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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



April 13, 1912. 



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taken out, one at a time, by the chairman, 

 and read; the members reply, and a discus- 

 sion follows. But at this meeting a change 

 was made— a slip of paper containing a 

 question being taken from the box by all the 

 members present, and then in due order each 

 member read the query he had drawn out and 

 answered it, other members joining in a dis- 

 cussion. The innovation was a popular one, 

 and it had the merit of inducing new and 

 younger members to take a part in the dis- 

 cusr^ion. 



The foUow^ing were a few of the principal 

 queries : When is the best time to sow seeds 

 of Primula sinensis for general purposes r'* 



What is the best ren.edy for the grxib which 

 attacks the roots o2* primulas? " " Are cycla- 

 men plants better the second year than the 

 first?'' "How should zonal pelargoniums be 

 treated to flower well in spring?'' "^^^f, 

 arum lilies better dried off or planted out? " 

 "What is the lx>st treatment of aubrietias 

 after flowering? " A few questions were not 

 dealt with owing to lack of time, and a 

 hearty vote of thanks to the chairman closed 

 a very interesting meeting. 



Bristol Gardeners' 



Association. 



Tlie usual fortnightly meeting was held 

 at St. John's Parish Rooms. Mr. Tlioday 

 presided over a good attendance. Mr. 

 Harvey, of Cricket St. Thomas, read an in- 

 teresting paper on " Annuals/' The lec- 



emphasis"ed the usefulness of annuals 

 grown in pots for indoor purposes, and gave 

 schizanthus, godetias, clarkias, mignonette, 

 nemesias, alonsias, and petunias, as a good 

 -cloctiou; niul for sowing outdoors in April, 

 luMiip, (CHtaiiioa-^. godetias, clarkias, lava- 

 teras/ mignonette, and poppies. In giving a 

 description of borders, Mr. Harvey said a few 

 vears ago he made several large borders sixty 

 vards in length, where rock had to be quar- 

 ried out to a depth of four feet, and this 

 was utilised for road-making on the estate. 

 The top spit from a meadow was then requi- 

 sitioned for the borders, and this, with a 

 good dressing of cow manure added, had 

 given nio^t satisfactory results. 



For two Cineraria stellata, Messrs. Young, 

 Shelton, and Mawditt won in the order 

 given. 'Mr, Ayres was awarded a Tertifi- 

 eate for two plants of Tom Thumb cineraria, 

 and Mr. Tlioday a -ju'cial for six amaryllis 

 seedlings. 



ing: Gardeners' 

 Association. 



There w^as an excellent attendance at the 

 fortnightly meeting which took place on 

 Monday w-eek in the Abbey Hall, Mr. F. G. 

 Drew (chairman of committee) presiding. It 

 has l>een customary for several years past 

 for the Eeading Association to exchange lec- 

 turers with the flourishing kindred society 

 at Redhill and Eeigate. Recently, Mr. T. J. 

 Powell vi;^ited Redhill as representative^ of 

 the Reading A^^sociation, and for the evening 

 under notice Mr. W. Wells, jun., journeyed 

 to Reading as delegate from the Redhill and 

 Eeigate Society. Mr. Wells's subject was 

 ^' Early Flowering Chrysanthemums/ and the 

 lecturer is one of the best authorities m 

 the country on the culture of these popular 

 favourites. Mr. Wells gave a comprehensive 

 selection of the best varieties to grow, the 

 names being eagerly noted by the apprecia- 

 tive audience. A beautiful group ot Star 

 eineraria^, staged by Mr. H. C. Loader head 

 gardener to Mr. M. H. F. Sutton Erlegh 

 Park was awarded the association s certih- 

 cate of cultural merit. The Chairman ex- 

 hibited two boxes of Newton Wonder apple in 

 splendid condition, exemplifying the ideal 

 system of packing in vogue at the Reading 

 University College Gardens. 



Grape Culture.— An illustrated guide 

 to the culture and management of 

 greenhouses and in the open air is published at 

 Gardenf.es' Magazine Office, 148, Aldersgate 

 Street, London, price Is. net (by POst Is 2d.) or 

 bound in cloth 1^. 6d. (by post Is. 8d.) Full 

 particulars are also given as to renovatmg old 

 vines, and the best varieties to grow. 



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ANSWERS TO 



CORRESPONDENTS. 



APPLE BESS POOL.— J. M., Southamp- 

 ton: l enclobe a few samples of a very fine 

 late-keeping apple, and should be glad if you 

 could g-ive me its name and any particularts 

 concerning it. I had a splendid crop last 

 season, and every one wlio has seen the 

 fruits has greatly admired them. Whatever 

 the variety is, 1 feel sure it ought to be 

 more widely known and grown. — The 

 tine clean fruits sent represent the apple 

 named Bess Pool at its best. This is un- 

 questionably a line variety, but unfortu- 

 nately it does not fruit freely or regularly 

 until the tree« have attained some age. The 

 flowers open late, and so escape frosts as a 

 rule. Dr. Hogg stated that in a communi- 

 cation he received from the late Mr. J. E. 

 Pearson, of Chilwell, the latter wrote: ''My 

 father became so in love with the Besb Pool 

 that he planted it largely. He used to tell 

 how a girl named Beris Pool found in a wood 

 the seedling tree full of ripe fruit; how, 

 showing the apples in her fatiier's liouee — he 

 kept a village inn — the tree became known, 

 and my grandfather procured grafts. He 

 would then show the seven tirst-pianted trees 

 of the kind in one of our nurseries; tell how 

 Loudon had been to see them, and given 

 an account of them in his Gardeners' 

 Magazine; make his visitors try to clasp 

 round their boles, and measure the space 

 covered by their branches. He would then 

 boast how, one season, when apples were very 

 scarce, the fruit of these trees was sold at 

 7s, 6d. a peck, and made J^7ih or an average 

 of ^10 a tree. So far from thinking the 

 Bess Pool a regular bearer, I believe it to 

 he a very uncertain one, and anything but a 

 profitable one to plant/' Mr. S. T. Wright, 

 the superintendent of the Eoyal Horticul- 

 tural Society's Gardens, at Wi.sley, tells us 

 that when living at Ross he found Bess'Pool 

 a mo6t useful apple, and in May he could sell 

 every fruit Avithout difficulty, and at top 

 prices. 



CHRYSANTHEMUMS. — E. W., Orping- 

 ton : My first crown varieties of chrysantlie- 



iike Master David, are just beginning 

 to break. They are strong and healthy, but 

 I hardly know 'what to do with them.— Mas- 

 ter David is one of the varieties best 

 managed if allowed to break naturally, and 

 the first crown bud is taken. Keep the 

 plants as sturdy as pcesible by admitting 

 abundance of air to the frame, except during 

 bitter winds and frosts, when the ventila- 

 tion must be reduced. During the recent 

 fine weather the lights might well have been 

 removed entirely during the day from well- 

 rooted plants. 



STOPPING PERPETUAL CARNATIONS. 

 -H.. York: How many times should per- 



petual carnations be stopped in the case of 

 cuttings rooted in January for flowering 

 from early November onward through the 

 winter? I have a good batch of plants from 

 layers made last autumn; these are in five- 

 inch pots, have been stopped once, and are 

 making healthy growths. How many times 

 should they be stopped for winter flowering? 

 Which are preferable— autumn layers or 

 January struck cuttings— for winter flower- 



of the 



ing?— Where continuity of the flowering 

 season, rather than a burst of bloom at one 

 time, is desired, and this is the best method 

 for private gardens, young plants should be 

 stopped at the sixth joint from the baee, and 

 the subsequent growths also stopped at the 

 fifth or sixth joint. The batches of plants 

 should be exam"ined every week as growth de- 

 velops, and all new growths that are of suf- 

 ficient' size should then be stopped. For 

 flowering in early November, such varieties 

 Britannia, Carola, Mikado, and Mrs. 

 Burnett should not be stopped after the 

 middle of June; Lady Alington, Lady Boun- 

 tiful Mrs R. F. Felton, and Pmk Delight 

 should not be stopped later than the first 

 M-eek in July; while the last stopping for 

 Enchantress, Mrs. T. W. Dawson May Day, 

 Rose Pink Enchantress, Scarlet Glow, A\ hite 

 Enchantress, White Perfection, and V. msor 

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