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THE QARDEMNG WORLD, 
December 10. 1904. 
Woolly Insects on Roots of Apples. 
On digging near the stem of an Apple tree I came upon some 
woolly matter, and found live insects amongst it on the roots. 
Can you tell me what this is likelv to be, and whether harmful ? 
(T. i>.) 
There is more than one insect of the Aphis tribe that pro¬ 
duces woolley mass more or less concealing it, but if the roots 
are those of the Apple tree, it is no doubt the American Blight 
(Schizoneura lanigera). Very often the insect will be found in 
the winter in a resting condition upon the tree itself when the 
conditions are favourable for sheltering it. Some of the insects 
do, however, crawl down the stem and find suitable lodgings 
upon the roots, upon which they feed when the weather is favour¬ 
able to their doing so. The present is the best time for attack¬ 
ing the pest, and this you can do by carefully removing the soil 
overlying the roots and exposing the enemy as much as you can. 
You can then give the roots, a good isoaking with strong soap¬ 
suds, so disposing the soil that the liquid will work down 
amongst the roots, which are most infected. The hole may be 
left open, and the operation repeated in a,day or two. As a 
rule, this gives satisfactory results, provided the liquid succeeds 
in reaching the insects. 
Early Outdoor Chrysanthemums. 
Kindly give names of very early outdoor Chrysanthemums 
similar to 'Soleil d'Octobre, only different colours? (M_. J. P.) 
The variety which you name is a Japanese of sufficient size 
to be suitable for exhibition purposes during October. Several 
other large-flowering ones can be had in bloom at that period, 
including Mrs. W. Popham, Mrs. J. C. Neville, Mme. G. Henri, 
A. Byron, Lady Crawshaw, Marquis Y. Venosta, and many 
others. We scarcely think, however, that this is really what you 
want, and that Soleil d’Octobre has merely flowered sufficiently 
early to give you satisfaction. There are, however, many early- 
flowering Japanese types which never get to a large size, and 
which are kept specially for flowering in the open during Sep¬ 
tember and October. We shall name you a dozen of these, and 
if that is not particularly wlvat you desire you can communicate 
again. Amongst early-flowering outdoor sorts we should name 
Mme. Marie Masse and its sports, but particularly the Bronze 
Marie Masse and Horace Martin, deep yellow. Gustave 
Grunnerwald, pale pink, is one of the earliest, coming in Sep¬ 
tember, and the same might be said of G. Wermig, a pale 
yellow, and Mytchett White. Harvest Home, bronzy-i’ed, tipped 
yellow, commences in August, while Ivy Stark, orange-yellow ; 
Carrie, deep yellow ; and-Martinmas, pink, are September- 
flowering varieties. Goaoher’s Crimson and Ryecroft Glory, 
golden yellow, come in later. All of the above are first-class 
varieties of their kind for flowering out of doors during the 
period named, but the list might be trebled before exhausting all 
the good varieties at command. 
Names of Plants 
(G. J. W.) 1, Erica gracilis; 2, Acacia platyptera ; 3, Hib- 
bertia dentata ; 4, Lonicera japonica aureo-reticulata; 5, 
Fuchsia procumbens.—(A. J. B.) 1, Cyrtomium Fortunei; 2, 
Polypodium Lingua; 3, Adiantum formosum ; 4, Asplenium 
flaccidum ; 5, Polypodium vulgar© oambricum ; 6, Asplenium 
obtusatum luc.idum.—(R. B.) 1, Pelionia daveauana ; 2, Ruellia 
Portellae; 3, Daedalacanthus nervosus ; 4, Boronia hetero- 
phylla.—(E. A. M.) 1, Cupressus obtusa ; 2, Cupressus nut- 
katensis; 3, Thuya occidentalis; 4, Thuya dolobrata ; 5, 
Veronica Traversii ; 6, Veronica speciosn var. 
Communications Received. 
A. Waller.—W. P. R.—Arthur Matthew.—W. J. Cook.— 
M. L. de Vilmorin.—J. M.—W. H. Wilson.—A. M.—R. L.— 
A. K.— E. A. S.—A. Garnett. —S. Ottaway.—W. H. Wilson. 
—Tom H. Young.—W. J. Godfrey.—W. ' Watson.— R. J.— 
E. M. R.._A. L. 
Trade Catalogues Received. 
W. .T. Godfrey, Exmouth, Devon.—Descriptive Catalogue of 
New and Select Chrysanthemums. 
•John Peed and Son, Mitcham Lane, Streatham, London, 
S.W.—Catalogue of Roses. 
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Cultivating Quaking Grass. 
During the summer we find the wild Quaking, Grass very use¬ 
ful for mixing with cut flowers, but it only grows in certain fields 
here, and when they are in Corn or Mangels we cannot get the 
Quaking Grass. Is it possible to grow it in quantity so as to 
have it close at hand when wanted ? (F. G. W.) 
Although the grass affects certain soils in a wild state, it 
is not very particular, ais a rule, and may be cultivated with 
success in gardens if you select an open situation for it. It can 
be transferred to the garden by lifting roots when in bloom, hut 
a much better plan would be to collect or obtain seeds so' as to 
form a complete bed of thiis kind. If you are careful to* weed 
out every other grass when the Qaking Grass is in bloom the 
latter will so occupy the ground as to make it difficult for any 
otliers to get a footing. You can get practically any quantity 
of stalks to cut from a bed in this fashion. 
Filberts with Swollen Buds. 
Some of the buds on our Filberts are very much swollen, and 
look as if they were attacked by the Currant Mite. Has this 
been known to attack Filberts? Ours are some distance away 
from the Black Currants. (G. R.) 
We scarcely think that the Black Currant Mite has attacked 
the Filberts. More likely it is one which usually attacks the 
Hazel, especially in very sheltered places where the trees and 
bushes are crowded. This is P'hytoptus Avellanae, the Hazel 
Nut Mite, which is, of course, allied to the species attacking the 
Black Currant, but different. Your best remedy is to get the 
swollen buds removed and burnt. If there are wild or useless 
Hazels growing about in the neighbourhood they might be 
destroyed in order to limit the chances of infection as much as 
possible. 
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CONTENTS OF THIS WEEK. 
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Aldenham House, Elstree... 998 
Arbor Day at Eynsford. 991 
Aspidistra lurida variegata, 
fiuitingof. 1003 
Beans, climbing Frerch. 1000 
Boronias . 1000 
Chrysanthemum W. Good 
ing. 1002 
Coniferae . 999 
Crab Apples, ornamental... 1001 
Dublin seed and nursery 
employees... 1006 
Flower garden notes. 994 
Flower garden, the. 993 
Friends, mutual . 995 
Fruit, colonial grown. 994 
Fruit, hardy. 992 
‘ Granton Road Nursery. 1004 
Herbaceous border, hardy... 992 
Jarman & Co., Messrs., 
Manuring, notes on . 999 
National Chry.-anthemum 
Society . 997 
News of the week . 1009 
Orchids, among the . 993 
Perennials for bedding pur¬ 
poses, herbaceous . 996 
PAUt 
Plantago major, a pro¬ 
liferous . 1060 
Potato, Sutton’s Discovery 999 
Potatos in November, new 991 
Questions and Answets. 1011 
Raspberry Penwill’s Cham¬ 
pion ... 997 
Rhododendron yunnanerse 991 
Shrubs for rockeries . 998 
Society an d association not es 1008 
Societies: 
Dundee Chrysanthemum 
Show .. 991 
National Chiysanthe- 
muni . 1007 
Trade notices . 1005 
Vernon Park, new glass 
range at. 1003 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Chrysanthemum W. Good¬ 
ing (see Supplement). 
Potato Sutton’s Discovery 999 
Raspberry Pemvill’s Cham¬ 
pion. 997 
Vernon Park, new Palm 
house and conserva¬ 
tory at . 1003 
