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THE GARDENING WORLD 
September 7, 1907. 
GARDEN ENEMIES. 
2175. Grease Bands Round Fruit 
Trees. 
I_ shall he much obliged if you will in¬ 
form me how ibest to proceed about apply¬ 
ing grease bands round Apple and other 
fruit trees in order to prevent insect pests 
from .getting up into the trees. Will you 
explain how the bands are constituted, 
whether I can make them myself, and 
whether the present is a desirable time to 
apply them? (Amateur, Cardiganshire.) 
The bands may consist of strips of stout 
brown paper about 6 in. wide. All you 
have got to-do is to place a band of this 
paper round the tree and tie it with a piece 
of string to keep it from falling down. 
Select a fairly smooth piece of the trunk of 
the tree in the case of large trees for the 
paper band, so that insects may not crawl 
up beneath the band. In the case of young 
trees with smooth bark, grease proof paper 
has often been recommended, but if the band 
is fairly wide, say 6 in. to 8 in. and the 
grease forms a layer along the upper edge 
of this band, no harm would result to the 
trees. Cart grease is found to be the best 
material to use. A fairly thick layer of 
it may be put on to prevent it from drying 
up, because then the insects could crawl over 
it. The bands of paper must be inspected 
for a week to see that the grease is still 
moist and capable of preventing the insects 
from walking over it. The bands should 
be put on about the .middle of October, and 
kept on at least till Christmas, because 
there are several kinds of moths, the one 
succeeding the other till the end of the year, 
more or less dependent upon the mildness, 
or otherwise of the winter. 
SOILS AND MANURES. 
217 6. Use of Iron Sulphate. 
For .some time past I have been hearing 
of the use of sulphate of iron for various 
farm crops. 'Can you tell me if it is of any 
use as a manure for garden crops and ob¬ 
lige? (H. Jennings, Birmingham.) 
Iron Sulphate has been used with con¬ 
siderable advantage to various farm and 
garden crops. It should never be em¬ 
ployed beyond the rate of cwt. per acre, 
that would be ait the rate of .35Tb. per rod. 
Owing to the small quantity that has to be 
used, you should mix it with seven times its 
weight of sand to regulate the distribution 
of the iron sulphate. The best way to ap¬ 
ply it is to scatter it over the ground after 
a rainy day. It has been used for Turnips, 
Beet, Broad Beans, Potatos, Cabbages, 
Onions, Roses, and various other flowering 
plants. One experimenter has obtained an 
increase of nineteen bushels per acre on land 
that had been treated with other manures 
in addition to the iron sulphate. The 
weight of Potato tubers has also been greatly 
increased by means of this special manure, 
in addition to others containing nitrogen, 
potash, and phosphorus ■ in other words, a 
complete manure plus the iron sulphate. In 
the case of garden plants, it is contended 
that this particular manure improves the 
colour and makes the plants more sturdy. 
In .some instances, they are said to resist 
the effects of insects to a greater degree 
when iron sulphate is employed. You 
must be careful, however, not to use a 
greater amount than that above stated. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
2177. Edging Getting Broken. 
I have tried several kinds of edgings to 
my garden, and though they make a fair 
start in growing, they sooner or Jater get 
much broken and disfigured by being trod¬ 
den upon or kicked up against. Could you 
suggest anything that would not look arti¬ 
ficial or unsightly? I would like to use 
plants, if possible, but how to keep them in 
order is the puzzle. (J. G. Padbury, Bucks.) 
Some hard materials should be used as an 
edging to stop the driving of the foot 
through it if possible. This may be of 
tile, slate, bricks, or something similar made 
for the purpose of forming edgings. Any¬ 
thing will do, provided it has the effect of 
stopping the users of the walk from driving 
up against the plants. Plants may be grown 
just inside this edging, so as to hang loosely 
over and hide the tiles. Plants that may 
be used for this purpose are White Pinks, 
Sedum reflexum, S. rupestre, Thymus 
Serpyllum, T.S. coccinea, T.S. Januginosus, 
T. citriodorus aureus variegatus, several 
varieties of Aubrietia and Cerastium tomen- 
fosum. It is not necessary to get all of 
these things, but as any of them would 
prove suitable, you can make a selection, or 
even get a number for the sake of variety 
if you feel so inclined. 
NAMES OF PLANTS. 
(F. S. P.) Veronica Traversii.—(William 
Leggett) 1, Hypericum Androsaemum or 
Tutsan; 2, A florist’s variety of Potentilla 
coming near to Vesuvius; 3, Lychnis chal- 
cedonica.—(L. C.) 1, Lychnis coronaria; 2, 
Potentilla nepalensis; 3, Coronilla varia; 
4, Monarda fistulosa; 5, Veronica longi- 
folia.—'(Thos. Wildman) 1, Pteris Wim- 
settii; 2, Pteris longifolia; 3, Polystichum 
angulare; 4, Asplenium marinum; 5, Pteris 
palmaita; 6, Cyrtomium Fortunei.—-(D. M. 
D.) 1, Silene Armeria; 2, Lychnis Coeli- 
rosa ; 3, Malope trifida; 4, Nemophila macu- 
lata ; 5, Nigel.la demascena; 6, Clarkia ele- 
gans.—(W. D. More) 1, Sedum spurium 
splendens ; 2, Sedum reflexum ; 3, Saxifraga 
trifurcata; 4, Sedum Lydium; 5, Saxifraga 
Geum; 6, Herniaria glabra.—(R. Hendry) 
1, Lysimachia punctata; 2, Lysimachia 
clethroides; 3, Malva moschata alba; 4, 
Achillea Ptarmica floie pleno; 5, Lythrum 
Salicaria.—JE. D. R.) 1, Lychnis chalce- 
donioa; 2, Sedum Telephium; 3, Chrysan¬ 
themum lacustre; 4, Clematis angustifolia; 
5, Phlox paniculata var. ; 6, Campanula 
rhomboidalis ; 7, Veronica virginica. 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Dicksons, Chester. —'Choice Flowering 
Bulbs, etc. 
Hogg and 'Robertson, Ltd., 22, Mary 
Street, Dublin.—Robertson’s Bulbs (Holland 
in Ireland). 
Dobbie and Co., Rothesay, N.B.—Autumn 
Catalogue. 
Samuel Dobie and 'Son, Heathfield, near 
Chester.—Dobie’s Book of Bulbs. 
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Proposal in a Buttonhole. 
Among the attractions at the Mammoth 
Fun City, which opens at Olympia next 
Christmas, the Musical Flower Garden is 
likely to prove a strikingly popular 
novelty. The garden will be arranged 
with picturesque flower-beds and Rose¬ 
bushes, giving forth not only fragrance, 
but sweet melodies. Thus, for instance, 
as a facetious contemporary observes, the 
bashful lover may be saved-heaps of con¬ 
fusion by plucking for his lady-love a 
pure white Lily, from the stalk of which 
will float the melody of “ There’s only one 
girl in the world for me,” to which the 
maiden, if she be coy, can reply by hand¬ 
ing him a Sunflower which will flood the 
air with “Arrah go on,” or some such 
classic chansonette. 
Horticultural Societies’ 
Diary 
of Forthcoming Events. 
Abbreviations used. 
A.—Association 
Am.—Amateurs 
Ohy.—Chrysanthemum 
c.m.—Committee meeting 
Oott.—Cottage or Oottagers 
D.—District 
G.—Gardening or gardener 
Thus :—The Templeton G. Am. and Oott. M.LH 
Gardeners, Amateurs’ and Cottagers’ Mutual Impro' 
ment Horticultural Society. 
H.—Horticultural 
M.I.—Mutual Impro 
ment 
m.m.—Monthly meeting 
S.—Society 
w.m.—Weekly meeting 
SEPTEMBER. 
9th.—Horsforth G.M.I.A. (w.m.); Suttoi 
in-Ashfield H.S. (m.m.); Hasting 
St. Leonard’s and D.H.M.I.S 
(m.m.). 
10th.—Dundee H.A. (Annual gener; 
Meeting); Milton and Sitting 
bourne H.S. (m.m.); Society < 
Jersey Gardeners (m.m.); Biddei 
den Cott. G.M.I.S. (m.m.). 
nth.—Royal Caledonian H.S. (Show ; 
Edinburgh, 2 days); East Anglia 
H. Club (m.m.); Nottingham an 
Notts Chy. S. (m.m.); Sheffie! 
Chy. S. (m.m.). 
12th.—Woking H.A. (m.m.). 
13th.—Ambergate Cott. G.S. (m.m. 
Weybridge and D. H.S. (m.m.). 
14th.—Leeds Paxton S. (w.m.); Thorntc 
Heath and D.H.S. (m.m.). 
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Profitable Digging. 
While working in his garden at Chaih 
a farmer upturned a clod of earth ar 
discovered, to his surprise, a pearl ar 
diamond ring, worth ^60, that was lo 
by a lady visitor several years ago whi 
searching for Strawberries. 
Messrs. Webb and Sons at Shrewsbury. 
At the recent Shrewsbury and Rea< 
ing Horticultural Society’s Show 
Messrs. Webb and Sons, the King 
Seedsmen, Wordsley, Stourbridge, wei 
awarded Gold Medals for magnificent e: 
hibits of vegetables and flowers, consis 
ing of Melons, Tomatos, Cucumber 
Peas, Beans, Celery, Cauliflower, Onion 
Carrots, Sweet Peas, Gloxinias, etc. 
Messrs. Cypher and Sons’ Success at Shrew 
bury. 
At the Great- Shrewsbury Floral Fet 
held on August 21st, the firm of Messr 
Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, always 
the front, literally swept all the chi 
prizes off the board. Never before ha 
they been so successful. They were fir 
in the classes for fifteen stove'and gree: 
house plants, six stove and greenhorn 
plants, six ornamental foliage or vari 
gated plants, group of miscellaneov 
plants, group of ornamental foliaj 
plants, etc., and thirty stove or gree: 
house plants. It was a record of whic 
any firm might be proud, for these we 
the chief classes. _ 
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