

March 16. 1912.] 



THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE 



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THE 



timers' Cbromrle 



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No. 1,316— SATURDAY, March 16, 1912. 



CONTENTS. 



Dr. 



American notes — 

 Retirement of 

 Trelease 



Anthemis Cupaniana ... 



Aphyllanthes monspeli- 

 ensis 



Batsford 



Books, notices of — 

 British Fern Gazette 

 British Violets 

 The Everyday Uses of 

 Portland Cement ... 

 The Plums of New 

 York 



Brambles, Chinese 



Bulb garden, the— 

 Lilies 



Calder, Mr. C. C, ap- 

 pointment of 



Carnation conference ... 



Celery, •» leaf- spot " of 



Crocuses at Hampton 

 Court gardens 



Currant bud-mite, the ... 



Flowers in season 



Fodder plant, a new ... 



Foreign correspondence 



Habenaria conopsea 

 alba 



Yucca Whipplei 



Genetics, Balfour Pro- 

 fessorship of 



International Horticul- 

 tural Exhibition 

 Ireland, notes from 

 L.C.C. Parks Commit- 

 tee, the 



Manchester, horticul- 

 ture in 



Obituary 



Hampton, George ... 



165 

 174 



173 

 163 



171 

 170 



172 



167 

 165 



164 



171 

 171 

 172 



173 



174 



171 

 172 



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167 

 167 



171 



172 

 173 



172 



170 



178 



Orange, a hardy 



Orchid notes and glean- 

 ings— 

 Cattleya Gudrun 

 Dendrobium Golden 



Ray superbum 

 Loelio-Cattleya norma 

 Odontoglossum Vul- 

 can Crawshayanum 



Plant and animal pig- 

 ments 



Saxifraga lantoscana ... 



Scotland, notes from ... 



Smith, Mr. W. W., ap- 

 pointment of 



Societies- 

 Horticultural Club ... 

 Manchester & North 



of England Orchid 



National Dahlia 



Royal Horticultural... 



(Scientific Committee) 



Scottish Horticultural 



United Horticultural 

 Benefit and Provi- 

 dent 



Soil, sewage sickness in 

 Solanum jasminoides ... 

 Tomatos, glasshouses 



for 



Trees and shrubs — 



Berberis Bealei 

 Vienna Horticultural 



Society 



Week's work, the — 



Flower garden, the... 



Fruits under glass ... 



Hardy fruit garden ... 



Kitchen garden, the... 



Orchid houses, the ... 



Plants under glass ... 



170 



164 



164 

 164 



172 

 174 

 173 



171 

 170 



175 

 176 

 170 

 174 

 175 



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 170 

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168 

 168 

 168 

 169 

 168 



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ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Brambles, some Chinese ^ 



Hampton, George, portrait of the late 



Orange, Japanese 



Rose bowl presented by Rutland and Leicestershire at 

 the International Horticultural Exhibition 



kudus lasiostylus, 167 ; R. Playfairii 



Saxifraga cochlearis growing on rocks near Tenda ... 



166 



178 



171 



172 

 165 

 174 



BATSFORD. 



< 



HEN Lord Redesdale inherited the fair 



in hand by Lord Redesdale and his clever gar- 

 dener, the late Mr. John Garrett (who died at a 

 comparatively early age in September of last year, 



The Bamboo Garden. 



The situation of this famous collection of 

 Bamboos illustrates the fact that the planter 



after having left Batsford only a few months thoroughly understood the conditions which lead 



to success in the cultivation of these graceful 



e seen a great variety 



previously). The greater portion of the very 

 extensive pleasure grounds must then have been 

 pasture land, rising up 200 feet above the 

 high-lying mansion, which is 700 feet above 

 sea level, and commands a wide view of 

 the Warwickshire hills, ten miles away, across 

 the roofs of the Moreton-in-Marsh houses. The 

 mansion, which was built by the present owner, 

 in 1889, of local stone, in the Tudor style of 

 architecture, is a spacious and comfortable resi- 

 dence. The interior contains many curios from 

 China and Japan, but with these and the beauti- 

 ful old oak panelling we have no present concern. 

 The outer walls have their lower portions covered 

 with Crataegus Pyracantha, Magnolia grandi- 

 flora, Clematis and Roses, and the .south front has 

 a narrow border, which in season is filled 

 with the pleasantly-scented Heliotrope. Flower 

 gardening plays a small part in the scheme of 

 gardening at Batsford; the terrace in front of 

 the house is of mown grass, with a row of fine 

 Juniperus communis var. fastigiata bordering 



plants, 

 of 



Here 



hardy 



may 

 Bamboos 



b 



luxuriating 



the rich 



in 



heavy loam of a plateau some 800 feet above 

 sea level, and securely screened by tall trees 

 from the cutting winds which are apt to 

 spoil their foliage. A huge clump of the giant 

 Phyllostachys fastuosa, growing on the edge of 

 the stream, has pushed up its tall, strong culms 



to an unusual height. 



Close 



group 

 its 



of the 



by is 



Arundinaria 



a dense 



pearance 

 stantly belies. 



give 

 which its 



it an ap- 



m- 



graceful Arundinaria nitida; 

 slender, arched plumes 



of delicacy whicn us vigour 



So huge is this clump that at 

 first sight the length of the stems is not ap- 

 parent, whilst on the other hand the tall, slim 

 culms of Phyllostachys viridi-glaucescens, which 

 are more thinly disposed, appear to be even 

 taller than 



flexuosa, 



they 

 with its 



really 

 small 



are. Phyllostachys 

 leaves and arched 



164 the broad gravel walk. 



few flower 



At the west end there 



are a 



growths, contrasts finely with the tall, golden 

 canes of P. nigra var. Castillonis, Arundinaria 

 spathiflora so much like A. nitida, but differ- 



beds, and some standard ing in that the canes are more pendu i ous> and 



Roses, but Batsford relies on a broader and less 

 formal style of gardening. The great charm of 

 Batsford lies in its surprises, 

 that tiresome " 



Without being of 

 serpentine " nature, so beloved 

 of a certain school of landscape gardeners, the 



of a pinkish colour, is here a beautiful 



The fine clump of A. 



men 



attention ; this dwarf gem is 

 with the tall Phyllostachys 

 golden-caned P. sulphurea, 



speci- 

 auricoma compels 

 in sharp contrast 



The tall, 



of 



aurea. 

 with 



walks are pleasantly winding, seemingly direct ° reen running "dow7'thT"cane S) Ys" anotW in- 

 withal, and each length presents a complete testing species ; whilst a little further on the 



picture. No two portions are alike, 

 the whole is harmonious. The few 



and 



Oaks and 



is 

 Beeches 



principally — which 



already of good size, were retained, 

 the pleasure grounds appear older than 

 really are. On the left of the upward 



yet 

 trees — 

 were 

 hence 

 they 

 walk 



enthusiastic young head gardener, Mr. Gardiner, 

 whom the present occupier of Batsford — Gran- 

 ville Farquahar, Esq. — brought with him, 

 pointed out three seedling plants of Phyllo- 

 stachys nigra var. punctata growing freely on 

 the site of a large plant which flowered and 



164 there is a tumbling hillside stream which, died a few years a[?0# But to note each of the 



171 although it almost dried up during the exceptional Bamboos which grow well would be to make a list 



summer of last year, is a very valuable asset. To c f nearly all the species which can be grown 

 enhance the quasi-mountainous appearance of the out-of-doors. So we pass on upwards, noting as 

 slope, Lord Redesdale caused enormous numbers we go the many interesting trees and shrubs 

 of boulders to be embedded in its sides, and he which border the way ,• the young vigorous Abies 

 planted it with suitable species of plants and lasiocarpa, a Cedrus deodara, with pendulous 

 shrubs. Here we find, besides varieties of Iris, branchlets and a multitude of *hort, erect flower - 

 Rodgersias, with foliage suggestive of enormous buds on the previous year's growths, and a huge 

 Horse-Chestnut leaves; Saxifraga peltata, with bush of Daphniphyllum glaucescens, with broad, 

 stout, creeping root-stocks ; many kinds of Spiraea shining, Laurel-like leaves and red mid-ribs. A 

 (including Astilbe), both herbaceous and shrubby ; Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba), which is growing 

 Osmunda regalis, with the gigantic fronds which away straight and strong, arrested our attention, 

 ripen into a telling brownness; and in the re- for this interesting conifer does not always be- 

 cesses beyond the far bank of the stream are have so kindly. Then there is a promising ex- 

 groups of such Conifers as Juniperus Sabina, a ample of Juglans regia laeiniata, with its pretty 



flat-topped Tsuga canadensis var. pendula, and 

 possession of Batsford he found little the erect-growing Cupressus Lawsoniana 



foliage, near a large clump of Rosa rubrifolia, 

 which is so much at home that seedlings are 

 in the shape of gardens, but ample Allumii, which gives a fine impression of dis- springing up around the parent tree. Another 



var. 



for his great talents as a 



Lord Redesdale is known 



having 



scope 

 landscape gardener, 

 to the world in general as 

 the British Ambassador in Japan and at St. 

 Petersburg, and to gardeners in particular as an 

 enthusiastic horticulturist, and an authority on 

 the Japanese Bamboos. When the history of gar- 

 dening in the Victorian era comes to be written, 

 it will be seen how much our gardens have gained 

 from the introduction of the Japanese Bamboos, 



tance when, as is here the case, it is well placed. 



Pool " 



Access to the " Sisters' 



been by a sacred Chinese dog of 



is guarded 

 ferocious ap- 

 pearance. The fore-paws of this weird ex- 

 ample of eastern art rest on an inlaid porcelain 

 globe, which is said to have stood out-of-doors 

 for 1,200 years, yet the rich colours, especi- 

 ally the blues and vermilion, are as bright as 



the work was finished 



large bed contains Rosa lucida. Soon we reach 

 the further limit of these 40 acres of pleasure 

 grounds, where w r e find a cave of huge, flat stones 

 an ugly thing, on which I gladly turn my back 

 to seek the more interesting Japanese garden, its 

 small stone bridge nearly hidden by Wistaria mul- 

 tijuga and fine strong clumps of Funkia japonica. 

 In the background is a tall Hollv. covered 



though tne worK w r as 



On the other side of the walk which rises be- 



yesterday, with Clematis vitalba. 



a tan Holly, 

 Our now downwards 



way leads through a curved pergola, 80 yards 



and the names of three distinguished amateurs, fore us, clearances were made, and large semi- long, well furnished with Roses, Vitis Henryana, 



or patrons of gardening, as the early Victorian 



writer would have more euphoniously styled them, 



will 



wild beds planted with such subjects as the Ger- 

 man Iris, Kniphofia (Tritoma) caulescens, 



prominent in connection with the ex- breadth of Erica carnea, two acres in extent, 



tended culture of these graceful hardy plants. 

 These are, the gentleman mentioned, who, before 

 his elevation to the peerage by the late King 

 Edward, was known to horticulturists as Mr. 

 Freeman-Mitford, the late Mr. Jonathan Rash- 

 leigh, of Menabilly, and Lord Barrymore, of Fota 

 Island. 



Aristolochia Sipho and Clematis montana rubens. 



Japanese Rest-house. 



High up on the hill-side Lord Redesdale 

 placed a rest-house in the style of the buildings 

 hu^e bed contains Magnolia conspicua and M. which the Japanese erect on mountain sides. 



amongst which countless numbers of Daffodils and 

 Anemone appenina herald the spring. Another 



parviflora, w r ith the dwarfer M. stellata in the 

 foreground. As might well be expected, the 

 Japanese Maples are favourite shrubs ; in this rich 



From the porch there is a magnificent 



view of the neighbouring country. As nothing 

 Japanese seems to be complete without an inscrip- 

 tion, so over the entrance to the rest-house is 

 When one sees Batsford now, it is difficult to a wealth of warm colouring when seen in the near inscribed a proverb, which may be translated 



soil they have grown to be of good size, and yield 



Picture the gardens as they were when first taken distance through the trunks of the taller trees. 



Man 



