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THE GARDEN/NO WORLD. 
July 18, 1903 
titled “ Example from the Forget-me-not Family,” and another 
from the Globe Flower order. Turning to the first-named 
chapter, we find that any plants or flowers belonging to the 
Borage family, as a whole, may be employed for making a 
picture. In this order of plants the author advocates the use 
of such widely divergent subjects as Forget-me-nots, Caucasian 
Comfrey, Cromwell (Lithospermum prostratum), the Pul- 
monarias, Mertensias, Alkanet, Omplialodes verna, the giant 
Comfrey and even Borage, used asi a. herb in the kitchen garden. 
The beauty of the wild garden is that one may utilise what 
might' be merely a waste corner of the garden, a ditch, a shady 
corner, or a hedgerow, all of which have their proper occupants 
and are capable of furnishing instruction and pleasure to the 
owner when naturally and appropriately planted. A chapter 
is devoted to British wild flowers' and trees, and we are certain 
that they are a study in themselves, and might be' turned to 
profitable account by a skilful cultivator who has an observant 
eye for natural beauty, so that.he can carry out the same 
idea by artificial means. 
The author speaks of native Briers and wild Rose®, and 
certainly some of the finest pictures to be seen in passing over 
the country at the present time are the great bushes' of wild 
Roses and Blackberries now in bloom. The author state® that 
there are over ninety species of Brambles mentioned in the 
London Catalogue, and he says that a man might do a more 
foolish thine than get. these together and plant them in suitable 
situations in the wild garden. We remember the ca.se of a 
teacher advocating the study of our native Bramble® as a 
suitable subject for a. summer course of nature study, and this 
teacher was certainly thoroughly abused for his original idea. 
From the same point of view, we. expect there are people who 
would thoroughly disagree with the present, author. 
There is another 'aspect to the question, however; some 
people are fond of one class of plants' and some of another, 
each deriving an equal amount of pleasure from the study of 
his own favourite subjects. We should reckon these chapters, 
then, as hints, not necessarily to be carried out in their en¬ 
tirety, but. as examples'that may be imitated or even improved 
upon. 
Roses and How to Grow Them.* 
With the increased number of Rose-growers we may expect 
an. increased number of authorities on the subject of Rose 
growing. Possibly many would prefer to write a. book on the 
subject than to grow the Rose®' themselves, but the author 
speaks of the need of enthusiasm in order to make the Roses 
a. success in the garden. It is not sufficient, she says, to 1 trust, 
the Roses to the tender mercies of the one-day-a-week gar¬ 
dener till flowering time, otherwise the crop of flowers will be 
more likely to give despair rather than, satisfaction. 
Even such things as hardy garden Roses require toi be given 
constant attention in order to reap' a proper harvest, of flowers 
in due season. Tire author deals with the subject modestly 
in short chapters and paragraphs; but there is one, we think, 
which requires careful thinking out. to get at. the exact, mean¬ 
ing of the author. Under the heading of “ Cut. and Come 
Again,” she says that there is nothing better for the health 
of the trees than constant cutting. This, we presume, refers 
to. the cutting of the flowers only, so. as to encourage the de¬ 
velopment of fresh shoots, from which flowers could he 
expected later in the season. 
After describing the method of preparing beds and borders 
for Roses, the author makes a. commencement on the subject 
of varieties by taking Tea Roses first. This she considers 
reversing the usual order of things, but we are not so sure 
that this may be so. in the course of a, few more years. Hybrid 
perpetuals may be by that time taking a third-rate place as 
a show flower if the improvement, and modification of other 
'* “ Roses and How to Grow Them.” By Vjelet, p. Biddle. Author of “ Small Gardens 
and How to "Make the Host, of Them." With a Chanter hv Horace J. Wright. 
London : C. Arthur Pearson, Ltd., Henrietta Street. 1903. Price Is. 
forms goes on at the same rate as at present. Hybrid Teas 
are, however, taken into account, and a selection of the 
varieties made suitable for cultivation by the beginner. 
Useful hints are given on, a multiplicity of points in con¬ 
nection with Rose culture, and the author even describes the 
process of budding, but she thinks that is one of the highest 
phases of the art which should he left to the last, while the 
cultivator obtains a thorough knowledge of the other require¬ 
ments in Rose culture. The author deals with Roses for all 
purposes^ even including Roses for shady places. We should 
not, however, plant Roses in, shade, for even the wild plants 
have a great aversion to shade. They are lovers of the sun, 
and should have the choicest place in the garden even, set 
apart for their requirements, if necessary. 
She tackles the subject, however, in such a, wide aspect that, 
there is no necessity for quarrelling with mere detail. She 
has found Rose enemies in the garden, as most other cul¬ 
tivators have, and gives remedies here for their destruction. 
She first advocates the planting of those Roses that are known 
to. do well and likely to give the beginner most satisfaction. 
New Roses, however, are not forgotten, as a fairly lengthy 
chapter is devoted to. all classes of new Roses that have been 
brought into prominence for various purposes since 1896. 
This latter is the work of Mr. Horace J. Wright. 
Australian Pitcher Plant. 
(See Supplement.) 
Either the above name or New Holland Pitcher plant is 
applied to this anomalous member of the Saxifraga family, 
botanically known as Cephalotus follicularis, It is the only 
species known to science, and is remarkable as belonging to 
the family we have just, named. We know that several other 
allied plants belonging to the Droseraceae have adopted 
special methods of securing nitrogenous material from the 
insects which they capture. This is effected by special struc¬ 
tures on their leaves in the nature of coarse glandular hairs. 
The plant under notice, however, has developed a pitcher upor 
the leaves which, to all intents' and purposes, is precisely 
similar to the pitcher of a Nepenthes. 
The whole plant is usually dwarf, and not all the leaves ar< 
modified in this peculiar form. Many gardeners have seei 
this plant, though few have had the opportunity of cultivat 
ing it. Our supplement, however, will show the variou: 
points to 1 which we refer. Two ridges running along the fron 
of the pitcher recalls the fringes of Nepenthes. The annulu 
or collar is strongly ribbed, and bears even a stronger resem 
blance to Nepenthes,. The lid of the pitcher is green am 
variously ornamented with white patches more or less tinte 
with purple or pink, and recalls the window-like, subtram 
parent spots on the lids of the Sarracenia, and Darlington! 
pitchers, and which have such an attraction for insects. Th 
flowers are small, white, and produced on an erect and con 
pound spike, but are small and insignificant, and, apart froi 
their botanical interest, they are of no, importance. 
The cultivator who. attempts to grow this, plant should pr 
it in shallow pans, stood in a greenhousei or other cool strm 
ture. A bell-class- to cover the whole pan will also he four 
a useful adjunct to keep the plant in health, especially i 
winter and during spring, when it commences to make i’ 
fresh growth. In the matter of compost it has been, found \ 
thrive yvell in a mixture of live sphagnum, chopped up in tl 
same way as is done by Orchid grower's, and mixed with 
quantity of fibrous 1 peat from which the fine dusty material h< 
been shaken out. Some sand and finely broken bricks < 
potsherds mixed with the other material will he found use 
in keening the whole mass porous and open, so as to ensiu 
good drainage. Plenty of moisture should be given at 
roots and in the atmosphere during summer, hut less 
winter. Our picture was prepared from the photograph 
a. plant belonging to' R. I. Measures, E«q., Cambridge Lo 
Camberwell, and was, grown by Mr. H. J. Chapman wit 
gardener there. 
