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TH£ GARDENERS' M/^GAZINE. 



December 14, 1912. 



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thoroughly good and well-work-ed soil. Sow in 

 sfhallow diills drawn a foot apart, and thiii 

 the seedlings early to one foot- apart. If 

 time and circumt>tances permit, the seed- 



hould be left until they have flowered 

 and fruited, and those that fruit heavily 

 should be rejected for permanent planting, 

 as plants that fruit rarely or sparsely gen-er. 

 ally give the best yield of heads for cutting. 



TEA-SOENTED AND HYBRID TEA 

 ROSES.— H. W., Soiutliwell: I shall be 

 greatly obliged if you will, through the 

 columns of your valuable paper, give me 

 the names of about three dozen flrst-class 



hybrid tea and tea-scented roses, and also 

 a. few pillar roses. — Acssuming that you re- 

 quire ro-;es for garden decoration rather 



than for exhibition purposes, we give the 

 fallowing list of suitable varieties: H.T. 

 roses : Antaine Rivoire, Oamoens-, Caroline 

 Testont, Clara Watsou, Dorothy Page 

 Roberts, Duchccis of Wellington, EcaTlate, 

 Florence Pemberton, General McArthnr, 

 Grace Darling Gusitav Grunerwald, Irish 

 Eleganee (single). Joseph Hill, Jonkheer 

 T . L . M ( > r k , K a i > E * r i n A ugusta Victor i a , 

 La dy A si 1 1 1 > w n , Md me . Abel C h a ten a y , 

 Mdme. Jules Grolez, Mdme. Leon Pain, 

 Mdme. Melanie Soupert, Mdme. Ravary, 

 Mrs. E. G. Hill, Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, 

 Pliaritiaer, Prince de Bulgarie, and Rich- 

 mond. Tea Roses: Anna Olivier, Corallina, 

 Mdme. Antoine Mari, Mdme. Jules Grave- 

 reaux, Harry Kirk, and Sulphurea. Roses 

 for Pillars: Americau Pillar, lilu^.h Rambler, 

 Dox^othy Perkins, Hiawatha^ Mdme. Alfred 

 Carriere, Gruss an Teplitz, Gustave Regis, 

 and White Doro-tliv. 



APPLE FARMING IX ONTARIO.— S. S., 

 "Worcester: Can you tell me where I can ob- 

 tain information regarding apple cultivation 

 in Ontario, as I feel inclined to start fruit 

 f arm^'ng in that province ? — If you communi- 

 cate with the Ontario Department of Agri- 

 culture, Fruit Branch, Toronto, Ontario, 

 Canada, asking for bulletins on fruit cul- 

 ture in the province, we believe you will 

 promptly receive the information you deesire. 



NAMES OF PLANTS. 



S. E. T., Chippenham. — Plumbago rosea. 

 C. D. W., Hertford. — 1, Linum trigyuum; 



2, Plumbago rosea; 3, Centropogon Lucya- 

 nus; 5, Selaginella apoda. 



L. E. W., Melton Mowbray.— 1, Oncidium 



cheirophorum : 2, Masdevallia tovarensis ; 



3, Calanthe Veitchi — very poor colour. 



F. E . B . , Morton . — 1, Abies Nordman- 

 niana; 2, Cet-erach officinalis; 3, Adiantum 

 itenerum ; 4, Oc^toneaster horizon tatlis; 5, 

 Hippeastrxim aulicum. 



R. C. H., Maldon.— 1, J^equoia sempervi- 

 rens; 2, Cupressus macrocarpa; 3, Selagi- 



nella Emileana; 4, Dracaena congesta ; 5, D. 

 Godseffiana ; 6, not recognised, send when 

 in flower. 



XAMES OF FEUITS. 



. F. B., Matlock, 

 marck. 



A fine specimen of Bis- 



S. F. E., Chichester.— 1, Rikston Pippin* 

 2, Court Pendu Plat; 3, not recognised. 



C. A., Mmehead,— 1, Dumelow's Seedling- 

 2. Egremont Russett ; S, King of the Pipl 

 pins; 4, a very small fruit, probablv Clav- 

 gate Pearmain. 



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NOTES OF OBSERVATION. METEOROLOGICAL 



Correa. cardinal is.— The Austra- 

 lian fuchsias, as the correas are popularly 

 teriti'ed, are a very pretty class of evergreen 

 shrubs, and need the protection of a grten- 

 house in this country. The tiowers, which 

 are borne in great profusion, are tubular, and 

 of a drooping fuchsia-like character. They 

 will often bloom throughout the winter 

 mouths. Some of them are rather dull in 

 colour, the brightest of all being that at 

 the head of thi{^ note. — K. 



Forms of Vitis inconstans — 



One cannot fail to be struck in the autumn 

 with the great variation in the leaf tints 

 of this vine, which is far better known as 

 Ampelopsis Veitchi. The very strong-grow- 

 ing form does not as a rule colour nearly as 

 well as the more slender type^ which takes 

 possession of a wall by covering it with a 

 netwwk of slender shoots clothed wdtli small 

 foliage. The comparatively new Ampelopi- 

 eis Lowi also colours well. — T. 



Plant 



not think 



Dups at Shows 



the buildine^ iin of 



I 



do 



of 



building up 01 group 

 plante to a great height, as seen during the 

 present autumn, is an improvement on the 

 arrangements of past years, say, ten to 

 twenty years ago. I will only refer to one 

 group, which was awarded a first prize by 

 the judges, the owner being thus encouraged 

 to build, it may be^ still higher groups in 

 the future. The leaves of the central palm 

 w^ere about 15ft. or 17ft. from the ground; 

 the pot being raised about 10ft, to 12ft., 

 and at tliis height small pot plants 

 were grouped on a stand, and its side wings 

 supported by other pot plante down to the 

 ground level almost. The only part .f this 

 group, to my mind, that was attractive was 

 the base, which was beautifully filled 'with 

 smaller plants. The base, with a graceful 

 palm and a few other light plants in the 

 centre, but with the pots resting on or near 

 the floor, would have made the jno&t\)lea3in^ 

 group.— G. B. ^ ^ 



FORTHCOMING ENGAGEMENTS 



MONDAY, December 16.— Xation-al Clirysanth^mum 

 Society s Executive Committer, 7 p.m., at Ciarr'e 

 J iv 6 ta u rant , S trand . 



Tl'K-;;])AT Deconi,bt^r 17.— Royal Horticultural So- 

 -I' ty; Committ<Mi will m^^^t at 12 o'clock b<Tirt 

 there will no general exlxibition of plants 



ana nowers. 



National Ecvse Society: Annual Meeting- at the 

 Crown Room, Holborn R-eetaiirant, corner of 

 Jving-fiway, at 3 p.m.; to be followed by a 



Conv^nsazione from 4.3fl to € p.m. 



THURSDAY, December 19.— Linnean Society. 

 A\'F:D.\E,SDAT, December 25.--Ohrifitma& Day, 

 THl'R-SDAY, December 26.— Bank Holiday. 



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CONTENTS 



A Fine Lat(^ Chr\>:uitiu-mum ... 



Allamanda N4'riitnlia 



An October-flowerinir Snowdrop 



An^swers to Coi n'.^pondentfi 



lie^oriia Imi>rriali.s [[] 



DvsMTt Applet lor the Xorth Countrv 

 Kucr:yi>hias 



Kverg-ret^n Stlinibs with iShowj 

 Exhibitionis and JM^eting's 

 Filberts and Cobs 

 Oeums 



GooselKTrie.i. ... 



Hardy Shrubs for Forcing- 

 i.uiuiii> 



New Pla-iit.-. Flower?, and Fruits 



Xote of the AVeek 



Old Fruit Trees (in AVall.s " 



Oyerorow<iin,^- Herbaeeouc; Bordea\s 



JNTpetnal Carnations 



I'ot Culture of Prjir.s and Apples ... 



S(M-[us]OM in Gnrtli 



.Some I'ortin,ir IJ'-fiiii'it* - 



■Snerulent Pl.-uit^ Cnrdi-n I)Vcoration 



I'he Sr;(-un i.\ 



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OBSERVATIONS. 



TAKEN IN THE EOYAL HORTICULTrfi 4i 



SOCIETY'S GARDENS at WISLEY, SURUEY 

 Height above Sea-leveU 150 feet 



Date, 



1912. 



December 1 



TO 



December 7. 



Dec. 



1 — Snnday 



2 — Monday 



3— Tuesday 



4— Wednesday.. 

 5~Thursday .... 



6— Friday 



7— Saturday 



Means 



GO 



TemPERATURK of TBI 



Air. 



At 9 a. 



Dry 

 Bulb. 



Wet 

 Bulb. 



br. m. 





deer. 



0 6 



30 



28 



5 6 



39 



38 



1 48 



33 



32 





49 



49 



0 6 



37 



36 



0 12 



49 



48 





47 



46 



(total) 







7 18 



40 



39 



Day 



Hi^li. 

 est. 



deg. 

 46 

 46 

 50 

 50 

 60 



51 

 51 



Night 



Low- 

 est 



31 

 32 



as 



37 

 40 



49 



33 



Date, 



1912. 



December 1 



TO 



December 7. 







ins. 



Dec. 1- 





0-20 











- Tuesday 



0-05 





— Wednesday. . 







— Thursday.... 



trace 







005 



M 7 



-Saturday.... 



003 







(total) 





Means 



0 33 



Temperature of 

 THE Soil 

 At 9 A.M. 



At 



1 ft. 



deep. 



deg 

 89 

 38 

 89 

 42 



41 



42 



42 



40 



At 

 2 ft. 

 deep. 



deg 

 4-2 

 41 

 41 

 41 

 42 

 42 

 43 



41 



At 

 4 ft. 

 deep. 



deg. 

 47 



46 

 46 

 45 

 45 

 45 



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O K 



45 



dejT. 



17 



29 



27 



NEWS FROM HEADQUARTERS. 



FFiCIENCY. 



The continued prosperity and progression 

 of the British Empire depend on the effi- 

 ciency of all departments and individuals 

 on whom the responsihility resolves. The 

 diplomacy of ambassadors and the integrity 

 of oA^er-sea consuls is as important as the 

 maintenance of a strong fleet, capable of 

 immediate mobilisation, or a powerful army 

 ready to take the field at a moment's notice. 

 It is only by possessing departments and 

 individuals of the highest efficiency that 

 our heritage can be upheld. 



^ In business, similar conditions are essen- 

 tial, and only those houses who adapt their 

 systems to modern requirements can hope 

 for jcontinued prosperity. The ui>to-date 

 firm must }>e willing to scrap existing plarit 

 and methods immediately they have decided 

 that they no longer spell complete efficiency. 



We were the pioneers of "Tested Seede, 

 and during each decade our experts have 

 been constantly working to introduce new 

 methods of testing, selection, grading, 

 hybridisation , until at the present time, 

 nearly 100 years after our business ^as 

 established, we possess machinery, appara- 

 tus, trial grounds, and facilities which are 

 second to none. Come and see them when- 

 ever you can spare the time. , 



Every department is trained to a hig 

 standard of efficiency, controlled by men oi 

 proved ability and discernment. Our re- 

 sources are at your command and we under- 

 take to cater for every horticultural neces- 

 sity, from supplying one packet of Virginia 

 Stock to 50,(XK) bushels of peas, and irom 

 filling a window box to laying out a tliou- 

 sand-acre golf course. 



f'liry. until. 'mum M-ui-i .Jvtf, rir- .. f'i.r '|M*.inf - - 



;>;m; J'.ar Fnn.l.nt. .1. Tlurri/.rr K 7 iv ; JAMES CARTER & CO 



F'-wUt's var., f)(iO : A.plmium .livuricatum 

 W.-rans, %l ; Cypripedmui Hera 

 l^ui-vadr's ' ' 



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Seedsmen to His Maiesty the King, 



S.W. 



RAYNES PARK 



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LONDON 



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