June ‘20, 1903 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
Round the Nurseries. 
Waltham Cross. 
Some little time ago we had the pleasure of inspecting the 
nurseries of Messrs. William Paul and Son, Waltham Cross. 
Beimr a little early in the season for outdoor Roses, we devoted 
our attention chiefly to those under glass. Rambler Roses 
were very prominent., but hybrid perpetuals, hybrid Teas, and 
various others found a place. 
Among the rambler Roses we noted the beautiful climbing 
Alberic Barbier, one of the hybrids of Rosa wichuriana, with 
yellow pointed buds, giving place to white flowers when fully 
expanded. This class of Rose is usually regarded as suitable 
only for trailing on the ground, but all of them may be used 
for training on arches, on pillars, or for growing in the form 
of standards, when they make beautiful weeping Roses. Very 
handsome was Leuchtstern, a single rosy-pink variety of R. 
multiflora, with a white centre. This also may be grown in a 
variety of ways. Another new and highly popular rambler 
is Dorothy Perkins with rosy-pink, double flowers, produced 
in large drooping clusters, and set off with their small glossy, 
dark green leaves. The variety is of erect habit, but may be 
used as a pillar Rose or as a weeper. The parentage was R. 
wichuriana x Mme. Gabriel Luizet. Another handsome 
rambler Rose was Waltham Rambler, derived from R. multi- 
flora, possibly crossed with a Tea. The flowers are of good 
size for this type and rosy-pink, with a white centre and orange 
anthers. The trusses of this Rose are notable for their large 
size and the number of blooms which each contains. Needless 
to say Crimson Rambler was grown in some quantity. 
Perle de Neige was a new white rambler then in bloom, but 
does best in autumn, the flowers being then very plentiful. 
Eugene Lamesch is a Polyantha. Rose, with buttercup-yellow 
flowers, fading paler. A beautiful creamy flower with a darker 
centre is Claire Jacquier, a hybrid Polyantha, 
The new hybrid perpetual Rose, Frau Karl Druschke, is 
giving great satisfaction as a pot specimen, under which condi¬ 
tions of culture it can be grown quite dwarf, as might, have been 
seen from the pot plants exhibited at the recent. Temple Show. 
In the early stages of development the buds vary between 
globular and conical, but when fully expanded they are pure 
white, of large size, and spread out rather widely. The original 
plant, of this was of tall growth before it came into bloom, but 
evidently it is going to prove quite tractable as a bush plant. 
Amongst older varieties, very tine were Mrs. R. G. Sharm an 
Crawford, with rosy-pink flowers, and Mrs. John Laing, which 
always does well under various conditions of cultivation. 
Spenser is a new hybrid perpetual with the colour of Baroness 
de Rothschild, but the substance of Merveille de Lyon. Caro¬ 
line Testout is another which gives universal satisfaction, the 
rich pink flowers being of large size and freely produced. 
Duchess of Albany resembles La France, but the flowers are 
more highly coloured, being bright red in bud. Even forcing 
seems to bring out, the colour of this Rose beautifully. The- 
opening flowers of the hybrid Tea, Gloire Lyonnaise, are pale 
lemon, but, when fully expanded they become white. Aurora 
is a salmon-pink variety with fragrant flowers, the petals of 
which spread out like those of a Camellia, when fully expanded. 
A free-flowering garden Rose is So,led d’Or, which was de¬ 
rived from Persian Yellow crossed with Antoine Ducher. It 
makes a useful subject for bedding, either in the bush or 
standard form, and has double yellow flowers, with an orange 
centre and reddish on the outside in autumn. Perle d’Or is 
a Polyantha of dwarf habit, with apricot and blush flowers. A 
large plant of the hybrid perpetual Clio was heavily laden with 
its flesh-white flowers. Those of the hybrid Tea, Antoine 
Rivoire, are flesh-pink with an orange shade. A China Rose, 
named Field Marshal, flowers very profusely, and would form a 
good companion to Marechal Niel. Marie Louise Pcdret is a 
carmine-rose blend of colour, shading paler and somewhat after 
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the Marquise Litta type. A good bedding Tea Rose is Enchan¬ 
tress, with creamy-yellow flowers. A new Rose, named Mine. 
Eugenie Boullet, has salmon and orange fragrant flowers. 
1 hybrid Tea of dwarf habit is Prince de Bulgaria, with flesh- 
coloured flowers tinted with creamy-white. Medea, a Tea, is 
soft lemon-yellow. The huge creamy-white blooms of Mildred 
Grant always prove highly attractive on account of their great 
size. Another hybrid Tea is Mme. Vigor, producing French- 
white flowers in great abundance when planted outside. .V 
beautiful white variety, belonging to the same category, is 
Souvenir de Mme. Eugene Verdier. A new hybrid Tea, named 
Corona, has large white flowers. Those of Helena, Cambier are 
orange and white; Mme. Abel Chatenay, salmon ; Mme. Pe-rnet 
Ducher, salmon ; Mme. Ravary, apricot; Souvenir de President 
Carnot, white tinted with flesh ; Exquisite, carmine; Marquise 
Litta, red ; lTnnocent, pure white and veiy chaste; and Em¬ 
press Alexandra of Russia, with bronzy-salmon flowers. 
Grace Darling and White Lady, grown as standards, prove 
that they are very suitable for this form of treatment. Anna 
Olivier was also grown as a standard, well furnished with flesh- 
coloured flowers tinted with cream. Besides some already 
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mentioned, a number of Tea Roses were grown in the form of 
standards, including the Hon. Edith Gifford, The Bride, Brides¬ 
maid, and others. The crimson flowers of Francis Dubreuil 
are very handsome in bud. Those of climbing Devoniensis are 
creamy-white. M. Ada Carmody is a Tea Rose in the style of 
Cleopatra, and has flesh-wliite flowers. 
Ditton Hill Nurseries. 
During the spring months the most interesting feature of the 
nurseries of Messrs. Barr and Sons, Ditton Hill, Surrey, is the 
bulbs, including the Daffodils, Tulips, and other subjects in 
great variety. They have now given place to Irises, Paeonies, 
and herbaceous and alpine plants generally. 
The other week we paid a visit to these nurseries, noting a 
few of the more prominent subjects which interested us. Near 
the rockery is a fine bush of Imp in us arboreusi Snow Queen, 
producing pure white flowers in great quantity. In the bright 
sunshine they were distinctly fragrant, the agreeable scent 
being discernible on approaching the plant. 
