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THE GARDENING WORLD 
March 31, 1900. 
" finest ” was used in rather a restricted sense, and 
without modification was liable to mislead. This 
would explain the conclusion that the Asparagus in 
question might be good enough as a variation upon 
those already in common use, but was not sufficiently 
meritorious to displace such as A, Sprengeri, for 
instance. We hope this will make the matter clear. 
Stove or Greenhouse Plants.— Johnstone; Please 
note that better specimens should De sent. Leaves 
are insufficient in many cases to determine the 
plants ; and where they were orily half developed 
they were dried and shrivelled up. Of those you 
sent the following were stove plants-.—Nos. 2, 3, 4, 
6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 27, 28, and 31. The 
following were greenhouse plants:—Nos. 1, 5, 8, 10, 
20, 21, 22, 25, 29, and XXX. The following were 
hardy p ants Nos. 18, 24, 32, and 33. No. 13 is 
Fittonia Verschcffeltii, a stove plant, easily grown 
in rich sandy loam and peat, either in pots, pans, or 
planted out on the benches. It must have a moist 
stove, and be kept at a temperature of 6o° to 8o° in 
summer, and from 450 to 55 p in winter. Cuttings 
of the half ripened shoots root very readily in sandy 
toil under a glass or handlight, in a bottom heat of 
7o p to 8o°. 
Orange Raised from a Pip.— Johnstone : Oranges 
may be graited at any time when not in agrowing con¬ 
dition, so that you could commence at once ifyou have 
rooted stocks upon which to graft shoots of the seed- 
l'mg before growth commences. If you have no stocks 
then you must get some or else root them for your¬ 
self. Get shoots of the common Orange, or of the 
CitroD, if you can get them. They may be one, two 
or three years old, those of two or three years’ growth 
soon making strong plants. They may be inserted in 
well drained pots of sand or very sandy soil, and 
placed in a close frame with a bottom heat of 75 0 , and 
plunged in cocoanut fibre or ashes. These stocks 
may be grafted as soon as they are well rooted. If 
the stocks are strong y ou may cut off the tops and 
crown graft them. Take out a triangular notch, run¬ 
ning the long way of the stocks, from the top or crown 
downwards for a lergth cf 1 in. to ij in. Then get 
a small shoot from your seedling and cut it so as to 
fit ihe notch exactly. One, two or three of these 
shoots may be put on each strong stcck. Fit them 
in position and tie them firmly with fine raffia. Then 
tie a little wet sphagnum round the grafts, covering 
the union so as to exclude the air. The pots con¬ 
taining the grafts must be kept in a close case, or 
covered withhandlightsor bellglasses in apropagating 
pit till a union is formed. On the other hand you 
may fix the graft on to the side of the stock in 
a growing condition, by the method known as whip 
or tongue grafting. A tongue is made on the graft, 
ard a notch in the stock to receive if. This holds 
the graft in position till a union is formed. The 
batk of graft and stock must coincide or fit exactly 
You may, if you have an old Orange tree, cut back 
some of the branches and put shoots of your seedling 
upon them by tongue grafting. This can be done at 
once, and the tree put in a moist, warm stove. 
The old tree will have the effect of bringing the seed¬ 
ling quickly into a bearing condition. 
Names of Plants.— J. M„ P.: r, Boronia beterc- 
phylla; 2, Asparagus Sprengeri.— E. C. H. D. : 
Linum augustifolium, apparently, but flowering 
specimens should be sent later on. The only other 
plant it might be is L. perenne.— D. M.: 1, Nar¬ 
cissus cbvallaris; 2, Narcissus cyclamineus ; 3, Scilla 
sibirica; 4, Pulmonana saccharata; 5, Forsytbia 
suspensa; 6, Forsythia viridissima.— R.A.C.: 1, 
Primula denticulata; 2, Primula rosea ; 3, Sparman- 
niaafricana; 4, Cboisya ternata; 5, Petasites vul¬ 
garis.— Johnstone'. Begonia me tallica ; 2, Euphorbia 
fulgens • 3, Poinsettia pulcherrima; 4, Gesnera ful- 
gens var. ; 5. Rivina laevis; 6, Aristolochia elegans ; 
7, Begonia maculata; 8, Browallia speciosa; 9, not 
recognised; 10, Begonia fuchsioides; 11, Eucharis 
grandiflora: 12, Marica gracilis (probably); 13, 
Fittonia Verscbaffeltii; 14, Fittonia argyreneura; 
15, Alocasia macrorrhiza (probably); 16, Episcia 
fulgida; 17, Thunbergia erecta; 18, Sedum Tele- 
pbium (probably); 19, not recognised; 20, Plum¬ 
bago capensis; 21, Abutilon sp. ; 22, Rubus rosae- 
folius flore pleno ; 23, not recognised ; 24, Valoradia 
plumbaginoides; 25, Aloysia citriodora; 26, not 
recognised; 27, Cissus discolor; 28, Rondeletia 
speciosa major ; 29, Eupatorium riparium; 30, not 
recognised; 31, Acalypha sp.; 32, Azalea mollis 
(probably); 33, Veronica Traversii; XXX., Chloro- 
phytum datum variegatum. See separate para¬ 
graph. 
Communications Received.—James Thurstan — 
H. Perkins.—David P. Laird.—C. Mullins.—G. H. 
Richards.—A. C.—A. G. B.—W. M.—A. D.—R. S. 
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