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THE GARDEN 1 NO WORLD 
April 20, 
1907 
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Bdifoirial. 
Name dompeUtton No- 2- 
Last week we thought we should be 
able to announce the result of the Name 
Competition No. 2, but after the ex¬ 
amination of the papers sent in it was 
found that the number of ties was too 
great to allow of a proper distribution 
of the prizes without cutting them up into 
verv small sums. For the purpose of 
making a final decision a few further 
questions have been sent to those who 
have the greatest number of correct 
answers and tied with one another. The 
percentage of correct answers on this oc¬ 
casion is much greater than in the pre¬ 
vious competition, and we hope to be able 
to announce the results in the next issue. 
Some of the questions sent on this oc¬ 
casion are easy, but others are more 
difficult, and we consider this to be the 
fairest way to settle the contest amongst 
those who have taken the highest posi¬ 
tions. 
“ Everyman’s Book of Garden Flowers.” 
“Of books there are no end,” as 
Solomon said, but even in his day they 
were relatively few compared with books 
written to- meet the wants of every class 
of reader at the present day. That above 
named contains simple directions for the 
cultivation of the plants named, all of 
which are arranged alphabetically. They 
include subjects in considerable variety, 
such as hardy border perennials, annuals 
and others that require a greenhouse for 
their preservation in winter, but which 
may be grown in the flower garden dur¬ 
ing summer. There are some 128 full 
page illustrations of flowers mentioned 
in the book, of reproductions from photo¬ 
graphs. It may give some idea of the 
flowers illustrated when we mention Poppy 
Anemones, Rock Alyssum, Pasque 
Flower, Anemone japonica, hybrid 
Aquilegias, perennial Cornflower, Clarkia 
puichella, Crown Imperial, Double 
Daisies, Larkspurs, Chinese Pink, Globe 
Flowers, Periwinkles, Phlox Drummondi, 
Scilla sibirica, Sweet Williams, giant 
Thrift, white Violets,' and many others of 
that class. The author is John Hals- 
Hitherto we have contented ourselves 
in placing before our readers some of the 
plants which have bloomed in the Alpme 
House at Kew, but we now reproduce a 
photograph of the house to show how 
simple a structure it need be. Being ,n 
a public garden, it is, of course, con¬ 
structed for the benefit and convenience 
of the public, which can enter at one door 
and pass right through and out by the 
other, thus avoiding confusion in the 
house. 
It is simply a sp.an-roofed house about 
7 ft. high at the ridge, and having a bench 
on either side of the central pathway. 
These benches are just sufficiently wide 
to bring all the plants within easy reach 
of the eye for inspection. Just under 
the glass are two narrow shelves where 
one or two rows of pots can also be ac¬ 
commodated. 
As the plants are hardy it is not neces¬ 
sary to keep them in the house except 
during the period of their blooming. 
There are a large number of cold pits and 
frames in which an extensive set of plants 
is grown, such as might be found at a 
botanical establishment. All of them are 
in pots or pans, and are practically grown 
in these cold structures and simply trans¬ 
ferred to the Alpine House when pushing 
up for bloom. After the flowers are past 
their best the plants are removed and their 
places taken by others which bloom later. 
This is practically, therefore, a conser¬ 
vatory that can be kept gay from January 
till the last of the hardy plants pass out 
of bloom. The house is entirely un¬ 
ham. The book runs to 375 pp. and is 
obtainable from Messrs. Hodder and 
Stoughton, 27, Paternoster Row, London, 
for 6s. and postage. The book will be 
useful to those with little knowledge of| 
flowers and wish to glean some idea of 
their character and general use. 
heated, consequently there is no expense 
attached to it after the original expeme 
of the building is considered. The glass, 
however, enables plants to bloom to per¬ 
fection even in winter in spite of rain, 
snow, frost and wind to which we are very 
liable in our changeable climate. 
This is a plan of growing plants which 
might be copied by any of our readers 
who are fond of hardy plants. It is an 
inexpensive method of gardening and 
splendid hobby on account of the im¬ 
mense amount of variety which can be goi 
into very small space. It is mot our in¬ 
tention to mention the plants that are 
showm in it- beyond just indicating what 
may be grown under those conditions. 
Of course, a house of any- size,, according 
to convenience, would serve the same pur¬ 
pose as a larger one. 
Many of the plants grown in this house 
House, Kew. 
come from warmer climates than ours, 
such as the coasts of the Mediterranean, 
including Asia Minor in the east, and as 
they naturally’ come into bloom early, a 
house of this sort enables them to be 
grown to- perfection. A few of the plants 
that bloom particularly’ early’ would fce 
Christmas Roses, Snowdrops, Crocuses, 
bulbous Irises, Colchicums,- Saxifragas, 
the choicer Daffodils or Narcissus, 
Sisyrinchium, Dog’s Tooth ^ iolets,■ 
Primulus of many species, including P- 
megaseaefolia, P. fromdosa, P- scotica. 
an,d P. verticillata, which latter comes 
from Arabia, and is now in bloom. Both 
of the species of Shortia, S. galacifolia 
and S. Tmiflora from Japan, are now in 
The Alpine h^ouse at K^ew. 
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Alpine 
