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should then be as thick as paint. Apply it in a lukewarm state 
on a dry day. If the disease is partial only, then in dewy weather 
dust the leaves with flowers of sulphur, persevering daily till the 
complaint is cured. In hot, dry weather, with cool nights, mildew 
appears rapidly. This might be prevented by heavy waterings at 
the roots, and syringing with sulphured water occasionally. 
Insects .—The insects that trouble and feed on the Rose are the 
green fly or aphides, earwigs, red spider, Cynips roses, and some 
of the genus tipula, which are the cause of the wrapping up 
and shrivelling of the leaves. The green fly in the open garden 
may be destroyed by washing the parts affected with tobacco 
water with a syringe, or the shoots may be gently bent down 
and dipped in tobacco water. Earwigs feed on the flower leaves. 
They may be caught in hollow Bean-stalks, and blown out of 
them into a pail of boiling water, or gathered when feeding 
at night, by the help of a lamp or candle in a still night. The 
others must be either crushed in the leaf or syringed with 
clear lime water. Red spider may be kept under by severe 
syringings with clear water every evening till they are extirpated. 
A constant warfare must be kept up with these insidious enemies, 
or the cultivator will be disappointed in his hopes of fine blooms, 
and his Roses will suffer considerably by their depredations. 
T. ArPLEBY. 
(To be continued .) 
TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Evergreen Trees (A Young Gardener).— The best book for furnishing 
you with a description and figures of evergreens is Loudon’s “ Encyclo- 
predia of Trees and Shrubs.” There is no such book devoted exclusively 
to evergreens. 
Vine Leaves and Shoots (N. T.).— Two leaves should be left beyond 
the bunch on each shoot. Never mind their interposing between the 
glass and the bunch. Light is not so important to the Grapes, as it is to 
the leaves. Shorten all barren shoots to two joints, or to three joints if 
very strong ; and when secondary shoots appear, stop these at once, leaving 
of each only one leaf. 
Plants foe the Back of a Grfjsniiouse (A Subscriber).—We presume 
you have means of planting in a border, and taking the stems between the 
shelf and the wall; or do you mean to grow in pots or boxes set on the 
shelf? This should have been stated. Nothing would look better than 
Camellias in such positions ; and the Acacia armnta might be placed at 
the end. It would be a beautiful green all the season, and in spring a 
golden yellow'. If you prefer variety, then for the twenty feet south we 
would select Jiahrothamnus elegans, Man dev ilia suaveolens, Ja&minum 
grandiflorwm, Kenncdya Marryattw, Pawiflora ccerulea, and P. eccrulea 
racemosa. For the end we would choose Jasminum rcrolutum and Helio- 
tropium Pcruvianvm. Before these covered the wall you might have 
temporary plants in pots of Fuchsias, Giant Geraniums, scarlet, Cobcea 
scandens, &c. Or such a position would be a rare one for Tea Roses, if the 
heat is not greater than what is stated. They would bloom such as they 
can hardly do in pots or in the open air. 
Salterton will be attended to ere long. 
Geranium Leaves in Greenhouse Becoming Yellow [Flora).— If free 
from insects, there can be no question that watering has been neglected. 
There are no surer telltales than Geraniums, or rather Pelargoniums of the 
Florist and Fancy kinds. Neglect watering them when drv once, and in 
revenge they will give you a ring of blanched and yellow leaves, though 
these may not show for a day or two afterwards. Neglect them a second 
time, and they will present you with another batch of withered leaves. It 
is vain to remonstrate or urge that the water-pail was duly applied. In 
such circumstances we would pay more attention to our eyesight than 
folios of contradictory evidence. 
Cinerarias Getting Unhealthy [Julia). —If in a common greenhouse, 
it is difficult to keep them nice after this season. The only chance is a 
house facing the north, or in a place where they can be kept shaded and 
cool, but have abundance of air. The plants will not stand the sun beating 
fiercely on their pots. 
Name of Grass [C. Barnes). —It is the Sheep’s Fescue (Festuca ovina). 
Messrs. Lawson include it as a principal lawn Grass for soils, whether 
light, medium, or heavy. AVe can answer for its being beautifully verdant 
all the year upon a very light but fertile soil. Sinclair, in his “ Hortus : 
Gramineus Woburnensis,” says it will not do for grass-plats, except on 
toils nearly as dry and light as that on which it is spontaneously produced. 
Geraniums [S. TU-, Ticchurst ).—All in your list are common ' 
varieties. 
Marie Louise Pear Leaver Diseased [Clericus Nottinghamiensis). — 
The leaf-stalks are gangrened; but whence this arises we can only surmise, 
not knowing any of the attendant circumstances of soil, &e. It may have 
been caused by violent changes of temperature, or by the roots having 
descended into an ungenial subsoil. We would not recommend the leaves 
to be removed ; but we would sustain the tree in vigour by giving it liquid 
manure, and we would mulch over the roots in dry weather during the 
summer. The Peach tree shoots dying, and having fruit without leaves 
beyond, sustains the surmise that the roots of both trees have descended 
into an ungenial subsoil. If so, cut away the descending loots, and pro¬ 
mote the formation of surface-roots by manuring and mulching. On no 
account let the surface be dug about the trees; it destroys the upper tiers 
of roots, which are the most valuable. 
Gishurst Compound [K. J.).— Gishurst Compound has been applied 
successfully to Vines for the cure of mildew, Begin with tw'o ounces to 
the gallon of water, and repeat at intervals. The most effectual cure for 
mildew is a liberal application of sulphur. 
Horticultural Society [Rose). —Ladies are admitted as Fellows to the 
Horticultural Society, and their privileges are the same as those of gentle¬ 
men. An annual subscription of two guineas gives the privilege of attend¬ 
ing all meetings and exhibitions, voting on all questions brought before 
the meetings, and participating in the ballot for the distribution of seeds 
and plants. The four-guinea annual subscription, in addition to the above, 
entitles the Fellow to an ivory ticket, which is transferable, and to a larger 
participation in the distribution of seeds and plants. You need only write 
to the Secretary, Dr. Lindley, and request him to have you proposed. 
Various (J. 0. G., Thurso). —The name of the plant enclosed is Saxi¬ 
frage granulate flarepleno. It is quite possible you are too far north for 
both of the varieties of Plums you mention ; and they have become chilled 
with cold at the time of stoning. The one you call Samson is, in all pro¬ 
bability, Goliath, a large, ovate, purple Plum, with downy shoots. The 
same is likely to be the case with Jargonelle Pear. It is too tender for 
your climate, for unless grown in a warm soil, it is sure to canker as yours 
does. The Autumn Bergamot and Green Chisel , both of which are much 
hardier, consequently succeed better. 
Floor of a Conservatory (An Amateur ).—AVe do not think it signifies 
whether you use boards or ornamental tiles. The boards will be more 
comfortable to walk on; but the tiles, if handsome, will look best. In 
either case the heating medium might be below if desirable. AVe have 
j employed ornamental tiles from Poole, in Dorset. 
AVeed on a Lawn (Salterton).- —Your plant is a common weed in all 
parts of Great Britain and Ireland, and is called Sagina apetala. It looks 
very much like a Spergula pilifera— that is, drawn up by close confinement 
or by heat. Curtis says this weed seeds more rapidly than any other. 
Calceolaria (Ashton). —Your Calceolaria is a very large and pretty 
variety, but we do not think it differs from several others already grown. 
The fact is, Calceolarias of first-rate merit may now be raised so freely 
from well-selected seed, that they have come to be regarded as little else 
than greenhouse biennials. 
Names of Ferns (IT. IT., Bolton-le-moors ).—Your two Ferns are, no 
doubt, very elegant sports ; and if they acquire tolerable size, of which the 
scraps sent do not enable us to judge, they must be very handsome, as all 
well-crested Ferns are. From the size and form of their pai ts they appear 
to belong to Gymnogramma sulphurea, but are paler-coloured, as if inter¬ 
mediate between that and G. Peruviana. You should send a good plant 
to the Floral Committee of the Horticultural Society of London, where its 
merits would be thoroughly determined. The next meeting will take 
place on June 14th, at 8, St. Martin’s Place, Trafalgar Square. AVe cannot 
judge of the comparative merits of the two from the fragmentary specimens 
you have sent. ( Alethea ).—Oneof thelarger formsof Lady Fern, Aihyrium 
filix-fosmina, var. incisum. (Truth).— Apparently yours is a point of a 
frond of Lastrcea dilatata, var. tanacetifolia. 
POULTRY AND BEE-KEEPER’S CHRONICLE. 
POULTRY SHOWS. 
June 12th. Essex (Saffron Walden). Sec., Mr. Robert Emson, Slough 
House, Halstead, Essex. Entries close June 1st. 
June 20th. Thorne. Sec., Mr. Joseph Richardson. 
June 29th. Driffield. Sec., Air. R. Davison. Entries close June 23rd. 
June 29th and 30th, July 2nd and 3rd. Sheffield. Sec., Mr. A\'. II. 
Dawson, Sheffield. Entries close June 14th. 
July 18th and 19th. Merthyr Tydyil. See., Mr. A\’. H. Harris, 142. 
High Street, Merthyr. 
July 19th. Prescot. Sec., Mr. J. Beesley. Entries close July 7. 
August 22nd and 23rd. Settle (Yorkshire). lion. Secs., Revs. J. R. 
Blakiston and J. Robinson, Settle, Entries close August 1st. 
August 25tli, 27th, 28th, and 29th. Crystal Palace. Summer Show of 
Poultry, Pigeons, and Rabbits. Sec., Mr. William Houghton. Entries 
close July 28th. 
September 19th, 20th, and 21st. Portsmouth. Hon. Sec., Mr. E. Clarke, 
26, AVish Street, Southsea, Hants. Entries close August 11. 
September 23th. Bridgnorth. Sec., Mr. Richard Taylor, Bridgnorth. 
October 9th, 10th, and lltli. AVorcester. Hon. Sec., Mr. G. Griffiths. 
N.B.— Secretaries will oblige us by sending early copies of their lists. 
UTILITY OF EXHIBITIONS. 
When a man throws himself with ardour into a pursuit it is 
not always just to call it a mania. He is not of necessity mad. 
We were amused during the high winds we have had lately by 
watching the anxiety of men who were sailing their little boats 
on a canal: we have often wandered about the Serpentine for 
hours Avatching the same sport. These boats are viewed with an 
eye as critical, and scanned as closely as are those larger ones that 
compete for the golden vase by running round the Kab, or to the 
Nore and back. AVe sympathise heartily with the struggling 
gardeners who are confined to a few pots, or to the leads, or to 
the flat roof. A friend ot ours took a prize at a large Show with 
flowers grown upon a house-top; and an enthusiastic man in 
our immediate neighbourhood is well repaid for a large outlay 
by being able to run up-stairs commonly and cut a cucumber, 
and noAV and then varying the exploit by subslituting a bunch of 
i ripe grapes. The truth is, every man must have a pursuit or a 
j hobby. China, pictures, books, articles of vertu, autographs, are 
all fancies, and all called manias; but they are not. It is neces- 
