The Gardening World, May 16, 1908. 
MOTTO FOR THE WEEK: 
• Full many a flower is born to blush unseen 
And waste its sweetness on the desert air.” 
— Gray. 
CONTENTS. 
Amateur's Letter to Amateurs, An.. 325 
Anemone, A Splendid Dwarf . 327 
Beans, Kidney, The Culture of . 329 
Carnations (American) at Tangley 
Nurseries . vii. 
Carnations: Work for May (illus.) 331 
Competition Awards . 326 
Competition, Prize Letter . 328 
Dahlia Peggy, Single (illus.). 331 
Daffodils at Birmingham . 340 
Enquire Within . 335 
Flower Garden, The . 333 
Fruit Uarden, The. 333 
Garden, A, with Tubs in the Scheme 
(illus.) . 330 
Gardening, Window . 326 
Greenhouse, The Amateur’s . 333 
Kitchen Garden, The . 333 
Orchids for Amateurs . 334 
Peas (Sweet) that Scorch. 326 
Seeds, Protecting (illus.). 332 
Snake Root, Black (illus.). 329 
Umbellifer, An Uncommon (illus.).. 327 
Water Avens, Self Leonard’s . 329 
Work of the Week (illus.) . 333 
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Sweet of the 'JJeat. 
Now comes the hour of hours, 
The young year's happy play-time, 
When, kissing buds to flowers, 
The sun brings in the May-time ; 
When Earth like Heaven is starred, 
And Love goes singing through her; 
When every bird’s a bard 
And every bee a wooer. 
Away, East Wind, away! 
Too long thy reign has lingered, 
Come, West Wind, fresh and gay, 
Rose-lipped and dewy-fingered 1 
Come, for the skylark’s pipe 
Calls out the skylark dancer; 
Leaves laugh, “The time is ripe! ” 
And nuptial nests give answer. 
Now all Earth’s life is Love’s; 
Now, to a peal of bluebells, 
\oung hearts may pair like doves, 
And sunbeams wed with dew-bells. 
Sing, sing, whate'er has sighed! 
Spring rules and all things know it, 
For every flower’s a bride, 
And every bird a poet. 
—S. Gertrude Ford. 
in the “Daily News.” 
A Plant for a Hot Dry Position. 
In most gardens we find these arid and 
almost hopeless spots in which few plants 
will do anything but languish, at least 
summer flowering plants, for we must 
never overlook the fact that such spots 
may often be turned to very beautiful 
effect for spring display. But now, for 
summer flowering try Hunnemannia 
fumariaefolia, and the reason I can so 
strongly recommend it for a parched sun- 
smitten spot is the testimony of m3' kindly 
but unknown Transvaal correspondent. 
He writes :“From July 1st to date (Feb. 
28th) twelve inches of rain instead of 
thirty. You can guess the state of our 
gardens. The flowering plant that stood 
it-best was the Hunnemannia, seed of 
which you sent me—more sun more 
flowers from it.” And this when Dahlias, 
Incarvilleas, Potatos and even “Mealies” 
were failures, for my correspondent adds 
“The natives will not reap a Mealie.” 
This Hunnemannia is one of the Poppy 
tribe, and biennial, but it is one that 
responds to annual treatment in that it 
will flower the first year from seed sown 
early enough in the season. It is not un¬ 
like an Eschscholtzia, and my experience 
of it is that it is better with a long period 
of growth before flowering, but is not 
hardy enough to stand a winter without 
protection. 
Rose Planting. 
Sometimes we are very glad to profit by 
the kindly provision of certain large 
growers, and, when the important matter 
of Rose planting has been postponed be¬ 
yond all reasonable time, purchase a few 
plants in pots. For these we can still 
venture to establish, planting them almost 
as they leave the pot. Mind, I am not 
recommending this method by any means, 
I would infinitely rather the roots were 
properly spread out, but w'here the Rose 
bushes are planted for the present season 
it answers the purpose, and I have known 
such Roses to succeed well even during 
their first season. 
Some Excellent Plants for the Summer 
Garden. 
An edging, especially a double or 
triple line, of Gazania splendens is a gor¬ 
geous sight of rich and intense orange. 
The flower is curiously like a Marigold, 
the real old-fashioned single Pot Mari¬ 
gold (Calendula), and yet how different! 
Where one is coarse and weedy the other 
is delicately and charmingly beautiful, 
refined and’ choice. The bright orange 
petals, the rings of white eyes, the deep 
centre, all make for a rich and gorgeous 
disnlay. The foliage, too, is of a good 
type, and the white undersides of the 
leaves add to the decorative effect. 
It flowers almost continuously. In early 
December last year, after flowering for 
months the plants were crowded with 
sturdy buds. But, alas, they are not 
hardy. I had read that they would sur¬ 
vive in light dry soil, but experience 
taught me that even a- cold house is not 
always sufficient, for out of nearly a hun¬ 
dred well rooted cuttings ninety per cent, 
succumbed to the severe weather during 
the early year. However, even three or 
four plants will yield ample material for 
cuttings later on, for it is quite wonder¬ 
ful how you can apply the old adage 
“ Cut and come again ” to them. Of 
course the plants can be reared from seed, 
and nowadays there are hybrid forms 
with greatly varied colouring, but I doubt 
if one of these outrivals, or even rivals, 
the good old favourites, G. splendens and 
G. rigens. 
Another plant I have had in my mind 
for some time to speak of is the double 
flowered Lobelia erinus, the specific name 
being Kathleen Mallard. It is not alto¬ 
gether a novelty now, having been intro¬ 
duced some few seasons, but it is a capital 
plant, and by no means to be left out of 
the reckoning as a subject for the summer 
garden. But how shall we use it ? Any 
way and every way but as an edging to 
the orthodox bedding plants, for that way 
has been done to death these twenty years. 
For small beds it is charming alone, and 
makes a daintily charming mass of blue; 
and if we choose we can make it a carpet 
subject, and plant to grow through it 
and above it white Antirrhinums, 
Plumbago capensis, or if we have 
them already planted we may, when 
the time comes, establish this Lobelia 
among the white Gladiolus known 
as The Bride. Then, again, it is 
a capital plant to introduce among taller 
subjects when tubs and vases are to be 
filled with mixed plants, for it tastefully 
fringes and overhangs the edges. It is 
good too, and very good, as a hanging 
subject in the conservatory, and by no 
means least is it to be commended for 
window boxes. 
Annuals for Late Sowing. 
In many gardens, especially during this 
backward spring, seed sowing has been 
postponed. There are some annuals that 
are particularly useful for sowing thus 
late, and among them are the Ipomoea. 
Beautiful flowering plants these, and such 
grand varieties as I. hederacea imperialis, 
especially the strain known as Mikado, 
are worthy the best quarters we can give 
them, while good strains of our old 
favourite, the Major Convolvulus, are 
equally useful. I often think we might 
make a far more prominent and important 
use of these fine climbing plants than 
we do. But I must pass on to other sub¬ 
jects. The Mesembryanthemums, like the 
Ipdmoeas, rejoice in some warm sunny 
aspect. They are delightful for some 
bright ledge in the rock garden. I can¬ 
not quite say as an edging for the sum¬ 
mer bedding scheme because they scarcely 
remain in flower long enough, but few 
edgings are more effective while at their 
full beauty. Zinnias may be sown thus 
late, also Mignonette. Tagetes, and 
Nigella. 
F. Norfolk. 
