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numerous others equally heauti'ful. 
Various climbers such as Ivies (various), 
Pyracantha, Honevsuckle, Roses, and 
Virginian Creeper (the clinging variety, 
Ampelopsis Vetchii being valuable), 
give a strikingly pleasing effect when al¬ 
lowed to ramble over the wall and in and 
out among the other beautiful subjects. 
G. D. R. 
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CROYDON HORTICULTURISTS. 
The seventh annual dinner of the Croy¬ 
don and District Horticultural Mutual Im¬ 
provement Society will be held at the 
Greyhound Hotel, Croydon, on Wednes¬ 
day evening, January 23rd, when the Presi¬ 
dent of the Society, Mr. J. J. Reid, has 
promised to take "the chair. It is hoped 
that every member will make an effort to 
support this function, which in past years 
has proved so eminently successful. 
Tickets (3s. 6d. each) may be obtained from 
the hon. secretary, Mr. Harry Boshier, 62, 
High Street, Croydon. 
MONUMENT to the Late COMTE 
KERCHOVE DE DENTERGHEM. 
Mr. Harman Payne, Foreign Secretary 
of the National Chrysanthemum Society, 
141, Wellmeadow Road, Catford, London, 
S. E., writes as follows:— 
“If there are any of the members of the 
N.C.S. or other readers of your paper 
who are desirous of subscribing to the pro¬ 
posed monument about to be erected to 
the memory of this distinguished horticul¬ 
turist, I shall be glad to receive donations 
as a member of the International Com¬ 
mittee appointed for that purpose.” 
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Seed Disposal of Water Plants.— 
T. ord Avebury, in his “ British Flowering 
Plants,” observes that water plants do not 
develop wings or parachutes. While it 
is true that water plants are by the nature 
of their surroundings usually dependent 
upon the water for distributing their 
seeds, we must not forget, comments 
“ The American Botanist,” that Cat-tails, 
Cotton-grass, and Willows at least do 
have seeds modified for wind distribution. 
No doubt the list could be greatly 
lengthened by a careful survey of other 
water plants. 
“My Garden Diary for 1907.” — 
Under this heading Messrs. Sutton and 
Sons, 1 Reading, have issued a very useful 
diary for some years past, and the present 
one is as full of information as ever. The 
covers are adorned by coloured illustra¬ 
tions of Miss Jekyll’s strain of bunch 
Primroses, that is, Polyanthuses, grown in 
her garden at Munstead Wood, Godal- 
mmg. Turning to the reminders for Janu¬ 
ary, we note that hints are given for deal¬ 
ing with Peas, Dwarf Beans, Cucumbers, 
Melons, Tomatos, Carrots, Turnips, 
Radishes, Cabbages, Onions, long pod 
Beans and Spinach. Early' flowers can be 
had from plants raised from seeds of a 
great variety of subjects at the present 
time. Various tubers can be started, and 
lawns may- be put in order. 
Fruit Growing 
for Amateurs. 
2. APRICOTS—(Contd.) 
Indoor Culture. — Although Apricots 
grow and fruit freely under glass, the 
trees will not stand much forcing. The 
planting and training must be just the 
same as if the trees were grown outside, 
but there must not be any attempt at 
forcing. 
Throughout the winter the house should 
be kept cool. When the flowers open 
lessen the amount of air admitted, but 
leave sufficient to cause a buoyant atmos¬ 
phere. 
Close the ventilators still more while 
the fruit is young and swelling, but ad¬ 
mit air very freely while the latter is 
ripening, and have the ventilators open a 
few inches throughout the night. 
Disbudding. —Thin out the shoots 
while they are quite y-oung. Leave those 
of medium strength and well-placed, but 
remove all which grow at right angles 
from the wall, downwards, or towards the 
wall. 
On old-established trees about two 
young shoots will be sufficient to leave 
on each spur, and these should he 
shortened to within 5 inches of their base 
at the end of July. 
Thinning the Fruit.— Commence to 
thin the young fruits when they are about 
the size of large marrow-fat Peas, and 
finish as soon as stoning is over, as while 
the fruits are stoning they are not swel¬ 
ling. Three parts of the number should 
be removed before the stoning process, 
and one part immediately- after. 
A full'crop will be one where there is 
one fruit to every- 9 square inches of tree 
surface. 
Watering.- Keep the soil in a uniform 
state as regards moisture; if it is allowed 
to get very dry and then freely watered, 
the fruit would split wholesale. Weak 
doses of manure water may be given 
while the fruit is swelling, laut not when 
it is ripening. 
Gumming.- Whole branches, and some¬ 
times entire trees, are lost through “ gum¬ 
ming.” A thick gum will exude from 
any wound, or break, in the bark of a 
branch, and form into a thicker and 
harder substance on the branch. The 
sap vessels being bruised they do not per¬ 
form their proper functions, so that, in 
time, the branch dies. Some varieties 
are more liable to “gumming” than 
others, notably that grand variety Moor 
Park, just as some varieties of Apples 
and Pears are given to canker. 
Very gross shoots should be removed 
from Apricot trees, while they are quite 
young, as the following y-ear such, if re¬ 
tained, would probably, fall a victim to 
“gumming.” So it will be a wise plan 
to select and retain the medium sized 
branches and reject the weakest and those 
which are gross and sappy-. 
Brown Scale infests Apricot trees, and 
should be ruthlessly destroyed. In winter 
time wash the branches — the portion 
where there are not any- buds—with an 
approved insecticide, and watch for 
ihdividual scale in spring and destroy i 
by hand. 
From the time the fruit is gatherec 
until the leaves fade syringe the tree: 
sufficiently to keep them thoroughly 
clean. Too often they- are neglected ii 
this respect, and then the leaves am 
branches become encrusted with din 
Avoid this. 
In the southern counties the varieu 
Breda may- be freely- grown as a bush 0 
standard. Though the fruits are small 
they are richly flavoured and freely pro 
duoed. 
Exhibiting. — A green-coloured Apri¬ 
cot will not do for show purposes; it mus 
be of high colour, w-hich denotes gooc 
quality. And all fruits show-u must bi 
ripe on both sides and even in shape. 
Nine fruits form a dish. 
They should be show-n on plates, witl 
leaves, like Apples. 
Some Good Varieties for a Medium 
sized Garden:— 
July and August. 
Early Moorpark. Kaisha. 
New Large Early. Shipleys. 
Large Early. Frogmore Early. 
Hemskirk. Breda. 
September. 
Moor Park. Large Red. 
Beauge. Pow-ell’s Late. 
A Selection for a Small Garden :- 
New Large Early-. Hemskirk. 
Moor Park. Powell’s Late. 
G. 
Horticultural Societies’ 
Diary 
of Forthcoming Meetings. 
Abbreviations used. 
A.—Association 
Am. — Amateurs 
Chy. — Chrysanthemum 
c.m.—Committee meeting 
Cott.—Cottage or Cottagers 
D.—District 
G.—Gardening or gardener 
H.—Horticultural 
M.I.—Mutual ImproV' 
ment 
m.m.—Monthly meeting 
S.—Society 
w.m.—Weekly meeting 
Thus : — The Templeton G. Am. and r ott. M.I.H. 
Gardeners, Amateurs’ and Cottagers’ Mutual Improvt 
ment Horticultural Society. 
January. 
28th. — Horsforth G. M. I. S. (w.m.). 
31st.—Southampton R. H. S. (m.m.); Soutl 
Shields FI. and H. S. (m.m.) ; Lee 
Blackheath, Lewisham and West Ken 
H. S. (m.m.). 
. February. 
1st. — Gaterham H. S. (m.m.). 
2nd. — Preston and D. G. M. I. A. (mm.) 
Isle of Wight H. A. (m.m.); Black 
burn and D. H. S. (m.m.); Leed: 
Paxton S. (w.m.). 
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Garden Shelters for the Sickly 
—If people only- knew, writes Dr. Gordor 
Stables, the advantages that accrue frotr 
such, every- house that has a garden at 
tached thereto should possess such a con 
trivance. Inexpensive ones, I am sure 
could be easily made by- one’s own car 
penter, o!r by any handy- man. It shoulc 
be revolving, of course, so that while pro 
tected from high w-inds and wet the 
invalid can have abundance of fresh aii 
and sunshine. The seat should be broat 
and long, and as easy as possible, becausi 
often it is a great treat to. be able to pu' 
the legs up. A canvas cot would be ever 
better, for then one could enjofy- that mosl 
healthful of all treats, a good nap in the 
open air. 
I. 
