July 9, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
711 
green, and the habit of the plant dwarf and bushy. 
Award of Merit. Mr. B. R. Davis, Yeovil Nurseries, 
Yeovil. 
Begonia Thunderer. —The wavy and slightly 
fringed petals of this tuberous Begonia are imbricate 
and rich crimson. Award of Merit. Mr. B. R. Davis. 
Gaillardia W. B. Child. —The blooms of this 
single variety are of great size and golden yellow, 
with a crimson-brown disc. Award of Merit. 
Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport, Somerset. 
Lupinus polyphyllus Somerset. —This looks 
like a hybrid between L. polyphyllus and L. arboreus, 
having the long spikes of the former, but the branch¬ 
ing habit and fine yellow flowers of the latter. It 
should prove a great acquisition to the perennial 
Lupines. Award of Merit. Messrs. Kelway & Son. 
Iris juncea numidica. —The rich yellow flowers 
of this variety have the falls finely striated with 
brown on the lower portion or claw. The blade of 
the falls is orbicular, and the standards spathulate. 
The leaves are slender and rush-like. It is one of 
the bulbous Irises, and is rather later in flowering 
than the Spanish Iris. Award of Merit. Messrs. 
R. Wallace & Co., Colchester. 
Hedysarum multijugum. —After being brought 
up to the committee tables on three separate 
occasions, this has at last received a well-deserved 
Award of Merit. For small beds and rockwork it is 
a graceful and beautiful dwarf shrub belonging to 
Pea family. The long racemes of flowers are of a 
rich purple-red, striated on the standard with deeper 
veins. Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart, (gardener, Mr. 
W. Bain), Burford Lodge, Dorking. 
Carnation Margot. — This Malmaison variety 
produces large and shapely flowers of a bright rose 
and deliciously fragrant. Award of Merit. Martin 
R. Smith, Esq. (gardener, Mr. C. Blickl, Warren 
House, Hayes, Kent. 
Carnation Mrs. de Satge. —The habit of this 
Malmaison variety is excellent, and the scarlet 
flowers are of medium size and fragrant. Award of 
Merit. Martin R. Smith, Esq. 
Carnation Lord Welby. —Of the four Malmaison 
varieties shown this was the darkest, being of a rich 
dark crimson, large, and very fragrant. Award of 
Merit. Martin R. Smith, Esq. 
Carnation Baldwin. —This was the most deli¬ 
ciously fragrant of all; and the flowers were of very 
large size and rich rose-pink. Award of Merit. The 
large group of Malmaison Carnations showed what 
an immense variety of colour has been developed in 
this popular race by Martin R. Smith, Esq. 
Rose Una.— Rose macrantha seems to have 
played a part in the production of this large-flowered 
single variety. The flowers are white, tinted with 
blush at certain stages, and have a few more than 
the normal number of petals. Award of Merit. 
Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt. 
Rose Rev. Alan Cheales. —The blooms of this 
hybrid perpetual variety are of average size, with a 
conical centre, and many of the outer petals revolute 
at the margins. The petals are of a bright and dark 
rose, with a pale pink reverse. Award of Merit. 
Messrs. Paul & Son. 
Gladiolus Sutton's Queen of Roses. —This 
belongs to the early-flowering race, and has large 
flowers of a charming, soft, rosy or salmon-pink. The 
three lower segments have each a deeper, central 
rose blotch, enclosing a yellow one. It is an acquisi¬ 
tion to the early-flowering race. Award of Merit. 
Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading. 
Digitalis purpurea grandiflora. —Our native 
species of Foxglove is finer than any exotic, and has 
also been most extensively improved. The numerous 
varieties shown by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd., 
contained many fine forms far superior to the old 
D. p. gloxiniaeflora strain, both in size and markings. 
The ground colour varied from dark to light purple, 
rose, lilac and white. The last-named was a mag¬ 
nificent variety, having large blackish-purple 
blotches on the lip and in the throat. 
Fpuit and Vegetable Committee. 
Peach Thomas Rivers.— The fruits of this Peach 
are of huge size, suffused and marbled with red on 
a pale yellow ground. They were gathered from 
pot trees in the forcing house, which was started on 
the 20th December last. Other varieties in the 
same house were gathered nearly two months ago, 
so that this new variety is a late Peach. First-class 
Certificate. Messrs. T. Rivers & Son, Sawbridge- 
worth. 
THE FLOWER GARDEN. 
The ordinary routine of summer treatment is at 
this time of the year somewhat exacting, for mowing, 
watering, sweeping, weeding, and rolling have all to 
be attended to week by week if the flower garden is 
to possess that trim and well kept appearance that 
is so much a charm. This year, despite the heavy 
rainstorms, insect pests, more especially red spider 
and aphides, have been having a good innings, and 
this has meant a heavy addition to the labour bill. 
Verbenas. —These have suffered to some extent 
from mildew, but the plants are now growing nicely, 
and will, it is to be hoped, outdistance the fungus. 
Attend to the pegging down of growths as occasion 
offers, not only that the plants may be kept dwarf, 
but that the whole of the ground may be covered as 
soon as possible. 
Heliotropes. —These, too, will need timely peg¬ 
ging down, which should not be a difficult operation 
even although the shoots are brittle, if the plants 
were'laid down’ at planting. Keep the soil well 
stirred amongst the plants until growth has car¬ 
peted the ground, and the hoe can no longer be used. 
In the case of late-struck cuttiDgs which were not 
stopped prior to planting, a little judicious pinching 
may be necessary. 
Ornamental Vases. —In far too many cases these, 
even the most massive of them, have none too much 
soil-holding capacity, and yet a good deal of bead 
growth is needed to furnish them properly. Tall, 
vigorous-growing plants have thus to be employed, 
and these soon exhaust the goodness in the little soil 
they have to grow and bloom in. Feeding with 
manurial stimulants must, as a consequence, be con¬ 
ducted at an early date, especially where such rich¬ 
feeding things as Castor Oil Plants, Maize, Cannas, 
and other subtropical foliage subjects are concerned. 
Liquid cow manure, or fresh farmyard manure are 
better than chemicals if the proximity of the vases 
to the mansion admits of their use. As a rule, how¬ 
ever, a watering in early morning gives plenty of 
time for the odours to become dissipated by the 
breakfast hour. 
Carnations, like many other things, are rather 
backward this year, and they have suffered a good 
deal from greenfly. Keep up the dus ings with 
tobacco powder, ss advocated in the last calendar, 
for it is imperative that the health of the plants 
should not be impaired, seeing that the layering 
season is now within measurable distance. Disbud¬ 
ding to some extent will be found necessary, although 
where beds of Carnations are planted for effect the 
whole of the buds may be left to develop. The side 
blooms, although small, are useful, and continue the 
show for some time after the secondary flowers are 
gone. Even in the case of the plants grown for cut¬ 
ting from, only the small buds round the large central 
ones at the apices of the shoots should be taken out, 
for these would in any case be removed with the first 
flower cut. The secondary or lateral blooms will be 
sure to come in handy. Seedlings, as they commence 
to flower, should be caiefully watched, and aDy 
especially good or distinct ones marked for propaga¬ 
tion. Seedling Carnations ought to be raised in 
numbers in every private place, for not only is there 
always a chance of getting something good and new, 
but the plants flower much more freely than the 
plants raised from layers. Even if the flowers come 
single, as a certain percentage will, they are bright 
and useful. 
Violets.— With a view to keeping down red 
spider a sprinkle overhead with a rose-can should be 
given the plants during the evenings of hot days, 
with proper waterings as they may require it. Keep 
the soil constantly stirred by hoeing between the 
rows, and cut back all runners as fast as they make 
their appearance, so as to foster the development of 
sturdy tufts and crowns. 
Wallflowers. —As soon as the plants from the 
June sowing are a couple of inches in height make 
preparation to remove them to their nursery quarters. 
The soil should not be rich, but must be sweet and 
friable if sturdy, short jointed growth is required. 
It is a good plan to plant in rows about g in. apart, 
with about the same distance between the plants in 
the row. Lift carefully, so as to preserve as many 
as possible of the roots intact, and water the young 
plants well in. If the position is a sunny one a little 
shading given by means of a few boughs of ever¬ 
greens scattered over the ground will be very grate¬ 
ful to the plants during the time that the sun is on 
them, as it will enable them to get hold of the new 
soil more speedily. The old seed beds may be turned 
into nursery beds by lifiing alternate rows com¬ 
pletely, and by th’nning down the plants in the row 
to from 6 in. to 9 in apart.— A. S. G. 
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Kitcljen Barden Calendar. 
Having now arrived at the turn of the year, when it 
is necessary to consider the winter and spring crops, 
and so make preparations for them accordingly, it is 
advisable to apportion to each kind a sufficient space 
to secure ample supplies through the dull months, 
when vegetation for the most part is at a stand¬ 
still. 
In every well-appointed kitchen garden there 
should always be planted a goodly auantity of 
Celery, as this vegetable is much in request until 
quite late in the spring, and to have it in the finest 
possible condition several plantings must be made, 
but to waste no ground the latest plantings may be 
made at the present time, for if these are well 
looked after in the way of watering they will be 
equal in point of size and quality to those planted 
early in June. One thing must be specially guarded 
against in the cultivation of late Celery, and that is 
not to commerce blanching until it is actually 
necessary, for be it remembered that this plant is 
perfectly hardy when left exposed, and will with¬ 
stand the most severe of our winters unharmed. 
It is the blanching that makes it tender and so liable 
to be injured from frost and wet. So long then as 
the plants are left unearthed there is little danger of 
them suffering; for this reason,the late planted lots are 
best for spring use, as blanching takes place slowly. 
During winter the plants are not rendered tender till 
the severest of the weather is past. For blanching 
the early crops it is rot necessary to earth, as there 
would be no danger of them suffering from frost; 
therefore, a more simple process may be adopted. 
If the stems are brought together and loosely tied 
this will hold them in position while Celery collars 
made of brown paper are fastened round them. All 
that is necessary to secure clean, well blanched 
stems is to exclude the light and air. Watering at 
the roots may go on as usual, which will soon cause 
the hearts to push up as white as possible. 
Planting ought now to be completed of such things 
as Savoys, Sprouts, Borecole, Broccoli, and other 
winter crops, that they may be well established. As 
the ground becomes cleared of Potatos, the same 
should again be sown wiih Turnips, as they will not 
so soon get stringy. When we have shorter days a 
greater breadth at a time may be sow’n; but it is Dot 
well to put too great a quantity at once until the 
middle of the next month, as young Turnips drawn 
fresh from tne ground are always preferable to 
those that have been stored. Young Carrots are 
always much appreciated in winter. A good 
breadth of these should be sown now on a warm 
sheltered border where protection could be afforded 
in case the winter is unusually severe. The early 
varieties are best for this purpose, though, where 
the ground is in good heart, the intermediate ones 
will do just as well. Endive may now be sown with 
a surety of having fine hearts, as there will not be 
any danger of it running to seed after this date. A 
sowing ought now to be made of Brown Cos Lettuce. 
As these do not grow so rapidly as the summer 
varieties there is less risk of losing them during 
wet Autumns. 
In the Northern counties a sowing of early 
Cabbage should now be made on a piece of well- 
prepared soil in an open situation. As the 
seedlings appear keep them well supplied with 
water. Colewort can also be trea ed in the same 
way. Attend to the staking of Peas and Runner 
Beans, and do not allow either to suffer for want of 
water, or mildew will soon make its appearance with 
the former, and the latter will fail to set any fruit. 
Sow Parsley for Winter and Spring use, and pay 
particular attention to small salads .—Kitchen 
Gardener. 
A Big Price for a Carnation.—A United States 
florist recently refused an offer of $4,000 (£800) for 
the stock of Carnation Mrs. T. W. Lawson. 
