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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
December 5, 1903. 
The warm May sun brings them from their winter quarters, 
and, with an irresistible power, they ascend the tree. a 
few days, if not arrested then, they change into a chrysalis, 
remaining in this state till June, when they are moths once 
again. 
I have counted these larvae by the dozen caught on the 
dressing in the month of May ; every larva counts as a moth ; 
putting it at the modest figure of twelve to a tree, 160 trees 
to the acre means 1,920, round figures say, 2,000 moths per 
acre. Who can value the amount of damage they can do? 
My object for putting the band high on the tree in the 
autumn is because I think it best to let them hide up in the 
bark rather than put the band low and turn the maggot into 
Gooseberries, Currants, or other bush fruits 1 , and thus defeat 
your own object in capturing it in May.. 
From the remarks I have made, it is clear that it is most 
important to the success of fruit growing that all fruit trees, 
including Apples, Pears, Plums, and Cherries, should be dressed 
from October to May. 
At some future time I hope I may have the pleasure of 
telling you how to intercept another pest that is still at large, 
called Tortrix Moth. The male and female have both wings, 
and appear in June. The eggs are hatched early in the fol¬ 
lowing spring. The caterpillar, which resembles a maggot, 
some black, 'some slate colour, others yellow, striped with 
green, are to be found living in the bloom bud. I consider 
this pest as bad as any of the others. 
Yet, up to the present, I am unable to give you a remedy. 
When’the caterpillar is not in the bloom they have the power 
of rolling themselves up in the leaf, and spinning it. together 
in the form of y i cylinder; to try and kill them in this state 
by spraying is like giving a man a shower bath by pouring 
water on the roof of his house. 
I am confident the grower who carries out the directions 
above stated will reap a handsome reward in the summer, not 
only in a larger quantity of fruit, but better quality. 
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 
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enquiries may cover any branch of gardening. Questions should be 
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o* their experience by sending supplementary replies. 
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Anonymous communications are treated in the usual editorial manner. 
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Soil for Lilies in Pots. (Omega.) 
A very safe compost is that consisting of mellow fibrous loam 
and peat in about equal proportions, with a good dash of sa 
to render the soil porous and open. Some growers also use 
some nodules of charcoal to make the soil porous. A very good 
plan with Lilies is to put them in rather large pots, ousertrn, 
the bulbs when, the pot is only about one-third filled with soil, 
just covering the bulbs with this. After the stems-have attained 
some height you can then fill up the pots with some fresh material 
by way of a top-dresising. Many of the Lilies throw out roots 
from the stems, and this filling up of the pots -enables the plants 
to make full use of the stem roots, to the advantage of the flowers. 
Some people would use a quantity of well-decayed cow mairnue 
in the soil employed for filling up the pots after the plants aie 
started, hut this should be done very cautiously, as no manure 
should come in contact with the bulbs. A much safer plan 
would be to feed the plants with weak liquid manure just when 
they are about to show the flower buds. This feeding mil help 
them greatly. 
Anaphalis Margaritacca. (Veld.) 
The above is now regarded as the correct name of a well-known 
and very old-fashioned garden plant, best known in catalogues 
and gardening hooks as Antenmaria margaritacea. You will 
find it in Nicholson under this latter name. It is a well-known 
perennial white everlasting of the herbaceous border and cottage 
garden. Tire flower heads are pearl white, but are much use 
for decoration in a dyed state. 
Communications Received. 
T. W. D.—G. H. Cook.—J. T.—J. B. Rennett.—H. J.- 
Elderbert F. Hawes.—W. R.—G. West.—T. B. W.—A. R — 
E. A. S.—A. B. J.—R. K—M. B.—R. L. B.—H. D.—J. R. J._ 
W. D.— A, J.—R. Ml—W. W.—T. H. W 
Trade Catalogues Received. 
J. Attwood, Foster Street, Stourbridge.—Illustrated Cata¬ 
logue of Improved Hot-water Pipes, Coils, etc. 
W. W. Johnson and Son, Ltd., Boston, England.—Important 
Bona-fide Novelties in Vegetables and Flowers. 
Robert Holmes, Tuckswood Farm, Norwich.—Tomato Seed.— 
Trade Offer for 1904. 
Names of Plants. 
(T. B. W.) 1, Picea pungens glauca ; 2, Picea Engelmanni ; 
3, Cupressus Lawsoniana var. ; 4, Prumnopitys elegans ; 5. 
Carpinus Betulus ; 6, Garrya elliptica.—(North) 1, Crataegus 
Pyracantha ; 2, Gaultheria Shallon ; 3, Berberis Thunbergii ; 
4, Cotoneaster microphylla.—(R. D. W.) 1, Nepe-ta Glechoma 
variegata ; 2, Sibthorpia europaea aurea; 3, Senecio Kaempferi 
aureo-macula-ta; 4, Acacia verticillata ; 5, Eupatorium ripa- 
rium ; 6, Jacobinia pauciflora.—(A. C. B. 1, Litobrochia vesper- 
tilionis ; 2, Polypodium Lingua; 3, Davallia fijiensis ; 4. 
Davallia Tyermanni.—(E. F.) 1, Cattleya dowiana aurea ; 2. 
Cattleya labiata var. ; 3, Kleinia. art-iculata ; 4, Oritliogalum 
longibraoteatum ; 5, Gasteria verrucosa.—(X. Y. Z.) 1, Erica 
gracilis ; 2, Bouvardia Humboldti grandiflora ; 3, Todea bar- 
bara ; 4, Kleinia repens ; 5, a florist’s var. of Chrysanthemum 
sinense ; 6, Selaginella circinata emiliana.—(W. D.) 1, Lonicera 
fragrantissima ; 2, Berberis japonica; 3, Azara microphylla. 
CONTENTS OF 
PAGE 
Ap' elandra nitens. 1013 
Belfast show, fine groups at 1010 
Border, how to utilise a 
north . 1007 
Bouvardias . 1008 
Bulbs for the East End. 1015 
Chrysanthemum Colonel 
Weatherall . 1005 
Chrysanthemum Glory of 
Devon . 1005 
Chrysanthemum Mabel 
Morgan. 1006 
Chrysanthemum Mer.-tham 
Yellow . 1010 
Chrysanthemum Sunrise ... 1005 
Chrysanthemum, the single 1008 
Cosear, death of Mr. 1013 
Cranberry culture . 1014 
Digg ng, on . 1007 
Editor’s table, on the. 1004 
Florists and gardeners’ 
clubs . 1015 
Flowers at Glasgow, the 
production of . 1004 
Fruit, a tropical.. 1001 
Fruit as a diet. 1001 
Fruit under glass . 1003 
Herbaceous border, the. 1011 
Kew, the bed flowering plants 
at . 1013 
Kitchen garden, the . 1002 
Laeliocattleya Cassiope 
Wes onbirt var. 1013 
THIS WEEK. 
PAGE 
News of the week . 1017 
Orchids, among the . 1004 
Peach culture. 1014 
Pear Catillac . 1005 
Phaius chard warense. 1013 
P.nus, the genus. 1001 
Plants, notes on hardy. 1002 
Plants recently certificated 1013 
Potato chips. 1015 
Prior and Sons, Messrs. D. 1011 
PriveC the oval-leafed . 1015 
Questions and answers. 1020 
Shrubberies, scented, of S. 
Europe . 1001 
Soeietiet: — 
Dundee Chrysanthemum 
show . 1016 
Society and assoc’ation 
notes . 1017 
Soil science, the new. 1009 
Spring show in October ... 1001 
Statice profusa . 1007 
Stove and gieenhouse, the . 1003 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Chrysanthemum Colonel 
Weatherall . 1006 
Chrysanthemum Glory of 
Devon . 1005 
Chrysanthemum Merstham 
Yellow (see Supplement). 
Chrysanthemum Sunrise ... 101 
Pear Catillac . 1011 
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