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Gardening for Amateurs 



Campanula pumila (pusilla) ; Omphalodes 

 verna ; Tiarella cordifolia ; and Viola gracilis 

 should find a place. The delicate stems of 

 Arenaria balearica will clothe the wall face 

 with exquisite tracery, and in a lesser degree 

 Mentha Requieni will effect a similar purpose, 

 it is redolent with perfume when lightly 



An Alpine flower Jasione Jankae in a wall. 



bruised. Where the rock- wall is continually 

 damp, opportunity occurs for introducing 

 Primulas viscosa alba, Cockburniana, lati- 

 folia, Bulleyana, Beesiana, latifolia, and 

 farinosa, and at the wall foot Primulas rosea, 

 japonica, pulverulenta, and sikkimensis, while 

 the Dodecatheons will find the additional 

 moisture congenial. 



Shrubs to Grow under Trees. Aucuba 

 japonica is not much used for planting under 

 trees, but is seen frequently in the shrubbery. 

 It will, however, succeed under the most 

 unfavourable conditions, and if it fails there 

 is little hope of anything succeeding. Rho- 

 dodendron ponticum will occur to most people 



living near woods in the country. It is 

 freely planted to afford cover for game, and 

 in ground that is not too heavy it rarely 

 fails. Berberis (Mahonia) Aquifolium forms 

 a worthy companion to the above, and suc- 

 ceeding, as it does, in a variety of soils and 

 positions, and being at all times attractive, 

 it should be used freely. The Butcher's 

 Broom (Ruscus aculeatus) is also good, 

 not so tall as the others, and if the 

 showy red fruits are desired in winter 

 care should be taken to procure both 

 male and female plants. Taller plants 

 include Holly, Yew. and the common 

 Laurel. There are also plants of lower 

 stature that can be used with good 

 effect, some of them trailing on the 

 ground and forming a lovely evergreen 

 carpet. The Ivy is well known, but is 

 not made use of to the extent it should 

 be ; it will succeed admirably, the variety 

 Emerald Green being useful. The com- 

 mon small-leaved kind found in abund- 

 ance in our woods is very suitable too. 

 Euonymus radicans is scarcely less valu- 

 able. It grows compactly, but if neces- 

 sary it can be kept in bounds by 

 clipping in spring. The variegated 

 variety may also be used. Hypericum 

 calycinum bears beautiful golden blossoms 

 in summer, while Vinca major and V. 

 minor are blue-flowered trailing plants 

 that are likely to prove satisfactory. It 

 may not be out of place to mention that 

 double Daffodils planted among the Ivy 

 would make a pretty picture in spring. It 

 may be possible in some cases to thin the 

 branches of overhanging trees. This can 

 be done without disfiguring the latter, and 

 the shrubs will be benefited by the rain that 

 will reach them. 



A Novel Heating Apparatus. As the 

 days lengthen and get warmer, heat is needed 

 only by night in the greenhouse. A good 

 and cheap plan is to take an oil lamp, rest 

 the tank on the ground, and place two bricks 

 each side of the lamp upon each other. Then 

 place a 7-inch pot over the lamp and rest it 

 upside down on the bricks. On the 7-inch 

 pot should be placed a 6-inch, then a 5-inch, 

 a 4|-inch, a 4-inch, a 3|-inch, and a 3-inch, 

 these together forming a cone. When the 

 lamp is lit the pots will hold sufficient heat.. 



