Codlin Moth.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 276, 22 November 1890, Page 2 (Supplement)

Codlin Moth.

The period cf the season has again arrived when all who :nay possess a few fruit treee will have to take the necessary precaution against the ravages of the codlin rnotbi. The best way to manage tins is to syringe the trees with Paris green and water. The best time to syringe the trees is just after the flowers are get and before tho fruit is formed. The syringing should be thorough, so that every single apple on the tree should be moistened with the mixture. The mixture should be at the rate of about one pound of Pari3 green to one hundred gallons oi pure water. Ib is not safe to use it) stronger. When too strong tha foliage is apt to get burned or scorched, thus spoiling the tree for the season. While applying the mixture see that it is kept continually stirred up, as the material is-much heavier than water and is apt to sink to the bottom, and the result will be that as tho syringing proceeds tho mixture will become too strong. Care ought also to be taken so as to keep the materials frem touching the hands or face of those applying it, a3 ib is very poisonous. A large number of the moths might be caught every night it growers were to suspend lamps amongst the trees. The lamps should consist of old kerosene tins ; the tin on the inside should receive a coat of tar, and a candle should be placed in tho centre and lighted up every, night. The moths will get attracted by the lights and will fly into tho tin, where in a very short time they will besure bo touch the tin and will adhere to the tar. During the season in which the moths are aboutthesetina should be frequently re-tarred so that they may be always soft and sticky. The paiioa at which tho moths are about is usually at) night after dark, and from about the end of November till some time in February. Then some of them are constantly on the move every night looking out for the swell , ing fruit on which to lay their eggs. By syringing twice and using the lamps about 80 per cent, of thefruit may be saved. The best time to syringe the lirst time is just) after the fruit is formed. The next syringing should take place just before the young fruit is beginning to bend over, that is when it gets too heavy for the frnib stalk to keep it in an upright position. Syringing after the fruii begins to hang downwards ia not so effective, as the codlin moth usually laya the eggß near the eye of tho apple, and after the applea have turned over on their sides it ia much harder to distribute the mixture all over the fruit, Another consideration Jβ that it might be dangerous to syringe the fruit when it is near maturity, as some o? the poison might adhere to the fruit ami become dangerous to human beings ; this would especially refer to the early varieties. Lata varieties would have a much better chanca of having all the poison being washed off before they are ready for use. Water Lilies. There is a largo number of varieties of tho water lily. Many of them are perfectly hardy, and could bo grown not only in our streams and lakes, buti also in bbc garden. Where garden culture is desirable, a pond will require to be made, into which they can bo placed. The pond, ii: possible,' should be a permanent affair excavated in the garden, and the bottom and sides builb with concrete. The depth of water should at least be from one and a half to three feet. After the pond is provided, the roots of the water lily should be placed in a box filled with good, rich soil. TfaiS;

. 'j(j be sunk to the bottom of the *"a The lilies in time will push oub their ?r.«j first, and these will look well, as I «>rjear to floab on the surface of tho they apF fl owers w iil soon make their nplrance after the foliage, and will add t?v to the appearance and attraction of ♦warden. The best time to plant the tubers ;the boxes is during July or August If* o f the water Mies' flowers have a rich Plicate perfnmo. Thoy can be easily pronatrated by the sub-division of the tubers Jvey winter or by seeds. When grown from the seed thoy should be sown in a seed P an eariv m t!ie S P™£ in ricb nt) j] Afterwards the pan should be submerged in a shallow tank. Tho seed, if pood, will soon germinate, and if looked titer, will grow rapidly. As they grow the nan should be allowed to sink deeper and deeper in the water. The tubers should flower -the firet sesaon, bub if nob they will make capital flowering tubers for the following season. Bougainvillea. There are several varieties of this handle plant, but the Bougainvillea galabra is the best and most showy. Ib can be grown either as a shrub in the mixed ghrubbsry, or as a single specimen on the lawnSj whore, while it is in full flower in the autumn, ib will bo one of bho mosb conspicuous plants in the garden. Not only ■j9 ib suitable for either of those positions, bat it is also admirably suitable for braining a3 a climber to cover old fencing or other unsightly objects. Ib is also admirably suitable for training up and over the ferandah, where, perhaps, of all places, it will look grandest. When planted as a shrub ib will stand the knife well so as to keep ib in shape, tho flowers being produced on the young shoots, whicli commence to grow early in tho spring. Prnniug or cutting buck always ought to 1)6 undertaken in the winter or before growth starts in the spring. Summer pruning should also be resorted to so as to keep in check all rank shoots which are sometimes prone to grow and monopolise jaore than their fair share of the sap. Early jn the autumn the flowers of this glorious plant will begin to expand. From this period up till late in'the season the plant will be covered with flowers, presenting a grand blazo of crimson flowers. Tho plant will grow and succeed well in a large variety of soils ranging from light to heavy clay Boil. It is imperative that all those Boils should ba well broken ■up in the fcotfcom so thab the roots may be able to penetrate deeply. It will also take plenty of manure, as it is of a very rapid growth and requires plenty of food while growing. The plant can be propagated by layering in the autumn, the layers being left) in the ground for one year undisturbed, when they should be taken up and potted off and grown all tho following winter in pots under glass. In spring, aboub the beginning of November, when there i 3 little chanco of the slugs interfering with it, ib can be planted out where ib is to fetnain permanently. Propagating by Cuttings.—lb can also be propagated by cuttings, but to do so requires artificial heat. Where such can be obtained, the cuttings ought to be taken off during September. The best wood to use for cuttings is young shoots which wore late in being produced the preceding autumn. These shoots should bo aboub three inches long, and at the base a good-sized heal of the old wood ought to be allowed to remain on the cutting. These cuttings should be pricked into light sandy soil in pots, and if possible placed in . a bed Which is kept heated by artificial taeans. The young cuttings tako a long time to start into growth, sometimes months will elapse before they will start. When they have fairly bogun to grow pob iff into thi-ee or four-inch pots in good rich IJEhteoil, still growing them under glass. W/ien the young plants aro fairly established in their pots, place in a cool part of ttae house, where thoy can stand till the planting season. The beginning of November is the best time to planb oub, as the woreb ravages of tho slugs are pasb for the season, and if planted sooner the elugs will fitrip the foliage off them as it grows, and probably kill it. When planted they will begrowing , , so therefore slightly break the outside of the ball of earth when taken oub of the pot and place some rich, finely pulverised soil about tho roots when planting. Keep the soil about ib moisfc till it gets well established. The first season it will make Euch good growth thab in tho second year the slugs will not be able to injure it much. To get a goorl plant of the above gives Borne trouble in its younger stages, but When once established ifc will well repay all trouble taken.