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September 17, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
Melons, including British Queen, Royal Sovereign, 
and Royal Jubilee. On each side of the central 
trophy were grand specimens of Nepenthes Mor- 
ganiae, N. Curtisii, N. Dicksoniana, N. Mixta (very 
fine), N. mastersiana, N. sanguinea, N. Curtisii 
superba, N. rafflesiana and others. The Bananas 
consisted of Musa sapientum and N. paradisiaca. 
There is no more imposing exhibit of fruit in the 
Waverley Market. Some Orchids served to enliven 
the whole. After the show, the fruit, by command 
of Her Majesty, will be distributed amongst the 
hospitals in Edinburgh, so that the afflicted will 
have some share in the pleasure of the exhibit. 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Limited, Chelsea, 
London, set up a large circular group on the floor of 
fine foliage plants, including some Pitcher Plants 
well furnished with pitchers. A large Cocos occu¬ 
pied the centre, round which the Nepenthes made 
prominent objects. Tall Dracaenas, Acalypha 
Sanderi, and Crotons followed ; after which came a 
dwarfer but massive Caladiums, splendidly coloured. 
Many of the Crotons in the best varieties were pic¬ 
tures of beauty, standing about 3 ft., high and 
furnished with long curled, crisped, and drooping 
leaves down over the pots. They also had Javan 
Rhododendrons, Gymnogrammes.Alocasias, Orchids, 
including hybrid Cattleyas &c. Altogether it was a 
superb exhibit. 
Messrs. James Cocker & Sons, Union Street, 
Aberdeen, had a showy table of plants from the open 
ground, consisting of Montbretias (very fine) Ane¬ 
mones, Asters, Sunflowers, Gaillardias, and other 
herbaceous plants in season. Their Cactus Dahlias 
were also conspicuous, consisting of some of the best 
varieties in cultivation, staged like Roses. Their Tea 
Roses were fresh, fragrant and set up in bunches or 
trusses on the large table (40 ft. by 9 ft.) at the east 
end of the market. 
Messrs. Dicksons & Co., 1, Waterloo Place, Edin¬ 
burgh, exhibited a remarkably fine lot of tufted Pansy 
plants in the form of a bank at one end of their 
stand, showing not only the flowers, but the habits of 
the different varieties. At the other end a fine group 
of zonals was staged. In the centre at either side 
fine collections of Sweet Peas and Carnations were 
placed, the divisions between the centre stands and 
the ends being filled with baskets ot Hypericum 
moserianum tricolor, Asparagus Sprengeri, Strepto- 
carpus and variegated Ivies, and groups of Palms, 
Dracaenas and other choice stove plants being inter¬ 
spersed between. The centre of the stand was 
arched with strong, well-developed canes of fruiting 
and planting Vines; and beneath the arches were pot 
Vines, left over from last year's stock, and bearing 
large bunches of well-finished fruit. A group of 
fruiting pot Apples and Peach trees in pots helped to 
complete one of the most interesting stands in the 
show. 
Mr. H. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Hither Green, 
Lewisham, London, set up a very nice group with a 
centre of Caladiums on a ground-work of Maiden¬ 
hair Ferns upon the floor. The centres were picked 
out with Palms, each being surrounded by a mound 
of plants. The central and largest circular mound 
was flanked at either end with a conical mound of 
Ferns, and these again with banks of tuberous 
Begonias, single and double, grown late and in 
excellent condition. The colours are rich, bright 
and thoroughly representative, particularly amongst 
the single varieties which carry their flowers erect 
and are suitable for bedding purposes, as well as for 
conservatory decoration. 
Messrs. R. Wallace & Co., Kilnfield Gardens, 
Colchester, exhibited a fine collection of bulbous 
plants, chiefly Lilies. Conspicuous amongst them 
were such handsome varieties as Lilium auratum 
platyphyllum, L. speciosum album novum, L. s. 
Melpomene, and L. s. macranthum; also L. 
Batemanniana, L.Henryi, Montbretias in variety, and 
a fine collection of Gladioli. 
Messrs. James Dickson & Sons, Hanover Street, 
and Inverleith Nurseries, exhibited a large circular 
group of Clematis and Conifers on the floor. 
Prominent amongst the Clematis were C. Jackmanni. 
C. J. alba, and the new scarlet Dr. Andr6. The 
Conifers included most of the leading ornamental 
kinds. They also set up a collection of hardy, ever¬ 
green shrubs, suitable for town planting and for 
private establishments. 
New plants for the opinion of the judges have been 
forwarded by Mr. John Forbes, Hawick, who showed 
seedling Pentstemons; Messrs. D. & W. Buchanan, 
of Kippen, a seedling black Grape ; Mr. A. Douglas, 
Baldersby Park, Thirsk, East Lothian Stocks ; Mr. 
M. Campbell, of Blantyre, seedling Carnation ; Mr. 
Wm. Angus, Norwood Hall, Aberdeen, a double 
Sweet Pea; Mr. John Harding, Langford Lodge 
Gardens, Crumlin, Co. Antrim, seedling Apple, 
“No Surrender"; Mr. Thos. Gibson, gardener, 
Glenburn Hydropathic, new Tomato, Glenburn 
seedling ; Mr. Aifred Edgar Truckell, Maxwelltown, 
Dumfries, a var. of Lilium auratum ; Mr. Thos. 
Smith & Sons, Stranraer, a new Rose, Fair Helen ; 
Mr. R. J. Hamill, gardener to F. S. Roberts, Beau¬ 
voir, Jersey, a new Tomato, Beauvoir Hero ; and 
Messrs. Dicksons & Co., a new thickly crested Ane¬ 
mone japonica, Lady Susan, named in compliment 
to Lady Susan Gilmour. 
The exhibit of the Chemical Union, Limited, 
Ipswich, was smartly decorated, and the samples of 
their high-class fertilisers for all classes of horticul¬ 
ture, show that their usual excellence of manufacture 
is well maintained. The Canary Guano—their 
speciality — is a very fine preparation, very soluble 
and up to date in every respect. 
Quescions ado snstneRS 
Cut Flowers for Market.— Market Gardener: They 
would travel to London safely enough by parcel post, 
provided you prepare them properly. Such things 
as Daffodils, Irises and many others require to be 
cut in the bud state when on the point of opening, 
and placed with the cut ends in a house sufficiently 
warm to make them open. They will imbibe suffi¬ 
cient moisture to make them travel well. If you 
could get in touch with some hotel or restaurant 
requiring cut flowers it might be worth your while. 
Except in the case of choice flowers we are afraid it 
would hardly pay you to send so far for market; but 
these things require to be tried. They come much 
longer distances in large quantities and must give a 
fair return. If you could make an arrangement with 
any local agency so that your flowers might travel 
with others in bulk, the travelling expenses would be 
much cheaper, We think you would get consider¬ 
ably more per bunch than what you mention if you 
can get into the proper way of conducting the 
transaction. 
Choice Seeds — Market Gardener: The best plan 
would be to send a small box of samples of the 
flowers during their season, so as to show the quality 
of the strain, and ask how much they would offer 
you per ounce for the seed. By this means justice 
could be given to both parlies, and a satisfactory 
arrangement made in due season. The flowers sent 
at the proper season would speak for themselves, and 
is theonly practical way of coming to direct business, 
short of personal inspection. 
Rhododendrons Dying — W. J. : The excessive and 
continued dry weather is no doubt the cause your 
Rhododendrons dying, for shrubs of a much hardier 
nature have been succumbing lately from that cause. 
If your soil is of a clayey nature, it must now be 
baked, and that to a considerable depth. On 
account of this kind of soil Rhododendrons may exist 
for a considerable number of years, making but little 
headway, and even less rootway, finally failing when 
drought is long continued. If on the other hand it is 
of a light gravelly nature, the death of the plants 
must also be due to drought. Either or both kinds 
of soil must be remedied by digging it out to a depth 
of 18 in. or 2 ft., and filling in the beds with peat and 
good friable loam, mixed half and half. The sandy, 
muddy scourings of ditches or ponds would also 
make an excellent compost in which to grow Rhodo¬ 
dendrons after it has lain in a heap for a year, and 
has been turned once or twice to make it sweet. 
Root-pruning Apples on the Paradise.— A. J. : 
It largely depends upon the number of years during 
which they have been planted as to whether they 
will require root pruning or merely lifting and re¬ 
planting after the leaves have fallen. This can, of 
course, best be determined about the end of October 
or the beginning of November. The trees should 
be lifted with all due care and treated according to 
the state in which you find the roots. All those 
that penetrate the soil deeply as well as those which 
run away horizontally to a considerable distance 
from the stem of the tree should be cut back, the 
perpendicular ones rather closely, and the others at 
a. distance of 3 ft., more or less, according to the 
size of the tree. If the root system is relatively 
compact and well furnished with short fibrous roots, 
all you will have to do is to lift the trees and replant 
them. This will give them the required check, and 
help to throw them into a fruiting condition. 
Primula Japonica Seed.— J. L. : There is no 
necessity for keeping the boxes in which the seed of 
this Primula is sown in a greenhouse during winter. 
The species is perfectly hardy, and the seed particu¬ 
larly so. If the seed is allowed to drop on the 
ground where the plants are growing, the seedlings 
will come up freely next spring and early summer, 
particularly if the situation is slightly shaded or the 
soil naturally keeps sufficiently damp to enable the 
seeds to germinate and develop a good foothold. 
Considering these things you may safely stand the 
pots, pans or boxes in a cold frame. By this method 
you can ensure the required or necessary moisture for 
germination. All the other attention required is to 
see that the surface of the soil does not get too 
densely hovered with Mosses or Liverworts. If there 
is any sign of this in March, sprinkle the surface 
with some fine sandy soil to check the moss. 
Asparagus Ferns.— J . Lintern : The specimen you 
sent us is Asparagus Sprengeri, and belongs to the 
Lily family. It is, therefore, not a Fern at all, and 
could not have passed in the class of the schedule 
you marked, because in that case true Ferns were 
wanted. You could have shown the specimen as a 
fine foliage plant, however. The name Asparagus 
Ferns was first applied to seedlings of the common 
Asparagus (A. officinalis). The seeds were sown 
thickly in small pots, and when the seedlings were 
3 in. to 6 in. high they were sold in the markets and 
florists’ shops as Asparagus Ferns. Of course they 
were not Ferns at all, but the ordinary Asparagus 
used for decorative purposes in a young state. 
Neither of the above two nor any other Asparagus 
can be shown as a Fern. The final decision was 
therefore perfectly justified. 
Planting Trees and Shrubs .—Omega : In planting 
trees and shrubs you should let them into the ground 
so that the soli comes just above the point it did be¬ 
fore they were lifted. Too deep planting is to be 
avoided, but the plants must be put in deep enough 
to give them stability. The soil mark on the stem is 
usually pretty plain. 
Names of Plants. — E. C. H. D ,: 1, Apium nodi- 
florum, grown in running water; 2, Erica cinerea ; 3, 
Gnaphalium uliginosum.— J. Walker : 1, Gypsophila 
panicula : 2, Ophiopogon Jaburan variegatus.— In¬ 
quirer, Cornwall : i, An Umbellifer, evidently, but the 
specimen is not sufficient for identification—send 
when in flower and fruit; 2, Kniphofia aloides, com¬ 
monly known as the Poker Plant; 3, Euphorbia 
Lathyris, popularly called the Caper Spurge.— Jean: 
Celsia Arcturus.— Veld. : r. Acer campestre ; 3, 
Linaria vulgaris, a very common British plant; 4, 
Tamus communis. 
Commuuications Received— J. Eden.—Cromp¬ 
ton. —T. McDavis.—J. Malcolm.—Box of Fruit from 
Darvick (no name).—P. Ta>lor.—D. W. W.—Bulbs. 
—Omega—J. B.—E. C.-R. N. 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Wm. Wood & Son, Ltd., Wood Green, London, N. 
—Tne Illustrated Compendium of Garden Speciali¬ 
ties, seventh Edition ; also “ Carvita," an Absolute 
and Certain Preventative of the Carnation Disease. 
Howden & Co., Nursery and Seedsman, Inver¬ 
ness, N.B —Howden’s Flower Roots. 
H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent.—Catalogue 
of Bulbs, Strawberries, and Small Fruits for 1898. 
H. Duncan Carr, 22, Kimberly Road, Stockwell, 
S.W., and at East Dulwich.—Catalogue of First 
Quality Bulbs, Roses, Chrysanthemums, and 
Greenhouses. 
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