July 15, 1905. 
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THE GARDENING WORLD • 
various places. During the winter when the 
asphalt is moist and soft, this and other weeds 
are powerful enough to crack the asphalt and 
even to raise it. ITour best plan would be to 
eradicate it on either side of the walk. During 
the winter a trench should be dug on either side 
of the asphalt, and all the roots of the Bearbind 
removed. If the plant is growing in hedges, or 
in position near the walk, you should endeavour 
t-o eradicate it in the same way by digging up 
the fleshy underground stems. This can best 
be done in winter, though it can be done at any 
other time provided it does not interfere with 
other plants. 
Bad Garden Soil. 
Our suburban garden is made up of very bad 
soil mixed with brickbats, old boots, glass, pails, 
etc. How can I improve it, as I wish to grow 
flowers of various sorts? At present it is 
occupied with annuals, but they do not look 
happy. (E. C. D.) 
Your garden is in a similar condition to many 
others in suburban localities where the sand 
forming the natural subsoil is dug up for build¬ 
ing purposes and the hole afterwards filled up 
with rubbish of all sorts from the streets and 
from dwelling-houses, together with the rubbish 
from the building of the house. Your best plan 
would be to go to work in the autumn and early 
winter, after the flowers have been removed, 
and systematically trench the whole of it 2 ft. 
or 3 ft. deep, removing, all the rubbish you meet 
with therein. The soil can then be unproved 
by securing road-scrapings, the scourings of 
ditches or soil obtained from any source of fairly 
good quality. Road-scrapings will usually con¬ 
tain a considerable amount of horse droppings, 
and will prove highly serviceable, not merely in 
furnishing plant, food, but in supplying the soil 
with humus or decayed vegetable matter. It 
would also pay you, if you care to go to the 
expense, to procure some loads of good soil from 
anyone who has it to dispose of, and spread this 
over the top of the ground after it has been 
trenched. Farmyard manure or stable manure 
of any kind would also improve the staple of the 
soil considerably. 
Uneven Lawn, 
When our house was built the soil in front was 
levelled and sown with grass. Now-it is very 
uneven, some of the spots being quite hollow. 
Can this be put right now, or what would you 
advise me to do? (H. L. W.) 
The present is not a suitable season for inter¬ 
fering with grass, as it would most probably get 
killed if allowed to lie in the form of cut turves 
for any length of time. Your best plan would 
be to leave the lawn alone until autumn or the 
advent of rain, any time after the end of Sep¬ 
tember. The turf, when lifted, will then keep 
moist, and not be so liable to break up at that 
period in the handling. If the general level of 
the garden is good, only the sunken spots need 
be put right. This reduces the labour of lifting 
all the turf over the sunken area, filling in the 
hollows with additional soil, securing that of a 
fairlv substantial character, without too much 
decaying vegetable matter in it. It may then.be 
beaten or trodden down firmly, and after levelling 
the surface nicely the turves may be placed in 
position, beaten down, and occasionally rolled. 
If the repairing is done in September you can 
sow grass seeds then in the event of there being 
any broken patches in the turf. The seeds will 
germinate at once, and continue to grow through 
the winter when the weather is mild. 
Fuchsia for a Hedge 
Some weeks ago I saw an article on hardy 
Fuchsias in The Gardening World. For the 
sake of variety I would like a hedge of Fuchsias. 
Which would' you recommend as most suitable, 
and the plan of pruning it, (A. R. D.) 
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The most suitable Fuchsia for this purpose 
would be F. Riccartoni, as it is one of the 
hardiest of all the Fuchsias and one of the most 
vigorous in growth. If the soil is good and well 
drained all you will have to do is to plant the 
Fuchsias about- 1 ft. or 2 ft. apart, according 
to their size. This will soon fill up the spaces, 
making a close hedge. During growth all that 
you would have to do would be to pinch or stop 
any shoots that are growing too rampantly or 
spreading too widely in order to make them 
grow up bushy. You can only make a loose 
hedge, however, of Fuchsias, and little or no 
priming will be necessary till March. During 
that month the hedge can then be regulated by 
pruning it into form and removing any dead 
wood, should there happen to be such. Inis and 
other Fuchsias flower on the young wood made 
during the summer months, so that you can 
safely prune the hedge any time during the 
month above mentioned. 
Names of Plants. 
(Ink) Stachy. slanata.—(R. A. S.) 1, Linaria 
pallida; 2, Linaria Cymbalaria; 3, Veronica 
spicata; 4, Lilium dauricum; 5, Galega offi¬ 
cinalis ; 6, Sedum reflexum; 7, Sedum glaucum. 
—-(J. R. 31.) 1. Haberlea rhodopensis ; 2, Melissa 
officinalis; 3, Campanula isophylla; 4, Drula 
glandulosa; 5, Iris Pseudacorus variegata; 6, 
Carex Morovii variegata.—(T. Ward) 1, Cory- 
dalis lutea; 2, Diervilla Eva Rathke ; 3, Spa-r- 
tium junoeum ; 4, Neillia opulifolia a urea; 5, 
Veronica Traversii; 6, Erica Tetralix.—(G. D.) 
1, Abutilon megapotamicum variegatum; 2, 
Abutilon Thomsoni variegatum; 3, Oxalis 
Plumierii; 4, Fittonia argyroneura; 5, Ficus 
stipulata minima.—(A. T. B.) 1, Franeoa race- 
mosa; 2, Fuchsia -triphylla; 3, Hibiscus Rosa- 
sinensis; 4, Desfontainea spinosa; 5, Jasminum 
grandiflorum; 6, Mimulus glu-tinosus.—(J. W.) 
1, Phyllaut-hus pulcher ; 2, Phyllanthus nivosus ; 
3, Agapanthus umbellatus; 4, Calceolaria 
fuchsiaefolia; 5, Begonia President Carnot. 
(W. T. J.) 1. Geranium pratense flore pleno ; 2, 
Lathyrus grandiflorus; 3, Veronica longifolia 
rosea; 4, Astrantia major; 5, Eryngium 
alpinum; 6, Eryngium alpinum.—(F. R.) 1, Dic- 
tanrnus albus Fraxinella; 2, Erigeron philadel- 
pliicus; 3, Digitalis ambigua; 4, Potentilla 
hirta; 5, Geum montanum.—(J. W. W.) 1, 
Epilobium augustifolium; 2, Linaria vulgaris; 
3, Helianthemum Chamaecystus; 4, Polygonum 
Bistorta; 5, Polygala serpyllacea; 6, Veronica 
Chamaedrys.—(A. R. D.) 1, Sc-illa peruviana; 
2, Lavatera trimestris ; 3, Sidalcea malvaeflora ; 
4, Campanula persicifolia alba ; 5, Lilium Mar- 
tagon; 6, Hemerocallis fulva; 7, Lychnis ehal- 
cedonica. 
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Presentation to a Glasgow Seedsman.— 
On the eve of his marriage, Mr. Daniel Grant 
Purdie manager of Messrs. Smith and 
Simons, was made the recipient, at a repre¬ 
sentative gathering of the trade, of a hand¬ 
some tea and coffee silver service. Mr. George 
Dagg Scott presided, and proposed the guest 
of the evening in highly appreciative terms. 
Mr, Purdie, lie said, was the right man in the 
right place, and well worthy of the esteem in 
which the firm and his many friends held him. 
At the conclusion of a very pleasant evening 
Mr. Jas. H. Parker proposed a vote of thanks 
to the chairman, who, in replying, expressed 
himself in full sympathy with the suggestion 
which had been made that the Glasgow seeds¬ 
men should form a trade association for in¬ 
structive purposes similar to those which 
existed at Edinburgh and Dublin. 
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A Fine Strawberry.--M r. Webb-Bowen 
the Laurels, Pinhoe, Devonshire, last week 
picked a Strawberry of the Royal Sovereign 
vanety uhicli turned the scale at two ounces 
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The Parent of the Carnation.— The Clove 
or Clove flower is also termed the Castle Pink, 
as it grows on old castles and walls. It is 
interesting as being the origin of the garden 
Carnation. 
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TlELr Fruit Culture. —The report of 
the Departmental Committee on Fruit Cul¬ 
ture, which has just been presented to Parlia¬ 
ment, contains more than forty recommenda 
tions and suggestions. The Committee find 
that the fruit industry is the only form of 
agriculture which shows any progress. 
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Contents of this Number. 
Andrews, Mr. John ... 
Auriculas for amateurs 
Black Currant Mite, The 
Diary of shows 
Enquire within. 
Examination in horticulture 
Examination, cottage and allotm 
dening 
Ferns, beautiful stove . 
Fruit garden 
Garden, the flower 
Garden, the kitchen . 
Gardens, our northern 
Gardens, suburban front 
Heliotropium regale 
Herbaceous border, hardy 
Insect pests of the garden 
Japanese evergreen, a decorative 
Laurel, the common 
Orchids 
Orchids for amateurs 
Plants in bloom 
Poultry and pets 
Replies, supplementary 
Rosa wichuraiana as a weep.r 
Rose, A. Singer 
Rose Billiard et Barre 
Rose Captain Hayward 
Rose Dorothy 
Rose Hugh Dickson . 
Rose Frau Karl Druschki 
Rose Mme. Abel Chatenay 
Rose Marechal Niel 
Rose 
i’ouv. d’Un Ami 
Roses, an arch of rambler 
Roses, pruning 
Royal Botanic Society 
Society doings ... 
Stove and greenhouse, the 
Sweet Pea show 
Trees and shrubs, hardy 
Visitants, strange 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
Andrews, F.R.H.S., Mr. John . 
Rambler Roses, an arch of (see supplement) 
Rosa wichuraiana as a- weeper 
•Rose A. Singer 
Rose Billiard et Barre 
Rose Captain Hayward 
Rose Dorothy 
Rose Hugh Dickson 
Rose Frau Karl Druschki 
Rose Mme. Abel Chatenay 
Rose Marechal Niel ... 
Rose Souvenir d’Un Ami 
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