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THE GARDENING WORLD 
May 11, 1901. 
plants usually considered difficult ; or any othey 
totic 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 " Cumbria,” 
for his article on “ Cinerarias from Seed,” p. 570. 
The Editor would be much obliged if competitors 
would forward their articles earlier in the week as 
the work is heavy on Wednesday morning, delaying 
the paper in going to press. 
Photographs of Plants. —The proprietors would 
be pleased to receive photographs of interesting 
plants from correspondents with a view to reproduc¬ 
tion in The Gardening World. They need not 
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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E.C. 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 oar friends please mark 
the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see ? 
Herbarium Labels for Naming Botanical Speci¬ 
mens. — M. M. : Some years ago a book of labels for 
the naming of British plants was published by 
Messrs. George Bell & Sons, York Street, Covent 
Garden, at 5s. each. We learn that it has since 
gone out of print, and is not likely to be reprinted. 
The names of plants within the last decade have 
undergone a great deal of revision and alteration, 
which would necessitate the re-writiDg of a book 
having any pretentions of being up to date, so that 
it is unlikely that a book of the kind will be printed 
again for many years. We have tried several 
dealers in botanical sundries ourselves some years 
ago, and failed to find a printed or ready-made set of 
labels. Your best plan would be to cut a piece of 
paper to the size and shape you desire. Then write 
upon the slip the words that would occur on all the 
labels. Show this to some local printer and ask him how 
much per hundred he would charge for the printing 
and preparation of the same. The name of the plants, 
date of collecting, &c., could then be written on 
when the Specimens are mounted. This seems to us 
the best and most expeditious way out of the diffi¬ 
culty. If you desire a recently revised list of names 
you could get the London Catalogue of Plants, ninth 
edition, from the publishers above mentioned, price 
6d. each. 
Growing the Water Yiolet.— G. C . : The best 
plan would be to imitate natural conditions as nearly 
as possible by submerging the plant in a tank or 
pond that is not very frequently cleaned out, if that 
is ever done at all. The plant floats freely in water, 
or may be more or less entangled amongst decaying 
vegetation, and that seems to be its favourite con¬ 
dition as to surroundings, as it grows in ditches, 
ponds, pools, &c , generally stagnant and more or 
less encumbered with a weedy vegetation, which no 
doubt supplies the food necessary for the plant. If 
you have no still pond or tank at command you 
might well try to cultivate the plant in a tub or 
bottom of a strong barrel, sunk to the rim in soil in 
some convenient part of the garden. At the bottom 
of this you could put some good compost consistiog 
of fibrous loam and leaf mould, which would be of 
seme service to the plant by liberating plant food. 
Other interesting aquatics might also be grown in 
the tub, and possibly the association of other plants 
with it would enable you to grow this beautiful and 
interesting subject. 
Holly Leaves Disfigured.— R. S. : The gray or 
brown streaks on the leaves are due to the work of 
the larvae or grubs of a small black fly named 
phytomyza Ilicis, the Holly-leaf fly. As the grubs 
feed inside the leaves your only remedy 
is to destroy all the worst of the leaves 
at least by burning them so as to destroy the gruts 
before they change to perfect flies during 
the early part of summer. As they will presently be 
hatching out, if that operation has not already 
begun, you should lose no time in picking off the 
damaged leaves to prevent the flies from laying their 
eggs in the new leaves about to be developed. 
Possibly you would be able to pick out the pupae 
from some of the least damaged leaves. If so, you 
could best detect their position by examining the 
underside of the tunnelled leaves. This would, of 
course, be a tedious operation, more so than the 
picking of the leaves, so thtt only the more valuable 
specimens could be dealt with. The leaves picked 
off should net be thrown on the rubbish heap, 
but destroyed by burning to make sure of killing the 
grubs in them. 
Propagating Ligustrum coriaceum.— R. M .: The 
name of this is usually rendered as L. lucidum 
coriaceum. The shrub grows rather slowly, and to 
add to the difficulties of the cultivator it is rather 
tender except in the more favoured parts of this 
country. Your best plan therefore would be to graft 
small shoots of it on the roots of young plants of 
Ligustrum vulgare, that is, the common Privet. 
This would at least give the young plants the 
advantage of a hardier root system, and perhaps 
stimulate the rate of growth slightly. The opera¬ 
tion could be performed with greater certainty of 
success if plants of the Privet were grown in pots 
and placed in a cool propagating pit where the 
proper degree of moisture could be maintained till a 
union has been effected, after which the plants could 
be hardened off and stood out of doors, or, better 
still, plunged in ashes where they could grow to some 
size before being planted in their permanent posi¬ 
tions. Shoots could also be rooted in sandy soil in 
a cool propagating pit, but they grow very slowly 
as a rule. 
Hardy Crinums and their Requirements.— 
James Webster : The most easily grown of the hardy 
Crinums are C. longifohum, C. Powelli and Powelli 
album. The two latter are hybrids. If your soil is 
in any way heavy you must prepare a bed for them 
in a warm and sheltered border, taking out the 
natural soil to the depth of 18 in. and constructing a 
drain from the lowest side or end of the bed to take 
away any water which may accumulate there. Put 
in 6 in. of brick rubble to act as drainage and after 
covering this with turves or something to keep 
the soil out of the drainage, fill in with rich sandy 
soil and leaf mould. You can further enrich the 
ground by mulching it with stable manure during 
winter. Should the subsoil be sand, gravel, chalk 
or anything sufficiently open to let the surface water 
pass away freely there will be no necessity for 
putting in drainage. In this case you had better lake 
out 9 in. soil and mix some good loam, leaf soil and 
some well decayed hotbed manure with it. Then take 
out another 6 in. or 9 in. of soil, removing it alto¬ 
gether to make room for the fresh material. 
Late flowering Varieties of Narcissus poeticus. 
— A. H. D. : There are three very late ones if you 
could really get hold of them, one single and two 
double. The single one is N. p. recurvus and is 
often spoken of as the Pheasant’s Eye, but that 
name is applied to several other single varieties of the 
species. In any case it is the late flowering single 
variety which blooms in May, keeping on till the end 
of the month in the cooler parts of the country. Tne 
perianth segments are incurved at the sides, by 
which feature, as well as its lateness and large 
flowers, the variety may be recognised. The double 
varieties are N. p. pateliaris fl. pi., and N. p. flore 
pleno. The former has some red in the centre of the 
flower, while the latter is pure white, resembling a 
small Gardenia. These two flower into the month of 
June in the cooler parts of the country and till the 
end of May in the south if growing in a cool, shady 
position. 
Names of Plants. -A. G.B.: 1, Pyrus japonica; 
2, Kerria japonica flore pleno ; 3, Pyrus floribunda; 
4, Berberis Thunbergii; 5, Viburnum Tinus.— W.S.: 
1, Daphne Cneorum ; 2, Iberis sempervirens garrex- 
iana ; 3, Scilla nutans alba ; 4, Narcissus Jonquilla; 
5, Primula capitata ; 6, Narcissus biflorus.—B. J. : 
1, Forsylhia viridissima ; 2, Dendrobium devon- 
ianum ; 2,-Odontoglossum odoratum ; 3, Phalaenop- 
sis grandiflora ; 4, Cypripedium villosum Boxallii; 
5, Odontoglossum Pescatorei; 6, Odontoglossum 
ruckerianum ; 7, Oxalis nutans.— D. W. M. : 1, 
Adiantum caudatum ; 2, Asplenium flabellifolium ; 
3, Cryptogramme crispa ; 4, Asplenium bulbiferum 
minus; 5, Pteris cretica cris'ata ; 6, Pteris quad- 
riaurita argyrea —H. J. J. : 1, Acer platanoides (the 
Norway Maple) ; 2, Populus balsamifera candicans 
(the female tree). 
The Colour of Tulip Keizer Kroon.— Rustic: The 
rosy-pink Tulip, if that is a correct description of it, 
as seen in Hyde Park, must have been wrongly 
named, if such a label was placed against it. There 
must have been a mistake somewhere, as Keizer 
Kroon Tulip is not rosy-pink in any sense of the 
term, but orange-scarlet with golden yellow edges. 
It is certainly a very handsome Tulip and it is 
possible after all that the label and the plants were 
right but that the description of the colour given 
you was wrong. You would do well to remember 
that Keizer Kroon is orange scarlet with golden 
edges. 
Communications Received.—Methuen & Co.— 
j, t.—R. W.—A. R. D.—C. A.—Watts.—T. H. D. 
.—R. A.—Oxygen.—T. W. Dollery.—A. P.—W. A. S. 
— E. D. M.— A. J. 
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TRADE CATALOGUE RECEIVED. 
Dicksons, The Royal Nurseries, Chester. — Bedding 
and Border Plants, Dahlias, &c. 
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Manchester is contemplating the expenditure of 
£230,000 on a new park. 
FIXTURES FOR 1901. 
(Secretaries of shows will oblige us by sending early notice 
of their fixtures.) 
May. 
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. Coumittees. 
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 in 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 
g.—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). 
22.—Durham, Northumberland, and Newcastle 
Botanical and Horticultural Society Exhi¬ 
bition at Newcastle (2 days). 
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