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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



Januaby 13, 1912. 



Forestier to issue annually a circular letter 

 inviting raisers of roses to send any varie- 

 ties they may wish to he included in the 

 trial to the Ro&eraie de Bagatelle not later 

 than April 15. Five plamts in pots have 

 to be sent of each variety, accompanied by 

 their name, place of origin, and their 

 parentage. The plants are bedded out on 

 their arrival, and grown for two years, and 

 during that period are inspected twice by 

 an international jury. The inspection is 

 made during the month of June in each 

 year, the date being arranged to coincide^ 

 as far as possible, w^ith the period of the 

 roses being at their best. By this arrange- 

 ment the members of the jury are placed in 

 the best possible position for determining 

 the merits of the van'ieties on w^hich they 

 have to express an opinion. They are all 

 grown under the same conditions, the nuin- 



was 



Oberhofgartner 



In 1908 the Bagatelle Gold Med 

 awarded to Rhea Reid (Messrs. E. G. Hill 

 and Co., Richmond, U.S.A.), and silver-gilt 

 I edals to Mrs. Dudley Cross (Messrs. W. 

 Paul and Son, Waltham Cross), Dorothy 

 Page Roberts (Messrs. Alex. Dickson and 

 Sons), Mme. Segond Weber (MM. Soupert 

 et Notting), and Frau 

 Singer (Mr. P. Lambert^ Germany) 



Subsequent to 1908 ' the only medals 



offered have been of gold^ and these have 



been offered in separate classes, one for 



French raised roses and the other for roses 



raised in any country other than Framce. 



The silver-gilt medals were replaced by cer- 

 tificates. 



In 1909 The Bagatelle Gold Medal for 

 roses raised in France was conferred upon 

 the Lyon Rose (M. Pernet-Ducher), and 

 that for roses from other countries to Mme 



her of plants obviates the risk incidental Segond Weber (MM. Soupert et Notting). 



THE SUNDIAL AT 



SOMERLEYTON HALL 



Occupying a prominent position in tne 

 flower gatrden on the western side of the 

 mansion, the handsome sundial contributes 

 so materially both to the interest and at- 

 tractiveness of the wondrously beautiful 

 scene that our illustrations of the gardens 

 of Somerleyton Hall would have been in- 

 coniplete had they not included a represen- 

 tation of it. Appreciating this fact, when 

 visiting the gardens, we had an illustration 

 prepared, and this we intended using with 

 the others in our issue of the 6th inst., but 

 the great pressure on our space prevented 

 this being done. We have now the plea- 

 sure of giving the picture, and we have no 

 doubt that our reader^ will readily appre- 

 ciate the object-lesson it affords on the 



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THE 



AT SOMERLEYTON HALL. 



[Photo: H. N Kin-. 



to trials in which there is but one plant of 

 each variety, and the jury have an oppor- 

 tunity of seeing them two seasons in which 

 the climatic conditions may differ greatly, 

 as, for example, in 1910 and 1911. The 

 first season after planting it is not easy 

 to determine the merits of novelties .so 

 exactly as could be wishe<l, but in the 

 second year it is possible to form an esti- 

 mate sufficiently near for practical pur- 

 poses of the habit of growth, freedom of 

 flowering, and the quality of blooms. Dur- 

 ing the period over which the trials have 



extende<l, the following roses have received 

 awards : 



In 1907 the Bagatelle Gold Medal was 

 awarded to rquise de Sinety, <M. Pernet- 

 Duclu^r Lyon^l anrl Mme. Edmond Sablav- 

 rolk^ (AI Honn:nto, Lyons'). Mmo. Constant 

 Soupert (MM Soupert et Nottiiirr. Luxem- 

 bourg), and M 



Dickson 



Alex 



were commended- 



IS. Peter 



a nd Son s, N o w t o w n a rd s) 



Blair (Messrs 



No gold medal was awarded in 1910 but 



Certificates of Bagatelle were conferred 



iipon the following roses: Molly Sharman 



Crawford (Messrs. Alex. Dickson and Sons), 



MadUe. Mane Mascuraud (M. Bernaix 



Lyoiis), Lady Alice Stanley (Messrs.' 



McGreedy and Sons, Portadown), and Com- 



mandeur Jules Gravereaux (M. Croibies 

 Lyons) . 



Last year (1911) was more prolific in good 

 varieties, or the weather that was experi- 

 enced m Paris was more favourahle to 

 roses, for two gold medals were awarded 

 and several certificates. The several 

 awards won- A Bacratolle Gokl Medal to 

 B*^aute de Lyon (M. Pernet-Ducher) and to 

 Jonkher J. C. Mook (Mr. Leenders Hol- 

 la.nd), and ciMtitiiatcs to Viscountess En- 

 field (M. Pernet-DiK'her), May Miller 

 (Messrs. E. G. Hill and Co.), William 

 Speed (:\re.ssrs. Alex. Dickson and Sons), 

 and Desire Beigeia (MM, Barbier et Cie, 

 Orleans). 



value of a tastefully designed sundial in 

 garden scenery of a moi^e or less formal 

 character_ 



G 



revillea alpina.— As a foliage 



plant Grevillea robusta is well known, but 

 those species whose beauty depends princi- 

 pally upon their flowers are much less in evi- 

 dence. That under notice forms a little 

 dense bush^ whose flowers, borne in clusters 

 at the points of the shoots, are rosy-red 

 tipped with yellow, and borne throughout 

 the winter months.— W. T. 



Zonal Pelargonium Paul 



one 



ram 



eiargonium 



Apart from its being 



/ — ^x-piii L irom ITS oemg on« 



ot the best of all the bright coloured zonal 

 pelargoniums for summer bedding, this is 

 also good for winter flowering. Of course, 

 it needs to be specially grown for this pur- 

 pose. Th3 salmon-coloured sport therefrom 

 )s now l>ecomingf generally distributed, and 

 IS liked by many, llie d'ouble form, which 

 wa« SO much boomed, I personally am not 

 an admirer of.— W. 



