THE GARDENING WORLD. 
August io, 1907. 
e€ whether the roots are clean and healthy, 
r whether something is wrong there. Stone 
ruits are much benefited by the presence 
•f plenty of lime in the soil, and that is a 
natter which is too often overlooked when 
borders axe made up or prepared for the 
ultivation of stone fruits. 
2096. American Blight on Apple 
Trees. 
Some of my young Apple trees are 
mothered with American blight. Can you 
ell me which is the best way to get rid 
>f it without injuring the trees or fruit. 
There was a little last year, but nothing 
ike as bad as it is now. (A. B. Richards, 
Shropshire.) 
We should not advise you to undertake 
tny spraying operations at the present time 
ts you would be likely to do damage to the 
toliage or the fruit. The best plan to adopt 
is to get some effective remedy and use a 
lalf-worn painter’s brush with which to 
arush the affected parts. Methylated spirit 
is a good thing and readily destroys the 
olight with which it comes in contact. 
Paraffin emulsion or kerosene emulsion 
might also be employed in this way. In 
:he winter time you could have all the 
rough portions on the stem where American 
blight has been at work smoothed by means 
of a knife. All rough portions of bark 
amongst which the insects could hide might 
also be cleared away. You could then sy¬ 
ringe the trees all over the top with some 
of the emulsion above mentioned, using the 
brush in crevices of the bark, but especially 
where the insects had been at work in 
summer. 
2097. Brown Aphides on Peach Trees. 
Amongst my wall trees is a Peach which 
is smothered with a brown flj T and making 
the leaves curl. I have syringed it twice 
with soapy water, but it does not seem to 
have any effect. Can you tell me of any 
remedy that would be effective? J. D. 
WINGHAM, Notts.) 
The difficulty of getting at Aphides with 
insecticide is that they are hidden away 
amongst the curled leaves and the insecti¬ 
cide fails to reach them. An excellent plan 
is to syringe the tree with water and then 
prrceed to dust all the growing tips of the 
ycung shoots with tobacco powder. This 
seldom fails to dislodge brown fly on Peach 
trees. The operation may appear a little 
tedious, but the work is well rewarded. 
GARDEN ENEMIES. 
2098. Red Spider. 
Would you please tell me, through the 
medium of Gardening World, if the en¬ 
closed leaves are affected with red spider? 
T noticed a very small red ant (in appeal - 
ancei on the Cucumber leaf. If you notice 
it please say if it is the Dendrobium beetle, 
as I grow some Dendrobiums in the same 
house. (Cucumber, Lancs.) 
We examined the leaves you sent us, but 
did not find anything at all comparable 
with the Dendrobium beetle, nor do we 
think that it would interfere with the leaves 
you sent us. The Plum and Cherry leaves 
are badly affected with red spider in,various 
stages of development and covered with 
eggs. The Cucumber leaf was the worst, 
the whole of the underside of the leaf being 
a mass of live spider. We should advise 
you to make up a good quantity of strong 
soapsuds sufficient to thoroughly' drench the 
feLage of the trees of which you sent leaves. 
The soapsuds will be more effective if y'ou 
put some flowers of sulphur in the water and 
keep it well stirred while the process of 
syringing goes on. The same would apply 
to the Cucumber. If you can get at the 
under surface of the leaves, give them a 
thorough syringing with soft soap and water 
after closing the house for the night, and 
then repeat the operation again the next 
evening, which should greatly reduce, if 
not get rid of, the pest. The leaf sent was 
so bad that it would be well to remove and 
burn the worst of them so as to destroy ttie 
spider before commencing tne operation of 
syringing. 
-- 
“ Lilac ” a Corrupt Word. 
It is surprising, says a writer in the 
August " Quarterly," to find in what a 
number of cases it is the standard Eng¬ 
lish form which is the corrupt word, 
while the dialects preserve the correct 
pronunciation. For example, “lilac” in 
the dialects is called “ Laylock,” regu¬ 
larly corresponding to the old form found 
in Bacon's essays. "When we say - lilac” 
we are pronouncing the form borrowed 
from the Cockney, who says “byby ' in¬ 
stead of -baby.'' 
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