YOL. LV— No. 3,076. 



SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1912. 



THE 



GARDENERS 



1 



MAGAZINE 



NOTE OF THE WEEK. 



not less essential to success than to fill the 



beds 



comparatively early in of the windows of the dwelling-house. 



beds are within view 



On 



the autumn. Bulbs are now cheap and the other hand, bed 



we 



good, and should be planted freely; but 



ted 



n f ^flTp "dirtinc'trvo" peculiarities of they ought not, as is sometimes the case, the time they are planted in autumn unui 

 . rl o thelL^l^is^^ t^^^^ o to be gx own to the exckision of other sub- the new gro.^h has made considerable pro- 



the work ot tlie gamen is xne ien^Ln ui , b , ^ u^,,.io gross in the spring. Carpeting the sur- 



face is not the only advantage derived from 



nlants. The effect 



time that necessarily elapses between the jects. The merits of other suitable kinds 

 commencement of the preparatory details should be carefully considered, and if this 

 and the attainment of the desired result; be done it will be seen that it is an im- 



ted 



and this peculiarity is brought into special 



connection 



mense advantage to include fibrous-rooted 



enhanced 



prominence 

 with displays 



flowers . 



in 



of spring 



to the harmony of colours^ 

 and the attractiveness of tlie^ 



To have tlie garden 



beds extends 



highly attractive from within 

 a short period of the winter, 

 with its frosts and snows, 



until the clos- 



passing away, 

 ing days of the 



season of 



spring, the plants must be in 



their positions 

 the breath of autumn 



immediately 



has 



over the summer 

 and bereft them of 



The initial 



passed 

 flowers, 



their beauty, 

 steps, such as the raising 

 of seedlings and the rooting 

 of cuttings, have to be taken 

 at a much earlier period ; but 

 to these we need not refer 

 otherwise than briefly. For 

 our present purpose it will 

 suffice to say that to obtain 



in 



1 



s 



•eally satisfactory results 

 >pring gardening the planting 

 ot both bulbous and fibrous- 

 rooted plants must be com- 

 menced forthwith, and be 

 proceeded with as rapidly as 

 the condition of the soil and 

 other circumstances will per- 

 mit. It is essential to the 

 bulbous plants attaining a 

 high degree of development 

 that they be planted early 

 fiough to become well rooted 

 before the commencement of 

 the winter season ; and it is 

 still more important in the 

 case of those with fibrous 

 foots that they should be va 

 m their new quarters before wintry weathei 



over a 

 than 



much 



would 

 Tlie 



longer period 

 otherwise be the case 

 fibrous-root^ plants com- 

 mence flowering well in ad- 

 vance of the bulbs, and they 

 continue in bloom until the 



beds have to be 



ed 



towards the end of May for 



mants. The 



occ 



passing of the flowers of the 

 daffodils, hyacinths, 



and 



need 



ment 



they 



removed when thev have lost 



■ 



their freshness and beauty in 

 such manner that nothing 

 but the leaves remain. The 

 most useful of the fibrous- 

 rooted plants for beautifying 

 the flower garden early in 

 the spring are Arabis albida, 

 in its single and double 

 forms ; Alyssum saxatile, of 

 which there are compact- 

 growing and lemon-ooloured 

 varieties; aubrietias in var- 

 iety ; forget-me-nots, poly- 

 primroses. Sileno 

 pendula compacta, violas in 



variety, and wall- 

 which there 



uses 



great 



flowers, of 



are 



ME. JAMES W. BAKR. 



plants flowering in spring in due propor- 



beds 



s 



lenced 



Not only do late-plantod in association with bulbs tha.t ^viU be in 



colours, all more or 

 less attractive. All these may 

 be freely utilised in carrying 

 out colour schemes on a large 

 scale, and when the area is 



w 



limited a selection should be made from 

 them according to the taste of the planter 

 ajid the special purpose for which they are 



achieve a full measure of 



l.r '11 _ 1.^.. l.x..v^Jnfb« and till OS, to meutiou but few success in the use ot these plants it ism ces 



hyacinths, and tulips, to mention but few 

 kinds, should be planted with some degree 

 of liberality; but in making purchases of 

 these it should be remembered that the 

 same number of bulbs give a finer effect 



^^i* class fail to bloom satisfactorily when 

 ^liey have not time to become established 

 in the course of the autumn, but they are 

 finable to make suflficient growth to cover 



^he soil with a carpet of greenery. More- ^ . 



^^er, they sometimes suffer severely from over a much larger area when arranged in 

 J»^<^^lement weather, and as a result the beds association with other classes of P]:\n[^ ^Ju" 

 piesent a more or less patchy appearance, 



thereby losing much of their charm for a .-^ — * , ' . 1 ■ 



^'onsiderable period To maki^ a judicious farther apart without a suggestion ot thm- 

 ^^lection from the ^pring-Uowering plants ness, and the soil is covered with a green 

 suitable for massinjr in the flower garden is carpet, which is no small advantage, more 



wlien they are grown alone in solid blocks 



be nlanted 



sary they should be strong and well rcxitecl 

 when the beds are filled. To obtain stock 

 of this description, it is necessary to pro- 

 pagate the respective kinds from seeds or 



, as the case may be, early enough 

 for them to become well furni.die<l with 

 roots. For example, wallflowe^rs should be 

 raiseil from see<l sown early in the spring 

 and twice or thrice transplanted, and not, 

 as sometimes happens, be raised from sum- 

 mer-sown seed and transferred direct from 



