TT^TSH GARDENING. 



Note. 



I^EADKR^^ of Iht^^ii GAriDEXiNG will 1)P iiiloiosted 

 to loam that the Editor. Mr. C. V. Hall, has 

 Miiswcrcd Karl Kitchener's rail for men. and has 

 jciued the " D " Coiupnny of the Koyal Dublin 

 Fusiliers at the Curragli. They will wisli 1 ini 

 suceess and a safe return to his duties. Mr. 

 .1. W. Besant has undertaken the duties of Editor 

 durinii; his absence. Eeaders will u;reatly oblige 

 .-.nd lu'l]* by sending in notes and any interesting:^' 

 infoiiua.tion concernincjc plants and .r^irdens, 

 jiddressed tf) the Editor, Inisn (iATJnKXixc, 

 ')'■'< l.'|iper Sackville Street. Dublin. 



Correspondence. 



Still in Flower. 



At time of writing' (inid-Xovember) I observe the 

 dwarf Polyanthfi Rose " Jessie " still a blaze of 

 colour in the nursery lines. Its trusses of bright 

 scarlet-crimson flowers have been borne con- 

 tinuously all over the plaiats since .Tune, and at 

 no tinxe did its effect fail. The flowers may be 

 sr.id to be more than shower-jiroof, as the heaviest 

 d</wn K)ur seems to ])roduce little or no effect. 



In u<a.ny gardens tMs dwarf Kose and its fellows, 

 sich a.s the pink '' Or'e.'^ns " a,nd " Phyllis," are 



-;iper; cdin ■; fierr..mums for beddin;. 



The 



undoubtedly far less trouble, llowering for a u\urh 

 longer ]>eriod, and they last for years, thereby 

 s:wiiig all the labour and expense lissociated witli 

 t'le annual planting, lifting and h(Uising of 

 (ieraniums. As a ground work under tall weei)ing' 

 standard Wichuraiana Roses the dwarf Polyanthas 

 are liig.dy effective, the colours of the st.andards 

 iieing arranged either to harmonise or contrast 

 with the dwarf Roses below. Several new 

 varieties, such as " Rodhatte," " Manuin Turbat," 

 " Papa Ilemeray," Arc, will be very pujiular as 

 they becouie more widely known.' I lind the 

 whole set of new varielirs most interesting. 

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The Extraordinary Autumn of 1914. 



I HEMEMBER an old frieiid saying to me in the 

 wonderful .sumiiier of 1887 : "" Make a note of 

 this sumiu(>r, my boy. for though you may live 

 Tor jiiany years, you may never see another to 

 equal this." My old friend has gone, and I 

 wonder what he would have thought of the 

 autumn of 1914. It is certainly one to be noted, 

 as it seems hardly possible that so wonderful and 

 so late a season will be experienced agam for very 

 many years. Looking back I see in gardeninu' 

 notes of iiast years that the autunui Irost, wl icii 

 kills off the Dahlias, rarely couu's later than t lie 

 second week in October. This year, on Sunday. 

 8th Xovember, I sat out in UTy'rock garden arid 



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