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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



July 16, 



W. G., Maidstone : The leaves sent are as 



Blistered Peach Leaves.- 



badly blistered as any we have ever seen, and we feel sure that the attack is due 

 to a very bad state of affairs at the roots of the trees. No doubt the subsoil is 

 very cold and wet, so that growth is late, and does not ripen properly in the 

 autumn. Then, probably, the position of the trees is such that cold winds reach 

 the leaves when young and tender, sufficient in itself to cause blister, especially 

 when accompanied by a dull, wet spring, such as we have experienced. Pick 

 off" the damaged leaves, or at any rate the worst of them, and keep those 

 remaining clear of green fly or other insect attack.^ To assist the trees give 

 them a light top dressing with bone meal, lightly forking this in and leaving the 

 surface loose and unmulched. In the autumn, as soon as the leaves turn yellow, 

 lift the trees and place them so that the roots are near the surface ; drain the 

 borders if this appears necessary, and mix plenty of lime rubble with the soil that 

 is placed about the roots. It will scarcely be necessary or prudent to stop the 

 growths this season, but the subsequent behaviour of the trees must guide you in 

 this matter. 



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 corresponden t. 



G. S., Guildford : I, insufficient for identification; 2, Retinospora plumosa ; 

 the other specimen is Monarda didyma. When sending conifers for naming a 

 characteristic specimen of good size should be sent, and, if possible, a piece 

 carrying cones. 



G. F., Walsall : I, Eupatorium riparium ; 2, Eulalia zebrina ; 3, Anthericum 

 variegatum ; 4, Cyperus alternifolius ; 5, specimen missing ; 6, Vinca minor 



variegata. 



G. R. t Wellingborough : 1, Lilium Thunbergianum ; 2, Campanula persici- 

 folia ; 3, a garden variety of Iris xiphium ; 4, not recognised ; 5, a seedling 

 scabious. 



A. A., Angmering : I, Vanda teres; 2, Epidendrum variegatum ; 3, Maxil- 

 laria tenuifolia ; 4, Aerides odoratum ; 5, Adiantum peruvianum ; 6, Gymno- 

 gramme japonica variegata. 



Proposed State Forest for Scotland. 



THE strong appeal addressed to the Minister for Agriculture by the Royal 



Arboricultural Society, will (writes a Scottish correspondent) command general 



sympathy, and the object in view will be recognised as one highly important in 



itself, and eminently practical in its character. It is of a two-fold character. 



What is aimed at is to provide the means for efficient instruction in the 



science and art of forestry for foresters, land agents, and others, and to supply to 



Scottish landowners, and more especially those who have waste or mountain land in 

 their possession, a stimulus to improvement in the way of afforestation. There 

 are already classes in Edinburgh in connection with the University of the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, and the Heriot-Watt College, at which instruction in forestry 

 is given, and what is desired is that the Government should supply funds -it is 

 thought that £40,000 would be, sufficient — for the acquisition of some 1,500 or 

 2,oco acres of land within easy reach of Edinburgh, more or less under wood, 

 for the purpose of a forest, in connection with which instruction in the practical 

 side of their business would be afforded to students, and work of an experimental 

 character carried on. The proposal is a very modest one, so modest that there 

 ought to be no great difficulty in obtaining the necessary funds even from private 

 sources if the Government do not see their way to supply them. In view of the 

 importance of the matter to the proprietors of land in Scotland, it were not too 

 much, one would think, to expect that they would come forward and supply what 

 is needed in the way of funds. But here we at once come upon what forms the 

 great difficulty of the|situation. If our proprietors as a class were alive to their 

 interests, not to speak of their duty, in this matter of forestry, it would not be 

 necessary at this time of day for any such body as the Royal Scottish Arboricul- 

 tural Society to be pleading for some practical attention to the science of forestry, 

 as developed and cultivated in France, Germany, and other countries, including 

 our own Dependency of India. The average proprietor of land in Scotland 

 shows no practical interest in what ought to be one of the things in which he 

 mainly concerned himself. He is too impecunious to do much, if anything, in 

 the way of planting, seeing that there is no immediate return to be looked for. 

 In the Highlands and adjoining regions again, where there is so much scope for 

 the afforestation of the land, sport is the all-absorbing subject of interest, 

 and the ready-money rent paid by the tenant of the grouse moor or deer forest 

 is so much more tempting than the postponed returns from the woods which take 

 a lifetime or more to be worth cutting down. Thus it is that the landowners of 

 Scotland neglect what ought to be a main part of their business — the cultivation 

 of trees and the production of timber. And of course, neglecting it as they do, 

 they are not likely to come to the assistance of the Royal Arboricultural Society 

 in its appeal for money to establish a model forest. As to the location of the 

 proposed forest, it is natural that the society should think of the neighbourhood of 

 Edinburgh, but a more advantageous arrangement as regards practical results 

 would seem to be to have it established in some suitable part ot the Highlands. 

 It is in the Highlands of Scotland that anything of consequence in the way of the 

 afforestation of the waste lands of Scotland can alone be effected, just as it is in 

 the Highlands that any considerable forests are already in existence.^ It is in the 

 Highlands therefore, that the climatic and other conditions exist whi 



Markets 



Covent Garden. 



Notwithstanding the large supplies of fruit and vegetables a clearance is **** 11 



readily effected at fair prices, owing to the steady demand. Strawberries £ S5 

 dear, but cherries are fairly plentiful. Grapes and tomatos are ch^ap ther 

 Fruit . — English grapes, is. 3d. to as. ; Belgium, 9d ; Jersey, iod. to is 6H n~ 

 lb. ; strawberries. 2s. 6d. to 4 s. per peck ; is. to is. 9 d. per handle basket ■ ffl? 

 3 s. 6d. to 8s 6d per half-sieve; lemons, 6s. to ifa. per case; Enffli^h toi«o^ H 



2T*3 . i fl «av tn Ad. ner lb.: Snnnisr. tc .a ' ___ lom «05, 4d. 



5s. to 7s. per 



case 



1 <;s. to 20s. per case. ^ 1 



Flowers.— Arums, 3s. to 4s, ; carnations, is. to 3s. ; eucharis, 3 s. to 4s • 

 gardenias, is. to 3 s. ; Lilium Harrisi, 3 s. to 4s. ; tea roses, 6d. to is. ; pink roses 

 23, to 5s. ; red roses, is. to 4s. ; cattleyas, 6s. to 9s. ; Odontoglossum crispura' 

 is. 6d. to 4s.; and tuberoses, is. to is. 6d. per dozen blooms; Adiantum 

 cuneatum, 4s. to 8s. ; marguerites, 2s. to 4s. ; mignonette, 2s. to 4s. ; pelargoniums 

 (scarlet), 4s. to 6s.; stephanotis, is. 6d. to 2s.; lily of the valley, 6d. to is.; white 

 gladiolas, 6d. to ; and pelargoniums, 4d. to 6d. per dozen sprays. 



Vegetables.— Endive, is. to is. 3d ; cucumbers, is. 6d. to 3s. ; cauliflowers, is to 

 — J — m ; bread bears, 2s. to 2^. 6d. per bushel; marrows, qs to qs. 6d ner 



K„eV.^l ~r (LA .~ .r. (LA ~ 1 . T7 C I .' 1 



per dozen Duncnes ; leuuee, oa 10 ioa. per score; cos, is. 3a to is. ba. per v.^^.i 

 mushrooms, 5s. to 8s.; eschallcts, is. 6i. to 2i. 6i. per 12 lbs.; English onions,' 

 is. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per dozen bunches ; Egyptian, 4s. 6d.to 5s. 6d. per bag; spinach, 

 is. 6d. to 2S. per bushel; Jersey potatos, 6s. to 63. 6d ; St. Malo, 5s. to 5s. 6d. ; 

 Kent, 6s. to 7s. per cwt. 



Borough Potato Market. 



Heavy supplies continue to arrive, but trade is good without any appreciable 

 alteration in price?. Erglish kidneys and White Beauties, 5s, to 5s. 6d. ; St. Malo, 

 4s. 6d. to 5s. ; Jersey Flukes, 5s.; kidneys, 4s. 6d. ; Cherbourg Flukes, 4s. 6d. ; 

 kidneys, 4s. 



THE WEATHER DURING THE WEEK ENDING JULY 9. 1898. 



Stations, 



Temperature of the Air. 



Highest. Lowest 



Fahrenheit. 



Mean. 



Fahren- 

 heit. 



Centi- 

 grade. 



Raihvau* 



London »••••■••••*•*.• 



Croydon ••«•• 



Brighton 



Bristol 



Wolverhampti 



Norwich 



Nottingham 



Liverpool 



H udder sfield 



Bradford 



Hnll 



76*2 

 76*0 



77*4 

 71*0 



68- 4 

 70*6 

 71*9 

 67-6 



69- 3 

 71*2 



47 # o 



47- 0 



47*0 



44 'o 

 42*0 



48- 4 



4i*3 

 49*4 



44 5 

 48*0 



6o'o 



59 5 



59*4 



57'° 



55' 1 



55*9 

 56'fl 



55-6 

 5f9 



59 2 



tjTsfi 

 15*28 



15*22 



13*89 

 12*83 



13*28 



I3'44 

 13*11 



12*72 

 i 5 *i 



In 



In C mi- 



Inches. 



met re% 



0*00 



0*00 



0 00 



0 00 



o'oo 



o'oo 



0*00 



o'oo 



0*00 



o'oo 



0*04 



o'ro 



0*09 



0*23 



o'co 



000 



0*04 



o'xo 



0*03 



0*08 



The mean reading of the Barometer daring the wetk at Green w 

 of the Thermometer 6o 0# o, the latter being 2°'o below the wee 

 1841—90. The direction of the wind was variable, the horizontal 



HMH movement of the air being 

 average in the 16 years 1860—75. The duration of registered bngfct 

 4 hours. No rain was measured during the week. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED, 



William Bull, F.L.S., 536, King's Road, Chelsea.— New Plants and Orchids. 

 Rivoire and Son, 16, Rue d'Algerie, Lyons.— Seeds for Autumn bowing. 

 W. Duncan Tucker, Lawrence Road, Tottenham, N.— Horticultural building*. 

 Alex. Dickson and Sons, Nevvtownards, Co. Down.— New Pedigree Rose s. 

 Fisher, Son, and Sibray, Ltd, Handsworth, Sheffield —Border Flants, «c. 

 J. Telkamp, Hillegom, Holland —Dutch Bulbs. 



Kblway and Son, Langport, Somerset.- Plants, Trees and Shrubs. Orrhids. 

 Dammann and Co., San Giovanni a Ted-ccio, Naples— Bulbs, Root>, and urcm«. 



H. Henkel, Darmstadt.— Water Plants, &c. 



ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



Monday 

 Tuesday 



Burn ham 



, July 18.- Annual Outing of the National Chrysanthemum Society , trip to Jp* 

 r, July ig.-Horticultural Club Excursion to the residence of Henry J. veitco, ^ 

 rnham Beeches and Stoke Pogis. _ . T „u Horticultural 



Society. c . 



Thursday, July 2i.-Sidcup Rose Show. Prescott and District Horticultural Society. 

 Saturday, July 23.— Royal Botanic Societv ; General Meeting. 



Wednesday, July 20.— Stove and 

 Solanums, Liliunc 



Candklum Bulbs, Pancratium fragans, &c., Protheroe and Morns- 



CONTENTS. 



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A Morning Mixture ... 

 Answers to Correspondents 

 Hutton-hole Roses 

 Catalogues Received ... 



A Record of Progress 



Engagements for the Ensuing Week 

 Exhibitions and Meetings :— 

 National Viola Society 

 Wimbledon... 

 Isle of Wight 



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Royal Horticultural Society 

 Newcastle TT * 1 



ciety 



Chertsey, Walton and Weybrid'o. 

 Highgate Horticultural Society* 

 Wolverhampton Floral Fete 

 tit Prospects in the North 



Markets 



New Hybrid Cypripediu: 



n. , u,lurai society 

 KJackheath Horticultural So- 



_ r ^ m m _ which it is most 



important for those interested in sylviculture to understand, and where any experi- 

 ments in the growing of trees, the management of woods* and in 

 1 he production of timber csn be most advantageously carried out. Some 

 locality, say near the base of the Eastern Grampians, would therefore seem 

 to be a more suitable site for the proposed model forest than the rich 

 Lothian s. In their statement the R.A.S. acknowledge that Scotch grown timber 



is as a rule greatly inferior to that imported from Norway and elsewhere. This —u.*...^,, noraj re 



is a circumstance which it would be folly not to take into account in anything Fruit Prospects in the North 



that may be undertaken for the development of forestry in Scotland. The timber ?ts 



ct the ordinary Scots fir is a poor article compared with the pine woods from the 

 Baltic and North America, and the question is if it can be so improved in quality 



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" HOW TO 



like to possess, 

 a happy married 

 hapoiness does 



New I Plants, Flowers, Fruit and ?e?e- 



tables 



Notes of the Week :— 

 Grass Orchards . ; . 

 Gardeners' Excursion 

 Imports of Fruit and V egetable* 



Peaches Outdoors ... -\ rd 

 Proposed State Forest for Scotland.. 



Roses in Decoratioi s ... 

 Saxifraga Hypnoides... 



Sheaves of Roses ... .. fa R 0 «e* 457 



The Queen s Diamond Jubilee Cup tor ^ 



The Quest of the Blue R se ... - 4 jg 



" Violets Dim " - "** ... 4# 



Weather ... ••• - ^ ~ 4» 



work for to fiSgfanion. m 4S9 



New Hybrid Cypripeu'" 1 "* •• „ 

 Saxifraga Hypnoides in a Butter ^ - ^ ^ 



Croydon ... 



national 



ustry 



life, and with sound health on both sides 11 wit . u u ^ ^ ^ 



not ensue. Then, husbands and wives, purify your > ^ appetite.^ 



ialthy action of your liver, cure your headaches restor y . Pll u. I/^* v > 

 jestion, and low spirits, by he use of the ^^iSS freely HoUow^ 



from gout, rheumatism, bronchitis, asthma, or sore throat, 



Ointment. It has cured millions j it will cure you.— [Advt.J 



