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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



August 17, 1912^ 



nence under tli^ dctsignation of poetaz nar- 

 cissi appear to possess much merit, and are 

 not so strongly scented. "Would you advise 

 me to grow the latter instead of the older 

 form.s ? — Wc should not re<^omniend you to 

 discontinue the culture of the old bunch- 

 flowered narcicssi and substitute the poetaz 

 narcissi for them until you have ascertained 

 from your employers that it is their wish 

 that this ishould be done. Thev will be in a 

 Wtter position to give their decision when 

 they have seen the two classes in bloom and 

 arranged within a ^hort distance of each 

 >th:'t . We consider the poetaz varieties as 



d »tiiH tly superior to the others, for they 

 have larger and more finely-formed flowers, 

 and they have a pleasant but not an 

 overpowering perfume. They have also the 

 advantage of being quite hardy, and they 

 can be successfully grown in mors fibre for 

 house decoration, as well as in the ordinary 

 compost. Alsace. Aspasia, Elvira, Irene, 

 Klondyke, and Triumph are all of much 

 merit , arul afford a full range of colour. 

 Jaune a Mcrveille is an exceedingly fine 

 variety, but as yet it is too expensive to be 

 grown in quantity. 



ANTS IN LAWN.— N. !;„ Handaworth 

 AVochI, F^irminyham: Could you kindly give 

 Me any inform ition that will help me to 

 get rid of ants in lawn? We have tried 

 t'In.oHt every remedy we can think of, but 

 wMhout HMcccAs. — Ant*", are very troublesome 

 pest8 to get rid of when they hav? liecome 

 established in large numl>ers on a lawn. 

 lVtroleur»i pourecl into their nests will 

 (jrickly dislodge them, us also w^ill a decoc- 

 tion of quasisia chi])s and a solution of alum. 

 We hav^ within the pa*st few >ears adopted 

 the following method with success in dealing 

 V ith an ant-inlested I awn. W hen it is seen 

 where the nests are located pieces of old 

 virgin cork ar> laid over the nests, rough 

 side downwards. The antt> congregate in 

 immenM^ nunihons under them, and on lifting 

 up the pieces of cork the ants, with their 

 ej'^gt^, can i>e readily swe^t into a pail of 

 hr>t water, and thus made an end of. The 

 pieces of eoik sliould l>e taken up every 

 second day for ihn purpo-e of drowning the 

 ants th.n hav/ congregated under them, but 

 they should not he disturbed in the interval. 



METEOROLOGICAL 



OBSERVATIONS. 



"^iS^T^^ J ™^ ROYAL HOUTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETT S GARDENS at WISLEY. SURREY 



Date* 



1912. 

 Auo. 4 



TO 



Aug. 10, 



Temperature op thb 



Air. 



At 9 a, 



Day 



An 



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1 1 



4 



5 



6 

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— Sandaj 



—Monday 



—Tuesday 



—Wednesday,, 

 -Thureiay,... 



-Friday 



-Saturday 



br.m 

 2 18 



8 18 



Dry 

 Bulb. 



2 



:i 



3 



42 

 6 

 12 



(total) 

 2o U 



deg 



58 



69 

 58 

 67 



53 



Wet Hieb 

 Bulb.l est. 



dea-. 

 69 



53 

 56 



54 

 bi 



dpg 

 68 

 63 

 HO 

 66 



65 

 62 



62 



5<* 



64 



64 



Night 



Low- 

 est. 



deg. 

 55 

 51 



54 



b'X 

 62 

 50 

 48 



52 



Datb, 



Tempkraturk of 

 THE Soil 

 At 9 A.M. 



1912. 

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 10 



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-Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday.. 

 •Thnrsday.... 

 Friday 



Saturday .... 



ThunderBtorins on Wednesday, 



and Saturday. 



Thursday, 



JMARKETS. 



» 9 



9 9 



COVENT GARDEN. 



Flowers. 



There is a vory fair sui 

 husinoss is somewhat slack. 



Aohille^i p^T doz. 



Adiantum euneatuni ... ixr 



Asparagus plumo^ius ... pe] 



Sprengeri per doz. 



Asters, white l^er doz. 



Bouvsurdia per doz. 



Carnations p^er doz. 



Malmaisou 



Cattlevtts per doz. 



Chrytanthemuni iiiiixiinuin. 



Coreopsis r 



Cornflowers per doz. bun. 



Croton leaves per 



I)elj)hiniunKs per doz. bun. 



Kiuhari,-; per doz. 



French fern per doz. 



Guillardias p-er doz. 



Gprdenias per doz. 



Gbdiolus ix^r doz. 



Gypeophila per doz. 



Lapageria per 



Lilinm auratum 



ijpeeiosnm 

 longiflorum 

 Lily of th© ValJey . 



.Mar<jruerite> 



Mignonette i>er doz. bun. 



Myofiotis per doz. 



Odontoglos-siaiifi per doz. blms. 



I'clargoniums per <Ioz. 



Poppieis per doz. 



Ro5«s per doz. 



Scabious iier 



Smilai per <: 



SpirsBa per 



Statiee per 



Stocks i)er doz. 



Sweet Peas j ;e r 



.Swe<'t Sultan per doz. 



Ti'beroeee per 



Tioia« per doz. 



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Fruits. 



Large supplies are being offered, and 



6. 



6 



good genera 1 <1 em a nd . 

 Apples, Australian per box 



Knglish per bu.ah. 



Aprioote per |-&ieve 



Bananas per bun. 



Oherrieis per i-sieve 



Currants, Black per ^-bn?h. 



Red iK-r |-bush. 



Figs per doz. 



G(>o,i;eberries per |-bush. 



G r:i|M >. Knsrli.sh per lb. 



IJelgian per lb. 



Guernsey per lb. 



Greengages per box 



Lemons per case 



Melons eacb 



_ Cantal(»ui;r each. 



Nectarines per doz. 



Oranges per c-a«e 



Peaches per doz. 



I*€ari3 per bu^h. 



Pears, French per box 



Pineapples 



PlunivS 



6 

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5 

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 4 

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3 

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per 



^-sieve 

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V3getables. 



Ru-iness is excfllent, ^sul^I)lies mid 

 unusually gocd. 



Artichokes, Globe per doz 



Ari>arairn.^ per bun! 



'"^^ti.'r ■ per doz. 



R''"' i:ei" ],u..h. 



ptT bu>h. 



^'>^>'*^^ per tally 



>^"P> per doz. bun. 



Cauliflowers per doz. 



Cucumbers per doz. 



Lndive per doz. 



Horseradish per doz. bun. 



Ix-ttuoe per score 



Narrows p^r doz. 



-^'^"^ pt^r doz. bun. 



Mushrooms per doz. lbs. 



•^nions per case 



I'arsley por doz. bun. 



J*^*"^^ jn-r busli. 



Ifadiehe.^ p^^r doz. bun. 



Rhubarb per doz. bun. 



per doz. lbs. 



Sj inach per bueh. 



Tomatoeis. English per doz. lbs. 



Guernsey per doz. lbs. 



Turnips per doz. bun. 



Wa.tercress per doz. bun. 



1 



0 





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8 



0 



21 



0 



10 



0 



30 



0 



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0 



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LONDON POTATO MARKETS. 



Supplier hnve shortened somewhat aiul prices arc 



fi™. " 8. d. 8. d. 



Be<lfords per cwt. 4 0 to 5 0 



Kents |>er cwt. 3 9 4 6 



Lino^jlns per cwt. 3 9 4 (i 



B]ackland.s per cwt. 3 0 3 9 



TRADE NOTE* 



Messrs. Ja.s. Kelway and S-on, Langport 

 havt^ enriched our gardens with many beauti' 

 ful varieties of a number of useful flowers" 

 and among the latter their gladioli must be 

 given a very high position. The firm has 

 staged several remarkably fine exhibits of 

 these stately flowers recently, and a fe^r 

 days ago they sent us a few spikes, each a 

 yard long -and carrying fine flowers. So_ 

 of the most striking varieties were Carlton"^ 

 crimson ; Velocity, warm salmon-red; Sir 

 H. D. Wolff, brilliant scarlet; Captain 'ciiv© 

 Coates, salmon-pink; and Aviator, rosy-lilac 

 prettily veined with pink. 



FORTHCOMING ENGAGEMENTS. 



TUESDAY. Auofust 20.— Aynho Flower Show. 



AVEiDNBSDAT, August 21.— Shrewsbury Floral Fet^; 

 two days. 



HatherJey and Reddingrs Horticultural Society. 

 Caerphilly Summer Show. 



AVe.ston-su]>er-Mare Horticultural Society, 

 ^larffam Flower Show. 

 Oowbridofe Flower Show. 

 Eastbourne Horticultural Socie^ty. 



THOISDAY, August 22.— A)>erdeen Horticultural So- 

 ciety; three days. 



Xation-al Hardy Plant Society; Conference at the 



George Hotel, (Shrew£i'3ury, 3.30 p.m. 

 Peebles Flower Show, 

 Kiddington Horticultural Society. 



SATCUDAT, 

 Show, 



Hawick Horticultural Society. 

 Miatlock Flowor bhow. 



TUESDAY, August 27.— Koyal Horticultural Society: 

 Committees meet at 12 o'clock; L<^citure at % 

 p.m. on "Peccntlj Introduced AVater Liiies," by 

 Mr. Jias. Hudson, V.M.H.; Scientific Committee 

 at 4 o'clock. 



WEDNESDAY, August 28.— Laughton Flower Show. 



THmSDAY. August 29.-nSandy Horticultural So- 

 ciety. 



Gerrard's Cross Horticultural Society. 



FRIDAY, August 30.— Dunfermline Flower Show; 

 two days. 



SATUHDAY, August 31.— Jedburgh Flower Show. 



Augusrt 21.— West Birmingham Flower 



CONTENTS. 



A Firs.i:-cla€« Cottage Garden 

 Among the Alpine Flowers 

 A n s we to Co r r ee p o n den-t s 



A tt-s i-s t i n g Nature 



E uc r y ph la P i n n a t if o lia 

 Exhibitioni3 and Meetings 



Gardeners! and Gardening ... 



Lilium Browni 



Xephrolepits Exaltata Muscoei 



Note of the Week 



IVoteti from Kew 



Obituary 



'8eented-leaY<xl Pela r^on i ii ni 

 Semjiervivuni ArfieluiJidt niu 

 ^'ome Popul:>r Krrors 



Spine a Henryi 



Strawberry Culture 



TIh' Making of an Iri^ C-ar.lrn 

 The Po^e Beds at Kew 



Trade N(j'ti' 



Work for the \\ rt-k 



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ILLUSTH.\TIONS. 



Portrait: Mr. ya,nucl Gordon. (i2;? ; Gladiolus GoM' 

 finder, 02.); A Bed of Lilium Browni at M ■ 

 627; NepJu-olepi-= Exaltata Musco^'a, ^-9; ' 

 -Stringer's First Prize Garden at Hoi^e 

 Croydon, 632; The Central Bed m ^i^;,;. 

 Stringer'-s Garden at Hoix- Cottage, Croyo«- 



International Horticultupal Exhabition 

 Bruoe,5 (i';J5; Socrntea F(»rgctiana, 636. 



V 



The (luestion to-day is not " Shall we Spray," as eve 



gardener knows he muSt Spray, but " What macDi 

 nr Hvrin<7*» cIi-.H I .t^rov- P " All tlie v.orld ans\\e 



or syringe shall I spray with ? 



U&e only the reliable tested 



1 



hine 



All the v. orld answers. 



"FOUR OAKS 



have won 

 Silver Meda. 

 open conipeli- 



which 

 Gold 

 many in 



lion with other maU^ 



The machine ^^^fs 

 is the Four Oaks Co ^ 

 Medal Knapsack >P ^> 

 er, 45/.. No ru^^be, 



valves. Complete Cat*- 

 lo-ue of Spraying. 



' ^^^mmmuammmm Lmieu-ashmg ^'/"^j'^rj 10 



and Syrin^ces of every description f ee on *^PP „f .viMC 

 the S-.le .\L-inufactnrers-THE FOUR OAKS SPB*J 

 MACHINE CO., No. 3 C, SUTTON COLDFIEtu. 



