October 5, 1912 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



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NOTES FROM SCOTLAND. 



The Autumn Season. 



The very welcome advent of three weeks' 

 dry, breezy^ and for the most part iin- 

 clouded weather, with present prospects of 

 a continuance of the same for some time 

 longer, has wrought an almost magical 

 change in vegetation, and the aspect of 

 the country landscape in general ; while in 

 the minds of those largely or entirely de- 

 pending upon the produce of the soil for 

 a livelihomi, it has banished the gloomy 

 forebodings that prevailed a month ago in 

 respect to agricultural matters. These were 

 most acute in regard to the grain crops, 

 which at the time were thought to be almost 

 mined with the continuous rains. Now, 

 however, due in a large measure to sun- 

 shine and drying winds, bountiful and fairly 

 ^ell-conditioned crops are being garnered 

 very rapidly, thus compensating to a con- 

 siderable extent for the difficulty and extra 

 expense incurred in cutting and winnowing 

 the same. 



Bedding Plants. 



All kinds of these are now making a fuller 

 and brighter show of colour than at any 

 time during the past summer; while her- 

 baceous plants having grown very strongly, 

 have since developed flowers in abimdance, 

 and many subjects that are usually past 

 their best at this date mingle their colours 

 with others that are true autumn-flowering 

 species ; hence but few blanks, always diffi- 

 cult to avoid in mixed collections, are in 

 evidence. 



Roses in Garden and Shrub- 

 bery. 



Interesting and beautiful as roses were 

 at the latter part of July — a time, by the 

 way, at which we were favoured with sea- 

 sonable weather — they are scarcely less so 

 now ; added to which the colour of the 

 blooms seems intensified ; while their last- 

 ing properties, either upon the plants or 

 when cut and used in vases, are far supe- 

 rior. Hybrid tea roses are, perhaps, the 

 best and most reliable for autumn flower- 



attain a height of several feet, or even 

 yards, and flower profusely at this period 

 of the year. Choice of aspect is of little 

 importance with these, and the common 

 pink variety grows here with more freedom 

 against a wall whereon the sun has but 

 little, if any, direct influence, than it 

 does in what would be thought more highly- 

 favoured positions. The flowers are very 

 beautiful in appearance upon the plants. 

 The crimson variety, Fellenberg, is the best 



ing, though many of the hybrid perpetuals 

 leave but little to be desired in this respect ; 

 and, where the foliage has been kept clear 

 of insect pests, long sturdy stems, sur- 

 mounted by exquisite blooms and efficient 

 leaf -growth, are now available for room or 

 table decoration. 



Rambling: and China Roses. 



Many varieties of the first-named, but 

 more particularly the AVicliuraiana section, 

 make a very pretty display of bloom until 

 quite late in the season, which shows to 

 good eflFect among the ever-changing 

 foliage tints upon the various trees and 

 shrubs by which the roses are sur- 

 rounded . This refers to t be su it ability 

 of this section for planting in partly- 

 shaded positions, or where sunlight 

 and air may be more pronounced at 

 this time than at an earlier period ; 

 hence the flowering is retarded, and tlie 

 blooms linger much longer than would be 

 the case if fuUv exposed throughout. In 

 ens of any considerable extent there 

 are usually trees, luird-wood or otherwise, 

 that are passing beyond their youthful 

 stages. Instead of removing these entirely, 

 it is often possible to maintain some sem- 

 blance of order bv reducine: the branches, 

 and, after excavating and refilling viin 

 good soil a spacious trench about their 

 bases, to plant therein one or several varie- 

 ties of climbing roses, selected to colour 

 according to taste in this respect, or the 

 environment of the respective positions. 



The China type of rose is generally con- 

 sidered a dwarf, which is so far correct 

 ^'hile the pruning is severely carried out 

 Pach year ; but allowe<l to grow, and given 

 the support of a Avail or fence, the plants 



NEW RAMBLING ROSE 



ETHEL. 



A rose of great beauty for garden decora- 

 tion and one that has secured the recogni- 

 tion of two great societies is Etliel. a 

 Wichuraiana variety for which Mr. Cluules 

 Turner, Slough, is responsible. It is a ram- 



oderate growth, but particularly 



free-flowering, and carrying its medium- 

 sized, semi-double flowers in very large and 



of this class for massing with which I am elegant clusters. The exquisite sha<le of 



NEW RAMBLER ROSE ETHEL. 



Flowers bright pink. A.M., R.H.S.. July 2. Mr. Charles Turner, Slough. 



.,cquainted. In growth it is moderately 

 dwarf, very branching in habit, and flowers 

 practically the whole season if the decayed 

 flower-heads are kept off. Ducher (pure 

 white) is good for variety, but the colour^ 

 forms seem to elicit most attention Of 

 these Charlotte Klemm, Comtesse du Cayla, 

 Madame Eugene Resal, Queen Mab, and, 

 lastlv, the well-known favourite, Mrs. 

 Bosanqiiet, are all worthy of extende<l cul- 

 tivation if only for autumn display. 



James Day. 



Galloway House. Wigtownshire. 



rich pink colouring, with paler centre e\- 



■ " of this charming 



effective, 



ted by the flowers 

 make the 



rose maKe tne variety most 

 whether the blooms decorate an arch or 

 pergola, a wall or a pillar, or are use<l in a 

 cut state in the home. At the National 

 Rose Societv's exhibition held at Regent's 

 Park on July 7, 1911, Mr. Charles Turner 

 was awarded a Card of Commendation for 

 Ethel, and at the Holland Park show on 

 July 2 of the present year the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Sovietv granted an Award of Merit. 



