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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
July  18,  1901. 
reports  as  follows  : — “  The  Apple-stems  from  Mr.  Camm  are,  I  should 
say,  undoubtedly  bored  by  the  caterpillars  of  the  ‘  wood  leopard  moth  ’ 
(Zeuzera  sesculi).  The  entrance  to  the  gallery  may  be  easily  found  by 
examining  the  tree,  and  if  moisture  is  seen  to  be  exuding  from  any  part 
mixed  with  sawdust-like  particles  of  wood,  there  the  hole  will  be  found  ; 
a  sharp-pointed  wire  should  then  be  passed  in  as  far  as  possible,  so  as 
to  Btab  the  caterpillar.  If  this  cannot  be  accomplished,  the  entrance 
should  be  somewhat  enlarged,  and  some  tow  or  cotton-wool  steeped  in 
tar  or  paraffin  oil  should  be  pushed  in  as  far  as  possible  so  as  to  stifle 
the  insect.  When  no  more  can  be  got  in,  the  entrance  should  be  closed 
tightly  with  well-kneaded  clay  or  wax.  If  a  large  grey  and  white  moth 
with  delicately  spotted  wings  is  found  on  the  trees,  it  should  be  killed, 
as  it  is  probably  the  parent  insect.” 
Palms  flowering. — Mr.  A.  Doig,  36,  Alleyn  Road,  Dulwich,  sent  a 
portion  of  the  male  inflorescence  of  Chamasrops  Fortune!.  The  plant  is 
described  as  being  some  4  feet  high  to  the  top  of  the  crown.  Another 
plant  has  flowered  at  ChislehurBt  this  season,  and  a  third  elsewhere. 
Lastly,  a  fourth  has  flowered  after  an  interval  of  twenty-seven  years. 
This  summer  has  therefore  appeared  to  be  particularly  favourable  to 
the  flowering  of  Palms  in  the  open. 
Plants  from  Asia  Minor. — Miss  Wilmot  sent  specimens  of  a  white- 
flowered  Larkspur  and  a  golden-yellow  Centaurea,  both  of  whioh  appear 
to  be  new  to  science,  and  at  present  unnamed. 
Lavender  failing. — Plants  were  received  from  Mr.  A.  H.  Smee  which 
failed  to  produoe  their  flower  spikes.  The  stems  were  remarkable  for 
the  large  size  and  flat  form  of  the  leaves ;  the  leaves  on  the  lower  part 
being  small,  and  with  cirrated  margins.  This  feature  appeared  to  show 
that  the  plants  had  grown  in  too  moist  a  locality,  the  vegetative  vigour 
beiDg  abnormally  stimulated  ;  this,  and  possibly  a  frost,  had  arrested 
the  flower  spikes. 
Lilium  Conference,  Chiswick,  July  16tl|  aijd  17th, 
Under  the  auspices  of  the  Royal  Horticultural  Society  an  important 
conference,  to  study  and  consider  the  genus  Lilium,  was  held  on  Tuesday 
and  Wednesday,  July  16th  and  17th,  in  the  Society’s  gardens  at 
Chiswick.  The  meeting,  or  exhibition  re.ther,  was  by  no  means  devoted 
to  Liliums,  and  indeed  these  were  conspicuously  scarce.  The  only 
extensive  group  was  that  set  up  by  Messrs.  Wallace  &  Co.  Another 
fair  collection  came  from  Messrs.  Yeitch  ;  otherwise  the  show  in  the 
Great  Vinery  was  similar  to  what  one  sees  any  fortnight  at  the  Drill 
Hall.  There  was  no  attempt  at  grouping  the  sub-genera  of  Liliums, 
though,  of  course,  these  were  discussed  by  Mr.  Baker  at  the  conference 
proper.  This  started  at  two  o’clock,  but  before  that,  a  party  of  about 
two  hundred  sat  down  to  luncheon,  Sir  Trevor  Lawrence,  Bart.,  being  in 
the  chair.  The  loyal  toasts  were  proposed,  and  one  also  for  the 
committees,  which  was  ably  responded  to  by  Mr.  Alex.  Dean.  We  give 
below  a  report  of  the  show,  but  our  resume  of  some  of  the  papers  read 
has  had  to  be  held  until  next  week. 
Fruit  and  Vegetable  Committee. 
Present  :  Alex.  Dean,  Esq.  (in  the  chair)  ;  with  Messrs.  W.  Wilks, 
F.  Q.  Lane,  Geo.  Wythes,  G.  Miles,  S.  Mortimer,  Wm.  Pope,  James  H. 
Veitch,  Geo.  Keif,  E.  Beckett,  W.  Fife,  Thos.  Coomber,  John  Basham, 
H.  Markham,  J.  Willard,  H.  Balderson,  James  Smith,  Geo.  Woodward, 
Henry  Esling,  W.  Poupart,  J.  W.  Bates,  C.  Herrin,  and  W.  H.  Divers. 
Mr.  A.  Pettigrew,  The  Gardens,  Cardiff  Castle,  Cardiff,  staged  four 
immense  and  handsome  samples  of  Royalty  Melon,  which  received  an 
award  of  merit  last  year. 
Five  handsome  baskets  filled  with  Melons  were  exhibited  from  the 
Horticultural  College,  Swanley.  The  varieties  included  Invincible, 
huge  fruits ;  Conqueror,  finely  rounded  and  smooth  j  Eureka,  two 
good  fruits  ;  and  a  seedling  cross  between  Best  of  All  and  Hero  of 
Lookinge. 
Miss  Adamson’s  gardener,  Mr.  George  Keif,  sent  a  collection  of 
fruit  from  South  Villa,  Regent’s  Park.  His  dishes  included  a  dozen 
handsome  fruits  of  Golden  Jubilee  Tomato,  Ringleader,  Frogmore 
Scarlet,  Hero  of  Lockinge,  and  A1  Melons,  the  Frogmore  especially 
fine;  and  the  following  Gooseberries — Queen  of  Trumps,  Peru,  Lord 
Derby,  Queen  of  the  West,  Admiral  Boxer,  Bollin  Hall,  Alma,  Overall, 
Lofty,  Succeed,  Pretty  Boy,  Progress,  and  Lizard.  The  bulk  of  these 
were  ready  for  consumption.  Two  dishes  of  Red  Currants  were  staged, 
besides  sixteen  handsome  Peaches,  and  a  selected  box  of  Superlative 
Raspberry. 
Lord  Llangattock  (gardener,  Mr.  T.  Coomber),  The  Hendre, 
Monmouth,  sent  eighteen  exceedingly  handsome  Queen  Pine  Apples, 
arge,  even,  odorous — a  highly  creditable  display,  and  becoming  quite  a 
rarity.  A  dish  of  Red  Currants  came  from  F.  Bexley,  Esq.,  170,  Strand, 
London. 
A  set  of  four  monster  Pine  Apples  were  staged  from  Baron  N. 
de  Rothschild  (whose  gardener  is  Mr.  Roberts),  Hohe  Warte,  Vienna. 
The  varieties  were  The  Queen  and  Brackamoriensis.  One  of  The 
Queen  weighed  6j  lbs. 
From  Messrs.  Ray  &  Co.,  Teynham,  Kent,  came  an  assortment  of 
Cherries,  marvels  of  beauty  all  of  them.  Here  was  Noble,  that  splendid 
dark  sort ;  Bigarreau  Napoleon,  Governor  Wood,  Turkey  Heart,  shown 
in  bunches  on  the  cut  shoots;  Waterloo  Heart,  Amber  Heart,  Webbs’ 
Black  Heart,  Florence,  Frogmore  Bigarreau,  and  a  few  others.  The 
exhibit  included  nineteen  dishes  and  five  clusters. 
Messrs.  Bunyard  &  Co.,  The  Royal  Nurseries,  Maidstone,  staged 
sample  shoots  of  Cherries  laden  with  fruits,  to  show  the  productiveness 
of  these  in  this  present  season.  We  believe  Messrs.  Bunyard  grow 
their  trees  in  grass,  and  keep  sheep  fed  upon  the  pasture.  No  doubt 
this  has  a  very  telling  effect  from  a  manurial  point  of  view.  The 
varieties  were  Black  Eagle,  Flemish  Red,  Old  Black  Heart,  Kent 
Bigarreau,  and  Waterloo  Heart. 
Floral  Committee. 
Present  :  W.  Marshall,  Esq.  (in  the  chair);  with  Messrs.  R.  Wilson- 
Ker,  J.  Fraser,  J.  Jainet,  R.  Dean,  8.  A.  de  Graaff,  E.  H.  Jenkins, 
W.  P.  Thomson,  W.  Bain,  J.  Jennings,  C.  R.  Fielder,  Chas.  E.  Pearson, 
C.  Dixon,  C.  E.  Shea,  Chas.  T.  Pruery,  Geo.  Paul,  Harry  Turner,  R.  C. 
Notcutt,  James  Walker,  and  George  Gordon. 
From  Messrs.  Jas.  Veitch  &  Sons,  Ltd.,  Chelsea,  came  a  beautiful 
display  of  cut  Lifiums.  The  back  was  formed  entirely  of  Lilium 
longiflorum,  grand  clean  blooms  ;  L.  exeelsum,  L.  dalmaticnm, 
L.  Martagon,  L.  superbum,  and  L.  Humboldti  ocellatum  were  also  in 
strong  evidence,  while  such  species  and  varieties  as  L.  concolor, 
L.  elegans  fulgens,  L.  Browni,  L.  croceum,  L.  pardalinum,  L.  cha'ce- 
donicum  Heldreichi,  L.  Washingtonianum  were  all  well  represented 
while  L.  Ivrameri,  L.  Hansoni,  and  L.  canadense  flavum  completed  a 
noteworthy  exhibit. 
Mr.  Amos  Perry,  Hardy  Plant  Farm,  Winchmore  Hill,  staged  one  of 
his  collections  of  hardy  flowers,  which  have  become  so  famous.  The 
arrangement  left  little  to  be  desired.  Some  of  the  best  subjects  were 
Lilium  eleganp,  L.  elegans  atro-sanguineum  maculatum,  L.  Humboldti, 
and  canadense.  The  Japanese  Irises  were  also  a  conspicuous  feature, 
good  bunohes  of  Gentiana  cruciata,  Delphinium  grandiflorum  plenum, 
Aster  Thompsoni,  Heuohera  sanguines,  Eryngium  spina  alba,  and 
Lathyrus  latifolius  delicatus  were  also  staged,  while  the  free  use  of 
Gypsophila  and  Statice  between  the  vases  had  a  most  pleasing  effect. 
Mention  must  also  be  made  of  a  good  representative  collection  of 
Water  Lilies  nicely  displayed. 
Hardy  flowers  were  also  staged  by  Messrs.  T.  S.  Ware,  L  d.,. 
Feltham,  who  had  a  well-arranged  collection,  whioh  comprised  good 
bunches  of  Phloxes,  Gaillardias,  Liliums,  Pentstemons,  and  good 
bunches  of  Erigeron  speciosum  superbum,  Heliopsis  B.  Ladhams,  S  atice 
speciosum,  Scabiosa  caucasica,  Carnations  in  variety,  and  Cal  >pogon 
pulchellus,  amongst  many  other  things,  the  whole  forming  a  pleasing 
display. 
Mr.  John  Russell,  Richmond  Nurseries,  Richmond,  contributed  a 
glorious  bank  of  foliage  plants  which  were  much  admit ed.  Crotons 
figured  largely,  and  included  well  coloured  plants  of  C.  Hamm  mdi, 
C.  Domei  Mrs.  Swan,  C.  Cronstadti  Earl  of  Derby,  C.  Andreanum, 
C.  superbum,  and  C.  Thomsoni.  Alooasias,  too,  were  well  represented  by 
A.  argyrea,  A.  gandavense,  A.  Montfortinense,  A.  Sauderiana,  and 
A.  Martin  Cahuzac.  Dracaenas  were  also  much  in  evidence,  especially 
D.  Russelliana,  while  the  rest  of  the  display  was  made  up  of  Cal  id  urns, 
Aralias,  and  Asparagus. 
At  the  entrance  of  the  vinery,  Messrs.  W.  Fromow  &  Sons,  Chiswick, 
arranged  a  fine  group  of  Japanese  Maples,  dotted  throughout  wrh 
Liliums,  while  a  capital  edging  was  formed  with  the  variegated  Aruba 
pentaphylla.  The  arrangement  was  decidedly  good,  and  a  pleasing 
diversion  to  the  rest  of  the  exhibits. 
A  small  group  of  Pelargonium  Kilmeny  came  from  Mr.  E.  Laidlaw 
Roker  Nuisery,  Sunderland,  whioh  was  said  to  be  a  sport  from  Madu  ne 
Thibaut,  the  flowers  were  pure  white,  and  the  variety  cert  inly 
possesses  the  same  habit  as  the  parent. 
Messrs.  Barr  &  Sons,  Covent  Garden,  staged  a  good  table  of  h*Hy 
flowers,  the  Liliums  forming  the  chief  feature.  These  included  g  >od 
examples  of  L.  pardalinum  Michauxi,  L.  longifl  >rum,  L  B'-owm, 
L.  Roezli,  L.  Thunbergianum  Willie  Barr,  L.  T.  Crimson  EUau'y, 
L.  T.  sanguineum,  and  L.  canadense  rubrum ;  while  the  dtsp  ay  of 
Phloxes,  Lychnis  chaloedonica,  Veronica  longifolia  rosea,  Ce  taurea 
dealbata,  Alstromeria  aurea,  Pentstemons,  and  a  good  collection  of 
Delphiniums  were  excellent.  Mention  must  also  be  made  of  the 
collection  of  Nymphseas  exhibited  in  bowls;  they  included 
N.  Gladstoniana,  N.  sanguineum,  N.  Wm.  Dooge,  and  N.  Morhacea 
rosea. 
Mr.  Percy  Waterer,  Fawkham,  Kent,  arranged  a  glorious  display  of 
Sweet  Peas  ;  the  centre  was  formed  with  a  huge  basket  of  Triumph, 
with  Fern  and  Gypsophila,  while  two  large  oentrepieces  were  uued  on 
either  flank,  one  formed  with  Blanohe  Burpee  and  Lovely,  the  other  with 
Blaok  Knight  and  Miss  Wilmott.  The  rest  of  the  table  was  filled  with 
vases  of  Salopian,  Prima  Donna,  Emily  Eckford,  Oriental,  Golden 
Gate,  Chancellor,  America,  Prince  of  Wales,  Begorra  (surely  P  ish), 
Mars,  Countess  of  Powis,  and  Lady  Frisel  Hamiltou  ;  each  bunch  was 
undoubtedly  developed  for  all  it  was  worth,  and  it  is  doubtf  ul  if  finer 
individual  blooms  have  ever  been  seen. 
