February 9, 1907. 
thers medium sized leaves, and again 
nch as the MoTello very smaLl leaves. 
Allow a space of five inches between the 
>ranches of those varieties bearing large 
eaves; four inches between those of 
nedium size, and three inches between 
hose with the smallest leaves. 
By adopting this course you will leave 
sufficient space to allow of sunshine, air, 
md light reaching and maturing the 
rood. 
Duly syringe the foliage and keep it 
horoughly clean. Give plenty of water 
o maintain the soil in a proper state of 
moisture. 
Winter Treatment. -If the summer 
jinching has been thoroughly carried out, 
here will not be. any necessity to severely 
rrune in the winter. But all late grown 
;hoots which are certainly immature, and 
he unripe ends of other shoots must be 
;ut away. Also remember to give proper 
supplies of water to the soil in winter 
A, flower buds on spur. B, wood buds 
for extension of shoots - and branches. 
C, also young wood buds. 
time as the soil near to walls often gets. 
very dry while that in the open is moist 
enough. 
The winter is also a suitable time to add 
fresh lime or old mortar rubbish to the 
borders. G. 
(To be continued.) 
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Protecting G.arden Produce. — It 
seems that thefts of garden produce in the 
Bedlington district have led to the for¬ 
mation of a Gardeners’ Protection Asso¬ 
ciation. At a meeting on the 12th inst. 
it was reported that the membership stood 
at 79, including 73 amateurs and 6 market 
gardeners. It would seem that some of 
the people in that district require educa¬ 
ting as to the observation of the rules of 
mine and thine. 
Baur's Carnation Mender. —“The 
American Florist ” figures an invention 
for mending split calyxes in Carnations. 
Split flowers can now be put in shape and 
the calyx mended. 
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cover any branch of gardening. Questions 
should be as brief as possible and written on 
one side of the paper only; a separate sheet 
of paper should be used for each question. 
Replies cannot be sent by post. 
Garden Plans. —Gardeners who would make 
the best use of this column are invited to 
prepare and forward tc us a rough outline 
drawing or plan of their gardens , indicating 
the position' of beds and lawns, the charac¬ 
ter and height of the fence or wall; posi¬ 
tion of vegetable garden , orchard, etc. The 
north siae of the garden and any over¬ 
shadowing buildings should be denoted. It 
should also be stated whether the garden is 
flat 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 
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STOVE AND GREENHOUSE. 
1501. The Camphor Tree. 
As a reader of‘ your interesting paper I 
venture to ask you a question. Do you, or 
any of your readers, know where I can get 
specimens of the Camphor Tree (Lauras 
Camphora), which grows in China, Japan 
and the Island of Formosa? I think it would 
grow in England and would be a great ac¬ 
quisition to our gardens. Could you tell 
me if the Sweet Potato and Yam, which are 
so much used abroad, could be grown in 
England? (Cartrifle, Essex). 
The Camphor Tree is very rarely grown 
in this country and seldom outside botanic 
gardens. We know, however, that Messrs. 
J. Veitch and Sons, Ltd., Chelsea, London, 
offer plants of it under the name of Laurus 
Camphora. The correct name of it is, how¬ 
ever, Cinnamomum Camphora. It is not 
hardy in this country, but a greenhouse 
plant, and we dcubt very much whether you 
would be able to grow it in the open in 
your county. It might possibly succeed in 
the warmer counties of the south of Eng¬ 
land. We believe attempts have been made 
to grow the Sweet Potato in the open air 
in this country during summer, but it will 
never be suitable for agricultural cultivation 
owing to the size of the roots and the depth 
to which they penetrate into the soil. The 
Sweet Potato (Ipomoea Batatas) is a native 
of the East Indies and would in all pro¬ 
bability require to be started in heat in 
spring. We see no reason why you should 
not try it in your garden if you have light 
but rich soil. There are many species of 
Yam, the common cultivated one being Dio- 
scorea sativa. The Chinese Yam is D. Ba¬ 
tatas. These Yams belong to quite a distinct 
natural order from the Sweet Potato, being 
allied, though distantly, to the Amaryllis 
family. If you have specimens you can 
start the roots in a stove or warm green¬ 
house and plant them out some time in June 
when the weather is warm. 
1502. Repotting Plants. 
Kindly let me know the best time to pot 
Begonia, Gloxinia, Freesia, Amaryllis 
(Hippeastrum) and Tuberose. I have a cold 
greenhouse. Mention also the size of pot, 
compost to use and how deep to plant them. 
(J. Welch, Middlesex). 
Seeing that you have only a cold green¬ 
house, you should only repot Begonia and 
Gloxinia when the weather is getting 
warm. This would be either in March or 
early in April, but you can be g.uided by it 
when your plants commence to sprout. 
Tuberoses might be repotted at the same 
time. The Freesias should have been potted 
in August.so that they could grow slowly 
through the vvinter and come into bloom 
when encouraged by the rising temperature 
to complete their growth. However, you 
should not now delay any longer in getting 
them into the soil. Use a compost of two- 
thirds loam, one-third leaf soil and plenty 
of sand. Pots 45 in-, to 6 in. are generally 
used and about a dozen bulbs placed in the 
larger size. . Put the bulbs about 1 in. below 
the surface. The Amaryllis may be p otted 
now and kept on the'dry side until they start 
naturally with the rising temperature. Use 
a compost of three parts good fibrous loam 
and one part leaf mould and well-rotted 
cow dung with sand to keep the compost 
open. Place one bulb each into 6 in. to 8 in. 
pots according to the size of the bulb, the 
largest bulbs being put into the largest-sized 
pots. About half of the bulb might be in 
the soil. Tuberoses may be treated in the 
same way as Amaryllis, though a 5 in. pot 
or slightly smaller would be quite sufficient 
for each tulber. The tubers of Begonia and 
Gloxinia should just be about level 'with the 
surface of the soil and certainly not more 
than ^ in. below it. It is best to allow them 
to start naturally, after which it : s much 
safer to re-pot them. The soil may consist 
of equal portions of fibrous loam and leaf 
mould with plenty of sand in each case. A 
little well-decayed cow manure finelv troken 
up would also be of assistance. 
COLD FRAMES, 
1503. Raising Rhodanthe for Market. 
Would you kindly inform me the best 
methods of raising and growing Rhodanthe 
for market. (Enterprise, Warwickshire). 
The above annual might either be grown 
entirely in cold frames or in a cool green¬ 
house. At the same time, if you wish to 
hasten germination you can sow in a tem¬ 
perature qf 60 degs., though the pots should 
be removed into a cooler place as soon as 
the seedlings are fully germinated. Seeds 
are usually sown in the pots in which they 
are to flower, the market size being aoout 
45 in. wide and 5 in. deep, that is 48 size. 
The compost may vary within limits ; for 
instance, you coiijd have half loam, half 
leaf mould and plenty of sand. No doubt 
you would be equally successful with a 
compost consisting of two-thirds good fibrous 
loam, one-third leaf mould and a sprinkling 
of bone meal with plenty of sand to keep the 
