. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ociated with canker. Spraying with petro-leum emulsion is advisable where practicable. Bud Variation : A. Y. We know of no meansof inducing bud-variation, but insect-punctureswill and do induce malformations. There is noseparate work on bud-variation, but you willfind much information in Darwins Animalsand Plants under Domestication. MasterssVegetable Tcratoloijij, and a special article in these columns in 1891, January 10, 17, 2i, andFebruary 21. Carnations: Corresjjondent. We do not know thecomposi
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. ociated with canker. Spraying with petro-leum emulsion is advisable where practicable. Bud Variation : A. Y. We know of no meansof inducing bud-variation, but insect-punctureswill and do induce malformations. There is noseparate work on bud-variation, but you willfind much information in Darwins Animalsand Plants under Domestication. MasterssVegetable Tcratoloijij, and a special article in these columns in 1891, January 10, 17, 2i, andFebruary 21. Carnations: Corresjjondent. We do not know thecomposition of Wagners Solution for use inthe culture of Carnations, Cinerarias: T. B. A. If you will cut throughthe collar of your pl,ants from above down-wards you will see a cavity formed by thegrub of some insect. You must keep watchand try to ascertain what the insect is. Currant Buds : E. S. Your inference is correct;the shoots are badly infested with the Currant-bud mite, which causes the buds to have aswollen appearance. We should advise pruningthe bushes very hard back, removing the^soil. Fill. —SHOOTS or THE ULACK CURRANTAFFECTED WiTil BUD-MITES. from the surface beneath, and encouragingnew growth by the addition of a suitablemulching of manure. Unless the plantation isyoung, however, grub the trees and replant onfresh ground. Grafting Hollies : H. E. C. If the green-leaved Hollies you intend to use as stocks areas high as you wish your standard^to be, do not graft them, but in June or Julyinsert buds of your variegated varieties eitherin the main stem or in the laterals of the the stems are of moderate stoutness inserttwo or three buds in each, or if they are put inthe laterals then put one bud in each, pushingthe shield close down into the angle made bythe lateral with the main stem. Bind the stemaround the inserted bud closely with budding-cotton, and smear a thin layer of grafting-waxover the tie. The grafting of Hollies is not avery certain m
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