. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 56 The Florists'Review Afbil 2, SWEET PEA FOLIAGE SCOBCHED. I am enclosing some sweet pea and other leaves^ and some insects with which they are infested, and would like to know the cause of the drying out of the leaves. If the insect is causing this trouble, please tell me the habits of the insect and how to destroy it.\ I have used carbon bisulphide for fumigating, and thought perhaps this might have caused the injury. H. F. each year, and a liberal application of well rotted cow or horse manure should be applied. In your case, if the crop
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 56 The Florists'Review Afbil 2, SWEET PEA FOLIAGE SCOBCHED. I am enclosing some sweet pea and other leaves^ and some insects with which they are infested, and would like to know the cause of the drying out of the leaves. If the insect is causing this trouble, please tell me the habits of the insect and how to destroy it.\ I have used carbon bisulphide for fumigating, and thought perhaps this might have caused the injury. H. F. each year, and a liberal application of well rotted cow or horse manure should be applied. In your case, if the crop is a failure, I would suggest that you lime well, turn the ground over roughly, and then leave it uncropped until planting time for the peas in the early fall, unless you may wish to use the house for tomatoes or some other veg- Vetable crop, which would give the soil a needed change and would put it in much better condition for sweet peas next season. C. W. The sweet pea and other foliage had a scorched appearance, such as might have come from a too heavy fumiga- tion. The insects forwarded would not cause it; they do no great amount of damage. Liming the soil freely after this crop is cleared will clean most of them out. Was the carbon bisulphide evaporated in the house or in the ground? It can be used in either way. As the fumes descend, it is necessary in fumigating a house to have the re- ceptacles, into which the liquid is to be poured, well elevated. Half a tea- spoonful poured into holes four to six inches deep, a foot apart each way, will kill soil pests and will not harm the plants. Of course, an overdose would prove harmful. C. W. SWEET PEA VINES DYING. My sweet peas are all dying. They grow three feet, begin to bloom, and then the roots rot off. What can I dof The ground was changed last June, and I wonder whether it is the fault of the seed. Having ground beds, I always change the soil down to the clay, which is porous and drains well. This bed has been used about
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