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THE GARDENING WORLD 
April 15, 1905. 
Evaporated Fruit. 
I remember reading accounts of the evaporation or drying of 
fruits at Chiswick some years ago, but have 'heard little of it 
since. I should like to know if there is any prospect of dried 
fruits paying in this country. (E. T. W.) 
The trials at Chiswick certainly proved satisfactory so far as 
they went, but they were not conducted on a scale sufficiently 
extensive to answer for commercial purposes. There is a large 
demand for preserved or dried fruits in this country, judging 
by the amount imported annually from the United States of 
America and Canada. In 1902 as much as 654,170 cwt. of fruit 
preserved without sugar was imported to this country in the 
form of dried rings, chips and quartered fruits. These included 
Apples and Peaches, but, as a matter of course, Apricots, Plums, 
and similar fruits are dealt with in the same way. We think 
it is necessary in this country for a number of people to dry 
their fruits and combine their produce so that it can be 
handled on a large scale by buyers and sellers. This would do 
much to cheapen the expenses of transit from the fruit-grower 
or drier to the consuming public. Probably you might be able 
to get local customers, which would enable you to sell your 
dried fruits at a profit, but if they have to be sent to any 
distant market the advantage of combination with other growers 
for this purpose would be obvious. 
Names of Plants. 
(Joseph Field) 1, Lotus Bertholetii (often named L. peliorhyn- 
chus in gardens) ; 2, Eupatorium probum (also known in gardens 
under various other names).— (W. H. D.) 1, Arabis lucida varie- 
gata; 2, Lathyrus vernus ; 3, Adonis vernalis ; 4, Tussilago 
Farfara (a weed) ; 5, Yinca major ; 6, Saxifraga crassifolia.—- 
(S. R.) 1, Coronilla Emerus ; 2, Viburnum Tinus ; 3, Prunus 
cera.sifera atropurpurea (also known as P. Pissardi) ; 4, For- 
sytlria viridissima ; 5, Narcissus Jonquilla.—(R. M.) 1, Boronia 
heterophylla ; 2, Primula floribunda ; 3, Gasteria verrucosa ; 4, 
Tillamasiia zebrina ; 5, Begonia, glaucophylla splendens ; 6 , 
Coleonema album; 7, Russelia juncea.—(J. W.) 1, Anemone 
nemorosa flore pleno ; 2, Anemone Angulosa ; 3, Saxifraga apicu- 
lata ; 4, Leucojum aestivum ; 5, a garden variety of Tulip which, 
being a florists’ flower, we cannot undertake to name ; 6, Lamium 
maculatum ; 7, Scrophularia aquatica variegata.—(A. E. S. W.) 
1. Odontoglossum luteo-purpureum sceptrum ; 2, Cattleya 
mossiae ; 3, Dendrobium nobile var. ; 4, Odontoglossum crispum 
andersonianum. 
Communications Received 
A. J.—T. A. Weston.—C. &—Ca.l.—A. Y. M.—T. B. Byram. 
W. J. Welch.—Webb and Sons,.—D. Jefferis.—W. M.—D. W.— 
A. S.—E. M. R..—A. D. J.-E. S—S. H.—A. P. M. 
—E. F.—T. W. W.— A. R. IX— J. Whitton.—P. L.—N. J. A. 
—H. J.—A. B.—S. W.—B. C. 
Trade Catalogues Received. 
V illiam Artindale and Son, Net'hergreen, Ranmoor, Sheffield. 
—Descriptive Catalogue of Roses, Dahlias, Pinks, Carnations, 
Pyretlirums, and other Herbaceous Plants. 
20th—rRoyal Horticultural Society. 
21st—Grand Yorkshire Gala (three days). 
27th—Royal Agricultural Society (four days). 
28th—Richmond Horticultural Society’s Annual Show ; South¬ 
ampton Summer Show (two days). 
JULY. 
1st—Wincsor, Eton, and District Rose Show. 
4th—Royal Horticultural Society ; Cambridgeshire Horticul¬ 
tural Society’s Show of Plants, etc; National Sweet 
Pea ; Sutton and District Rose Show. 
5th—Hanley Horticultural Fete (two days); Croydon Horticul¬ 
tural Society; Ipswich Summer Show. 
6th—National Rose Society’s Metropolitan Show at Regent's 
Park. 
8th—Crystal Palace Rose Show. 
11th—R.H.S. Summer Show (three days) ; Wolverhampton 
Great Annual Floral Fete (three days). 
15th—Kidderminster Summer show. 
18th—National Rose Society’s Provincial Show at Gloucester; 
Royal Horticultural Society; National Carnation and 
Picotee Society. 
19th—Newcastle-upon-Tyne Summer Flower Show (three days). 
20th—Newport (Mon) and County Horticultural. 
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Flower Show Fixtures for 1905 . 
Secretaries of Horticultural Societies will much oblige by 
sending us the dates of their shows. 
April. 
15th—Kidderminster Daffodil Show. 
18th—Ipswich Daffodil Show ; Midland Daffodil Society (two 
days). 
19th—Royal Botanic Society of London ; Croydon Spring Flower 
Show ; Glamorgan Daffodil and Spring Flower Show. 
20th—Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society. 
25th—Royal Horticultural Society ; National Auricula and 
Primula Society’s Show. 
May. 
9th—Royal Horticultural Society. 
17th—Royal Botanic Society of London. 
23rd—Royal Horticultural Society. 
24th—Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society’s Sprint Show 
(two days). 
30th—Temple Show (three days). 
June. 
7th—Great Summer Show of the Royal Botanic Society of 
London (three days). 
CONTENTS OF THIS WEEK. 
PAGE 
Anemone blanda atrocaerulea 312 
Annuals, hardy .. 307 
Apprenticed to horticulture, 
to be, or not to he. 308 
Birds, a plea for. 309 
Books, reviews of... 304 
Bougainvillea glabra. 310 
Clock, a floral. 306 
Coelogyne Parishi. 314 
Dahlia Union, London. 301 
Degeneracy of varieties . 313 
Droitwich Experimental 
Gardens . 301 
Flower garden, the . 303 
Fruit, hardy . 302 
Fruit Trees, protecting. 305 
Garden, a New Zealand . 311 
Garden, the rock . 305 
Grape thinning . 313 
Hellebore, the purple . 306 
Herbaceous border, hardy ... 302 
Letters to the Editor . 308 
Mustard, a cut-lea' ed . 315 
Narcissus Leedsii Ariadne ... 310 
News of the week. 318 
Obituary. 315 
Orchids, among the . 303 
PAGE 
Paul, Mr. William . 315 
Plant names, Scottish. 301 
Plants recently certificated. .. 316 
Primula megaseaefolia... 310 
Questions and Answers . 321 
Rhododendrons . 308 
Saxifraga Elizabethae. 307 
Saxifraga marginata. 314 
School of Horticulture, 
Middlesex . 301 
Society and association 
notes. 318 
Societies: 
Royal Horticultural 
Scientific Committee. 317 
Sternbergia fischeriana. 307 
Tulipa pulchella. 312 
Window gardening . 310 
Women, gardening as an 
employment for. 309 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Anemone blanda atrocaerulea 
(See Supplement) 
Cabbage, the Shantung . 315 
Saxifraga Elizabethae. 313 
Sternbergia fischeriana. 307 
