376 THE FLOKAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



Edging Plant?. — A. G. B. — The following are the most desirable of the 

 plants suitable for forming divisional or marginal lines in the flower-garden during 

 the summer mouths: — Achillea umbellata, grey, dwarf, and bushy, marginal or 

 divisional lines. Achyrocline Saundersoni, silvery, dwarf, and dense marginal 

 lines. Arabis alpina variegata, pale yellow variegation, dwarf and compact, mar- 

 ginal lines ; A. lucida variegata, yellow variegation, dwarf and slow-growing, edgings 

 to very small beds only. Centaurea argentea plumosa, silvery, neat, marginal or 

 divisional lines ; C. gymnocarpa, grey foliage, tall centres or edgings to large 

 beds ; C. ragusina, white foliage, centres and second or third rows ; C. ragusina 

 compacta, dwarfer than the preceding, and the best for marginal lines. Cerastium 

 Biebersteini, silvery, dwarf and spreading, edgings ; C. tonientosum, dwarfer than 

 the preceding, and the most useful for edgings. Chrysanthemum Sensation, yellow 

 variegation, second rows or marginal lines. Cineraria acanthifoh 'a, white, upright, 

 but compact in growth, edgings or divisional lines ; C. asplenifolia, silvery grey, 

 compact, useful for first, second, or third rows ; C. maritima, grey, robust, best 

 adapted for back rows and centres of beds. Coprosma Baueriana variegata, creamy 

 variegation, very effective edgings. Dactylis elegantissima, white, tall and strag- 

 gling, edgings for large beds only. Fcheveria glauca metallica, glaucous green, 

 best adapted for forming edgings to large beds; F. metallica, reddish brown, 

 centres or edgings to large beds ; F. secunda, green, red margins, edgings for 

 large or small beds ; F. secunda glauca, glaucous white, invaluable for edging pur- 

 poses. Fuonymusjlavescens, chrome yellow foliage, rich and effective, first, second, 

 or third rows ; F. japonicus aureo variegatus, yellow variegation, first or second 

 rows ; F. radicans variegatus, white variegation, very dwarf edgings. Fuchsia 

 Golden Fleece, yellow leafage, dwarf and compact marginal lines ; F. Golden 

 Treasure, similar, but stronger in growth than the preceding. Gnaphalium tomen- 

 tosum, white, neat and compact, suitable for first or second rows. Lonicera aurea 

 variegata, yellow variegation, edgings to large beds. Mesembryanthemum cordi- 

 folium variegatum, pale yellow, dwarf, spreading ; invaluable. Polemonium cceru- 

 leum variegatum, creamy white variegation, edgings to large beds. Pyrethryi 

 Golden Feather, greenish yellow, compact, useful for all purposes. Salvia offi- 

 cinalis aurea variegated sage, dwarf, compact, and effective. Santolina incana, 

 silvery dwarf, and close growing, marginal lines. Sempervivum Californicum, deep 

 green, red tips, marginal or divisional lines ; S. montanum, green, small, suitable 

 for edging small beds only. Senicio argentea, white, dwarf, and compact, valuable 

 for small beds ; S. incana, similar to the preceding, forms neat edgings. Stachys 

 lanata, greyish, suitable for edgings, long borders. Teucrium polium, greyish 

 green neat and useful for edgings. Veronica Andersoni variegata, creamy white 

 variegation, compact, marginal lines. Veronica Candida {incana), greyish dwarf, 

 marginal or divisional lines ; Vinca elegantissima, yellow variegation, suitable for 

 edgings to large beds only; V. minor, fol. var., dwarfer thau the preceding, and 

 very effective. . 



Management of Golden Balm. — S.— This beautiful plant is at its best during 

 April and May. In the course of June it becomes dull in colour and too strong in 

 growth, and is sometimes eaten up by red spider. A pretty sure way of making a 

 second display is to cut it down close about the 15th <5f June, and give it a heavy 

 soaking of water a week afterwards. 



j?_ 21.— The flowering of the plant referred to at such an early date is rather 

 unusual. There are good and bad varieties, as in every other class of plants. 



Building Vineby and Greenhouse. — J. R. Crewe. — An angle of 30° from the 

 base of the rafter will be quite sufficient slope for the roof of the vinery. A semi- 

 epan would matorially diminish the height of the back wall, and the vinery would 

 match better with the greenhouse. The short lights should be about three feet, and 

 the vines can be trained down them. 



In houses of the dimensions mentioned it will be difficult to set apart any part 

 for propagating purposes ; numbers of cuttings may however be struck in the spring 

 in the virjtry with the aid of hand-glasses. We have had no experience with the 

 bouses mentioned. You must not have a very high front wall. 



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