TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 40, 16 February 1889, Page 3 (Supplement)

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

PrS^ Aa*«*? ("Bv w}.-1! tunlaa plants recurs anj- pniamji\ such pruning should bo iVA. iui.^ ciliat«iy Attev they ara dono flower- «<?:, as they tl>«»n btvtm to grow aud make spools vdsieli will produce the flowers the<fol» iowing season. At tho presvnt time the wood or your plants will be nearly ripe, and the liower 0 -<Tds at \.he extroimties of the shoots wou ipriaiwli If you were to nrune now you v, onl.i cut of? th« 9u buds, thna spoiling any chance of your pijiats fiowerins next spring. i)efer pruning till irumediaWly after tho no.vvr.nr: then cut back. Now wood and Bhnote will spring up, which will have plenty oi amo to prooerly mature before the following season. The rusty and dise.isod appearauca <« yoQr pianis is caiisccl by a little Insect (MUeathe thrips. It i» very cestruottre to Maiea plauta hero. The best euro is fre- _ quont y syrmgin- the foaage with water. Drying Evis^astinq Flowers (" Beginner"). i,,,t' « mJ c flo;ve" should always be out «»&th^»"owe^ are moro tlia» h^' expanded. I hoy ivili open to Porno extent after beiag cut, while being dried, and the only way to provoufc their becoming too much exp.moea is to enfc as rtiroeted. Some raav be cut when iv little morn thnn the bu.i state, \vhich w:U give variety in form and size. l xieso flowers sho-ld always be cut when the A,V ii- I t'miU?J> mi. when tiloy nro perfectly ury. i aavo seen nice bouquets made of everjß3tinjr flowery which latjt for a long time. More attention should be ?ri\-en to the growth or these plants here in the'future than in the