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a little more to а and symmetry of petal and 
erciaksm, which seems up till 
YER pom main object. I feel al- 
perpetual varieties might 
yet be looked upon favourably n by a 1919 
florist, provided the flower is Ais improved in 
its ge l outline and the petals in the centre 
were formed more like the o: and guard 
petals, instead of standing straight up anc 
crowdec s, such as in a double annual 
oppy. 
THE GARDENERS’ 
petual Carnation, the ideals of the tw 
present so widely — that it is shee Ne 
са em to ег etition, such as m 
St. l else ине 
since 
7 yer aske e 
% for the best Carn: ой, both kin ds in- 
cluded during the same perio he matter was 
entirely different. Being ontnumbered P8 
[Photograph by E. J. Wallis. 
Fic. 15.—САТАГРА SPECIOSA IN FLOWER. 
arket flower оп account of its at 
floriferous habit, and. possessing more 
e old Clove scent than the gener Af. run 
““ Borders," on the = of variety of colour- 
ing it is, however, a long way behin d 
has not 7 
tless m 
to be the hn. гете кч so far to 
yellow кы I look upon the colour of the ieee 
у ipd yellow. 
g tne Border with the Per- 
giv but withou 
trust, deny audible mater 
when rned the fol- 
course, 
m and, 
uel arose 
T e—an rant 
g these months it reigns [n ear is 
match fo or с border Carnation during June, 
Jay. and Augus 
CHRONICLE 
[Jury 19, 1919. 
Had t the vase of “borders " which competed af 
with the rana Carnation for the smaller 
ed a : 
а 
eii conta an equal Xe er of 
blooms, I sees or we amy two fellow udges, 
who were both, in the firsta bri e, “perp Um 
fanciers, would have decided? 
© pies) ле and in sympati ith the 
ws of Е. T ais J hav ve no “hesitation in 
saying f a florist's point of view, there 
is still only one Onan ution for us. Р. Me rton. 
TREES AND SHRUBS, 
CATALPA SPECIOSA. 
IE WESTERN d 
LTHOUGH it is now many years since Catalpa 
"ng. 15) w was introduced to this coum= 
tr 7 р —— fre 
pas ice t to ден its place in gar rdens 
ing tree. if, hav now re айный Ше 
blossoming | age, 3f continues to flower xm 
it i 
о i * 2 
he year when it has but few rivals 
т а fortnight or three weeks 
le ngthens the Catalpa 
ear King 
ory oo 
season 
Ww yd 'в emple at jte "Hue ein a ve 
show 
= 
| as E ES 1 а вр 06 ee eee „ОО eo ee E 
It p ; to confuse this Ca wi 
e olde and better known О. bignonioides un- | 
es of each kind are growing near enc ones E 
сошратоп, kom esides Lu arlier оз: В 
it may be —— out ol flower || 
lo 
of vi Bes dime 
the lower lo be. The re 
not UN thicker "had al 
pencil. The tree, a ong ive of them 
S. and S.E. United States, is more erect à 
h the 
state, according to Prof, Sarge 
120 s t. high, with a trunk over 4 
oduces a very valuable 
i 1ameter. 
ка st with : |. 
ee gate posts, еШ 
wn to has ve р. H "P 
2 det groans) See 50 to 100 ye B | 
[ 
HARDY FLOWER BORDER. | 
М 
LYCHNIS CHALCEDONICA ^ 
Tuis old flower is again in bloom, ‘<a looking * 
that delightful little book, Stray Leaves їй 
from a Border Garden, I have been i rested ® 
in what Mrs Tae ome says of it under ү 
а f July This is written shortly befor 
i d poe a ci he 
carlet Lychnis n 
or лге, but беер 
i Mes: h 
"bie The au 
heard before. 
Flower of Constantinople, B r h 
Maltese Cro Mrs. Hom Speki n old saw E 
“Тһе а Тус garden’s pride, " 
Flames at St. John the A бту ao А 
voted much notice to the ited 
but within late years it has been less саттай 
Yet its brilliant scarlet a a goods 
on stems from high, are By Fr 
siderable effect in the herbaceous "bor 
A bead. чиш for the 
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d 
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The do 
P Чой « days, and ar req 
especially those who exhibit at "ir 
when a good bin ch of the double Scarlet Lydi 
