March 2, 1907. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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ou have plenty of time to put up your 
xhibit. Read the conditions of the 
;hedule, and see that the right number of 
prays are there, for many a prize has 
een lost through a single spray being 
sort or there being one too many. Above 
all put up everything of the highest order, 
and await the judge’s awards with confi¬ 
dence, and remember it is not for mortals 
to command success, but try and do more, 
deserve it. 
Saltaire. 
China Aster. 
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EARLIEST WHITE MARKET. 
Plants that are grown for market pur- 
■oses have usually something very im¬ 
portant to recommend them. There have 
.een varieties of market Asters for a good 
aany years past, but this particular strain 
ontinues to be improved or the number 
f varieties increased by getting new ones 
>f .different colours or noted for their 
arliness. Any of the China Asters, ex- 
ept the strongest growing ones, may be 
lsed for market purposes, but some of 
hem have been specially selected for this 
rork, because they are of medium growth 
ind suitable for growing in 48 size pots. 
Neither are they too dwarf like some of 
he dumpy varieties sometimes employed 
n private gardens for making edgings. 
The variety named Earliest White 
\larket Aster has blooms somewhat 
similar to those of Comet, the 
blooms being of large size and the 
florets neither too much crowded nor 
compact. They are therefore more artis¬ 
tic and decorative in effect than the dense 
neat blooms that would give satisfaction 
to the florists who delight in setting them 
up with paper collars on show-boards. 
The plant itself is of pyramidal habit, pro¬ 
ducing a number of branches each ter¬ 
minating in a pure white bloom. The 
value of this variety lies in its colour, and 
in the fact that it comes about a week 
earlier than any other. We are much 
indebted to Messrs. John K. King and 
Sons, Coggeshall, Essex, for this oppor- 
• tunity of placing an illustration of the 
variety before our readers. 
John K. King a-nd Sons. 
China Aster, Earliest White Market. 
..POTTING.. ; Ti 
Lilly Bulbs. 
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For the benefit of those who have little 
or no experience in the potting of Lilv* 
bulbs the accompanying illustrations will 
be of some assistance. -Different bulbs 
that may be used for indoor decoration re¬ 
quire different methods of treatment, time 
and manner of potting. 
Potting a Lily Bulb. The Jot is broken to 
show the bulb -placed on a little soil with 
good drainage beneath. 
The smaller illustration shows a pot 
broken on one side so that the bulb may 
be seen in position. The primary operation 
is, of course, to put ample and efficient 
drainage in the bottom of the pot, placing 
either moss, leaves or rough portions of 
the compost over the crocks to keep the 
soil from getting washed down. A little' 
of the potting compost should be placed 
on this, and the bulb placed in position 
so that when the pot is filled the top of 
Lily after it has made some growth. Pot 
broken to show roots beneath the bulb and 
younger roots from the stem above the-bull. 
