September 5, 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
V. 
will gain practically a season by going to this little extra trouble 
in inserting the cuttings. 
Lily of the Valley without Foliage. (Perplexed.) 
It often happens that Lily of the Valley will throw up its 
flowers in advance of the leaves in early spring when it has 
been hard forced. Hard forcing is always productive of flowers 
without foliage, or, if the latter is developed, it is always very 
pale in colour. Your difficulty at the present time is doubtless 
due to giving rather more heat than is necessary to retarded 
crowns. Retarded crowns and bulbs usually come away easily 
almost of their own accord when placed in a cool greenhouse. 
We think then that you should endeavour to retard them by 
putting them in a cooler house than is customary for forcing 
Lily of the Valley in winter. This would enable the foliage to 
develop more freely. It usually requires a longer time to 
grow than for the flower stems to run up, and we think this is 
the cause of your trouble in this particular instance. 
Names of Plants. 
(D. B.) 1, Solidago canadensis ; 2, Alstroemeria brasiliensis ; 
3, Montbretia, garden var. ; 4, Stachys coccinea.—(E. T. C.) 
Serratula tinctoria.—(D. A. W.) 1, Helenmm autumnale ; 2, 
Anaphalis margaritacea ; 3, Rudbeckia speciosa; 4, Lilium 
tigrmum; 5, Hieracium aurantiacum.—(A. P. T.) 1, Agapau- 
thus umbellatus ; 2, Crinum longifolium ; 3, Aconitum Fischeri ; 
4, Ceanothus Gloire de Versailles ; 5, Clematis Flammula ; 6, 
Spiraea japonica Bumalda.—(J. W.) 1, Erythraea Centaurium ; 
2, Scabiosa arvensis ; 3, Centaurea Scabiosa ; 4, Jassione mon- 
tana ; 5, Carduus nutans; 6, Centaurea. nigra; 7, Glaucium, 
luteum ; 8, Euphorbia Paralias.—(P. W.) 1, Fuchsia gracilis 
variegata ; 2, Heliotropium peruvianum ; 3, Acacia verticillata ; 
4, Lonicera japonica aureo reticulata; 5, Calceolaria amplexi- 
caulis.-—(R. M.) 1, Oncidium Papilio ; 2, Cypripedium chain- 
berlainianum ; 3, Cypripedium venustum. (R. Davis) 1, Be¬ 
gonia fuchsioides ; 2, Sibtliorpia europea variegata ; 3, Senecio 
Kaempferi aureo-maculatus ; 4, Laurus nobilis augustifolia; 
5, Convolvulus mauritanicus. 
Trade Catalogues Received.. 
Dicksons’ Royal Seed and Bulb Warehouses and Nurseries, 
Chester.—Choice Flowering Bulbs, etc. 
Sutton and Sons, the Royal Seed Establishment, Reading. — 
Sutton’s Bulbs. 
Dobbie and Co., Florists to H.M. the King, Rothesay.— 
Autumn Catalogue. 
James Carter and Co., 237, 238, and 97, High Holborn, Lon¬ 
don, W.C.—Carter’s Bulbs. 
H. Cannell and Sons, Horticultural Establishment, Swanley, 
Kent.—Complete Catalogue of Bulbs, Strawberries, and Small 
Fruits. 
Barr and Sons, 11, 12, and 13, King Street, Covent Garden, 
London.—Barr’s Gold Medal Daffodils ; also Barr’s Hyacinths, 
Tulips, Crocuses, Gladioli, Lilies, Narcissi, etc. 
Hogg and Robertson, 22, Mary Street, Dublin (“ Holland in 
Ireland ”).—Robertson’s Gold Medal Irish-grown Bulbs. 
Frank Dicks and Co., 68, Deansgate, Manchester.—Bulbs, 
(Roses, and Flowering Plants. 
Communications Received. 
T. Kime.—Kelway and Son.—J. R. B.—J. B.—W. J. God¬ 
frey.—A. J. Brown.—Wm. Paul and Son.—Geo. Newnes, Ltd.— 
Hogg and Robertson.—Wm. Cutbush and Son.- W. H. Wilson. 
-A. Browne.—T. Kime.—Kewite.—J. J. Willis.—J. ML— 
V 'M. G.—A. Goodwin.—T. B.—A. J. B. 
Again, and Again, and Again. 
Again we ask you to drink Vi-Cocoa. 
Dr. Tibbies’ Vi-Cocoa is neither a medicine nor a mere thirst- 
assuager. It is a food at the same time that it is a beverage, 
and thus answers a double purpose in the building up of the 
human constitution. 
You can try it free of expense. Merit alone is what is claimed 
for Dr. Tibbies’ Vi-Cocoa, and the Proprietors are prepared to 
send to any reader who names this journal a dainty sample tin 
of Dr. Tibbies’ Vi-Cocoa, free and post paid, upon receipt of a 
postcard to the Head Office, 60, Bunhill Row, London, E.C. ; 
or you can purchase a 6d. packet or 9d. or Is. 6d. tin from 
my grocer or stores. Vi-Cocoa is the cheapest and best food 
j oeverage in the world. 
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE. 
PAG! 
Bees and honey. 747 
Bothy life, influence of 
gardening on. 755 
Bristol and district gardeners 762 
Corydalis tomentosa . 757 
Electricity, a new use for ... 747 
Fruit, hardy . 748 
Fruit trees and their manage¬ 
ment. „. 754 
Garden compound, a . 754 
Hardy Plant Farm. Mr. 
Perry’s. 751 
Heaths and Gentians . 754 
Heaths from Sussex. 750 
Holiday, how to spend the 
Saturday half- . 758 
Kew, the best flowering 
plants at. 757 
Kitchen warden, the. 748 
Layering. 753 
Lilium elegans venustum 
macranthum . 758 
News of the week. 763 
Nymphaea gigantea Hud- 
sonii. 756 
PAOB 
Orchids, among the. 749 
OxaUs a seedless. 747 
Questions and answers . 764 
Scabious, early . 753 
Sheffield, botanical gardens . 747 
Societies:— 
Aberdeen, Royal Horti¬ 
cultural of . 759 
Dundee Horticultural. 760 
National Dahlia Society... 761 
Society and association news 762 
Stove and greenhouse, the ... 750 
Trees and shrubs, hardy. 749 
Yeast, medicinal value of ... 747 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Corydalis tomentosa . 757 
Lilium elegans venustum 
macranthum . 758 
Nymphae colossea . 752 
Nymphaea gigantea Hud- 
sonii. See Supplement. 
Nymphaea William Doogue 751 
CONTENTS OF LAST WEEK. 
PAGE 
Allium albopilosum. 736 
Amateur, troubles of an_ 728 
Chrysanthemums, tying early 733 
Cowan and Co., Ltd., Messrs. 731 
Dahlias, among the Cactus... 729 
Fruit crops, the. 729 
Fruit under glass. 727 
Garden at Wisley, the new... 725 
Gloxinias from seed. 737 
Grape juice, unfermented ... 730 
Hampton Court Gardens ... 738 
Hardy plants, notes on . 726 
Heaths, hardy . 733 
Kew, best flowering plants 
at . 730 
Kitchen garden, the. 726 
Lavender, sweet . 735 
May-Apple Jelly . 725 
Meteorological Office, a new 
use for the . 725 
News of the week. 744 
Orchids, among tbe. 727 
Plant secretions, use of . 725 
Plum, a stoneless. 725 
Propagation of plants for 
spring bedding . 734 
Questions and answers. 745 
PAGE 
Sambucus racemosa plumosa 
aurea . 728 
Science, gleanings from the 
world of . 734 
Societies :— 
Cowes Horticultural . 743 
Eastbourne Horticultural. 742 
Exeter. 741 
Exmouth. 741 
Hastings and St. Leonards 742 
Shanklin flower show . 742 
Shropshire Horticultural . 739 
Society and Association News 743 
Stove and greenhouse,the ... 728 
Strawberry beds, treatment 
of . 733 
Vincent Square, origin of ... 725 
Wheat twenty-eight years 
old..'. 738 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Allium albopilosum. See 
Supplement. 
Cypripedium Rolfei. 732 
Cypripedium Transvaal. 731 
Gloxinias at Moor Hall, 
Stour port . 737 
Oncidium kramerianum. 738 
FIXTURES FQR 1903. 
SEPTEMBER. 
3rd.—Warley Cottage Garden 
Show. Welshampton Flower 
Show. Alnwick Show. Pais¬ 
ley Show (two days). 
5th.—French Horticultural So¬ 
ciety of London meet. 
9th.—Ancient Society of York 
Florists. Royal Caledonian 
Autumn Show (two days). 
York Dahlia Show. Derby¬ 
shire Agricultural and Hor¬ 
ticultural Show (two days). 
11th.—Manchester Dahlia Show 
(two days). 
15th.—R.H.S. Committees. 
16th.—London Dahlia Union 
Show (two days). 
22nd.—'Harrow and Roxeth Al¬ 
lotment Society. 
29th.—R.H.S. British Fruit and 
Vegetable Show at Chiswick 
(three days). 
3rd.—French Horticultural 
ciety of London. 
6th.—National Chrysanthemum 
Society Exhibition (two 
days). 
13th.—R.H.S. Committees. 
15th.—Jersey Fruit and Vege¬ 
table Show. 
19th.—National Chrysanthemum 
Society Committees meet. 
26th.—National Chrysanthemum 
Society ' Floral Committee 
meet. 
27th.—R.H.S. Committees. 
OCTOBER. 
So- 
