The Gardening World, May 23, 1908. 
MOTTO FOR THE WEEK: 
“ There’s nothing like wet weather for 
transplanting.”— Holmes. 
CONTENTS. 
Amateur’s Letter to Amateurs, An ... 34 1 
Anemones for the Rock Garden ... 343 
“ Aphol,” A New LTse for . 358 
Beans (Runner) for Exhibition . 342 
Begonia Gloire de Lorraine, Propa¬ 
gating (illus.) . 350 
Borders, Shady . 357 
Colour Chart for Flowers, A . 358 
Competition Awards . 34 2 
Competition, Prize Letter . 344 
Daffodils and Tulips at Barrie and 
Browns .. 35 ^ 
Dahlia (Cactus), Fairy (illus.) . 349 
■Doorways, Plants for (illus.) . 343 
Enquire Within . 353 
Flower Garden, The (illus.) . 351 
Fruit Garden, The (illus.) . 35 1 
Gardening Guide for Amateurs, A 349 
Greenhouse, The Amateur s . . 35 1 
Hedvchiums . 34 2 
Kitchen Garden, The (illus.) . 351 
Orchids for Amateurs . 35 2 
Photography for Garden Lovers ... 346 
Saintpaulia ionantha (illus.) . 345 
Seed Sowing for Next Year’s Blooms 357 
Strawberries in the Open . 344 
Sweet Peas : Work for May . 348 
Verbena, A Good Bedding (illus.)... 347 
Veronica Andersoni variegata . 346 
Work of the Week . 35 1 
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Time. 
Strew, strew the glad and smiling ground 
With every flower, yet not confound; 
The Primrose drop, the spring’s own 
spouse, 
Bright day^-eyes (Daisies), and the lips 
of cows, 
The garden star, the Queen of May, 
The Rose, to crown the holiday. 
, Ben Jonson. 
Come live with me and be my love; 
And we will all the pleasures prove 
That hills and valleys, dales and fields, 
Woods or steepv mountain yields. 
And I will make thee beds of Roses, 
And a thousand fragrant posies: 
A cap of flowers and a kirtle 
Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle. 
Christopher Marlowe. 
Even if these are not planted just at 
present it is quite time to decide upon 
what is to fill them. Ivy-leaved Gera¬ 
niums, to my mind, are ideal subjects for 
the purpose, to hang over the edge with 
a fine display of blossom right away 
through the season. Paris Daisies make 
a delightful combination. Another ar¬ 
rangement that always has a dainty and 
charming effect is composed of yellow 
Calceolarias, and for backward row Paris 
Daisies; the yellow and white makes a 
delightful 1 cool colour scheme and has 
only to be seen to be admired. In one 
garden that I know,, a rather prominent 
window with a north aspect, and the only 
window facing this inclement quarter, is 
filled with the common Fern Lastrea 
Filix Mas (the Male Fern), with a couple 
of Hart’s Tongues intermixed for contrast, 
and the effect is excellent, for the Ferns 
flourish and look really happy, whereas 
most flowering plants would need a 
greater amount of sunshine. I believe 
sometimes this Fern box is removed for 
a while to give place to another contain¬ 
ing Wallflowers for a spring display. It 
is a capital plan to have duplicate boxes 
as they can be changed from time to time 
—this, of course, refers to those that are 
more or less permanently planted, as in 
the case of the Ferns. 
Planting Evergreens. 
Once more the season for this operation 
has come round. Only the other day I 
was shown a fine row of healthy young 
Rhododendrons. “Yes,” said the owner 
of them, “ and last year when they were 
in full blossom they were planted.” Hol¬ 
lies transplant well at this season, and we 
should not forget how truly decorative 
are the variegated varieties, the green and 
white, and the beautiful gold and green. 
It is during the winter season that trees 
suJi as these may be said to furnish the 
garden with colour. In a way they do; 
for a well-grown tree in some prominent 
position, a mass of green and white, or 
green and gold, seems to take the place 
of flowers, and greatly to brighten and 
adorn the winter garden. 
Iris reticulata. 
For the present the foliage of this plant 
will flourish and continue luxuriant; then, 
almost before we know it, it will wither 
and disappear. Just as the leaves lose 
colour is a good opportunity to seize, to 
lift the clumps and divide where neces¬ 
sary. This plant is a very charming one 
in the early spring, for the deep rich 
colour of the blossoms becomes delight¬ 
fully conspicuous, so that even small 
clumps are very telling. For this reason 
I like it well distributed over some one 
portion of the garden—three or four 
clumps in a border, or in the rock gar¬ 
den, give quite a furnished flowery look, 
and that before the Saxifrages and Au- 
brietias have fully burst forth into flower. 
Some people may find it convenient to 
lift and store the bulbs, but, personally, 
I like to replant them at once. I am 
not aware if it is generally known that 
it is a simple matter to rear these plants 
from seed, but it is; though, naturally, 
due time must elapse before they 
come to maturity. They flower in their 
third season. But, of course, as far as 
that goes, many Irises and other bulbous 
plants are deeply interesting to rear in 
this manner. Earlier in the year I spoke 
of rearing Freesias from seed, and these 
take no long time to mature, as they 
should flower within the year. I find the 
seed germinates fairly quickly. But 
talking of rearing bulbs from seed, it 
would seem that the Crown Imperial is 
of all subjects the easiest. 
The Cold Greenhouse. 
There is nothing whatever, I think, 
that can compare with the Azalea mollis, 
one of the hardy Azaleas, that is to say, 
for this purpose. Grown under glass it 
has a delicate tender look that enhances 
its beauty. There is no fear for it dur¬ 
ing winter, and though naturally it is 
later in flowering in a cold house than 
where it has heat, it is not the less beau¬ 
tiful on that account, and it has the charm 
of having its foliage also expanded at 
this late flowering time. In some gar¬ 
dens it is not altogether an easy subject 
to grow in the outside garden, as it must 
never suffer for lack of moisture; and 
yet, at the same time, it needs to have 
its wood well ripened to produce the very 
best results. As a pot plant it can have 
these needs attended to, and can stand 
in the open from mid-j'une to mid-Sep¬ 
tember. I mean, however, to do what I 
do with many cold house subjects, Cytisus 
racemosus, Coronilla glauca, Diplacus, 
and others, and that is to remove some 
of the specimens from their pots to the 
open ground for this space of time. My 
reason for doing this is to induce ample 
and luxuriant summer growth, and, so far 
as I can see, there is but one reason for 
not doing this, and that is the check the 
plants receive when re-lifted and re¬ 
potted, and the danger is especially great 
in the case of plants whose flower buds for 
the next season are already formed when 
the lifting and re-potting takes place, so 
that I hesitate to include such plants for 
treatment in this manner, as there is 
something of the element of danger and 
experiment about it. Where soil and as¬ 
pect can be made to suit it this Azalea 
mollis may well be grown as a beautiful 
subject for the outside garden, and we 
must not forget how beautiful is A. pon- 
tica for sheltered and partially-shaded 
positions. F. Norfolk. 
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Aubrietia Lavender. 
The flowers of this variety are very 
large, light lavender-blue and freely pro¬ 
duced. Award of Merit by the R.H.S. 
to Mr. Maurice Prichard, Christchurch, 
Hants. 
