406 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
February 27, 1886. 
If the season prove dry and sunny, mulch them with 
either short grass from the lawn mowing, or well- 
decayed leaf-soil. The last named is the best, it serves to 
keep them moist, and the young fibres will soon be 
found working among it; they take to this more 
readily than the strong rich manure, and it saves quite 
one half of the watering which will be necessary in a 
dry summer. Little other attention is required, beyond 
keeping them free from weeds till they are ready for 
earthing up. Some commence this operation when 
the plants are not more than 8 ins. or 9 ins. in height, 
and continue the earthing at short intervals. This, we 
think, quite unnecessary, and if anything, hurtful, it 
being far better to let the plants have all the light and 
air they can till they obtain 1 ft. or 15 ins. in height, 
when they will be far stronger, and give better heads 
when blanched than they will do when the earthing up 
is commenced at an earlier period of their growth ; 
besides they bear handling better and give less trouble 
in securing them, so that the mould is kept from the 
heart of the plant. There are several methods em¬ 
ployed in moulding up ; some tie every plant loosely 
with a piece of matting, and as they grow draw it up. 
Another plan is to have a length of soft string, fastening 
it to a stick at one end of the row and giving it one 
twist round each plant, this keeps the leaves together, 
and when the mqulding of the row is finished for the 
time, it can be unfastened and used for the next, and 
so on. The most usual, and perhaps the best way, is 
to gather up the leaves of each pilant in the hand, and 
prop some of the finer soil round the plants with the 
hand, this takes more time than either the tying or 
using moulding boards. Two of these are required, and 
1 in. boards will do, they are pressed close up to the 
plants one on each side, and kept inposition with pointed 
sticks ; one man can dd this, but two are far better, one 
on each side. Get it well earthed up before the hard 
weather sets in, and when it does some protection must 
be given to exclude frost. 
For later crops we frequently plant into the trenches 
direct from the pans or boxes ; this saves a good deal 
of laborrr during a very busy time of the year, and with 
about the same amount of time and attention given to 
the earlier crops after planting in the trenches, we 
secure very good Celery. The only difference we make 
is to shade them for a few days from the scorching sun. 
Where labour is abundant, no doubt the trenching of 
the ground previous to digging out the trenches is ad¬ 
vantageous, but I fear that in these degenerate days 
few of us can afford the time. A sharp look out must 
be kept for the Celery fly through the season, and the 
blistered leaves.should be picked off and burnt. I have 
sometimes, when it threatened to be troublesome, 
sprinkled the plants when damp with soot, but could 
never feel very sure if it had acted as a preventative to 
the attacks of the fly. It certainly is very beneficial to 
the Celery, imparting to it a vigorrr and robustness of 
growth which certainly enables it to withstand the 
ravages of the fly much better than it would do without 
its assistance. Some cottagers are loud in then - praises 
of soap-suds, thinking it keeps the fly at bay, and I have 
seen Broad Beans planted between the trenches, it being 
alleged that the Celery fly will not come near them ; 
but as it happens sometimes for several years in suc¬ 
cession we have very little trouble with the fly, the 
praises of these remedies may be sung without then- 
having much foundation in fact. — W. B. O. 
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CHRYSANTHEMUM NAMES. 
(Concluded from it. 390 .) 
Writing on the re-naming of Jeanne Delaux, in 
my last, I was reminded that the family circle of 
Messrs. Delaux is quite as large as most of us would 
wish. It is to be hoped that ere this they have suc¬ 
ceeded in selecting a creditable flower to represent 
every branch of the family, for up to the present we 
have no less than thirteen of these, varying only in a 
very slight degree. The following is a list of them :— 
Frangois Delaux, Guillaume Delaux, Jean Delaux 
Jeanne Delaux, Louis Delaux, Madame Delaux, 
Mdlle. Anna Delaux, Anna Delaux, M. Delaux, Pere 
Delaux, Simon Delaux, and in the new list of varieties 
just received from the continent for 1886 I find Maria 
Delaux and Simon-Frangois Delaux. 
Jupiter (Delaux, 1885).— Fiery red shaded dark 
crimson. All who have seen this flower will admit that 
it is well deserving of the certificate awarded to it, and 
it is a matter of regret that such a fine flower has to 
share its name with one sent out some years since, 
described as a very large flower of the clearest white. 
Mandarin (Delaux, 1885).—Creamy white passing 
to pure white, shaded rose. Here again is a new cer¬ 
tificated variety with an old name ; the first one that 
appeared was dark yellow flamed red. 
Madame Bernard (Bernard).—Described as an In¬ 
curved, very large flower, carmine-amaranth colour ; 
and second a reflexed by Boueharlat, very dark violet 
with tubulated petals. 
Marguerite Marrouch (Marrouch, 1878).—A Jap¬ 
anese, dark crimson tipped yellow, golden reverse. 
There is also one of the same name by Pertuzes, said to 
be of the Incurved type, violet with tubulated petals ; 
and in addition to these we have two distinct flowers 
sent out by Delaux, named M. Marrouch, one Madame 
Marrouch, and another M. F. Marrouch by Dr. Au- 
diguier. 
Madame Boucharlat AinA —There are two of 
these, both Japanese, one by Lacroix, described as one 
of the largest flowers with long tubulated petals of a 
fine canary-yellow ; the other by Delaux, large fine 
slate coloured. 
Madame Pertuzes.—T wo: the first by Pertuzes 
in 1852, a violet-rose shaded white ; the second is des¬ 
cribed as a reflexed flower with dark violet tubulated 
petals. 
Madame Lemoine. —Here we have a Japauese by 
Boueharlat, a large flower, dark rose shaded white, then 
follows a very pretty small violet reflexed flower ; in 
addition to which there is the crimson-red and yellow 
Japanese M. Lemoine, which blooms very late and was 
awarded a First Class Certificate at the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society’s meeting, held on the 16th December, 
1879. This has also made its appearance this year as 
Lowe’s Late Bronze, and is referred to in the issue of 
The Gardening World for the 23rd January (p. 328). 
M. Harman Payne. —Last year Delaux sent us a 
variety of this name ; dark brown, very fine centre of 
old gold ; a sport from Marguerite Marrouch. This 
year, amongst the new varieties De Reydellet is to send 
us, I find another of the same name described as a 
hybrid Japanese—very large, flower carmine golden 
red, tipped gold, centre yeltow. 
Orph^e. —A few years since Delaux distributed the 
reddish crimson of this name, and with De Reydellet’s 
new varieties for last season we get another light brown, 
twisted ; both of these are Japanese. 
Perfection. —There are no less than three of these— 
one a Japanese, large dark velvety brown-red, by 
Delaux ; the second by the same firm, described as of 
an incurved form, brilliant violet-rose, tipped with 
white; the third is a very pretty violet reflexed 
flower. 
Pomponhim. —The first variety of this name was sent 
us some years since, it is a delicate violet rose, tipped with 
white. Last season Delaux sent it to us again as a dark 
yellow. 
Rosa superba (Lacroix, 18S0).—Pretty delicate rose. 
This plant obtained a First Class Certificate at Kings¬ 
ton in 1883. 
Rosea superba (Delaux, 1883).—Lilac-rose, shaded 
and tipped with buff. This has also been awarded 
certificates at the Royal Horticultural Society and 
Kingston, and well deserves the distinction it has at¬ 
tained ; it is a grand colour and a great favourite. 
Here we have two good varieties with only the slightest 
difference in the name, and in order to cause us further 
confusion, as I have already mentioned, Souvenir de 
Haarlem, sent us by Delaux, is Rosea Superba of 1883, 
over again, at least, my plants were, and I believe 
others complain of the same thing. 
Tendresse. —Three times has this name been used. 
First we get from Delaux a large full bronze rose 
Japanese ; then again, in 1882, they send us a Pompon 
of a delicate lilac-rose tipped with -white ; and last 
season De Reydellet treated us to a second Japanese, 
white shaded with rose. 
Venus. —Here, again, we have three distinct flowers. 
First comes the old lilac-peach Incurved, known to all 
Chrysanthemum-growers; then, in 1882, Delaux sends 
us a Japanese, a delicate violet sport from La Frisure ; 
and again, in 1885, De Reydellet sends us another 
Japanese, a lilac-rose. 
From the above facts it will be seen that the English 
Chrysanthemum nurserymen are not always to blame 
for the errors that occur in the execution of our orders, 
and it is not at all surprising to hear a grower say he 
has had to send to two, and sometimes three, different 
people before he could obtain the variety he was 
searching for. It is possible to obtain almost every 
variety that appears in the above list. I have not 
searched back for an indefinite period for the purpose 
of swelling the list, but have confined myself to the 
last five years, and every flower 1 have mentioned is to 
be found in catalogues sent out during that period. 
This year will without .doubt beat all previous 
records for confusion in Chrysanthemum names, for in 
two of the catalogues of new continental varieties, I 
find no less than eight in duplicate each with a glowing 
description. Hitherto I have adopted one of two 
methods to distinguish different plants with the same 
name, I have either marked the tally with the name 
of the raiser or with the year each one was distributed, 
but neither of these methods will do to distinguish the 
eight above referred to. 
The name of Delaux is as familiar to Chrysanthemum 
growers as household words, and it is well known 
that a great number of good varieties have been dis¬ 
tributed by them. There has been a split in the firm 
and each of the Brothers is issuing separate catalogues, 
one continues to carry on business at the old address, 
and the other has started an establishment a short 
distance away, each firm claims to have raised the 
whole of the varieties that appear in then- respective 
catalogues, and high prices continue to be the order of 
the day. 
In the catalogues above mentioned will be found the 
following. In the one case they are printed thus: — 
Robert Owen, Lady Matheson, W. C. Boyce, G. 
Wrigley, M. William Holmes, William Clark, and 
Paul & Son. In the other there is a slight varia¬ 
tion ; they are as follows:—Robert Owen, Lady 
Matheson, M. W. E. Boyce, M. Eulor, G. Wrigley, 
M. William Holmes, M. W. Clark, and M. M. Paul & 
Son. The descriptions in each case do not exactlv 
correspond, but I have examined them carefully, and 
there is sufficient similarity to convince me that the 
majority of them will turn out to be the same flowers 
in both catalogues, notwithstanding the fact that each 
man claims those he is distributing as his own raising. 
The only two I have any doubt about in the above list 
are those named after Mr. William Holmes and Paul & 
Son.— Geo. S. Addison. Since writing the above, I 
regret to say that news has reached me of the death of 
Guillaume Delaux, on the 10th January, at Lalande. 
This is the younger Brother whose Catalogue is above 
referred to. 
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EUPHORBIA JACQUINL3EFLORA. 
This very useful plant is simply indispensable where 
flowers are wanted in quantity during the winter 
months. In most places the plants will now have just 
finished blooming, and will require a short season of 
rest. This can be obtained by placing the plants at 
the dry end of the stove, and giving them only sufficient 
water to keep them from shrivelling up. The end of 
March is a good time to start the plants into growth, 
and if a quantity of young stock is required the fol¬ 
lowing is a good plan to follow :—The plant will always 
commence growing at the top first, and the young 
shoots should be taken of!' close to the old stem with a 
heel wdien about 2 to 3 ins. long. By this method 
nearly all the eyes on the stem can be worked out, 
when the old plant can either be thrown away or grown 
on again from the bottom eyes. Dibble the cuttings 
into pots ready prepared by being half filled with crocks 
and then filled up with peat and silver sand in equal 
parts. After the cuttings are in the soil give a good 
watering overhead with a fine-rosed water-pot, and let 
this drain well away. Afterwards plunge the pots in 
a good bottom-heat of about 70° and shut up tight, 
either by covering with bell-glasses or in a propagating 
case. Great care must be taken that the cuttings do 
not damp. A great number of cuttings may be struck 
in this manner. 
After the cuttings have rooted, pot them off and keep 
them close for a fortnight. When the small pots are 
nicely filled with roots, give a shift into 4-in. or 5-in. 
pots, using a mixture of loam, peat, and sand, and pot 
firmly. As soon as the roots begin to take hold of the 
new soil, pinch the point out of the plant, when they 
will break three or four shoots, and these may be 
stopped again if more shoots are required. The plants 
will be benefitted by another shift about the middle of 
August, at which time they will be growing rapidly 
and will make shoots 3 ft. long. By the end of October 
they will begin to form their flower-buds, and it is ad- 
