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THE GARDENING WORLD 
June 23, 1900. 
Capucine, Mdme. de St. Marceau, Gustave Regis, 
Rainbow, Mdme. Falcot, and Papa Gontier, &c. 
Mr. Geo. Prince, Rose Grower, Oxford, staged a 
charming selection of cut Roses,including such fine 
Teas as Princess of Wales, Marechal Niel, Souvenir 
d'un ami, white Maman Cochet, Comtesse de Nad- 
aillac, Mdme. Hoste, and others. The Briers in¬ 
cluded Lady Penzance, Aglaia, Thalia, Janet’s Pride, 
and others. He also had some fine arrangements of 
Sweet Peas, tiered up in conical array. The quality 
of the Roses was remarkably high. (Silver Gilt 
Flora Medal.) 
Messrs. Heath & Son, Cheltenham, showed Car¬ 
nation Mrs. Broomwhite, a tall growing pink flowered 
variety. 
Messrs. N. M. Gauntlett & Co., Japanese Nurser¬ 
ies, Redruth, showed some cut stems of species of 
Bamboos. 
OBITUARY. 
Only in your last issue you found me space to 
chronicle a few words about poor old " Mark " and 
his grafting operations, and now within a week I 
regret to state that he has gone over to the majority 
and so suddenly, for it was only on Tuesday evening, 
the 12th inst., I met him on his way home. Like 
the writer he got caught in a thunderstorm, and, I 
fear, not being over nimble on his feet he got 
drenched to the skin, caught a severe cold, inflamma¬ 
tion ensued, and he passed away early on Friday 
morning, the 15th, at the age of sixty-five. Though 
departed he will not soon be forgotten, as he has 
left many a landmark behind in the orchards and 
gardens of East Devon, in the shape of trees and 
bushes, now profitable, which before were useless 
and unworthy of the ground they stood upon. 
Saddle grafting was his method, and it is much 
practised in the western county.— J. Mayne, Biiton. 
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than Monday night. 
The prize last week was awarded to Mr. J. Mayne, 
Bicton, for his article on Richardia africana, p. 662. 
Richardia was the subject which gained the prize the 
previous week, but it is often profitable to have the 
advantages of two or more systems explained, 
Several of the other articles are of a high order of 
merit, and of much practical importance to gar¬ 
deners generally. 
Questions m d insmeHS 
%* 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. 
Conifers and Thorns Withered and Brown.— A.J:. 
If the Conifers are withered only at the tips of the 
shoots they may yet be capable of making decent 
specimens; but if the whole of the twigs and leaves 
are brown, it is almost a hopeless case with them. 
Either their roots were greatly injured by the pro¬ 
cess of lifting, or they must have been allowed to 
dry up and die by the exposure to the atmosphere. 
Dry soil after planting, followed by dry and cold 
east winds, is often responsible for many deaths 
amongst newly planted Conifers. The roots should 
always be well watered after planting if the soil is at 
all dry ; and the heads should be frequently syringed 
if a dry atmosphere prevails. The Thorns should not 
be disturbed if any of the branches appear fresh and 
sound, because they may break away fairly freely 
later on when young roots begin to move. Branches 
and twigs that are brown and dry may be cut away 
as fresh growth from such is not at all likely. Give 
the ground about the roots a good watering occasion¬ 
ally duririg dry weather. 
Removing Plants from a Garden and Green¬ 
house.— Alpha'. We agree with you that the gar¬ 
dener had no moral right to the 300 plants which 
you state he removed from your garden and green¬ 
house. In the first place he had no right to bring 
the plants into the garden without your consent, and 
after they were there, he had no right to remove 
them without your permission, especially after they 
had been sheltered by your glass, and reared in your 
pots and soil with your fuel and labour, for the space 
of two or three years. Practically, all that cost 
should have been laid to their charge before they 
could be removed; and we doubt whether they 
could then have been legally removed without your 
sanction and permission. If this sort of thing were 
permitted a man might turn your garden into a nur¬ 
sery for his own advantage, rent and other charges 
free. After they have been removed the case is 
somewhat different. As far as we can see it would 
be a clear case for prosecution for the theft of the 
plants; but it would be advisable to consult a solicitor 
before committing yourself to an action. We have 
given similar advice in a similar case, except that 
the gardener consulted us whether he had a right to 
take the plants which he had been the means of 
procuring and placing on his master’s premises. Of 
course, our advice was in the negative. We have a 
faint recollection of a case being tried, but for the 
time being cannot lay fingers upon it. We also knew 
of a fine collection of Cypripediums being detained 
in an establishment where they had been got 
together without the employer’s sanction. If you 
consult a solicitor he might be able to lay hands on 
the case that was tried, and decided against the 
gardener. 
Succession Plants to follow Beds of Carnations. 
— R. H. : There are several things which might be 
made to follow Carnations as bedding plants. We 
presume you intend to lift the Carnations and plant 
them where they can be layered. If so then dig over 
the soil in the beds and plant them with such early 
flowering Chrysanthemums as Precocite, yellow; 
Mons. Grunnerwald, pale rosy-purple ; Mdlle. Marie 
Masse, purple ; and Madame C. Desgranges or any of 
its sports. China Asters may be planted out now in 
a fully exposed position in the reserve garden to 
make their growth. Before lifting them give them a 
thorough watering, and allow the superfluous water 
to drain away. In the meantime prepare the bed or 
beds to receive them. Then lift the plants with a 
good ball of soil and carefully replant them in the 
prepared ground. If the weather is dry and warm at 
the time some stakes should be pushed into the 
ground and a light awning of tiffany thrown over the 
stakes for a few days till the Asters recover from the 
operation of shifting. On the other hand you could 
grow on a batch or two of Celosia pyramidalis, to 
plant in the beds when the Carnations are removed. 
Pear with Black Patches.— Omega : The sample 
you sent us was badly affected with Cladosporium 
dendriticum, a fungus that affects the skin and tissues 
immediately under it only. When the fruits are 
attacked at this early stage they can never become 
good samples in autumn, because the skin at the 
black patches cannot grow any more, consequently 
as the rest of the fruit continues to swell, the surface 
will crack in those places and render the fruits both 
unsightly and useless. There is no remedy after the 
attack ; and the best preventive, if taken in time, has 
been found to be the spraying of the trees with 
Bordeaux Mixture immediately after the petals drop, 
and again at intervals of some weeks during the 
course of the summer. In America this has been 
found to pay. 
Tobacco and Soft Soap to Kill Greenfly.— 
Omega : Various receipts may be given. One is to 
use 3 oz. or 4 oz. of coarse shag tobacco to a gallon 
of hot water. Strain out the tobacco after it has 
been steeped for some time ; then dissolve ij oz. of 
soft soap in a small quantity of water and add to the 
tobacco water. Another mixture to dissolve 8 lb. of 
soft soap in twelve gallons of soft or rain water and 
then add a gallon of strong tobacco water, using the 
same amount of tobacco to the gallon as above 
mentioned. In smaller quantity you could use 1 lb. 
of soft soap in ij gallons of water, and add one pint 
of strong tobacco water. Syringe with this before' 
leaving work at night and then wash the plants with 
clean water next morning. 
Names of Names.— G.R. : Odontoglossum Cora- 
dinei (a good variety).— E.C.H.D.: 1, Spiraea 
Filipendula; 2, Deutzia scabra.— D.L. : 1, Gaul- 
theria Shallon ; 2, Cotonsaster Nummularia ; 3, 
Neillia opulifolia ; 4, Corydalis lutea ; 5, Centaurea 
montana alba; 6, Lupinus polyphyllus.— W.K. : 
1, Phlox ovata ; 2, Thymus serpyllum citriodorus; 
3, Aquilegia vulgaris flore pleno; 4, Geranium 
sylvaticum ; 5, Pelargonium fragrans ; 6, Menyan- 
thes trifoliata.— A.C.: 1, Negundo aceroides; 2, 
Cytisus albus ; 3, Cornus mas variegata.— R.M. : 
1, Dendrobium transparens; 2, Fuchsia procumbens; 
3, Rivina laevis ; 4, Phyllanthus nivosus ; s.Davallia 
elegans ,—A.J.B. : 1, Maranta bicolor ; 2, Convol¬ 
vulus mauritanicus ; 3, Sedum glaucum ; 4, Sedum 
Rhodiola ; 5, Rhododendron hirsutum ; 6, Ajuga 
reptans rubra; 7, Oxalis floribunda.— J.S.L. ; 1, 
Abies nordmanniana ; 2, Ptelea trifoliata ; 3, Mag¬ 
nolia acuminata ; 4, Abies concolor violacea : 5, 
Juniperus virginiana ; 6, Abies nobilis.— Omega ■ : 1, 
Bishopweed (Aegopodium Podagraria) ; 2, Enchan¬ 
ter's Nightshade (Circaea lutetiana )— A. Hutton ; 1, 
Heuchera sanguinea ; 2, Centaurea montana ; 3, 
Aquilegia vulgaris var. 
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