30 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
September 8, 1900. 
Nectarines and Peaches. The three bunches of 
white Grapes were not so well finished as one would 
like, but the six bunches of black Grapes were A.i. 
The other subjects were very fine. (Silver Gilt 
Knightian Medal). 
Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., had an assort¬ 
ment of Tomatos of the variety Chiswick Peach, in 
7-in. pots. These were strong and fruitful plants, 
carrying and furnishing heavy trusses of fine 
moderate-sized fruits, all of which are usable for 
either dessert or cooking. 
STIRLING HORTICULTURAL. — A ug. 30 th and 31 st. 
In respect to the general quality of the Stirling 
society's show, held in the Public Hall, Stirling, on 
Thursday and Friday, August 30th and 31st, the 
entries all round were up to the average. It was a 
good show, and larger than last year, though the 
vegetable section showed a decrease in the number 
of entries. Mr. Lunt, of Keir, was awarded the 
principal prizes for Grapes and table plants. The 
nurserymen’s exhibits were appreciated, and these 
formed an interesting section of the exhibition. 
Music was provided on both days of the show, and, 
of course, was in itself an attraction. Mr. A. 
McKinnon, of Scone Palace, Perth, and Mr. John 
Leslie, Pitcullen House, Perth, judged the vege¬ 
tables; Mr. James Smith, of Hopetoun Gardens, 
and Mr. D. L. M'Intosh, Ballinkinrain, gave the 
awards for plants and amateurs’ vegetables ; while 
cut flowers were judged by Mr. James Smith, Dean- 
ston, and Mr. L. McLean, Greenfield. Mr. D. W. 
Soutar, Stirling, adjudicated the honey classes. Ex- 
Provost Yellowlees opened tne show. In the few 
remarks he made, the speaker said that the society 
had begun its shows so early in the century as 1812, 
so that this was their 89th successive exhibition. 
Mr. W. J. Clark, secretary to the society, and the 
committee of management must have a peculiar 
satisfaction in being able to continue this annual 
show, which is still vigorous and possesses such a 
grand record. Our brief report refers only to the 
principal prize winners. 
Plants. —Mr. Thomas Lunt, gardener to A. 
Stirling, Esq., of Keir, Dunblane, was first in the 
gardeners' classes for six stove and greenhouse 
foliage plants; three stove and greenhouse Ferns, 
and six plants for table decoration. For three 
British Ferns, Mr. A. Ferguson, of Woodville, beat 
Mr. W. D. Stevenson, of Feus, Bannockburn. Other 
prize winners were Messrs. J. D. Kemp, St. Ninians, 
W. Cullens, and W. D. Stevenson. 
Cut flowers. — Mr. R. Marshall, of Micklewood, 
was first for twelve double Dahlias in six varieties. 
Mr. J. Craik, Gargunnock, was second. Mr. D. 
McNeill, Gargunnock House, was first for eighteen 
trusses of single Dahlias, at least six varieties; 
while for six Gladioli, Mr. S. Bain, Inch of Leckie, 
Gargunnock, led. Mr. Gray, Wright Park, Kippen, 
was first for twelve Cactus Dahlias. Other names 
which appeared on the winning cards were those of 
Messrs. J. Waldie, of Dollarbeg, for twelve Comet 
Asters; D. M'Michan, J. Peebles, of Stirling; 
T. Hall, A. Gray, W. Cullens, R. C. Dickson 
and others. 
Fruit. —For two bunches of black Grapes, Mr. T. 
Lnnt, first ; Mr. A. Carran, Inglewood, Alloa, 
second ; and Mr. D. McKerracher, East Plean, 
third. For ditto Muscats, Mr. T. Lunt, first ; Mr. 
D. McKerracher, second; and Mr D. McNeill, 
third. Messrs. Lunt and McKerracher stood thus 
for two bunches of any sort of grape (white). For 
one bunch, Mr. Waldie beat Mr. W. W. Ritchie. 
Mr. McMichan, Hillfoot, Dollar, won for six Peaches, 
and Mr. Lunt for six Nectarines. For eight 
kitchen Apples Mr. D. McNeill beat Mr. J. Waldie 
and Mr. W. Rogers. Mr. W. W. Ritchie was 
placed first for Pears and for Plums. 
Miscellaneous exhibits. — Messrs. Wm. Drum¬ 
mond & Sons exhibited greenhouse and other plants. 
They also showed a collection of Coniferae. 
Mr. John Craig, nurseryman, Stirling, set up 
plants and floral decorative displays. Mr. Mark 
Hodgson also had a floral exhibit. 
READ THIS. 
A weekly award of 5s. will be made by the pro¬ 
prietors of The Gardening World, to the person 
who sends the most interesting or valuable item 0) 
news upon passing events likely to interest horticult¬ 
urists at large ; hints containing suggestive facts of 
practical interest to gardeners or growers of plants, 
fruits, or flowers; successful methods of propagating 
plants usually considered difficult ; or any other 
tobic coming within the sphere of gardening proper. 
The articles in question should not exceed 250 words, 
and should be marked “ Competition.” The address 
of the winner will be published. The Editor’s 
judgment must be considered final. The communi¬ 
cations for each week should be posted not later 
than Monday night. 
The prize last week was awarded to Mr. John 
Botley, Blythewood Gardens, Maidenhead, for his 
article on Eucharis grandiflora, p. 5. 
Questions add snsroeRs 
Apples cracking.— Worcester Pearmain : From 
what you said in your last letter we supposed that 
the fruits on your trees might be affected with the 
fungoid disease known as Cladosporium dendriticum, 
a skin disease; but we fail to find anything of that 
kind on the specimens sent. The skin has, however, 
been very badly hurt by something while yet in a 
very young state, and now that the Apples are swell¬ 
ing they are cracking because the injured skin is 
scaly, dead, and unable to increase in size so as to 
accommodate the growing fruit. The stems are 
affected or overgrown with lichens, suggesting that- 
the roots are in a cold and wet subsoil, which ought 
to be drained to make it warmer by getting rid of the 
superfluous moisture in the subsoil. It is possible 
that the fruits might have been hurt by frost in their 
early stages of growth. The specimens sent are, 
however, infested with the Apple Mussel Scale 
(Mytilaspis pomorum). If you examine the fruits as 
well as the bark on the branches you will find that 
they are infested with a small brown scale, shaped 
like a mussel, but longer and narrower than the 
Peach Scale. To get rid of this scale you must 
scrub the trunk and branches of the trees in winter 
with concentrated lye of wood ashes or coarse 
potash, or with a mixture of one gallon of gas-water 
to ten of water. The eggs hatch out about the 
end of May or beginning of June, at which time the 
larvae are easily killed. About this time the trees 
should be washed at intervals of a week with a gill of 
kerosene in five gallons of water, or with soft soap 
and sufficient water to reduce it to the condition of a 
thin paint. Possibly your Apple trees want shelter 
from a hedge or belt of trees ; but the drainage of 
the soil and the washing of the trees as above 
recommended are necessary proceedings to get the 
trees to thrive. Possibly lifting and replanting 
them would be a great advantage by bringing the 
roots near the surface. 
Chenopodium polyspermum.— Sigma : The form 
figured by Sowerby under the name of the Round¬ 
leaved Gossefoot must be the variety Chenopodium 
polyspermum cymosum, otherwise named C. p. var. 
obtusifolium, by Syme. As far as we remember the 
sample you sent us was only the ordinary C. poly¬ 
spermum with ovate leaves. The plant you now 
send is Atriplex bastata, Linn., or, as it is given in 
The Student's Flora of the British Islands, Atriplex 
patula, L , sub.-sp. hastata, L. The Chenopodium 
acutifolium mentioned by Babington is the variety 
C. polyspermum acutifolium, characterised by acute 
leaves and nearly simple, leafy spikes of fruit. 
Hedge Trimmers Workable from the Ground.— 
X. Y. Z. : Can you or any of your readers tell me 
where I can get the best hedge trimmers workable 
from the ground, and so saving mounting a ladder ? 
Yiolets Attacked by a Fungus. - Omega : Violets 
get attacked by various things, including red spider, 
which, of course, is not a fungus at all, although its 
effects may give the Violets the appearance of being 
attacked by a fungus. We should like to see some 
of the leaves of which you complain, so as to get an 
idea of what is really the cause of the evil. It is 
mere guess work to imagine it is any one thing in 
particular wheD, in reality, it may be something 
different altogether. Send us some of the worst 
leaves and one or two not so bad, and we shall do 
our best to help you. 
Names of Fruits.— Philomatlius : Apples: 1, 
Duchess of Oldenburg, very badly coloured ; 2, 
this variety appears to be the stock, the variety upon 
it probably having died. In any case, it is worth¬ 
less.— Hazel : Keswick Codlin. 
Names of Plants.— A. J. B. \ 1, Veronica vir- 
ginica; 2, Helianthus multifforus flore pleno ; 3, 
Lathyrus latifolius ; 4, Cotoneaster microphylla : 5, 
Chrysanthemum lacustre.— A. M.: 1, Anemone 
japonica; 2, Phlox paniculata, garden variety; 3, 
Montbretia Pottsii; 4, Khiphofia aloides.— T. H. : 1, 
Rhus typhina; 2, Ailantus glandulosa; 3, Spiraea 
Douglasii; 4, Spiraea bullata ; 5, Berberis vulgaris 
folius purpureis ; 6, Tilia petiolaris.— W. Carter'. 
1, Lilium tigrinum splendens; 2, Veronica longifolia 
subsessilis ; 3, Eutoca viscida ; 4, Veronica spicata 
alba, usually known as V. amoena ; 5, Platycodon 
grandiflorum.— Sigma: The Veronica is V. longi¬ 
folia; the weed is Atriplex patula, sub-species has¬ 
tata (see separate note).— J. West: r, Nertera 
depressa ; 2, Sibthorpia europaea; 3, Disandra 
prostrata; 4, Nepeta Glechoma variegata; 5, 
Othonna crassifolia.— R. M. : 1, Pelargonium tomen- 
tosum; 2, Pelargonium Lady Plymouth.— A. T.j 
Agapanthus umbellatus ; 2, Cassia floribunda, mere 
correctly termed C. occidentalis ; 3, Heliotrcpium 
peruvianum var. 
Communications Received.—C. Macquarie.— 
C. B. G.—M. Temple.—G. R —A. F.—W. B G — 
R. Wallace & Co—Barr & Sons.—R. D.—J. M.— 
A. C.-H. W. 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Wm. Cutbush & Son, Highgate Nurseries, London, 
N.—Border, Tree and Malmaison Carnations, Pinks, 
Cloves, &c. ; also Circular concerning Carnation 
Mrs. Thomas W. Lawson. 
VilmorIn-Andrieux et Cie, 4 Quai de la 
Megisserie, Paris.—Ca*alogue of Flowering Bulbs 
and Strawberries. 
Ant Roozen & Son, Overveen, near Haarlem, 
Holland.—Catalogue of Choice Dutch Cape Bulbs, 
&c. 
Barr & Sons, 12 and 13, King Street, Covent 
Garden, London. — Barr's Hyacinths, Tulips, 
Narcissi, Crocuses, Gladioli, &c.; also Barr's Gold 
Medal Daffodils. 
M. Cuthbertson, Rothesay, N.B.—Cuthbertson’s 
Autumn Catalogue. 
Benj. Soddy, 243, Walworth Road, London, S.E. 
—Soddy's Catalogue of Bulbous Flower Roots. 
A FREE GIFT. 
500 40-EGG INCUBATORS. 
Read carefully and write at once. Millions of money leave 
this country every year for poultry and eggs that could easily 
be produced here at enormous profit. TO AMATEURS 
ONLY. To encourage this industry we will Give Away 500 
of our 20 th Century Incubators Free of Charge, trusting that 
the profitable results obtained on a small scale will Induce 
our clients to purchase our 100 -Egg Incubators, and make a 
good living from poultry breeding. Address—MANAGER, 
Poultry Breeders’ Appliance Company, 3 , Clarence Road, 
Southend-on-Sea. 
SHOW FIXTURES FOR 1900. 
September. 
12. —Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society (2 
days). 
13. —Boston and District Dahlia and Chrysanth¬ 
emum Society. 
27.—R.H.S. Fruit Show (3 days). 
October. 
9.—National Chrysanthemum Society (3 days). 
November. 
6. —National Chrysanthemum Society (3 days). 
7. —Sevenoaks and West Kent Chrysanthemum 
Society (2 days). 
December. 
4.—National Chrysanthemum Society (3 days). 
The gardening world. 
Subscription (including postage) : 3 months, if. 8 d., 
6 months, 35. 3 d .; 12 months, 6f. 6 d., prepaid. 
Foreign Subscriptions to all countries in the Postal 
Union, 8f. 8 d. per annum, prepaid. 
SUBSCRIPTION FORM. 
Please send me "The Gardening World,” 
pot __._ months, commencing on 
ot which I enclose 
Name _ 
Address __ 
IC&LE OF CHARGES FOR ADVERTISEMENTS 
Small Advertisements, solid type, is. tor first line, and Od .:for 
very nine words after. Displayed Advertisements,per inon 6s 
ier column (12 Ins. long), £3 5s .; per half-page, £5 ; per page 
9. Speoia quotations given for a series. Gardeners and 
Others Wanting Situations thirty words for is 6 d. t prepaid. 
Handsomely bound Volumes, I to XV., 6s. 6d. eaob, 
Telegrams — 11 BAMBUSA, LONDON.” 
5 & 6, CLEMENT’S INN. 
8TRAND, LONDON, W.G. 
Secretaries of Societies will greatly oblige the 
Publisher by forwarding early information of 
Fixtures. 
Mimcultural 
iDUDinilif. 
An Illustrated Monthly Magazine of 5a pages and cover 
Exponent of scientific and high-farming; advocate of co-opera- 
tionln agrloulture, In the supply of farm requisites and the sale 
of produce; organ of the Agricultural and Horticultural Associ¬ 
ation, the pioneer society tor mutual supply of pure oilcakes, 
complete manures,reliable seeds and Implements on wholesale 
terms. Specimen copy free. Subscription per annum, 5s. 
Inclusive of postage. Single Copies 6 d. eaoh, through all 
Newsagents,—3, Agar Street,Strand,London. W.C. 
