SEPTEMBER 20, 1919.] 
ROSE INDEPENDENCE DAY. 
new Rose illustrated in Fig. 72 was 
led the National Rose Society’s Gold 
Med: Ч e 9th inst he variety had pr 
viously received a Certificate of Merit from the 
same Society on July 4, 19 when shown by 
the raisers, Messrs. Bees, Б а small 
Hybrid Tea variet of fre ish 
owth, producin нна, of small * shapely 
blooms of a rich orange tinted yellow, the u 
opened buds bein ec with red. The 
foliage is small an lossy and provides 
pleasing setting to the a е owers, which 
re more highly pointed in centre than 
othe Ag Reet ty such as Golden Emblem. 
In hi arks on the autumn exhibition ot 
the National. Rose oy) in the last is 
issue our 
reporter stated that it ана. connected 
with the e" up which ess e well-known 
m mer к ses and that Independence 
as showing the centr 1 
f this pos v Hose ee to take 
a onounced pointed 5 
CULTURAL MEMORANDA. 
ANNUALS FOR PRESENT SOWING 
ANNUALS for enhous 
nd 
сонни Serine w intr and edes pius тит 
be sown at once. If they ате liberally treated 
the Зоте varieties will provide a fine display 
of bloom from early in the New Year until May 
and June sia Suttonii т а ga ge at 
subject " growing in ts— of 
diameter being quite large enough due the “final 
shift. Nicotiana affinis hybr well repay goo 
cultivation, and may be roseus in 6-inch p 
The Schizanthus is a beautiful plant when well 
grown, a is usef ying cut 
blooms and for conservatory decoration. Speci- 
mens potted finally in 7 or 8-inch pots in rich 
ompost will make plants from three feet 
igh; I have had them six feet tall and well 
branched. С 'ysanthemum ‘Morning Star" 
does remarkably well; the flowers > of a 
ettractive primrose colour, and th last well 
when cut hlox “Purity " should not be over- 
1 еа ; it may be had in bloom at almost any 
time of the. yea. The flow эреп creamy 
ЖЫ, turning to pure white. Wm. Hodson, 
Earlswood Court Gardens, Warwick 
HARDY FLOWER BORDER. 
en CHAUXIA CAMPANULOIDES 
Ое the species of Michauxia recognised by 
the Index tao the earliest to be ШО duced 
is still by far although 
t 7 
g although it is 
tivated. It was introduced by "Нені ti 
the Levant in the year 1787, ana ve fused 
in the Botanical ке ine, Vol. V tab, 219. 
The plate gives ood idea of an ‘individual 
flower with tw inopene buds on the stem, 
WO 
together with a ^ but this does not, | of. course, 
show the sta ately habit of this 
ner 
was 
greenhouse 
speaks of having s 
in Ф 
. 
SA 
= 
Маз. tab. 3 
The biennial а of М. campanuloides has 
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151 
greatly militated nat its popularity 
еј d also Ri 
ripen se fr 
do not ste retain 
or amateur gardeners. 
bie pane do not before their 
third fourth year. Yet the Michauxia is 
a striking plant when well grown flowered 
fev 
ч 
v 
and a specimens in the border or a 
conservatory command much admiration. 
" e: form api grown as a greenhouse biennial, 
i eally агау plant and is finer when 
treated as Sich provided that it can be cultivated 
in a good, sandy loam of considerable depth, an = 
vell manured. Weli develo qms E ar 
sometimes as much as eig t in height у 
ght gh 
if well branched, have a Ea appearance. 
The plant likes a warm situation and a sheltered 
— ROSE 
and rH always 
are best 
one, Baie uim = can los. giv en, 
ey are to | doe 
and. effecti pes as hes Mid anxia desery es 
the considerati of tl I OW 
flowers not seen every dam. m bred 
NOTICES OF BOOKS. 
e Kitchen Garden 
gather from the introduction 
E om that the 
ie of ames MON, 8 book* is to r 
nake known 
to a wider public the general principles of vege- 
table culture as set forth in Professor Gressent's 
French work. 
One of the main differences between Prof. 
Gressent’s system and that of the normal British 
garden lays in the water supply. If an abundant 
supply of water is available all may go 1 
but many small gardens, not to say 
if, as 
allotments, on ida a limited quantity is obtainable, 
eginner who покере to say rof. 
Оен в system will come to gr For 
cannot трай ea seed 
= 
example, one 
Fic. 72. INDEPEN DEN( 
(National йа Society’s Gold Medal, 
Septe хек г Y 1919.) 
ling vegetables, nor is it ac Ta » put stable 
manuré ag in e surface lay of the soil, 
unless one can wate ely. The pA is vital, 
think the sep should pue lrawn the 
s attention to the usi the inal 
chapte er, which is entitled * Gener: al Principles. 
e fir e in t 
the disi ‘mil de area,’ 
area of 40 sq. rods is deemed 
from which five people can 
vegetables 
patible, 
the minin 
be kept supplied wit. th 
The two things do not seem com- 
1um 
The Ki ана Garden and it 
Abridged and adapted from Prof, 
БИ, UN additions, by — 
Selwyn and Blount, London. 1s. 
бачата 
ат s French 
Се" tt. 90 pp. 
