Apeil 20, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



319 



NEW ROSE, MRS. C REED, 



This appears to be a most promising new 

 hybrid tea rose, ami certainly it is a fine 

 one for forcing. The flowers are of laige 

 size, and fine form, full, broad petalled, and 

 extremely beautiful. Tlie colour is creamy- 

 buff ^ exquisitely suffused with pink, form- 

 ing an art shade that costumiers are sure 

 to imitate quickly. The flowers are borne 

 on long stout stems, and the foliage sug- 

 gests that the rose has a good constitution. 



HARDY PINKS. 



These popular old favourites provide a 

 class of plants which are excellent for 

 edging purposes in flower borders. Coming 

 into blossom before the carnations^ they 

 are highly appreciated for cutting, as the 

 blooms last well and are deliciously frag- 

 rant. 'Hiey thrive best in a free, open 

 soil, made fairly rich with well-decayed 

 manure. Where soil is heavv, a liberal 

 quantity of old mortar rubble and sand 



suitable for piopagation, pipings, or slips is 

 produced by the side growths, wdiich are 

 found growing from the stem below the old 

 flower spike. These should be carefully 

 drawn off, with a downward pTill. All the 

 preparation necessary is to trim off the 

 ragged ends caused by removal, and a few" 

 of the lower leaves. A bed of sand should 

 be placed in a cold frame, or, if only a few^ 

 plants are required, a hand-light will 

 suffice, and tlie cuttings inserted in it. 

 When the cuttings are put in the bed 



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Tho vanrty was rapitally shown bv Messrs. 



and ,Sha^^■\ or, I xbVklge, at the Royal 

 horticultural Hall, on April 2, and w^as 

 tiien granted an Award of Merit. 



NEW H.T. ROSE, MES. C. REED. 

 Flowers cream-buff, suffused with pink. A.M., R.H.S., Ai^ril 2. Messrs. Lowe and Sliawyer 



Ff'a.nciscea. 

 bunda. — 



calycina flori - 



This exceedingly floriferous 



anoty of a woll-kiiown and popuhir pjant 

 nas Ik><mi sliown ai several of tli-E^ Horticul- 

 nnal Society's mceliu^>-s this vi^ar. and has 

 -.auied many admirers. \ho warm ofreen- 



nouse or stove it is a useful subject, and its 

 iuac-piir]>lo flowers are most attractive.— K. 



should be adde<l. Although quite har<ly. give them a godd wiiteiini; to settle th* 

 pinks frequently succumb to excessive sand firmly rouiid tIumii. 



moisture when planted in heavy, retentive 

 soils. 



Undoubtedly the best results are obtained 

 from two vears' old plants, as after this 

 age ])inks have a t<Mulon(y to Iteeonu^ weak 

 and strau<rlv. and tlu' natural outconu' <A 

 this is a ]HH)V crop of ilowors. lo main- 

 tain a <;<M)(1 sfiK'k of healtliy ])lants, pro- 

 ])agation must be ( an ied out annually, and 

 the best tinu^ to accomplish this is imnie- 

 diatelv the flowers are past. Material 



Sliadinu will be 

 ntM-es,sa rv foi- a short time <lurirm In-ijilit 

 days. Keep the frame close, and danij) 

 the cuttings overluvul on<'e or twice <laily. 



Providing ilie cuttings are iii good con- 

 dition wluMi tliev art^ piit ni. there will be 



li'W failures under litis nu'tbod <»f 



Purt^ sand is an ('\e*^IIciit 



jiink^ in. but clo^e 



atfnnhMl tn ]>rr\ (Mit it 



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propagation . 

 innterial tor l ooi ing 

 attention mu^t ix 

 becoming dry. Sliould lliis occur, it will 

 mean a great drawback to the runiing of 



