October 10, 1908 



HORTICULTURE 



473 



Horticulture at the Franco - British 

 Exhibition 



IV. 



THE ENGLISH GARDEN \\l> OTHER ENGLISH EXHIBITS 



In a rather out-of-the-way corner in the official plan 

 will be found a spot marked •'The English Garden." 

 So far as English horticulture is concerned it may be 

 said tn be conspicuous by its absence, for the large space 

 consists of practically little else than a wide expanse 

 of grass leading up to a huge painted canvas on which 

 is depicted an English country landscape. It is evident 

 that the English nurserymen have preferred to display 

 their products in other parts of the Exhibition grounds 

 and they are dotted about here and there in various 

 places. 



The only pretension to gardening in the so-called 

 English garden is to be found in the extreme far end 

 and belongs to an old Tudor House typical of the style 

 of English architecture in those days. It is a fine old 

 house and has a little bit of front and side garden en- 

 closed within a wooden fence and a clipped hedge of 

 yew. There is a grass lawn with a few clipped yews 

 and some beds with box edgings. A stone path leads 

 up to the front door and on each side a border contains 

 sweet williams, stocks, nasturtiums, fuchsias, canterbury 

 bells, sunflowers, asters, zinnias, phlox and other things 

 that may he seen in any of our old English cottage gar- 

 dens. There i- a sundial, and some yews clipped in the 

 form of birds, the whole being designed and laid out by 

 J. Cheal & Sons of Crawley. 



Close by is the Daily Mirror Cottage, distinguished by 

 its grass plots, border-. 1 hive and other rustic sur- 

 roundings, a few old-fashioned flowers, box and other 

 shrubs. This completes the whole of what is termed the 

 English garden. We therefore push our way further 

 along and reach the Colonial Avenue where just against 

 the wall of the Machinery Hall British Section we find 

 an exhibit by Carter, Page & Co. of London. It is 

 chiefly of dahlias not yet in flower with an edging of 

 Viola Ardwell Gem and an inner row of Cox's semi- 

 dwarf antirrhinums of all colors. Violas, Blue Duchess 

 and Primrose Dame are also used along part of the front 

 of this exhibit. The show by this firm is about 90 feet 

 long by 'M feet deep and on the extreme right the edg- 

 ing is composed of Viola * ouncillor Waters, V. Blue 

 (.own and Cox's semi-dwarf Antirrhinum White Queen. 



Alongside the huge palace devoted to the products of 

 Canada there is a large grass lawn broken only in the 

 middle by a path leading to the side entrance. A fine 

 piece - of carpel bedding is here seen being composed of 

 two enormous scroll-like beds with the word "Canada" 

 boldly and tastefully designed. A repetition of the de- 

 sign is on the other side the whole being executed by J. 

 Carter & Sons. 



Around the walls of the Australian palace are also 

 grass lawns cut up here and there by beds of different 

 sizes and shapes planted by das. Veitch & Sons. Rho- 

 dodendrons are the principal occupants of these beds. 



bul at the time of our visit were past their flowering 

 season, and nothing bat the edgings were in bloom. 



The well In- o Eenrj CanneD & Son fill a 



space al the entrance in the \,<w Zealand Pavilion. In 

 four neatly an i iu1 moderately sized beds edged 



with about a foot of turf they show palms, ferns and 

 other decorative subjects. In one of these are Nicotiana 

 atlinis. kochia, cannas and a begonia edging. A bed of 

 cactus, etc., comprises Aloe serra, A. arborea, Cereus Pe- 

 inus, Agave Queen Victoria, Opuntia Missouriensis, 

 0. Engelmanni, Cereus acidus, Aloe plicabilis, Opuntia 

 lurida 1 5Tucca draconis which excite no little atten- 

 tion on the pari of the visit 



There may I ther exhibits from other English nur- 



serymen scattered over the show hut up to the time of 

 writing we have do! been able to discover them. 



Chrysanthemum Golden Glow 



An introduction of this year, this variety is going to 

 prove a decided acquisition especially for the private 

 garden. Commercially it is just a little too early to be 

 a money maker as it flowers at a time when out door 

 stock is plentiful and the demand for flowers even in a 

 good season is at the lowest ebb. With us the first flowers 

 were ready for cutting August 10th. These were from 

 buds taken about July 1-t. At date of writing, Septem- 

 ber 20th, the last flowers are at their best. These are 

 from terminal buds taken end of July. This is a very 

 satisfactory variety in regard to buds as the flowers 

 come full and free from any bud the color always being 

 a bright clear yellow. 



Regarding size of flower, we made no attempt to grow 

 specimen blooms, but under ordinary bench culture and 

 planted nine inches apart the majority of the blooms 

 measured six inches in diameter. We had a little trou- 

 ble with burning where the blooms were exposed to full 

 sunlight hut where shade was provided this trouble was 

 obviated. 



I see no reason why this should not be a first-class 

 subject for outdoor culture where it would be a welcome 

 addition for cutting purposes. If the sun proved too 

 much for blooms when fully open it would not be a 

 hard matter to provide shade, hut it is doubtful if, when 

 grown in the open air, the sunlight would have the same 

 effect mi them as when grown under glass as the outdoor 

 conditions would produce firmer growth and the flowers 

 in all probability would lack that softness which tends 

 to burning. No doubt this variety will be more gener- 

 ally grown another season and its qualities and qualifi- 

 cations more fully tried. 



We think there are great possibilities ahead of Golden 

 Glow and look on it as the forerunner of h new race 

 which will extend the chrysanthemum season from July 

 to the flowering time of existing varieties. 



Elmsford, N. 1 



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