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THE GARDENING WORLD 
August 12, 1899. 
were first for single bloom bizarre, also for Single 
bloom flake, and for a self. Mr. M. Campbell won 
honours for twelve Picotees, dissimilar, Mr. Wm. 
Barsby running second. The latter was first for single 
Picotee and for six bunches Carnations. 
Special awards are made as follows:—Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Large Gold Medal; Messrs. W. 
Clapham & Sons, Gold Medal; Messrs. W. & H. Bir¬ 
kenhead, Gold Medal; Mrs. Ellis (for group of 
plants), Gold Medal; Messrs. W. Cutbush & Son, 
Highgate, Gold Medal, for a nicely arranged group 
of Ivies; Mr. S. Mortimer, Gold Medal; Messrs. 
Dobbie & Co., Gold Medal; Messrs. R. Wallace & 
Co., Gold Medal; Messrs. Harrison & Sons, Silver 
Gilt Medal ; Mr. W. Colchester, Ipswich, Silver 
Medal; Mr. Pringle, Silver Gilt Medal, for miscel¬ 
laneous plants, &c. ; Messrs. W. Edwards & Son, 
Sherwood, a Silver Gilt Medal. 
Bronze Medals were awarded to Mr. J Wright, 
Granby Street, Leicester ; Mr. W. Bentley, Belgrave, 
Leicester; Mr. E. Carnall, Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, 
Messrs Keynes, Williams & Co., and Mr. Holden, 
Hinckley, Leicester. 
That the show has been a great success is certi¬ 
fied by the fact that at four o’clock the registered 
attendance was 3,000 in excess of any previous year. 
This speaks volumes for the popularity of the show, 
and well for the non-flagging energy of the talented 
organiser, Mr. John Burn, who may congratulate 
himself upon the sixteenth show he has managed 
here. 
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Questions add answers. 
Vegetable Marrows and Cucumbers Failing.— 
John Miller-. The excessively dry weather is at the 
root of the matter. Either your Marrows are failing 
to make vigorous shoots, which carry the fruits, or 
the dryness of the weather is preventing the flowers 
from setting You might examine the flowers pro¬ 
duced ; probably they are all male, as a result of 
weak growth. If you find young Marrows at the 
base of the flowers, then their failure to set is due to 
the aridiiy of the atmosphere. The same con¬ 
ditions are affecting open-air Tomatos at present. 
The plants have a few fruits at the bottom, but 
the upper bunches of flowers are failing to set fruit, 
or only a few. The sunshine and the open situa¬ 
tion are gocd, but the bygrometric conditions of 
the atmosphere are bad. As far as we can see the 
best remedy is to supply the plants with an 
abundance of water at the root, unless you take 
the trouble of putting a thin awning over the beds 
so as to shade the plants a little. The awning 
should be raised a little from the ground, so that 
you could give the plants a good syringing in the 
morning before the flowers open. This repeated 
every morning while the excessive heat lasts would 
keep a little moisture about the plants, and 
possibly make the flowers set better. The plants 
would certainly grow more and that would be a 
great help. You ought to get many more Marrows 
than you mention. We presume your Cucumbers are 
in frames, and if so, they can easily be dealt with. 
Ventilation may be given, but you should shade 
the glass from 9 a m. till 4 or 5 p.m., according as 
the sun shines strongly upon the frame or other¬ 
wise. Syringe the plants about 8 or 9 o’clock in 
the morning, and again when you shut up the 
frames. 
Spinach and Cabbages Unsatisfactory.— John 
Miller-. The dry soil and atmosphere are responsible 
for the Spinach running to seed before making 
leaves fit to use. The remedy is, of course, rich 
and moist soil. The moisture must be applied 
artificially, and a little shade would be beneficial 
at the present time. In the case of Cabbages 
probably your soil wants trenching and manuring. 
A deeply worked soil always give the best results 
in a droughty season. Tne trenching should be 
done in autumn and early winter, You might state 
whether your soil is light and sandy, or of a 
clayey nature, as it would help us in giving you 
advice. If you intend sowing Cabbages for spring 
use it must be done at once; but in order to ger¬ 
minate the seeds you must cover the ground with 
mats or straw for three or four days. Let us know 
more definitely what you would like to grow and 
we shall advise you. 
Cabbages and Finger-and-Toe.— D. W. D.: You 
made a great mistake in making Cabbages follow 
Turnips on the same piece of ground, especially 
when you knew that some of the Turnips were 
destroyed by the disease. The ground should not 
be planted with any of the Cabbage tribe for three 
years if you can manage to get in your crops on 
other ground. At the same time no other cruci¬ 
ferous weeds should be allowed to grow upon the 
ground. Stocks and Walfliwers are just as bad, 
seeing that the fungus can live upon them. As 
soon as the present crops are off jou should care¬ 
fully dig up and burn all the Cabbage and 
Cauliflower stumps to kill the fungus in the 
roots. Trench the ground a ft. to 2J ft. deep 
in autumn or early winter, turning the top spit into 
the bottom. This will bury the remaining spores 
and help to clean the ground. Over the top of the 
first and second spit you should place a good 
heavy sprinkling of gas-lime, or failing that, 
ordinary slaked lime to kill the spores of the fuDgus. 
Plant nothing in the ground for some weeks if the 
gas-lime is fresh ; but after a time Peas, Potatos, 
Celery, Beans, or similar crops may be sown or 
planted. Frequent trenching doss much to keep 
the ground sweet and clear of both insects, slugs, 
and fungous diseases. Ground for Cabbages, 
Cauliflower, Savoys, Brussels Sprouts, Kales, Tur¬ 
nips, &c., is always better for having been recently 
trenched. Trenching, rotation of crops, and keep¬ 
ing the ground clear of weeds in summer, do much 
to keep the ground clean for succeeding crops. 
Cauliflower gone Heartless.— D. XV. D.: It would 
be difficult or impossible to account for all the 
vagaries of the Cabbage tribe, which sometimes 
behave in a most curious way. In some cases the 
crowns of your young Cauliflowers have possibly 
been destroyed by grubs, which are difficult to 
detect while they are at mischief; for the plants 
only show that something has been there, perhaps 
some weeks previously. Occasionally, however, 
they do go blind without any apparent reason ; but 
they generally show it sufficiently early to be dis¬ 
carded at planting time, and that is what you had 
better do the next time you make a plantation. 
The plants so affected have generally the finest 
leaves, a fact which should lead you to inspect their 
crowns at planting time. The previous crop being 
Potatos could not have affected them. 
Raisin de Calabre Grape spoiled. — J. Harrison : 
The bunch you sent has evidently been scalded, as it 
is termed, by the sun while the berries were yet wet 
and steamy. It is difficult to guard against it some¬ 
times, because the conditions for scalding may arise 
very suddenly owing to rapid fluctuations of tem¬ 
perature and the deposit of moisture upon the 
berries,for a short time it may be, but sufficiently long 
to determine the mischief. One or two leaves also 
showed unmistakable signs of scalding. Otherwise, 
the berries were very fine of their kind, showing 
that the general cultural treatment you give them is 
good. We suspect that the sun had suddenly burst 
forth after a dull morning and before the condensed 
moisture had been dried up. Possibly there might 
be a flaw in the glass, or globules of moisture there 
might have condensed the rays of light upon the 
Grapes beneath. There was mould on some of 
the berries before they reached us, but only on the 
outside of the damaged berries and in cracks. The 
only thing you can do now is to remove the damaged 
berries, and keep a watchful eye upon the fluctua¬ 
tions of temperature during the present hot weather. 
Substitute for Sweet Pea Hedge — T. Bentley : 
Unless the ground is deeply trenched and a con¬ 
siderable amount of fresh soil added every year the 
ground soon becomes tired of Sweet Peas and refuses 
to give satisfaction. Seeds of some other subjects 
might be sown, one or other of them, for the next 
few years, and then Sweet Peas may be sown again. 
Some of the subjects we would suggest are the 
Canary Creeper (Tropaeolum aduncum), Japan Hop 
(Humulus japoDicus), the tall Indian Cress (Tropaeo¬ 
lum majus), or even the Everlasting Pea which would 
be more durable and make a fine display about this 
time of the year. There are the rose and white 
varieties. It might be worth your while to grow 
Fuchsias like F. gracilis, F. Riccartoni, or F. 
roacrostemma which would form beautiful hedges in 
time and act as a screen. 
Names of Plants. — General Reader, Cornwall : 1, 
Marsh St. John's-wort (Hypericum Elodes); 2, Ling 
or Heather (Calluna vulgaris) ; 3, Bog Asphodel 
(Narthecium Ossifragum); 4, Marsh Pennywort 
(Hydrocotyle vulgaris).— Jas. Wilson. —1, Onoclea 
sensibilis ; 2, Davallia hirta; 3, Adiantum concin- 
num; 4, Adiantum cuneatum var; 5, Selaginella 
Braunii.— E.C.H.D. : 1, Artemisia Absinthinum ; 2, 
Salix alba; 3, Leontodon autumnalis; 4, Crepis 
virens ; 5, Apium nodiflorum ; 6, Cyperus longus ; 
7, Trifolium fragiferum ; 8, Senecio aquaticus; 9, 
Rumex conglomeratus.— H.M. : 1, Coronilla Emerus ; 
2, Colutea arborescens; 3, Jasminum officinale ; 4, 
Spiraea Douglasii. — R.J.B. : 1, Lycaste Deppei; 2, 
Oncidium flexuosum ; 3, Odontoglossum Pescatorei; 
4, Cattleya Eldorado; 5, Cypripidium barbatum 
majus. 
Communications Received.—Toogood & Sons.— 
J.C., F., Chard.—W. F. Hamilton.—G. Collins.— 
S.S.— C.L. Smout.—-B.R. — G.H. Cole. — B. Hughes. 
— J. Sturgeon.—H.C.—A.M.B. — J.C. — A R. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Herd Bros., Penrith .—Choice Bulbs. 
Dickson, Brown, & Tait, 43 and 45, Corporation 
Street, Manchester. — Autumn Catalogue of Flower¬ 
ing Bulbs, &c. 
E H. Krel age Sc. Son Haarlem, Holland. — Dutch 
Bulbs. 
James Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Chelsea, London, 
5. W.—Bulb Catalogue ; also List of Select Straw¬ 
berries. 
Sutton & Sons, the Royal SeedsmeD, Reading — 
Sutton's Bulbs for 1899. 
John Downie, 144, Princes S reet, Edingurgh.— 
Bulb Catalogue. 
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