March 14, 1908. 
THE QARDENINQ WORLD. 
the Primroses, or you will need twice as 
many for a bunch, besides spoiling them. 
This I found out when the Violets were 
1 scarce. By studying economy, you may 
learn a great many things. 
Do not tie them tight, or you will 
bruise the stems. You only need it just 
tight enough to hold them together. Put 
the matting round twice, half way down 
the stem, that will be quite sufficient to 
hold them. Tie in a bow, so that it can 
be easily untied. This is my experience 
of Violet picking and bunching, and I 
hope, if practised by others, they will find 
it an improvement on the children’s way. 
We do not get them all the year round 
so plentifully as we are having them now, 
so let us make the most of them. 
W. H. Snelgrove. 
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Tomatos 
And Their Management. 
A few words on the culture of the 
Tomato will doubtless be acceptable to 
amateurs. The seed must be sown thinly 
in pans or boxes, and as soon as the seed¬ 
lings are well up they must be kept near 
the glass, a nice gentle heat being main¬ 
tained in the greenhouse from the time 
of sowing. Give plenty of fresh air dur¬ 
ing the day until they are large enough 
to transplant into five or six-inch pots. 
After that is done, keep them as near the 
glass as possible. 
Then prepare the border 18 inches in 
width, being quite enough on each side if 
required for Tomatos only. Cover the 
slates or boards forming its border with 
cinders and ashes, and then lay on some 
old stable manure four or five inches 
deep. After this add some good soil to 
the depth of 4 in., thus making up the 
border to a total depth of about 8 or 9 in. 
This is much deeper than the majority of 
growers make the borders, but for 
rmateurs it is the safest. 
If the plants are turned out of the pots 
.vhen they are 6 or 7 in. high afnd planted 
n the border 12 in. apart and trained to 
me stem only, on strings or wires, giving 
rlenty of air, they will' do well. In 
mmmer leave air on day and night and 
give plenty of moisture at the roots. 
Sprinkle soil on the root when they ap¬ 
pear on the surface, and give liquid 
manure twice or three times a week. Nip 
jut all side shoots. When they have 
•eached the top of the glass, say 6 or 7 
: eet high, nip off the tops and let the 
strength go to swell the fruit. This has 
jeen my method for 6 or 7 years, and I 
lave always been successful and obtained 
good, healthy, and heavy crops. 
C. Allen. 
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Hardens and Sea Air. 
Seaside gardens and orchards are said 
o be the most productive provided there 
s protection from winds. The effect of 
he sea air upon vegetable growth is re- 
narkable. It improves the cropping ca¬ 
pacity of greenstuff, it acts like magic 
lpon flowering plants and fruit trees, and 
s a great protector against frosts. 
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A Well-Grown Clivia 
/ (Clivia miniata superba). 
At the present time there is not so 
much activity in the improvement of 
Clivias as there was about a decade ago. 
The ease with which they may be culti¬ 
vated and the length of time they keep 
in bloom are good recommendations for 
the cultivation of these plants by those 
who have warm conservatories to fill in 
winter and spring. 
The illustration shows a well-grown 
plant of one of the best of the early im¬ 
provements, and is here used to show the 
effect a large plant is capable of produc¬ 
ing. It was grown from a single cut¬ 
ting or offset in the course of five or six 
years, and carried about twenty trusses 
be grown either in a stove, intermediate 
house, or in a greenhouse, from which 
frost is just kept out in winter. It is 
not a bulbous plant, although it has the 
appearance of one, but may be compared 
rather to the South African Lily (Agap- 
anthus), but is even more decidedly ever¬ 
green than that. The point of resem¬ 
blance is that both have thick, fleshy, 
fibrous roots, and are of easy cultivation 
in pots. 
Those who have no convenience for a 
plant about 2\ ft. to 3 ft. wide with twenty 
trusses of bloom can, however, have 
plants as small as they like. Each 
crown or tuft of leaves with roots may 
Clivia miniata superba. 
of bloom, perhaps more as they come in 
succession. The flowers of this particu¬ 
lar variety are of a bright orange-scarlet, 
and produced in large numbers. Be¬ 
sides the beauty of the flowers, which 
come up in succession during several 
weeks in spring, the plant has a special 
value of its own, inasmuch as the leathery 
strap-shaped leaves are evergreen and al¬ 
ways give the house a well-furnished ap¬ 
pearance when not in bloom. 
Stove heat is not necessary, as the origi¬ 
nal wild plant came from South Africa, 
but it is very accommodating, and may 
constitute a whole plant, and this will, of 
course, throrv up one good truss of flowers 
in their season. If well grown, these 
flowers will, of course, be larger than 
those produced on large plants, which 
cause such competition amongst the roots 
in a pot. Just when the flower stem is 
being throw'n up liquid manure may be 
given, and that will increase the size of 
the flowers. Large plants have a special 
value for those who have the convenience 
of plenty of space, which can be filled 
with an evergreen plant whether in bloom 
or not. 
