THE GARDENING WORLD 
247 
April it, 1908. 
, NEW 
Bellflower. 
(Campanula phyctidocalyx). 
Within the last few years a very hand- 
me Campanula has been introduced 
3m Armenia, suitable for the hardy 
irder. It may be planted upon the 
ckery if that is of some size, for the 
companying illustration shows the top 
a plant' growing in the rockery at Kew 
st year. The stems.vary in height from 
ft. to 3 ft., according to the strength of 
e plant and bear upon their branching 
L ms large, openly bell-shaped, deep 
uish purple flowers. Some would simply 
.11 them blue. Although only intro- 
iced to cultivation within the last few 
:ars, it seems to be very amenable to 
irden cultivation, judging from the way 
is beginning to get about in collections 
' herbaceous plants. 
It may be raised from seeds when such 
e obtainable, but it can also be in- 
-eased by division or by taking cuttings 
' leafy shoots that spring up from the 
rown of the plant. These may be in- 
irted in pots of sandy soil during July 
ad August and kept covered with a bell- 
lass till they form roots. 
-- 
She H&ex ot ttu XuuL 
our gardens are an index of your minds : 
Yes, yours, ye slothful, dull suburban¬ 
ites. 
ee, therefore, that-the casual caller finds 
All that is now neglected put to rights, 
ie forth to purchase sundry plants and 
seeds 
And seize with eager hand the sharpened 
hoe, 
0 make relentless war upon the weeds 
Which in your slackness ye allowed to 
grow. 
bserve your next-door neighbour’s- gar¬ 
den, which 
Betrays a mind well-ordered, as ye see, 
nd cultivated to the highest pitch. 
Encyclopaedic knowledge, too, hath he, 
s this packed border of gay crocus 
shows; 
Further, the way in which he doth 
select 
,is evergreens and bulbs most clearly 
shows 
That he can use his knowledge with 
effect. 
ome, then, and see that all your fruitful 
. soil 
To blossom like the rose is shortly 
made, 
hed your respective coats, for honest toil 
But dignifies the wielder of the spade, 
hen if some critic has rude, things to say 
About the way your brain has been de¬ 
signed, 
°u only need to take him home one day 
Ynd show him round the index to your 
mind. 
C. E. B. in The Evening News. 
- 4~44 - 
Scilla BnroLiA has bloomed well, not¬ 
withstanding the low temperature and 
|eavy rains of March. 
Chrysanthemums. 
By R. BARNES. 
Work for April 
The present is a good time to get in 
and stack a supply of fibrous turf to pro¬ 
vide loam for the final potting a month 
or six weeks hence. Loam that has been 
stacked only a short time will make a 
better potting medium than that from a 
stack a year or so old, the latter having 
too great a proportion of fine soil to 
stand the ramming that is essential to 
good potting. 
If old pots are to be used, an early 
opportunity should be taken to wash them 
and stack them under cover, so that they 
will be clean and dry when required. 
Where a stock of new nots has been got 
in it will be necessary to give them a good 
soaking in water, after which they, too, 
should be allowed to get dry again in the 
ordinary way. 
Young plants in frames require daily 
attention in the way of supplying water 
to such as require it, overhead sprinkling 
on bright days, and in some cases where 
repotting has recently been done, a slight 
shading from strong sunshine for a day 
or two. Ventilation must also be attended 
to, tilting the frame-lights a little when¬ 
ever this can be done without danger to 
the plants, and raising them in such a 
way as to admit abundance of air on fine 
days. 
This matter of air-giving requires the 
Maclaren and Sons 
Campanula phyctidocalyx. 
