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THE HARDENING WORLD. 
August 13 , 113 i 
occasionally fed with liquid manure, and an approved artificial 
manure applied alternately, and until they are taken to the 
stove for dowering a little fire heat may be given at nights or 
dull, cold days. Too often Euphorbias are left in their 
summer quarters too long, consequently the foliage turns 
yellow, and the soil becomes cold and the roots inactive. Those 
who have no heated pits in which to keep the plants should 
house them at once. Feeding should be continued until the 
flowers commence to show colour, and excessive heat must be 
avoided. E. splendens is now seldom met with, yet it is well 
worthy of a place in a. spare corner- of the stove. Their bright 
scarlet blossoms are admirably adapted for buttonholes. 
Primulas.—If not already done shift on the plants of the 
sinensis varieties into the flowering pots without delay, in 
order that they may become re-established before winter. 
When the flowering pots become well filled with roots, feed 
occasionally with weak liquid manure until flowering com¬ 
mences. The old double white variety which was propagated 
by division should now be fit for repotting into 5-in. pots. 
Keep the plants near the light in a temperate house or pit. In 
repotting these it will generally be found that there are a 
number of white feeding roots upon the surface of the soil ; 
the plants should therefore be sunk J in- lower in the new soil 
to cover them ; at the same time due regard must be paid not 
to sink too low, or the crowns will decay. 
Bulb Potting.—At this season of the year various kinds of 
imported bulbs are arriving in this country, and orders! 
should be placed as early as possible to ensure prompt delivery. 
Many kinds of these bulbs deteriorate through being kept out 
of the soil for too long a period. When they are once potted 
up and placed under ashes they may readily be brought into 
the glasshouses in batches as required. It will therefore be 
obvious that the best results follow where early potting is prac¬ 
tised, even if they are not wanted in flower until late. A com¬ 
post. that will answer for all kinds of Dutch bulbs for pot-work 
consists of equal parts loam, leaf soil, and decayed cow or 
horse manure, with plenty of sand added. Place them on an 
inch or two of coal ashes, and cover the pots completely over 
with the same material, or cocoa-fibre answers equally as well. 
Examine them frequently, and when they have made an inch 
or two of top-growth it; may be taken that the roots are active. 
They should then be taken from the ash-bed and stood in cold 
frames until required for forcing into flower. K. M. 
Elel, Regent’s Park. 
This place will always be noteworthy from a horticultural 
point of view, because it was at one time the residence of Judge 
Philbrick, K.C., of Orchid fame. "Visitors to the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society’s famous shows at South' Kensington in the 
seventies and eighties will remember the very choice displays 
of the aristocratic flower that were made in those now far off 
days from this place. 
On entering, our attention was arrested by a. large bed effec¬ 
tively planted with Fuchsias and the strikingly gay and useful 
French Cannas, especially noting, amongst others, two old but 
still good bedding subjects—to wit, Flower of Spring Pelargo- 
nium and Coleus Verseliaffelti, a. good background to the whole 
being composed of Golden Privet, Aucubas, etc. Built up as a 
bank, and facing the drawing-room, was a pretty arrangement 
of Fuchsias, with Lilium Harrisi planted between them, these 
constituting a happy and effective break, and Plumbago 
capensis, the whole carpeted with Harrison’s Musk. Boses-, of 
which some of the best, sorts are grown, have not done so well 
this season as they generally doq but. think of the season 
through which we have, passed and are passing. 
A fine Medlar, some 14 ft. through, on one side of the lawn, 
is a pretty and hot often seen feature. Referring to the lawns, 
what a beautifully apple-green appearance they presented, and 
kept very neat, thanks to Green’s excellent lawn mowers. 
Some nice Poplars at various, points also give a welcome aspect 
of greenery to the surroundings, helping, as an effective foil, 
to tone; down the floral arrangements. 
A good stock of some three hundred Chrysanthemums, in 
good sorts, was observed. For so near- London they looked 
well, and I was kindly invited to see them in their flowering 
stage in November next, when, with the Editor’s permission, 
one may be able to make further interesting references to them. 
Turning our steps now to indoor quarters, the stove has the 
usual general collection of plants, and it was truly a happy 
reminiscence of old times to observe that a few Orchids 
aie still regarded with loving care and attention, such 
as Cattleya Trianaei, C. dowiana, C. Mossiae, the old 
but still beautiful Cypripedium insigne, Dendrobium 
nobile, D. wardianum, Coelogyne cristata, etc. The 
conservatory is a well kept and furnished structure. 
Gloxinias have done well this season ; in fact, a speciality is 
made of their culture, and when it is further remarked that the 
strain grown is -Sutton’s, one was- not at all surprised to hear of 
the success attending the culture of this beautifully decorative 
plant. A very fine batch was noted of that now well-nigh indis¬ 
pensable and beautiful winter-flowering Begonia Gloire de 
Lorraine, in 48 and 32 sized pots. I was also invited to see 
these in November, and they will, I have not the smallest doubt, 
be worth a visit, A good stock of Turnford Hall (white) is also 
grown. It. was pleasant to see a nice batch of the old but very 
useful Primula alba plena. 
Some fine -sorts of Pearson’s Zonal Pelargoniums—immense 
trusses;—add beauty and interest to floral matters. There 
are two- really fine vineries. You would be astonished to see 
the crops which they contain, Mr. Editor, rich as your expe¬ 
rience must be! The first house is filled with Black Ham¬ 
burgh, Muscat of Alexandria, and that- grand Grape (given to 
cracking), Madresfield Court. If these finish off well they will 
be magnificent. The second house is not quite so good, this 
being composed of Black Hamburgh and Foster’s Seedling. 
A few general remarks; by way of conclusion. The whole 
place is nicely laid out, is kept, trim and neat-—a picture on 
which the eye rests with a sense of rest and refreshment. 
There is* indeed a, charming air of peace and repose about 
it-that at. once arrests the visitor’s attention, and the onlv 
sincere regret of the genial and capable head gardener here— 
Mr. John Addison—is that the courteous and kindly owner of 
the place;—Miss; Behrens—has not, by reason of ill-health, been 
able to enjoy this year this veritable little garden of delights 
and haven of peace,' which she loves with all the keen ardour 
of one devoted to Nature and Nature’s beauties. 
A charmingly rural and count-ryfied aspect is given to the 
lila.ee;, in that it abuts on that glorious and spacious breathing 
space for the jaded Londoner—Primrose Hill. Winding up 
the afternoon’s very interesting and instructive peregrinations, 
and sitting on an old tree-stump 1 and adjacent to shady trees, 
“ far from the maddjug crowd,” with Mr. Addison, gazing 
on this historic spot and fighting over again old horticultural 
battles of a famous; past (for he who rules gardening matters 
here came hither from Chiswick), and hearing the joyful mad¬ 
rigals of a fluttering chorus of the sweetest- English song birds, 
one was tempted to repeat the words of Tom Moore, one of 
Ireland’s sweetest, and most eloquent poets, and say : “ If there 
be an Elysium on earth, it is this, it is this.” J. B. 
Chiswick. 
Big Strawberries at Aberdeen. — An Aberlour man says 
that some of the Strawberry fruits in the village gardens 
measured 5 in. to 6 in. in diameter. Surely he meant circum¬ 
ference, and not diameter. 
A Clock or Flowers.— Edinburgh’s city gardener is a man of 
merit, so his employers—unlike many others—have raised his 
salary by £100 this year. The gardener's latest feat is a “ floral 
clock ” in Princes Street Gardens, which has now been keeping 
excellent time for some weeks, and daily attracts crowds of 
visitors. Edinburgh has its own peculiarities in the matter of 
timekeeping, as the ancient custom is still continued of firing a 
gun from the Castle at one o’clock each day, simultaneously with 
the fall of the great iron ball which hangs at the top of the Nelson 
Monument on the Calton Hill. The noise is disconcerting to 
old ladies and horses, but the watches of Edinburgh citizens tell 
fewer lies than most. 
