July 20, 1901. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
749 
sballi gets its rich dark colour. Those who market; and we may here remind our readers that 
bestirred themselves in June took wbat cuttings florists remove the anthers so as to retain the purity 
were then obtainable and rooted them under hand of the flowers, 
lights. These early plants usually throw out a ■ 
number of side shoots which can be taken off and 170171701 
rooted now, with greater facility than the first lot, FREESIAS- 
as the artificial atmosphere generated under the These beautiful bulbous plants are so easily grown, 
hand lights has made the tissues softer and more and so useful for the conservatory and cutting pur- 
inclined to throw out roots. poses, that a prominent place should be found for 
Erythraea Massoni. them in every garden. To prolong the flowering 
Several of the Centauries are now in their glory, and season, they should be potted in batches. If a batch 
that under notice is rather better adapted for the is required in flower at Christmas, a start should be 
rockery than our native species, beautiful as they made now, placing eight or ten good ones in a 48- 
are. The plant is better known in gardens under size pot, using a compost of two parts loam, one 
the name of E. diffusa, which explains the habit of part leaf soil, with a good addition of dried cow- 
this species, the stems being diffuse or spread upon dung and sand, using the compost in a moderately 
the ground, the flowering shoots rising to a height moist condition, then only a slight syringing will be 
of 3 in. The flowers are of a beautiful rose and of necessary till growth commences. Plunge the 
appreciable size. The plant is a native of the pots in ashes in a cool frame and keep close till 
Azores, and though by no means fastidious as to growth begins. Place a neat stake to each growth, 
soil, it should have a fairly moist and cool situation, and always grow them in a cool, light position, 
in full sun or slightly shaded, but not overhung by When the pots get filled with roots, liquid manure 
trees. It may be increased by seeds or by division water will benefit them. A great mistake is often 
of the tufts in spring.— Alchemilla. made by drying them off too rapidly. As soon as 
Lilium Harrisii. 
THE ROCR CARDEN. 
PLANTS IN FLOWER. 
Campanula waldsteiniana. 
A patch of this little Bellflower upon the rockery at 
present is a tantalising sight to the plant lover who 
beholds it for the first time. The slender stems are 
only 3 in. or 4 in. high, and produced in a dense tuft, 
on the summit of which the bright lilac, much 
expanded flowers form a lovely picture in miniature. 
Like most of the dwarf Bellflowers, it is truly a rock 
plant and delights in an open and snnny position. 
All of the stems flower, or most of them, so that the 
plant is most readily propagated by careful division 
of the compact tufts in spring. 
Acantholimon venustum. 
This may be regarded as a near relative of the Sea 
Thrift, but in superficial resemblance is entirely 
different. The leaves are rather ridged, spiny, and 
produced in dense, glaucous rosettes. The flowers 
are bright rose, borne in two ranks on the upper 
side of arching stems about 6 in. to gin. long. They 
are similar to those of the Maiden Pink in size, and 
the uninitiated would hardly suspect its proper 
relationships. Any way, it is a choice and lovely 
rock plant, all parts of which indicating that such a 
position is the most proper for it, the roots being 
kept dry in winter. Short cuttings of it should be 
taken now or even a little later, trimmed and firmly 
inserted in very sandy soil, kept watered, and placed 
under a hand light or frame, preferably facing the 
north, and shaded during the day. 
Leontopodium alpinum. 
Collectors obtain the Edelweiss under the above 
name and also as Gnaphalium Leontopodium, and as 
the foliage of different seedlings varies in being 
greener or grayer, they are not a little puzzled. 
These variations and also the two names belong to 
one and the same plant, a native of the Alps of 
Europe. The same species is also found on the 
Himalayas, and sometimes we see the name L. a 
bimalaicum applied to it or to a slightly more 
vigorous form with longer leaves. The Edelweiss 
is now readily obtainable in the form of seeds, which 
can be raised in gentle heat in spring and either 
grown on in pans or planted out on the rockery, 
where its quaint looking flower heads are much at 
home in the crevices between the stones. There 
must be a good depth of soil to preveat the roots 
getting dried up. The long woolly bracts below the 
flower heads bear a fanciful resemblance to a lion's 
foot; hence the origin of the generic name. 
Pratia angulata. 
At first sight one would take this plant for a creep¬ 
ing, white-flowered Lobelia. The two are un¬ 
doubtedly closely allied, but one of the most valid 
differences between the two lies in the fruit. In the 
autumn the cultivator is rewarded with red berries 
similar to those of Fuchsia procumbens lying upon 
the creeping stems of Pratia angulata. The fruit of 
Lobelia, on the other hand, is a dry capsule, open¬ 
ing by small valves or pores through which the 
seeds fall out. At the present time, however, the 
white flowers of Pratia are pretty, as they thickly 
stud the ground. The plant succeeds best in a cool, 
slightly moist situation where the creeping stems 
can ramify and take hold of the soil. As any num¬ 
ber of pieces can be taken off the plant in spring, it 
is unnecessary to raise seedlings which require 
watching f it slugs. 
Origanum pulchrum. 
In general habit this is not unlike the Common 
Marjoram growing upon chalk downs, or the garden 
O. sipyleum from Asia Minor, but it is of denser 
habit and not drawn out so slenderly at the tips. 
The stems, however, terminate in larger oval heads 
of bracts and flowers, the former being dull purple, 
and the latter bright purple. The roundly ovate 
leaves have faint silvery veins. It is certainly a 
neat and cheerful plant for the rockery, and should 
be procured by those who do not possess it. Cuttings 
may now be rooted in sandy soil under a hand light, 
shaded from bright sunshine. 
Cheiranthus Marshalli. 
This plant is now makiDg its growth, if it has not 
flowered itself to death, as it frequently does. As it 
does not ripen seeds and seldom forms seed pods, it 
is supposed to be a hybrid between Cheirantbns 
alpinus and the annual Erysimum, an annual with 
orange-coloured flowers This is where C. Mar- 
LILIUM HARRISII. 
This may be described as a strong growing form 
of L. longiflorum, producing more flowers upon the 
stem than the type. It is variously known as the 
Easter Lily and the Bermuda Lily; it is also a 
more decidedly commercial plant than L.longiflorum, 
being a popular subject and extensively cultivated in 
three continents as well as on the islands between. 
The facility with which it may be grown in pots 
and forced so as to give practically a supply of cut 
flowers all the year round accounts for its popularity; 
and notwithstanding the many endearing epithets 
given to the White Lily (L. candidum) it is not half 
so popular because it cannot be so readily and easily 
manipulated as the plant under notice, the supply of 
flowers it gives being mostly obtained from plants in 
the open ground during June and July. The Lily 
forming the subject of this note is never out of sea¬ 
son. We were reminded of this fact by the speci¬ 
mens of it exhibited at the Lily Conference at 
Chiswick on Tuesday last. The figure of it given 
herewith shows a batch of plants as grown for 
they pass out of flower, place them in a sunny 
position and give plenty of water till the growth 
shows signs of dying off, when it should gradually 
be withheld ; when the tops are quite dead, turn 
the bulbs out of their pots and store away in sand 
until required for potting next season .—Walter 
Hopkins, Leighton Gardens, Westbury, Wilts. 
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HORSE RADISH. 
A contemporary of yours recommends Horse Radish 
as a second crop to Cabbages, and gives elaborate 
directions as to its special requirements as regards 
soil, manure, &c. I quite agree with the writer 
when he says it makes a good second crop, but go 
further than this and say it will be the last crop for 
some years if once it gets bold of the soil, and 
especially on light manured soil as recommended. 
No doubt the writer has a special liking for this 
welcome adjunct to our national meal of cold roast 
beef; it is evident that he does not write from 
experience; fostering Horse Radish is analagous to 
