Jury 5, 1919.] 
A 
* HARDY FLOWER BORDER. 
CAMPANULA EXCISA 
m LA excisa is one of the rar n of the 
dw аана in cultivation, singular 
ite bird just as difficult to dy) the wa 
of t ent as it is uncommon in "a 
ст n fairly well described as a slende 
more upright pusilla or caespitosa 
Ө Ме with little perforations as if the fiowers had been 
4 TEM tten, but тезу more TN ing than such a 
ә tio 
TIU though 
urious, are no unsigh tly aud add to 
МИМ the plant’s 
lg 
distinctiveness, and the small bell- 
wie shaped irae M of a hs мш: i seen blue shade. 
lise The plant s lim any form, whilst it 
bit ae also ба 8 hii sed Pair н а ght, 
à S ые Н standing moisture. It is said 
abit 10 ost restricted native district in 
eibi Switzerland Ranch the shingles, and учы € sonat 
m not easy to repro uce in I 
E Buc own it on a dry ledge of Be comu w well 
mulched with whinstone chips and water ed a 
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THE GARDENERS’ 
CHRONICLE. 
heel ed en those DU employed for the 
back r T rogi кг It is quite eed 
and I grow it i 
gro 
but it will ge in ШЕН: though in ndi a 
Lo à 
situation s veg = ү pe The plant 
laay be pro ted by According to 
the Standard {буор i 
a pn Нони, this 
plant ‘is to be confounded w p Зек Napaea 
(or ык агы S. hermaphrodita), milar range 
ad habit, and said also to be cultiv ated д ay 
gardens, but which has hermaphrodite flov 
JABOROSA INTEGRIFOLIA. 
udents of descriptions of hardy flowers a 
uently ay pted to р 
desire one 
ain thie tte iow even 
more intense De : i nem is called into being 
дй, 
3 Fic 4.—RosE MRS. BRYCE ALLAN; A H.T. VARIETY OF CARMINE ROSE COLOUR. 
at! 
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pr „ most daily all the summer. I have never seen it description of this Jaborosa. It 
yi P о fine, hoxev er, as in the stone “boxes”? built of hon ith long, creeping stems, broad Жыз 
п м walling at ioe ws gton П, cashire, bular white, highly fragrant flowers, and 
os where it had pr tically moraine conditions and grows to a height of from 6 to 12 inches 
jn! оа be kept well watered. when ат A knowledge of its we habitat, Buenos 
T. fiw Y colony of plants in one of these struc- Ayres, raises at once a sus pic on as to i ts ha "m 
^i E showe "ag osi and happiness by ness, although MAS get 
#й 5 mae ee appearance. There it was plants from that dist trict. In p 
т delizk mg by means a offse It appears . integrifolia, — the doubt is justified, for 
"Li the t in sending o t underground M cm an nd it is somewhat tender and requires not only 
дй! inis on Ing up a little bi rel шо риге, warm soil, but a shelkared, warm үрк ны My 
к! mi легат tah ее ou ung xperience is not ray ore and from reports 
aP m. e con the rac rar a Titt пе received fro ш ече I was fairly fortunate ш 
nit? Bot: = One i ‘ths connoisseur who succeeding 1 ping i a couple of yea 
ү Ба. by ordinary difficulties of cultivation and MNT a few of its xen lowers. 
j^ E etermined to master 1 presenting them- rew it in the most Iter and warmest 
s! ves with such a Bellflow position I could secure, in a pocket of a rock 
sÍ garden, where > plant was prote fr 
f This ae pre North and East winds and secured any gleam 
pt little lg бше. Мын, lid is but of sunshine that Ы come from other direc- 
rder 10% in gardens, makes a good back ions. The soil was sandy we wall rained. 
| Tt РЕ plant for flowering in July and August. The plant grew and flowe гей for about а couple 
га аа, SIX to ten feet high, has rather large, of years, when one of the severe winters 
andivid 1l cut leaves and clusters of white flowers. have £e intervals deprived me of this interesting 
& they] Y the blooms are small, but in the and beautiful Penbe = foe pinan 18 
look well, while the plant is yey as figured in Bot. . 3489. 
DRY ROT IN TIMBER. 
MrrcHELL, of the Imperial College of 
, States that 50 per cent. of 
ers in the = mines in this 
edi 
injurious than A 
icr ns). 
гот Ta ‘of old p en the rooms 
Fern ad not thoroughly erri 
ticularly where green, dicus 
)een used the 
Lap belief у о 
of old stables are most liable. о hav 
ir ME: woodwork attacked by this fungus, 
I have never been able to subst tantiate te 
two 
ment. rtainly, in every c re er tten 
tion has been directed t e fungus the first 
MN were on the ground floor, and where the 
Ë were damp and badly ventilat he 
w ved id f houses that have been shut up for 
a tim uld seem to be liable to attack, the 
starting point being the skirting-boards, after 
which fi cupboa es, and tters 
ar un 
ne г іа 
іп ES amazing А de ties 
m whic p^ s found 
esents the appe ig been 
coated bee d coffee. 
rate at h this fungus a чета wou ld 
oft ten pr 
thickly 
‘The 
eco: 
in small pieces by we dcm with perf Gott. E ease. 
The diseased wood t the colour of old, 
brown oak. 
uestion of the decay mber is of [с 
gh i wood that is 
in water, deeply n ре 
ров, ог in cold storage, t o fear as 
1 to deca : =н 
due e growth 
of di in rue wood, which not only "liv ve on it, 
but absorb all the solid portion, mies in that 
decay and шрген ДО 
ial to fun 
manner cause У 
The itions essentia 1s PART are 
noisture, warmth and a little air. he dry-rot 
fung ill n » thrive Ie here is a good cir- 
ulation of and г this reason buildings 
should be Masi poer ated. Seasoning 
greatly prog the life of timber, for it 
n order t 
ticularly с 
following recommendations a i use 
only well seasoned and thoroughly dry 
tim uo avo it ing the 
eek EA X 
ilation, ейт in cellars and underground 
ooms, should be provid 
T 
Бе узре. ре 
On the first es aes of dry rot paint the 
timber with carbolineum. A. D. Webste 
