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THE GARDENING WORLD 
June 24, 1899. 
THE GARDENERS’ ROYAL RENEVOLENT INSTITUTION 
IFOTTJSriDIEID 1838, 
175, VICTORIA STREET, WESTMINSTER, S.W. 
THE: 60 th ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL DINNER 
IN AID OF THE FUNDS WILL TAKE PLACE AT 
THE HOTEL METROPOLE, 
On WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28th, 1899. 
THE RT, HON. THE EARL OF DERBY, K.G., G.C.B., 
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George Wilson 
Hugh Low & Co. .. 
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produce female flowers only. Thus you see they are 
very variable and complicated ; but we hope that 
the above explanation will make the matter clear to 
you. The best way to understand the differences is 
to get specimens of those trees while in bloom and 
make a minute examination of the flowers. Examine 
a number of trees, and you will see how they agree 
or differ. The trees are now out of bloom, but you 
can bear them in mind for next spring. The Honey 
Locusts (Gleditschia) flower later, and some may 
still be in bloom. They have the same varied 
arrangement of the flowers as in the Ash. 
Tree Ivy Creeping on the Ground.— T. W.G.: 
The bush may originally have been grafted on a 
rooted piece of the common Ivy, so that there would 
be nothing unusual about its sending out creeping 
shoots. On the other hand, if it could be proved 
that the bush is on its own roots, then it is merely a 
reversion to the ordinary form of the Ivy. Tree 
Ivies, so called, merely consist of the flowering 
shoots taken off and rooted or grafted as independent 
plants. After attaining to the flowering stage, upright 
or self-supporting shoots, bearing undivided leaves, 
are produced, and if propagated may continue this 
particular habit for an indefinite period, but that it 
should, after a lapse of years, produce creeping 
shoots with lobed leaves is to be expected in the 
ordinary course of nature. 
Thalia dealbata.— A. L.: This plant has long 
been known to withstand our winters in the open 
air if planted in ponds or tanks so that the crown of 
the plant is some distance below the water. If you 
treat it much the same as the white Water Lily you 
should have no difficulty with it. We should advise 
you to get a good sized plant, or keep it in a pot till 
it becomes strong. There will then be less danger 
from accidents to a weakly plant in a pond where 
water fowl are admitted. 
Propagating Everlasting Peas.—G«o. Hendry. 
It is not a good plan to attempt increasing old 
plants by division either in autumn or spring, be¬ 
cause they only make a few roots that penetrate 
very deeply, and well rooted pieces cannot well be 
detached without injury, more or less, to the whole 
plant. Seeds are produced freely enough, and if 
sown as soon as ripe, and kept in a cold Irame they 
will come up freely in spring, if not before. The 
seedlings can then be potted separately, and kept 
till they get fairly strong, when you can plant them 
where they are intended to remain. If planted fairly 
early the first summer of their growth they should 
flower, more or less, the following one. 
Cultivating Botrychium lunaria. — J.B. : There 
has always been a difficulty in growing this plant by 
Fern collectors; but possibly the difficulty is not 
insurmountable if you imitate the natural conditions 
under which the species is found in a state of nature. 
You might lift pieces of turf containing the roots as 
intact as possible, and insert the same in cool, moist, 
grassy places, where they would not likely be cut 
with the scythe or mowing machine. On the other 
hand you may desire to grow it in a border or on a 
rockery where it would be more directly under the 
eye. Where planted on bare soil it must not be ex¬ 
posed to the rays of the sun, otherwise it will soon 
appear sickly. A covering or sole of grass seems to 
be the natural condition for this plant, so that, on 
bare soil at least you must select a well-lighted 
position but shielded from the direct rays of the sud. 
The soil should also be inclined to be moist at all 
times, or kept so by watering. You should try and 
imitate the conditions under which it grows wild 
and possibly you may succeed. 
Names of Plants. — James Dymock: Spiraea Van 
Houttei.— J. W. : 1, Lychnis Viscaria splendens ; 2, 
Hesperis matronalis flore pleno; 3, Lorydalis lutea ; 
4, Veronica Teucrium latifolia ; 5, Aquilegia chry- 
santha ; 6,Veronica incana.— A. L:. 1, Ly caste plana ; 
2, Oncidium sphacelatum; 3, Cattleya Mendelii 
(good dark variety); 4, Odontoglossum luteo-pur- 
pureum sceptrum. —George Ross : Ceanothus lob- 
bianus, apparently rare in gaidtrns. Veld: 1, 
Not a Clematis, but Aristolochia Clematitis, 
sometimes found as an escape from gardens, and 
given in some British Floras ; 2, Lychnis dioica (we 
cannot say what caused the variegation, it is merely 
a sport, and may be green next year); 3, Veronica 
officinalis (a weed, and not Aubrietia); 4, Prunus 
serotina ; 5, Berberis Aquifolium ; 6, Veronica gen- 
tianoides; 7, Astragalus, two species mixed, but 
should be sent in bloom; 8 and 9, Polystichum 
angulare in a young state.— X. Y. Z., Cornwall'. 
1, the smaller yellow Clover (Trifolium minus); 
2, the English Elm (Ulmus campestris); 3, the 
Gray Sallow or Willow (Salix cinerea).— 
A. Ireland: Lathyrus Aphaca. — E.C.H.D. : 1, 
Aconitum Napellus; 2, Phleum pratense ; 3, Cyno- 
surus cristatus ; 4, Lolium perenne; 5, Saxifraga 
ceratophylla (not British); 6, Holcus Ianatus.— 
H. H. : Tritonia crocata. — G. B. : 1, Pyrus Aria; 2, 
Lychnis Viscaria; 3, Asperula odorata; 4, Spiraea 
palmata; 5, Lupinus (specimen insufficient); 6, 
Lilium Martagon, probably, but send when in 
bloom ; 7, Hemerocallis flava; 8, Saxifraga Aizoon. 
Please send leaves with all specimens. 
Communications Received.—I. EtheringtoD — 
Douglas A. Gilchrist, B.Sc.—W.S.—G.J.I.—R.H.S. 
—Cassell and Company.—L. Upcott Gill.—T. B. 
Browne, Ltd.—M.H.—A.M.—W.G. 
FIXTURES FOR 1899. 
June. 
27 —R.H S. (Special Prizes for Roses.) Meeting at 
Drill Hall; Westminster Rose Show; 
Southampton Show (2 days). 
28. —Richmond, Bath, Maidstone, Reading, Ryde, 
and Croydon Shows. Annual Dinner of 
the Royal Gardeners’ Benevolent Institu¬ 
tion. 
29. —R.H.S., of Ireland, Summer Exhibition ; Sutton 
and Cranbrook Rose Shows ; Canterbury, 
Eltham, and Norwich Shows ; Opening of 
Rose Garden at Swanley Horticultural 
College. 
30. —R.B.S. (Lecture.) 
July. 
I. —National Rose Society’s Exhibition at Crystal 
Palace. 
4. —Scottish Horticultural Association Meeting ; 
Gloucester and Harrow Shows. 
5. —Hanley (Staffordshire) Fete in Hanley Park (2 
days);' Lee, Blackheath, and Lewisham 
Show (2 days); Ealffig Show ; Brockbam, 
Hitchtn, Bexley Heatn, Redhill, and Tun¬ 
bridge Wells Rose Shows. 
6. —Colchester Rose Show ; Aylesbury Show; Farn- 
ingham Rose Show. 
7. —Hereford Show. 
8. —R.B.S. Meeting; National Amateur Gardeners' 
Exhibition at Regent's Park ; Rose Show 
at Manchester Botanical Gardens. 
II. —R.H.S. Conference (on “ Hybrids ”) and Exhibi¬ 
tion at Chiswick; Wolverhampton Floral 
Fete (3 days); Reading and Hereford Rose 
Shows. 
12. —R H.S. Conference on " Hybrids " continued at 
117, Victoria Street, Westminster; Dinner 
of the Society at Hotel Metropole 
13. —Norwich, Woodbridge, Bedale, Brentwood, and 
Helensburgh Shows. 
14. —Ulverston Rose Show. 
15. —New Brighton Rose Show. 
1 3 .—Annual Dinner of the Royal Gardener s Orphan 
Fund. 
19. —National Carnation and Picotee Society’s Ex¬ 
hibition at Crystal Palace (provisional); 
Cardiff and County Horticultural Society’s 
Show (2 days); Newcastle-on-Tyne Summer 
Show (3 days). 
20. —Salterhebble and Sidcup Rose Shows. 
22.—R B.S.; Peasenhall, Newton Mearns, and Sib- 
ton Shows. 
25. —R.H.S. Meeting at Drill Hall; Tibshelf Rose 
Show. 
26. —Beckenham Show. 
27. —Kenilworth Show ; St. Ives (Hunts.) Show. 
August. 
1. —Bridgwater Show. 
2. —Midland Carnation and Picotee Show at Edg- 
baston Botanical Gardens, Birmingham (2 
days) ; Salisbury Show. 
7. —Northampton Horticultural Show (2 days). 
8. —Abbey Park, Leicester Show (2 days); Weston- 
super-Mare Show. 
9. —Bishop’s Stortford Horticultural Society's Show ; 
York Florists’ Exhibition of Carnations, &c.; 
Newport Pagnell Show. 
10.—R.B.S. Anniversary Meeting; Taunton Dene 
Show. 
12.—Coniston Horticultural Society’s Show. 
14. —Old Windsor Show. 
15. —R.PI.S. Meeting at Drill Hall. 
16. —Burton-on-Trent Show. 
17. —R.H.S. of Aberdeen Show in Duchie Park (3 
days). 
18. —Devon and Exeter Horticultural Society’s Ex¬ 
hibition. 
19. —Co-operative Show at Crystal Palace. 
20. —Sidcup and District Show. 
22.—Brighton Show (2 days). 
23—Shropshire Horticultural Society's Show at 
Shrewsbury (2 days) ; Hastings Horticul¬ 
tural Show; Harpenden Horticultural 
Society’s Show. 
24. —The Ellesmere Horticultural Society's Show ; 
Royal Oxfordshire Horticultural Society’s 
Show at Oxford ; Swansea Show. 
25. —R.H.S., of Ireland, Show. 
25. —Falkirk Plant, Fruit and Flower Show. 
29 -R.H.S. at Drill Hall. 
30. —Dover Flower Show. 
31. —Thame and Maidenhead Flower Shows. 
September. 
1. —National Dahlia Exhibition at Crystal Palace 
(2 days). 
2. —Worsley and District Agricultural and Horti¬ 
cultural Society's Exhibition. 
6. —York Florists' Exhibition of Dahlias, &c.; 
Derbyshire Agricultural and Horticultural 
Society's Show at Derby (probable) (2 
days) ; Glasgow Show (2 days). 
7. —Dundee Horticultural Society’s Exhibition (3 
days). 
12. —R H.S. Meeting at Drill Hall. 
13. —Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society's Show 
in Waverley Market, Edinburgh (2 days). 
26. —R.H.S. (Vegetable Competition for “ Sher¬ 
wood ” Cup.) 
28 —R.H.S. Fruit Show at Crystal Palace (3 days). 
October. 
3. —Loughborough Gardeners' Fruit Exhibition. 
10.—R.H.S. at Drill Hall; National Chrysanthemum 
Society's Exhibition (3 days). 
24.—R.H.S. at Drill Hall. 
