DECEMBER 7, 1912 THE GARDENERS' MAGAZINE. 



PERPETUAL FLOWERING 

 CARNATIONS IN WINTER. 



In the case of perpetual-flowering carna- 

 tions tlie amount of heat must be governed 

 |)v the amount of light. In short, heat and 

 li'frht work hand in hand. If you gave a 

 h^h temperature with a poor light you 

 would be forcing the phints. That is why 

 it is a prime necessity to have a lower 

 temperature at night than in the day. With 

 the light of day, however, the plants bene- 

 fit by the additional heat. On bright^ sunny 

 davs the temperature of the greenhouse will 

 rise very high, with an abundance of air 

 upon the house, but this does no harm. On 

 the contrary it does good, because you 

 have increased light with the increased 

 heat, and that is the root of the whole 

 iLatter, as all good gardeners know. 



In the <ase of an old-fashioned dark 



THE GRASS LAWN- 



Its Place in the Garden. 



In these days of plenitude in advertis- 

 ing, when almost every post brings an 

 autumn catalogue of plants^ roses, bulbs, 

 or aipines, the amateur gardener— iis a 

 hist re^rt after filling his every border 

 is perhaps tempted to cut into his lawn 

 and make beds for the acxx>mniodation of 

 some desired purchase. 



He remembers the noble Darwin tulips 

 that gractM:l a friend's garden last May, 

 and the Polyuntlius Miss Jekyll. He has 

 no room in his rose beds for the brilliantly 

 cok)ured Polyantha liose Jessie that took 

 his fancy when visiting a brother gardener 

 lately. He must reaJly find room for some 

 of the old-fashioned, dwarf-growing^ multi- 

 flawered pompon chrysanthenuinis, or for 

 border carnations and pinks in variety. 

 But every available yard of his ground de- 



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the rock or water garden invite the plant- 

 lover to investigate each individual saxi- 

 frage or water lily; but when all has been 

 seen and a<imire<l, the visitor turns with 

 delight and satisfaction to rest his eyes 

 on the <*ool green lawn, where the dainty 

 little wagUiils danct* in the sunshine, or 

 the lojig evening sha<lows mark the rough 

 outline of friemlly trees. If i)ossible, a 

 gooil sized piece of groun<l should be re- 

 servtnl for tnc lawn, an<l if it can be i^asily 

 seen from the lower wiinlows of the house, 

 so much the Jx^tter, Hui wliere sj)ace is 

 Iimite<l a long, wide stri]> may suffi('<^ in 

 l>late of a more square one, an<l on either 

 side may be herbaceous plants in borders. 



One very restful garden i-onu's to mind, 

 in which otcurs a rosi* ganlen with long 

 otmtral rose be<ls, and generouis breadths <;f 

 lawn on either sidt^ and at <Mther entl, 

 while climbing roses mark the boundaric»s 

 of this retreat. It is only entered by two 



SUN AND SHADE ACROSS THE LAWN. 



greenhouse, or one with a northern aspect, 

 the light during the <lay cannot be so strong 

 in a modern house more favourably 

 placed, so that more air, consequently a 

 lower temperature, should be aimed at. 

 This also applies to those who grow per- 

 petual-flowering carnations near large 



ded 



Man may cheat his fellows-man, but he 

 <annot cheat Xature, and anyone who en- 

 deavours to force perpetual-flowering carna- 

 tions in a high temperature wnll learn the 

 tnith of this. The recognised best 

 temperatures are l>etween 45 and 50 



'jt^grees at night, and l)etween 55 and 60 



<legrees during the <lay, with a further 

 ^»dvance in bright weather. But, sxs we 

 ^'1 know% perpetual carnations can be grown 

 ''1 wld greenhouses, for while the frost will 

 retard their flowering it will not kill 

 ^"6 plants. 



Montagu C. Allwood. 



voted to kitchen garden produce is re- 

 quired for its lawful use; and finally, he 

 cannot enlarge his bo\uidaries. There is 

 only one thing he can do ; he can reduce 

 the*^ size of the lawn, or, at any rate, cut 

 some beds in it. 



If he be a finnicky man he will be 

 tempted to make beds, some pear-shaped, 

 some oval, or, maybe, some lozenge-shaped. 

 If he be a man of method and decision, he 

 will probably make fewer beds and of one 

 proportion. " But if he be a really wise 

 man he will leave his lawn alone and forego 

 the pleasure of growing the desired plants, 

 unless he can throw^ out from existing beds 

 or lx)rders some unimportant subjects, to 

 be replaced by the coveted ones. 



A lawn should possess one superlative at- 

 traction in the garden, that of rcstfulness 

 and si)ace. The borders of herbaceous 

 plants rejoice the eye with colour and with 

 varied growth and foliage ; the rose gar- 

 <len has its own unchallenged charm, and 



slight openings in the fence of climbers, 

 and the tired man can truly there find rest. 

 One does not soon forget the soft sliadows 

 on this lawn, nor the light petals of the 

 climbing roses scattered on the turf. 



Walter Jesper. 



Beech wood, 



Menston-in-AVharfedale. 



Urceolina aurea 



This pretty 



South American bull>ou6 plant, whose intro- 

 duction we owe to Kichard Pearc?, of tuber- 

 ous begonia fame, flowers naturally during 

 the autumn months. It is exceedingly ])rc?tty 

 when in bloom, and is, in addition, totally 

 distinct from any other occupant of our 

 greenhouses. The leaves are much like those 

 of a eucharis, and the flower scape^ which 



well overtops the foliage, is terminated by 

 an umbel of strictly drooping flowers, in 

 shape like inverted urns, and in c^'lour yel- 

 low^ and green. It is also known as UrceoUna 

 pendula. — W, T. 



