February 22 , 1896 . 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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little leaf soil. Pat this in a basket made of Willows 
or something similar ; plant one species or variety 
of Lily in each basket, secure it there and sink the 
basket in the pond, tank or ornamental water as the 
case may be. This may be done about April, and 
nothing further will be needed. 
Name of Echeveria.— S. : If the plant you 
describe was an Echeveria at all it must have been 
E. retusa ; but if so the flowers could not have been 
lilac, but orange-red and yellow inside. Most of the 
Echeverias have flowers of this colour, varying more 
or less in intensity. Could you get a whole leaf of 
the plant in question ? 
Names of Plants. — F.H. :-The flowering plant is 
Pitosporum Tobira, not Daphne; the Fern is 
Blechnum occidentale. — R.G. : i, Galanthus Elwesii; 
2, Daphne Mezereum ; 3, Erica carnea.— W.B. : 1, 
Lycaste Dc-ppei; 2, Odontoglossum crispum Ander- 
sonianum; 3, Odontoglossum nebulosum. 
Plant like Convallaria.— Charles Dixon : The 
specimen sent was Ophiopogon aponicus belonging to 
the order Haemodoraceae, and not Liliaceae.to which 
the Lily of the Valley belongs. It is perfectly hardy, 
but would fruit more freely and regularly, perhaps, 
in a cold frame or greenhouse, if grown in pots. 
Bordeaux Mixture. — Tomatos for the million : The 
ingredients of the mixture are six pounds of sulphate 
of copper, four pounds of fresh lime, and twenty- 
two gallons of water. Some cultivators dilute the 
mixture till it measures forty-five gallons, without 
increasing the quantity of sulphate of copper, though 
the lime may be slightly increased to neutralise the 
effect of the sulphate. The best method is to 
dissolve the sulphate of copper in eight or ten 
gallons of water. The lime is dissolved in another 
vessel and pounded up into a fine paste, when more 
water is added to make it like cream. This lime is 
then poured into the vessel containing the sulphate 
and stirred all the time. Then the rest of the 
water is added to make the whole up to forty-five 
gallons, as stated above. It is convenient to do 
this in a barrel that exactly holds the forty-five 
gallons. 
Tomato Frogmore Selected.— W. Morrish : 
Seedsmen seldom or never raise Tomatos for sale. 
The best plan would be to apply for seeds which 
would be most satisfactory in the end, seeing that you 
live at such a distance fiom London. It is our 
opinion that many of the seedsmen keep the variety 
you mention. You would get well served by Messrs. 
J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, 
Reading, by Messrs. H. Cannell& Sons, Swanley, or 
possibly by others. 
Cineraria leaf tunnelled.— A. M. : It is done 
by the grub of a small black fly named Phytomyza 
nigricornis. As the grub is inside the leaf the only 
thing you can do is to cut off the worst of the leaves 
and burn them. Then, carefully look over the others 
that are affected till you notice where the grub is 
situated, and squeeze it between the finger and the 
thumb to prevent it doing further harm. By occa¬ 
sionally syringing the leaves with a weak solution of 
tobacco-water, the old flies may be prevented from 
laying their eggs there. Look sharp after the plants 
when the grub first makes its appearance so as to 
prevent much damage being done. 
Communications Received. —R. G. WatermaD.— 
A.P.—J.J ,B.—J. Addison.—A. Wallace.—Edward 
Lloyd. — Perth.—Zimmermann. — Wm. Ogg. — J. 
Mayne.—F. Jones.—T.B.—R. T., S.—J. Spriggs.— 
James Thurston.—R. Symes.—Expectant.—M.T.— 
X.Y.—Cloncaird.—T.R.—W. Farrar. 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED- 
Pitcher & Manda, Short Hills, New Jersey, U.S.A. 
—Seeds, Plants, and Bulbs. 
Dickson, Brown & Tait, 43 and 45, Corporation 
Street, Manchester.—Catalogue of New Farm 
Seeds. 
Little & Ballantine, Carlisle.—Farm Seeds. 
Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie., 4, Quai de la Megis- 
ser it, Paris.—Catalogue of Dahlias and Cannas. 
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LONDON SEED TRADE. 
Feb. igth, 1896. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 39, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, report a steady demand 
for Agricultural seeds. Alsike is dearer. Red 
Clover, White Clover, and Trefoil steady. French 
Italian Ryegrass is hardening in value. 
OU1TTE1TTS. 
PAGE 
Amateurs, hints for.400 
Ayrshire Trees, remark¬ 
able . 395 
Chelsea Primulas,ihe .397 
Clapton, Orchids at .403 
Diseases and Insect Pests 
of Vegetables .401 
Eranthis hyemalis.404 
Essex School ot Horti¬ 
culture.396 
Farquhar, Mr. Robert, 
dr ath ot .396 
Flow rs and drought at 
Calcutta.397 
Flowers, early .404 
Flowers from the 
Continent .397 
Fruit under glass..399 
Keep the worms out .397 
Kew Gardens . 402 
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Late Chrysanthemums.404 
Libonia fioribunda.39b 
Myosotis, Webbs’ Blue 
King.403 
Nursery Catalogues Illus¬ 
trated .397 
Orchid, a valuable .. .397 
Palms, management of.401 
Pan^y, Webbs’ New 
Diamond.401 
Plant houses, the.398 
Planting trees, claim tor ...398 
Plants recently cei tificated 398 
Rockery, th.e, at Kew.404 
Royal Horticultural 
Society .404 
Science Gleanings.399 
Snowdrop, to the.402 
Swiss Stone Pine, the .397 
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