March 28, 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
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EDITORIAL NOTES. 
r Photographic Competition. 
uring January and February last we 
I'ed a prize of two> guineas for the best 
:ograph, sketch or water-colour drawing 
in for reproduction by readers. The 
|s was awarded to Mr. H. J. Chapman, 
hner to Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oak- 
1, Wylam-on-Tyne. This fine photograph 
sared in our issue for February 21st, 
J164, and was a well-executed picture of 
lagnificent variety of Odontoglossum 
,ed 0. crispum Cooksoniae. Other highly 
mended photographs sent in by Mr. 
|Oman were Cypripedium insigne San- 
j e, C. fairieanuin hybrids, C. Venus Oak- 
11 var., Odontoglossum Adrianae, 0. 
ikeanum, and Cephalotus follicularis. 
A large number of photographs were sent 
in by Mr. George I’Anson, Nidderdale, St. 
Mark’s Road, Bush Hill Park, Enfield, and 
of thesei we singled out' Odontoglossum eris- 
pum Lowae, Cymbidium hookerianum, 
Maxillaria sanderiana, Cypripedium law- 
renceanum gi'atrixianum (all Orchids) and 
Ostrowskia magnifica and Gladiolus hybrids 
as worthy of the title “ highly commended.” 
Mr. Herbert Smith, 32, Haddon Road, 
Rock Ferry, sent a bundle Gf photographs', 
several of which were neatly executed, but 
represented very common subjects. Worthy 
of commendation were the Conifers, Arau¬ 
caria excelsa and Picea excelsa,, and the Nar¬ 
cissus, N. poeticus recurvus. 
Tlie pen-and-ink sketch of the greenhouse 
Rhododendron “ James Whitton,” sent in by 
Mr. William Young Bryson, 53, East London 
Street, Edinburgh, was highly commended as 
the best in this line of work. 
The pen-and-ink sketches of Acacia longi- 
folia A. myrtifolia, and A. vertieilata, sent 
in by Lucy B. Watson, 17, Leslie Park Road, 
Croydon, were also deserving of commendar 
tion. 
A pleasing though common picture was 
that of “ A Quiet Corner in the Garden,” 
sent in by Evelyn C. Fourness Brice, Cedar 
Bank, Claughton Village, Cheshire. 
Mr. T. H. Jackson, Stoke Rochford, 
Grantham, Lincolnshire, sent a number of 
photographs, that named “ A Nip o' Winter ” 
being commended. 
H. F. Taylor, 11, Manchester Street, Liver¬ 
pool, sent photographs of Narcissi, Lilies and 
Cypripediums, which were well executed and 
commended, but have frequently been re¬ 
produced in our pages in one form or another. 
A number of water-colour drawings 
reached us, but the best were not entered for 
competition. 
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Laelia glauca from Ferneyside. 
Some flowers of this species have reached 
us from Mr. Charles Johnston, The Gardens, 
Ferneyside, Greenend, Midlothian. The 
flowers were gathered off two different plants, 
and differed from one another only in there 
being a purple blotch at the base of the lip 
in one flower. This does sometimes occur in, 
the species. The ; most noticeable feature of 
the flowers when the box was opened was 
their powerful fragrance, which we have de¬ 
tected in something else, and is. possibly a 
combination of scents. 
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Violets from Ennim. 
The other day a box of very sweehscented 
Violets reached us from Mr. J. Smith, gar¬ 
dener to H. Riley, Esq., Ennim, Penrith, 
Cumberland. They belonged to the well- 
known variety Marie Louise, but were much 
darker in colour than we usually see them. 
They were also very powerfully fragrant, a 
fact which becomes more apparent after one 
has been accustomed to the newer varieties'. 
Mr. Smith makes a special feature of Violet 
growing, and treats them in a way quite 
different from that done by gardeners 
generally. That he succeeds we can wish 
for no better evidence than the flowers which 
leached us. He commenced gathering 
flowers from the open air in August last 
before putting them into the frames, and has 
been gathering ever since. 
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A New Edible Tuber. 
Many gardeners are already acquainted 
with Stachys tuberifera, a plant belonging to 
the Mint or Labiate family. “ The American 
Botanist ” for January mentions another 
member of the same family being edible— 
namely, Coleus Coppini. The tubers have 
.an average of 14 in. in length, and a thick¬ 
ness of 1 in. They are therefore larger than 
the tubers of the better-known species above 
mentioned. The French in the tropical 
colonies have begun the cultivation of the 
tuber as a substitute for the Potato!, which 
readily runs to i stems and foliage without 
producing tubers of a useful size. In flavour 
the new tuber is said to closely resemble 
that of the Potato after being prepared in 
the same way. They will, therefore, prove 
a valuable substitute for the Potato' in tropi¬ 
cal countries where the climate is too hot for 
the best development of the noble tuber. 
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The Naturalist’s Library Guide. 
During the past few years the number of 
books and publications devoted to natural 
history subjects has greatly increased, and 
this tendency is likely to continue rather 
than to diminish. In order to keep readers 
abreast of the times in the matter of infor¬ 
mation about the general character of these 
books, a quarterly magazine has been started 
under the name of “ The Naturalist’s Library 
Guide,” edited by W. Percival Westell, a 
member of the British Ornithologists’ Union. 
The plan of the magazine is to give lists of 
other publications relating to natural history 
and country life. In the current number are 
notices relating to a great variety of books 
which have recently appeared. There are 
notices relating to birds, modem astronomy, 
our country’s shells, animal life, the naturalist 
on the Thames, cameos from nature, the 
complete angler, highways and bye-ways in 
Hertfordshire, old time gardens, the l ook of 
the Rose, the garden of a Commuter’s wife, 
and other titles which include matter of a 
or eat diversity of character, but more or less 
entirely relating to country as opposed to 
town life. Animated nature in a word is the 
chief object aimed at in the pages of this 
newborn magazine. 
