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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
April 22, 1905. 
Lilies may sometimes be mulched with farmyard manure, but 
we think it a dangerous proceeding even in the case of strong 
growing lilies, as it renders them more liable to he attacked 
with fungi by maintaining moisture continually around the base 
of the stems, but more particularly by the dung coining hi 
contact with the stems and favouring the growth of the fungus. 
If you could obtain a supply of horse droppings, not fermented 
until it forms a slimy, decaying mass, but still loose and free, 
you might employ it. A much safer plan would be to employ 
either leaf mould or cocoanut fibre. ■ The latter would look best 
on the surface of the beds and would be useful in retaining 
moisture. The decaying leaves would, however, answer the pur¬ 
pose of retaining moisture in the ground, and they would also 
contain some nourishment for the Lilies. This form, of top¬ 
dressing has sometimes been applied with very good effects, and 
in the case of those bearing bulbils in the axils of the leaves 
the bulbils drop and give rise to quite a crop of young plants. 
In any case we should not apply manure having the consistency 
and wetness of cow dung. 
Names of Plants. 
(J. W. R.) 1, Prunus Pseudo-cerasus ; 2, Forsythia viridis- 
sima ; 3, Iverria japonica flore pleno ; 4, Prunus cerasifera atro- 
purpurea; 5, Prunus lusitanica; 6. Erica carnea.—(A. M. D.) 
1, Arabis albida; 2, Arabis albida variegata; 3, Aubrietia 
deltoidea var. ; 4, Vinca major; 5, Omphalodes verna ; 6, 
Hacquetia Epipactis.—(W. C.) 1. Dendrobium tortile ; 2, Den- 
drobium devonianum ; 3, Fritillaria Imperialis lutea ; 4, Odon- 
toglossum Hallii.—(F. C.) 1, Eupatorium ianthinum ; 2, Spar- 
mannia africana ; 3, Acacia verticillata ; 4, Acacia hastula ; 5. 
Polygala myrtifolia grandiflora (otherwise known as P. dal 
maisiana).—(S. H.) 1, Pyrus floribunda ; 2. Pyrus japonica 
var. ; 3, Prunus cerasifera atropurpurea ; 4, Spiraea Thun- 
bergii; 5, Forsythia suspensa; 6, Phillyraea decora.—(E. F.) 
1, Lamium maculatum ; 2, Lathyrus vermis ; 3, Anemone Pulsa¬ 
tilla ; 4. Erythronium Dens-canis ; 5, Scilla italica ; 6, Cory- 
dalis bulbosa. 
Communications Received 
Heather Bell.—J. C.—D. C.—C. Blair.—E. T. L.—M. Irvine. 
—A. V. M.- —Fragaria.-—W. Dallimore.'—W.—A. E. S.—J. R. 
—T. S.— E. M. R,—F. R.—A. J — C. H.—A. J. S.— F. W.— 
T. McF.—A. C. S.—A. R.— A. C. E. D.—R. H. D. 
Trade Catalogues Received 
Webb and Brand, The Nurseries, Saffron Walden.—Superb 
Double Hollyhocks. 
Flower Show Fixtures for 1905. 
Secretaries of Horticultural Societies will much oblige by 
sending us the dates of their shows. 
April. 
25th—Royal Horticultural Society ; National Auricula and 
Primula Society’s Show. 
Mat. 
9th—Royal Horticultural Society. 
17th—Royal Botanic Society of London. 
23rd—Royal Horticultural Society. 
24th—Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society’s Spring Show 
(two days). 
30th—Temple Show (three days). 
June. 
7th—Great Summer Show of the Royal Botanic Society of 
London (three days). 
20th—Royal 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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CONTENTS OF THIS WEEK. 
PAGE 
Achimenes . 330 
Annuals, pot . 330 
Apples for market. 337 
Apprenticed to horticulture.. 328 
Basket beds. 330 
Calanthes . 332 
Cineraria, Webbs’ Superb ... 335 
Corydalis cava . 328 
Corydalis thalictrifolia. 335 
Cypripediums, hardy . 331 
Degeneracy of varieties . 33d 
Fruit under glass . 325 
Garden, the kitchen. 325 
Grape Hyacinth, the change¬ 
able . 332 
riewisia Tweedyi . 330 
Lobelia Maid of Moray _ 328 
News of the week. 340 
Orchids, among the . 324 
Perversity of things, the. 327 
Pitcher Plants, new and old.. 333 
Plants, a fine group of. 332 
Primrose, the. 332 
PAGE 
Prunus Pseudo-cerasus. 328 
Questions and Answers . 342 
Rocket, double white ......... 334 
Science, practical value of 
theoretical . 326 
Society and association 
notes. 341 
Society : 
R.H.S. Scientific Committee 33? 
Spain, Pearls of. 329 
Stove and Greenhouse, the .. 324 
Streptosolen Jamesoni.. 331 
Sweet Pea, the enemies of the 327 
Trees and Shrubs, hardy. 32(j 
Tulip, the Lady. 329 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Cineraria, Webb’s Superb ... 335 
Hesperis mafcroDalis alba flore 
pleno (See Supplement) 
Muscari botryoides album ... 331 
Tulipa cjusiana.329 
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