THE GARDENING WORLD 
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April 25, 1908. 
Norfolk and Norwich Spring Show. 
The Norfolk and Norwich Spring Show 
will be held at St. Andrew’s Hall, Nor¬ 
wich, on Saturday, 25th April, 1908. 
“ Socialism and Agriculture.” 
The above is the title of an interesting 
penny pamphlet written by Mr. Richard 
Higgs and published by the Independent 
Labour Party, 23, Bride Lane, Fleet 
Street, E.C. Mr. Higgs is a practical 
fanner of many years experience, and in 
this publication he advocates collectivist 
farming, as opposed to small holdings. 
He instances examples where municipali¬ 
ties have goner into farming and have 
made a success of it, and argues that 
farming by the municipality would absorb 
a large supply ot labour and tend to in¬ 
crease the wages of agricultural labourers. 
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THE 
Bouvardia 
FOR GARDEN 
OR GREENHOUSE 
Some gardeners treat this genus as a 
stove plant, but it may also be grown and 
made very effective either as a bedding 
plant or formed into a shrub for the 
greenhouse. 
A few of the old plants should be 
started into growth in February, and when 
cuttings can be taken off, they should be 
put into pots of light sandy soil and 
covered with a bell glass in a propagat¬ 
ing house. When rooted, pot them into 
three-inch pots with a compost consisting 
of three parts of good loam, one part of 
leaf mould, and a little sand. Place 
them in a temperature of 60 degrees by 
night, rising to about 70 degrees during 
the day. They will require shading if the 
sun is very bright and a slight syringe in 
the afternoon when closing the house, 
which should be done with sun heat. The 
plants should be pinched at an early 
stage, which will induce them to branch. 
The next shift will be into five-inch 
pots, and after they are established in 
1 these' they should be hardened off into 
frames, well exposed to the sun if pos¬ 
sible, and given plenty of air; a little at 
night will do them no harm if the weather 
is mild. 
. After this they may get the same treat¬ 
ment as Chrysanthemums, and given a 
little liquid manure. 
Place them in a house early in Octo¬ 
ber and where a little heat can be 
turned on. A few of the plants could 
be placed into a temperature of from 60 
to 70 degs., where they will soon show 
signs of flowering. Transfer them to the 
greenhouse and let them have free venti¬ 
lation and all the sunlight possible. 
While growing they should never be satu¬ 
rated with water, nor should they be al¬ 
lowed to get altogether dry. Fumigate 
them with tobacco paper if attacked with 
green fly or thrip. 
A few worthy of cultivation are:—B. 
Candidissima, Jasminiflora {'white), Pre¬ 
sident Garfield and Intermedia (pink), 
Dazzler (scarlet), Laura (rose), and Mrs. 
Green (salmon). 
R Hybrid Bellflower. 
(Campanula pulloides.) 
The colour of the flowers, which are 
nodding, and the habit of this plant 
would seem to indicate that it has been 
raised by crossing such species as C. 
pulla and C. carpatica or some variety 
of it. The whole plant is only a few 
inches high, and this dwarf habit would 
be derived from the first-named parent. 
The colour would also recall that species, 
well as the dark green colour of the foli¬ 
age, show this to be a much finer thing. 
It is evidently of easy cultivation, and 
may be propagated by cuttings of tbe 
barren shoots when obtainable. These, 
of course, could be taken off some time 
in July or August and inserted in pots 
of light sandy soil and placed under a 
handlight or beilglass till they are 
Campanula pulloides. 
Maclaren and Sons. 
being deep purple. It. also recalls an¬ 
other hybrid named G. F. W ilson, but 
the leaves aFe not tinted with yellow, be¬ 
ing of a dark green. The flowers are of 
large size and produced several together 
in a loose truss from the top of the stem, 
and their number would seem to be de¬ 
rived from C. carpatica. 
From the description, it will be seen 
that we have a plant that is valuable for 
planting on the rocker}'. The accom¬ 
panying illustration also shows what a 
large number of them are produced to¬ 
gether in small space. The. cultivators 
of the variety, G. F. Wilson, W'ere highly 
delighted with that, but the larger flowers 
of this one and their greater number, as 
rooted. This can be seen by the shoots 
commencing to grow. At this point more 
air should be given until the cuttings are 
sufficiently hardened to be stood in a 
frame facing the north for the rest of 
the summer. This exposure enables the 
young plants to develop their root system 
before winter, and thereby enables them to 
stand the winter better. The pots may 
be plunged in ashes in the same frame 
during winter and planted out in the 
April following in some well-prepared 
soil in a fairly dry spot on the rockery. 
Thev will thus have time to get estab¬ 
lished during the course of the summer. 
If the young plants are put in 6 in. apart 
in a clump they will fill up the space 
Thos. Daniels. 
