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THE GARDENING WORLD 
June 16, 1900. 
Bentley, for Mrs. Atkins, and Annie McGregor; 
sixth, Mr. Needham ; seventh and eight, Mr Bent¬ 
ley ; ninth, Mr. Moorhouse; tenth, Mr. Eyre, 
Bizarre feathered. —Eirst and second, Mr. 
Needham, with Masterpiece and Attraction ; third, 
Mr. Bentley ; fourth, Mr Moorhouse; fifth to tenth, 
Mr. Needham. 
Feathered Bybloemen. —First, second, and 
third, Mr. Bentley, with Elizabeth Pegg, Talisman, 
and Adonis; fourth, Mr. Needham , fifth to ninth, 
Mr. Bentley ; tenth, Mr. Moorhouse. 
Flamed Rose.— First, second, and fourth, Mr. 
Needham, with Aglaia, Mabel, &c. ; fifth, Mr. 
Bentley, with Olivia; sixth, Mr. Eyre, with Clio; 
seventh, Mr. Bentley; eighth, Mr. Mellor; ninth 
and tenth, Mr. Wood. 
Flamed Bizarre. — First to fifth, Mr. Needham, 
the best being Samuel Barlow and Masterpiece; 
sixth, Mr. Bentley; seventh, Mr. Eyre; eighth, 
Mr. Bentley ; ninth and tenth, Mr. Needham. 
Flamed Bybloemens. —First, second, and third, 
Mr. Bentley, with Talisman (fine) ; Trip to Stock- 
port ; fourth, Mr. Needham, with Geo. Edwards ; 
fifth to tenth, Mr. Bentley. 
Breeder Tulips. —For six stands of six dis¬ 
similar, Mr. Bentley was well to the fore with 
Beauty of Litchurch, Sir. J. Paxton, Annie 
McGregor, Lloyds 47, Rose Hill, and Eliza Pegg ; 
second, Mr. Needham, whose stand had the premier 
bloom, Rose Hill. 
For eight stands of three, one of each class, Mr. 
Needham improved his position, winning with 
Mabel, Sir J. Paxtan, and Bridesmaid. Messrs. 
Bentley, Eyre, and Moorhouse came next in the 
order named. 
Single blooms of Bizarres. —Mr. Bentley, 
first to third and fifth to eighth, the best blooms 
being E. Pegg and Talisman ; fourth and fifth, 
Mr. Needham. 
Specimen Roses. —First to third and fifth and 
sixth, Mr. Bentley, his best blooms being Goldfinder, 
Lloyds 47, and Dr. Hardy ; fourth, seventh, and 
eighth, Mr. Needham. 
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name florists' flowers such as Carnations, Pelargonium:, 
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.\ 
Vine Leaves with Black Spots.— W.B.G : The 
Vine leaves you sent us were badly affected with 
what are termed wans. They were brown, rather 
than black, but at an earlier stage were green. 
These warts are simply formed by an abnormal 
growth of the epidermal and subepidermal cells of 
the leaves. They are generally considered to be the 
result of too close and damp an atmosphere during the 
growing period of the leaves. The long continued and 
sunless weather no doubt induced the grower 
to keep the house close, in order to keep 
up the temperature and save the coal or fuel bill. 
This, however, is a mistake as it renders the leases 
of the Vines thin and flabby; while the atmosphere 
being continually moist causes an unnatural growth 
of the cells mentioned. It is no rust in any sense of 
the term, and does not seriously affect the health of 
the Vines, unless the leaves are very badly affected, 
which would mean a greatly reduced area of leaf sur¬ 
face capable of performing the proper function of 
the same. You cannot remedy the matter now ; but 
you can guard against it next season by ventilating 
more freely during the middle of the day at least, so 
as to dry the atmosphere, and encourage a firmer 
growth of leaf tissue. This should be done even if 
it is necessary to give increased fire heat. This 
explains why the leaves may be affected one year and 
not the next if proper methods of cultivation are 
maintained during the growing period of the leaves. 
Is Paeonia corallina wild anywhere ?— Sigma : 
This species is wild in South Europe, but not truly 
wild or aboriginal in this country. Some books say 
it is a native of England : and others state that it 
grows on islands in the Severn ; while Babington 
states more precisely that it grows on the Steep 
Holmes Island in the Severn. It is figured as a 
British plant in English Botany, Vol. XXII.pl 1513 
and English Flora, Vol. Ill, p. 29. All are agreed, 
however, that it is not truly wild, but was originally 
planted there. We fear, however, that it has been 
eradicated from this station owing to the building of 
a fortification on the ^teep Holmes Island. Some¬ 
one recently stated that he had a plant in his garden 
that came from the Steep Holmes Island station. In 
1650 it was recorded at Sunningwell, Berkshire, of 
above fifty years standing, and this was repeated in 
1666. Quite recently it was recorded on the site of 
an old garden in Bagley Wood. Gerard recorded it 
as growing upon a farm sometime belonging to a 
farmer named John Bradley, about two miles below 
Gravesend. To this Johnson says: ” I have been 
told that our author himself planted that Peionie 
there, and afterwards seemed to find it there by 
accident ; and I do believe it was so, because none 
before or since have ever seen or heard of it growing 
wild in any part of this Kingdom.” Phyt. I., 683. 
On the whole then the evidence is very slender that 
Paeonia corallina either is or ever was truly a native 
of this country. 
Soft Soap for Green Fly.— Omega : Green fly 
varies in hardiness and the strength of soft soap or 
other insecticides which it takes to kill the same. 
You do not say what plants they are on ; but we 
think there would be little use in a weaker solution 
than 4 oz. of soft soap to a gallon of water. If you 
add one or two pints of strong tobacco water to the 
solution it would have much greater killing effect. 
Some of the insects are almost sure to escape the 
first application, so that you could apply the first in 
the evening and give another syringing the next 
morning while the green fly is still sick. You might 
give particulars as to the plants infested and we 
could help you more precisely. 
Species of Erodium in Cultivation. —E.C.H D. :- 
At least 33 species have been introduced to culti¬ 
vation at one time or another, but the bulk of them 
seldom appears outside botanic gardens. Many of 
them, however, make very pretty rockery plants, 
both on account of the foliage, which is usually finely 
cut and green or gray, particularly the perennial 
species, which are gems of the first water for the 
rockery. Many of the larger flowering forms imitate 
Pelargoniums by having large,dark,or light coloured 
blotches at the base of the two upper petals. 
The latter are also irregular in size like those of 
Pelargonium. About 101 species are recorded in 
the Index Kewensis, bat probably these have been 
augmented since that work was published in 1885. 
The synonyms are also very numerous. 
Names of Plants -A. H. : Poterium Sanguis- 
orba, or Herb Burnet, or Salad Burnet.— R. J. G. 
Read : Calandrinia speciosa, a garden annual from 
North California. — W. B. : 1, Oncidium flexuosum ; 
2, Oncidium sphacelatum ; 3, Maxillaria tenuifolia; 
4, Lycaste plana; 5, Odontogbssum cordatum.— 
G. H. : 1, Geranium argenteum; 2, Corydalis 
nobilis; 3, Asperula odorata ; 4, Astranlia major ; 5, 
Cytisus scoparius andreanus; 6, Sedum acre 
elegans.— Sigma : Lonicera Xylosteum.— E. C. H.D. : 
1, Sagina procumbens ; 2, Lathyrus macrorrhizus ; 
3, Camelina saliva ; 4, Aira caryophyllea : 5, Poa 
trivialis ; 6, Glaucium luteum.— McK : 1, Prunus 
Padus ; 2, Prunus virginiana.— Thos. Rixon : Scilla 
peruviana. — Omega : 1, Chaerophyllum sylvestre or 
Wild Chervil; 2, Conopodium denudatum, the 
Earth^ut or Pignut. It is by no means the Wild 
Carrot, nor very much like it. — J. W., M. : 1, 
Hieracium Pilosella ; 2. Potentilla reptans ; 3, Lotus 
corniculatus ; 4, Trtfolium minus ; 5, Chaerophyl¬ 
lum sylvestre ; 6, Olearia macrodonta. 
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