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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



April 13, 1912. 



strong 

 inchea 



plants will probably give more flowers than 

 the cuttings, but they will need larger pots, 

 and in other ways take up more time and 

 room. Most growers put their faith entirely 

 in cuttings. 



SALVIA HORMINUM.— B. M., Swindon : 

 Is Salvia Horniinum hardy, and, if 80, how 

 is it propagated ? I saw twme plants last 

 year and much admired them. — Salvia Hor- 

 miniim is hardy in the southern part of Eng- 

 land in light warm feoils. It is easily pro- 

 pagated from seeds sown in heat in February 

 or March, or sown in the open in April. 

 Plant the seedlings in groups when 

 enough, setting them about nine 

 apart each way. 



ORCHID SEEDLINGS.— J. H., 

 stead: About the middle of February, 1911, 

 a small quantity of orchid seed was sown on a 

 small piece of peat placed in a thumb pot. 

 and placed in a temperature of from 6o to 

 70 degrees. These are now sturdy cseedlings 

 about a quarter of an inch long, and fairly 

 close together. Will you kindly inform me 

 what the next proceeding should be? At 

 present I have only a warm greenhouse.— 

 Prepare a comport of finely-cut peat-fibre 

 and sphagnum, the latter pro<lominating. 

 and u*se this as a compost tor the stM^dhiigs, 

 putting it into little pots or pans over ample 

 drainage. Press it firmly, water with tepid 



Plum- 



the 



s^-edlings 

 ('•('lit 1 \ 



by 



one 

 jiressing 



Sol them 



water, and transfei 

 one with lln- iihin)st c:!)*', , 

 the loosent'd ciimiinst up llioni. 

 about an inch ai):n t. nud keep those oi arxmi 

 one size togethtM-. Krop llu- |>ots in a warm, 

 moist corner, and >lia(h' trom bright light 

 and sunshine. Thi> is, .>t course, a general 

 instruction, and we cannot be more particu- 

 lar, as you do not tell us what kind of or- 

 chid seeds were sown. 



NAMES OF PLANTS. 



J. W. B., Oxford.— Clematis cirrhosa. 



A. J. G., Calne.— We do not recognise the 

 hyacinth ; the little creeping plant is Helxme 

 Solieroli. 



(\ II., Fotheringham. — 1, Odontoglossum 

 cirrhosum; 2, Sophronitis granditlora ; 3, 

 Cattleva Schroderap; 4. Goethea Widtti. 



M. !■:. B., Ipswich.— 1, ( \vd*>nia Maulei; 2, 

 Arahis albida flora ]>!ena ; :i. Euisytliia siis- 

 penna; 4, Peut/-i . itMiata; 3, Prunus Pis- 

 sardi ; 6, Berberi^ Darwini. 



METEOROLOGICAL 



OBSERVATIONS. 



T^KBN IN THE EOTAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY'S GARDENS AT WISLET. SURREY, 



Height above Sea-level. 150 feet. 



GARDENING ENGAGEMENTS. 



Mr. A. Brown, who has occupied the posi- 

 tion of foreman during the past three years 

 in the gardens of Melchet Court, has suc- 

 ceeded Mr. G. Hall as gardener there, 



Mr, Thos. Crosswell, for twenty-five years 

 head gardener at Homewood, Eden Park, 

 Beckenham, has entered upon his new duties 

 as head gardener to Mrs. English, Pick- 

 hurst Manor, Hayes, Kent. Mr. CrosswelVs 

 late employer left him a legacy of ^100, 



free of duty. 



Mr. J. Hepburn, in charge of the Hardy 

 Plant Department. Glacsgow Botanic Garden, 

 bar* l)een appointed gardener to the Marquis 

 of Ailsa, Culzean Castle, Ayr. 



Mr. W. H. Johns, of Kilmarnock, A.B., 

 hae been appointed horticultural instructor 

 to the Belfast Corporation. 



TRADE NOTE. 



The disorganisation of railway traffic con- 

 sequent on the coal strike placed so many 

 difficulties in the way of firms whose business 

 extends over a wide area, that it is of much in- 

 terest to learn that Messrs. Richard Sankey 

 and Son, Lim., of the Bulwell Potteries, Not- 

 tingham, were able to execute all orders for 

 their garden pots with their customary 

 promptness throughout the period over which 

 the strike extended. 



Date. 



* 



3 



aa 



Temperature of the 



Air. 



1912. 



Mabch 31 



At 9 a.m. 



Dny 



Nigtt 



TO 



April 6. 



CQ 



Dry 

 Bulb. 



1 



Wet 

 Bulb. 



1 



et-t. 



Low- 

 est, 



■ 



Mar, SI— Sunday 



„ 3 — Wednesday.. 

 „ 4 -Thursday,... 



br. m. 



0 30 

 7 30 

 9 0 

 11 0 

 2 6 

 2 30 

 10 36 



dejr. 



41 

 41 



48 

 46 

 51 

 57 



des". 

 40 



37 

 38 

 45 

 46 

 50 

 54 



deg, 

 49 

 49 

 54 

 60 



6*2 

 C4 



deg, 

 40 

 36 

 31 

 38 

 41 



46 



50 



Means 



(total) 

 43 \t 



47-1 



46*1 



555 



40*2 



Date. 



1912. 



March 31 



TO 



April 6. 



9-i 



Tkmperature of 

 the Soil 

 At 9 A.M. 



Mar. 31 



Apr. 1- 



2 



3 

 4 



5 



6 



ft 



1 1 



ins. 



Sunday I 0.18 



Monday 1 002 



Tuesday 

 Wednesday.. 

 Thursday.... 



Friday 



Saturday .... 



Leans 



(total) 

 0-20 



At 



1 ft. 



deep. 



deg. 

 46 



45 

 44 



46 

 ^8 

 48 

 49 



At 

 2 ft. 

 deep. 



I 



46-4 



deg, 

 46 

 46 

 46 

 46 

 47 

 47 

 47 



At 

 4 It. 



deep. 



oc 



w 



P 



w e 



o w 



46-3 



deg 

 47 

 47 

 47 

 47 

 47 

 47 

 47 



47 



deg. 

 30 

 27 



26 

 34 

 39 

 39 



CONTENTS. 



So- 



cr 



FORTHCOMING ENGAGEMENTS. 



TUKSDAY, April 16.— Royal Horticultural ^^ciety : 

 Nareiseus Conimittw meeU at 11.30 a.m.; Fruit, 

 Floral, and Orchid Committee meet at 12 o^clock ; 

 Lecture nt 3 p.m. on " Darwin as Ecologist,** by 

 Bev. Prof. G. Henslow. Seientific Committee at 

 4 o'clock. 



Boyal Horticultural Society's Daffodil Show; two 

 dayirJ. 



Shrewsbury Spring Show. 

 WKDNRSDAY. April 17.— Boyal Horticultural 

 cietyV Kxamination for Teachers. 

 Woytil Horticultural Society of Ireland. Sprin 

 Show. 



Iloyal Met-forologioal Society. 

 Uoyal Society of Arts. 



THURSDAY. April 18.— Ipcwich Spring Show. 

 Linnean Society Meeting. 



Manchoster and North of England Orchid Society. 

 Hereford Si>ring Show. 



Devon Daffodil and Spring Flower Show, at Ply- 

 mouth ; two d^ys. 

 S.\TrRD.\Y. April 20.— Chi^lehuret Spring Show. 

 rr}>[)A'\\ Ai>ril 2:?.— Breconehire Daffodil Show. 



WKDNKSiIaY. April 24.— Royal Botanic Socie^:y 

 Meetina^. 



North of England Horticultural Society, at Leeds. 



THURSDAY. April 25.— Midland Daffodil Show at 

 Birmingham; two dviye. 

 Norwich Spring Show. 

 Falmouth Spring Show; two dins. 





Page 



A. Beautiful Water Lily 



* • • ■ • • mnjiJ 



Answers to Corre'spondents 



■ « • * . • Jt-WJ 



Comiii'S* Events - 



* 4 • ■ . • O XCr 



Doiil>]© TEock^ts 



■ ■ • • - - ^jf^tj 



DriftiC nf Tllnftsoiii 



1 i i 1 \^ L -1 \J D'O M.mm- •Tt i'« v.* 



295 



Kxhibitione a;nd Meetings 



m m m w t m ^^^^^^ 



Forthcoming Pln^-agements 



* ■ ■ ■ - ► 



Gardening Api:ointment-i 



310 



Ivy-le.av(xl Pelargoniums 



> ' - ... 30*t 



Marsh Mairigolds 



... . - - 1 



Aleteorolcgical Observat ons 



• ■ • > . . 3lo 



New Plants, etc. 





Note of the Week 



... . - > ^m'* -L 



Ornamentafl A^^paragus 





Overcrowding 





Paths and Edgings 





Plant Veins 



... > . . ^^^t^ 



Points About Perry Pea^rs 



... ... 



Polllination -of Hardy Fruite 



208 



Royal Caledoniim HoK icultviraJ So 



eiety\s 



Spring Srhow 



■ - I ■ ■ - 



Sta n da rd A m. le a^s 



111 - ■ - ^^'J 



The Forsythias 





Varietier-i of Grapt > 



- - • ... 3i l3 



Violet CuUur«' 



> - * I ' . ^^^(^ 



Work for the Week 





ILLrSTBATIONS. 



Portrait: Mr. W. Strugnell. 291; Diploma of 

 the Roy*il Interii/utional Horticiiltunal Exhi- 

 bition, 293; Drifts of Blossom, 295; Primula 

 Mrs. James Douglas, 297; Nympha^ Attrac- 

 tion, 299; A Group of Double Rockets, m); 

 Ma.rs-h Alarigokls by the Waterside, 301; Ivy- 

 le-aved Pelargonium 31 ;i flame Orousise^ 303; 

 Na.rc i S5. u s K i 11: e era nk ie , ^O.") . 



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Of a 11 Seeds me n a nd Ag e n ts , or Wii*i t e d i r ec t . 



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