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THE GARDENING WORLD 
June 15, 1907. 
feeds on a variety of plants. Later on the 
caterpillars which you fail to destroy will 
change into the pupa stage and may be found 
hanging on the Gooseberries and other 
bushes where they feed. The pupae are 
black with golden stripes, and therefore so 
conspicuous that you have scarcely any ex¬ 
cuse for overlooking them. If you have not 
time yourself, you should employ a boy or 
two, showing them what to look for. This 
will save you a deal of trouble later on by 
preventing the pupae from reaching the per¬ 
fect state. In our southern district the cater¬ 
pillars have already reached the resting 
stage. 
1928. Caterpillars on Euonymus. 
The caterpillars I send you I find in large 
numbers on 'Euonymus, inside a sort of 
spider’s web, and they were eating the young 
leaves. What is the best way to get rid of 
them? (T. Meld rum, Forfarshire.) 
The caterpillars living inside webs are 
those of the small ermine moth (Hypono- 
meuta padella). Now is your best time to 
get rid of them with the least trouble. Go 
over the bushes and carefully gather every 
web you find. It would be well to carry a 
pail in one hand with some paraffin in the 
bottom and drop the webs into this as you 
gather them. Caterpillars will readily let 
themselves down by a thread if they get 
outside the web, and may even drop to the 
ground. You should, therefore, he very care¬ 
ful and quick in removing the web as soon 
as you touch it, otherwise you will lose 
many of the caterpillars. If you allow the 
caterpillars to feed till they are full grown, 
they will scatter themselves all over the 
place, and prove more troublesome to col¬ 
lect, even if you can find them at all. 
SOILS AND MANURES. 
1929. Soot Killing- Plants. 
Re soot. You say that soot kills some 
plants. Can you kindly name some of the 
plants not suitable for soot treatment? Can 
you suggest for such plants some other slug 
deterrent? (A. K. Barnet, Middlesex.) 
We not only believe that- soot will kill 
some plants, but are certain that it will kill 
many plants, if not all kinds. It is simply 
a question of using too great a quantify. 
The injury may be done by the ammonia in 
the soot. If dry, and the soot used in large 
quantity, there would be an Injurious amount 
of ammonia in the soot. It sometimes, per¬ 
haps often, happens that there are impuri¬ 
ties in the soot in the way of sulphur com¬ 
pounds, and these may be as responsible for 
the damage done as the ammonia in the 
soot. We have seen it kill plants from 
Carrots to young Willows, but not in the 
same garden. Usually the gardener who 
gets hit by a mistake is more cautious the 
next time. You can still use soot as a de¬ 
terrent to slugs for almost any plants, but 
you should be careful not to scatter it on 
the plants, but on the ground itself, then 
there will be less danger. Only a fair 
amount or sprinkling of soot should be 
given. It should not be put on an inch 
deep, nor even ^ in., but just a sprinkling 
that will dust the surface of the ground. 
NAMES OF PLANTS. 
(D. W. D.) i, Fiery Thorn (Crataegus 
Pyracantha ; 2, Lonicera involucrata (out of 
character by being hard cut back or killed 
back by frost); 3, Golden Currant (Ribes 
aureum) ; 4, Pyrus intermedia; 5, Cornus 
alba (send when in leaf, in case it might be 
a variety): 5 , Deutzia crenata; 7, Lonicera 
tatarica; 8, Lonicera' involucrata; q. Spi¬ 
raea media; 10, Philadelphus grandiflorus, 
—'H. G. Purvis) A pale variety of Centran- 
thus ruber, or Red Valerian.— (Alice) 1, Um¬ 
brella Pine (Sciadopitys verticillata); 2, A 
species of Mesembryanthemum or Fig Mari¬ 
gold, but too many of them have leaves 
similar to those sent to be determined from 
these alone.—(W. D. M.) 1, Lupinus poly- 
phyllus; 2, Trollius europaeus; 3, Iris varie- 
gatus ; 4, Iris sibirica; 5, Saxifraga Geum; 
6, Saxifraga rotundifolia.— (E. F. Wood) 1, 
Achillea tomentosa ; 2* Saxifraga trifurcata; 
3, Antehnaria tomentosa; 4, Linaria aequitri- 
loba (often wrongly named L. hepaticae- 
folia) ; 5, Geum rivale.—(T. Hedger) 1, Ge¬ 
ranium phaeum; 2, G. rellexum; 3, G. nodo¬ 
sum. 
THE 
Temple 
Flower 
May 28, 29 and 30. 
Show. 
( Concluded.) 
The Misses Kipping, Hutton, Essex, 
constructed a pretty rockery for alpine 
plants in tent No. 2. Virgin cork was 
employed as a substitute for stone. In 
the crevices was an assortment of choice 
plants foil' the rock garden, including 
Saxifragas, Aubrietias, Edelweiss, Primu¬ 
las, and many others now in bloom. 
A new Spiraea, Queen Alexandra, 
staged by Messrs. Waverin and Kruijff, of. 
Holland, is a soft pleasing pink. Very 
beautiful, although not a novelty, were the 
graceful Transvaal -Daisies shown by 
Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons. Messrs. T. S. 
Ware, Ltd., exhibited a number of old 
English flowers, such as Paeonies, Pyre- 
thrums, London Pride, etc., and the)' are 
favourites yet judging from the crowds of 
visitors which hung about this stand. 
Messrs. E. Webb and Sons well main¬ 
tained their high reputation by a superb 
show of Calceolarias, Gloxinias, Cinerarias 
Primulas, and Myosotis. Pure white 
flowers are, it would seem, being aimed 
at by leading raisers of Gloxinias. 
Some exceedingly pretty small French 
Poppies were those of Mr. Amos Perry, 
particularly Papaver Princess Ena. Ferns 
were well represented by Messrs. Hill .and 
Son, of Edmonton, and Messrs. T. Roch- 
ford and Sons, Ltd., the latter making a 
feature of pots of Nephrolepis Todeaoides. 
There were some splendid exhibits of 
fruits and vegetables td which, however, 
space prevents our doing anything like 
justice. Perhaps the distinction for the best 
collection of forced vegetables shown was 
shared by Lord Aldenham and the Duke 
of Portland. The Duke’s Carnations, by 
the way, were also very good. The col¬ 
lection of Potatos from Messrs. Sutton’s 
nursery was large, and of great interest. 
The type varieties lately found by the cor¬ 
respondent of this firm, in Uruguay of the 
Solanum Commersonii, first introduced in 
1767, differ in the colour from that usually 
grown. Such a collection of seedlings as 
this has certainly never been brought to¬ 
gether before by anv one firm, and 
although it concerns the commonest of 
all vegetables, it 'is, nevertheless, scienti¬ 
fically interesting, and appeals'to the mul¬ 
titude as well. Messrs. j. Carter and Co. 
also had a comprehensive exhibit of vege¬ 
tables. Some excellent Potatos were like¬ 
wise staged by the Hon. A. H. T. de 
Montmorency, and immense sticks of As¬ 
paragus by Mr. Godfrey, of Colchester, 
Mr. Harwood, of Colchester, and Mr. r! 
Stephenson, J.P. Mr. G. Hobday had on 
view some of his giant Rhubarb, which 
was exhibited recently at the Royal Hor¬ 
ticultural Hall. Messrs. J. and F. Chat- 
field, and Messrs. Laxton Bros, showed 
some remarkably large and well grown 
Strawberries. Those staged by the last- 
mentioned firm were the Bedford Cham¬ 
pion, the largest Strawberry ever placed 
in commerce; the fruit is very brilliantly 
coloured and luscious in flavour. The 
berries frequently weigh 2 oz. The most 
extensive fruit display was, however, that 
of Messrs. Geo. Bunyard and Co., of 
Maidstone, who, as usual, offered for in¬ 
spection a remarkably fine collection of 
Apples and Pears, for which they were 
awarded a silver cup. Messrs. Bunyard, 
who cultivate upwards of 800 kinds of 
Apples, all true to name, staged ninety- 
dishes of this fruit, all in the most excel¬ 
lent condition, and all splendid specimens. 
The secret of preservation is to keep 
Apples in a cool and well ventilated store¬ 
house or on the earth instead of on floor¬ 
ing as is more usually done. 
So great is the demand for space by ex¬ 
hibitors at the Temple Show that the huge 
marquees are unable to find accommoda¬ 
tion for all the applicants, and, therefore, 
more each year have to take up positions 
outside. Indeed, the problem is not 
merely how to find room for the exhibitors, 
but the largely increasing number of visi¬ 
tors is much exercising the minds of those 
responsible for the organisation and 
management of the show, and it will be 
almost compulsory’ for them to cast about 
for another venue for the chief horticul¬ 
tural event of the year if people are to be 
able to get about at all and inspect the 
exhibits with any degree of comfort. 
Among the displays arranged on the 
lawn this year were several that deserve 
particular notice, though we can do little 
more than catalogue them. 
We have made reference to the rock 
work of Messrs. W. Cutbush and Son. 
The manner in which it is designed and 
planted is beyond criticism, and nothing 
finer of its kind has been seen at a public 
show. The rock work is. furnished with a 
great variety of rare and beautiful alpine 
and bulbous plants together with some 
splendid flowering shrubs. The Ramon- 
dias were particularly effective, notably 
R. leucopetala, and the hardy Orchids 
among which was Cypripedium spectabile. 
Hardy Ferns, too, were in force. 
Adjoining this exhibit was that of 
Messrs. David Russell and Sons, really as 
fine an exhibit of deciduous ornamental 
trees and shrubs one could well wish to see, 
This was arranged by Mr. P. Laflin, and 
did infinite credit to him. Rhododendrons. 
Azaleas, Lilacs, Philadelphus, interspersed 
with rambling Roses, contributed to the 
charming display. There were some beau¬ 
tiful Japanese Maples, flowering Peach 
and Almond trees (A. dulcis purpurea in 
particular), the Angelica tree (Aralia), the 
golden sibirica. a splendid specimen of 
Fagus purpurea, Genistas, the Tulip 
Tree, Spiraeas, including S. Van Houttei. 
and scores more. 
Further along Messrs. Veitch and Sons 
occupied a considerable space with a bril¬ 
liant show of hardy'plants and shrubs, in¬ 
cluding many new species which they have 
introduced from abroad, notably from the. 
Chinese Empire. The encircling array oi 
