JuNu 10. 1905.1 
MOTTO FOR THE WEEK: 
<‘A Lily of a day is fairer far in May than an Oak standing three hundred year .”— BenJonson. 
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Results of Our Photographic 
Competition. 
The prize of £1 Is., for the best original 
photograph showing the inside of a con¬ 
servatory was awarded to Mr. George 
Duncan, gardener to J. M. Lancaster, Escp, 
The Rookery, St. Mary Cray, Eent. In 
this same competition, Mr. H. Hall, The 
Gardens, Lathom House, Ormskirk, was 
highly commended for the photograph of a 
conservatory. 
In the competition for the prize of £1 Is. 
for the best photograph of a Single Flo we r- 
iug Plant the winner was Mr. James 
Matthew, The Gardens, Grantully Castle, 
Aberfeldy, N.B. Mr. C. Goddard, gardener 
to F. Shoolbred, Esq., w T as highly commended 
for a photo of Violet Marie Louise; Mr. 
A. Woods, Beamish Park, Beamish, R.S.O., 
was commended for Rliododendfym veit- 
chianum, and Mr. James Watt, Seaforth 
Gardens, Arbroath, was commended for 
Cyclamen. 
The commended pictures appear in this 
week’s issue. Those photos which took the 
prizes will appear as supplements in succeed- 
Ramie as a Textile. 
For some years past Mr. D. Edwards Rad- 
clyft'e, of Staines, has been advocating the 
advantages of cultivating Ramie for the sake 
of the fibres in the stem, which may be used 
for textile purposes. In a letter concerning 
the subject, lie speaks of Ramie as the 
saviour of the flax industry of Scotland and 
the support of the cotton industiy of Eng¬ 
land. This refers to the spinning of flax 
rather than the production of it in this 
country, as lie says that the largest propor¬ 
tion of the fibre used in Scotland comes from 
Russia, and that the flax spinners have been 
labouring under the disadvantage of dear 
and dirty flax. The crop of flax continues to 
get poorer in quality year by year. The 
peasants in Russia are in too great a hurry 
to get their crop into the market and 
realised, and consequently do not give it 
sufficient time for drying or retting. The 
crops in Russia are stated to- deteriorate on 
account of the improper and antiquated 
methods of cultivation. It is thought that- 
owing to the present condition of Russia, the 
supply of flax for 1905 from that source 
must be worse than ever. He thinks that if 
Ramie were cultivated to such an extent that 
it could be imported to this country in 
hundreds of tons, the long-suffering flax- 
spinners would welcome it, arid the- manufac¬ 
ture of flax could not be spoken of as a 
decadent industiy. The manufacture of 
cotton suffers from causes brought about by 
unscrupulous gamblers. Even at the present 
time the production of cotton is in one 
nation’s hands. At present the Cotton Asso¬ 
ciation is doing good work in fostering 
cotton-growing in our colonies, and it would 
do well to encourage the cultivation of Ramie 
as well. It grows under the same conditions 
as cotton and even where the latter cannot 
be successfully reared, so that the field for 
Ramie is much larger. At present the 
Germans and French are alive to its possi¬ 
bilities, and Mr. Radclyfte is of opinion that 
they are trying to get supplies from our 
colonies. He urges all concerned in this 
country to encourage the cultivation of 
Ramie in our colonies and to secure the law 
produce for the benefit of our home in¬ 
dustry. This Ramie, if properly prepared, 
is capable of furnishing good clothing 
material. 
The Raspberry Moth. 
At the Scientific Committee meeting of 
the R.H.S., on May 23rd, Mr. Saunders re¬ 
ported on some shoots of Raspberry, which 
had failed to grow. This was due to the 
caterpillars of the small Raspberry moth 
(Lampronia rubiella). The caterpillars feed 
on the flowers of the Raspberry during the 
first season, and in autumn seek a place 
of shelter about the canes, or let themselves 
to the ground by means of a thread of their 
own spinning. When once in a suitable 
situation the caterpillar spins a silken 
cocoon, and passes the -winter safely in this. 
In spring, as soon as the weather becomes 
sufficiently mild, the caterpillars leave their 
winter quarters in the cocoon and crawl up 
the canes, eating their wav into the buds, 
and finally eat out the pith, and then, when 
fully grown, lie up and become chrysalides. 
About three weeks afterwards the latter 
gives rise to a perfect moth. The object of 
the cultivator should be to clear away all 
rubbish in the neighbourhood of the canes, 
including dead leaves and other matters in 
which the caterpillars can hide for the 
winter. All this matter should be carried 
away and burned. The base of the canes 
should also be sprayed or painted with strong 
paraffin emulsion. 
The Fadeless Flower. 
For some time past the lay press has been 
giving us wonderful dissertations on the re¬ 
markable flower which Burbank, of Cali¬ 
fornia, has been credited with producing. 
A writer in the “ Florists’ Exchange.” has 
been discussing the subject, and is now 
