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THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



Septejiber 7, 1912. 



aro potteJ tl.,-y shouUl l~- init in a col yet wrre ex|».rt«l to grow like "''i;* RAMBLING NOTES ON ROSES. 



place; I f..«ally put then, in a cold -^H':'^^ :^::"X!^-J'::^J^"',^^^ 

 traiue and cover with hbre to a depth ot 

 four inches, anil lot them stay there u-svially 

 until the end of December, until they 



placed in a warmer temperature to bring 

 them into flower. The bowls containing 

 uses should not be covertHl after pot- 

 ting, neith(»r shouUl they be force<l at all. 

 Thrv Ait inuch better it* allowtMl to grow 

 iiatuiallv. A cool cellar is a gocKl nlace 

 iti which to i.nt them, and they nt^ed not 

 he (*<.ver«-d ii it is fairly dark. Never put 

 thrni in a ( lose, warm cupboarfl, as that 

 will make the growth weak and spindly. 



and had an abundance of air. Light and 

 air are essential to success. The following 

 is a list of my favourite varieties of the 

 several kinds for growing in bowls, those 

 which have proved to be always a 

 success over a period of years. 



Narcissus. — Aspasia' Autocrat, Cam- 

 panelle odorus, Elvira, Emperor, Em- 

 ]) ress , Golden Spur, Ltdworth, Mont Cenis, 

 Ornatus, Princeps, Rugtdosus^ Sir AVatkin, 



Vesuvius, Victoria. 



Tulips. CouhMir Car<linal, DuchessG de 

 Parma, Kabiola, Keizerskroon, King of 



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iivAciNTii Qri:Kx or thk blues. 



A beautiful pale blue variely that raiik-^ liiorli f^v filtre c ulture 



Attention shoiiM hv paid lo watering fioni 

 the beginning. As soon as the I)u1Iks begin 

 to make root, the tibre sliould lie ke|>t i-e- 

 gularly moist, too much water will do \ ery 

 little harm, but if allowed to l)e<'onie dry, 

 the roots shrivel, and, witli shiivellod 

 roots, failure must ensue. 



It seems alnuist unnecessary to say that 

 when top growth commences the bowls 



Yellows. La oran<Iesse^ La lieine, Prince of 

 Austria, Rose (iris <le Lin, Rose Luisante, 

 Tfios. Afoore, Van der Xeer, Vermilion Bril- 

 liant, White Pottebakker. Darwin varie- 

 ties.- Bartigon, Clara Butt, Dream, 

 Europe, Lsis, Khig Harold, Maiden's Blu.sh', 

 Mr. Farncombe Sanders, Pride of Haar- 

 lem, White Queen. William Copoland. 

 Crocus.- ^Kino- of the Whites, Dorothea 



should l»e placed wlu^re there is ])kM»tv of Purpurea grandiflora Yellow Sir Walter 



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light and Fiesli air. A friend of mine said 

 last spring, " Why don't my hyacinths suc- 

 ceed ? They seem to make no ])rogress." 

 They were in a nyom thirteen feet fmm a 

 window, where they had very little air, and 



Scott. 



Miscellaneous Kinds. ^ Chionodoxas. num- 

 cari. Fritillaria uu^leagiis, Spanish iris in 

 great variety, Iris reticulata, and s])irjeas 



AV. (^L. 



Being an ardent lover of flow^ers in 

 general, and roses in particular, my greatest 

 pleasure is to walk among, and, 1 might 

 almost say, commune with, the varied forms 

 of garden roses. An early-morning stroll 

 is simply delightful, and it has been my 

 pleasure to enjoy this more than usual 

 during the present rose season. 



The glorious colourings of such varieties 

 as Mrs. Arthur Waddell, Mrs. Aaron 

 Ward, Theresa, Rayon d'Or, Madame 

 Ravary, Souvenir de Stella Gray, Jacques 

 Vincent, Margaret Molyneux, Senateur 

 Mascurand, James Coey, A. R. Goodwin, 

 and Marquise de Sinety are almost in- 

 describable. Then we have Lady Hilling- 

 don, Duchess of Wellington, and Lady 

 Pirrie, that seem to be 

 themselves just now. 



I had intended a brief description of 

 most of these varieties, but it is difficult to 

 select any without omitting those of almost, 

 if not quite, equal merit. 



Theresa is simply glorious as seen grow- 

 ing in small beds upon well-kept turf. The 

 deep, clear orange-apricot flowers, beau- 

 tifully splashed with carmine and madder- 

 pink, carried in great profusion upon a 



effect 



even surpassing 



bronzy-red 

 that 



foliage, produce an 



but when backed 



by 



IS unique, 

 green turf the effect is heightened. 

 I cannot imagine anything more showy 

 and charming than this rose well cul- 

 tivated under such conditions. It is 

 only semi-double^ but very free and last- 

 ing, while its perfume is very noticeable 

 a'^ one approaches, and though similar to 

 Madame Ravary, Madame Abel Chatenay, 

 and Madame Pol Varin-Bernier, I can dis- 

 tinguish the presence of Theresa from its 

 perfume without the plants being visible. 



Theresa is a new rose, sent out from New- 

 townards in 1909, and this is the second, 

 season I have seen it in quantity out of 

 doors. It is a hybrid tea, and must not 

 be confused with Theresa Bevan, another 

 rose with beautifully shaded coppery-yel- 

 low and carmine flowers. This last is a 

 tea-scented variety, large, double, and very 

 free flowering, altogether distinct from 

 Messrs. Dickson's Theresa, and I mention 

 it because of its similarity of name having 

 caused confusion in more than one instance 

 known to me. Both are excellent and in- 

 dispensable in the garden. 



The depth of colour in Messrs. Pernet- 

 Ducher's roses is truly remarkable, and 

 that found in Mrs. Arthur R. AVaddell 

 (1908) catches the eye immediately. In the 

 bud stage it is a glowing rosy-scarlet, open- 

 ing into reddish-salmon, with more scarlet 

 upon the reverse of its petals. The buds are 

 very long, and the blooms only a little more 

 than semi-double, but they stand much 

 longer than most of this class, and they are 

 wonderfully helped by the deepest of green 

 foliage and copper-red thorns. We have a 

 sport from this that is almost as deep a 

 yellow as Rayon d'Or, and I am pleased to 

 find it good again this year— the third year 

 of its existence. . . 



Rayon d'Or is in its happiest mood just 

 now, and very intense in its colouring- 

 Ijeing the deepest yellow w-e have. l'^^ 

 distinct shade of carmine found m ^ 

 earliest bud stage is charming ; but TTha 

 I most value it for is the persistent shade 

 of yellow, never fading but rather mten- 

 Rified by age. In th:s useful characteristK 

 I must also include Miss Alice de 

 schild, which has a decidedly deeper yelio^^^ 

 as the flowers develop, whereas the ma] 



roses are apt to fade 



its 



rity of th(^ yellow 

 into almost creamy-white with age. 



Senateur Mascurand is another 

 golden-yellow, that produces exhunt 



deep 



