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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
[May 7, 1887. 
as with growers. Mr. Wm. Straton, Broughty 
Mr Ts 
we, Mn Fotheringham, Trinity ; 
nd Henderson, Clernisto: 
UA Profe ssor Dickson rut the show with a few 
felicitous remarks. 
LEEK AURICULA SHOW. 
30.—The second пае of Auriculas and 
d 
but the interest was distinctly Mh and promises 
well for the future of the Socie 
Single P —Amon the " grey-edged Colonel 
gst 
WI GA was the winning variety, and those staged 
by Mr. H ix i 
the class, although оса was geniy, үг In 
mbri е 
by veal beauty, and deirved 
pua е premier position EDFA Vb it. Selfs formed a 
class and keen бөрө! the x wh ue 
soning to Negro e EE 2d to C. J. Perry, shown by 
d M. Card ing veh — 
undoubtedly the Выб: of the eighty shown he 
prize for the. best seedling was awarded to Mr. W. 
le self. 
Al 
alpines with Mer 
2d and 3d with Mrs. fete pon Mrs. Meiklejohn. 
ing s about a score varieties of 
garden alpines, which were greatly admire 
Miscellai —Cheshire ot bore venis all 
Vicini in Polyanthu uses, Mes Bru J. 
Garner, ma T. Lea being the successful sire 
Pri is И фый Hebe iab wel eature 
of the eim was a Sy peak of fifty-five varieties 
Daffodils staged by Mess arr & Son, of King 
Street, Covent ; Lon ickson, 
Brown & Жы, (Manchester), Mr. T. S. Ware (Totten 
es Dickson & 0 
ester), als 
exhi her gee excellent collections, as did Mr, М. Mellor, 
Жди Leek. 
The profits of the show, which amount to to about 
SUA oues given to the Leek Cottage Jubilee 
Hospital 
TREES AND SHRUBS. 
RHODODENDRON CAUCASICUM ALBUM. 
Tuts is a beautiful чаро: for the green- 
house. 16 ів a good wer, hardy, and a free- 
flowering variety, the individual flowers being large, 
white, with the upper petal spotted with buff. These, 
when mounted on wire, come in very useful for 
ч Аз а decorative plant in the house 
it has few equals, the large trusses 
of white flowers being very effective when contrasted 
with its own dark green leaves. Н, W. W, 
Tue Cornish Erw (ULMUS CORNUBIENSIS). 
'This, both as an ornamental tree and valuable 
timber Негата is a great favourite with the few 
planters who have had the chance testing 9 
merits. It is, unfortunately, very difficult to 
cure the Cornish Elm in quantity, and which ai qued no 
pra to a very great extent at least, account for 
the rarity with which it is to be seen in our parks - 
grounds, Most of these sent out by nurserymen 
T: EN but it is likewise procured from iden. 
onally from seeds, "These latter are, iow 
imt even on our wn trees, rarely pro- 
and too often ңа ыды of the seeds аге 
for raising young s stock. The tree has. a 
dal contonr t 1 
. the Lombardy Poplar, but just sufficient to give it a 
| dressy appearance minus the stiff outline of fastigiate 
girth at a yard up of fully 83 feet, The timber is 
excellent, Superior in graining to our ordinary forms, 
choice of soil, I cannot say that any preference has 
been shown by the Cornish Elm, for here it is grow- 
ing and thriving wellin that of very opposite qua- 
lities—sandy loam, vegetable refuse, and an unkindly 
e that cannot otherwise be 
most of the former. A. D. Webster, Penrhyn Castle. 
CYDONIA (PYRUS) JAPONICA, 
A дид bush of this fine ornamental deciduous 
shrub is now a feature at the entrance to the Royal 
Horticultural Society's Gardens, Chiswick, covered 
of a veritable Fire Bush!—a good English name 
for it. B. i 
MAGNOLIA CONSPICUA, 
paying a visit to the gardens of Digswell 
House, Herts, the residence of W. S. Brown, Sq., 
on April 21, a fine tree of the above, about 20 feet in 
ower, and presented a grand 
valuable for cutting, lasting a long time in water. It 
requires to be g nted in a sunny sheltered position. 
Edwin Beckett 
RED-SPIDER ON VINES. 
Tue recent drying east winds, so cold and реа 
зел, нне high pressure being put 
the heating apparatus, with the result that slider 
pest be destroyed without injuring the leaves or 
fruit? It is quite certain that in cases where red- 
spider gets upon the leaves at the time of thinning 
out the fruit, it will increase to such an extent that 
the leaves will be destroyed before the fruit colours. 
I know some good gardeners who have tried many 
experiments to destroy spider; I have also tried a 
few, and had many failures with them. I well 
remember trying the hot lime and sulphur cure, 
recommended by the late Mr. Thomas Rivers, of 
Sawbridgeworth, with most disastrous results. The 
plan was to fill a large pot with unslacked lime, 
carry it into the тА and then pour on it some 
cold water. When the lime was smoking hot, 
handful of flowers of es a was to be thrown проп 
it. 'The result of this proceeding was to cause the 
sulphur to flame, and although one small h ul 
only was used in a house 26 feet by 16 feet, neal 
every leaf was visites a. How the pot and i 
contents was hurried he flame was 
observed, Syringing a [sns "wil keep the pest 
in check, but it must be continued daily during the 
season, and by the time the fruit colours scarcely any 
of the beautiful bloom which ought to be upon the 
Grapes will be left there. No grower for market 
will adopt this plan 
In fact there is only one way known to me by 
which the spider can be destroyed and the fruit 
finished off w ro that is by painting the ae te 
pipes, when they are considerably 
flowers of айырды It should be done aee the 
temperature has been raised in the afternoon to 
The house ought to be shut up with this tempera- 
ture, and the pipes must be sufficiently heated to 
cause a slight mist in the house from the fumes. I 
have seen this heating overdone, and the € 
very Y т 94 se 
process 
it is unsafe to use the sulphur fumes in the house 
until the fruit has arrived at the stoning period. 
Both Black Hamburgh and Muscat of Alexandria 
Grapes become rusty by its too early use, even if it 
is not sufficiently strong to kill the spider. Can any 
correspondent suggest a better plan to destroy spider 
than the above M touching the bloom on the 
Grapes ? J. Dougla 
VARIORUM. 
FLOWERS m SEASON.—From Mes 
bright golden-yellow colour, to which 
extra attraction of a delicate perfume. 
а 
Cork makes onder why our neighbours the 
French should have hers шор of supplying tae 
London market with certain descriptions 
flowers. “Okt Tris h pcs could easily ie а Qo 
share of the money now sent abroad. 
MATTEI'S JUBILEE QUADRILLE. —Thisi is a good 
set of quadrilles published t m — as & ROMER 
marked for 
e figure tune whic 
оѓ“ "God Save the Queen," without а s 
even in $27 thie year of jubilee. 
"MorHER OF NATIONS :” ROYAL JUBILEE 
SONG The. words of this are by Epwarp Fos- 
KETT, p music 2, re ies E and published 
HINGS к, London. The air of this 
by 
Jubilee song, dur not es v E: in character, 
is tune easy, and better than many similar 
things of xh d, because it is less apu and 
over-bur with ornament б Тһе 
den 
of the usual E iste characte 
THE WEATHER. 
MEAN TEMPERATURE OBSERVED AT CHISWICK DUR- 
o THE WEEK ENDING MAY 14. (AVERAGE 
F THIRTY-THREE YEARS. w 
May 8 .. 529.8 I May 12 ... . 539.8 
Fu ger "M 560 E ode 539.8 
$5 Айз» cies th 5687.21: aM o 54.0 
Wo Mu .. ase 589. | Mean for the week 539.4 
THE PAST WEEK. 
Tue following summary — rd of the weather for 
Ma ni 2, he 
the week ending furnished from t 
Meteorological Office 
“The weather has continued in an unsettled and 
pm: t condition generally. Fre uent falls a 
rain were experienced in all districts, while at şev = 
of ca. more northern сс 
In some parts of the kingdom thunder and lightning 
were d 
Pd ure has again been below the mean in 
all Mn the deficit ranging from 4° to 6° over 
ot , and in the ‘ nnel Islands’ to as muc 
as 7° ? in Irela E over the greater 
5151 in ‘ England, N 
, I 
61? in Ireland, N. os io e daily 
several degrees lower, god 
O not reaching to 50°, The lowest of 
