THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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Fruit Growing 
3 . CHERRIES. 
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for Amateurs. 
February 16, 1907. 
productive of the best effect arranged in 
this fashion. The ultimate result depends 
upon how he manipulates the flowers and 
places them. In floral decorations there 
is always the widest scope for taste and 
ingenuity in this sort of work so as to give 
novelty even with the same kind of flowers 
which have often 'been used before. 
This form of decoration could be car¬ 
ried out with some of our border Car¬ 
nations where the stems lend themselves 
for such a purpose, but hitherto the tree 
varieties which bloom in winter could 
only be cut with relatively short stems. 
The leading qualities desired in these 
American Carnations is size, form of 
bloom, a good calyx that will open regu¬ 
larly without splitting, and a long stem 
which can he cut for decorative purposes. 
Where short stems are required these 
long ones can always be cut to suit the 
purpose, while, on the other hand, those 
with short stems cannot well be length¬ 
ened without giving them an artificial 
appearance. Another and a leading fea¬ 
ture in their favour is that they flower 
during the autumn, winter and spring 
months, thus bridging over half of the 
year with Carnation flowers. 
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Carnation 
. . . MARMION. 
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Mr. H. Burnett, St. Margaret’s Vineries, 
Forest Road, Guernsey, writes as fol¬ 
lows:—“You omitted to state that Mar- 
mion was raised by me. Marmion is not 
a Malmaison, though of that type, but is 
a true winter flowering tree Carnation, 
and is a seedling from two American 
varieties, one of the parents being Mrs. 
T. W. Lawson. During the spring and 
summer, and on the old plant during 
winter (two years old), the flowers come 
much more intense in colour, almost scar¬ 
let, and nearly lose the white pijcotee 
edge.” 
Culture in Houses.—T rees, or rather 
bushes and pyramids in pots and tubs, are 
very profitable when grown in suitable 
houses. And suitable structures are those 
erected in a plain manner with plenty of 
light and air admitted. Feeding must, of 
course, be carried out judiciously as the 
roots are restricted in the pots, and extra 
care must be taken as regards ordinary 
watering, otherwise the training and treat¬ 
ment generally should be the same as ad¬ 
vised in the case of outside trees. Nets 
or open muslin gauze will, if fastened 
over the ventilators, keep the birds and 
wasps away from the fruit. 
Exhibiting Cherries. — Gather the 
Cherries with the stalks attached. Fifty 
form a dish, and these should possess 
good flavour, be Large and of brilliantly 
clear colour, and with fresh green stalks, 
not shrivelled ones. Set up the Cherries 
in pyramidal form on a plate neatly 
covered with nice green leaves. 
Insect Pests. —Black aphis infests the 
young shoots in spring, and if they are 
left undisturbed they quickly ruin the 
branches. There are two ways of getting 
rid of these pests. First, by dipping the 
shoots in a vessel of tobacco water; 
second, by scattering tobacco powder on 
th£ shoots so infested and then syringing 
off both aphis and powder' after the lapse 
of two hours. 
Red spider soon cripples Cherry Trees 
by abstracting the juice from the under 
portion of the leaves. When you see the 
leaves turning yellow or brown you may 
be pretty sure that red spider is the 
cause. But the enemy should not be 
allowed to gain such a footing as to make 
its presence so apparent. Well syringe 
the foliage every day, forcibly driving the 
water beneath the leaves so as to 
thoroughly moisten every part. This will 
prevent the insects lodging on the leaves 
as they do not thrive in a moist place, but 
in a dry, warm one. 
Gumming. - This is an exudation of 
gum from a branch. If you bruise a 
healthy branch in any way, such as hit¬ 
ting it with a hammer, twisting a young 
branch, or allowing the head of a nail, or 
a wore to become embedded in one, gum¬ 
ming will probably result. But even 
where there are no outward signs of bruis¬ 
ing, gum will sometimes exude. A 
branch badly affected should be entirely 
cut out. 
The very best way of preventing gum¬ 
ming is to grow the trees in soil of medium 
richness, and so obtain branches of 
medium strength. Very gross shoots 
often “gum,” and so prove useless to the 
grower. 
A Select List of Varieties. 
June. — E arly Rivers, Belle d’Orleans, 
Early Red Bigarreau, WerdePs Early 
Black, Elton, Governor Wood, Black 
Eagle, and Black Heart. 
July and August. —Knight’s Early 
Black. Arch Duke, Bigarreau Napoleon, 
Jeffreys Duke, Large Red Bigarreau, Late 
Black Bigarreau, Late Duke, May Duke, 
Florence, Royal Duke, Bigarreau, White 
Heart, and Morello. 
A Select List for Market. 
Early Red Bigarreau, Elton, Black 
Heart, Governor Wood, Arch Duke, May 
Duke, Large Red Bigarreau, Bigarreau. 
Morello, White Heart. 
A Select List for Pyramids. 
Early Red Bigarreau, Governor Wood, 
Elton, Black Heart, May Duke, Bigarreau, 
Morello, Arch Duke, White Heart. 
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A, Gummed branch. B, Shows how e split portion will affect the lower branch D, 
unless it is cut off at the dark line C. 
