August 2 4) 1907 THE gardening world. 
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ide Scvverless shoots 3 to 4 inches long, 
eel them off in a downward direction, and 
ut off the ragged ends. Lose no time, 
ut insert firmly in the box. Give a good 
oray overhead, transfer to a cold frame, 
nd keep a heavy shading through the day 
>r four weeks. If the cutting box seems 
jry, afford a slight dew overhead. When 
pparently rooted, dispense with shading, 
pply air, and in a few weeks remove to a 
)ol "airy shelf in the glass-house, and 
;ep tolerably dry. 
Wishaw. A. V. M. 
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lut of Plums and Lemons. 
The trees in the English Plum-growmg 
istricts in Worcester and Cambs. are 
:erally loaded with fruit, and the Plum 
op of mid-Kent is immense. The fruits 
ing on the spurs in big clumps, and are 
ore plentiful than leaves. Crops rang- 
g from 200 to 500 bushels per acre are 
pected. The trees which bear the 
mous Pershore egg-Plums are smothered 
th fruit. Probably 1907 will long be 
town as the most prolific Plum season 
joved for twenty years. Lemons, it is 
ited, are to be cheaper even than last 
ar. An immediate drop in price of 50 
r cent, is expected. 
The GlanQTQy Snapdragon. 
(Antirrhinum glutinosum.) 
Everybody is familiar with the common 
Snapdragon in some or other of its many 
forms, but there are several other species 
which are more adapted for cultivation on 
the rockery or in pots than the common 
one. One of these is A. glutinosum, a 
native of Spain, which likes a rather dry 
situation during winter. It may be re¬ 
membered, however, that the common one 
frequently dies out during the first winter 
in soils of a rich character, especially if 
the\' are in any way wet. 
The other species, including the subject 
of the accompanying illustration photo¬ 
graphed at Kew, delight in having their 
roots wedged in amongst stones, rocks, or 
the mortar of old walls. Those who 
practice wall gardening would find in this 
species a suitable subject for that kind of 
work. It is not of upright habit, as the 
illustration frill show. The stems are 
be impossible to grow Antirrhinums out of 
doors during winter, and even in the south 
this is also more or less the case depen¬ 
dent upon the wet character of the soil or 
otherwise. It may also be’grown in pots 
or pans for the decoration of greenhouses 
and cool conservatories. Even those who 
have only a cold frame can grow it with¬ 
out fear of losing it in winter. 
Propagation may be effected by seeds or 
by cuttings. In the latter case, cuttings 
should be selected which have not flowered 
and which spring up as near the base of 
the plant as possible. Plants raised from 
such cuttings make much better growth 
and branch more freely than plants raised 
from short side shoots high up the stem. 
The fact is, all those side shoots are pre¬ 
paring to bloom, and it is only a question 
of time for them to do so. Cuttings may 
be inserted now and potted off singly as 
Antirrhinum glutinosum. [Maclaren and Sons. 
eet Pea Rosie Adams. 
The wary, deep purple standards of 
( s variety are shaded with rose on the 
1 e, and by their form show that it is 
< - of the Spencer forms. The wings 
; ■ blue, shaded with purple on the 
f !:es. Award of merit to Mr. Thomas 
1 phenson. The. Gardens, Woburn 
I ice, Surrey, on July 16th. on the occa- 
Sji of the Sweet Pea Show. 
slender and hang about loosely or droop 
and terminate in a raceme of flowers. A 
plant of this habit would be just at home 
in the crevices of an old wall or a wall 
built on purpose. The stones would just 
keep the roots in that condition which is 
most suitable to their welfare, and enable 
the plant to come through the winter 
safely. 
In many parts of the country it would 
soon as rooted, in order to encourage 
growth in mild weather during the winter, 
and in spring they will be ready to grow 
away into plants of useful size either for 
planting out or for pot culture. This 
one blooms in May. The flowers are 
creamy white, lined and netted with rose 
on the upper lip. The leaves are small, 
so that altogether it is quite distinct from 
its better known congener. 
