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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
May 4, 1901. 
necessarily be large ones, but such as would prove 
interesting and instructive to readers. Those repre¬ 
senting individual plants would be more acceptable 
than photographs of groups. 
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the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see ? 
Shading Trees to be Grafted.— N. F. : It is 
rather lace to do grafting now, but they would have 
taken all right in your district provided you had 
taken the precaution to take off the grafts some time 
ago before growth commenced to move, and lay them 
in damp soil in a shady place. The forward con¬ 
dition of the stock will be all right and you must 
take off shoots for grafts that have made little or no 
advance in growth. Under the conditions we think 
it would be advisable to shade the trees to be grafted 
to prevent the sun from drying up the scions, which 
mutt be already greatly exhausted if they have 
started into growth. If so it means that the reserve 
material is being used up in fresh growth which will 
have a difficulty in living till a fresh union with the 
stock is able to supply the moisture necessary for the 
existence of the leaves and soft tissue, The quantity 
of grafting wax you would require for your trees 
thould be obtainable for a few pence, as you can get 
sufficient to do 200 trees for 3s. You should keep it 
fairly warm while usiDg it. which will make it run or 
flow more freely over the cut edges, than if cold. 
Peach Leaves Diseased.— IF. A. Parsons: The 
specimens you sent shows that the tree is suffering 
from the disease known as Silver Leaf, the cause of 
which is very obscure. The epidermis or skin of 
the leaves is raised away from the underlying tissue, 
which gives the leaves their silvery appearance. As 
they dry up they show this by the surface becoming 
covered with fine wrinkles and blisters. If the tree 
is very bad we fear there is no remedy for it, as it 
will ultimately die. In the meantime we think that 
the constitution of the soil in which the tree is grow¬ 
ing has something to do with it, particularly if it is 
under glass. The usual method of feeding has the 
fault of supplying much nitrogenous and stimulating 
manures. All stone fruits, Peaches included, like a 
good percentage of lime in the soil, so that might be 
added in the form of chalk or old mortar rubble. 
Most fruit trees are also much benefited by potash 
which you could supply in the form of a good dress¬ 
ing of wood ashes, which could be pointed into the 
soil at once, and afterwards at the annual dressing. 
You could remember this when planting young trees 
in the future. 
Border Annuals with Blue Flowers.— Annuals 
Two of the best species for the purpose you name 
are Nemophila insignis and Phacelia campanularia, 
both very dwarf, the former having deep sky-blue 
flowers, and the latter dark blue flowers. In friable, 
good garden soil it would be difficult to beat them. 
Fairly good also are Eutoca viscida, Anagallis caeru- 
lea, and A. indica. Browallia elata generally grows 
about 18 in. high, and could be sown towards the 
back of the border, or sown under glass to bring it 
on more quickly, and ultimately planted out singly 
about 9 in. apart. Brachycome iberidifolia (the 
Swan River Daisy) varies from purple to blue and 
white. It is dwarf, and a good strain of the blue 
variety would no doubt prove acceptable. Others 
are Nigella damascena (light blue), Viscaria oculata 
caerulea (lavender blue), Lupinus nanus (light blue), 
and various varieties of the China Aster, both light 
and dark blue and violet. 
Standards of Epiphyllum. — F. W. M : Some 
people manage to make dwarf standards of them by 
taking up the strongest stem, tying it to a stake, and 
cutting away all the others and the side shoots till 
the leading one has attained a certain height. This 
form of stem never becomes very strong, how¬ 
ever, so that it would be to your advantage to get 
some plants of Pereskia aculeata, and graft the 
Epiphyllums upon this. After you have got a plant 
or two of Pereskia you can propagate it from cut¬ 
tings, and so furnish yourself with a supply of 
Peresk'a plants for the purpose of furnishing stems 
for standard Epiphyllums. The latter may very 
readily be grafted upon the former by the ordinary 
method of splice grafting. 
Azalea mollis after Flowering .—A Constant 
Reader : Your best plan would be to harden off the 
plants by keeping them in a cold frame for a time, 
giviDg p’enty of air, and finally leaving the lights off 
all day at least, or all night as well, if the weather is 
mild. After the weather has become settled and 
fine you should plant the Azaleas in a piece of good 
ground well enriched or improved by peat and leaf 
mould, to encourage the growth of the fine roots. 
Peat and leaf mould will also serve to keep the soil 
cco 1 during summer and also to preserve the 
moisture. A top dressing of leaf mould would also 
help greatly in this respect. As the weather becomes 
dry and warm a good watering once a week up to the 
middle or end of July would be greatly in favour of 
the Azaleas and enable them to make good growth. 
Select an open position where they will get plenty of 
sun, which will greatly assist in ripening up the 
young growths and making the flower buds plump. 
By pursuing the above plan the Azaleas ought to be 
well furnished wiih flower buds by autumn, so that 
you can pot them up for forcing after the fall of the 
leaf. Keep them in a cool house prior to putting 
them in a warm house to induce the flower buds to 
open. The balls of soil should not be broken either 
when planting out or lifting to repot them. 
Names of Plants— W. Toms : 1, Luzula maxima ; 
2, Mercurialis perennis.— A.R.M.: 1, Doronicum 
plautagineum ; 2, Anemone nemorosa flore pleno; 
3, Orobus vernus albus plenus ; 4, Corydalis solida; 
5, Pulmonaria saccharata; 6, Vinca major.— D. C. : 
1, Lamium maculatum ; 2, Fritillaria imperials 
lutea ; 3, Forsythia suspensa ; 4, Arabis albida ; 5, 
Iberis sempervirens garrexiaria— D.T. : i.Oncidium 
pulvioatum; 2, Oacidium marshallianum; 3, 
Dendrobium devonianum ; 4, Cymbidium eburneum ; 
5, Catdeya Schroderae. — H. W. 1, Forsythia 
viridissima; 2, Prunus triloba flore pleno; 3, 
Genista praecox ; 4, Ribes saDguineum ; 5, Berberis 
stenophylla; 6, Berberis vulgaris foliis purpureis.—- 
M.B.: 1, Pyrus Maulei; 2, Pyrus japonica; 3, 
Berberis Aquifolium fascicularis ; 4, Ulex europaea 
flore pleno ; 5, Rhododendron praecox. 
Communications Received.—William Dollery,— 
Thomas Christy & Co.—William Yea.—G. C.— 
A. M.—R. S.—H. M.—W. P.—A. H. D.—R. T. W. 
—A. K.—R. M.—B. J.—W. S —A. G. B. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
John Peed & Son, Roupell Park Nurseries, West 
Norwood, S.E.—Catalogue of Hardy Perennial 
Plants, Alpine Plants, Florists' Flowers, &c.; also 
List of New and Choice Cannas and Dahlias. 
FIXTURES FOR 1901. 
(Secretaries of shows will oblige us by sending early notice 
■of their fixtures.) 
May. 
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 
Bodmio (2 days) ; Yorkshire Gala and Horti¬ 
cultural Exhibition at York (3 days). 
18. —R.H.S. Cor mittees. 
19. •—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 ; National 
Sweet Pea Society (2 days). 
30. —Buckingham Exhibition ; R.H.S. Committees. 
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 diys), 
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). 
30. —Bradford Horticultural Society (2 days). 
September. 
3. —Bicester Horticultural Society. 
4. —Milton and Sittingbourne (2 days). 
6. —National Dahlia Society (2 days). 
10.—R H.S. Committees; Durham Flower Show (2 
days). 
ri.—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.—Newport (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) ; Chesterfield and Dis¬ 
trict Chrysanthemum Society (3 days). 
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