March 23, 1907. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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L nursery bed or spare plot of ground, 
l'hc plants winter well, and will make 
ree growth when spring comes. Pot up 
is soon as they show flower. These Cam¬ 
panulas are very useful for conservatory 
lecoration where tall plants are needed, 
standing, as they do, several feet from the 
around. Charming effects can be had by 
■ombining the white and blue varieties. 
V second flowering may be looked for in 
ate autumn. The way of bringing on 
dere described results in much saving of 
x>th space and time, as all intermediate 
potting is avoided. 
Helen Colt. 
South Hampstead. 
he Scented Geranium. 
It seems a pity that this old-fashioned 
ilant is not more often met with than it 
, nowadays, and few nurserymen seem 
3 keep any variety. The commoner kinds 
f this Geranium are of the easiest cul- 
ure, and are sometimes seen in cottage 
,'inflows. Not only are they valuable 
or their delicious fragrance in the green- 
iouse at all seasons of the year, but they 
re also very useful for bedding out in 
umrner, and delightful at all times for - 
nifting with cut flowers, the foliage of * 
ome being so light and feathery as to 
ival Ferns. The scented-leaved Ger- 
nium has extremely pretty blossoms of 
arious colours and markings, and the 
cent of the leaves is also very varied, 
he sweetest being Prince of Orange and 
he citriodorum section. A collection of 
hese plants is most interesting. We 
row over sixty distinct varieties, some of 
.hich are very rare. 
F. E. A. V. Brenan. 
Ballvmascanland. 
Bouvardias. 
These plants should be cut back fairly 
Sard and placed in a little moist heat, 
mfl as soon as new growth is half an 
nch in length the old soil should be 
haken away, and, if it is wished, the 
rock increased by pieces of the fleshy 
oots, or at least the largest pieces, 
Faced in pans of sandy soil, covering the 
•ame with an inch of sand, and stood ini 
1 night temperature of 60 to 65 degrees. 
\epot into a smaller size, using loam and 
laky leafsoil, with a little soot and sand 
idded, making the soil fairly firm as the 
t oots of these plants are very threadlike. 
4 vinery or Peach house just closed will 
suit to give them a fresh start. Lightly 
wringe the plants twice a day, and give 
■ery little water at the root until growth 
oecomes more active, and even then it 
teeds to be administered with caution, 
’inch the growths as it extends, fumigate 
0 keep down aphis, repot as soon as fit, 
I md towards midsummer the plants are 
tetter outside. I find a little shade bene- 
icial. Do not pinch after the end of 
uly. Give weak manure water when the 
tots are filled with roots, and house the 
tlants about the middle of September 
J. Mayne. 
Bicton. 
Grown 4,000 Years Ago. —The Melon, 
he Cucumber and the Leek were grown 
uite forty centuries ago in Egypt and 
ther parts of the East, 
HOW TO MAKE A 
MINIATURE FLORAL CLOCK. 
The season will soon be with us to com¬ 
mence the making of these interesting 
subjects. I would not argue that they are 
of much benefit to gardeners, but they 
show skill and taste, and will be found 
an interesting study for amateurs, and 
may be serviceable when gardening on a 
large scale. Having made some of them, 
mv object is to give an account of the 
work, along with a photograph, which 
may lead some young gardeners to at¬ 
tempt it. 
The exposition of miniature gardens at 
our flower,shows is not so common as it 
might be, and as it was a few years back. 
Of all the voluminous literature on gar¬ 
dening 1 have not observed anything rela¬ 
tive to miniature gardening work. 
To make a miniature floral clock, pro¬ 
colours; above all, take care to keep 
orange red and blue, or purple reds as 
far apart as possible. Separate colours 
should be used for each bed, as they will 
produce a far better effect than a mixture 
of colours. Insert the flowers singly in 
the clay. Some of the flowers 1 used were 
dwarf Alyssum (Snow r Carpet), dwarf 
pink Antirrhinum, Ageratum, yellow Cal¬ 
ceolarias, blue and white Lobelia, Gera¬ 
niums, Myosotis, Phlox, and Delphinium. 
Neatness is the great thing to aim at. 
•Dimensions of miniature floral design :- - 
Box, 4ft. long, 3ft. wide; terrace, 4 
inches; walks, 2 inches; four corner 
flower beds (vase shape), 9 inches by 4 
inches; beds on terrace, 6 incb.es by 4 
inches; clock, 26 inches in diameter; 
clock figures, 2j4 inches long. The ac¬ 
companying photograph will convey, 
Miniature Floral Clock. 
ceed as follows: First, have a box made 
4ft. long by 3ft. wide, and mark off 3ft. 
foir the floral design. A terrace may be 
made 4m. high, at an angle of 45 de- 
g-rees, the remaining inches to be flat, at 
the top of the terrace. This done, fix an 
edge 1 poin. deep to go round the entire 
box. At the bottom edge of the box cut 
out ain. ; this will be the entrance, and a 
flight of steps may be affixed. Now ob¬ 
tain some good working clay to cover all 
the interior of the box to a depth of about 
an inch. This may have exercised your 
patience for one night, so that a halt 
may induce new action for the drawing of 
the design. If this is original so much 
the better, but do not have too many 
beds. Have good swards of moss to re¬ 
present grass on the terrace. The moss 
should be very fine, and of one thickness. 
When laid give a good watering through 
a fine rose, and also with a round stick 
give it a roil. In the bedding-out be care¬ 
ful to have harmonious blending of 
perhaps, a better idea of how' to construct 
a floral clock than columns of letteqrress. 
J. W. Forsyth. 
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American Gooseberry ' Mildew.— 
The American Gooseberry mildew ap¬ 
peared for the first time in Europe in 
1900, in three gardens in two counties in 
the north-east of Ireland, to which country 
it had been imported on diseased Goose¬ 
berry' plants. As nothing was done to 
eradicate the disease, it spread until now 
it is destroying the crop in hundreds of 
localities in no fewer than fourteen coun¬ 
ties in Ireland. The Government have 
promised to bring in this Session a Plant 
Diseases Bill. 
American Carnation Fiancee. —At 
the winter show -of Carnations at the 
Royal Botanic Gardens a specimen of the 
most-talked-of floral novelty' in America 
last season was on view. This was the 
‘ Fiancee,” for which ,£2,000 was paid by 
the Chicago Carnation Company. 
