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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
May 4, 1907. 
pint of tobacco water mixed with it. The 
tobacco water is made by steeping a pound 
of tobacco in one gallon water. This 
should be a fairly strong insecticide, but the 
aphides on the Rose are very difficult to kill. 
We have found it a better plan to use to¬ 
bacco powder, though the operation may 
take a little longer to carry out. Make the 
Roses just moist with the syringe, then dust 
the tobacco powder on to the younger parts 
of the Roses where the green fly are sit¬ 
uated. This may be left on the Roses for 
twentysfour hours, and the bushes then 
washed with the syringe and clean water. 
1806. Worms in the Garden. 
The soil in my garden is of a very heavy 
nature, and after a wet day there seems a 
regular army of large worms on the surface 
at night time. I put a lot of lime on the 
beds last autumn. Will they do any harm, 
and if so, what can I do to rid the garden 
of them, at any rate, some of them? (Leta, 
Surrey.) 
Generally speaking, worms do very little 
harm in the garden, but do a deal of good 
by aerating the soil and allowing the sur¬ 
face water to drain away freely. A large 
number of them in the garden simply indi¬ 
cates that your soil is very fertile. The only 
damage they are likely to do is that they 
sometimes draw young seedlings or very 
small plants into their holes. They can only 
eat green plants when decaying under such 
conditions. You can get rid" of some of them 
by mixing a pound of lime in a barrel of 
water, and then watering the ground with that 
This will bring a number of them out of 
their holes, when you can collect them. Put¬ 
ting the lime on the ground does not affect 
them unless it should happen to rain heavily 
and thus carry down some of the lime in 
solution. As the injury they do is so imma¬ 
terial, we, ourselves, never trouble about 
worms in the garden. 
1807. White Mites on Roots. 
Please say what would cure tiny mite-like 
things destroying the rocts of plants. I had 
Columbine and Pyrethrum growing vigor¬ 
ously. Then a blight came over them, and 
on taking up the plants I found innumerable 
little white mites at the roots. (Freeda, 
Northamptonshire. ) 
A e doubt very much whether mites were 
really the cause of injury to either Colum¬ 
bines or Pyrethrum. Iif the creatures are 
really the grubs or maggots of Daddy Long- 
legs, otherwise known as Leather Jackets, 
then there is a chance of the roots being 
eaten. We rather suspect that slugs were the 
culprits. A good plan would be to go round 
early in the morning and see whether slugs 
were at work then. If the enemy was-really 
the Leather Jackets, then it would be neces¬ 
sary to search for them round the collar of 
the plants. For very young and tender 
grubs and for slugs a good dusting of lime 
round the plants would be of great service. 
There is a more recent discovery in a powder 
named Yaporite, which serves to drive away 
insects, if not destroy them. If you elect to 
get some of this to dust round the plants, be 
careful not to drop it on the leaves. It 
would have helped us as to the remedy if you 
ha< ! . sent some of the creatures you name 
mites. 
1808. Gooseberry Mildew. 
I hear a good deal about the American 
Gooseberry Mildew, and also see many refer¬ 
ences to it. What, are the first indications of 
its presence on the bushes, and how must I 
deal with it if I find it should attack my 
trees? (H. B. IV., Staffs.) 
There are two kinds of mildew, namely, 
the old Gooseberry Mildew, which attacks 
the leaves and causes them to curl up. In 
our experience it is by no means of common 
occurrence in this country, but is not par¬ 
ticularly injurious. The American Goose¬ 
berry Mildew not only attacks and injures 
the leaves, but also the young shpots and the 
fruits. It is both highly contagious and de¬ 
structive. If you suspect its presence, the 
best plan would be to send us some speci¬ 
mens. If it is really the American Goose¬ 
berry Mildew, it is asserted that the only 
real remedy is to grub up and burn the af¬ 
fected bushes immediately. There is a slight 
palliative, though not complete remedy, by 
syringing the bushes with sulphide of potas¬ 
sium at the rate of ^ oz. to the gallon of 
water. This has to be repeated at intervals 
of ten days or oftener, during periods of 
rain, to kill the spores which appear on the 
outside of the leaves and fruits. 
MISCELLANEOUS . 
1809. Final Six Questions in the Name 
Competition No. 2. 
In reply to many enquiries, we give be¬ 
low the correct answers to the final six ques¬ 
tions in the No. 2 - Competition recently 
closed. The names are (1) Spruce; (2) 
Cornel Cherry; (3) Rowan; (4) Dock; (5) 
Caper Plant or Caper Spurge; (6) Hop. 
NAMES OF PLANTS. 
(S. Sturt.) The white flower is Allium 
neapolitanum; the red one is a double variety 
of Ranunculus asiaticus, the florist’s Ranun¬ 
culus. — (Trailus.) The rogues are Sweet 
Williams (Dianthus barbatus), and the seed 
must have got mixed amongst the Carnations 
by accident, but they may be good and worth 
growing till they blccm, and their quality 
determined. — (E. M. Nicholson.) The Nod¬ 
ding Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum nu¬ 
tans). — (A. M.) 1, Primula denticulata ; 2, 
Primula rosea ; 3, Primula denticulata alba ; 
4, Corydalis bulbosa ; 5, Vinca minor; 6, 
Sisyrinchium grandiflorum. — (A. Jenkins.) 1, 
Anemone blanda ; 2, Anemone nemorosa; 3, 
Saxifraga muscoides Rhei ; 4, Scilla sibirica ; 
5, Chionodoxa Luciliae.— (L. C. W.) 1, 
Erica carnea ; 2, Erica mediterranea ; 3, Ber- 
beris Thunbergii; 4, Forsythia viridissima. 
—(T. Manning.) 1, Polygala myrtifol.ia 
grandiflora ; 2, Acacia armata ; 3, Primula 
verticillata; 4, Oxalis floribunda ; 5, Pelar¬ 
gonium denticulatum ; 6, Pelargonium pel- 
tatum var. 
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Horticultural Societies’ 
Diary 
of Forthcoming Meetings. 
Abbreviations used. 
A.—Association 
Am. — Amateurs 
Ohy. — Chrysanthemum 
c.m.—Committee meeting 
Oott.—Cottage or Cottagers 
D.—District 
G. — Gardening or gardener 
Thus : — The Templeton G. Am. and Cott. M.I.H.S. 
Gardeners, Amateurs’ and Cottagers’ Mutual Improve¬ 
ment Horticultural Society. 
NOTICE TO SECRETARIES. 
H.—Horticultural 
M.I. — Mutual Improve¬ 
ment 
m.m.—Monthly meeting 
S.—Society 
w.m.—Weekly meeting 
Will secretaries of horticultural societies 
kindly send us at their earliest convenience 
dates of shows and meetings to be held 
d uring iqoy ? 
May. 
6th.—'Horsforth G. M. I. S. (w.m.); Four 
Elms G. S. (m.m.); Mansfield H. S. 
(m.m.) ; Kirkby Malzead H. and Ag. 
S. (m.m.); Walsall Florists S. 
(m.m.). 
yth.—Professional G. Friendly S. (m.m.); 
Sevenoaks G. and Am. M. I. S. (bi- 
m.m.); Dundee H. A. (m.m.); Stir¬ 
ling and D. H. A. (m.m.); Barking 
and Ripple Chy. S. (m.m.); Bourne¬ 
mouth and D. G. M. I. A. (m.m.); 
Addlestone, Chertsey, and Ottershaw 
G. M. I. A. (m.m.); Loughborough 
G. M. I. A. (bi-m.m.); Yeovil and D. 
G. S. (m.m.); Rotherham Chv. S. 
(m.m.) ; West London (Hammersmith) 
H. S. (nj.m.); Seaton Delaval and 
New Hartley FI. and H. S. (m.m.). 
8th.—East Anglian H. Club (m.m.); Not¬ 
tingham and Notts. Chy. S. (m.m.)- 
Sheffield Chy. S. (m.m.). 
9th.—Woking H. A. (m.m.); Studley H. S. 
(m.m.). 
10th. —Ambergate Cott. G. S. (m.m.); Wev- 
bridge and D. H. S. (m.m.). 
nth. — Leeds Paxton S. (w.m.); Thornton 
Heath and D. H. S. (m.m.). 
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Seven Kings and Goodmayes Horticultural 
Society. 
The members of this society were 
favoured with a visit from Mr. J. 3 . 
Riding, of Chingford, on April 9th, when 
he gave a most interesting and enjoyable 
lecture on Dahlias for Garden and Ex¬ 
hibition. His instructive and entertain¬ 
ing method of illustrating points in pro¬ 
pagating, etc., by practical demonstra¬ 
tions were greatly enjoyed. He strongly 
advised the plants to be grown as naturally 
as possible, no't imitating the large 
“Mum” growers by having one bloom on 
the end of a lanky stalk, and deprecated 
the misuse of artificial fertilisers, recom¬ 
mending good digging, and preparation 
of the soil and a little assistance when 
near flowering, with soot water or weak 
liquid manure. Mr. Riding was heartily 
thanked for his lecture, and his replies 
to querists at the conclusion gave great 
satisfaction. This young society is mak¬ 
ing headway, its members now number¬ 
ing, including ladies — of whom there are 
nearly forty—not far off 200. The secre¬ 
taries are Messrs. Manning and Poole, 
153, St. Albans Road, Seven Kings, 
Essex. 
“ Compensation for Man and Maid.” 
Under the above title Mr. Oscar M. 
Wihl, B.A., LL.B., has written a most 
interesting little work upon the extension 
of the Workmen’s Compensation Act. It 
is published by Messrs. Gee and Co., 
London, at 2s. net. Always when a new 
Act which bears upon industrial questions 
is passed there is a crop of hand-books 
issued for the benefit of the non-legal 
reader. Sometime these works are more 
involved than the Acts themselves. We 
have a distinct recollection of reviewing 
a number of hand-books which came out 
when the 1897 Act came into force: Some 
■ of these reprinted the Act clause by 
clause, and between them there were 
voluminous notes with references to other 
Acts of Parliament, and cross references 
to different clauses which had modifying 
bearings upon the subject discussed. The 
result was that unless the reader followed 
verv closelv all these references, there 
was a danger that he fell into very serious 
trouble. While a lawyer would follow 
How to Obtain the Highest 
Results in the Garden. If 
The development of all plants depends 
upon the amount and quality of the food 
they obtain from the soil. In many cases 
the soil is deficient in one or the other of 
the essential elements of Plant Life. 
FERTILO supplies that deficiency. It 
imparts to the soil those exact properties 
on which the plant thrives and acting as a 
Fertilizer through the soil it strengthens 
and develops all plants. Note its inex¬ 
pensiveness ; 41b., 1/4 ; 71b., 2/- ; 14th., 3/- 
281b., 4/6; 561b., 8/-; icwt., 15/-, all car; 
riage paid. Useful Pocket Diary, free.— 
J. P. Harvey & Co., Dept. 6, Kidderminster- 
