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THE GARDENING WORLD 
February 7, 1903. 
while to try whether you could get variegated seedlings from 
your Hollies. Gather the berries as soon as they are perfectly 
ripe and place them between layers of sand, and leave them 
there for a twelvemonth to rot. After they have laid in the heap 
for a year you can then sow them in the autumn in beds, and 
most likely most of the seedlings will come up next spring. 
From the time of gathering the berries till the seedlings ger¬ 
minate a period of from twelve to eighteen months at least will 
elapse. 
Names of Plants. 
(A. M.) (1) Sparmannia afric-ana; (2) Primula flonbunda; 
(3) Boronia magastigma; (4) Begonia metallica; (5) Begonia 
knowsleyana.— (E. S.) (1) Todeabanbara; (2) Davallia bullata , 
(3) Asplenium bulbiferum minus ; (4) Acacia riceana.—-(W. P.) 
(1) Parietaria officinalis; (2) Stachys Betonica.—(A. T. P-) (1) 
Iris Histrio ; (2) Iberia saxatilis; (3) Galanthus Elwesu.— 
(I). C.) Cotoneaster frigida, a native of Nepaul. (A. Loydell) 
(1) Appears to be a Najas, but uncertain ; (2) Festuca ovina ; (3) 
Oenothera sp. (would like to see flowers) ; (4) Co-tula coron.O'pi- 
folia; (5) Galium palustre; (6) Narthecium Ossifragum, just 
gone out of flower, but not in fruit; (7) Hottonaa palustris. 
Communications Received. 
J. R. Jackson (three communications).—W. B. Beckett. W. 
Jones.—W. H. Patterson'.- H. Ganmell.—J. W. E.—Wm. Grant. 
—J. Harwood.--Cal.—Omega,—W. Dallimore.—G. I. Ni-nnes.— 
C. B. G.— B. W. Home.—A. V. M.—J. Mayne.—J. Veitch and 
Sons.—Geo-. Patterson.—F A. Bush.—Sutton and Sons.— 
William Bryant.—-H. J. G.—T. A. Carnfegie-Cheales. W. 
Richardson and Co.—J. B. Sowerby. 
Trade Catalogues Received. 
Austin and McAslan, 89, Mitchell Street, Glasgow.—Garden 
Seed List; also Catalogue of Trees and General Nursery Stock. 
Mb rde and Co., F.R.H.S., 150 and 152, Finchley Road, 
London, N.W.—-Concise Book of Seeds. 
Alexander, Cross and Sons, Ltd., 19, Hope Street, Glasgow. 
—List of Selected Garden Seeds; also Garden Requisites and 
Fertilisers. 
The Native Guano Company, Limited, 29, New Bridge Street, 
Blackfrairs, London, E.C.—-Native Guano—Testimonials. 
William Sydenham, Tamworth, Staffordshire.—List of \iolas 
(Tufted Pansies); also Early Flowering Hardy Pompon 
Chrysanthemums. 
M. Campbell and Sons, High Blantyre, Scotland.—Catalogue 
of New and Select Florists’ Flowers, and General Nursery Stock ; 
also List of Carnations, Picotees, Tree Carnations and Pinks. 
John Smellie, Pansy Gardens, Busby, near Glasgow.—De¬ 
scriptive Catalogue of Dahlias, Pansies, Violas, Early Chrysan¬ 
themums, etc. 
William Conway and Sons, Ltd., Bull Green, Halifax.—Seed 
Catalogue. 
Henry Middlehurst, 11, Manchester Street, Liverpool.— 
Manual of Everything for the Garden. 
John Robson, Bowdon Nurseries, Hale Road, Altrincham.— 
Spring Catalogue of Choice Flower and Vegetable Seeds. 
G. and W. Yates, Seed Merchants, 28, Market Place, Man¬ 
chester.— Amateurs’ Guide for 1903. 
James Cocker and Sons, 130, Union Street, Aberdeen.—Cata¬ 
logue of Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Bedding Plants, Florists’ 
Flowers. __ 
The Question of Diaries. 
CONTENTS OF LAST WEEK. 
Certainly it would be going beyond the bounds of common sense 
to say that keeping diaries was a waste of time. I should say 
rather that it is almost necessary for a journeyman gardener to 
take notes if he means to be efficient in his profession. We hail 
all to creep before we could walk ; and, later on when our 
gardening duties began, we had to follow the- same natural law 
bv learning to do the simpler and rougher work first. However 
by and bye we were privileged to assist in the more advanced 
branches of our calling. At this stage we are advised by the 
“ boss ” to begin keeping a diary, and he points out how we may 
profit by it soon'er or later, as it will fix on our memories the 
respective seasons for doing general work. It is also of some 
value to jot down lists of the different names and varieties of 
plants. Every young lad is not able for a time to buy a garden 
dictionary, i commenced keeping a diary when journeyman in 
a large place, under an excellent head-gardener, where there were 
over twenty men kept. I noted down each evening the state of 
the weather, what each man had been doing (inside and outside), 
the seeds sown, and so forth. Now, one would naturally think 
when taking charge of a place on his own responsibility that all 
that was required was to refer to the diary each morning and do 
the work accordinly. Well, I did try it for a short time when I 
first took charge, but I found in the majority of cases it was of 
little use, unless perhaps it kept one from forgetting to do certain 
work altogether. Both the soil and climate were very much 
colder than the sheltered early garden in which I took my notes ; 
consequently had I sown many of the seeds according to the 
dates on my “ time tables,” in most cases they would have rotted ; 
in others the small plants of beet, etc., would be weakened or 
killed outright with late frosts. Yet by waiting until the sun 
got this cold clayey soil heated and dried finer crops could not 
be had anywhere. My next charge caused me to alter to the 
opposite extreme. I found my nearest neighbours got in their 
leading crops a month earlier even than the time in my original 
diary. I found in this very early locality to get things early 
for my employers I must imitate my neighbours. Seeing is 
believing, and I have seen in some seasons early Turnips, Carrots, 
Peas, Cauliflowers, etc., fit for us'e at the end of May. I think 
I have said enough to show that, experience is vastly superior to 
diaries. Seasons differ, soils differ, fashions in bedding out, 
and other things change. However, young men, keep your 
diaries ; it will do you far more good than using your best brain 
power at the point of your boots kicking a football, and should 
you fail to reach the goal you have looked forward to, you will 
have the inward consolation that you have done vour best in that 
direction. John C. Dick. 
Cliampfleurie, Linlithgow. 
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 
Kew, Orchids in bloom at 92 
Lobelias, propagation, of 
bedding ... ... 107 
News of the week. 
PAGE 
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 by ... 
96 
Work of the Week 
86 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
jMoschosma riparium 
Rose, Fortune’s yellow 
90 
93 
! iyg o-colar Veitchi. 
89 
'Zy gopetal urn leucochilum ... 
91 
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE. 
PAGE 
Asparagus Sprengevi. 118 
Bull and Sons, Messrs. Wm. 115 
Chrysanthemums, late. 123 
Editorial notes . Ill 
Etherisation of plants . 121 
Eucharis grandiflora. 127 
Ferns from spores . 127 
Gardening, the world of ... 117 
Gloriosa superba. 127 
Hybridisation, an interest¬ 
ing phase of orchid. 112 
Iris Tauri. 119 
Juniors’ page and corres¬ 
pondence . 125 
Kitchen garden, the. 112 
Kniphofia longicollis. 120 
Monstera deliciosa. 127 
News of the week . 129 
Orchid culture, hints on ... 128 
Orchard, making a new ... 127 
Perennials with silvery 
foliage . 119 
PAGE 
Tharmacy Act, amendment 
of the. 118 
riant food, something about 114 
Plants recently certificated 113 
Primula growing. 128 
Questions and answeis. 131 
Quizzings by Cal. 126 
Science, gleanings from the 
world of . 133 
Society and association 
notes .. 124 
Soils, the preparation of ... 123 
Streptocarpus hybrids ...... 116 
Sweet peas . 122 
Sweet peas and bees. 123 
Trees and shrubs, hardy ... 113 
Vine at Bearhill, big. 114 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Asparagus Sprengeri in fruit i 17 
Billhergia nobilis . 115 
Iris Tauri. 119 
Kniphofia longicollis. 120 
