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February 8, 1508. 
provide nourishment for them and to act 
as a larder for the storage of stimulating 
foods afterwards supplied. 
Use a good fibrous loam, and if it is of 
a clayey nature, add some leaf soil. 
Thoroughly drain the pot and well work 
the new loam A A, as shown in figure 14, 
in amongst the roots. Plunge the pot 
afterwards in leaves or ashes to prevent 
the frost cracking the pot or injuring the 
roots. The pot may be kept half plunged 
throughout the following summer, when 
the tree will become well established and 
fit for forcing the second year after pot- 
ting. 
At first put the trees in a temperature of 
45 degrees early in spring, syringe the 
branches daily, and be quite sure that the 
soil in the pot does not get too dry. In¬ 
crease the temperature by 10 degrees when 
the leaves begin to unfold, and by 10 de¬ 
grees more when the fruits are set'. From 
this stage manure water may also be 
given. Figure 15 shows how to train a 
young plant in a pot; the dotted lines de¬ 
noting the direction in which the new 
shoots grow after pruning has been done. 
Forced plants should be put outside 
directly the fruits are gathered and the 
young growths somewhat hardened, as the 
latter require solidifying before it will be 
possible to again force the trees with suc¬ 
cess. 
The fruit is very acceptable for tarts 
from forced trees, and from those grown 
in the garden excellent preserves may be 
made. The tea, made from the latter, is 
very healing in the case of a cold or sore 
throat. The Black Mulberry is the only 
variety grown with success in this coun¬ 
try. G. 
(To be continued.) 
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Elementary School Gardens in Essex. 
From a report of the Elementary School 
Gardens in Essex got up by Mr. A. F. 
Butler, H.M. Inspector, we learn that 
forty-two gardens were inspected during 
the spring and summer of last year. The 
main object is not to train boys to be pro¬ 
fessional gardeners, but to educate the 
eye and hand. In addition to gardening 
they are also taught composition, mensu¬ 
ration, arithmetic, nature study,and draw¬ 
ing. The keeping of simple accounts and 
the recording of operations and observa¬ 
tions also form part of the instruction, 
and should prove useful to those con¬ 
cerned. 
London Dahlia Union. 
At the anual meeting of this society it 
was stated that the membership is steadily 
increasing, and that there is a balance of 
assets over expenditure amounting to £11 
6s. 8d. It has been decided to offer two 
gold Dean Memorial medals for Pompon 
Dahlias this year, one in the trade section 
and one for amateurs. The president, 
Mr. John Green, informed the meeting 
that he had arranged to carry out a large 
trial of Dahlias in all classes at Dereham 
during the present year, and invited the 
society to appoint a deputation to inspect 
and report upon these trials for the bene¬ 
fit of the Flahlia world. Mr. W. Stephens 
was re-elected treasurer and Mr. E. F. 
Hawes secretary, the latter gentleman be¬ 
ing voted an honorarium of five guineas 
for his valuable services rendered during 
the year. 
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ls Petunia. 
‘ 
(P. nana compacta multiflora.) 
Many growers are fond of large flowers, 
but in certain cases it may be overdone. 
For instance, several strains of Petunia 
have^very large flowers which are liable 
to suffer during windy weather, or, on the 
other hand, when there is much rain. 
Varieties which produce large flowers do 
not produce so many of them, especially 
if they jiappen to be placed under un¬ 
favourable conditions. Under glass this 
can be largely regulated, but for bedding 
and outdoor purposes we consider the 
smaller flowered types are the most orna¬ 
mental and the most to be relied upon 
if the summer happens to be an unfavour¬ 
able one. They produce more flowers 
under those conditions whether the sum¬ 
mer is wet or dry, and in the event of a 
dry summer these Petunias are able not 
only to exist, but to flower profusely in 
soils where Pelargoniums grow smaller 
instead of larger. This new dwarf variety 
is being offered by Messrs. Smith and 
Simons, 36 and 38, West George Street, 
Glasgow. The 1 flowers are beautifully 
variegated with white on various shades 
of rose and purple. 
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A Winter Blooming 
Wallflower 
(Cheiranthus kewensis.) 
To most gardeners there is only one 
Wallflower, and several varieties of that, 
including various shades of yellow, 
orange, brown, crimson, or blood-red. 
Those, of course, refer to the common 
Wallflower, C. Cheiri. There are, how¬ 
ever, several other species of Wallflower 
or Cheiranthus, including C. mutabilis, 
which is notable for changing its colour 
during the progress or development of the 
flowers. It is, of course, evergreen, like 
the common one, and was used as a 
parent in the production of a strain now 
known as the winter-blooming Wall¬ 
flower, C. kewensis. Seedlings reach the 
flowering stage in the course of six months 
after sowing, so that those who wish to 
have the Wallflower in their greenhouses 
during the winter should make a sowing 
of it and grow on the plants in cold 
frames during the summer, placing them 
in the greenhouse towards the end of Sep¬ 
tember or a little later, if the plants are 
not wanted to bloom early. Of course, 
the seedlings .should be put into very 
small pots at first, placed in a greenhouse 
or in a cold frame under conditions that 
will enable them to make growth.. When 
the roots are fairly round the sides of the 
pots, but before they become matted, they 
should have another shift, and possibly a 
second shift would be beneficial before 
they reach the flowering stage. It would 
be a mistake to put small plants into 
large pots to begin with, as Wallflowers 
and other allied plants are so liable to 
damp when the soil is unsuitable. Dur¬ 
ing winter the plants may be kept in a 
house from which frost is merely ex¬ 
cluded, and the plants will keep up a suc¬ 
cession of bloom for a long time. The 
flowers vary in having sulphur-yellow, 
orange and purple shades, and are quite 
distinct in appearance from the common 
Wallflower. Messrs. Kelway and Son, 
Langport, Somerset, offer seeds of it. 
