March 23, 1907. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
211 
he return of spring they may be again 
Vansferred to warmer quarters to receive 
re necessary encouragement before being 
jepotted. 
'0 Increase the Stock. 
Generally more than one shoot is pro- 
uced from strong plants, and for most 
larden purposes this provides ample in- 
;ease. Where they are wanted in quali¬ 
ties they may be procured by cutting the 
ems into lengths, severing them just below 
node if possible, and inserting as ordinary 
ittings in a compost of chopped sphagnum 
oss and sand. These should be petted off 
■parately as soon as new roots are observed 
- the base of advancing shoots, 
he Best Varieties. 
These are T. marshalliana, T. alba and 
Bensoniae. The last mentioned is 
.ther scarce, but its red-purple flowers are 
try attractive. Among the hybrids T. 
oitchii is the best and grows even mere 
gorously than the parent species. 
H. J. Chapman. 
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Climbing Shrubs. 
For clothing pergolas, arbours, or 
cling unsightly objects, we have quite a 
rge number of suitable subjects. 
:anothus azureus and its variety, Gloire 
Versailles, Paeonia Moutan, Plagian- 
us Lyalli, Viburnum macrocephaium, 
id Caesalpinia Gillesii are very effective 
ten planted on a south wall. Better 
bjects could not be found for training 
the walls of an imposing or important 
hiding. For pergolas and poles, Passi- 
ira caerulea, Lonicera brachypoda, 
1 lvgonum baldschuanicum and Akebia 
linata are adaptable. Magnolia 
ancliflora, Myrtus communis, Erio- 
trya japonica the Loquat, Escallonia 
rcrantha, useful evergreen shrubs, 
unus triloba, Ribes speciosa and Jas- 
num officinale may also be trained on a 
: my wall. Muehlenbeckia complefxa, 
enispermum canadense, Vitis Coig- 
tiae and Lonicera brachypoda form an 
ective screen to hide anything, pro- 
led they are in the open. Ivy, Vinca 
ijor and V. minor are some of the few 
lich thrive under the shade and drip 
trees. There are many other shrubs 
e Prunus triboba which by proper 
uning can be made suitable as clim- 
rs. One of the best of the Leguminous 
1 ler is Notospartium Carmichaeliae. 
. sminum nudiflorum is one of our valued 
' Her flowering climbers. Corokia 
■toneaster, with its curious star-like 
f.vers, and Garrya elliptica, with its 
gleeful catkins, are an acquisition, 
jistarias and Roses must, of course, be 
duded among the many subjects that 
tjike good climbers. 
-ondon, N. A. J. H. 
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Vzalea amof.na Hexe. — There are 
' ' ei ul varieties of Azalea amoena in cul- 
' ation, and thev are characterised by 
1 ving the calyx and corolla coloured 
• ke, like a semi-double flower. In this 
the colour is of a deep crimson-red, 
: cl the flowers are produced in great 
: undance upon plants still only about 
1 1. high. A batch of plants was shown 
j the Royal Horticultural Hall on the 5th 
' hv Messrs. J. Veitch and Sons, Chel- 
•. when an Award of Merit was given. 
1 makes a handsome greenhouse plant, 
2 1 would probably be hardy or nearly so. 
Address: The Editor, The Gardening 
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STOVE AND GREENHOUSE. 
1639. Nerines. 
I am desirous of obtaining some varieties 
of Nerine and shall be glad to know who 
.are the raisers or dealers of these bulbs. 
(A. S. Spratt, Essex). 
We replied to this question on pages iss 
and 173, and are surprised that you should 
not have observed the statements made there. 
There are so many dealers in Nerines that 
it would hardly be fair for us to mention 
any names because we do not wish to pre¬ 
judice any dealer by recommending another. 
If you will consult the front page of the 
issue for March 16th you will see the names 
of more than one dealer in bulbs. Some of 
the newest and finest varieties having been 
raised in private gardens are not yet in 
commerce, and you could not expect to get 
them, but for the purpose of commencing 
there are some very fine Nerines that are 
quite common, and sold by most dealers in 
bulbs. 
1640. Nerine Bulbs. 
Apropos of questions in the last two num¬ 
bers of The Gardening World, I got some 
years ago ten or fifteen Nerines from A. J. 
Guilbert, Millbrook Villas, Park Street, 
Guernsey. Nerine sarniensis comes out 
beautifully, late in autumn, and winter. It 
is said a shipload of them coming from 
Japan was wrecked there long ago. (Har¬ 
riet Gordon, Devon). 
N. sarniensis is, of course, named the 
Guernsey Lily, for the simple reason that it 
has been grown with great success there in 
the open garden for many years past. We, 
ourselves, have seen a plantation of bulbs 
that had not been disturbed for twenty years 
and the bulbs flowered splendid.lv ever}' 
year. That plantation may not exist now, 
though others may hare been planted since. 
Most good dealers in this country include 
that one in their lists. We have heard the 
story about the lest ship before, but un¬ 
fortunately for the story the bulb is not a 
native of Jaipan. All of the Nerines come 
from South Africa except those, of course. 
Which have been raised under cultivation 
by crossing. 
1641. Double Italian Hyacinths. 
Would you please inform me if there are 
any double forms of the Italian Hyacinth. 
Please add botanical name also. Amongst 
the few bulbs I have this year is a double- 
flowered one, but I do not see any' mention 
made of any but the single white, blue or 
rose colours; hence query. (A. R. T., For¬ 
farshire). 
Several double varieties have been in cul¬ 
tivation for years past, but they are fre¬ 
quently offered in mixture under the name 
of coloured Roman, Italian Early and Mini¬ 
ature Hyacinths. There are also' offers of 
double red, double rose, double blue and 
double yellow separately. The Hyacinths 
cultivated in pots and in gardens are mostly 
all varieties of Hyacinthus orientalis. The 
Roman Hyacinth is simply an early white 
variety named H. orientalis albulus. The 
Italian Hyacinths might be placed under 
this, giving names to indicate the colour, 
but it is probalble that they have been ob¬ 
tained by crossing the Roman Hyacinth with 
H. orientalis provincialis, in order to get 
colour, cr else with some other early coloured 
variety. It would be undesirable to add 
other Latin names to indicate them, but you 
could write H. orientalis double red Italian, 
or double rose Italian according to the 
colour. 
1642. Hyacinths Going Bad. 
Please can you tell me the cause of my 
Hyacinths going bad, As soon as the bloom 
spike shows half of it seems to damp off. 
I have had eight out of one dozen do this. 
Can you tell me how to prevent this another 
year ? Kindly give me the names of about 
half a dozen large exhibition sorts. In our 
show the largest bloom takes the prize. The 
names I have are L’lnnocence, La Gran- 
desse, King of the Blues, Czar Peter, Snow¬ 
ball and Gertrude. (Amateur, Hull). 
You do not tell us what treatment you have 
given your Hyacinths as it may be’ entirely 
due to that. For instance, you might have 
potted them late and commenced to force 
them into growth by keeping them warm 
before roots were properly developed. On 
the other hand it might be that the house 
in which you keep them is kept too damp 
and moisture lodges on the flowers. An¬ 
other suggestion is that the bulbs may have 
been attacked by the bulb mite which de¬ 
stroys the roots and makes the plants weakly. 
You might examine into these causes so as 
to detect what, is 'the matter, or send us a 
bulb of one of the spoiled ones. Besides 
those varieties you name, the following aTe 
splendid exhibition Hyacinths :—Avalanche 
(white), Blush Perfection (blush rose). King 
of the Scarlets (crimson-scarlet), Bluebell 
(bright blue), Elec-tra ‘(sky-blue), and Black 
Prince (violet-black). Next year you should 
pot up your bulbs not later than October 
and plunge them in coooanut fibre out of 
doors until they have made roots and com¬ 
mence to push the flower spikes above the 
