June 18, 1904. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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EDITORIAL NOTES. 
Ke Wood Forget-me-not. 
1 yrcotis sylvatica is now so- common in 
ti ens that gardeners seldom think of look- 
oi it in a wild state. If not so universal 
1 o ar den9 as M. palustris, it is certainly 
tore extensively cultivated m its various 
garden' varieties. It. still grows wild in the 
woods on Surrey hills, sometimes in out-of- 
the-way situations mere' few people would 
bo likely to come in contact with it. Never¬ 
theless, it is so beautiful that the local people 
recognise its beauty and frequently cull its 
flowers. Under present conditions, how¬ 
ever, there is no likelihood of its becoming 
exterminated, as- it is spread over a. consider¬ 
able area, and is native of the native plants, 
not seeking the haunt® or the aid of man, 
but is able to take care of itself amongst 
nettles, grass, and various other plants now 
growing rather coarsely. It must have com¬ 
menced flowering early in May, for many of 
the plants already carry ripe seeds, while 
the flowering will continue till September. 
In places where the vegetation is short the 
stems of the- Forget-me-not are also dwarf 
and freely branched. Where the grass isi 
long the Forget-mennot has made a strong 
endeavour to keep itself well above the sur¬ 
rounding weeds, and the stems have already 
in such cases attained a length of 18 in. 
Swiss Holiday Tours. 
The London, Brighton, and South Coast 
Railway Company always provide for tourists 
who- would like to- see beautiful scenery on 
the Continent. At present they b ue a pam¬ 
phlet entitled " Holiday Tours in Switzer¬ 
land ’’ well illustrated with views of the 
various places to- which interest is attached 
in the principal playground of continental 
Europe. Views are given of the new turbine 
steamer “Brighton,” externally and inter¬ 
nally. A map on a small scale shows the 
lines of route along which touri-sts like to 
travel, including the Lakes, the situations of 
which, are shown. Great improvements 
have been made in their passenger steamers', 
and also in the trains for the comfort of pas¬ 
sengers. The ticket arrangements have been 
reorganised. Other information is- also 
furnished, together with the prices for 
various districts, this being usually termed 
dull, useful information, but always of great 
importance to those doing the Swiss moun¬ 
tains. 
Excursionists and Poisonous 
Plants, 
It- Avo-uld seem very often that people on a 
holiday from town are very much like cows 
let into the meadows in spring. They are 
net very careful a.s to what they eat, as if all 
previous experience and instinct had been 
lost. It. seems that a number of urban ex¬ 
cursionist's in. Wales rooted up> and com¬ 
menced eating some portions of the Water 
Dropwort. It. seems strange that it.should 
occur to them to eat the plant in question, 
seeing that it presents no very inviting 
appearance, nor is the smell of it particularly 
agreeable. Only about two years ago or a 
little'more, ..a. fatal case occurred at Putney, 
where .some boys uprooted- a portion of the 
same plant—namely, Oenanthe crocata., with 
fatal results to one of the boys. It is net 
stated yet whether any fatality has. occurred, 
but some of the excursionists were very bad, 
in this instance having mistaken tire' Water 
Dropwo-rt for Watercress. It seems strange 
that so widely different, a plant could have 
been mistaken for one so familiar with 
almost every householder. Even the flavour 
does not- seem to have been sufficient to 
correct the mistake. 
Rose Gloire dc Dijon. 
A correspondent of thei “ Pall Mall 
Gazette ” says that he has a large specimen 
of the above Rose growing against a Avail of 
his house. Last year it bloomed freely, bub 
the majority of the Roses, he says-, were 
Dog Roses. New branches 1 Avere covered 
with the leaves as- well as the blooms of the 
Dog Rose. He avers that lie did not prune 
the Rose-, but left it to- itself, and this year 
there is scarcely a single Dog Rose on it, but 
a large quantity of the proper Gloire de 
Dijon. We are afraid the observation of this 
Avrite-r is rather faulty. The Rose ini ques¬ 
tion could not degenerate to the Dog Rose, 
as. it did net spring from that species. We 
are rather afraid lie had allowed the stock, 
possibly a Dog Rose, to groAv and flower 
last year, and if he did not prune it himself, 
possibly some of the other inmates, of the 
house performed the kindly office for him. 
We think he. will have to be a little more 
careful in his observations. 
Plants on the Leaves of Car- 
damine pratensis. 
At the meeting of the Limnean, Society on 
the 2nd inst., Mr. A. 0. Walker exhibited 
viviparous plants of the above species., and 
hei considered that the phenomenon was un¬ 
usually manifest this year, probably duei to 
the abnormal rainfall. We should say that 
it is a very common characteristic of this 
plant, and needs only slight, encouragement 
to develop' it. in full activity any year. Under 
ordinary circumstances, in a wild state, when 
the plant is in damp or -slightly shaded situa¬ 
tion, s>, a young plantlet may nearly always 
be found at the 1 base of the terminal leaflet. 
Some years ago we received a small speci¬ 
men consisting of a single crown with a, 
floAver-stalk, and resolved to settle the quesr 
tion of its capabilities of producing these 
plantlets. We first inserted it as a cutting- 
in a small pot, and put a beUglasa over it in 
order to aid rooting. When the leaves of 
this crown! -attained their full size every one 
of them produced a plantlet in. thei situation 
named. This- we pegged on. the soil around 
the cutting, and early in the autumn we were 
able to prick out a box of plants. This made 
such strong growth duiing early winter and 
in early spring that every one of them 
flowered long- before the plantlets were a 
year old. This .shows that anyone wishing 
to propagate the plant rapidly may do so 
without interfering with the main crown of 
the plant. 
