60 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. [Jury 26, 19194 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. LIQUID AMMONIA AS A FERTILISER: С. S. Pro- ap 4. the small- flowered white speci 
in the exam 
BITTER APPLE: a ө me suis Apple is 
Citrullus Coloc member of the 
Cucurbitacae a mative ot India. It is, of 
course, useless Stock for grafting Apples. 
| essi aal ON penata SEAL : 
——— are those E Blemocampa alters 
y which i п pes 
Lily- oft the-Valley a lanl very closely lied 
Solomo; Seal. The 
esse тош of moths т б in her es 
more 16 legs, in this P awfly 
arvae can generally be detached by shaking 
the pla t á if loth or light- 
and burning of surface soil around the plant 
in winter TAS be the sper of ПУ РГЕ 
тапу сосс ontents 
s and their 
pee nhc WITH Leary ae 
Examples of Cucumbers dorso foliar 
, but specimens are t 
to us from time to time, and the illustration 
in Fig e we received in S f, 
1 fruit is em nm a 
the bedded i 
branch. w ich к ms the outer portion or rind 
“a the ed = is ро wonderful that such 
abnormality sometimes occurs. 
DISEASED GOOSEBERRIE eae you y Vara 
berries are suffering |i an attack o 
can 7 тту Mildew, which is a ee 
disease. (See Gard. Chron., July 12, 1919, 
а = ; 
PELARGONI W. " E 
Pelargoniums are suffer Min from evere 
tack of Botrytis, a ааа which fed © capable 
of йет, пр а a large а unt of di ng 
plants that are in Mo. least degree “unhealthy. 
Remove all Saran, and dying portions of the 
plants EL urn them; ч isi p vege- 
able debris and other decaying matter fro 
around the ps and keep the ‚ atmosphere 
ped u- as possible, becau 
A É 
DI 
s spreads ra rapidly in a moist atmos- 
жыша) Ааа Tax АТ алсы Snows: 0O.F.F. 
e i 
be required. Your best plan is aes p^. the 
advice of the local excise authori 
Grapes DisEasED : A. K., G. L., c. In 
each case the rapes are suffering from 
T are Rot Dis o саа Аа fun, 
amed = ке We 
19, 1919, к Лай and preventive measu 
Pear Scan: A. J. The hard condition of d 
polyod fusis 
identification should be killed by placing a 
mE 
сораш (Field CET ri ipsum p pa 
rete 
Т күне 
шшр, 8. аын oficinale Е 
Рі свело 
P6 ok imi: reg ps DA А 
vided the liquid ammonia eem um ш is Sedum i 2 x. лая полева E 
ие оѓ а агаш Loeb , it shou quite otula dioica (syn. Leptinella dioi 
here are few gardeners, and still fewer amateurs, itable for use as a pla t fertilise er. Ordinary к. dding plant). J. >, 1. Sidalcea mal 
who do not on occasion require — ee oe ане сын sulphate of ped ar is la argely pre- flora; 2, Salvia Horminum ; 3, Scabios 
ts of. tie 3 m A 
те КЕ A fron. not knowing of whom ала as a by-product in the making of coal leuca; 4 Vor nad nn hat S рат Y 
to make the азу. bed ж often a il to obtain the gas : enothera Tier nei 
information they ant of. And let no one 2 oed an асана; 3, acium 
b uM est is questions should appear trifling, Мкгох Spuirtinc: A. T. T. The selene 4, Ж ir 28р 
: XE cod of ron д! Legg sg ch ne ought cause of your Melons cracking is an exces: D. "8. We do not recognise the varieties ¢ 
o is : fo. ў З 3 
of his таана fom lw "little k^ po ient really water after the soil has been ag hes to e: Roses; “you: т best plan is to send th som 
know !—except that they know little. If man is come dry for some time. The Melon plan саев, wi can compare them bu tho 
ча with а fact, however баша wd it is requires plenty of atmospheric humidity, and n his collection.—H. C.: Bignonia 
gee ae or gosse os of others ix the same ona regular supplies of moisture at the roots while B " C 4 
Пу i ant imilar i nation. х ; : EAR EAF CURL: A. 
"s a uie. "eu D > inen: ue soe ы |o pid Aa out oe Pi ime aaa P TEGERE 
water is w 3 AT qr 
others ere pe Pn MET: “М. —Gardeners’ Chronicle. fens: М, roots absorb more than the PIS (Cecidomyia pyri). This appears in the sp 
sae е can ао whilst the dry atmosphere as a small, dark brown fly; later, the 1а 
E: hardens the skin oi the put with e уга ар еаг агол magg s in A = 
ABNORMAL бво N SHIRLEY Poppy : J. S. M. leaves, and when fully grown they c 
The - photograph с of "ihe Shirley Poppy showing this ed isnot sufliciently plent шщ ta te ош 
т bud springing from the axil of a sep al lank аел бх need Abie арена 
» "old Поко rtea d Uc. пагар and MorH FoR NAME ING: * Pear ing been sent ahve reitiodion: The curled leaves should. Dd p 
al abnormality. Theoreticaily such a at an early stage and burnt, 
development is accounted for by the fact that р ed; (1) sprayin 
ny leaf pics rem Сасан Me denas bids A praying 
m lead arsenate per 
homologue of a !еаї— a bud i 
i water) as soon as the leaves 
axil. Аш, h generally x Lh "buds, if са one df in spring; and (2) the use of a de 
do not develo floral leaves, in un nusual run like ‘naphiheline—or 8 
circumstances E under abnormal conditions 
they may: and a яе T is what has 
happened 
disi nt—on the soil at the present ti 
bas) пе larvae would normally be entering 
gro 
Pear fruits is due to tne presence of the fi 
us ‘Venturia ina, popular] { 
Bus А aiya trees d should be sprayed y 
ae 
ing this disease is spraying the trees, М 
dormant, д winter, with a solution of $ 
phate of iro! 
Summer Рвохіхс: Leavesden 
ue our or fiv y 
suggest, but allow the аш growths to | 
tend and shorten them at the winte i 
VINE GROWING AND cw ‚Ока 
FACTORILY: Г. D. F. The berries a 
tacked by Spot Dis sease (see 
* Grapes Diseased "). Th foliage you 
is apparently healthy, the br 
being due to olouring in the ] 
stage. The small ue and general eni 
condition of the leaves, however. 
wrong cultural treatmen t, and w 
the borders are exhausted and need тешайй 
Your best plan wou ald. ps 1 
would advise you as to the p 
Wasps IN rm 
it was no ‘ble to accurately dete 
he species, ‘but it is probably Pemph 
1 > n species that lives п 
а s. In this case 
ет 
young grubs оп various insects hi 
brings home after having carefully and d 
tively stung them 
Worms тм Lawns: А. W.. It is not БЕ 
that the еза pe np ed the la 
as you ormat d 
ing the hod “of application we cannot} 
definitely on this point. There аге $ 
proprietary 
rms 
m f 
vertised in our columns from time to 
—— 
Comm Received.—C. C.—W. 97. 
LA eon gr TA wet K.—Miss pP 
& І. B.—N. E. B.. В. Tm R. H.—©. | ae 
Mrs, О.—Е_ L.—F. a N.—E. . E 
Е. б. L., Е. 8.—J. 
