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JODRNAIi OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER, 



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and in this roapeot the flowers of those plants in my eye outvie 

 those of all others. Mrs. Pollock was as fresh as ever. 



I thought, however, that it woiiUl be well to wait until even- 

 ing and then chronicle the results, as the promising fine day 

 must have done something. In the evening I found — 1, on the 

 Fig tree the red spider killed, the foliage not injured, and 

 brighter and more glossy ; 2, on The Czar Violet the red spider 

 killed, the foliage not injured, taking off some tine pods of 

 seeds; 3, of the Ferns not a frond was injured, the green 

 aphis on I'latyloma adiautoides killed and quite brown like 

 the Peach aphis ; 4, on the Cineraria the thrips dead, the 

 leaves not damaged ; 5, on the Cactus branches and flowers the 

 green aphis killed, the flowers not discoloured or injuriously 

 affected by the compound ; G, on the Platjoerium the brown 

 ■oale dead, the centre sunk, the young fronds not injured ; 

 7, Bletia, brown scale shrivelled, skeletons of ants remaining, 

 deposit of honeydew peeling oft, foliage not affected otherwise 

 than made fresher-looking ; 8, Pelargoniums, not a flower dis- 

 coloured nor a leaf injured ; lastly, the Roses in full bloom were 

 not injured in leaf or flower, and the aphis had become brown. 



I waited to give the plants dipped in the solution of the com- 

 pound time to perish, and they have not done so. I waited to 

 be able to say it would kill mealy bug, white scale, and Ameri- 

 can bug, it being rendered more effectual for these pests by 

 the addition of a few drops of spirits of turpentine. I have 

 written to Mr. Clarke, and obtained his permission to state 

 publicly the results of the trial of his compound made solely 

 for his own private use ; and after pointing out to him the 

 Talue of his invention and the great good it would be to the 

 horticultural public, he has consented to let others have the 

 benefit of the invention as well as himself. It can be made 

 and sold, I believe, cheaply, costing to the consumer about 3((. 

 per gallon of solution. The quantity I used was IJ oz. to the 

 gallon, which is quite strong enough for thrips and scale ; but 

 it should be made rather stronger for mealy bug. whilst 1 oz. 

 to the gallon will destroy green aphis. I hope Mr. Clarke will 

 not lose any time in having it advertised and made known as 

 it deserves. 



In conclusion, allow me to ask Mr. Fish if he syringed the 

 British Queen Strawberry plants before dusting with tobacco 

 powder, and also afterwards. Mr. Fish is aware that the British 

 Queen and others of its race are subject in parching weather 

 not to swell well. I do not grow the British Queen now, find- 

 ing the Frogmore Late Pine vastly superior to it, freer in 

 growth, a better fruiter, the fruit larger, and the flavour good 

 — indeed, it is the best late Strawberry. Dr. Hogg Strawberry 

 is also surpassingly good; also Lucas, after La Constante, ex- 

 cellent. I cannot account for the tobacco powder damaging 

 the Strawberries. I have used the powder extensively both in 

 and out-doors, and with the best results. If Mr. Fish tries 

 this compound I think he will not care for any other insecticide. 

 — G. Abeet. 



SOME ROSES AKD THEIR JfERITS. 



I FiNB that in my rambles among Roses, I have noted Due 

 de Wellington as in every respect a sujxirior dark crimson 

 Rose, although its habit of growth may not be quite so vigorous 

 as some of its rivals. I was also very much pleased with 

 Madame ClemeEce Joigneaux, which I saw eight days ago 

 blooming most gloriously in a Rose nursery in the south of 

 Scotland. I have also added Murillo to the list of my pro- 

 posed investments. A neighbour ef mine has bloomed 

 Mademoiselle Bonnaire, which certainly is a superior white 

 Rose. 



I shall be glad to have Mr. Radelyfie's approval or condem- 

 nation of these Eoses, and also his opinion of Mr. Cranston's 

 new English blush Rose, Miss Ingram. I have never been 

 able to see a bloom of this new Rose, and a propagator of Roses 

 in one of the largest whelesale Rose nurseries in Scotland, tells 

 me he has been looking in vain for some favourable or adverse 

 criticism on this new aspirant to 'fame. — Thos. Weitelaw, 

 'LL.D. 



[The Dote of Wellington is a beautiful Rose, wanting only 

 in fulness. It is a moderate grower. Mdlle. Eannaire is a 

 lovely Rose, but is in most soils a wretched grower. Murillo is 

 a beautiful dark Rose, wanting in eize and fulness. Miss In- 

 gram, raised at Frogmore by Mr. Ingram, is a beautiful Rose. 

 It is growicg freely here, but I have not yet bloomed it myself. 

 I advise Dr. Whitelaw to buy Souvenir de Dr. .1 amain in the place 

 of Murillo, and Princess Mary of Cambridge in the place of 

 Mdlle. BoGsaire. The Doke of Wdllington we <!sust all have. 



I have two sorts of blush Roses here which on the Manetli 

 stock bloom well and are very fine Roses — viz., Duoheene 

 d'Orleans, and Situr des Anges. I do not think they would 

 generally do well on a Briar except in first-class ground. 

 Midame Clemence Joigneaux is a fine and healthy strong- 

 growing Rose. — W. F. Radclki'fe.] 



NORTHWICH GOOSEBERRY SHOW. 



This was held at 

 inst., when the folio 



tho Angel Inn, Northwich, on the 25th 

 wing varieties were exhibited ; — 



dwts. gn. 



TjODdon 41 21 



Autagonist 26 21 



London 26 26 



Leveller 23 18 



Stockwell 24 3 



Hero of the Nile 23 23 



Flistonia 22 17 



Mount Pleasant . 22 9 



Plunder 20 14 



Seedling '20 22 



RED. 



J. Wynne London 26 



ditto Macaroni 24 



T. Lanceley Beanty 24 



ditto Conqaering Hero 23 



G. Bratherton Ploughboy 22 



T. Lanceley Clayton 22 



W. Heath Iskander Bey . . 21 



E. Ponlson England 21 



YELLOW. 



T. Lanceley Leveller 24 



J. Wynne Tinker 23 



Bratherton Mount Pleasant . 22 



Lanceley Drill 22 



ditto High Sheriff 21 



Wilkinson Catherine 21 



Lanceley Unknown 21 



ditto Leader 20 



(.iREEN. 



T. Lanceley Shiner 



.J. Wynne Stockwell 



F. Jemson Plunder 



T. Lanceley Thumper 



E. Ponlson London City 



T. Lanceley Matchless 



F. Jemson Souter Johnny . . 



ditto Surprise 



WHITE. 



T. Lanceley Antagonist 



G. Wilkinson Overseer 



T. Lanceley Hero of the Nile . 



T. Shone Careless 



F. Jemson Peto 



J. Wynne Elizabeth 



ditto Snowdrop 



G. Plant King of Tramps 



-Thos. Dobell, Seedsman, Northwich, Secretary. 



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FILBERT-BE-'VRING. 



EvER-i'ONE who has at all examined his Filbert trees in the 

 spring knows that the male and female flowers are both pro- 

 duced on last year's wood ; but I notice with surprise that the 

 fruit is borne on spurs of this year's growth, varying from 

 6 inches to 1 foot in length. The explanation is, of course, 

 that besides and behind the fertile flower, there is a dormant 

 leaf bud, and that there is sap enough to ripen the fruit and 

 to form wood likewise. As far as I know this elongation of a, 

 fruit bud is so unusual in fruit-bearing trees, that I think it 

 deserves notice, yet I find no notice of it in any of the booke 

 I have consulted, and it has seemed to me that this may not 

 be the rule, but the exception in this hot summer. I should 

 be glad to know if suc'a is the case, and whether any of your 

 readers have observed the same ? I should be glad also to 

 know whether these fruit-bearing spurs should be cut out or 

 back after fruiting ? My own idea is that they will not bear 

 again, at least I can see no signs of incipient buds. — H. N. E., 

 Bitten Vicarage. 



[The fruit of the Filbert is generally produced on short spura, 

 formed in the preceding year, but unlike those of many other 

 trees these short spurs elongate from 6 to 12 inches, but th« 



