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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
May g, 1908. 
like Sunflowers might be used, with a 
quantity of early flowering Chrysanthe¬ 
mums, Campanulas, Antirrhinums, and 
Violas. In fact, a graduated bank of 
flowers could be arranged with a little 
care, of course choosing plants best suited 
to the aspect and conditions of light and 
shade. 
F. Norfolk. 
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. . How to Cultivate . . 
Aehimenes. 
Aehimenes are among the most beauti¬ 
ful of stove or warm greenhouse flower¬ 
ing plants, and can be utilised in a num¬ 
ber of ways. The beauty of the flowers 
and its full manner of blooming make 
it a most desirable plant to grow, and 
anyone having a warm, moist house 
should make a point of cultivating at 
least a few. 
Potting. 
It is propagated by means of bulbs or 
offsets, and these should now be shaken 
out of the old pots and the largest se¬ 
lected for potting. A compost of equal 
parts of fibrous loam, peat, and leaf soil, 
with a good dash of silver sand and half¬ 
inch charcoal, will suit them admirably. 
Procure some five-inch pots and carefully 
crock these, placing some rough turf over 
the crocks to ensure free drainage. Fill 
the pots to within one inch of the rim 
with the soil, then place about five or six 
bulbs at equal distances apart and just 
cover with some more soil, and press 
moderately firm. Finish the surface with 
a sprinkling of sand and stand the pots in 
a moist position in the house. No water 
will be needed until they show signs of 
growth, but the pots may be syringed 
daily to encourage the bulbs to start into 
growth. 
After Treatment. 
When the young shoots appear, they 
should be watered carefully and shaded 
from very bright sunshine. When three 
or four inches long, each shoot should be 
neatly staked and kept tied as growth pro¬ 
ceeds. If extra large plants are desired, 
thev may be potted on into seven or eight- 
inch pots when well rooted, using the 
same compost as before, only slightly 
rougher and with the addition of a little 
good fertiliser, Clay’s being an excellent 
manure for these plants. Under good 
treatment they will grow as much as three 
or four feet high, and as much through, 
when they make most excellent decorative 
subjects for a large conservatory or 
greenhouse. They should be grown in a 
cooler house when flowering to prolong 
their season. 
Autumn and Winter 1 Treatment. 
When they have finished flowering they 
should be well fed again to induce them 
to make fine bulbs for the next season, 
and as the foliage shows signs of turn¬ 
ing colour, water should be gradually 
withheld until at the approach of winter 
they may be kept quite dry and laid to 
rest under the stage in a temperature of 
about 50 degs. 
Grown in Baskets. 
They are also splendid for growing in 
baskets for suspending from the roof. 
The baskets should be lined with live 
moss and the bottom filled with the soil. 
Place the bulbs near the edge of the bas¬ 
ket, starting from the bottom, and fill 
up with soil as the work proceeds. When 
quite full, plant about five or six bulbs 
on the surface, and cover with soil and 
press down gently. Treat the same as 
for pot culture, being very careful as re¬ 
gards watering, etc. The baskets may be 
suspended from the roof, and in time will 
be a mass of bloom. The shoots from 
the sides of the baskets may hang natur¬ 
ally, but those on the surface will require 
a neat stake to each. 
R. Thatcher. 
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A Single Flowered Sport of Crimson Rambler. 
The well-known Crimson Rambler 
Rose has given rise to a sport bearing 
single flowers in the collection of Mr. 
Anton Schultheis, College Point, New 
York. U.S.A. The flowers are borne in 
large clusters, sometimes to the number 
of fifty blooms, which are almost white 
in the centre, deepening to pink towards 
the margins. It is of upright, bushy habit, 
very free flowering, and evidently well 
adapted for cultivation as a pot plant. 
- Q. W. - 
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RESULTS OF 
LAST WEEK’S 
COMPETITIONS. 
Some of the best papers in this competition 
are too long, and we desire readers to keep 
within a column. 
The prize in the Readers’ Competition was 
awarded to “E. Vyner” for the artiole on 
“ Window Gardening,” page 294. 
In the Prize Letter Competition a prize 
was awarded to “F. F.,” for the article on 
“Godctias”; and another to “S. E. Gent” 
for the article on “The Hollyhock,” page 296. 
Hardy Greenery, &c. 
For Mixing with 
Cut Flowers. 
Some flowers, suck as Tulips in sur 
mer and Lenten Roses in winter, are se 
contained in the matter of greener- 
others, again, such as Chrysanthemun 
look tolerably well without any greene- 
when arranged in vases, etc., but t; 
majority of flowers have their beauty t- 
hanced by having some greenery or otlr 
flowers mixed with them when beij 
manipulated for the decoration of e 
home. Those possessing hothouses h;e 
the inevitable Maidenhair Fern, Aspa - 
gus, and Smilax. But even for such, n 
occasional change is refreshing, id 
those possessing little or no glass m;t 
look elsewhere for supply. In the sins 
there is generally a scarcity of s h 
materials, and the price of those obtn- 
able is. prohibitive for many for ordinry 
purposes. Anyone possessing ever a 
small garden can, by making some se 
of the following hints, have plentyor 
such materials for a great part of re 
year. 
Thalictrum Adiantifolium (lor 
Man’s Maidenhair).—This border pe n- 
nial is little behind the Maidenhair lm 
in attractiveness, and is available f< a 
good part of the summer. It car be 
raised from seed or by division. In- 
graceful pale yellow flowers can alsibe 
utilised in the same way. 
Iceland Poppies —The foliage ol 
these will be found excellent for assoat- 
ing with Violas and such like. 
Aquilegias. —The foliage of som oi 
these is rather heavy, but that ofthe 
glandulosa type will be found highly se- 
ful, only do not cut them in a too y mg 
state or they will fade quickly. 
Iris Sibirica. —The recurving gssy 
foliage of the Siberian Iris will be fine 
to go well not only with Irises in ge ra! 
but also with the late Tulips, and ling 
a strong grower, a plant or two will hue 
a lot of cutting. 
Asperula odorata (Woodruff). -Th< 
slender stems of the common Woojuff 
with their numerous whorls of high 
green leaves, will be found to assciatt 
well with not a few low-stemmed floers 
NlGELLAS (Love-in-a-Mist).-—The rel; 
cut foliage of either N. damascena N 
Miss Jekyll, will compare with ani 
greenery from the open air or under ,ass 
and being hardy annuals, their evtun 
is of the easiest. 
Asparagus officinalis (G'dei 
Asparagus).—This can hold its ownjron 
a decorative point of view with m< t t o 
the tender species, and for the puposi 
we are discussing, requires no s-'cia 
treatment beyond being grown in aurh 
rich friable soil, in a comer of the ege 
table garden. It is available fro th 
end of June till October. 
Rose Leaves are undoubtedly bit fo 
associating with Roses. 
Mahonia aquifolia is, in the biter' 
opinion, best for associating with (, rist 
mas Roses. Sweet Peas also lookbes 
with their own foliage, but the am 
Flower (Gypsophila paniculata) ail th 
annual species G. elegans are ofteijuse 
