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January 29, 1898, 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
GREEN PEAS JUNE TO NOVEMBER. 
A correspondence was raised in the Daily Press last Autumn upon the shortness of the season when Green Peas are available, both in gardens and 
on the market. We now offer the following as representing the best collection selected from 1,024 rows we had under trial last season. It would be 
difficult for us to give precise dates for putting the seed into the ground, as so much depends upon soil and situation. Successional Sowings may be 
made any time between these dates, and the last sowing not later than the second week in June. 
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The Collection—1 pint each of 7 varieties, price 12/6; 1 quart each of 7 varieties, price 22/6, Carriage Free 
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Carters’ 
Carters’ 
Carters’ 
Carters’ 
Carters’ 
Carters' 
Carters' 
Lightning 
Early Morn 
Daisy 
Danby Stratagem 
Model Telephone 
Model Telegraph 
Michaelmas 
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First Early White Round 
First Early Marrowfat .. 
Second Early Marrowfat 
Mid-season Marrowfat .. 
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Main Crop Marrowfat .. 
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TO PICK. 
CARRIAGE FREE. 
Per pint. Per qrt. 
In February 
May to June . . 
2 s. 
3 s. 6d. 
End of March 
During June .. 
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Middle of April .. 
Early J uly 
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End of April 
July .. 
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Middle of April .. 
July .. 
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End of April 
July and Aug... 
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during June and July will clear that error, or to 
Messrs. Barr & Sons Nurseries, Long Ditton, Surrey, 
where they fire grown by hundreds in water and on 
a bank by the side of a stream. They will flower in 
full exposure to sun or ih partial shade ; but by 
preference in full sun. The planting season is 
autumn and spring, when they should be planted in 
clumps from 2 ft. to 4 ft. apart, and when established 
will give a gorgeous rarge of colours from saowy 
white to bright blue, deep purple, at,d crimson, in 
self and mottled, double and single flowers, many of 
the blooms measuring from 8 in. to 10 in. across. — 
Grower of Iris. 
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Questions mo aqssosrs 
*,* Will our friends who send us newspapers be so good 
as to mark the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see. 
We shall be greatly obliged bv their so doing. 
[Correspondents, please note that we cannot undertake to 
name florists' flowers such as Carnations, Pelargoniums, 
Chrysanthemums, Roses, nor such as are mere garden 
varieties, differing only in the colour of the flower. 
Florists' flowers, as a rule, can only be named by those who 
grow collections of them.] 
The White Butterfly.— Enquirer : There are two 
white butterflies that attack the members of the 
Brassica family, while a third one is kno wn as the 
Green-veined White. The Large White Butterfly 
(Pieris Brassicae) of the Cabbage makes its appear¬ 
ance in April and keeps on till June. This is the 
first brooi.and the females commence to lay their eggs 
soon after, in clusters of 20 to 30 upon the under 
sides of Cabbage leaves or allied plants. The eggs 
hatch out at various rates according to the tempera¬ 
ture of the air, and may te found abundantly in 
June, some earlier and some later. They pass through 
the egg|caterpillar and pupa stages appearing as perfect 
butterflies again in July and August. The caterpil¬ 
lars from this brood appear in September and later, 
according to the weather and the time the eggs were 
laid. This late brood passes through the winter in 
the pupa stage, suspended by a band of silk to some 
wooden fence, wall, or other structure which will 
keep them dry and sheltered. The perfect insect 
from these pupae hatches out in April to lay its eggs 
again. Some authors say that the Large Cabbage 
Butterfly gives rise to a constant succession of broods 
all through the summer and autumn, but as the eggs 
of different individuals are laid at various times, it 
follows that caterpillars may be found over a con¬ 
siderable time according to the state cf the weather. 
The presence of food and the abscence of frost 
would have a great deal to do with this, and your 
geographical position would prevent you having any¬ 
thing like the winters usually experienced even about 
London. There are many caterpillars belonging 
to butterflies and moths that infest the Cabbage, 
and the specimens you found in January might have 
belonged to a moth. The perfect insects of the 
Large White Cabbage Butterfly die long before 
winter. 
Clubbing of Brussels Sprouts — R. Henderson : 
There are really two forms of swellings upon the 
roots, not only of Brussels Sprouts but most other 
members of the Brassica tribe Small ones, more or 
less globular, may be the result of the weevil Ceu- 
thorhynchus sulcicollis. If the exerescences are as 
large as the fist or thereby it is without doubt the 
result of a fungus named Plasmodiophora Brassicae. 
You should dig (not pull) up the roots after the 
sprouts have been gathered, and carefully burn them 
to destroy the fungus. Then trench the ground 
deeply, putting the top spit into the bottom of the 
trench, so as to bury the spores in it. Turn the 
loose earth of the first spit into the trench likewise, 
and give a good dressing of gas lime on the top. 
Another dressing on the top of the next spit would 
do no harm. None of the Cabbage tribe should be 
planted on this ground for a year or two. 
The best white Clematis.— Omega: For early 
flowering one of the best white varieties is Mrs. 
George Jackman, with satiny white flowers having a 
creamy bar. Though it is otfe of the Clematis patens 
section, it sometimes flowers on the young wood as 
well as the old. Smith's snow-white Jackmannii is 
one of the late flowering sorts and a very fine one 
belonging to the Jackmannii section. Both are per¬ 
fectly hardy. You ask a question about the best 
time to plant Clematis something, but we cannot 
make out what. Please write the name a little 
plainer and we shall help you. 
Matchbox with Grub — Enquirer: The box you 
mentioned in your letter has not yet arrived, and 
must have gone astray or been smashed to pieces in 
coming through the post. If you think it worth 
while sending another, we shall be pleased to assist 
you 
Transplanting Rhododendrons— J. Wilson: This 
could practically be done at any time of the year 
except during times of too severe frost or severe 
drought and heat. The principal points to be 
attended to are lifting the plants with a good ball, 
transferring them to their new quarters at once, 
before the soil and roots get dried up, and making 
sure that you put them in suitable material. Select 
positions for them where the soil is comparatively 
cool and moist, otherwise you must improve the 
staple of the natural soil by removing half or the 
whole of it and making the amount good by means of 
peat, which need not be particularly fine, that is, you 
need not get Orchid peat, nor the fibrous and 
selected material that is used for Heaths and 
Azaleas in pots. Peat serves to keep the roots cool 
in droughty summer weather. Dry sandy soils, and 
clay require a considerable amount of peat to enable 
them to be suitable for Rhododendrons in the more 
southern counties. 
Weeping Willows. —R. G. S.: By rooting shoots 
either of the Kilmarnock or the American Weeping 
Willows you will only have bushes that trail on the 
ground. You must bud or graft them on upright 
stems of some other sorts. The Goat Willow (Salix 
Caprea), is often used as a stock, and always, we 
believe, in the case of the Kilmarnock Willow. 
Stocks of the Goat Willow may be raised from cut¬ 
tings and grown to the height required before bud¬ 
ding the weeping form upon it. 
Dendrobiam Phalaenopsis schroderianum — Len : 
The flower you sena is a very pretty one and well 
worth growing So many varieties have been named, 
that it would be difficult to distinguish from some 
that have received names. The clear rose and veiny 
outer lobe of the lip makes a beautiful contrast with 
the lemon and white tube, and the nearly white 
sepals and petals. By way of distinction it might be 
named someone's variety, or the variety of your 
place. 
Iris Kaempferi. — Nial: For a reply to your 
query in last week’s issue see p. 349. 
Margillo Apple.— H. Walker : We do not know of 
an Apple named Margillo. It is probably a mistake 
for Margil, an old and much esteemed variety on 
accouot of its excellent flavour, which has been com¬ 
pared to that of Ribston Pippin. The tree, however, 
is more healthy, less liable to canker, and a free 
bearer. The fruits are of medium size. You should 
have no difficulty in procuring it, under the name 
we have given, from any nurserjman who grows a 
good collection. 
Marguerite Leaves tunnelled.— Omega : The 
galleries in the leaves are the work of a small black 
flv named Phytomyza nigricornis. As the grubs of 
this insect burrow between the two skins of the 
leaves, yod canilot apply anv insecticide that will 
destroy them without also killing the leaves. Yotl 
might pick off and burn the worst Of the leaves, and 
pinch or squeeze the rest between the finger and the 
thumb. By examining the underside of the leaves 
you can see where the grub is situated. Syringing 
the foliage with weak tobacco water at intervals of a 
week or two would serve to keep the flies from lay¬ 
ing their eggs upon the same. 
Names of Plants. —Gw. Haig : Cattleya labiata 
percivaliana (well-colou v ed and of good substance) 
— T. W. : 1, Dendrobium findlayanum ; 2, Cattleya 
labiata Trianaei ; 3, Odoatoglossum crispum gutta- 
tum.— H. Miller : Eranthemum nervosum ; 2,Ruellia 
Portellae ; 3 Nepeta Glechoma variegata ; 4, Yucca 
filamentosa variegata ; 5, Sibthorpia europaea 
variegata ; 6, Carex brunnea variegata ; 7, Carex 
Morovii variegata.— J. Andrews: 1, Crocus susianus ; 
2, Crocus Imperati ; 3, Jasminum nudiflorum ; 4, 
Asplenium bulbiferum minus ; 5, Davallia Tyer- 
mannf. — T. Cox : 1, Retinospora plumosa ; 2, 
Retinospora pisifera ; 3, Cupresses thuyoides ; 4, 
Taxus adpressa. 
Commnnications received.— A. Outram. — J. 
Carter & Co.—W. Swan.—D. Chisholm.—Len.— 
S. L. A.—W. B.—R. M.—A. C.—J. M. R.-S. W.— 
W. H.—P. D.—J. H. Nicholas.—Waban.—R. E.— 
Ensign.—S. O. L-.—G. Me.—E. S.—C. Thoms. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Fred. Smith & Co., Suffolk Seed Establishment, 
Church Street, Woodbridge.—Catalogue of Vege¬ 
table and Flower Seeds. 
John Turner, North Street, Wetherby, Yorks.— 
Catalogue of Vegetable, Flower and Farm Seeds, 
Bedding Plants, &c.; also Select List of Chrysanth¬ 
emums and Dahlias. 
W. P. Laird & Sinclair, Dundee and Cupar- 
Fife.—Vegetable, Flower, and Farm Seeds, Seed 
Potatos, Tools and Sundries. 
W. Wells, F.R.H S., M.N.C.S., The Earlswood 
Nurseries, Ltd., Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey.— 
Special List or Supplement to Descriptive Catalogue 
of Chrysanthemums. 
Vilmorin-Andrieux & Cie, Seed Merchants, 
4, Quai de la Megisserie, Paris.—General Catalogue 
of Seeds, Strawberries, Flowering Bulbs, &c. ; also 
Supplement to the Catalogues.—List of Novelties. 
John Forbes, Bucc'euch Nurseries, Hawick, 
Scotland.—Seed Catalogue. 
Thos. S. Ware, Hale Farm Nurseries, Tottenham, 
London.—Spring Catalogue of Chrysanthemums, 
Lilies, Calorchortus, Gloxinias, Begonias, Gladioli, 
&c. 
H. Deverill, Banbury, Oxford.—Deverill’s Seed 
and Plant Catalogue and Exhibitors’ Guide. 
The Surrey Seed Co., Redhill, Surrey.—Garden 
Seed Catalogue. 
Frank Dicks & Co., (Late Dobie & Dicks,) 66, 
Deansgate, Manchester. — Descriptive Price List of 
Seeds. 
Henry Eckford, Wem, Shropshire.—Catalogue of 
Giant Sweet Peas, Culinary Peas, Vegetable Seeds, 
Flower Seeds, &c. 
John Pinches 3, Crown Buildings. Crown Street, 
Camberwell, S.E. — List of Acme Labels, Yeats's 
Zinc Labels, and Sundry Labels. 
Alexander Cross & Sons. Ltd , 19, Hope Street, 
Glasgow.—Cross’s Selected Garden Seeds. 
H Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent.—Illustrated 
and Complete Descriptive List of Chrysanthemums. 
Fotheringham & King, Corn Exchange, Dum¬ 
fries.—Garden Seeds. 
