December 21, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



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THE ROCK SOAPWORT. 



ho planted in stony soil and in a north 

 aspect^ so that it may retain its whiteness 



Saponaria ooymoides is a most delightful for a longer time. There is a deep pink 

 rock plant, and one which, while in flower, variety called splendeiis, and a very hand- 



is universally admired as it trails over the 

 rocks, and is literally covered with its sheets 



It reminds one of a vastly 



It is 



of pink flowers. 



improved and trailing S. cajlabrica. 

 an old garden plant, but not one to be 

 seen every day, even in rock gardens, w^here 

 it sliould have a good place. Its hardiness 

 is doubtful in certain districts, but if its re- 

 quirements are considered there is little 

 fear of its loss in the greater part of the 

 United Kingdom. 



some form, with more fleshy foliage and 

 larger, brighter^ flowers, is nametl splendi- 

 dissima. 



These soapworts like a hard, dr}^ soil, with 

 plenty of stones about it, and put in such 



under glass in March or April. Whenever 

 the seedlings ca.n be handled properly they 

 should be transplanted about three inches 

 apart, and put in their pennanent quar- 

 ters in the course of the summer. If left 



until late in autumn they ma\^ be destroyed 

 m winter. 



Cuttings, either of young shoots or of tie 

 older ones taken off Mith a heel, mav be 



a position that they w\l\ hang over rock- inserted in sandy -soil under glass in sum- 

 mer, and are hest wintered muler glass, to 

 be planted out in early summer. These 

 saponarias, though not expensive, are 

 worthv of full consideration from owners of 



work or a stone ediiino;. 

 there 



Tlie typical iS 



low 



ocy moide s f or m s a 

 trailing mass of small green leaves, which 

 for a considerable time in summer are 

 generally covered, or, at least, almost com- 

 pletely veiled with pleasing pink flowers. 

 There is a white variety, which however, 

 becomes pink with age, and ought to 



In wet winters 



is some danger of losing them 



unless there is perfect drainage, and the 



finest plants in the garden of the writer are 



fully exposed to all winds and in poor, liaixl, 

 dry, stony soil, 



S. ocymoides is increased by means of 

 seeds or cuttings, the latter being the 

 method to be adopted for the choicer varie- 

 ties. Seeds are cheap, and can be sow^n in' 

 shallow drills in the open in April or ^lay 

 in beds of sandv soil or in nots or boxes 



worthv of full consideration. 



S. A, 



Jerusalem Artichokes. — Leave 



the roots in the ground for seven or eig-ht 

 weeks if the soil is light, but on heavy 

 ground take up and store without frozen 

 soil l3ein^ attached to them, and also with- 

 out slugs being located xipou them. — Gr. 

 Ellwoot). 



20,000 Hectares of Land for Sale in the Argentine Republic. 



Abundant pasture and water. The camp is very suitable for sheep-breeding. Very good climate. On this 

 camp there are more than two millions Pine trees Araucaria imbricata," and which measure more than one 

 metre in diameter. The wood of these pine trees can be converted into timber as well as cefulosa. This 

 wood renders 48 per cent, of celulosa. In the Argentine Republic exist no celulosa mills. Argentina im- 

 ported during 191 1 not less than 24 millions kilos of celulosa. These pine trees produce a large quantity of 

 first-class resin. The land can be inspected at any moment, and all the expenses from Buenos Aires to the 

 camp are paid by the seller. Ask Esteban C. Ferrari, Corrientes 685, Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic, for 

 further explanations and photos. The price for this fraction of land, with all it contains, is 170 francs per 

 hectare, or, say, three millions four hundred thousand francs for the 20,000 hectares. Bear in mind that the 

 price is stipulated in francs, and not in dollars, and that the area is 20,000 hectares, or, say, 200 square kilo- 

 metres, and not acres. The Railway Line runs 40 kilometres distant from the land. 



