November 25, 1905. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
901 
and timely pinching the tops must be resorted 
to or they will not readily fill. Longpoded 
varieties, as a rule, have corresponding foliage, 
require thin sowing and careful staking, or they 
will soon pull themselves down. 
The best two that come up to iny standard 
in this year’s trial are Paddy or Gladstone Im¬ 
proved, very similar to the G.O.M., but a 
lighter green, transparent thin pods, the latter 
chiefly in pairs, even these containing 10 and 11, 
and single pods sometimes 12. good quality 
Peas. It is a fine, slow-growing, 4 ft., late 
variety. The other is Walker’s Standard, the 
exact counterpart of a good type of Duke of 
Albany or Alderman, but fills up the ends of 
the pods better than these two well-known 
varieties. B. Lockwood. 
A BEAUTIFUL and P0PU_AR 
® SALVIA ® 
(Saida splendent grandifiora.) 
Why many fail with this gorgeous, half- 
hardy plant, when grown in pots in particular, 
is by allowing them to become infested with, 
red ' spider, ' and not stopping this tiny, 
but none the less destructive, pest from 
getting a footing in the earlier stages 
of the plants’ growth. A little timely 
syringing with soapy and afterwards clean 
water would remedy this evil. This particular 
Salvia grows more popular year by year, both 
for the conservatory and mixed herbaceous 
border, and rightly so, for its striking scarlet 
flowers lend a warmth to the garden which is 
much appreciated this time of year ; and how 
beautiful they look in contrast with the yellow 
Sunflowers, Michaelmas Daisies, and Chrysan¬ 
themums, both indoors and out! 
There is no reason why anyone should not 
have a good show of these Salvias for at least 
two 1 months outside and three months inside. 
Salvias are quick-growing subjects, but it is 
as well to' start in plenty of time if you would 
have them in perfection next autumn. Procure 
as early as possible cuttings from someone, 
preferably off plants growing in the outside 
border, as theso would be shorter jointed than 
those which are under glass. Those from the 
base are best, but almost any portion of these 
plants will root readily in an ordinary hot¬ 
bed or propagating case in about a fortnight. 
Gradually harden off and pot into large 60 s, 
and, when pot-bound, into 48’s, which will be 
plenty large enough for stock plants. Keep 
them steadily growing in a house ranging 
from 45deg. to 55deg. for the winter. In 
April propagate again with cuttings taken off 
these stock plants. It would be an easy 
matter to work up 100 plants by the end of 
May, 1906, from a dozen cuttings put in 
during the present month (October). The 
first week in June place all your plants in a 
sheltered position outdoors, and then pot or 
plant out as desired. Do not overpot your 
plants ; 48’s and 32’s axe plenty large enough, 
as what you want to aim at is to get a well- 
matured plant by August, and then feed with 
liquid manure. Although these plants re¬ 
quire 1 abundance of water, they must not be 
soddened, however. This will be greatly 
obviated by ample and carefully placed drain¬ 
age. House the plants the first week in Sep¬ 
tember, and give abundance of air night and 
day ; a little heat in the pipes at night would 
help them, but is not absolutely necessary 
until the middle of October. As the cold 
weather approaches increase the fire heat, but 
give air on all favourable occasions. 
GOLD AND SILVER 
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IVIES / 
FOR POTS 
and BORDERS, 
Ivies grown in pots for winter decoration 
have been coming into fashion very much 
during the last few years, seeing the intro¬ 
duction of many beautiful and useful sorts, 
both green and gold and silver variegated. 
For training up pi 11 ars, over walls, etc., in the 
cold greenhouse, there are not many foliage 
plants to equal one of the silver-leaved Ivies. 
Warm walls outside, too, form the favourite 
haunt of the lovely but generally slightly 
delicate plants. Trained over fancy wire 
shapes, in hanging baskets, or in large seed- 
pans pegged down over a surface of small 
stones, they are very useful to do a turn in¬ 
doors, in halls or corridors ; but when they 
are sent out into the greenhouse or glass 
porch they must be well sponged on both 
sides of the leaves with soapy water, and then 
syringed with clear water, as nothing mars the 
beautiful creamy variegations so much as a 
dirty surface caused by a dust-laden atmos¬ 
phere. Long trails are very lovely for cut¬ 
ting, either for table or room decoration. 
Grown in pots, a fairly rich soil and plenty 
of moisture is desirable. By frequent pinch¬ 
ing and training wonderful specimens can be 
obtained. When planted in the borders, the 
soil must not be too rich nor moist 
(although atmospheric moisture is always 
welcome), as the variegation will be less 
marked. Many new and beautiful forms of 
the Tree Ivy (Hedera Helix arborea) are nice 
in large pots, too, for standing on balconies, 
steps, or porches, and make such a pretty 
change from the large evergreen shrubs one 
usually sees in such positions. Although 
hardly anything can beat tho Japanese 
Euonymus, the variegated Ivies are more 
graceful. A short list, of the best, varieties 
is as follows (H hardy; D delicate): — 
Golden leaves: Angularis aurea, very com¬ 
pact, H ; aurea spectabilis, neat and pretty, 
H ; Mrs. Pollock, small leaves clear gold, D ; 
aurea densa, close small leaves, H. 
Silver leaves : Alba marginata, green-edge 1 
silver, H ; Crippsi, large ivory leaves, H ; 
madeirensis marginata, a gem, lovely, irregu¬ 
larly shaped and marked, ivory and green 
leaves, the best for baskets, etc., D ; tricolor, 
small leaves, margined when young in spring 
and autumn with pink, D. 
Tree Ivies : Arborea, green; aurea, gold ; 
Argent, silver, all pretty, H ; Fructo lutea, 
lovely yellow berries; rhomboidea, bronzy 
foliage, lovely in sunny place ; maculata, 
marbled with creamy white; japonica, 
marbled with a lasting good colour. 
There is so much cheeriness about these 
tree Ivies that I would commend them much 
for planting in many positions where a per¬ 
manent display is required. For graves they 
are worthy of every consideration by chose 
who desire an effective and useful permanent 
feature. Douglas A 7 . Eelam:. 
Portland Lodge, Worthing, Sussex. 
An Abnormal Strawberry. 
Thinking it may be interesting to some of 
your readers, I send yorr a drawing of a curious 
abnormal growth of a Strawberry which I have 
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just picked in my gaiden. It will be seen 
that the calyx lobes assume the form of leaves,’ 
so that the stem which bears the fleshy re¬ 
ceptacle or fruit is more or less a leaf stalk, 
perforating as it does the lower portion of 
the fruit, and then breaking out into leaves 
and flowers, of which there were two. One, 
however, had just passed into the fruiting 
stage, and was beginning to swell when it was 
gathered. A longitudinal section cut directly 
through the growing part proved this. 
Johx R. .Jackson. 
Claremont, Lympstone, Devon. 
THE 
Blue Daisy. 
(.Beilis rotundifolia caendcscens.) 
To all who love the modest Daisy—and 
surely that includes every true lover of flowers 
—this exquisitely charming little plant will 
appeal with irresistible force. Even more 
slender and dainty than Burns’ " wee, modest, 
crimson-tipped flower,” this tiny plant is 
wholly delightful. The leaves are round, as 
is implied by its name, and a sixpence will 
cover the leaf of a well-developed plant. They 
lie closely snugging the soil, radiating from 
the crown, to which they are attached by 
flattened stalks. 
The very faint tinge of blue that overlies the 
ray florets is probably unique, and certainly 
the tint is more lovely than even the purest 
of whites. It is a plant for the most favoured 
nooks on the rockery, and is worthy the-slight 
protection it requires during severe spells of 
frost. Heather Bell. 
Seeds prom Prehistoric Plants. —Some 
seeds unknown to modern botanists were 
recently brought up from a Belgian coal 
mine from a depth of 126 ft. They form a 
curious study for the botanist, who has vainly 
sought for their twentieth century 
descendants. 
H. J. 
