June 13th, 1885, 
THE GARDENING WORLD, 
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THE WINTER GARDEN, FOLKE¬ 
STONE, 
That the South-Eastern Railway Company have 
moved in the right direction is apparent by the spirited 
action they have taken to enhance the comfort of then- 
visitors and the travelling public in erecting a hand¬ 
some Winter Garden as an adjunct to their Royal 
Pavilion Hotel, at the above-named fashionable water¬ 
ing place, a boon which will be much appreciated, 
especially by ladies and invalids. 
From the illustration we give it will be seen that 
Upright Tubular Boilers are employed for this pur¬ 
pose, and the pipes are fixed in prepared channels 
below the floor line, and covered with ornamental iron 
gratings. The boiler house is at one end and built in 
character to form part of the main building. Beds 
form the interior feature, planted in such a manner 
with ornamental shrubs and fine-foliaged plants, that 
when necessary the Winter Garden can be easily con¬ 
verted into a banqueting-room. 
The building was specially designed by Messrs. 
J. Weeks & Co., Horticultural Engineers, King’sRoad, 
Chelsea, who also carried out the entire works. In 
large white fleshy roots in conglomerat: form, having 
many crowns, and when planted singly these crowns 
produce much finer flowers than if they are left for 
years undisturbed. The under-mentioned kinds grow 
about 2 ft. high, are most graceful in habit, and have 
in each case pure white flowers. 
Anthericum Liliago major (or the Great St. 
Bernard’s Lily) is a very fine form, in habit and general 
appearance resembling the type, but the pure white 
flowers are double the size. 
A. Liliastrum, “The St. Bruno’s Lily,” is a hand¬ 
some plant with fine spikes of the purest white 
the building is on the combined span-roof principle, 
consisting of seven roofs of various widths, the main 
or central one having an octagonal ornamental lantern 
or dome. The ornamental part of the roof, consisting 
of ridge-running ornaments and finials to correspond, 
is very pleasing and effective ; the mullions in front 
are also ornamental in character. 
The Winter Garden presents a frontage of about 
170 ft., averaging 51 ft. in width, and has three 
entrances, each of which has also a vestibule. The 
main entrance from the hotel is connected to it by a 
glass corridor, thus enabling visitors to enter in all 
weathers without exposure. Special attention has 
been paid to the warming arrangements, in order that 
a genial temperature can be maintained, even in the 
most severe weather. Two of Weeks’s Patent Duplex 
the construction of the house about 110 tons of pre¬ 
pared wood, iron, and glass were employed. 
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SELECT HARDY PERENNIALS. 
(Continued, fromp . 628.) 
Following closely in order, the genus Anthericum 
stands next in importance to the “ Wind-flowers ” or 
Anemones. It includes some of the choicest and 
hardiest of perennials, all of ivhich are easily grown 
in any good ordinary soil, and when they have 
attained to specimen size they are certainly among 
the handsomest of hardy plants. They may, if 
required, be separated with ease, not with a knife, 
however, but simply by the hand, requiring but little 
force. The root stock is composed of numerous 
flowers, which are deliciously fragrant. It is without 
doubt one of the finest perennials, and should be in 
all collections. 
A. Liliastrum major is the noblest of its race, 
growing fully 2 ft. 6 ins. high, with gigantic spikes of 
flowers 18 ins. long. As a first-class border plant it 
is unequalled, and may be well grown in pots, which 
renders it a fitting ornament for the conservatory. 
For vase decoration they are also equally valuable. 
The Columbines. —Now we come to that interesting 
group of Alpine and perennial plants, the Columbines, 
or Aquilegias, so truly interesting owing to the 
picturesqueness of their flowers. Those who love a 
garden with a natural love will find these the very 
plants to employ in quantity—they are so easily raised 
from seeds and so diversified in colour, form of 
