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THE GARDENERS^ MAGAZUJ 



XOVEMBER 16, 1912. 



the acid solution. 



ptilley into 

 diateiy the cyanide touches the solution the 

 window muist be shut, so that the fumes 

 generated cannot reach the operator. The 

 becit plan is to place the diluted sulphuric 

 acid in bottles htted with a cork in which 

 two slitcs are cut, one to admit air and the 

 other to allow an even stream to flow upon 

 the cyanide, and so provide fof a slow and 

 even generation of ga.s. In this case the 

 cyanide should be placed at intervaU along 

 the path of the house, in enamel or earthen- 

 ware bowls, and the bottles of sulphuric acid 

 he .^o pl-u-ed, in a little cage, tliiit they can 

 be rcadi!^^ tilted over. Evervl iiiii'j heing in 

 i-eadincss, the cord or cords attaclicd to tlie 

 tilling cages should be passed through the 

 key-hole of the door ; the operator must 

 tl^ n oiitsid" t house, sliut the door, 

 ^t()|i up llu' chinks, and then pull the cords 

 tsn that tliL* l)ottles are tilted and the sul- 

 pl.iiric acid solution cometj into contact with 

 tiie cyanide. Keep everyone away from the 

 hoUvse ior at least an hour, but then, if ven- 

 tilators can bf opened from outside by mean.-:; 

 of a cord of ^tick. o|)en tlieni, but this must 

 be done \u a way that the operator 



dees not inhale the escaping fumCsS. Half 

 an hour later tiing the dooi\s open, but the 

 house should not be entejed for another 

 hour. Cyaniding should be done in the even- 

 in<i" and in still weather. A leaflet on the 

 subji'.'f i-, issued by the Board of Agricul- 

 ture, and can Ite ol taiaed free nn applica 

 tion ; the adrln -^ is 1. \\'liit(^hall Place. Lon- 

 don, S.W li 1- neet^>arv to p/iint out that 

 the cyanide fu:ni's are deadly ])oison, and 

 that carelessness m tuniifjat ino;- with it uiav 

 mean death to the operator. 



UNHEALTHY 



A. M.: I 



Begonia 



BEGONIAS. - 



am sending you a few leaves of 

 Gloire de Lorraine, and should be glad if 

 you can explain why they present sucli an 

 unhealthy ajtpearauee. I'or sonu' consider- 

 able time the plants grew well, and then they 

 s>eemed to stop, and presently came to look 

 very unhealthy. The begonias are gx'owing 

 in a t i^mperature <iF I roni 55 to 60 degs. — Tlu^ 

 b(<^ouias have hi'en oiowing in a confined 

 moist at uiospheri', and the leaves ])reis^'nt 

 very much the same apj^earance as do vhie 

 leaves when e^rown iti a badlv-ventilated 

 vinery. The atnount ot nioi-tnre u-ed in 

 the house would, doulitl.-.--. not iiave l)een 

 excessive had ventilation and heating l>een 

 carried out sat isf actorily. A great many 

 of the failures that occur among the vsoft- 

 wooded stove and greenhouse ijlants are due 

 to an attempt to maintain the temperature 

 of the house by keeping all the ventilators 

 closed. Fresli air is very necessary, and the 

 use of a little extra heat during damp, dull 

 weather is a matter of great importance, as 

 it will permit ventilation without materiallv 

 reducing the temperature. Amateurs verv 

 frequently make the mistake of imagining 

 that ventilation is only of service for the re- 

 duction of temperature. 



RULES FOR A\ AMATKri.'S' JIOETI- 

 CULTITRxVL SOriKTY,— M. D., Whetstone: 

 I should be much obliged if, in a 

 isstie, you would give me >ome i uirs for 

 starting a high-el a ss amatfur liort ieult ural 

 society, or tell me where I eould obtain such 

 rules. — Instead of publishing a list of rules 

 for such a society, we suggest you Avrite to 

 the secretary of the National Amateur Gar- 

 dener.^' A>sociatiou, Mr. F. A. Poultou. Ro-?- 

 mount. New Barnet, Herts, for 

 of the Associations rules, 

 write to Mr. H. R. Darlington, Park House 

 Potter's Bar, for a copy of the rules of the 

 Potter's Bar Amateur Rose Society. In 

 each case a stamped, addressed envelope, 

 large enough to hold a schedule, will bring 

 an early answer to your ref|uest. 



CARNATIONS WITH BfJHST CALYX 

 J. W. B., Mayfield: I h ave a house of per- 

 petual carnations just coming into bloom, 

 l)Uf a good many of th - flowers cam- with a 

 s]>Iit ealyx. Could you i«ive ?ne the reason of 

 thiK trouble? The |>Iants look very healthy. 



Tlie splitting or bursting (»t tlie Valvx <»i a 

 carnation bloom is often an inlu-rent "failing 

 that no amount of careful cultivation will 

 overcome; but excessive feeding is likely to 



eom ing 



a copy 

 You might also 



aggravate the trouble. Small rubber rings 

 placed round the calyx just as the blooms 

 open will mitigate the evil, but if care is 

 taken to select varieties which scarcely ever 

 show a split calyx, then a great deal of 

 trouble and disappointment may be avoided. 



DR. M. C. COOKE.— A. H., Pinner: Y^ou 

 will have seen our correction respect^ag Dr. 

 M. C. Cooke. The announcement of his 

 death appeared in the " Kew Bulletin," but 

 Dr. Cooke is, we are glad to learn^ very 

 much alive. 



NAMES OF PLANTS. 



\Y. W. S., Selby. — 1, Begonia microphylla; 

 2, Pivina humilis; 3, Hibbertia dentata; 4, 

 (*attleva ]ai>iata. 



M. F. (\, iJtMhv.— 1, Ruellia Portelli®; 2, 

 Thyrsacantlius rutilans; 3, Aglaonema cos- 

 tata; 4, Calanthe Veitchi. 



B. P. N., Nottingham. — 1, Epiphyllum 

 truncatum; 2, not recognised, send w^hen in 

 flower ; 3. (ieonoma gracilis; 4, pro^bably 

 Raphioiei)is ovata. 



A. W'., Hath. — 1, Nepenthes Burkei; 2, 

 Oncidium varicosum Rogersi ; 3, Berberis 



aquifolia ; 4, Cryptomeria elegans; 5, Dale- 

 cham])ia Poezliami. 



11. G., Hray. — Crotons are difficult to name 

 from a single leaf; so far as we can make 

 them out yours are: 1, Reidi; 2, Golden 

 Ring; 4, Intcrruptum aureum ; 6, Lord 

 Derby. 



J. L., AVimbledon. — The fern is Scolopen- 

 dr ium vulgare crista-galli, and the grass is 

 Flymus arenaria. The specimens of bamboo 

 arc not sufficient for identification, but we 

 helieve No. 2 is Phyllostachys nigra. 



NAMES OF FRUITS. 



F. F 



, Portsea. — Benrre Sterckmans. 

 A. B., Uckfield. — 1, Not recognised; 2, 

 Souv. de Congres; 3, Golden Noble. 



T. I). M., Maidenhead.— 1, Dumelow's 

 Seeilling; 2, Sturmer Pippin; 3, Wealthy. 



W. B., Eynsham.— 1, Quite out of condi- 

 tion; 2, Swan's Egg; 3, Comte de Lamy. 



F . C . . If e V tesb u ry 1 , Lo d d i n o- 1 o n '; 2 , 

 l earnV !>i|,|,in ; 3, Ribston Pippin; 4, Benrre 



Diet, 



<i. F. S., Dorking. — 1. Reinette de Canada; 

 2. Newton Wonder; 3, Lane'^ Prince Albert ; 

 4, probably a very small Mere ±e Menage'. 



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GARDENING ENGAGEMENTS. 



Mr. Alex. Holm, for the past ten years 

 nursery manager to Messrs. D. and W. 

 Croll. Dalhousie Nurseries, Broughty Ferrv, 

 has been appointed general shop and nur- 

 sery manager to Messrs. Thomas Kershaw 

 and Sons, Lim., Keighley, Y^orkshire. Mr. 

 Holm takes up his new duties on Novem- 

 ber 28. 



Mr. Alexander lunes, for nearly twenty 

 yt ai s head gardener to W. D. Graham Men- 

 zies^ F.f].. of Hallyburton, has been ap- 

 pamted nui>ery manager to Messrs. D. and 

 W. CroU at their Dalhousie Nurseries, 

 Broughty Ferry. Mr. Innes takes up his 

 new duties early in Deceml>er, and, in com- 

 mon with hi., many friends, we would con- 

 <^iatuhite him on the appointment. 



Mr. Donald Meljine.. foreman at Glamis 

 <^ast:e Garrlens, lias h-en ap])ointed head 

 gardener to \\ . I), (h-aham Menzies. Fsc|., of 

 Ifallyburton, Coui)ar Angus, in succession 

 to Mr. Alex. Iniu ->. 



FORTHCOMING ENGAGEMENTS 



MONDAY, November 18.— National Cliryeanthemuia 

 Societyjs Executive Committee, C^rr's Restau- 

 rant, Strand, 7 p.m. 



TrESDAT, November 19. - Eoyal Horticultural 

 society; committers meet at 13 o'clock- lecture 

 at 3 p.m on "Some of the G-ardens of' Bourne- 

 mouth, by Dr. Hamilton; Scientific Committee 

 at 4 o clock. 



Norwich Chrysanthemum Show; three days 

 WEDNESDAY November i>0.-Xational Chryeanthe- 

 mum society « Latr Exhibition, at Essex Hall 

 Strim^l; Contercnc*' in tIip evening- when Dr 

 Uusxell win lecture on ''Soil Steriligation.'* 

 HuU Chrysanthemum Show; three days 

 North of Enjriand Horticultural Society, at Hull 



ia^'e'^af. v ^ v'- '"'".^*''?""" ^how ; two day^. * 

 M :-I)\V Nnvrmb..r 21.^Linnean Society. 



""^sllV: t^;?';;;:;^;'- ---^--^ C^rysaAthemum 



Abrnb..n riio-Mnrhemum Show; two days 

 Dunteriulue. Chry.imthemum Sihow, two days. 



OBITUARY. 



♦ 



ME. ALEXANDER DYEE. 



There passed away, at Manchester, the 

 other day a gentleman who wae a well- 

 known i&eedsman and gardener at Kittv- 

 brewster, N.B. This was Mr. Alexander 

 Dyer, who carried on for a long period a 

 successful business at Kittybrewster in the 

 premises now occupied by Mr. James Eobert- 

 son, to whom he disposed of his interest 

 some time ago. Mr. Dyer was greatly re- 

 spected in the North of Scotland, and there 

 is much regret felt at his death. Mrs. Dyer 

 and two members of the family survive him. 



METEOROLOGICAL 



OBSERVATIONS. 



TAKEN IN THE EOTAL HORTICULTURAIi 

 SOCIETY'S GARDENS at WISLEY, SURREY. 



Height above Sea-level, 150 feet 



Datet. 





Temperature of 



Air. 





1912. 



November 3 



[JNSHIJ 











At 9 a.m. 



Day 



Night 



TO 



November 9. 





Dry 

 Bulb. 



Wet 

 Bulb. 



High- 

 est. 



Low- 

 est, 



,t 4— Mondny 

 „ 5— Tuesday ... 

 6 — Wedutetiay., 



7— Thursday .... 

 8 — Friday 



br. m. 

 2 30 

 0 2t 



2 li; 

 0 6 



deg. 



42 

 47 



48 

 49 

 52 

 50 



dej?. 

 31 

 41 

 47 

 48 

 49 

 51 

 49 



deg. 



47 

 63 

 52 

 51 

 56 

 54 

 5? 



deg» 

 26 

 30 

 41 

 48 

 48 

 50 

 49 



Means 



(total) 

 5 12 



46 



45 



53 



41 



Date, 



1912. 



NOVFMBER 

 TO 



November 



9. 



Nov 



If 



93 



3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7. 

 8 

 9 



Sunday 



Monday 



Tuesday 



Wednesday.. 

 Thursday.... 

 Friday 



Saturday .... 



Temperature of 

 THE Soil 

 At 9 A.M. 



1118. 



trace 

 0 25 

 0-02 



(total) 



0 «7 



w 



H S * 



W 



At 

 1 ft. 

 deep. 



At 

 2 ft. 

 deep. 



At 

 4 ft. 

 deep. 



o « 



Hi ^ 



deg. 



deg. 



deg. 



defr. 



42 



47 



51 



18 



43 



45 



50 



22 



45 



46 



50 



39 



47 



46 



49 



45 



48- 



47 



49 



46 



49 



48 



49 



43 



50 



48 



49 



48 



46 



i7 



49 



37 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



A:\ros PKli]?Y. KNKIELD.— A i^articularly useful 

 oariilo.o-tu' of rock j^Mirch'u a^nd bord-or plants, ami in 

 thcvse <l.ire'Ctio'nfi it is a niiasterpieoe of ooiuprehen- 

 i&ivene&s. 



GEO. OOOLING AND SONS, BATH.— Roee-s occxivT 

 the larger part of this autumn list, but fruit trees, 

 ornamental trees and shnibis, {"limbing plan'ts, etc., 

 aLs'o .have ^^ jiiace in vt. 



MAXSKLL AND KATCHKK, RAWDON, YORKS — 

 rn(U r tlif title of ** Orchklis for Amateuns " this tiim 

 -has i.>u m1 an illai -jtratfMl pric-M list nf poriil'ir 

 aiKl u.^rfiil orchMl. tliat <!o not offer any six^ciai 

 «cliffit*ulrir.> of cultivnrion t*i nmateurB. 



CONTENTS. 



A,nswer.^ to Corresp<HHknts 



Cerekliiilvyllum jitponioum 



Coronill-a varia 



Exhibition.-, and .Aleetings 



Hollow Trf^K 



<«■ **- IP! >** -II 



Lilium siH'ciosnm 



M^ .^sr>. S. ,\rcG rHy and Son's Roses 



I'larit.s 



X':t.' i.f rhc \V<'!-k 



from K(-w 



Obitutrv 



''■ ... 



R'Ht'S afti-r H.ain 



St:!n.laril Apjdt. Trees on Grass 



The KdiH-Mtidu of Yonn<2: Garilcuers 

 W<frk for tlK' Wf'f.k ... 



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ILI.rSTUATlONS. 



nn-y^airMic!iiinii Siu.w (Jno-n, 871: Honsv of S^^f<^- 

 1m aniiL>- iJo>r IMa lit-. s7."> ; Rai.-in,ir S;'t-dlrng 

 R<--i s:*;; S|m ; iiiirii S, rrl-iji a-riiiir Rc.^^'. 

 IM.)t H.T. Uas" llritiirh (^iimi. S7!l : ('MttU^va. 

 01 rrcin. ^s!i ; Ciirwuithrimifii Mis:^ A- ^-j 

 Rnopr. SSI: Kirvr Rrizc Six V«v,v.s of Inciirvfa 

 Chry=ant!u"niu]ii-^, SK]. 



