July 17, 1897. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
729 
this year it is most likely that the flowers will be 
double next Season. If, on the contrary, you put 
them in comparatively poor soil the doubleness may 
not be so apparent, although it is scarcely likely that 
it will, disappear all at once. It often takes several 
years’ starving to bring the flowers back again to the 
single form. The finer varieties of florists’ Tulips are 
very apt to have their distinctive markings spoiled 
by being grown year after year in fat soil, and they 
get so bad sometimes that to throw them away seems 
the best way out of the difficulty. It is well, there¬ 
fore, to give the bulbs a season’s sojourn in poor 
soil now and again as a corrective. 
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ROSE SOUVENIR DU PRESIDENT 
CARNOT. 
This charming hybrid Tea Rose must not be con¬ 
founded with the hybrid perpetual President Carnot, 
which was put into commerce in 1892. The variety 
under notice was first sent out in 1894 by Pernet- 
Ducher, and is a seedling from Lady Mary Fitz- 
william raised by the late Mr. Bennett, of Shepper- 
ton, Middlesex. This latter variety is rather a 
moderate grower, under certain conditions at least; 
but curiously enough Sou. du President Carnot is a 
vigorous grower with smaller flowers of different 
shape. In form they bear a close resemblance to 
those of Niphetos, but are of a pale flesh colour in 
the centre, but so soft that for all practical purposes 
it may be regarded as a white Rose, except perhaps 
for exhibition and some other special purposes. The 
outer petals are revolute, and the flower is softly 
fragrant. 
For some little time past, the variety has sprung 
into great popularity in the United States for forcing 
purposes to supply the market. The accompanying 
illustration was prepared from a photograph supplied 
us by Mr. John N. May, florist, Summit, New 
Jersey, who gives great attention to Roses and Car¬ 
nations, with which he is very successful. 
New Roees, like many other things, are so greatly 
weakened by excessive propagation during the first 
few years, that we are not at all surprised that they 
require some years to establish a reputation. Seeing 
that the variety under notice was only sent out in 
1894, i ts spread and popularity in America is mar¬ 
vellous. Rose growers in this country, however, 
have not been remiss in their attentions; and we 
were made fully aware of this fact at the Crystal 
Palace on the 2nd inst. when the variety made its 
appearance in fine form in many stands. An Award 
of Merit was also accorded it by the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society on the 29th ult., so that it may be 
considered well established in this country and its 
merits fairly well recognised. The photograph 
shows the favourite method of exhibiting Roses in 
America, and which is very different from the pre¬ 
vailing style of showing here. 
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BEGONIAS AT FOREST HILL. 
It is too early in the season to speak of tuberous 
Begonias out of doors, as they are yet comparatively 
young. Already, however, the season for pot plants 
has been going on for months and will continue till 
the seedlings give over flowering in the dark days of 
autumn and early winter. Being in the neighbour¬ 
hood of Forest Hill the other week we had a glance 
at the Begonia houses of Messrs. John Laing & Sons, 
Stanstead Park, Forest Hill, S.E., and found the 
plants in the height of tbeir season, and about to 
appear before the public at numerous Rose shows in 
various parts of the country. Groups of Begonias 
had to be supplied for eight shows on one particular 
day, thus entailing a heavy amount of work upon the 
staff and all concerned. 
Double Varieties. 
In spite of the large number of varieties which 
have been named, many first-class varieties, parti¬ 
cularly amongst the more recently raised sorts, have 
not yet been honoured in that way. Very handsome 
is a large creamy sort, tinted with salmon at the 
edges. Others are bright scarlet, soft salmon, car 
mine, scarlet, white tinted blush, golden yellow, rich 
magenta, rose, glowing crimson and other shades. 
They are being selected for their broad petals, fine 
form, upright and free branching habit. The petals 
may be wavy, crimped or goffered, but never con¬ 
fused nor overcrowded. The solid flowers of many 
small petals are now things of the past. The crimped 
forms resemble a double Hollyhock, but those with 
smooth or flat petals are comparable to the Camellia. 
Diamond Jubilee is a rich golden-yellow with 
Camellia-shaped erect flowers. Very large and 
handsome are the primrose-yellow flowers of Mrs. 
Montague Wootton, with crimped petals. Both 
curious and handsome is a white flower, tinted with 
blush on the outer petals, some of which are cut at 
the edges like leaves, and occasionally tinted with 
green. They really bint at the origin of the petals 
from leaves. A good exhibition sort is Li Hung 
Chang,with its huge rosy-crimson flowers and massive 
appearance. Orange, buff, and bronzy flowers are 
always favourite colours with ladies, and in this 
respect Lady Pearson should give satisfaction. It is 
a large flower, with broad, wavy petals, but various 
descriptions of the colour have been given by 
different writers with little agreement in terms. 
Buff-apricot, orange-salmon, and other descriptions 
have been given, but, in any case, the colour is soft 
and pleasing. 
A deep salmon-pink flower in the collection is very 
pleasing, and the broad petals refined in appearance. 
Lady Pirbright accords with this in colour, but the 
petals of this superb variety are crisped and wavy. 
past. Lady Theodora Guest is of a delicate shade 
of apricot. The white flowers of La Lorraine are 
large. Laing’s Rosebud is still a choice variety of 
exquisite shape. Many more might be named that 
are admirably adapted for pot culture and conserva¬ 
tory decoration ; and some of them that prove con¬ 
spicuous objects in the flower garden. There are 
still many collections in gardens that might be 
improved by gradually replacing them with some of 
the many fine things named. 
Single Varieties. 
Within recent years so great an impetus has been 
given to the cultivation of double varieties for indoor 
work that the singles have been in danger of being 
neglected. Not so, however, at Forest Hill, for the 
single varieties enjoy the attention given to the 
doubles, and it must be admitted that free-flowering 
varieties are very effective, especially those which 
carry their flowers erect. Basket plants of pen¬ 
dulous habit serve, of course, a distinct purpose. A 
very striking flower is a rose one, shaded with scar¬ 
let and tinted with white towards the edges. A 
white sort, with foliage of the Pearcei type, is very 
handsome. There are orange-scarlet and glowing 
Rose Souvenir du President Carnot. 
The cerise flowers of Lord Rosmead are of beautiful 
Camellia-shape. There are other varieties having 
flowers of various shades of rose, there being a hand¬ 
some magenta-rose sort with broad, spreading outer 
petals, while the inner ones form a central cone in 
the younger stages. Those of Lady Harris are of a 
rich and handsome rose hue. Bright crimson flowers 
in various shades present themselves including a 
variety named Hon. Cecil Rhodes, of refined shape. 
The habit of Duchess of Marlborough is good, the 
beautifully formed flowers being of a charming shade 
of salmon-pink. The bright orange scarlet flowers of 
Dr. Jim are very freely produced. The broad yellow 
petals of another sort are charmingly overlaid with 
bronze. Rich salmon varieties are equally refined, 
and well worthy of cultivation in the most select 
collections. 
All of the above varieties are new or comparatively 
new, the named varieties being now sent out for the 
first time. Many of the older forms are yet very 
grand subjects for pot culture, including such as 
Duke of Fife, rosy-salmon and a grand bedder; 
Duchess of York, soft orange tinted with peach in 
very subtle combination ; and Duchess of Teck, 
which has been a splendid exhibition variety for years 
scarlet flowers, one of the latter of which we found 
to measure 6J ins. across. Charming also is a white 
variety with broad, pink, fringed edges. Another 
Picotee-edged sort is white, with pink edges without 
fringes. 
Lady Hamilton is a pure white variety of great 
merit, and making a fine contrast with Earl Brown- 
low and Earl Cowper, both of which are crimson, 
but in different shades, and quite distinct. The 
Pope of Rome is rather a startling title, but it is 
given to a large salmon variety with a beard or crest 
on each of the four petals and arranged in the form 
of a cross. This remarkable development is evidently 
quite fixed in a new race exhibiting this character. 
The beard seems to consist of a cluster of stamens 
adnate to the petals. A bold and useful exhibition 
sort is Admiral Rawson with fiery scarlet flowers. 
Dr. Nansen is useful for the same purpose and has 
salmon-scarlet, circular flowers like all the rest of 
the newer types. Beautiful habited plants are Mrs. 
Faudel Phillips, bright yellow, and Viscountess Fal¬ 
mouth, deep rose. British Flag is a rich bronzy 
flower of striking appearance. Charming also are the 
cheerful pink flowers of Marchioness of 
Northampton, of regular outline. The refined and 
