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THE GARDENING WORLD 
April 20, 1901. 
Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol, had a specially attrac¬ 
tive display of Violets in variety, which they make a 
speciality of. 
Another interesting feature was a remarkable form 
Of variegated Scotch Kale; the heads were so 
splendidly coloured and exquisite in form it would 
sfeem positively barbarous to put them in the cookirig 
pot. They were shOwn by Mr. A. Andrews, gardener 
to the Hon. W. Lowtber, Campsea Ashe. 
The band of the ist Suffolk and Harwich Volun¬ 
teers Artillery were in attendance and went through 
an excellent programme of popular music during the 
afternoon and evening. 
Although rain fell heavily during nearly the whole 
of the day, the attendance was Both large and 
fashionable, indicating that the shows will prove a 
financial and popular success if kept up to the 
standard of this first. 
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Seed,” p. 522. The article on “ Mignonette for 
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the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see ? 
Fruit Tree Flowering but not Fruiting.— N. F.: 
This might be owing to some fault of cultivation, the 
result of the conditions under which the tree is 
grown, or it might be that the variety is naturally 
barren unless fertilised with the pollen of some other 
variety. It is rather wide guessing at what might 
be at fault seeing that we do not know to what kind 
of tree you refer, and whether grown in pots, planted 
out under glass, or growing in the open air. 
Whether the tree is growing under glass or in the 
open air, you might fertilise some of the clusters of 
flowers with pollen off the same tree, and other 
clusters of flowers with pollen taken from different 
trees. A small label bearing a number might be 
attached to each cluster fertilised with any parti¬ 
cular pollen to see what results are obtainable from 
the different lots of pollen. Jot down in your note¬ 
book the particulars referring to each number you 
write on labels. This may give you some clue as 
to the reason why the tree does not bear fruit. We 
should have liked to know what kind of tree 
you referred to, and the conditions under which it is 
growing. 
Peach Fruits Ceasing to Swell. -Subscriber : The 
embryos or kernels in ine fruits sent us were dead, 
which would appear to be caused by some fault of 
cultivation. Judging from the size to which some 
of them have attained, and the well formed condition 
of the embryo, the flowers have been well enough 
fertilised ; but there must be some deficiency of 
certain constituents of plant food, unless it be that 
you have been giving too high a temperature in an 
attempt to make the fruits swell. A high tempera¬ 
ture should never be given to Peaches until they 
have finished stoning, and have begun to take the 
second swelling. Early Peaches frequently behave 
as yours are doing. The remedy would be to venti¬ 
late as freely as the state of the weather will per¬ 
mit, and not force too hard. It is just possible that 
some elements of plaot food are deficient. Stone 
fruits like a fair amount of chalk or lime in the soil, 
and if you have not given any to your trees it would 
be advisable to do so. This should, of course, have 
been done in the autumn when repotting, if the trees 
are in pots. Potash should also have been given in 
fair amount* at the same time. If you have no kainit 
nor muriate of potash a good plan would be to mix 
a fair quantity of wood ashes with the soil. If the 
trees are planted out you should mix some soil with 
chalk or lime rubble and wood ashes, applying the 
same to the soil at once, so that the soluble portions 
may get washed down to the roots when watering. 
We examined the fruits microscopically, but could 
find no fungus. 
Planting Bulbs in the Grass ih Autunin.— N. F. : 
There are two or more methods of planting bulbs in 
the grass during autumn and which you might adopt. 
If yoa want to plant a lirge patch in aoy particular 
part of the grats, a good plan would be to line the 
turf with an edging iron or a turf cutter, and then 
lift and rod up the whole of it so as to leave the 
ground bare. You could then take off a couple of 
inches of soil and plant the bulbs as thickly as you 
want them, returning and levelling the mo"ed soil, 
then relaying the turf and beating it firm. This will 
give you an unbroken surface of grassy sward after 
the operation is completed. Another method is to 
get a crowbar or a stout piece of wood shod with 
ifon. By means of these j ou can bore holes in the 
grass, in the autumn after the rains have softened the 
ground. Drop a bulb into each hole and fill the 
latter with some good soil. You may then be able to 
close the mouth of the hole by pressing down the 
turf with the foot. Ia spring you could sow some 
grass seeds over the holes if this appears at all 
necessary. In the case of small bulbs such as Scillas, 
Snowdrops and Crocuses, an ordinary dibber may 
answer for making holes, without disturbing the turf 
very much. If you think it worth while you might 
add some fresh and rich soil to the ground after 
lifting the turf. You might even dig the soil break¬ 
ing it up fine. The dibber would then make holes 
for the bulbs. 
Peaches Coming Double of Twin.— Subscriber : It 
is rather strange that half your crop of Peaches 
should come double, that is, contain two fruits from 
the same flower. The theory is that there were at 
one time five carpels to a flower and that under the 
normal state of things four of these have disappeared. 
We have frequently seen twin fruits, but never so 
many as your trees have developed. Of course it is 
a defect and you will have to remove these twin 
fruits if a sufficient number remains to constitute a 
fair crop of Peaches. The Tomato often behaves in 
the same way when growing very luxuriantly, and 
the top flower is most liable to this deformity, pre¬ 
senting the appearance of two fruits having grown 
together. It may be that your trees are over 
luxuriant owing to an abundance of stimulating 
plant foods containing too much nitrogen; or the 
trees may be young and the soil too rich for trees in 
this stage. These are merely hints thrown out for 
you to think over and determine whether you have 
not been overfeeding. If so, the remedy would be 
to check over luxuriant growth by stopping or better 
still bending down some of the more rampant shoots 
till autumn, when they could be raised again to their 
proper places. You could also check over luxuriance 
by allowing a greater number of shoots so as to have 
them just slightly crowded for a year or two till the 
trees have gained size, and the roots have taken a 
thorough hold of the soil. The shoots will by that 
time be more equalised, and less rampant. 
Fruiting Wood Of Peach Trees. -- Reader : On 
fully furnished trees one shoot from the base of the 
fruiting wood and one from the top to extend the 
same would be sufficient; but it all depends upbn 
the amount of space at your command. If there are 
gaps in the trees to be filled up you must leave a 
sufficient number of shoots to fill them ; and the 
nearer the base of the fruiting shoots you can get 
the young growths so much the better. Thus you 
see it all depends on the space you have to. fill with 
young shoots as to the number to be left. All the 
others should be pinched at once to save wasting 
the energies of the trees. No breast shoots standing 
away from the trees should be left, as they are 
troublesome to tie in without break : ng. 
Names of Plants.— E. D. : 1, Pyrus japonica; 2, 
Spiraea confusa; 3, Forsythia suspensa; 4, Ribes 
sanguineum; 5, Azara microphylla.— R. M. : r, 
Acacia linearis; 2, Erica willmoreana; 3, Daphne 
indica; 4, Sisyrinchium grandiflorum; 5, Akebia 
quinata; 6, Eupatorium riparium.— A. D. K.: 1, 
Dendrobium devonianum ; 2, Cattleya Schroderae; 
3, Odontoglossum ruckerianum ; 4, Oncidium ampli- 
atum.— R.T.W.: 1 Ionopsidium acaule; 2, Crocus 
vernus var.; 3, Narcissus minor ; 4, Primula verti- 
cillata ; 5, Anemone Hepatica rubra plena ; 6, 
Anemone Pulsatilla.—C. Dixon ; Helxine Soleirolii, 
a member of the Nettle family and a native of Cor¬ 
sica and Sardinia. It has also been named Soleirolia 
Corsica, but the former is the correct name. 
Communications Received —H. J. C.^J. W.— 
T. B.—R. E. S.—C. Macquarie.—J. C.—A. L.— 
M. D.—J. B. (next week).—Tennis (next week).— 
A. J. B.—W. M.—R. S. 
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An Indiarubber Tree, 15 in. in diameter, will 
yield three pints of juice, from which about 1 lb, of 
rubber can be made. 
FIXTURES FOR 1901. 
(Secretaries of shows will oblige us by sending early notice 
of their fixtures.) 
April. 
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). 
25. —Royal Botanical and Horticultural Society of 
Manchester, Whitsuntide Exhibition (25th to 
30th). 
June. 
1. —Royal Botanical Society Meeting; Societie 
Francaise d’Horticulture de Londres. 
2. —Ghent Show. 
4.—R.H.S. Committees; Devon 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 
BodmiD (2 days) ; Yorkshire Gala and Horti¬ 
cultural Exhibition at York (3 days). 
18.—R.H.S. Cor mittees. 
15. —Oxfordshire Horticultural Exhibition. 
20.—Linnean Society Meeting ; Royal Botanical 
Society Meeting. 
26. —N.R.S., Richmond. 
27. —Colchester 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). 
11. —Bath Floral Fete and Rose Show. 
13. —Royal Botanical and Horticultural Society of 
Manchester Rose Exhibition. 
16. —Royal Horticultural Society Exhibition, and 
Conference on Lilies at Chiswick (2 days). 
17. —N.R.S .Ulverston (North Lonsdale Rose Show); 
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 day^); 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 Society. 
4. —Milton and Sittingbourne (2 days). 
