294 THE GARDENER. [June 1871. 



J. P — The excrescence on the under sides of your vine-leaves is an enlarge- 

 ment of the cellular tissue, and perhaps in your case the low damp position of the 

 border has something to do with the derangement. It is, however, caused by too 

 much moisture in the air and insufficient ventilation in many cases. Other causes 

 in abundance have been assigned. And while we will undertake to bring on the 

 derangement in a very short time by the cause we have named, we do not say 

 that there is no other, although we know of no other cause. 



J. F. — Thanks for your suggestion, which shall be considered. 



International Horticultural Exhibition. — We are sure that it will be 

 gratifying to many of our readers to know that the Glasgow and \yest of Scotland 

 Horticultural Society intend to hold a great International Show in 1872 similar t 

 those so successfully held by the Royal Caledonian Society in Edinburgh in 1 865 ana 

 1869. Another opportunity will then be afforded to horticulturists from all parts 

 to meet in friendly rivalry, and we feel sure that such a meeting will have the 

 effect of advancing horticulture, and of causing horticulturists from places far 

 apart to I'espect each other more and more. And there can be no doubt that the 

 great metropolis of the west of Scotland is in a position to offer the very best of 

 encouragement to exhibitors, 



W. T. — What you suggest has often been talked of, but the Edinburgh Council 

 seem perfectly apathetic about horticulture, hence the town has fallen sadly be- 

 hind in gardening for the people. 



Inquiries having been made for a somewhat fuller definition of the meaning of 

 the phrase, "any branch of British Economic Entomology," used in the 

 announcement of a prize of £5, offered by the Royal Horticultural Society for 

 "the best miscellanous collection of any branch of British Economic Entomology," 

 we are requested to state that it relates to such departments of Economic Entomo- 

 logy as concern forests, fields, or gardens ; as also to insects injurious to manu- 

 factured articles, &c., but that it is not intended to include useful insect pro- 

 ducts, such as honey. 



The Royal Horticultural Society at jSTottingham, June 27. — Allow me 

 to intimate through the medium of the ' Gardener' to those who purpose visiting 

 this great Exhibition, that to insure the comfort of gardeners and exhibitors, I 

 have made arrangements with the proprietor of one of the first hotels in Notting- 

 ham, whereby they will be provided with bed, breakfast, dinner, and supper 

 in the best hotel style at 10s. 6d. per day ; less, of course, if all the meals are not 

 taken. Those who wish to avail themselves of this arrangement may do so by 

 signifying their desire to me not later than June 20, when the necessary pass- 

 ticket will be forwarded to them. Already some of the leading exhibitors and 

 gardeners have bespoken accommodation. Wm. P. Ayres. 



ToosT Road, West Nottingham, 

 llthMai/ 1871. 



A Subscriber. — Try and put some temporary division between your two lots of 

 plants ; then you may be able to treat them differently. If those that have not 

 started are growing freely, keep them rather dry at the root, so as to check their 

 growth. If they are making suckers and not growing much fiom their centres, as 

 is sometimes the case, remove the suckers and stimulate them by a brisk bottom- 

 heat and moisture, and more than likely they may start. But they are very obstin- 

 ate sometimes. Sheep's droppings and soot make excellent manure-water for 

 Pines. Deluge the haunts of the ants with boiling water, and molest them in 

 every possible way, and more than likely they will shift their quarters. They can 

 be poisoned with arsenic in anything they are fond of. 



