June 25, 1904. 
THE GARDENING WOULD. 
533 
Potato-disease is giving much anxiety to the large growers 
in the Upwey district. 
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Death from Eating Laburnum Seeds.— Mr. Wynn Evans, 
Coroner for East Denbighshire, on the 16th inst. investigated 
the circumstances attending the death of Lucy Williams, aged 
five, daughter of a collier named Robert Williams, 22, Castle¬ 
town Moss. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the 
medical evidence. 
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Alstroemeria Pelegr.na is regarded as the sacred flower of 
the Incas of Peru, whose kingdom was destroyed by the 
Spaniards under Pizarro and Almagso. Being a little tender 
in our climate, it requires the protection of a cold frame except 
in the best-favoured parts of the country. 
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The Rhododendrons. —By the kindness of Mr. W. H. Walker, 
of Birstall Holt, Birstall, the grounds surrounding his. residence 
have been thrown open to the public during the past three 
weeks, and very large numbers have availed themselves of the 
opportunity of visiting the beautiful show of Rhododendrons. 
On the closing day there was again a numerous company of 
visitors from Leicester. 
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Value of Flowers in the Sick Room.— A report is current 
that scented flowers and the perfumes distilled from them have 
a wholesome effect upon those living in contact with them. It 
is also said that phthisis is unknown in the town of La Grasse, 
France, where flowers, are grown so largely for the making of 
perfumes. A perfumed atmosphere affords protection from 
pulmonary affections and arrests phthisis. 
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Otening of St. John’s Gardens. —The Finance and Parks 
Committee of the City Council, Liverpool, met on the 16th inst., 
and decided upon the form of the ceremony of opening St. John’s 
Gardens, on the 29th inst. The Lord Mayor is to preside, and 
the chairman of the joint committee (Alderman J. Ball) is to 
open the principal gate and declare the gardens open. Later 
in the day Earl Spencer, on behalf of the citizens committee, 
will unveil the Gladstone Memorial Statue, which stands in 
the gardens. 
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Victoria regia at Regent’s Park. —The plant of the Great 
Amazon Mater-lily, Victoria regia, now growing in the Royal 
Botanic Society’s Gardens, at Regent’s Park, opened its first 
flower on the 17th inst., nearly a month earlier than usual. 
It appears to be an extremely vigorous specimen, for though 
giown from seed sown this year, it already possesses eight fully- 
expanded leaves, each between 5 ft. and 6 ft. in diameter, as 
well as young leaves at present just unfolding, one of which 
seems likely to greatly exceed these measurements. Last year’s 
plant produced in all 26 flowers. 
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Strawberry Season at Alnwick.— There is every indicatic 
o a sp endid crop of Strawberries at Alnwick during the presei 
eason and the many acres of land which are laid out for tl 
mtivation of the early varieties of the fruit are now in fu 
to ilT -■ Ah V? ck M°°. r , where greater attention is devoti 
is ° i a .^ er var i e tie's, a season much above the averas 
of c 1Se ■’ ai ? d ^ la t res idents find this a profitable sour 
vear K, me 1S u €arly f } i own b T the increasing acreage which 
I by year be.ng solely utilised for the growth of Strawberrie 
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 
The Editor invites enquiries for reply in this column. These 
enquiries may cover any branch of gardening. Questions should be pnt 
as briefly as possible, and written on one side of the paper only; a 
separate sheet of paper should be used for each question. 
Readers are also invited to give their fellow gardeners the benefit 
of their experience by sending supplementary replies. 
Replies cannot be sent by post, even if a stamped, addressed 
envelope is enclosed, and, the return of specimens cannot be undertaken. 
Anonymous communications are treated in the usual editorial manner. 
Address letters: The Editor, ‘‘The Gardening World,” 37 and 
38, Shoe Lane, London, E.C. 
Peach and Nectarine Trees Blistered. 
I am enclosing specimens of leaves taken from Peach and 
Nectarine trees on a south wall outside (a very old wall, full of 
boles). The trees are simply covered with leaves the same as 
those sent, and the points of shoots seem to be dying away. I 
have syringed the trees for aphis, but you will see there are noue 
on the leaves now. Can you tell me in your next issue of The 
Gardening World what it is, and the cause and remedy P 1 
never saw the like before. (J. S.) 
Judging from the specimens sent us your trees are very badly 
affected with Peach Blister, a disease produced by a fungus 
named Exoascus deformans. As the fungus lives inside the 
leaves, and also the young shoots, where it lives from year to 
year, there can be no real remedy. Whatever fungicide you 
might apply would destroy the leaves before it could destroy tie 
fungus if the fungicide is strong enough. What we should advise 
you to do is to cut off all of the badly blistered leaves, and also 
the young shoots that show evidence of the disease. All these 
should be burnt at once. As the same trees will no doubt show 
the fungus next year more or less, the only certain remedy would 
be to uproot the. trees and plant young ones. If they continue 
to bear or give a fairly satisfactory crop it might be worth your 
while to allow them to continue a year or two 1 longer. There is 
a danger, however, that other trees will be attacked by the 
malady, if they are not already in the same condition. We 
refer, of course, to your Peaches and Nectarines. If there are 
fruits on the trees we should not care to advise the use of 
poisonous fungicides, owing to the downy skin of the Peaches 
retaining the same perhaps till the fruits become ripe. The only 
thing you can do, therefore, is to keep the fungus in check by 
the removal of the worst leaves and shoots till the trees cease to 
bear profitably. 
New Carnation. 
I should be pleased to have your opinion upon the enclosed 
Carnation. (F. C., Purlev.) 
The Carnation you sent us was of good form and of rich 
crimson colour, although not a large bloom. You do not say 
whether this is the terminal bud or a side one, but in any case 
the flower you sent us opened'very regularly without splitting 
the pod. The petals are rounded at the. end, but slightly or very 
finely toothed, which would prevent it from being' classed 
amongst florists’ flowers. For decorative purposes, however, it 
seems well worth preserving, especially if it flowers freely and 
produces its blooms upon long stalks that may be cut. 
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