July 13, 1901. 
.THE GARDENING WORLD. 
737 
The best species for basket work is Adiantum 
cuneatum, the common variety. A far better Fern 
for basket work is Nephrolepis exaltata; a basket 
suits it better than a pot. The best time to transfer 
the plants from pots into baskets is in the early part 
of the year, before they commence to make their 
new growth. 
ROSE REVE D’OR. 
Possibly because this is a climbing Rose of vigorous 
habit it is less frequently found in gardens than its 
merits deserve. There seems to us no reason why it 
should not be as common as William Allan Richard¬ 
son, also by the same raiser. The last named was 
put into commerce by Ducher in 1878. The variety 
under notice was sent out in 1869, and, though one 
of the older Noisette Roses, is still a grand variety 
either for covering a wall, a fence, or similar object 
with a sunny aspect. The small and charmingly 
pretty Roses are pointed, globular, buff-yellow, and 
produced in large bunches. The plant is one of the 
most vigorous and free flowering climbers we have, 
ROSE QUEEN ALEXANDRA. 
There have been several attempts to get Polyantha 
Roses, having the same general character and free 
flowering propensities as Turner’s Crimson Rambler, 
but until now the so called ramblers have scarcely 
come up to expectations in the matter of flowering. 
The new Rose Queen Alexandra is the result of 
crossing Crimson Rambler with the pollen of Rosa 
multiflora simplex, that is, the single flowered form 
of R. multiflora. From a botanical point of view, 
the additional name of simplex is unnecessary, as 
the plant is simply the wild parent of the Polyantha 
Roses. Queen Alexandra seems to approach 
Crimson Rambler in every respect, except in colour, 
the flowers being deep rose when they first expand, 
fading to pink with a light, nearly white, centre. 
They are produced in remarkable profusion in large 
bunches. This new Rose was raised by Messrs. J. 
Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Chelsea, about five years ago. 
In the third year from seed the plant produced a few 
flowers, but young plants worked upon stocks have 
grown much more vigorously and flowered pro¬ 
fusely. The original plant lifted from the open 
TEA ROSE MRS. B. R. CANT. 
This may be described as one of the two new Gold 
Medal Roses exhibited at the Temple Show of the 
National Rose Society on the 4th inst. It was 
shown in the class for new seedling Roses or dis¬ 
tinct sports, either not yet in commerce or not 
distributed before November last, and was judged 
worthy of a Gold Medal. We first made its 
acquaintance on September 25th, 1900, at a Drill 
Hall meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
when the Floral Committee honoured it with a 
unanimous Award of Merit. The plant is very 
hardy, graceful in habit, and of extraordinary vigour 
of growth, while at the same time it is one of the 
freest flowering of Tea Roses, in this respect ex¬ 
celling many of the older and well known exhibition 
Roses. It commences to bloom early in the season 
and keeps up a continual supply of bloom till frost 
or very cold weather puts a stop to growth. Under 
average conditions it may be relied upon to produce 
an abundance of flowers either for garden decoration 
or for cutting from up to the end of October. The 
blooms are globular, the broad, outer petals being of 
Rose Reve d’Or, on old thatched shed. Growing in Mr. George Prince’s Nursery, LoDgworth, Berks. 
while the leaves are nearly evergreen. The flowers 
are useful for setting up in vases, or for covering the 
objects against which they are planted with a living 
drapery of verdure that is of a a ormamental 
character whether in flower or not. When we speak 
of its being little cultivated we mean that it is popu¬ 
lar enough in certain districts, and little known in 
others. In any case it is highly appreciated by 
many in Berkshire, probably also in the neighbour¬ 
ing counties. Even the farmers and cottagers 
speak highly of this Rose, and grow it upon the 
walls of their houses to which it constitutes a really 
grand object of adornment. It is also much appre¬ 
ciated by Mr. George Prince, of Longworth, Berk¬ 
shire, who has also long been noted for his famous 
Oxford Roses, chiefly Teas and Noisettes. We are 
indebted to him for the photograph from which the 
accompanying illustration has been prepared. 
The huge bush is growing upon a thatched shed, 
and is 23 ft. long, that is from one side of the shed 
to the other, and 15 ft. high. It has not been sub¬ 
jected to any special training, but has been allowed 
to ramble at its own sweet will. 
ground, and also a group of cut flowers in handsome 
bunches were exhibited by the Messrs. Veitch at the 
Temple Show of the National Rose Society on the 
4th inst., and received an award of a Gold Medal 
for the new Rose. The firm also supplied the 
blooms which formed part of the bouquet presented 
to her Majesty Queen Alexandra, who opened the 
show. The accompanying illustration (see Supple¬ 
ment) was prepared from a photograph of one of 
the bunches at this exhibition. We think it a lovely 
Rose. 
The Cottage Garden.—It is as easy to create a 
pretty effect in a garden of twelve square yards as 
it is to create one in a palace pleasure ground. It is 
analagous to picture painting—the size of the canvas 
is a mere detail, it is the arrangement of the matter 
and the artistic harmonising of the colour which 
gives the effect in both instance . Just as brevity is 
the very essence of poetry, so may the limitation of 
space be contributory to the finest expression of 
gardening. 
a rich rose, deepening more or less to salmon-red 
when in first-class condition, while the inner petals 
are silvery-rose, suffused with buff. On several 
occasions this year we have seen exhibits or vases of 
it put up by Messrs. Benjamin R. Cant & Sons, The 
Old Rose Gardens, Colchester, as at the Richmond, 
Windsor and Temple shows, and the accompanying 
illustration is prepared from a photograph of the 
Temple exhibit. The flowers last well in the cut 
state, and the variety is bound to find its way into 
many gardens. 
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FAUNA AND FLORA OF GREENWICH 
PARK. 
It must always be interesting to naturalists proper, 
as well as to all the more intelligent of the com¬ 
munity at large, to note that the fauna of Loudon's 
open spaces is not yet reduced to cats and sparrows. 
There are, of course, many exotic birds in the 
various ponds and lakes in public parks, in a semi- 
domesticated condition ; but that a considerable 
