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THE GARDENING WORLD 
January 31, 1903. 
Phlox from Seed (Alex. Jamieson). 
Your failure last year to raise seedlings may have been due 
to bad seed or to your impatience. The seed of Phloxes takes 
a considerable time to germinate, so that if sown in February 
or March it may be midsummer before all of them germinate. 
On the other hand, we think it would be a good plan to sow 
the seeds in February, keeping them in a cool greenhouse for 
some weeks and then putting them into a warmer house 
towards the end of March. This would probably hasten the 
germination of most of the seeds. In any case, you must 
always exercise patience with the seeds of perennial Phloxes 
even when they are good. 
Various Plant Edgings (Box). 
In a genial climate and where the soil is fairly friable, you 
may use the dwarf llox (Buxus sempervirens suffruticosa). In 
heavy soils Tree Box would prove more successful. As a 
variation upon these you can use Sea Thrift, also Saxifraga 
umbrosa, S. caespitosa, Festuca ovina tenufolia, and Gentiana 
acaulis. Various other plants have been used and are very 
suitable, provided they are carefully looked after, and care 
taken that people do not habitually walk upon them or against 
them when using the paths. Under this same head you may 
remember that grass edgings may be classed, and are fre¬ 
quently used in private gardens with fine effect. 
Names of Plants. . 
(R. W. H.) (1) Pteriscretica albo-lineata; (2) Pteris Wim- 
settii; (3) Nephrodiuni molle ; (4) Nephrolepis exaltata; (5) 
Selaginella Martensii robusta.—(W. M.) (1) Petasites fra- 
grans ; (2) Helleborus niger altifolius ; (3) Galantlius Elwesn ; 
(4) Vinca major; (5) Lonicera fragrantissima; (6) Garrya 
elliptica.—(A. T. P.) (1) Prumnopitys elegans ; (2) Sequoia 
sempervirens; (3) Cryptomeria japonica elegans; (4) Thuya 
dolobrata variegata; (5) Cupressus nutkatensis.—(R. W.) 
(1) Oestrum elegans ; (2) Myrtus communis ; (3) Acacia longi- 
folia ; (4) Acacia dealbata ; (5) Citrus Aurantium myrtifolia; 
(6) Eupatorium riparium.—(A. J. B.) (1) Dendrobium wardia- 
num ; (2) Dendrobium nobile var. ; (3) Cattleya labiata per- 
civaliana ; (4) Dendrobium primulinum. 
Communications Received. 
Jas. Staward—C. B. Myers—J. R.-J. R J.-Omega—J D. 
—John C. Blencowe—W. Hopkins—J. M.—E. J- M . W. W. 
11. Sydenham—II. Lamb—Sander and Sons G. H. Mulling- 
worth—Sutton and Sons—G. AN . Hall—J. G. E. M. R. A. M. 
—T. P.— E. S. 
Trade Catalogues Received. 
Sutton and Sons, Reading; England.—Sutton’s Amateur s 
Guide in Horticulture. 
Blackmore and Langdon, Twerton Hill Nursery, Bath. 
Begonias ; also Catalogue of Carnations, Picotees, etc. 
NY.u. Wood and Son, Ltd., Wood Green, London.—The Royal 
Garden Manual. ^ , 
Watkins and Simpson, 12, Tavistock Street,'Covent Garden, 
London, W. C.—Wholesale Catalogue of Garden and Flower 
^Hooper and Co., Central Avenue, Co vent Garden, London, 
■yy.C._-Descriptive Catalogue of Select Vegetable and Slower 
Seeds. , r _, C( , , 
AY Walters and Co., 16, Water Lane, Great lower Street, 
London, E.C.— Illustrated Catalogue of Lath, Roller, Green¬ 
house Blinds. c , 
Moffat’s, Limited, 33, 34, and 35, Charterhouse Square, 
London, E.C.—The Incomparable Lucas Light. 
Skinner, Board and Co., Rupert Street, Bristol.—Wire 1 eli¬ 
sion Greenhouses. .. , , 
H Driver, F.R.H.S., Priory Nurseries. Higher Broughton, 
Manchester.—List of Select Single and Double Tuberous 
Begonias. 
Laxton Bros., Bedford.—Laxton’s Seed Catalogue. 
William Baylor Hartland, The Victoria Royal Seed Ware¬ 
house Cork, Ireland.—Hartland’s Garden Seeds. 
Dicksons, Seed Growers, Nurserymen, etc., Chester.—Vege¬ 
table and Flower Seeds. 
Thompson and Morgan, 5, Carr Street, and Haslemere 
Nurseries, Ipswich.—Catalogue of Flower and Vegetable Seeds. 
Robert Holmes, F.R.H.S., Norwich.—Catalogue of Chry¬ 
santhemums. 
Church Bros., Chrysanthemum Nurseries, Swardeston, Nor¬ 
wich.—Catalogue of Chrysanthemums. 
Brydges and Co., The Norfolk Central Seed Stores, 2, Ex¬ 
change Street, Norwich.—Garden Seeds. 
Messrs. Ransomes, Sims, and Jefferies, Ltd., of Ipswich, are 
going to exhibit motor lawn mowers at the Crystal Palace next 
week, and are sure to have something fine. 
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 
The Editor invites enquiries for reply in this column. T/tcs 
enquiries may cover any brasch of gardening. Questions should b r - 
put as briefly as possible, and written on one side of the paper only ; 
a separate sheet of paper should he used for each question. 
Readers are also invited to give their fellow gardeners the benefit 
of their experience by sending supplementary replies. 
Replies cannot he sent by post, even if a stamped, addressed 
envelope is enclosed, and the return of specimens cannot be undertaken. 
Anonymous communications arc treated in the usual editorial mannei . 
Address letters: The Editor, ‘‘The Gardening World, 37 and 
38, Shoe Lane, London, E.C. 
CONTENTS OF LAST WEEK. 
PAGE 
Acetylene gas - light and 
plants . 72 
Apple room, how to make an 74 
Begonia Gloire de Lorraine... 75 
Boronia heterophylla . 69 
Carnations . 66 
Channel Islands, a visit to... 68 
Charlock report . 63 
Clerodendron . 74 
Cypripedium S. Gratrix 
Minnie . 73 
Dahlias . 75 
Editorial notes . 59 
Editor’s table . 71 
Flowers, winter . 70 
Fuchsias, hardy .73 
Garden charts to scale . 61 
Gardening, the world of ... 63 
Gloxinias . 75 
Ilex cornuta . 73 
Junior’s Page and Corre¬ 
spondence . 76 
Melon culture . 70 
News of the week . 79, 80 
Odontoglossum lucasianum 
Walkeri . 65 
page 
Pelargonium, zonal .. 
Plants recently certificated 
Plants, three mid-winter 
decorative . 
Plants, watering and clean¬ 
ing . 
Plums, Japanese . 
Propagation . 
Questions and Answers . 
Quizzings by “ Cal.” . 
Saxifraga apiculata . 
Science, gleanings from the 
world of . 
Soils, preparation of . 
Trees, roadside and street... 
Variegated perennials for the 
rockery . 
Work of the week . 
64 
66 
69 
66 
70 
74 
81 
67 
67 
62 
74 
71 
67 
60 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Boronia heterophylla . 69 
Cypripedium S. Gratrix 
Minnie . 73 
Odontoglossum lucasianum 
Walkeri . 65 
Saxifraga apiculata . 67 
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE. 
PAGE 
Alpine plants, a rock wall 
for . 108 
Alpines, a chat about ... 107 
Asparagus . 99 
Azalea, the ... ... ••• 94 
Bananas from Dominica ... 102 
Bedding plants for summer 100 
Bulbous Irises . 87 
Bulbs, forcing . 99 
Carnegie, Dr., a letter de¬ 
livered by proxy to ... 102 
Chrysanthemum culture ... 98 
Chrysanthemums, late ... 95 
Cucumis Melo . 108 
Cyclamen persicum ... 98 
Gardeners’ Royal Benevo¬ 
lent Institution 97, 101 
Herbaceous plants, hand-list 
of ... ... ... 94 
Ivew, Orchids in bloom at 92 
Lobelias, propagation of 
bedding ... ... 107 
TAGE 
News of the week ... ... 105 
Nurseries, round the : 
Sutton and Sons, Messrs. 90 
Veitch and Sons, Ltd., 
Messrs. J. ... ... 89 
Quizzings by “ Cal.” ... 104 
Rose, Fortune's yellow ... 93 
Shrubs, coloured-stemmed 93 
Societies ... ... ... 88 
Soils, the preparation of ... 95 
Stoker, the garden ... ... 100 
Sweet Peas ... ... ... 95 
Sweet Peas, forcing ... 107 
Time-table, working bv ... 96 
Work of the Week .,. 86 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Moseliosma riparium ... 90 
Rose, Fortune’s yellow ... 93 
Zygocolan Veiteh'i . 89 
Zygopetalum leucochilum ... 91 
