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February x, 1908. 
THB GARDENING WORLD. 
forms a long border facing east at one end 
and north-east at the other. It can only get 
sunshine early, therefore, in the day. We 
have selected five annuals — that is, one for 
each of the plots marked on the plan. We 
have also selected five half-hardy annuals, 
so that you can choose either one kind or the 
other, or put two kinds in a patch, one in 
front of the other, or use them in any other 
way which your fancy may dictate, always 
making sure that the tallest ones will be 
furthest from the path. The hardy annuals 
which may be sown in the open ground at the 
beginning of April are Candytuft (Iberis 
umbellaia), mixed, Chrysanthemum , coro- 
narium, double white or yellow, Coreopsis 
tinctoria nana, Lavatera trimestris and Sca- 
biosa atropurpurea, double mixed. The half- 
hardy annuals may be sown about the middle 
of March in heat, pricked off into boxes and 
then placed in cold frames to grow until 
towards the end of May, when they may be 
planted in their flowering positions. The 
varieties are Ten-week Stocks, mixed, either 
the common Chinese Pink (Dianthus chinen- 
sis) or the large flowering D.c. Heddewigii, 
Phlox Drummondii, mixed, French Mari¬ 
gold, striped double, and the white Nico- 
tiana affinis, or the crimson and carmine N. 
Sanderae. Both these groups and plants will 
flower during the summer if treated as direc¬ 
ted. You have begun well by having the 
ground dug 2 ft. deep and well manured. 
The mixed manure is also suitable. All of 
the annuals will grow, and if we have a wet 
summer cr one with very little sunshine, like 
last year, some of the annuals will grow 
rather tall, whereas if they had been more 
fulTy exposed to sunshine during the day 
they would flower well under the conditions 
you name. Use your greenhouse for the 
raising of half-hardy annuals 
2 5 5 8, Perennials for a Succession. 
We would be glad if you would give us 
the names of plants suitable for the borders 
marked on the accompanying plan. They 
should principally be perennials, so as to get- 
as good a succession of bloom over as long a 
period as possible. (Ed. T. Gee, Lancs.) 
Your garden lcxpks towards the south, but 
a portion of it will be shaded by the house 
at the southern end. Where the Privet 
hedges come in contact with the flowers they 
should be kept in neat trim, so as not to 
overhang the borders unduly. W T e have made 
a selection of thirty kinds of perennials and 
arranged them much in the same order as 
they come into flower. That will give you 
some idea as to where the different kinds 
may be placed. They are perennial, and in¬ 
clude the Christmas Rose, Orobus vernus, 
Doronicum plantagineum excelsum, Aqui- 
legia chrysantha, Trollius europaeus, Iris 
pallida dalmatica, I.p. Queen of May, Cam¬ 
panula persicifolia grandiflora alba, Del¬ 
phiniums, Geum coccineum flore pleno, G. 
miniatum, Paeony officinalis flore pleno, Dic- 
tamnus albus, Malva moschata alba, Chry¬ 
santhemum maximum King Edward VII., 
Eryngium oliverianum, Helianthus rigidus, 
H.r. Miss Mellish, Echinacea purpurea, 
Erigeron speciosus, Spiraea palmata, Galega 
officinalis, Veronica longifolia, Achillea 
Ptarmica The Pearl, Phlox paniculata, 
varieties, Aster Amellus, A. Novi-Belgii lae- 
vigatus, A.N.-B. densus, Anemone japonica 
alba, Helenium autumnale and Aconitum 
Wilsoni. 
2559. Planting Summer - Flowering 
Bulbs. 
I have some roots of Montbretia, some 
Gladiolus bulbs, and two Lilium rubrum. 
May I plant them in the garden now; if not, 
when should I ? May Foxglove seeds be 
planted in the open now? (N. E. C., Kent.) 
The Montbretias should have been planted 
in October and November, so that they could 
suave been rooting before this time. They 
may, however, be planted any time during 
this month and the next. The Gladiolus 
bulbs will be in sufficient time if you plant 
them early in March. The Lily bulbs may 
be planted in February or March, selecting a 
time when the soil is in good condition and 
may be trodden upon without puddling. Fox¬ 
glove seeds need not be sown before the end 
of April, otherwise many of them may get 
lost before they commence growing. The 
Foxglove is a biennial, so that the seeds may 
be sown in a bed and then transplanted, to 
give them room to make good sized plants 
before next autumn. They can then be trans¬ 
ferred into the positions where they will 
flower. You cannot expect flowers from them 
this year, but they yet have a long season in 
which to make good sized plants. 
BOSES. 
2560. Pruning Roses in a Greenhouse. 
I have got two Rose trees I planted in the 
■greenhouse in November, one a Marechal 
Niel, is coming into leaf now. It is about 
2^ ft. high, with two little shoots at the bot¬ 
tom. Will it have to be pruned in this sea¬ 
son ? I also have a Gloire de Dijon with six 
shoots 3 ft. or 4 ft. long. Will that want 
pruning? (R. A. D., Lancs.) 
It would have been better if you had given 
them the necessary pruning when planting 
and before they commenced growing/ You 
can still do it, however, and the 25 ft. stem 
of iMarechal Niel should be cut to 18 in. to 
get strong shoots from the base during the 
forthcoming summer. You mention two little 
shoots at the bottom. If they have been made 
this year, or if they are the growths you 
mention as coming into leaf, they should be 
left, but if they are twigs of last year’s 
growth, then you should cut them down to 
one bud at the base. The 3 ft. stems of 
Gloire de Dijon may be cut to 18 in. and 
those of 4 ft. in length to 2 ft. This will 
encourage growth in the lower part of the 
plant. It is only necessary during the first 
year to encourage strong suckers to come up 
from the base of the plants. They will really 
be of much more value to you than the stems 
at present existing. 
TREES AMD SHRUBS. 
2561. Climbers for Frent of House. 
On the front of the house, which you will 
notice falls about south-west, I thought of 
growing a Clematis Jackmanni, but would 
like something suitable for making a show 
in winter, if possible, net Ivy or Ampelopsis. 
The soil is a sandy loam and T think the 
subsoil is pure sand. (Ed. T. Gee, Lancs.) 
Two very useful winter plants are Jas- 
minum nudiflorum and Crataegus Pyra- 
cantha. The Jasmine flowers during winter, 
earlier or later according to the character 
of the season and during mild periods it is 
often very handsome and effective. The 
flowers are yellow. The other plant is the 
Fiery Thorn, which has clusters of creamy- 
white flowers in spring followed by deep 
orange-colcured berries in autumn, and these 
usually hang on a great part of the winter. 
They would grow in the situation marked 
for them. 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 
2562. Outdoor Chrysanthemums. 
Please give me tlx- names of twelve good 
outdoor Chrysanthemums, also the time to 
put in cuttings and the treatment of the 
same. I intend growing them on a very 
warm, sheltered border, so I want, some as 
late as it is possible to get them, as the 
frost will not hurt them. (B. G. S., Essex.) 
Cuttings may be put in during March or 
April, but most people like to have them 
done during March, so that the plants may 
get strong before the time of flowering. 
Make up a good compost consisting of three 
parts of fibrous loam and one part of leaf 
soil, and a good sprinkling of sand. Crock 
and fill some 60 size pots and after filling 
them with soil, prepare and insert the cut¬ 
tings and place them on a shelf in a green¬ 
house or somewhere near the glass. It is 
undesirable to apply strong heat in the root¬ 
ing of them, and it will not be necessary if 
you let them stand in a place where they will 
not get dried up, but yet be secure against 
frost. They will gradually produce roots. 
Cold frames would also answer the same 
purpose, though it would depend upon the 
condition of the weather during March and 
the state of the frames as to moisture. After 
they are rooted they should be potted off 
singly and placed in a cold frame, where 
they can make growth till some time in 
early May, when they may be planted in the 
positions where they are to flower. We have 
selected varieties of different colours to give 
a succession from August to October, and 
some of them will continue into November 
if the weather is fairly moderate. The 
varieties are Gustave Grunnerwald (pink), 
Harvest Home (bronzy red), Mme. Des- 
granges (white), Tuckswood Bronze, 
Goacher’s Crimson, Carrie (yellow), Market 
White, Boule de Neige (white), Le Cygne 
(white), Pride of Kestop (deep Rose), Mrs. 
E. V. Freeman (crimson), and Etoile d’Or. 
VEGETABLES. 
2563. Vegetables for Succession. 
I must begin by thanking you gratefully 
for the splendid advice you gave me in an¬ 
swer to my last letter, which I am going to 
follow closely. Now I am again going to 
trouble you for a little of your valuable ad¬ 
vice, that is, with reference to frames. I 
have eight good frames to use. Now I want 
to know when I can put these into service, 
and I should like you to give me a little 
advice about managing them. Please remem¬ 
ber I am a novice, it being the first time I 
have touched vegetable gardening. I attach 
a list of those things I wish to grow. I wish 
to get a fairly early crop. Now with refer¬ 
ence to flower frames, should they be covered 
the whole time it is freezing or uncovered 
during the day to admit light? Now I am 
afraid I am taking up too much of }n>ur 
valuable space/ (A Novice, Essex.) 
As your list of vegetables is rather a 
lengthy one, we will go over that and men¬ 
tion the things'that should be started or 
grown in those frames. Peas may be sown 
in pots or boxes during January or February 
and kept in your frames until they can be 
planted out towards the end of March or 
beginning of April according to the weather. 
Out of doors Peas may be sown in succession 
from March till June, but in the latter month 
early -varieties should be sown. Early Broad 
Beans may be sown in the same way during 
January, but in February or March the sow¬ 
ing may be made out of doors. Then there 
are the Dwarf Beans, which may be sown in 
March if you intend to fruit them under 
glass, but not till April if you intend to 
plant them outside later on. Potatos may 
be planted in one or more frames either dur¬ 
ing February or March, but at that early 
period you would require a hotbed of fer¬ 
menting manure on which to stand the 
frames. Early varieties of Potatos may be 
started in boxes in cold frames and later-on 
planted out. Carrots may be sown between 
the lines of Potatos if you make up a hotbed. 
They will be ready to pull before the Po¬ 
tatos require all the space. Lettuces may 
be sown in August for planting into frames 
at the end of September to give an early 
supply in spring. Lettuces may also be 
sown in seed pans, germinated over the Po¬ 
tatos, then transplanted into boxes for plant- 
