Octaber 31, 1878. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 329 
Duchesse de Morny 
Madame Furtado 
63. Victor Verdier 67. 
64. Centifolia Rosea 68. 
65. Madame C. Joigneaux 69. Madame Hippolyte Jamain 
Alice Dureau 70, Devyoniensis 
66.4 Reine du Midi 71. Souvenir dun Ami 
La Ville de St. Denis 72. Comtesse de Nadaillac 
T have arrived now at the completion of my task. In spite 
of errors and shortcomings I trust it may still be of some use 
to intending beginners of Rose-exhibiting ; and although we 
cannot expect that all in the list of seventy-two varieties will 
be found universally useful, yet of this I am convinced, that 
very many amongst them are not robbers even to the garden 
Rose fancier; while to him who would succeed in the rosy 
contests of 1879 the large majority of those named in the lists 
are absolutely necessary, and will, brought to the highest state 
of perfection by skill, soil, and climate, charm the eye of the 
ignorant by their beauty, and arrest the fiat of the judges by 
their intrinsic exhibition qualities. 
Once again in conclusion I tender very heartily my best 
thanks to all the voters for the help afforded me by their lists, 
begging them to receive these thanks collectively which time 
forbids me to send to each individually, and wishing to each 
of them some share of success in future contests with the Roses 
of their choice. After all those Roses are the best with each 
of us which prove to be Al on the day of exhibition, and which 
‘these may be is somewhat of a lottery ; and hence most will 
require seventy-two varieties to stage forty-eight, a fact that 
large growers occasionally experience and smaller frequently 
learn to their cost. And thus to exhibitors and readers adieu. 
—JOSEPH HINTON, Warminster. 
THE VALUE OF PEAR WALLS. 
DULL, cold, and wet was the spring, abundant the blossom 
on the fruit trees, giving rise to a passing gleam of hope—only 
a passing gleam, for hope of a crop of fruit vanishes before a 
succession of biting north-eastern gales, and it is only to trees 
upon walls of very genial aspect and in snug cosy corners that 
we could then turn for any signs of swelling fruit. Hard measure | | 
has Dame Nature dealt out to us during the last three or four | 
springs, and well for us will it be if we can turn to account 
‘the stern lessons she has taught us. Weigh the matter well, 
regard it in all its bearings, and the result is inevitable of the 
supreme importance of shelter for insuring crops of Pears. 
Of an extensive collection of Pears which I planted some 
six or seven years ago some were put inside a garden, others in 
an orchard, and others against walls of various aspects. Of 
all these trees, some hundreds in number, none have a good 
crop this season except those upon a wall facing the west, 
where the fruit of Passe Colmar, Beurré Clairgeau, Fondante 
@Automne, and Beurré Rance is abundant and fine. The tree 
of Beurré Clairgeau on this wall invariably has a crop, and 
this year its fruit will be of especial service, not one of its 
representatives in the orchard having any. Of other sorts on 
this wall Williams’ Bon Chrétien, Maréchal de Cour, Doyenné 
du Comice, and Glou Mor¢eau have very little fruit, simply 
because they have made such robust growth annually since 
they were planted that blossom buds come more slowly upon 
them, but then when the trees do come into bearing the fruit 
will be much finer than it would had the roots been mutilated 
to induce a premature formation of blossom buds ; and’ I am 
not only content to wait, but also anticipate an annual supply 
of fruit eventually from every-tree in this fayourable position 
—favourable not merely for shelter in spring, but for ripening 
the wood growth in autumn—a matter of vital importance. 
‘Without this wall I should have had very few Pears this year, 
and Icommend it to the notice of all fellow sufferers who, 
although they may have no spare wall for fruit trees, yet pro- 
bably have some sunny sides of outbuildings not yet turned to 
account.—HDWARD LUCKHURST. 
CARPET BEDDING AT HAMPTON COURT. 
A STRIKING example is afforded at Hampton Court of what 
may be termed the lasting beauty of carpet beds. Long after 
the regular flower beds were divested of their attractions, and 
even when the herbaceous borders assumed a “seedy” appear- 
ance, the carpet beds remained bright and ornamental. This 
fresh appearance of the beds, however, has been secured by 
artificial means. The beds are 24 feet by 12, and for each a 
canvas cover was provided, the cover being spread over the 
beds at night, and secured to pegs driven in the turf. Mr. 
‘Graham’s object was to preserve the freshness of the beds 
until November, and he has, except in the case of a few panels, 
such as Alternantheras, succeeded in that object. In future 
years the beauty of the beds will be still further prolonged, 
stocks of hardy low-growing plants suitable to this popular 
style of garden ornamentation being increased as rapidly as 
Fig. 53.—Carpet bed at Hampton Court. 
7. Mesembryanthemum cordifolium 
variegatum. Woden, 
8. Alternanthera magnifica. 
9. Alternanthera paronychyoides. 
10. Antennaria tomentosa. 
11. Sedum glaucum. 
Echeyeria metallica. 
Pachyphyton bracteosum. 
Leucophyton Brownii. 
Semperviyum montanum. 
Abutilon vexillarium variegatum. 
. Echeveria secunda glauca. 
Sob eee 
possible. Even now a great portion of the plants employed 
are hardy or nearly so ; indeed were it otherwise a sufficient 
number of plants for filling such large beds could not be raised 
with the extremely limited extent of glass at disposal. 
In the bed, of which a diagram is submitted, hardy and 
tender plants are associated, the arrangement and finish of 
the bed constituting an admirable example of artistic leaf 
embellishment, for, as will be seen by reference to the mode of 
planting, no flowers are employed in the bed. The diagram 
is engraved because it is an excellent one, and because we 
have been requested to submit a plan adaptable to beds of the 
same shape as the one figured. 
The carpet beds at Hampton Court and also in the London 
