November i.9, 1904. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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Hardy Border Flowers. 
tinder the above title Mr. Walter Smyth, 
F.R.H.S., Faunmore, Hollywood, oo>. Down, 
discusses the question of producing a. supply 
of flower's in the open border ail the year 
round. The first part of his little book, 
which runs to 46 pages, is taken up' with 
various chapters dealing with the hardy plant 
border, while the second, deals with the 
rockery garden., and Part III. with hardy 
flowers the year round. Dealing with the 
■latter phase of the subject, hei give® lists of 
the various subjects which may b© in flower 
or berry during the different months of the 
year. Trees and shrubs are taken up as well 
as herbaceous subjects a® suitable for a. her¬ 
baceous border. We already havei such 
terms a® shrubbery border, which would, of 
course, meet the case. The lists which he 
gives take up a large number of subjects 1 , 
showing that he ha® thought the matter 
well out. Most of those which h© speaks 
of as flowering in January, would also flower 
in the more favoured parts of Britain ait 
least, but certainly many of the shrubs 
which he calculates to remain in berry would 
lose their fruits owing to the depredations 
of birds. Some of them, such as Holly, do 
escape, except when we have veiy severe and 
long-con tinned frosty weather. For thooe 
who would like to have a. handy list of such 
flowering subjects for thei different periods 
of thei year at hand, this little book would 
answer the purpose admirably, provided 
lie make® calculations a® to the difference 
‘between an average Irish and an average 
British winter. In the more favoured parts 
of England the climate would be similar to 
that of Ireland, and most of the flowers 
would appear at thei appointed time'. In 
northern and inland parts of Britain the 
named flower® ivould probably be behind the 
periods here given. Some useful hints would 
also be found in other parts of the book, 
including such subject's as fragrant hardy 
flowers, hardy foliage plants, a selection of 
plants for cutting, etc. 
The Cultivation of the Tomato. 
Under the above title, Mr. Robert Holmes, 
Tuckswood Farm, Norwich', hasi published 
a book of 80 pp 1 . dealing in a practical way 
with various phase® of Tomato culture, both 
under glass and outside. The book is the 
outcome of a prize essay on the subject. The 
author being an extensive' and successful cul¬ 
tivator of Tomato® may be assumed to give 
practical information of a reliable kind for 
the benefit of those intending to take up 
the cultivation of this subject on a large 
scale. The second part of the book should 
prove of interest to all who are concerned 
with the cultivation of the soil, as it deals 
with the fertility of soil under various head¬ 
ings. For instance, he speaks 1 of the living 
soil, soil bacterial, bacterial forces- in the 
field, cultivation of the soil, the nitrate prob¬ 
lem, its solution by bacterial aid, thei ripen¬ 
ing of manure, farmyard and liquid manures, 
■nitrate of soda, potash, phosphate lime, etc. 
All this is chiefly concerned with the land, 
but he also takes up the nutrition of plants 
in pots, which means that he deals with tire 
feeding of plant® under artificial conditions, 
in which the soil, or rather the compost, is 
artificially mixed, and the plants further fed 
by liquid manure. While speaking of the 
preparat ion of the soil for Tomato®, he urges 
fills readers to first consider the condition 
of the 'soil, the character of the plants pre¬ 
viously grown upon it, and the manures 
which may have been applied to' the same. 
Some of the more important diseases of the 
plant are discussed, including the. sleepy 
disease', club-root disease, the sterilising of 
soil, and so forth. Numerous illustrations 
of different varieties of Tomato® give evi¬ 
dence of good form of fruit and heavy crops 
of it. 
Snail Culture. 
The above is the title of a book of 80 pp., 
edited by Mr. W. J. Malden, and published 
by Messrs. E. Marlborough and Cm, 51, Old 
Bailey, London, E.C. It deal® with orchards, 
vegetables, allotments, glass culture, and 
bee-keeping. Various chapters have been 
written by different authors, that on the 
paying value of allotment® being written by 
Mr. John Watson, F.L.S. This author speaks 
of actual experiment with common gardens, 
and gives results in connection with bush 
fruits, flowers, and vegetables. The allot¬ 
ment was started ten years ago, and is 
favourably situated. The land had only been 
newly broken up, and for the first few years 
was devoted to early Potato®, good crops of 
which were obtained. It also furnished an 
excellent opportunity for the cleaning of the 
land. In after years the holders attempted 
a greater variety of crops, including Onions 
and various members of the Cabbage tribe, 
all of which grew very successfully. Those 
tenants who were enterprising enough to 
erect glasshouse® used them for the produc¬ 
tion of Tomato®, which found a;s ready a. 
sale a® anything. Every tenant' grows Early 
Peas, French Beans, and Broad Beans, which, 
however, are not considered very popular 
crop®. The allotment, however’, is said to 
excel in Celery, and everybody now grow® a 
quantity of it on hi® allotment. Amongst 
bush fruit®, Black and Red Currants, Goose¬ 
berries, Raspberries, and Strawberries have 
been grown. The last-named is net con¬ 
sidered a very suitablei crop, owing to the 
lack of space. Thei Gooseberry has proved 
the most' remunerative cf the fruit crops. 
Apple®, Pears and Plums, have not been 
Assessing Greenhouses. 
The Finance Committee of the Waltham¬ 
stow Urban Council recently recommended 
that greenhouses, for district rate purpose®, 
should be assessed upon one-fourth of the 
rateable value. Thei repiorfc was adopted. 
Wei presume thei above refer® hoi greenhouses 
u :ed for growing plants, fruit, or vegetables 
for market. 
