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THE GARDENING WORLD 
January 26, 1901. 
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How to separate Holly Seeds.— A. M .: It would 
be a waste of lime to try and separate the stones or 
seeds as they are called at the present time. Your 
best plan is to place the berries between layers of 
moist sand out of doors in some convenient place 
where they will be exposed to rain and the influence 
of the weather to cause the soft material to decay 
away. If kept in a dry place or in dry sand the 
process of rotting would be delayed. In spring you 
can sift the berries out of the sand by means of a 
fine sieve, and then rub them roughly with a piece of 
wood so as to crumble the berries Some of them 
may still stick together, but if the seedlings come up 
crowded you will have to transplant them the earlier 
—say at the end of the first or second year of growth. 
This need not be done so early unless they are 
crowded. Sow the seeds next spring in lines 1 ft. 
apart, or less, so as to leave just room for a hoe to 
run through between them to keep down weeds. 
Plants for Ornamental Edgings. — E. M. W .: 
There are several species and varieties of Thrift 
(Armeria) that might be used, such as good coloured 
varieties of A. vulgaris or even the white odc, A v. 
alba ; also A. cephalotes rubra and A p'aotaginea, 
but the two latter are less common. Daisies are 
sometimes used with fine effect in districts where the 
soil keeps fair ly moist in summer. Then there is 
Festuca glauca, which has a fine silvery appearance 
from its foliage. Dactylis glomerata elegantissima 
would make a pretty silvery-white edging for 
summer, if you keep the flower stems cut off. Many 
vatie iesof Rock Roses if kept trimmed aloDg the 
edges would be evergreen and very gay in summer 
when in bloom. 
Green Manure. — A. M. : This method of renewing 
the fertility of the soil by means of green manures 
is by no means a new one, as at first sight it would 
appear to be. The old Romans used to sow Lupins, 
allowing them to grow to a certain size and then 
ploughing them down to rot or decay where they 
grew. They must have hit upon this plan at first 
accidentally, but recognising its value they after¬ 
wards made a practice of it. They probably knew 
nothing of nitrogen, but this element of plant food 
is more extensively collected by the roots of this and 
other leguminous plants than by those belonging to 
2Dy other order, perhaps; and stored in the roots 
and other parts of the plant, so that when the 
Lupins were ploughed down a rich crop of corn for 
the next crop was generally the result. The method 
is sometimes adopted in this country ; but with 
different plants, and the crop is more often eaten by 
sheep on the ground than merely ploughed down, so 
that the land gets the benefit of the greater portion 
of the crop in roots, and in the urine and droppings 
of the sheep. Turnips, Mustard, Rape, Thousand¬ 
headed and other Cabbages, are used in this way. 
The garden refuse is another plan of doing the same 
thing, only the plants and weeds are rotted before 
beine put on the ground 
When to Plant Garlic.— D. Rust : You can do 
this at any time curing the next three months, that 
is, during February, March, and April, about the 
middle of March being the best time for the main 
crop or supply. If planted in February it need only 
be done in a warm, sheltered spot, in order to secure 
an early supply as the result of early growth induced 
by shelter and the heat of the sun. The Cloves 
should be separated and planted singly in lines, 6 in. 
apart .either way. Each Clove or bulb should be 
let into the ground about 1 in. deep by means of a 
trowel. A very small hole will suffice, as you can 
push the bulb down with your fingers, thus givmg it 
a firm hold of the ground, and then covering it up. 
If the soil is soft and friable through previous pre¬ 
paration no trowel will be needed, as you can push 
the bulbs to the requisite depth and thus proceed 
rapidly. 
The True Granadilla . — A C. : Passiflora quadran- 
gularis issaid to be the true Granadilla ; but the fruits 
of several other species are also eaten and spoken of 
by tha same name. Amongst them we may mention 
P. maciocarpa, P. edulis, P. maliformis, &c. 
Names of Plants. —D. IF.: 1, Coelogjnespeciosa ; 
2 Laelia autumnalis; 3, Cypripedium leeanum.— 
R. S. : 1, Sericographis Ghiesbreghtii ; 2, Libonia 
penrhosiensis; 3, Cestrum aurantiacum ; 4, Coron- 
illa. glauca; 5, Senecio Kaempferi aureo-maculatus 
(often called Farfugium grande in gardens) ; 6, Erica 
hyemalis. — A. K. \ 1, Asplenium Hemionitis; 2, 
Cyrtomium caryotideum ; 3, Asplenium ebeneum ; 
4, Asplenium lucidum; 5, Asplenium bulbiferum 
fabianum.— H. T. IF.: 1, Hippeastrum reticulatum 
striatifolium; 2, Nepeta Glechoma variegata; 3, 
Pteris Wimsettii; 4, Scolopendrium vulgare 
crispum ; 5, Lastrea Filix-mas paleacea cristata ; 6, 
Adiantum trapeziforme Santae Catherinae. 
Communications Received.—Jas. Moir.—A. M. 
D. — L. L—W. Y. B., Edinburgh —Viola.—T. M. 
—D. C.—H. W—A. D. B.—H. J.—Correspon¬ 
dents not answered this week, please consult next 
week's issue. 
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TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Kelway & Son, Langport, Somerset.—Kelway’s 
Manual. 
Harlan P. Kelsey, Tremont Building, Boston, 
Mass, U.S.A.—Kelsey's Hardy American Plants 
and Carolina Mountain Flowers ; also some informa¬ 
tion about Sang or Ginseng. 
Frank Dicks & Co., 66, Deansgate, Manchester. 
— Seed Catalogue. 
James Cocker & Sons, 130, Union Street, Aber¬ 
deen.—Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, 
Bedding Plants, Florists’ Flowers, &c. 
R. H. Bath, Ltd., The Floral Farms, Wisbech.— 
A New Descriptive Catalogue, with Cultural Notes 
of Bath's Select Seeds. 
H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, Kent. —New 
Chrysanthemums, 1901, raised and sent out by H. 
Cannell Sc Sons. 
FIXTURES FOR 1901. 
(Secretaries of shows will oblige us by sending early notice 
of their fixtures.) 
January. 
29.—R.H.S. Committees. • 
February. 
4.—Wimbledon Horticultural Society Meeting. 
12. — R.H.S Committees. 
15 —Gardeners’ Orphan Fund (Annual Meeting and 
Election) 
26.—R H.S Committees. 
28. — Kew Guild Annual Meeting. 
March. 
2.—Royal Botanical Society Meeting ; Societie 
F'rancaise d’Horticulture de Londres Meeting. 
4. — Wimbledon Hoit cultural Society Meeting. 
7. —Linnean Society Meeting. 
11.—United Horticultural Benevolent and Provi¬ 
dential Society's Annual Meetirg at Cale¬ 
donian Hotel. 
12 — R H.S. Committees. 
21. —Linnean Society Committees’ Meeting ; Royal 
Botanical Society Meeting. 
26. — R.H S. Committees ; Brighton and Sussex 
Horticultural Society Show (2 days). 
27. — Liverpool Horticultural Show. 
29—Blackheath Horticultural Society Meeting. 
April. 
3 — Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society Show, 
Ediuburgh (2 days). 
4.—Linnean Society Meeting. 
6. —Royal Botanical Society Meeting ; Societie 
Francaise d’Horticulture de Londres Meeting. 
9. — R.H.S. Committees; Durham, Northumber¬ 
land, and Newcastle Botanical and Horticul¬ 
tural Society Spring Show (2 days). 
10.—Shropshire Horticultural Society Show at 
Shrewsbury. 
22. —Chesterfield SpriDg Show. 
23. —R.H.S Committees. 
24. — R.H.S. Examination in Horticulture. 
25- Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society 
Exhibition. 
May. 
2—Linnean Society Meeting. 
4.—Royal Botanical Society Meeting; Societie 
Francaise d’Horticulture de Londres Meeting. 
7. — R.H.S Committees; Royal Gardeners’Orphan 
Fund (Annual Dinner at Hotel Cecil). 
13— United Horticultural Benevolent and Provi¬ 
dential Society Committees' Meeting. 
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