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THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
August 2 , 1913 
SPRING FLOWERS. 
In all well-managed gardens thoughts are 
being very seriously turned to the question 
of spring gardening for 1914. Very soon the 
bulbs must be purchased, but before this 
is done designs must be considered, suc¬ 
cesses reconsidered, and failures kept in 
mind, so that their lessons may not be lost. 
The numbers and kinds of the various 
bulbs needed should be worked out quite 
early because it is bad policy to leave the 
ordering of bulbs until the bulb merchant 
justice, and bring that pleasure which we 
so eagerly anticipate as the winter slowly 
passes. 
The massing of spring flowers is im¬ 
mensely effective, as shown in the accom- 
panying illustration, when wallflowers, 
forget-me-nots, and double arabis are 
grouped around an ancient well-head, near 
an old time house, at King John’s Farm, 
Ghorley Wood. Such a scene brings to 
mind the fragrance of springtime, and is 
OUTDOOR strawberries 
Maintenance of a Continuou. 
Supply, 
The most suitable season for planUn- 
strawberries IS at hand, and intendi^ 
planters, before doing so, would do we 
to consider for what purpose they inter..^ 
to plant, and act accordingly. In an ordT 
nary way the mana^rs of private gardrir! 
can best serve their own and their en*. 
ployers’ interests by growing sufficiect 
plants in quantity and variety to meet 
the demands for fruit, for the purpose -4 
preserving and maintaining a supply for 
dessert, over as long a period as is prac¬ 
ticable. This method is not, however, Ij 
any means always followed, even where it 
would suit the producers’ best interests to 
do so, for even in such cases it is not ie 
SPRING FLOWERS AROUND AN OLD WELL-HEAD, 
In the Well Garden at King John’s Farm, Chorley W’^ood. 
is inundated with orders. Viola cuttings 
and arabis cuttings root very freely at this 
season of the year, and there are many 
other early-flowering subjects which strike 
freely or part up readily in early August; 
indeed, in many cases the pressure of sum¬ 
mer work and fruit picking is so great that 
much of the preparation for next spring 
has to be left until now. The transplant¬ 
ing of wallflowers, myosotis, etc., is a press¬ 
ing matter, anel if carried out at once the 
plants develop sturelily from now' onward 
until the summer flowers have to be re¬ 
moved, and the beels prepared for their 
spring occupants. Hoeing regularly and 
W'atering as occasion demands are matters 
of prime importance, l>ecause these ensure 
a first-class root system, without which 
double daisies, aubrietias, wallflowers, for¬ 
get-me-nots, violas, and other beautiful 
spring flowers cannot possibly do themselves 
a reminder of the fact that to secure such 
a picture in the garden early preparation 
is necessary. 
Spiraea Anthony Waterer, — 
This *charming little crimson-flowered form 
of Spiraea japoiiica, or S. callosa, as it is more 
generally called in gardens, well repays a 
little trouble taken with it. In a general 
way it produces its rich tinted blossoms in 
great profusion, and if left alone the floral 
display is then to a great extent ended. In 
order to extend the flowering season the 
old blossoms should be cut off as soon as they 
fade, and if the plants are given a dose or 
tw’o of liquid manure secondary shoots are 
pushed out, which will keep up a succession 
of bloom till the end of the season. Like the 
other members of the genus it must not be 
allowed to become too dry at the roots dur¬ 
ing the season of growth.—W^ T, 
uncommon occurrence to see 
caused by superabundance and u 
in the supply, owing to errors ^ 
in the selection of varieties or 
space being devoted to a ;gn, 
such, for instance, as Royal Sov g 
the sacrifice of others. is 
Though the strawberry 
any ordinary garden soil, the 
a fairly heavy deep loam. ■- 
nevertheless be improved by the a 
those of a heavier character, an ^ 
ones by the aid of light soil, such as 
refuse from the rubbish yard. ., 
case it is desirable to work tlie so 
apply a heavy dressing of -;ql tv] 
yard manure, or give suitable y. ;: 
in some other available form. 
method is to plant upon deepiy-^^^^ ^ 5 . 
in succession to early crops o P ^ 
have occupied quarters which 
