Show horticultural notes DIVIDING THE root BOOT in dividen dividing the root of a growing plant the root should be partially uncovered and one or more portions removed the root should then be covered up and the detached parts transplanted in soft earth prepared to receive them most herbaceous perennials may be treated in this way SUCKERS are young 0 shoots clustering b round the roots of the main plant and may be removed by taking up along 0 with them a part of the root inspiring in spring after the plant has begun 0 growing oj immediately and planted out and if any flower buds buda are developed on them they should be taken off LAYERS of plants are runners sent out along the ground havin having joints at certain poi pol points rits which have a tendency to take root and become the centre ofa of a new plant in carnations and pinks the young side shoots called grass are selected for layering the shoots should be stripped of their lower leaves and the stem cut half through 0 by an oblique slit near the base then fixed to the ground with a hooked stick or peg pe and which may ma y be covered slightly I 1 with mould giving a little moisture in a few weeks roots will s strike t rike out and at the end of the season the plant can be cut cat from its pa rent and transplanted I 1 CUTTINGS are strong stron shoots cut slantingly and smoothly from the parent stem or branch and set in soil that is not too moist are the upper and young part of each shoot taken off close below a joint with a sharp knife cut each off at the third joint and then cut the top leaves down pretty short taking off the lower and discolored ones when planting in the 0 the earth should be light and sandy and recently loosened gently thrust each piping half way down into the soft earth i and fix it in the bed watering vat ering them often if the weather is dry but moderately just to keep them moist and shadin shading 0 them from the hot sun in the day and if covered coveler with a i hand glass they will root sooner than those which are exposed piping should be done in june and july and the plants will be rooted and fit to plant out in october to ta insure a succession of the best wallflowers wall wali flowers and the method applies to the double flowering in y which yields no seed arid and cannot otherwise be preserved about the beginning of july pinch off slips or young shoots of f biye five ive lve or six inches in length C taken only from the finest stocks crop the leaves and strip the rest of the stem bare dibble the slips so prepared pre into a bed newly dum dag and shaded by trees or a north wall sprinkle them with water and shade any part to which the sun has access not one will go back and in this way a profusion of one of the sweetest flowers and the best of its kind maybe had bad from year to year the best soil for carnations is good loam foam enriched rich ed with well wel I rotted stable dung and qui quickened c k with a little sand the quantity of manure can only be determined by the previous strength of the ground if made too rioh rich the thi flowers will lose their fine colors if left too poor they will want vigor A fine country the los angeles 11 caia ca cala 1 a star of april 28 gives the following account of that country which indicates it as one most admirably adapted to the growing of the most luscious fruits which best of all according to the stars star abound there the year round it is sugg suggested ested to us that we in log los angeles were faring netter and more sumptuously than the inhabitants of any other part of the state what will people think thinks when whence we inform them that our market is supplied the year round with new potatoes that strawberries are raised raise dhere here every month in the year that green peas are in constant supply that tomatoes may be had every month one odo garden having vines three years old which are constantly bearing and that cucumbers are arc now in market 2 |