December 7, 1907. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
771 
the open air at Exeter at that time and 
after. The plant is not perfectly hardy in 
our climate, like several other plants 
which come from California. It succeeds 
splendidly, however, in Devon and other 
southern counties of England, as well as 
elsewhere on the sea coast. 
In the neighbourhood of London it lives 
against the wall of a house, but does not 
flower very freely owing to the mean tem¬ 
perature of the year not being so high as 
that at Exeter. Those in more inland 
situations could grow it in a pot or plant 
it out in a greenhouse or conservatory, 
where it would succeed admirably and 
flower abundantly. We have seen it 
flowering from quite small plants raised 
from cuttings.. The latter should be in¬ 
serted in pots of sandy soil in a stove or 
propagating pit if the temperature is not 
so high as that of a stove. The cuttings 
root freely, and as the plant grows slowly 
it never becomes a nuisance in the house 
owing to its rampant growth. The rich 
colour of the flowers make a welcome con¬ 
trast to other subjects in such structures. 
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Grime’s Golden Pippin. 
. The above is an American Apple, and 
our photograph was taken from a fruit 
exhibited by the British Columbia 
Government at the Crystal Palace on No¬ 
vember 6th to 8th. It has been grown in 
this country, and as long ago as 1883 was 
exhibited on the occasion of the National 
Apple Congress at Chiswick. It was also 
shown at the second conference in 1888, 
but was described as a dessert or cooking 
Apple of small size, oblong, yellow, sweet, 
and ripening during the winter months. 
At the present day, however, it does not 
seem to be much grown in this country. 
The fruit we had measured 25 in. long 
and the same in width, so that it was 
really a large Apple. It is oblong, with 
a very deep cavity at the top, slightly 
plaited, and having the eye nearly closed. 
At the base is a smooth cavity with a short 
stalk. The skin is smooth, bright yellow, 
clean, and tempting in appearance. 
It reminds us somewhat of our own 
Golden Noble, except in shape, for it is 
oblong and slightly angled along the 
sides, and not nearly so globular as that 
well known variety. It is still quite 
hard, and evidently will last a long time. 
It is, of course, one of the fruits which is 
being sent to our shores from that new 
fruit-growing district in Canada, British 
Columbia. There the fruits grow to a 
large size, and present a tempting ap¬ 
pearance on account of their size and 
bright colour. It will be in season now 
from December to February at least. 
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Drugs, for Flowers. 
Forcing plants by the use of anaes¬ 
thetics was the discovery of Dr. Johan- 
nesen, of Copenhagen. The plants are 
put into a box into which ether is evapo¬ 
rated. The heavy vapour descends and 
envelops the plants. After forty-eight 
hours the plants are taken out and placed 
in a cool-house. The buds and plants at 
once begin to sprout far more rapidly 
than those plants that have not beten 
treated with anaesthetics. Chloroform also 
can be used. 
Varieties of Chrysanthemums that re¬ 
quire a long season of growth should now 
be propagated as soon as good cuttings 
can be obtained; while such kinds as are 
apt to produce flower-buds prematurely 
must be left over until next month. 
Cuttings should be taken off clear of 
the soil, have the lower leaves removed, 
be trimmed off neatly below a joint—but 
not right through a joint—and, if for ex¬ 
hibition purposes, each cutting must be 
inserted singly in a thumb-pot containing 
a mixture of equal parts of loam, leaf- 
soil, and sand. Care should be taken 
that the base of each cutting is firmly 
embedded in the soil, after which all 
should have a soaking of water from a 
can with a fine rose, and be placed on a 
layer of fine ashes in frames or boxes 
closely covered with glass inside a cool 
greenhouse. Sufficient fire heat must be 
provided to expel superfluous moisture, 
and exclude frost. A temperature of 50 
degrees will be found about right in nor¬ 
mal weather, but in very cold periods it 
must necessarily be allowed to fall 10 de¬ 
grees or so, otherwise the extra fire heat 
will have a bad effect on the cuttings. 
Each day the frame lights or other 
glass coverings must be lifted for a short 
time to admit of the moisture being wiped 
from the glass, and also to harden the 
cuttings a little; after which all must 
again be shut up. 
The following notes on exhibition varie¬ 
ties of recent introduction will no doubt 
be found useful:— 
British Empire produces large bronzy- 
yellow flowers in good time from 2nd 
crown buds. It is of dwarf habit, but the 
growth is not in all cases satisfactory. 
W. WELLS gives large, refined white 
flowers from natural 1st crowns. It is a 
model grower, something in the style of 
“Australian Gold,” requires only a 
medium size pot, and must not be over¬ 
manured. 
President I.oubet is dwarfer in 
growth than the above, and has a kind of 
lilac tinge on the creamy-white petals. 
