October 14, 1905. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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irrown. We also noted that they took the 
tirst prize for a group of Chrysanthemums. 
Mr. David Russell, Brentwood, Essex, re¬ 
ceived a Silver Medal for a group of very use¬ 
ful Conifers, tree Ivies, Pampas Grass, and 
several varieties of Clematis, including C. 
grata. 
Mr. W. Sydenham, Tamworth, had a fine 
cn-oup of early-flowering Chrysanthemums, 
backed up with a row of them in tall bamboo 
stands. (Silver Gilt Medal.) 
Silver Medals also went to Messrs. G. and 
G. Adams, Tunbridge Wells, and Mr. Fi'ank 
Brazier, Addison Road, Caterham, for groups 
of early-flowering Chrysanthemums. 
A Beautiful Chinese Lily 
Lilium leucanthum. 
(See Supplement.) 
About the middle of August a very interest¬ 
ing bed of Lilies might have been seen near 
the Palm House at Kew. The bed was cir¬ 
cular, and only a small one, so that the Lilies, 
having flowered splendidly, were remarkably 
conspicuous. The plants were about 35 ft. 
high. The bulbs seemed to have been im¬ 
ported, as the colour varied considerably. 
The funnel-shaped flowers were 6 in. long, 
nearly horizontal, white inside and likewise 
on the outside, where the plants were true to 
name. Some of them, however, had ai con¬ 
siderable amount of colour, the three outer 
segments being deeply suffused with reddish- 
purple on the back, with a red rib on the back 
of the inner segments. Those which seemed 
to accord with the name above given were 
white on both surfaces. 
The stems carried 100 to 150 leaves of a rich 
dark green colour, and were surmounted by an 
umbel of two to eight of these large and 
deliciously fragrant flowers, the number being 
dependent upon the strength of the plant. 
Numerous small bulbils are produced in the 
axils of the leaves of the upper half of the 
stem. 
Cdmpared with L. Brownii, to which it is 
allied, the above Lily is a stronger grower, 
reaching a height of 3ft. or 4ft. The flowers 
also seem to be of greater substance, and the 
variation in colour amongst imported bulbs 
is considerable, notwithstanding the fact that 
the name would indicate that they are white. 
In some individuals the rosy colour is not con¬ 
fined to tire back of the outer segments, but 
also suffuses the flower as a whole. Another 
point is that the leaves are much more 
numerous and more closely placed upon the 
istem than in Brownii and the bracts, forming 
the whorl, from which- the flowers spring, are 
shorter and broader than in L. Brownii. The 
colour on the back of the- segments does not 
seem to get so intensely dark as it does on 
the typical L. Brownii. The most marked 
distinction is the presence of bulbils in the 
axils of the leaves of L. leucanthum and not 
in tire other. In the matter of cultivation no 
difference of treatment between the two would 
seem to be necessary. 
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. . USEEUL . . 
Garden Devices. 
How to Catch Earwigs. 
The old-fashioned plan is to place pots on 
stakes partly filled with hay or paper, but no 
one will deny that these are most unsightly. 
A better way, as shown in sketch, is to obtain 
some hollow-stemmed growth, as Bean or 
Parsnip stalks. Anything of this nature _ is 
suitable if it can be obtained from six to nine 
inches long. Tie strings to these in the middle, 
' one foot long, making a loop to hang over 
To Catch Earwigs. 
sticks or stakes. Have a little paraffin in a tin, 
and go round every morning, blowing the ear¬ 
wigs into this. This device is hardly seen 
hanging among the foliage, is quicker, and can 
be left on Chrysanthemums after being housed 
when many can be caught. These tubes should 
be saved from year to year. I can only add 
from experience I have destroyed thousands 
in this way. G. Waller. 
, Cock Crow Hill, Ditton Hill, Surbiton. 
Garden Scrapers. 
The season is approaching when scrapers in 
the garden are necessary, more especially when 
the soil is of a sticky character, and if made by 
the diagrams given will not look conspicuous, 
but prove most useful in a well-ordered garden. 
<- 20 *-> 
No 1 is made from iron a quarter-inch thick, 
the top being drawn off chisel shape, and the 
bottom pointed is all that is required. No. 2 
is round bar iron, one inch in diameter, this 
turned as shown, pointed, and the top flattened 
out. Drive into the soil one foot at points 
where most required; here they will last for 
years, and will only need lifting occasionally 
if found to sink too much. 
G. Waller. 
Cock Crow Hill, Ditton Hill, Surbiton. 
THE . . . 
ONION MAGGOT. . . 
HOW TO DEAL WITH IT. 
The above is a subject which seems to be 
a growing evil throughout the country, and 
divers opinions as to cause and remedies have 
been published from time to time, but still 
the pest prevails, until one almost gives up in 
despair. No one, I think, could have been 
more tried than myself, for on several occa¬ 
sions my Onions have come up well, and 
grown to my delight, but alas ! when thinning 
tifne came round I have found the dreaded 
pest in patches all over the bed, and, despite 
all precautions taken, in a short time every¬ 
thing was devoured. 
My experience teaches me that on light 
sandy soil the grub prevails the most, there¬ 
fore I strongly recommend to all those who 
have such to deal with to cover the portion 
of ground to be allotted to Onions the next 
year with clay at the rate of one cartload 
to every four poles of ground ; in many cases 
this is impossible, owing to the lack of that 
commodity in the neighbourhood, but where 
it can be done I am sure it will repay any 
trouble and cost incurred. The soil here is 
of a light sandy nature, and it was always 
considered impossible to grow good Onions 
on it. After a trial and a failure, I obtained 
some clay, and covered the ground in the 
proportion as above, getting it early in 
the autumn, and spreading it all over the 
ground to lay all winter, knocking it about 
after every frost, when it crumbled readily. 
In February the ground was dug deeply, and 
some good stable manure worked in. About 
the first week in March, or as soon as the 
land was dry enough, after being well trodden 
and some- soot raked in, the seed was sown. 
When the plants had got their second leaf, a 
watering was given of a mixture of nitrate 
of soda and common salt in equal propor¬ 
tions, at the rate of a 48-size pot to 40 gal¬ 
lons of water. This was done about three 
times in a fortnight, and afterwards, when 
they began to grow well, the same mixture of 
salt and nitrate of soda was sown thinly 
along the rows and watered in once a week. 
This seems to make the plants grow quickly 
and get strong enough to avoid attack from 
the maggot, although there may still be some 
left. I have about eight poles of Onions ; 
four were treated as above, and the ground 
has had Onions on it for five years. The other 
four poles were treated in the ordinary way, 
and left to take their course. On the clayed 
part there are some bulbs that would measure 
12 in. to 15 in. round ; the other part of the 
ground produced a good crop of picklers. 
I have not used paraffin emulsion myself, 
but I have seen crops saved by it. I do not 
mean to say paraffin kills the grub—I do 
not think anything will—neither do I think 
those who urge its use mean to say it does ; 
it is sprayed on merely to render the plants 
distasteful to the fly to lay its eggs on. _ Sow¬ 
ing under glass is another way to avoid the 
attack, but in the majority of small gardens 
the room cannot be spared. In that case 
they will do well to try the above, and keep 
the plot for Onions for as long a time as they 
will grow well. B. E. G. Bowter. 
Morton Hall Gardens, Swinderby, 
Lincoln. 
