ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
“ Interested.”—l have examined the branches of escallonia forwarded to me, but I cannot find any disease whatever on the wood. I rather think that the cause will bo found at the roots, it appears as if some poisonous matter has come in contact with the roots, such as tar, etc. Sometimes we find escallonias when newly planted go brown with the action of the winds, but not when the plants become established. “ Willow ” —(1) You can shift willow as soon as the leaves drop; (2) you can also divide it at the same time as you require it.
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Evening Star, Issue 22578, 20 February 1937, Page 23
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