February 5, 1898. 
367 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
. GREEN PEAS-JUNE TO NOVEMBER. 
Pi. „ ,A corres P° n dence was raised in the Daily Press last Autumn upon the shortness of the season when Green Peas are available, both in gardens and 
—^ 5 ffl h lT rke ' ( D0W ', he ^ ollowlD .g as representing the best collection selected from 1,024 rows we had under trial last season would be 
difficult for us to give precise dates for putting the seed into the ground, as so much depends upon soil and situation. Successional Sowings mav be 
la. made any time between these dates, and the last sowmg not later than the second week in June gs may be 
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second crown bud. To get these in time your plants 
must be rooted early, and the stopping done corre¬ 
spondingly early. We are not quite sure if this is 
exactly what you mean, but we can help you if you 
give further explanations. You must, however, stop 
the plant more than once to get the requisite number 
of shoots. Growers for exhibition stop their plants 
only once, and do it early or late according to the 
variety, simply to time the appearance of ihe first 
bud, the others being timed by the latter. Edith 
Tabor for exhibition comes best on the early crown 
bud, being a late variety ; Duke of Wellington on 
the second crown bud, stopping it in April; Elsie 
Teichman, on the first crown, stopping it in April; 
Lady Ridgway, on the terminal bud, stopping it in 
April; Globe d’Or, on the crown bud ; and Perle 
Dauphinoise, on the crown bud. 
Best Scarlet Border Carnation.— Omega : The 
best Carnation of this class for border work is Hayes 
Scarlet, which is of excellent colour and form, flower¬ 
ing with tolerable freedom. 
Single Yellow Chrysanthemum — Omega : The 
most refined yellow we know is Miss Annie Holden, 
a canary-yellow sport from Mary Anderson. Butter¬ 
cup is a richer yellow, with incurving florets, and 
useful for decorative work. Both are free flowering. 
Worms on Lawn. — H. : Unslaked stone-lime is 
the best material to use for making a solution of 
lime water. Sprinkling lime upon a lawn has no 
effect whatever in bringing out the worms, except it 
were followed soon after by a heavy shower of rain, 
which might occur during the night. Even then if 
the worms did come out, they would enter the soil 
again before you might have an opportunity of col¬ 
lecting them. Water can only take up a certain 
amount of lime in solution, so that there would be 
little chance of overdoing it. You may put about a 
peck of lime in a bag, tying the mouth of the latter 
and sinkiog it in a cask containing 30 gallons of 
water. After it has stood for some hours, and the 
water is quite clear you may take a three-gallon 
watering pot and fill it two-thirds with clean water. 
Then take a small watering pot and fill up the 
remaining third of the big one with the prepared 
lime water so as to dilute the solution. Put arcse on 
the big pot and give the lawn a good sprinkling. 
When the worms have had time to rise to the surface, 
get a broom and sweep them up. Roll the grass 
so as to level down the worm casts. You may 
repeat the operation in the course of a faw weeks if 
you thiDk there is any need for doing it. 
Propagating Poinsettia Poinsettia : You must 
have grown them strongly if the 5 ft. or 6 ft. stems 
were all grown last year We rather suspect they 
are old plants, however, of more than one season's 
growth. You should have no difficulty in propaga¬ 
ting them by cuttings in spring and the early part of 
summer. At present you may allow the plants to 
get dry, keeping them in a house with a night tem¬ 
perature of 45 0 . Some time next month you may 
place them in heat, and syringe them to start them 
into growth. Give them water as they commence 
growing. When the young shoots are 2% in , or 3 
in. long you may take them off with a small heel of 
the old wood. Allow the cut to dry a little, then 
insert the cuttings singly in sandy loam in thumb 
pots. PluDge the latter in a hotbed having a bottom 
heat of 6o° to 65°. Be careful not to over-water 
them while roots are being formed. Later buds will 
be produced by the same old plants, thus giving you 
a succession that will continue the flowering season 
till a late period. You may also keep the old plants, 
if you care to, because each will furnish a number 
of heads according to the number of shoots. As 
soon as the cuttings are rooted you may repot them 
into pots a size larger, repeating the operation as 
required till the plants are in 48 or 32-size pots 
according to their strength. Use a compost con¬ 
sisting of sandy loam, with a little peat and leaf 
soil. Pot firmly, so that the wood may be short- 
jointed. When the weather outside becomes warm 
with plenty of sunshine the Poinsettias may be 
transferred to cold frames where they will be close 
to the glass and get plenty of sunshine. 
Planting Clematis Outside.— Omega: The best 
time to plant out Clematis is in March, earlier or 
later, according to the state of the weather, but before 
growth has made much headway. Mrs. George 
Jackman would be the best of the two white varie¬ 
ties you mention to grow alongside of the old Clematis 
Jackmanni, because the other flowers too early. 
Late Yinery .—Omega : Gros Colman and Alicante 
Grapes are often grown in the same vinery as Black 
Hamburgh, with very fair, but we should not say the 
best results. Hamburgh is early, and would require 
a shorter season to come to maturity, and more 
abundant ventilation before the others are ready for 
it. By careful attention you might grow them to¬ 
gether with fair success, but we think you would do 
better to grow Black Hamburgh in a separate 
house. 
Maids of the Yillage .—Sigma : We fail to find any 
record of this as a name for a plant in the books ; 
but if we yet discover it we shall let you know. A 
specimen of it would insure the name; and a good 
description might. Ranunculus aconitifolius flore 
pleno is sometimes called Fair Maids of France. 
Names of Plants.— R.RI.: 1, Galanthus nivalis; 
2, Galanthus Elwesii ; 3, Asplenium Tricbomanes ; 
4, Asplenium marinum.— T. Wilson'. 1, Eupatorium 
weinmannianum ; 2, Primula floribunda ; 3, Aralia 
Veitchi; 4, Sempervivum canariense; 5, Semper- 
vivum Haworthii.— E. S. : Dendrobium aureum ; 
2, Dendrobium nobile var. ; 3, Odontoglossum luteo- 
purpureum ; 4, Odontoglossum crispum andersoni- 
anum.— T. B. : 1, Davallia elegans ; 2, Blechnum 
occidentale ; 3, Selaginella Martensii variegata ; 4, 
Selaginella caulescens minor; 5, Lomaria gibba — 
G. W. : The shrub is Cornus mas ; the Dendrobium 
is a variety of D. wardianum, differing only from 
D. w. candidum in having purple tips to the seg¬ 
ments (we should have liked to see the stems); for 
the Cypripedium, see next week. 
Communications Received. —J Mayne—W. B. G. 
■—Diosma.—New Park Road.—J. S. —Robert G. 
Mann.—D. Chisholm.—M.—A. R.—W. B.—A. H.— 
West.—T. R.—A. L.—T,, Horsham.—E. N.— 
Reader.—C. Johns.—P.—Oswald S.—Era. 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Richard Smith & Co., Worcester.—Catalogue of 
Seeds. 
John Russell, The Richmond Nursery, Rich¬ 
mond, Surrey.—Descriptive Catalogue of Roses ; 
also Catalogue of Choice Garden Seeds. 
G. Phippen, Reading.—Phippen’s Seed Cata¬ 
logue. 
W. W. Johnson & Son, Ltd., Boston, Lincoln¬ 
shire.—Select Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Seed 
Potatos and Garden Requisites. 
Wilhelm Muhle, k.u.k. Hoflieferant in Temes- 
var.—Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, 
Plants, Palms, Conifers, &c. 
H Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent.—Allotment 
Holders’ Guide, and Seed and Tree List. 
LONDON SEED TRADE. 
February 1st, i8c,8. 
Messrs. Hurst & Son, 152, Houndsditch, London, 
and 27, Seed Market, Mark Lane, report a moderate 
enquiry for Clover and Grass seeds. Medium 
grades of English Red Clover are cheaper. Foreign 
Red Clover steady with full supplies. Alsike and 
Trefoil firm. Ryegrasses dull. 
COVENT GARDEN MARKET. 
February 2nd, 1898. 
Fruit.—Average Wholesale Pricrs. 
1. d 1 d. | j, 4 j j 
Apples ...perbushel 40 13 0 Grapes,per ib. 2030 
Cobbs .20 o 21 0 I Pine-apples 
perioolbs. | —St. Mlobael's each 2 6 76 
Vegetables.—Average Wholesale Prices 
1. d. 
S 0 
1. d 
ArtlchokesGIobedoz. 2 0 
Asparagus,per bundle 
Beans, French, per 
per lb, 0 g 1 0 
Beet.. per dozen 2 0 
Brussel Sprouts, 
per half sieve 10 16 
Cabbages ... per doz. 10 13 
Carrots ... per bunch 0 3 
Cauliflowers.doz. 1630 
Celery.per bundle 10 16 
Cucumbers per doz. 6 o 10 o 
Endive, French, djz, 16 20 
s. A. 
Herbs .per bnnch 0 3 
Horse Radish, bundle 1 o 
Lettuces ...per dozen 1 3 
Mushrooms, p. basket 1 o 
Onions.per bnnob 0 4 
Parsley ... per bnnch 0 3 
Radishes... per dozen 1 0 
Seakale...per basket 1 6 
Small salad, puDnet 0 4 
Spinach per bushel 2 0 
•Tomatos. per lb. 0 6 
Turntpr ....per bnn. 0 3 
Cut Flowers.—Average Wholesale Prices. 
s. d 
3 o 
3 0 
o 9 
0 8 
3 0 
t. d. 
Aiam Lilies, isblms. 2 o 
Asparagus Fern, bun. 1 6 
Azaleas, doz. sprays o 6 
Bonvardias, per ban. 0 6 
Carnations doz.blms. 1 6 
Chrysant hemums 
bunches 6 0 15 o 
Daffodils, per dozen 06 13 
Euonarls ...per doz 40 60 
Gardenias ...per doz. 60 90 
Geranium, scarlet, 
doz. bunches 40 60 
Lillum longiflorum 
per doz. 40 60 
Lily of the Valley doz. 
sprays 06 13 
Lilac (French) per 
bunch 30 46 
Marguerites, 12 bun. 20 40 
M&iaenhalrFern,i2bs.4 0 ,8 0 
Mimosa, 
J. d . 
French, 
bunch 
Narcissus, white, 
French,doz.buns. 2 0 
Orohlds, doz. blooms 1 6 
Pelargoniums, 12 bun. 6 0 
Pyrethrum doz. bnn. 1 6 
Roses (Indoor), doz. 6 
,, Tea,white, doz. 1 o 
.1 Perle . 1 6 
,, Safrano . 1 0 
,, (English), 
Pink Roses, doz. 2 o 
Smllax, per bunch ... 1 6 
Tuberoses, doz. 
blooms .0 6 
Tulips, various, doz. o 6 
Violets (Parma), per 
bnnch 3 o 
„ doz. bun. o 9 
s. d- 
2 o 
1 6 
I 6 
0 6 
1 3 
2 0 
3 0 
1 0 
S. d 
9 10 
4 ° 
9 o 
8 o 
3 0 
1 0 
2 0 
4 0 
2 0 
4 0 
3 O 
0 8 
1 3 
4 0 
2 O 
Plants in Pots.—Average Wholesali Prices 
1. d. 1. d. 
ArborVitae.per doz. 12 0 36 0 
Aspidistra, doz. 18 0 36 0 
„ specimen 5 0 10 o 
Azalea, per doz. 30 o 42 o 
Chrysanthemums,doz. 6 o 120 
Cineraria, per doz. 9 o 12 o 
Cyclamens, per doz. 12 0 18 o 
Dracaena, various, 
per doz. 12 0 30 0 
Dracaena vlridls,doz. 9 0 18 0 
Euonymus, var. doz. 0 0 18 0 
Evergreens,invar.doz 6 0 24 0 
Erica Hyemalisp.doz.g 0 15 o 
EricaGraciiis.per doz. 6 090 
Erica,various,per doz. 8 0 12 0 
«. d. 1. i. 
Ferns, invar.,per doz. 4 012 0 
Ferns, small, per roo 40 Co 
Ficus elastica, each r o 50 
Foliage Plants, var., 
each 1 0 5 o 
Lllium Harrissii, 
per pot 24 ) 
Lycopodiums, doz*. 3 0 
Marguerite Daisy doz.6 0 
4,0 
4 0 
- a - - - 90 
Myrtles, doz. 60 g o 
Palms in variety,each 1 o 15 0 
Palms, Specimen ...21 o 63 0 
Pelargoniums 
Scarlets .per doz 26 60 
Tulips, various, doz. 1016 
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