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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
June 6, igoS. 
For Teas not intended for exhibition 
you will increase their beauty by leaving 
a bud or two. As a rule only those buds 
immediately around the centre one need 
be removed. 
Pests. 
The number of caterpillars is lessening, 
but those left behind attack the buds, and 
are therefore more dangerous. They 
should be sought out and promptly de¬ 
stroyed. Green fly and mildew must be 
dealt with as soon as they begin to ap¬ 
pear. For thrips, and in very dry 
weather, syringe (especially Teas and 
light-coloured Roses) every evening until 
the petals begin to show. Very close 
watching is necessary to prevent the 
ravages of the Rose maggot. Syringe 
constantly ; a little ammonia Or tobacco 
in the water is good for killing green fly. 
Thf^ aphis brush is a useful necessity. 
Watering. 
If the weather is very dry watering is 
necessary, but it had better be left alone 
unless you give the plants (as far as the 
roots extend) a good soaking. Hoe the 
ground the day after rain, or watering, or 
applying liquid manure. This is most 
important, for when the sun- shines on 
the thoroughly soaked ground in summer 
it causes it to crack even before the top 
is quite dry. As soon as you can work 
it with the’ hoe get the surface dry and 
as line and powdery as possible, for this 
conserves the moisturei, which rapidly 
escapes from the cracks. Washing the 
entire plant with a spray of weak sulphate 
of iron in solution (one quarter ounce t-o 
the gallon) not only removes the dust and 
so forth from bark, petals, and on and 
under the leaves, but it also has a bene¬ 
ficial tonic effect on every atom of the 
plant. 
Manuring. 
As the plants are now rapidly exhaust¬ 
ing their strength in their efforts towards 
reproduction by means of seeding and 
suckers, so it constantly needs renewing 
by feeding with suitable liquid manures. 
Except on poor, gravelly soil, it is a mis¬ 
take to apply top-dressings of solid 
manure, as they prevent the sun and air 
acting on the roots, and the strength of 
the plant is exhausted in striving to assi¬ 
milate such solid food as is washed down 
to them. (On the soil referred to surface 
dressings act as a mulch, which helps the 
action of liquid manures.) But even were 
the roots strong enough to assimilate this 
kind of food, it is difficult now to get it 
down to than; but with liquid manure 
we can surrriount these difficulties, being 
able to give it when needed and to with¬ 
hold it when it is not required. 
Roses require most manure when the 
tiny buds are beginning to form, for all 
the powers of the plant are being devoted 
to produce blooms ; therefore that is the 
time in which to feed them with a lavish 
hand. There is no fear of making the 
plants coarse, as we can always find room 
for superfluous energy. Drainings from 
cow-sheds and pigsties, together or sepa¬ 
rate, are admirable manures for present 
use, but stable manure, unless well di¬ 
luted, is too strong. Always apply liquid 
manure, not when the ground is dry, but 
after either a good watering or after ram. 
Give much more to strong plants than 
to weak ones, as their extra vigour re¬ 
quires more to sustain it, whilst the weak 
ones can only assimilate a much less 
quantity. 
Of artificial manures sulphate of am¬ 
monia and superphosphate, used mode¬ 
rately, are the most important, with ni¬ 
trate of potash as an occasional stimu¬ 
lant. 
Routine Work. 
Raffia and stakes should be kept handy, 
and you must see that the heavy branches 
are properly supported. Standards and 
pillars must'have their stakes seen to, that 
they may be kept secure. Weak growing 
shoots should be tied up and regulated. 
All flowers which are getting past their 
best form and all defective and faded 
flowers should be removed. On no ac¬ 
count let seed vessels form, as they 
shorten the time of blooming. Cut back 
perpetuals or autumnals as soon as all 
the flowers of the branch are expanded to 
the most prominent vertical eye. Roses 
which are apt to burn or spoil by excessive 
sunshine should be shaded during the ho 
test part of the day. 
The exhibitor must wrap his buds i 
paper for dry weather, use protectih 
cones for heavy rains, get ready his boxe 
tubes, trays, moss, labels and wires, ar 
be constantly on the watch or his be 
bloom may be spoilt by a caterpillar, 
gust of wind or a shower of rain. 
Under Glass. 
The new shoots of Marechal Ni 
should be thinned and trained up und 
the wires. Forward stocks may be bu 
ded from Roses on walls or grafted plant 
Roses in pots should be hardened off f 
planting out towards the middle of tl 
month. You will often find it a go* 
plan to put the pot in the hole, break 
and pick out the pieces, so as not to d 
turb the roots. 
Somerset. Baynton-Taylor. 
Nymphaea William Doogue. 
Maclaren and Son 
TWO WHITE 
- Water Irilies. - 
Cultivators of aquatics were, up to a 
certain time, satisfied with hardy Water 
Lilies of various colours, no matter what 
their shape. Since a number of varieties 
had been obtained, the next idea was to 
get blooms with broader petals so as to 
give them a more massive appearance. A 
very fine one is Nymphaea gladstoniana, 
which for some time was regarded as the 
finest of hardy Water Lilies on account 
of the great breadth and number of its 
petals. It has been excelled, however, 
by the. more recently raised William 
Doogue, an American variety. The ac¬ 
companying illustration shows a very 
much reduced flower of this variety 1 ) 
its broad, blunt petals. May' or Jun 1= 
the time for transplanting Water Li:-, 
so as to get them established when G 
commence growing. May would, 0 
course, give a longer season in this cun- 
try than if the planter waits until .pe¬ 
lf the rhizomes or tubers, as the case P 
be, are just commencing to grow, G 
soon get established in the fresh soil. 
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Donation to the Gardeners’ Royal Bene\ ent 
Institution. 
Sir Frank Crisp, L.L.B., JP-> 
kindly forwarded the sum of £31 
in aid of the £unds of the Gardens 
Royal Benevolent Institution, being ' 11 
portion of the proceeds of admission 
received for opening Friar Park, He . 
on-Thames, to visitors. 
