July 6, 1907. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
449 
Lobelia 
Kathleen Mallard. 
A Double 
Flowering Variety. 
D. V. E. 
-- 
apaver orientale bracteatum Jennie Mawson. 
The flowers of this oriental Poppy are 
f large size and salmon with a black 
lotch on each of the six petals. Award 
f Merit by the R.H.S.. on June 25th when 
lown by Messrs. Mawson Bros., Win- 
ermere. 
when the leaves die down in summer the 
ground will be fully occupied with the 
other plants, and the absence of the 
Snowflake will not be missed. Another 
method of growing it is to have clumps 
of it in an ordinary garden border and 
sow annuals round about it, so that when 
the Snowflake dies down its place will be 
taken by the annuals. This would be 
be necessary to keep some plants healthy 
and happy, but these bulbs are very ac¬ 
commodating by rooting deeply in the 
soil, and thus securing the necessary 
moisture to enable them to make good 
growth and flower freely. For indoor 
decoration the plant may also be used by 
cutting the flower stems and putting them 
in glasses of water. 
Ihraley. 
July is the month in which to sow 
hrsley for the winter and spring sup- 
Ijies. Where plenty of frames exist, it 
, a good plan to sow a bed the length 
, d breadth of the frame or frames, to 
1 placed thereon when bad weather ar- 
res. Not that Parsley is a tender sub- 
t by any means, nevertheless it comes 
i hand much better during frost and 
fow protected thus than when fully ex- 
jlsed. Sow the seed in drills 1 ft. apart 
, d j4 i n - deep, which should be 
tiroughly watered prior to sowing 
ould the weather be dry. Parsley is 
c'e of those things that require patience 
1 its culture, for it is a long time ger- 
nating. When sufficiently strong, thin 
( t to 3 in. apart, transplanting the thin- 
1 lgs if necessary. 
L. S. Small. 
Beckenham. 
What a wonderful reduction in price 
ace this time last year; then 6d. a tiny 
ot, now about is. for a dozen! Well, 
.e man's loss is another man’s gain ! 
I should think there has scarcely been 
ch a popular and beautiful plant intro- 
iced into our gardens as this for many 
■jars, its culture (from cuttings only) 
■ing easier than that of the older single 
iwered form (if such were possible), 
at what I do wish to write about is the 
■auty of this Lobelia grown into speci- 
ien size in 6, 8, or even 10 inch pots, 
>tting on being done directly one size 
pot gets full of roots, clipping off the 
ps, and flowers until a compact bush 
■me 10 inches to a foot in height is the 
isult. Neat green sticks and a strand 
two of raffia tape keep the sturdy 
loots up in an orderly fashion, and after 
e final potting, allow the plants to grow 
id flower as they will. And this they 
ill do, simply smothering themselves 
Uth large double blue flowers for weeks 
gether. 
The only hints I think the average 
j ivice may require is to keep the plants 
a semi-starvation state when wanted to 
iwer; also in fullest air and sunshine, 
- it is such a subject to run away to 
rge leaves when at all shaded or over 
d. 
Hanging baskets may be filled entirely 
ith this Lobelia, and look more like 
rge blue “ air balloons” that delight the 
lildren than anything else I can think 
Tfye Summer Snowflake 
Summer Snowflake Leucojum aestivum). 
Maclaren and Sons. 
(Leucojum aestivum). 
Although a fairly common plant, there 
is still room for the extended cultivation 
of the summer Snowflake which blooms 
in May. It is a bulbous plant of extreme 
hardiness, and may be utilised in a 
variety of ways for the decoration of the 
open ground. For instance, it may be 
planted in herbaceous borders in clumps 
between the other occupants, so that 
a good method of using it in mixed bor¬ 
ders where it is desired to keep up a con¬ 
tinuous display during the summer with¬ 
out any blanks in the border. 
It may also be planted on the rockery, 
as the accompanying illustration of a 
plant in the rockery at Kew shows. The 
bulbs were planted on the face of a 
steep bank, where much watering would 
