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granted that these are some of the enemies which 
have been causing the mischief. In any case, the 
pest will gradually become reduced in the coui’se 
of the next two or three years. Trenching the 
ground at least 2 ft. deep would also be advanta¬ 
geous. 
Paeony Trees. 
What should be done with the pods of the 
Paeony tree when flowering is over? Should they 
bo left untouched or cut off from the stalk? 
(W. W.) 
The production of seed certainly wastes the 
energies of Paeonies, and unless you require seed 
for the raising of new varieties, all the seed px>ds 
should be cut off immediately, as they serve no 
good purpose from the cultivator’s point of view. 
No foliage whatever should be removed, merely 
the seed pods, and this should be done with a 
knife to avoid injury to the stems or foliage. 
Silver Box Dying, 
A large Silver Box which I planted last autumn 
shows decided signs of decay, although I have 
syringed the leaves frequently. What other 
means can I adopt to arrest it? (W. W.) 
In all probability the Box was more or less in¬ 
jured in the lifting, and, as in the case of various 
other evergreens, we should prefer to plant out 
in spring. If you had lifted the tree with a large 
ball of soil it would not very much have mattered 
when you lifted it, except the weather at the 
time were uncommonly dry. The danger with 
evergreens is that the leaves are passing off mois¬ 
ture into the atmosphere all through the winter, 
and the plant being dormant, or nearly so, the 
mutilated roots are unable to supply the necessary 
moisture. That, of course, is past history now, 
and what you might do is to make a shallow 
basin round the stem of the plant and give a 
good watering at frequent intervals. If by any 
means you could shade the plant from 
sunshine in bright weather, that also would be 
additional assistance. The plant has really died 
because the roots are unable to supply the neces¬ 
sary moisture to keep the evergreen leaves fresh. 
On future occasions when lifting large evergreens 
you should defer it till spring, unless you can 
lift with a large ball of soil. 
Clubroot in Cauliflowers and Cabbage. 
As the soil of my garden is medium and tend¬ 
ing towards light and virgin soil, my Cabbages 
and Cauliflowers have many of them become club- 
rooted. How must I treat the soil next autumn? 
(W. W.) 
Other things being equal, fresh soil should 
never contain the spores of clubroot to any great 
extent. It is necessary to make sure that the 
plants are not clubrooted or contain germs of the 
disease before you plant them out. If you rear 
the seedlings yourself you can avoid this by 
sowing upon land that has not been devoted to 
Cabbages or any other of the tribe for a number 
of years previously. When you buy the plants, 
you have, however, less control over this matter. 
You ought to carefully examine the Cabbages and 
Cauliflowers before planting them out, and if the 
roots of any of them are in any way swollen, these 
should be discarded, or even burned as useless. 
With regard to the soil, it would be advisable to 
have it trenched 2 ft. deep, even if it were advis¬ 
able to repeat the operation in the autumn fol¬ 
lowing to get the good soil on the top, or to mix 
the good and the bad together. We have seen old 
garden soil renovated by this process of trench¬ 
ing, and at the same time by manuring. When 
those clubrooted plants are removed from the soil, 
they should in every case be burned or very 
d'eeply buried in soil to prevent the scattering 
of the spores. 
Plant used, on Corinthian Capitals, 
Be good enough to say what plant was used in 
copying the sculpturing or scroll-work on Corin¬ 
thian capitals. Can it be obtained in this country 
and grown in the garden? (W. D. W.) 
There are various opinions as to what the plant 
was which was so much copied by the ancient 
Corinthian sculptors, but most people are agreed 
that it was an Acanthus, and most usually A. 
mollis- is regarded as the plant in question. Many 
of the nurserymen who have large collections of 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
plants would have this species, or some of the 
allied ones that are equally hardy, and closely 
similar to the plant we mention. The latter is 
notable for its lack of spines or prickles on the 
leaves, while several others in cultivation have 
their leaves more or less prickly on the edges. 
You can write to your nurseryman, asking for 
Acanthus mollis, or some other species which is 
near to it. 
Fuchsia Leaves Injured. 
Enclosed I send you some leaves of Fuchsia 
which have been greatly injured, disfiguring the 
plant. They seem, also, to be dying. They 
came off one of the plants which I recently 
bought. (C. F.) 
The leaves you send us have evidently been 
scorched by the sun. They might, or might not,, 
have been wet at the time, but the tissues are 
very thin and flabby. Our impressions are that 
the plants have been kept in a moist and warm 
house to get them to saleable size as quickly as 
possible. They must have then been put on the 
market without having been properly hardened 
off. When they came into your possession, you 
must have set them in the full sunshine during 
the bright weather we had recently. The effect 
of the heat of the sun has been to kill those spots 
or patches most exposed to light. The plants 
should have been stood in a shady position for a 
week or so to harden the leaves before they were 
exposed to the "Bright sunshine. Various other 
plants get injured in the same way, and, if the 
damage is carried far enough, the plants may get 
killed outright. Though this rarely happens with 
Fuchsias, it does frequently happen with various 
other plants. 
Names of Plants. 
(G. D.) 1, Lathyrus grandiflorus; 2, Lychnis 
coronaria ; 3, Iris sibirica ; 4, Iris Pseudacorus ; 
5, Stachys lanata; 6, Campanula persicifolia alba. 
—(E. T. W.) 1, Chrysanthemum coronarium var. ; 
2, Achillea tomentosa; 3, Campanula glomerata 
dahurica ; 4, Papaver pilosum ; 5, Phlox ovata.—• 
<C. F.) 1, Chlorophytum elatum variegatum; 2, 
Lilium candidum ; 3, Tagetes signata pumila; 4, 
Campanula fragilis.—(E. A. S.) 1, Philadelphus 
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coronarius ; 2, Cotoneaster microphylla; 3, Per- 
nettya mucronata; 4, Gaultheria Shallon; 5, 
Skimmia Fortunei; 6, Lonicera japonica.— 
(R. M.) 1, Habenaria conopsea ; 2, Orchis pyra- 
midalis; 3, Helianthemum Chamaecistus; 4, 
Chlora perfoliata; 5, Cnicus pratensis; 6, 
Asperula Cynanchica ; 7, Cephalanthera grandi- 
flora.—(W. S.) 1, Oncidium pulvinatum; 2, On- 
eidium sphacelatum; 3, Cattleya gaskelliana ; 4, 
Cypripedium bellatulum ; 5, Oncidium pumilum. 
—(W. W.) 1, Pelargonium tomentosum ; 2, Pelar¬ 
gonium Radula ; 3, Pelargonium denticulatum ; 4, 
Sibthorpia peregrina; 5, Ornithogalum longi- 
bracteatum ; 6, Othonna crassifolia.—(A. J. W.) 
1, Eutoca viscida ; 2, Antirrhinum Asarina; 3, 
Veronica spicata ; 4, Veronica spicata hybrida ; 
5, Veronica Traversii; 6, Heuchera sanguinea; 
7, Geranium striatum—(S. H.) 1, Allium Moly ; 
2, Lilium dauricum; 3, Iberis corriaefolia; 4, 
Lychnis chalcedonica flore pleno ; 5, Cerastium 
tomentosum ; 6, Lathyrus sativus ; 7, Corydalis 
lutea.—(.J. W. M., Cumberland) Lathyrus tingi- 
tanus.—(Murraythwaite) 1, 7, and 8 were species 
of Dianthus shrivelled beyond recognition, and 
without foliage, which should accompany them; 
2, \ eronica officinalis; 3, Veronica Teucrium 
dubia; 4, Lychnis Viscaria flore pleno splendens; 
5, Gypsophila elegans; 6, Genista sagittalis; 9, 
Aritennaria dioica (male plant); 10, Antennaria 
dioica tomentosa ; 11, Sedum rupestre; 12, Cala- 
mintha grandiflora ; Sedum lydiurn (this was loose 
in the box without number). 
Contents of this Number. 
Cornwall flora, West. 
... 555 
Eckford, Mr. Henry 
... 543 
Enquire within ... 
... 559 
Fruit garden, the 
... 540 
Garden, a lovely Rose ... 
... 551 
Garden, the flower 
... 540 
Garden, the kitchen . 
... 540' 
Gardens, our Northern . 
... 542 
Herbaceous border, hardy 
... 541 
Insect pests of the garden ... 
... 557 
Interviews, occasional. 
... 543 
Medinillas . 
... 543 
Medlar, the . 
... 551 
Mite, the Black Currant 
... 543 
Newsy notes 
... 555 
Orchids ... 
... 541 
Plants certificated 
... 556 
Plants, some useful greenhouse ... 
... 552 
Plums grown as bushes 
... 546 
Poultry and pets . 
... 558 
Rose, a charming new 
... 547 
Rose, freak of ... 
... 557 
Rose illustrations, notes on the 
... 550 
Rose Dorothy ... 
... 550 
Rose Mme. de Watteville ... 
... 551 
Rose Souvenir de S. A. Prince 
... 547 
Roses in ancient London 
... 539 
Roses, pruning ... 
... 545 
Roses, rambler, two beautiful 
... 545 
Rose, the legend of the . 
... 555 
Roses, time of ... 
... 539 
Roses, wild in olden times 
... 539 
Society doings ... 
... 553 
Soils and plant life . 
... 556 
Stove and greenhouse, the ... ... 
... 541 
Trade notices ... ... ... 
... 556 
Trees and shrubs, hardy 
... 541 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Eckford, Mr. Henry ... 
... 543 
Rose Captain Hayward 
... 549 
Rose Comtesse de Nadaillac 
... 548 
Rose David Harum., 
... 549 
Rose Duke of Wellington, freak ot 
... 557 
Rose garden at Downside 
... 551 
Rose Gustave Piganeau 
... 548 
Rose Hugh Watson . 
... 547 
Rose, insect enemies of the. 
... 557 
Rose Lady Gay 
... 545 
Rose Liberty 
... 548 
Rose Mme. de Watteville ... 
... 551 
Rose Mrs. F. W. Flight . 
... 545 
Rose Mrs. W. H. Cutbush 
... 548 
Rose Mrs. W. J. Grant . 
... 549 
Rose Mons. Paul Lede 
... 548 
Rose Souvenir de S. A. Prince 
... 547 
Rose The Farqrdiar 
... 549 
