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in. This is preferably done in autumn, and in early spring, before 

 cropping again, the ground is forked over and a dressing of steamed 

 bone meal applied, breaking up and mixing well. 



Wallflowers Not a Success 



Q. Can you tell me why my Wallflowers are not a success ] I 

 give them ordinary, careful treatment. Disappointed, Shrewsbvry. 

 A. Exceptionally firm planting is needed by this plant, which can 



HARDY CYCLAMEN GROWING AMONG FERNS. 



be seen flourishing on old walls where there would seem to be little 

 root hold. Half the Wallflowers that turn yellow and die in 

 gardens do so because winds have loosened them in the soil ; directly 

 they become ill insect pests fasten upon them, and so wireworms 

 and other creatures are generally blamed for the mischief that was 

 first wrought by a careless gardener. Rich soil is needed for growing 

 fine flowers ; it is a customary error to plant Wallflowers in dry, 

 stony, unnourished ground just because they are known to live on 

 walls. If any gardener will examine wall specimens he will not 

 find them with large, lustrous foliage and immense richly coloured 

 blooms, such as we now demand from the bed and border specimens 

 unless they have been especially cared for in their lofty nooks. 



