XoVEMHEli 2, 1912. 



THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE^ 



837 



it being valuable for the garden and ex- 

 hibition stage, ami the shapely blooms are 

 delightfully fragrant. The single varieties 

 of the Irish Elegance type are so well 

 known and highly appreciat-ed that they 

 need hardly be mentioned. They all make 

 effective displays of colour in the garden, 

 and the variety mentioned is unquestion- 

 ably the most popular of all the single 

 roses for the decoration of the dinner table. 

 The brilliant crimson Liberty (H.T.) is 

 one of the best bedding roses of its colour, 

 and excellent for pot culture, and is use- 

 ful for the supply of roses for decorative 

 purposes in a cut state. M. H. Walsh 

 (H.P.) is a good crimson rose for exhibi- 

 tion and garden decoration, its blooms 



them other than to say that they inclu<li' 

 many varieties wliich indicate^ the remark- 

 able progress that is being made in the de- 

 \elopment of new shades of colour. Tinu^ 

 iniglit doubtless have been ])leasantly spent 

 in a walk through the depai tments other 

 than that which is devoted to roses, but 

 this latter, ivhicli includes many large fields 

 as well as the huge quarters in the nur- 

 series, contained so mueh of interest 

 that the end of a fairly huig <lay was 

 reached before it was exhauste<l. (i. 



FAGUS BETULOIDES. 



Although this evergreen beech is t:io 

 tender for general cultivation in the British 



1 



HI Captain King's '' Voyage of tlie Adven- 

 ture ami lieagle/' for on pagc^ '"37(3 the fol- 

 lowing passage occurs: At Port Famine 

 and in the neighbourhofKl the eveigi'een 

 beech grows in the greatest abundance, and 

 reaflu^s a very largo size. Trees of this 

 species three f<vt ii» ilianu^tcr are abun- 

 dant; of four feet tlu're are many, and 

 tliere is one tree (jK^'haps the very same 

 noticed by Commodore Byron), whicli mea- 

 sui'i^s seven feet in 4lianH^tcr tor seventeen 

 feet above th<^ roots, niul then <livides 

 into tlii'ee large I>ran<*lH^s, t^a<*li ot" which 

 is thne feci throimh." It is fnrther 

 stated tliat this tr('<* forms the pro- 

 vailing f(*ature m tlit^ sceiuMv of Tieira 

 del Knego. 



11 ;r. ROSE GEORGE DICKSON 



Flowors rich crimson. Raised by Messrs 



Son< 



N.R.S, Gold Medal in 1911 and the E.H.S. 



Award of Merit, September 24, 1912. 



Inking not only suitable for taking part in 

 a close competition^ but are very fragrant. 

 Mrs. Sharman Crawford (H.T.) is an excel- 

 lent variety which has long been in cidtiva- 

 tion, and is still considered one of the best 

 light pink varieties for bedding and 

 standards, and us(^tiil toi- exhibition. 



Of snrpiisint; intiMest wer*^ the nmny 

 '>f*nutifnl i-os(^s. of \vhi<'li thvvv were con- 

 '^i'leraMr Iweadt lis, under n nnibei'. and 

 ^iiaiiy are the notes that were niade with 



^'*'^erenee to them. But until such times 

 tliey have received their juimes no use- 

 ful purpose would be served in referring to 



Isles, there are places in the south 

 and 'south-west counties where it thrives 

 fairly satisfactorily, and, eould it be ob- 

 tained more easily, it would doubtless hv- 

 c^me a popular tree. X'nfortunately, no 

 one appears to be able to raise a good stock 

 of plants, iind there are numerous difficul- 

 ties in the way of intrmlucing seeds from 

 its native ha'bitat. It is found wdd m the 



In the British Isles it is seen as a buvsh 

 or small tree usually below (Mghteen feet 

 in height. The small oval leaves are thick 

 iu texture, and dark green in <ol<nir, and 

 the fruits, which, though very small, resem- 

 ble those of the common beech in shape, 

 are sometimes produeed, but. judging from 

 the scarcity of the species, they are usually 

 unfertile. It is possibh' in raise plants bv 



oxt"em 1 < f ^""tl. America in a lati- lay.Min.^ hrnn.l.os. hut .t a .low pr<K-o.s., 



r^^^"'l,.™lh.r tl.at oi th,- South of an.l aithoii^h <-nt:nos havo boon known 



tnde v<^i-v similar t 

 Kno^laiul." Its lu-a(i.jiiartor< a])]H-ar to bo 



in Tierra del Vxu^i^a. a.ul its prosonce there 



bed 



\i> root, the general resuU^ of propagation 

 by this method of protHHlnrt- liavt^ not been 



satisfactory. • 



V. 



