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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
July 30, 1904. 
condition of the insect, and fumigation even does not serve to 
kill the insect while protected by the scale-like cocoon. Your 
best plan would be to fumigate lightly on several successive even¬ 
ings at intervals of three or four days, until all the pupa have 
changed into, the perfect fly, when, of course, the tobacco smoke 
would destroy them easily. Plenty of ventilation, and taking 
care that the plants do not get too much crowded, serve as a 
check upon the rapid spread of this pest. It so disfigures the 
foliage and fruit that every effort should be made to reduce its 
numbers. 
Treating Carrots for Exhibition. 
Our Carrots this year are making good progress, and I think 
by August there should be some fine roots. Can I do anything 
that would benefit them ? The variety is Long Red Surrey, but I 
am afraid our soil is too shallow for them. (G. Hunter.) 
Alternate waterings of clear water and liquid manure, with 
occasionally a little nitrate of soda, would give a stimulus to 
growth during the continuance of dry weather. This will in¬ 
crease their size, but it seems you have not taken precautions 
when preparing the soil for deep rooting Carrots. The soil 
should have been trenched 3ft. deep in the autumn, at the same 
time breaking it up as finely as possible with the spade. Even 
with such treatment it would be necessary to make special holes 
for the Carrots in order to get roots of the best exhibition form. 
This is usually done by using a large dibble, 30in. long by 4in. 
thick at the upper end of it. These holes should be made at 
least 1ft. apart in the row. Then make up a special compost, 
consisting of old potting soil sifted through a ^in. sieve, and 
mixing it with an ample quantity of sand and wood ashes. The 
holes made by the dibble should be filled up with this compost, 
made firm, and about half a dozen seeds sown on the top of each. 
The seedlings can be thinned out to the strongest one. All 
this, of course, is work for another season, as you are now too 
late to do anything for the benefit of the present crop. 
Names of Plants. 
(0. D.) 1, Lychnis coronaria; 2, Lychnis calcedonica flore 
pleno; 3, Lilium croceum; 4, Verbascum nigrum ; 5, Cam¬ 
panula latifolia alba; 6, Sidalcea malvaeflora; 7, Lathyrus lati- 
folius.—(E. A. S.) 1, Clematis Jackmanni; 2, Lonicera japonica 
aureo-reticul'ata ; 3, Jasminum officinale; 4, Ligustrum ovali- 
foliurn aureum; 5, Kerri a japonica variegata.—(W. M.) 1, 
Fuchsia gracilis variegata ; 2, Yiburnum Lantana ; 3, Ooronilla 
Emerus ; 4, Spiraea discolor ; 5, Spiraea lindleyana ; 6, Cara- 
gana arborescens.-—(T. D.) 1, Cattleya gaskelliana ; 2, Oncidium 
praetextum ; 3, Oncidium flexuosum ; 4, Utricularia montana; 
5, Odontoglossum andersonianum.—(C. B. G.) 1, Sagina nodosa ; 
2, Sagina procumbens; 3, Carex acuta; 4, Glyceria aquatica 
(it should be in bloom or fruit now where the water is not too 
deep).—(R. C.) 1, Agapant'hus umbellatus moordanus ; 2, Aspa¬ 
ragus medeoloides; 3, Aralia elegantissima; 4, Pliyllnnthus 
nivosus; 5, Senecio Kaempferi aureo-maculatus ; 6, Billbergia 
zebrina.—(A. G. L.) Garden varieties of Phlox paniculata and 
P. acuminata, which we cannot undertake to name. They 
should be compared with those of a carefully named collection. 
The Wear and Tear of City Life. 
Why do so many of our City men look so sickly? Because 
they drink too much tea, and when they are fagged out cannot 
take more substantial and nutritive food. The system thus 
gradually becomes weakened and debilitated ; there is no relish 
for food, no energy for work, and the whole of the physical and 
mental condition becomes' seriously deranged. 
One City clerk—Mr. H. W. Elliott, 23, Norfolk Road, Canon- 
bury, N.—writesI work late hours, but I find Hr. Tibbies’ 
Vi-Cocoa a delicious and stimulating drink. My doctor, grocer, 
and chemist speak very highly of it.” 
And if you use Vi-Cocoa regularly you will speak very highly 
of it too. Sold in 6d. packets and 9d. and Is. 6d. tins every¬ 
where. 
—(Quo) 1, Potentilla chrysophylla atrosanguinea ; 2, Alstroe 
meria aurantiaca ; 3, Eryngium olivierianum ; 4, Astrantia helle 
borifolia ; 5, Gypsophylla paniculata ; 6, Lythrum Salicaria.- 
(J. L.) 1, Veronica spicata ; 2, Saxifraga aizoides ; 3, Alchemill 
oonjuncta ; 4, Euphorbia Lathyris ; 5, Campanula pumila alba 
6, Thymus Serpyllum citriodorus aureus ; 7, Helianthemui 
vulgare ; 8, Veronica repens ; 9, Veronica guthrieana.—(S. H 
1, Erythraea Centaurium ; 2, Soabiosa arvensis ; 3, Aira caes 
pitosa ; 4, iSedum Telephium ; 4, Anagallis tenella ; 6, Gnaphj 
liuin sylvaticum ; 7, Lathyrus montanus (otherwise known a 
L. macrorrhizus).—(H. D.) 1, Tilia argentea; 2, Liriodendro 
tulipifera ; 3, Pyrus pinnatilida. 
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CONTENTS OF 
PAGE 
Carnegie Trust, first flower 
show of . 622 
Celsia arcturus . 610 
Chester Agricultural College 607 
Cinerarias . 612 
Frogmore, fruit harvest at... 607 
Fruit under glass. 609 
Gooseberry tree, fruitful. 622 
Hall of Horticulture, opening 
of the new .._. 615 
King’s Acre Nurseries, Here¬ 
ford . 611 
Kitchen garden, the. 608 
National Potato Society. 622 
News of the week. 622 
Obituary . 619 
Odontoglossums at Oakwood 617 
Orchids, among the . 610 
Pears attacked by midges ... 622 
Questions and answers. 623 
Royal Horticultural Hall, 
the new . 618 
Societies : 
Manchester Rose Show ... 621 
National Carnation and 
Picotee. 621 
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Societies : 
Royal Horticultural. 6: 
Society and association notes C 
Strawberries, large . 6! 
Strawberries, sterilising. 6 
Stove and greenhouse, the ... 6 
Sweet Peas recently certifi¬ 
cated . 6 
Sweet Peas, the promise of 6 
Swertia longifolia . 6 
Trees and shrubs, hardy. 6 
University College, Reading 6 
Vine Culture: Pro] agation 6 
Whortleberries. 6 
Yarrows, the. 6' 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
King’s Acre Lawn. 6 
Odontoglossums at Oakwood 
(see Supplement) 
Rose M me. La Marquise 
Litta. 6! 
Royal Horticultural Hall ... 6' 
View of the platform at the 
opening ceremony. 6 
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