TO CORRESPONDENTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19833, 31 December 1927, Page 5 (Supplement)

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

J.E.Gh, Eueaell, —Specimons to nam® ate: 1. Diplacua glutinos (glut!:ions), an elegant branching shrub belonging to the mimulus genua. 2. I 3 unica granntum nana, the dwarf ecarlet .flowering pomegranate. 3. Twig without any flowers, Euonymus Europaeus. 4. Streptosolon ifamicsonii, shrub with crrange-coloured Hovers in terminal panicles. Numbers may have been mixed, but ycm will recognise them from descriptions. " Inquirer," Cleredon. —Name of plant to identify is Teucrium scorodonia (the woodBage), a British species. Although a weed, is not a harmful one; only succeeds in some soils. C.H.K., Hawera.—To rid your garden of woodlice, obtain a number of napthalcne balls, ponder thfiitt up and sprinkle the powder where the woodlice congregate. Poisoning with strychnine in boiled parsnip is another, but. always ft dangerous remedy when the poison la placed m tijo open, F.E.E., To Puke.—Leaf of ehrub, probably Viburnum sieboldii, is attacked with a minute species of scale. Spraying ■ with caustic alkali aafution (summer strength) or other reliable sqalesido should cleanse tiae foliage of this and other pests. P.S., Massey.—Lower leaves of tomatoes curling often acours, but does not inaterauy affect the fruiting. Instead of spraying with lime sulphur, apply Bordeaux mixture, the 4.4.40 formula. Spray every ten days. A light surface dressing of sulphate of ammonia or nitrate of soda, in liquid form or scattered around near the roots and watered in,, ""b a good stimulant when the fruits are developing. " Ignoramus," Avondale.—Be tree lucerne (Tagosaate) or Cytisus proliferous albinoruß: Seeds that have not germinated will probably oome up after a good soaking with rain. They transplant readily; from loan, to 24i». apart is a suitable distance io iorns a <rood hedge. Whan left too closely i ieift-M they are liable tc> otarve each clli«£ and die out, KEPoa.