June 27, 1908. 
THE HARDENING WORLD . 
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3TOVE AND GREENHOUSE. 
962. Shading a Greenhouse. 
Would you be good enough to tell me if it 
necessary to shade a greenhouse in which 
grow Tomatos only. 1 always thought the 
n made the flowers drop off, but a gardener 
is told me not to, as it never will. (Ama- 
i'R, Anglesey.) 
The gardener was quite right in saying 
at Tomatos should not be shaded. The 
ft leaves of Tomatos suffer very soon 
they do not get plenty of sunshine and 
r. A greenhouse will never become too 
)t for them if you give plenty of ventila- 
m, both at top and bottom, so that the air 
ill have free play amongst the plants all 
ly long. It is possible for the flower to 
■op off if the atmosphere is too arid, but 
the soil is kept sufficiently moist for 
omatos there will always be a fair amount 
moisture in the atmosphere. After To- 
atos have reached the flowering stage you 
nnot keep them too cool nor too much ven- 
lated in summer. During the middle of 
e day it is a gocd plan to go over the 
ants and tap each of them gently with 
e fingers to distribute the pollen and make 
e flowers set. Usually this is not neces- 
ry in a well-ventilated house, but it is an 
iditional precaution. 
963. Treatment of Plants. 
Again I am going to ask ycur help which 
>u have given me so many times already, 
have just got a greenhouse. It has no 
iat and is a lean-to. I have four Tomato 
ants, a lot of Fuchsias, Begonias, Helio- 
opes and one Lily in bloom There is.one 
ylight ventilator and one window in the 
ie opens. Will you please tell me the most 
itable place for the different plants. Do 
■u think Marechal Niel Rose would do in 
; is house? The Tomatos are in very small 
j'ts and are about 8 in. high Should they 
repotted? Do Fuchsias need repotting 
ten? Some of mine are slips of 6 in. to 
in. high. They do not seem to be growing 
ry well. What temperature should the 
•use be kept, generally speaking? Is there 
lything else would do well in this house 
i at you would advise me to get ? (N. E. C. 
ent.) 
We like your house well enough if it had 
id two ventilators in the top at equal dis- 
nces apart and two along the sides. These 
ould have equalised the inflow of air and 
en less likely to cause a draught than 
ter and height of the fence or wall ; posi¬ 
tion of vegetable garden, orchard, etc. The 
north side of the garden and any over¬ 
shadowing buildings should be denoted. It 
should also be stated whether the garden is 
plat or on a declivity, and all large trees 
should be marked. Particulars of the na¬ 
ture of the soil will also help us to give 
satisfactory replies. When such plans are 
received they will be carefully pled, with 
the name and address of the sender, and 
will be consulted by the Editor whenever an 
enquiry is sent. 
with the ventilators merely in the middle 
of the house. We think you should have no 
difficulty in growing Marechal Niel Rose 
against the glass end of your greenhouse 
furthest from the door. The Tomatos in 
very small pots have evidently been requir¬ 
ing a shift for some time past. No doubt 
they are in the pots in which you got them, 
but the market, growers do not trouble about 
potting them after they have got them to a 
proper size for selling. You should give 
them a shift at once into 48-size pots or 32’s. 
Use good loamy soil with a little well-de¬ 
cayed cow manure and some sand to make 
it porous. Pot firmly. When the roots are 
well through the pots shift them again until 
you get them into 8 in. or 10 in. pots. If 
your Fuchsias are young ones, which they 
evidently are, they should be shifted from 
time to time into larger pots as the soil be¬ 
comes permeated with roots, but not pot- 
bound. Old plants require repotting every 
spring into fresh soil, and when the pots are 
filled with roots give them plenty of water 
with liquid manure at every second water¬ 
ing. Begonias should also be shifted from 
time to time until they get into 6 in. or 8 in. 
pots according to size, after which liquid 
manure would keep them growing, but do 
not give this until the soil is well permeated 
with roots. We are afraid you will not be 
able to keep Heliotropes in winter, unless 
you can keep out frost in severe winters. 
Keep the soil of the Lily regularly attended 
to with watering until the leaves begin to 
turn yellow, when you can gradually dry 
it off. Repot it in February before it com¬ 
mences growing. The state of the tempera¬ 
ture cutside will regulate the temperature 
at night. During the day you should keep 
the house as cool as possible in bright 
weather by giving plenty of ventilation. If 
the sun strikes hard upon the house a blind 
would be of great service to let down dur¬ 
ing the day and roll up late in the after¬ 
noon. The Tomatos, however, should be 
placed in an unshaded part of the house. 
Besides the plants you have got, several 
other things are easv to grow,, including 
white Marguerites, Hydrangeas, including 
the common one which does not require prun¬ 
ing, and H. paniculata grandiflora, which 
should be pruned hard back in March. You 
should also be able to grow Abutilon Boule 
de Neige, Otaheite Orange, Richardia afri- 
cana or Arum Lily, and Vallota purpurea. 
If you would like to try East Lothian Stocks, 
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sow seeds now and keep shifting them on 
from small pots to large ones. When the 
seedlings have made one or two rough leaves 
you should prick them off into boxes till 
they get 2 in. high, then pot them singly 
in thumb pots. Fine foliage plants which 
you might grow are Aralia Sieboldii, 
Myrtle and Aspidistra lurida variegata. 
These foliage plants may be stood in the 
shadier parts of your greenhouse. Fuchsias 
and Begonias will also do with a little 
shade, but the other things should have a 
greater amount of sun. 
FLOWER GARDEN . 
2964. Plants for Wind-Swept Bed. 
Enclosed I send you a plan of my garden. 
1 shall be much obliged if you would advise 
me how to plant the bed marked (A). I had 
it specially prepared for Roses and planted 
eighteen different kinds in it to see which 
would do best. The garden, however, is so 
swept by easterly and north-easterly winds 
that none throve—the Tea Roses doing best. 
Now that Roses are no use it is an awkward 
piece of ground to plant. How would you 
advise me to deal with it ? Being near the 
house I want it presentable all the year 
round, but at its best in August and Sep¬ 
tember. I give a lot of time to my little 
garden, so do not wish for coarse-growing 
things like perennial Sunflowers. I imagine 
with that splendid soil and sun exposure 
there ought to be some choice plants that 
would thrive. In the spring, of course, 
there are bulbs, and with the bearded Iris and 
some very fine Aquilegias I have continued 
tffe display. The subsoil is chalk, so the 
ground quickly becomes dry, but I keep it 
well watered in hot weather. The house is 
near the sea and we suffer little from frosts, 
only the ordinary gales of cold wind, which 
are worse. I can give a little shelter with 
rush hurdles. (A. C. D., Kent.) 
Many plants would thrive in the situation 
you name close to the sea and with the shel¬ 
ter you mention there should not be much 
difficulty in keeping that bed respectable all 
the year round. You could have a broad 
edging of pink Mrs. Sinkins or the homely 
London Pride or Thrift. Several shrubs 
would do well and can be kept dwarf by 
pruning. They should include Euonymus 
japonicus foliis aureis, E. j. latifolius albo- 
variegatus, several of the New Zealand 
Veronicas, such as V. Traversii,, V. pingui- 
folia, V. carnosula, green and variegated 
Tree Ivies and Fuchsia Riccartoni, which 
may be grown as a bush or trained against 
the wall of the house. Hardy perennials 
that would give a succession of bloom are 
Chrysanthemum maximum King Edward 
VII., Gaillardias, Sedum spectabile, S. ru- 
pestre, S. reflexum, dwarf, medium and tall 
Antirrhinums, red Valerian (Centranthus 
ruber), Dianthus plumarius or common gar¬ 
den Pink, D. barbatus (Sweet William), D. 
chinensis, Campanula persicifolia grandi¬ 
flora, C. p. alba grandiflora, C. glomerata. 
C. carpatica, etc. It would be best to get 
most of the above in the form of plants ex¬ 
cept Gaillardias, Antirrhinums and Dian¬ 
thus chinensis. 
2965, Plants for a Rock Garden. 
Will you kindly tell me what seeds of 
alpines can be planted now? I have a 
rockery at the end of the garden and am 
very successful with the common alpines. 
I am thinking of doing away with the lower 
lawn and beds (E and F) and making a 
regular little rock garden there. Mine at 
present is only a raised bank to screen the 
yard. I should make a winding path be¬ 
tween the two stars on the plan, sinking it 
and throwing up low banks so as to put a 
little shelter for such things as Cyclamen 
and Primulas, unless you suggest some.bet- 
