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THE GAIW EXE RS y CHE XI CL E 



[February 17, 1912. 



lar for arrangi ; in vases. 



-and I think it should bt regarded as a garden 

 Base, in which case, though it is not a bad Rose, 

 we have many others of ita colour equally good. 

 Bettel Student, Poly. Pom., is a dwarf, 

 gingle -flowered, crimson I! >se, and may turn out 

 useful for edging or bedding. 



Climbing Lady Ashtown, H.T., is a climbing 



sport from Lady Ashtown, which is too well 

 known to need description. 



Climbing Liberty. H.T., a climbing sport 

 from Libert v, is but little known to me. Some 

 say it is at its best when grown under gla.ss. 



Countess of Sfi utekimky, H.T., is light car 

 mine, with a paler edge to the petal*. The 



flower is well formed, and received a Gold Medal 



in the rammer of 1910. I saw it last autumn 

 looking very bright and cheerful. 



Cynthia, H.T.. is a creamy-yellow Rose of the 



Kaiser in Augusta type. 



Cynthia Forde, H.T., is a very attractive 

 Rose for the garden. The colour is bright i - 

 pink, and the hain't of the plant branching, mak- 

 ing it a useful Rose for bedding or decoration 

 of the garden ; also it will probably become popu- 



T hough we have so 

 many Roses of this colour, I think this variety is 

 quite distinct and worth a trial by those v ho 

 have not grown it. It is too thin for exhibition. 



DoitOTHY Dennison, Wieh., is a pale coloured 

 sport from Dorothy Perkins. I think it is not 

 quite identical with Lady Godiva, which came 

 out the year before (1908), but is so neir it that 

 those who grow one need not trouble about the 

 other. The colour is a soft blush-pink, and is 



beautiful and attractive. 



Pothers of Wellington, H.T. — This is a fine 

 bedding Rose of a striking colour, and is excel- 

 lent in autumn. The buds are long and pointed 

 in colour they are orange slightly splashed with 

 carmine, in this sta not unlike the buds cf 

 Ki Harney ir. shape. The flowers are a deen saff 

 ron on the inside and orange on the outside of 

 the petal. The plants are strong and stocky, and 

 not being tall are very suitable for growing in 

 beds, and the Rose is quite free enough in flower- 

 ing for this purpose. It has, however, one fault 

 in that it does not stand wet weather well ; the 

 petals are rather thin in substance, and if the 

 buds get really wet the petals stick together 

 and the flowers fail to open. In spite of this, it 

 is worth growing, and makes a good companion 

 bed to Mme. Ravary. White, Hose. 



(To be continued.) 



FLORISTS' FLOWERS. 



PERPETUAL-FLOWERING CARXATIOXS. 



On dull, sunKss days it is much safer to allow 



the temperature to drop, say, 5° below that 

 which is usually maintained, for although this 

 treatment will retard growth, the plants will be 

 m«>rc hardy and respond to the sunshine of the 

 lengthening days instead of being in a soft, 

 weakened condition, which is sure to result from 

 undue forcing in dull weather. 



^ >me varieties withstand the sunless weather 

 better than others, and these include those hav- 

 ing serrated petals, which open more easily than 

 those of a round, smooth-edged type. Among 

 these may be enumerated: — (Pink) Gloriosa, 

 Mrs. C. W. Ward, Baroness de Brienen, 

 Winsor. (White) White House, White Wonder, 

 Marchioness of Linlithgow. (Bed) Scarlet Glow, 

 Rival (Beacon is also good, except that the petals 

 are inclined to lose their fine scarlet colour and 

 become grey at the back of the petals). (Fancy) 

 La Mode and Mrs. T. M. Crook. (Crimson) 

 Harlowarden and Triumph. These of The 

 Enchantress family and even the beautiful May 

 Day, fine varieties as they are, are apt to become 

 M soft," but those sorts which are most affected 

 by sunless days of winter are Mrs. Burnett, 

 0. P. Bassett^ Sarah Hill, J. W. Riley, Bay 



State, Ruby, Rose Dore (fine as it is at other 

 times), Regal Mauve, and the perpetual Souvenir 

 de la Malmaison Marmion. Laurence /. Cook, 



LEPTOSPERMUM BULLATUM. 



HE leptospermums or Australian luyrtaea are 

 known locally as Tea plants. They are a genus 

 of free -flowering, evergreen shrubs, confined to 

 Australia, New Zealand., and Tasmania, and 

 require the protection of a glasshouse in 

 most parts of this country. In Devon 

 and Cornwall and in the Isl of Scilly, 

 however, they are perfectly hardy and form fine 

 shrubs in the open, specimens 20 feet and more 

 in height being not uncommon. Though there 

 are about 25 species, a strong family likeness runs 

 through all the Leptospermums. They usually 

 form dense, twiggy bushes, clothed with tiny 



are the genera Callistemon, Calothamnus, Metro 

 sideros, and Beaufortia. Though not so showy as 

 some of their allies, the Leptospermums are very 

 pretty dwarf shrubs, which in the spring cf the 

 year are so covered w r ith blossom as to appeal 

 as sheets of white. L. bullatum (see fig. 46) 

 blooms with great freedom even when the 

 plants are small. It forms a close, compact 

 bush, which is smothered in spring w r ith small, 

 white blossoms, and not only do the individual 

 blooms remain a good while at their best, but 

 later buds keep up a succession of flowers for 

 some time. The Leptospermums are so nearly 

 hardy that in the neighbourhood of London they 

 will often survive many winters if trained to a 



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FlG. 46. — LKPTOSPERMUM EULLATUM IN A DEVONSHIRE GARDEN. 



leaves, and bear flowers composed of five petals, 

 for the most part white, but sometimes slightly 

 tinged with pink. As a rule, the flowers are 

 about half an inch in diameter, but occasionally 

 they are rather larger. They constitute a tribe 

 distinct from the true Myrtles, which are equally 

 numerous in South America. With the exception 

 of the Gum trees and two or three small genera, 

 the family consists of small-leaved, evergreen 

 shrubs and trees. Many of them have gor- 

 geously-coloured flowers, and most of them, like 

 the subject of this note, flower very profusely. 

 Among these bearing brilliantly-coloured flowers 



wall and protected by a mat during periods of 

 severe fro ts. When it is desired to have 

 very small plants in flower, the best way is to 

 propagate them by cuttings of the current sea- 

 son's shoots, taken just as they become slightly 

 woody, for, if too succulent, they are apt to damp 

 off. All that is needed is to take off the shoots 

 at a length of about 3 inches, remove the bottom 

 leaves for an inch, and dibble the cuttings into 

 pots filled with sandy soil, and give a good 

 watering. They should be kept close till 

 rooted in a temperature slightly warmer 

 than that in which they have been growing- 



