August 12. 19(2. 
650 THE GARDEN IN G WORLD . 
Provided you send them in so as to reach us on 
Saturday or Monday morning, you can have the 
names through The Gabdening Wobld dated 
only seven days later. Most flowers would keep 
longer than a week, and those that are very 
perishable may not always remain fresh until 
you receive the names, but provided you send 
good specimens with typical leaves and a few of 
the earliest flowers, packed in a box with damp 
moss, they would remain fresh while being carried 
through the post until we see them. In the case 
of very rare or unknown specimens it might be 
necessary to wait until research lias been made 
for the names. In the meantime if you send 
in the beginning of the week you can depend upon 
getting most of them named in the next issue 
published. 
Rose Books. 
Will you kindly say which are the three best 
books I can get on Roses for outside growing; 
also Carnations and Auriculas? (A. R. John¬ 
son, June.) 
There is an excellent “ Book of the Rose,” by 
the Rev. A. Foster Melliar, published by Messrs. 
Macmillan and Co., Limited, London. The last 
edition was 8s. 6d., but there is a new one, the 
price of which we do not remember. Probably 
it is the same, but you must remember that post¬ 
age is extra. There is a book entitled “ The 
Rose Garden,” by William Paul, and dated 
1848. This was fairly extensive, and we believe 
obtainable from Messrs. William Paul and Son, 
Waltham Cross, Herts. There is a Is. book on 
Roses by the same author published by Simpkin 
Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., London. “The 
Carnation Manual,” issued hy the National Car¬ 
nation and Picotee Society is sold by Messrs. 
Cassell and Co., Limited, Ludgate Hill, London, 
second edition, price 3s. 6d. We do not re¬ 
member any recent book on the Auricula, and 
all the old* ones are now out of print. If our 
readers have heard of a good one, they will 
probably assist by giving the necessary infor¬ 
mation. 
Name of Fern. 
I enclose frond of Fern I recently purchased 
from a nurseryman, the name I do not know. 
It had been one of a batch of seedlings raised. 
I have searched all the Fern authorities, such as 
Schneider, Lowe, etc., but cannot find any with 
a red stem. It looks like a form of Lastrea 
atrata? (W. H. P.) 
The frond is also unknown to us, but being 
only a solitary specimen, and evidently incom¬ 
plete at that,'it would be a great advantage to 
us in ascertaining the name if you would send a 
young frond, showing the presence and nature 
of the indusium. It certainly does not corre¬ 
spond with Lastrea atrata. It looks more like 
L. cuspidata, but as a very large number of 
species gradually merge into one another, a very 
poor frond of what it might be might represent 
a good frond of some other entirely different 
species. We have not yet had an opportunity 
of examining dried specimens, but in the mean¬ 
time if you would assist by sending a young 
frond or "certifying that it is a Lastrea and not 
a Polypodium, then we shall be pleased to help 
you. 
H.P. Roses Mildewed. 
Some of my Roses in the back garden are 
badly attacked with mildew, causing the leaves 
to curl. What is the best way of getting rid 
of this pest? (M. M. W.) 
It depends very much upon the stage of the 
fungus, whether it is easy or difficult to kill. 
If the mycelium of the fungus is entirely con¬ 
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Double White from 8/- to 12/- per 1,000. 
Salesmen report that the blooms from the above bulbs are 
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fined to the surface, you will have no difficulty in 
destroying it by means of flowers of sulphur. 
This might be mixed in water and syringed on 
the bushes, or the bushes may be wetted with the 
syringe and the flowers of sulphur dusted on. If 
there are dense white felt-like masses of the 
fungus on the leaves, it is evidence that the 
fungus is in its second and difficult stage to deal 
with. The worst of the leaves might be removed 
and great care taken to rake up and burn all 
fallen leaves in autumn to prevent the spread of 
the fungus next spring from the resting spores. 
Names of Plants. 
(C. B. G.). 1, Equisetum limosum; 2, Pyrus 
communis, var., coming near to P. cordata, but 
fruit is necessary; 3, Xanthium spinosum.—- 
(J. W. C.) The tree with white and spotted 
flowers is Catalpa bignonioides; the berried 
shrub is Leycesteria formosa. (W. W.) 1, 
Epilobium angustifolium ; 2, Lathyrus latifolius; 
3, Campanula latifolia alba; 4, Senecio Doria; 5, 
Mentha rotundifolia variegata; 6, Melissa 
officinalis.—(A. E. S.) 1, Origanum vulgare ; 2, 
Scabiosa arvensis; 3, Scabiosa Columbaria; 4, 
Phyteuma orbiculare; 5, Asperula Cynanchium ; 
6, Hypericum humifusum.—(T. R.) 1, Fuchsia 
Riccartoni; 2, Olearia Haastii; 3, Cassinia 
fulvida: 4, Pernettya mucronata; 5, Spartium 
junceum.—(A. J. B.) 1, Epidendrum vitellinum 
majus; 2, Odontoglossum Pescatorei; 3, Cypri- 
pedium barbatum var.; 4, Cypripedium venus- 
tum ; 5, Odontoglossum crispum var.—(E. M. R.) 
1, Sedum Telephium ; 2, Artemisia Abrotanum ; 
3. Chrysanthemum Balsamita; 4, Melissa 
officinalis variegata; 5, Hordeum jubatum; 6, 
Stipa pennata; 7, Eryngium planum.—(Redfern) 
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1, Lonicera japonica aureo-reticulata; 2, Lonicera 
Periclymenum; 3, Hippophae rhamnoides; 4, 
Solanum jasminoides; 5, Jasminum revolutum.— 
(C. D., Garstang) 1. Spiraea japonica Bumalda; 
2, Spiraea tomentosa; 3, Spiraea salicifolia.—(B. 
Lockwood) The larger Spiraea was S. can- 
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Catalogue of Bulbs. 
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Contents of this Number. 
Amateur’s Letter to Amateurs ... ... 633 
American blight on Apple trees . 644 
Black Currant Mite ... ... ... ... 644 
Bulb Annual ... ... ... ... ... 645 
Colour cure, the ... ... ... ... ... 646 
Corn Salad, a showy ... ... ... ... 643 
Daisy, the Blue Mountain ... ... ... 642 
Diary of Shows and Meetings. 648 
Edelweiss, the Siberian ... ... ... 642 
Enquire Within.649 
Eryngium amethystinum ... ... ... 643 
Flower garden, the ... ... ... ... 635 
Fruit garden ... ... ... ... ... 635 
Furness Abbey, the gardens ... ... ... 643 
Garden, the suburban front ... .'. 643 
Gardens, our northern. 636 
Globe Flower, the Chinese . 636 
Golden Drop ... ... ... ... ... 642 
Gooseberries, two fine exhibition . 643 
Grape growing.639 
Herbaceous border, hardy ... . . . . 634 
Herbaceous plants, bow to stake . 645 
Iris laevigata .645 
King’s Walden Bury.637 
Kitchen garden, the .634 
Lapagerias and their culture. 639 
Lilium Batemanniae ... . . ... ... 639 
Lily, St. Bernard’s ... ... ... ... 644 
Orange, the . . . ... 645 
Orchids for Amateurs ... . . ... 634 
Philadelphus coronarius . ... ... 645 
Poppy wort from Thibet . . 642 
Poultry and Pets ... ... ... ... 646 
Roses, a bowl of single white ... ... .. 637 
Saxifraga, a handsome cruataceous . 642 
Skull-cap, the Japanese . . .. 642 
Society doings ... ... .. .. ... 647 
Spikenard of the ancients ... 642 
Stove and greenhouse, the ... .. ... 635 
Strawberry culture ... ... 644 
Tomato, Carter’s Surprise .. . ... 637 
Tomato growing ... ... ... . 644 
Trees and shrubs, hardy ... . ... 634 
Winter Cress . . . . 633 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Aster alpinus superbus .. ... ... 641 
Gooseberries, two fine exhibition 
(see supplement) 
Leontopodium sibiricum ... ... . . 641 
Meconopsis integrifolia ... ... ... 640 
Nardostachys Jatamansi ... ... ... 641 
Onosma echioides ... ... ... ... 640 
Roses,, a bowl of single white ... ... 637 
Saxifraga lingulata lantoscana . . ... 640 
Scutellaria indica japonica ... ... ... 640 
Valerianella congesta ... ... ... ... 641 
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