January 23, 1909. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
53 
fd something similar to a grub without 
I s inside. 
;72. Grubs on Onions and Carrots. 
ivery year my Onions and Carrots get 
rch damaged by grubs, and I would like 
tknow how they can be eradicated, if pos- 
s le. About May the Onions begin to fall 
or, and they never get up again. The 
jives of the Carrots turn yellow, and they 
n-er come to anything. Is there any cure 
f this? (S. B., Stafford.) 
v T o doubt the soil is full of the resting 
s ge of the insects that attack the Onions 
al Carrots. As a commencement, to get 
r of them or reduce their numbers, you 
s uld trench the ground 2^ ft. deep, turning 
t top spit into the bottom and giving a 
dssing of gas lime while trenching. In 
a j case it should be in the soil two months 
bore sowing, to avoid any danger to the 
Cions or Carrots. It would be well worth 
t ing some of the remedies, such as “ Kilo- 
P!b ” and “ Alphol,” advertised in our 
p res. They are not injurious to plant life, 
al should” therefore, be dug abou' 6 in. 
i d the soil before or when you are about 
t sow the Onions and Carrots. A good 
?ting of those same remedies put round 
t growing plants about the beginning of 
j.y and repeated at intervals of a fortnight 
vuld do much in keeping the flies from 
1 ing their eggs on the young plants. Be- 
ses the specimens which may be in your 
jmnd, the perfect fly, no doubt, comes from 
oer gardens in the neighbourhood, thus, 
t some extent, making your remedies in- 
e active. But by the use of these strong- 
SBlling remedies they may be prevented 
fm laving their eggs. Paraffin has some- 
t ies been used with good effect for the same 
f -pose, but these remedies are safer to 
Hdle and less disagreeable than paraffin. 
I11 might well give them a trial. 
NAMES OF PLANTS . 
(II. S. P.) Euphorbia Characias, a native 
of Europe and sometimes cultivated in Bri¬ 
tish gardens. 
(W. Woods) 1, Hamamelis arborea; 2, 
Pernettya mucronata; 3, Gaultheria pro 
cumbens. 
(S. M- D.) 1, Erica carnea; 2, Viburnum 
Tinus; 3, Veronica Traversii. 
(Wm. Davis) 1, Pteris tremula; 2, Fatsia 
japonica, often named Aralia Sieboldii; 3, 
Pteris cretica umbrosa; 4, Echeveria secunda 
glauca. 
(J. Wells) 1, Euonymus japonicus aureus; 
2, Euonymus japonicus latifolius aureus; 3, 
some species of Dogwood, probably Cornus 
alba sibirica; 4, Viburnum Tinus; 5, 
Butcher’s Broom (Ruscus aculeatus). 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Barr and Sons, 11, 12 and 13, King Street, 
Covent Garden, London.—Barr’s Seed 
Guide. 
Toogood and Sons, The King’s Seed 
Growers, Southampton.—Garden Seeds. 
Geo. Cooling and Sons, Bath.—Catalogue 
of Garden Seeds. 
Daniels Bros., Ltd., Seed Growers and 
Nurserymen, Norwich.—Illustrated Guide 
for Amateur Growers. 
Robert Sydenham, Tenby Street, Birming¬ 
ham.—Unique List of Vegetable and Flower 
Seeds. 
Blackmore and Laxgdon, Twerton Hill 
Nursery, Bath.—Catalogue of Begonias, 
Carnations, etc. 
Agricultural and Horticultural Associa¬ 
tion, Ltd., 92, Long Acre, London, W.C.— 
One and All Seeds, 
McHattie and Co., Seed Merchants and 
Nurserymen, Chester.—Garden Seeds. 
James Carter and Co., 237, 238 and 97, 
High Ilolborn, London.—Garden and 
Lawns. 
Howden and Co., Inverness.—Seeds. 
Herd Bros., Seed Merchants, Penrith. — 
Herd’s Catalogue of Garden and Flower 
Seeds. 
-- 
Southampton R.H.S. 
We have received a copy of the 47th 
annual report, etc., for 1908, of the 
Southampton Royal Horticultural So¬ 
ciety, from which it appears that the in¬ 
crease in the number of subscribers dur¬ 
ing the past twelve months is most en¬ 
couraging, the subscriptions to the seve¬ 
ral funds amounting to upwards of ^400. 
The exhibition arrangements for 1909 in¬ 
clude a Rose Show (and miscellaneous 
exhibits) at the County Cricket Ground, 
on June 29th and 30th; a Carnation Show 
(and exhibits of Sweet Peas) at the Royal 
Pier, on July 23rd; and a Chrysanthe¬ 
mum and Fruit Show on November 9th 
and 10th. The secretary is Mr. C. S. 
Fuidge, 7, Silverdale Road, Archers 
Road, Southampton. 
The Only British Vineyard. 
The Vine flourished under field cultiva¬ 
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believed that the only recognised Vine¬ 
yard now existing is that planted by the 
Marquis of Bute at Cardiff Castle in 1875. 
Since then these Vines have produced 
enormous crops, and the wine has been 
pronounced by experts to resemble a first- 
class still champagne. 
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