July 4, 1896. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
70S 
of this variety are of large size with spreading 
standards and falls of a bright purple-blue. A 
yellow and white band to the base of each segment 
serves to give the flower character. The styles are 
white, edged with blue. Award of Merit. Messrs. 
Barr & Son, King Street, Covent Garden. 
Chrysanthemum frutescens nivale compac- 
tum. —It would be difficult to say whether this name 
or White Nivalis Compacta, is the most cumbrous. 
The long name has the merit, however, of indicating 
the general features of this Marguerite or Paris 
Daisy, for it is compact in habit with over-lapping 
rays of a pure white. The leaves are dark green 
and finely divided. Award of Merit. Mr. H. B. 
May, Dyson’s Lane Nurseries, Upper Edmonton. 
Calochortus venustus Eldorado Strain. —A 
series of flowers of C. venustus is characterised by 
lilac, rosy, light and dark purple flowers; and all 
have a brownish-crimson blotch of greater or less 
intensity on the middle of each segment of the inner 
series. All are very beautiful. Award of Merit for 
the strain. Messrs. R. Wallace & Co., Kilnfield 
Gardens, Colchester. 
Geum Heldreichi. —This hardy herbaceous plant 
was received from Constantinople, and while it 
resembles G. chilensis and G. montanum in habit 
and several other respects, it differs from both in the 
flowers and foliage. The flowers are of a brilliant 
orange and much brighter than those of the garden 
G. miniatum. The stamens are all whorled or 
twisted from west to east. The radical leaves are 
irregularly pinnate, with a very large terminal, 
reniform leaflet and very hairy. The stem leaves 
are smaller with fewer leaflets, and the terminal one 
is wedge-shaped. Award of Merit. Mr. Amos Perry, 
Hardy Plant Farm, Winchmore Hill, London, N. 
Carnation Hope. —The flowers of this variety are 
of moderate size and pure white, with broad, fairly 
neatly arranged petals. The leaves are of a dark 
glaucous green and the young shoots are both 
plentiful and strong. Award of Merit. J. Wynne 
Ffoulkes, Esq , Crypt Chambers, Chester. 
The undermentioned Viola received a First-class 
Certificate at the National Viola Society’s Showheld 
at Regent’s Park, June 20th. 
National Viola Society. 
Viola Lavender King.— This is a fine flower some 
2 in. or in. in diameter. In colour it is a light 
lavender. The rays are dark, but not very pro¬ 
nounced. Mr. D. B. Crane, 4, Woodview Terrace, 
Archway Road, Highgate, N., received a First-class 
Certificate for it. 
With only three months of the growing season 
before us, it becomes absolutely necessary that all 
winter crops should be planted without delay. 
Land cleared of early Peas and other crops, will 
be available for any of the Brassica tribe, either for 
main or succession crops. And attention must be 
paid to the earlier planted crops in keeping them 
hoed, and stimulated into making good growth. The 
following sowings should be made without delay ; — 
Carrots. —A good breadth of this vegetable sown 
at the present time will turn in very useful during 
the autumn months. Light land will suit it best, 
and if deeply dug and plenty of burnt material and 
a little soot be blended with the soil, a clean crop 
may be expected from this sowing. Select some of 
the best forms of the Horn or Early Nantes Carrots 
for this sowing. 
Turnips. —All available ground may be sown with 
these, as the surplus roots can be stored for winter 
use. Good ground is needed to get tender roots, but 
any position slightly shaded by trees would suit this 
crop better than some others, and advantage should 
be taken of this to crop with Turnips. A dressing 
of guano or soot scattered over the ground before 
sowing, and well raked in will stimulate the plants 
into active growth. The following sorts are good : 
—Veitch’s Red Globe, Early Snowball, and White 
Globe. 
Parsley.—A sowing of a good curled variety 
made at this season will stand a long time next 
summer before running to seed, and will form a 
succession next spring to the early sowings of this 
year. 
Beans. —The last sowing of Dwarf Beans should 
be got in as soon as possible. A position sheltered 
from cold winds should be chosen, or where a slight 
protection is given by fruit trees, sufficient to ward 
off early frosts, it will answer well for this crop. 
Mohawk and Ne Plus Ultra are two good kinds that 
come into use quickly, and Candian Wonder will 
form a succession and keep in bearing until cut down 
by frosts. 
Endive. —A small planting of the earliest sown, 
may be made on ground where early Potatos 
have been lifted. These will come in useful 
during early autumn, in giving variety to the salad 
bowl. Another sowing will be needed now to give 
plants for early winter-use. 
Potatos. —Anyone desiring New Potatos at 
Christmas should plant now. Any old Potatos left 
over from last year’s crop, if planted at once, in 
rows about 3 ft. apart, and securely protected by 
earthing them over during the autumn, will 
yield good crops of young tubers during the 
early winter months. A layer of litter or an 
extra depth of soil over the roots will protect them 
from frost. They should be dug from the ground 
when required, not lifted and stored. 
Coleworts. —Another sowing of these should be 
made ready to fill up any vacant ground and give a 
useful crop during winter. 
Seakale. —A good strong growth in this crop is 
essential. A dressing of salt and soot will be a great 
help at this season in producing strong growth and 
good roots. The crowns should be carefully 
examined and suckered for the last time, leaving one 
growth to each crown.— J. R. 
The Stove. 
Any vigorously growing plants which were potted in 
the spring may now be in need of a further shift. 
This may well be given now, in order that the plants 
may get a good hold of the new soil before winter 
commences to set in. Nothing is more dangerous to 
the welfare of stove plants than a lot of cold soil 
hanging round their roots. Crotons, Dracaenas, 
Pandanads, and Ferns that are observed to be in 
need of a shift should, therefore, be attended to with¬ 
out delay. 
Anthuriums. —As soon as the colour begins to go 
out of the flower spathes, the flowers should be cut 
off, as if left for any length of time they weaken the 
plants considerably, and to no purpose. 
Nymphaeas. —A sharp eye will have to be kept 
upon these, for although they are so close to the 
water, Aphides are very fond of the succulent leaves. 
An occasional sponging of affected leaves with 
tobacco water, will effectually rout the insects. 
Should the plants in the tank become too crowded, 
owing to the formation of a lot of leaves by the more 
vigorous kinds, a judicious removal of some of these 
leaves will be of service, as it will give the smaller 
growing plants a chance. 
Cyperus Papyrus. —Although this noble plant 
produces an exceedingly fine effect when treated as a 
sub-aquatic, its gigantic heads form a congenial 
refuge for mealy bug, and the syringe must be kept 
constantly at work to prevent this little pest from 
gaining a foothold, for once it does, there is little to 
be done except cut out the dirty heads. 
Gardenias.— Where the plants obtained from 
spring struck cuttings have done well, they will now 
be needing another shift into pots a size larger than 
the ones they now occupy. A compost of two-thirds 
of good peat, to one of fibrous loam, with a nice 
sprinkling of sharp sand, and a few nodules of char¬ 
coal will answer admirably. Do not disturb the 
roots of the plants beyond removing the crocks at 
the bottom, and pot pretty firmly. Plenty of heat, 
and an abundance of moisture, are the essentials to 
success in the culture of Gardenias. 
As the plants are subject to the attacks of insects 
too numerous to mention, the syringe must be plied 
amongst them with no illiberal hand, if they are to 
be kept clean and healthy. In addition to the morn¬ 
ing and evening shower baths, a third should be 
given in the middle of the day if the house is kept 
well shaded. Old plants that were cut back and 
potted up after flowering, will now be in a condition 
to profit by an occasional dose of liquid manure, and 
once the young plants have filled their pots with 
roots, they may receive a like attention. 
Ficos repens. —There is no more useful climber 
for the walls of the stove than this. The 
dark green hue of its leaves serves to throw into 
relief the more brilliant hues of the highly-coloured 
foliage plants. Sprays of Ficus, too, come in very 
handy for decorative purposes, and, therefore, it is 
desirable to foster its growth as much as possible. 
It is, of course, entirely self-supporting, and all it 
seems to need is plenty of water. It often happens 
that the stoke-hole is situated immediately behind 
the stove, and thus the wall separating the two is 
apt to get dry very quickly and the poor Ficus then 
comes off badly. If necessary, therefore, a good 
syringing should be given it in the middle of the day, 
in addition to the morning and evening ones. 
Damping Down. — With so much hot weather the 
damping down of walls and stages must of necessity 
receive strict attention. The shingle upon the plant 
shelves should be damped with the watering can, 
also, at least twice a day. It will then keep damp 
much longer than if the moisture from the syringe 
only was depended upon. 
Temperature. —For the rest of the summer the 
warmest stove should not be allowed to fall below 63 '' 
Fahr. at night. Air should be given as soon as the 
thermometer begins to rise in the morning. The 
house should be closed between three and four 
o’clock in the afternoon, when a good syringing 
should be given and the blinds pulled up, except 
over the part of the house where the Ferns are 
placed. Fire-heat will scarcely be wanted at all, 
although the pipes may be kept slightly warm 
through the night with advantage. 
Pits and Frames. 
Show and Regal Pelargoniums. —As the earliest 
of these have gone out of flower and commenced to 
go shabby, they will have been removed to the 
frame-yard. Here a sunny position should be given 
them, in order that they may have every chance to 
ripen their wood nicely. They must not be neglected 
for water for the present, however ; although after 
the lapse of a week or two, when the ripening process 
is fairly well advanced, they may, with advantage, 
be suffered to get dry. The giving of manurial 
stimulants will, of course be discontinued entirely. 
Gladioli in Pots. — As the growth has now 
finished with these for the season they should be 
dried off completely. Unless the pots are particu¬ 
larly wanted for something else, the corms may be 
allowed to remain in them for the present. Pots and 
all may therefore be laid on their sides in some 
corner where they will not be liable to get broken. 
Plunging Chrysanthemums. — Now that the 
earliest potted plants have obtained a good start, it 
will be well to see about plunging them, as this will 
help to lessen the labour of watering. Staking must 
be seen to before the length and weight of the shoots 
endanger their existence. A single stake will be 
sufficient for the present. The taller plants that are 
being grown on for large flowers should be stood in 
rows, in such a way that they may all be easily 
secured to a wire stretched between stout posts 
driven in for the purpose. Additional wires or strings 
may be given as growth proceeds, and the posts to 
which they are fastened should be at least 7 ft. in 
height above the ground level. This will be high 
enough for the tallest growing sorts. Stakes are of 
little use to tall-growing plants, as they have to be 
thick enough to be clumsy in many cases in order to 
be of the required height. 
Tuberous Begonias. —Attend to the watering of 
seedling Begonias that are planted in trial beds so 
as to get them into bloom as soon as possible and 
thus to allow of the inferior forms being discarded. 
Empty Pits. Advantage should be taken of the 
present time when a great many plants are standing 
out of doors to paint and whitewash. All walls 
covered by lean-to houses, should be whitewashed at 
least once a year, unless they are covered with 
climbers, and during the summer months this may 
effected with the least trouble. 
General Work. —Make a further sowing of her¬ 
baceous Calceolarias to furnish plants for late 
blooming. Pot off singly into small thumbs late 
sown Primulas. Shift on into large 48's or small 
32's, according to size and strength, plants of Primula 
obconica resulting from seed sown in the spring. 
The 6o-pots in which they have lately been growing 
will now be packed with roots. Shading, watering, 
and syringing will now occupy a deal of time, and 
the practice of neither of these necessary operations 
must be at all neglected.— A. S. G, 
