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THE GARDENING WORLD 
August 25, 1900. 
Phosphoric acid is one of the most essential of all 
Rod constituents for plants. 
The Lindley Library, under the auspices of the 
Royal Horticultural Society, now contains 4,000 
v. lames or thereby, and is considered one of, if not 
the best horlicultural library in the kingdom. 
Logan Berry.—T. Crebbin, Esq., Ballagawne, 
Isle of Man. under date of August 71b, writes that 
he pick d twenty quarts of fruits from four plants, 
and that he still expects 10 take off another four or 
five quarts. 
Our contemporary, The Canadian Horticulturist, 
for August, is larger and better than ever. Cherries 
ia pots, hardy Cherries, prevention of leaf curl, and 
carnivorous plants of Canada are all illustrated 
and a few of the main features treated upon. 
The Gardening Chart, a guide to the cultivaticn 
of the year's vegetables, is the tilde given to a pub¬ 
lication by Messrs. Frederick Warne & Co , of New 
York and L-mdon. We have mentioned the use and 
purpose of this guide previously, and we can tut 
reiterate our expression that Mr. H. C. DavidsoD, 
who is the author of the •* Chart," has done 
gardening and gardeners a service, and it only lies 
with the latter to make use of this convenient and 
helpful edition, published at one shilling. 
Keeping Winter Apples in Waxed Papers.— 
Mr. Youngers, of the Nebraska H.S., has experi¬ 
mented with Apples, and reported on his observations 
and results. In the autumn of 1897, about November 
1st, all available varieties were put in cold storage, 
each Apple wrapped first in a sheet of waxed paper 
9 in. by 12 in. for the smaller, and 12 in. by 12 in. for 
the larger ones. Another cover of newspaper was 
added, and then all were packed tightly in barrels 
and put in cold storage with the temperature at 6o p . 
A few were stored in barrels without wrappiog. On 
June 1st, 1898, the first examination was made, and 
of those not wrapped seventy per cent, were decayed, 
of some wrapped in paper about thirty par cent, 
were decayed, while those with the double wrappings 
of paper remained in almost perfect condition as late 
as November last .—The Canadian Horticulturist. 
A Ramble through the Woods and Fields of 
Berkshire at this time of year is very interesting, 
and has been for some months past. The flora is 
rich and many species occur in abundance. The 
hedges of many fields are now covered with Honey¬ 
suckle (Lonicera Periclymenum) which gives a 
pleasant scent to the fresh and bracing air. The 
Tway-blade (Listera ovata), Orchis pyramidalis, O. 
latifolia, have now taken the place of the Bluebell 
(Scilla nutans), Orchis maculata, and the wild Nar¬ 
cissus (N. Pseudo-narcissus), The Snowflake 
(Leucojum aestivium) covered the banks of the mill 
stream with i;s pretty white flowers, and near this 
millstream a shady breok is full of white Water 
Lilies. The wild Iris, Spiraea, &c., are flowering in 
swampy places. Papaver Rbaeas, the fie'd Poppy, 
made a brilliant display a short time ago; many 
Cornfields were a perfect blaze of crimson flowers. 
Many other species are now in flower and growing 
in wild profusion, combining together in making 
a pretty picture, and also in making life 
in the country very pleasant during the summer 
months.—C. P. C. 
Wormy Apples.—There is nothing new about 
wormy Apples except the way to avoid having them. 
There are several species of grub or worms which 
work in Apples, but the one which does nearly all 
the damage is the core worm. The core worm is 
the Codlin Moth, and this is what a grower must 
fight in his Apple trees. The best general remedy 
for the core worm, or Codlin Moth, according to 
information furnished by th? Vermont experimental 
station, is Paris Green. Some Apple growers use 
London Purple; others use white arsenic; but 
they amount to the same thing — they a'l poison the 
core worms. Other insecticides, like hellebore, 
kerosene, or sulphur, are not effective in this case. 
Paris Green should be thoroughly mixed with water 
at the rate of a quarter of a pound per 160 to 200 
gallons of water. About a pound of lime ought to 
be added to each barrel of water, which will prevent 
scalding of thi foliage. It should be applied with a 
spray pump and fine nozzle. The fine spraying for 
the Codlin Moth should be made as soon as the 
bio: soms fall, cr within a week afterward. 
Fruiting of Hoyacarnosa.—I have a large plant 
of the above growing on the back wall of a vinery. 
Last year it fruited twice, one pod each time. I was 
at a loss to know wbat it was, as the pod had burst 
before I noticed it. The seeds were hanging like a 
spider’s web. This year it has fruited again, and, 
strange to say, the ped is on the same branch as last 
year. I sowed the seed and over a dozen came up, 
but I have lost them all but one, and it is looking 
far from happy. Any informatiou anent the same 
will much oblige. —A. D. P.S.— I may state that 
the pod on my plant is atout half ihe size of the one 
that is on Mr. Geering's plant.as stated in last week’s 
Gardening World.— -A. D. 
COMMON THINGS AS DECORATIVE 
SUBJECTS. 
Many unsightly corners, which naturally lenii them¬ 
selves to unpretentious t mbellishment, ate frt quently 
seen about most gardens. Shrubs which love the 
shade are called upon to do duty there, and even 
flowering plants are enlisted with but indifferent 
results. Where space and the contour of the ground 
permits one of the most desirable screens in a shady 
spot is probably a rough rockery thrown together 
with little regard to symmetry and freely occupied 
with hardy Ferns. An extremely pretty arrange¬ 
ment can be made with such weedy things as hardy 
Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum Capillus-Veneris) and 
Linaria Cymbalaria on a rockwork or improvised 
wall. Rough abutments or pilasters of the structure 
can be clothed with the Fern, whilst the smoother 
portions form excellent positions for the wandering 
Linaria, or both may be allowed to grow together, 
taking care to adjust the growth of the most ram¬ 
pant, lest the weaker perish in the struggle for 
existence. The vivid green fronds of the Ferns 
standing boldly out from the surface against the 
dark green cymbal-like leaves of its partner present 
an exceedingly pretty combination. From project¬ 
ing points long festoons of the Linaria can also be 
led, adding dignity and grace to the whole. The 
common Wall Rue (Asplenium Ruta-muraria) can 
also be employed effeciively on suitable spots, and if 
the device be indoors in a cool house, trailing 
Tradescantias serve a purpose at little trouble and 
no expense in places where all four already abound. 
— J. McAra, Kingsburgh, Prcstonkirk. 
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MIMULUS LUTEUS. 
This remarkably showy and free-flowering plant is 
veil known in gardens where good-sized clumps are 
always attractive objects in August and September. 
It is an easy plant to cultivate, and if the situation 
be a moist one it may even become somewhat 
troublesome. Anyhow, it is well worth a place in 
the herbaceous border on account of its large, bright 
yellow flowers. The plant, however, is becoming 
almost as well known in nature as in gardens, for I 
saw it in great profusion the other day on the banks 
of the Chess between Chenies and Rickmansworth. 
It is sufficiently rampant, in fact in some places as 
to oust the native vegetation. Babington says it has 
become naturalised in Great Britain. There is no 
doubt about that; it has come to stay, for I have 
seen it in the Isle of Bute as well as in other places 
near London. According to the English Encyclopaedia 
it is a native of Chili, whereas it is generally sup¬ 
posed to have come to us from North America. 
Anyhow, it is a lively and welcome addition to 
our Flora, the colour being intensified by contrast 
with the exquisite blue of Myosotis paluslris, or 
Veronica Beccabunga. The peculiar shape of the 
corolla, which is ringent or gaping in appearance, 
with dark spots in the interior, contributed, no 
doubt, to the fanciful but popular name tf 
“ Monkey " flower. 
This Mimulus has been dwarfed, doubled, and 
otherwise “ improved," from a garden standpoint; 
but, to me, it never looks so charming, so sw, et, or 
so felicitous as when seen luxuriating in its own 
selected habitats. 
It is a member of the natural order Scrophularinae, 
but whether it possesses any virtue in respect to the 
disease known as scrofula, I am unaware; but I do 
know that a sight of this cheerful-looking plant on 
the banks of its favourite streams, either in England 
or Scotland, is calculated to at least affect a fit of 
spleen.—C. B. G. 
ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS. 
This graceful and most useful decorative plaDt is 
:eldom seen to better advantage than when trained 
in the form of a fan. 
The back wall of a vinery is admit ably suited for 
this sort of training, and in rrany instances such 
walls are entirely bare. I have frequently been 
asked what I would recommend for co'erirgsuch 
walls. I have seen various IbiDgs tried but nothing 
that could approach Asparagus plumosus. In this 
pcs tion it seems perfectly at home. Last year I had 
one planted on the back wall of our late vinery, an 
old plant which was docm:d to be thrown away. 
This plant is fan trained and covers the whole back 
wall, forming a most graceful and novel screen 
which is much admired. The arrangement for 
training is as follows ;—A piece of iron red was bent 
in the form of an arch 3 ft. wide, and pushed into 
the border over the plant about a foot frem the back 
wall. From this arch thin twine was stretched and 
fastened to an iron rod at each end of the house, 
and to one of the wires overhead. The, young 
growths are trained singly ard readily twist round 
the twine forming lovely wreaths, which can be cut 
when required without dts'royiDg the tffect of the 
plant, as it is always sending up young growths to 
take the place of thosr removed.— W. Grant. 
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THE EUCHARIS. 
The Eucbarises are all the more valuable inasmuch 
as they produce flowers in the depth of winter as 
well as in the height of summer. I have seen them 
grewn in a greenhouse with careful attenticn, but 
those groan in a stove temperature thrive by far the 
best. In some places they are found very difficult 
to manage, and in others they grow with little or no 
attention. At one place in particular where I was, 
they were grown extensively for house decoration i 
being grown in many different ways as an expeii- 
ment to obtain the best results. The methed war, 
after the plants were done flowering, say a month or 
six weeks, they were kept rather on the 8ry side for 
a shorl time, after which they were potted or top- 
dressed in a compost of rough fibrous loam, well 
shaken out. Silver sand and some dried cow 
manure water was sparingly given them until the 
plants showed signs of new giowtb, when a good 
soaking was given them. The compost bemg rough 
there was no fear of the pots beccmirg stagnant. 
When thoroughly established a weak liquid watering 
was given them twice a week, with an addiiional 
watering of sooty water at intervals. Always 
m ake it a point to keep ihe plaDts clean by spray¬ 
ing them with a weak solution of soft soap. Keep 
the plants rather in a shady situatior, standing 
them on inverted flower pots, leaving a space 
between each plant to prevent the leaves trom 
damping .—Walter Hogarth, Notion Gardens, Ratho, 
Midlothian. 
WINTER FLOWERING BEGONIAS. 
Now that we hear so much about B. Gloire de 
Lorraine, it is to be hoped that many of the other 
useful kinds will not be overlooked. 
B. Socotrana has been lying dormant all the 
summer, and if now given heat will soon start into 
growth, which is made from bulbils formed las year. 
It makes a grand pyramidal plant from 2 ft to 3 ft. 
high, with shining peltate leaves, 4 in. to 7 in. 
across, and covered with bright rose flowers. When 
growth commences shake out and pot in equal parts 
of peat and loam, a little leaf mould, and a good 
sprinkling of silver sand in 6-in. or 7-in. pots. Water 
carefully when freshly potted, but when well ro ted 
plenty of water may be given, and all the light 
possible. B. Socotrana is one of the few species that 
have crossed successfully with the tuberous roi ttd 
ones, and it is from these hybrids we get such fii e 
forms as Mrs. Heal, John Heal, Myra, all these 
having single flowers, of a rose colour, abundan.ly 
produced, and bright green foliage ; while En: go 
has large, double, pink flowers, 2 in. or more in 
diameter, not unlike a Camellia. Winter Cteeris 
of a deeper carmine shade. These r«quire a warm 
greenhouse to get good results, but whtn the flower¬ 
ing period commences they succeed admirably in aa 
ordinary greenhouse, where they will give a glow of 
colour when other flowers are scarce in December or 
thereabouts.-/s' 
