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A RDENERS* MAGAZINE. 



October 8, 1898. 



Under this heading we can only undertake to name 



" ' ens should 



Thalictrum angustifolium, Gladiolus loivii a r ^ ^, auu ^. v.. u 5 uu^, 

 Eryngium alpinum, Inula glandulosa, Aquilegia ceerulea, Geum coccmeum, fl pi. ; 

 Sllardia Penelope, Heuchera sangumea, and Helenium Belangen If you 

 Stend competine, you will, to achieve any degree of success, have to start a her- 

 baceous border, and plant a wide selection of useful subjects such as here given. 

 There are plenty of others almost, if not.quite, as good. We shall be glad to 

 afford you any further infor 4 



Names of Plants.- . o- 



species and specific varieties of plants, and not florists flowers. Speci 

 be packed in^tout 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 members be 

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

 than six specimens at one time from any one correspondent. 



S R., Harrogate : Stachys Janata (see further reply). 



T. V., South wick : The seed pod of a tree peeony. 



RET Milborne : I, a form of Tradescantia crassifoha ; 2, Ananassa sativa 

 variegata'; 3' Begonia imperialis ; 4, a cypripedium, send flower; 5, a garden 

 variety of Begonia Rex ; 6, Begonia sangumea. 



T. W. f Ipswich: 1, Quercus Robur; 2, Osmanthus llhcifohus ; 3, Sciadopytis 

 verticillata ; 4, Cupressus Lawsonianus. 



R. P., Bideford : 1, Hippophcea rhammoides ; 2, Pernettya mucronata. 



Names of Fruits.— G. S., Guildford : Yes ; you might send No. 3 again, 



two or three specimens. _ 



G. W., Calcot: 1, Dumelow's Seedling; 2, Beauty of Kent; 3, Baddow 



Pippin ; 4, Beurre Diel ; 5, Fearn's Pippin ; 6, Lady Henniker. 



J H., Ascot : 1, Darondeau ; 2, Beurre Bosc ; 3, Beurre Diel ; 4, Triomphe 



dejodoigne. 



G. A G., Bournemouth : 1, Hollandbury ; 2, Dumelow's Seedling ; 3, 

 Keswick Codlin ; 4, Gravenstein ; 5, Worcester Pearmain ; 6, Ecklinville. 



W. M. L., Haslemere : r, Chaumontel ; 2, Beurre Ranee ; 3, Waltham Abbey 

 Seedling ; 4, Peasgood's Nonesuch. 



D. G., Sunninghill: 1, Cox's Pomona; 2, Duchess' Favourite; 3, Manks 

 Codlin ; 4, not recognised ; 5, Fearn's Pippin ; 6, Ribston Pippin. 



ENGAGEMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



MEETINGS. 



Tuesday, October 11.— Royal Horticultural Society: Committee r*~» 



stration at 3 p.m. by Rev. Prof. G. Henslow, m7v IK 1 "o'clock; >0 

 " * ' V..M.H., on Some of th, 



Satu 



Exhibited. 



" ciety, at Koyal Aquarium ; Three dav<; C^r 



day at 6 o'clock, in St. Stephen^ Sail C ° nferenc < <* Chry* 

 pool Farmers' Club Annual Show 



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Answers to Correspondents 

 Audit of the R.H S. Fruit Show of 1898 

 Catalogues Received 

 Chrysanthemums 



Dwarf Kidney Beans 

 Engagements for the Ensuing Week 

 Exhibitions and Meetings : — 



Devon and Exeter Gardeners' Associa 

 tion ... .« 



United Horticultural 

 dent Society ... 

 Exhibiting Dahlias 



Hardy Fruit Area 



Herbaceous Plants in Drought 

 Homology of Plants ... 



Notes of the Week :— 



Detail in Nature 



Packing Fruit for Market 

 Polishing Fruit 



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Notes from Ireland ... Z ? 

 Our Native Plants near the Sea .V. ~ 6» 

 Royal Horticultural Society's Great Fruit 

 Show ^ M , m fa 



The Chrysanthemum Rust 



The Pear Crop ... . ~ 6 7 



^jsndias 6: 



Weather ... ... i-# ( ^ ^ t 



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ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Basket of Apples 



Chrysanthemum-leaf infected with Rir.t 

 Chrysanthemum Rust Fungus 

 First Prize Box of Peaches 

 First Prize Box of Pears 

 Fixr t Prize Muscat of Alexandria Grapes 

 Gold Medal Exhibit of Fruit... 



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