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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
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obtained from the tobacco manufacturers, as it may be diluted with 
eight to ten parts of water with the best results, thereby being a great 
saving not only in cost but in carriage. We believe Messrs. Corry and 
Soper are the only makers of this article in London, and it may be 
obtained through the seed trade generally. 
The Ludlow Rose Show is announced to be held on Tuesday, 
July Stb. 
‘ Auricula with a Primrose Habit. — Mr. W. Dixon, an 
amateur in Walsall, has amongst some seedling Auriculas a self with a 
very clear white paste, but producing one pip only on a stem'as in the 
Primrose ; and asks “if any other Auricula growers have found this to 
be a common occurrence, or is it unusual ?” 
“F. K. B.” writes:—“Two blue flowers unnamed by 
Conservative Rose ’ have suggested themselves to me—Omphalodes 
versa for early spring blooming, and Borage. This latter may be too 
much of a wild flower for her purpose, but it is a beautiful blue colour.” 
- The Tooting Horticultural Society announce their third 
annual Exhibition for June 25th and 26th, which will be held in the 
Vestry Hall, Broadway, Tooting. Prizes are offered in eighty-two classes 
for plants, flowers, fruit, and vegetables. The Chrysanthemum Show 
will also be held in the Vestry Hall, November 18th and 19th, when, in 
addition to the numerous classes for Chrysanthemums, prizes are also 
offered for miscellaneous plants, fruit, and vegetables. 
- Mr. Wm. Horley, Toddington, Beds, sends us some trusses 
of Pantaloon Polyanthus Seedlings, of which he states he “ has 
had a fine display, having bloomed several hundred seedlings, and fully 
^5 per cent, being hose-in-hose.” The blooms received were exceed- 
ingly distinct and pretty, most varied in colours, several shades of crimson, 
maroon, and red being represented, some being margined, laced, or 
streaked with white. The strain is an extremely meritorious one, for 
such bright and varied flowers are invaluable in the spring. 
- “R. P. B.” sends us blooms of Rose Reine Marie Henriette, 
which he describes as “a grand variety worthy of much praise,” in 
which we heartily concur. It is, indeed, a magnificent Rose, very broad 
in the petal, rich rosy crimson, full, of great substance, but does not 
possess much fragrance. It is vigorous in habit and free in flowering. 
- The forty-ninth ordinary meeting of the Essex Field Club 
will be held at the head quarters, 3, St. John’s Terrace, Buckhurst Hill, 
on Saturday, May 24th, 1884, at seven o’clock. The following com¬ 
munications are promised :— 
I -—“ Report on the Flowering Plants Growing in the Neighbourhood o 
■Colchester.” By J. C. Shenstone, F.R.M.S., ire. II.—“ Progress of the 
Report on the Recent Earthquake Shock in Essex.” By Raphael Meldola, 
I .R.A.S., itc., and W. White. III.—“On the Earth Subsidence at Lexden, 
near Colchester, in 1861.” By T. V. Holmes, F.G.S., M.A.I. IV.—“ On 
the Occurrence of the Rhizopod (Clathrulina elegans) in Essex.” Bv C. 
Thomas', F.G.S., F.R.M.S. 
A series of photographs illustrating the effects of the earthquake will 
probably be exhibited. Field meetings will be held on June 2nd at 
"South Weald, and on June 21st in Epping Forest. 
- “ W. D. W.” sends the following respecting a rare plant : — 
-“ A gardener, in his own estimation a bright and shining light, recently 
*ent to a lady in a midland town some tubers of Tropaeolum tuberosum 
■with the following name and description ‘ Podefolium, or Potato 
Climations. Quit new. I thought would Look very nice to Run over 
the Thorn Edge in front of Window.’ Truly a little learning is a 
dangerous thing.” 
- The above reminds us of an occurrence at a recent provincial 
exhibition, in which an exhibitor displayed a rather astounding know¬ 
ledge of plant relationship. A class was provided for six Lycopo¬ 
diums, thereby meaning Selaginellas, and in one collection a specimen 
of Nertera depressa was included. That the intentions of the exhibitor 
were honest was manifested by the fact that a label bearing the name 
was placed in the pan, and this circumstance rendered it the more 
remarkable that the Judges should have awarded it a prize ; the mistake 
was, however, subsequently discovered and rectified. Several peculiar 
names were attached to the other plants, as, for example, Aspidium 
alatum to Selaginella Kraussiana, and Lycopodium argentea to S. unci- 
nata, so that it was evident the exhibitor’s notions of plant names were, 
to say the least, somewhat mixed. 
- Messrs. Stevens & Williams, Brierley Hill Glass Works, 
Staffordshire, send us a sample Hyacinth Glas 3 of an extremely 
elegant shape and novel colour. It is about 6 inches high, oval, con¬ 
tracted near the mouth, and then expanded into a neat undulated rim, 
to which is affixed the brass support for holding the bulb and spike in 
position. They are of various colours—rose, blue, violet, ivory white, 
and amber, the white and amber being very pleasing. 
- The Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland held an 
attractive Show in Mr. Guinness’s grounds, Dublin, on Thursday last, 
the following being the principal exhibits. The Society’s cup for twelve 
exotics was won by Wm. Jameson, Esq., with a superb collection, 
amongst which was a splendid specimen of Cycas revoluta. The 
Society’s cup for nine pot Roses wa3 won easily by Charles Strong 
King, Esq., with a very fine collection. The six exotic Fern3 shown 
by L. G. Watson, Esq., were of extraordinary beauty, as were the six 
Lycopods of Phineas Riall, Esq., amongst them being a plant of 
Selaginella lepidophylla, well fdmished and of remarkable verdure. 
Some of the most lovely flowers in the Exhibition were the nine first- 
prize Gloxinias frorh Richard Pim, Esq. The Azaleas of George 
M'Master, Esq., and the Rhododendrons of W. J. Perry, Esq., made a 
magnificent display, as did the Pelargohiums Of Richard Pim and W. J. 
Perry, Esqrs., who divided first honours in this clas3. A. F. de G. 
Cusack, Esq., took first prize for Calceolarias, showing some plants of 
considerable merit. The first prize for Tree Ferns was awarded to 
C. S. King, Esq., for a fine specimen of Dicksonia antarctica. In cut 
Roses the first prize for twenty-four blooms, exclusive of Mar4cbal Niel, 
was won by the Rev. F. Tymons with a very good collection; C. S. 
King, Esq., taking first prize for MarOchal Niel with twenty-four 
magnificent blooms ; the second-prize collection (Phineas Riall, Esq ) 
also possessing great merit. In the extra classes, and amongst exhibits 
not intended for competition, were a very interesting collection of choice 
and rare plants kindly sent from Glasnevin by the Curator of the 
Botanic Gardens, Mr. Moore ; a most extensive and varied collection of 
ornamental stove and greenhouse plants from Messrs. Henderson and 
Son, Fortfield Nurseries, Templeogue ; a choice and beautiful group, 
including some of the finest varieties of Show Auriculas, forwarded 
from Riverstown, Nenagh, by J. T. Poe, Esq.; and a very extensive 
collection of the same forwarded from his nurseries, Ballybrack, Co- 
Dublin, by Mr. Kavanagh. A stand of Tulipa Gesneriana, remarkable 
for their brilliant colour, from Rev. Frederick Tymons, was much 
admired. Stand of choice tuberous Begonias, from the gardens of the 
Earl of Portarlington, commended. In the florists’ department a 
magnificent stand of no less than forty-eight choice Tea Roses, and an 
equally fine stand of the newest and best varieties of Zonal Pelar¬ 
goniums, was forwarded from the Lough Nurseries, Cork, by the pro¬ 
prietor, Mr. Hartland. 
ALEYRODES YAPORARIORUM. 
I have this day sent off, per parcel po3t, a small box containing a 
glass t-ube enclosing a Tomato leaf infested with a small white insect, 
which is causing me considerable trouble, for which I have tried to 
remove by using Fowler’s & Keel’s insecticide and Fir-tree oil, after having 
smoked twice with tobacco paper and Laurel leaves. I have syringed 
the Tomatoes with the above and dipped them as well as I could, all to no 
use. I should be thankful for any information that can be given to 
enable me to get rid of the pest, as it is doing considerable mischief. 
Also, I should be glad to have its name as well, if possible.—A Twelve- 
years Subscriber. 
[The name of the insect is given above, it is also popularly known as 
the “ Holy Ghost ” insect. It limits its attacks to a few kinds of plants, 
of which the Tomato is one. We shall be glad if any of our readers can 
supply the information that is needed by our correspondent.] 
GRAPES ON VINERY WALLS. 
In reply to “Journeyman” (page 382) the back wall of the vinery is 
11 feet high. The Vines were Black Hamburghs, two-year-old canes, 
short-jointed, and grown in large pots. They were planted in the border, 
and trained on the wall. The number of bunches were nine and eleven 
on each side, averaging about three-quarters of a pound. They were very 
regular, and the foliage round and thick ; the fruit very sweet and 
sugary. 
They had copious supplies of water and urine, with strong soot water. 
As soon as the bunches were thinned and colouring well, none of my 
Vines received a drop of water from the syringe from starting till the 
Grapes were cut last year, but many hundred gallons were poured inside 
the vinery. I sent a box of fruit to the Editor last autumn, but it 
miscarried. It contained a fair specimen of the above, with foliage.— 
J. E. W. 
Strawberries and Crocus Grass.— Strawberries in wet weather 
are very liable to be soiled and splashed if something is not place 
