| Obituary. 
Т. W. Тов 
It is with very great ге гаї ind we record the 
ON of Mr. Thomas W. Turner, Superintendent 
of the gardens, veg 
i 
a promin 
the meetings we кына of the 
the ‘nineties, also as the grower chiefly respo 
sible for the trials conducted in the Chisw 
rdens during the period he was foreman. 
888 cceede 
Mr. ted in charge of 
Xhe gardens o of ithe, Nord. орны, Cheen, an 
st ше e e en death, which 
St. Geo orge's 
п Mr. 4 of strong рег 
sonality, <i in re ү иб extremely capable 
a gardener, and, notwithstan his inde- 
pendence of spirit, had a gei irde of 
or e years after leaving Chiswick 
mber € е ittee 
of 
of the J "Hoyal Бог Bec in recent 
"Dee increasing pressure of hi ban s dites pr prevented 
attendance at the m xhibito: 
so oe ae iated, was bei У 
апа аѕ а of his intimate friends 
and form colleagues unable to b 
eepest sympathy in their sad bereavement. 
APPLE Ѕноотѕ DISE A: -Pe DAS ble 
is due to “ Bor ind blossom wilt," caused 
b the fungus Monilia cinerea. The * blos- 
som wilt” raga ce - the first ident 
symptom of the diseas easily overlooked 
in its early stages. Sons sites the flowers open, 
the е, or some of the iting spurs com- 
mence wilt тыб spike esa brown and 
i attacks the 
ected s 
APPLES FOR gine pus wn p ollowing 
recognised mms ccm of Apples 
and c 
are ten 
named in order of ripening :—Dessert : Beauty 
of Bath, Mr. Gladstone, Worcester t PO. 
enburg, Allington Pippin. 
Cooking : ictoria, Lord Grosvenor, 
Royal Jubilee, Bramley’s A few 
trees of Cox's Orange Pip Pippin might be planted 
to give fruits befor: азр 2 Се) = they 
would very likely penn on с1а; 
umn. 
VERANDAH UNDER GLASS: 
E us cover the wall spaces 
. under а bie prea ere is nothing better than 
- Myrtles and Camellias, as they are evergreen 
. TH E GARDEN ERS Я 
and easily на aod control. 
If you pr п 
a climber under Re 
аен Passiflor: 
Со е 
M white 
RM are both excellent ке they also 
the advantage о t bei liable to 
"ln 
permum jasminoides, Lonic e 
Lantana уона (delicatissima), 
primulinum, Berberidopsis corallina, Cestrum 
elegans ewellii, Rhodochiton 
оныц should now well and. may be raised 
from ear АП the plants 
нетен ded should succeed, as all are more or 
less hardy on warm walls in the south-west. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOWERS : 
C. When Chrysanthemums are 
ttum yay А ‘with a view г to the pro 
duction of large bl 
sic CENTRED 
Bu 
ms fi r 
hat a period of pud 
umn 
re icm 
appli ‘eat 
one ony experience: 
THE LATE MR. T. W. TURNER. 
Lack or Согопв тм Tomato Fruits: H. F. M. 
The oo of „Оо in the Tomato fruits 1з 
of к pr in w soil in which 
due to absen 
tbe: Мы tate bee Dry Wood ash 
or other potassic ae ole оом be added 
similar soil if such is used for Tomatos next 
eason. 
cr Вос 
Reader. 
on AMARYLLIS Buss : на 
^ and decayi ng s 
soap and warm water, 2 ozs. to © 
water, or an к: ma: 
stead. With а, 
brush, сатови clean ag ү from 
the crown of the bulbs; then xag e latter up- 
the 
cales est 
; Bee whien the 
into growth, they sho uld = 
. With constant Кыеп. it is pos- 
GM to eradicate all bug in the 
course of a single 
MELONS UNSATISFACTORY : ы 
description of the fruits w that they 
are troubled with a ристе, с causing bacterial 
rot. Send a fruit for examination. 
Н. From your 
CHRONICLE. 
[NOVEMBER 22, 1900 
NAMES OF FRUI M. Fearns Pippin.— 
Gate M Blenheim [7 2, Adams's Pear- 
main; 3. y.—Ajax. Fruits de 
сауей.—/7. E T Pro bably Harvey 
Apple; 2, Warner’s King Bismarck.— 
J. R. Ho llandbury. 
NAMES OF PLAN W. A, Spiraea Van 
Houttei; Bl an i BÀ, Euonymus europaeus ; 
C, Ruellia Portellae T. Y Cryptomeria | 
japonica var. elegans F. 1. Acer Reiten- 
bachii. A. Sonate. aa 88 rub 
probabl Libani 
the specimens were in cient.—C. W. T. 
numbers ame firma and Pinus excelsa. 
—R. С Magnolia acuminata. 2. Qu 
acut Ilex. 5. 
hispida 6. Cryptomeria : japonica var. es 
NERINES : ^ t er 
best when the rece s 
best done just when ey havd 
y are in.good con- 
ро and roots to a larger p 
n bad condition, the old and sour soil should 
he shaken off, and the roots washed clean, 
ies pim tae and give 
them little or no ‘water until new ‘roots form 
begi 
Б : 
а ена а better chance 
a bright 
An Il the « double f flowers shou 
ке leaving е 
of 
no d 
thee ште of he A d the alque work 
e subject are out of p 1 
is not due to fu 
the natural “browning 
folia, ee at this n of the y 
50 
allowed. Apples, 
are distinct ‘ki 
are distinct “ varieti 
