GARDENERS' 



MAGAZINE. 



desirable mixture to apply to the bark of firm .trees The P^^ 1 ^ 

 quantities are-soft soap twelve pounds, and paraffin oil, half-gallon, ^ to one 

 hundred eallons of hot water. The nearer to boihng the water is used, the better 

 the paraffin mixes. This mixture should be stirred well together and used when 

 cool. 



Budding Boses.-R. S. C, Tunbridge Wells : To bud roses is in itself a 

 very simple matter, and by careful attention to the few necessary details, an 

 amateur may obtain a large measure of success after a little practice. ™thcr 

 the stock be the hedgerow, or cutting brier or the mannetti, it should be clean and 

 nicely furnished with roots. Cutting briers and mannetis usually have suthacnt 

 roots, but briers from the hedgerow are frequently indifferently furnished with them. 

 Briers should always be planted in soil prepared precisely the same as tor roses, 

 and the budding done at the end of June, or as early in July as the bark parts 

 readily from the wood. Remove nearly, if not all but the two shoots to be budded 



Obituary. 



r. Edwin Thorne : died, we regret to learn, at his residence, Chalfont R 

 Kingston Road, Oxford, on Sunday evening, July i 7 , after an illnw 0 f 2l 

 nine weeks, traceable to a strain produced while thinning grapes Xsl^l 

 who was in his sixty-fourth year, was an enthusiastic amateur horticoSS^ 

 having received more premier prizes than any other exhibitor in the > 

 section at the Oxford shows for roses, fuchsias, zonal geraniums, and veSC 

 He was the son of a farmer at Bloxham, near Banbury, and, as a youth wmt 

 the town cleik's office, Banbury, being afterwards elected to the position of Wu 

 at Wadham College, Oxford, which office he creditably sustained up to tfe 

 period of his death. For several years he was on the committee of the Rand 

 Oxfordshire Horticultural Society, and had been vice-chairman of the sodetr 

 during the past four or five years. While at Banbury he became an onioc 

 grower, and his specimens at the Oxford shows were always finely finished 

 bulbs. He was also a clever cultivator of celery, carrots, parsnips, tad 

 potatos. He leaves a widow, five daughters, and three sons. 



B 



Budding Roses. 



A, shoct with cross-cut a to b ; B, bud ; C, shoot with bui inserted and bound 



* * with hast ; d, back of bud. 



-early in June, and in budding them, make an incision in the upper side from a to 

 as shown at A. Then from a shoot of the variety with which the stock is to be 

 budded, take off a shield-shaped portion as at B. When first removed, the bud 

 will be of the shape shown at d, and in its preparation cut off the top at c f and 

 remove the portion of wood ; if there is a hole at d, the bud will have been re- 

 moved with the wood, and the shield rendered worthless. The bud being ready, 

 lift the bark on either side of the incision with the handle of the budding knife, 

 slip the bud in, and make it secure by binding it with cotton or bast, as in C. 



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 tirmly attached to the specimens. We cannot promise to name more 

 than six specimens at one time from any one correspondent. 



J- T., Birkenhead : I and 6, see next week ; 2,^ Quercus Ilex; 3, Galium 

 vcrum ; 4, Trifolium arvense ; 5, Allium scorzonerifolium. 



H. C. f Hants : 1, Veronica incisa ; 2, send when in flower ; 3, Alstroemeria 

 aurantiaca ; 4, Agrostemma coronaria ; 5, Oncidium pulvinatum. 



A. R., Royston : Lathyrus sativus ; quite a common plant 



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MARKETS. 



Covent Garden. 



The market is now well supplied with a large variety of good fruit and vegetables 



There is a steidy business ia all depiitments, and prices are moderate, save far 



strawberries, which are rather dear. 



FRUIT.— Strawberries, 2s. to 4s. 6d. per peck ; 3s. to 6s. per dozen punnets ; 



raspberries, 4s. to 5s. per doz?n punnets ; cherries, 3s. 6d. to 8s. 6d. ; black currants, 

 cs to 6s 6d. ; red, 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. ; gooseberries. 2;. to 3s. per half-sieve ; Eogfeh 

 Iraces is to 2s. ;' Jersey, ioi. to is. 6d. per lb. ; English tomato* 4d.to 6d.; Joiej 

 td to 4d per lb. ; Spanish, iod to is. 4d. per box ; bananas, 5s. to 103. per bund 

 nineapplesi 2s. to 4s. 6d. each ; lemons, 6s. to 16s. per case ; French apricots, m, * 

 8s per dczen boxes; French peaches, is. to 2s. per box; English 2s. to 8s. per 

 do'zen ; green figs, 2s. to 4s. per dozen ; French greengages, is. to is. 6d. per box. 



kowERS.-Arums. 3s. to 43.; carnations, is. 10 3 s.; euchans, as. to 

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



• t ■, "h tffs W i»r «2s 



ushroorai, & 



cabbages, 3 s. to 4s. per tally ; Jersey potatos, 4s. oa. . w ^- j — 

 5 s. ; Cherbourg, 4S. 6d. to 5s. 6d. J Kent, 6d. to 6s. 6d. per cm. 



Borough Potato Market. 



The demand continues gocd, but supplies are daily M Z V I 

 moderate. English kidneys and White Beauties SJ g^ rg ^1 



Jersey Flukes, 4s. 6d. to &i kidneys, 6d. to 4 s., WWW I 

 kidneys, 3s. 6d. per cwt. 



THE WEATHER DURING THE 



WEEK ENDING JULY 16, 1898. 



A- pi. 



F. T. f London, N. : i, Ilemerocallis fulva ; 2, Pyrethrum Parthenium 



Statioms. 



B., Ipswich : i t Poa cresia ; 2, a scirpus, not recognisable without flowers ; 

 3 an d 4, send again when flowering. 



J. W. \V., South Ealing: Ligustrum japonicum. 

 H. C. B., Battle : Dictamnus albus var. purpureus. 

 J. M., no address sent ; Inula britannica. 



*• EL, Sudbury : Two varieties of the pallida section of German irises. We 

 •00 not undertake to name florists' varieties, such as these irises, but would probably 

 nave supplied the names but that the varieties are over in the South of London, 

 ■and there is no ready means of identification. 



J?\ h* Brentwood : 1, Maranta zebrina ; 2, Sedum arboreum variegatum ; 

 3» Memia pugioniformis ; 4, Lippia citriodora ; 5 and 6, Gasteria and Mesem- 

 Dryanthemum respectively; send when in flower ; 7, Symphoricarpus racemosus. 



C. W. , Knebworth : I, Philadelphus coronarius ; 2, Eiigeron speciosum ; 3, 

 ^ffidnali" 1 aurantiacum ; * Lagurus ovatus ; 5, Lavatera arborea ; 6, Galega 



A h S '7'' I)urhani • If Empetrum nigrum ; 2, Calochortus pulchellus ; 3, Sedum 

 aeitoideum ; 4, Xephrodium molle corymbiferum ; 5, Cassia florida. 



«• L. H. f Ringwood : 1, Cotoneaster microphylla ; 2, Lilium Martagon 

 ipurpereum. 



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



possible 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 i n 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 



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

 ineir identity. 



G%> Frome: The specimen was rather too ripe when sent, and was badly 

 sput upon receipt. It appears, however, to be a large example of Lord Napier 

 nectarine. 



Temperature of the Air. 



Highest. 



Lowest. 



Fahrenheit. 



RAiwrAU. 



London ,9*—— —•———••••••••••••» I ^ 2 0 



Croydon 80*5 



Brighton 7 6 ' 2 



Bristol • . • I 76'° 



Wolverhampton 7&'° 



Norwich .... 



Nottingham 



Liverpool .... 



Huddersfield 



Bradford .... 



Hull - ■ ■ . ^m*** 



T at Greenwich was ■Wj'KJ 1 m T** 1 



The mean reading of the Barometer during the wee^ ^ ^ck'l average m JJ ^ j£| 



of the Thermometer 6i°'o, tie latter being o 



184 " " 



8 belo~ — . . 

 iable, the horizontal 



ovei 



,. The direcuon of the wind was vMW»i.aL Jt . The duration °« ■ » ia<fc> 

 1 per cent, below the week's average In the 16 year! IJ*»~M amounle d to o 01 o« » 



i uci uciil. uciuw 111c wccKaavciasv • ,.,7 r-.ir^H rain 



liShine in the week was 52*0 honrs. The measured rain 



Tuesday, July 26. 



3 p.m. on M Economic Uses 



ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



MEETINGS. „ o'clock;^ 



Royal Horticultural ^L<£g^^ 

 . _conomic Uses of Bamboos by a.^ ^ Hall| S t. Jam 



National Cactus Society • Exhibition to be nc 



minster, in connection with the R.ri.o. 

 Tibshelf Horticultural Society. rw \ Flower Show. 



Wednesday, July 27.— Brightstone (I.of >v.; 



Highclere Horticultural Society. 



Beckenham Horticultural Society. it ^Jnifil Society. 

 Thursday, July 28.-Leighand Bransford rlorticuu 



Bedale Rose Show. 



CONTENTS 



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JJ^ u,t Trees and Drought — " Lux," in a recent Morning Mixture, com- 

 ImwL Flsh ^ Temarks respecting the effect of drought on fruit trees, and he 



thU * L; ? asto 1 nish 1 in S i n quiry, When have we had a more saturating spring than 

 some ^f ? n Evide c ntl y ** Lu f * must reside in a much moister neighbourhood than 

 1- ot us at South Bucks. I could easily prove to him that in this district at 



A Fig Tree Disease 

 Answers to Correspondents 

 Chrysanthemums ... 

 Engagements for the Ensuing Week 

 Exhibitions and Meetings : — . . 



Aylesbury "Floral and Horticultural 



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Society 

 Henley Floral Fete 



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past f«mv u ryest winter and s P ri f»g that has known during the 



v v ra rs, and that ponds and wells never before known to fail are now 



insufticient • T V °P ini ? n fruit and coniferous trees are suffering from 

 combined JT'k f\ the . roots » a nd have been for some time past, and this, 

 All cla^ s Tf orchard fruif"-'- 1 "* - res P° n « ble for the " sweep of 



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•quite dry. 



this year— South Bucks. 



National Amateur Gardeners' Associa 

 tion 



National Rose Society 



Nottingham 



Wood Green |... 

 Experiments with Potatos 

 Flower Culture in the Scilly Isles 



Hardy Nymphaeas 



Hibl>ertias 

 Lilium Rubellum 



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Lichens and Mosses ... 

 T„" Pocket Lens 



Roots - •;; 



Obituary..; ••• FloW enng »» ' r 



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*7xtatk Plants now 

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