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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
October 17, 1896. 
garden attains its centenary, and it is remarkable that 
during that period there have been only three head 
gardeners at Methven. In the sixties, Mr. Whitton 
planted many interesting Conifers, which are now 
objects of great beauty, the main feature being an 
avenue of Cedrus Deodara, commonly called the 
*' Simla Walk,” from the fact that the plants were 
raised on the place from seeds sent home from India 
by Mrs. Smythe's cousin, the late Lord Elgin (then 
Viceroy of India). The deceased gentleman took an 
interest in all the affairs of the parish which tended 
to the good of his neighbours. His funeral was 
attended by many head gardeners from throughout 
Perthshire, and other counties. It spoke volumes 
for the respect in which Mr. Whitton was held by 
the family he so long and faithfully served, that 
Colonel Smythe went to the funeral, October 8th, as 
chief mourner. Of Mr. Whitton's five sons, two 
followed gardening. Mr. James is the popular 
superintendent of Glasgow public parks, and the 
other is superintendent of a large Tea plantation. 
Mr. James Jackson is appointed successor.— M. 
Temple, Carron, N.B. 
Baron Sir Ferdinand von Mueller.— This 
famous Australian explorer and botanist died at 
Melbourne, Australia, on the 8th inst. , at the age of 
71. The titles alone of Baron Sir Ferdinand von 
Mueller, K.C.M.G., M.D., Ph D., F.R.S., will give an 
indication of his attainments. He has been Govern¬ 
ment Botanist of the c®lony of Victoria since 1852. 
He was born at Rostock, Germany, in 1825, and 
became an enthusiastic botanical student before he 
was out of his teens. By the time he was 21 he was 
suffering from phthisis, and his doctors advised him 
to emigrate to a warm climate at once, as the only 
chance of saving his life. The youDg botanist 
emigrated to Australia where he lived exactly half a 
century, and is believed never to have revisited the 
northern hemisphere. He wrote about 100 books 
and publications on botany, which emanated from 
the government printing press at Melbourne. He 
was universally credited for being the most dis¬ 
tinguished botanist in the southern hemisphere. 
Sir terdinand was a great traveller, and while in 
pursuit of his favourite science, is believed to have 
covered about 27,000 miles of the Australian conti¬ 
nent, on foot and on horseback. He was attached 
as botanist to the expedition led by Mr. A. C 
Gregory, who explored tropical Australia in 1855— 
56. He was one of the first to climb the Australian 
Alps, and the plants he discovered in those regions, 
and described, created a vast amount of interest in 
European scientific circles. One very important 
incident of his career was the discovery of the fever¬ 
preventing qualities of the Australian Blue Gum 
(Eucalyptus globulus). It was on his advice that 
extensive plantations of this tree were made in the 
malarial districts of Italy and other parts of South 
Europe as well as America, with the well-known 
beneficial results. 
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Questions add adsojers 
*,* 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. 
Pear Tree Infested.— F. H. : Your tree is very 
badly infested with Eriocampa limacina, the Slug- 
worm. If the fruit has been gathered you could not 
do better than syringe the tree with hellebore powder 
in water You might repeat the operation after two 
days, if some of the grubs are still alive. This should 
have been done on the first appearance of the pest 
provided there are no fruits on the tree as the helle¬ 
bore powder is poisonous, at least, some of the kinds 
sold under that name. Before syringing, lay a coating 
of quicklime over the ground beneath the trees, so 
that the grubs which fall down may light upon it, 
and thereby get destroyed. Some of the grubs have 
no doubt left the tree before this time and gone into 
the ground. It would be a good plan, therefore, to 
take off 4 in. of the soil during winter, and replace it 
with fresh material. The old soil should be carted 
away and buried deeply or burned. Another plan 
would be to mix it with half its bulk of gas lime to 
destroy the pupae in the soil. After a couple of 
months this mixture might be spread on vegetable 
ground before digging. It will act as a fertiliser. 
Yines in Pots.— Novice : Under good cultural 
treatment such as you mention, pot vines should last 
a number of years. As to how many years it all 
depends on circumstances. If you force them hard 
and take over-heavy crops from them jou will soon 
exhaust them ; but that would be bad cultural treat¬ 
ment for vines intended to last a number of years. 
Fairly good crops may be taken from vines in 14 in. 
pots, provided you feed them well, crop moderately 
and accord them good cultural treatment generally. 
When the vines begin to show weakness, they may 
be repotted into a larger size just as the buds begin 
to push in spring. The crocks and loose soil may be 
shaken away, but take care not to injure the young 
roots. Use yellow loam of a substantial nature, and 
as growth proceeds give plenty of weak liquid 
manure. You may pursue this treatment till the 
vines refuse to answer your purpose, when you had 
best get young ones, and commence again. 
Chrysanthemums.—/. M.: You will see something 
relating to the hastening of late varieties, and retard¬ 
ing early ones in another column, and which we 
think would fit your case. We advise you to make 
notes on your own account, however, so that you 
may be able to give your varieties the proper treat¬ 
ment the next year. 
Wireworms in Border.— Novice : We do not like 
the idea of poisoning a border with a weed-killing 
solution; and it must not be adopted if there are 
living roots of anything useful in it. On the other 
hand, we doubt if it would have much effect upon the 
wireworms before getting dissipated in the soil. 
They are probably not eating much just now, and 
would be descending the soil as the temperature 
sinks. Very strong solutions of various insecticides 
have been used with little effect upon wireworms. 
Probably the best plan would be to have the border 
dug over twice at intervals of a month or two, and 
while this is being done a boy or two should be set 
to pick up the wireworms. Then in spring traps 
consisting of pieces of Potato and Carrot fixed on 
to the end of apiece of stick might be inserted in the 
soil at a depth of 3 in. or thereby, and at intervals 
all over it, By examining the traps every day, the 
numbers of the pest could not fail to be reduced. 
As the grubs live for at least three years in the soil, 
it would be worth all this trouble in getting rid of 
them. Are you sure the grubs are wireworms ? 
They are usually deep yellow. Leather Jackets, on 
the contrary, are of a dirty slaty-gray. 
Pot Lilies.— Lilium lancifolium rubrrni : A tool- 
house is all very well for shelter, but we should 
expose the plants to light and plenty of air, at the 
same time protecting them from rain. As soon as 
the stems are quite ripened and dead the bulbs may 
be taken out of the old soil and repotted. Remove 
all decaying matter from the bulbs, but do not dry- 
them off, as this is quite unnecessary. Make up a 
compost consisting of fibrous loam and peat in equal 
parts, with a good sprinkling of clean sharp sand to 
keep the soil open. Some nodules of charcoal may 
also be added. Crock the pots carefully, and insert 
the bulbs near the bottom of the pots. A little sand 
beneath and around the bulbs will be an advantage. 
The pots should only be half filled with soil at 
present, leaving the rest for top dressing of rich 
compost as the stems lengthen in spring and summer. 
Stand the pots where they will not be under drip, 
and give no water till the young stems begin to push 
up. When the flower buds make their appearance 
feed with weak liquid manure. The plants must 
have plenty of light and air when growing. 
Names of Plants.— E.W.M : 1, Nerium Oleander 
double variety ; 2, Mimulus (Diplacus) glutinosus ; 
3, Gypsophila repens; 4, Euonymuslatifolius - — R.Lr. 
1, Adiantum cuneatum Pacotti; 2, Blechnum 
occidentale ; 3, Selaginella Martensii var.; 4, Sela- 
ginella kraussiana; 5, Zebrinia pendula variegata 
(usually called Tradescantia); 6, Oplismenus Bur- 
manni variegatus (or Panicum variegatum of 
gardens); 7, Retinospora plumosa aurea; 8, Retino- 
spora plumosa; 9, Retinospora squarrosa.— John 
Trotter, i, Aster Novi-Belgii laevigatus ; 2, Aster 
Novi-Bfcigii var. ; 3, Aster Novi-Belgii; 4, Poterium 
officinale.— F. H. : 1, Uredo compositarum on leaf 
of Tussilago (the red knobs are flower buds); 2, 
Arenaria peploides; 3, Cakile maritima; 4, Erio¬ 
campa limacina (see separate note) — Bicton : Begonia 
gracilis martiana.— Geo. Hutchinson ; 1, Eulalia 
japonica variegata ; 2, Asplenium lucidum ; 3, 4, 5, 
and 9, are Crotons we do not recognise, 6, Croton 
pictum; 7, 10, n, and 12, are garden forms of 
Dracaena, we do not recognise; 8, Dracaena con- 
cinna ; 13, Begonia manicata maculata. 
Communications received. —Thos. Cockerill.— 
W. P. R.—William Oliver, next week.—Omega.— 
L. Linden.—A. E. S —W. O.—J. J.J.—A. J.—A. M. 
—R. S —T. B —W. R —S. W.—J. Williams.— L Y. 
—Louis.—Ami.—T. Benson.—A. J. G.—P. N.—Rob. 
—S. T. T.—Sidney R.—Ex.—B. G. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Dicksons & Co., 1, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh.— 
List of Roses, Carnations, Pinks and Tufted Pansies 
for 1896-97 ; also Select Catalogue of Fruit Trees. 
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LONDON SEED TRADE, 
October 13th, 1896. 
Messrs. Hurst &Son, 152, Houndsditch, and 39, 
Seed Market, Mark Lane, report a firm market for 
Clover seeds. Finest English Red Clover is in short 
supply. Alsike continues to advance. White 
Clover and Trefoil steady. Rape seed scarce. 
COVENT GARDEN 
MARKET 
October 14 th, 1896. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Pricrs. 
f. d s, d. 
Apples.per bushel 26 40 
Black Currants J sieve 
Red „ | sieve 
Cherries half sieve... 
Nova Scotia Apples 
per barrel 
Cob Nuts and Fil¬ 
berts, per 100 lbs.25 o 27 b 
Vegetables.—Average Wholesale Prices 
t. d. *, d• 
Grapes, per lb. 06 16 
Pine-apples. 
—St. Mlohael's each 26 60 
Plums per J sieve. 
Strawberries, per lb. 
Tasmanian Apples, 
per case 
1. d. t. d 
ArtichokesGlobedoz. 20 30 
Asparagus,per bundle 
Beans, French, per 
half sieve 2629 
Beet.per dozen z 0 30 
Brussel Sprouts, 
per half sieve 
Cabbages ... per doz. 10 13 
Carrots ... per bunch 0 3 
Cauliflowers.doz. 2030 
Celery.per bundle 1 0 
Cucumbers per doz. 16 30 
Endive, French, doz. 1 6 
Cut Flowers. 
1. d. s. d. 
Herbs .per bunch 0 2 
Horse Radish, bundle 20 40 
Lettuces ...per dozen 1 3 
Mushrooms, p. basket 10 16 
Onions.per bunch 04 06 
Parsley ... per bunch 0 3 
Radishes... per dozen 1 6 
Seakale...per basket 
Smallsalading,punnet 0 4 
Spinach per bushel 20 23 
Tomatos. per lb. 03 04 
Tumlps.per bun. 3 0 
1. d. 
Average Wholesale Prices. 
Arum Lilies, 12 blms. 4 0 
Asparagus Fern, bun. 1 6 
Asters, doz. bches 3 0 
Bouvardlas, per bun. 0 6 
Carnations doz.blms. o 6 
Carnations, doz. bchs.4 o 
Euoharls ...per doz 3 o 
Gardenias ...per doz. 1 6 
Geranium, scarlet, 
doz. bunches 406 
Gladiolii, doz. spikes 103 
Lilium lancifolium, 
doz. blooms 102 
Lilium longiflorum 
per doz. 3 
Lilac, White (French) 
per bnch. 4050 
Mrrguerltes, 12 buD. 10 20 
MailenhairFern,i2bs.4 060 
Orchids, doz. blooms 1 6 12 0 
Pelargoniums,12 bun. 40 60 
060 
s. d. 
Pyrethrum doz. bun. 2 0 
Roses (indoor), doz. 0 6 
,, Tea,white, doz. 1 0 
,, Niels . 2 0 
,, Safrano . 1 0 
„ (English), 
Red Roses, doz.0 6 
Red Roses, doz. bchs 4 o 
Pink Roses, doz. 1 0 
Smilax, per bunch ... 1 6 
Stephanotis, doz. 
spr27s .2 6 
Tuberoses, doz. 
blooms .o 3 
Primula, double, doz. 
sprays 0 
Violets (French) per 
doz. bnches. 1 
Violets (English) per 
doz. bnches. 1 
s. d 
4 o 
1 6 
2 3 
4 o 
2 o 
4 ° 
6 e 
626 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesal* Prices 
t. d. 
1. d. 
Atbor Vitae (golden) 
per doz. 6 0 
Aspidistra, doz. 18 0 
„ specimen 3 0 
Asters, doz. pots ... 3 0 
Chrysanthemums, per 
doz. 4 0 
„ per pot 1 o 
Coleus, per doz. 3 o 
Dtacaena, various, 
per doz. 12 
Dracaena viridis.doz. 9018 
Euonymus, var. doz. 6 0 18 
Evergreens,lnvar.doz 6 0 24 
Erica, per dcz. 9 0 
0 30 
o 
o 
o 
0 
0 
0 
o 
o 
0 
o 
0 
15 0 
t, d. i. d 
Ferns, invar.,per doz. 4 0 12 0 
Ferns, small, per 100 40 f 0 
Ficus elastica, each 10 50 
Foliage Plants, var., 
each 10 30 
Heliotrope, per doz. 40 60 
Lycopodiums, doz. 30 40 
Marguerite Daisy doz.6 090 
Myrtles, doz. 60 90 
Mignonette . 40 60 
Palms in varlety.each 1 0 15 0 
Palms, Specimen ...21 0 63 0 
Pelargoniums, scarlet,2 040 
Solanums, per doz. 12 o 15 o 
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INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. 
Auction Sales. 
Protheroe & Morris .... 
. 08 
1 . C. Stevens. 
• 98 
Bulbs. 
Barr & Sons. 
• 97 
W. B. Hartland . 
■ 97 
T. Jannoch. 
• 97 
A. Roozen & Sons . 
• 97 
B. Soddy. 
Sutton & Sons. 
R. Sydenham . 
• 97 
C. G. Van Tnbergen .... 
■ 97 
Catalogues. 
Barr & Sons . 
■ 97 
Bunyard & Co . 
• 97 
J. Laing & Sons . 
• 99 
Sutton & Sons . 
• 97 
R. Wallace & Co. 
• 97 
Chrysanthemums. 
H. J. Jones. 
Florists’ Flowers. 
M. Campbell... 
Thomson’s. 
C. Walker . 
B. S. Williams & Son.... 
• 97 
Young & Dobinson. 
Flower Pots. 
Sankey & Sons, Ltd. 
. 98 
Fruit Trees. 
G. Bunyard & Co. 
• 99 
J. Laing & Sons . 
. 99 
R. Smith & Co. 
• 99 
W. Horne . 
Garden Sundries, &c. 
J. Arnold. 
Beckett's Tubes . 
• 9 « 
Hirst, Brooke & Hirst, .. 
A. Wasilieff . 
• 97 
• 97 
Hardy Plants. 
M. Chapman. 
• 97 
Kelway & Son . 
• 97 
Heating Apparatus. 
W. Cooper, Limtled . 
Messenger & Co. 
• 98 
Thames Bank Iron Co .. 
97 
Horticultural BnilderB. 
I. Boyd & Sons. 
W. Cooper, Ltd. 
Crowther. 
■ 98 
J. Gray. 
• 97 
W. Richardson & Co. 98 
J. Weeks & Co. 97 
Insecticides. 
( Gishurst Compound. 97 
Manures. 
I W. Brown, Sons & Co. ... g 7 
Clay & Son... gs 
W. Colchester. g 7 
Kirk . 97 
Normalene. 9-. 
W. Thomson & Sons ... gs 
Miscellaneous. 
Cadbury’s Cocoa.. „.112 
Gishurstlne . 97 
Outram’s Flower Holders 98 
Petroleum. 97 
i Smyth’s Baskets. 97 
Mushroom Spawn. 
W. Cutbush & Sons. 99 
Orchids. 
H. Brochner. 97 
J. Cypher . gg 
W. L. Lewis & Co. 97 
P. McArthur. 99 
F. Sander & Co . 97 
Raspberries. 
G. Bunyard & Co. 97 
J. Chivers . 99 
Roses. 
I . Cowan & Co. 99 
j. Laing & Sons . 99 
R. Smith & Co. 99 
J. Walters. 97 
Seeds. 
R. Smith & Co. 99 
Young & Dobinson. 99 
Strawberries. 
H. Canned & Son . 99 
J. Chivers . 99 
Head. 97 
Laxton Bros . 97 
R. Smith & Co. 97 
A. Wright . 97 
Yines. 
J. Cowan. 93 
Weed Killer. 
Mark Smith. 99 
