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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



July 27, 1912. 



ANSWERS TO 



CORRESPONDENTS. 



Editorial Communications should he addre«eed to the 

 Editor of the Gardeners' Magazine, 148 and 149, 

 Aldersgate Street, E.G. 



S^cpetariee of horticultural societies are invited to 

 wnd •arly notification of forthcoming exhibitions 

 and meetings, and are recjueet^xi to advise as con- 

 oeniing changes of dates. 



The Efditor will be glad to receive photographa of 

 gardens, plants, flowers, trees, fruits, etc.. for 

 reproduction in the Gardenees' Maqazink. He will 

 also be greatly obliged by correspondents sienddng 

 early intimation of interosting local events reJating 

 to horticulture. In sending newspapers containing 

 matter to which they wish to draw attention oor- 

 reapondents are requested to distinctly mark the 

 paragraph. 



PROPAGATION OF (ENO'lUKRA 

 SOURir:NSIS.-F. E. J., Hexham.— I 



MI8- 

 have 



I 



a good .s|>ocim<*n of CEnothora missoiiriensis 

 Imt, i\» it (1(H'> iKit >i em to ripen seed^, 1 

 slumUl \ikv to kiiaw ln>\v best to propagate 

 it. — Thi.s pretty, prostrate species <1<k's not 

 seed readily, therefore propagation >h() 

 effected hy dividing the tutted growuir. 

 spring, as soon as mild weather begins. Cut- 

 tmgH of the young shoots, insert^nl in 

 sandy fc«>il and phu-cd in moderate heat, will 

 root, hut caix> must be taken to commence a 

 gra<lnnl procesfi of hardening off directly tliey 

 hav<' iHMoniv well rooted. 



s 



ilti l>e 



liis in 



\\ <^ vi' ;i mini Iiei ot 



W. X. 



Tup- 



|n'( imen,-^ of this 

 linili. but some 

 .-liajK'ly^ owing 



low. 



fepkudid sumnici -flow t riiif^- 

 of them are hy n.> means uwju^, 

 probably, to lack of care in their youthful 

 couditn>n. Please tell me whether they will 

 stand somewhat severe pruning, to bring 

 them into shape; and. it so. when they should 

 be pruned.- Except tor the purpose of keep- 

 ing It within luninds. or ini])r<»ving its shape, 

 Spartiutn junccum rcfiuiix.-. little pruning,' 

 but when it s*vnIr^ desirable to use the knife 

 pruning should l»c done in t^pring before 

 new growth commences, and then the ,>'ant8 

 n^ay be cut back quite hard if necessary, 

 and strong growths from the base will result 

 PLANTING COLCHICUMS._X. j. c 

 Bristol: I shall lie obliged if ymi will tell 

 me the best time to plant coh-hi. unis, and 

 irom whom to obtain bulbs. ( 'olcliicums 

 --should l)c planted a> early in July or Auoi,,t 

 as the bulbs can be obtained. If plautino 

 IS deferred until alter August there is con- 

 siderable danger of lo6s resulting from the 

 reduced vitality of the bulbs. You can pro- 

 cure bulh^ rrnrn any of the hardy plant and 

 bulb specialists who adverti^^e in our columns 



Aw^J^^??^™ ^^^'^ HEALTH INSUR- 

 ANCE.— M. M., Oswestry: Kindly let me 



know through your columns the name and 

 address of the secretary of the United Hor- 

 ticultural Benefit and Provident Society I 

 have been much interested in the references 

 recently made to this swiety and its work 

 in the pages of the Gardeners" Magazine 

 -Tlie secretary is Mr. \Vm. Collins, and Ins 

 address, 0, Martindale Road, Balham, 

 London, S.W. 



SPOi;S AND ilOLTvS INPEA( 11 f.KAVl 



^'-^ Hertford: I am (sending some 

 peach leaves, anrl ask you to kindly tell me 

 the cause of the spots on tlie leaves, and why 

 the leaves fall off while green. Tlie house ics 

 sprayed regnlarly every day, and the ventila- 

 tors are opened first thing in the morning 

 and not cla^ nntll the last thing in the 

 evening. An early an^ver will obi i<re —The 

 leaves show evidence of a slight attack of the 



Shot Hoie Fungus ^Cercospora circumscis^a). 

 ilurn all the leaves as they fall, relieve the 

 tree of fruits as quickly as possible, and take 

 pams to so water and ventilate that no 

 checks are impased. After removing the 

 truits spray with an ammoniacal solution of 

 copper, made by mixing loz. of carbonate of 

 copper and 5oz. of carbonate of ammonia in a 

 quart of hot water, and then adding 16 gal- 

 lons of cold water. Try a small portion of 

 the tree first, as it may be necessary under 

 certain circumstances to add a little more 



Do not use Bordeaux 



water to the solution. 

 Mixture. 



Xext year spray with the ammonia 

 and copper solution jn.st as the leaves befin 



to 



expand, and repeat the spraying at inter- 

 vals of about ten days or a fortnight. 



NAMES OF PLANTS. 



2, a 



caernleum ; 3^ 

 Tradescantia 



are no 

 judging 



H. B., Yeovil. — 1, Santolin incana; 

 white form of Polemoniii: 

 Epilobium angnstifolium ; 4, 

 virginica. 



J. P., Sidmouth. — The specimens sent are 

 such wee scraps that we cannot pi^operly 

 identify them, especially as there 

 flowers; 1 is probably Marjoram, 

 from its fragrance, and 2 may be the tip o^ 

 a growth of Buddleia globosa. 



D. H., Gnildford.—With a few exceptions 

 it is well-nigh impossible to determine a 

 plant from a single leaf; with the best will 

 in the world to help you we cannot do more 

 than suggest that the wedge-shaped leaf and 

 the trilobate one appear to belong to the 

 aralia family. We may point out that the 

 leaves received were smothered in red spider, 

 suggesting that they are growing under con- 

 ditions too hot and'^dry. 



METEOROLOGICAL 



OBSERVATIONS. 



TAKEN IN THE ROYAL HORTIOULTTJIlAIi 

 SOCHETT'S gardens et WISLET. STJRREY. 



Hedfflit above S«a-]evel. 150 fe^t 



Datk. 



1912. 



July H 



TO 



July 20, 



Jnlj 14 

 » 15 

 I* 



I* 

 >> 



16 



17 



18 



19 

 20 



Snnday 



■Monday 



■Tuesday 



■Wednesday.. 

 Thursday,... 



■Friday 



Saturday 



5 

 5 



OD 



& 



GQ 



Temperature op the 



Air. 



At 9 a. 



eans 



hr. m. 



7 0 

 12 36 

 12 12 

 12 t) 



1 54 



0 36 



(total) 

 46 24 



64 

 77 

 74 

 63 

 63 

 55 

 55 



deg, 

 63 

 70 



67 

 61 



59 



50 

 54 



Day 



deg. 

 82 

 87 

 86 

 81 



71 



59 

 64 



Night 



Low- 

 est. 



deg, 

 60 

 57 

 57 

 56 

 54 

 45 

 49 



54 



Date. 



1912. 

 July 14 



TO 



July 20. 



Temperature of 

 THE Soil 

 At 9 A.M. 



9f 



99 



I* 



14— Sunday 



15 — Monday 



16 - Tuesday 



17- Wednesday.. 



18- Thnrfiday.... 



19 - Friday 



20 - Saturday.... 



eans 



ms. 



0-14 



(total) 

 014 



At 



1ft. 



deep. 



deg. 

 66 

 68 

 68 

 68 

 68 

 65 

 62 



66 



At ' 

 2 ft. 

 deep, 



deg. 

 64 

 64 

 65 

 65 

 65 

 64 

 63 



At 

 4 ft. 

 deep. 



^ § 2 



" H 3 



deg, 

 tiO 

 60 

 60 

 61 

 61 

 61 

 61 



6t 



60 



deg 

 63 

 48 

 47 

 46 

 48 



33 

 42 



45 



CONTENTS. 



Society 



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A n s w e rs to C o r r <^^spo niif n ts 

 -Esculus califomica 

 Cauliflower Dwarf Manimot 

 Exliibitioaa and Me<?ting.s 

 Ojmleners and Gardening 



Genista virg*ata 



GoIden-i^'avtHl Ivies 



Hy>acinthfi in Tots 



Niitionnl Carnation 

 Xt'w Hy<Inuif^easS 



Noto of the Week 

 Obituary 



Phig-ianthiis Ly^Uli 

 Siiwfhist Maniiri' 



So mv r u i Bo rde r F 1 o wer s 



8 w vet a F a n e i i ■ s 



The Months of Kose^ 



The Spanis-h Broom 



Woiirela^s or Dienillas 

 Winter-flowerin^r Stooks 



Work for the Week 



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ILI.rSTH.VTIONS. 

 Portrait : 31r. K. ilarris, .)(i7 ; Mr Robert 

 Morton's First J'riz4^ Twrlw Tlunclirs of 

 Carnations, .^9 ; Ciirnation Mrs. (;. .Inii 



570 ; Xe-phrolepis txa i tatii m u >(-<u- -a :>: 

 Plagianthus Lyalii, 572; Mr. K. DmniM.rr^ 

 Fir«t Pri»e Set of Twen-ty-tniir i:. s, .. r,T:i- 

 New H.P. JUxHG Coronation, 575; .Em-uJus 

 eailiforniea, 577; First Priae Bowl of Kosee at 

 Birmingham Show 580. 



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MARKETS. 



♦ • 



COVENT GARDEN. 



Flowers. 



Buoinoss is steady at recent prices. 



6. d. e d 



Adiantum cuneatum ... per doz. bun. 4 0 to 6 0 



Asparagus pJumoaus ... per do2. bun. 8 0 ig o 



Sprengeri per doz. bun. 8 0 12 o 



Alters, white per doz. bun. 3 0 5 0 



Bouvardia per doz. bun. 6 0 70 



Ctarnations per doz. 16 2 6 



>, ■ per doz. bun. 10 0 14 0 



Malmaiison per doz. 3 0 8 0 



Cattloyas per doz. 9 0 12 0 



Chrysanthemum maximum per doz. bun. 2 0 3 0 



Coreopsis per doz. bun. 0 9 1 0 



Cornflowers per doz. bun. 0 9 l 0 



Oroton leaves per bun. 10 16 



Delphiniums per doz. bun. 6 0 8 0 



Euchafl-is per doz. 2 0 3 0 



French fern per doz. bun. 2 6 4 0 



Gaillardias per doz. bun. 0 9 16 



Gardenias per doz. 2 0 30 



Gliadiolus Colvillei per doz. bun. 2 6 8 0 



Gypsophila per doz. bun. 2 0 3 0 



Irish. English, per doz. bun. 4 0 5 0 



Lapageria per doz. 10 2 0 



Lilium auratum per bun. 4 0 5 0 



specioeum pe^r doz. 16 2 fi 



longiflorum per doz. 10 2 0 



Lily of the Valley per doz. bun. 8 0 15 0 



MargueriDes per doz. bun. 16 3 6 



Mignomette per doz. bun. 4 0 5 0 



Myoeotis per doz. bun. 3 0 4 0 



Odontoglo&sume per doz. blme. 16 2 6 



Pelargoniums per doz. bun. 3 0 6 0 



Poppiefi per doz. bun. 10 16 



per doz. 0 9 2 6 



Scabious per doz. bun. 2 0 3 0 



Smilax per doz. trails 2 0 3 0 



Spirgaa per doz. bun. 4 0 6 0 



stocks per doz. bun. 3 0 4 0 



Sweet Peas per doz. bun. 10 3 0 



S^eet Sultfm per doz. bun. 3 0 5 0 



Ti'beroeee per doz. 0 4 0 6 



Violas per doz. bun. 0 9 10 



Fruits. 



A good demand continues, but pricey show a slight 

 down wa rd ten d e ncy . 



fi. d. fi. d. 



Apples, Australian per box 6 0 10 6 



English per bush. 5 0 7 0 



Apricots per i-sievc 6 0 7 6 



Bananas per bun. 4 6 13 0 



aerrie^ per i-gieve 3 0 10 0 



Currants, Black i>er i-bush. 6 0 9 0 



per i-bus-h. 4 0 6 6 



Figs pex doz. 16 6 0 



Gooeeberrie* per i-biieh. 2 0 5 0 



Grf pee, Fnglitih per lb. 1 0 5 0 



Almeria per doz. lbs. 6 0 8 0 



Guernsey per lb. 0 10 16 



Grtengagos per box 0 9 2 0 



Lemons per case 15 0 20 0 



Melons each 0 6 3 0 



Cantaloupe eaoh 2 0 6 0 



Xeot:irines per doz. 3 0 15 0 



Oranges per case 8 0 30 0 



Peaches per doz. 4 0 15 0 



Pineapples 2 0 4 6 



Pl^uns per i-sieve 3 0 5 0 



Pxa^pberriee i>er doz. pun. 3 6 7 0 



Sftrawberries i>er doz. pun. 4 6 8 0 



Vegetables. 



Large supplies meet a resu\y request ^ the rates 

 quoted . 



6. d. 6. 



Artichokes, Globe per doz. 2 0 to 2 6 



Arparagii^ per bun. 2 0 10 0 



Aubergmee per doz. 2 0 3 0 



Beans. Guernsey per lb. 0 4 0 10 



l>eT bush. 1 6 30 



Cabbage per basket 16 2 0 



J^^^ot^v j>er doz. buu. 2 0 3 0 



Cauliflowers j,er doz 10 3 0 



Cucumbers ' p^j- ^y.^'. 16 3 0 



I'^^iv^^ - per doz. 16 3 0 



Horseradisli per doz. bun. 10 0 13 » 



per tally 2 0 3 0 



Marrows p^.j. <ioz. 10 ^ 0 



f/'^t' Pf-r doz. bun. 2 0 '2 6 



Mushrooms per doz. lbs. 6 0 10 0 



per case 6 0 8 J 



^a^sley per doz. bun. 2 0 3 0 



l^'f. - i)er bush. 3 6 » « 



Ifadiehe^s, per doz. bun. 0 9 1 ^ 



Rhubarb per doz. bun. 2 0 3 0 



^'^^'^<ih per biieli. 16 2 6 



lomatoes, English per doz. lbs. 3 0 3 9 



„ Guernsey per doz. lbs. 3 0 3 3 



per doz. bun. 2 0 3 0 



\Natercress per doz. bun. 0 4 0 *» 



LONDON POTATO MARKETS. 



The return of warm. r w*^ither has kept the demand 

 from rii^dn^. ^ 



J*^^^^'^^ per ewt. 4 o' to 6 0 



per ewt. 7 0 ^ I 



, per cwt. 5 0 6 J 



Wt. Male p,.r cwt. 5 6 ^ " 



per cwt. 5 0 ^ ^ 



