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THE GARDENING WORLD 
all are in the first flight as exhibition 
sorts: — 
F. S. Vallis, canary yellow. 
J. H. Silsbury, terra-cotta red. 
Bessie Godfrey, canary yellow. 
Miss Miriam Hankey, mauve. 
Mrs. W. Knox, bronzy yellow. 
Mdme. P. Radaelli, rose and white. 
Algernon .Davis, bronzy yellow. 
Lady Conyers, rosy pink. 
Henry Perkins, chestnut crimson. 
Mrs. G. Mileham, rosy mauve. 
Mrs. J. Dunn, white. 
Mrs. Barkley, rosy pink. 
Mdme. G. Rivol, bronzy yellow. 
Mrs. A. H. Lee, crimson. 
President‘Viger, lilac-purple. 
British Empire, chestnut bronze. 
Marquis V. Venosta, reddish purple. 
W. Wells, white. 
Sidney Penford, reddish crimson. 
Miss Hickling, white. 
W. R. Church, crimson. 
Miss Olive Miller, pink. 
E. J. Brooks, crimson-purple. 
Mrs. A. T. Miller, white. 
It should be noted that, although in the 
above list two or more varieties may be 
described as of the same colour, the 
flowers are quite distinct, so that the 
varieties could not easily be mistaken one 
for the other. 
In a future number a list of select 
varieties for decorative purposes will be 
given. 
R. Barnes. 
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Daboecia polifolia alba. 
This is a most excellent little shrub that 
may be used with charming effect in mam- 
ways, and in various parts of the garden. 
In a recess of the rockery a small colony 
of St. Dabeoc's Heath, whether it be the 
purple or the white form, is most interest¬ 
ing and effective. In the foreground of 
a Rhododendron bed, or among other 
choice shrubs, this little gem will ever 
justify its presence, and add much to the 
beauty of the group. 1 have seen it 
flourishing by the sides of rough stone 
steps that provided access to a bog 
garden, and here the sweet little white 
bells were a beautiful accompaniment to 
the deep blue blossoms of Lithospermum 
prostratum growing just above. The 
Daboecias greatly simulate the Ericas in 
many respects, and they flourish under 
similar conditions, both in respect of 
situation and treatment. 
Propagation may be effected by means 
of short cuttings stripped with a “heel” 
from the woody stems, and inserted in 
pans of very sandy compost, containing 
a small proportion of peat. 
The plant is impatient of anything ap¬ 
proaching a “coddling treatment,” and 
success in propagation is achieved not by 
introducing the cuttings to a heated pro¬ 
pagating house, but by carefully main¬ 
taining an even temperature and a mode¬ 
rate degree of moisture. This, we have 
found, can best be achieved by placing 
the cuttings in a comparatively shaded 
spot, and covering with bell-glasses. Give 
the cuttings ample time to root, and when 
they are found to be really growing, pot 
off into small pots and plunge in ashes for 
a season A good batch of sturdy plants 
will thus be obtained. 
Heather Bell. 
January 12 , 1907. 
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SOME LESSONS. 
If there is one job more than another 
that the amateur- feels chary of attempting 
it is pruning, and his conscience is 
troubled when a branch has been snipped 
off, in case it will spell disaster in the 
future. Details should therefore be 
followed up as closely as possible. It 
may be pointed out, however, in support 
of the budding fruit grower, that it is 
very difficult to pick up the various 
methods employed from cold print, while 
an object lesson from some of the garden¬ 
ing fraternity will go a long way in giving 
the amateur confidence in the work. 
Bearing these points in view I shall 
endeavour to make my remarks, anent 
pruning, as explanatory as possible. 
Pruning may commence as soon as the 
trees have shed their leaves, which is a 
sign that the sap has gone down 
TOOLS.—A knife is not a good tool in 
the hand's of the inexperienced, better 
have a good pair of secateurs which can 
be purchased at any seed warehouse. 
“ Standards” are very easy to keep m 
shape when one has got them in time, 
but there is always a tendency to allow 
too many shoots to develop. A standard 
of three years’ growth should not have 
more than eight or nine shoots, and these 
all well placed. Such matters of course 
are looked into by the nurseryman before 
the trees are sent out, so that it is in the 
after training that so much depends. We 
will suppose that such a tree has been 
planted and got fairly established. I 
old. 
the shoots are all alike in length nc 
shortening will be necessary, but if ant 
long ones are present they should be cui 
back about two inches below the tops oj 
the others. Such shoots require a lot of 
sap and if not checked soon rush away 
from the other shoots and besides robbing 
them of the sap, spoil the shape of the 
tree considerably. 
2. Method of Pruning Currants. 
All branches that cross each othei 
should be cut clean away, as well as any 
decayed wood, the object being to keey j 
the head hollow in the centre, so that sun ! 
and air may have full play. All shoots 
must be cut close to a bud, but without 
injuring the latter in any way and taking 
care that the bud chosen points outwards 
(see diagram 1). This constitutes the win¬ 
ter pruning, and attention in summer will 
merely consist in suppressing rambling 
shoots and pinching off any which may 
come below the graft. 
“ Bush ” Apples are very popular, and 
if the reader gets these -varieties grafted 
on a dwarf stock very little attention will 
be needed. A “bush” Apple consists of 
a central stem surrounded by lesser 
branches and shoots, and these require 
just the same attention as the “ standards,” 
only in a more severe form. The shoots 
will require cutting back each winter, and 
the strong ones suppressed in summer. 
Small side shoots which come during this 
active season may have their points 
nipped out to induce the tree to form 
more spurs. When treated thus they 
should not be longer than three or four 
inches (see diagram 2). 
The question is often asked, to what 
length shall I cut back the shoots ? Now 
this depends on the growth whether it is 
strong or weakly 7 . The latter should be 
cut back less hard than the former, say, 
leaving six buds on a slioot of the pre¬ 
vious year’s growth, and four buds on the 
stronger. 
[To be continued.'] 
