April 6, 1901. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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and Cerastium tomentosum (Snow in Summer), 
trimmed back now and again to keep it dwarf. It 
is best used for dividing lines, and the same holds 
good for Artemisia pontica, the Roman Wormwood. 
For clumps or patches of gray use Sempervivum 
arachnoideum and Laggeri. For red or purple 
panels or patches plant Oxalis corniculata rubra and 
Ajuga reptans rubra. Sedum glaucum supplies a 
fine glaucous hue. Crustaceous and mossy-leaved 
Saxifragas, Sedums, Sempervivums, &c., may all be 
utilised. 
NOTICE OF BOOK. 
One and All Gardening. 1901. A popular 
Annual for Amateurs, Allotment Holders, and 
Working Gardeners. Edited by Edward Owen 
Greening. The Agricultural and Horticultural 
Association, Ltd., 3 Agar Street, Strand, 
London, W.C. 
The aim of this " annual ” of some 194 pages is to 
encourage the extension of gardening in all directions 
amongst the dwellers, in town and country, especially 
the former, where the dwellers in confined spaces 
are encouraged by example and instruction to better 
their surroundings by the introduction of gardening 
in one form or another, according to the nature of 
the place, and the plants that can be coaxed by care 
and attention to grow and brighten the shady corners, 
or take off the bareness of the environment of bricks 
and mortar of large towns in which so many human 
beings are huddled together. Under the circum- 
starces it is remarkable wbat can be done with plants 
by the selection of those most suitable for any given 
position. The main thing is light, a ray of light, and 
the dark place can be rendered brighter by means of 
plants. People who love plants and devote attention 
to their welfare, will go a step further to brighten up 
their back gardens by clearing away the rubbish and 
accumulations of filth and decaying matter that 
always accompany carelessness, apathy, and neglect 
about human habitations. 
The book is taken up with chapters on various 
subjects by different writers. The Editor deals with 
•' The Garden of Good Fortune.” Mr. W. IgguldeD, 
F.R.H.S., takes as his theme, " How to grow 
Tomatos ” ; Mr. T. W. Sanders, F.R.H.S , F.N.C.S , 
deals with “Shady Nooks and Corners”; "A 
CentOry’s Work on the Improvement of Vegetables " 
comes from Mr. George Waugh, F.R.H.S.; “Hardy 
Perennials " also comes from Mr. T. W. Sanders ; 
“ Anne Beale as an Amateur Gardener ” is taken in 
hand by Mr. Charles Peters; “ One and All Green¬ 
house Calendar” comes from Mr. D. T. Fish, 
F.R.H.S.; and "The Delightful Literature of the 
Garden ” from the pen of Mr. G. F. Watts, R.A. 
There are some other chapters, but the above will give 
some idea of the scope of the work aimed at in the book. 
Some of the questions of the present day are 
voiced by the Editor when he says, “ There is no 
reason why our towns and cities should be ugly and 
grim. The modern movements for the preservation 
of commons and the creation of parks; for the 
utilising of open spaces ; for converting graveyards 
into gardens, and building land into temporary 
allotments; these and other recent developments 
have shown us something of what can be done.” 
In dealing with “ Shady Nooks and Comers,” Mr. 
T. W. Sanders shows what to avoid, what to aim at, 
dealing also with shady borders, the plants suitable 
for them, the management of the same, shady 
corners, plants for a shady rockery, grottoes, shady 
banks, gardening under trees, and a word about 
small gardens. About the latter he reiterates what 
is but too well known to dwellers in towns, that 
their small gardens do net get a fair share of genial 
sunshine. Lofty buildings, confined space, high 
brick or ether walls and fences are responsible for 
this state of matters. Some of the plants recom¬ 
mended for small over shaded gardens are Night 
Scented Tobacco, Canterbury Bells, Calceolarias, 
Fuchsias,Nasturtiums, Love-lies-bleeding, Ten-week 
Stocks, London Pride, Periwinkles, Ivy, Solomon’s 
Seal, Evening Primroses, and hardy Ferns. Some 
of the last named are recommended for situations 
under the shade of trees. For beds that get no sun¬ 
shine he urges Pansies, Fuchsias, and Calceolarias 
for summer culture, and Snowdrops, Daffodils, 
Primroses, and Forget-me-Nots for spring flowering. 
The last four mentioned hardy subjects may be 
found thriving and perpetuating themselves quite 
naturally under hedges and the shade of deciduous 
trees, which fact would serve to corroborate his 
statement as to their suitability for cultivation under 
similar conditions. 
A large number of illustrations are used through¬ 
out the book, including portraits of the various 
writers that contribute to its pages. Many gardens 
or views in them are reproduced, representing town 
and country cottage and other gardens. Fruits, 
flowers, and vegetables are also illustrated so that the 
book can hardly fail to be of service to whom it is 
intended. The accompanying illustration, placed at 
our disposal by Edward Owen Greening, Esq., shows 
"A Cottage Garden,” with a glimpse into one or two 
others. 
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SEMIDOUBLE JAPANESE CHERRIES. 
I am sending a few blooms of Piunus Cerasus for 
your opinion of them. We had the plants sent from 
Japan, and they have flowered this spring for the first 
time. They make a beautiful pot plant, and have 
already been referred to in )our valuable paper. 
In my article on Prunus Persica, which was 
published in your issue of March 16th, I hope I 
made myself clear on the variety. What I referred 
to was the double flowering Peach, P. Persica fl. pi. 
(syn. Amygdalus Persica fl. pi.). The plants we have 
are all grafted on Plum stocks. The blooms are 
about 1 in. in diameter, thickly placed on shoots 
from 1 ft. to 2 ft. in length, in four colours, pied, 
pink, white, and pied and white.— J. M., Market 
Drayton. 
[The records of the Japanese Cherries given in 
books lead to great uncertainty about the name or 
names that should be applied to them, and the same 
uncertainty prevails in gardens. Prunus Cerasus 
should properly belong to the common garden 
Cherry, or at least be a synonym of the wild form 
which is said to be the parent or one of the parents 
of the Common Cherry. The appropriateness of the 
latter name is a little doubtful. A large number of 
names have been given to the Japanese Cherry, of 
which three quite distinct varieties have been sent 
us by our correspondent. These names are 
Cerasus Pseudo-cerasus (adopted in Nicholson’s 
Dictionary of Gardening), C. seirulata, C. Sieboldi, and 
Prunus paniculata. The latter name is given as the 
correct one for all of them in the Index Kewensis. 
The description of Cerasus Pseudo-cerasus given in 
the above mentioned work agrees with the specimens 
sent us, inasmuch as the flowers are in racemes and 
the leaves obovate, acuminate, and seriated. The 
specimens agree even better with the description of C. 
serrulata in the Dictionary of Gardening, except that 
the double flowers are said to be disposed in fascicles. 
The specimens sent us all belong to the same 
species, and are decidedly beautiful whether we 
label them Cerasus Pseudo-cerasus or Prunus panicu¬ 
lata. The leaves may be described as obovate, 
drawn out 10 a long slender point, very sharply and 
deeply serrated, the teeth being drawn out in the 
form of slender hair-like points. The flowers are 
In racemes; but this appearance is no doubt 
heightened by the elongation of the peduncle, owing 
to the fact that the trees have been forced more or 
less to bring them into bloom. Even the shelter of 
a glasshouse would have this effect, by comparison 
with those grown out of doors. 
All the flowers were double, one variety having 
faint blush petals fading almost white in their final 
stage under glass, though they would no doubt be 
darker out of doors. Another variety which we regard 
as very pretty had pale greenish primrose flowers, 
changing almost to pure white with age. The third 
A Country Cottage Garden. 
