July 17. 
COUNTRY GENTLEMAN’S COMPANION. 
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DERIVATION OF NEMOPHILA. — HOW TO 
DESTROY CRICKETS? 
The contr ov ersy in your pages on the proper spelling and 
derivation oiNemo'phila, or Nemophylla , has assumed di¬ 
mensions of which I at first little thought it capable. I have, 
j myself, always believed Nemophylla to ho the correct spell- 
I Jig, and have taught many others the same, assigning as a 
j reason that the word was truly descriptive of the plant, which 
j Nemo'phila was not. In our sunless clime, at least, all the 
, species that I am acquainted with seem to bloom and 
1 flourish in the open sunshine so luxuriantly, that I cannot 
imagine their being such lovers of the shade as Nemo'phila 
would indicate. Whilst repco, which means (in fact, its first 
meaning in Donnegan’s Lexicon is) to partition, does accu¬ 
rately describe the arrangement or form of the leaf, viz., 
deeply serrated or divided on each side, almost up to the 
midrib. 
But I have a still more formidable difficulty to suggest to 
the advocates of Nemo'phila. I would ask, if their derivation 
i °f vepos and tptAeto be correct, from what part of the verb 
()>i/\cco do they form their compound? If that were the cor¬ 
rect derivation, the name of the plant would, I suspect, be 
Nemopbilon Insignc, Maculatam, or whatever else might be 
the specific name—philon being taken as the English equi¬ 
valent for <piAovv, the third person, irregular number, nomi¬ 
native case, of the participle ; or, still better, of the adjective 
tpiAbs ; but Nemophylla is a regular and proper compound of 
the words from which it is derived. Once more, I have 
looked into two Lexicons, and the Indices to Homer’s Iliad 
and Odyssey, and do not find in any of them “ vepos, 
a pasture or grove,” nor the word repos at all. 
I wish now to ask a question on a very different subject. 
Can you, or any of your readers, inform me what will destroy 
the common house-cricket, with which my house is becom¬ 
ing infested to a troublesome degree? Will “ Chase’s Beetle 
Poison,” which I see advertised in your pages, and recom¬ 
mended in your last number, by “ C. W. J.” for beetles ?— 
Quis. 
Large Silver Medal. —The Duke of Northumberland (Mr. 
Ivison), for orchids, also for nutmegs, vanilla, and musa; 
Messrs. Lea, for variegated plants; Messrs. Rollison, for 
plants with fine foliage; Mr. Farmer (Mr. Carson), for 
ferns ; Lady Charlotte Schreiber (Mr. Jones), for Providence 
pine, 121b. 3oz.; the Duke of Marlborough (Mr. Turnbull), 
for Cayenne pine, 41b. 12oz., also for Muscat grapes, and 
also for peaches and nectarines; Mrs. Deacon (Mr. Gosling), 
for Queen pine, 41b. 15oz.; Mr. J. Strahan, for Muscat 
grapes; W. Herbert, Esq. (Mr. Stent), for Hamburgh 
grapes; the Duke of Sutherland (Mr. Fleming), for Frou- 
tignan grapes, also for Mill-bill Hamburgh grapes; J. S. 
Crawley, Esq., for a new variety of grape, called Stockwood 
Golden Hamburgh, very fine; Mrs. Conway, for variegated 
geraniums. 
First Silver Knightian Medal. —Mr. Dunsford, Chingford, 
for orchids; Messrs. Rollison, for variegated plants, also for 
ferns; Messrs. Henderson, Pine-apple Place, for plants with 
line foliage; Mrs. Ellis (Mr. Gidney), for lycopods ; Mr. 
Fleming, for Providence pine, (ilb. 12 oz., also for Ham¬ 
burgh gravies; II. C. Ingram, Esq., (Mr. Taylor), for Black 
Prince, 7 lb. 12 oz.; J. A. Iloublon, Esq., (Mr. Spevey), for 
Queen pine, 41b. It) oz.; the Right Hon. the Speaker, (Mr. 
Tilyard), for Frontignan grapes, also for Muscat, and also 
for Muscadine grapes; Mr. Mitch el, of Brighton, for Muscat 
grapes, also for peaches and nectarines; II. Akroyd, Esq., 
(Mr. Allport), for the like; Mr. Clarke of Hoddesdon, for 
the like; Sir. W. Smith, Bart. (Mr. Mills),for peaches and 
nectarines; Earl Spencer (Mr. Judd), for peaches; J. 
Dickson, Esq. (Mr. Davies), for the like; Mr. Clements, 
Oakhill, for nectarines ; Mr. Lydiard,for strawberries ; 
Messrs. Lane, for fruit-trees, in pots; Mr. Mitchell, Tit- 
down, for cut roses ; — M‘Neil, Esq. (Mr. Wetherell), for 
verbenas; Mr. Turner, for pinks; Messrs. Veitch, for ixora 
floribunda—with a large number of silver Banksian and 
minor medals.— Morning Herald. 
QUERIES AND ANSWERS. 
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES EXHIBITION.— 
July 11th. 
As if to pour out upon this Exhibition the super¬ 
lative of ill-fortune, the day before and the day after 
were very fine, whereas the day of Exhibition was the 
wettest which has occurred this summer. We shall 
give our usual commentary next week, and for the 
present extract the following summary from a con¬ 
temporary :— 
The productions on exhibition—plants, fruits, and 
flowers—were as abundant and as maturely developed 
as on any previous occasion, and elicited the admiration 
of the visitors as warmly as ever. Music also lent its 
charms to the scene, which alone wanted a glimpse of 
sunshine to make it an Eden. But, despite every com¬ 
bination of art, the feeling of enjoyment was not visible. 
The atmospheric wet-blanket sensation was grievously 
prevalent, and the visitors, after a few courses through 
the exhibition tents, seemed particularly anxious to 
restore to themselves the comfort of their vehicles. 
The principal awards were :— 
First Gold Knightian Medal. —Messrs. Veitch, for orchids. 
Second Gold Knightian. —Mrs. Ellis (Mr. Gidney, gar- 
j dener) ; Mr. Ingram, gardener to her Majesty, for collection 
of fruit. 
First Gold Banksian. —H. B. Ker, Esq. (Mr. Woolley, 
gardener) ; the Duke of Norfolk, F.H.S. (Mr. M'Ewen), for 
collection of fruit. 
Second Gold Banksian. —W. F. G. Farmer, Esq., F.H.S. 
(Mr. Carson), for orchids. 
Silver Gilt Medal. —Mr. Ker (Mr. Woolley), for orchids; 
Messrs. A eitch, tor variegated plants, and also for plants 
with tine foliage; Mr. G. A. Watson, of Ealing, for collec¬ 
tion of fruit; Mr. Harrison, of Oatlands, for Hamburgh 
grapes; Mr. Gaines, for fuchsias. 
GARDENING. 
CLOTH OF GOLD ROSE. 
“ Why do you pass so sweeping a sentence on the Cloth of 
Gold Rose, as appears in page 97, of^our last May number ? 
—“ In truth,” say you, it is not “ worth nails and shreds.” 
“ But the other day this Rose was almost an object of 
universal emulation and desire. I own, I cannot see its 
worthlessness. I have one now against the south-front of my 
house, planted seven or eight years; it is thirty feet high, 
and covered profusely with flowers. In fact, it has not failed 
to bloom ; and this, unprotected, in a high and somewhat cold 
situation; and to me it is a splendid flower. But this, and 
all other yellow Roses (though doing well otherwise) lose 
colour sadly. Can you suggest a remedy for this ? They 
have plenty of manure, and are kept well drained. The 
manure is strong water from a dunghill, somewhat diluted. 
“My Cloth of Gold Rose is becoming rather bare for six 
feet from the ground, owing to a caution “ never to shorten 
the shoots.” In any other Rose, I should cut it in severely 
at the top. Dare I do this with the Cloth of Gold? Your 
advice on the two points will be valuable. 
“ I hope the new plan of propagating cuttings, named at 
page 4 of the April number, will be given as promised. 
“ I can make, nothing of Jaune Desprez Rose, likewise 
against my house. It makes so much wood, and flowers badly 
in consequence. Would not this Rose and Cloth of Gold 
make good climbers, trained round pillars in a greenhouse, 
making the curves frequent and near together, to check the 
exuberant growth ? Jaune Desprez also loses colour, like all 
the yellow Roses.—V ebax.” 
[The reason why we passed so sweeping a sentence on 
the Cloth of Gold Rose is this, that “but the other day this 
Rose was almost au object of universal emulation and 
desire," and ten thousand people have been “ taken in by it” 
—ourselves among the rest. It is true, that ten out 6f the 
ten thousand may have succeeded with it, as you have been so 
fortunate as to do; still we do not value it as worth nails and 
