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the matter to you. Tar will not hurt the 
Roses if the stakes are dry before they are 
used. In the case otf those that are hollow, 
you can easily plug them up with a piece of 
wood to keep out insects and then tar them if 
you like. 
3231. Heating a Greenhouse. 
What would be the best way to heat a 
small greenhouse 7 ft. by 10 ft. long with 
door at one end. A friend recommends a 
Beeston independent boiler (cast iron) with 
two rows of 2 in. cast iron spigot and socket 
heating pipes across the end and along each 
side. As I have no experience in these 
matters I should esteem your opinion. 
(Caleb Brown, Renfrewshire.) 
We see no reason why this'boiler which 
you describe should not suit your purpose. 
You want an independent boiler of some sort, 
that is, one which will stand without being 
built up in a brick case and heat the green¬ 
house piping. We presume you will set it 
outside the greenhouse and merely shelter it 
with a wooden or galvanised iron shed or 
case. We should object to boilers of this de¬ 
scription, or any description, being set up 
inside the greenhouse itself, as sulphur 
fumes would in all probability escape from 
the furnace and destroy the foliage of the 
plants. The best plan is to set it up outside 
and merely shelter it with some sort of case 
or box, and take the pipes inside the green¬ 
house. Many suitable boilers are offered in 
our advertising pages from time to time 
heated by coals, coke, gas or oil. Any of 
these can be used for a greenhouse of the 
dimensions you state, and all that we advo¬ 
cate is to have the boiler set outside to avoid 
getting the fumes in the house. Two rows 
of 2 in. piping across one end and along 
each side should heat that greenhouse suffi¬ 
ciently, whatever the weather may be, if the 
stoking is properly carried out. 
NAMES OF PLANTS. 
(R. G.) 1, Helianthus decapetalus; 2, 
Helenium autumnale ; 3, Sapomaria officin¬ 
alis ; 4, Aster Amellus ; 5, Aster acris. 
(D. G. Reed) 1, Lycium barbarum; 2, 
Tilia platyphyllos ; 3, Euonymus europaeus ; 
4, Spiraea japonica Bumalda; 5, Tecoma 
radicans ; 6, Olearia Haastii. 
(M. Wallis) 1, Arabis albida flore pleno; 
2, Campanula caespitosa; 3, Linaria pur¬ 
purea; 4, Linaria vulgaris; 5, Malva mos- 
chata alba ; 6, Coreopsis tinctoria ; 7, Lava- 
tera trimestris. 
(Learner) 1, Polygonum affine; 2, Mira- 
bilis Jalapa (Marvel of Peru) ; 3, Physalis 
Alkekengi; 4, Epilobium angustifolium; 5, 
Artemisia vulgaris. 
(Fred. Miller) 1, Ghicoirium Intybus; 2, 
Common Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) ; 3, 
Thymus Chamaedrys ; 4, Senecio erucifolius. 
NAMES OF FRU8TS . 
(J. Birrell) 1, Apple Lord Nelson (cook¬ 
ing, Nov.); 2, Apple Cellini Pippin (cook¬ 
ing, in season Oct. and Nov.). 
(Chris Hewitt) Apples : 1, Lady Henni- 
ker; 2, Sugar Loaf; 3, Yellow Ingestre; 4, 
Ecklinville Seedling; 5, Irish Peach; 6, 
Cellini Pippin ; 7, Gold Medal; 8, Cox’s 
Orange Pippin ; g, Cat’s Head ; 10, York¬ 
shire Beauty; n, Cat’s Head; 12, Cellini 
Pippin; 13, Fearn’s Pippin; 14, Cox’s 
Orange Pippin; 15, Royal Nonsuch; 16, 
King of the Pippins; 17, Mank’s Codlin; 
18, Hall Door; iq, too small to recognise; 
20, Yorkshire Beauty; 21, Yorkshire Beauty; 
22, Lady Sudeley. (See next week’s issue 
for their uses.) 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Vilmorin-Andrieux et Cie., 4 Quai de la 
Megisserde, Paris.—Catalogue of Flowering 
Bulbs and Strawberries; also Autumn 
Seeds. 
M. H. Sinclair, F.R.H.S., 156a, LInion 
Street, Aberdeen. — Bulbs, Flower Roots, 
Roses, Fruit Trees, etc. 
Barr and Sons, ii, 12 and 13, King 
Street, Covent Garden, London.—Barr’s 
Gold Medal Daffodils; also Barr’s Hya¬ 
cinths, Tulips, Crocuses, Gladioli, etc. 
W. Atlee Burpee and Co., Philadelphia, 
U.S.A.—Three New Spencer Sweet Peas. 
Miss Hemus, F.R.H.S., Holdfast Hall, 
Upton-on-Severn.—Exhibition Sweet Per 
for igog. 
Daniels Bros., Ltd., Norwich.—Cat* 
logue o f Bulbs, Roses, Fruit frees, etc. 
Geo. Cooling and Sons, Bath)—Autuml 
Bulb and Plant List. 
Thomas S. Ware (’02), Ltd., Felthan 
Middlesex.—Catalogue of Dutch, Japane: 
and Home-Grown Bulbs and Roots. 
Ant. Roozen and Son, Overveen N 
Haarlem, Holland.—Catalogue of Choic 
Dutch and Cape Bulbs, etc. 
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Montbrstia. 
Montbretias are excellent for pot 
culture, flowering in August when the 
annuals and Begonias are beginning to 
look shabby. A batch of these is always 
valued. When grown for this purpose 
good bulbs chould be obtained and 
grown on, either in the open or in a 
cold frame. The number of bulbs to 
put in a pot varies according to the 
growth and size, but five in a forty-eight 
is generally ample. Any soil is suit¬ 
able, but good fibrous loam, leaf soil, 
with sand or mortar rubbish sifted, is a 
good compost, using well-drained pots 
and not potting too firmly. When the 
pots get full of roots, liquid manure 
may be given and continued for a short 
period after flowering, so as to get the 
bulbs for next season. As the leaves 
turn yellow, water should be gradually 
withheld until ripened. Potting should 
be attended to in early spring before 
they commence to germinate. 
Guildford. J. M. Stevens. 
Planting- Out Cabbages foe Spring. 
The time is now close at hand when 
many will be engaged in the above 
work. A plan that has been adopted 
for many years successfully by myself 
is as followsThe site chosen was, if 
possible, where Onions grew during the 
summer. After clearing off all weeds 
and hoeing the ground over, a line is 
laid down and drills drawn about two 
inches deep. Give the drills a good 
watering, and leave it to soak down. 
Then jalant 18 inches apart for small 
sorts and 2 feet for large ones in the 
drills, with the same space between the 
drills. Planted like this they can be 
watered more effectively, and when well 
established the drills may be filled up, 
which process will protect the plants 
from high wind and frost. 
H. ROWLES. 
Partridge Green. 
A Beautiful Combination. 
Two years ago I planted the Honey¬ 
suckle, I .onicera japonica, with the ob¬ 
ject of forming an archway over a grass 
path in the garden, but as it made such 
little progress, I decided to plant a 
Clematis Jackmanii, thinking this 
would cover it quicker. I did not rel 
move the Honeysuckle, with the resul 
that it has grown quite vigorously; th 
Clematis, too, has grown strongly, an 
now they are both entwined and quit 
cover the arch, the purple flowers of thi 
Clematis showing conspicuously again; 
the lighter colour foliage of the Hone} 
suckle, and forming a most charmin 
combination. I intend pruning th; 
Clematis close to the ground, as I hav 
found this variety grows much bette 
when so treated. 
Canterbury. MISS Miles. 
Thirips and Begonia Gloire de Lorraine 
Great difficulty is often experience' 
in growing this lovely winter flowerin 
plant, especially in a mixed collectio 1 
of plants. The cause is generalf 
termed rust, which I think is nothin 
else than attacks of yellow thrip: 
Fumigation will kill all the thrips J 
the time, but the egg comes so quickl 
into action, and this plant is so much t 
their liking, that it falls a victim fir; 
among plants. These thrips are. s| 
minute that they may carry on thei 
deadly work unnoticed unless ver 
close observation be kept. One of th 
very best cures as well as preventive) 
is to dip the plants in a mixture of so: 
soap and sulphur, about two ounces < 
each well mixed together, to two ga 
Ions of hot water. Keep the mixtur- 
in motion and luke warm while using 
Stirling, N.B. JIM. 
A Novel Dodge. 
All horticulturists know how difficu 
it is to move Liliums, especially I 
auratum, any gre=at distance withoi 
spoiling the petals by the falling polle 
from the anthers. Recently I waj 
moving some plants of this lovely Lil 
to an exhibition, and suggested th 
cutting away of the anthers as the onl 
means of saving the petals, when 
lady, with the resourcefulness which 
characteristic of her sex, stepped in wit 
a “modus vivendi” which proved moil- 
satisfactory. This was to envelop th 
anthers of each bloom with a small 
square of light muslin and pinning 
with a light pin. 
