DECEMBER 27, 1919.] 
the conditions in winter will allow :—Aviato: 
p Mary Allwood, Red Sensation bid 
Wivelsfield Claret, while the old scarlet 
Britannia is ED уон of пи tion. 
Primula sinens р: tellata, a 
re i e for conservatory 
for 
; Richardias, d especially p (9 
Little Gem, are he :Ipfu al maintaining the 
supply of white flowers re attractive e gre en- 
house plant is Erlangea tomentosa, Ыл pro- 
duces lilac flowers in branched heads, on stout, 
erect stems.  Chorizema ilicifolium is of 
considerable decorative value, and when planted 
reenhou Pea-shaped 
se border the 
ers are produced freely. Centropogon "tee: 
E^ pem in &mall nd is also useful; the 
pare red colour, tubul shape, 
th Wu ant thers rS protruding from the throat 
The earliest varieties of Azalea indica respond 
readily to gentle heat and are among the mos 
beantiful of winter-flowerin je he be 
for th irpose are Deutsch rle, Edmon 
үм e, and Mme. E. Eckhaut. Ерасгіз 
cr 
; less showy, and in mixed collections of 
Bits ‘they are preferable to Ericas, which they 
mu mble. 
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Other epe a requiring no higher tempera- 
Bre than 509 to -— „them to yield a fair 
mount of bloor en flowers are 
я Sos. А80 НЗ, maladie Еш dian riums, Jasmi- 
de 
nums, Rhododendrons, and the beautiful Pleroma 
( asiand ) macrantha erry-bearing plants are 
bright in ect and ontribu te to the winter 
ge olanum Capsicastrum is well known, 
d dwarf Capsicums are not out, 
E. agus у ИНИ ri, 1п baskets, 
scarlet E 1 
and ds 
a 
will pr able at t 
mas Roses (Hellebores) also Well 
s rs to thos 
;ers are much superior 
um Е 
house the winter- flowe еп 
рта, Fascinator, pe 
and its white ety, 
The 
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lant 
them to 
a flag and the drop. 
that does v reli in “root ind state. 
e rais bum se own in iei o 
rosea with long spikes of rosy-red flowers is well 
orth growing -— en ee eut the spikes droop 
considerably, hours they regain 
ue beauty id er w Ev " This plant, with. its 
variety cem does best in an intermediate 
house. F. 
PLUMBAGO ROSEA. 
spikes of delicate 
most graceful and 
decorati during 
LUMBAGO ROSEA, with its 
; Or 
er te x» table 
decorated hh ations, Chrys anthony ums, 
Су pripidiums or other posi a flow a 
distinct т relief to viev 
When the pent ‘have finished flowering 
Mey should A y cut back to within a foot of their 
early ^ mni and iiis ed in a house 
having intermediate temperature, thus 
making their улман quarters ДЫМ for the 
forcing of other plants. They will produce 
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shoots which, 
length, 
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sturdy when about four or five 
in should be cut and inserted 
three in a 25 inch pot, and the latter plunged in 
a warm propagating case. 
The cuitings root readily and 
similar conditions to those oni 
pogation of Croto ons, except that 
flourish in 
to the pro- 
folia s 
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1 ра u s 
loai pe pe uo leaf-mould, 
р а Title 3 Ner rubble ан 
а sprinkling of. m They may ther 
in the stove house, and stoppe ed t rem dm "the 
fiual pong into 6-inch and 7-inch pots about 
the end of June, in a similar compost to that 
advised al boy as - 
potíul of bone 
The plant 
ig 
ev the л period in a high 
temperature. They require a little stimulant 
Fie. 152.—MESSRS. W. WELLS 
AT THE R.H.S. 
when they have filled their pots with roots, 
which is soon accomplished, and they unfailingly 
commence flowering in ics tober. 
At this stage the ount 
moisture should be reduc ds ane salar the primm 
the more adaptable is the flower spike for the 
indicated, when thie leading spike 
Ex to develor pr rter 
atmospheric 
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t travel well when grown in 
the onditi s described, uz they are valuable 
for homie “ee decorat 
The old stools, if shaken an and repotted im- 
medite the roots become active, provide useful 
plan Wm. Macdo Wall 
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CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
RGE EXHIBITS. 
öf” the a o exhibits staged at flor 
ater at various seasons of the year «оа 
in effect and be дл, the bold displays of Chry- 
асо the made Irt the leading specialis sts in 
of plants 
this class s, When с 1 
of well grown blooms are massed in distinct 
vandie. and when the varieties represent 
he sections into which 
practically all 
orists have divided Reece ence it 
possible to produce effective and 
elegant display, full of mna and with 
ent variety of form an colour to 
arr team the attention of all who are fond of 
flowers. Messrs. s nip and Co. are masters 
of art of sin т: tion blooms of 
the 
Жо varieties, “bee. they do not cca that 
the effect of these giant flowers is enhanced by 
a setting of smaller Japanese sorts ‘eas as 
of value for table decoration and for small vases, 
This firm—as is the case of the group arranged 
at the Royal Horticultural Hall, W nme, on 
Nov. 18, and illustrated in Fig. 152, sually 
show incurved amd pompon varieties in hó fore 
ground, thus indicating the decorative value o 
ese forms. ather, they generally set up 
arge vases of single rers in positions where 
they contrast with the bolder beauty the 
п and massive Japanese varieties 
he ual cost of large exhibits is sur- 
prisingly "high. and 
obtained in i 
equally as sa 
displays 
xhibitions at Гена and аерге 
CO.'SFINE EXHIBIT OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
pesci ON THE 18TH ULT 
HOME CORRESPONDENCE. 
not hold themselves т jor the 
opinions pine ed by cor 
Elaeagnus са description of this 
beautiful агу оп T "301, hardly dise де e to 
the beauty oi the jn ts, for when ripe, the 
little peliate scales x vd get separated, so 
that the orange- еа berries seem studded 
with er br right golden flecks may be of 
in — t to the fru uits, though some- 
mentior 1 that 
** austere "' to eat fresh, make nevertheless 
a ase en jelly. J. S. Gamble, East Lis 
mpanula Allionii (see page 297).—Mr. 8. 
Arnott ji ne the = fable that С ampanula 
Allionii alcif In Gard. Chror 
October, 1915, p- 208; is ‘recorded the results o 
a trip I made espe o gather it in its native 
habitat and дача, the soil upon which 
luxuriates in nature. The analysis showed that 
the stones in which it gr were highly cal 
careous, in fact, the figure of nearly 12 per cent. 
carbonate of lime may be taken as a minimum; 
for many of the larger stones were pervaded with 
veins of fairly pure carbonate of lime. hat the 
plant needs is plenty of flakey stones to provide 
d nd soils aération. In the T 
referred to is included a photograph of a plan 
