ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Evening Star, Issue 21992, 30 March 1935, Page 3

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

“ F.S.G.”—I would advise you not to trouble to grow the dahlia, as I do not think that it would ever make a decent flower in form or colour. 1 should certainly save the seed of the cosmos and give it another trial. It certainly should come true from seed next season. It would make a useful flower for decoration purposes. “ Begonia -When the foliage has died down place the pots away in a dry store, and do not give any water. Ornamental trees: Foliage Primus m variety, Spindle Tree, Mountain Ash, Rhus, Conifers. Cryptomeria Eligans, Araucaris Imbricata, Arbutus Unedo, and Acacia Baileynna.

“ Mushrooms.’ I —l would suggest, that yon dress the ground with fresh horse manure free from straw or litter. Expose the manure in an open shed for a few days before using it, turning occasionally to prevent its heating and so that tho air may take the ammonia from it. Gooseberries.*’—Easier week is very early to prune the trees mentioned hut it would be better to prune then than to let tho bushes get overcrowded with wood. Thin out all small wood and shorten leaders to half. “ Pentrevo.”—The fruit enclosed is Malus Siberian (not Gorgeous). The fruit from Gorgeous is a beautiful deep red and nearly the size of Scarlet Nonpariel apples, with a very dwarf habit. Many thanks for compliments re lawns. F.S.P.