Amateur Gardening – 24 August 2019

Crossword

Buddleja or

ACROSS

1 Bulbousplant,relatedto

hippeastrum,andgrownfor

itsstrikingcrimsonorwhite

pendentflowers,in theform

of a cross(9)

7 Genusnameforgorse(4)

8 Alluring,cunning,orboldly

flirtatiousyoungwoman,asin

theDianthus‘Mendlesham

____’andtheminiature

Pelargonium‘____’(4)

9 Causeof a wetlawnin the

morning– butnotrainfall(3)

11 In WashingtonDCivyis

aboveinspector,butjunior

to superintendent!(1,1,1)

12 Oweniaacidula, an

Australiantree,is knownas

the___tree,accordingto

thisflightlessbird!(3)

13 Tosplit,say,a perennial

plantto propagateit, one

_____it! (7)

14 Self-esteemorself-image,

asin thevarietiesof crocus

andiris(3)

15 Lettuceseenthroughout

thefirsthalfof thecosmos!(3)

16 TVgardenerMonty!(3)

18 Thissucculentsoundslike

a greeting!(4)

19 This type of garden with a

veryformaldesignedged

withbox,soundslikea

negative!(4)

20 Genusof leafy

houseplants,including

thepolkadot plant (9)

DOWN

2 Branchof biology

studyingthelifeof ferns(11)

3 Edibleplant,similar

to cabbage,withcurled

leavesthatdonotforma

densehead(4)

4 Ciderscene– I seea

spectrumof coloursthat

shimmerandchangeasmy

positionchanges(11)(anag)

5 Thesubjectsof thisweek’s

Miscellany! (9)

6 Thisvarietyof dessertapple

is ‘beautiful’,‘elegant’,

‘graceful’,‘superlative’,and

soon!(9)

9 FatherArmand_____

(1826-1900)wasthefirst

Europeanto describethe

popularshrubspeciesin

thisweek’sMiscellany(5)

10 Becomestretchedin a

kiwiden!(5)

17 Man-eatinggiant seen

in log revival! (4)

CROSSWORDABOVETO ANSWERS

Cos 15 Ego 14 Divides 13 Emu 12 11 DCI9 Dew8 Minx7 Ulex 1 SprekeliaACROSS

Hypoestes 20 Knot 19 Aloe 18 Don 16

2 Pteridology 3 Kale 4 Iridescence 5 Buddlejas 6 Exquisite 9 David 10 DOWN

Widen 17 Ogre

Buddlejas on the line!

IT’Shardtowalkpasta British
railwaylineandnotsee
buddleja.NetworkRailsays
theplantoftengrowsin walls
whereit caninterferewith
overheadpowerlinesand
obscuresignals.Whileit does
notcause‘serious’problems,
likeblockingtrainlines,it does
popupin ‘annoyingplaces’,wh
removingit takesupvaluabletim
resources.Thecompanycutsdownlargebuddlejas
beforeremovingorkillingthestumps.It sprayssmaller
plantswithweedkiller,andevenusesweed-killingtrains
tokeepthenetworkclear,whilerail-company staff use
portable sprayers at stations.

buddleia?

THEgenusnamebuddleja
wasgivenin honourof theRev
AdamBuddle(1662-1715),a
botanistandrectorfromEssex.
Latinrulesfornaminga plantaft
a personmeanthatthenamesh
be‘buddleia’withan‘i’ andnota‘
thiswashowwespeltit until2006.ButCarl
Linneaus(pictured)who,in the18thcentury,devisedthe
systemfornamingplants,spelt his ‘i’s with a long tail,
makingthemlooklikea ‘j’.
In 2006theInternationalCodeof Botanical
Nomenclaturedecreedthatthe‘j’ lookshouldbeused

• eventhoughit is technicallystillan‘i’. Therefore,plants
  shouldstillbepronouncedbud-lee-a, notbud-ul-ja!
  AdamBuddleneverknewhowfamoushewould
  become:thefirstplantstobecomeknownasbuddleja
  onlycametoEngland from the Caribbean about 15 years
  after his death.

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(^1415)
(^1617)
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Wow! I didn’t
know that...
Onereasonwhybuddlejas
aresoprevalentalongrailway
linesis thatpassingtrains
createa winddragthatspreads
theseedsfarandwide.
B.alternifolia(pictured)is a
large,vigorousshrubthatcanbe
trainedintoa smalltree,witharching
branchescarryingsweetlyscentedlilac-purple flowers.
B. davidii leaves are unpalatable to deer.
KEYWORDTOWORDSEARCH 476 (AG 20 JULY):
KENSINGTON
ANDTHEWINNERIS:MR R.P. HANDLEY, STAMFORD,
LINCOLNSHIRE
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