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THE GARDENING WORLD 
March 17, 1900. 
Mr. H. B. May, Dyson's Lane Nurseries, Upper 
Edmonton, arranged a fine selection of Clematis 
Jackmanni in many superb varieties. Nothing is 
finer than these plants when grown in pots for green¬ 
house decoration at this time. Dwarf plants of 
Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, Ferns and Astilbe’s 
were also included. 
Mr. J. H. Jones, Ryecroft Nursery, Lewisham- 
S.E., made a strong show with Hyacinths in pots, 
cut blooms of Narcissus, together with a goodly 
quantity of these also in pots. N. bicolor Hors- 
fieldii, N. Sir Watkin, N. Mrs. Thomson and Leedsii 
amabilis were shown, both fresh and in good form. 
The Hyacinths were even better than on the last 
occasion of exhibiting. Mr. Jones is shaping well in 
the bulb venture. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 
Mr. John Russell, Richmond Nurseries, Richmond, 
arranged an extensive display of Azaleas, fine bushy, 
well flowered plants in 6 and 7 in. pots. The hybrid 
varieties were conspicuous, while the older types of 
Mollis and Sinensis, and the hose-in-hose species 
were also very fine. Prunus triloba rosea fl. pi. as a 
standard was very showy. (Silver Banksian Medal) 
Messrs.Wm. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross, Herts., 
brought together a select collection of forced flower¬ 
ing shrubs, consisting of Amygdalus, Prunus, 
Cerasus, Staphylea colchica, Pyrus in variety, 
Forsythia viridissima, Azaleas, and other things. 
(Silver Gilt Banksian Medal.) 
Messrs. John Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, S.E., 
arranged a mixed collection of flowering and foliage 
plants. Orange plants in fruit, Codaeiums and 
Dracaenas, Indian Azaleas, Calla elliottiana. Ericas, 
Clivias, &c., were shown in quantity. The plants 
were all serviceable and well grown. (Silver Gilt 
Banksian Medal.) 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, exhibited speci¬ 
mens of their Light Blue and New Pink Cinerarias. 
The large brilliant heads of bloom, and the convenient 
sized dark green foliage beneath the spreading 
heads was an additional point of merit to these fine 
plants. 
Messrs. Geo. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, Herts, 
showed a collection of alpine plants in flower. A 
seedling Lachenalia was on view. (Bronze Banksian 
Medal.) 
The Duke of Richmond and Gordon (gardener, 
Mr. R. Parker), Goodwood, received a cultural com¬ 
mendation for an exhibit of splendid ” Goodwood " 
Pippin and other Apples. 
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What is Herb Patience.— A.L. : This old- 
fashioned and much-neglected herb is a species of 
- Deck, to wit, Patience Dock (Rumex Patientia), a 
native of Italy from whence it was introduced to 
this country in 1573. In early times it seems to have 
been much used in the same way as Spinach, but 
the taste for it in this country has very much de¬ 
clined for many years past, and it has suffered 
neglect in consequence. Occasionally we meet with 
1 it amongst collections of herbs, but as far as we have 
noticed very little use is ever made of it now. It 
was also us d in several Continental countries 
perhaps more extensively than ever it was here. In 
Germany it was known as Winter Spinach. Its 
cultivation is of the easiest in any fairly good garden 
soil. To procure a stock of it, seeds may be sown. 
Plantations may, however, be renewed afterwards by 
division of the crown or rootstock. 
Blue Gum Tree for Bedding.— S.R.M.: The best 
method of getting plants for this purpose is to sow 
seeds in a warm or intermediate house, and pot them 
on as they increase in size, till bedding out time 
arrives, when they may be hardened off and inured 
to the conditions they are likely to meet with during 
June in the open air. If you want plants of good 
size, the best plan would be to sow seeds sometime 
during summer, and keep them growiag on in pots 
till the following spring. When once they have 
made a good stocky growth, they make rapid growth 
during a single season, owing to the freedom for root 
development in the open ground. Seedlings raised 
even now could be kept in pots till the following 
season and encouraged to grow by shifting them on 
for the sake of getting strong plants. Those planted 
in the open ground may be lifted in aulumD, before 
the advent of frost, and wintered in a greenhouse 
after having been encouraged to make fresh root 
growth. 
Making a Water Cress Bed.— T. West : There is 
no necessity for sowing the seeds in water in order to 
raise a stock. All that is necessary is to select a 
moist part of the garden, and if necessary to save 
watering to some extent, you may sow the seeds on a 
north aspect border where the seedlings will be 
under the shadow of the wall, only till the seedlings 
get sufficiently strong to be transferred to their per¬ 
manent quarters. If you can command cleaD, 
running water, spring water for preference, all the 
other operations will be simplified. If you cannot 
make the bed in the stream itself all you have to do 
is to tap the stream or rill of water at a higher level 
than the site for the bed. Make a drain and lay 
pipes of sufficient size to give you sufficient water to 
ensure a gentle movement of water at all times over 
the surface of the bed. Running water keeps itself 
and everything else clean. If the bottom of the bed 
is porous it would be necessary to puddle it with clay 
and then cover it with a layer of sandy sc il in which 
to plant the Cresses. An outlet for the water, by 
which it may rejoin the stream at a lower level should 
also be provided. 
Names of Plants.— J. W .: 1, Saxifraga sancta; 2, 
Saxifraga ligulata; 3, Vinca major; 4, Daphne 
fioniane.— P. M. : 1, Dendrobium crassinode ; 2, 
Pbalaenopsis stuartiana ; 3, Cypripedium villosum 
Boxallii.— A. R. M. : 1, Daoae Laurus or Alex¬ 
andrian Laurel; 2, Viburnum Tinus ; 3, Ruscus 
aculeatus or Butcher's Broom ; 3, Berberis Wallicbi; 
4, Berberis Aquifolium.— D. H. L.\ 1, Acacia 
dealbata ; 2, Acacia armata ; 3, Begonia semper- 
florens.— W.M.: 1, Scilla bi'olia ; 2, Chionodoxa 
sardensis ; 3, Saxifraga sancta ; 4, Alchemilla alpina; 
5, Arabis albida.— G. B. : 1, Dendrobium Pierardi; 
2, Cattleya Trianaei; 3, Odontoglossum ander- 
sonianum ; 3, Prunus triloba ; 5, Spiraea prunifolia; 
6, Gaultheria procumbens.— A. B. S.: 1, Adiantum 
Capillus-Veneris imbricatum; 2, Sparmannia 
africana ; 3, Eupatorium ianthinum.— E. C. H. D.: 
1, Galium palustre ; 2, Erodium maritimum ; 3, 
Sedum reflexum ; 4, Phlomis fruticosa (Jerusalem 
Sage), native of the Mediterranean Region .—A C.K : 
1, Dendrobium Parishii; 2, Dendrobium devonia- 
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