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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
February 23, 1907. 
the berries by freely cutting back young, 
sappy shoots, which also grow from these 
spurs. The sappy shoots must be 
shortened quite half their length the first 
week in July. Two results will follow, 
namely: the swelling of the berries, and 
the retention of colour in them through 
the shade afforded by the young leaves 
on the new shoots. 
I daresay amateurs have often observed 
clusters of Currants on trees which have 
lost most of their leaves through drought 
7. Cutting away a tap-root A. 
S. Shows how to do the planting A; 
B, B, the top-dressing. 
and attacks of caterpillars and aphis, al¬ 
most brick red in cololur in the case of 
red varieties, and a dirty primrose in the 
case of white ones. This bad colour can 
be avoided by keeping the trees healthy 
and attending to the summer pruning as 
here advised. 
(To he continued.) 
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Rootless Plants.—T hat amateur gar¬ 
deners run a risk of being imposed upon 
bv buying plants from costermongers was 
shown by a recent police court case, when 
a plant hawker was fined for selling osten¬ 
sibly innocent plants consisting of 
branches tied together and supplied with 
dummy roots of dried 'grass, plastered 
with clayey earth. 
Seven Kings and Goodmayes H.S. 
A Horticultural Society has been formed 
for Seven Kings and Goodmayes, Essex, 
and the hon. secretary', Mr. \V. H. Man¬ 
ning, of 153, St. Alban's Road, Seven 
Kings, asks us to draw the attention of 
“ G. W.” readers to the fact. “ There is 
no restriction,” he writes, “ as to residence 
of members. The minimum subscription 
is 2S. 6d. per annum. The officers and 
committee are enthusiastic amateur gar¬ 
deners, and successfully arranged a floral 
exhibition last year, which resulted in 
^TiS 10s. being handed over to our local 
hospital fund. I am glad to say that Mr.- 
Herbert' Molyneux, treasurer of the N.R.S., 
has kindly promised to give us the first lec¬ 
ture during February. May I also ask if 
any readers could kindly' help us in the for¬ 
mation of a small reference library by the 
gift of spare books, for which we shall be 
very' pleased? I shall be glad to reply to 
any enquiries.” 
Address: The Editor, The Gardening 
World, 37 and 38, Shoe Lane,- London, E.C. 
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cover any branch of gardening. Questions 
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-flat or on a> declivity, and all large trees 
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is sent. 
STOVE AND GREENHOUSE, 
1540. Roses and Tomatos in One House. 
I have a greenhouse in rather a cold 
neighbourhood 50ft. long and about 85ft. 
wide, running east to west. The north side 
is built up to the eaves, and the south side 
has about irin. to 15m. of glass on the wall. 
I have a stage round the south and east side, 
on which I purpose growing a few Tomatos 
in boxes, and on the north side I wish to 
grow Roses in pots, chiefly climbers. I am 
about to fix a stove for heating 60ft. of 4m. 
piping. I intend running the piping round 
the north side near the centre of the build¬ 
ing, then on the inside of the east and 
south under the stage at the doer end, and run 
back again close to the stone work under the 
bench, till the line is reached at the point 
marked in the enclosed plan, and then take 
the return to the boiler on a level with the 
other pipe on the north side. Can I grow 
Tomatos and Roses successfully together in 
this manner ? I have my doubts about them 
doing well together. I fear it will have to 
be too high for the Roses, or else too cold for 
the Tomatos; one will be grown at the ex¬ 
pense of the other. I fear if I get the place 
too hot for the Roses I may get green fly, 
spider, etc. As I am only a novice, perhaps 
it might .be better to leave the Tomatos for 
another year. I thought of putting a 
Fernery under the staging at the east end. 
(S. Jones, Lancashire.) 
It is a mistake to suppose that Tomatos 
require much heat. It is only necessary to 
bring them on early, and particularly' early 
in the season, when the temperature is low. 
Some growers do, however, give Tomatos a 
deal of heat even in the summer time, but 
this is a mistake. During the heat of sum¬ 
mer they should be kept as cool as possible 
by plenty of ventilation, to make the stems 
short-jointed, and the leaves firm, so that 
they may not get destroyed by fungoid 
diseases. LTnder those conditions you could 
grow the Roses and Tomatos in the same 
house, provided you so arrange them that 
the one will net shade the other. If you 
raise the Tomatos yourself it would be ne¬ 
cessary to have heat in the early' stages, but 
that could be done on a hotbed covered by 
a frame, so that when the Tomatos are 6io. 
high they could be placed in the Rose house. 
You propose growing Tomatos on staging 
along the front of the house, but they should 
be confined to single stems and shortened 
after they have set a few bunches of fruit 
to prevent them from shading the Roses in 
any way, as they require to be fully exposed 
to direct sunshine. Green fly' and red spider 
must be held in check by fumigation and 
syringing with soapy water respectively 
when they make their appearance. The 
F’erns under the staging should be hardy or 
greenhouse kinds. 
1541. Climbers for Back Wall. 
On the north side of the house above men¬ 
tioned I should like a few climbers or 
trailers to cover the bare wall inside. Could 
you suggest a few good, quick growing 
plants? "Would Canary Creeper succeed in¬ 
side? It seems too cold for it outside here; 
anyhow it .grows,, but is never what might 
be termed a success. Should prefer them 
from seed, unless, the plants are cheap. (S. 
Jones, Lancashire.) 
The back wall must be more or less shaded 
owing to the presence of climbing Roses and 
Tomatos in the house. Plants should be se¬ 
lected, therefore, that will grow in a little 
shade, but flower chiefly at the top near the 
glass. Coibaea scandens would answer this 
purpose, and may be obtained as plants or 
seeds. Canary Creeper, in our experience, 
does best in full sunshine in the open air. 
You might try a plant or two of it to see 
how it behaves.. At the same time you might 
try the Flame Flower (Tropaeolum specio- 
sum), which often does well in shade, but 
outside, being perfectly hardy. We are not 
aware whether it has been tried as a climber 
indoors. You might try it in a fairly deep 
box by way of experiment. The common 
Passion Flower (Fassiflcra caerulea) would 
grow under those .conditions and flower at 
the top. 
1542. Pepper Tree. 
It is a long time since I have had the 
pleasure of passing a line to The Gardening 
World. Reading the notice- in y'our issue 
of 2nd inst. on the so-called Australian Pep¬ 
per Tree recalls me to old times. This tree 
is largely' used for boulevarding the roads 
in the western suburbs of Sydney', N.S.W., 
often in company with the Silky Oak (Gre- 
villea robusta), and is there known as Cali¬ 
fornian Pepper. Both terms, I take it, are 
misnomers and on a par with what we know 
as Cape Gooseberries (Phvsalis edulis, which 
I have seen rendered P. capensis), and 
which, though naturalised in South Africa, 
is indigenous to South America; whence 
came also Schinus Molle, which I believe to 
be in reality' the tree referred to, though I 
have heard it questioned. (C. B., Farn- 
ham.) 
We believe you are quite correct in sup¬ 
posing that these various names refer to 
