THE GARDENING WORLD 
August 12, i.905. 
our Northern Gardens. 
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quarters during active growth in summer 
and autumn, and tee lights should be taken 
off at nights to allow the dews to fall upon 
them. Occasional applications of well- 
diluted soot-water are very beneficial, and 
this may be alternated with liquid sheep 
manure when the roots reach the sides of the 
pots. 
Violets. —These will now be growing apace 
in open quarters, and every encouragement 
should be given to promote free healthy 
growth from this time until lifted for plant¬ 
ing into frames or potting up for winter 
flowering. Red spider is prevalent owing to 
drought, but this may be kept in check or 
extirpated by frequent overhead waterings 
with a rosed can or the hosepipe. Should 
this pest become numerous the plants must 
be syringed well with “ Spidacide ” or another 
approved insecticide in the evening. All 
runners must be cut off close to the parent 
plant and the hoe should be run through the 
alleys on fine days' to destroy weeds and to 
pulverise the surface soil. A -weekly applica¬ 
tion of liquid manure or weak guano water 
may be given with advantage. 
Roman Hyacinths. —These should be 
potted or boxed up immediately they arrive 
from the bulb merchant. Where large num¬ 
bers are grown it is good practice to place two 
or three dozen in a box some 4 in. deep, 
whilst for those who only grow a few dozen 
pot culture is best. Five good-sized bulbs 
may be placed in 6-in. pots, pressing the soil 
fairly firmly about them, but not ramming 
it. Place in a cold frame, and cover with 
cocoa-fibre or spent mushroom-bed material 
to hasten the formation of roots. The bulbs 
should be examined every few days, and as 
soon as leaves an inch in length are observed 
remove the covering. K. M. 
The Chinese Globe Flower. 
(Trollius sinensis .) 
Those who have only seen the European 
Globe Flower can have no conception of the 
Chinese one. Probably if botanists had re¬ 
frained from using the name Globe Flower 
till the Chinese one was introduced it would 
not have fitted. The name, however, was 
given very early, and may be allowed to pass. 
The Chinese Globe Flower has deeply, five- 
lobed leaves and cut segments, clothing stems 
2 ft. to 3 ft. in height. The flowers them¬ 
selves are of rich orange and open nearly 
flat. The showy part of this and every other 
Globe Flower consists of the sepals. There 
are petals present in TrOllius, however, and 
in T. sinensis they are about 1 in. long, very 
narrow, and stand up in the centre of the 
flower. The plant appears of the easiest cul¬ 
tivation in any garden soil, but flowering as 
it does about the beginning of July, .it has to 
contend with warm, dry weather, and should 
therefore be provided with the coolest and 
richest part of the herbaceous border. It is 
certainly a distinct and handsome Globe 
Flcwei. . 
To Destroy Wasps’ Nests.— A contem¬ 
porary mentions a new method of destroying 
wasps’ nests. Instead of cyanide or the old 
powder squib, it suggests the pouring from a 
quarter to half a pint of turpentine into the 
nest at night, when all the wasps are at 
home, and then plugging the entrance with 
paper or rag. In a few minutes the nest 
may be safely dug un 
Flower Garden and 
Pleasure Grounds. 
Bedding Plants. —The present is a good 
time to take notes for future reference for 
next year’s designs. Things are now at their 
best, and any defects as to gradings of 
heights and arrangement of colours can be 
easily detected at this season. The merits 
of novelties on trial can now be judged. 
Lobelia tenuior. —Reference was recently 
made on this page to this pl-ant for indoor 
work; we have tried it as a bedder this 
season, and it has exceeded our expecta¬ 
tions. It is of course too tall for an edging, 
growing as it does from 9 in. to. 12 in. high. 
We have it dotted through a groundwork of 
Centaurea candidissima. 
Dahlias.— Continue to tie in loosely all 
flowering shoots as the autumn winds will 
come in due season. 
Sweet Peas. —Keep the blooms picked off 
before seed pods begin to form, or the flower¬ 
ing period will be curtailed. Give occasional 
sprinklings of soot, and water in if dry 
weather prevails. 
Roses. —Teas and H.T.’s will be benefitted 
by a sprinkling of soot or other stimulant in 
showery weather to assist them to develop 
their autumn flowers. 
Conservatory and Greenhouse. 
Streptocarpus —Young seedlings of this 
highly decorative plant should now be flower¬ 
ing freely. Early flowered old plants should 
also be giving a second crop of bloom if 
they were properly looked after. 
Gloxinias. —Tire established plants will 
now have finished flowering, and should be 
removed to an airy frame or vinery or Peach 
house, where the fruit has been gathered ; 
lessen the supply of water gradually. 
Lilinms. —Stand in the open air as the 
plants go out of bloom, and withhold water 
gradually. 
Cinerarias. —.See that they do not get pot- 
bound till they are in their flowering pots. 
The pots should be plunged in ashes, sand, 
or cocoanut fibre to keep them cool. Avoid 
crowding, give plenty of air, and vaporise 
if necessary. 
Primulas _The same general remarks 
apply to these as to Cinerarias. 
Calceolarias. —Prick off into pans of light 
rich soil as soon as fit to handle. C. C. 
Hardy Fruit. 
Plums on Walls. — The shortening of 
breast wood on the trees is of great import¬ 
ance, and where not taken in hand had bettei 
now be seen to, first laying in all the lead¬ 
ing shoots or branches and where a young 
branch can be introduced with a view to 
removing an old one. 1 find young wood in¬ 
troduced in Plums especially gives the very 
best of returns when the roots are still in 
a healthy condition. Where otherwise mark 
those which are going back and have them 
removed at the proper time, as worn-out 
sorts are only a waste of time and room. 
The space can he turned to much better ac¬ 
count by replacing with much more vigorous 
young trees which have been grown on by 
one’s-self on spare portions of wall or bought 
from some reliable nurseryman. Such sorts 
as Kirk’s Seedling Jefferson’s Golden Gage, 
Golden Drop, Green Gage, Transparent 
Gage (which is one of the best), Magnum 
Bonum, Washington, Goliath, Monarch, and 
many other leading sorts. 
Standards such as Victoria, Pondls Seed¬ 
ling, Prince of Wales, Prince Engleberi, 
Golden Drop, where they can be grown, 
should all be looked over and shortened to 
four or five leaves, except on leading 
branches, where they may have a half more 
length, and there will be little winter 
pruning required. The buds will get well 
plumped and flower buds formed. Watering 
is an important operation at this stage of 
growth. When time will afford frequent 
wavering, with the addition of a quarter of 
liquid manure, through a mulching of moss 
litter, is a great help to the swelling of the 
fruit. J. Fraser Smith. 
Cullen. 
The Kitchen Garden. 
Kidney Beans. —These promise particu¬ 
larly well this season, and very soon we may 
have a glut of this excellent vegetable. Where 
pods are allowed to. remain and form seeds 
the jdants very soon get exhausted, and the 
result is a poor return for the ground taken 
up with this crop. The old method of pick¬ 
ing off the older pods and. destroying them 
has only one advantage, and that is the 
relief given to the plant, and of course its 
remaining in bearing for a longer period. 
The plan I am about to advocate has this 
advantage, besides several others. It is 
simple, cheap, and effective. On .a fine dry 
day, when the pods are just in first-rate con¬ 
dition for the table, go over the plants and 
gather all the pods you can spare. Next pro¬ 
cure a deep earthenware can (in 'Scotland we 
term it a “croke’’) and a quantity of clean 
table salt. Place a layer of salt in the 
bottom of this dish, then a layer of Beans, 
and so on in alternate layers until all are 
used. There is no need for the dish being 
filled all at once, and so, whenever there are 
more Beans ready the filling can be con¬ 
tinued. Runner Beans may be treated in 
exactly the same way. I have written at 
some length on this subject, but as I know 
the recipe is not generally known this must 
be my excuse. The Beans thus treated 
remain good till the end of January at least, 
and make a most agreeable change during 
the dull winter months. I may say that the 
pans should be kept in a cool dry cellar. 
Before cooking soak the pods in plenty of 
cold water from twelve to twenty-four hours. 
Tomatos. —As the earlier bunches of fruit 
ripen and -are picked the drain on the plant 
lessens somewhat, and the feeding may be 
slightly reduced in strength. In fact, a 
week of nothing but clean water lias often a 
very beneficial effect. If the feeding is too 
strong the fruits have often a tendency to 
crack, which detracts somewhat from their 
fine appearance. It is now time that sail 
plants in coll houses should be stopped, as 
fruits ‘ set after this date cannot possibly 
ripen, and only rob the earlier set bunches. 
It is also a good plan to now reduce the 
foliage a little, so as to let the sun get in 
and do its work better. C. Blair. 
Preston, Linlithgow. 
