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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
January ix, 1908. 
Your chances of a good crop are probably 
not very great, considering that at least some 
>f the Peas have already been extracted. 
Make another sowing in January or Feb¬ 
ruary, but previous to sowing them get some 
red lead, mix it with water and roll the Peas 
in that. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
2510. Paradise Stocks. 
(1) Will you please inform me what Para¬ 
dise Stock is, and how it is produced ? (2) 
Can you tell me the price of Paradise 
Stocks and where I can obtain them? (G. C., 
Basford, Notts.) 
(1) There are several kinds of Paradise 
Stocks, but you should either get the English 
Paradise or the Doucin, which some regard 
as a Paradise Stock. They are simply varie¬ 
ties of Apples that have been selected be¬ 
cause they are of moderate growth and pro¬ 
duce plenty of fibrous roots near the surface. 
For instance, it is stated that the English 
Paradise, or one of them, was selected from 
seedlings of Apple Nonesuch by the late Mr. 
Rivers. Except for pot work, the French 
Paradise would be useless, as that is still 
smaller and scarcely vigorous enough for 
trees in the open garden. (2) It would be 
necessary to get a wholesale price list in 
order to get at the price of Paradise Stocks. 
We cannot find that our nurserymen offer 
Paradise Stocks for sale. Usually they buy 
for their own use only. As a rule, there 
would be very little demand for these stocks 
in private gardens, owing to the lack of 
time and the length of time gardeners would 
require to wait to get trees grafted and 
brought to fruiting size. Several nursery¬ 
men offer grafts at a much lower price than 
trees, and presumably there is some demand 
for this sort of thing for the grafting of old 
trees or bad varieties already in the garden. 
2511. Books. 
Kindly oblige with price list of books on 
practical gardening. (Watson and Scull, 
(Middlesex.) 
The books published from this office on 
horticulture are : “ Select Carnations, 
Picotees, and Pinks,” price 2s. 3d., in boards, 
and 2S. qd. in cloth, post free; “Chrysanthe¬ 
mums : A Manual for Exhibitors,” is. 2d. 
post free; “The Fifty Best Roses”; “Se¬ 
lect Annuals and Biennials”; and “Select 
Dahlias and Their Cultivation by Ama¬ 
teurs,” these three being obtainable for i^d. 
each post free. 
2512. County Council Horticultural 
instructor. 
Will you kindly give me any information 
you can as to the necessary qualifications 
for a County Council horticultural instruc¬ 
tor? Is there any age limit? What exami¬ 
nations have to be passed, when and where 
held, etc. ? Am I trespassing too much on 
your space to ask you also the same ques¬ 
tions relative to positions at Kew ? (Parr, 
Essex.) 
As far as we are aware, the qualifications 
for lecturing under the County Council on 
horticultural subjects have never been fixed 
down by any particular set of rules. Ability 
is the main thing. Ifi the first place, it is 
necessary to have a practical knowledge of 
gardening ; in the second place, to be well 
instructed in all matters relating thereto; 
and, in the third place, you would have to 
be able to give lectures on the subject. In 
order to fit yourself for such a position it 
would be necessary to engage as a gardener 
in some good garden or nursery in order to 
get the necessary practical experience. At 
the same time, you would have to utilise 
your time in the evenings by studying at 
some class, such as those at the Technical 
Laboratories, Chelmsford, or elsewhere, if 
a school happens to be suitable for you. Be¬ 
sides passing an examination at such a school 
it would be well also to pass the R.H.S. 
examination. From that point of view you 
should apply to the Secretary, Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society, Vincent Square, West¬ 
minster, London, for a syllabus of the ex¬ 
aminations in horticulture. We presume, 
also, that you would have to practice lec¬ 
turing at some school or in some mutual im¬ 
provement association, so as to fit you gene¬ 
rally for the work you propose. The sylla¬ 
bus will tell you when the examination will 
be held, and if no examination has yet been 
held a.t the school you attend, no doubt it 
could be arranged with that body locally. 
The syllabus will give you instructions 
also upon how to arrange for this. There 
is no age limit as far as our experience goes. 
To take up a position at Kew, you should be 
between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five 
and have had about five years’ experience in 
good gardens in some part of the country. 
Even then you would have to wait possibly 
until a vacancy occurs. The best way to 
ascertain about this would be to apply to 
the Curator, Mr. W. Watson, Royal Gardens, 
Kew, for the preliminary syllabus of quali¬ 
fications required of young men wishing to 
go there. 
NAMES OF PLANTS . 
(R. G.) 1, Acacia dealbata; 2, Hyacinthus 
orientalis albulus (Roman Hyacinth); 3, 
Ophiopogon Jaburan variegatus; 4, Aspara¬ 
gus Sprengeri. 
(T. Davis) 1, Cotoneastei microphylla; 2, 
Cotoneaster Simonsii; 3, Crataegus Pyracan- 
tha; 4, Ligustrum ovalifol.ium foliis aureis 
(Golden Privet); 5, Viburnum Tinus; 6, 
Euonymus japonicus aureus. 
(S. M. Ward) 1, Onychium japonicum; 2, 
Lomaria gibba; 3, Blechnum occidentale; 
4, Pteris cretica albo-lineata; 5, Selaginella 
emiliana. 
(A. D. R.) 1, Gasteria verrucosa; 2, Sela¬ 
ginella Kraussiana Brownii; 3, Ornitho- 
galum longibracteatum ; 4, Nepeta Glechoma 
variegata; 5, CIleytera japonica variegata, 
better known as Eurya latifolia variegata; 
6, Primula obconica; 7, Pelargonium 
Radula. 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
John A. Laing, Seal Chart, Sevenoaks, 
Kent.—Seed List—Vegetable and Flower 
Seeds, Sundries, etc. 
The Agricultural and Horticultural 
Association, Ltd., 92, Long Acre, London, 
W.C.—One and All Seeds. 
Webb and Sons, Wordsley, Stourbridge.—■ 
Webb’s Catalogue of Seeds. 
Toogood and Sons, The King’s Seed 
Growers, Southampton.—The Best Garden 
Seeds that Grow. 
Dickson, Brown and Tait, 43 and 45, 
Corporation Street, Manchester.—Garden 
Seeds. 
W. Wells and Co., Ltd., Merstham. 
Surrey.—Special List of Novelties : a Sup¬ 
plement to the Descriptive Catalogue. 
Dicksons, Royal Seed Warehouses, 
Chester.—Garden Seeds, etc. 
Horace J. Wright, 32, Dault Road, 
Wandsworth, London, S.W. Catalogue of 
Sweet Peas, Vegetables and Flower Seeds. 
Robert Sydenham, Tenby Street, Birming¬ 
ham.—Unique List of the Best Vegetable 
and P'lower Seeds. 
Fisher, Son and Sibray, Ltd., Royal 
Nurseries, Handsworth, Sheffield.—P'isher’s 
Seeds. 
Wm. Fell and Co. .(Hexham), Lid., Royal 
Seed and Nursery Establishment, Hexham. 
Garden Seeds. 
Fidler and Sons, Royal Berkshire Seed 
Stores, Reading.—Catalogue of Vegetable 
and Flower Seeds. 
Wm. Cutbush and Son, Highgate, Lon¬ 
don.—Catalogue of Seeds. 
D. Stalker and Son, The Nurseries, Bal¬ 
moral House, Nairn, N.B.—Catalogue of 
Vegetable and P'lower Seeds; also General 
Catalogue of Forest Trees, Conifers, Shrubs, 
Roses, Fruit Trees, etc. 
David W. Thomson, 113, George Street, 
Edinburgh.—Garden Seeds. 
McHattie and Co., Seed merchants and 
Nurserymen, Chester.—Garden Seeds. 
Carl Beck and Company, Samenbau and 
Samengrosshandlung, Quedlinburg, Ger¬ 
many.—Wholesale Seed Price Catalogue. 
Frederick Roemer, Quedlinburg, Ger¬ 
many.—Catalogue of Choice German Flower 
and Garden Seeds. 
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National Dahlia Society. 
The annual general meeting of the 
above society was held on December 17th. 
when the report of the committee and 
balance-sheet were read and adopted. 
The show is to be held at the R.H.S. Hall 
on September 3rd instead of at the Crystal 
Palace as formerly. Mr. G. Gordon pre¬ 
sided in the absence of Mr. Mawley, 
through a bad cold. The secretary, Mr. 
H. L. Brousson, resigned his position 
through pressure of private work, and was 
thanked very warmly for his services dur¬ 
ing the past three years. Mr. H. H. 
Thomas (“The Gardener”) was appointed 
hon. secretary in his place, and Mr. 
Brousson was elected a vice-president. 
Dr. Appleton, of Beverley, Yorks, and 
Mr. J. Bryant, of Salisbury (both 
amateurs) were elected on the committee, 
also Mr. H. Walker, in place of Mr. S. 
Walker, deceased, representing the firm 
of John Walker. 
ADVERTISERS’ OPINIONS. 
To Advertisement Manager, “ Gardening World.” 
Dear Sir,—We would take it as a favour if you would put an artiole 
in your paper, asking persons who reply to advertisements TO WRITE 
PLAINLY. Our advertisement is doing very well in your paper, but we 
find it irritating to receive letters which are quite unreadable. Others 
forget to put their name, and often we receive orders from people who 
give no postal town, and then make a noise when their parcel is not sent 
by return. Yours faithfully, pro JOHN GREENLEES, P.S. 
To Editor, “Gardening World.” 
Dear Sir,—Please accept our best personal thanks for your very neat, 
useful, got-up Gardening Pocket Diary for 1908; we consider it a first-class 
production, and very nice indeed, and we appreciate it very much; your 
kind stamped receipt also safely to hand. We are certain you will make a 
good job of our little advertisement, giving it as good a position as you can. 
Thanking you in anticipation, and wi*Mng you a most prosperous 1908. 
Believe us to be, dear sir, Yours faithfully ( D. STALKER & SON, W.J.S. 
