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THE GARDENING WORLD 
May 13, 1899. 
scarlet flower to notice. It is to speak for the use of 
this plant as an object for growing on lawns or short 
grassy turf generally. Provided the soil is light or 
of a medium texture, by planting 3 in. deep in the 
autumn of the year a scarlet sheet of round, Poppy¬ 
like flowers will nod from the grass to the music of 
the cuckoo's note in springtime. 
PROCEDURE FOR CLOSING OR 
DIVERTING A PUBLIC FOOTPATH. 
By John Miller. 
To close or divert a public footpath it is necessary 
the matter should be brought, in the first instance, 
before the Parish and District Councils. 
The Parish Council must give three clear days' 1 
notice by posting the notice on some conspicuous 
place or places within the parish, and in such other 
manner (if any) as appears to the Council, or persons 
convening the meeting, desirable for giving publicity 
to the notice. 2 
The notice must specify the time and place of the 
intended meeting and the business to be transacted 
at the meeting, and signed by or on behalf of the 
chairman of the Parish Council or persons convening 
the meeting, and such notice shall be given to every 
member of the Parish Council. 3 
Any notice required by law to be given to the 
chairman, or any other member of the Parish 
Council, may be left at, or sent by post, to the 
usual place of abode of such chairman or 
member. 1 
If after such notice the Parish Council pass a resolu¬ 
tion giving their consent for the stopping or diversion 
of such public right of way, the resolution shall not 
operate— 
(a) unless it is confirmed by the Parish Council at 
a meeting held not less than two months after 
the public notice is given ; nor 
(b) if a parish meeting held before the confirma¬ 
tion resolve that the consent ought not to be 
given. 3 
The chairman of the Parish Council, or any two 
parish councillors, or the chairman of the parish 
meeting, or any six parochial electors, may at any 
time convene a parish meeting.® 
Not less than seven clear days before any parish 
meeting public notice thereof shall be given specify¬ 
ing the time and place and the business to be 
transacted, and signed by the chairman of the Parish 
Council or other conveners of the meeting. 7 
When the Parish Council has consented, it 
is necessary to get the consent of the District 
Council. 8 
It will then be necessary for two Justices to be re¬ 
quested to view the footpath, M and if satisfied upon 
such view that the path is unnecessary, or the new 
way is nearer or more commodious, the Justices shall 
direct a notice to be fixed at the place and by the 
side of each end of the said path, and also to insert 
the same notice in one newspaper published, or 
generally circulated, in the county where the footpath 
so proposed to be diverted or stopped up shall lie, for 
four successive weeks after the said Justices have 
viewed. After proof of publication the Justices will 
give their certificate, which will state the reasons for 
the diversion or stopping up. 10 The certificate and 
a plan will then be lodged with the Clerk of the 
Peace. These documents may then be inspected by 
the public. After the expiration of four weeks the 
certificate will be read in open court at the Quarter 
Sessions, when the certificate, proof, and plan will be 
enrolled by the Clerk of the Peace among the records 
of Quarter Sessions Provided always that any 
person considering himself injured, may, upon giving 
fourteen 11 days’ notice in writing to the District 
Council, 12 appeal to Quarter Sessions. The notice 
must be accompanied with a statement in writing of 
the grounds of such appeal, and the District Council 
is required within forty-eight hours after receipt of 
such notice to deliver a copy of the same to the 
party by whom he was required to apply to the 
Justices to view the said footpath. 13 
If the appeal is in order the case will then be tried 
by a jury. 14 
1 1 Vic. c. 45, Schedule L.G.A 1894, part 2 Rule 5. 
2 Sec. 51 L G A. 1894. 
3 Schedule L.G.A. 1894, part 2 Rule 5. 
4 Schedule L.G.A. 1894, part 2 Rule 6. 
L.G.A. 1894, sec. 13. 
B Same Act, sec. 45 (3). 
7 Same Act, first Schedule, part 1 Rule 2. 
8 Same Act, sec. 13. 
s Will. IV., chapter 50, sec. 84. 
10 The Act requires that the Justices shall view, 
and not only that they shall view but that they shall 
certify under their hands the fact of their having 
viewed, and that upon this view they find that the 
proposed new highway is more commodious than the 
existing one. If it be more commodious they have 
to set out the reason why it is more commodious. 
These reasons must be reasons disclosed by the view 
upon their own personal inspection, and not from 
statements by parties who are possibly interested in 
the result. I do not mean to say that the Justices 
are not at liberty to consult other persons, but it 
must appear that the view upon which their decision 
is founded is their own—(Cockburn, C.J., The Queen 
v. Wallace, 4, Queen’s Bench Division.) 
11 13 and 14 Vic. c. 45, sec. 1. 
12 When the Parish Council has consented, the 
District Council will carry the matter through. L.G.A. 
1894, sec. 25. 
18 Sec. 88, 5 and 6 Will. IV., c. 50. 
14 Sec. 89 same Act. 
onescions mb sosotsrs. 
*.* 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 by their so doing. 
[1 Correspondents, please note that we cannot undertake to 
name florists' flowers such as Carnations, Pelargonium;, 
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 
groiv collections of them.'] 
Hale's Early Peach diseased.—.^. H. C .: The 
sprays you sent us showed that the tree is badly 
attacked with what is known as the silver-leaf disease. 
It is not confined to the Peach, but also attacks 
Nectarines, Plums, and possibly other stone fruits. 
The peculiarly silvery appearance of the leaves is 
due to their being in a pathological state. Some 
growers who have been troubled with this particular 
malady, have dressed their Peach borders with 
sulphate of iron with good results. No effect of this 
remedy was apparent during the year of application, 
but the trees were in much better health during the 
following year. If this substance was really the 
cause of the improved health of the trees, one would 
be inclined to think that the soil of the border was 
deficient in iron. Individual trees or varieties have 
very often facilities, or rather faculties fjr collecting 
certain elements of plant food, which their neigh¬ 
bours may not possess. Hence, probably, the 
reason why the rest of your trees are in a healthy 
condition. You might also see that the roots do not 
suffer for lack of moisture at any time, but particu¬ 
larly during the growing season. Some successful 
gardeners supply the borders with water, even when 
the fruits are ripening, if the soil appears in any 
way dry. 
Culture of Trapa bicornis.— A. D.: The accepted 
or correct name of this plant is T. natans. Being a 
native of various parts of Europe, extending to Persia 
and the Upper Nile, it is generally regarded as hardy 
in this country, and is therefore grown in the open 
air in tanks, tubs, &c., in the south of England at 
least. You may germinate the seeds in a pan of 
water in the stove, if you like, but after the seedlings 
are up we should advise you to grow them in a 
cooler house well exposed to light and air, as the 
plants will grow more sturdily under those conditions 
and be more likely to flower and fruit than if heavily 
shaded. We are afraid the vinery would be too 
warm for them and the house too much shaded by 
the foliage. The plants themselves would also be 
liable to be injured or destroyed in the process of 
dipping water out of the tank with the watering can. 
An old barrel, cut in two would furnish two small 
tanks which might be plunged in the ground if you 
object to their appearance. A greenhouse would be 
warm enough for the plants, and you might try one 
or two in the open air. Good fibrous loam with the 
addition of some sand will answer for compost. 
Drain some pans with plenty of crocks, and after 
putting the seedlings into them, plunge the whole in 
the tubs or tank,so that the leaves will be floating on 
the surface. 
Pelargonium affected with Mites.— H. H.: The 
mites on the Pelargonium leaves were very small, 
and apparently only a life stage of the common red 
spider (Tetranychus telarius). Some authorities are 
inclined to regard these and some other small mites 
as distinct species, but they are by no means agreed 
upon the point The whole subject requires a deal 
more study. You can easily get rid of them by lay¬ 
ing the plants on their sides, dewing the Under sur¬ 
face of the foliage with the syringe, and then dusting 
tbe same with flowers of sulphur. If you like you 
can use the sulphur in solution. Boil ^ lb. of 
sulphur with 1 lb. of quicklime in 2 gallons ot watef. 
Syringing with a strong solution of Gishurst’S 
Compound would also effect the destruction of the 
mites. 
Tomatos with Spotted Leaves .——H. H.: The 
leaves you sent us were not affected with any of the 
ordinary Tomato diseases, nor, indeed, with & fungus 
at all. They were very thin, showing a want at 
more ventilation to strengthen the tissues. The 
leaves were merely spotted, apparently by the sun 
burning holes in them while they were wet. It is 
too early in the seasbfl for the Tomato leaf disease, 
but you must get the foliage hardened before the 
disease breaks out, otherwise the thin foliage will 
soon get attacked. 
Potting Chrysanthemums — A.K. : We have 
never heard of autumn struck cuttings being kept 
till May in the Cutting pots, and scarcely think that 
you can get so good results by now putting them 
into their flowering pets as you would if they had 
been put into 6 ) or 48-sizs pois at the proper time. 
Nevertheless, Chrysanthemums are very accommo^ 
dating plants, and if you now put them into 8 in. or 
g-in. pots you must give fairly good drainage and no 
more soil at first than is necessary to cover the ball 
of soil. Press this firmly about the roots, and water 
carefully till the shallow ball of soil is well permeated 
with roots. Then you can add a good top dressing 
of rich materia! and repeat the operation, when the 
conditions of growth, both top and roots, indicate 
that you may give another and final top-dressing. 
The fresh soil in all cases must be pressed down 
firmly. More water will always be required as the 
soil becomes well permeated with roots. 
Specimen of Stone.—IE- W .: The specimen you 
sent was a piece of tufa, possibly Derbyshire tufa, 
a porous carbonate of lime. We never heard of its 
being used in the potting compost for Orchids. 
Those of the latter which are confined to trees in 
their native habitats would not be likely to get much 
lime, which might possibly do them harm if applied 
in the compost used under cultivation. Some 
Orchids which naturally grow upon rocks, including 
those of a limestone formation, would probably take 
kindly to tufa, but experiments require to be made 
with caution before it is used for potting Orchids in¬ 
discriminately We take it for granted that you desire 
to use the tufa, on account of its porosity, as a 
medium for holding moisture. 
Starting Dahlias before Planting them Out — 
W. W. : We should by all means advocate the start¬ 
ing of Dahlias under glass before planting them out. 
Tnis would apply both to cuttings and to tubers 
merely divided with a bud or a crown to each piece. 
It stands to reason that plants which have made 
a good start early in the season have more time to 
develop into good sized specimens before the flower¬ 
ing period arrives, and under those conditions must 
be capable of producing more flowers before the 
autumn frosts arrive. We have seen both ways tried 
in the North where the season is shorter, and those 
that were started in heat certainly gave the best re¬ 
sults. For quantity of bloom, however, there are 
other points to be taken into consideration. Plants 
in damp, rich soils, and partly shaded by trees or 
houses, will not develop such a quantity of bloom as 
those in open situations, well exposed to light and 
air. Shelter from the north and east is advan¬ 
tageous, but shade is undesirable. 
Name of Fruit.— J. L„ Ack.: The Apple is 
Annie Elizabeth. 
Names of Plants.— E. Ballard : 1 and 2 are Jnni- 
perus virginiana ; 3, Cupressus lawsoniana ; 4, Thuya 
gigantea; 5, Hedera Helix raegneriana; 6, Ilex 
glabra or Winter Green; 7, Phillyrea latifolia 
obliqua. —W. Mclver: Dendrobium cretaceum — 
General Reader : The Great Starwort (Stellaria holo- 
stea ).— R. M. : 1, Pyrus flotibunda ; 2, Genista 
praecox; 3, Pyrus japonica; 4, Euonymus radicans 
variegata.— G. W. Narcissus poeticus ornatus , 2, 
Nepeta Glechoma variegata; 3, Carex brunnea 
variegata; 4, Eulalia japonica variegata; 5, Pelar¬ 
gonium denticulatum.— A. L. B.: 1, Dendrobium 
crepidatum ; 2, Masdevallia harryana: 3 > Miltonia 
flavescens ; 4, Odontoglossum crispum ruckerianum ; 
5, Oncidium sarcodes.— A. C .: 1, Muscari botryoides ; 
2, Lunana biennis; 3, Saxifraga granulata ; 4, Saxi- 
fraga Sibthorpii; 5, Saxifraga oppositifolia alba ; 6, 
Pulmonaria angustifolia.— J. Mayne : 1, Abies web- 
biana; 2, Tsuga canadensis; 3, Cupressus nutkaen- 
sis argenteo-variegata.— Thos. Nowell : Dendrobium 
Pierardi. 
Communications Received.—J- G.—Gamma. — 
Chrysanthemum (next week). — W. Angus. F. 
Nicholl.—P. Lambert.—Wm. Cutbush & Son.—J. 
Peed & Sons.—Sutton & Sons.—J. Cypher.—A. L.— 
J. D.— A R. M.—D. C— R. G. W.—May. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
B. Wells, F.R.H.S., The Fruit Nurseries, Crawley, 
Sussex. — Catalogue of Fruit Trees. 
Toogood & Sons, The Queen’s Seedsmen, South¬ 
ampton.—Toogood’s Yellow Hybrid Turnip 
