L36 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
March 19, 1904. 
lead run on to the next break and then pinch. It is best ta 
work it so a9 all your flowers on one plant will open the same 
day. Keep a. nice dry atmosphere for setting; by setting 
them all the same day (if possible'), it gives the fruit a. chance 
toi swell away together; two or three on each plant is con¬ 
sidered a good early crop 1 . Use the syringe freely when the 
plants: are in a young state. After the plants get up the trellis, 
great care must be taken: to keep' the water from the stem of 
the plant, or they will rot. If the plant -shows any signs of 
bleeding, a little dry cement-dust will stop' that. When the 
fruits are about three parts swelled they will require the: boards 
put to them ; failing boards, some matting put crossways will 
answer the* same purpose. When the fruits have done swelling 
they will require but very little water at the roots, S. S, 
Dwarf-growing Stove Plants, suitable for 
Edging. 
We all know that to put a good finish, to a, group- of plants 
in our stove® or greenhouses we must have some dwarf- 
growing subjects. Therefore I am taking the liberty to men¬ 
tion a few which I think are both beautiful arid useful. 
First of all, I think I ought to take those two common 
bub still beautiful plants', the- Panic-urn and the Tradeisicantiai. 
What is- more beautiful than Tradescantiai discolor and its 
varieties? They can be used for undergrowth, or to hang 
down the side® of the -stage to hide the hot-water pipes • -or 
again, they make charming subjects for a hanging basket, I 
think I need not mention anything about Its cultivation, as 
nothing could be easier to propagate and grow, for they ro-ot 
a® readily -as- a weed. 
Then we have Panicum variegatum. What a- lovely hanging 
plant this is! It. is a plant which wdl root and grow just a® 
readily as the Tradescant-iau I think the Panicum has one 
fault, and that is its readiness to root into: any pot. it. happens 
to come across in. its travels if allowed to stay in. one position 
long enough. There are also some beautiful tall-growing 
Panicum®, such a.s Panicum p-licatum, with its graceful Palm- 
like foliage, but we will not touch on these now. 
Now we come: tc the Fittonias. There are -several varieties 
of these, buti I think the best, varieties: are argyroneurai and 
Pearcedi, the one with- its- foliage beautifully netted with silvery- 
white on a green, ground, and the- other, Pearcedi, with a, green 
ground netted with red. 
They- can he very easily propagated b-y cuttings', placed two 
or three in a pot, filled with a. mixture of silver sand, loam, 
and peat, and then put into a moist and warm propagating 
frame. Nothing looks much neater and prettier than a) good 
pan- o-f Fittonias when they have clothed the surface of the pan 
with their charming foliage and also hang down the sides of 
the pan. They will thrive in a moist and shady part of the 
stove, where many other kinds -of plants could not! be got to 
grow. 
Now we c-ome to- the Sonerilla®, with their pretty spotted 
and splashed foliage. These a,re dwarf-growing subject®, with 
very handsome foliage -and pretty flowers. There are many 
beautiful varieties o-f S oner ilia® now too numerous to mention 
individually in this article. 
They thrive veiy well in a, mixture of peat, silver sand, and 
chopped sphagnum moss, with -a, small quantity of loam added, 
but, the loam may be omitted if you like. Always 1 use plenty o-f 
silver sand. 
The fo-liage of some of the Sonerilla® is too beautiful to 
describe with the pen, and a well-grown pan or pot of them is- 
a sight not soon forgotten:. 
Another lovely foliage plant is the Bertiolonia-. There are 
many varieties: of these again, with foliage which outrivals 
even that of the: Sonerilla,s for beauty, and are almost as beau¬ 
tiful as some of the variegated Orchids (Ajicectocbili). They 
have foliage with a groundwork of different: shades of green, 
- nme of which- are spotted and -others; lined or netted with 
shades of -rose, silvery white, etc. They may he propagated 
by cuttings which have not -become too hard. They do best 
put in pots singly in -a mixture of chopped -sphagnum and sand, 
and placed under a bell-glass or in a close propagating frame. 
Never allow them to flag for want of water, and -always keep 
them shaded from the hot sun. When you pot them on, a 
mixture of peat, silver s-and, and chopped sphagnum moss 
should be used. They will not thrive where too much ah is 
admitted, a-s it dries up- the moisture too much for their liking. 
I have seen some beautiful specimens of them grown entirely 
in a propagating frame, in a stove -temperature o-f course. 
Another pretty little plant is Pellionia daveauana; it is of 
extremely easy culture', and has pretty bronze and green leaves, 
very neat and small. 
Then there are the Pep-eromias 1 , which are dwarf-growing 
st-ove subjects, with prettily-marked fleshy leaves. Some of 
them are of a trailing hab-it -and make pretty basket plants. 
They may rea-dily be propagated from single joint® of the 
Tkachelospekmum crocostomum. * (See p. 235.) 
stem with just 'a- leaf attached to the same. Place them in 
pans or pots filled with s-and, peat, and loam, and keep them 
moist and warm in a propagating frame, and they will soon 
root and start to grow, when they may be potted off in a 
mixture of sandy peat and loam, with a lit-t-le leaf-soil added. 
Keep them growing in a- stove temperature. 
I could mention many other lovely dwarf-growing subjects 
for the stove', but I am -afraid I have gone beyond the allotted 
space now. However, I shall b-ei glad to mention others- in a 
further article with the editor’s permission. J. A. W. 
Potatos at Holmbush, Corxwall.— It would seem that the 
wet weather has been making itself felt in Cornwall to as great 
an extent as in other parts of the country. Potatos in the 
neighbourhood of Holmbush which were left in the ground last 
autumn still remain undug. 
