he Gardening World, August 29, 1908. 
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Certain districts of Paris have been 
suffering from a plague of black flies, 
which are said to prefer districts where 
there are shrubs and pots of flowers. 
A New Remedy for Caterpillars and Slugs. 
A writer in a German paper says that 
every caterpillar and slug has disap¬ 
peared from his garden since he allowed 
his boy to ride a motor bicycle round the 
garden. He is convinced that the exhaust 
fumes from the engine acted as a cater¬ 
pillar destroyer, and he has never seen 
his garden with such a show of fruit and 
flowers. 
Honeysuckle. 
An Amateur’s Letter to Amateurs. 
MOTTO FOR THE WEEK: 
“ In August comes fruits of sorts—Plums, 
ipricots, Barberries, Filberts.”— Bacon. 
CONTENTS . 
Amateur's Letter to Amateurs, An... 553 
3egonias, Foliage (illus.) . 555 
3order, An Effective .5°5 
Colour Effect in the Garden .55° 
Competition Awards .554 
Competition, Prize Letter . 55° 
Cyclamens, The Culture of. 5°° 
inquire Within . Sy 
Ferns for Exhibition .. 5°5 
Flower Garden, The (illus.). 559 
Fruit Garden, The (illus.). 5°° 
Gold Producing Soil . 5°5 
Greenhouse, The Amateur s. 5°° 
Helenium autumnale cupreum . 559 
Kitchen Garden, The (illus.) . 5*)° 
Grchids for Amateurs . 5°° 
Gswego Tea ... 5 ^ 
Polemonium, A Dwarf (illus.) . 557 
Pelargoniums (Zonal) and their Cul¬ 
ture . 554 
Rosa Andersoni . 5°° 
Roses at Wisley . 55 b 
Schizanthus, The Culture of the.• 559 
Tomato Culture for Amateurs (illus.) 55 b 
Watering Pot Plants . 554 
Work of the Week (illus.) . 559 
Yarrow, Huter’s (illus.) . 557 
CLVIII. 
Already we are standing face to face 
with the early autumn work, and as we 
find room, so I think it is a capital plan 
to get into place as soon as possible any 
seedling perennial plants we may have 
been rearing through the summer. Of 
course, there is no immediate hurry; all 
the same, Wallflowers, Valerian, and 
many other subjects will greatly benefit 
by being transplanted to their flowering 
quarters as soon as the opportunity' arises. 
Even if we do not attempt much planting 
at present, every cool showery interlude 
should be seized upon- eagerly for mov¬ 
ing or settling plants that have been 
raised, as they get forward at once under 
these favourable conditions of soil and 
atmosphere. I often think the novice is 
too- timid in moving plants in what he 
calls “out of season.” I know that many 
a kindly offer of a piece of this, or a root 
of that is refused with the words, “but 
this is not the time to move it, is it ? ” 
I believe almost all plants can be moved 
at almost any time if due precautions be 
taken as to watering and shading from 
you put in afterwards well round it, then 
Avater this top soil, and if necessary shade 
the plant from sunshine.” 
The Use of Cloches. 
Since interest has been so widely roused 
by all that has been written and done 
on French gardening methods in Eng¬ 
land, rve begin to see advertisements once 
more of cloches, or bell glasses, for sale. 
And I Avant to say that, quite apart from 
all French methods, a feiv of these cloches 
are of the greatest assistance to amateur 
gardeners. They' can be used to put OA'er 
cuttings that it may be desirable to keep 
close for a time, they can be put OA'er a 
newly transplanted plant and shaded for 
a feAV days Avith a mat throAvn over. In¬ 
deed there are a hundred and one uses 
to Avhich they can be put, and I belieA'e 
I am right in saying that they can at the 
present time be procured for one shilling 
and sixpence delivered. 
The Honeysuckle. 
The Honeysuckle (Lonicera) may be a 
homely and familiar subject, and yet I 
do not like to think of any English gar¬ 
Preserving Florvers. 
Get some clean sand and thoroughly 
dry it in the oven. W hen cool put some 
of it in a pan and run the stems of the 
flowers down into it, arranging them so 
that the blossoms shall not touch each 
other. Then sprinkle sand gently over 
them till they' are completely' buried. If 
the sand is entirely dry AA'hen used it will 
before long absorb all the moisture from 
the flowers, leaving them in their natural 
state and with their bright original 
colours. 
hot sunshine. An experienced old gar¬ 
dener once said to me, “Make a mud pie 
for them, and the plants will take no 
harm though it be the height of summer 
and they are in full floAver.” He AA'ent on 
to explain the “mud pie” more in detail. 
Dig a good many inches deeper than your 
plant is to go, and empty a can of Avater 
into the hole, stirring up some soil well 
into the moisture, and leave it for an hour 
or tAvo that all the water may be absorbed. 
Put the plant into this, and tread the soil 
den with no Honeysuckle growing in it. 
Hoaa' Avondrously beautiful it is, and hoAA' 
rare among floral forms! and the colour¬ 
ing, again, subtly and mysteriously deli¬ 
cate and tender, and among the hundreds 
of fragrant florvers in the AA'orld there is 
scarcely another SAA'eeter, more haunting, 
more treasurable in its fragrance than 
this. To my mind it is never more 
happily placed than Avhen growing round 
a AvindoAv. I shoAV it you thus. Here it is 
about a low bow window, scenting the AA'hole 
