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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
October 3rd. 1903. 
have made before removing them from the mother plant. If 
the layering had been done a month ago, the layers would have 
been quite established before the advent of winter. 
Eryngium giganteum. (X. Shepherd.) 
The above plant is best grown as a biennial, and though now 
rather late in the season, xhe seeds may be sown in a box and 
placed in a pit, where a gentle heat would induce them to ge¬ 
minate before winter. If the seedlings come up, it would he 
well to nlace them in a cooler and drier atmosphere, where 
frost would be excluded, and only something like a greenhouse 
temperature maintained, so as to induce them to grow slowly 
during winter. If placed out in nursery lines in spring, with 
sufficient space'between them to allow of growth, some of them 
may flower next summer. On a future occasion, however, you 
would do well to sow the seeds earlier, say in August, or as 
soon as you can obtain them ; they would then have plenty 
of time to become well established before winter, with a sturdy 
rosette of leaves. Such plants would be able to grow away 
rapidly in spring, and make strong flowering specimens during 
summer. Some of the biennial species would require less atten¬ 
tion after you get the plants established, and might answer your 
purpose quite as well as the varieties above named. I hose pro- 
ducing large heads of bloom would include E. oliverianum, mj. 
alpinum, and E. ametliystinum. The first one is the most 
easily managed in all districts where the summer proves hot 
and dry. 
Dwarf Pyrethrum Ulierinosum. (H. J. W.) 
The dwarf habit of the plants you have observed in cottage 
gardens is probably the result of neglect or the poor soil rather 
than any special treatment that may have been given to the 
plants. You might try cuttings late in the spring, growing 
some ill pots and planting out some, to ascertain how the plants 
behave and to determine under what conditions the plants make 
that growth most suitable for your requirements. It is a com¬ 
mon practice with cultivators of Michaelmas Daisies to take 
cuttings in April, or about that time, and grow them on in 
pots of small or moderate size. By this means they manage 
to secure a dwarf, bushy, and free-flowering specimen. The 
same thing is often done with Chrysanthemums, and, properly 
speaking, the plant you mention is also a Chrysanthemum. 
Planting Out or Potting up Border Carnations. (J. Wilcox.) 
If your soil is light and well drained, now is the best time 
to plant out Carnations in the open. Dig and manure the soil, 
and then tread it very firmly before planting. Carnations and 
all the Pink tribe naturally grow upon rocks and walls, so 
that, although they are perfectly hardy in this country, they 
are liable to die out in winter if planted in rich soil, especially 
if at all soft and moist. You cannot, then, make the soil too 
firm for this class of plant, more especially when putting them 
in the open ground to stand the winter. If your soil is at all 
heavy, it would not be advisable to tread it after so much 
moisture, nor would it be advisable to plant in it until spring, 
owing to the amount of moisture which such a soil usually 
holds, to the iniury of the plants. In this case you should 
defer planting till spring if your soil is at all heavy or wet. 
Names of Plants. 
(J. Crook) 1, Chlorophytum elatum variegatum ; 2, Poly¬ 
podium longipes ; 3, Blechnum occidentale (well grown); 4, 
Scolopendrium vulgare marginatum var. ; 5, Pteris cretica cris- 
tata ; 6, Asplenium virescens ; 7, Adiantum cuneatum aemulum. 
_(D. W.) 1, Sedum spectabile ; 2, Anemone japonica hybrida ; 
3, Galtonia candicans ; 4, Fuchsia Riccartoni ; 5, Salvia azurea 
grandiflora ; 6, Helianthus debilis.—("W. H.) 1, Swainsonia 
coronillifolia alba ; 2, Solanum jasminoides ; 3, Cotyledon Pachy- 
phyton ; 4, Cleinia repens ; 5, Tagetes signata ; 6, Convolvulus 
mauritanicus; 7, Cassia corymbosa.—(R. M.) 1, Senecio 
elegans ; 2, Senecio pulcher ; 3, Pelargonium Radula ; 4, Mentha 
Requiem ; 5, Mentha rotundifolia; 6, Gaueri Lindheimeri.- 
(T. MV. R.) 1, Melissa officinalis variegata; 2, Veronica vir- 
ginica japonica.—(J. W.) 1, Oncidium kramerianum ; 2, Cy- 
pripedium chamberlainianum ; 3, Cattleya Loddigesii ; 4, Catt- 
leya Loddigesii; 5, Masdevallia ignea.-—(G. Harris) 1, Nepeta. 
Giechoma variegata; 2, Alyssum maritimum variegatum ; 3, 
Sedum lydium ; 4, Sedum Ewersii ; 5, Calamintha grandiflora. 
_(H. Davidson) 1, Carex Morrovii variegata; 2, Miscanthus 
sinensis variegata (often named Eulalia japonica variegata) , 
3, Eurya latifolia variegata. 
Communications Received. 
W. D.—G. A.—S. N. S.— Cal.—F. J. C.— Geo. Wilkinson— 
M. D.—George Murray—A. J. B.—R. A. T. W. M. J. R. 
qr r p O J.—Reid—Wallace—J. B.—E. M.—W. W. 
G. A. D.— L. M.—H. J. D.— B. J.—E. F.—M. T. B. 
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE. 
PAOB 
Anthuriums . 831 
Apple Allington Pippin. 838 
Apple Blenheim Orange. 836 
Apple Emperor Alexander... 838 
Apples, a dish of choice. 838 
Begonias at Bexley Heath... 815 
Begonias, autumn and winter 
flowering. 831 
Blackberries, white. 825 
Bulbs in grass . 831 
Citrons in Cornwall. 839 
Editor’s table, on the. 832 
Friedenheim Hospital, in the 
garden at . 828 
Fruit, hardy . 827 
Fruits from the Argentine 
Republic. 825 
Fruits in the olden times ... 833 
Fungi, edible. 825 
Kew, the best flowering 
plants at... . 837 
Kitchen garden, the. 826 
Letter to the Editor. 832 
Lilitim auratum platyphyl- 
lum Shirley var. 834 
News of the week. 840 
Orchids, among the. 828 
FaOI 
Pentstemons and Verbenas, 
seedling . 830 
Plants, winter-flowering. 831 
Plums destroved by the ton. 839 
Questions and answers . 841 
Rivers’ fruit trees, some of 
Messrs. 829 
Seeds, vitality of. 837 
Society and association notes 838 
Stove and greenhouse, the... 827 
Streptocarpus . 831 
Trees and shrubs, notes on 
hardy . 826 
Troubles of an amateur. 832 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Apple Allington Pippin. 839 
Apple Blenheim Oianse 
Pippin. 836 
Apple Emperor Alexander... 838 
Apples, some of Messrs. 
Bunyard’s choice . 840 
Lilium auratum platyphyl- 
lum Shirley var. (see Sup¬ 
plement). 
Peach Grosse Mignonne_ 830 
Pear Parrot . 832 
Plum Late Orange . 829 
CONTENTS OF LAST WEEK. 
PAGE 
Apple Peasgood’sNonsuch... 810 
Aster alpinns superbus . 811 
Bath, Ltd., Messrs. 814 
Boys, choir, as gardeners ... 816 
Bulbs and bulb potting . 818 
Cabbages, big . 814 
Campanula pyranridalis. 817 
Conservatory at Cotham 
House. 816 
Cultivation, decreasing . 807 
Fruit under glass. 809 
Garden, notes on a private... 810 
Gift of an enthusiastic 
orchidist. 810 
H ardy plants, notes on . 808 
Hyacinth, the . 812 
International Horticultural 
Exhibition at Edinburgh . 807 
Kew, the best flowering plants 
at . 813 
Kitchen Garden, the . 808 
Luxury, an amateur’s. 818 
N ews of the week. 822 
Nurseries, round the . 814 
Orchids, among the . 809 
Potato Northern Star. 811 
PAGE 
Potato Sir John Llewellyn . 812 
Questions and answers . 823 
Raspberry Superlative ...... 807 
Saxifraga Imgulata lantos- 
cana. 811 
School of gardening, a 
London . 807 
Seeds, vitality of. 815 
Societies 
London Dahlia Union ...... 819 
Royal Horticultural. 820 
Society and association news 822 
Stove and greenhouse, the... 810 
Thuya plicata aurea . 812 
Trees and rainfall. 807 
Vegetables, drying . 807 
Vines, renovating old. 817 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Aster alpinus superbus . 811 
Conservatory at Cotham 
House (see Supplement). 
Potato Northern Star. 813 
Potato Sir John Llewellyn... S14 
Saxifraga lingulata lantos- 
cana. 812 
Thuya plicata aurea . 819 
FIXTURES FQR 1903. 
OCTOBER. 
3rd.—French Horticultural So¬ 
ciety of London. 
6th.—National Chrysanthemum 
Society Exhibition (two 
days). 
13th.—R.H.S. Committees. 
15th.—Jersey Fruit and Vege¬ 
table Show. 
19th.—National Chrysanthemum 
Society Committees meet. 
26th.—National Chrysanthemum 
Society Floral Committee 
meet. 
27th.—R.H.S. Committees. 
NOVEMBER. 
3rd.—Croydon Chrysanthemum 
Show (two days). Plymouth 
Chrysanthemum Show. 
Barnsley Chrysanthemum 
Show. Southampton Chry¬ 
santhemum Show. Brighton 
and Sussex Chrysanthemum 
Show (two days). 
4th.—Hereford Fruit and Chry¬ 
santhemum Exhibition (two 
days). Highgate Chrysanthe 
mum Show (three days). Car 
diff Chrysanthemum Shou 
(two days). Isle of Than el 
Chrysanthemum Show (twi 
days). Dulwich Chrysan 
santhemum Show (two days) 
R.H.S. of Ireland Wintei 
Show (two days). Cam 
bridge Autumn Show (twi 
days). 
