. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. seful book than the latter. If he cannotgo much over the price you name, let him have Amateur Gardeners Calendar. You hadbetter by far get him a copy of Paxtons BotanicalDictionary and Thompsons Gardeners Assistant. Geranium pkatense : W. A. IV. The productionof leaf-scales in place of flowers is not very rare, butwe do not remember to have seen it in this plantbefore. Grapes in Water : Davie. A little charcoal. Con-sult some of the many letters on the subject that havebeen published in o
. The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. seful book than the latter. If he cannotgo much over the price you name, let him have Amateur Gardeners Calendar. You hadbetter by far get him a copy of Paxtons BotanicalDictionary and Thompsons Gardeners Assistant. Geranium pkatense : W. A. IV. The productionof leaf-scales in place of flowers is not very rare, butwe do not remember to have seen it in this plantbefore. Grapes in Water : Davie. A little charcoal. Con-sult some of the many letters on the subject that havebeen published in our coluiims. Grapes Shanking : Subscriber. Yours is a bad caseof shanking, arising probably from some defect of theborder or of the roots, but the exact cause of whichcannot be indicated without personal inspection. Ground Cos Lettuce. By an error, this Lettuce wascalled the Grand instead of the Ground Cos. It is anice dwarf compact variety, and Mr. Judd would beglad to get some seed of it. Insects : Cricketfield. The pest is the well-knownCrane-fly, or Daddy-longlegs (Tipula oleracea). At. Fig. 88—the crane-fly.(i, the grub ; 2, the pupa ; 3, the perfect insect.) the present time all you can do is to kill as many ofthem as you possibly can. The grass should be sweptfrequently with a bag-net made of muslin, and lateron perhaps the larva can be got rid of by dressing thegrass at night with a mixture of lime and gas-water,which will destroy them when they come to the sur-face to feed. Probably a frequent rolling of theground at night might answer the same are exceedingly abundant this year. —7. C. bucephala (the Buff-tip), gregarious ; teedson the Oak-nut and Sallow, and frequently stripsall the fohage from the branches on which they feed. Irises : J. O. C. M. The present is an excellent timeto divide the roots. Mealy Bug on Vines : Seventeen Years the Vines after close pruning from the rafters,wash them with diluted paraffin, whitewash
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