320 THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



LiLiuM ExiMiUM. — Carmarthen. — Your non-success -with this lily is owing to 

 your doing too much for it. Treat the plant as hardiest of the hardy, plant it six 

 inches deep in a good, deep, loamy border, and leave it to take care of itself, and you 

 ■will see it grow freely and flower superbly. This time last year we had some articles 

 on lilies, in which just such advice was offered in regard to the plant now under 

 consideration. Your phloxes have probably exhausted all the goodness out of the 

 soil, and want transplanting to renew their vigour. Leave them alone till April 

 next, then take them up, part them into small pieces, and plant them in fresh spots 

 that have been well dug and liberally manured. Your soil is probably too light for 

 phloxes ; dig in a little clay as well as manure for them, if you can get it. 



Amateur. — Your fern is Fteris scaler ula. We do not think Viola cornuta 

 could be flowered well in winter in the conservatory, but it might happen to do very 

 Avell that way. Try it. 



A.B. — The insect is a mite, and you will find its history in any good book in 

 which mites are ti-eated of. Charlock, of which yon enclose a bit, is the common 

 " yellow weed " of the turnip fields, the " wild mustard " of village botanists, Slna- 

 pis arvensis of the books. Cerasus mahaleh may be grown from cuttings of ripe 

 wood of the previous year. 



Loxley, WarwicJc. — The grass is Lolium temulentiim, the only British grass 

 that produces unwholesome grain. 



" Infelix Lolium, et sterllis dominantur avenae." — Virgil. 



Catalogues. — Lists of Bulbs and other flower-roots have been received from 

 Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading ; Messrs. Carter & Co., of High Holborn ; Mr. John 

 Fi-aser, of Lea Bridge Road ; Mr. B. 8. Williams, of Holloway ; Messrs. Cutbush 

 and Son, of Higbgate ; Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, St. John's "Wood ; Messrs. 

 Barr & Sugden, King Street, Covent Garden; and Messrs. Low & Co., Clapton. 

 Lists of Roses and FrvJ.t Trees have been received from Messrs. Lane k, Son, 

 Berkhampstead ; Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshuat; Mr, Tanfon, Epsom ; Mr. Eraser, 

 Lea Bridge Road ; Mr B. S. Williams, Holloway ; Messrs. Yeitch & Son, Chelsea ; 

 and Mr. Chater, Cambridjre. 



Books Received. — Thomson's " Cultivation of the Vine," 5th Edition (Black- 

 wood), claims the respectful attention of every aspirant for success in grape culture. 

 It is the book on the subject ; it treats of every point likely to arise in any depart- 

 ment, and is everywhere as plain and practical as the author, who is one of the 

 finest grape-growers in the country. " Studies, Biographical and Critical," by Dr. 

 Ross (Simpkin), is a book for thoughtful readers, who can enjoy pure criticism and 

 scholarly enunciation of views founded on long observation and earnest study. One 

 of the best " Studies " in the book is one on the mad characters in Shakespeare. 

 There are also elaborate studies of Dr. Johnson and Sir Walter Raleigh. 



Shady Border. — Z. — Many good things will suit your shaded border. All the 

 members of the genera Acbnitum, Delphinium, and Helianthus will thrive in it. 

 The common Christmas Rose will do well if the soil is good. Hollyhocks the same, 

 but you must not have expensive kinds, Papaver bracteatum and armeniacum will 

 be quite at home there, and all the Phloxes are available if the situation is airy. 

 Polyanthuses and Primroses plant plentifully. Double Daisies will do if taken up 

 and replanted every September. A fine display may be made in autumn by turning 

 out a number of Fuchsias. Lastly, British ferns will enjoy the shade, and you may, 

 if you like, appropriate the border wholly to them. Thus, you see, a border need not 

 be shabby for lack of sun. 



