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THE GARDENING WORLD . 
October 31, 1903. 
vigorous growth in summer ; then at the end of September, or 
earlier if the weather was bad, you could lift the plants, pot 
them and place them in a greenhouse or other oool place where 
they would come into bloom freely during the autumn. 
Weeds on Walks. F. D.) 
If you object to the ordinary weed-killers, you might try 
Bordeaux Mixture. It is not so virulently poisonous as the 
arsenical preparations, but at the same time it is poisonous, as 
you may remember it is necessary when spraying, fruit trees in 
full leaf with it to use caution to prevent the scorching of the 
leaves. This being so, it is only • necessary to use it a little 
■stronger than for fruit trees and water the walks with it, being 
careful'not to allow it to fall upon Box or other edging. 
Annuals for Pot Culture. (Conservatory.) 
The various forms of Schizantlius are very suitable for con 
servatory decoration, and are easily grown, provided you keep 
the plants near the glass and let them have plenty of air on 
all favourable occasions. Some of the dwarfest and prettiest are 
S. wisetonensis and S. retusa. Taller-growing forms are S. 
pinnatus and its numerous varieties, which may be had sepa¬ 
rately or in mixture. Very good flowers for your purpose would 
be East Lothian Stocks, which should have been sown, however, 
some months ago, so that they would now be plants of nice 
size, making bushy little specimens in pots. They are so nearly 
hardy that they may be wintered in a cold frame if space is a 
consideration. Then, to get them earlier than usual, they may 
be put in a sunny position in the conservatory when showing 
flower, so as to bring them along gently. They should always 
be kept near the glass, to prevent the stems getting drawn and 
weakly. Mignonette makes a useful annual, but should have 
been sown some time ago, and brought along slowly in frames. 
The same would apply to Rhodanthe Manglesi and Acroclinium 
roseum, which are of the nature of Everlastings. Both should 
have been sown, however, some time ago, and you can be pre¬ 
pared for these contingencies by another year. 
Ornamental Plants for Hedges. (A. R. L.) 
In the way of flowering plants, you might use Sweet Brier 
or China Roses, the common China or monthly Rose making 
a low and very floriferous hedge. Some of the Cotoneasters make 
very neat hedges, and may be crrt either closely or sparingly. 
C. microphylla would make a very dense hedge, but it wouid 
be almost n;cessary to have a rail of wood along the centre, to 
keep the plants steady, if the hedge was wanted of any height. 
C. Simonsi is a coarser-growing plant and more open in habit, 
but it makes a good evergreen hedge, provided you are quite 
away from the smoke of any large towns. If space is no par¬ 
ticular object, you might have a very interesting hedge in the 
double pink or Daisy-flowered Bramble. Quite uncommon 
hedges with yellow flowers could be made of Hypericum elatum, 
H. hookerianum, and Potentilla fruticosa. The latter we con¬ 
sider would make a very handsome hedge, on account of its close 
leafy habit and cheerful bright yellow flowers, produced in great 
quantity over a long period of summer. These flowering shrubs 
should, of course, not be cut in too hard, but merely lightly 
trimmed into shape with the knife rather than the hedge shears, 
so as to prevent a formal appearance. 
Names of Plants. 
(J. F. ) The white flower is Angraecum eburneum ; the Cattleya 
is C. bowringiana, if the stem is thickened and short; if the 
stem is long and slender it is C. Skinneri, the flowers being 
closely similar in both cases.—(R. B.) 1, Senecio puldher ; 2, 
Aster diffusus horizonfalis ; 3, Aster puniceus ; 4, Chrysanthe¬ 
mum maximum var. ; 5, Phlox panic.ulata var. ; 6, Lobelia. Vic¬ 
toria.—{T. W. M.) 1, Oncidium varicosum ; 2, Laelia purnila. 
var. ; 3, Cattleya labiata ; 4, Maxillaria picta ; 5, Zebrinia pen- 
dula ; 6, Salvia azurea grandiflora ; 7, Salvia farinacea.— 
(A. N. S.) 1, Pteris Childsi ; 2, Pteris Wimsetti ; 3, Nephrolepis 
cordifolia ; 4, Polypodium pectinatum ; 5, Polypodium Lingua ; 
6, Asplenium ebenoides.—(J. Ward) 1, Cupressus nootkatensis 
aurea ; 2, Thuya plicata (often named gigantea) ; 3, Viburnum 
Tinus ; 4, Rhustyphina ; 5, Euonymus radicans variegata.— 
(W. S.) 1, Senecio Petasitis ; 2, Sloanum marginatum. 
Communications Received. 
A. J. MacSelf.—Cal.—J. B.—K. M.—Kewite.—lames 
MacGregor.—E. C. H.—G. P.—J. M. R.—E. A. S.—F. D.— 
W. W.—A. J.—D. S.—T. B.—Western.—R. W.—A. D. W.— 
A. F. A.—Quo-.—E. F—T. S.—G. S. W.—H. Y.—A. M. H. 
Trade Catalogues Received. 
Hugh Dickson, Royal Nurseries, Belfast. — Rose Catalogue ; 
also The Garden Beautiful, being the list of Rare Flowering 
Shrubs, Coniferae, Herbaceous Perennials, Fruit Trees, etc. 
Wm. Watson and Sons, Clontarf Nurseries, Dublin.—Roses, 
Fruit Trees, Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. 
James Cocker and Sons, Aberdeen.—Descriptive Catalogue 
in Three Parts—Part I., Roses ; Part n., Hardy Herbaceous 
Plants ; Part III., Shrubs, Fruit Trees, Bushes, Climbing 
Plants, etc. 
J. C. Schmidt, Erfurt, Germany.— Novelties for 1904. 
Harlan P. Kelsey, 1,114, Beacon Building, Boston, Mass., 
XJ.S.A.—Hardy American Rhododendrons. 
George Bitnyard and Co. , Royal Nurseries, Maidstone.—Cata¬ 
logue of Fruit Trees. 
D. Prior and Son, Rose Growers and Nurserymen, Colchester, 
—Rose Catalogue, Autumn, 1903, and Spring, 1904. 
John Peed and Son, West Norwood, London, S.E. Chijsan- 
themums. 
W. Wells and Co., Earlswood, Redhill, Surrey.—Descriptive 
Catalogue of Chrysanthemums. 
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE. 
r 
Asters, perennials.• ••• 915 
Chrysanthemums: preparing 
for exhibition. 916 
Devon and Exeter Gardeners 903 
Dundee gardeners. 903 
Failures, some . 915 
Fig, the . 915 
Fruit, hardy . 905 
Gardeners’ course of instruc¬ 
tion at Edinburgh.. 920 
Gunnersbury House, aquatics 
at . 912 
Heather, white . 903 
Kitchen warden, the. 904 
Lac and lac-yielding plants . 913 
Lespedeza Sieboldi . 920 
Lilies, Tiger . 907 
Liverpool parks, improve¬ 
ment of . 903 
News of the week. 919 
Notes and comments . 910 
Orchids, among the. 906 
Pinkhill Nurseries . 908 
Plant forms, genesis of new. 911 
Potato, a frost proof . 920 
FAQl 
Potato field, fire engine for a 903 
Potatos in Lincolnshire. 903 
Questions and answers . 921 
Saxifraga macnabiana. 906 
Scabious, proliferous . 907 
Seeds .vitality of . 903 
Societies:— 
Royal Horticultural. 917 
United Horticultural 
Benefit and Provident... 918 
Society and association news 919 
Stove and greenhouse, the... 904 
Training fan-shape trees ... 916 
Trees and shrubs, hardy. 905 
Trees, famous . 914 
Victoria Trickeri. 920 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Aquatics at Gunnersbury 
House ( ee Supplement). 
Butea frondosa. 914 
Lilium Leichtlinii. 908 
Lilium tigrinum splendens... 907 
Scabiosa atropurpurea, pro¬ 
liferous. 909 
Zizyphus Jujuba . 913 
FIXTURES FQR 1903 
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 Show 
(two days). Isle of Thanet 
Chrysanthemum Show (two 
days). Dulwicih Chrysan- 
santhemum Show (two days). 
R.H.S. of Ireland Winter 
Show (two days). Cam¬ 
bridge Aultumn Show (two 
days). 
5th.—Brixton, Streatham, and 
Clapham Show (two days) 
(Chrysanthemum). Wey- 
bridge Autumn Exhibition 
Devon and Exeter Chrysan¬ 
themum Show (two days). 
Colchester Chrysanthemum 
Show. Hitchin Chrysan¬ 
themum Exhibition. 
7th.—French Horticultural So', 
ciety of London meet. 
10th.—Ipswich and East of Eng¬ 
land Chrysanthemum Exhibi 
tion (two days). R.H.S 
Committees. National Cliry 
santhemum Society’s Exhibi 
tion (three days). Binning; 
ham Chrysanthemum Exhi 
bition (three days). Oxfor< 
Chrysanthemum Show. Vent 
nor and Isle of Wight Cliry 
santhemum Show (two days) 
11th.—Rugby ChrysanthemuD 
Society’s Show (two days) 
Chester Paxton Fruit am 
Chrysanthemum Show (tw< 
days). Buxton Chrysanthe 
mum Show. Wincheste 
Chrysanthemum Show. Livei 
pool Chrysanthemum Shoi 
(two days). Chesterfiel 
Chrysanthemum Show _ (tw 
days) (probably). King' 
Lynn Chrysanthemum Shoi 
(two days). 
