960 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
November 14, 1903. 
stem until you find the grubs, after which those grubs cannot 
wive you any further trouble, and their injury would thus be 
checked. You cannot avoid losing the tops, however, into 
which the grubs have already tunnelled. Those plants that 
are growing in the open, and have been attacked in the same 
way, b should have the shoots taken off and burnt, to destroy 
the grubs, thereby reducing the number of flies that would 
hatch out and give you trouble next year. A good plan would 
be to spray the beds or syringe them at intervals during July 
and August with strong-smelling tobacco-water. In a rainy 
season like what the past has been it would be necessary to 
syringe it fairly frequently. If you know how to prepare 
petroleum emulsion, a very weak solution of this would be use¬ 
ful m spraying the plants, as the smell is very offensive to 1 he 
flies, and would prevent them laying their eggs there On 
no account, however, should you attempt to syringe the plants 
simply with paraffin and water, as oil and water will not remain 
mixed. 
Flowers of Chrysanthemums Lopsided. (G. S.) 
The buds must have been attacked at an early stage of their 
crrowth, say in August or early in September, by some of the 
plant bugs allied to the frog-hopper. Such insects feed upon 
flowers and tender leaves by inserting their proboscis in tne 
tissues and abstracting the juices. The buds of your plants 
must have been attacked in this way, and the blooms are lop¬ 
sided because they had been injured on the side which now 
shows the result of injury. During those two months you should 
keep a sharp outlook for the presence of all jumping insects of 
the character we have just named. You should get a large tray, 
and having covered it with fresh tar or some sticky material, 
one could carry this tray alongside the rows of plants while 
another gives them a sharp shake over the tray, so as to shake 
the insects down upon the tar. This had best be done in the 
early morning, while the plants are heavy with dew and the 
insects sluggish. 
Cutting Down Fern Fronds. (Pteris.) 
The only excuse for the removal of Fern fronds at this season 
of the year is on the score of tidiness. Moreover, Ferns are 
usually planted in out-of-the-way places, and if such is the 
case in this instance we should not advise the removal of the 
fronds till spring. Even the fronds of deciduous species would 
be of advantage to the Ferns themselves, by protecting ihe 
crowns to some extent from injurious effects of weather. Ever¬ 
green fronds should on no account be cut down. 
Names of Plants. 
(G. F.) 1, Ilex Aquifoiium ferox argentea; 2, Leycestena 
formosa ; 3, Prunus cerasifera atropurpurea (generally known as 
Prunus Pissardi) ; 4, Liquidambar styraeifl.ua ; 5, Galtonia candi- 
cans.—(A. T. B.) 1, Phyllanthus pulcher; 2, Aralia elegantis- 
sima ; 3, Aralia Veitchii; 4, Eurya latifolia variegata ; 5, Swain- 
sonia coronillifolia ; 6, Lauras nobilis angustifolia. (A. F. D.) 
1, Aster grandiflorus ; 2, Polygonum sachalinense ; 3, Pernettya 
mucronata var. ; 4, Sempervivum calcareum , 5, Ligustrum 
japonicum.—(A. M., Leeds) 1, Vanda caerulea ; 2, Dendrobium 
Phalaenopsis schroderianum ; 3, Oncidium Forbesii ; 4, Cattleya 
labiata var.— (J. Webb) 1, Cotoneaster nummulana; 2, 
Cotoneaster frigid'a; 3, Symphoricarpus racemosus ; 4, Crataegus 
Pyracantha ; 5^ Populus nigra.—(W. J. Greig) 1. Todea barbara ; 
2 Pteris Childsii; 3, Polypodium vulgare cambricum ; 4, Lastrea 
aristata; 5, Polypodium plesiosorum ; 6, Adiantum hispidulum ; 
7, Adiantum Sanctae Catherinae.—(W. A.) 1, Hippeastrum 
reticulatum. 
Trade Catalogues Received. 
Dicksons, The Nurseries, Chester.—Forest and Ornamental 
Trees, Shrubs, etc. 
P)A MM A N AND Co., San Giovanni a Teduccio, near Naples, Italy. 
—General Price List of Vegetable, Farm, Tree, Conifer, Palm, 
Flower and other Seeds, Novelties of Seeds, etc. 
Little and Ballantyne, Carlisle.—Trees, Forest and Orua- 
Howden and Co., Inverness Nurseries, and Old Post Office 
Buildings, Inverness.—Nursery List, Autumn 1903, Spiiug 1904. 
Communications Received. 
B G—I L. Richmond.— Japonica.— Omega.— Kewite.— 
Schoolmistress.—F. H. D.-R, Thatcher.-Cumberlamh-C eld. 
_D. L. At. W.—H. West.—J. C.—A. L. D.—W. W.—R. M. T. 
_B, R. A. E. S.—W. H. I).—E. M. R.—A. F. R.—J. Y. 
p X._Ilifle.—Correspondents net answered in this number 
nlease consult next week’s issue. 
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CONTENTS. 
PaQI 
Bristol and District Gar¬ 
deners . 94 J 
Chrysanthemum shows :— 
Brighton, Highgate Chry¬ 
santhemum show, National 
Chrysanthemum Society... 955 
Chrysanthemum notes: 
Earls wood Nurseries . 946 
Exmouth. 94 1 
Oakhurst, Ealing. 947 
Chrysanthemums : 
Countess of Harrowby ... 945 
Donald McLeod. 945 
E mblemej Poitevin . 945 
Lady Marguerite Douglas 945 
Chrysanthemums, a chat 
about .. 9i>4 
Dahlias, the best cactus . 952 
Digging and trenching . 953 
Flowers, London wild. 941 
Fruit, hardy . 943 
Kew, the hast flowering- 
plants at. 943 
Kitchen garden, the. 94: 
Midland Reafforesting Asso¬ 
ciation.......941 
Onion-growing with profit¬ 
able results. 95. 
Orchids, among the . 94. 
Pear Gansel’s Bergamot. 94- 
Potato Apples ... 951 
Potatos at Nairn, big . 9o( 
Pinning fruit trees, hints on 9,n 
Questions and answers . 95! 
Reform wanted in Aberdeen 94 
Regent’s Park, bedding in... 95, 
Rose Madame N. Levavas- 
seiir. 95 
Scale .... 
Solannm jasnunoides .. 
Trees and shrubs, hardy...... 94- 
Wisley garden, possibilities 
of tire . 94 ' 
