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THE GARDENING WORLD. September 21, 1907. 
than those we mention, take the first one 
mentioned for each month as follows :— 
Williams’s Bon 'Chretien and Beurre Gif- 
fard (July and August); Souvenir du Con- 
gres and Beurre d’Amanlis (August and 
September); Louise Bonne of Jersey, Beurre 
Hardy and Conseillor de la Cour (October); 
Doyenne du Comice and Glou Morfeau (No¬ 
vember and December) ; Easter Beurre and 
Josephine des Malines (January and Febru¬ 
ary) ; Beurre Ranee and Olivier de Serres 
(March and April). Good dessert Apples 
are : Duchess of Oldenburg and Irish Beach 
(August) ; Devonshire Quarrenden and Wor¬ 
cester Pearmain (August and September); 
Cornish Aromatic and Pineapple Russet 
(September and October); Ribston Pippin 
and King of the Pippins (October and No¬ 
vember) ; Cox’s Orange Pippin and Brad- 
dick’s Nonpareil (December'and January); 
Old Nonpareil and Wyken Pippin (January 
to March) ; Sturmer Pippin and Lord Burgh- 
ley (March to May). Kitchen Apples are : 
Keswick 'Codlin (September) ; Warner’s 
King and Ecklinville Seedling (October and 
November) ; Blenheim Orange and Lane’s 
Prince Albert (December and January); 
Bramley’s Seedling and Wellington (Febru¬ 
ary, March and April); Northern Greening 
and Royal Russet (May and June). Goose¬ 
berries, to give you the various colours, 
should include Warrington, Whinham’s In¬ 
dustry, Red and Yellow Champagne, Sul¬ 
phur, Broom Girl, Early Green Hairy, Pit- 
maston Greengage, Keepsake, Whitesmith 
and Langley Gage. Some of the best Red 
Currants are Red Dutch, La Versaillaise 
and Raby Castle, the latter being a good late 
one. During autumn you can observe where 
the prevailing winds are, and that will give 
you some idea as to the effect they will have 
on your fruit trees when the fruit is ad¬ 
vancing to the ripening stage. We presume 
you will get the strongest winds from the 
south-west, so that any trees planted for 
shelter should be on that quarter. Bear in 
mind also what we said about planting 
dwarf trees, which are more easy to shelter. 
A useful tree, often employed to furnish 
shelter, is the Ixmrbardy Poplar (Populus 
nigra pvramidalis). This having perfectly 
upright branches takes up but little space. 
It also grows rapidly and would very soon 
produce a sheltering hedge of any desired 
height. This should really suffice to break 
the wind on the exposed side of your or¬ 
chard. A hedge would be more useful than 
tall trees as no object is gained by carrying 
any shelter to too great a height. 
GARDEN ENEMIES. 
2221. Larch Blighted. 
I shall esteem it a favour if you will tell 
me the name and cause of aphis on enclosed 
branch of Larch and the best means of de¬ 
stroying it. (A. G., Suffolk.) 
Your tree is affected with the Larch aphis, 
variously known as the Larch Bug or I.arch 
Blight (Chermes Laricis). It is most harm¬ 
ful to young trees, although it also attacks 
old ones. This particular aphis does not 
multiply in the same way as the greenfly, 
but lays eggs about the third week of April, 
and these hatch about the beginning of May. 
Successive broods are, however, produced 
during the season. It is possible to combat 
the enemy by using one glassful of paraffin 
to one or one and a half gallons of water. 
Stir the mixture well while using it. This 
remedy should be applied at intervals of 
three or four days from the time the young 
Larch leaves make their appearance. We 
believe that the newer and prepared reme¬ 
dies, such as Dyseleine and Homco insecti¬ 
cide, used at the rate of 2 oz. to a gallon 
of water, would he equally effective as 
paraffin and probably safer in careless 
hands. Another remedy is to put 1 cwt. 
of lime shell into 80 gallons of water and 
leave it there for a week. You can then 
syringe the tree with the clear solution of 
lime water. If you require less than the 
above quantity you can still use them in 
the same proportions, namely, 56 lbs. of 
lime to 40 gallons of water, or 28 lbs. of 
lime to 20 gallons of water. Either of these 
remedies must be persevered with for a 
little time because eggs hatch out at different 
times. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
2222. Books on Gardening. 
Being a reader of the popular Gardening 
World, which I find very useful and inter¬ 
esting, both for fruit and flowers, I should 
like you, if possible, to give names and let 
me know of any good garden plan book, 
small or big garden size, as I do not find 
anything to my liking for a big place in 
our book. Please let me know which is a 
good work on gardening (all included), 
books and cost. Our crops here in Jersey 
this year are good, but we have a lot of 
disease. The flower garden is all in a 
blaze. (A. G. J. ;Marett, Jersey.) 
In reference to your letter, you seem to 
have overlooked asking questions about the 
names of fruit and flowers. If you let us 
know what you wish to grow we will fur¬ 
nish you with names through The Garden¬ 
ing World. In the way of books, there is 
one entitled “ The Book of Garden Design,” 
obtainable from John Lane, The Bodley 
Head, Vigo Street, London, price 2s. 6d., 
with postage extra. This book is chiefly de¬ 
scriptive and may not help you much unless 
you can think out the plans as given in the 
book. A book on gardening would be “ Pic¬ 
torial Practical Gardening,” obtainable 
from Messrs. Cassell and Co., Ludgate Hill, 
London, price is. in paper covers and is. 6d. 
in cloth. On pp. 23 to 27 you will find some 
designs for beds which may prove service¬ 
able. Another 'book, entitled “ Home Gar¬ 
dening,” is obtainable from Mr. L. Upcott 
Gill, Bazaar Buildings, Drury Lane, Lon¬ 
don, for is. 2d. post free. It deals with the 
laying out and stocking of gardens and is 
meant as a manual for amateurs. You must 
remember that a book containing all the 
subject of gardening would be a very large 
one, and you would have to get a more ex¬ 
pensive one to deal in any way exhaustively 
with the subject. In the meantime, how¬ 
ever, you would find much information in 
the books mentioned that would be useful 
to you. 
NAMES OF PLANTS. 
(A. C.) 1, Oenothera biennis grandiflora ; 
2, Lythrum Salicaria roseum; 3, Gauera 
Lindheimeri; 4, Geranium Endressii; 5, 
Alyssum maritimum.—(D. J. Wills) 1, Pelar¬ 
gonium Lady Plymouth; 2, Pelargonium 
Mme. Sallery : 3, Heliotropium peruvianum 
var.—(T. C. West) 1, Veronica Traversii; 2, 
Olearia Haastii; 3, Spiraea Douglasii; 4, 
Spiraea discol'or.—(C. D. Thompson) 1, 
Adiantum Ghiesbreghtii; 2, Pteris Wim- 
setii; 3, Pteris cretica umbrosa; 4, Blech- 
num occidentale; q, Polvstichum angulare 
proliferum.—(C. R.) 1, Sempervivum cal- 
careum ; 2, Sedum glaucum ; 3, Sedum spec- 
tabile; 4, Saxifraga Wallacei.—-(Learner) 1, 
Symphoricarpus racemosus; 2, Santolina 
Chamaecyparissus incana; Cassinia ful- 
vida.—(P. M.) 1, Lilium croceum ; 2, Lilium 
testaceum; 3, Lysimachia punctata; 4, 
Veronica longifolia; 5, 'Spiraea discolor; 6, 
Cupressus pisifera squarrosa (often named 
Retinospora squarrosa). 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Geo. Cooling and 'Sons, Bath. — Autumn 
Bulbs and Plant List. 
J. Cheal and Sons, Lowfield Nurseries, 
Crawley, Sussex.—Bulbs and Roots. 
Thomas S. Ware, Ltd., Feltham, Middle¬ 
sex.—Catalogue of Dutch, Japanese and 
Home-grown Bulbs. 
NAMES OF FRUITS. 
(C. B.) Apple Irish Peach.—(W. Stocker) 
Apples: 1, Worcester Pearmain; 2, Lady 
Sudeley; 3, King of -the Pippins; 4, War¬ 
ner’s King; 5, Lord Suffield; 6, Manks’ 
Codlin. 
-- 
Canna Mme. Louis Voraz. 
The blooms of this variety are of large 
size and handsomely veined with red on a 
yellow ground. Award of Merit by the 
R.H.S. on September 3rd when shown by 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, (gardener, 
Mr. IV. Bain), Burford, Dorking. 
Gladiolus Purity. 
This may be described as a white 
Gladiolus of large size, as it has only 
some purple markings and a yellow tinge 
in the throat. It is a very fine one. 
Award of Merit by the R.H.S. on 3rd 
September when shown by Messrs. Kel- 
way and Son, Langport, Somerset. 
Single Dahlia Peggy. 
In this we have a beautiful zoned flower 
of a rich crimson round the centre, fol¬ 
lowed by another zone of orange, and 
giving place to a bright rose at the tips 
of the rays. Varieties like this offer great 
temptation for lovers of Dahlias to grow 
them for the sake of cut flowers, and more 
people would grow them if the rays did 
not fall so soon. If the flowers are cut 
as soon as they expand, and before pollen 
appears on the top of the disc florets, the 
blooms will last good for three or four 
days. They should be cut in the morn¬ 
ing before the sun has made the stems in 
any way limp. Award of Merit by the 
R. H.S. on 3rd inst. when shown by 
Messrs. J. Cheal and Sons, Crawley, 
Sussex. 
National Potato Society. 
The first provincial show of this society 
will be held at the South-Eastern Agri¬ 
cultural College, Wye, Kent, on Wednes¬ 
day, October 2nd, under the direction 01 
Mr. Walter P. Wright, the horticultural 
superintendent of that institution. The 
S. E. and C. Railway Company has ar¬ 
ranged to issue return tickets from any 
station within 60 miles of Wye for a 
single fare and a ‘quarter on presentation 
of a voucher, and a good attendance of 
members is expected. An opportunity 
will be afforded the visitors of inspecting 
the gardens, orchards, and farm, where 
an interesting series of trials is being con¬ 
ducted. In addition to the usual classes 
for members and the contests for the 
Llewelyn and the Carter-Findlay Cups, a 
keen interest is likely to be aroused in 
the series of vegetable competitions, open 
to members of the Kent horticultural so¬ 
cieties, 'for special prizes presented by 
nurserymen and seedsmen in the count}. 
The judges are Messrs Edwin Beckett, 
V.M.H., Aldenham, Elstree, H. Henshaw. 
Cambridge University Experimental 
Farm. Impington, and Jeff. Poad, \ork. 
At 3 p.m. a conference will take place, 
at which Mr. N. J. R. Dunstan, the Prin¬ 
cipal, will preside and deliver an opening 
address. Schedules and full details are 
obtainable from Mr. W. H. Adsett, Hon. 
Sec., Hatton House, Great Queen Street, 
London, W.C. The entries close on Wed¬ 
nesday September 25th 
