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Grey), Coombe Court, Surrey, took the 
lead. Both Apples and Pears were any¬ 
thing but mature, although the lion's 
share of the prizes in the open classes 
went to gardeners in England. 
Circular groups of plants usually bring 
out something interesting, and on this oc¬ 
casion Mr. Davis (gardener to Colonel 
Stewart Richardson), Perth, took the pre¬ 
mier award with a bright arrangement in 
which Humea elegans produced a grace¬ 
ful effect. 
The prizes for a table of Roses were 
taken by Messrs. W. and R. Ferguson, 
Dunfermline, and by Messrs. Cocker and 
Sons, Aberdeen. We give an illustration 
of this latter exhibit on the previous 
page. Mr. Hugh Dickson, Belmont, 
Belfast, took several prizes in the Rose 
classes, including the premier award for 
thirty-six blooms distinct. 
Mr. George Wood (gardener to James 
Buchanan, Esq.), Oswald House, Edin¬ 
burgh, had the best stove plants, and 
also was second for the group of plants. 
In the class for four Orchids, the winner 
was Mr. William Sharp (gardener to the 
Trustees of the late C. Wood, Esq.), For- 
gandenny. Mr. Wood had also the best 
exotic Ferns. 
Vegetables are usually well shown at 
Edinburgh, and there is strong competi¬ 
tion in the leading class for eighteen 
dishes. On this occasion Mr. James Gib¬ 
son, as on several previous occasions, 
carried off the First Prize with a splendid 
display of Onions, Iieeks, Celery, Cauli¬ 
flower, Potatos, etc. He was also awarded 
the Society’s Medal or Badge for the vege¬ 
tables. He was followed by Mr. William 
Harper (gardener to J. R. Richardson, 
Esq.), Tulliebelton House, Perth, and by 
Mr. Hill, of Kelso, in this order. 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Exhibits not for competition are 
usually very numerous at the September 
show, and on this occasion they well sus¬ 
tained their part. 
Messrs. Dobbie and Co., Rothesay, had 
a fine group of Cactus Dahlias, Phloxes, 
Roses and fancy Pansies. 
Messrs. Wells and Co., Merstham, 
Surrey, staged a collection of early 
flowering Chrysanthemums. 
Mr. John Forbes, Hawick, N.B., set up 
a fine display of Pentstemons, Phloxes, 
Violas, Carnations, etc. Messrs. R. B. 
Laird and Sons, Edinburgh, had a mas¬ 
sive group of Hydrangeas, Lilies and fine 
foliage plants. Mr. John Downie, Edin¬ 
burgh, had an interesting arrangement of 
flowering and fine foliage plants laid out 
with pathways. 
Other exhibitors were Messrs. Methven 
and Sons, Edinburgh ; Mr. Robert Bolton, 
Carnforth ; Messrs. Blackmore and Lang- 
don, Bath; Messrs. Lister and Son, 
Rothesay; and Messrs. Storrie and 
Storrie, Dundee. 
Messrs. Sutton and Sons, Reading, had 
a splendid exhibit of their Melons, Scar¬ 
let Runner Beans and Tomatos. 
Messrs. T. S. Ware, Ltd., Feltham, 
Middlesex, had tuberous Begonia blooms 
from their Bexley Heath Nursery, as well 
as Carnations. Mr. Henry Eckford, 
Wem, Shropshire, had a fine table of 
Sweet Peas. 
Messrs. James Cocker and Sons, Aber¬ 
deen, were strong in hardy flowers, for 
which their maritime situation seems to 
be well suited, judging from the number, 
variety, and brightness of the flowers. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
September 28', 1907. 
Address : The Editor, The Gardening 
World, 37 and 38, Shoe Lane, London, E.C. 
The Editor invites enquiries, which may 
cover any branch of gardening. Questions 
should be as brief as -possible and written on 
one side of the paper only; a separate sheet 
of paper should be used for each question. 
Replies cannot be sent by post. 
Garden Plans .—Gardeners who would make 
the best use of this column are invited to 
prepare and forward to us a rough outline 
drawing or plan of their gardens, indicating 
the position of beds and lawns, the charac¬ 
ter and height of the fence or wall; posi¬ 
tion of vegetable garden, orchard, etc. Thi 
north side of the garden and any over¬ 
shadowing buildings should be denoted. It 
should also be stated whether the garden is 
-flat or on a declivity, and all large trees 
should be marked. Particulars of the na¬ 
ture of the soil will also help us to give 
satisfactory replies. When such plans are 
received they will be carefully filed, with 
the name and address of the sender, and 
will be consulted by the Editor whenever an 
enquiry is sent. 
COLD FRAMES. 
2223. Planting 1 Edelweiss. 
When should Edelweiss be sown? I un¬ 
derstand it takes some time to reach the 
flowering stage, and I thought if I could 
rear it ,now and keep it through the winter 
it might blcom some time next summer. 
(H. Penfold, Beds.) 
It is rather late to sow it now, although 
if the weather remains fine it would ger¬ 
minate and make small plants which could 
be kept in a cold frame during winter and 
then potted off singly or pricked into seed 
pans when growth commences in spring. 
If you succeed in carrying it through to 
March, it should make considerable growth 
during April and May, when it could be 
planted out some time during the latter 
month, after being well hardened by ex¬ 
posure before taking it out of the frame. 
Use a compost of light sandy soil, about a 
third of leaf mould, and some old mortar 
rubble. This will make a compost that is 
porous and prevent water from getting stag¬ 
nant, and thereby help the seedlings to pass 
through the winter in safety. The cold 
frame would, of course, keep the plants dry 
overhead, and, in a measure, resting during 
the winter. The usual time for sowing it is 
in March, and if you have plenty of seed 
you should retain a quantity so as to make 
a sowing then. 
ROOM PLANTS. 
2224. Plants for Window. 
Can you tell Miss Wilson the name of a 
plant? It has a large leaf, light green in 
colour, sometimes with a faint tinge of pink, 
and will grow to a very great size. I have 
seen them in cottagers’ windows in tlhe 
country. They bear a kind of Lavender 
flower or Mint flower. I have seen them 
trained on ladders in a pot and covering the 
whole of the window inside. Where can I 
get one? (Surrey.) 
We are uncertain as to the plant you 
mean, but we think it must be Coleus aroma- 
ticus, which has green leaves when entirely 
grown indoors, somewhat resembling those 
of the common Nettle but larger, and the 
plant is often named the Nettle Plant. The 
flowers of that are of a lilac or purple hue. 
It is usually allowed to grow upright, 
though it could be trained on ladders in 
pots easily, and may be so treated so as to 
occupy the window and be close to the 
glass. The leaves might get tinted with 
pink if the plant is allowed to get dry, or, 
more especially, if it gets well exposed to 
sunlight with the window open occasional!,. 
It would be a great help to us if you could 
send a leaf, or even a small shoot when 
making enquiries about plants. There is so 
little demand for it commercially that we 
do not know of anyone who catalogues it. 
Usually those who grow it would give slips 
to their friends, and thus plants get scat- 
- tered about. The best plan, under the cir¬ 
cumstances, would be to ask your nursery¬ 
man for the plant, and if it was reared by 
any nurseryman no doubt he would be able 
to get it for you. 
22 25. Egg Plants. 
I shall be very glad if I can get informa¬ 
tion how to give proper treatment to the 
Egg Plant, and if it will live in winter in 
a cold room, as I have got one with one egg 
on at present. I am told they should not 
be cut to grow more plants, but to get seed 
from the egg and plant it out in pots. I 
shall be glad if I can get proper informa¬ 
tion how to treat it and how to get more 
plants from it. Will you kindly oblige? 
(Amateur, Lancs.) 
We are somewhat doubtful if you can 
succeed in ripening the fruit on your Ef^T 
Plant in a cold room. It is now late in 
summer, and the fruit' should have been 
ripened while the heat of summer remained. 
The past summer,- being a sunless one, has, 
no doubt, retarded the growth of your 
plant, making it unusually late. The only 
thing you can do is to keep it close to the 
glass, but not in a draughty situation, with 
the object of trying to preserve it until 
spring. The fruit may not hang.on, but if 
the plant keeps alive you may be able to 
get more flowers and fruits from it in 
spring. The plant is an annual, so that 
after having flowered and produced one 
fruit, the chances are that it will die. In 
that case, you would be unable to get seeds 
from the fruit of your plant, but you could 
get more seeds from your nurseryman undei 
the name of Egg Plant or Solanum melon- 
gena ovigerum. The seeds should be sown 
in a compost of loam, leaf mould and sand, 
using a good quantity of the latter till the 
seedlings are ready to pot off, when you 
can use a richer material. If you have no 
command of heat, it would be necessary to 
make a hot bed of fermenting manure, say 
about the middle of March, and germinate 
seeds upon that. As soon as the seedlings 
have made one rough leaf, the plants could 
be potted off singly in small pots and stood 
upon the soil of the hot bed to encourage 
