THE GARDENING WORLD 
665 
June 16, 1900. 
asiaticus, the Orange Globe flower, holds the palm 
for beauty in our estimation, but there are different 
types of this species. The proper one has a very 
deep, shining orange or bright apricot coloured 
flowers T. europaeus is the common European 
Globe flower, which has clear canary-yellow flowers 
of great beauty. All the Trolliuses enjoy a deep 
moist soil, and a sunny position. You will do well 
to place your order in the hands of a nurseryman, 
and ask him to send you roots at the proper season, 
i.e., about April. 
Planting Daffodils.— New: If you mean to plant 
them in the open border you may do so from the 
beginning of August on to October, but, as a rule, 
the earlier the better. It is necessary to lift the 
bulbs which have been in beds during last winter, 
otherwise they are likely to start prematurely into 
fresh growth. With bulbs planted out in the grass 
the case is different. They do not die down so 
speedily, and before they become thoroughly quies¬ 
cent the weather conditions have ceased to be in¬ 
centive to growth. 
Sparrows Pecking Gooseberries.— Puzzled : If 
the birds are already paying attention to jour green 
Gooseberries, what will they do when the 
House is the proper place in which to grow it. 
Repotting should be effected soon after the fall of 
the flowers, in the usual compost of peat and 
chopped sphagnum. The pots used should be 
three-fourths filled with clean crocks. During the 
growing season an abundant supply of water at the 
roots should be given, and the atmosphere well 
charged with moisture. During the dull winter 
months only sufficient water should be given to keep 
the compost moist. 
GRAFTING. 
Were I to advocate this to be done toward the 
middle of June, most practical men would, I fear, 
laugh at the idea; but nevertheless such is practised 
around here up to the midsummer, and with success 
too. On Wbit-Monday I saw an old man, who does 
a deal of grafting for the farmers around here, on 
his way home with a bundle of grafts under his arm. 
“Well, Mark, been grafting?” “ Yes, sir.” "A 
bit late for such work isn’t it ? ” “ Not a bit of it, 
sir, graft up to midsummer if the scions have been cut 
at the proper time.” 
And he is not at all particular as to stock. I know 
where two Pears are grafted on to the common 
Thorn in a hedge that surrounds a farmer’s garden. 
The first thing I did when I saw the plants was to 
ask Mr. Pince to show me the peat in which they 
were growing. He at once had a turf placed on the 
bench, and with a bent stick broke it all up. He 
then put it through a i-in. sieve, and what the sieve 
retained was placed over the crocks in pots, to act 
as sub-drainage. In the Exeter peat there is no 
sand, but plenty of Fern roots, which were also used 
as a sub-drainage. Then a good sprinkling of clean, 
broken flints was placed in the pots (flints are 
superior to stones, as the roots cling round them in 
summer, and they do not absorb moisture in 
winter). 
The most suitable bouse for Heaths is a half-span, 
about 14 ft. in width with a 4 ft. path, and nice stone 
or slate platform 3 ft. from the ground. The house 
must also have “port lights,” as the Heaths must 
have abundance of air and water. 
I always made it a point to stake down the shoots 
of plants I obtained from the nurseries, to make 
them form good plants. When the plant is formed, 
no more stakes are required. Many growers spoil 
their plants by too much tying and staking. The 
foregoing remarks apply to the hard-wooded section. 
The winter flowering sorts are largely grown by 
many of the London and district nurserymen. 
The following is a list of the choicest sorts of 
Platyclinis glumacea. 
berries are ripe ? If you cannot afford herring-nets 
(though they are not very expensive) you have about 
three other means of protection. One is to 
thread the bushes, and this is neither very satisfac¬ 
tory or recommendable at this time of year. You 
might use scarers. Then revolving paper rosettes 
might be of use for a while, or by the use of acrow- 
scarer, those noisy rattles used by crow-boys, you 
may be able to keep them off. Try to get a cat to 
watch them. 
PLATYCLINIS GLUMACEA. 
Though the flowers of this species are small and 
sober in appearance compared with such gorgeous 
subjects as Cattleyas and Laelias, they are produced 
in great quantity, and give out a grateful, pleasing 
fragrance, which some have compared to new-made 
hay. The sepals and petals are small and straw- 
coloured, while the lip is of a more decided yellow. 
The leaves have no very distant resemblance to 
those of Lily of the Valley ; but the flowers are en¬ 
tirely different in form, while the flower scapes, 
instead of being erect as in that popular subject, 
assume a gracefully arching contour (see illustration). 
The species is a native of the Philippine Islands, the 
climate of which is warm, so that the East Indian 
" Mark " merely trims up the stock from the base, 
and cuts out head room enough from the Thorn 
hedge to give the grafts a little light. 
Another instance is that of a cottager near here 
who had intended heading down an Apple tree early 
in the year to graft, but seeing it was bristling with 
fruit buds decided to try it another year, but found 
that the majority of the fruit after being set dropped 
off. He then headed it down while in leaf, grafted 
it afresh, and the operation though done when well 
into June, was a complete success.— J. Mayne, 
Bicton, Devon. 
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CULTURE OF CAPE HEATHS. 
The Cape Heaths are lovely hard-wooded flower¬ 
ing plants, and some of them can be had in flower 
at all times of the year. 
I had the great privilege of being with the late 
Mr. William McNab, of Edinburgh, who was 
generally recognised as the “ Father of Heath grow¬ 
ing.” The late Mr. Pince, of Exeter, was another 
very successful cultivator. The first time I visited 
the Exeter nursery I was struck with the health of 
the plants ; Mr. Pince beat Mr. McNab in this, that 
he pinched back the flower shoots when the blooms 
had withered, and so obtained dwarf and better 
furnished plants. 
Heaths (Ericas) :—Tricolor elegans, ovata (fine), 
elegans, jasminiflorum, marnockianum, Cavendishil, 
carnea, ventricosa, and aitoniana. — William 
Carmichael, 14, Pitt Street, Edinburgh. 
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XANTHOSOMA LINDENI. 
This plant, also known as Phyllotaenium Lindeni, 
belongs to the Caladium family, and should be em¬ 
ployed for decorative purposes more than is the case 
at present ; not only because the foliage differs from 
the small number of kinds of plants used for decora¬ 
tive work, but mainly for the reason that it will 
stand the rough treatment given to those plants 
more so than one would expect. It is a stove plant 
and one of the most ornamental. After a goodly 
number of leaves have been developed in a warm, 
moist atmosphere, the plants will continue to keep 
up a presentable appearance with ordinary green¬ 
house temperature, and they may even be used as 
house plants. The leaves are shaped somewhat 
like those of the fancy-leaved Caladiums ; the texture 
is much firmer, the colour is green with white 
markings along the principal veins. Propagation is 
by division. Before re-potting put the pieces in a 
warm sand bed to encourage fresh roots. 
The Xanthosomas are all increased by a simple 
