VOL. LV.— No. 3,038. 



SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1912. 



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THE 



GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



t 



'J 



NOTE OF THE WEEK. 



in 



this 



3'ears edition of the pnhlication 

 mentioned differs materially from the one 

 it contained. 



raiana roses 

 favour 



The 



New Garden Flowers. 



At all times the names and descriptions 

 of new plants possessing sufficient merit to 



obtain awards from one or other of the tions of 



say^ ten years ago. 

 latter consisted almost exclusively of varie- 

 ties that were of value for the production 

 of specimen blooms for exhibition, ivhereas 

 the present list contains goodly 



fully 



principal societies are of much interest to 

 those who fully appreciate the charm of 

 novelty, both in the plant house and gar- 

 den. 



when the whole of the gains for 



si ngle-flow^ere<l 



and 



propor- 

 decorative 



had aw'ards made in their 

 , and their promise^ as in the case 

 of tile other varieties of last year^ 

 justify the distinctions they received. The 

 list of new dahlias that olDtained recogni- 

 tion from the National Dahlia Society and 

 the Rojal Horticultural Society is 

 special interest from the fact that it 



of 



varieties now so highly appreciated for the 



supply of flow^ers for beautifying indoor few wanting in popularity. 



IS 



lengthy, and dahlias are supposed bv not a 



The dahlia 



a given 



apartments. - Roses rank numerically next does not enjoy the sam>e degi-ee of popu- 

 But they are ^especially^ interesting to the chrysanthemums, but, notwithstand- larity as the rose or the sweet pea, but the 

 1.^1 _ _c ^ _ : ^j^^ length of the list, it only contains trade in the plants of varieties in general 



. cultivation is annually very 



' ' " ' . ' ' " hirge, and it is reasonable to 



] ■ . . ' ' to assume that, if there was 



* i , , _ not a fairly brisk demand 



for novelties, the raisers 

 would be less activ e in their 



the new^ edition 



period are brought together 

 and arranged in alphabeti- 

 ral order, as, for example, 

 in the ''Gardening Year 

 Book, 

 which 

 hand 

 of 



cultivators have not only an 

 opportunity of making selec- 

 t.ons of varieties that, from 

 the descriptions, appear 

 likely to be the best adapted 



to their requirements, but 

 they can 



Gardening 



of 



is already in the 

 s of many thousands 

 horticulturists. Here 



production. 



Last 



readily institute 



comparisons 

 different 



between the 



More- 



varieries. 



over, l)y a survey of the com- 

 plete list of novelties, they 

 can determine the trend of 



public taste in relation to 

 the 



garden, and form 



a 



fairly correct estimate of the 

 dnection which the activi- 

 t'os of raisers are taking. 

 At the present time it is the 

 j general opinion that, exclud- 

 "ig the orchids 

 greatest 



' shown " 

 of 



energy 



by far the 



is being 



in the improvemeiitt 

 hnrdy and 

 llf^wers that 



[J^lapted for l)eautif^Ang the 

 » liower ^^vAc.^ „ ^j^^ 



half-hardy 

 ai-e especially 



garden during 



i yv^M'al seasons of the year. 

 I J lie ■ - ^ 



for 



new garden 



of the 



list of 



»fl"^vers, which, as "usual, 

 ms so important a feature 



'M)war.1, ^/'■'^^'^/"g Year Book," contains 

 ,^ imards of one hundred and fifty varieties 



'«--ards'or;n;l,t^'''"''^'' certificates or 

 'yoar!' 'T"''' ^"Iture tTn-o^gLut' the 



twenty varieties 



year 

 received 



awaids. and it is satisfac- 

 torv to I'ecord the fact that 

 several of the new race 

 of collarette varieties ob- 

 tained distinction. This is 

 satisfactory as evidence that 

 the authorities on the dahlia 

 are beginning to fully recog- 

 nise their responsibilities, 

 and to give a welcome to all 

 varieties of merit, no matter 

 to what cl ass t h ey m ay 

 belong. It is gratifying 

 also to have evidence that 

 the importance of fretxlom 

 of flowering and long rigid 

 stalks are essential in the 

 case of cactus varieties in- 



tended for 



garden 



decora- 



MR. GEOE(.iE KI:LF. 



tion, for not until we have 

 a goodly number of vari'e- 

 ties capable of producing 

 rich cx)lour effects will the 



cactus dahlia take the posi- 

 tion it should occupy. Car- 

 nations appear to have 

 no way suffered from 

 severe competition of roses, 

 sweet neas. and othei 



m 

 the 



peas, 



favourite flowers, for there 



about half the number of varieties that are were three exhibitions in London^ and 



contained in the enumeration of the pie- 



ceding flowers. 



I foil 



lish fr 



<nv the lists of 



and of these less than a should be sufladent to satisfy the needs of 



rosarians, and all wdio are conceriuHl with 

 roses have full justification foi 



The number of new^ roses the course of the past N^ear 



eighteen new varieties received awards in 



The border 



Those of our readers who closely 



feeling 



and perpetual-flowering varieties were very 

 evenly balanced, and both classes w^ere 

 greatly enriched by the novelties added to 



new plants that we pub- proud of the splendid success that has been them. TJie niiml) ^r of sweet peas that ol>- 



time to time will not be surpi-ised 

 »'niuns wliidr^-^-':' -mnber of chrysanthe- 



>^^<"-n that tlie n 



achieved in tliis country in the raising of tained recognition during the year 



I 



rece ved awards exceeds that 

 other ch^ss of flowers 



3-''=>te;;,.r;:",;"^'-^^^- - si,ows that 



any 



niav 



Thij 



s IS a 



''^K <-xhihiti""" \T "if^ regard 



eal^h^mum CO r''''';"'' ''^*'^^' chrysan- 



1 ai,tj. The 1 St that has a place 



new varieties. As for some years past 

 hybrid teas greatly pre<lominate, and on 

 two of these — Mrs. R. Draper and Mrs. 

 Sam Ross — the National Rose Society con- 

 ferred its eold medal. Only two 



small 



was 

 of 



Only 

 obtained 



new 



recogni- 



hybrid perpetual 



tion, and one of these — George Dickson 

 was awarded the gold medal by the society 



as compared with new vai ieties 

 some other classes of flow<M-s, but nine 

 really first-cias> noAcltics whi-h these new 

 sweet i>eiis unquestionably are in one year 

 should be sufficient to satisfy the large and 

 ever-increasing body of growers of these 

 fragrant flowers. The seven new rliodo- 

 dendrons that have a place in the ''Gar- 



mentioned. 



Two 



English-raised 



Wichii- denine: Year Book " list are remarkable for 



