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resemblance to those of an oak. A. L'. rubra lari^'e and finely-toothed, the flowers white, in 

 (A. Croomii) is by far the handsomest of all pendant clusters. There is a good specimen 

 the varieties, bearing pendant clusters of rosy in the collection at Glasnevin, near the Rose 

 red flowers in early winter and continuing in 

 heautv lor six weeks or two months. 



There appears to be two plants in cultivation 

 under this name as plants have been received 

 at Glasnevin as .\. L'. rubra with flowers much 

 inferior in size and colour to the true A. 

 Croomii. which is referred by botanists to 

 .\. V. rubra. 



Arbutlfs hvbrii5.\. — This is the botanical 



(iardcn, and it is now in flower. 



Saturday in my Ciarden.* 



U.NDKR Ibis heading- Mr. V. H. Fartliint; has en- 

 deavoured to afford help and guidance to thfe 

 inexperienced amateur gardener, not to the 

 owner of a spacious domain with professional experts, 

 but to the possessor of a small plot of ground whose 

 horticultural activities are restricted within the confines 

 designation for a series of hybrids the produce of the suburban back garden and the quarter of an acre 

 of A. .\ndrachne, a Levantine species, and .V. or so of ground attached to a small country house. It 

 Unedo, which also hails from southern Europe. ='PP<^^'"=' ^r Karthing has been giving advice to 

 . , . , . amateur gardeners in the columns of the London Z>n;/)' 



There are some tour or five forms known m ,. , ^ ... .. , ■ j 'i 



V. V. A.i-/im« for some years, and these articles, revised and 



gardens under different names, and which for other ones added,'now form the present volume, 

 garden purposes it is convenient to retain. The The book is printed and illustrated well, and, con- 



leaves, as a rule, are broader in proportion to sidering the amount of iis Ulterpress, 484 pages, is 



their length and less constantly toothed than ^'^!^^' .'^'^'^^f; 



, ,, , , „,.,, - , , , This book appeals to the amateur gardener who has 



111 .\. L'nedo. .\. MUlen bears large clusters 



of attractive pink and white flowers, and 



throughout December a bush at Glasnevin, five 



feet high, was covered with flowers. 



A. photiniasfolia is a fine form, bearing large 



handsome leaves resembling those of Photinia. 



Other good forms are A. magnifica and A. 



a small amount of time and a small amount of money to 

 devote to his favourite hobby ; it teaches him how to 

 make the most of his garden with a small outlay. It 

 begins with the villa garden from the- time it has been 

 made or left by the builder, often with all the good turf 

 removed and sold oi- possibi}' buried by rubbish and 

 broken bricks. The different kinds of soils are de- 

 scribed and how to cultivate them to get the best 

 Rollissoni. All flower freely when quite young, results. 



and form collectively a most useful set of orna- In an elementary way some manures and their appli- 



mental evergreens cation are dealt with. Manuring means adding plant 



, . , ", ,- ,, . • , food to the soil. It stands to reason that ifvoucon- 



A. Andrachne, one of the parents mentioned . „ . ^ , . , 



■ timiallv crop a piece 01 ground with potatoes or roses 



above, ts a highly ornamental species Irom the ^.^^ gradually rob it of essential plant food, until at last 



Levant and surrounding country. The leaves your crops fail or your rose trees only put forth a medi- 



are up to five or six inches long, oblong and ocre type of bloom. Therefore, if you exhaust the ground 



scarcely toothed. The flowers are greenish- of the elements which supply the needs of your plants 



t .^ _ • . 1 . i' ■ ^ it follows that vou must from time to time repair that 



white, appearing in early spring. In winter , . ,-,. , . , , ., 



■ dehciency. .Alter educating the amateur on the soil 



the old bark peels off^, revcahng the newer ,,„estion and leaching common-sense views on manures. 



rtlddy brown bark below. \'oung plants may it proceeds to describe the w.iy to make ilie garden 



need some protection in cold districts, otherwise beautiful by means of annuals, perennials and climbers, 



this species grows freely in the open. giving special chapters on favourite garden flowers, as 



, . • ,' r • • • . Sweet Peas, X'iolets, Roses and C.'irnatioiis. 



A. canartensis reaches a fair size in the „, , • u • j 1. -.i 1 ,1 



. The amateurs greenhouse is dealt wnli and the 



Canary Islands, and it is proving hardy in p,ants he may expect to grow in a small structure are 



described 



The book finishes with a chronological table of the 

 operations necessary or desirable in a small garden. 



" '■ S.-vturday in my Garden." By F. H. Farthing. *s. 6d. nt-l. 

 Cr.uit Richards, 8. South Hiiilding. High Holborn, London. 



^w ^* ^^ 

 •• By the breath of flowers 

 We are called from city throngs and cares. 

 Rack to the woods, the birds, the mountain 



streams and flowers; 

 l?ack to free childhood's days 

 Kresh with the dews'of tenderness." 



some of the milder counties of Ireland. 



Arbutus iMcnziesii (syn. .'\. procera) is the 

 C.alifornian .Madrono introduced in 1827. Like 

 the previous species, it is better with some 

 protection when young, but with age it becomes 

 hardier. Occasionally the ends of the branches 

 get nipped by frost in early winter, but the 

 plant as a whole is not materially damaged. 

 The bark of this species is particularly attrac- 

 tive, and on that account alone it is worthy of 

 inclusion in choice collections. Tlic leaves are 



