October 3, 1908. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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by division of the old plants or offsets. 
This should be done in the early spring. 
The Strelitzia can be easily grown in the 
amateur's greenhouse, in pots or tubs, 
or planted out. It should have a tem¬ 
perature of from 6odegs. to 75 degs., and 
during the summer it will require plenty 
There is no more natural way of grow- 
ng Daffodils than planting them in grass 
md leaving them to their own resources, 
n a state of nature they occur in colonies 
mattered over damp meadows, and at each 
station there is a little clump of plants 
vhich would indicate that a seed had ori¬ 
ginally germinated there, produced a 
ffant. and the original bulb then gave 
ise to a number, forming little tufts of 
: size proportionate to the number of 
mlbs below. Those who would like to 
jrow Daffodils on grass should adopt a 
omewhat similar plan by first selecting 
l part of a meadow or lawn where the 
oil is fairly deep and moist, so as to 
nake sure that the bulbs will thrive in 
of water. In South Africa it is found 
growing in its native state, and looks 
very pretty. To those amateurs who re¬ 
quire a novelty, the Strelitzia Reginae 
will prove an excellent one. 
Albert R. Gould. 
Wei beck Gardens, Worksop. 
after years. The land need not neces¬ 
sarily be wet, because the growth is 
chiefly made in winter and spring, and 
by' the time that hot weather sets in the 
leaves have died away and the plants gone 
to rest. 
Having fixed upon a site to make a 
_plantation, the next consideration is 
whether the bulbs will be inserted in the 
grass by means of a bulb planter or ordi¬ 
nary dibber, or if the turf should be lifted 
with the object of planting the bulbs. A 
properly made bulb planter enables the 
work to be carried out quickly', with'little 
or no disturbance of the grass. An ordi¬ 
nary dibber would not be very suitable 
unless the ground was fairly soft. 
The third plan is to lift the whole of 
the turf over the area intended to be plan¬ 
ted, then about 4 in. of the soil could be 
taken completely off, and the bulbs placed 
in position; or the soil could be gradu¬ 
ally - dug over and the bulbs planted as 
the work is proceeding. The next opera¬ 
tion is to tread down the soil, make it 
firm and rake it smooth ready for laying 
the turf again. This means a consider¬ 
able amount of work, so that a proper 
bulb planter would enable the work to be 
most quickly accomplished. It is neces¬ 
sary to delay' planting in grass until there 
has been sufficient rainfall to make the 
soil suitably moist and workable. This 
state of the ground should therefore be 
reached early in November. 
The intending planter should have 
some idea of the form of the clumps, 
patches or colonies he is about to make. 
I>affodils (should not be planted with 
equal denseness and regularity all over 
the ground. A much better and more 
natural plan is to have little groups or 
colonies spread out in an irregular 
fashion, in places becoming quite thin, 
and then in ^another part further off a 
denser patch could be made. In any case 
the colonies should be planted as irregu¬ 
larly' as possible, so as to avoid all for¬ 
mality' and make it appear as if the Daffo¬ 
dils had grown there of their own accord. 
It is only necessary to plant one bulb 
in each spot, because this, in the course 
of succeeding y'ears, will multiply suffi¬ 
ciently to make dense tufts, but although 
only one bulb may be placed in a spot, 
other bulbs may be placed within 6 in., 
9 in., or 12 in., according to the-density 
of the clump which may be required. 
While about it, it is better not to plant 
them too thickly, but to leave room for 
increase in future years. 
The accompanying illustration, for 
which we are indebted to Messrs. James 
Veitch and Sons, Ltd., Chelsea, shows 
Daffodils planted in irregular patches, ac¬ 
cording to the method we have been de¬ 
scribing. These bulbs look -well on grass 
in association with trees and on the mar¬ 
gins of streams, ponds or other ornamen¬ 
tal water. The variety of Daffodils and 
Narcissi generally available for this kind 
of work is very great, and while the gar¬ 
den-raised varieties are suitable for this 
purpose, there are some wild ones which 
do not succeed for anv length of time, 
unless planted out in this natural fashion. 
-f-M- 
Cactus Dahlia Mrs. Alfred Dyer. 
The large flowers of this variety have 
very' long and slender, slightly' incurved 
florets of buff-y'ellow and/ tipped with 
pink. The younger centre of the bloom 
1 a light lemon. First-class Certificate 
by the National Dahlia Societv on Sep¬ 
tember yrd. when shown by Messrs. J. 
Stredwick and Son. 
Populus lasiocarpa. 
The leaves of this Poplar recently in¬ 
troduced from China are 12 in. to 14 in. 
long without the stalk, and 10 in. to 12 in. 
broad. These huge leaves are wrinkled, 
and the principal ribs are red. A young 
tree was exhibited by Messrs. J. Veitch 
and Sons, Ltd , Chelsea, at the meeting 
of the R.H.S. on September 1st, and 
again on the 15th, when a First-class 
Certificate was awarded. 
[/. Veitch and Sons. 
Daffodils Naturalised in Grass. 
NATURALISING 
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Daffodils in Grass. 
