Gardening for Amateurs 



placed. A mulching of rich soil, if given 

 in July, will encourage new growths ; these 

 will provide shoots for cuttings, or, if left 

 alone, a further show of bloom in autumn. 

 When the top-dressing or mulch of soil is 

 given, cut off all the long, straggling growths 

 that have been flowering for the past two 

 or three months. It is most necessary to 

 remove all old flowers when they fade, or 

 the plants will proceed with the production 

 of seeds instead of giving a prolonged season 

 of bloom. 



Violas for the Garden. Twenty-five 

 varieties for garden display, the first twelve 

 being the best : Snowflake, snow white ; 

 Kingcup, deep yellow ; Primrose Dame, 

 primrose ; Maggie Mott, mauve ; Councillor 

 W. Waters, crimson-purple ; Marchioness, 

 creamy-white ; Kitty Bell, lilac ; Edina, 

 dark blue ; A. J. Rowberry, pure yellow ; 

 Bessie, blush ; Mrs. Chichester, white, edged 

 blue ; and Blue Gown, blue, tinted mauve. 

 Archie Grant, indigo blue ; J. B. Riding, 

 deep rosy mauve ; John Quarton, light 

 mauve ; Jubilee, crimson-purple ; Lavender 

 Queen, lavender ; Moseley Perfection, deep 

 yellow ; Mrs. D. Davidson, lavender-blue ; 

 Pencaitland, white, yellow blotch ; William 

 Neil, rose ; Walter Welsh, deep yellow ; 

 Peace, white, tinted heliotrope edge ; Blue 

 Duchess, pale blue ; Redbraes Yellow, rich 

 yellow. 



Violas for Exhibition. The following 

 twenty named varieties comprise a useful and 

 varied selection for exhibition : Agnes Kay, 

 white centre, edged heliotrope ; Duchess of 

 York, white ; Duke of Argyle, purple, striped 

 rose ; George C. Murray, lower petals black, 



top petals sky blue ; General Baden Powell, 

 orange ; Goalkeeper, rich purple ; Helen 

 Smellie, white centre, edged blue ; Hugh 

 Reid, rosy purple, upper part lighter ; 

 Jeanie Stirling, white 1 , edged heliotrope ; 

 Jenny Houston, maroon, shading to grey ; 

 Jessie Baker, white, edged purplish blue ; 

 John Cunningham, rose purple and maroon, 

 striped ; Kate Cochrane, purple, top petals 

 lavender ; Kate Houston, white ground, 

 broadly edged rosy mauve ; Lady Knox, 

 primrose ; Lawmuir, crimson, streaked ma- 

 genta ; Lizzie Storer, glossy black, tipped 

 lavender ; Louie Granger, rose ; Maggie 

 Currie, rose, striped purple ; Mary Burnie, 

 primrose, edged dark heliotrope. 



Violettas or Miniature Violas. These 

 form a charming section ; the plants are of 

 tufted habit, with quite small flowers, pro- 

 duced in profusion. For the rock garden and 

 as an edging to borders they are delightful. 

 They were originally obtained by cross- 

 breeding between Viola cornuta and a 

 garden Pansy. The late Dr. Stewart, of 

 Chirnside, N.B., was the raiser of the first 

 Yiolettas. The first variety obtained was 

 named Yioletta. and this is presumably one 

 still grown under that name, having tiny 

 white flowers suffused with yellow. Most 

 of these miniature Yiolas are fragrant. A 

 selection of good sorts should include Eileen, 

 deep blue, edged yellow ; Gold Crest, golden 

 yellow ; Rock Blue, deep blue ; Rock 

 Yellow, yellow ; Sweetness, pure white, 

 yellow eye ; Cynthia, pale blush lilac ; 

 Pigmy, rosy purple ; Thisbe, pale blush 

 They need similar treatment to that out- 

 lined for the ordinary Yiolas. 



Flowers of Spring: Narcissus Waterwitch in grass. 



