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THE GARDENING WORLD 
September 19, lfOD. 
very good quality from such soil unless the season is unusually 
wet. 
Propagation of Roses from Cuttings. (D. W.) 
The present is a very suitable time for the taking of cuttings of 
Roses to be rooted in cold frames. You should take them off 
about 9 ih. in length with a slight heel of the old wood. Put 
them into pots of sandy soil, one cutting to each pot, as you could 
then allow them to stand in the pots until thoroughly rooted in 
spring, after which you should plant them in the open, even if 
they are in full growth. Some people 1 use thumb pots for cut¬ 
tings, but if you use those that are 2^ in. deep the soil will be less 
liable to get dry than when the pots are smaller. You should 
select frames with a. northern aspect, plunging the pots in ashes 
so as to preserve the moisture without having recourse to much 
water until next spring. 
Japanese Irises in Beds. (E. M. D.) 
Seeing that you have no pond, tank, or bog-bed of any sort in 
which to grow these Irises, you could make a sort of bog-bed of a 
size to meet your convenience. Dig out the soil to a depth of 
2-J ft. and puddle the bottom with well-worked or plastic clay. 
The sides might be built up of bricks one layer thick, or rubble 
stones may be used if obtainable in your district. Cover the 
bottom with about 1 ft. of rubble for drainage, and on the top use 
a compost chiefly consisting of good fibrous loam and one-fourth 
part of slightly rotted leaves. It should be an easy matter to 
keep the plants moist under these conditions by the artificial 
application of water. 
Name of Orchid. (S. A.) 
The specimen you send was Dendrobium Stratiotes, a native 
of Sunda Island, probably Western New Guinea. It was first 
described by Reichenbach in 1886 (see “Gardeners’ Chronicle,” 
XXV., 1886, page 66). It is exceedingly rare in cultivation, 
and probably will only be met with in one or two prominent 
botanical collections. 
Trade Catalogues Received. 
Ben. Reed and Co., Ltd., Aberdeen.—Dutch Flower Roots. 
Amos Pebry, Winchmore Hill.—Bulbs and Tubers. 
Ant. Roozen and Sons. —General Bulb Catalogue, 1903 
(Mertens and Co., Cross Lane, E.C.). 
R. Wallace and Co. — Catalogue of Lilies, Hardy Plants, and 
Bulbs. 
Communications Received. 
James Stredwick and Son.—Wm. Watson and Sons.—A. 
Laing. 
Gleanings from the World of Science. 
R.H S. Scientific Committee, August 4th. 
Present: Dr. M. T. Masters, F.R.S., in the chair; Messrs. 
Hooper, Saunders, and Bowles ; Dr. M. C. Cooke, Revs. W. 
Wilks and G. Henslow, hon. sec. 
Late-flowering Plums, Etc. —Mr. Hooper had noticed that 
various modifications occurred in flowers of fruit trees at the 
present time. Petaloid sepals and semi-doubling of petals with 
two carpels, forming twin Plums, were not uncommon. It was 
observed that in the common cultivated double Cherry there are 
always two foliaceous carpels present. Pear trees, etc., have 
also produced a second crop of flowers, which are borne on the 
ends of the young shoots instead of on spurs. 
New Crocus. —Mr. Bowles exhibited dried specimens and 
drawings of C. caspius from Russian Talych, S.W. Caspian, 
with a white flower tinted with rose. He also showed the 
autumn-flowering C. Scharojani, from the Caucasus. It is of 
an orange colour, and carries the leaves of the last season simul¬ 
taneously. 
Papaver pavoninum. —Mr. Wilks showed a plant from Central 
Asia (see “ Garten Flora,” 1882, page 296, Taf. 1095), remark¬ 
able for a crescent-shaped black band near the base of each 
petal. 
Cucumber Diseased. —Mr. Davis, of Bitton, Bristol, sent 
roots of Cucumbers which failed. Mr. Saunders reports as fol¬ 
lows upon them :—“I found that the extreme base of the stems 
were attacked by small worms belonging to the family Enchytra- 
cidae, which are nearly related to the earthworms, and are well- 
known pests at the roots of plants ; they are undoubtedly ihe 
Ihse of the unhealthiness of the plants. Lime water will kill 
them in a few minutes if it can be made to reach them : 
thoroughly drenching the soil with this fluid might be of use, 
though I do not know what effect it might have on the plants. 
They” however, are so injured that I should imagine the best 
thing to do would be to pull them up and burn them, and burn 
or bury deeply the soil in which they grew.” 
Cucumbers Diseased. —Dr. Cooke reported upon some fruit 
badly attacked received from the neighbourhood of Bristol. It 
appears to be due to a fungus new to science, which he has 
named Cladosporium scabies. A full description will be re¬ 
corded in the “Journal” of the R.H.S. He strongly recom¬ 
mends “ that all diseased fruits be removed and destroyed at 
once, and those remaining should be sprayed to preserve them 
from attack. Condy’s fluid, diluted, should be tried as less 
likely to injure the fruits than copper solutions. No effort 
should be spared at once to stamp out the pest.” 
It is proposed to form a gardeners’ association at Seale, 
Hants. 
The Ipswich Gardeners’ Association had an enjoyable ex¬ 
cursion to the London parks on the Thursday of last week. 
The Dunoon Horticultural Society held its annual meeting 
on Thursday last. After the election of officers it was decided 
to offer four prizes for the best-kept gardens in each portion 
of the town. 
Mr. Wm. Appleby has been presented with a handsome gold 
watch by Mr. Dampier Peed, of Burton, with whom he has 
been gardener for 36 years. 
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE. 
r 
Bulbs on grass . 7S9 
Common tuber, the forgotten 
use of a . 785 
Daffodils, a plea for forced... 789 
Eryngium oliverianum _ 791 
Flowering plants at Kew, the 
best . 794 
Foxglove in medicine, the ... 785 
Gladioli from Langport . 796 
Hardy trees and shrubs, 
notes on . 787 
Heaths, hardy . 790 
Irises, bulbous . 785 
Kitchen garden, the. 786 
Letters to the Editor . 798 
Old English flowers at Earl’s 
Orchids, among the. 787 
Plants recently certificated . 792 
Purification of residuary 
waters. 795 
r »on 
Questions and answers . 805 
Round the nurseries. 797 
Societies:— 
Ed inburgh Autumn Flower 
Show ... 79S 
Manchester Flower Show . 801 
Paisley Flower Show . 802 
Royal Horticultural. 803 
Stirling Flower Show. 802 
Spikenard of the ancients, 
the . 792 
Stove and greenhouse, the ... 787 
Tulips . 785 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Eryngium oliverianum . 791 
Gladioli from Langport (see 
Supplement). 
Lilium pyrenaicum . 793 
Nardostaehys Jatmansi, or 
Indian Spikenard..... 794 
Saxifraga squarrosa. 792 
CONTENTS OF LAST WEEK. 
PAGE 
Bulb Catalogues, neA. 778 
Bulbs of the Olden Time ... 775 
Coldbrook . 771 
Daffodils, new trumpet . 776 
Fruit under glass. 767 
Hardy plants, notes on . 766 
Kitchen Garden, the . 766 
Kew, the best flowering plants 
at. 770 
Law Notes. 774 
Lilies figured in this issue ... 772 
Mushrooms and Toadstools . 765 
Note on autumn Crocuses, a 777 
Orchids, among the. 767 
Plants recently certificated . 774 
Societies 
Caledonian Royal Show ... 783 
Chard Flower Show. 782 
Glasgow and West of Scot¬ 
land Horticultural . 780 
Royal Horticultural. 779 
page 
Societies (continued):— 
Stirling Flower Show . 782 
Woodside Horticultural 
and Industrial . 781 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Darwin Tulips at Rush, co. 
Dublin. 773 
Hyacinth Albert Edward ... 769 
Lilium Hansoni. 777 
Lilium japonicum. 778 
Lilium Lowii. 776 
LJium superbum. 779 
New Trumpet Daffodils (see 
Supplement.) 
Narcissus Barri conspicuus . 770 
Narcissus incomparabilis 
Princess Mary . 771 
Narcissus Mrs. Thomson ... 76S 
Tulip Joost von Vondel . 774 
Tulips in Regent’s Park. 772 
FIXTURES FQR 1903. 
SEPTEMBER. 
22nd.—Harrow and Roxetli Al- 29th.—R.H.S. British Fruit and 
lotment Society. Vegetable Show at Chiswick 
(three days). 
