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THE 



GARDENERS" MAGAZINE. 



March 



5, ig* 



lanche, and Edwin Molyneux. First bud : Deuil de Jules Ferry, stop April 25 ; 

 Eda Fn.ss,stop May 20 ; Mrs. John Shrimpton, take first bud from cutting 5 and 

 Mrs. W. II. Lees, stop April 10. Second bud : Madame Carnot, stop April 1 ; 

 Miss Dorothea Shea, stop April 1 ; Bonnie Dundee, stop March 20 ; Rose Wynne, 

 stop April 1 ; Niveus, stop April 1 ; Etoile de Lyon, stop March 20 ; and Presi 

 dent Borel, stop April 20. 



Names of Plants. Under this heading we can only undertake to name 

 species and specific varieties of plants, and not florists' flowers. Specimens should 

 be packed in stout boxes with damp moss or leaves as packing material to ensure 

 their reaching us in a fresh state. It is essential that flowers must accompany 

 specimens of flowering plants, that fern fronds be fertile, and that the numbers be 

 legible and firmly attached to the specimens. We cannot promise to name more 

 than six specimens at one time from any one correspondent. 



H. II. H , Wadhurst: The fronds sent were not fertile, but the large speci- 

 mens enabled us to identify the species with some degree of certainty. ^ 1, 

 Dicksonia antarctica ; 2, Cibotium Sheedei ; 3, Lomaria gibba ; 4, Asplenium 

 bulbiferum, a very strong form. 



M. E., Widcombe : f, Hibbertia dentata ; 2, Sparmannia africana ; 3, 

 Eriostemon buxifolium ; 4, Oncidium incurvum ; 5, Cypripedium villosum ; 6, 

 Linum trigynum. 



Names of Fruits. — We are pleased to assist our readers as far as it is 

 jx>ssible to do so in naming fruits, but it is absolutely necessary that they should 

 send us good specimens carefully packed, as it is only when characteristic examples 

 reach us in perfect condition that we are able to determine their names. We are 

 compelled to insist on the observance of this rule, as so many specimens now reach 

 us. We cannot undertake to name more than six varieties at one time ; and both 

 apples and pears should be sent when approaching maturity, but before they are 

 fully ripe, that we may have the assistance of their distinctive colours in determining 

 their identity. 



J. V., Wotton : We hope to reply in our next issue. 



New Inventions. 



New X L All Fumigator. 



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We 



theX L All Fumigiuui xusccuciae nas led the patentee m, "r ' » «tn^ 

 of 124. Southwark Street S.E., to introduce a smaller aDDarst ,\ } l 

 in houses of very limited area, and this is eminently sEu' t apted 

 amateurs. The apparatus includes wax burner and a quantity f°l the ** * 

 which has secured so much encomium. This useful appliance vl 001 ^ 

 thorough fumigation up to five hundred feet super at a cost of on* SS Cnsu,a » 

 within the means of everyone who desires to keep their nlanu fr»» r smi . llD g. »oo« 



ree lr °m insect 



New Plant Label. A really capital plant label has imt h.™ • 

 Mr. C. E. West, of the Leeds Orchid Company, Roundhay Led T 0t<d V 

 of a white disc, made of an imperishable material in which celluloid" • 

 but with a slightly rough suifa:e, so that writing uoon it -J- V s ln ^»*i 



enough for its stem to be pressed into any v,n<viatici 01 sou 

 it useful for orchids and indeed for any class of pot plants. Moreo- ' 

 bihty of the wire admits of its being bent if required, so that it can 1 J* 

 affixing to plant stems with equal facility. Tin- label is reversible anHvSa 

 additional advantage of being thoroughly waterproof. It will probahl 

 gardener's desideratum. . F iD 7I*o?ti 



The Handy ^assod ge Cutter is the name given to an improved fa. 



of edge-cutting implement that is being manufactured by Messrs Thomr C 

 and Sons, oi Leeds. The trimmer used is of star-like shape, wh ; chi2 

 practically a continuous cut, clean and evenly regulated. A further improvaSl 

 has been effected by a resetting of the angle at which the handle is placei aTtW 

 result of much experimental trial. Thus the direction of thrust is now dead n 

 the cutting point, rendering the work of trimming verges and lawn edges a ami 

 and easy operation, and affording a considerable saving in time as compared iS 

 the older device of cutting by shears. Messrs. Green and Sons' la wa mower 

 very well known, but it may be added that the result of frequent improvements k 

 these garden necessities is seen in the introduction of springs whereby the lam 

 sizes have been rendered still more efficient and workable, while the light 

 mowers of the " Monan^ " 1 — .a . _- 



and favour. 



star 



compost, render 



Communications Received 



G. S.— A. M.—J. C.iT.— W. K. B 

 S. K. — W. W.— C.T. D.— W. A. II. 



— G. V. 



R. D. 

 R. W. 



-J. W. M.— W. M.— W. H. L. 

 -II. C— J. L.— G. W.— M. S. 

 H. H.-S. H. L.— H. H. H.— J. G. C. 



Eureka Weed Killer.— The untidy appearance of garden paths upon which 

 weeds have been permitted to grow unchecked is an eyesore to every gardener, 

 and it is claimed for the fl Eureka n Weed Killer that such a condition of things 

 need exist no longer This preparation, which enjoys an extensive sale, and 

 has been freely used by the R.H.S. at Chiswick, has been certified by the 

 secretary as to its utility and effectiveness. Its occasional use would undoubtedly 

 result in an appreciable saving of precious time and tiring operations. The 

 proprietors are Messrs. Tomlinson and Hay ward, of Lincoln. 



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CDnstroctioa 



Peach Trees Shedding Flower Buds 



A GREAT INJUSTICE is very often done because some self-assertive people imagine it is 



next to imp ible to make an error. Shakespeare must have made an analytical study of the human 



heart before he uttered those warning words, "Man know thyself, then others learn to know." 



1 In s U ft lemon we should all try and perfect ourselves in, and when this has been done we have to 



ta c the , significant feet that unless we cultivate <;<>. A health, prosperity, and happiness cannot 



abide with us. Holloways Pills will aid 111 to do this. The most eminent medical men agree 



that for the preservation of good health and cure of disease there is nothing to equal 

 them.— [Ami*. J 



This defect appears to hue 

 been unusually common this season, and is so widely spread that any excuse of 1 

 merely local kind furnishes no satisfactory explanation. Generally thj failar 

 found most common on certain early varieties, but this season home as well 11 

 American varieties have suffered. Fogs are not to bt charged with the evil, V 

 they doubtless have been contributory to intensifying the evil. Even the canan 

 reason given, dryness of roots and borders, does not satisfy in every case, beaut 

 the borders are not dry, yet this again is no doubt largely a contributory out 

 The chief one seems to be found in the variation of temperature recently felt, vta 

 a few very warm days forced bud nutriment, and a few liter cold dull dart 

 checked action, and this disturbing influence, when warmth again ensued, led to ti 

 falling of the buds. It is, indeed, difficult to find reasons that explain a geaai' 

 defect, yet found under such diverse conditions under glass.— A. D. 



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