July 30, 1892. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
761 
allowed to become thoroughly dried in the full sun. 
In fact it may be treated in the same manner as well- 
made hay. Some people cut it after it has become 
partly dried up, but it is then very liable to crumble 
to pieces. You cannot do better than cut it at once . 
Tomatos Setting. — T. R.: When planted in the 
open ground the first formed bunches of flowers 
often hang a long time before reaching the flowering 
stage. Cold weather and frosty nights will act as 
checks on growth ; and it may be that the energies 
of the plant are expended upon making growth 
during the early stages. Some of the flowers will 
as a rule set notwithstanding, even after the second 
bunches commence to do so. You may safely com¬ 
mence feeding the plants after a fair quantity of the 
fruit has commenced to set. Guano and nitrate of 
soda do act as stimulants upon growth, but a manure 
containing potash as well as the nitrogen and 
phosphates of guano will give belter results in the 
yield of fruit than either of those plant foods alone. 
A general or complete manure given in small 
quantities at intervals of a month through the grow¬ 
ing season will give a greater weight of fruit in 
conjunction with the farmyard manure applied to 
the soil in the previous autumn or winter, than an 
overdose of any single artificial manure. An overdose 
of a highly concentrated manure should not be given 
at any one application at any stage of growth, 
otherwise the plants may be more or less injured if 
not killed outright, especially during a dry time. 
Marsdenia erecta — J. Wilton : The best plan is 
to take off cuttings in April or May and insert them 
in light, sandy soil, placing them in a little bottom 
heat. Take them off with a heel of the old wood if 
the cuttings are very soft ; about 3m., or even less, 
would be a suitable size. There would be no harm 
in putting in a pot or two for trial as cuttings are 
pler.t.fu! just now. You might even try cuttings of 
the r.pened wood a little later on, and after keeping 
them close for a time in a cold frame, place them in 
a heated pit to encourage the formation of roots. 
There is nothing better than making trial of those 
things, as they may be found by experiment to root 
under various conditions. 
Onion T ly. — A. R.: The badly-affected bulbs 
may be destroyed now by burning or by deeply 
burying them so that the flies proceeding from the 
pupae may be unable to get to the surface next year. 
\ou should have commenced this work early in the 
summer, or as soon as the young plants showed 
signs of becoming yellow, as you would then have 
been sure of getting the maggots in the bulbs. After 
they are full fed they leave the bulbs and drop into 
the soil where they change to pupae and lie in the 
ground for a long time and then become perfect to 
produce several broods in a summer. The de¬ 
struction of the early broods is therefore very im¬ 
portant. The late broods lie in the ground all the 
winter and appear early in the following season. A 
good plan would be to trench the ground deeply in 
the autumn, turning the top spit into the bottom. A 
good sprinkling of gas lime scattered over the first 
spit in the trench would also destroy a great many 
of the pupaj in the soil. The deep trenching will 
prevent those in the bottom from getting to the sur¬ 
face it any of them are still alive. 
Hard Water. — IP. P. ; There is a method of fil¬ 
tering the water by “ Maignon's Anticalcare Filter ; ” 
but we are not sure whether the filters are made 
sufficiently large to prove of service for your purpose ; 
and no doubt a large one would be expensive. The 
next best possible remedy would be to make a tank 
or large tub in the open air and pump the water into 
this, allowing it to stand two or three days before 
use. You would, in fact, require two tanks so that 
the water in one might be used while that in the 
other is standing to soften by exposure to the atmos¬ 
phere. \ou cannot expect a complete change in the 
water, but it would be considerably improved. We 
think, however, in the long run that it would pay you 
to have a good sized tank of slate or concrete con¬ 
structed beneath the staging of the house where this 
does not already exist so as to catch the rain water 
from the roof. We are well aware that a deposit of 
lime is left on the foliage of all plants that are 
syringed with chalky water; and likewise that lime 
in any form is very injurious to all plants of the 
Heath family, including Rhododendrons, Azaleas, 
Kalmias, Andromedas, &c. For that reason it is 
necessary to use much peat and leaf soil for the mak¬ 
ing up of beds in which to plant those subjects. It 
must be equally bad if used in any quantity in the 
potting soil. 
COMMUNIC \TIONS RECEIVED. — S. G.— E. P.—A 
S. 8 c S S. C. — W. ID — G. H. M. (man 1 
thanks) -S. B — A. P.—J. C.-M. R — I. C & Co - 
O. O.—H. B. S.-C. II. B.—L. I A.—W. K. 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
William Baylor IIartland, Cork. - Select List 
of Daffodils. 
H. C. Hartevelt, Lisse, near Haarlem, Holland. 
—Dutch and other Bulbous Roots. 
Herd Bros., 47 , King Street, Penrith. — Dutch 
Bulbs and othei Spring-flowering Roots. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
July 2jth. 
Fruit.—Average ' 
s. d 5. d. 
Black Currants i sve 5 o 
Red Currants sve. 26 30 
Cherries . | sve. 30 50 
Grapes. per lb. 10 20 
Peaches... per dozen 20 80 
Vegetables.—Aver 
s. d. s. d. 
ArtichokesGlobedoz. 30 60 
Beans, French, perlb. o 9 
Beet.per dozen 20 30 
Cabbages ... per doz. 16 26 
Carrots ... per bunch o 6 
Cauliflowers, Eng.dz. 30 60 
Celery.per bundle 2 6 
Cucumbers .each 04 09 
Endive. French, doz. 26 30 
Herbs .per bunch 02 06 
/holesale Pricks 
< d. s d 
Melons.each 16 20 
Pine apples. 
—St. Michael’s, each 26 60 
Strawberries per lb. o 3 09 
>ge Retail Prices. 
s. d. s. d 
Horse Radish, bundle 20 40 
Lettuces ...per dozen 16 20 
Mushrooms, p. basket 13 20 
Onions.per bunch 04 06 
Parsley ... per bunch o 6 
Radishes... per dozen 1 6 
Smallsalading,punnet o 4 
Spinach, per strike ... 1 6 
Tomatos. per lb. o 6 10 
Turnips.per bun. 0 6 
Potatos.— Kent Regents, 80s. to 100s. per ton ; Kent Kidneys, 
80s. to 100s. per ton ; Champions, 70s. per ton. 
Plants*in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d. s. d. S' d. s. d 
Arum Lilies, per doz. 60 90 
Begonias ...per doz. 6 o 12 o 
Crassula ...per doz. 12 o 24 o 
Cyperus .per doz. 4 o 12 o 
Dracaena term., doz. 24 o 36 o 
Dracaena viridis.doz. 9 o 18 o 
Evergreens,invar.doz 6 o 24 o 
Ferns, invar.,per doz. 4 0 18 o 
Ferns, small, per 100 8 o 12 o 
Foliage Plants, doz. 12 o 60 0 
Fuchsia, .per doz 30 80 
Heliotrope, per doz. 40 60 
Ivy. Pelargoniums, per 
doz. pots 40 60 
Lilium Harrisii.doz. 12 o 24 o 
Lobelia, .per doz. 26 40 
Marguerites, perdoz. 6 o 12 o 
Mignonette, per doz. 40 bo 
Musk,.perdoz. 20 40 
Palms in variety,each 26100 
Palms, Specimen ... 15 0 63 o 
Pelargoniums,perdoz. 6 o 12 o 
—scarlet.per doz. 20 40 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d. s. d 
Arum Lilies, 12 blms. 2040 
Bouvardias, per bun. 06 10 
Carnations, 12 blooms 10 30 
Carnations, doz. bun. 40 60 
Cornflower doz bnchs 16 30 
Eucharis ...per doz. 20 40 
Gardenias 12 blooms 1640 
Gladioli...doz. buns. 6 o 12 o 
■—.doz. spikes 16 30 
Heliotropes,T2 sprays 03 06 
Lilium Harrisii, 
doz. blooms 20 40 
Lilium* var.. dz.blms. 10 30 
MaidennairFern,i2bs.4 060 
Margueiites, r2 bun. 20 4 c 
Myosotis or Forget- 
me-not, doz. bnchs. 20 40 
Mignonette... 12 bun. 16 4 c 
Moss Roses, dz bchs 60120 
s. d. s. d 
Pelargoniums, 12 sps. 06 09 
— scarlet.12 bchs. 30 40 
Primula, double, bun. 06 09 
Pinks.doz. buns. 20 40 
Pansies, doz. bchs ...10 20 
Pyrethrum doz bnchs 20 40 
Oi chid Bloom in var. 
per bloom, from 02 08 
Roses, doz bunches 20 60 
Roses, yellow, dozen 20 40 
— Red.doz. blms. 10 20 
— Saffrano...per doz. 10 10 
— Tea.per dozen 06 20 
Stephanotis, dz. sps. 1630 
Stocks .doz. bun. 30 60 
Sweet Peas, dz. bns. 20 40 
Sweet Sultan, dz. bn. 20 40 
Tuberoses, per doz 04 06 
COITTEITTS. 
PAGE 
Bulbophyllum barbigeru.n 760 
Careis heterophylla .752 
Carnation Show, National 756 
Caitleya Wa»scewiczii 
Hardyana. 757 
Chester, Rose Notes from 753 
Chrysanthemum multicaule759 
Clematis viorna coccinea ...739 
Clock, a floral . 759 
Co tager’s Garden Exhibi¬ 
tions .751 
Dukeries, in the . - 755 
Eulophiella'Elizabethas.760 
Floral Table Decorations...752 
Floriculture .756 
Gardener’s Calendar.760 
Gardener, the Status of the 752 
Herbaceous Border, the ...758 
page. 
Moseley Rose Show .756 
North Lonsdale Rose SI10W754 
Obituary.760 
Orchid Notes and GleaningS76o 
Phloxes, summer-flowering 754 
Pink Rose Queen.752 
Pink Show at Manchester 736 
Poppy, a new.752 
Redleaf and Penshurst.753 
Rosery, the.756 
Salvia sylvestries.759 
Scottish Notes.753 
Societies.759 
Teucrium pyrenaicum .759 
Tree growth .752 
Trentfnm Flower Show ...758 
I Vegetable Garden, the .755 
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exhibitions as soon as fixed.] 
AUGUST, 
1.—Cottagers' Show at Earl’s Court. 
i-—Beddington and Carshalton Flower Show. 
i-—Mansfield Flower Show. 
1. —Northampton Flower Show (2 days). 
1- —Southampton Flower Show continued. 
2. —Oxford Union Carnation Show. 
2 - —Abbey Park, Leicester, Show and Gala. 
6.—Midland Carnation and Picotee Show at Bir¬ 
mingham. 
9 -—Royal Horticultural Society : Committee Meet¬ 
ings at Drill Hall. 
10.—Sevenoaks Flower Show. 
i°-—Queen's Park, Longton, Flower Show. 
10.— Wilts Horticultural Society, at Salisbury. 
10. —St. Anne’s-on-the-Sea Show. 
11. —Maidenhead Flower Show. 
11. — Taunton Deane Flower Show. 
12. —Cheadle Flower Show (2 days). 
17.—Shrewsbury Flower Show (2 days). 
17. —Cardiff Flower Show (2 days). 
18. —Aberdeen Flower Show (3 days). 
20.—National Co-operative Mower Show. 
23.—Royal Horticultural Society: Begonia Con¬ 
ference, etc., at Chiswick (2 days). 
23. —West Malvern and Mathon Flower Show. 
24. —Kingswood, Gloucester, Flower Show. 
25. —Droitwich Flower Show. 
25.—Kenilworth Flower Show. 
27. —Morley and District Paxton Society’s Show. 
29.—Oresswell Flower Show. 
29. —Sheffield Flower Show (2 days). 
30. —Brighton and Sussex “New" Horticultural 
Society’s Show (2 days). 
30 — Plarrogate Horse and Horticultural Show. 
31. —Bath Floral Fete (2 days). 
31.—Bishop Stortford Flower Show. 
SEPTEMBER. 
1.—Oxford Flower Show. 
1. —Stirling Flower Show (2 days). 
2. —National Dahlia Show at the Crystal Palace (2 
days). 
C.—Royal Horticultural Society : Committee Meet¬ 
ings at Drill Hall. 
7- — National Chrysanthemum Society’s Show at 
Royal Aquarium (2 days). 
7 -—Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society(2 days) 
9. —Autumn Flower Show at Earl’s Court (2 days). 
10.—Leicester Early Chrysanthemum and Dahlia 
Show. 
20.—Royal Horticultural Society: Committee Meet¬ 
ings at Drill Hall. 
28. —National Chrysanthemum Society : Meeting of 
Floral Committee. 
OCTOBER. 
4.—Royal Horticultural Society : Committee Meet¬ 
ings at Drill Hall. 
5 —Fruit Show at Earl's Court (3 days). 
12.—National Chrysanthemum Society’s Show at 
the Royal Aquarium (3 days). 
18.—Royal Horticultural Society : Committee Meet¬ 
ings at Drill Hall. 
25. —Fruit Show at Earl’s Court (3 days). 
26. —National Chrysanthemum Society: Meeting of 
Floral Committee. 
27. —Alverstoke and Gosport Chrysanthemum Show 
(2 days). 
NOVEMBER. 
i-—Royal Horticultural Society : Committee Meet¬ 
ings at Drill Hall. 
1.—Kent County Chrysanthemum Show (2 days). 
1.—Brixton Chrysanthemum Show (2 days). 
1. —Barnstaple Chrysanthemum Show (2 days). 
1—Brighton and Hove Chrysanthemum Show 
(2 days). 
2. —Ascot Chrysanthemum Show (2 days). 
2.—Ealing Chrysanthemum Show (2 days). 
2.—Portsmouth Chrysanthemum Show (3 days). 
2. —Croydon Chrysanthemum Show (2 days). 
3. —Steyning Chrysanthemum Show. 
4. —Bolton Chrysanthemum Show (2 days). 
8.—National Chrysanthemum Society at Royal 
Aquarium (3 days). 
8.—Kingston and Surbiton Chrysanthemum Show 
(2 days). 
8.—Enfield Chrysanthemum Show (2 days). 
8.—Sevenoaks and West Kent Chrysanthemum 
Show(2 da}'s). 
8. —Batley Chrysanthemum Show (2 days). 
9. —Bath Chrysanthemum Show (2 days). 
9.—Birmingham Chrysanthemum Show (2 days). • 
9-—South Shields Chrysanthemum Show (2 days). 
9 -—Cardiff Chrysanthemum Show (2 days). 
9-—Bournemouth Chrysanthemum Show (2 days). 
9-—Hornsey Chrysanthemum Show (2 days). 
10. —Chelmsford Chrysanthemum Show. 
11. —Leicester Chrysanthemum Show (2 days). 
11.—Sheffield Chrysanthemum Show (2 days). 
ii-—Eccles and Patricroft Chrysanthemum Show 
(2 days). 
ii-—Wellingborough Chrysanthemum Show (2 
days). 
11.—Dundee Chrysanthemum Show. 
15.—Royal Horticultural Society : Committee Meet¬ 
ings at Drill Hall. 
