Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . eaders in general inaugurate the growing andusing of Mushrooms commonly. 356. Asparagus Query. Do not cut the plantsdown to the tfround until the berries turn red andthe stalk brown. The end of October will be aboutthe proper tinie.—C. E. P. 370. Pale Marechal Niel Kose. How old isyour plant? When the plants are young and vig-orous the color is all right, but when the plants areold, or the roots injured, the color is pale and in-terior. You may be injuring the plant by givingliquid manu
Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . eaders in general inaugurate the growing andusing of Mushrooms commonly. 356. Asparagus Query. Do not cut the plantsdown to the tfround until the berries turn red andthe stalk brown. The end of October will be aboutthe proper tinie.—C. E. P. 370. Pale Marechal Niel Kose. How old isyour plant? When the plants are young and vig-orous the color is all right, but when the plants areold, or the roots injured, the color is pale and in-terior. You may be injuring the plant by givingliquid manure too freely. C. E. P. •390. Watering Agapanthus. This plant likesa good supply of water at the roots, but it is not agood plan to place it in pans of water. We flowerit finely every year oiit-of-doors, and do not givemore water than other plants receive.—A. H. E. 394. Training Lima Beans. The use of veryhigh poles is not economical. The vines on richsoil, as that for Limas should be, grow too muchto top, and need to be shortened in to produce thelargest and earliest crop. With poles four or five. MUSHROON BED ON SHELF NEAR THE FLOOR. feet high, and the beans stopped when they reachthe summit, the crop will be better and more easilysecured than with the eight foot or more polesoften used, which need to be set deeply, and areeven then liable to blow off or break off, thus de-stroying the hill. One way to prevent this, how-ever, is to set the poles in each four adjacent hillsinclining towards a common center, draw the topstogether and tie; but mind that poles more thanfive feet high are senseless.—A. H. E. 39.). Lilium Candidum. The White Lily oftenfails to flower the year after planting- it dislikesdisturbance. If planted in light, rich soil whichhas been long under cultivation .and is well drainedand in good heart, they will be all right next dislike fresh manure, and. as tar as 1 liaveseen, do best over a gravel subsoil. A. H. E, IQO POPULAR GARDENING. Augus
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