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Other very fine Trumpet Daffodils of recent 
origin are :— Gwendolen, white and pale prim¬ 
rose ; Hamlet, something like Emperor, prim¬ 
rose and yellow ; Henri Vilmorin, a beautiful 
white variety ; Isolde, primrose ; Lady of the 
Snows, white ; Loveliness, snowy white ; Mikado, 
golden yellow; Mrs. Betteridge, pure white; 
Mrs. Buchanan, cream and primrose; Mrs. 
C. W. Earle, pure white with pale citron 
trumpet; Mrs. Geo. H. Barr, a lovely snow- 
white Daffodil; Oriana, white, with canary- 
yellow trumpet; Othello, primrose and rich 
yellow; Pharaoh, creamy white with canary- 
yellow trumpet; Phil May, pale yellow ; Queen 
Isabella, white segments, trumpet primrose 
shaded cream; Sabrina, cream and yellow; 
Van Waverens Giant, the largest of all Trumpet 
Daffodils, having primrose segments and 
bright yellow trumpet; Pearl of Kent, quite a 
new variety raised by the Rev. G. P. Haydon. 
It has large white flowers, the trumpet being 
quite 2 inches long, and beautifully recurved 
at the mouth ; Princess Ena, large sulphur-white 
segments, and regular yellow trumpet slightly 
fimbriated at the margins; Fiona, sulphur- 
yellow ; Mrs. E. Crosfield, almost white with 
pale sulphur-coloured trumpet. 
There are many others, including “ Peter 
Barr,” which is considered to be the “ King of 
white Trumpet Daffodils.” It has large bold 
flowers of softest and palest sulphur white, 
which is even purer in the trumpet. This is 
probably the dearest Daffodil at the present 
moment, each bulb costing forty guineas. 
STERILIZING SOIL FOR TOMATO 
DISEASE. 
Where tomatos are attacked by “ Sleepy 
Disease” (Fusarium lycopersici, Sacc.), it is re¬ 
commended that the soil in which the plants 
grow should be removed and sterilized. 
The best and most certain method of 
sterilizing soil is to place it in a heap on naked 
ground, and not allow a weed of any kind to 
grow on it. When making the heap, place the 
soil in tiers about one foot thick ; cover each 
tier with a layer one inch thick of equal parts 
of kainit and quicklime. The heap should be 
turned and dressed as directed three times 
during the year. The heap should be kept 
moist, as this induces the resting-spores to 
germinate, and it is only when germinating 
that they can be destroyed. Quicklime will 
not destroy resting-spores. Its use is to kill 
mycelium produced by germinating resting- 
spores. 
All manure used should be mixed with 
kainit, otherwise the sterilizing of the soil will 
be labour in vain. Soil treated as directed 
above can be used after one year’s rest. 
Spreading infected soil in a field where 
vegetation of any kind exists does not tend to 
stamp out the disease. The tomato is not the 
only kind of plant on which the fungus can 
grow, and various weeds present in such a 
locality would enable the parasite to reproduce 
itself for an indefinite period ot time.— Journal, 
Board of Agriculture. 
ZONAL PELARGONIUMS FOR 
WINTER FLOWERING. 
So many people fail to have a bright display 
of Zonal Pelargoniums in their greenhouses or 
convervatories during the winter months, that 
a few remarks on their culture and propagation 
may be made at this particular time. There is 
probably no class of plants so easily grown, so 
profuse in flowering, or so brilliant in blossom 
as the Zonal Pelargonium. During the 
summer months, in the open air or under 
glass, the plants continue to throw up truss 
after truss of flowers on the end of a stout 
stalk, and where fine varieties have been 
selected, gorgeous indeed is the display. 
To have such blooms in the depth of winter, 
however, is not quite so easy in most parts of 
the kingdom. But very fair results can be 
obtained where greenhouses exist that will 
admit the maximum amount of sunlight, and 
in which a night temperature of 6o° to 65° F. 
can be maintained. 
The atmosphere also must be kept fairly dry, 
and great care must be given to watering at 
this season. During the summer months it is 
practically impossible—owing to the innate 
laziness of mankind in hot weather—to over¬ 
water the plants as the leaves readily get rid of 
the water which the roots greedily drink up 
from the soil. In the winter months, however, 
if too much water be given, or spilled too much 
on the floors and stages, too damp an 
atmosphere is created with the result that 
the temperature is kept low, and the leaves and 
flowers have a Tendency to “ damp off” owing 
to attacks of a fungus. 
Propagation.— The best blooms from Zonal 
Pelargoniums are borne on young plants. It 
is therefore advisable to raise a batch of plants 
from cuttings about the previous March. 
These cuttings may be taken from old plants 
started in heat, each one being inserted firmly 
in a small pot in a light, but fairly rich, sandy 
soil. The cuttings, of course, should consist 
of the young shoots, but these should not be 
too sappy—otherwise the mortality amongst 
them may be great. Each day, if the cuttings 
are grown in a house with a minimum night 
temperature of 6o° F., a sprinkling may be 
given overhead about 9 o’clock, and again in 
the afternoon about 4 o’clock. The soil should 
be kept fairly moist, but not sodden. In the 
course of a few weeks the cuttings will be well 
rooted, and fit for larger pots. This time, if 
5in. pots (commonly called 48’s) are used they 
will be quite large enough. They should have 
a large piece of crock or stopper placed over 
the hole in the bottom, and over this a few 
