March 13, 1909 TUB GARDENING WORLD. 
summer. I think they were too near the 
Pansies that grew over them. How can I 
remedy this? (F. Rowe, Middlesex.) 
When making a mixed border and plant¬ 
ing the different things in irregular fashion 
you must not forget that plants to grow well 
should have a sufficient amount of space all 
to themselves so that their leaves can be 
pioperly exposed to light and the roots have 
plenty of space to extend in quest of nourish¬ 
ment. You should make arrangements that 
each plant or group of plants will have a 
proper share of space in which to grow, 
so that by the time the plants are nearly 
fully grown they will not spread or fall over 
their neighbours. For instance, the Pent- 
stemons should have been planted sufficiently 
far from the Hollyhocks that they would 
not have been covered by the big leaves of 
those subjects. You can remedy the bare 
spaces occupied by the Daffodils by sowing 
seme hardy annuals over the patches of 
Daffodils or around them, and the seedlings 
will be gradually making growth while the 
leaves of the Daffodils are dying down and 
can be removed. By doing this there will 
be no spare spaces in summer. March is the 
very worst month in which to plant Vio¬ 
lets. Young plantations should be made in 
May in some convenient part of the garden 
where they will be slightly shaded during 
the middle of the day. They can be lifted 
and placed in their flowering positions some 
time in autumn—say, September or October, 
the earlier month being the better. They can 
then get established before the approach of 
winter and should flower in spring. If you 
have a convenient place in the garden the 
Violets could, of course, be grown there dur¬ 
ing summer and thus prevent all interference 
with the spots you wish to keep gay with 
flowering plants in summer. If vou have 
no convenient place for them, then they 
should be planted where more rampant sub¬ 
jects will not grow over and bury them in 
summer. For instance, the Pansies could 
have been pegged down and thus kept within 
their own bounds. 
3695. Morning Glory. 
Cjould you kindly let me know of a climber 
called Morning Glory? I have not heard 
of this before, and I should like to have a 
description of this plant and method of 
propagation. I want it to cover a rustic 
arch. Any information you can give me re 
this plant will be esteemed. (A. H. Fran¬ 
cis, Essex.) 
The Morning Glory is Ipcmoea purpurea, 
usually listed in the seed catalogues as Con¬ 
volvulus major. It is an annual climber 
and may be obtained in separate colours or 
in mixed packets containing white, blue, 
crimson, rose and purple-flowered varieties. 
You can either sow seeds about the middle 
of April in the open ground or sow them in 
pots or seed pans in a cold frame; trans¬ 
plant them into boxes and continue to grow 
them in cold frames till you get them to some 
size, and plant them out during the latter 
half of May. 
WATER GARDEN . 
3696. 
I have some plants of Winter Hawthorn 
planted in a stream passing through the 
lower end of the garden. They grew all 
right and flowered a little, but the water 
seems too strong for them as the flowers 
scarcely rise above the water when the cur¬ 
rent gets strong after rain, and in winter 
there is alwaj^s more water. Can I do any¬ 
thing that would make the conditions more 
suitable for the plants, as I would like to 
grow some more aquatics ? What other 
things would grow there? (A. Davids, 
North Wales.) 
You can deepen the water and at the same 
time check the current by putting a board 
of suitable width right across the stream 
and nailing it on upright posts or otherwise 
making it secure against floods. You can 
then grow quite a number of water plants, 
and they will look better than when washed 
down by the strong current in a stream. 
You should succeed with the common Arum 
Lily (Richardia africana) if you have a foot 
of water over the tubers. The coldness of 
the water should prevent growth in winter, 
but we think the tubers would live through 
the colder part of the year, make growth and 
flower during summer. Other subjects that 
are much hardier and.would succeed planted 
in the water thus made stationary are Sagit- 
taria sagittifolia, S. japonica flore pleno. 
Butomus umbellatus and the Bog Bean 
(Menyanthes trifoliata). On the banks of 
the stream just above the edge of the water 
you can plant Myosotis palu.stris, Caltha pa- 
lustris, C. p. flore pleno, the Yellow Flag 
(Iris Pseudacorus), and I. laevigatus, often 
named the Japanese Iris. This should give 
you some variety sufficient for a trial, but 
if }'DU have convenience for them, many 
others would be found suitable either in the 
water or on its edges. 
TREES AND SHRUBS. 
3 697. Climbers for Base of Conserva¬ 
tory. 
Could you name any low-growing climbers 
that would be suitable for training over the 
wooden lower part of the conservatory to 
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