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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
September 11, 1897, 
Questions add snsmeRS 
•,* Will our friends who send us newspapers be so good 
as to mark the paragraphs or articles they wish us to see. 
We shall be greatly obliged by their so doing. 
[ Correspondents, please note that we cannot undertake to 
name florists' flowers such as Carnations, Pelargoniums, 
Chrysanthemums, Roses, nor such as are mere garden 
varieties, differing only in the colour of the flower. 
Florists' flowers, as a rule, can only be named by those who 
grow collections of them.] 
Hardy Perennials. — Begonia : To name a dozen 
hardy perennials for market work is rather a diffi¬ 
cult task, as there are so many fine subjects from 
which to pick and choose. You do not state any 
particular time of the year when you require 
them to be in flower. The following are well 
worthy of cultivation, and you may add very many 
more subjects to the list of which the same may be 
said, viz. : Delphiniums and double Pyrethrums of 
sorts, Lupinus polypbyllus, Gypsophila paniculata, 
Spiraea Aruncus, Heuchera sariguinea, Achillea 
Ptarmica flore plena, Galega officinalis albiflora 
compacta, Doronicum austriacum, EryDgium 
alpinum. Lychnis Viscaria splendens plena, 
Helenium autumnale, Aster acris, A. Amellus 
bessarabicus, A. diffusus horizontalis, and Core¬ 
opsis grandiflora. There are many more perennial 
Asters (Michaelmas Daisies) you might well invest in, 
and you will observe that we have made no mention of 
Irises, of which there is a lot to pick and choose 
from, or of such bulbous subjects as Liliums, which 
would be most valuable for supplying cut flowers. 
Tuberous Begonias.— Begonia : If you have a good 
strain of these popular plants you should find a 
ready sale for them in Scotland. Most, if not all, of 
the best firms there buy in each year to a consider¬ 
able extent. Amongst Edinburgh firms you may 
apply to Mr. John Downie, 144, Princes Street, and 
Messrs. R.B.Laird & Sons, 17, South Frederick Street. 
In Glasgow you may apply to Messrs. Austin and 
McAslan, 89, Mitchell Street, and Messrs. J. R. 
Thyne, 83, St. Vincent Street. You are mistaken, 
however, in thinking that the best forms of the 
tuberous Begonia have not yet got into Scotland. 
Steel blue Eryngium. — A. J.\ The term steel 
blue would apply to several species. The specimen 
you sent is Eryngium planum, and should be 
obtained from growers of hardy herbaceous plants 
under that name, though we are not certain you would 
get it. It is often grown under the erroneous name 
of E! amethystinum, and you would probably obtain 
it by asking for that. The name is wrong all the 
same. E. planum has oval, flat, and crenate, but 
otherwise undivided, leaves. The lower leaves of E. 
amethystinum are deeply three-lobed, and the upper 
ones are more or less cut. The heads of 
the latter are also larger than those of the former. 
You might possibly be able to get seeds from some 
of the seed merchants, otherwise you could ask for 
plants. 
Origin of the Sweet Pea. —T. Anderson : There 
can be little doubt that all the garden forms of the 
Sweet Pea both ancient and modern have originated 
from Lathyrus odoratus, which grew, and probably 
still grows, wild in Sicily. Whoever first originated 
the idea that a species or variety was native of Cey¬ 
lon, must have made a mistake. The variety com¬ 
ing from that island must have been taken there, or 
possibly the original from which the variety arose in 
gardens and got perpetuated on account of its dis¬ 
tinctness. 
Preserving old plants of Lobelia.— A. S. : Some 
of the plants should have all the flowering stems cut 
pretty close back at once, so as to induce them to 
develop flowerless shoots before winter comes on. 
Select those that are brightest in colour, and dwarf- 
est, for your next year's stock. They should be potted 
up in 60-size pots, in light sandy soil as soon as they 
commence to grow, so that the pots may be well 
filled with roots before winter. 
Names of Plants.— Filices : 1, Selaginella un- 
cinata ; 2, Nepbrodium decompositum ; 3, Aspidium 
Lonchitis (the Holly Fern).— A. 0 . : 1, Aster acris ; 
2,Celsia Arcturus.— E. Morris: Xylophylla frutescens. 
—S. Fordham : 1, Anemonejaponica alba ; 2, Helian- 
thus Miss Mellish (both will do well in a London 
garden). 
Communications Received —W. B. G.—In¬ 
quirer.— S. O.—R. S.—John Saville.—C. C.—F. L. 
Ames.—Old Boy.—C. C. L.—M. N.—G. Maynard.— 
Q.—B. Entwhistle.—Alex. Lambourne.—R. Craig. 
FIXTURES FOR 1897. 
September. 
21.—R.H.S. at Drill Hall. 
28.—Radclifle-on-Trent Potato S.how. 
30, 1, and 2, Oct.—R.HIS. Fruit Show at Crystal 
Palace. 
October. 
12.—R.H.S. Committees and Lecture. 
12, 13, 14.—N.C.S. at Royal Aquarium. 
26.—R.H.S. Committees and Lecture. 
November. 
2, 3 —Watford Chrysanthemum Show. 
2, 3.—Coventry Show. 
2, 3.—Brighton Chrysanthemum Show. 
2, 3.—Borough of Croydon Chrysanthemum Show. 
2, 3.-Southampton Chrysanthemum Show. 
2, 3.—West of England Chrysanthemum Show at 
Plymouth. 
3. —Ealing Show. 
3, 4.—R.H.S. of Ireland Crysanthemum Show. 
3, 4.—Ascot, Sunninghill, Sunningdale and District 
Chrysanthemum Show. 
3, 4.—Isle of Thanet Chrysanthemum Show. 
3, 4, 5, 6.—North Peckham Chrysanthemum Show. 
3. —Teignmouth Chrysanthemum Show. 
4. —Colchester Show. 
4, 5.—Higbgate Chrysanthemum Show. 
4, 5.—Devon and Exeter Fruit and Chrysanthemum 
Show. 
9, 10, 11.—N.C.S. at Royal Aquarium 
9, 10, 11.—Birmingham Chrysanthemum and Fruit 
Show. 
9, 10.—Kingston and Surbiton Chrysanthemum 
Show. 
9, 10.—Leeds Paxton Chrysanthemum Show. 
9.—R.H.S. Committees and Lecture. 
9.—Croydon Chrysanthemum Show. 
10.— Bodmin Chrysanthemum Show. 
10, 11.—Liverpool Chrysanthemum Show. 
10, ii.—Birmingham Chrysanthemum Show. 
10. — Brixton Chrysanthemum Show. 
11. —Reigate Show. 
11.—Spalding Chrysanthemum Show. 
11, 12.—Putney Show. 
12, 13.—Bradford Chrysanthemum Show. 
12, 13.—Hanley Chrysanthemum Show. 
12, 13.—Sheffield Chrysanthemum Show. 
12, 13.—Nottingham Show. 
16, 17.—Ipswich Chrysanthemum Show. 
16, 17.—Manchester Chrysanthemum Show. 
16, 17.—Belfast Chrysanthemum Show. 
16, 17.—Chester Paxton Chrysanthemum Show 
16, 17.—Folkestone Show. 
17, 18.—Hull Chrysanthemum Show. 
17, 18, 19.—York Chrysanthemum Show. 
17, 18.—South Shields and Northern Counties 
Chrysanthemum Show. 
17, 18.—Bristol Chrysanthemum Show. 
17, —Rugby Chrysanthemum Society. 
18, 19, 20.—Edinburgh Chrysanthemum Show. 
19, 20.—Stockport Chrysanthemum Show. 
23.—R.H.S. Committees and Lecture. 
25, 26, 27.—Dundee Chrysanthemum Carnival. 
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