Answers To Correspondents
EU„ Hawarden: Your letter and sample reveal a lot, for the years have allowed this moss to develop on your japonica without check, aided by the favourable conditions of shade and dampness. This moss does not flourish in sunny, dry conditions. It is doubtful whether it is worth treating this bush. The fungus can be controlled by scraping off as much of it as possible, followed by a thorough spraying with a caustic or red oil spray. The moss may not kill the bush, although it is very disfiguring.
Interested, Harihari: The situation you indicate should be quite suitable for both camellia and paeony, if reasonably well drained and water does not lie about them. The paeony is as hardy as the dahlia and should have a similarly open position.
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29239, 24 June 1960, Page 8
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