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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
July 15, 1893. 
response, expressed the exceeding pleasure it offered 
himself as representing the firm to welcome and 
entertain the party, and he trusted that they would 
have not only a most enjoyable, but a profitable day. 
Then the cricket teams, with several friends, wended 
their way to the firm's cricket ground, near the 
Thames, and opposite Caversham, where the match 
of cricket was played. The home team won the 
toss, and as it was at the outset all Lombard Street 
to a China Orange that they would win, it was no 
surprise that the visitors met with a licking, over 
which we gladly draw a veil. All the same even 
such a defeat did not dull their sense of enjoyment, 
and they returned home to Kingston in excellent 
time in the highest of spirits, and realising that their 
trip to Reading would have to be marked as a red 
letter day in their existences. 
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CARNATIONS AT 
CHELSEA. 
Like everything else, Carnations will be past their 
best when the usual exhibition season comes round. 
All things considered they have done well in the 
nursery of Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, and 
were very floriferous in most cases when we 
examined them last week ; and although many were 
past their best they could hardly be otherwise, seeing 
how sheltered is the nursery, reflecting the sun’s 
rays on every side. They occupy a central position, 
where they are planted out in beds mulched over 
with Cocoa-nut fibre. The varieties are very 
numerous, including all the best of the leading types, 
but the predominating kinds are those best suited for 
border work and winter-flowering. Picotees are 
fairly numerous, but they as well as bizarres and 
flakes are far outweighed by the seifs and fancy 
kinds for border work, if not in number of kinds at 
least in quantity. 
Border Maid has delicate rosy-pink flowers with 
white edges, and is suitable alike for border decora¬ 
tion or winter-flowering. The petals of Magnum 
Bonum are bright scarlet, broad, and in no way 
crowded. An old kind is Mrs. W. P. Milner, with 
broad white petals, and very suitable for cut flowers. 
The same may be said of Alice Ayres, which produces 
an abundance of flowers slightly striped with rose, 
and plenty of shoots for layering. Like the last, 
Earl of Beaconsfield may be termed a fancy, and 
has deep red flowers flaked with maroon, and 
fragrant. Wm. Toby is a deep maroon sport from 
the last, equally as fragrant, and both find favour 
with the public. A deep rose and very floriferous 
variety is Brilliant, with plenty of grass. A delicate 
rosy-pink and free-flowering variety is -Dr. Parke, 
and a free grower. Rose Celestial is a fine thing in 
the way of Mary Morris, and rose coloured shaded 
with a deeper hue when the flowers first expand. 
One of the dwarfest and best of the white varieties 
is Mrs. F. Watts, now about 12 in. to 15 in. high. 
Its counterpart may be found in Winter Cheer, 
similar in height, and of a brilliant crimson-scarlet 
or red. It keeps on flowering till November in the 
open ground, and also flowers freely in winter as the 
name implies. 
A race of comparatively new and vigorous border 
varieties has recently been added to the collection. 
Of these, Oxonian is deep crimson, but larger, and 
not so dark as Wm. Toby. Cantab is practically a 
scarlet Clove, with a delicious fragrance, and 
brighter in colour than Winter Cheer. Another 
dark sort is Sultan, of a crimson hue, shaded with 
darker. A charming variety is Ruby, producing a 
profusion of deep rose flowers, shaded with scarlet, 
but it wants shading in hot weather to preserve its 
rich colour. The same of course applies to many of 
the rose-coloured sorts. The scarlet-red flowers of 
Queen of Bedders are not particularly refined, but 
they are produced in great quantity, and do not pre¬ 
vent the plant from being equally profuse in the de¬ 
velopment of shoots for layering. A striking flower 
is Cara Roma, of an intense purple, with the outer 
petals shaded with maroon. It grows very freely. 
The pink flowers of Maggie Lawie are of a delicate 
pink, and ultimately fade to blush. The flowers of 
Mrs. Gifford are somewhat fringed, but otherwise re¬ 
fined and pure white. It is a dwarf variety, and 
only slightly taller than Mrs. F. Watts. 
A beautiful rose-coloured and floriferous variety is 
Raby, somewhat fringed, but handsome for bedding 
purposes. It does not burn with sunshine; nor 
does Amy Herbert, of a warm rose pink, with large, 
well formed' flowers. Single crowns planted in the 
autumn give rise to several stems and a great quan¬ 
tity of flowers. The bright crimson-scarlet flowers 
of Montague form a fine contrast. Then again we 
have Empress, growing about 2’ ft. high, and pro¬ 
ducing a profusion of moderate-sized flowers of 
beautiful form, and which are not inclined to split. 
A handsome sort is Grant Allen, with deep rose 
flowers shaded with a scarlet flush. The best of the 
crimson types is Crimson Pet, of an intense bright 
crimson when first expanded and ultimately becom¬ 
ing shaded with maroon. The fragrant old Clove, 
of which a quantity is grown, must not be over¬ 
looked. One of the best of the purple kinds is 
Purple Emperor, with dark coloured flowers. 
Fancy kinds are well represented, and one of the 
brightest and best of the yellow grounds is Charles 
I. , with scarlet markings shading into salmon and 
that again into yellow. Cheerful also is The Lady, 
flaked and run with scarlet rose on a yellow ground. 
It is one of the most floriferous in the collection. 
Grandiflora, on the other hand, is striped with rose 
on a white ground. Of the yellow kinds, Germania 
has done well, producing a profusion of flowers. A 
seedling as yet unnamed closely resembles Germania, 
but its broad petals are paler ; it is a good grower 
with plenty of grass. A new variety named Leander 
is the strongest growing yellow we have seen, with 
stems 2 ft. to 3! ft. in height, and the firm, thick 
petals are well adapted to withstand rain. A soft 
yellow ground is Almira, with a few rose stripes. 
The terra-cotta Mrs. Reynolds Hole has also done 
well. 
Bizarres and flakes are represented by a consider¬ 
able number of kinds, but we noted only the best of 
them. True Briton is flaked with scarlet and 
maroon on a white ground, and sometimes sports 
into a maroon flake on a red ground. John Hines 
is flaked with maroon and red on a white ground. 
The flowers of Sarah Payne are flaked with rose and 
purple on a white ground, and Princess Beatrice has 
similar colours, but different in their arrangement. 
The flakes of Queen Victoria are crimson and rose 
on a white ground. There is a true flake of the 
same name, the markings being purple and white. 
Other flakes are St. Gatien, rose and white ; Thalia, 
bright rose and white ; Ada, deep purple and white ; 
Mr. Sutton, purple and white; and James Douglas, 
with broader purple flakes, and which sports into a 
deep purple self. 
Picotees are numerous, and many of them are 
extremely pretty in their chaste and refined colours. 
One of the best of the heavy crimson-edged type is 
J. B. Bryant. By way of contrast Gosten has a 
crimson wire edge, and is moreover a good grower. 
The ground colour of Alice is of a uniform rose and 
the wire edge is crimson. Although it bids defiance 
to the florists’ standard in not having a white ground, 
it is a charming flower and well deserves a 
place in the border for its intrinsic beauty. One of 
the dwarfest and most handsome on the ground is 
Admiration having a heavy purple edge. Mrs. A_ 
Chancellor has a heavy clear purple edge, and is 
considered the best of its class in cultivation. It i s 
certainly a most attractive sort. Another floriferous 
variety and very dwarf is Ensign, with a heavy 
crimson edge. Dr. Epps is also a handsome sort 
with a heavy but brilliant crimson edge. Of another 
class is Little Phil, a dwarf sort with a light rose 
edge. The heavy edge of Mrs. Sharp is bright rose ; 
like Mrs. Payne this is not a common variety in culti¬ 
vation. Annie Louise has a light rose wire edge, 
and is both floriferous and a very free grower. It is 
a pity that some of the most charming varieties pro¬ 
duce few good shoots for layering purposes, but 
raisers could surely manage to get those pleasing and 
bright colour in plants with strong constitution, so as 
to render them of easy culture for border decoration. 
The bulk of the Picotees are, however, of easy culti¬ 
vation, and we are surprised they are not more 
extensively grown as border plants for cut flowers, 
for they are certainly most pleasing and attractive 
when cut and mixed with other hardy flowers in 
season or used alone with long stalks and a spray or 
two of their own foliage. 
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Roses.—Climbers that have finished flowering 
may have the flower stems cut off to encourage fi^sh 
growth, and favour the production of a second crop 
of bloom. If dry at the roots, mulch them and give 
a good watering. The budding of Briers may be 
commenced at once. Should the weather prove very 
hot at the time, shading for a few days will be 
beneficial. Remove suckers that may be pushing 
up from established kinds. 
WORLD’S FAIR NOTES. 
The Wooded Island is bright with Roses now ; both 
Teas (bedded out this spring) and hybrid remontants 
are in good bloom. The main attraction is of course 
the Rose garden in the centre, but there are some 
scattering groups in other parts, among them a 
group of standards and bush plants (budded) from 
W. Van Kleff & Son, of Boskoop, Holland, and a 
bed of Marshall P. Wilder from Ellwanger & Barry. 
In the main Rose garden the outer beds are mostly 
plaited with Teas and a few Bourbons, and they are 
blooming very freely. Bon Silene, Perle des Jardins, 
Meteor, and Innocente Pirola are a mass of bloom. 
Mdme. Caroline Custer is fine, covered with blooms, 
and Louis Philippe, though perhaps inferior to 
Agrippina, is sufficiently free in flowering to make a 
good show. 
At time of writing the beds are not yet fully 
labelled with the names of exhibitors, but the best 
display to be seen there was that of Alex Dickson & 
Son, Newtownards, Ireland. The plants were in 
fine bloom, the best show being made by Baroness 
Rothschild and Merveille de Lyon. The new 
Margaret Dickson did not show to good advantage ; 
in fact the few blooms noted were distinctly inferior 
to Merveille de Lyon under similar circumstances. 
We are told, however, that some plants grown on in 
this country made a much better impression than 
those planted out directly after importation. 
Dickson’s bed of Moss Roses is admirable—a mass 
of bloom and perfect in foliage. So far this Rose 
garden has been absolutely free from insect pests of 
every description, and the flowers are left to develop 
in perfection. Of all the hybrid remontants on view 
Baroness Rothschild, Merveille de Lyon and Mabel 
Morrison make the best show in every exhibit where 
they occur. Rothschild is especially good, being 
thickly set with perfect blooms. There are some 
good Magna Charta and Jacqueminot, but nothing 
very striking in other sorts. The Boskoop Nursery 
Association makes a good Rose exhibit in addition 
to their clematis, which occupy the centre of the 
Rose garden. Clematis Thunbergii and C. viticella 
venosa are now in good bloom. 
The Associated Dresden Gardeners make a good 
exhibit of Tea Roses, which are doing very well, and 
also a lot of Standards, which are just coming into 
bloom, A mass of Rosa rugosa, both red and white, 
makes a marked impression and also makes us wish 
this charming single Rose had been used in the 
shrubbery borders. A mass of Mdme. Plantier in 
another border shows a sheet of white; this old 
hybrid China is such an abundant bloomer that it 
makes a fine show during the comparatively short 
time it is in bloom. Another very abundant bloomer 
is Clolhilde Soupert, which is displayed by J. C. 
Vaugham. 
Outside the Rose garden there is still quite a good 
supply of bloom although the earlier perennials are 
past their best. A fine show is made where two beds 
are bordered with evening primrose (CEnothera 
Fraserii and (E. Youngii). The plants are covered 
with large golden yellow blooms and the display is 
very noticeable. Another good show is made along 
the shrubbery, where purple Delphinium is planted in 
masses. The Delphiniums are flowering freely in a 
good many places. 
Among the shrubs, now that the flowering period 
is over with^most of them, the golden Elder has a 
wonderfully enlivening effect, it colour being as good 
as Golden Bedder Coleus. Its companion, the 
variegated Elder, is^also in fine form. 
Over in the big building a good many additions 
have been made and also many improvements in 
arrangement. In the south curtain H. A. Dreer’s 
exhibit of Ferns is a great addition. The plants 
are, for the most part, standard trade sorts ; they are 
well grown and in fine order, and they are labelled 
with a clearness that leaves nothing to be desired. 
The labels are in shape a key-stone of tin, mounted 
on a wire standard; they are painted green and 
lettered in white with a distinctness plain enough for 
the least informed. Among the plants shown was 
Pteris tremula Smithiana, a handsome furgate form; 
P. Victorise and P. cretica magnifica. Davallia 
Fijiensis plumosa was seen in fine specimen form, a 
very handsome plant; D. pentaphylla was also good. 
There was a good variety of Adiantums, Aspleniums, 
Polystichums, Selaginellas, etc., and they are very 
well arranged in a back, backed by Palms and 
Pandanus. 
