September 2, 1899. 
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individualise the varieties of Dahlias, all are worthy 
of a place in our gardens. (Silver Flora Medal.) 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Ltd., of Chelsea, 
brought together a magnificent display of their famous 
Nepenthes. To say that no better could be seen 
means a deal, but it cannot convey the magnificence 
of these Chelsea plants. The broad luxuriant 
foliage showed brightness, and for pitchers the 
plants were literally massed with them, N. formosa, 
a gigantic type with stout and highly coloured 
pitchers; N. Curtisii superba, of an oblong forth, and 
ridged with vertical hairy protuberances on the inner 
surface; N. mastersiana, dark and stout; N. mixta 
sanguinea, one of the handsomest, and many others 
above finely grown Maidenhair Ferns. (Silver Gilt 
Flora Medal.) 
Messrs. Sander & Co,, of St. Albans, sent a 
numerous group of new or recently introduced 
plants. Dipladenia atropurpurea is a very dark 
and fine variety ; Dendrobium formosum giganteum, 
Oncidium divaricatum, a magnificent form, and 
Acalypha hispida were each fiae. 
Messrs. Veitch, of Chelsea, also had a collection 
of New Zealand plants, of which Plagianthus 
betulinus was very graceful and fine; Pittosporum 
Buchananii and Aciphylla squarrosa were most 
striking. 
A magnificent box of eighteen Apples (Lady Sude- 
ley), from Messrs. Geo. Bunyard, of Maidstone, was 
much admired. 
Pear Jargonelle came in fine form from Lord 
Chesham, of Latimer, Bucks. 
Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, of Crawley, had half a 
dozen pots of a Tomato, Cheal’s Prolific, which 
though a great bearer was yet very irregularly 
shaped. 
Tomato Chemin Rouge, came from Mr. F. Lucas, 
The Grange, New Barnet. 
A collection of Potatos which had according to 
variety been manured with different stuffs, as stable 
dung in one case, soot, wood-ashes, &c., farmyard 
manure and vegetable refuse, but showed small 
differences. 
Apple Early Victoria taking after the style of Lord 
Suffield, large and handsome, was shown by Mr. W. 
Cross, of Wisbech. Two photos of the tree in bearing 
were also shown. 
Messrs. Harrison & Son, of Leicester, sent samples 
of the Rubus palmatus (Strawberry-Raspberry). 
Melon Foster’s Seedling, from Mr. Foster, of 
Hendon, was also put up. 
Messrs. Harrison & Son, Seed Growers, Leicester 
received a Silver Banksian Medal for a represent¬ 
ative table of Onions in all the finest of up-to-date 
varieties. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 
Questions add AnsmeFS- 
Compositae — E. C. H. D .: You will find that the 
specimen you sent, No. i, has the involucral bracts 
in many series, not one series, they being very 
numerous and inserted upon the axis at many levels. 
No. 2 (Crepis virens), as you say, has got a double 
set of involucral bracts. You will find something 
similar in Coreopsis, Sllphium, Barkhausia, etc. No 
one can be held responsible for the giving of popular or 
English names to plants, as it cannot now be deter¬ 
mined who gave them. The leaves of Hypochaeris 
may have a fancied resemblance to a cat's ear, but 
there are many others quite as like a cat's ear. 
Making up a Flower Bed for Autumn.— John 
Miller : We are surprised that your Fuchsias should 
have given up flowering so early, but your descrip¬ 
tion of the soil explains it, taken in conjunction with 
the dry weather. You should trench the soil In 
winter, and put a layer of cow dung in the bottom of 
the trench, and another above the first spit. The 
hard clay should not be taken up to the surface, but 
merely dug over, well broken up, and manured. 
Keep the top foot of soil on the surface, and gradu¬ 
ally incorporate it with the bottom material from 
year to year. To take the place of the Fuchsias you 
should get some early flowering Chrysanthemums, 
such as Gustave Grunnerwald, Mdlle. Marie Masse 
(loth rose), Precocite (yellow), Madame C. Des- 
granges (white), or any others you have or can get. 
Another alternative is to plant Pelargoniums, but 
their season will now be. short. If you could get 
China Asters in pots you .could have a fine display 
for some time. If you do not have any in a reserve 
garden you might g^t them in the market. Dig the 
soil oyer, level it, and give it a good watering before 
planting. Let it soak away, then plant and water 
again. Some would plant Celosia pyramidalis 
plumosa, but they grow the plants for the purpose. 
Pear Marie Louise Blighted.— A. D. W .: The 
fruits you seat us were very badly attacked with 
Cladosporium dendrilicum, a fungus that affects 
various parts of the tree, but nearly always shows its 
worst effect upon the fruits of Apples and Pears, 
causing the fruits to split open if they have been 
attacked in the early stages of their growth. ft is 
very difficult to destroy the fungus without also in¬ 
juring or killing the foliage ; but spraying at different 
times during the season has been recommended in 
America. The fungicide is first applied soon after 
the fruits are set, and afterwards at intervals of teh 
days or a fortnight. The insecticide generally em¬ 
ployed is the Bordeaux Mixture. An equally good or 
even better plan is to feed the trees to make them 
grow vigorously. The lime and the farmyard 
manure are good enough in their way, if properly 
applied. A better plan would be to lift the trees 
about the end of October next, and replant them in 
good substantial loam. The second best plan is to 
feed them well by mulching on the top with farm¬ 
yard manure, and by giving the ground soakings of 
liquid farmyard manure at various times, and even 
in winter. This will encourage the trees to grow 
vigorously and to grow out of the disease, perhaps. 
Calceolaria.— St. Issey ; Something like 173 species 
of Calceolaria are recorded in the Genera Plantarum. 
The more common specie§ in gardens are C. rugosa, 
C. rugosa angustifolia, C. amplexicaulis, C. violacea, 
C. Burbridgei (hybrid), C. fuchsiaefolia, C. alba, and 
C. pinnata (annual). 
Vegetables for a Heavy Soil.— John Miller : 
The fault of your soil is as stated in the case of 
your Fuchsias. You have to contend against a very 
low average rainfall in your district, and the season 
has been against you. More rain is wanted to keep 
the soil soft and workable. The best antidote or 
remedy is to trench deeply in autumn or winter, 
as deeply worked soil, with plenty of stable manure, 
retains the moisture better. We should not dig up 
the Cabbages because they may come in useful in 
winter, even as collards (coleworts). They will 
become more tender after frost and rain. Other 
vegetables you might try are Brussels Sprouts, 
Curly Kale, Cottager's Kale, Asparagus Kale (for 
spring use) and various others of the Brassica tribe. 
It is a matter of taste as to which you prefer, and 
cultivation as to what will grow. We do not advise 
Cauliflower as they would probably button, that is 
roduce small and useless heads. If your soil were 
rought into proper working order they would 
succeed. You might try Broccoli, sowing them in 
spring, planting them out in June, and looking for 
the crop the following spring. They ought to stand 
the winter with your firm soil, but not soft and wet. 
Early Potatos ought to do well. 
Wingless Field Crickets.-Mr. C. F. Wood, The 
Gardens, Heathfield, Reigate, sends us a specimen 
of the Wingless Field Cricket (Micropteryx aptera). 
He has caught four of them, all within a week, and 
in the house. It is a strange looking creature, in a 
brown, horny ccat of mail, a great shield being over 
the shoulders and neck, the rest of the body being 
in rings or segments. The most striking feature of 
the creature is its hind legs, which are of great 
length (three or four times as long as the rest), and 
having thighs of remarkable thickness and strength, 
by which it leaps, no doubt. The horny, curved 
ovipositor is about J in. long. If any of our readers 
have met with this insect this summer we should be 
pleased to learn ; and whether it has been caught 
doing any damage. It is akin to the locusts. 
Names of Plants— E. C. H. D. : 1, Leontodon 
autumnalis ; 2, Crepis virens; 3, Juncus bufonius; 
4, Lavatera arborea ; 5, Kerria japonica flore pleno. 
Cottager, North Cornwall : i, (Wood Sorrel) (Oxalis 
acetosella) ; 2, Smaller Toad-flax (Linaria minor); 
3, Angelica (Angelica sylvestris).— W. M. : 1, Cent- 
aurea macrocepbala ; 2, Malva moschata ; 3, Pent- 
stemon barbatus ; 4, Veronica loogifolia ; 5, Spiraea 
lindleyana.— R. C. : 1, Berberis stenophylla ; 2, 
Clematis davidiana; 3, Clematis Flammula; 4, 
Artemisia Abrotanum — E. G. Read : 1, Agapantbus 
umbellatus; 2, Hypericum Androsaemum; 3, Chrys¬ 
anthemum maximum ; 4, Nepeta Glechoma varie- 
gata ; 5, Achillea Ptarmica flore pleno ; 6, Rudbeckia 
nitida.— R. M. : 1, Retinospora obtusa ; 2, Retinos- 
pora pisifera; 3, Thuya orientalis elegantissima; 1, 
Abies concolor; 5, Lomaria ciliata— A. C .: 4, 
Ophiopogon Jaburan variegatus; 2, Chlorophytum 
elatum medio-pictum; 3, Chlorophytum elatum 
variegatum ; 4, Oplismenus Barmanni variegatum 
(usually termed Panicum variegatum in gardens); 5, 
Fittonia Verscbaffelti; 6, Maranta bicolor; 7, a 
slight variety of Maranta bicolor, or simply an older 
leaf; 8, Calathea ztbrina probably, but the leaf was 
dried up and colourless ; 9, Tradescantia discolor; 
10, Alocasia macrorrhiza probably, but was dried up. 
-D.L : Not Asperugo but Phacelia tanacetifolia.— 
D. W.D. : Schizanthus pinnatus (easily obtained from 
the seedsmen).— Botanist : 1, Mentha sylvestris; 2, 
Ampelopsis quinquefolia; 3, Anemone japonica 
elrgans ; 4, Pedicularis palustris; 5, Mentha 
aquatica ; 6, Molinia coerulea; 7, Carex flava (late 
growth); 8, Scirpus setaceus; 9, Senebiera didyma 
(your other questions next week). 
Communications Received. —C. F. Wood.— 
David Provan (next week).—Hudson & Kearns.— 
C. L. S.—A. P.—Sutton & Sons.—J.R.—A. Read.— 
W. G. —A. H.— E. Rang ;r Johnson.—Sutton & Sons. 
—J. Veitch & Sons.—M„ Cuthbertson.—John K. 
King.—John Miller—D. Chisholm.— A. P.— 
A. D. W.—E. Webb & Sons—A. C.—W. W. 
—R. M.—A. S.—Green Hand.—R. H. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
ff. J. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Hither Green, 
Lewisham, S.E.—Descriptive Catalogue of the best 
Bulbs and Thbers; also List of Strawberries and 
Plants for Forcing 
Ben;. Soddy, 243, Walworth Road. S.E.—Soddy’s 
Catalogue of Bulbous Flower Roots. 
Little & Ballantyne, Carlisle.—Bulb Cata¬ 
logue. 
Wm. Carmichael, 14. Pitt Street, Edinburgh.— 
Royal Seedling Strawberries. 
John T. Gilbert, F.R.H.S , Anemone Nurseries, 
Dyke, Bourne, Lincolnshire.—Illustrated and Des¬ 
criptive Catalogue of Bulbs, Tubers, &c. 
Toogood & Sons, Southampton.—Toogood's 
Royal Bulbs and Roots. 
Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie., 4, Quai de la 
M£gisserie, Paris.—Catalogue of Flowering Bulbs 
and Strawberries. 
T ooGoob & Sons, Southampton.— Toogood's Hardy 
Perennial Plants and Hardy Florists' Flowers. 
W. DruMmond & Sons, Ltd., Seed and Nursery 
Establishment, Stirling—Bulb List. 
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