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is  hollow  Bean  stalks,  into  which  the  insects  crawl  and  hide. 
Blow  them  out  every  morning  and  kill.  The  green  fly  is  rea^^ly 
destroyed  by  vaporising  the  structure  soon  after  the  first  housing. 
More  insidious,  and  more  difficult  of  eradication,  are  fungoid 
enemies,  mildew  and  rust.  It  is  a  good  i^Ian  to  syringe  the 
plants  before  housing  with  sulphide  of  potassium  at  the  rate  of 
5OZ  to  2gals  of  water.  Repeat  this  on  two  or  three  occasioms  for 
rust.  One  application  will  probably  destroy  mildew.  Very 
badly  infected  leaves  should  tse  iiicked  off  and  burnt.  Cater¬ 
pillars  sometimes  i)rove  troublesome,  and  may  soon  destroy  many 
petals  in  a  flower  if  not  searched  for,  caught,  and  destroyed. — 
E.  D.  S. 
present  arrangement  with  the  Crystal  Palace  Company  is  for¬ 
tunately  only  for  thus  year.  Mr.  Geo.  Caselton,  the  garden 
superintendent  at  the  Palace,  greatly  assisted  with  his  .staff  in 
arranging  the  show,  and  Mr.  R.  Dean  seemed  fresher  than  he 
has  lately  done. 
It  is  of  interest  to  know  that  there  are  130  societies  in 
affiliation  with  the  “  National  ”  ;  and  the  number  of  members  on 
the  books  Ls  64o.  The  financial  position  of  the  society  is 
satisfactory,  the  balance  in  hand  at  the  end  of  last  year  being 
£68  9s.  6d.  Ever  and  again,  however,  one  hears  mournful 
murmurs  to  the  effect  that  the  N.C.S.  is  not  flourishing — is,  in 
fact,  on  the  downward  grade.  That  it  is  not  flourishing  (i.e.. 
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Austk.^lie. 
Mrs.  Barkley 
Madame  G.  Henry 
Madame  Carnot 
IP'  T  , 
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Chrysanthemums. 
Autumn  Show  of  National  Chrysanthemum  Society. 
Tuesday  added  another  to  the  rainy  days  of  this  unpropitious 
year,  and  on  Tuesday  and  Wednesday  the  early  exhibition  of 
the  National  Chrysanthemum  Society  was  held.  With  a  most 
disastrous  season,  and  the  change  to  an  outlying  exhibition 
place — the  Crystal  Palace,  to  wit — the  October  show  of  1903 
must  be  recorded  as  all  but  a  failure  so  far  as  Chrysanthemums 
are  concerned.  It  could  have  been  called  with  equal  or  more 
justiee,  an  Apple  or  a  Dahlia  show. 
For  twenty-six  years  the  society’s  exhibitions  had  been  held 
in  the  Royal  Aquarium,  now  razed  to  the  ground,  and  the 
forging  ahead)  is  true;  but  it  is  more  than  merely  pessiniistic 
to  say  that  it  is  in  a  decline.  We  hope  to  see  it  accomplishing 
good  work  for  many  years  to  come. 
It  ought  to  be  clearly  understood  that  all  exhibitors  at  the 
society’s  shows  must  be  members.  At  the  present  show,  and  the 
others  to  follow,  we  believe  we  are  correct  in  saying  that  the 
institution  of  a  payment  of  entrance  fees  by  exhibitors  is  new, 
and  we  ai-e  curious  to  know  how  far  this  might  have  affected  the 
entries  at  Tuesday’s  show.  The  judges  were  Mr.  M.  Gleesou, 
of  Stanmore,  and  Mr.  A.  Jefferies,  of  Harlow. 
Only  one  new  variety  received  the  F.C.C.,  namely,  »  dim 
