July 1, 1893. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
697 
WHAT TO DO IN THE GARDEN. 
Gardenias.—The earliest crop of bloom in the 
coming winter season will be obtained from estab¬ 
lished plants which have made their growth early 
and which have now ceased growing. In this case 
the plants should be placed in a cooler house to 
induce them to rest, so that when excited into growth 
by a brisk temperature later on they will develop 
their flowers and furnish the first supply. 
Camellias. —More justice can be done to plants 
in pots by having them out of doors, where they can 
be kept cooler behind a wall or tall shrubs with a 
northern aspect. Stand them on a layer of ashes 
to prevent woims getting into the pots. If repotting 
is contemplated in the case of kinds that flowered in 
winter and are now showing their flower buds, it 
should be accomplished without further delay. A 
compost of good fibrous loam with a little well-rotted 
manure and some bits of charcoal would suit them 
admirably. 
Stove Climbers. —The amount of water these re¬ 
quire now is considerable, and it must be given in 
unstinted measure, whether the plants are grown in 
pots or planted out. Where they are grown in 
narrow borders the water would be most expedi¬ 
tiously applied with the hose. Liquid manure would 
prove of great advantage to those about to flower, or 
in the case of Allamandas and others while they con¬ 
tinue to produce fresh bloom. 
Atmospheric moisture in the stove —The 
weather continues dry and hot, and while that is the 
case, damping down the floors and pathways must 
be attended to, or the plants will suffer and become 
a prey to insects of various kinds. Syringe the 
plants in the morning and afternoon, doing it heavily 
when closing the ventilators with the object of 
keeping insects in check. Give particular attention 
to the young trusses of flowers and the points of the 
shoots where mealy bug are apt to conceal them¬ 
selves. Many of the climbers require particular 
attention in this respect. 
Amaryllis. —No attempt should be made to dry 
off the bulbs so as to cause them to ripen prematurely. 
So long as they exhibit a vigorous and growing con¬ 
dition they should be encouraged by liberal supplies 
of water, and when they naturally show signs of going 
off water can then be gradually withheld and 
ultimately discontinued altogether. 
Anthuriums. —When the spathes of the kinds 
grown for the sake of their flowers get so far past 
their best as to be worthless for decorative purposes, 
they should be cut off and the plants encouraged to 
grow so as to develop fresh crowns for next year’s 
work. A brisk temperature and plenty of atmos¬ 
pheric moisture will soon make them active. 
Ixoras. —When the Ixoras go out of bloom or the 
flowers have been cut, they should not be neglected, 
but on the contrary be treated as if their time had 
yet to come and assuredly many useful trusses will 
be obtained from them later on. In the case of large 
plants, well looked after they keep up a succession of 
bloom all through the summer months. 
Valottas. —A few small batches of bulbs kept in 
houses at different temperatures will now afford a 
succession of bloom for the next two or three 
months. Whenever the flower scapes make their 
appearance, weak liquid manure given them twice a 
week will prove of great advantage, giving larger and 
more substantial flowers especially if they are kept 
near the glass. 
Epiphyllums. —When these have matured 
their growths they would derive great benefit by 
being placed in a light airy house, where they could 
be exposed to air and sunlight to ripen the wood and 
enable them to flower well in winter. 
Vines. —The vines from which the early crops 
have been cut will require attention in the way of 
watering whenever wanted, and frequent washings by 
means of the garden engine to keep them clean. This 
mav be done chiefly late in the afternoon just when 
leaving off work so that the moisture will be longer 
before it gets dried up. No artificial heat will now 
be required if the wood is well coloured up and 
brown. If red spider makes its appearance during 
the present dry weather in the houses, paint the 
hot water pipes with sulphur, and warm up the 
pipes in the evening. The process may be repeated 
until the pest is thoroughly subdued. Muscats, the 
berries of which are swelling, will require plenty of 
heat and moisture. Close early in the afternoon so 
that the temperature may run up with sunheat; no 
harm will accrue if it runs up to 85° or 90° provided 
that all available surfaces are well damped down. 
In the case of Muscats approaching maturity, the 
house should be kept drier and the damping down 
donein the morning, so that the moisture may be com¬ 
pletely evaporated before closing time. Leave some 
air on all night. Those that are swelling will take 
liberal supplies of tepid-liquid manure. 
Peaches on the Open Wall —Be constant ir. 
attention to the trees on open walls, reducing the 
number of shoots to those required to furnish the 
trees next year. Where one shoot overlies another, 
have the most useless one removed. Extension 
shoots should be laid in, and the fruits everywhere 
thoroughly exposed to light. Surface mulching may 
be resorted to where the trees are likely to suffer 
owing to dry weather. By loosening the surface 
before applying the mulch the moisture runs into the 
soil instead of off the surface. The water 
should be applied to the trees with some force by 
means of the hose or garden engine, in order to clean 
the foliage. 
Cherries.—See to the netting of the late kinds 
before they get injured by birds. Before this the 
young shoots should be fastened to the wall, laying 
them in more thickly than is the case with other 
kinds. 
Figs on Open Walls—The object with Figs on 
walls shpuld be to expose every branch as well as 
possible to sunlight, for by that means alone can well- 
ripened and good bearing wood be obtained. It is 
also hardier in winter when so treated. The object 
at present should be to remove all shoots not 
required for furnishing the wall next year. The 
gross ones from the base, and for which there is no 
room, should also be removed. Fasten the rest to 
the wall exposing the fruit as much as possible to 
sunshine. 
Melons.—Some good fruits can be obtained from 
frames set on a bed of fermenting materials. Place 
some roughly-chopped fibrous loam mixed with 
about a third of well decayed cow manure in the 
centre of the lights and make the soil firm about the 
roots, after which give a watering to settle the soil. 
Ventilate early in the day and close the frames 
about three or four o’clock, or even earlier, according 
to the brightness and warmth of the sun or other¬ 
wise. Syringe freely on bright days, both in the 
morning and again at night when closing the frame. 
Kitchen Garden.—Keep the hoe at work 
amongst all growing vegetables, to keep down weeds, 
but more particularly to break and loosen the surface 
so as to counteract the drought. Planting may be 
done by taking out shallow furrows with the hoe to 
get down to moist soil and afterwards watering the 
plants till established. 
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Quescions ahd snstueR$. 
Names of Plants. —A'. : 1, Lithospermum pros¬ 
tratum ; 2, L. scoparium.— H.Brown : The White 
Beam, Pyrusaria The Holly we do not recognise; 
materials insufficient. The Manna Ash is Fraxinus 
ornus.— A. C. \ 1, Osmunda regalis ; 2,Osmundasp. 
but not in character. Please send a more perfect 
piece of both the barren and fertile frond. 
Peach leaves spotted.— A. Young'. The spotting 
is due to the action of the sun on spots of water, 
which converts them into burning glasses, so that 
holes are burnt through the leaves. Laurels are occa¬ 
sionally hurt in the same way, and the mischief 
generally occurs when the sun comes out strong 
after a shower of rain. 
Bee Orchid.—S. C. : Our native Bee Orchid or 
Bee Orchis, is Orchis apifera. 
Malmaison Carnation Sport.— M. Dixon'. We 
have compared your sport from Souvenir de la 
Malmaison with the pink variety in commerce, and 
can see no difference between them. The plant 
already in cultivation, was, we believe, a sport also. 
Potatos Flowering.— G. A. : All varieties flower 
and bear “seed plums” more or less, according to 
the season, but some sorts are much more free in 
this lespect than others. The sorts you name may 
be shy bloomers, but we are not able to say so as a 
fact. 
Melons Cracking.— P. M.: Merely raising the 
fruits a few inches above the soil has nothing to do 
with their cracking, which must be attributed, we 
suspect, to an excess of moisture at the roots. 
They must be kept on the dry side while ripening off. 
Communications Received.— W. E. — G. C. — 
J. B.—A. V. M.—T. S S.—J. W.—Omega.—W. C. 
—W. & S. 
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Lincoln’s Inn Fields, W.C.—Catalogued Works on 
Horticulture Forestry, Landscape Gardening, 
Orchids, etc 
LONDON SEED TRADE. 
June 26th, 1893. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 39, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, report some speculative 
trade in Trifolium incarnatum at extreme prices, and 
a moderate enquiry for Mustard and Rape at un¬ 
changed rates. Spring Tares exhausted. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
June 28th, 1893. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d s. d. 
s. d. 
Melons.each i 6 
Strawberries, per lb. o 6 
Pine apples. 
Tasmanian Apples 
per case . 5 0 10 o 
Cherries. \ sieve 36 70 
Grapes, per lb.' 10 2 6 | —St. Michael’s, each 2 6 
Peaches ... per dozen 30 8 o j Black Currants, i sve 4 6 
Red Currants, \ sieve 20 3 0 j 
Vegetables—Average Retail Prices. 
s. d 
2 6 
1 6 
6 o 
4 9 
x. d. s. d. 
Asparagus per bundle 16 50 
AruchokesGlobedoz. 30 60 
Beans, French, perlb. 16 20 
Beet.per dozen 20 30 
Cabbages ... per doz. 1626 
Carrots ... per bunch 0 6 
Cauliflowers, Eng.dz. 30 50 
Celery.per bundle 2 6 
Cucumbers .each 04 08 
Endive. French, doz. 26 30 
Herbs .per bunch 02 06 
. d. 
4 0 
x. d. 
Horse Radish, bundle 2 0 
Lettuces ...per dozen 1 6 
Mushrooms, p. basket 13 20 
Onions.per bunch 04 06 
Parsley ... per bunch 0 6 
Radishes... per dozen 1 6 
Seakale .per bkt o 0 00 
Smallsalading,punnet o 4 
Spinach ... per strike 1 6 
Tomatos. per lb. o 9 10 
Turnips.per bun. 0 6 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
sd - s d S'd, s . d 
4 o Pelargoniums, 12 sps. 06 09 
1 0 —scarlet.12 bchs. 30 6 c 
3 o Pinks, doz. bunches... 20 60 
8 o Pyreihrum doz. bun. 1640 
3 o Primula, double, bun. 06 10 
6 o Red Roses, doz. bhs. 30 80 
4 o Roses, yellow, dozen 20 40 
90 — Red.doz. bims. 20 30 
06 — Saffrano...per doz. 16 20 
— Tea.per dozen 06 20 
5 0 Stephanotis,dz.sprays 16 26 
6 o Sweet Peas, doz. bhs. 40 80 
4 0 Sweet Sutton,dz.bhs. 30 40 
4 c Tuberoses, per doz 06 10 
.d. 
Arum Lilies, 12 blms. 2 o 
Bouvardias, per bun. o 6 
Carnations...per doz. 1 0 
doz. bunches. 4 o 
Cornflowers, dz. him. 1 6 
Eucharis ...per doz. 3 o 
Gardenias 12 blooms 2 o 
Gladiolus,White,dzbn4 o 
Heliotropes,12 sprays o 4 
Lilium Harrisii, 
doz. blooms 2 6 
MaidenhairFern,i2bs. 4 o 
Margueiites, 12 bun. 2 0 
Mignonette... 12 bun. 2 0 
Orchid Bloom in var. 
per bloom, from 0 3 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
x. d. s. d. 
Cyperus .per doz. 4 0 12 0 
Dracaena term., doz. 18 0 36 0 
Dracaena viridis.doz. 9 0 18 0 
Erica, various, doz. 12 o 24 0 
Evergreens,invar.doz 6 0 24 0 
Ferns, invar.,per doz. 4 0 18 0 
Ferns, small, per 100 6 0 10 0 
Foliage Plants, doz. 12 0 60 0 
Fuchsia .per doz. 6 0 12 0 
Genista .per doz. 9 o 12 o 
Hydrangea, per doz. 9 0 18 0 
Ivy Geraniums...doz. 40 60 
d‘ x d. 
Liliums, various, per 
doz.. o 24 0 
Lobelia .per doz. 30 60 
Marguerites, perdoz. 6 0 12 0 
Nasturtiums, per doz. 30 40 
Mignonette, per doz. 40 80 
Palms in variety,each 2 6 10 o 
Palms, Specimen ... 15 0 63 0 
Pelargoniums ... doz. 9 o 15 o 
— scarlet.per doz. 40 90 
Saxafrage...per doz. 12 o 18 o 
Spirea, per doz. 60120 
O O 3ST T IE JST T S. 
PAGE. 
Chrysanthemums, new_6S3 
Cypripedium, hybrid.696 
Epidendrum Forgetianum 696 
Eryngium giganteum..'..665 
Floriculture .690 
Gardeners’ Calendar.697 
Gardeners, Government ...692 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevo¬ 
lent Institution . (92 
Gilbert White .693 
Herbaceous border, the ...694 
Hexisia bicentata.696 
HorticulturalExaminations688 
Inula glandulosa.695 
Kale, Carter s Phoenix.991 
Laelia crispilabia var.696 
Lilies, our garden.687 
Luisia Amesiana.696 
Odontoglossum peruviense 656 
PAGE 
Orchid Collector, experi¬ 
ences of an.694 
Orchid Notes.696 
Pea. Lord Anson’s .695 
Plants, new certificated.690 
Plants, fapanese ....696 
Potato Crop, our .688 
Potato Planter, Ransomes’ 692 
Rose Show at Earl’s Court 6^5 
Science Gleanings .691 
Societies.691 
Strawberries, early.695 
Trees, bleeding of .691 
Vegetable Garden, the .691 
Vegetables, watering.991 
Viola Growers and Raisers 693 
Violas, rayless.690 
Wakefield Paxton Society 695 
Water, movement of in 
plants.691 
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