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Well-grown clumpN are really most decorative 

 for the garden, and judiciously placed they ^yill 

 form screens for unsightly objects, and also in 

 the formation of colour schemes they are most 

 useful, and should he more widely adopted than 

 they are. 



If a large quan- 

 tity of bloom 

 is required for 

 house and table 

 decoration, rows 

 are by far the 

 best mode of cul- 

 tiu'e. Very often 

 large blooms 

 with good stems 

 are wanted, and, 

 personally, I 

 think one good 

 spike is worth a 

 large bunch of 

 more inferior 

 blooms ; they 

 should be planted 

 about a foot 

 apart, and well 

 disbudded. You 

 cannot g r o w 

 flowers with long 

 stems suitable 

 for large vases 

 unless you disbud 

 freely. 



Streak disease, 

 which has been 

 rather prevalent 

 of late years in 

 some parts, 

 though put down 

 to over-mannr- 

 ing, is certainly 

 not from that 

 cause, and I do 

 not think there 

 is a known cure. 

 Syringing young 

 jilants with a 

 solution of Per- 

 manganate of 



Potash, diluted to a rose colour, is a verv 

 preventive or check. 



In connection with growing Sweet Peas in 

 clumps, some varieties are more suitable for this 

 purpose than others ; weak growers should be 

 avoided, and many orange and salmon varieties 

 fade badly in the sun. Twelve really good 

 decorative sorts are — Maud Holmes, crimson ; 

 Constance Hinton, white ; Illuminator, cerise ; 

 Margaret Atlee, cream-pink ; Fiery Cross, 



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cerise-orange ; Mrs. Cuthbertson, pink bicolor ; 

 Frilled Pink, pale pink ; Blue Picotee, picotee 

 edged ; Royal Purple, purple ; Lavender 

 George Herbert, lavender ; Mrs. H. J. 

 Damerum. cream ; -and Nubian, chocolate 

 nuiroon. 



Colours to suit 

 ail tastes tor 

 cutting will be 

 found in the 

 following selec- 

 tion of eighteen 

 varieties : — 



Marks Tey, 

 dark bicolor ; 

 King Man o el , 

 maroon ; H e r - 

 cules, iDink ; Con- 

 stance Hinton, 

 white ; King 

 Mauve, mauve ; 

 Austin Frederick, 

 lavender; Royal 

 Purple, purple ; 

 Mrs. H. J. Da- 

 merum, cream ; 

 Sincerity, cerise ; 

 Scarlet Emperor, 

 scarlet ; Robert 

 Sydenham, sal- 

 mon (this vari- 

 ety shoiild be 

 grown in partial 

 shade) ; Rosa- 

 belle, rose ; Maud 

 Holmes, crim- 

 son ; The Presi- 

 dent, orange 

 scarlet ; Mrs . 

 W. J. Unwin, 

 red flake ; Mar- 

 g a r e t Atlee, 

 cream - pi n k ; 

 Rowena, ]Dink 

 bicolor ; Frilled 

 Pink, pale pink. 

 The above var- 

 ieties will be 

 found to be the 

 best of their colours and also for exhibitiDn. 

 William H. Lee. 

 Powerscourt Gardens. 



Rhododendron Davidii* 



This new Chinese si)ecies has been flowermg 

 very well lately, and. is well worth including 

 where Rhododendrons are admired. The 

 flowers are produced in chisters of seven or 

 eight, are of a light pink colour, paler in the 

 throat, and sontted with a darker shade above. 



KTTY UATEW^AY IN THE GARDENS AT ("U!!! 



(iRAXGE. — The Rock Garden is beyond 

 THE Trees in the Distance. 



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