February  lO,  1898. 
JOURNAL  OR  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
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FINEST  SELECTED  STRAINS 
^OF  TESTED  GR0WTH«3 
BARR’S  PEAS. 
l.XCrHTN'IN’G,  the  best  first  early  round-seeded 
Pea :  pods  well  tilled  with  good-sized  pe;is  of  tine 
flavour;  free  cropper.  Per  quart,  19. 
PRiDE  OP  THE  IHAHKET,  a  fine  second-early 
round-.seeded  Pea  ;  a  great  cropper,  covered  with  larg4 
well-filled  pods  of  deep  greeu  peas.  Per  (mart,  2/-. 
GBADUS,  the  best  early  Marrowfat  ;  pods  large 
and  handsome  ;  peas  of  rich  flavour.  Per  (juart,  3/6. 
TEIiEPHOnE,  a  grand  exhibition  Marrowfat, 
bearing  in  great  abundance  long,  handsome,  broad 
pods  well  filled  with  large  peas  of  delicious  flavour. 
Per  quart,  1, 6. 
DUKE  OP  AEBAITY,  a  fine  main-crop Marrow- 
F.4.T  ;  large,  handsome,  and  ot  rich  delicate  flavour ;  a 
grand  exhibition  Pea.  Per  quart,  2/6. 
HE  PEVS  UETRA,  SELECTED  STOCK;  a  grand 
late  Pea,  unsurpassed  for  flavour  ;  pods  large  and  abun¬ 
dantly  produced  ;  an  extra  fine  stock.  Per  quart,  1/9. 
BARR’S  SEED  GUIDE  contains  a  Select  List  of 
the  best  Vegetable  Seeds  and  most  beautiful  Flower 
Seeds.  It  is  full  of  Practical  Hints,  and  will  he  found 
of  great  value  to  Gardeners,  Amateurs,  and  Exhibitors. 
.Sent  Free  on  application. 
BARR  SONS, 
12  &  13  KING  ST.,  COTENT  GARDEN,  LONDON 
JERUSALEM 
ARTICHOKES. 
NEW  PEARLY  WHITE  VARIETY. 
Special  Prices  on  Application. 
DICKSONS  Nurseries,  CHESTER 
SEED  LIST. 
{FREE  ON  APPLICATION.) 
PEATUKES. 
Alphabetically  arranged. 
Best  sorts  in  heavy  type,  can  be  seen  at  a  glance. 
Probably  the  most  explicit  practical  instructions  for 
cultivation  ever  published. 
Many  hints  and  recipes  for  cooking  and  serving  the 
various  vegetables. 
Directions  for  the  storing  and  forcing  of  vegetables. 
Medicinal  qualities  of  many  vegetables  and  herbs. 
PRIZES  of  £5,  £3,  (two  of)  £2,  and  £1  offered  for 
PHOTOGRAPHS  of  HORTICULTURAL  SUBJECTS. 
(See  page  2  of  Catalogue.) 
Containing  93  pages,  and  a  profusion  of  illustrations,  shows 
—(a)  WHAT  TO  GROW;  (6)  HOW  TO  GROW  IT;  and 
(c)  WHAT  TO  DO  WITH  IT  WHEN  GROWN  ;  and  has 
been  described  by  an  Agent  on  one  of  the  large.st  estates  in 
England  as  a  BOOK  OF  REFERENCE. 
Another  Customer,  testifying  as  to  quality,  writes  : — 
“I  should  like  to  add  tliat  all  the  seeds,  &c.,  purchased 
from  your  Establislimout  during  the  past  fourteen  years 
have  been  of  the  very  best  quality,  and  have  given  the 
greatest  satisfaction.  ” 
RD.  SMITH  Sl  Co. 
Seed  Merchants  &  Nurserymen, 
NOVELTIES 
S  lEi 
AND  SPECIALITIES 
For  1898,  Post  Free. 
French  Bean,  Earliest  OP  All  ..  ..  per  pint 
Tomato,  Warrior  . perpkt. 
Primula,  Snowball . per  pkt.  3/6  and 
,,  Magnum  Bonum  ..  ..  ,,  3/6  and 
AQUILEGIA  HYBRIDA  . perpkt. 
A.SPARAGU.S  DF.F  LEXUS  .. 
Clerodendron  fallax 
Calla  Elliottiana 
CELSIA  CItETICA  .. 
GAILLARDIA  MAXIMA 
AQUILEGIA  HYBRIDA 
Gloxinia,  Williams’  Superb  Scarlet 
Carn.ation,  Marguerite,  Pure  WTiite 
,,  ,,  Mixed 
Lavatera  rosea  splendens  .. 
Wallflower,  New  Annual.  . 
,,  Ruby  Gem 
G.  F.  Wilson’s  Blue  Primroses 
Sweet  Pea,  Pink  Cupid 
Rudbeckia  bicolor  superba 
Sweet  Peas,  Eckford’s  Newest  Vars. 
Stock,  Crimson  Gem  . . 
Zinnia,  Gigantea,  fl.-pl. 
,,  Pompon,  fl.-pl. 
s.  d. 
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ILLUSTRATED  SEED  CATALOGUE. 
VICTORIA  AND  PARADISE  NURSERIES, 
UPPER  HOLLOWAY,  LONDON,  N 
Dutch  BULBS.-J.  J.  THOOLEN,  Bulb  and 
Plant  Grower,  OVERVEEN,  near  HAARLEM, 
HOLLAND,  ha.s  the  honour  to  inform  that  his  Illustrated 
Price  List  in  English,  .Spring,  1898,  is  ready,  and  will  be 
sent  free  on  application.  No  charges  for  packing.  Orders 
of  10/-  and  aliove  entirely  free  to  destinations  in  England, 
Scotland,  and  Ireland,  &c.  Lowest  prices ;  first  quality 
gu.aiunteod. 
LEEKS!  PANSIES  I  DAHLIAS  !— NEW 
LF.EK,  “Excelsior,”  1/-  Per  Packet.  PAN.SIES, 
1  Dozen  Tiji-top  Varieties,  3/6  ;  2  Dozen,  6/- ;  Seed,  1/-  Per 
Packet.  NEW  BOOK  ON  'THE  “PANSY,”  109pp.,  1/1. 
DAHLIAS,  Pot  Roots,  1  Dozen  Superb  Cactus  Varieties, 
4/6.  New  Seed  and  Plant  List  Free. 
ALEX.  LISTER  &  SON,  Florists,  ROTHESAY. 
Choice  new  chrysanthemums.— Yeiiow 
Carnot,  Western  King,  Mrs.  S.  C.  Proldn,  Mrs. 
G.  W.  Palmer,  and  many  other  grand  novelties,  including 
M.  Calvat’s  varieties  of  1897,  at  moderate  prices.  Catalogue 
of  700  varieties  free.— J.  W.  COLE,  Midland  Road  Nursery, 
Peterborough.  _ 
AIP OKTANT  TO  MUSHROOM  GROWERS.— 
CUTHBERT  S  SPECIALITB  MUSHROOM  SPAWN. 
Always  alike  ;  most  productive.  Hundreds  of  Testimonials. 
Per  Bushel,  5/-.— R.  <fc  G.  CUTHBERT,  Seed,  Bulb,  and 
Plant  Merchants,  Southgate,  N.  Established  1797. 
TO  CHRYSANTHEMUM  SOCIETIES.- 
Messrs.  W.  G.  DROVER  <fe  ADAMS  offer  their 
Services  as  JUDGES  on  Reasonable  Terms.— NURSERIES, 
FAREHAM. 
Heating  apparatus.  —  Medals  1875  and 
1881.  Catalogue  of  Boilers,  Pipes,  and  Fittings  free. 
W.  Jones’  Treatise,  “Heating  by  Hot  IVater,”  second 
edition,  216  pages,  2/6;  post  free,  2/10.— JONES  and 
ATTWOOD,  Stourbridge.  _ _ _ _ 
COTTAGE  GARDENING  ;  being  an  Essay  to 
which  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  awarded  Mr. 
W.  Egekton  Hubbard’s  Prize,  February  16th,  1870.  By 
E.  W.  Badger.  Third  Edition,  l^riee  3d. ;  post  free,  3Jd.— 
Journal  oe  Horticulture  Office,  12,  Mitre  Court 
Chambers,  Fleet  Street,  E.C. _ 
PURE  WOOD  CHARCOAL,  Specially  Prepared 
for  Horticultural  use.  Extract  from  the  Journal  oj 
Horticulture ;  “  Charcoal  is  invaluable  as  a  manurial  agent ; 
each  little  piece  is  a  pantry  full  of  the  good  things  of  this 
life.  There  is  no  cultivated  plant  which  is  not  benefited  by 
having  Charcoal  applied  to  the  soil  in  which  it  is  rooted.” 
Apply  for  Pamphlet  and  Prices  to  the  Manufacturers— 
HIRST,  BROOKE  <fe  HIRST,  Ltd.,  Leeds. 
Greenhouses  from  £3  8/-,  vineries, 
CONSERVATORIES,  well-made  FRAMES,  painted 
or  glazed,  from  21/-.  Illustrated  Price  Lists  free.  Maker 
TO  H.M.  THE  Queen  and  H.R.H.  the  Prince  of  Wales. 
Potter,  hawthorn  &  CO.,  Manufacturers, 
London  Works,  Reading  (Name  Paper.) 
THE  JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  can  be  obtained 
from  the  Office,  12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  St., 
London,  post  free  for  a  Quarter,  3/9.  Editorial 
communications  must  be  addressed  to  8,  Rose 
Hill  Rd.,  Wandsworth,  S.W. 
CINERARIA  AND  CELERY  PESTS. 
These  have  been  alluded  to  by  Mr.  G.  Dyke  in 
his  interesting  notes  on  page  56,  January  20tb* 
The  term  “  pests  ”  implies  more  than  one, 
hence  the  “  leaf-miner,  or  larvae  of  the  Celery 
fly  (Tephritis  onopordinis)  ”  must  mean  something 
different  from  that  which  effects  the  “  mole-like 
burrowing  in  the  leaves  ”  of  Cinerarias. 
The  Celery  fly  belongs  to  the  family  Trypetidas 
of  the  order  Diptera  (two-wfinged  flies),  and  infests 
(by  its  small,  fleshy,  legless  white  maggots)  the 
leafage  of  Celery,  Parsnip,  and  other  umbelliferous 
plants,  producing  at  first  whitish  blisters  on  the 
leaflets,  afterwards  brown  in  the  desti03’ed  parts, 
greatly  disfiguring  and  sometimes  ruining  the  crops. 
It  may  or  may  not  attack  Cinerarias,  and  thus 
another  question  arises — uamely,  identity  of  species, 
for  I  do  not  know  the  Celery  ily  as  a  pest  of 
Cinerarias,  lut  have  plenty  of  experience  with  the 
ruinous  Marguerite  leaf-blister  Ily  (Tephritis 
artemisae),  which  also  sometimes  infests  the  leaves 
of  onr  autumn  Chrysanthemums,  and  possibly 
those  of  Cinerarias.  So  far  as  I  know  its  attacks 
are  confined  to  the  Compositae,  and  appear  the  most 
malignant  on  Marguerites. 
The  best  preventive  of  either  of  the  Tephritis  is 
to  catch  the  flies  by  inserting  small  sticks  in  the 
pots  just  long  enough  to  reach  clear  of  the  plants’ 
foliage,  some  sideways,  and  some  over  the  plants, 
and  in  a  slit  at  the  top  of  each  stick  introduce  a 
piece  of  cardboard  about  the  size  ot  an  exhibition 
plant  label  card,  smearing  it  on  both  sides  with 
myocum  fly  gum.  This  answers  at  all  times  under 
glass,  and  outdooi’s  in  summer  for  Celery  fly,  having 
the  traps  just  clear  of  the  leafage  along  the  trenches, 
touching  up  the  “  rests  ”  every  now  and  then  to 
keep  them  in  working  order.  Bits  of  tin  answer 
even  better,  as  they  shine,  even  when  covered  with 
a  smear  made  of  resin  and  sweet  oil,  in  equal  parts 
or  thereabouts,  melted  together. 
Against  attacks  of  these  leaf-blister  flies,  soluble 
petroleum  answers  well  sprayed  on  the  plants, 
preferably  before,  or  at  least  on  the  first  faint 
signs  of  infeciion,  using  the  preparation  at  the 
rate  of  a  wineglassful  to  a  gallon  of  water. 
No.  2676.— VOL.  XCVIII.,  OLD  Series. 
No.  92).— VOL.  XXX.VI.,  T.IIRD  Seriel 
