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THE GARDENING WORLD 
February 25, 1905 
if you take the trouble of having it conveyed to a shed or some 
place where it will be kept dry until wanted, it will be of much 
more service than it is at present, though you need not despise 
it altogether. You must remember, however, that it is highly 
concentrated, and must not be thrown down in big lumps on 
the ground to be manured. It should be well beaten and broken 
tine,°so that it may readily pass through an inch sieve if that is 
necessary. In any case, it should be well broken up, so that you 
can distribute it evenly upon the ground. Tt can be used with 
great, advantage in the c ultivation of Onions, Celery, Leeks, and 
root crops, provided it is not brought too closely in contact with 
the roots, thereby causing them to become forked. It can, of 
course, be applied to vegetables generally. 
Green Scum on Seedling Fern Pans. 
I note your reply to “R. W.” about green growth on flower 
pots, but the remedy there given cannot be applied to pans in 
which Ferns have been sown. In many cases, I think, the Ferns 
are unable to come up at all, owing to the green scum that forms 
a dense mass on the surface in a few weeks' time. Can this 
trouble be tackled in any way? (A. T. G.) 
We are quite well aware that such a difficulty as you mention 
often occurs, and it cannot be remedied after the green growths 
have formed a close covering over the surface. It is just possible 
that the Ferns may have come up some time ago, and were 
overlooked until the green growths of weeds had covered the soil. 
As a rule Ferns do not lie very long before making their appear¬ 
ance, and it is a good'plan when you can detect their presence 
in the prothallus stage to have them pricked off about an inch 
apart in small boxes. That practically gives the Ferns the 
chance of fresh soil even in the prothallus stage, so as to make 
fresh advances before the weeds again encumber and choke 
them up. In making a compost for Fern pans in the future, a 
good plan is to burn a quantity of brick earth or loam so as to 
destroy any vegetable matter which may be in it. This will 
make it more or less lumpy, but you can break it up sufficiently 
fine to pass through a quarter of an inch sieve. After being 
sifted it can then be made firm in the seedling pans, and then 
thoroughly watered through a fine rose to settle it. After the 
superfluous moisture has drained away, the Ferns may be sown 
upon this burnt material, and they will have an opportunity of 
making some progress before green matter can succeed in estab¬ 
lishing"itself. The advantage of breaking up the burnt material 
so finely will be seen when you come to separate the tufts of 
prothalli, as it is unnecessary to remove the tiny Ferns from the 
compost ; and at the same time the fineness of the material will 
allow all the prothalli being easily separated into very small 
tufts. 
The Linolite Company, 25, Victoria Street, Westminster 
London, S.W.—Linolite. 
H. and J. Elliott, Courtbushes Nursery, Hurstpierpoini 
Sussex.—Tree Carnations. 
The Anglo-Continental (late Ohlendorff’s) Guano Works 
London Agency, 15, Leadenhall Street, London, E.C.—Olden 
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Barr and Sons, 11, 12, 13, King Street, Covent Garden, Lon 
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etc. 
Thomas S. Ware, Limited, Ware’s Nurseries, Feltham, 'Mil 
illesex.—Ware's Catalogue of Begonias ; also Hardy Perennials 
Bog Plants, Bamboos, etc. 
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CONTENTS OF THIS WEEK. 
PAGE 
Books, reviews of: 
Cassell’s Popular Garden¬ 
ing.... 166 
Flowers and Fruits for 
the Home . 166 
Management of Lawns ... 166 
Bulbs in American parks, 
hardy . 162 
Climbers, hardy . 160 
Cynorchis lowiana . 156 
Cypripedium tracyanum. 159 
Daphne blagayana . 165 
Forage, burning withered ... 167 
Fruit under glass. 155 
Gardener, lady landscape ... 168 
Kitchen garden . 155 
Lonicera sempervirens. 161 
Neriums, a note on . 101 
News of the week. 170 
Orchids, among the . 154 
“ Plant, the living ”. 163 
Potato Chieftain . 160 
Potato Colonist. 159 
Potato trials at Orton and 
Cresswell. 153 
PAGE 
Potatos for different pur¬ 
poses. 153 
Primulas at Reading . 157 
Questions and answers . 172 
Rhododendrons, early flower¬ 
ing. 156 
Rocket, the old double white 165 
Shows, flower. 167 
Society and association 
notes. 169 
Societies: 
Brighton and Sussex Hor¬ 
ticultural. 153 
Stove and Greenhouse. 154 
Sweet Pea Countess Spencer 158 
Trade notices. 168 
Trees and shrubs, hardy. 156 
Vine eyes . 169 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Cypripedium tracyanum. 159 
Daphne blagayana . 157 
(See also Supplement) 
Potato Chieftain . 165 
Potato Colonist. 161 
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