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April 29, 1905. 
unless it happens to rain heavily, when the applications might 
be applied oftener, say every ten clays. If this precaution is 
taken you will save the bulk of the Onions from being attacked 
by the fungus. At the same time you can keep a sharp outlook, 
and any diseased individuals that appear should he removed 
and burned. 
Eorder of Bulbs. 
A narrow border in the garden is filled entirely with bulbs 
that give great variety in spring, but the early ones soon leave 
blanks when summer weather sets in. We do not want to lift 
them, but would like to plant something to brighten the border 
when the leaves of the bulbs die down. What would be bes • 
to plant, leaving out ordinary bedding plants? (H. Westland.) 
A crood plan in the case you mention would be to sow clumps 
of showy annuals close to the place where the bulbs are grow¬ 
ing, so that when the foliage of the latter finally dies down 
the annuals may be growing up to take their place. The height 
of the annuals should be studied, so that they may not be 
out of place when they reach their full development, it is 
hardly necessary to mention the particular kinds of annuals, as 
they are so numerous, but we should select those which grow 
neatly and stand upright instead of spreading about on the; 
border, thereby interfering with other subjects. It is rather 
late in the season now to get annuals to fill those places, but 
another year you might sow such hardy subjects as Larkspur, 
Linum rubrum grandiflorum, Malope trifida grandmoia, 
Godetia-s, and other things of that sort. In the meantime you 
xniaht have reserve plants of various kinds in pots in the cold 
frames, including such as Salvia azurea, pots of Sweet 1 eas, 
and occasionally an early flowering Chrysanthemum might be 
used with good effect. 
Preventing the Lily Disease. 
Last year our plants of the white Lily were badly affected 
with disease just before flowering. After the stems withered 
we lifted the bulbs and put them in a bag with sulphur, shaking 
them well up, and planted them in a fresh site. They look 
all right at present. Can anything be used as a preventive. 
There are two fungicides that might be employed foi 
syringing the plants at intervals as a preventive. The present 
we think would be a good time to commence, as the lilies are 
making good growth, and disease is not likely to make its ap¬ 
pearance" until the warm weather sets in, some time in June, 
when the Lilies are nearing the flowering stage. Alter the 
plants have become attacked it is useless to try any remedy, as 
the fungus lives inside the tissues of the leaves and stems. 
You mrnlit employ Bordeaux mixture as recommended above, 
for Onion blight. As the lime might be objectionable by 
whitening the leaves, you might try sulphide of potassium 
instead,-ut the rate of ± oz. to a gallon of water. This fungi¬ 
cide is also known as liver of sulphur, so that we think you 
would have no difficulty in procuring it. As the season ol 
flowering is now rapidly approaching, the remedy might be 
applied once a fortnight, and if the season is not a wet one 
the fungicide should prevent the fungus from getting a com¬ 
mencement on the plants. Many of these preventives must be 
done by way of experiment, as their effectiveness largely de¬ 
pends upon whether there is dry weather to save the washing 
off of the fungicide, which would prevent the fungus from get¬ 
ting a footing so long as it remains upon the leaves. In the 
case of wet weather the preventive would have to be applied 
oftener. 
Names of Plants. 
(J Potts.) 1, Erica carnea; 2, Impatiens Sultani; 3, Mimulus 
•dutinosus.—(E. W.) 1. Arabis lucid a variegata 2, Leucojum 
a-stivum; 3. Fritillaria Meleagris alba; 4, Fritillaria Im¬ 
perials lutea; 5, Muscari botryoides album ; 6, Doronicum 
caucasicum.—(T. B. Jones.) 1, Adonis vernal is; 2, Caltha 
palustris flore pleno ; 3, Arabis albida flore pleno , 4, Scilla 
italica ; 5. Scilla hispanica; 6, Saxifraga muscoides Rhei.— 
(R. Henderson.) 1, Fritillaria Meleagris; 2, Primula denti- 
cuiata; 3. Aubrietia deltoidea variegata; 4, Primula acaulis 
Double Sulphur; 5, Muscari racenlosum.—(W. R.) 1, Pyrus 
Maulei; 2, Coronilla Emerus ; 3, Amelancliier canadensis ; 4. 
Prunus'Avium flore pleno ; 5, Lonicera tatarica ; 6, Pernettya 
mucronata.—(A. W. M.) 1, Odontoglossum crispum var. ; 2, 
Epidendrum prismatccarpum ; 3, Dendrobium chrysotoxum ; 
4. Cattleya Schroderae ; 5. Odontoglossum crispum anderson- 
ianum.—(S. H.) 1, Oxalis Plumieri ; 2, Oxalis cernua ; 3, 
Lachenalia tricolor quadricolor; 4, Coronilla glauca.; 5, Ken- 
nedva- prostrata; 6, Cytisus prolifera.—(James Anderson.) 
Odontoglossum crispum andersonianum. 
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Max. 
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). 
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CONTENTS OF 
PAGE 
Abutilons . JIN 
Annuals, pot. • • 350 
Apprenticed to horticult ire 358 
Asparagus in the beds, for¬ 
warding .. . 347 
Clnonodoxa Luciliw Tmoli - 351 
Clematis alpina. 349 
Daffodils, a plebiscite of ... 36 L 
Degeneration of varieties ... 352 
Fruit, hardy . 347 
Garden, the flower . 346 
Garden, the rock . 353 
Gardening as an employ¬ 
ment for women.357 
Gooseberries, standa-d . 359 
Heath, the new tree . 356 
Herbaceous border, hardy .. 346 
Lewisia T weedyi . 357 
Memoirs of an old society ... 355 
Natural phenomena. 351 
Nerium Oleander. 349 
News of the week. 363 
Orchids, among the. . 346 
THIS WEEK. 
PAGE 
Plants recently certificated... 
Primula megaseaefolia. 
Questions and Answers .. 
Rhododendron Luscombei ... 
Snowy fly, the .. 
Society and association 
notes. 
Societies: 
Croydon Spring Show ... 
Kidderminster aud Distiict 
Royal Botanic.. 
Scottish Horticultural. 
Solanum Commerstini . 
Strawberries in pots. 
Sweet Pea, the enemies of the 
Thorn, the Glastonbury . 
362 
359 
365 
353 
359 
383 
360 
361 
360 
345 
349 
348 
350 
34S 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Chionodoxa Luciliie Tmoli ... 35] 
Erica Arborea . 
Erica lusitanica. 
Erica Yeit chi [See Supplement ) 
