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THE GARDENING 
WORLD. 
December 14, 1907. 
great fascination. They have for me. If 
1 might grow but a few flowers, 1 still, 
however limited the space, would have my 
flowers of the north. I should like to tell 
of a little suburban garden I once saw. 
It belonged to a garden enthusiast, a 
busy doctor whose hobby was his flowers. 
Except for a small lawn, that whole gar¬ 
den was rock garden, and in it there flour¬ 
ished and flowered some of the rarest of 
alpines, and some that many would have 
hesitated even to introduce to so unfavour¬ 
able a neighbourhood. But enthusiasm 
and careful attention carry success with 
them, and let us hope that all readers of 
The Gardening World may be ranked 
among the keen enthusiasts. - 
F. Norfolk. 
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Propagating 
Chrysanthemums. 
December is a good month to put in 
cuttings of this universal favourite, and 
many are the methods adopted to obtain 
the necessary stock of plants. It must be 
apparent to all growers that the less fire 
heat' given to the cuttings the healthier 
they keep, and with this end in view, be¬ 
low are appended a few details which, if 
carefully carried out, will not fail to give 
satisfaction. In most gardens there is 
sure to be an empty frame or two about, 
and where only a few plants are required 
a handlight or a small propagating box, 
even a box some 18 inches deep, may be 
utilised for the purpose, by placing a 
pane or two of glass over the top to keep 
the cuttings close. These may be placed 
in an ordinary greenhouse where frost is 
excluded, keeping them well up to the 
light, wiping moisture from the glass each 
morning, and giving a chink of ventila¬ 
tion to dispel any moisture on the foliage. 
Reverting to the ordinary garden frame, 
stand it in a warm, sheltered corner, and 
if a few shallow boxes are at hand, place 
these inside the frame, allowing a space of 
six inches between them and the sides of 
the frame, this to be filled with dry 
leaves, straw, or other such light frost- 
resisting material. If the glass inside 
the frame, as well as the frame light, are 
well covered with mats, ten or twelve de¬ 
grees of frost can be kept out. Doubtless 
this method would not succeed where 
severe frosts are experienced, but it is 
carried out here each year and with every 
satisfaction; but late vineries or Peach 
houses that are heated with hot water may 
have the boxes placed inside, where they 
will be safe from all weathers. The for¬ 
mation of roots take longer under this 
cool treatment, but the plants do not get 
drawn up or dirty with aphis, and are cer¬ 
tainly more robust and less liable to rust. 
Cuttings 2\ to 3 inches long, and these 
from the base, are the best to insert, plac¬ 
ing four to six in a 3-inch pot of sandy 
loam and leaf soil, pressed moderately 
firm and watered in and allowed to dry 
before covering with glass. 
J. Maynf.. 
The Hogg Memorial Medal. 
The Duke of Rutland won the Hogg 
Memorial Medal at the R.H.S. show on 
November 26th for an exhibit of 100 
dishes of Apples and Pears of the finest 
quality, some of the Pears weighing a 
pound each. 
Hawick H.S. 
The “Hawick News” of 29th November 
contains a lengthy report of the Hawick 
Horticultural Society’s Chrysanthemum 
Show, recently held at Hawick, which 
was evidently a great success and a credit 
to the enterprising promoters. There 
were about 600 entries of Chrysanthe¬ 
mums, fruit, vegetables, and industrial 
exhibits, being 230. more than last year. 
The show was opened by Rev. E. T. S. 
Reid, M.A., Rector of St. Cuthbert’s, and 
Provost Melrose, who presided, congratu¬ 
lated the society on the splendid exhibi¬ 
tion and the superlative excellence of the 
Chrysanthemum blooms. The “ Hawick 
News” gives an excellent portrait of Mr. 
William Oliver, the energetic secretary, 
to whose enthusiastic labours a large 
measure of the success of the society’s ex¬ 
hibitions is due. 
- Q. W. - 
Prize Competitions. 
CENERAL CONDITIONS—Competitors must 
write on one side of the paper only. Regular 
paid contributors to THE GARDENING 
WORLD or other gardening journals are de¬ 
barred from entering, but occasional con¬ 
tributors may compete. The name and ad¬ 
dress of the competitor must appear on each 
article sent for competition. The Editor's 
decision is final, and he reserves the right 
to reproduce, in any wayf any article or photo¬ 
graph sent for competition. The conditions 
applying to each competition should be care¬ 
fully read. 
♦ ♦ ♦ «- 
WEEKLY 
PRIZES. 
A PRIZE OFTEN SHILLINGS will be give 
for the best paragraph or short article on any 
gardening subject, such as hints of practical 
interest to gardeners, notes on the propaga¬ 
tion or cultivation of flowers, fruits or vege¬ 
tables, eradication of pests, etc. The para¬ 
graph or article must not exceed a column, but 
value rather than length will be considered in 
mating (Lie award. Mark envelopes “ Com¬ 
petition,” and post not later than the Monday 
following date of issue. Entries received later 
thxn Tuesday (first post) will be left over until 
the following week. 
Two prizes of 2s. 6d. will be awarded each 
week for the two best letters, not exceeding 
150 words, on any interesting gardening sub¬ 
ject. 
RESULTS OF 
LAST WEEK’S 
COMPETITIONS. 
Some of the best papers in this competition 
are too long, and we desire readers to keep 
within a column. 
The prize in the Readers’ Competition was 
awarded to “ F. W. Sparks ” for the article on 
“ Manures and Their Uses,” page 768. 
In the Prize Letter Competition a prize 
was awarded to “ J. W. Forsyth ” for the 
article on “ How to Make Walks ”: and 
another to “ T. Preston ” for the article on 
“ Lithospermum prostratum,” page 778. 
Autumn-Fruiting 
Raspberries. 
The Raspberry is a valuable and useful 
fruit at any time of the year, more especi¬ 
ally so in late autumn. I have this morn¬ 
ing, November the first, picked a small 
basket of the variety Yellow Antwerp, and 
there are several more swelling and ripen¬ 
ing. Considering the cold, wet season 
this is the more remarkable, as the Rasp¬ 
berry prefers dry weather when the fruits 
are ripening. 1 mention this merely to 
show what a good variety Yellow Antwerp 
is for autumn fruiting. 
The canes were obtained from the nur¬ 
sery in October, 1906, and were planted 
out in ground that had been well ma¬ 
nured and double dug, some old soil from 
the potting bench being placed just round 
the roots to give them a start. They 
were planted firmly and given a mulching 
of rotten stable manure. During the past 
summer they have each made eight or 
nine strong canes, some of which are fruit¬ 
ing heavily now. 
To obtain fruit next autumn I shall cut 
down some of the strong growths early in 
spring, and allow about two shoots from 
these to grow during the summer, which 
I have hopes will bear fruit late next 
autumn. Six or seven canes are quite 
enough to train from each plant, retain¬ 
ing some of these for summer fruiting 
and cutting the rest down as before men¬ 
tioned. 
Strong posts should be fixed at each 
end of the rows, with a few smaller posts 
in between. Thick wire should be used, 
and the lines should be about one foot 
apart. The wires can be tightened at one 
end by straining bolts and nuts, and the 
shoots tied at intervals of about eight 
inches, according to the strength of them. 
Raspberries are surface rooting, and 
should not be forked up. A good mulch¬ 
ing of rotten manure during the summer 
and frequent heavy waterings during dry 
weather will prove very beneficial. 
The old canes should be removed when 
fruiting is finished to make room for the 
young ones to be trained up. 
R. Thatcher. 
Market Harboro’. 
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The value of fruit consumed in Great 
Britain every year is estimated at 
^10,000,000. 
Habenaria Ugandae. 
This distant relative of the British 
Butterfly Orchid produces a stem of about 
4 ft. high, and a fine plant of it, shown at 
the R.H.S. on 12th November by Sir Tre¬ 
vor Lawrence, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. 
H. White), Burford, Dorking, bore 
twenty-five flowers and buds. The 
flowers are green with a white 
column, petals and base of the lip. 
The remarkable features of it are the 
green spur 6 in. to 7 in. long and three- 
lobed lip, which is in. long. It was 
accorded an Award of Merit and also a 
Cultural Commendation on account of the 
difficulty of growing the plant and the 
success which the grower has achieved. 
Bicton, Devon. 
