Juke 1, 1912, 



THE GARDENERS" MAGAZINE. 



419 



^nnlied Apliis are a source of trouble, and 

 should be kept under by spraying witb quas- 

 sia extract, or a similar preparation; an oc- 

 casional good wash with the hose or garden 

 euffine will materially benefit the trees and 

 ward off attacks of insect pests. 



FIGS— The hot, dry season of last year 

 had a beneficial effect" on fig tre^s, and the 

 crop is most promising. In spite of cold 

 winds the fruits are swelling satisfactorily. 

 The young growths now growing freely 

 should be thinned out, leaving no more than 

 are required for filling blank spaces on the 

 walls and to replace the bearing wood of 

 the current season; strong and vigorous 

 growths should be pinched at the seventh 

 or eighth leaf. It is seldom necessary to 

 apply water to a fig border, unless severe 

 root-pruning has recently taken place, or 

 the roots are strictly confined to a limited 

 area. Where these conditions occur it may 

 be necessarv to afford a good soaking of 

 water, and apply a mulch. Trees making a 

 vigorous growth and failing to bear fruit, 

 should be subjected to starving treatment; 

 if this treatment fails to induce shorter 

 and more fruitful growths, root-prun- 

 ing must be carried out next autumn. 

 The greatest enemy to outdoor figs on walk 

 is red spider, ITiis pest may be kept in 

 check by forcibly syringing the foliage at 

 frequent intervals ; cold spring water is 

 most distasteful to red spider, especially 

 when forcibly applied. Young suckers 

 springing up at the base of the tree should be 

 removed unless required for filling up gaps 

 or replacing worn-out growths. 



CTJEBANTS.— The cold winds have caused 

 a considerable amount of leaf-curl, and the 

 aphis has made a home in the leaves. Pinch- 

 ing out the affected tips is practised, but 

 I prefer to spray with quassia extract, 

 a,nd continue so doing until the bushes are 

 quite free of the pest. If aphis are allowed 

 to multiply unchecked the trees suffer, and 

 the fruits are often unusable unless heavy 

 rains wash them prior to the ripening period. 

 Side growths should receive attention, thin- 

 ning out where there is an excess, and pinch- 

 ing back to four or five leaves on the spur 

 giro-wths, leaving intact such growths as 

 may be required to fill up blank spaces. 

 Black currants require different treatment 

 to the red and white varieties; growths 

 arising from the base should be allowed to 

 grow away, to eventually become bearing 

 wood; old exhausted growths are cut out 

 at pruning time, to make way for young and 

 vigorous growths. 



THE KITCHEN GARDEN. 



BEETROOT will require very careful thin- 

 nmg now; leave ample for a time, as birds 

 are often troublesome, till the plants reach a 

 good size, after this the final thinning should 

 take place. Ply the hoe u'egularly, and 

 give a scattering of soot around the plants 

 previous to this procedure. Tlie latter acts 

 ^^^^^ili^^r. and a deterrent to the slugs, 

 v^inich have -a strong liking for beetroot 

 '^hen quite small. 



CUCUMBERS. — Eidge cucumbers can now 

 ^ planted out in safety. Use a trench as 

 lor celery, filling in with old marrow bed 

 sou and a plentiful supply of pig dung. 



r^ulr ^^I^ ^^^^^ cucumbers, continue to 

 pumz and sow as may be necessarv to meet 

 requirements of the establislnnont Do 

 not overcrop, and cut the fruits so soon as 



wS ^""1 '^^""^ J^^'^ ^'here a-half inch of 

 ater is kept. Placed in a cod place they 

 ^111 last many days. 



special attention to this crop 



ProvidpH''/^*^'- ^^'^^1 trenches must be 

 vonuJ f "lamtain a full supply of nice 

 sow f ve^'l ''^^^'^ regularly, and munch : 



^aJJ7 tf"" ^^^^ varieties that are best 

 ***^apted to the locality. 



enojif ^^^^ ^^'«P is large 



dSL *"'/^^ ^^^^ planting. A slight 

 siout^fJ 5 "^""^ ^h^^ld been occa- 



this is p,,^- IS plentiful. If 



i« earned out on the young plants that 



are pricked off in skeleton frames earlier in 

 the year, and followed up throughout the 

 season, very little would be heard of the 

 celery grub. If fungus is troublesome on 

 the foliage at a later date, use equal parts 

 lime and sulphur, dusting over the foliage 

 similar to the soot. When planting, lift 

 with good balls of soil, plant quickly after 

 taking them up, and make them very firm, 

 then well soak in with water. Perhaps the two 

 best maincrop varieties are Lulham Prize 

 and Standard Bearer, the latter being tJie 

 best late variety grown in most districts. 

 Its keeping qualities being without re- 

 proach. 



ENDIVE. — -Make a small sowing in drills 

 one inch deep, thin out to nine inches apart, 

 for an early supply. 



LETTU'CE.t — Make frequent sowing,^ up 

 to the middle of July, after which fewer sow- 

 ings will be sufficient, the later sowings not 

 running to seed so quickly as the autumn 

 advances. 



GENERAL REMAEKS.— Erequently hoe, 

 water, and mulch all crops as required, and 

 pi'oceed with planting out such things as 

 cauliflower, savoy, French beans, and tur- 

 nips to maintain a constant supply of young 

 succulent vegetables. — George Ellwood, 

 Swanmore Park Gardens. 



METEOROLOGICAL 



OBSERVATIONS 



TAKEN IN THE BOTAL HORTICULTURAT. 

 SOCIETY'S GARDENS at WISLEY, SURREY. 



Hfti^ht aboTc Sm-level. 150 feet. 



Date, 



1912. 

 Mat 19 



TO 



May 25. 



May 



»» 



9* 



19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 2V 

 25- 



Snnday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wedoeeday,, 



ThurBday 



Friday 



Saturday 



S 



CD 



Means 



hr. m. 



4 42 



8 18 



2 42 



5 42 

 1 36 



3 24 



9 50 



(total) 

 S6 14 



Temperature of the 



Air. 



At 9 a.m. 



Dry 

 Bulb 



de^. 

 57 



£5 

 55 

 5t 

 49 

 64 



54 



Wet 

 Bulb. 



deg. 

 53 

 5> 

 50 

 54 

 61 



47 

 47 



51 



Drty 



High- 

 est. 



deg. 



6b 



G8 

 65 

 55 

 54 



58 



01 



61 



Night 



Low 



est. 

 deg. 



46 



43 



61 



48 

 46 

 34 



44 



Date. 



1912. 

 Mat 19 



TO 



Mat 25. 



ay 



• > 

 It 

 fl 



19 



2t>- 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday., 

 Thursday.... 



Friday 



Saturday .... 



Means 



* • • 





Temperature of 





THE Soil 



■ 



At 9 a.m. 





At, 



At 



At 





1 ft. 



2 ft. 



4 ft. 





deep. 



deep. 



deep. 



ins. 



deg. 



deg. 



deg. 





5ti 



55 



54 





57 



55 



54 



014 



57 



56 



54 



0-07 



58 



56 



54 



trace 



57 



66 



54 



trace 



56 



55 



54 





54 



55 



54 



(total) 









0-2 L 



56 



55 



54 



^ p 5 



*° M 3 



O K 



deg. 

 34 



36 



49 

 43 

 45 



27 



38 



Bracken shoots blackened by frost on Saturday 



morning. 



FORTHCOMING ENGAGEMENT S. 



SATURDAY, Jun<^ 1.— French Horticultural Society 

 of London. 



TUESDA y. 'lunc 4.~Hoyal Horticu'.tural Sm-iety ; 

 0)nniiitt.es mt rt ut 12 o'clock ; M:v>tcr.<* L-tH'ture 

 at p.ni nil " rn)h!.Miu> of Pro]ia«::iti()n," by 

 Pn>f<vt<-ir I. Hayley HaltVur; Scientihc Commit- 

 tee ;tt 4 <)'( lock. 

 Scott i.sli Hdrticiiltural A.^^soeiation, 



THUHSDAY, .June fi.— Linncjm Society. 



MONDAY, June IC— Unite^l Horticultural Bt-nefit 



and Provident Society. . 

 TUESDAY June 11.— Pnyal Counties* Ag-ricultiiral 



Society: Flower Show; three days. 

 WEDNESDAY, Jun^" 12.— East Anglian Horticultuml 



Club. 



Royal Society of Arte. 



Roval Cornwall Airricultural Society; two days 

 TUESDAY. Jun^' is.— Rcval Horticultural ^leiy: 

 Committer> uirct at 12 o'clock; lecture at 3 p.m.. 

 by Prof K H^nslow. on Prof. J. S. Hent^low 

 as an ' Ecologiet." ^ft^^i<^''ntifi<^ Committee at 

 4 o'clock. , „ 



Gladiolus Show at Royal Horticultural H-aU. 



R 



OYAL BOTANICAL AND HORTICUL- 



TURAL SOCIETY OF MANCHESTER AND 

 THE XORTHERX COUNTIES. 



At 



GEAND EOSE SHOW 



and 



SUMMEE SHOW, 



the White City and Botanical GrardenS, 



Manche^t^r, 

 On JULY 12th and 13th. 11)13. 



(Pleas-e not-e alteration of dale.s. ) 



PRIZES. £200 PHIZES. 

 FOR ROSES, GROUPS, SWEET PEAS, AND 



HERBACEOUS FLOWERS. 



Sch-ednles and all Particulars from P. Wt^athere, 

 Secretary, Bot-anioal Gardens, Alanohest-er. 



HE 



NATIONAL 



HAEDY 



PLANT 



SOCIETY'S FIRST 



will be h^eld in the R.H.S. Hall, Vino-ent Square, 



on WEDNESDAY, June l!)th, 



1 p.m. to 6 p.m. 



Ad m i^s i on One Sh ill i n-g- . 



Since publication of the So.heflnle two Classes* have 

 bt vn a<l ded . One for Six Bunc hcis S u t ton ' a» P i nk 



Sweet William, and one fox Six Bunches Scarlet 



ditto. Me^ssrs. Sutton and Sons offer prices, 2lis., 

 103.. and ."js. in each class. 



Entries close June 8t.h. 



Schedules and particulars from A. J 

 Beechfield Road, Finsburj' Vntk, N. 



AlACSELF. 



GEAND YOBKSHIEE FLOWER SHOW 

 AND GALA. 



June 19th, 2Cth, and 2l6t, 19P2. i;8CC olTeivd in ])rize^. 

 £275 for Orchids, .Stove and Greenhouse Plant*. £175 

 for Pelartjoniums. Carnationis. Beg'onia?, etc. £22o for 

 Rosew. Cut EUiweri;, etc. ^£125 for Fruit and Vege- 

 tables. Four Gold Medals and Premier Prize for Trade 



Exhibits. Entricfi close June 12th. 

 For ScheduUis apply te FRED AKEY. Secretary, 



Davyliall Chambers, York. 



NEXT TO THE INTKH NATION A I, SHOW. lilK 



SHOW OF THE YKAII WILL 



THE FIEST GREAT BIRMINGHAM 

 FIX>i{AL AND FHCIT EXHIBITION 

 (Formerly Hand.sworth Flower Show). 

 Space should be booked without delay at this grreat 



SHOW OF THE MIDLANDS. 



Schedulf-s iinil iill inf<>rinati(tn from 



WILLIAM (;. CAlUiADINE, 



Ha mv> tean 1 I U>a d . Bir m i ngham . 



ROYAL SHOW, DONCA8TEE. 

 HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. 



JULY 2nd to 6tli. 

 Intend iuig^ exhibitors are requested to send 

 Entries at once to THOS. McKOW. Royal 

 tural Sooiety of Eng-land, IG, Bedford 

 London, W.C. 



in their 

 Af,''ricul- 

 Squa-re, 



w 



OLVEEHAMPTON. 

 GEEAT FLOEAL FETE. 



JULY dth Wth 11th. 1912. 

 £9(10 IN PIUZKS. 

 Schedules on application to the Secretary ipost free), 

 R. F. Amphlett, 80, Darling-ton Strt^et. Wolverhampton. 



HOETICULTUEAL SHOW ADVERTISE- 

 MENTS are iaserted in thia column at bix- 

 pence per line, the minimum charge being two ShiJ 

 lingfe and Sixpence. Offioee. 148 and 149. Aldersgate 

 Street, London, E.G. 



EXHIBITIONS AND 



MEETINGS. 



National Gladiolus Society. 



A very successful meeting- of the National 

 Gladiolus Society was held on the opening 

 day of the International Horticultural Exhi. 

 bition at the Eoyal Horticultural Hall at 



5.30 p.m. ^ ^ 



The proceedings lasted two hours, and the 

 meeting was very well attended, many of the 

 foreign growers heing present. lie hon. 

 secretary presented the acxx>unts for the past 

 year, which were pas&ed as being highly 

 satisfactory, the society having money on 

 deposit at its bank, and a balance in the cur- 

 rent account, . . 



Many new members have joined since lyil 

 and the numbers are steadily increasing. 



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