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Trachymene caerulea, Maclaren and Sons. 
- An Uncommon Umbellifer - 
^- (Trachymene caerulea). 
mf the leading shoot must be stopped at 
the proper season, but this and other de¬ 
tails of culture will be best learned by 
experience. 
Lastly, as to. the kinds of plants suit¬ 
able for window gardening, the follow¬ 
ing may be recommended to the begin¬ 
ner:—Geraniums (Henry Jacoby, Mrs. 
Pollock and the Ivy-leaved), Begonias 
(single and double varieties), Fuchsias, 
Pinks and Carnations. Of annuals, Nas¬ 
turtium (Tom Thumb varieties), Phlox 
Drummondi, Aster Victoria and Mignon¬ 
ette are good. These, if sown in April, 
will give a good display during midsum¬ 
mer. In selecting varieties care should 
be taken to have colours either to match 
or effectually contrast with one another. 
Attention, too, must be given to arrange¬ 
ments, if two or more plants with differ¬ 
ing habits be used. 
F. J. Earls. 
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A Splendid Dwarf . . 
Anemone. 
I — 
Except for the name, the plant we have 
in mind is a great desideratum. It is a 
lovely spring flower, but the most daring 
poet could not rave about Anemone angu- 
losa lilacina grandiflora. To make mat¬ 
ters worse, we cannot think of a neat sub¬ 
stitute. “ The large-flowered lilac-coloured 
angled Wind-flower” is, if anything, even 
worse than the Latin. 
The species to which this variety be¬ 
longs is closely allied to the common He- 
patica, which is, of course, a native plant. 
Anemone angulosa comes to us from East 
Europe, and was considered to be a spe¬ 
cies of Hepatica by Linnaeus. It is, how¬ 
ever, a much finer plant. The flowers and 
foliage are twice the size, bur the height 
is rarely more than 8 or 9 inches. Re¬ 
quiring similar treatment, at the same 
:ime the angulosa varieties enjoy a more 
generous share of sunshine. The flowers 
ire produced from February to April or 
day, and not until the last batch of blos¬ 
soms are fading do the leaves begin to 
ippear. Quite 25 ins. across are the 
tlooms of the variety under notice, with 
i double row of strong, broad “petals.” 
t is, however, in the colour that the chief 
harm lies. There are many shades of 
; ilac in the flower world, but few so deli- 
ate and pure as that found in the flowers 
>f this beautiful spring border or rock 
ilant. Some four or five years ago plants 
ost half-a-crown each. They may be 
tad at much cheaper rates now. There 
re white and rose coloured forms, but 
pe may be forgiven the suggestion that 
he tvpical blue shades are by far the 
lost beautiful. Seeds are easily managed, 
ut must be sown immediately, or al- 
owed to fall and germinate around the 
Id plants. Erica. 
... 
Fiee Work on Carnations. 
Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., of the 
-oval Nurseries, Bush Hill Park, En- 
eld, repeat their offer, made last year 
irough these columns, of a free copy of 
leir work on Carnations—“Perpetual 
lowering Carnations” — to all horticul- 
iral and gardening societies who make 
pplication. 
Our illustration shows a very uncom¬ 
mon type of plant in gardens, although it 
was originally introduced from West Aus¬ 
tralia in 1827. The habit of the plant 
is very similar to that of a Carrot, and 
belongs to the same family. The umbels 
of flowers, however, are bright blue. Each 
umbel consists of a laree number of the 
individual pips or flowers. The leaves 
are not unlike that of a Crowfoot, being 
divided in a ternate manner, the lobes 
being also three times cut or incised. 
The plant may be grown as an annual 
or biennial, and although it is recorded 
in some gardening books as a greenhouse 
annual or biennial, it may really be 
treated as a half-hardy annual, as it was 
in this particular case. The plan is to 
sow in heat just as Stocks or China Asters 
would be sown, to prick the plants off in¬ 
to boxes and stand them in the cold 
frames after the weather gets fairly mild. 
At the usual bedding time they can be 
transferred to the open ground and plan¬ 
ted either in beds or in clumps, where 
their distinctive character will best be 
seen. It is by no means a common plant, 
and would prove interesting if more fre- 
nuently used. Our photograph was taken 
in the herbaceous ground at Kew. 
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Double Hollyhocks produce the largest 
flowers and widest range of colours among 
tall garden plants. 
“ Public Gardens and their Construction.” 
The above is the title of an address 
which was delivered by Mr. T. Winter, 
Superintendent of the Marvlebone Parks, 
at a meeting of the London Branch of 
ithe British Gardeners' Association, at 
Carr’s Restaurant, Strand, at 8 p.m. on 
May 14th. A cordial invitation was ex¬ 
tended to all, wkether members of the 
B.G.A. or not. 
