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THE GARDENING WORLD . 
April 13, 1 go;. 
dormant caterpillars. Then early in 
spring soak some rags in tax and lay 
these down on the ground, forming a 
complete circle around the stem of the 
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Q. The larva of the Magpie Moth. • 
bush about 9 inches from it. Thus you 
will prevent the pests gaining access ten 
the leaves again in spring. Press down 
the tarred rags firmly on the soil. 
The Gooseberry Sawfly is even more 
destructive than the Magpie Moth. (See 
Fig. 10.) The female sawfly lays her 
eggs on the leaves during the month of 
April. The grubs hatch in about 8 days 
and immediately commence feeding on 
the leaves. After feeding for a time the 
grubs bury themselves in the soil — the 
early grubs — aDd in less than a month 
the sawfly emerges, but late grubs remain 
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jo. Caterpillar of the Gooseberry Sawfly. 
in the cocoon state all winter. Hand¬ 
picking will do much good, but the best 
remedy is to remove the surface soil down 
to a depth of 3 inches in the autumn and 
burn it in a smother. The cocoons 
buried in the surface soil will thus be 
destroyed. After a summer, in which 
many caterpillars have been found on the 
bushes, the autumn removal of the top 
soil will greatly lessen attack in the fol¬ 
lowing year. 
Thousands may he destroyed if the 
bushes ' are shaken and the fallen foe 
crushed with an iron-toothed rake under 
the bushes. Dry, unslacked lime should 
also be scattered under the trees both in 
the autumn and the spring. The grubs 
change their colour several times in the 
summer. 
Aphis may be destroyed by syringing 
the leaves with a strong solution of to¬ 
bacco water. As these pests are gener¬ 
ally found on the under sides of the 
leaves, the spray should be directed up¬ 
wards with some force. Many bushes 
may be syringed in a short time. 
SOME GOOD VARIETIES FOR A 
MEDIUM-SIZED GARDEN. 
Red. — Whinham’s Industry, Crown 
Bob, Lancashire Lad, Red Champagne, 
Warrington. 
Green. — Pitmaston Greengage, Green 
Gascoigne, Green Walnut. 
Yellow. — Early Sulphur, Glory of 
Ratcliff, Yellow Champagne. 
WHITE. — Whitesmith, White Cham¬ 
pagne, Hedgehog, Cheshire Lass, Early 
White. 
The above varieties axe good for des¬ 
sert, and the following for show pur¬ 
poses 
Red. — Highlander, Slaughterman, 
Rifleman, Dan’s Mistake, Bobby, Mon¬ 
arch, Great Rock, Goliath. 
Green. —Keepsake, Stockwell, Tele¬ 
graph, Fearless, Thumper, Matchless. 
WHITE. — Whitesmith, Lancer, Over¬ 
seer, Antagonist, Fascination, King of 
Trumps, Jenny Lind, Whitelock. 
Yellow. — Leveller, Garibaldi, Coiner, 
Hue and Cry, Leviathan, Teazer, Tra¬ 
veller, Trumpeter. 
For Market Purposes. —Whinham’s 
Industry, Crown Bob, and Berry’s Early 
Kent should be grown in large quantities. 
G. 
(To be continued.) 
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Wargrave and District Gardeners’ Asso¬ 
ciation. 
On March 20th Mr. W. J. Townsend, 
gardener to Sir Wm. Farrer, Sandhurst 
Lodge, gave a lecture to the members of 
the Wargrave Gardeners’ Association en¬ 
titled “How to Obtain a Display of 
Flowers in the Open Air from February 
to May.” There was a large attendance, 
and the lecturer's remarks were made all 
the clearer by a beautiful selection of lan¬ 
tern slides of views in Sandhurst Lodge 
Gardens. A good many questions were put 
to Mr. Townsend on various flowers and 
plants, and at the close a vote of thanks 
was unanimously passed to him for his in¬ 
teresting paper. 
A Beautiful Hanging Basket for the 
Amateur’s Window. 
These admirable subjects have a charm 
entirelv their own. It is not possible to 
mention two more charming window 
plants for baskets than Campanula iso- 
phylla and C. isophvlla alba. The type 
C. isophvlla has blue flowers, and, as the 
name suggests, those of the other variety 
are white. I have noticed in some towns 
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11. Shows how to obtain double cordon Gooseberry plants on wires near a pathway. 
and villages these seem to be a favourite 
of the amateur. The way to treat these 
beli flowers is to allow them to increase 
without disturbance until it is seen by the 
growth that division and fresh soil are 
necessary. They are easily propagated by 
seed or suckers in spring. When in flower 
a basket of the blue kind in particular is 
charming, and nothing is more gorgeous 
or more interesting in the whole flower 
world than a blaze of hanging blossom 
J- W. F. 
Wish aw. 
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Horticultural Societies’ 
Diary 
of Forthcoming' Meetings. 
Abbreviations used. 
A.—Association 
Am.—Amateurs 
Ohy.—Chrysanthemum 
c.m.—Committee meeting 
Cott.—Cottage or Cottagers 
D.—District 
G.—Gardening or gardener 
Thus :—The Templeton 
Gardeners, Amateurs’ and 
ment Horticultural Society. 
H.—Horticultural 
H.I.—Mutual Improve¬ 
ment 
m.m.—Monthly meeting 
S.—Society 
w.m.—Weekly meeting 
G. Am. and Cott. M.I.H.S. 
Cottagers’ Mutual Improve- 
NOTICE TO SECRETARIES. 
Wilt secretaries of horticultural societies 
kindly send us at their earliest convenience 
dates of shows and meetings to be held 
during igoy ? 
April. 
15th.—Horsford G. M. I. S. (w.m.); 
Shirley and D. G. and Am. A. 
(m.m.). 
16th.—R. H. S. (Exhibition of Daffodils. 
Flowers and Fruit, 1 to 6 p.m. 
Lecture at 3 p.m. by Mr. R. H. 
Curtis on “Rainfall in Relation to 
Horticulture”); Croydon and 
D. H. M. I. S. (bi-m.m.); Ancient 
Society of York Florists (m.m.); 
Ord and D. G. Am. and Cott. 
M. I. S. (m.m.); Chesterfield and 
D. Chry. S. (m.m.); Saltwood Cott. 
G. S. (m.m.). 
17th.—Ipswich and East of England 
H. S. (Daffodil Show); W'argrave 
and D. G. A. (bi-m.m.); Ide Hill 
G. S. (m.m.). 
18th. — Brighton and SusseN H. S. (m.m.): 
Paignton and D. G. A. (m.m.); 
LamberhurSt H. S. (m.m.); Wim¬ 
bledon and D. H. S. (m.m.). 
20th. — Leeds Paxton S. (w.m.). 
Feed the Plants. 
Harvey's “ Fertilo ” is to plants what food 
is to the body. “ Fertilo” is plant food. It 
contains the essential proportions of Nitrogen, 
Potash, and Phosphates, and, acting as a 
fertiliser through the soil, it develops 
strengthens, and nourishes all plants. Users 
of "Fertilo” confirm our claim, and tell us 
they get healthier and more abundant crops, 
better fruit, and more beautiful blooms than 
before they used it. 
Mr. J. Watson, The Gardens, Orford House* 
Ham, Surrey, says: “As a highly concentrated 
Plant F.od, your ‘ Fertilo' is the best. I have a 
grand lot of plants fed with ‘ Fertilo,' and the 
results are remarkable in the increased size of 
flowers.” 
Hundreds of amateur and professional 
gardeners speak just as enthusiastically of 
the wonderful ' results following the use of 
“Fertilo." It is cheap and economical in use. 
4lb., is. 4d.; 7lb., 2s. ; 141b., 3s. ; 281b., 4s. 6 d.. 
561b., 8s.; icwt., 15s. .If you cannot get Harvey's 
'“Fertilo” from your local seedsman, we will 
send it carriage paid.— J. P. Harvey.& Co.', 
Dept. 6, Kidderminster. 
