?. Chicory (-'armor).- Chicory growß woll hero. It has to bo put throu.h a procoss of drying and grinding before beir g used. I think )ou had better apply for inforinatloD to one of the coir'uo mauulaoturcrJ. They will be able to give you all the Information you require I can tell you that it will grow a good crop, and I don't soe why, If you had the drying and arindingaccoinmodatlon, It should not pay. Manufacturer- will surely givo as food a prioo for local grown as for imported, n Canterbury there is one grower making a splendid thing out of it.