38 



THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



January 13, 1912. 



tain them in a progre&sive state. By this 

 course of procedure you will hai^e strong 

 plants that will commence flowering soon 

 after they are established in the beds. We 

 need hardly say that watering must have 

 careful attention, and that they must, as 

 in the case of other plants raised under 

 similar conditions, be gradually hardened olf 

 during May. 



NEW ZEALAND SPINACH. B. K., Lin- 

 coln : We should certainly advise you to in- 

 clude sufficient seed of this vegetable in your 

 order to form a bed of moderate size. Last 

 sum m-o r it was the 

 its kind available 

 two or three 



value 



or 



iTumense 

 it 



was 



only vegetable of 

 in some places for 

 months, and proved of 

 in many gardens where 

 g i ve n a p 1 a ce . We trust we 

 may not have so sev^ere a drought next sum- 

 mer, but in ordinary seasons, it is most use- 

 ful where, as in your ca^e, the soil is light 

 and dry, for maintaining a supply of spinach 

 during July and the earlv part of August. 



GOOSEBEREY SAWFLY.— Amateur Gar- 

 dener : There is no more destructive pest of 

 the gooseberry than the caterpillars of the 

 Gooseberry and Currant Sawfly (Nematus 

 ribesi), and there is no better plan of pro- 

 tecting the bushes from them than by adopt- 

 ing repressive measures during the winter 

 season. From your description there is no 

 doubt as to their having defoliated the 

 bushes last summer, and thereby greatly re- 

 duced their vigour, riie life history of' this 

 sawfly is of much interest, but it will suffice 

 for your purpose to direct attention to the 

 fact that the late broods of caterpillars go 

 down in the autumn and bury themselves in 

 the soil about two inches below the surface. 

 Here they form small brown cocoons, and 



At this stage 



it is a very simple matter to destroy large 

 number^. We suggest that you open out a 

 large pit near the quarter occupied by the 

 gooseberry bushes, and place the soil taken 

 out in a heap near at hand. Tlien remove 

 about three inches of soil from the whole of 

 the 



remain throughout the winter 



, and wheel it to the pit and well 

 tread it in, and cover it with ten or twelve 

 inches of ordinary soil. Having done this, 

 add to the heap of soil an equal quantity of 

 well-rotted manure, well mix, and then 

 spread it over the surface of the .^oil in which 

 the gooseberries are growing. The manure 

 is not requ-red for the destruction of the 

 caterpillars, but for promoting the growth of 

 the gooseberry bushes. 



OBITUARY. 



MR. A. J. BROWN. 



We record witli much regret the death of 

 Mr. A. J. Brown, superintendent of the 

 gardens and outdoor department generally 

 of the School of Handicrafts. Chertsey, 

 \\liich occurred on Christmas Day, in his 

 titty-fourth year. Mr. Brown took a keen 

 interest in the United Horticultural Provi- 

 dent and Benefit Society, and also in the 

 Eoyal Gardeners' Orphan Fund. 



MR. ARCHIBALD GRAHAME. 



We learn with regret of the death, on the 

 6th inst., of Mr. A. Grahame, who for a long 

 period was superintendent of the Hampton 

 Court Gardens, and. by reason of his taste 

 and skill, did much to popularise them. Mr. 

 Grahame retired some years since, when he 

 wa6 succeeded by Mr. W. Gardiner, now 

 superintendent of Hyde Park. 



MR. J. DEACON. 



As we are going to press we learn with 

 regret the death of Mr. J. Deacon, who for 

 many years has been head gardener to the 

 Right Hon. Jw*9ph Chamberlain, M P 

 Highbury, Birmingham. Ac. riiost of iuir 

 readers are aware, Mr. Chamhorlain pos- 

 .--^o. an oxeeptionally fin<. collection of or- 

 vAuU. ont Mr Deacon was also an expert 

 cultivator of Malmaison carnations, and, in 

 fact, ot all cUus^e.-^ oi plantt-,. 



... s 



MARKETS. 

 ♦ 



COVENT GARDEN. 



- V 



Flow^n. 



Trade is fairly good, and supplies 

 carnations being plentiful and of ;hiffh 



per doz. bun. 



per doz. 



per doz. bun. 

 doz. bun. 

 doz. bun. 



doz. bun. 



per box 

 doz. bun. 



Acliantum cuneatum 

 Arum*s * 



Asparagus plumosiig 



Sprangeri per 



Azalea per 



per doz. 



Carnatioms per doz. 



" per 



Camellras 



Cbrysantheniunio per 



per doz. blooms 



Crcton leaves per bim. 



-Kucharis per doz. 



h vench fern per doz. bun. 



^ardeniae p^r doz. 



-dyucmths, Roman per doz. bun. 



Lilium auratum per doz. 



■specioeum per doz.' 



longifloruni p.gr doz 



I-'ily o.f the Valley per doz. bun' 



Marp-uprites pe,:- dcz. bun. 



Xi-.i c:\.ssii ^ , 



(Md 



OdontnL 



3 

 2 



8 



8 



4 



8 

 2 



15 

 2 



2 



1 

 2 

 2 

 4 



8 



4 

 2 



3 

 8 

 1 



per doz. bun. 2 

 ... per doz. bun. 2 

 per doz. bun. 8 

 per doz. hlms. 

 por doz. bun. 



per doz. 



^ T - . per doz. traiLs 

 Tuberose.s doz. 



are excellent, 

 quality. 



s. d. 



0 to 



6 



s. d. 



en 



>-pur 



Pelar^ I'll iuiiu- 

 R G'se^,^ 



.S mi lax 



Tulips p^„j 



"S iolets pe: - 



doz. 

 doz. 



I-»un. 

 Ijiin. 



3 



8 

 2 



2 



0 



6 

 1 



0 

 0 



0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 



0 

 0 

 0 

 6 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 



c 



0 



6 



0 



C 

 0 

 0 



0 



5 

 € 

 3 



4 



3 



15 



12 



o 



12 



4 



21 

 2 



3 



1 



3 



4 



6 



10 



o 



3 



4 



18 

 2 



3 

 3 

 f) 

 4 



10 

 6 

 3 

 C 



14 

 4 



0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 0 



0 



0 



6 

 6 

 0 



0 

 0 

 0 

 0 



0 



6 

 C 

 0 



0 



<i 



0 



9 

 C 

 C 



FruUs. 



^upplLe^ of th^ various kind^ in season are liberal 

 V ith moderate demand 



Apples, English, cooking ... per bu^^h. 4" 



Xova Scotia per barrel 15 



Canadian per barrd 15 



Bar.ana.s 



Cob Xuts . 



Ci anb.errir:.^ 



])utec5 



l" i ^ 



Americain per barrel 



Calif ornian per ca,se 



peir bun. 



■ •■ per doz, lb. 



per ease 



per doz. boxes 



per box 



Giape..^, LngilifiU per Ih. 



^t^§^ian pBF lb. 



AJmeria per barrel 



]f'^^^^^ per ca^se 



Oranges Benia per ca^o 



Jamaica per ca^e 



Mancla-jns per box u 



lears, American per barrel 25 



f/f.'i/l^ per crate 



Cnliforniao per case .u 



1 each 2 



26 

 10 

 7 



6 

 9 

 4 

 C 

 1 

 0 

 7 

 6 

 12 



0 



7 

 10 



d, 



0 

 0 



c 



0 

 0 

 0 

 0 

 6 

 9 

 0 

 8 

 0 

 C 

 0 

 0 

 8 

 0 

 6 

 0 

 9 



fi. d. 



5 0 



25 0 



20 0 



35 0 



12 0 



15 0 



11 

 6 

 1 



0 

 C 

 0 



6 0 



1 



15 

 30 

 30 



3 



0 

 0 



11 0 



4 0 



26 0 



10 0 



16 0 



6 0 



Vegetables. 



all kinde. 



Artichokes, Glolje 



Jerus-alera . 



per bun. 



per doz. 

 ppr biiLsh. 



Eiiii&selfi 



per bush. 2 



c^it:z '1"'"^"^ 



Carrots 



Cauliflowern 



Cekry 



Cliicory 



Hr-t'Live 



Hortf-:eradi.sh 



L^'ttuee .... 

 -Mint 



Oil ;<.Ti^ 



! I,- ri ! j - 



iib!:iK.rl. 

 >*';:kal.' 

 Spij ach . 

 Tc m a t (yt:€ 

 Turni]>s 

 \Vat<.'rci'i{ . 



• ■ •■ - 



per tally 

 per doz. bun. 



per doz. 



per doz. biin. 



\)er lb. 



per cUiz. 



l>er doz. 



pe.r doz. 

 per doz. 



' ■ . 



- t 



- P 



■ h - 



p<'r doz. bun. 



]'er ca.se 



|,er liUL,-- 



per (l.,z. Ijiiri. 



per jiuri. 



■■■■ per bu>h. 

 ■ ■ per 12 n:.s. 

 per doz. blLn. 



per doz. bun. 



• vegetabke 



of 





d. 



>s. 



d. 



3 



0 



to 4 



0 



2 



0 



3 



0 



3 



0 



6 



0 



2 



6 



3 



6 



0 



6 



1 



6 



4 



iO 



8 



10 



2 



0 



4 



0 



2 



0 



4 



0 



6 



0 



14 



0 



C 



4 



0 



5 



f) 



0 



10 



0 



1 



(i 



2 



6 



10 



0 



18 



0. 



2 



0 



3 



C 



1 



6 



2 



0 



10 



0 



13 



0 



3 



0 



5 



c 



8 



0 



9 



0 



4 



0 



6 



0 



1 



0 



1 



6 



1 



3 



1 



n 



4 



0 



6 



0 



0 



0 



5 



0 



2 





2 



6 



0 



6 



C 





CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



.TAMES VKTTCH .V.M) SO.NS, LIAI CHFLSF \ 

 nu. firm mMHUui,,. it. r, .utation ^oi' a ^uSh: 



lor tlK. „,,.nt ot ,ts ...cialitio. an,! 't!,,. oxce ln^ 

 of .ts Wit!, the .s.x.l er,raln,M,.. come lisfe of 



lil( K>().N A N ) KOlilNsOX. M .\ .\CH K.STKI! " 



lli.-^ I:n-jv nn<l t|-e.,iy 1 1 lii>t r;i terl <-:ita o-'iie tl,, 

 rM rt.,.ine„t r- ..,„„iewh;,t I. F , i>t -eome vv". - 



tnlil.. ;m,.| tiuit,-, then Jiorti, nitui-al .sainlries tl^en 



fii I r :i 



lectiv.iy. m ..t.lo.,ue.. a.Hl u^rUr k.mh 1 t 

 U8 fh. nun.brr of p..eu<lo-l,u]lM nnd jrad.. a plant 



- r^'c.rdr.i. thar a ^^uud id.a of t\u^ 



In rile ca.e ot hybrid orchidti the parenta,-e'i/ driven' 



111 



;i 1"- 



"""■"!■'"-' fruit tree,. an<l 



METEOROLOGICAL 



OBSERVATIONS. 



'^^^ THE ROYAL HORTICULTTTHAT 



SOOIITY'S GARDENS AT WIS LET/ SURREY^ 



Height above See-level, 160 f«»t. 



Datb. 



1911-1912. 



December 



TO 



January 6. 



ol 



Dec 

 Jan 



31 

 1 



2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 



-Sunday 



■Monday 



Tnesday 



■Wednesday.. 

 Tkureday .... 



Friday 



Saturday 



Means 



12; 



CO 



hr. m 



0 12 



3 48 



TBMPKRATrUK OF THl 



Air. 



At 9 a.m. 



(total) 

 4 0 



Dry 



Bttlb. 



degr. 



44 

 46 

 43 

 46 

 47 

 45 

 41 



Wet 

 Bulb. 



degr. 

 44 



45 

 42 

 44 

 46 

 43 

 40 



Day Night 



High- 

 est. 



43 



deer. 

 47 

 50 



47 

 49 

 51 

 45 

 52 



deer. 



42 



44 

 41 



4:J 

 46 

 45 

 37 



49 



42 



Date. 



1911-1912. 

 December 3L 



TO 



January 6. 



TUCPERATURB 



THE Soil 

 At 9 A.M. 



Dec, 



Jan 



I* 

 It 



31 

 J 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 



-Sunday ..... 



.Monday 



Tuesday 



■Wednesday.. 



Thxirsday .... 



Friday 



Saturday .... 



Means 



1&6, 



trace 

 0-15 

 0-13 

 0-40 



(total) 



At 

 1ft. 

 deep. 



At 



2 ft. 

 deep. 



deer, 

 46 

 45 

 44 

 45 

 46 

 46 

 42 



45 



de^r. 



45 

 45 

 45 

 45 

 45 

 45 

 45 



45 



At 



4 ft. 



deep 



deg. 



46 

 46 

 46 

 46 



47 

 47 

 47 



H S ■ 

 O H 



1-3 ^ 



46 



defir. 



38 

 35 

 32 

 S9 

 42 

 39 

 3J 



36 



FORTHCOMING ENGAGEMENTS. 



T'TT'i^S?^.^''''^.^*^^^'^^ Annual -Mectiii- .and Kh-ctLon. 



TUESDAY JANUARY 23.-Royal Horticultural So- 

 ciety. Meetingr of Floml. Fruit, and Orchid Com- 

 mittees, n€on. Exhibition, 1—5 p.m. General Meet- 



^^^^^..tP'^-' ^^^^^ lecture by Mr. H. Morg-an Veit-ch 

 OIL Horticulture and the Proposed Taxation of 

 Eand Valuers," Scientfie Comm.ittee, 4 p.m 



• * ■ 



• • * 



CONTENTS. 



A Beautiful Slng:^ Chrysanthemum 

 An^wer.^ to Correspondents 

 Apple Cox'e Orange Pippin 



C;u-n:ition CiM.sha 



ClH>u*e Plants for the Rock Garden 



Chrysanthemum Mrs. L. Thorn 



Controlling- the Kcot Sv.stem of Fruit Tret.- 



Ev-ers-reen Shrubby Climbers 



EshibitiorAS an 1 .Meetings 

 Xote^ fro '11 Kew ... 



The Bagat^^Ile l^ose Triabs "." ... ... 



The Horticultural Educati<m Movement 

 The Ideal in Garden Making 

 The Maiden Pink 



The Sundial ;it Sonierh-ytdu Hall 

 ]'rogiT.s.s in Sweet I't as 



IN^volution in VeL'rtablc Growiu''- 

 Weatlu'L- of mil . 



■ * > 



1 4 



■ 1 



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ibbr,-Ti;.\Ti()xs. 



loi-trait: Mr. .1. Cnlli,,.. 2J ; ba' 1 i<)-( ^a ttle va Mr.^ U'. 



pie 

 Free 

 ai<len 

 den 



fia.ii-atelle. 2!) ; Th^ ' Handsome Sum! i.-i i ft 

 S^)merleytJon Hall, .^0 ; Clhry^^anthemum Tercy 

 Arnold, 33. 



llo]ikin... 23: Canntinn C.u^ha. 2.V Bu-^li App 

 Ir<;e Clajgate F-om r m m i n . 2<i ; liu.-h \!)ple Tn 

 Sandnnghym, 27; A -(hmI .^pecinien uf the Maid* 

 link (Dianthus lb ItoKi-.^)^ ; The Hose Gardt 



Git fi.n,(»-;i f.pl l^v .Jti . u,„„,i. -. ^- 



The only resemblance 



L between a Pine Spray Syring* 

 ^ an-d others is in the shape of the 

 barrel. The metal is more eub- 

 etantial. For the rest, the 00m- 

 bination epraying head renders 

 Spray, Roee, and Bend instantly 

 obtainable without the addition 

 or removal of a single fitment, 

 while the adjustable l€«-ther 

 bucket plunger gives perfect suc- 

 tion, never allows water to escape 



. past it and up your aleeve, and 

 wears ipterminably. 



A written request from your ironmonger or 

 seedsman, and a Syringe will be eent in tJ4 hours 

 for your approval. Price 10/6. Sole proprie- 

 tors and manufacturers, Robinson Bros-, Ltd., 

 West Bromwich. 



. 1 



PINE SPRAY SYRINGE 



(patent). 



