Mat 18, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



399 



The most suitable season for sowing wall- 

 flowers is May. A good border or nursery 

 bed should be chosen for the seed bed, 

 shallow drills being drawn about nine 

 im-hes apart for the reception of the seeds ; 

 should dry weather set in after sowing, 

 occasional waterings should be afforded to 

 assist germination. Transplant the seed- 

 hngs, when large enough to handle, into 

 nursery beds, alloAving six inches from 

 plant to plant. If possible, wet or dull 

 weather should be chosen for this work. 

 When the plants have filled the space 

 allowed them, they should be again trans- 

 planted into a Avell-prepared piece of 

 ground in the open garden. The object of 

 twice transplanting is to obtain as many 

 fibrous roots as possible, these being of 

 great importance when the plants are put 

 out into their flowering quarters. Regard- 

 ing varieties, the following will be found 

 to be useful amongst the older kinds : Vul- 

 can has a good branching habit of growth, 

 rather dwarf, and has crimson flowers ; 

 Harbinger, early flowering, brown ; Belvoir 

 Castle, dwarf, yellow; Primrose Dame, 

 primrose; and Blood Re-d, a fine, dark- 

 flowered variety. Among those of more 

 recent introduction, Fire King stands fore- 

 most as being the most brilliant of all the 

 wallflowers, and a mass of this variety 

 creates a magnificent effect. Ivory White 

 is a pleasing contrast to the dark varieties. 

 The improved Cloth of Gold has large 

 flowers of a good yellow colour, and s-hould 

 be extensively grown . Purple Queen , 

 ruby; Eastern Queen, apricot, shading to 

 pink ; and Ellen Willmott, ruby, are all 

 useful for those who appreciate their 

 various shades of colour. 



Gnaton Gardens. 



E. C. POOLEY. 



BORAGE AND SAGE IN THE 



FLOWER BORDER- 



Some readers of the Gardeners" Maga- 

 zine may be amused at the idea of grow- 

 ing these two kinds of plants in a border 

 for the sake of their flowers only. But I 

 can assure all such that in certain circum- 

 stances they are very beautiful and effec- 

 tive when so grown. I once had a bed 

 of young sage plants growing in a high, 

 dry border, and one of borage in another. 

 Both kinds were grown for herbal purposes, 

 but the striking effect of the flowers in 

 masses did not escape me^ and I at once 

 saw how beautiful they would be in a 

 large herbaceous border which was nearly 

 always very dry and hot in summer-time, 

 and It require<l much careful treatment to 

 maintain the plants in a satisfactory con- 

 dition. Now, I am sure that there are 

 many readers who possess very dry borders, 

 and if they will put in fairly large clumps, 

 plants of borage and sage (not too closely 



ogether), they will be quite satisfied with 

 the results. The first-name<l flowers for 

 nie longest period, but both continue to 



I t m l'" ^'"'■'y When once 



-stahlished water is never neetled. The 



plants must be young ones; old plants 

 '">e useless. My young plants had flower- 

 spikes more than one foot long. G. B. 



Oxaiisfioribunda. 



The question of 



nisiimg hanging baskets for the green- 



adv;ii.t " ^^.^^^ y^^^ lachenalias are often 

 mantageously employed To follow these 



flowpH« ^1^^ ^"Ik of summer- 



^xalis J ^^^^J«ct8 are at their best, this 

 ieave« h recommended., its trifoliate 



^^•hile i"^ ^"^"^ v^ry pretty, 



iiijr r,\ 'l ^^^^^y disposed clusters of charm- 



I^'^^^C and?"/ ^'T^ themselves in a 

 ^■Inte v.^ r Informal manner. There is a 

 tractive alba— which is also very at- 



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SOCIETT. 



OPEN CHAMPION CLASS FOR KOSES. 



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A SILVER CHALLENGE ROSE BOWL 



(Va.lu'^ £31 lOe. Od.) 



:'3n+o<l bv the I'resl-dent &f tli-e Society. 



(W. G. P'hillippe. E-sq.) 



1912 



In a<kl i t io n to a.bo vf , M Is and M oney V r i zt s 

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For a Collection of Cut Rosce artieticolly arraii^?T<l 

 for gen-t'ral eifect at the discretion of the Exhibitor. 

 To occupy a space of 20ft. by -Ift. 

 (To subistitute ClaiS'S-eis 43 and 44 in Schedule' for 1912.1 

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JULY 3rd and 4th. 1912. 



SIXTEENTH 

 GREAT ANNUAL FLORAL FETE. 



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£oC0 in Prizes, Silve.r Cup-e, Gold eud Silver Medalis, 

 Silver Challenge Dup, value £10 Ks., offered for 

 '* Trad© ExJhibit " (for particulars ^ee page 7 in 

 Schedule). 



Valua^ble Special Prizes offered by the Frinciptil 



Firme- in. England. 



Schedules post free on ftpplication to 



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EXHIBITIONS AND 



MEETINGS- 



4^ 



Roya.1 Horticultura.1 Society. 



The hall at Vincent Square was well filled 

 with exhibits on May 14, tbut not packed to 

 the doors as of late. Tulips were much in 

 evidence. 



The cups and tropliies to be awarded at 

 the International Horticultural Exhibition 

 were on view, and made a rare show, and 

 attracted a vast amount of attention. There 

 were no fewer than ninety-two items, and 

 the centre of attraction was the massive 

 King's Cup, while other fine trophies were 

 those from Queen Mary, Duke of Portland, 

 Sir J. Colman, Bart., Sir Trevor Lawrence, 

 Bart., Baron Schroder, (Messrs. Clay and 

 Son, Messrs. Sutton ahd Sons, "^lessrs. J. 

 Veitch and Sons, Messrs. Charlesworth and 

 Co., Messrs. R. Wallace and Co., Wiltshire 

 County, West of Scotland, W^arwick, Ireland, 

 Lancaster, York, and Veitch Memorial 

 Trustees. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



Tropseolum albifiorum (A.M.), from Mr. C. 

 Fielder (gardener to Miss WMllmott, V.M.H., 

 Warley Place, Essex, is a pretty slendei- 

 climber with pinky-white flower, coloured 

 yellow at the base of the segments. 

 The five^arted leaves, quite small and grey, 

 isli, add not a little to its interest and beauty. 

 Mr. A. Worsley, Isleworth, gained an A.M. 

 for Phyllocactus Coopermanni, with vivid 

 scarlet flowers, and for Cereus amecamensis 

 with lovely large white blooms. 



Very charming were the lovely sweet peas 

 shown 'by Messrs. Bobbie and Co., Edin- 

 burgh. Here were l>eautiful vases' of May 



son, and Bobbie's Cream. Mr. C. W. Bread- 

 more, Winchester, presented a sweet and 

 bright exhibit of sweet peas, and put up 

 rare stands of May Campbell, Lavender 

 George Herbert, the bright Aggie Elder, 

 Princess Mary, intense blue, Me.ba, Mrs. R. 

 Hallam, and^Vurora Spencer. 



Mr. Amos Perry, Enfield, showed tulips in 

 good form, and also displayed a selection of 

 bearded irises, I. Susiana, I. sibirica, and 

 oriental poppies. A small rock garden was 

 arranged bv Messrs. Tliompson and Char- 

 man, Bushey; and Mr. G. Reuthe, Keston, 

 showed some fine Himalayan and other rho- 

 dodendrons, choice alpines, ete. Trolliu.s 

 Orange Globe and a selection of aubrietias, 

 auriculas, and phloxes came ^rom Messrs. 

 Phillips and Taylor, Bracknell. Messrs. J. 



Peed and Sou, Norwood, submitted a small 



collection of alpines. 



Irises from 'Messrs. E. Wallace and Co., 

 Colchester, included many grand varieties, 

 from among which we selected Pallida dal- 

 matica. Miss Willmott, Isoline, Oriflamme, 

 Bosniamac, Mist, Brionense, and Italia as of 

 special worth. Anemones from Messrs. 

 Reamsbottom and Co., Geashill, King's Co., 

 Ireland, and early dahlias from Messrs. 

 Carter, Page, and Co., London Wall, were 

 interesting exhibits. 



Messrs, J. Ch 



1 and Sons, Crawley, sub- 

 mitted a little rock garden filled with Japa- 

 nese maples, azaleas, aubrietias, phloxes. Pri- 

 mula japonica, and violas. From Mr. 

 Maurice Prichard, Christchurch, came 

 stately spikes of iCremurus Elwesi, E. hima- 

 laicus, pyrethrums, kniphofias, Cheiranthus 

 Allioni, a wide colour range of varieties of 

 Scilla campanulata, and bearded irises. Mr. 

 G. W. Miller, Wisbech, submitted the pretty 

 pink pyrethrum Queen Mary and other good 

 things. A bright exhibit from Messrs. G. 

 and A. Clark, Dover, contained Anchusa 

 italica Dropmore var., Geum Mrs. J. Brad- 

 shaw, and a selection of pyrethrums and 

 irises. Spanish irises were splendidly shown 

 by iMr, R. d^E. Day, Sutton Sootney; Belle 

 Chonoise, Excelsior, King of Blues, and 

 Blanche Fleur were all very fine. Mr. L. 

 R. Russell, Richmond, put up a famous lot 

 of fine varieties of both single and double 

 pyrethrums. Mr. Jas. Box, Lindfield, con- 

 lined his attention chiefly to fine ranuncu- 

 luses and poppies. 



A corner of the hall filled with lilacs by 

 Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, was a great 

 attraction, and the fragrance of the flowers 

 was verv grateful; Viviand Morel, Souv. de 

 Louis Spathe, Miss Ellen Willmott, Congo, 

 Mdme. Legrange, Pres. Carnot, Mdme. Lt- 

 moine, and Mdme. Casimer Perier were all 

 varieties worthy of special note. Messi^. W. 

 Cutbu6h and Sou, Highgate, were repre- 

 sented by a big group of flowering shrubs, in 

 which Rhododendron Pink Pearl, Hydrangea 

 Mdme. Mouillere, azaleas, wistarias, cytisus, 

 laburnums, and roses were pleasingly asso- 

 ciated. Mr. Chas. Turner, Slough, showed 

 some fine sprays of lilacs, making up a 

 fragrant display of 'Mdme. F. Morel, Charles 

 X., Belle de Nancy, Mdme. Lemoine, (Michael 

 Buchner, and Chas. Joly. 



Roses were superbly shown by Messrs. 

 George Mount and Sons, Canterbury, the 

 large, clean, fragrant flowers on long stems 

 making up a glorious exhibit. Mrs. J. Laing, 

 White Killarney, Ulrich Brunner, Frau 

 Karl Druschki, Lady 'Pirrie, and Capt. Hay- 

 ward were the leading varieties. Roses in 

 great variety, from Messrs. B. R. Cant and 

 Co., Colchester, included William Allen 

 Richardson, and such fine climbers as White 

 Dorothy Perkins. Hiawatha, and iMinnehaha. 



Messrs. W. and J. Brown, Peterborough, 

 submitted heliotropes and other greenhouse 



A.M. for Petunia 

 single variety of deep 

 A bright exhibit of 

 St. George's Nursery 

 made a brave display 

 Mdme. Andre, Lord 



flowers, and gained 

 Brown's Purple, a big 

 violet-purple shade, 

 calceolarias from the 

 Company, Harlington, 

 of brilliant colouring. 

 Roberts, and Argus are fine heliotropes, as 

 shown by Messrs. H. B. May and Son, Ed- 

 monton, who also submitted good hydrangeas, 

 swainsonias, and a capital selection of named 

 varieties of lobelias. Mr. Vincent Slade, 

 Taunton, showed a bank of zonal pelargo- 

 niums that seemed almost too bright for 

 hot a day- Pelargoniums were also excel- 

 lently well shown by Mr. P. Ladds, Swanley 

 Junction, who also contributed fragrant East 



Lothian stocks. 



Carnations were again well shown by Mr. 

 H. Burnett, Guernsey, whose chief varieties 

 on this occasion were Mikado, R. F. Felton, 

 Marmion, Orpheus, and Mrs. C. F. Raphael. 

 Messrs. Young and Co., Hatherley, showed 

 such carnations as Cecilia, Marmion, Duchess 

 of Devonshire, Robert Craig, and Cheltonia, 



Messrs. Wm. Cutbush and Son, 



jre- 



lite 



s 



ii}>uiitted carnations, and 



finely. 

 Highgate, 



sented Countes> ol" Lathom, Mikado, U 

 Enchantress, R. F. Felton, and Lady Llphin- 

 stone in fine condition. 



