7 HE GARDENING WORLD. 
January 10. 1903. 
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Certificate of the R.H.S. (Sapper). 
You would do well to - attend some class or course of lectures ^ 
in your neighbourhood, 'if there is such a class. Failing that, 
you will liave to utilaso the- whole of your spare time in study- 
ing the .subject, to get ready, for the examination in April. 
You can .get lull. instructions, we believe, by applying to the 
secretary, Royal.Horticultural.SopietM 117. Victoria Street, 
Westminster. The subjects set for examination, or, rather, 
the whole, held of study from which you would! be examined, 
we think you could obtain from the same source. Below '\ve 
oive a list of the boohs advocated by the society as a useful 
help. You will have to select those which contain information* 
in Which you may be most deficient; or, if you inform us what 
you have been studying, we could make a selection for you. 
The following are the books : — “ Primer of Botany, by Sii 
J. D. Hooker, K.C.S.I. (Macmillan & Co., 30, Bedford Street, 
W.C.); Is. ’“Elementary Botany,” by Prof. Percy Groom 
(Bell & Sons, Covent Garden) ; 3s. 6d. “Elementary Botany,” 
by J. W. Oliver (Blackie A Sons, 50, Old Bailey, E.C.); 2s. 
“ Botany for Beginners,” by Prof. Henslow (Stanford) ; 2s. 6d. 
“Floral Dissections,” by Prof. HensWw (Stanford); 4s. 
“ How to Study Wild Flowers,” by Prof. Henslow (R.T.S.) ; 
2s. 6d. “Structural Botany” (Flowering Plants), by Dr. 
D. H. Scott (A. & C. Black, Soho Square, W.C.); 3s. 6d. 
“ Plant Life,” by Dr. M. T. Masters, F.R.S. (Vinton & Co 1 ., 9, 
New Bridge Street, E.C.); 2s. 6d. “ Elements of Agricul¬ 
ture,” by W. Fream, LL.D. (J. Murray, Albemarle Street, W.); 
3s. 6d, “Plant Breeding,” by L. H. Bailey (Macmillan A 
Co.); 4s, “ Primer of Horticulture,” by J. Wright, V.M.H. 
(Macmillan & Co.); Is. “Physiology of Plants,” by Dr. 
Paul Sorauer (Longmans, Green & Co,, 39, Paternoster Row, 
E. C.); 9s, “ Chemistry of the Garden,” by H. Cousins (Mac¬ 
millan A Co.); Is. “Diseases of Plants,” by H. Marshall 
Ward! (S.P.C.K., Northumberland Avenue, W.C.); 2s. 6d. 
“ Profitable Fruit Growing,” by J. Wright, V.M.H. (“Journal 
of Horticulture,” 12, Mitre Court Chambers, E.C.); Is. 3d. 
“ Art of Budding and Grafting,” by C. Bailtet (Crosby Look- 
wood, Stationers’ Hall Court, E.C.) ; 2s. 6d. “Pruning,” by 
L. H. Bailey (Macmillan A Co.); 5s. “ Natural History of 
Plants ” (2 vols.), by Kerner A Oliver (Blackie A Son); 50s. 
Zonal Geranium Seedlings (J. B,). 
If the seeds were sown, as you say, in March of last year, 
none of the seedlings could have made very quick growth, seeing 
that the tallest are only 8 in. or 9 in. high. Seeing that they 
are really shrubs, you cannot be surprised that it takes more 
than one season to bring them to a flowering condition. We 
see no necessity for taking cuttings of them, however, at pre¬ 
sent. It is quite natural for seedlings to be slender at the base. 
All you need do is simply to put a single stake to them and 
tie them up securely. When they commence growing in spring 
repot them into larger pots, and encourage vigorous growth. 
Never mind their becoming leggy. They generally keep to a 
single stem, till they flower at least. Let them produce two 
or three trusses, and by that time you will be able to see if 
they are worthy of preservation and propagation. Anyway, 
you cam determine whether they are worthy of another trial. 
All the worst of them may be thrown away at once as useless. 
Take cuttings of the best varieties and root them in the ordinary 
way. If you take cuttings.at present, or even in spring, it 
will only delay the flowering period according to our expe^ 
rience, and also that of professional raisers. Furthermore, you 
would be doubling your stock and take up extra space with 
what may prove to be worthless in the majority of cases. 
Never mind the lower leaves falling; grow the plants vigor¬ 
ously, and all should flower next year,'even if 18 in. to 2 ft, 
high. 
Yellow Polyanthus Seedlings (R. E. S.). 
You must have sown the seeds rather late, otherwise they 
' should have been fit for planting out in September or October. 
We should not disturb them now till towards the end of March, 
according to the state of the weather. They may not flower 
very much this coming spring, but they will make large plants, 
fit to divide, in the autumn, provided you keep them well 
watered during the hot and dry periods of summer. On auothei 
occasion you should sow the seeds any time from March up to 
June, planting out the seedlings, when fit, in a fairly moist, 
shady position, and some of them may commence blooming in 
autumn, and certainly flower finely in spring. 
Communications Received. 
J. R. Jackson—“H. J.”—E, Beckett—Chas. T. Druery— 
E. D. Bernhardt—J. Gregory—“ J. K.”—C. D. Rowles Harry 
Boshier—F. W, Burbidge— One AVho Lned There 
“ Brio-hb&pade “ Jumsie”—W. Dallimore—Hurst A Son— 
“ C. B. G.”—“ A. E. S.”—“ T. B.”—“ E. S,” 
Trade Catalogues Received. 
William Cutbush and Son, Highgate, London.—Flower, 
Vegetable, Farm Seeds, etc., for Spring, 1903. 
Daniels Brothers, Limited, Seed Growers and Nurserymen, 
Norwich.—Illustrated Guide for Amateur Gardeners. 
Stuart and Mein (Incorporated with La ing and Mather), 
Kelso, Scotland.—Gardening Guide. 
Dicksons and Company. 1, Waterloo Place, Edinburgh. 
Dicksons’ Garden Seeds. 
Little and Ballantyne, Carlisle.—Choice Vegetable and 
Flower Seeds. 
Herd Brothers, Seed Merchants, Penrith.—Garden Seeds, 
Flower Seeds, Garden Manures, Garden Tools and Requisites. 
Howden and Company, Old Post Office Buildings’, Inverness. 
—Howden’s Garden Seeds. 
W. J. Godfrey, The Nurseries, Exmouth, Devon.—Growers 
Guide and General Catalogue of New and Select Chrysan¬ 
themums. 
Robert Veitch A Son, 54, High Street, Exeter.—Catalogue 
of Flower Seeds, Vegetable Seeds, Implements, Garden Sun¬ 
dries, etc. 
John Peed A Son, West Norwood, London, S.E.—Seed 
Catalogue. __ 
CONTENTS. 
Climbing plants, the devices of . 5 
Orchids, among the . & 
Kitchen garden, the . 6 
Greenhouse, the cold . 7 
Christmas Roses . 8 
Succulents, a bed of . 9 
Plants, miscellaneous, bulbous-rooted . 9 
Poppies as garden and commercial plants . 11 
Ramondia pyrenaica . 13 
Universal exposition, St. Louis . 14 
Mayflower, the American . 14 
Flora of New South Wales, the . 14 
Magnolia stellata. . 15 
Genista liispanica . 15 
Azura microphylla. 15 
Arctostaphylos . 15 
Hand-list of trees and shrubs . 16 
Views and reviews . 17 
Romneya Coulteri . 19 
Anemone fulgens . 19 
Hepaticas . 19 
Journal of the Kew Guild, the . 20 
Chrysanthemum cuttings . 21 
Antirrhinum majus Peloria . 21 
Plants, new or interesting . 22 
New plants:—Glaucium flavum tricolor, Dianthus pluma- 
rius fi. pi. Argus, Deeaisnea Fargesii, Calliopsis hybrida 
superha, Pink Edmund Mauthner, Helianthus cucumeri- 
folius albus 11. pi. 22 
Quizzings by “ Cal.” . 24 
Sweet Peas, facts and fancies about. . 26 
Apple-growing for profit . 28 
Bothies, gardeners’ .-.. 29 
Illustrations. 
Succulents, a bed of . 9 
Poppy, the Danebrog and the Mikado . 11 
Ramondia pyrenaica at Kew . 13 
Magnolia stellata . 15 
Opium pipe . 12 
Poppy head, scarified . 12 
