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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
THE SEED TRADE. 
(Continued from p. 361.) 
EVERE eine AND SEE ps.—It is yet too 
any definite opinion oe the amount of 
or seed, but 
of snow did not fall, or where t overing was 
carried away by the wind, which has been of 
sharp, piercing char om t east almost 
considerably thinned down 
immediately preceding b 
because it induced a tender growtb, which was full 
of sap when overtaken by the sharp frost, whilst 
es it became as hard as 105, 
. It even penetrated through 
o clamps to such an extent, that some large 
holders anticipate their loss at 25 to 50 per cent. in 
the pits. It used oi be = practice | to obtain seeds of 
Ma gels, T grown 
bulbs, selected from crops of the previous geason’s 
growth, these special“ bulbs being clamped for the 
winter, and put out in the fields the following 
spring. Owing, however, to an enormously increased 
demand, auch a syste 
with the times, the 
grower resorts to methods that occupy his land for 
shorter periods, and we find him tranaplanting ems 
that were sown in early autumn, and if th 
survive the winter, as they generally do, he is 
safe in ees a fair crop of seed from the 
growth that for the : i 
u nnn it feels the influence of 
spring, and t ip- Swede much quicker than the 
gel. Another e followed by some growers 
is to simply in the autumn, and 
the plants when ready; this method is, however, 
considered by many as unsatisfactory, for it tends to 
throw the breed back to its wild state. 
The cultivator who uses eee, “bulbs” for his 
seeding purposes, stands n the safest ground this 
season i 
later on what has really happened, an 
are that disastrous results will have to — ana 
from the majority of districts. Seedsman, 
(To be continued.) 
PHLOXES AND VIOLAS. 
55 planting of everything has been 30 
Mes aJ ames Veitch & Sons, 
and Son, Jno. 11 Dicksona — 
Dobbie & 8 To 45 of the varieties the commi ittee 
of the society ee xxx, — —— Too 
them, and to about twenty v war 
the public for five-and-twenty years at least, A 
complete list T take up too much * a and 
therefore I give the names of only a dozen 30 
abl 
Hotialaral Soc 
La Sole Heo oe akon mottled : pg 
Mrs. 8 salmon, shaded wi 
crimson eye: ta 
Fiambeau err oy scarlet, crimson eye, flowers 
large: medium heigh 
ee salmon-pink, shaded, darker eye: 
medium hei 
— dahit, pink eye, large spike: medium 
ie arn 
Avalanche Pure white, lemon eye: dwarf. 
Ino. —— rosy- pink, crimson eye, flowers 
large: medium height. 
Alexander Shearer Deep orange scarlet, good 
$ m height, 
Boule de N Dipa salmon-red: medium height. 
Eugéne Danzanvilliers—Shaded lilac, fine white 
eye, onal age large: dwarf habit. 
James McKay — White, good flower: medium 
hei — 
Panthéon — Bright salmon-rose, lighter centre, 
flowers large: medium height. 
A few of these 3 e dwarf, growing only 
ae is an admirable 
quality. In late — hitherto many of our best 
varieties have grown quite 4 feet sin ree Y 3 
is not desirable. Three feet s ta 
m 
be correctly described as e a ere. janis, and 
w ted they should 
dry, therefore 
su m p to them, and 
prevents the plants losing their bottom leaves. 
Phloxes are very easily propa by cuttings 
shaded frame, 
w shou 
older than three or four years aen not give a e 
like so satisfactory results as 
who are members of the Royal Horticultural Society 
can this year obtain from Chi certain 
number of plants of these andre 8 and 
those interested in y flowers to 
a come into 
possession of a few Phloxes whose merits hav: 
tested alongside so many others and found superior. 
VIOLA 
From amongst the bewildering lists of varieties 
of Phloxes, Violas, or anything else, l is ex tremely 
difficult to make a selection of varieti 2 will 
give all · round satisfaction. uch w i al 
Horticultural has done for 8 the 
iola Conference at Birmingham did for Violas 
last August, and a reminder of their decisions, now 
that many are on the eve of planting, must be appro- 
priate, bes the purposes of bedding, for which 
Violas are now so generally used, the Conference 
cms adopted oe Ne as the best 
sorts :— 
Whites = e neg Mauve, 
Countess of Hopetoun 
2. Bess 
2. Sylvia 
gh E r Rose. 
3. Marchioness of Tweeddale A William Neil 
R Fel Blu 5 n 
ullion 
r r Bordered Varieties, 
2. Lord Elcho L — * of Fife 
ne Pale Yellow 2. Blue Cloud 
well Gem Fancy Varieties. 
2. Queen i 
Countess of Kintore 
Dark Blue or Violet 2. The Mearns 
1. True Blue Princess Bea 
5 i Blue or . 1. 
rere. ke, 
all the for ieties í 
Nearly 
effectively for en purposes, but those who grow 
specially for that purpose will require to add to their 
collection a Tyre of i ga f gg varieties, 
suchas H. W. S Da ay, York and L 
ne also charmingly suited for table deco- 
rations, Three or four blooms of one variety, with 
a piece of Adiantum, are exceedingly effective. 
Viola planting must be 
can be procured 
with a fair quantity of soil sarin to a ole roots, 
and if they are deeply and firmly planted, they will 
succeed even honk Ke slanting be done as late as 
April. To retain moisture and cause the plants to 
——___ ae 
es out at the neck, the beds should be to 
metime during the mon 
or me which ha 
l-inch r 
is a great help to the pan after they becom 
lished. Undoubtedly t s: Lee i 
and Violas can receive 5 way of helping them to 
tide successfully e warm weather is to rem ove old 
blooms and old w t frequent intervals during the 
season. Vm. a Springfield, Rot thesay, 
[Arrr 20, 1895, 
| 
BERLIN, 
TRYMALIUM SPATHULATUM, Swe, 
nis is a very fine and handsome Rhamnacepy 
om South - western Australia. It forms, 
shrub covered with evergreen upright, 
pilose, oval leaves, 1 inch long. During the spring 
it is covered with numerous large loos 
panicles of small and pure white flowers, thus resem. 
ae Spiræa ariæfolia in habit. The plant is culti- 
ted in a cool house. It is an 2 o 
very remarkable in growth, as quite small plants 
flower profusely. 
Harden h ergia monophy a — Hoe: a ae 
u 
green, simple, ov: 
climbs very freely if planted out in 
house, and densely-flowering racemes are produced 
in the axils of the upper leaves in great a 
The very fine colour of the flowers, which are half- : 
an-inch in length, makes the plant very remarkable, 
‘ypandra R. Br.— This Australian Lilis- — 
ceous plant is — in more than one way. It 
forms dense b f about 14 feet high, with 
slender erect Waren ane Wee are densely bee 
read e sessile leaves are 
be, * ale: e so that the anterior 
of each leaf is turned at an angle of 90° to 180°, 
the top of the young shoots, in the ax 
leaves, short racemes of long-stalked ant blae 
flowers, each l inch in diameter, In the 
middle = each fi stand the six bright yellow — 
tamens, t ; 
— are remarkable, as they remain quite fresh and 
yellow when the anthers are dried up, . 
FRUIT-MARKETS AT FRANKFORT-ON-MAINE. 
There has been for several years past at a ' 
fort-on-Maine, a central fruit-market, established for 
the purpose of giving fruit-growers an 2 
of selling their fruits 1 and thus reducing bi 
Though this Society has 
years, the quantity of fruit sold h 
mention what quantiti . class 
— of fruit they will buy. To the pe d from 
ety details the offers which it has sh 
the 3 Besides this method there are 
regular fruit - markets. The grower sen 2 
