July 4, 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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tottish Pansy and Viola Association. 
The above association was established in, 
395, and holds three meetings in the year— 
imely, on June 24th, July 15th, and August 
Ah, in the Religious Institution Rooms, 
10, Buchanan Street, Gla-sgow. The object 
the association is to examine and compare 
varieties of Pansies and Violas not in 
irnmerce, and to award certificates accord- 
to merit. This is done with a view of 
iving some guaranteei as to the true value 
: the varieties in question. Six judges 
ce appointed to examine the Pansies, and 
i.x for the Violas, the men on these com- 
fittees being different in the two cases, and 
pecialists in their own particular section. 
Ve note that a considerable number of cer- 
ificates were awarded last year. A First- 
lass Certificate was awarded for a show 
Pansy, the only one that received that 
hononr last year. Three' First-class Cer¬ 
tificates were awarded for fancy Pansies; and 
sixteen Awards of Merit. A First-class Cer¬ 
tificate was given for a Viola, and fifteen Cer¬ 
tificates of Merit. Cactus Dahlias are also- 
taken in hand by the association. 
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Eltham Rose Show, 
This annual exhibition will be held at the 
Moat, Eltham, Kent, on Thursday, July 9th, 
by kind permission of Messrs. Crundwell. 
All classes of exhibitors will bo catered for, 
even including cottagers, and the band of 
the 3rd Kent Royal Garrison Artillery will 
perform a selection of music. 
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Potatos Destroyed by Frost. 
Great damage' lias been done over a large 
area of the country owing to- six degrees of 
frost which occurred on the night of the 
20th ult. In some instances the frost has 
greatly injured the Peas, but more damage 
has been done to Scarlet Runners, French 
Beans and plants of that class. Potato 
growers have suffered most, as it is; reported 
that thousands of acres have been cut down 
by the frost in Lancashire. In the west of 
Ireland, the severe frost hasi practically 
i-uined the Potato crop, according to esti¬ 
mates. We think, however, that with the 
genial weather that has occurred since' then 
the Potato® will greatly recover, though they 
may be rendered late. The Potato lias a 
wonderfully recuperative power, and only 
portions exposed to 1 frost get damaged, and 
then the plant immediately sets about re¬ 
pairing the injury by throwing up fresh 
shoots from the surface of the ground, or 
just under it. All fanners in the west, of 
Ireland declare that they remember nothing 
so disastrous since the memorable' famine of 
1847. In the Blair Athol district of Scot¬ 
land as much as twelve degrees of frost were 
registered on Sunday morning. In the Pit¬ 
lochry and Blairgowrie districts there were 
six and ten degrees of frost respectively. 
The Potatos suffered extensively. In 
Cheshire the farmers complain of the im¬ 
mense injury to Potatos, Peas, Beans, and 
other crops. 
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Poison Ivy and its Effects. 
In “ The American Botanist ” for May we 
learn that an individual may be immune 
from injury by poison of this shrub at one 
period of life, and, later on, be peculiarly 
sensitive to' its effects;. The writer in ques¬ 
tion states that, during her younger days, 
she could handle' the plant with impunity, 
gathering brightly coloured leaves in 
October for decorative purposes without 
suffering any harm. During the past few 
years and at present she cannot touch the 
plant even in the slightest decree without 
suffering days and weeks; of intolerable itch¬ 
ing and pain as the result of poisoning by 
the Poison Ivy (Rhus Toxicodendron). Occa¬ 
sionally she gets injured by the plant in an 
accidental manner when searching for other 
plants. The- Poison Ivy seems to affect the 
whole system. At. first she used rum and 
water in equal parts to allay the itching and 
pain. In the case of a more recent attack 
this, remedy proved useless, but great relief 
was found by using a muslin bag containing 
common, cooking soda., wetting it. with cold 
water and applying it to the poisoned hands, 
the blisters; not. being broken. It is aston¬ 
ishing to what, extent this shrub is grown in 
America., for it grows rankly upon walls and 
fences bordering the country loads for miles. 
The article does not state whether these 
have been planted or have grown there 
naturally, but we should imagine they have 
been planted for covering the walls and 
fences. We think there are many pretty 
climbers that might he employed instead of 
this malignant shrub, and we should have it 
exterminated wherever possible. A cure for 
Poison Ivy is given in “ American Garden¬ 
ing” for June 13th. This is stated to be 
bathing in naphtha, which is described as a 
perfect, preventive and remedy for the poison 
of the Poison Ivy, Poison Sumach or Dog¬ 
wood. The poison being in oil is insoluble 
in water, but naphtha has the effect of dis¬ 
solving it. 
Novels and Trees. 
At first, sight there would seem.t.o. be little 
or no connection between these, two, but we 
learn, from the “ Scientific American ” that 
novels, and particularly popular novels, are 
responsible for the destruction of immense 
numbers of trees; in the making of paper for 
them production. For instance, the. aggre¬ 
gate sales of nine recent, works of fiction 
reached 1,600,000 copies. For that number 
of books 2,000,000 lb. of paper were required 
for printing them, and 4,000 trees had to be 
felled to supply this wood-pulp. It is stated, 
and no doubt with some truth, that some 
novels would be worth 4,000 trees, but many 
novels are not worth one tree. 
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Products Grown in the Barbadoes- 
In the “West Indian Bulletin” we note 
some facts given by the Imperial Commis¬ 
sioner of Agriculture for the West Indies— 
namely, Dr. Morris. He likens Bermuda to 
Jersey, and says that with skill and intensi¬ 
fied cultivation almost eveiy square yard of 
land might produce crops of considerable 
value. He says further that the cultiva¬ 
tion of Onions, Potatos, and Lily bulbs is a 
striking instance of what, may be accom¬ 
plished by energy and a careful study of local 
conditions. In an archipelago of rockv 
islands, where the total area is eighteen 
square miles, the land fit for cultivation 
cannot be great, yet in some years the Onion 
crop alone has reached an export value of 
£84,000. 
