June 8, 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS CHRONICLE. 



[supplement.] 



xliii. 



Distemper, a composition of antiseptic pro- 

 perties, for colouring walls in all the art shades. 



Thos. Christy & Co., 4-12, Old Swan Lane, 

 London, E.C., exhibited Cirengol, a Quassia com- 

 pound in handy packages, for the eradication of 

 common garden dipterous pests. It has non- 

 poisonous properties. 



Wm. Bull & Sons, Kings Road, Chelsea, 

 staged drums and small phials of their fumigating 

 compound, and illustrated the method of use of 



same. 

 The Bon Arbor Chemical Co., Paterson, 



The German Potash Syndicate, 117, Tic- market Potatos by the ton. Some Ttmatos tkat 

 toria Street, Westminster, illustrated, by grow- 



ing plants and an exhibit of fruits, the results 

 of using their fertiliser specialities. The exhibit 

 included fruits from English growers grown with 

 and without these manures. 



Lawes' Chemical Manure Co., Ltd., 59, 



Mark Lane, London, had a stand of Lawes' gar- 

 den manure — a drv powder — and Lawes' Ferti- 



i — a dry powder- 

 lker, for growing crops, and Lawes* Fluid, a 

 preparation for purifying soil under glass. 



Messrs. Plants Plantoids, Ltd., London, 



haul been through the machine several hundred 

 times in one day wtre sound and free froaa 

 blemish. This machine appears invaluable in 

 Colonial fruit-grading of all descriptions. 



Messrs. J. Pitheb, Ltd., Cowley Road, Ux- 

 bridge, staged excellent Mushrooms, cut and 

 growing, illustrating £he growth and produce of 

 the virgin spawn. The exhibit contained all 

 stages of Mushroom growth. 



Mrs. F. A. Jones, Lincombe, Sutherland 

 Ay#nue, Bexhill-on-Sea, showed very artistic 



New Jersey, U.S.A., exhibited "Bon Arbor," a showed "Plants Plantoids," a plant food of re- flower-plant receptacles for the dwelling in cop- 



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plant food soluble in water, and " Radix, 

 preparation for the eradication of soil pests, 

 recommended for grassland and growing crops. 

 Danysz Virus, Ltd., 52, Leadenhall Street, 

 London, illustrated their speciality for the 



cent introduction, put up in tabloid form. 



Messrs Wakeley Bros. & Co., Ltd., Bank- 

 side, London, S.HJ., exhibited " Wakeley's Hop 

 Manure/' being spent Hops chemically treated 

 as a manurial preparation. They are described 



per repousse work. 



The Boundary Chemical Co., Ltd., Cranmer 

 Street, Liverpool, exhibited M Simplicitas " net- 

 ting suitable for the effective support of culinary 

 and garden Peas. Pillars of Sweet Peas are 



destruction of vermin of all descriptions trouble- as cleanly in use, sweet-smelling, and an effective possible by the use of the netting tubes, which 



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Fig. 42. — messrs. edward webb and sons' exhibit of indoor flowering plants 



(See p. xi. of First Supplement.) 



some in the garden, such as rats, mice, beetles, 

 and ants. 



Messrs. Robinson Bros., Ltd., West Brom- 

 wich, Staffordshire, made a display of " Velvas " 

 .Lawn Sand, a preparation for destroying weeds 

 on lawns. They also showed Clift's manurial 

 insecticides, a preparation to kill insects and 

 fertilise the soil, also various manures, the 

 " Alpha " sprayers and many other specifics. 



Messrs. Walter Voss & Co., Ltd., Millwall, 

 London, showed their various specialities, and a 

 new composition, " Nicotyl Fruit-tree Glaze," for 

 the covering of wounds and cuts of large trees. 

 " Creol " is a liquid preparation used mixed 

 with a great proportion of water for the preven- 

 tion \>f m damp " among seedling Lettuce, 

 creepers and other plants that commonly suffer 

 from this disease. The preparation is cleanly 

 to use, and cheaper than steaming and firing 



substitute for stable manure, supplying a valu- 

 able form of humus, being of great service as a 

 substitute for peat in the cultivation of Erica- 

 ceous plants. 



Mr. H. Becker, Jersey (manufacturers Messrs. 

 Drake & Fletcher, engineers, Maidstone), showed 

 the " H. Becker " hygienic fruit-cleaner and 

 grader (see fig. 41), a machine specially invented 

 for growers in the Channel Isles engaged in the 

 export Tomato trade. The mechanism is on the 

 principle of an old printing machine. The fruit is 

 graded as it falls into the packing cases. The ma- 

 chine cleans at the rate of 1 to 3 tons of Tomatos 

 per hour, and may be used for Hyacinths and 

 other bulbs, and such soft fruits as Strawberries. 

 The " feed M hopper is a flat table, enabling the 

 operator to scan the fruit as it passes into the 

 machine. Various makes of this machine are 

 adapted for the softest and smallest fruits, and 

 the larger makes clean, grade and render fit for 



readily take the place of stakes. Plant ferti- 

 lisers, vine manures, and crude (unmixed) chemi- 

 cal manures, " Climax " lawn sand, knaptsack 

 and hand sprayers were also on view. 



Messrs. Blake & Mackenzie, Ltd., Islington, 

 Liverpool, filled a stand with garden pots of 

 various sizes and shapes for the reception of 

 quick-growing plants and seedlings as of annual*. 

 These pots are of prepared cardboard and find 

 good use in transmitting plants by post and rail. 

 They are unbreakable and last in condition for a 

 reasonable time whilst in use. 



Mr. G. 0. Henninges, 11, Gt. James Street, 

 W.C., showed the " Rex n fruit-preserving jan 

 and bottles. The system is of the usual vacuum 

 method, and there are no clips or capsules of 

 metal. Included in this exhibit was the " Rex " 

 fruit-juice extractor, a boiler for the extraction 

 of fruit juices by steam without pressure or 

 subsequent filtering. 



