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THE GARDENING WORLD 
October 1, 1898. 
clean from the affected parts to prevent the fungus 
spreading. With the same object in view you might 
syringe the foliage with a solution of half an ounce 
of potassium sulphide in a gallon of water to kill the 
spores. This might be done at intervals of a week 
or ten days till flowering is over. 
Silyery-Pink Roses. — D. W. D. : There are 
numerous Roses of this hue, some of them verging 
on white, but we give those which we think will give 
most satisfaction with you. Mrs. John Laing is soft 
pink ; Mrs. Rumsey, pale silvery-blush; La France, 
silvery-blush internally, and pale salmon pink ex¬ 
ternally ; Madame Gabriel Luizet, delicate satin- 
rose ; Marie Verdier, pinkish-lilac; Eugenie Ver- 
dier, peach, shaded silvery-blush; and Baroness 
Rothschild, blush, shaded white. Of the above 
Madame Gabriel Luizet is the darkest, but you can 
leave it out if you like. It is, however, an excellent 
Rose. 
Dwarf Sweet PeaB.— D. IV. D.: We are afraid 
there are no Sweet Peas that do not exceed 2$ ft. to 
3 ft. except the Cupid Sweet Peas which are only 
about 6 in. or 8 in , and would not give satisfaction 
under the conditions you mention. Most of the 
Sweet Peas may be seen at times no higher than 2 ft. 
in England, owing to dry weather which often 
prevails during June and July; but when sown in 
gardens in districts where the rainfall is heavy, they 
may run up to 6 ft. or 8 ft, perhaps more. We could 
name many of them we have seen dwarf, but they 
would not be reliable in wet districts. We think you 
could manage, however, to keep them at any desired 
height by regulating the height of the stakes or 
trellis, and keeping the Peas down to the same 
by bending over the tops and giving them a tie here 
and there. If you desire any particular colours we 
could name the varieties for you. 
Honeysuckle for Exposed Places.— D.W.D. : We 
understand that you desire climbing kinds. There 
are of course shrubby kinds that grow upright, form¬ 
ing bushes that require no support. Amongst 
climbing kinds the varieties of the common Honey¬ 
suckle (Lonicera Periclymenum) would suit you 
best. Besides the ordinary form there are the 
varieties L. P. Early Cream, L. P. gratum; L. P. 
odoiatissimum, and L. P. Late Dutch, which will 
give you variety in colour, fragrance and time of 
flowering, 
Seedling Apple Stocks. — Bulbs : We see no rea¬ 
son why the stocks you mention should not be suit¬ 
able enough and hardy enough in this country. You 
do not say whether they are Crab stocks, or obtained 
from cider Apples, or whether they are the Paradise 
stock. All these are necessary for particular pur¬ 
poses and forms of trees, so that you should ascer¬ 
tain what they are, if you have not already done so. 
If you want your trees to come into bearing quickly 
you must have the English Paradise or the Doucin 
stock. 
A Dozen Market Apples. — Bulbs : Useful and free 
bearing cooking Apples that should be taken to mar¬ 
ket direct from the tree are Lord Grosvenor, Kes¬ 
wick Codlin, Golden Spire, Duchess of Oldenburg, 
Pott's Seedling and Stirling Castle. All of these are 
good market Apples, and free bearers. They may 
be grown as standards, bushes or pyramids. 
Stirling Castle does best on the Paradise 
stock as a bush or pyramids. Lord Grosvenor 
is of much hardier constitution than Lord 
Suffield, and is recommended as a substitute 
for it, so that you might give the former the prefer¬ 
ence. Cooking Apples that require storing for a 
time before marketing are Warner's King, Lord 
Derby, Lane’s Prince Albert, Northern Greening, 
Stone's and Bismarck. Bramley's Seedling you 
mention is a good market Apple, but is recommended 
to be grown as a standard. 
Nectarines Splitting. — A Constant Reader : There 
seems to have been some injury to the skin of the 
fruits while yet quite young, though it must have 
been very slight, judging from existing evidence. On 
splitting open the fruit of Pineapple Nectarine we 
found the stone thin and soft, and the kernel only 
partly formed, then arrested in growth, and now 
brown and dead. In case the Peach border should 
be deficient in lime, you might add a little to the 
compost with which you dress the border in winter 
at the annual cleaning and tying. The splitting of 
the fruits would suggest, however, that the roots of 
the trees had been allowed to get dry in the early 
stages of growth, say about stoniDg time, and that the 
skin had got hardened during that time. Then a 
heavy supply appears to have been given in order to 
make them swell with the result that the flesh swelled 
much faster than the skin, thus causing the splitting. 
These are offered as suggestions which may recall 
your method of culture during the season. Then, 
again, you might have kept the temperature too high 
before the stoning was completed in order to encour¬ 
age the second swelling. In any case the splitting 
would appear to be due to some omission in the de¬ 
tails of culture. Growth cannot be hastened in an 
unheated house,as when hotwater pipes are present. 
The temperature often falls too low before morning, 
and that would check growth, that is, providing you 
have been hurrying the period of maturity. In any 
case the roots of the trees should have been kept 
steadily moist. 
Book on Forest Trees, &c.— Thos. Davies : There 
is no single book that would give you the details you 
require in the simple form of a manual; but the in¬ 
formation is scattered through various books in refer¬ 
ence to the subjects they deal with. " Brown's 
Forester" is published by W. Blackwood & Son, 
Edinburgh and London. The price we do not know, 
but it is a book of some size. “ English Trees and 
Tree Planting," by W. H. Ablett, is published by 
Smith, Elder & Co., 15, Waterloo Place, London. 
“ Loudon’s Trees and Shrubs of Great Britain,” 
published by F. Warne & Co., Bedford Street, 
Strand, is out of print,we fear, but might be obtained 
second-hand. It would give information on a great 
variety of trees, as far as was knownjin the days it 
was written. The " Art of Grafting," by Baltet, if 
not out of print, is published at the office of The 
Garden, 27, Southampton Street, Strand. It is a book 
of moderate size and would give you information 
about the propagation of fruit trees. 
Names of Fruits.— J. Eden : Apples—1, Stirling 
Castle; 2, King of the Pippins; 3, Dumelow’s 
Seedling; 4, Gloria Mundi; 5, Rymer; 6, Northern 
Greening; 7, London Pippin ; 9, Mere de Menage. 
Names of Plants.— J. Crook: Chlorophytum 
elatum variegatum.—S. T. S.: Leontodon autumnale, 
or the Autumnal Hawkbit.— W. D .: 1, Colchicum 
autumnale; 2, Aster Novae Angliae pulchellus; 3, 
Aster Novi Belgii densus; 4, Aster diffusus horizon- 
talis.— T. L.: 1, Retinospora pisifera aurea; a, 
Cupressus thuyoides; 3, Berberis Thunbergii; 4, 
Amaryllis Belladonna .—A ,M.\ 1, Anemone japonica; 
2, Anemone japonica elegans; 3, Lobelia splendens 
Queen Victoria.— Daniel Campbell : 1, Gynerium 
argenteum ; 2, Morina longifolia; 3, Lepidium lati- 
folium, or broad-leaved Cress ; 4, Lysimachia Num- 
mularia aurea. 
Communications Received. —A. P.—G. G.— 
3. v. s.—w. Collins.—J. M —W. W.—P. M. T.— 
R.—Lindenia.—R. W.—A. C.—F. J — C. J.—W. N. 
—Nestor.—Flowers.—Bulbs,—E. K.—C. C.—Asters. 
—Geo. Trehearne. 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Laing & Mather, Kelso-on-Tweed, N.B. — 
Abridged List of Carnations. 
W. Duncan Tucker, Phoenix Saw Mills, Totten¬ 
ham.—Illustrated Catalogue of English Made 
Joinery. 
Geo. Bun yard & Co., The Royal Nurseries, 
Maidstone.—Catalogue of Fruit Trees. 
William Rumsey, Joyning's Nurseries, Wal¬ 
tham Cross, N.—Catalogue of Roses, Fruit Trees, 
Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Ac. 
FIXTURES FOR 1898 
October. 
ix.—R.H.S. Committees and Lecture. 
25.—R.H.S. Committees and Lecture. 
November. 
1.—Truro Chrysanthemum and Fruit Show (2 
days). 
1. —Stratford-on-Avon Show (2 days). 
1.—Boro’ of Croydon Chrysanthemum Show (2 
days). 
1.—Kingston and Surbiton Chrysanthemum Show 
(2 days). 
2—-Wolverhampton Chrysanthemum Show (2 
days). 
Secretaries of Societies will greatly oblige the 
Publisher by forwarding early information of 
Fixtures. 
CARNATIONS. 
A GREAT SPECIALITY. 
Catalogue, on Application. 
By Special 
Appointment 
LAING & MATHER, 
Nurseryman and Seed Merchants, 
KELSO-ON-TWEED. 
The Royal Nurseries, Maidstone, Kent. 
GEORGE BUNYARD & GO’S., 
NEW AND OLD STRAWBERRIES, 
For crop 1899, or for forcing. 
Now Selling at Reduced Prices. 
They offer the largest stock and the best plants in the trade. 
Change ot stock pays. 
Catalogue of Strawberries and Summer Fruits now ready. 
For Market and Private Growers. 
ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, &c 
Descriptive CATALOGUES Post-free. 
I p.HEAL & CONS 
Ul lyl CRAWLEY, SUSSEX. 
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Hirst, Brooke & Hirst.65 
A. Outram .80 
H.G. Smyth .65 
Heating Apparatus. 
W. Cooper, Limited..7g 
Messenger & Co. ..80 
Richardson & Co.80 
Thames Bank Iron Co.65 
Horticultural Builders. 
T. Boyd & Sons .65 
W. Cooper, Ltd.7g 
J.Gray .65 
W. Richardson &Co.80 
J. Weeks & Oo., Ltd.65 
Insecticides. 
Glshnrst Compound.65 
W. Horne.80 
G. H. Richards .78 
Manures. 
Chemical Union .65 
Clay & Son .80 
W. Colchester ..65 
W. Thomson & Sons .80 
Miscellaneous. 
Gishurstlne.65 
Smyth’s Baskets .65 
Woollen Mfg. Co.65 
Netting. 
A. Potter .65 
Orchids. 
J. Cypher.67 
P.McArthur.67 
J. W. Moore, Ltd.67 
F. Sander & Co .65 
Stanley-Mobbs & Ashton 65 
Publications. 
G. Bunyard & Co.79 
Darlington .79 
Gardening World .79 
Ogilvie . 79 
Shows. 78 
Strawberries. 
Bunyard & Co. ..78 
W. Carmichael .67 
Laxton Bros.65 
R, Smith & Oo. ..65 
Tents. 
A. Potter .80 
Auction Sales. 
Protheroe & Morris.66 
Bulbs. 
Barr &■ Sons ..66 
J. T. Gilbert .65 
W. B. Hartland.65 
Ant. Roozen &Sons.65 
Simpson & Son .65 
Sutton & Sons .65 
R. Sydenham.65 
J.J.Thoolen .66 
Toogood & Sons .66 
Van Meerbeek & Co.65 
C. G. Van Tubergen.65 
J. Veltch & Sons.66 
T. S. Ware .66 
E. Webb & Sons.66 
Catalogues. 
Barr & Sons.65 
Bunyard & Co .65 
W. B. Hartland .65 
Kelway & Son.65 
J. Peed & Sons .66 
Simpson & Son .65 
Sutton & Sons.65 
T. S. Ware .66 
E. Webb & Sons.66 
Florists’ Flower*. 
W. Cutbush & Son.65 
M. Cuthbertson .65 
J. Douglas.65 
i . Evans .65 
.Grieve & Sons.65 
Kelway & Son.65 
Laing & Mather.78 
Lister & Son .65 
J. Peed & Sons .66 
Flower Pots. 
Sankey & Sons, Ltd.80 
Fruit Trees. 
G. Bunyard & Co.67 
J.Cheal& Sons.79 
P. Le Cornu.67 
W. Horne.80 
J. Laing & Sons.67 
H. Lane & Son .67 
Garden Sundries, &e. 
]. Arnold .65 
Essery’s Coal.80 
IT PAYS TO CLEANSE 
Your Vines and Fruit Trees as the orop3 become cleared. 
THE BEST STRINGIHG « DRESSING PREPSRAT10NS FOR THIS PDRPOSE ARE THE 
XL ALL INSECTICIDES. 
For Mealy Bug and Scale use the XL ALL LIQUID INSECTICIDE WASH, 
For Mildew use the XL ALL MILDEW WASH. 
These are well known to the Trade throughout the United Kingdom, and a supply can be obtained through any 
Nurseryman, Seedsman, Florist or Sundriesman. 
M ANUFACTURER- 
G. H. RICHARDS, 124, SOUTHWARK STREET, LONDON, S.E. 
Telegraphic Address—” VAPORIZING, LONDON.” 
