3£abch 23, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



235 



is any danger of rabbits 



will ■ 



da 



hares doing 



enclose 



to 



or 



nage^ it wiii be neoessai^ 

 the oeds with wire netting. The carnation 

 mao^got is very trouiblesome in many dis- 

 tricts during the early summer, and if not 

 destroyed caus-es much damage. It is ne- 

 cessary to carefully examine the plants 

 occasionally to exterminate this pest. 



As growth advances and the flower spikes 

 are produced, support must be afforded. 

 Galvanised wires will be found most suit- 

 able for this purpose, and inconspicuous ; 

 but the t-op end must be turned round to 



hurt occurring when 



prevent any 



the flowers. 



ing 



req u i red 

 buds must 



occurring 



If large 

 exhibition 



flowers 



pick- 



are 



for exhibition purposes, the 

 be thinned, leaving about 

 three to develop on each spike, and 

 in some instances it is necessary to re- 

 duce the numbers to one. Mulching with 

 decayed manure is beneficial, where the soil 

 is light, during hot, dry 'weather , and tlie 

 plants will need water occasionally. 



Varieties. 



Gascoigne, rich rose edge ; Lady Golightly, 

 heavy crimson edge ; Lucy Glitters, 

 medium rose edge; Mrs. Walter Heriot, 

 very fine, rose edge ; Onward, medium rose 

 edge; and Peregrine^ clear yellow^ rose 

 margin. 



The following will be found suitable for 

 producing an excellent supply of flowers 

 for cutting: Carabas, Mrs. Nichols-on, and 

 RaJby Castle, pinks ; Trojan^ Countess, and 

 White Swan, whites ; Islinglass, scarlet ; 

 Dafi"odiI, yellow ; Triah Pike, dark crim- 

 son ; Mephisto, crimson ; Benbow, buff ; 

 Crimson Clove and Gloire de Nancv are two 

 well-known favourites, and should be grown 

 for the fragrance of their blossoms. 



Gnaton Gardens. E. C. Pooley. 



atmosphere one could grow them in during 

 winter, and in which about only half a dozen 

 varieties of the border carnations would 

 survive. 



The preparation of plants for open air 

 culture is a simple matter. Stock for the 

 purpose may be 

 autumn, 



propagated early in 



cool during the winter 



grown 



months, and planted out about the end of 

 March, weather permitting, in t^he quarters 

 where they are to flower. When the young 

 plants are rooted, and have grown suffi- 

 ciently^ they should }}e pinched or stopped 

 once. I prefer stopping the plants once 

 only, and allowing all other growths to 

 grow away unchecked. If the young plants 

 can l>e giown in five-inch pots before being 



, planted out, the greater prmluction of 



bloom will l)e obtained, but should time 



PERPETUAL CARNATIONS and space not permit of this, tlion they 



may he ])lanted out from three-inch |>ots, 

 A little later propagation will suffi<*e for the 

 a- smaller sizetl pots, but the plants should 



OUT OF DOORS* 



The adaptability of the perpetual 



tion for growing and flowering in the open \w well establishe<l, yet not be checked by 

 Bridegroom, pink ; Cecilia, yellow, large air is now being more generally recognise<l, })eing kept too long in the pot« before being 



;^\--^-r,*H,Mir-i 



TE 



W. GOODFELLOW. 



A beautiful yellow-ground variety, raised by Mr. C. Blick, Hayes, Kent. The flowers are of large size, and the petals have a 



heavy rose edge. 



flower; 



Delicia, white 



. , ground J 



pink and crimson ; Donald MacDonald, yel- 



Daffodr''"^' ^ged and marked crimson 



ked and there is no small probability that tliis 



. good yellow ; 

 ton, deep lavender ; 

 ^nite: Gloriosa, 



George 



Macquay, 



marked 



class will supersede the border varieties, 

 especially when we have raised a few dif- 

 ferent shades of colour in the selfs and also 



in the fancies. 



To introduce this wider 



, -7 -^^^..COt ^IV^VAlXtl JUctiiVt-'U 



a et; Herbert J. Cutbush, scarlet; King 

 I K.it 'i^^ ^^^y Linlithgow, rose! 



u r^T ''Vr*^^"' y^^^^'^' ground, flashed 

 in.k. Mrs :^Iacrae, dark scarlet; Mrs. G. 



^ iu-vi.olds. apncot ; .Alis,s WiUmott, pink : 

 Heiiwood. white. 



range of colour in the perpetual <'arnation 

 the cross-fertilisation necessary might be 

 effected with varieties which we already 



transferred to the flowering quarters. Any 

 surplus young stock could be planted out, 

 and a good supply of flowers will be pro- 

 vided by plants which have flowered in pots, 

 and have to give place to yoimger batches 

 of plants in the houses. 



Choose a border which does not 



any fresh manure at digging time. 



require 

 and, if 



class, 



er 



SITtri^' ''^''^"tifui that 



do^;.. of '-^"d a good baker s 



or varieties 



edg 



consists of : Childe 



Dalkeith 



John 



heavy 

 scarlet- 



Exquisite, light c,v;aiitrL- 



^Met,.hen, deep yellow, light pui^le 

 '"-km'^ng, ^^^^^'^ P-P^^ -dge 



have in the peri>etual swtion, so as to re- 

 tain the perpetual habit now obtained, and 

 not by using pollen from border varieties, 

 or the idtimate object might be defeate<l. 



When one considers the short flowering 

 period which the border carnation gives, it 

 is surprising that the perpetual varieties 

 were not tested earlier, and also that even 

 now the plants are not more utilised for 



outdoor flowering. This may be due to the 



e not 



rose edg 

 ^ wire ed! 



Lady 

 Lady 



idea that the perpetual varieties 

 hardy enough. That they are as hardy as 

 and more so than many of the border car- 

 nations I have repeatedly proved, and the 

 test has been in the worst kind of soil and 



lime is not present in the soil, some should 

 l>e worked in w^hen the ground is prepared. 

 Where it is desired to gather flowers over as 

 long a period as possible it is a good plan 

 to grow the plants where the blooms can 

 be covered at night with tiffany stretched 

 over wires ; this protection may not be 

 necessary in all localities, yet at the same 

 time it is worth the extra trouble, as it 

 keeps the blooms untarnished during heavy 

 dews and rainsf 



Perpetual carnations growing in the open 

 give better stock for propagating than can 

 l^e obtained from pot plants. They require 

 little attention beyond keeping them 



