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Culture. —This species is easily raised from seeds—indeed that appears 
to be the only way to reproduce it year after year owing to its biennial 
nature. The seeds should be sown in light rich sandy soil in pots or pans 
and kept in a cold frame, when they will germinate in the course of two 
or three weeks. The best time to sow the seeds appears to be in early 
summer. When the plants are large enough to handle easily, they may be 
transferred to small pots and grown on till about the middle of September, 
when they will be sturdy enough to be planted out in sheltered positions ; or 
they may be grown on in larger pots for the decoration of the cool green¬ 
house or conservatory early the following year. Plants raised in this way by 
Messrs. Veitch came into blossom the following March and April. When 
specimens were exhibited by them at the Royal Horticultural Society’s 
Show, on April 25, 1904, they attracted universal attention, and had no 
difficulty whatever in securing the award of a First Class Certificate. 
Until the plant has been grown in various parts of the Kingdom it 
would be premature to say how it will behave. But judging from what we 
know of it at present, there seems to be a future for Meconopsis integrifolia. 
It may be as well to mention here that there appears to be two fairly 
distinct plants in cultivation under the name of Meconopsis integrifolia , one 
introduced by Messrs. Veitch, and shown in our plate ; the other figured in 
“ Flora and Sylva ” for March, 1905, and described by Mr. Arthur K. Bulley. 
Mr. Bulley’s plants were raised from seed collected by the Koslov 
Expedition in Central Asia. The leaves are covered with shaggy hairs, 
the ovary is narrow and flask-like, with a swollen knob-like stigma, while 
the petals—the four outer ones of which are much larger than the four inner 
ones—are of a soft sulphur yellow colour. Taking all things into consideration 
we are inclined to think there are two distinct plants—probably species—in 
cultivation. 
OUR ROSE-TREE PROBLEM. 
The problem given on page ii of the last 
number of the Garden Album appears to have 
attracted an unusual amount of interest. 
Nearly 300 readers sent in solutions. Out of 
this number only 8 were correct. The first 
correct solution to reach us came from Dr. 
O’Donel Browne, Gortnagrena, Naas, Co. 
Kildare, to whom therefore the Garden Album 
and Review will be sent according to the 
arrangements. 
The way to plant the trees is as follows :— 
In a regular hexagon place all its possible 
diagonals (three from each angle); place a tree 
at each point of intersection (there are 13 such); 
place also a tree at each of the angles of the 
hexagon. 
We may add that good alternative solutions 
came from Mr. Brooke-Hunt, Dover; Mr. 
James Ren wick, Wilton Wood Gardens, Riding 
Mill-on-Tyne; and Mr. M. B. Mills, Fortis 
Green, N. 
A PROBLEM IN DIGGING. 
The following little problem in digging may 
provide some mental exercise for our readers. 
The Garden Album and Review will be sent 
free to the reader who sends in the first correct 
working of the problem :— 
A gardener can dig an acre of ground by 
himself in 12 days. His boy can dig the same 
piece of ground by himself in 20 days. If they 
begin at opposite ends, (a) when should they 
exchange places so as to meet exactly in the 
centre, and (b) how much of the ground will 
each have dug at the time of changing over ? 
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