THE GARDENING WORLD 
April 11, 190,1. 
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by tlie name as much as anything. It is a vegetable extract, 
and the most important principles of it are quassia and nicotine 
in certain proportions, the former being very concentrated and 
powerful. 
Both of the above insecticides are the inventions of Messrs. 
Corry and Co., Limited, Finsbury Street, London, who were 
the pioneers in the preparation of insecticides of this character. 
Although established for a period of many years, they have, 
nevertheless, kept abreast of the times in the matter of 
machinery and in newer or more improved or more advan¬ 
tageous combinations of the insecticides at their command. 
“ Niquas ” is a wash that, is used for the cleansing of plants, 
either by syringing, spraying, or dipping, according to the con¬ 
venience of the gardener and the size and number of the plants 
that have to be treated. Trees can be washed with equal 
facility as can small plants in pots. Red spider, green, brown, 
and black fly, are amongst the more common enemies of the 
gardener on all classes of plants, and these have to be got under 
at all hazards, whatever the expense, if the gardener means to 
be successful. The wash being already prepared, it is only 
necessary to mix half a pint of the extract with one gallon of 
soft water, and then from four to eight gallons of water may be 
added, according to the insect that is to be attacked. Green 
fly, being the most thin-skinned, is the most easily killed, but 
brown and black fly require a more concentrated wash, and 
this the gardener can regulate according to his own discretion. 
Nicotine is essentially the principle of the “ Lethorion ” Cone, 
and has been so prepared by the manufacturers that it forms 
a small solid cake, which is enclosed in a metal box, and fixed 
in the cone. A small candle is also tied inside the cone, so 
that it is ready to hand when wanted. Cones are of different 
sizes, so as to fumigate frames or houses of varying capacity 
from 100 to 2,000 cubic feet. In the case of larger houses it 
is only necessary to use the requisite number of cones in order 
to thoroughly fill the house with the fumes. With these pre¬ 
parations ready to hand, it is only necessary to place the cones 
in position, to light the candle, close the door of the house, 
and leave it till the following morning. That is a vast im¬ 
provement over the case of the old-fashioned gardener, who some¬ 
times had to stay in the smoke, more or less, all the afternoon 
in the case of a large house. Many gardeners all over Britain 
have testified to the value and effectiveness of both the wash 
and the fumigator as above described. 
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Five Strawberries just gathered in Babraham Hall Gardens, 
Cambridge, weighed nine ounces, ,and ten made a pound. 
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A Curious Carrot.— A snapshot has been taken in the estab¬ 
lishment of Messrs. John. Moir -and Son, Limited, Aberdeen, of 
a Carrot which, by a strange freak, has grown through the neck 
of an ordinary blue medicine bottle that had been embedded in 
the ground. 'The Carrot is llin. in length, 4fin. in circumfer¬ 
ence about the neck of the bottle, and 3fin. in circumference 
below it. The curiosity was discovered amongst a waggon load 
of Carrots received from Midmar, and is still to be seen at the 
works. The' specimen was like a Hibber with a round knob for 
a handle, below which was a narrow neck-like portion, caused by 
the neck of the bottle. 
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CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE. 
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PAGE 
Bamboos, pruning and trans¬ 
planting hardy... 321 
Cypripedium Venus Oak- 
wood var. 316 
Daffooils at Long Ditton ... 313 
Dendrobium luteolum . 316 
Dog's-tooth Violets.. 324 
Editorial notes. 309 
Flower garden in spring. 323 
Fruits and vegetables, Bri¬ 
tish grown . 319 
Fruits under glass .311 
Herbaceous plants, notes on 
hardy . 311 
Iris warleyensis . 316 
Kitchen garden, the . 310 
Kew, the best flowering 
plants at.-. 314 
Letters to the Editor . 312 
Nepenthes house in winter . 320 
N ews of the week . 328 
Nurseries, round the _ 313 
Orchids, a few stove . 324 
Orchids, among the. 310 
Ostrowskia magnifica. 316 
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Panama hats. 318 
Pet, a strange garden. 327 
Plants, new or interesting... 321 
Poinsettias. 323 
Questions and answers . 329 
Quizzings by Cal. 322 
Societies:— 
Liverpool Horticultural... 325 
Royal Botanic . 325 
Royal Horticultural . 326 
Society and association notes 327 
Soil, how Nature imparts 
fertility to. 315' 
Stove and greenhouse. 311 
Superintendents of parks 
and gardens . 317 
Tulipa kaufmanniana. 316 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Burn, Mr. John. 317 
Carludovica palmata . 318 
Cypripedium Venus Oak- 
wood var. 315 
Dendrobium luteolum. 321 
Ostrowskia magnifica. 313 
CONTENTS OF LAST WEEK. 
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Alpine plants, pot culture of 304 
Arums without forcing . 303 
Asparagus, early . 289 
Beans, Runner . 303 
Begonias, tuberous .. 304 
Celsia arcturus . 296 
Coleus thyrsoideus . 300 
Cupressus obtusa and 
varieties ..- 297 
Cymbidium hookerianum ... 296 
Cypripedium insigne San- 
derae . 296 
Directory, Horticultural. 298 
Ferns, the latest about 
British. 299 
Fruit, hardy . 291 
Gardenias .... 303 
Kew, best flowering plants at 294 
Kitchen garden, the./.... 290 
Lady Fern, the . 293 
Letters to the Editor. 292 
Mushrooms from North 
Berwick . 289 
Narcissus triandrus calathi- 
nus . 296 
Nature studies . 298 
News of the week. 307 
Orchids, among the. 291 
Plants, hardiness in. 297 
PAGE 
Plants recently certificated 295 
Poultry Club Year Book. 298 
Propagating . 304 
Questions and answers . 308 
Quizzings by Cal. 305: 
Shortia galacifolia . 296 
Societies :— 
Grassendale . 302 
Liverpool Horticultural... 302 
Midland Daffodil. 289 
Royal Botanic ._ 301 
Royal Horticultural . 301 
Royal Society of St. 
George. 219 
Society and association notes 
and news . 306 
Stove and greenhouse. 291 
Trees and shrubs, hardy. 290 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Coleus thyrsoideus (See 
coloured Plate). 
Cymbidium hookerianum... 293 
Cypripedium insigne San- ^ 
derae. 301 
Narcissus triandrus cala- 
thinus . 297 
Shortia galacifolia . 295 
Tufnell Park Ground Threatened bt the Builder. —What 
is to be the future of the Tufnell Park Athletic and Recreation 
Ground ? Are the public to be deprived of this open space, 
which for years has been the resort of football, cricket, and, 
indeed, all kinds of sports clubs, in order that it may be handed 
over to the builders ? These are the questions which are just 
now exciting a large amount of public interest in Islington, 
St. Pancras, and the adjoining boroughs. Some few weeks 
ago it was announced that Colonel Tufnell, M.P., the free¬ 
holder, had acquired the lease of the ground with a view to its 
development as building land, and this action gave rise to a 
certain amount of indignation. So strong was the feeling 
amongst a large section of the inhabitants of the borough that 
it was decided to petition the Islington Borough Council to do 
its utmost to preserve the ground as an open space in the in¬ 
terest of the health of the borough. The matter was brought 
forward for discussion at the last meeting of the council, and 
at the instance of Alderman Henry Mills, who said that no 
borough council with a proper appreciation of its duties could 
allow six or seven acres of open space to be built on, a com¬ 
mittee was appointed to consider and report as to the prac¬ 
ticability of the council acquiring the ground, and retaining it 
as an open space for ever. 
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FIXTURES FQR 1903. 
APRIL. 
15th.—Ancient Society of York 
Florists. Shropshire Spring 
Show. 
16th.—Midland Daffodil Society’s 
Exhibition (two days). 
21st.—R. H. S. Committees. 
Brighton and Sussex Spring 
Show (two days). National 
Auricula and Primula So¬ 
ciety’s Show at Drill Hall. 
22nd.—E. Anglian Daffodil Show. 
29th.—National Auricula Society 
Show at Birmingham (subject 
to alteration). 
30th.—Colchester Spring Show. 
Norfolk and Norwich Show. 
National Auricula Society’s, 
Show at Birmingham. 
MAY. 
2nd.—French Horticultural So- 
<fiety of London meet. 
5tli.—R.H.S. Committees. 
19th.—p. H. S. Committees. 
National Tulip Society’s 
Show. Devon Agricultural 
Show at Crediton 
20th.—Edinburgh Spring Show 
(two days). 
26th.—Temple Show of the 
R.H.S. (three days). 
30th.—Manchester Whitsuntide 
Exhibition (five days), 
