March 23, 1907. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
The first operation should be to) get a 
sufficient number of 5-in. pots which must 
be cleaned and well drained with pot¬ 
sherds qr crocks, as they are usually 
termed. The bulbs are then assorted 
into sizes, so that in each pot they may be 
equal, thus ensuring pots of plants of 
equal strength and capable of flowering 
well. The small bulbs are also valuable, 
but they may be put in pans by them¬ 
selves, so that they can make vigorous 
growth and produce large bulbs for an¬ 
other year. 
The time and potting, of course, is en- 
tirelv dependent as to whether the plants 
are wanted at Christmas and the New 
Year or later on in spring. The first 
potting may be done in August, and if a 
continuous supply is required, then other 
bulbs should be potted at intervals of a 
fortnight or three weeks. Those w'ho 
have only a few bulbs and require to) 
flower them in spring, should at least pot 
them during September or October, and 
let them come along slowly under as 
natural conditions as possible. A little 
forcing may be given if it is necessary to 
hasten flowering, but only after the plants 
have made some growth. It pays to let 
them come along slowly with abundance 
of light and air whenever the weather is 
favourable. Two parts of fibrous loam, 
and one part each of leaf mould and well- 
decayed cow manure, with plenty of sharp 
silver spinel, will make‘a suitable compost 
for pots. 
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Growing Roses on Lawns. 
The following way of growing Roses is 
very effective on lawns:— -(1) Make a bed 
3 ft. in diameter, prepare it as for Roses. 
(2) Get three 6 ft. bamboo canes 2 in. 
in diameter, planting them firmly at equal 
distances round the edge of the bed and 
tie the tops together so that they meet 
over the centre , of the bed. (3I Get a 
climbing Rose, say, Dorothy Perkins, 
planting it towards the centre of the bed, 
then train the shoots round the column 
formed by the canes, tying it to each re¬ 
spective cane and proceed in .a spiral 
manner towards the top. In a year or 
so you will have a permanent pyramid 
of Roses. Rather a sweet idea is to fur¬ 
nish the top before the Rose has grown. 
Scoop out the centre of the bamboo cane, 
filling the cavity with earth, and place a 
few' seeds of some climbing plant in each. 
When the seeds have growrn, train the 
stems dowm the bamboo canes. Shell- 
pink Convolvulus looks rather lovely with 
Dorothy Perkins. 
K. C. 
Carnation Sutton’s Vanguard. 
Now is a good time to make a sowing 
of this Carnation from seed. Sown now 
excellent plants for spring flowering will 
be the result. When the seedlings, are 
large enough pot off, and eventually' plant 
out in a piece of good ground, and about 
the end of September pot up into 7-inch 
pots and keep in a genial airy' atmosphere 
through the winter. When the roots have 
taken possession of the soil give a little 
feeding as the buds become plump. The 
plants should be neatly staked and kept 
in a position near the glass, as otherwise 
they become drawn and weakly and of 
little use, but if potted up and kept sturdy 
in growth they will in due time furnish a 
fine lot of flowers, and well repay the 
labour spent on them. 
J. R. B. 
Uphall. 
Toniatos. 
Tomatos may be grown out-of-doors, 
and, in most seasons, with proper treat¬ 
ments, good crops result. The following 
plan may r be tried. Take out the soil in 
the border to be used to a depth of eigh¬ 
teen inches or so. In the bottom of the 
trench place a good Lay'er of Dahlia stems 
or other w'aste cut from hardy perennials 
last autumn. Ne’xt put three or four 
inches of half-rotten manure, finishing 
with some good soil, either that taken out 
or fresh from another part of the garden. 
Plants treated thus near a south wall 
fruited in such a manner last y'ear as to 
be pronounced “better than indoor 
fruits.” The bottom layer acts as 
drainage ; the plants get well rooted before 
reaching the manure, and the fruiting 
power is increased. 
Albert A. Kerridge, 
Maidenhair Tree. 
The Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo bilob 
often named Salisburia adiantifolia, is 
handsome tree, but in Scotland it 
generally' treated as a shrub against 
wall. No tree is more emblematic of : 
name. The foliage is similar to t 
Maidenhair Fern, on a larger scale, 
course. It is employed in America f 
towm or street planting; also in Engli 
towns. The leaves are tough and smoot 
making it an ideal subject for smoky d 
tricts. Trees possessed with leaves of 
downy or woolly nature are not suitab 
for smoky localities. The soot and fi 
adhere to such leaves in spite of all ra: 
and so check the growth. What is want 
is foliage of a leathery' texture, like t 
Salisburia. Some specimens of tl 
beautiful tree run to 80 feet in Englan 
yet in Scotland we have to be contt 
with a few shoots struggling for ex 
tence against a wall. 
A. Y. M. 
Wishaw. 
The Way to Destroy Vermin. 
We have been plagued here for m.r 
years with rats. I have tried many, 
cure, but few of them prove very succe- 
ful. The rats have been making gre 
headway in the garden, nearly destrovr 
a whole break of Brussels Sprouts a. 
riddled a large pit of Potatos. I start 
shooting them,\ but they soon got wa: 
I remember having seen them snared sot 
time ago, and I therefore tried this, al 
to my great satisfaction I rid the place! 
them. The accompanying sketch vl 
help readers to understand the nature t 
the snare. A is a run and B consi : 
of a snare made of double ply of sn;’ 
wore and made in the same fashion. T 
snare is fixed to G, a piece of wood ab<t 
4 in. long. This is fastened by a piece! 
string to the bow F. The latter o- 
sists of a stout stick about 4 ft. long, al 
Ash is found to be preferable, as it read.' 
bends. C is a pin driven into the gronl 
close beside the run. Then G is brou;.t 
down and fixed on to the pin at C, al 
the snare is complete. 
F RATER 
Clackmannan. 
Campanula pyramidalis for the Conservah • 
The following method of grow f 
Campanula, pyramidalis and C. pyr 
midalis alba has proved very satisfacto- 
Sow the seed early in June. This can ' 
done in the open ground, raising th a 
in boxes in gentle heat is, however, p 
ferable. Prick off when the seedlings e 
large enough to handle and plant out& 
Method of growing Roses on a lawn. 
Chippenham. 
