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GARDENERS' MAGAZINE 



Sax 



HYPNOIDES. 



Cushion. I 



ONE of the prettiest and most easily grown oi the mossy saxifragas is 

 the British species S. hypnoides, known as the Dovedale Moss, or Eve's 



t is a very variable species, so much so that some of its forms 

 have at times been described as species. Sir J. Hooker, in his " Students' 

 Flora of the British Isles/ 7 writes : " I have repeatedly studied the forms 

 of S. hypnoides and its allies, and always with the result that the passage 

 from hypnoides proper to caespitosa is undefinable." In the higher hills 

 and mountains of Somerset this saxifraga is fairly common, but it is 

 more abundant in the highlands of Scotland. Apart from its effective- 

 ness when in flower, S. hypnoides is a most useful rock plant because of 

 the dense mossy growth it produces, which is of a lively green hue 

 throughout the winter. In country gardens one may often see the species 

 used to cover the front of a low rockery, especially in cottage and villa 



his wider XSH 



were limited to three, there could be 



grower would still have his legitimate ~*A»m±Z^K lo . ? n y- The 

 choice for his best trusses. 



There might also very properly Jbe a class for 



roses * * ^' ~~ 



indi 



educational value to the public at large." As"l have 55'* ' nterest 

 again, our present systems of showing hides indivfdukr^' a " d 0v * r 

 demerits under the blinding shelter of mere mass 



es Just because these roses differ so taateriaU??^ 



lvidual blooms, such a class would prove of truss and 



over 

 merits and 



ucniciiLD 1 11 v ^i»^»«6 ^^^iici oi mere mass This n • — Q 



blazes of colour, or masses of verdure, but often leads in ?. glvc telli ng 

 widely astray as to the individual merits of species or raS? 1 * 8 plantCr * 



It is not at all particular as to position, but it prefers an s 



rock 

 The 



gardens. 



exposed, or at least a half-shaded, position, whether grown in a 

 garden proper or in a butter tub, as shown in the illustration, 

 specimen figured is the pride of a good lady whose villa garden in the 

 Canterbury Road, Croydon, contains many homely plants well grown. It 

 is planted in a butter tub, and has flourished so well that the tub is com- 

 pletely hidden by the overhanging mass of mossy growth. When in full 

 flower during June and July there is a mass of white blossoms that 

 draws the attention of every passer-by, and probably the majority never 

 for one moment think that the plant that delights their eyes is a native of 

 our own land. 



But exhibit each rose in single sprays or trusses of suffic^?? ° f roses - 

 place them sufficiently far apart for each to be seen clearl , 8th ' aml 

 runs, or walks through the show tents, may read off tW • who 

 glance. Thus our best shows of roses would n^de«nmtelS? * a 

 ipectacular displays of colour for an hour or a day, but S 

 of learning. " m ^corne schools 



L>. T. Fish. 



Edinburgh. 



Peac 



Outdoors 



I FEEL compelled to respond to 



s 



OF R 



The question of exhibiting garden roses should prove a popular and 

 useful subject for discussion in your columns, if room can be spared. 

 That mass is might to win prizes seems to have caused the piling up of 



the remarks of M D. T F " aiv*« 



page 422 of the Gardeners' Magazine, where he comments uZZ 



J?S t V? n G . "V ' g ?T g - 1 am ver >' Pleased to S| 



"D. T. K" that m spite of my unorthodox style (as he terms it), I hav ' 



a lovely lot of font, the trees are the picture of good health, and I slnll 



be pleased for him or anyone else to see them. The trees do not look 



as though they had been treated very badly, or on any "erratic 



system. I must point out that in my letter of May 14, I did not write 



SAXIKRAGA HYPNOIDES IN A BUTTER TUB, AT CROYDON. 



not a few sheaves of garden roses. 



When 



not a few expected a great and decided development in the display of 

 ms« w.th artistic effect These brilliant ideals have been doomed to 



serious disappointment. A few very creditable exhibits of garden roses 

 have been made, but on the whole the last efforts of showing roses artis- 



si'ng y it?? f" W0T - C tha " the first - When showing rose blooms 



hundred per cent, more effectual upon insects than cold; I thought 

 most practical gardeners knew that ; rose growers do. We start wash- 

 ing the trees early in the morning, say, at ten o'clock, so that they are 

 nicely dry before nightfall. Nothing at all is gained here by leaving 

 any protection over the trees after Mav has come in ; in fact, it does 

 more harm than erwl \vw ; c mmmncr nnt over for but to pro- 



than good, 

 tect the blossom? 



What is the covering put over for but to pro- 

 So, after that is safe, the less coddling the trees 



m™;,^ receive the bettor. Tt iT^ 35 Zjtt<ttZJ*fc badly 

 form, or artistic beauty of the treses because of the ^ numbers 8 t£ P P d ' ^ d , are almost certain to be infested with aphis, which must be 



more trusses in a bunch or sheaf E5iS^^^^5^ 2 l 3ffi2tf bef ° re the trees will start into growth. I have this season seen 



-ts individual graces or charms. A? ^u^ffo^n^SJr £Z tree A badly "'PP 1 ** through this cause. ... 



editorial note, the National Rose Socie^stipulates hat no? less th.n * jft occ ™°™ I have expressed in these columns my opinion 



three trusses of one variety shall be shown T* Thine of garden roses S*™^™™™* reference to disbudding, but I do not remember 



It would be just as easy to add that not mo?e Than 1 five trusses of mv one ri 8 lh ?V nis °P eration should be performed in one act, quite he 

 222 Sh f * Sh °, wn in a bunch - I Prefer five to seven or ant hrSE 1 ^ Said that disbudding should be commenced very earl), 



number of trusses, for the reasons already s tated g SOOn ** ek ~" " ' 1 ' JU 



f^ct thlu^dSe SSmum ITm^ Up ° n is ? *? •ccount than the 



insisted on through™ Z™£ cTasT ~ ° f trUSSCS ShOUld be 



Thus, so far as possible, niacins 



^Vi^^'OTAJff sst^ and opport V itv - AcS 



verymuch in their hand^andTSft^F f^ ^^pnje. 

 lumpm K on the show tables of L TI \T n * '? a v leSS * v ' 1 than this 

 •heaves of unlimited numbers I ! CS thr - ou * h crowd,n g ponderous 

 possible methods «frwt:._™ ot .t. russes . There are yet two other 



soon as the shoots can be handled, and I adhere to that system, for 

 trom my own experience it is the most advantageous, as it certainly 

 a better chance to those shoots left, to say nothing about the fruit 1 

 have been wondering what the trees would look like after having been 

 covered up w.th bracken, asparagus tops, or other thick materia , and .this 

 close on the tree ; and how is it possible for trees to be healthy under 

 such conditions ? I consider a fish net a much more effective method, 



toees PUt ^ tl™y (-m the wall, one J^^^^SSS 



weaves of unlimited- n .,«i * , TOes tnrou K n crowding ponderous tr*»c -ru ■ ■ ^ an «Y irom the wan, one can wai* uhuu ~- { a 



possible mJSS^SE^- 0t \ mss ^ Th?re are >et wo not nerl- ? C0Verin ^ but H iS effeCtUa1 ' & S have Svt* 



make the minim, m limi «f * S CV ^' Worthv of consideration. One is to Tt fS r T* 1 ^ ave ^ row n peaches here for ten years, and hav e neve 



absolute limhZSS Per L " f tr number f « trusses of garden roses the £ wlft ^ in or out-of-door crops. When took change 



r«veal its habit chaSS ST ° f a ^ arden or °ther rose, would T? r ' h that Deaches w °uld not do here, but I was allowed to maK 



' Character » a "d beauty, just as well as five, as 7 all % and the re sults have been gratifying to all concerned^ 



