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THE GARDENING WORLD 
August 24, 1907. 
is the best time to sow them? (J. R. Smith, 
Gloucester.) 
The shrub is, no doubt; the New Zealand 
Daisy bush, judging from your description. 
It flowers abundantly, but we do not know 
whether it ripens seeds. In any case, the 
plant is readily raised from cuttings, and 
so propagated that way. Your best plan 
would be to get young plants from some 
nurseryman who deals in trees and shrubs. 
It is now fairly common, and should be 
relatively cheap. 
VEGETABLES. 
213 2. Runner Beans Not Setting-. 
My Scarlet Runner Beans are setting very 
badly this year, which I cannot understand. 
They are the same sort as I -grew last year, 
and were sown on a fresh piece of ground, 
but near a hedge. Would this have any¬ 
thing to do with it? I am much concerned 
about it, as we used to have such a supply 
at this time of the year. Can you suggest 
any reason for this behaviour? (T. Jen¬ 
nings, Somerset.)' 
If the Runner Beans are in any way 
shaded by the hedge, no doubt that would 
partly account for the bad behaviour of the 
Beans. It is, however, the case that they 
are behaving very badly in various parts 
of the country this year. In the early part 
of the season the cold weather was against 
the plants, thereby weakening them, but 
when mild or warm weather came there 
was still relatively little sunshine. This 
would have a deterring effect upon bees 
which usually visit Scarlet Runners in 
large numbers, .and serve to disseminate the 
pollen. Some people claim that syringing, 
especially in dry weather, has the effect of 
distributing the pollen. It could, however, 
be done artificially, though we think that 
the nature of the weather would still in¬ 
fluence the setting of the Beans. In future 
you should contrive to sow or plant all the 
late crops of Beans in well-exposed sunny 
positions, where light and air can freely 
play upon all parts of the plant. This they 
seem to like. What we mean is that 
single rows should be sown in different 
parts of the ground, so that one row would 
not shade another. In small gardens this 
question of light and air is to some extent 
determined by the surroundings. 
2133- Exhibit Disqualified. 
On the occasion of our show I staged 
Potatos, Peas, Cabbages, Lettuce, Carrots, 
and Sage in a collection of six dishes of 
vegetables, and was disqualified. I was 
told that Lettuce and Sage were not vege¬ 
tables. Can you give me any information 
on this subject, and say if these kinds are 
usually considered unsuitable for showing 
as vegetables? (Vegetable, Northampton.) 
It is customary to regard certain plants 
as vegetables, others as salad plants, and 
others as herbs. A broad distinction may 
be made, inasmuch as vegetables are boiled 
or cooked in some other way; salad plants, 
such as Cucumbers, Lettuce, Endive, and 
various other subjects, are eaten raw, 
though you may remember that Beet is 
boiled before being used in salad. Certain 
vegetables or plants are regarded as herbs, 
and their character or designation is that 
they are used for flavouring purposes. Good 
examples of these are Sage, Mint, Thyme, 
Marjoram, and Savory. Parsley may be 
regarded as one, but it is so ofteyi used 
merely as a decorative subject, or for gar¬ 
nishing, that it is limited on exhibits of 
vegetables to dressing, and is not regarded 
as a dish in a collection of vegetables. 
2134. Onions Mildewed, 
My Onions have been badly mildewed 
this year, and the bulbs do not seem capable 
of coming to anything. I dusted them with 
sulphur, but they do not seem to improve. 
Can you tell me of anything which is likely 
to stop it? Do you think the bulbs will 
come to anything this year? (Wm. Ander¬ 
son, Cumberland.) 
The mildew of Onion is a very trouble¬ 
some pest, and is due to a fungus named 
Peronospora Schleidenii. The most efficient 
remedy, perhaps, is to syringe them with 
water, so as to damp them, and then dust 
the plants all over with a mixture of two 
parts of lime to one of sulphur. By this 
time the disease may have spread to most 
of your plants, but if they have partly 
escaped, you could lift and burn the worst 
of them, and then treat the others as recom¬ 
mended. Another year, if you should 
happen to get a return of the disease, you 
should keep your eye upon them at the very 
commencement, so that you can apply the 
above remedy with the object of preventing 
the spread of the disease. Of course, all 
the plants should be dusted with the mix¬ 
ture, sc> as to prevent the spores from at¬ 
tacking healthy plants. 
2135. Vine to Fruit in Small Pot. 
Some years ago I read an account of the 
method of growing a single shoot of a Vine 
in a small pot, but I cannot now lay my 
hands on the information, and should be 
much obliged if you would describe how 
it is done in an early issue of The Garden¬ 
ing World. (L. Simpson, Oxon.) 
To succeed with this you should begin 
in the spring, before the leaves have ex¬ 
panded on the young shoot, or at least be¬ 
fore they are very far advanced. Put the 
shoot through the opening at the bottom of 
the pot and fix up the latter to some sup¬ 
port. After the shoot has acquired some 
strength, or become woody, you should cut 
a notch just inside the pot to encourage the 
development of roots. Then fill up the pot 
with a light compost and keep this compost 
watered. All the while the shoot will be 
developing berries, and when these have 
about reached the ripened stage you may 
check the growth of the shoot below the pot 
by partly cutting it through. This will en¬ 
courage the roots to develop more rapidly. 
Then when you require the Vine indoors 
you can separate it from the parent plant, 
and you will thus have a dwarf Vine with 
one or two bunches of fruit on it. 
' MISCELLANEOUS. 
2136. Book on Market Gardening. 
I am starting market gardening. Would 
you let me know what book on the subject 
would be most helpful to me? Thanking 
you in advance. (F. A. Graham, Lancs.) 
We do not know whether you require in¬ 
formation on cultural matters, but that 
could be had from books not strictly de¬ 
voted to market gardening. A book, how¬ 
ever, that will furnish you with much use¬ 
ful information on topics which market 
gardeners require to know well is “ The 
Book of Market Gardening,” by R. Lewis 
Castle, sold by Mr. John Lane, The Bodley 
Head, London, price 2s. 6d., with postage 
extra. 
2137. Frame with Calico Light. 
Would a frame with dressed calico light 
be sufficient protection for Carnations and 
Pansies during winter? (Whitto, Surrey.) 
We presume this would allow a certain 
amount of light to pass through, and if so, 
it would be suitable for covering Carnations 
and Pansies in frames during winter, but 
chiefly during times of heavy rain and when 
snow is falling or severe frost threatening. 
At all other times the lights could be taken 
right off with advantage to the plants. Thev 
would then suffer less than they would if 
kept entirely under dressed calico all the 
time. The material used as a substitute for 
glass lights is named “Eureka” transparent 
water pap«r. . s ] 
2138. Slug Trap. 
Will you kindly give such information, as 
you can about a slug trap which, I believe, 
was described in your issue of July 20th, 
p. 484. (J. Henry Griffith, Birmingham.) 
The trap in question mentioned by our 
correspondent simply consists of the peel of 
orange. His plan was to cut the peel cross¬ 
wise so as to make four pieces of it. He 
then dipped this into water and laid the 
pieces about in places infested by slugs. 
The slugs come in greater or less numbers 
from different points to eat this orange peel, 
and by inspecting the traps in the moming 
you can gather up the slugs and have them 
destroyed. Many amateur gardeners em¬ 
ploy this method of catching slugs in dif¬ 
ferent parts of the country. You may re¬ 
gard it simply as a bait which attracts them, 
and thus localises them so that you can 
readily collect them. No doubt the smell 
has some effect in drawing them to the bait 
and away from the plants you wish to pro¬ 
tect. 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Wm. Cutbush and Son, Highgate Nur¬ 
series, London, N.—Hyacinths, Tulips, 
etc. ; also Border, Tree and Malmaison Car¬ 
nations, Pinks, Cloves, etc. ; Grand New 
Spiraeas for early Forcing; Incarvillea 
Grandiflora; New Rhubarb; Special Offer 
of Eiremurus; Souvenir de la Malmaison 
Layers; and List of Strawberries. 
John Peed and Son, Roupell Park Nur¬ 
series, West Norwood, London, S.E.—Peeds’ 
Bulbs. 
Stewart and Co., 6, Melbourne Place, 
-Edinburgh.—Bulb Catalogue. 
Sutton and Sons, Reading.—Sutton’s 
Bulbs for 1907. 
Dickson,'Brown and Tait, Corporation 
Street, Manchester.—Bulbs. 
Robert Sydenham, Tenby Street, Birming¬ 
ham.—Mr. Robert Sydenham’s Unique Bulb 
List. 
NAMES OF PLANTS. 
(Irish Reader) 1, Lilium elegans; 2, 
Lilium candidum (we give this name 
with doubt, as the flower was reduced to 
pulp. You should have packed the flowers 
with a little moss to prevent them rolling 
about); 3, Sidalcea Candida.—(W. W., 
Somerset) The greenhouse shrub is the Max 
Flower (Hoya carnosa); we do not recognise 
the tuberous Begonia. It may only be a 
seedling without a name, and there are 
thousands of them.—(Murd’ieston) 1, Poten- 
tilla fruticosa; 2, ICerria japonica flore 
pleno; 3, Mitraria coccinea; 4, Deutzia 
crenata flore pleno extus purpureo; 5, Sam- 
bucus nigra variegata; 6, Diervilla florida 1 
variegata. — (C. Read) 1, Lilium parda- 
linum ; 2, Lysimachia Nummularia aurea; 
3, Geranium pretense; 4, Sedum spurium 
splendens ; 5, Veronica longifolia ; ' 6, An 
chusa italica. — (D. S. C.) 1, Lonicera sem- 
pervirens; 2, Pelargonium denticulata; 3, 
Nepeta Glechoma variegata; 4, Mimulu? 
glutinosus ; 5, Mimulus Harrisoni.—(D. and, 
Co.) Gilda micrantha, also named Leptosi- 
phon roseus and L.r. aureus; both were in¬ 
cluded in the box.—(Curious) Chrysanthe¬ 
mum lacustre. 
-- 
Sweet Pea Silas Cole. 
In this we have a Countess Spencer 
form of rather unique colour. The stan¬ 
dards are maroon, and the spreading, 
wings have a similar colour on the back, 
while the face is much paler. Mr. Silas 
Cole, Althorp Park Gardens, exhibited it 
at the National Sweet Pea Society on 
Tulv 16th, and received an award of merit 
for it. 
