GARDENING TERMS EXPLAINED 509 



such dimensions as to be in proportion to the size of each individual 

 pip, as may be seen in the Zonal Pelargoniums in one case and the 

 Verbena in the other. Whilst some may term a truss also a cluster, 

 yet the two things have a different meaning. Roses produce clustering 

 flowers, so also Chrysanthemums, and some others, but these are not 

 trusses on single stems, but are several flowers on separate stems finally 

 uniting on one main stem. Crimson Rambler Rose is a good example 

 of clusters of flowers. 



Forcing. This term applies to placing of plants of any description 

 in unusual heat, and thus compelling them to grow freely under arti- 

 ficial conditions. It is usual in vineries to force grapes by making the 

 houses very warm early in the winter, and thus ripe fruit is produced as 

 early as May. Other fruits, such as Peaches, Nectarines, Cherries, Pine- 

 apples, Melons, Strawberries, and Tomatoes, are forced in the same 

 way, and many vegetables and flowers. The term is an appropriate 

 one, because growth is literally forced under the pressure of the artificial 

 heat in which the products are placed. Many plants grown in this 

 country have come to us from hot countries, and these it is needful to 

 give artificial heat to. But that is not forcing, for, as shown, the practice 

 is applied to plants it is desired should make growth out of their due 

 season. 



Garden Pots Measurements. The following is taken from the 

 Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society r , and is of interest to the 

 beginner, " What is a 48 pot ? " 



The following is a pretty correct list of the names and sizes of pots 

 in the Midland counties, but let no one be so simple as to imagine it 

 holds good in London or the West or North of England ; and could 

 anything be more ridiculous ? 



A " 72 " measures 2 inches in diameter. 



A "large 72" 2 J 



A "small 60" ,, 2f 



A "60" 3 



A "large 60 3 J 



A "small 54" 4 



A "large 54" 4 J 



A "small 48" 4 | 



A "48" 5 



A "40" $\ 



A "32" 6J 



A "28" 7 



A "24" 7j 



A"i6" 8J 



" Giving a Shift." A phrase commonly used by gardeners to 

 denote that the plants have become too large for the pots they are in, so 

 that repotting into others a size larger is needful. In preparing to do 

 this clean old and new pots should be ready at hand, plenty of well- 



