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THE GARDENERS* MAGAZINE. 



September 14^ 19^9 



*k'adly to th*? living iiiites it do^s not du^pose 

 of the et^^8, so that one or two dippings may 

 not suffice to eradicate the trouble. 



BREWEIiS^ YEAST AS A FERTILISER. 

 _A correspondent asks whether any prepara- 

 twu of brewers' y^^ast can be u.-,ed as a lertili- 

 in horticultural practice.— So far as we 

 ii.T ;iu;uv. i.n-'vvvrs* ve i->t -s not put to any 

 n-v a >oil ti-rt i 1 and very mucli 



<innbt whother aiiv preparation from it would 

 !„. coniMK^rcially .Miccessi'ul. Yeast has a 

 very complex chemical composition. xVbout 

 7 per cent, is reducible to ash, the rest is 

 conibnstible. Yeast ash. according to Mit- 

 ^^ lif-riicirs aualvM-, c ai-ists mainly of phos- 

 ,,1 .,rir arid (oTto Va I ' l rt-nt.), united with 

 ]M.t;(>h (2> io in |kt rrnt.), magnesia (6 to 8 

 ], r cnit.). an:l Iniic ( 1 \n -I per cent.). 



S('llEi)inj: (il- WW. XA'!1-)XAE DAH- 

 LIA SOCIETY. -^(i. S., .\*-a1h: I'lt-a-f tell 

 nie where I tan obtain a MlK'tl\ile of the 

 forthcominsr i^xhilat ion (M tlie National 

 Dahlia SorVety.— A M tu'duie and full parti- 

 ciilai-.-. coru-ciniiii^ thr v\ork of the National 

 Dahlia Society ni:.y l» • obtained from Mr. 

 K. I', llawes, tlu* hon. ^t i ri'taty, riy>s\s. l-'or- 

 t iiiii' < ! r 'en laui loii , N .W. 



s\\ Ki:r Mi:i:i! <;aim)i:n. r. w. \\. Xi w 



ntarkvt : I |)iii|)o.-o to Uiaki a >wt ct ln-rii ,i;at-- 

 <lt ii. ainl ^lioiilil i>e glad ii yon wonld iniorni 

 \i\r ^\ Itt'i L* I can obtain sail aliU- <|Uot at ion■^ 

 lor I'aeli n\' the various .•^uljji'cts tliat siicli a 

 gai<ien would ineliith'. Any 1 11 loruKi t ion 

 v.oiild be uriatly valued. — Ln our i:-sue of 

 Mareh :M. I".ii»~. wr published an article en- 

 titled " A Hunch of Herbs/' whieh you would 

 find useful. Sucli books as " The Shakesp^nirc 

 I'iora." tty Tx^o. II. Grindon (Simpkin. Alar- 

 sl.all. and Co.)' ami Bard^t and Blo-si>nis." 

 by 1*. 1:. nuinu', I-.L.S. (Marcus ^Vard and 

 (•..). \\ <):M (1 i VI' you pleiit y <tf o]i]iort uiiity 

 tor thr -t'!:'ction uf ainitii|iriat.' ([uol at iftus. 



AN riH>LY/A r VMCI I.ATA.--S. W.. 

 Bristol ■ Will you l)e kind <*nontjh to oive mo 



Hio infonnatioii eoucerniu^- a plant named 

 At.ibolyza panieiilala, \\hi<-li 1 am told is a 



lu-aut Ii ul f<u b i 'i t t 'O autumn tto\vei'in<^ : - 

 Antlutlv/.a pjui ubila a S()Ulli Atru'al Itul- 

 bous ]>i:u)t ;lia* be.ir- tall ^pikv^ n! briirat 

 scarlet tlov\cr^ in tin* autuuni. It i> l>y no 

 nuans comnio'i in o.;r(i.'n^. and i> nuiv a 

 .•^lU'ces> in >|>ecially-fa V()Ured bu a! it ie>. t liough 

 it' i^ lianiv in uiosi pari- of the I niteil King- 

 dom rhnuij'i t :U' tiowcr- arc ([uite di iT^'i":'''it 

 in theii" torm, the phint a> a wliole at ota e 

 SI ggest ^ I'oem bla nee to a m o n t bret ia . ( *oi'i r ^ 

 should be ])Iantcd >ix iiicli,'- <leep anil six 

 irchvs a])art in grou[).-^ in a warm border, 

 and tiie o^rtMUid thu.s occupied should be 

 covered with a littl<> rough cocoanut-fibre 

 refuse, or a-ne- dniauf^- the winter. Piantins: 

 should l>e (h n ■ .i> soon a-^ ci)rnis < an Ije ob- 

 tained, and onee planted tiier:"- is no need to 

 dit^turb a colonv until over-crowdiucj i^s 



evideiu. 



riM rr (.idwixi; ix \vi:^tki;x ai s- 



TKA Id A . 1;. I'. U. : I liave bt cn r<"a<ii!i:4 

 a'oiuil tin- p(»>>ibiiit le-- oi 1 ruit -grovs iup' in 

 \\'er^tcrn .\H>tralia, and the op<MiiniT.^ tln^ in- 

 clnstry otf i-^ t nr youngr ni-en . I have a 

 r.kini»; for (Uildo.u lilt\ <'nj(»v vci y m I 

 health, ami havv' a U w lunuired pounds at 

 mv comma nd. W'tuild von advise nu' to 

 to tlu' eolouy tor the purpn-.,' (it cn'_i'a<j;ing 

 ii: t ruit-i^i'ow iin» - — Advi^ini^ a vvuih*' itian on 



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a matter of this kiml in vol ve^ xt much re- 

 .s])onsil)iIitv tinit we cannot undertake to sriv ' 

 attinibe advice, esiiecialiv wIhmi w^' have no 

 ])er>onal kn<;Wicdo'e of tlm-e seeking informa- 

 tion. So inm h depends ujion the ca]KU*ily 

 tlu' individual for the aecpii-ition and ntifi-a- 

 tion. of knowledge for botli t iie })rodnct iou 

 and .--ale of fruit, and for busine,>> metliods 

 that it is ox'romely difficult oven wlu'U ac- 

 quainted with the enqnirvi- to say whether 

 h^ is likolv to succeed in truit culture for 

 mail:<'t. \Vo must Umvc you to decide* 

 wlu^ther you will i^o m but if you deter- 



mine to omigrati' v\ r -tn ai^ly advist^ ycni not 

 t<> part with one penny n\ vonr monev in the 

 hire or pni( Inis^ of land or <U'chards until you 

 bav<^ worked ^or two *ir tlirce wars in an 

 establisliUH'nt in whitdi the o;rc\vitir^r and Ti:ar- 

 ketmg of fruit i.-^ carried out in accordant e 

 ^ith the moist motlern methcnls. This will 



give you an opportunity of becoming ac- 

 quainted with the soil and climate of the 

 colony, the frui+s most suitable for planting 

 in the several fruit-growing area.s, and the 

 U'ethcds of marketing. 



NIPPLE WORT.— D. P., Guernsey : I have 



been asked to obtain plants of the Nipple 

 worr, but do not know any subject that bears 

 this name, and no books to which I have access 

 afi'ord me any help. Can you teil me the cor- 

 rect name of the plant? — There are two 

 mitive plants that are occasionally referred 

 to a,> Xipple worts. Th? true Nipple wort is 

 Eap.-ana communis, found from Orkney to 

 the Channel Islands ; it is a slender, erect, 

 branching annual, with heads of yellow 

 tlov, t rs, and it bcdongs to the Composite 

 Order. Arnoseri-s pusiila, another composite, 

 is a small, yellow-tlovvi'red annual, known as 

 Swine'ri Succory, as well as the Dwarf Nipple 

 wort. This hais not such a w ide distribution 

 as Laps;ina communis. The latter was 

 formerly eaten as a salad. 



NAMES OE PLANTS. 

 II. T., Stone. — Spirani Douglasi. 



Ilaiiie.x. — A eicnKiti>; please send flowers. 



(i. W . H.. lp>\\ieh. — 1. Ja>minum simpli- 

 ci fi)i iuui ; 2, ErantiuMnuni Andersoni ; 3, 

 1 i t d vrli: lim flaviun . 



S. E. J., \Vi vmontli.^1 , Escallonia mac- 

 rantha : 2. Herberis Wallichi ; 3, Nandina 

 donu^sliea; d, ihmgainvillea glabra; 5, San- 

 tolina ineana . 6, L?ycesteria formosa. 



\\' . \\ . , i 'a ' nborough. — The specimens 

 were not partiiulavlv good ones; 1, Fuchsia 

 eoi allina ; 2, V . gracilis. The other plants 

 w:^re Phygelius capensis and a sedum we do 

 not recognise. 



TRADE NOTE. 



We have received from Mr. E. J. Woot- 

 teu. Eairoak, Eastleigh, a very handy little 

 t w o-euded hoe, which is called Wootten's 

 Patent Moss and Weed Destroyer. The pur- 

 pose foi- whi(di this little implement is de- 

 signed is to remove all moss and weeds grow- 

 ing in pots, and to keep the surface of the 

 soil in the pots free and open. The larger 

 <'nd of the two is suitable for use on chry- 

 santhemum pots, perpetual carnation pots^ 

 and others of a large size; while the smaller 

 end is convenient for anything from a "60" 

 ])ot upwards. With the hoe comes also a 

 small triangular tile for the purpose of keep- 

 ing a keen edge on the blades. We con- 

 sider that, at the reasonable price Mr. 

 Wootten offers the two articles, there should 

 be a good demand from carnation growers, 

 and in fact, all classes of plant growers. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Mi:ss|:s. H. KIIKF.AOK AND SOX. HAAl?- 



^' - H ; ) I J.A M).— TIk' coiiiiuTluie-iv.' (-ntaNv'ue 

 " ' ."^ ''"^ ^i'an is of .^lu t-ial in,.rr.>t Inr the 

 ' ''I tuliis it t'initairi- 



i:"1;):i:t VKiTCdi and sax." KxtrrKu.-A concise 



} - ' X ' !!vnT, guKl.. r.) til .vI.>rr;oii <:f bulbous plants 

 1 tm. pn..;iu*t;nn of nch ^li^plnys uf colour in the 

 ' ■ 'c rvar.M v :mi 1 tln\v€r -anitn is the c-ataloo-ne of 

 liO'- u,. has,. I r..iv<tl troni this Wfll-krown firm. 

 M KSSKS. |)I{'Kn;>x .\m, !;;)}» I \s:)\ r XTuy 



u\\\L STUKKT. man; lll->rKir. Th. l..^M>/ 



biillis rleit =^ 1 r j 

 le ii-ivi- 



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I'.v Th tu in is {-■<)nii)re- 

 ■""1 .-ttTr;ic IV. ;nul will be 

 - '.' " tui,:: ami (-irr-viiiir out tlic 



MK-Si:^. WII.l.MM IVVrL AM) SOX W\I.TH\\[ 

 < UO.s-. !0M.-- l-ruiu TliN wrll-known firm, whn Ik.v.^ 

 mil- Vn-rn closrly iarnT;ri.-a with l^uUoii. r.Iant^ w.. 

 ]i:ivr n.fviv.a th.ir cntnloiriir of bulb., which ("nin" 

 ini.rn-ivr. ami ivn.arkabh- tnr th^^ lUi'L'rn.nr wr.h 



thr h.ts n*- rhv ..v.-ral kin.]/!,:,, l . pre- 

 ^'n.i. catalojiK. is a-!,lirioTiu:iv in-,]-- ^tin^ 



' .■'iii-iiia>. tliat tnn.i th-- t;inir,ns cnilectiun ot thi 

 tl^iw. i-v at W air h un ( r< 



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 i r^-aia!r.t a- a h ni'ilhook. 

 V is. (it iailbdUs flowrrs. It 

 t 'if 1)1 ilia HU-: i)buits iruncrali V 

 !i of dis^ibays in the floweV 

 aiitl ;t f'i»nij)rfh,'n>iv+^ list 

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METEOROLOGICAL 



OBSERVATIONS. 



TAKEN IX THE ROYAL HOUTICrLTrTUr 

 SOCIETY'S GAHDENS at WISLEY, SURREY 



Height above Sea-level, 150 fe^t 



Date. 



1912. 



SiPTEMBER 1 

 TO 



September 7. 



2 

 3 



TkmPERATURE op THg 



Air, 



At 9 a. 









br. m. 



Sept. 



1- 





0 18 







— Monday 



4 t> 



II 







0 64 



1 > 



4 



— Wednesday.. 



7 0 



> V 



5 



-Tlinrsday ... 



5 42 



■ 1 



G- 





6 48 



11 



7- 



—Saturday 



6 18 









(total) 







M^aTis 



HI 6 



Dry 

 Bulb. 



deg. 



54 



54 

 53 

 54 



55 



Wet 

 Bulb 



degr. 

 55 

 53 

 50 

 59 

 49 



49 



52 



DHy 



NigLt 



High- 



Low- 



e&t. 



est. 



deg. 



deg. 





51 



60 



52 





41 



66 





HO 



^6 



60 





b3 



45 



62 





Date. 



1912. 



September 1 



TO 



September 7. 



P5 



Sept. 



•J 

 ft 



») 



1 — Sunday 



2— Monday 



3 Tuesday 



4— Wednesday.. 



5 — Thnrsday.... 



6 - Friday 



7 - Saturday .... 



Mea 



np 



l)iS, 



Temperature of 

 the Soil 

 At 9 A.M. 



ti'ace 



(total) 



0 



At 



1ft. 



deep. 



At 

 2 ft. 

 deep. 



At 

 4 ft. 

 deep. 1 



Hi 



0 u 



deff. 



deg. 





dejr. 





59 



59 



48 



60 



59 





48 



57 



59 



58 



35 



19 



58 



58 



51 





59 



5S 



40 



56 



£8 







56 



57 



ts 



39 



58 



58 



58 



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FORTHCOMING ENGAGEMENTS. 



TUESDAY, Septem"ber 17.— National Dahlia Sockiy 

 Exhibition at the Crystal Palace ; two diays. 



WEDNESDAY, September 18.— North of Ejigland 

 Horticultural Society : IM-eeting at Leeds, with 

 leeturt' by Air. W. Dyk-e on " Alanureis.*' 



MONDAY, September National Chrysanthemum 



Society : Aloeting of Floral and Executive Com- 

 mittees. 

 H a rby F hm e r Slio w . 



CONTENTS. 



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Ans w e rs to Cor re s ]] o n d e n ts 



Border Carnations 



Choice Daffodils in the Grass 



Early Pot Koseis 



Edinburgh Fruit and Flower Show 



Exhibitions and Meetings 



Hardv Fuehsias 



J X 0 r !i s - . . ... - . . . - ■ ■ - ■ ' ' ■ • ' ' 



Nott^ of thr Week 



Nyniplueu j nU'lu rrima 



Ro.se Sunburnt ... 



SumintT Be(hh'rs in Regent's Park 



The Mixed Border 



The Pos.sibi]itie3 of a School Garden 



The Schiza-nthusco 



V anil l a - s oe n t < <.l J ) aff od i I 



\\'ork tor the Week 



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710 

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ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Portrait: Mr. Robert Morton, 607; First Pnze 

 Decorated De.^sert Tabh' at Edinburgh, by^. 

 First Pri?e Twelve Spike.s of Gladioli, z,^"; 



l{,v.e Sunburnt. 



New Hybrid Tea 

 Nyii]|;h:e-;^ puh-herriniiv, Ti^'^ : 



toV "pi!n/tiiiJ^"'choiJ<"7)aff(.aiis in 



7(14; Xan.-u^^U8 Dnkc of H^Mlt'onU Caxut. 

 Mt'inoriii H. A . Tracuv, 7U. 



The question to-day is not '* Shall we Spray, as eNerj 

 gardener knows he muSt Spray, but W hat macni 

 or syrmge shall I .spray with ? " All the world ans\ver. 



U^e only the reliaMe tested ^ipQ|Jp QAKS 



which have won 30 

 Gold & Silver Meda , 

 many m open compel 

 ti .n with other maUs. 

 The niachine illus^rat ^ 

 is the Four Oaks Go jl 

 Medal Knapsack 



:;iv^ ^ Complete Cataj 



logue of Sprapng 

 —————— Lin.ewashing ^V^^^,'",o 



atvl S\ ringes of every description fee t>'i,^PllonAYlHC 

 tli^ S le Manufactiirers-THEfOUROAKS SKH« 



MACHINE CO., No. 3 SUTTON COLPF'^'-"-^ 



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