350 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



APPLIANCES &c. TESTED AT WISLEY, 1906. 



1. Bush-threader (Sandeman). — A very good little instrument for 

 running thread quickly over bush fruit trees to protect the fruit buds 

 from birds. 



2. Clap Clip (Lamotte). — Small pliable pieces of metal for clipping 

 round the stem of a plant or flower, and also clipping the stake. 

 The idea is good, but the clips would be too expensive to use on a 

 large scale, and most gardeners will prefer the old-fashioned system of 

 tying. 



3. Fertiliser (Tabor). — A chemical manure with a good percentage of 

 soluble phosphates, nitrogen, and ammonia. This manure was tried on 

 plants in pots, flowering and foliage, and gave satisfactory results. 



4. * Grotting' Fruit-baskets (Cornwall). — These are light, thin card- 

 board baskets with wire handles, made in variable sizes, suitable for 

 selling with the fruit, and non-returnable. We should imagine they 

 would be very suitable for packing full of fruit in flat boxes for market. 

 A very convenient handy basket. 



5. Ideal Powder Bellows (de Luzy). — A capital apparatus for dis- 

 tributing sulphur or other powder over plants infested with fungoid or 

 insect pests. 



6. Insecticide (Bentley). — A very good all-round insecticide, proving 

 deadly to all insect life, without any injury to young or old foliage. 



7. Insecticide and Fungicide (Linn). — Although this was used at a 

 less strength than recommended or directed, when tried on a * Royal 

 George ' peach tree, slightly infested with mildew, it proved a dangerous 

 remedy, for, though it destroyed the mildew, it likewise destroyed 

 the tree. 



8. Lawn Brooms (Dunford). — A flat birch broom, much better than 

 the ordinary broom for sweeping up leaves, grass, &c. 



9. Lawn Manure and Plant Food (Wellson). — A good manure for 

 lawns or pot plants, and quite safe if used according to instructions. 



10. Liquid Sulphur Mildew Cure (Pinches). — Tried on outdoor roses 

 it proved effectual in killing and checking the mildew. 



11. Nicotine (Bentley). — A vaporising insecticide of excellent service 

 in destroying aphis, thrip, and red spider. 



12. Nicotine Soap Insecticide (Bentley). — A first-rate liquid insecticide 

 for spraying, dipping, or sponging plants, harmless to the foliage, but 

 deadly to insect life. 



13. Paraflin Soap (Timothy & Sandwith). — Very good for all insect 

 pests if used according to directions. 



14. Phospho-Nicotyl (Voss). — A preparation sold in tins for killing 

 woodlice, cockroaches, &c. We found it effectual, and also that it killed 

 any mice that ate it. 



15. Quassia Extract (Bentley). — A very fine wash for all plants 

 infested with aphis. 



