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THE GARDENING WORLD 
July 7, 1900. 
Bethune, Esq., Denne Park, Horsham, was second 
with Mrs. S. Crawford. 
For eighteen trusses Tea Roses, O. G. Orpen.Esq., 
Hillside, West Bergholt, Colchester, was a good first, 
having lovely specimens of Amazone, Anna Olivier, 
The Bride, Medea, Mdme. Hoste, and Hon. Edith 
Gifford. Rev. Allan Melliar came second, with 
Comtesse de Nadaillac, Catherine Mermet, and 
Bridesmaid. 
In class nine, for a further collection of eighteen 
trusses of Tea Roses, Mr. Geo. Prince, Rose Grower, 
Oxford, won first, having capital Golden Gate, 
Marechal Niel, Mdme. Cusin, and others. Messrs. 
D. Prior & Son followed next. 
For twelve siDgle trusses, E. M. Bethune, Esq., 
Denne Park, Horsham, was first, and Alfred Tait, 
Esq., Downside, Leatherhead, second. For six 
ditto, G. A. Hammond, Esq., Cambrian House, Bur¬ 
ges Hill, Sussex, was first, and H. P. Landon, Esq., 
second. E. M. Bethune, Esq., was first for six 
blooms of a single variety of Tea Rose, having Com¬ 
tesse de Nadaillac. Miss B. H. Langton was 
second. 
For thirty-six distinct varieties of garden Roses, 
Messrs. Paul & Son, The Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, 
was first with a marvellous collection. Messrs. F. 
Cant & Co., Braiswick Nurseries, Colchester, came 
second ; Messrs. Geo. Cooling & Sons, Bath, were 
equal second. 
For eighteen distinct trusses of ditto, Alf. Tait, 
Esq., was first; Rev. J. H. Pemberton, second. 
For nine distinct varieties in trusses, Mr. B. R. 
Cant led the way, having splendid blooms of Mrs. 
Sharman Crawford, Fisher Holmes, Mrs. J. Laing, 
Capt. Hayward, Gen. Jacqueminot, La France, &c. 
For six distinct ditto, O. G. Orpen, Esq., came 
first ; followed by Rev. J. H. Pemberton and Arthur 
Pearson, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. J. Prewett), Fren- 
shaw Place, Farnham. 
For six distinct trusses of Teas, Mr. B. R. Cant 
led the way; Mr. Geo. Prince, second ; and Messrs. 
F. Cant & Co., third. 
Mr. B. Ladhams, The Shirley Nurseries, South¬ 
ampton, had a miscellaneous collection of Pinks and 
Brier Rose trusses. 
Mr. Will Taylor, Osborn Nursery, Hampton, 
Middlesex, had a small collection of garden and H.P. 
Roses. 
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Questions add adsidgks- 
Peach LeaYes Blistered.—L. H. : The leaves you 
sent us show that your trees are very badly affected 
with Peach Blister, caused by a fungus named 
Exoascus deformans, which often proves very 
troublesome, particularly, we believe, in gardens 
that are too much and too closely sheltered by trees. 
You can only check this disease by prompt 
measures. It is not sufficient merely to pick off the 
affected leaves, though that must be done promptly 
whenever they are seen to be affected. The disease 
really lives in the branches and shoots from year 
to year, and give rise to fresh disease on the leaves. 
The diseased shoots should also be cut off as well as 
leaves, and the whole burned at once. The spring 
time is the best to do this, and the work should be 
carried out regularly and persistently till the disease 
gels exterminated. Sometimes the trees are so bad 
that it is a better plan to grub them up and plant 
afresh than try to cure them. If you would over¬ 
come the disease you must attack it constantly by 
the above methods till it is overcome. If there are 
no fruits on the trees you could syringe them with 
the Bordeaux Mixture at intervals of three weeks to 
kill all spores and prevent them spreading. If you 
do Dot know how to make it let us know, and we will 
describe the same 
Black Currants with Swollen Buds.— A Grigor : 
You can tell Col. Allardyce that the Black Currants 
are very badly affected with the Currant Gall Mite 
(Phytoptus Ribis), a small mite that lives upon the 
young leaves in the bud state causing them to grow 
abnormally during the winter months, but so injuring 
them that they never open but die during spring or 
early summer. When the buds are few they should 
be picked off and burnt immediately. If numerous 
it would be advisable to cut off the branches as far 
as affected and burn them. Sometimes a fair ad¬ 
vantage is gained by cutting down the bushes and 
allowing them to grow up from the roots again, thus 
losing a year’s crop at least. Plantations sometimes 
get so badly affected that it is unprofitable to battle 
with them. In such cases the best way is to grub 
the bushes up and burn them, making a new plan¬ 
tation at some distance from the old. Before doing 
this you might select clean young shoots and raise 
young plants before destroying the old, and burning 
any swollen bud at once, if such should make its 
appearance. 
Strawberries with Grubs in them.— C.F. : We 
are not surprised that you did not consider the 
Strawberries very tempting morsels to eat, because, 
on examination, we found them to be swarming 
with the Spotted Snake-millipede (Julus guttatus). 
Other authorities name this animal the Beautiful 
Snake-millipede (Julus pulchellus) in allusion to the 
beautiful red spots on either side of the body of the 
creature. It is not strictly speaking a caterpillar 
nor grub, as it does not give rise either to a moth, 
butterfly, fly, beetle nor any other insect whatever. 
It belongs to the class Myriapoda, or Snake-milli¬ 
pedes. As to remedies, the ground should be kept 
thoroughly clean for sometime previous to the 
planting of Strawberries upon it. Before the 
plants come into bloom in early summer, the ground 
should be well dusted with lime at intervals of a 
week or ten days. Lime-water is believed to destroy 
them. Sprinkling nitrate of soda over the ground and 
then watering it, or watering the same with a solu¬ 
tion of nitrate of soda is said to be a good remedy. 
Soot spread over the land is also said to drive the 
creatures away. After the plants are ripening their 
fruits, remedies are hopeless. 
The Carrot Fly (Psila Rosae).— A.. L. : If the 
natural soil is unsuitable for the rapid growth of the 
Carrots you should during next winter trench it 2 ft. 
deep, adding a large quantity of peat, leaf mould, 
sand or sandy soil from beneath the potting benches. 
If you do not wish to raise the level of the soil re¬ 
move a portion of the old material before you begin. 
It is worth all this trouble to improve a piece of land 
for Cairots, because by trenching and enriching it 
every year the Carrots may be sown year after year 
on the same ground. In the meantime you could 
water the beds heavily with liquid manure or nitrate 
of soda at the rate of J oz. to the gallon of water. 
This will induce the Carrots to make rapid growth, 
and so get over the danger of destruction by the 
fly. 
Propagating Aubrietia Leichtlinii true to 
Name.— T. R. : We presume that you have only a 
few plants at present. If so, we advise you to 
increase them by cuttings. The present should be 
a good time to take the first batch of cuttings, pro¬ 
vided you can get short, lateral shoots with a firm 
base. The present wet weather should be causing a 
rapid growth; and under those conditions the 
cuttings will root much more freely than if you were 
to take them off during dry weather when the 
tissues are hard and making little or no progress. 
Put them into pots of very sandy soil and cover them 
with a hand light or frame. Shade them from 
bright sunshine during the heat of the day. After 
you have got up a stock of plants you can next year 
increase them by division of the tufts. 
Names of Plants.— G. C .: 1, Diervilla grandi- 
flora; 2, Brassia verrucosa; 3, Veronica amoena of 
gardens, a white variety of Veronica longifolia; 4, 
Lunaria biennis ; 5, Corydalis lutea ; 6, Lychnis 
dioica flore pleno ; 7, Linaria Cymbalaria. — J. 
Whitton : Not Meyenia erecta, that being Thunber- 
gia erecta. It is Petraea volubilis, belonging to the 
Verbena family. — Nash : A species of Medick 
(Medicago turbinata), a native of South Europe.— 
T. M.: 1, Orchis foliosa ; 2, Geranium argenteum ; 
3, Geranium wallichianum; 4, Oxalis valdiviana; 
5, Oxalis floribunda.— H. J. : 1, Oncidium concolor; 
2, Oncidium flexuosum : 3, Campanula Hostii alba ; 
4, Scilla peruviana.— R. M.: 1, Olearia Haastii; 2, 
Kerria japonica flore pleno ; 3, Papaver orientale ; 4, 
Trachelium caeruleum ; 5, Saxifraga rotundifolia ; 
6, Centaurea Cyanus.— A. D. W. : A variety of Iris 
laevigata, often named I. Kaempferi in gardens. The 
name of the variety would have to be determined 
where a large collection of named sorts is grown. 
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