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April IS, 1901. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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should be addressed to "The Editor,” 4, Dorset 
Buildings, Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, 
EC. Timely notes or notices about interesting 
matters or current topics relating to gardens, gar¬ 
deners, or gardening, are always cordially welcomed. 
When newspapers are sent would our friends please mark 
the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see ? 
Fertilising Melons. —T. W.: The best time to do 
this is about the middle of the day when the light is 
good, and all the better if the sun is shining. The 
anthers will be opening freely about that time, when 
you can collect pollen with a camel’s hair brush 
from the male flowers and liberally dust the stigmas 
or tips of the ovary with the same. A simpler 
method adopted by some gardeners is to get fully 
expanded male blossoms, and carefully pull off the 
corolla and caljx lobes. Then lay one of them top 
downwards into each of the fully expanded female 
flowers. As the anthers open the pollen then falls 
on to the stigma of the female flowers, and fertilisa¬ 
tion is effected. 
Syringing and Shading Cucumbers.— A M. D.: 
The syringing of Cucumbers is a very recessary 
operation to keep down red spider and greenfly, but 
particularly the former, which is liable to increase 
rapidly and do serious damage if the atmo phere is 
allowed to remain in a dry condition for any length 
of time. In bright weather syringing twice a day 
also enables the large and thin leaves to make good 
growth. Shading is also beneficial to ward off sun¬ 
shine during the hotter hours of the day. The 
Cucumbers develop a fine green colour when not 
subjected to too much direct sunshine. It is easy to 
overshade the plants, however, in cold or wet 
weather, so that you must at all times guard against 
f this, whether in the early or late part of the season. 
In houses where the plants are trained up under the 
roof, shading becomes much less necessary after the 
roof is covered with foliage, as the fruits are then 
well shaded with the leaves. Do not use permanent 
shading, but something that can be removed as soon 
as the sun is losing power. 
Potting and Planting Vegetable Marrows.— 
A. M. D. : Unless you transplant the Marrows from 
the boxes into the open ground at a very early stage, 
many of them would be liable to die owing to the 
breaking of the roots, owing to their being interlaced 
with one another. It would be very advantageous to 
have the plants a good size before you put them into 
the open ground ; hence it would be advisable to pot 
them up singly while still quite small. By so doing 
you would not only save the breakiag of the ro ,ts 
when planting out, but you would avoid the check 
that they would otherwise get if transferred from 
boxes directly into the ground, in all probability 
without much, if any, soil about the roots. The best 
manure to use when planting out is farmyard 
manure, either from cows or horses. If you can 
manage to use half a barrow-load or so to each 
plant, it would be a good plan to dig out a hole and 
put in the manure, treading it down. It will then 
heat a little and help the young plants greatly by 
favouring root development in the earlier stages of 
growth. If the soil is slightly raised or mounded 
over the manure it will be all the better. 
Strobilanthes dyerianus for Bedding Purposes. 
— R. W.: The method of procedure would be to 
get up a 'stock of young plants that will be more 
inclined to make vigorous growth than to flower. 
Old plants have an inclination to produce flowers, 
and when that takes place it spoils the colour of the 
foliage. Old plants may be cut back, if not already 
treated in that way to cause the development of 
young shoots. If you have to wait for the growth of 
the latter before taking cuttiDgs, your plants will be 
very small at planting out time ; but that may not 
be a disadvantage as you c iuld use them where tall 
plants would be inadmissible or undesirable. Insert 
them in sand in a hotbed in the usual way ; or if you 
insert them in pots, then the latter may be plunged 
where they will have bottom heat. 
Irish Yew spread apart by Snow.— H. W. M. : 
You can easily rectify this by tying up all the longer 
stems. If they will stand upright when merely tied 
together then you need not use any stakes. Get 
some tar twine and tie the central shoots together. 
Then tie in the rest to them, not too tightly, but 
merely loop them up in such a way as to make a 
neat and symmetrical pillar or pyramid, according to 
the size of the tree. Tie in shoots to cover all the 
bare places. While doing this clean out all dead 
wood and foliage. 
Practice of Vine Culture by Mr. Sanders— 
W.F. Self'. The correspondent who wrote the 
article in which mention is made of the small book 
on the practice of Vine Culture, by Mr. Sanders, of 
Wiltshire, has got a copy of it, which he is willing to 
lend for a short period on condition that he has it 
returned again as it does not belong to him. He 
does not think it can be bought. It will not compare 
in value, either with the book " Fruits under Glass,” 
by Mr. David Thomson ; “Vine Culture,” by the 
late Mr. William Thomson; or “Vines and Vine 
Culture," by Mr. A. F. Barron, 
Is it necessary to use Warm Water for 
Camellias ?— G. W.R. : The question has frequently 
been ia’sed, but it has never been shown if neater! 
water is absolutely necessary for any class of plants 
growing in large bodies of soil, as the water gets 
cooled to the same temperature as the soil before it 
can penetrate the latter to any depth, and certainly 
before it teaches the roots. If you use water from 
the tank in the house that will certainly be sufficient 
for the watering of Camellias in tubs. We do not 
think any benefit would arise by attempting to 
stimulate the plants by any such artificial means as 
Warm water. 
Names of Plants.— R. H. : r, Forsythia suspensa ; 
2, Viburnum Tinus ; 3, Pyrus japonica; 4, Coton- 
easter Simonsii.— E. W.: 1, Clematis indivisa; 2, 
Sparmannia africana; 3. Acacia Drummondi; 4, 
Acacia armata; 5, Begonia haageana; 6, Salvia 
Heerii— T. B. L : 1, Anemone Hepatica rubra 
plena; 2, Primula denticulata; 3, Omphalodes 
verna ; 4, Saxifraga burseriana ; 5, Saxifraga ligulata ; 
6, Vinca minor.— Plants : 1, Hyacinthus azureus ; 2, 
Chrssosplenium oppositifolium ; 3, Anemone fulgens ; 
4, Ir.s reticulata.— T. M. : 1, Dendroblum devoDi- 
anum ; 2, Cyrabidium eburneum ; 3, Odontoglossum 
Pescatorei; 4, Odontoglossum andersonianum. — 
5. Jones : The flowering plant is Saxifraga apiculata ; 
the Fern is Polypodium subacriculatum. 
Communications Received.—M. Temple —N. F. 
(Next week).—Reader (Next week).—Doonfoot.— 
Rev. W. Wilks.—J. Williams (next week).—J. S — 
E. T. D—W. M.—R. M.—A. K.—E. D. M. 
FIXTURES FOR 1901. 
(Secretaries of shows will oblige us by sending early notice 
of their fixtures.) 
April. 
18.—Royal Botanical and Horticultural Society of 
Manchester Spring Show (3 days). 
22. —Chesterfield Spring Show. 
23. —R.H.S Committees. 
24. — R.H.S. Examination in Horticulture. 
25. - Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society 
Exhibition. 
May. 
2.—Linnean Society Meeting. 
4.—Royal Botanical Society Meeting; Societie 
Francaise d’Horticulture de Londres Meeting 
7. —R.H.S Committees ; Royal Gardeners’ Orphan 
Fund (Annual Dinner at Hotel Cecil). 
13.—United Horticultural Benevolent and Provi¬ 
dential Society Committees’ Meeting. 
16.—Royal Botanical Society Meeting. 
21. —Kew Guild Dinner at Holborn Restaurant. 
22. —R.H.S. Great Temple Show (3 days); Gar¬ 
deners’ Royal Benevolent Institution Annual 
Dinner at Hotel Metropole ; Bath and W. and 
S Counties Society and Somerset County 
Agricultural Association at Croydon (5 days). 
23. —Royal Botanical and Horticultural Society ot 
Manshester, Whitsuntide Exhibition (25th to 
30tb). 
June. 
1. —Royal Botanical Society Meeting; Societie 
Francaise d’Horticulture de Londres. 
2. —Ghent Show. 
4.—R H.S. Committees; ,Davon County Agricul¬ 
tural at Torquay (3 days). 
6.—Linnean Society Meeting. 
10—United Horticultural Benevolent and Provi¬ 
dential Society Committees' Meeting. 
12. —Royal Cornwall Agricultural Association at 
Bodmin (2 days) ; Yorkshire Gala and Horti¬ 
cultural Exhibition at York (3 days). 
18.—R.H.S. Cor mittees. 
ig.—Oxfordshire Horticultural Exhibition. 
20.—Linnean Society Meeting ; Royal Bolanical 
Society Meeting. 
26. —N.R.S , Richmond. 
27. —Colchtster Rose and Hort. Society Show. 
29.—Windsor and Eaton Rose Show ip Eaton Col¬ 
lege Grounds. 
July. 
2—R.H.S. Committees (Roses); Southampton Ex¬ 
hibition (2 days). 
3. —Hanley Horticultural Fete (2 days); Croydon 
Horticultural Society Show ; Farningham 
Rose and Horticultural Society Show. 
4. —Norwich Rose Show. 
6.—N.R.S., Metropolitan ; Royal Botanical Society 
Meeting ; Societie Francaise d'Horticulture 
de Londres Meeting. 
8. —United Horticultural Benevolent and Provi¬ 
dential Society Committees' Meeting 
9. —Wolverhampton Floral Fete (3 days). 
1:.— Bath Floral Fete and Rose Show. 
13. —Royal Botanical and Horticultural Society of 
Manchester Rose Exhibition. 
16. —Royal Horticultural Society Exhibition, and 
Con'erence on Lilies at Chiswick (2 days). 
17. —N.R.S , Ulverston (North Lonsdale Rose Snow); 
Cardiff and County Horticultural Show (2 
days). 
18. —Hoddesdon Exhibition ; Royal Botanical Society 
Meeting. 
19. —National Carnation and Picotee Society (pro¬ 
visional). 
23—Durham, Northumberland, and Newcastle 
Botanical and Horticultural Society Exhi¬ 
bition at Newcastle (2 days). 
24.—Strabane Horticultural Exhibition (2 days); 
Southern Counties Carnation Society Show. 
25 —Prescot Exhibition ; Selby Exhibition. 
30. —Buckingham Exhibition; R.H.S. Committees; 
National Sweet Pea Society (2 days). 
31. —Wilts. Exhibition. 
August. 
r —Isle of Wight Horticultural Association Exhi¬ 
bition. 
2. —Devon and Exeter Horticultural Society; Sum¬ 
mer Flower Show. 
3. —Auldearn Horticultural Society. 
5—Atherstone Exhibition; Castleford Exhibition 
(2 days); Eynsford Exhibition; Cholmond- 
eley. 
6.—Abbey Park, Leicester, Flower Show (2 days). 
8.—North Oxford Exhibition. 
10.—Keighley Horticultural Society. 
13.-R H S. Committees. 
14 —Clevedon Exhibition ; Sevenoaks Exhibition. 
16. —National Co-operative Festival at the Crystal 
Palace (2 days). 
17. —Bankfoot (Perth) Horticultural Society. 
20. —Grandpont Horticultural Society. 
21. —Banffshire Exhibition; Eastbourne Exhibition; 
Hastings Flower Show. 
27. —R.H S. Committees. 
28. —Henley-on-Thames Exhibition ; Hinckley Ex¬ 
hibition. 
29. —Dundee Exhibition ; Thame Exhibition ; Stir¬ 
ling Exhibition (2 days). 
September. 
3. —Bicester Horticultural Sbciety. 
4. —Milton and Sittingbourne (2 days). 
6. —National Dahlia Society (2 days). 
10. —R H.S. Committees; Durham Flower Show (2 
days). 
11. —Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society (2 
days). 
17. —Dahlia Show, Royal Aquarium, Westminster 
(3 days). 
18. —Botley Show. 
24. —R.H.S. Committees. 
October. 
8.—N.C.S. Exhibition (3 days). 
10.—Fruit Exhibition, Crystal Palace (3 days). 
15.—R.H S. Committees. 
29. —Croydon Exhibition (2 days). 
30. —Exmouth Exhibition (2 days). 
November. 
1.—viewport (Isle of Wight) 2 days ; Cowes (2 days). 
5. —N.C.S. Exhibition (3 days). 
5 .—Cardiff Exhibition (2 days). 
7. —Doncaster Exhibition (2 days). 
8. —Walthamstow Exhibition (2 days). 
12. —R H.S. Committees ; Birmingham Chrysanth¬ 
emum Show (3 days). 
13. —Hull Exhibition (2 days) ; York Chrysanth¬ 
emum Show (3 days). 
14. —Barnsley (2 days); Devon and Exeter Fruit and 
Chrysanthemum (2 days) ; Royal Botanical 
and Horticultural' Society of Manchester, 
Chrysanthemum Show (3 days). 
15. —Broughton-in-Furness Exhibition. 
ig.—Leeds Paxton Society Chrysanthemum Show 
(2 days). 
21.—Norwich Exhibition (3 days) ; Launceston Ex¬ 
hibition. 
25 . —R H.S. Committees. 
December. 
3.—N.C.S. Exhibition (3 days). 
17.—R.H.S. Committees. 
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