734 
THE GARDENING WORLD- 
July 16, 1898. 
plants, for which a Silver Banksian Medal was 
awarded. 
Mr. Will Taylor, Hampton, Middlesex, sent two 
dozen grand trusses of the variety Mrs. John 
Laing. 
A Silver Banksian Medal went to Mr. Joseph 
Pitt, gardener to F. W. Campion, Esq., Colley 
Manor, Reigate, for twenty-four bunches of garden 
Roses. Crimson Rambler, Dundee Rambler, 
L'ldeal and Longworth Rambler were some of the 
most meritorious forms. 
A Silver Flora Medal went to Mr. Chas. Turner, 
of Slough, for three dozen large bunches of garden 
Roses, all of which were in splendid condition. 
Messrs. Paul & Son, of Cheshunt, received a 
Silver Banksian Medal for a group of similar 
material, a very showy and meritorious exhibit. 
Facing the doorway, Messrs. F. Cant & Co. staged 
a splendid array of garden Roses, for which a Silver 
Banksian Medal was voted. The flowers here were 
exceptionally bright and good. 
The exhibit of hybrid Sweet Briers and garden 
Roses from Mr. Geo. Baskell, gardener to Lord 
Penzance, Eashing Park, GodalmiDg, was highly 
meritorious, a number of fine forms being included. 
(Silver Flora Medal.) 
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Hardening ITiscellany. 
JUGLANS REGIA LACINATA, 
We have in this a combination of the useful and 
ornamental, which, singularly enough, too often 
escapes notice, or it would more frequently be 
planted by those engaged in landscape gardening. 
Among the many varieties of trees with lacinated 
foliage, in my opinion this stands first, and merits a 
conspicuous position on any well kept lawn. At the 
same time it comes well into a fruitful condition in a 
comparatively young state. The nuts are of fair 
average size and are freely produced.— W. B. G. 
LYCHNIS VISCARIA SPLENDENS 
This pretty Lychnis is not so much grown as it 
deserves to be. Coming as it does before the Pink 
and Carnation families, its fine spikes of rosy-pink 
flowers are very acceptable. Whether in the border 
or cut it is always much admired. It is also very 
hardy and easily propagated. This species has not 
the fault of many of the other species of this family 
whose shoots all run to flower. It blooms freely 
but there is always more " grass " than flower stems. 
Unless a very large stock is wanted the best way to 
increase it is to divide the rootstock after the flower¬ 
ing has finished. But if a large stock is wanted 
cuttings may be taken and treated in the same 
manner as Pinks.— Scotch Grower. 
Quescions add An$ujeH$. 
*,* 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.] 
Taking the Buds of Chrysanthemums —Buds : 
The varieties you mention, namely, G. J. Warren, 
Mrs. Hume Long, Royal Sovereign, W. H. Lincoln, 
Van den Heede and Duke of York are too early if 
showing the bud at present. You cannot, therefore, 
get the first crown bud, but you can secure the 
second crowns by simply pinching out those showing 
now. Do not cut back the tops, but merely pick out 
the buds carefully. They will show the buds again 
about the third or fourth week in August, and will 
then be in good time. Van den Heede and Duke of 
York being naturally rather late varieties, it will be 
necessary to place them in a sheltered and warm or 
sunny place so as to bring them on more rapidly 
than they otherwise would, and ripen or harden up 
their growths. Other varieties showing their buds 
may be treated in the same way. Make notes of all 
that you do, and the general character of the 
weather as to heat or cold, and you will be better 
able to regulate and guide your work accordingly in 
timing the buds next year. The buds, we may say, 
should have been removed about ten days ago or 
thereby, and we think you would have hit the time 
exactly for your part of the country. 
Names of Plants — D. W. D. : i, Geranium iberi- 
cum ; 2, Aster sp., send when in flower; 3, Trades- 
cantia virginica alba; 4, Hemerocallis flava; 5, 
Ranunculus acris flore plenc ; 6, Spiraea Ulmaria 
variegata; 7, Lilium Martagon; 8, Veronica Teu- 
crium; 9, Achillea Eupatorium; 10, Funkia Sie- 
boldi; ii, Helianthus rigidus, apparently, but send 
when in bloom ; 12, Chrysanthemum maximum ; 13, 
Campanula grandis ; 14, Veronica sp., send when in 
flower; 15. Campanula glomerata ; 16, Centranthus 
ruber ; 17, Iris sp. (the flowers had gone to pulp); 
18, Alstroemeria aurantiaca; 19, Lilium umbellatum ; 
20, Papaver orientale bracteatum ; 21, Eryngium 
alpinum; 22, Centaurea montana. — R. M.\ 1, 
Retinospora plumosa aurea; 2, Libocedrus decur- 
rens ; 3, Fagus sylvatica cuprea ; 4. Choisya ternata; 
5, Spiraea Douglasii.— W. J.\ 1, Oncidium pulvina- 
tum ; 2, Odontoglossum Hallii; 3, Cattleya Mendelii 
var.; 3, Utricularia montana.— A.R.: 1, Miscan- 
thus japonicus variegatus, generally known in gar¬ 
dens under the name of Eulalia. 
Centipedes in Hyacinths and Tulip Bulbs.— H. 
Marsh : These may not be entirely blameworthy in 
the matter. There are often decaying scales and other 
vegetable matter about resting bulbs ; but very olten 
slugs get at them and bore holes into the interior. 
Wireworms may be guilty of the same thing, and 
encouraged by these means the centipedes take up 
their abode in the cavities where they eat the decay¬ 
ing matter and hasten further decay. Lift the bulbs 
and lay them in a dry, shady place to thoroughly 
ripen ofl. After they are dry the centipedes will 
give them no further trouble. 
Primula japonica. — R. W.: Wait till the seeds 
are thoroughly ripe, but no longer. Gather and sow 
them at once when that happens, and you will get 
any quantity of seedlings next spring. You need 
not look for them sooner; but if you keep them dry 
till next spiing before sowing you need not look for 
them at all, as they seldom, if ever, come up when so 
treated. Sow in a cool, shady, border in the open, 
or in boxes of soil, which you mnst keep continually 
moist, and sheltered during winter in a cold frame. 
Seeds gathered from red or crimson-flowered plants 
will give rise to seedlings of the same colours ; but 
seeds from the white variety will give seedlings with 
white flowers, some pink ones and probably a few 
red or crimson ones. 
Caterpillar on Morello Cherry.— John Duff : The 
specimen you sent was a very fine one ; and is the 
caterpillar of one of the Geometers or Loopers, so 
named from their peculiar method of walking. 
Having only six true legs in front and four behind, 
that is, ten in all, it can only walk by looping up its 
long, legless back and then draw in its hind quarters. 
It closely corresponds to the description of the Oak 
Beauty (Ampbidasis prodromaria), which we think it 
is. It is the finest imitation of a half-ripened twig 
we have seen. The larva feeds on various trees. 
You ask if it is very destructive, to which we answer 
in the affirmative, for it can gnaw the leaves into 
narrow strips, without wasting a morsel, and that, 
too, as fast as you could clip a leaf with a pair of 
scissors. We do not think, however, it will cause 
you much trouble unless more numerous than we 
should suspect. The caterpillar feeds during June, 
July and August, but is so large that you could look 
over your trees and pick off every specimen In a 
very short time if you have sharp eyes. When 
resting it will cling by its two hind feet and the two 
claspers at the tail, while the head and body are 
projecting into the air like a leafless twig. You 
I should set about finding all of them at once before 
I furthei damage is done. 
Green Fly on Celery. — Subscriber : —It is not often 
that green fly attacks Celery; at least that is our 
experience. You do not say whether the insects are 
inside the leaves or outside. We should suspect the 
former. If the leaves are blistered and brown in 
places, the Celery Fly is at work. There is a good 
deal of it this year. In this case you should cut off 
all the brown portions and burn them so as to destroy 
the grubs inside. Where the blisters are only small 
ycu may pick them off or squeeze them between the 
finger and thumb. Be sure you burn all that you cut 
off. Then syringe your plants with tobacco water to 
prevent the winged or mature flies from laying the r 
eggs upon the leaves. Trench the ground 2 ft. deep 
in winter, giving it a good dressing of gas lime to 
kill the pupae in the soil. If the pest is really green 
fly you might first syringe the plants with a strong 
solution of tobacco water (half a pound of tobacco to 
a gallon of water) with an addition of J lb of soft 
soap to make the tobacco juice adhere to the foliage. 
As a second remedy you might lightly syringe the 
plants with water, and then dust them with tobacco 
powder,which may be obtained from the horticultural 
sundriesman at a very reasonable price. Leave the 
powder on until it gets washed off with rain, but if 
the latter comes soon after the application, you may 
have to repeat the operation of dusting with tobacco 
powder. One application is usually very effective. 
It would help us greatly in giving directions if you 
would send specimens of leaves and the insects 
attacking them. 
Communications Received—WiFon.—W. B. G. 
—H. C. P —A. Armfield.— A. E S — Caledonia — 
J. G.—Robert B. M. Morris —J. C. S —W. L—A. 
C.— B L.— J. Mayne—R. E. —Omega—-Albert F. 
Upstone.— J. B. —R.—Reader.—C. L—Lettuce.— 
L. K.—M — Geo. T. T. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
July 13 th, 1898. 
Fruit.—average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d t. i. 
Apples ...per bushel 00 00 
Cobbs . 00 00 
per 100 lbs. 
Grapes, per tb. 16 36 
t. 4. s. d- 
Pine-apples 
—St. Mlahael's each 2 6 76 
Strawberries per lb. 0 4 13 
Cherries.per box 26 30 
Vegetables.—Average Wholesale Prices 
>. d. 1. d. 
ArticbokesGlobedoz. 20 40 
Asparagus,per bundle 3080 
Beans, French, per 
per lb. 0916 
Beet.per dozen 1 0 
Brussels Sprouts 
per half sieve 10 16 
Cabbages ... per doz. 10 13 
Carrots ... per bunch 0 3 
Cauliflowers.doz. 20 30 
Celery.per bundle 10 16 
Cucumbers per doz. 26 36 
Endive, French, doz. 16 20 
Cut Flowers.—Average 
t. 
Atom Lilies, is blms. 30 40 
Asparagus Fern, bun. 2 030 
Bcuvardias, per bun. 06 08 
Carnations doz.blms. 16 30 
Euoharls ...per doz 20 40 
Gardenias ...per doz. 16 30 
Geranium, scarlet, 
doz. bunches 30 60 
Lilium longlflorcm 
per doz. 20 40 
Lily of the Valley doz. 
sprays 09 16 
LiIac(Frenoh)per bun. 3640 
1. i. s. d. 
Herbs .per bunch 0 1 
Horse Radish, bundle 10 20 
Lettuces ...per dozen 13 16 
Mushrooms, p. basket 10 16 
Onions.per bnnoh 04 06 
Parsley ... per bunch 0 3 
Radishes... per dozen 10 13 
Seakale...per basket 1620 
Small salad, punnet 0 4 
Spinach per bushel 20 30 
Tomatos. per lb. 0 6 10 
Turnips ....per bun. 0 3 
Wholesale Prices. 
1. d. s.d. 
Mrrguerltes, 12 bun. 1 6 30 
MaidenbalrFern,iabs.4 060 
Grohlds, doz. blooms 10 80 
Pelargoniums,12 bun. 30 60 
Red Roses, per doz. 10 10 
Roses (Indoor), doz. 06 10 
,, Tea, white, doz. 10 00 
„ Perle . 16 00 
,, Safrano . 10 20 
„ (English), 
Pink Roses, doz. 2040 
Smilax, per bunch ... I 6 20 
Tuberoses, doz, 
blooms .10 10 
d. s. i 
Plakts ih Pots.—Average 
1. d. 1. d. 
ArborVitae.perdoz. 12 0 36 0 
Aspidistra, doz. 18 0 36 0 
„ specimen 5 0 10 0 
Coleus, per doz. 30 40 
Diacaena, various, 
per doz. 12 0 30 o 
Dracaena virldls,doz. 90180 
Euonymus, var. doz. 60180 
Evergreens,Invar.doz 6 0 24 0 
Ferns, invar.,per doz. 4 012 0 
Ferns, small, per 100 4 0 60 
Ficus elastica, each 10 50 
Foliage Plants, var., 
eaob 10 30 
Fuchsia, per doz. 60 90 
Heliotrope, per dozen 4 0 80 
Wholesale Prices. 
»• d. r. d 
Hydrangeas, per doz. 8 o 10 0 
Ivy Geraniums, 
per doz. 4060 
Lilium Harrlssii, 
per pot 16 20 
Lycopodiums, doz. 30 40 
Lobelias, per doz.... 30 50 
Marguerite Daisy doz.4 0 90 
Mignonette, per doz. 40 60 
Myrtles, doz. 60 90 
Palms in variety,each 1 o 15 0 
Palms, Specimen ...21 0 63 0 
Pelargoniums ... 9 0 12 0 
Rhodanthe...per doz. 40 50 
Scarlets .per doz 2660 
Spiraea, per doz.... 60 90 
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Bulbs. 
Wm. Atkinson. 7 21 
C. G. Van Tubergen .721 
Catalogues. 
Barr & Sons .721 
Bunyard & Co.721 
J. Forbes. 7 2 3 
Kelway & Son .721 
J. Peed & Sons.723 
Simpson & Son.721 
W. Wood & Son, Ltd. ...723 
Chrysanthemums. 
Devon Nursery.721 
Florists’ Flowers. 
J. Douglas.721 
T. Jannoch.723 
Kelway & Son .721 
R. Owen.721 
J. Peed & Sons.723 
J. Stevens .721 
Flower Pots. 
Sankey & Sons,Ltd.736 
Fruit Trees. 
G. Bunyard & Co .721 
Carden Sundries, &c. 
J. Arnold.721 
Corry & Co. 72 t 
Eveson Coal & Coke Co. 721 
Fowler’s Lawn Sand.722 
Hirst, Brooke & Hirst, ...521 
J. & H. R. Hounam.723 
A. Outram . 735 
Porter’s Stakes.721 
Reading Propagator .736 
G. H. Richards.722 
H. G. Smyth. 721 
Heating Apparatus. 
W. Cooper, Limited ...722 
Richardson & Co.721 
Thames Bank Iron Co ...721 
Hortieultural Builders. 
I. Boyd & Sons.721 
W. Cooper, Ltd.722 
J. Gray.721 
W. Richardson &Co.721 
]. Weeks & Co., Ltd. 721 
Hose. 
F. Reddaway & Co.. Ltd. 722 
Inseetioides. 
Corry & Co. 
Glshurst Compound ... 
XL All. 
Lawn Howers. 
A. Shanks & Son, Ltd.. 
..72Z 
Manures. 
Anglo-Continental . 
..721 
C. Beeson . 
Chemical Union. 
Clay & Son... 
W. Colchester. 
Lawes'. 
Meggitt’s. 
H. G. Smyth. 
W. Thomson At Sons... 
Miscellaneous. 
British Carpet Co. 
Cooper's Cycles . 
Corry & Co., Ltd. 
Epps’s Cocoalne . 
-733 
Frosteen . 
Gishurstine . 
Juno Cycles . 
Smyth’s Baskets. 
Netting. 
H. J. Gas son. 
-721 
A. Potter. 
Orchids. 
J. Cypher . 
P.McArthur . 
F. Sander & Co . 
Sianley-Mobbs & Ashton72i 
Publications. 
Darlington. 
Gardening World. 
Midland Cos'. Herald... 
Ogilvie. 
I. S. Virtue & Co. 
W. Wood & Son, Ltd. 
.-723 
Seeds. 
Simpson & Son. 
Sutton & Sons. 
Webb & Sons . 
Shows. 722 and 735 
Situations, &c. 
722 
Strawberries. 
Bunyard & Co. 
Laxton Bros. 
-723 
Tents. 
A. Potter. 
