September 23, 1899. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
63 
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Strange Looking Beetle.— Gamma : The uncouth 
looking instct you sent is one of the longicorn 
beetles, more common in Scotland than in England. 
It is one of the timber insects. You should al vays 
say what you find the insects in or upon, as that is 
almost as interesting to us as the creature itself. 
Entomologically the beetle is variously known as 
Acanthociaus Aedilis, of Linnaeus, or Astynomus 
Aedilis, L. The specimen sent was the female, 
having the horns or antennae twice as long as the 
body ; in the male they are five times as long as the 
body. 
Otto Katzenstein (Manager), Pinehurst Nur¬ 
sery, Moore Co., North Carolina.—Woody and 
Herbaceous Plants. 
Albert F. Upstone, F.R.H.S., 35, Church 
Street, and 1, Market Street, Rotherham.—Cata¬ 
logue of Bulbs. 
W. J. Godfrey, The Nurseries, Exmouth, Devon. 
—Catalogue of Selected Perpetual, Tree or Winter¬ 
flowering Carnations. 
J. Cheal & Sons, Lowfield Nurseries, Crawley, 
Sussex.—Testimonials of the Landscape Gardening 
Department. 
George Bhnyard & Co., Royal Nurseries, Maid¬ 
stone.—Catalogue of Fruit Trees’. 
Rosticum vulva herba.— Botanist : We do not 
find this name in any of our books, and cannot 
say whether it belongs to Scrophularia aquatiqa or 
not. It seems to us to be an old herbalists rane, 
and is Latin, whoever the people may have been 
who applied it. It would mean "hardy herb Vulva.” 
whatever that might mean. We thought it mi*ht 
apply to Chenopodium Vulvaria, but failed to find 
the name in a book over 300 years old Possibly, 
also, it might be a local name, and, if so, possibly 
some old resident of the neighbourhood might be 
able to point out the plant to you. 
Eeica vagans in Cornwall.— Botanist : Babbington 
in his Manual of British Botany says it grows on 
heaths in the west of Cornwall. Withering says, 
“ grows on heaths in Cornwall, abundantly.” From 
this we conclude that it was plentiful on Cornish 
heaths, some years ago at least. Withering's Sys¬ 
tematic Arrangement of British Botany, 7th edition, 
giving the above information was published in 1848. 
Grub in Branch of Apple Tree— IF. Harper : The 
grub is that of the Wood Leopard Moth, a large 
white moth, with spotted wiDgs and a long body. If 
there are any more in the burrow of the same or 
other trees, you should set about destroying them by 
pushing a wire into the burrow so as to crush the 
caterpillar; or by means of a hook on the end of the 
wire you may be able to drag the creature out. 
Some growers squirt petroleum into the burrow by 
means of a syriDge, so as to destroy the caterpillars. 
Another method is to plaster clay round the mouth 
of the hole, leaving an opening at the top, into 
which some chloroform may be poured and the hole 
completely plugged up to keep in the vapour. As 
this is poisonous it must be used with caution, 
taking care not to inhale the volatile vapour. 
Germinating Silene pendula in the Open — 
T. W. ; Your best plan will be to dig up the border, 
breaking the soil finely. Rake it immediately, and 
take out a shallow trench in which to sow the seeds. 
Cover up the latter ; press the soil firmly, and then 
cover the whole with moss, straw, mats, or anything 
else that will prevent the moisture from evaporating. 
You Can then give the soil a good watering over the 
mulch, which will prevent the soil from getting 
hardened or encrusted on the top, which would be 
the case if you were to apply the water to the sur¬ 
face directly. As the seeds germinate you must 
gradually uncover the seedlings. 
Names of Plants.— E.C.H D. : 1, the Common 
Ald<r (Alnus glutincsa) ; 2, Rbamnus Frangula.— 
A L. : 1, Hibiscus syriacus var ; 2, Hypericum 
elatum; 3, Pyrus Aria; 4, Mentha veridis; 5, 
Origanum vulgare— R.M .: 1, Fuchsia microphylla; 
2, Fuchsia Riccartoni; 3, Clematis Flammula; 
4, Malva moscbata.— W.B. : 1, Linaria purpurea ; 
2, Lmaria repens alba; 3, Achillea tomentosa; 
4, Centaurea dealbata; 5, Physalis Alkekengi; 
6 , Veronica longifolia rosea.— G.H. : 1, Begonia 
manicita; 2, Trachelospermum jasminordes ; 3, 
Lonicera sempervirens ; 4, Gasteria verrucosa ; 5, 
Ornithogalum bracteatum ; 6, Pelargonium toment- 
osum; 7, Mentha Requieni.— A.R G.: 1, Cattleya 
Aclandiae; 2, Oncidium Papilio (the other has 
thickened joints and round stems). 
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