THE GARDEN WEEK BY WEEK 



Jan. A Splendid Arum Lily. — All lovers of the white Arum 



1^-31 Lily, which botanists (who really ought to set a better 

 example) have given several names to, notably Calla 

 aethiopica, Richardia aetJiiopica, and Richardia africana 

 — all lovers of this beautiful plant may not be aware 

 that there is a form vastly superior to the ordinary in 

 profusion and continuity of flowering, although a little 

 smaller. It is called the Godfrey, after a florist in 

 charming Devon, who introduced it. There is no 

 difficulty in having the Godfrey Arum Lily in bloom 

 in January, and in fact the whole of the winter, if there 

 is a warm greenhouse available. The puzzle would be 

 to stop it flowering. It is as full of vigour as a Dorothy 

 Perkins Rose is in summer. It simply riots in growth. 

 As fast as one shoot develops, another springs up from 

 the base. And flowers follow each other as fast as 

 leaves. The reader who does not possess this valuable 

 plant may buy it now. With a temperature of 50° to 

 60° it will soon be in bloom. 



Young Chrysanthemums. — It seems a little hard to 

 have to think about November in January, but gardeners 

 are not as ordinary people. There are Chrysanthemum 

 growers so enthusiastic that if they could have their 

 way they would have every month November, so that 

 they could always have their favourites with them. 

 Murk, fog, drizzle, sleet — what are these to people who 

 have the soul of artists ? Do you see folk with rapt 

 faces surging their way through the London streets in 

 autumn ? They are not, as you may have hastily 

 surmised, speculators who have just heard good news 

 at their broker's, but Chrysanthemum lovers on their 

 way to a show, or to one of the displays in the public 

 parks. Fog ! Drizzle ! They know nought of these. 

 They live in a world as sunny as old Japan, whence the 

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