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THE GARDENING WORLD 
January 2. 1904. 
manure should contain a certain amount of nitrogenous matter, 
but it might be worth your while to give one or two light dress- 
ings of nitrate of soda, say one in April and another m IN aj, 
to stimulate a more rampant growth of the grass. Lawns are 
subjected to much cutting land a deal of bad usage so that it 
is necessary to exercise some care in fertilising and improving 
them. 
Soil for Planting Figs. . 
Having some young Fig trees to plant in a border, what kind 
of compost would you suggest?—(Ficus.). , . , , 
The Fig is not at all particular as to soil provided it is triable 
and well drained. In rich soils the Fig is very liable to grow 
too rampantly to ripen its wood properly in the open air, and 
under glass it is more likely to produce wood rather than 
fruiting shoots. For this reason, therefore, it is necessary to 
restrict the root-room in order to- induce short-jointed fruiting 
wood. Any good friable soil, with sufficient.grit in it to make 
it. porous, will be sufficient, but as the Fig tree succeeds remark¬ 
ably well on a chalk subsoil in the open, you would do well to 
mix lime rubble freely with the soil of your border. This bo 
oucdit to be taken out to a, depth of 2ft., and good drainage 
ensured If the Figs would have access to. the rich soil in any 
-part of the house it would be necessary to make- a brick or 
cement, wall, so as to confine the roots, to a space not more than 
3ft wide. When making up the border tread it firmly, esn - 
cially after the trees have been planted as that will help to 
keep down over-luxuriance, and induce short-jointed wood. 
Duration of Raspberry Plantation. 
We have a brake of Raspberries about 10 years old in, am open 
situation, but many of the stools are very weak- Is this a a 
average length of time for Raspberries to bear /— {i± a . n.) 
It would be difficult to fix any definite length of time foi 
Raspberries to occupy the ground economically and fruit, as 
it depends upon so many circumstances. In the dry atmosphere 
of the south Raspberries, have greater difficulty m sustaini g 
their vigour than they would in the cooler and mo is ter climate 
of the north. This, again,, very much depends upon the natuial 
fertility of the land in which they are planted, and the caie 
tint has been taken to keep up this fertility. Raspberries to 
fruit successfully, require a good deal of fertilising annually 
in the form of a top-dressing, to- keep the roots, cool and moist 
as well as to feed them. As the roots live near the surface the 
around ought not to be dug, otherwise such roots get hstroyil. 
If the surface is lightly forked over it should prove q™te suffi¬ 
cient to give an annual top-dressing of leaf mould old mush¬ 
room-bed manure, or something that is fairly well decayed and 
not too fresh. Under such conditions the Raspberry plantation 
should last a much longer time than 10 years by reason of the 
suckers that are annually thrown up from healthy, vigoious, 
and well-fed stools. They practically renew themselves very fie- 
quently by this natural mode of increase from the loots. 
^ rg W D ) 1, Petasites fragrans ; 2, Salvia rutilans ; 3, Daphne 
odora (often named D. indica); 4, Oestrum aurantiacum; 5 
Rivina humilis.-{R. Wood) 1, Asplenmm Nidus ; 2 Todea. 
barbara; 3, Aspidtum (or Cyrtomium) Fortunei, 4, Othonna 
crassifolia ; 5, Fuchsia procumbent»; 6, Eoronia heteropbylla. 
(C B G ) 1, Aster Tripolium; 2, Berbens vulgans. (E. • >-•) 
1, Jasminum nudiflorum; 2, Erica carnea ; 3, Pyrus ]apomca ; 
4. Jacobinia pauciflora.—<W. R) 1, Ligustrumovalifob- , 
aureum; 2, Garrya elliptica; 3, Erica melantheia, 4, Erica 
gracilis; 5, Acacia dealbata.. 
Trade Catalogues Received. . • „ , 
John Forbes, Buccleuch Nurseries, Hawick, Scotland. 
Catalogue of Vegetable and Flower Seeds. 
Albert F. Ufstone, F.R.H.S., 35, Church Street, and , 
Market Street, Rotherham, Yorks..—Upstone s Seed Catalogue. ^ 
T. Methven and Sons, 15, Princes Street and Leith Valk, 
Edinburgh.—Seed List, 1904. , _ u 
James Carter and Co., 237, 238, and 97, High Holborn 
London, England.—Carter’s Practical Gardener and List of 
Tested Seeds for the Garden. . p a + q 
Bobbie and Co., Seed Growers and Florists, Rothesay.—Cata¬ 
logue for Spring, 1904. Q , , 
Dickson, Brown, and Tait, 43 and 45, Corporation Sheet, 
Manchester.—Garden Seeds. , 
' Frank Dicks and Co., 68, Deansgate, Manchester.— Catalogue 
of Select and Reliable Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Gladioli, 
1 ' Dickson * and Robinson, Seed Merchants, Old Millgate, Man¬ 
chester.—Seeds, 1904. 
B. S. Williams and Son, Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, 
Upper Holloway, London, N.—'Seed Catalogue for 1904. 
Armitage Brothers, Ltd., Nottingham.—The Seed Manual. 
David W. Thomson, 113, George Street, Edinburgh.—Seed 
List, 1904. 
Little and Ballantvne. Carlisle.—Garden Seeds. 
Communications Received. 
John Craigie.—A. Hemsley.—H. J.—J. M.—A. T.—Western. 
—E, M. R.—G. B.—W. H—A. J. B.—R. M.—A. P. M.— 
T. H.—A. M. B.—D. G.—C. H. P.—R, K—L. S.—J. T. J. 
— E, O. 
The prize last week was awarded to “A. H.,” for his article on 
“ Acacias,” p. 1059. 
Obituary. 
Mr. John H. Fitt.— It is with much regret that we have to 
record the decease, after a long and painful illness, of Mr. J. H. 
Fitt, at Welwyn, Herts, at. the age of 73, he having been born 
at the same place on November 1st, 1830. For no less than 51 
years he had the charge of the Frythe Gardens at Welwyn-, after 
commencing his career as a gardener' at Stagenoe Park, whence 
he went to Bayford Bury, Hertford, to the famous gardens of 
Mr. Baker, subsequently serving under Messrs. Paul, of 
Ches'hunt, up to the time -of his long engagement at the Frythe. 
For some years until his illness incapacitated him he formed one 
of the R.H.S. Floral Committee, where his kindly face will be 
much missed. Combined with a thorough knowledge of horti¬ 
culture in all its branches was a special acquaintance with our 
native Ferns, of which he h-ad -a large and choice collection, and 
in. this particular cult, lie will be equally missed by a host of 
sympathetic friends. C. T. D. 
International Gardening. —The elite of French landscape 
gardeners are now in St. Louis, laying out the grounds of the 
French section there, with all tire 1 resources of the great market 
garden houses of France to draw upon. The great, aim is to 
place French horticulture- in the best possible light before the 
world. The gardeners entrusted with this responsible mission 
are M. Vaehero-t, head gardener to the city of Paris, who also 
planned the grounds of the- Exhibition of 1900, and MM. Turc, 
Dujardin, and Bourdet, who act, now -a-s then, a-s his chief 
assistants. It may interest British horticulturists to learn that 
they have decided upon two “ gardens ” widely contrasted in 
type. One is to consist o-f -beds geometrically laid out, with 
paths, statues, fountains, and. a large rosarium. The other is 
to be informal, and will be given over to- trees, thicket., shrubs, 
and a little lake. 
CONTENTS OF THIS WEEK. 
PAGE 
Browallia speeiosa major ... 10 
Calanthe Veitchii. 16 
Calceolaria integrifolia . 7 
Carnations and Picotees. 5 
Catalogues, seed and plant . 5 
Chrysanthemum cuttings, 
striking . 14 
Chrysanthemums, concerning 15 
Chrysanthemumns, n e w 
French seedling . 8 
Cyclamens, old versus young 14 
Fruit under glass. 3 
“ Gardening World” Pocket 
Diary . 1 
Grapes, notes on the keeping 
of . 15 
Gypsophilas .. ... 10 
Hardy herbaceous plants ... 2 
Horticultural club. 12 
Kew Guild, Journal of the... 11 
Ivew, thebest flowering plants 
at . 13 
Kitchen garden, the. 2 
Lilium maritimum . 7 
Labels. 7 
London’s new boulevards ... 1 
New Year’s greeting. 1,16 
PAGE 
News of the week . 17 
Plants, new or little known . 13 
Potatos, propagating. 9, 16 
Questions and answer< . 20 
Rivers and Son’s nursery, 
Messrs. 4 
Rodgersia pinnata . 7 
Rose Irene, hybrid tea- 
seented. 12 
Society and Association 
notes. 17 
Stoking . 6 
Stove and greenhouse, the ... 3 
Stove climbeis for succession 
of bloom . 4 
Thorn, the Glastonbury. 14 
Tree ties, Becketts . 14 
University College, Reading 16 
Watering . 6 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Beckett’s tree ties . 14 
Calceolaria integrifolia an- 
gustifolia. 7 
Lilium maritimum . 9 
Rose Irene, hybrid Tea- 
scented (see Supplement). 
Rodgersia pinnata .... 8 
