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THE GARDENING WORLD 
July 4, 1896. 
sulphate of potash, and sulphate of ammonia gave 
the best results, whilst with any single fertiliser, 
nitrate of potash stood first, and sulphate of potash 
came second. He said the Carnation was more 
suitable for large, smoky towns than Roses. 
Insects, and diseases of the Carnation were pretty 
numerous, particularly the latter. " Twitter ” was a 
name app : ied to the curling of the leaves, and the 
tying up of the buds. The fairy-ring spot was due 
to a fungus named Heterosporium echinulatum, 
forming light coloured spots on the leaves. The 
rings grow centrifugally. Rust, forming gray 
blisters on the leaves, was due to Uroroyces 
caryopbyllinus, the spots finally becoming ruptured 
and discoloured. Spot is the result of Septoria 
Dianthi, which produces brown or purplish blotches 
with a whitish centre. A disease known as 
bacteriosis is recognised by spots, which, on 
microscopical examination, are found to correspond 
with the stomata. Earwigs, green fly, caterpillars 
are more or less troublesome. When Carnations are 
affected with eel-worms, the best thiDg to do is to 
burn the affected plants and change the soil. Many 
of the above diseases may be kept in check by the 
use of the Bordeaux mixture, or ammoniacal 
carbonate of copper solution. 
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FANCY PANSIES FROM HAWICK. 
Considerable interest still attaches to the cultiva¬ 
tion of fancy Pansies, indeed, much more so than in 
the case of the show varieties. Further evidence of 
this reached us the other day in the shape of a box 
of cut flowers of named sorts from Mr. John Forbes, 
Buccleuch Nurseries, Hawick. The quality and re¬ 
finement of these flowers keeps improving from year 
to year 
Mrs C. Lambe has maroon-violet blotches, paler 
purple petals and creamy-yellow lacing to all of the 
petals. Maggie McPhail is also a very beautiful 
variety with maroon blotches and a rosy laciDg to all 
of the petals. James Campbell is also handsome 
with its velvety-violet blotches and pale yellow lacing. 
Evangelina is a smaller flower with a beautiful rosy 
lacing. The narrow white margin of Catherine Hay 
enlivens a flower which is otherwise very dark. The 
flower of Mrs. McKie is of huge size with broad 
creamy margins and light-coloured blotches that 
show the beautiful dark veining running through 
them. Lord Hamilton has five rich velvety-brown 
blotches. The upper petals of Arthur Eaton 
are red, and the blotches are of a glossy, 
velvety-maroon. The blotches of Seedling No. 48 
are similar, but the sulphur lacing is more decided 
and there is more white on the top petals. It is a 
handsome, round flower. 
Very pretty is that named Betsy Kelly, with 
crimson blotches, broad white lacing, and white top 
petals banded with lively rose. David Russell has 
velvety-brown blotches and bread yellow margins. 
John Allen is a circular flower of great size with dark 
violet blotches and white lacing. Mrs. D. Johnstone 
is a dark purple flower and would be very fine if the 
edges of the large blotches had been a little better 
defined. Better defined are the blotches of Emmeline 
with a clear yellow lacing. A handsome flower is 
John Forbes, with dark violet blotches, white lacing 
and top petals. A charming flower is beauty with 
velvety-brown blotches, yellow lacing, and crimson- 
red top petals. Mrs. Wm. Watson is a lighter 
flower than John Forbes, but has more colour on the 
top petals. Jeanie P. Tait recalls beauty, but has 
more yellow on the top petals and lacks the bright 
outline to the blotches. A beautiful flower is Jas. 
Irvine, perfectly circular, and yellow ; but the 
velvety-marcon blotches are a little rayed at the 
edges. The blotches of W. H. Clarke are much 
darker, better defined, with bright yellow lacing, and 
the top petals are heavily banded with reddish- 
purple. The yellow flower of Pilrig has the same 
fault as Jas. Irving. A very pleasing flower is 
Marmion, with violet-purple blotches and pure white 
lacing to all of the petals. Alexander Andrews, 
Allan Ramsay, and Kayii, are good varieties with a 
yellow lacing. George Stewart, Annie Ross, and 
Thos. Worton are yellows with their own special 
recommendations. The blotches of Miss Patterson, 
Seedling No. 42, and Miss Helen Humber, are very 
fine; and several others with white or creamy edges 
have their own recommendations ; but in our opinion 
they do not excel. 
All of the above were closely enveloped with silk 
paper and in excellent condition, considering that 
we had no time to examine them till several days 
after they were cut. Of all the above, our first 
selection would be Beauty, Marmion, Seedling No. 48, 
Emmeline, John Forbes, Betsey Kelly, W. H. Clarke, 
Mrs. Wm. Watson, John Allen, Arthur Eaton, 
James Campbell, Lord Hamilton, Maggie McPhail, 
Mrs. C. Lambe, Catherine Hay, Evangelina, Jas. 
Irvine, and George Stewart. 
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NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY AT 
READING. 
The Forbury Gardens at Reading presented a lively 
appearance on the 24th ult., on the occasion of the 
visit of the National Rose Society to that town. 
The show was a distinct success, though the quality 
of the Roses told plainly the character of the season 
they had passed through. 
Notwithstanding the warm and dry nature of the 
season, the leading prize for the big class of forty- 
eight blooms was retained by the south, being 
secured by Mr. B. R. Cant, Colchester, who had 
many fine blooms including Caroline Testout, Her 
Majesty, Alfred Colomb, Duchess de Morny, Abel 
Carriere, Mrs. John Laing, Suzanna Marie Rodo- 
canachi, Gustave Piganeau, A. K. Williams, Lady 
Mary Fitzwilliam, Fisher Holmes, Kaiserin Augusta 
Victoria, Horace Vernet, Madame Victor Verdier, 
The Bride, Madapie Cousin, Ulrich Brunner and 
other beautiful blooms. Messrs. Harkness & Sons, 
Bedale, Yorks, took the second place showing some 
good blooms. Messrs. Frank Cant & Co., Colchester, 
took the third position in a good competition. Mr. 
B. R. Cant again led the way in the class for twenty- 
four Roses in trusses of three blooms each. Marie 
Baumann, Ulrich Brunner, Mrs. W. J. Grant, and 
Madam Cusin were some of his best, but quality 
generally was below the average. Messrs. Frank 
Cant & Co., were second, and Messrs. Harkness & 
Sons third. 
Messrs. J. Townsend & Sons, Lower Broadheath, 
Worcester, had the best twenty-four varieties, and 
were followed by Messrs. G. & W. H. Burch, Peter¬ 
borough, and Mr. C. Turner, Slough, in the order 
named. Messrs. D. Prior & Sons, Myland Nurseries, 
Colchester, had the best twelve blooms of any Rose 
other than a Tea or Noisette, in Horace Vernet. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, offered a handsome 
Silver Challenge Cup, in the leading class open to 
amateurs only, for the best twelve Roses, and this 
was secured by the Rev. J. H. Pemberton, Havering- 
atte-Bower, Essex. Her Majesty, Ulrich Brunner, 
A. K. Williams, Comtesse de Nadaillac, and Mrs. 
John Laing, were some of his finest blooms. E. B. 
Lindsell, Esq., Hitchin, Herts, took the second 
award; Chas. J. Graham, Esq., Leatherhead, came 
in third ; and O. G. Orpen, Esq., Colchester took the 
fourth position, but was fortunate in securing the 
Silver Medal for the best H. P. Rose from an 
amateur, in Kaiserin Augusta Victoria. Madame 
Hoste shown by him in another class secured the 
Medal for the best Tea from an amateur. Some 
idea of the eager desire to secure the Silver Cup, may 
be gleaned from the fact that there were eighteen 
competitors. 
E. B. Lindsell, Esq., secured the Silver Gilt Medal 
and a money prize for twenty-four Roses open to all 
amateurs, Mrs. John Laing, Due d'Orleans and 
Duke of Wellington were conspicuous in his stands. 
The Rev. J. H. Pemberton, and J. Gurney Fowler, 
Esq., South Woodford, Essex, were second and third 
respectively. 
P. G. C. Burnand, Esq., Reigate, Surrey, secured 
the leading prize in the class for eighteen Roses. 
There were nineteen competitors in the class for six 
blooms of an H. P. Rose, and the leading award, 
including a Silver Medal and money prize, was 
secured by Chas. J. Grahame, Esq., with Mrs. John 
Laing. He was followed by E. B. Lindsell, Esq., 
and O. G. Orpen, Esq , in the order named. 
Tea and Noisette Roses were interesting as usual 
if not in all cases of the best quality. Messrs. D. 
Prior & Son, had, however, a very good exhibit of 
twenty-four varieties, taking the first award for fine 
blooms of Ethel Brownlow, Innocente Pirola, 
Madame de Watteville. Madame Cousin, and several 
other fine varieties in good condition. They were 
followed by Messss. Frank Cant & Co., and Mr 
B. R. Cant, in the order given. Mr. John Mattock 
New Headington, Oxford, had the best twelve 
varieties. 
In the amateurs’ classes, O. G. Orpen, Esq , had 
the best exhibit of eighteen Roses, showing 
Catherine Mermet, Madame Cousin,Honorable Edith 
Gifford, etc. The Rev. H. A. Berners and the Rev. 
Foster Melliar, were second and third respectively. 
Conway Jones, Esq., Hucclescote, Gloucester, 
secured the leading prizes in the class for growers of 
fewer than 500 plaints, and in the class for six Teas 
in trusses of three, open to all amateurs. O. G. 
Orpen, had the best six blooms of any Tea or 
Noisette in Madame H ste. 
Messrs. D. Prior & Son, secured the leading prizes 
in an open class for tweve trebles, and in another for 
twelve blooms of Tea Ruses. In both cases they 
showed well and deserved the awards. Mr. B. R. 
Cant secured the Silver Medal for the best Tea 
Rose in the show, with Madame Crochet. The best 
H. P. in the nurseryman’s class was A. K. Williams, 
shown by Messrs. Harkness & Sons. 
A fine display was made with garden Roses which 
are usually an interesting feature of the Society's 
shows. Messrs. Cooling & Sons, Bath, took the lead 
for thirty-six bunches of distinct varieties. This firm 
has shown garden Roses well at several shows this 
season, but on this occasion they surpassed them¬ 
selves. Mr. G. Prince, Oxford, is usually well to the 
front in the class for a display of Roses, and on this 
occasion he was first. A. Tate, Esq., Downside, 
Leatherhead, took the premier place for garden Roses 
in the amateurs’ class. Mr. F. J. Fletcher, Bray, 
Maidenhead, secured the Silver Gilt Medal as the 
premier award for eighteen Roses in the local classes, 
and had also the best twelve Teas. Mr. Eric F. 
Such, Maidenhead, had the best twelve Roses in this 
division, and was followed by Mr. T. Turton, Maiden 
Erleigh. 
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Hardening ||iscellany. 
melons. 
This year I had a packet of Royal Favourite 
(Sutton's) sent me for trial, and it is without doubt 
the finest green-fleshed Melon grown. I cut a fruit 
last week weighing 81 b., beautifully netted, having 
great thickness of flesh, a very thin skin, and very 
few seeds for such a large Melon. The flavour was 
everything that could be desired. The plant is a 
good grower, free setter, and not troubled with 
canker. It is a variety I shall grow largely another 
year.— Thos. Cockerill , Wirksworth, Derbyshire. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS AT MIDSUMMER. 
Mr. A. McMillan, Trinity Cottage, Edinburgh, 
sends us half a dozen blooms of the Desgranges type 
of Chrysanthemum to show us how well they 
behave as a midsummer flower. Our readers will 
remember that Mr. McMillan grows Chrysanthe¬ 
mums, and blooms some or other of them all the 
year round. On this occasion three fine blooms of 
Madame Desgranges were sent us, and an equal 
number of G. Wermig in even finer condition, that 
is, they were larger, and measured qi in, to 5 in. 
across. In any case, all were fresh and beautiful 
for this period of the year. It is not everyone who 
would grow Chrysanthemums at midsummer, but 
Mr. McMillan is an enthusiast over his “ 'mums " at 
all periods of the year. ■ The blooms sent were dis¬ 
tributed over the box, and fastened by their stalks 
to the bottom of the same. No moss nor packing of 
any kind were used, yet the blooms were beautifully 
fresh, and showed not the slightest trace of wilting 
after their long journey. Every man to his taste or 
hobby; and we frequently find that those who have 
any special favourite or favourites amongst flowers, 
try to prolong the same over as a great period of the 
year as possible. In this we have no fault what¬ 
ever to find. 
GARDENIAS. 
The Gardenia which I referred to in this paper June 
27th (p. 691) is planted out in a small stove. The 
plant measures about 3 ft. 6 in. across, about 2 It. 
high, and is planted in a pit about 2 ft. square, in 
good fibrous loam, and has a good sprinkling of 
Thompson’s Vine and Plant Manure every week. I 
have tried a lot of different kinds of artificial 
manures for Gardenias but none of them has ever 
equalled Thompson’s. Old Gardenia plants as a rule 
are condemned as being useless for supplying good 
