THE 



GARDENERS' 



MAGAZINE, 



June 



* ;« kmiQ#» nrooertv are bad, though it may be different 

 small investments in house P«^ rt r^ lf< 'strange as it may seem in 



if the owner j*^™ there i! no better investment 



view of the price at "^W^iM recently gave me the result of an 

 X^t^U^«m^SivSted in home" rails and never taken 

 ouf tL other reserved for such investments as seemed promising, for 

 Sane the purchase and sale of house property and speculation in 

 S^iidastrS undertakings. Though the latter yielded high profit- 

 's much as 10 per cent, at times-the rails won easily with their steady 

 3 to 4 per cent, over a course of years. 



Dover h 



The horticulturist who has time to do much visiting will hav* t 

 ere he finds a more up-to-date and smartly-kept establish™, lV° *«* 

 of Dover House, where Mr. J. F. McLeod is S? ite tha «*« 

 steward to J. P. Morgan, Esq., a gentleman of great w Jiti! . !??. ani 



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A is situated just outside London, on the highest iS^t 

 : of Roehampton, that nestles snugly on the northern edw 

 pen expanse comprising Wimbledon Common and lw 

 though the family is not often in residence here, vet J™? 

 . , , n _ ^ - »~pt trim and tidy as though the generous employer werfl", 

 I have lone watched the career of the United Horticultural Benefit home . Weeds are nowhere to be seen, save on a part of the bJ. 

 and 1'rovident Society, and my principal feeling has been one of astonish- swardj and from here they are being ousted by applications of lawn si3 



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S2*Z**£**Bfe s^king, such trifling support fron, 

 gardeners. What are the reasons ? It is an institution calculated to do 

 immense good; why do the great majority of gardeners hold aloof? I 

 LTfirmlyVrsuaded, as I believe I said once before, that the name has a 

 great deal to do with it. Fancy what would have happened if tha 

 fremendous institution, the Hearts of Oak, had called itself the Nationa 

 Workmen's Benefit and Provident Institution ! It would never have kept 

 its baby body upright under the load. Again, would the Gardeners 

 Magazine have been hale and hearty after sixty-five of life if it 

 had called itself the Organ for the Propagation of Useful Information to 

 Horticulturists ? We don't as a rule like long names, and if we shorten 

 them we can. Where we can't shorten them we often leave them 

 unuttered, and their valuable advertisement is lost, 

 gentlemen, in your committees, and ask yourselves if a short, easy, yet 

 expressive name like Gardeners' Benefit Bank wouldn't suit you better ? 

 r Lux. 



Consider this, 



Roses at the Temple Show. 



There was a grand display of roses at this show from most of the 

 leading trade growers of roses under glass. 



In the section for groups of pot roses, Messrs. William Paul and 

 Son, of Waltham Cross, were awarded a gold medal for a very fine 

 collection, well staged and of good quality. Among the many varieties 

 may be noticed : Climbers, Crimson Rambler, and Claire Jacquier ; 

 standards, Duke of York, Ulrich Briinner, Mrs. Sharman Crawford, 

 and Paul Neron, one plant of the latter variety, which is usually despised 

 by exhibitors, from its lack of form, bearing flowers that would have 

 been most useful for the back row in a stand of seventy-two or forty- 

 eight. The whole group was bordered by twelve boxes of cut roses, 

 containing twenty-four blooms in each, a box of the yellow tea Medea 

 being especially good. To this firm was granted an " award of merit," 

 for a new seedling hybrid perpetual, Aurora, several pots of which were 

 staged, a salmon-pink, something like Pride of Waltham, yet quite 

 distinct, with thorny wood. A large showy rose, free flowering, good 



foliage and habit. ' 



Mr. Charles Turner, of Slough, had a fine decorative group 



As usual in exhibits from Slough, 



occupying the end of the large tent. 

 Crimson Rambler was a prominent feature, trailing up the tent poles, 

 festooned in arches, with smaller plants filling up the spaces in front. 

 Here were to be seen some of the finest specimen plants in the exhibition, 

 some of the best beinj Madame Lacharme, Juno, La France, Celine 

 Forestier, and Marie Baumann. Of standards, mention should be made 

 of Niphetos, Madame de Watteville, and Francesca Kruger, bearing 

 flowers of good form and substance. Two new roses were staged in this 

 group, a white hybrid tea, Souvenir de Madame Eugene Verdier, and a 

 hybrid perpetual, of the Marie Finger type, Madame Abel Chatenay, 

 both very promising. 



Messrs. Paul and Son, of Cheshunt, occupied a corner of the large 

 tent with an elegant and interesting group, having less formality in the 

 arrangement than some of the others, straight lines being broken up by a 

 free use of standards. Here were to be seen two seedlings, the result of 

 crossing Polyantha Golden Fairy with Turner's Crimson Rambler. The 

 first-named, Diana, bearing small creamy white flowers, and the second, 

 Psyche, producing clusters of larger flowers of the shade of maiden's 

 blush. These two varieties were Ramblers in wood, foliage, and habit, 

 whilst maintaining the character and size of the Polyantha. 



In another tent were staged collections of pot roses by Messrs. Frank 

 Cant and Co., and Messrs. Rumsey, of Waltham Cross. The former had 

 some plants of a new variety, Thalia, or the White Rambler, one of a set 

 of three summer flowering climbing roses announced as "The Three 

 Graces." The latter staged his new hybrid perpetual Mrs. Rumsey, rosy- 

 pink, a sport from Mrs. George Dickson ; evidently free flowering. 



Without a doubt the finest cut roses in the exhibition came from Mr. 

 George Mount, of Canterbury. Forming a background to the exhibit 

 were several specimens of Crimson Rambler, blooming profusely in small 

 twenty-four pots. The cut flowers, on long stalks, were staged in vases, 

 these were remarkable for the size of the blooms and sturdiness of 

 growth, and amongst the many varieties thus shown were flowers of 

 T° m cT f* l ° ut * Catherine Mermet, Mrs. John Laing, and Niphetos, 

 *hich would have stood a good chance as medal blooms at ordinary mid- 

 season rose shows so perfect were they in form and colour. The flowers 

 J. phet0 , s ™ ere . remarkable, standing erect on stout stems without any 



is variety seemed more like 



En^^' ° r , tW ° b: ° oms Of thia v*i.ciy accucu more luce 



he n 2 s % VESE?£i shapp ' and for a time p uzz,ed the -i ud s es as to 



l0ng StemS " cre CUt bl ° 0mS in 



A walk through the gardens a few days ago revealed the promised 

 a rich crop of fruits of all kinds. The cherries, not too closely trained 

 to the fence, but given some headway, were an 

 and here they never fail to yield a good crop. 



blossom^ 

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protuseiy, ana on uic wan* uau w weir Lropb. Apples, both loo 

 established and newly-planted trees, promise well, while the large 

 collection of a hundred varieties of gooseberries will this season give 

 some indication as to the value of certain sorts as compared with others 

 for this district. The strawberries could not be better, and it is to be 

 hoped that unkind weather will not falsify present promise. Early peas 

 look first-rate, especially in the sheltered kitchen garden on a souther* 

 slope. Broccoli has been a great success this season, but the crop is 

 practically finished now ; near by is a notably even breadth of thepopd* 

 Ellam's Dwarf cabbage, perfectly true, and with not a bolted plan 

 visible. The asparagus beds at Dover House are wonderful examples of 

 what continuously careful cultivation following a proper commencement 

 may accomplish in the way of large crops of fine heads of this delicious 

 vegetable. When one talks of the merits of alternate husbandry, and 

 the value of rotation of crops, Mr. McLeod points out a plot of ground 

 that for the sixth consecutive year is cropped with carrots, and surely, if 

 present appearance counts for anything, as fine a set of roots as ever 

 came from the plot will result this season. Mr. McLeod has great fatt 

 in farmyard manure, and his faith is seen in his works. 



Among hardy flowers, roses are grown in large numbers, but pansier 

 violas, and carnations outnumber them completely. In their season the 

 violas are always an unqualified success at Dover House, 

 success is farmyard manure and deeply-worked soil ; after this, sturd 

 plants are the chief requisite, and then the water can and Dutch hoe a* 

 the tools most called into use. On a large border the violas are plamej 

 in variously shaped masses, so that when in flower there arc - titom 

 contrasts and pleasing harmonies making up a charm '^ 

 carnations are very abundant, and as healthy as every* ^ « 

 gardens. Large quantities are needed for cutting from, and so i *ct JJJ 

 Clove, Gloire de Nancy, Raby Castle, Prince oi gleans a dm* > *t 

 notably free-flowering and distinct kinds are cul uvated o a la rg 

 while Varer sorts find a place and their capabilities ; ^ted V l ^ 

 and magnolias clothe some parts of Ae Wo^We mm*. i~ 



The basis of 



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in summer time ; choice shrubs, 



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p7rpirb7eches, lime^ adorn the 



a fine display of tulips and wallflowers in the * 0 ^^^ 

 eluding a successful season. Bedding plants ar P^ d ~^ £ e at fag 

 for this compact establishment has a Capacity 8*^J „ fucta j* 



supposes. Begonias ^othe^ subjects are being d* 



humeas, cannas, and a whole host oi uwici j 

 hardened off for duty where colour and grace are n " f " kis fooi " 

 The glass department is fairly extensive, and plenty ^ necun|g| 

 seven men. Fruit naturallytakes much of the spacer ^ ^ 



being especially plentiful ; the crops throu S no j" tures of health, anddi 

 sistent with good management, the trees are p « R( —| 

 ripening crops are of nicely coloured fully de > erIies are lag 

 Sovereign and Viscon-.tess Hencart de ^fc past, * * 



forced, and supplies have been provided to r n i*y cotDBie *f. 

 later batches will meet the demand until ttie ou a nd set 



The vineries are a pleasant sight, the growtll ana t ^ ^ 

 all first-rate, such as do 'not call forth apolog les o r h 

 de Jar Jin. Figs, both in pots and planted out ahva r great ^ 

 to the treatment accorded by Mr. McLeod, J and ^ ^ 



Stove plants of many kinds are cultivated, ana 10 ^ varietyfi u* 

 many choice and rare subjects. F,owenn ^ f *i ( i to do duty » 



succes* 



carnations figure largely. The rose house is not a ^ $ ^ 

 reason of its heavily wooded, old-fashioned oot ^ ple ^£ 



contains a. lot of rose blooms, but . the total resu ^^orer^J 

 McLeod, so doubtless ere long it will be rt Ul i ma isoO 

 k„;m; ' ~ ™ suitable sue. 1 «c x« jn j prtW" 



about the date of the Temple 



building erected on a more suitable site. , t0 se e, 



at Dnver Hnnsp are wnrth making a i 011 ^ J V e j r best. 



ih ow they will be auhe.^ rf 

 nations are a keen test ot a plantman s sm , ^ one g ow 

 McLeod has come off more than victor as ^ foU rtea»;^g 

 testifies. There are a goodly number oi »y in , 

 some measuring nearly a yard across, and carry y The fol.ag^^ 

 fat buds, that erelong will be huge bright oloom ^ e JJ£ 



derfully healthy, and disease obtains no last season- 



Anna S r L ' A, ° Ur °, f , these boxes ™nl*med respectively are two and a half years old, and were not pot f 



in another te ^ ' Mrs - J ohn Laing, and Ulrich Briinner ; houses are smaller, stocky, and equally hea ' th 0 ^ P aine d by 



NipKSs arraSredSySS? Catherine Mermet and twelve' nations, and the newer sorls that have^ been ob ,^ 



l > ta *>-e™ately ; and two other stands contained miscel- 



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