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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



November 5, ,g 98> 



NSWERS T 

 CORRESPONDENTS 



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unicatlons should be addressed to the Ed 



iltorial a 



Magazine, 148 and 149, Aldersgat 



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Tomatos for Spring Fruiting.— J. S., Neath. 



ing tomatos succeed admirably as producers of early fruit, and probably they would 

 suit you : Duke of York, Polga.e, Cropper, Earliest of All, and Frogmore Prolific. 

 Perhaps your moist climate has something to do with the poor set obtained ; try a 

 little more warmth coupled with judicious ventilation. 



Hotting Onions.— G. H., Coventry. We fear the onions could not have 

 *been properly dried and ripened before storing or that the store room was damp 

 and unsuitable. It is just possible that the onions were frozen slightly and then 

 handled before the frost was out of the bulbs ; this soon causes the bulbs to decay. 

 Thoroughly dry the sound bulbs on a stage or shelf in an airy greenhouse before 

 returning them to dry, cool storage. 



Blooms 



G. P., Parkstone: The 



Support for Chrysanthemu 



arrangement is a useful one, but we do not tninK it ngnr. ana inexpensive enougn 

 for it to become popular, and consequently do not advise you to go to the expense 

 of patenting or protecting it. It certainly does all you promise for it, but the 

 majority of exhibitors will prefer the old method of wires and ties as being 

 less expensive and almost as quick. If something lighter and less expensive 

 could be designed, though still as serviceable, some sundriesman or chrysanthe- 

 mum specialist might be persuaded to put the invention upon the market for you. 



Mealy Bug on Vines.— F. D., Tooting: Practically nothing can be 

 •done wi th this pest until the grapes have all been cut, except to keep the bunches 

 clean. Remove the crop as soon as possible, and then thoroughly syringe the 

 vines and the woodwork of the house with a petroleum (paraffin) emulsion made 

 as follows : Dissolve half a pound of hard yellow soap in one gallon of boiling 

 •water, and while the latter is still hot add two gallons of petroleum (paraffin or 

 kerosene), and keep the whole well agitated with a small pump or jet syringe 

 until the petroleum is well mixed with the soapy liquid. For application to the 

 vines use one pint of this emulsion to one and a quarter or one and a half gallons 

 of soft water. It will be advisable to place some tiffany or mats on the borders to 

 catch any insects dislodged by the syringe. Repeat the operation at intervals of 

 two or three days, taking care always to stir the emulsion before use, and to keep 

 the syringiDg mixture well agitated while in use. Severer treatment should be 

 accorded during winter, thoroughly cleansing the woodwork and also the 

 •vine rods. 



Apple Tree Bored by Caterpillar.— T. C, West I loathly : The 



•damage to the apex of your apple tree is caused by the boring of the caterpillar of 

 the Wood Leopard Moth (Zeuzera pyrina syn. Z. cesculi). The caterpillar or 

 larva arrived safely in the piece of wood, and, being a well-developed specimen, was 

 readily recognised by its yellowish colouiing, two black spots on the head, a black 

 .plate on the second segment, and a large black shining plate on the last segment ; 

 there are also some raised black dots on the other segments. The larva does not 

 confine itself to apple trees, but is occasionally found doing considerable damage 

 10 pear, willow, thorn, chestnut, birch, beech, lilac, and walnut trees. Fortu- 

 nately the Wood Leopard moth is not common, but it is mostly met with in what 

 may be called the London district. The larva feeds, during winter and early 

 spring, upon the live wood of the tree it bores into ; about May or June it becomes 

 full grown and then spins itself a cocoon, turns to the chrysalis stage, and even- 

 tually emerges as a perfect imago or moth. Eggs are laid during July and 

 August, and it is stated that one moth may lay at least three hundred oval, 

 salmon-coloured eggs ; the caterpillars soon hatch, and feed at first upon the bark, 

 •but soon those not destroyed by birds commence to bore into the wood, where 

 th-y work galleries about a foot long and wider than themselves. As 

 you have cut away the affected portion of the tree there is no need for remedial 

 measures for that particular case ; we advise you, however, to examine 

 all your apple, pear, and other trees, so far as possible, to dis- 

 cover whether there are not other larvae at work ; keep a sharp look- 

 out for the entrance to borings and the sawdust-like gnawed wood that appears 

 there. When any such are discovered it is a good plan to push a stout pointed 

 wire along the tunnel and so destroy the caterpillar ; if the wire fails, then use a 

 strong mixture of soft soap and tobacco liquor, forcing this into the boring by 

 means of a syringe. If no mure wood dust appear s after the operation it may be 

 taken for granted that the larva has been destroyed. 



Names of Plants. — A. A., Holt : It is not possible to identify the plant 

 from the specimens sent ; send us a foot or two of growth and leafage next 

 summer. 



R. M., Patricroft : The plant is an oxalis, but we do not know which species, 

 having no flowers for identification ; we kept the plant several days, but all the 

 flower-buds dropped. It is probably O. Bowiei. 



J. W., Dereham: 1, Erica Austiniana ; 2, Nerine Fothergilli major; 3, 

 Hibbertia dentata. 



L. B., Winchester: 1, Aster grandiflorus ; 2, Oncidium crispum. 

 F. H. J., Reading: I, Aphelandra aurantiaca ; 2, NothocLena sinuata ; 3, 

 Nertera depressa ; 4, Coccoloba platyclada ; 5, Asparagus Sprengeri. 



Names of Fruits.— R. W., Burnham : Tyler's Kernel. 



W. H., Sleaford : 1, probably a local variety ; 2, Northern Greening ; 3 and 4, 

 Dumeiow's Seedling ; 5, Lemon Pippin ;6, Dutch Mignonne ; 7t London Pippin. 



W. T., Croydon, pears: 1, Beurre Bosc ; 2, Bergamot ; 3» Easter Beurre ; 

 apples, i f Waltham Abbey Seedling; 2, Reinette du Canada; 3, Emperor 

 Alexander ; 4, Lamb Abbey Pearmain : 5, Mere de Menage ; 6, Dumelows 

 Stedhng ; one other variety was included, but it also seemed to be number 2, 



is, wtiue the more russety fruit 

 Beurre llardv* ^ n™,~ — ~ A 



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S. H., Chippenham : Wormsley Pippin, a finVsampleT 



S F a 'v T Cy : ^ pearsl ° Brown Beurre. 

 Reinette And' ' 1 '^f 1 ^ Kin^ ; 2 , Pickering's Seedling; 

 Keinette , 4 and > proUbly local varieties ; 6, Newtown Pippin. 



" J » ** ot W ' : Two authorities have given it as Durondeau. 



Du 



Swedish 



WEATHER during the Week 



Stations. 



Temperature of the Air. 



Highest. Lowest. 



Fahrenheit. 



London 



Croydon 



Brighton 



Bristol 



Wolverhampton 



Norwich 



Nottingham 



Liverpool 



Huddersfield 



Bradford 



Hull 



64*0 





63-9 





63-2 





6i'5 





6o-8 





66-o 









58-7 ! 





59"5 





64*0 





6r'o 





Mean. 



Rainpal 



45"4 

 46-5 



49'o 

 46*0 

 40" 1 



43*4 



43*3 

 46*0 



40*2 

 43*2 

 39"o 



The mean reading of the Barometer during the week at Greenwich was 29 81 inches and that 

 of the Thermometer 55 0, 5, the latter being 8°-o above the week's average in the' 50 years 

 1841—90. The direction of the wind was south westerly, the horizontal movement of the airbeine 

 11 per cent, above the week's average in the 16 years 1860—75. The duration of registered bright 

 sunshine in the week was 22*2 hours. The measured rainfall amounted to 1*03 inches. 



Show ; Two days. 



ENQA3EMENTS FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. 



MEETINGS. 



Monday, November 7.— St. Neots Chrysanthemum Society. 



Sevenoaks Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days 

 Tuesday, November 8.— Royal Horticultural Society; Committees meet at twelve o'clock; 



Lecture at three p.m., on " Some of the Plants Exhibited," by Rev. Prof. Henslow, M.A., 



V.M.H. 



National Chrysanthemum Society ; Three days. 

 Highgate Chrysanthemum Show ; Three days. 

 Birmirgham Chrysanthemum Show ; Three days. 

 Yeovil Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 . Coventry Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Kidderminster Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Clevedon Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Bexley Heath Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Sutton Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Oxford Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Wednesday, November 9. — Bodmin Chrysanthemum Show. 



Bournemouth Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Wisbech Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland Chrysanthemun 

 Northampton Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Stoke Newington Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Cranbrook Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Ware Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Berkhamsted Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Liverpool Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Cardiff Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Hanley Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Southgate Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Wimbledon < hrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Melton Mowbray Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. * 

 Bromley Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Gloucester Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Carlisle Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Thursday, November 10. — Maindee ehrysanthemum Show. 



Walton and Weybridge Chrysanthemum Show. 



Harrogate Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Bury St. Edmunds Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Winds r and Eton Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Side 'p Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Southport Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Friday, November 11.— Nottingham Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Leicester Chrysanthen urn Show ; Two days 



Huddersfield Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Alderley Edge Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Bradford Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Eccles and Patricroft Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Sheffield Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Waterford Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Altrii cham Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Wellingborough Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Dalkey Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Carnarvon Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Blackburn Chiysanthemum Show ; Two days. 



Derby Chrysanthemum Show ; Two days. 

 Saturday, November 12.— Middleton Chrysanthemum Show. 



Bacup and Rossendale Chrysanthemum Show. 



AUCTIONS. 



Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, -November 7 > 8, 10, and 11 r*^raiAk1 u 



Crocus, Narcissus, Dutch Bulbs, &c, Messrs. Protheroe and Morris s Rooms Cheap^JL.^ 

 Tuesday, November S.-Azaleas, Rhododendrons, Camellias, &c, Messrs. Protheroe ami 



Morris's Rooms Cheapside. E.C. * — ~ Mnrriss 



Friday, November ii. -Imported and Established Orchids, Messrs. Protheroe and Mornss 



Rooms, Cheapside, E.C. - . j t^-^c'* Room*. 



Thursday, November lo.-Hardy Border Plants, Messrs. Protheroe and Mornss Koom , 



Tuesday and Wednesday, November 8 and o.-Unreserved Clearance Sale, Messrs. Protheroe 

 and Morris, at the Middletields Nursery, Leicester Road, Loughborough. § K i£ 



Wednesday, November 8.-Roses, Shrub ! Plants, Bulbs, Trees, &c— Mr.J. C. btevens, 6 



Street, Covent Garden. . _ ~ , rjir( i. n 



Nearly Every Day.-TuH P s, &c, Mr. T C Stevens, King Street, Covent Garden. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Ketton Frbres, Luxembourg.— Roses. . , . . 



J.C. Schmidt, Erfurt, Germany.— Vegetable and Flower Novelties. 



Little and Bali.antynb, Carlisle.— Planter's Guide. m- .. an Sec j s 



J. M. Thorburn and Co.! 36, Cortland r Street, New York. -American Seeds 



T. Rivers and Son, Sawbridgkworth.— Fruit Trees and Roses. 



CONTENTS. 



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A Morning Mixture ... 

 Answers to Correspondents 

 Autumn Colours 

 Australian Grasses 

 Chrysanthemums 



Chrysanthemums at the Nurseries 

 Engagements far the Ensuing Week 

 Exhioitions and Meetings :— 

 Brixton and Streatham 

 Croydon Chrysanthemum Society 

 Easthourne Horticultural Society 

 Hertford Horticultural Association 

 Kent County 



Kingston Chrysanthemum Show 

 Laciywell and Lewisham 



Southampton 



Watford Chrysanthemum Societv 



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I .eaves from a Rambl 

 Markets... 

 New Late Plum 

 New Plants ... 



Notes of the Week 



The Chrysanthemum beacon ... 



fhe PhOosophy of the AppUcat.- 

 Water •• 



Plant Roots and Plant Food .. 

 Tne British Blechnums 

 The Weather — 



Work for the Week ... 



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ILLUSTRATIONS. 



