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January 13, 1900. 
field, were stronger than ever in the Papilio strain of 
Cyclamens, of which they have a renowned stock. 
The plants throw up tall flowered blooms of good 
size, substance, and form. 
Messrs. W. Wells & Co., Earlswood Nursery, 
Redhill, Surrey, set up bunches of two beautiful 
decorative Chrysanthemums, named Letrier (white) 
and Kakor (yellow). Both colours are the clearest 
and purest of their kind, being of exceptional merit 
for the purpose of late decorative work. (Vote of 
thanks.) 
Mr. John N. May, Summit, New Jersey, U.S.A., 
exhibited a new Carnation, named Olympia, a tree 
variety, striped with scarlet on a white ground. It 
has been brought all the way from America, having 
been brought across by a passenger. 
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The Deleterious Effect of “ Kesari.”—“ Kesari " or 
‘*Teori”is a grain food, the product of Lathyrus 
sativus (the Chickling Vetch), and which is con¬ 
sumed, or has been, in large quantities through 
India. Indian Gardening lately gave a very interest¬ 
ing summary upon its effects. From excessive or long 
continued use, however, this grain food, which is 
thought to contain a volatile alkaloid principle— 
poisonous—which acts in a manner known to 
medical men, produces bodily paralysis. The use of 
the food seems to be recognised as so dangerous that 
in all government prisons and institutions it is for¬ 
bidden. Sufferers from paralysis, or ” lathyrism," 
as this peculiar kind of decrepitude has been termed, 
are known to be under its bane from their figure-of- 
eight mode of walking. In one Bengal district no 
less than 4 per cent, of the people were reported to 
be victims, but the people know the bad effects, and 
so far as possible avoid it, only the repeated famines 
necessitate its use. The Chickling Vetch, of course, 
scarcely ever fails to crop, and can be grown on 
rough land, so that this is why its banishment can¬ 
not openly and distinctly be pronounced. 
cocaoes add msujgrs. 
*.* Will our friends who send us newspapers he so good 
as to mark the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see. 
We shall be greatly obliged by their so doing. 
[Correspondents, please note that we cannot undertake to 
name florists' flowers such as Carnations, Pelargonium1 
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 
grow collections of them.] 
Apples Spotted in the Fruit-room — A.L.: The 
spotting of the samples was due to a fungus named 
Cladosporium dendriticum. It is in the nature of 
this fuugus to increase after the apples have been 
placed in the fruit-room, particularly if the atmos- 
sphere is at all moist. The markings, as you say, 
are entirely confined to the surface, so that for cook¬ 
ing purposes little real harm is done. Their appear¬ 
ance on the dinner-table would, nevertheless, be 
very objectionable. Unless you undertake spraying 
operations in the summer time, spraying at intervals 
of a month during the growing period, the next best 
thing is to sort tbe apples before you store them in 
autumn. All that are spotted should be placed by 
themselves to be used first, and to prevent con¬ 
tamination by their coming in contact with sound 
and healthy fruits. We should not put the spotted 
ones in tbe fruit-room at all, but set them aside, to 
be used if they are fit to be presented, and before 
they get worse. 
Do Holly Seedlings come true?— W. M. : If you 
mean the seedlings of the ordinary green Holly you 
may rely upon the greater proportion or all of them 
coming quite true to the parent. The variegated 
varieties are not likely to come true to the mother 
plants, though a percentage of them may be varie¬ 
gated as in the case of the variegated Sycamore. 
Some may be identical with the parent, others may 
be worse or worthless, while the chance always re¬ 
mains that you may get something belter than the 
parent and worthy of preservation by propagation. 
Special varieties may be increased by taking cuttings 
in the autumn of the ripened shoots of the previous 
summer, and inserting them firmly in sandy soil in a 
half shady position, and covering them with frames 
or handlights. 
Fruits to Name,— T. B.: 1, Not recognised ; 2, 
Cornish Aromatic ; 3, Russet Nonpareil ; 4, Down- 
ton (probably); 5 and 6, Bedfordshire Foundling ; 7. 
Devonshire Nine-Square; 8, Colonel Vaughan; 9, 
Norfolk Beefing ; 10, Rymer ; n, not recognised ; 
12, Norfolk Beefing; 13 and 14; Dumelow's Seedling. 
— J. H. Williams : The two Apples were Bess Pool. 
Selaginella apus Going Off.— Nemo. : Possibly 
the soil is in a wet state; or you may be shading 
the plants too much by being under the foliage of 
something else; or the plants might have been too 
old and crowded in the autumn. The best way to 
save the remainder is to fill some pots or shallow 
pans with light and sandy soil. Then dibble small 
pieces into the soil at 1 in. apart, water the soil and 
stand the pots or pans in a propagating case till 
they show signs of fresh growth, when they should 
be stood in an open position of the stove. As the 
day lengthens and light gets stronger a little shade 
would be beneficial. 
Golden LeaYed Shrubs. — T. B. M.: One of the 
best of all is the Golden leaved Privet (Ligustrum 
ovalifolium aureum). Others are Weigela Looymansii 
aurea, Neillia or Spiraea opulifolia aurea, Populus 
canadensis aurea, Catalpa syringaefolia aurea. and 
Ribes alpina aurea, the latter being usually 9 in. to 
12 in. high. Some of the golden Conifers might also 
suit your purpose. 
Raising Maize for Cobs — R. E. J.: About the 
end of March or the beginning of April would be 
soon enough to sow the seeds if you are in any way 
hampered for room. The reason for this is that the 
more rapidly you grow the plants the stronger they 
will be when they come to bear cobs. If you sow 
early then you must repot them into larger sized 
pots as tbe latter become filled with roots, so as to 
keep the plants growing vigorously. Then if you 
want to grow many plants they would take up a 
considerable amount of house room. If you sow 
about the middle of April you could dibble the youDg 
seedlings into boxes, with a quantity of rough leaf- 
soil in the bottom. The young plants will rcot into 
this and lift with soil attached to the roots when 
you wish to plant the Maize out. This operation 
cannot be safely done until the first or second week 
in June, as a rule, though, if the weather is favour¬ 
able, you can do it earlier. Get early varieties, as 
they are most likely to succeed in this country. 
Names of Plants. — J. P. : 1, Dendrobium 
wardianum.— A.R.; 1, Erica melanthera ; 2, Boronia 
megastigma; 3, Sparmannia africana.- R.M. : 1, 
Abies cephalonica; 2, Picea Mertensii; 3, Picea 
EngelmaDni ; 4, Reiinospora pisifera; 5, Retinospora 
squarrosa.— D G. : 1, A fairly good variety of 
Odontoglossum crispum, but the flowers might be 
larger; 2, Cattleya bicolor.— Western : 1, Vinca 
minor; 2, Escallonia macrantha; 3, Cupressus 
macrocarpa.— A.J.B.: 1, Ruellia Portellae ; 2, 
Daedalacanthus nervosus.— J. M. Taylor : Miltonia 
Clowesii. 
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Cassell & Co.—W.B.G.—Sutton & Sons.—Beginner 
(next week).—Walter Grant.—G. J. Ingram.— A. E. 
C. (next week).— A. C.— A. M.—G. B.—G. T. 
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Barr & Sons, 12 and 13. King Street, Covent 
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H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley.—Illustrated and 
Complete Descriptive List of Chrysanthemums. 
Robert Veitch & Son, 54, High Street, Exeter. 
—Catalogue of Flower and Vegetable Seeds. 
Wm Baylor Hartland, Cork, Ireland.—Hart- 
land’s Garden Seeds. 
John Forbes, Buccleuch Nurseries, Hawick, 
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I icksons & Co., 1, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh. 
—Descriptive Catalogue of Forest Trees, Ornamen¬ 
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Fisher, Son & Sibray, Ltd., Royal Nurseries, 
Handsworth, near Sheffield.—Catalogue ot Vegetable 
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W. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, Pa., 
U.S A—Burpee's Farm Annual for 1900. 
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