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1898 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



363 



*nda. and crude commercial potash. These have to be mixed 



5W jf yQU wr j te us j ater we W1 H give you full 



At present do all you can to assist the trees. 



With regard to the 



» 1U S^S3 whh gloved hands. 

 c^ e ¥> a " to the winter cleansing. 



jirectiops as w kind of SQll the trees are growing in 



Damaged Chrysanthemum Leaves. 



us know what qq do , jbt> due to frost and ex treme cold wind ; 



cherry tree, the prevented we aie not in a position to say. It is a 



whether it couia trees unless t h ey are trained to a wall or fence. 



/Tffieult matter 10 piv«* 



aA "Rose Flower.— Cycle, Bowdon : In the peculiar flower sent 

 Tinea - - • — *- - 1 - J The two 



Malfo 



t of the floral axis has become elongated somewhat. 

 llie lower P arl be]ow the ca iy X and the outer segments above it show an inter- 

 peialoid tea* e between the foliaceous leaves and the floral ones, showing that 



iediate cona \"^" ^"the" one hand to assume floral characteristics, and on the 

 there is a ten or j g j na i green and foliaceous condition. It is not often that 



.,h*r to re%e ed a rose as Marechal Niel produces such a curious bloom as the 



F. E. S., Chipping Norton : You are 



quite ng 



b 



ether to 

 so well con 

 ooe you sent us. 



~*irk Beetle and Wi _ . _ 



1 ut . the wireworm is the grub stage of a click-beetle (Elater Lineatus). 

 neM ' The beetle is blackish, and its shape is 



well-shown in the accompanying cut ; 

 it deposits its eggs either in the soil close 

 to a plant or in the sheaths of the 

 leaves of cereals. Thus, as soon as 

 the grubs are hatched out, they have 

 plenty to feed upon. Wire worms 

 remain in the grub stage for about 

 four years ere becoming transformed 

 into the beetle stage. One of the 

 commonest and most effective methods 

 ")f capturing wireworms is to place 

 cut potatos a little below the surface 

 of the soil 5 these act as traps, and 

 should be frequently examined, and all 

 worms caught should be dropped into 



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a 



evidentlv "sufferpH f7^^ WAi ' wm w - H., Lincoln : The leaves have 



frosT^ severe chillj such as would follow from ex P 3sure to 



Somewhlt StSf I when the plants had not as yet become properly hardened. 

 forT tod« HiS^ T 0UW u f ° ll0W the Wlicatfon of an insecticide too ,££g 



ender W ^ find no Z£° ^ fami <? tion when the {o]i ^ was dam P «5 

 In the case nf L « "J* 01 fun 2 oid attack u P oa the specimens sent. 



under th?5™ ■ n-F^ ^ there has been a co, 4 current of air V*™*6 U P 

 under the vines ; perhaps a side ventilator has been inadvertently opened. 



notbe^K Leice5ter: I- such a small house it will 



vmi 7r *Sf* ? tte 1 m P t . the Ration of any other crop under the tomatos. If 

 rTaUn^ Plants that migh 



tifwSr? * g r0(n V 0r a whi,e - Successive batches of gloxinias and 

 S AhTT " V 0t bought on in such houses, but, as a rule, 



7}^l AS f l r 15 a greater breadth of border than y° u hav ^ and so 



m!L -i^ ° t , he t0matos ex periencing excessive moisture at the roots. 

 Melons will do no good; vegetable marrows will succeed best out of doors, and 

 the alpine strawberries need an open position where, during the autumn, they 



SSfement 0 * 0r, * lcastf HghtS ' sh °^ Id the Weather be 



Names of Plants -C. T., Brecon : Genista hispanica. 

 A. b., Horley : 1, Anagallis arvensis ; 2, Lycopodium annotinum 5 r 

 Nephrolepis cordata ; 4, N. exaltata. 



J. P. N., Enfield Lock : Triteleia uniflora. 



E. J. C. , Croydon : The specimens were packed in a very unsatisfactory manner, 

 and the pad of wet moss put in the canister on top of the little heap of specimens 

 served to damage them considerably, both by crushing, and by extracting the 

 colour from the flowers. A box is much better than a canister, as in the latter 

 specimens are difficult to remove. So far as we can judge, the specimens were 

 Selaginella Mertensi, Abutilon Thomsoni, Cattleya guttata, Dendrobium 

 Jamesianum, and Trichopilia suavis. If you have duplicates send again. 



H. S., Warminster : Muscari comosum. 



Wireworm and Click: Beetle. 



a. Wire Worm ; b* caudal joint magnified ; 



t% £' r fc ct beetle ; d. antenna; e. length of beetle, a pail of extra strong brine. A piece 



of stick, eight inches long, stuck 

 into the potato will serve to lift the trap, and also readily indicate its where- 

 abouts. 



Soil for Hardy Rhododendrons.— F. R,, Bognor : It has been 

 proved beyond all doubt that hardy rhododendrons will grow and flower freely in 

 other than peaty soils, so it is not always absolutely essential to remove the 

 natural soil and import^ peat for them. The one great essential for rhododendron 

 culture is absence of lime in the soil. This ensured, the next question is good 

 drainage, for while the rhododendron requires watering in hot summers, owing to 

 its surface rooting propensity, it hates to be waterlogged or have its roots kept 

 wet throughout autumn and winter. Follow these conditions with a compost of 

 peat, if it is handy, always, and for choicest specimens, using good loam and 

 leaf soil, if peat be absent. Sandy peat is the best rooting medium, but the 

 results from good loamy soil and leafmould, with the addition of dried cow 

 manure, are first-rate. Spring is the best time for planting. 



Garde 



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Mr. R. Weller, who for eleven and a half years was head-gardener, and latterly 

 steward as well, at Glenstal Castle, Murroe, Limerick, has been engaged as 

 steward and head-gardener to Captain Greer, Crotonstown, Newbridge, co. 

 Kildare. 



Mr. W. Jennings, late of Wexham Park Gardens, Slough, has been appointed 

 head-gardener to R. Harvey, Esq., Dundridge, Totnes, Devon. 



HARDY MINERS TOIL LONG AND HARD in the bowels of the earth to bring 

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 weather, when stomach and liver complaints, diarrhoea, dysentery, &c, arc liable to attack any- 

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