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THE GARDENING WORLD 
December 23, 1899. 
Questions ado xnsarcRg. 
• t * 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.'] 
Soil and Shelter for Fruit Trees. — fas. Taylor : 
Hardy fruit trees, such as Apples and Pears, are 
grown in a great variety of soils in Britain, and do 
uell where the soils are a good holding or retentive 
1 am, or of good depth, and in all cases well drained. 
We have seen them in heavy soils inclined to clay, 
in sandy loam of considerable depth, and on chalky 
soils when well tilled and well fed as they get fairly 
old, yet not past bearing freely under favourable 
conditions. We reckon British Apples, when well 
grown, superior to any other; but it does not follow 
that they would succeed with you in Tasmania. You 
would have to rely mainly upon those that do well in 
ycur part of the colony, until you can test others by 
degrees by giving them a trial. In any case always 
select the best in your neighbourhood till you can 
find better varieties. Concerning shelter, it would be 
necessary in the first place to bind the shifting sands 
by planting the running roots of those grasses which 
form bents on seashores. In this country and on 
the shores of Continental Europe there are such 
grasses as Psamma arenaria (Marrem-grass) and 
Elymus arenarius (Lyme-grass), both of which are 
seaside grasses with long, creeping, underground root¬ 
stocks, generally called roots, which bind the sands 
together, and prevent their being shifted about by 
the wind. If you could get hold of some of those 
grasses or similar ones from the seaside, you should 
set about planting them in tufts all over the loose 
sands. This should be done in your rainy season ; 
and if you roll the sand both before and after plant¬ 
ing the grasses, the latter are the more likely to get 
successfully established. If they do take hold, then 
you might set about planting some of the Pine tribe, 
such as Pinus sylvestris (Scotch Fir), P. insignis.and 
possibly also P. austriaca, these three being here 
placed in the order to which you should give prefer¬ 
ence. Tamarix gallica (Tamarisk), Hippophae rbam- 
noides, Ulex europaea (Gorse or Furze), Atriplex 
halimus, and various others that might be named, 
are dwarfer subjects that succeed in poor and sandy 
soils on the shores of this country. The Scotch 
R >se (Rosa spincsissima) ard the Dewberry (Rubus 
< ae.ius) also biDd the shifting sands. You might be 
able to obtain seeds of them which you could raise 
in nursery ground and then plant in the sands. 
Eucryphia pinnatifolia — E. G .: This is hardy 
as tar north as London, or nearly so, having pulled 
through fairly severe weather for some years, at least 
where slightly protected with branches or a covering 
formed of a mat. As time goes on and it becomes 
more common it may even prove hardier than it is 
reputed to be. Of course sheltered positions and 
well drained soils should receive primary consider¬ 
ation when selecting a site or sites for planting it. 
Some planters prepare a sandy, peaty compost for its 
reception. 
Half a Dozen Kitchen Herbs.— J. R ■: Twice 
as many might be mentioned ; but your list should 
include Spear-mint (Mentha viridis), or Peppermint 
(Mentha piperita),whichever you prefer; Sage (Salvia 
officinalis) ; Thyme (Thymus vulgaris or T. citri- 
odorus); Marjoram (Origanum vulgare) or the annual 
species Origanum hortense; Tarragon (Artemisia 
dracunculus), and Savory (Satureja hortensis). We 
suspect you would be able to get seeds of most or 
all of them. The perennial species could be had in 
the form of roots ; but you would have to get seeds 
of the annual species of Thyme if you desired it; 
also Origanum hortense and Satureja hortensis. 
Names of Plants. — A.R. : i, Iris foetidissima; 2, 
Berberis Aquifolium; 3, Pernettya mucronata.— 
iV. Hendry ; 1, Solanum jasminoides ; 2, Sibthorpia 
europat a variegata ; 3, Senecio Kaempferi aureo- 
maculatus ; 4,Begonia incarnata insignis ; 5,Russellia 
juncea; 6, Pteris argyrea.— W.D. ; 1, Ilex Aqui¬ 
folium ferox; 2, Symphoricarpus racemosus ; 3, 
Pelargonium Radula.— A.G.B.: 1, Chimonanthus 
fragrans grandiflora; 2, Viburnum Tinus.— R.M.\ 
1, Pieris floribunda; 2, Gaultheria Shallon— G.S. : 
I, Tacsonia Van Volxemii ■ 2, Holboellia latifolia; 
3, Habrothamnus elegans. 
Communications Received—F. C. T.—A. W.— 
J. M.—A. C.— J. McD.—Webb & Sons.—A. Hope 
(many thanks).—A. J. B.—T. M.—W. 
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