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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



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place until the catkins are beginning to cantias, honesty, wallflowers^ evening prim- 



i__L^_„ J. _r i7>_i roses, Dielytra spectabilis, astnintias lily 



being weeding 



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dry up, say, the lattor part of February, 

 the trees being almost at rest for a month 

 or more after that time. 



The use to which the borders along the 

 walk are put may be quite different the 

 first year or two from that to which they 

 will be put later on when they become a 

 'j;ood deal shaded. The ground having 

 leen well prepared to start with, it may be 

 used^ within certain limits, as ordinary 

 flower borders at first, though no general 

 digging should bepractised, for, as the space 

 hetween the bushes and the path is so- small, 



ir will be occupied throughout by the roots 

 *if the bushes by the end of the first year. 

 After it begins to get hshady, a.nd the soil 

 more fully permeated with roots, so that 

 little cultivation can be practised^ few 

 ummer-flowenng plants will do much good, 

 ind the borders must be given up almost 

 • ntirely to ^spring subjects of all sorts^ in- 

 ' luding, of course, bulbs, all growing in a 

 M^mi-wild state^ the main attention given 

 atter it has become well filled with plants, 



the clearing out of masses 

 of seetUingsof primroses, foxgloves, violet 

 !1k1 the like, and the occasional taking up 

 >t big clumps of bulbs and dividing them. 

 Many bulbs do better among the roots of 

 trees than anywhere, and many kinds of 

 narcissus and tulips may be left for several 

 years undisturbed^ tulips especially never 

 looking better than when growing in clumps 

 with ten or a dozen blooms sj)ringing from 

 a mass of luxuriant foliage. When it is 

 advisable to take up the bulbs for division, 

 or eertaiu <'lumps of them, it is better to do 

 til is ill October, M'hen the disturbance to 

 roots of the trees will not harm the 

 ■ 'tter ,^o much p.,s it would when the foliage 

 ot the bulbs is dying down in June^ though 

 at the former .season lifting gives a check 

 to th(^ bulbs, as their roots for the following 

 season are then well developed. 



Thcs,^ borders offer a fine position for 

 pnriirox^s, especially that beautiful class 

 Hiuh have come to be named Munstead, 

 bunoli, or polyanthus pri^mroses. Though 

 MViH;)!! is necessary for perpetuating the 

 u<-vi strains, it is better in ai place of this 

 l-^md. where pi'actically no proper prepara- 

 tion of the soil can be made, to rely upon 

 >*'lt-sown plants, ^selecting plants of the 

 hnost vaiieties for propagation for other 

 parts of the garden. All the scilla familv 

 ^vdl thrive here, and clumps of hvicinths 

 tinned out of the pots after flowering will 

 do weU m such a position for years, increas- 

 '"i: unti] they become fine naturallv-grown 

 :'i'»'ps. which is the only way in which hy-- 

 I'lths in the open give rearsatisFa<'tion in 

 ^Jn^ opinion of .some. It is as nearly a na- 

 jnral position for many spring bulbs as can 

 >f' touud. for while shady in the summer, 

 )^(>«Mi the bu^bs are at rest and fairlv drv 

 in the winter relativeS- to the ir(Mier il van- 

 <lition of the soil, when the bulbs are in 

 noMor, they get almost full sunshine owin.<r 

 ^0 tlie leafless state of the bushes. 

 j^J^'ves luxuriate in such a place, but they 



be kept under control, go that tli^y do 



not daniage the lower branches of the' nut 

 ^t n i)s. 



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Plants of the best gloxinia-flowered 

 / ^""^ -liou'd be planted to start with, and 

 ^ *'n i,.tt to .see<l themselves, ahvavs puR- 

 ~ "1,. <„■ eutting for the house, any plants 



o li/Vr enough to be allowed 



tl et 1 I>oro.nK.ums will be in 



o„ elenient. as well as Jacob's hadder, 



T "l'^ I^;"'-0P-a» P«>ony, if there i.; 

 1"'- It he delightful old-fashioned 

 >- w>h often sneceed in a shadv place 

 .M- \ ™"ts <,f trees, if not t<,o 



f'»r 7 nm ,1 suitable subjcots 



^■^^^^^"^l^^T Tnention<Hl 

 ton a.Hl f h . sJiort-.spnrred tvpe, Len- 

 . ( 'ir.^tmas i-oses, wood lilies, trades- 



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calycinum^ evening primroses, etc., etc. 



Alger Petts. 



ACACIAS IN OPEN BORDERS. 



The specimen of Acacia verticillata in full 

 blossom, herewith illiistratc<l, is growing 

 in the gardens of Gnaton Hall, near l*ly- 

 niouth, the residence of Cliarles Be wis, 

 Esq. The border in which it is planted is 

 sheltered from the north and east winds 



excellent condition, and growing well. This 

 species is not quite so hardy as the first- 

 mentioned, and consequently a little pro- 

 tection is given during severe weather. A 

 framework (similar to those used by nur- 

 serymen for packing) is placed over it^ and 

 in frosty weather , mats are placed over the 



The small dark-green 

 foliage acts as an admirable setting to the 

 small balls of blossom with which the shoots 

 are studded late in spring. 



Several of these beautiful flowering 

 shrubs ada])t themselves to outside culti- 

 vation in the genial climate of South 

 Devon nnd Cornwall, and deserve to be 



frame at night. 



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A PROFUSELY-FLOWEEED SPECIMEX OF ACA( lA YKTriK ILLATA. 



About fifteen feet high, growing in the gardens of Gnatou Hall, Plymouth, the residence 



of Charles Bewi?;, Esq. 



by a belt of hardy evergreen shrubs, other, 

 wise no other protection is given. Tbe soil 

 is an oi^en, friable loam, and apparently 

 is highly conducive to the healthy nnd rap <! 

 growth. The height ot" the sprcinien is 

 fifteen feet, and, as will I)e seen, is well fur- 

 nished to the base, and in the spring its 

 growths ni'f* thickly hung with tail-l ike 

 yellow How (M S. inakiiig a highly at- 

 tractive object . A tew yards d'slant in the 

 same luirdor is a sjxM-inien of A. arniata in 



pale yellow blossom. 



An c^iition of "SWl l.r i'KAS AND THEIR CUL- 

 TIVATION," by C. U. I urtu^. hn.s ju^t been i.'^^ii^'d 

 for 1912, and c^inv^f-quently thus is the nioist up-to- 

 date work on the *^ abject. The prire. by past, is 

 Is. 2d. (cloth, le. 9d.) from Wie Publiehens. l-lS-9. 

 Alders^ate Stret^t London, E.G. 



largely planted, where suitable spots can be 

 fonnd for them. Of couise. even in these 

 fattMinnl liistricts. some require ]>rotect:on. 

 V. hen tlie weather is ^ ery severe, and they 

 well repay anv extia labour that has to be 

 ex])ended on tlicm. A. iongifolia is very 

 haiitlsome. with hmg, smootli f<»!iage. and 



A. Kiceana is of 

 rather rambling growth and pale yellovv 

 flowers. A. (Milt?*iform's his pretty glaucous 

 fora<i(\ A . <lealbata, <-oinmonlv callenl 

 MiniDsa. should have the slu^her of a warm 

 wall in a favoured spot. Large quantities 

 of tlowtu-s of the latter are im{X)rted from 

 the South of f'rance f(»r the London mar- 

 kets in the earlv part of the vear. 



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