September 12, 1903. 
THE GARDENING WORLD . 
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omation of greenhouse stages during the summer and autumn 
months. Peru. 
Clematis meyeniana. 
A very pretty specie® growing in an intermediate house, 
which may best be described as a small-flowered indivisa. 
Flowers, snow-white, f in. in diameter, of four spreading oblong 
segments, very abundantly produced in axillary, pyramidal¬ 
shaped panicles, 6 in. to 7 in. long, peduncle and pedicels stiff, 
woody, and covered with a white tomentum. Leaves, trifo¬ 
liate, leathery, dark lucid green. It forms a graceful climbing 
plant, 20 ft. or more high, which, if it could be flowered two 
months hence, would prove a great acquisition for decorative 
work. China. 
Lilium sulphureum. 
A greenhouse or half-hardy species, which hay been cultivated 
under the names L. oehroleucum and L. wallichianum super¬ 
bum. It grows to a height of 8 ft. to 9 ft., terminating in 
two to three large, tubular, fragrant flowers, 7 in. to 8 in. 
long, sulphur-yellow, suffused slightly with claret colour on the 
exterior. The leave® are abundantly produced, 3 in. to 4 in. 
long, linear, those near the top bearing bulblefsi in their axils. 
A noble-looking Lily, which thrives best in a peaty soil. Upper 
Burmah. 
Incarvillea variabilis. 
A pretty, slender herbaceous perennial, 12 in. to 18 in. high, 
bearing erect racemes of rosy-purple flowers. Leaves, alter¬ 
nate, pinnate. This forms a showy, though not many flowered 
plant, deserving of a place in all herbaceous borders. China, 
Argemone hispida (syn. A, hirsuta). 
A beautiful free-flowering annual, of the Poppy family, pro¬ 
ducing panicles of pure whitei flowers', 3 in. to 5 in. across. The 
erect stem is freely branched,, and clothed with sessile, bristly, 
glaucous, impa.ripinn.ate leaves'. To ensure success with this 
plant, it is advisable to allow the plant to sow itself, and a 
sufficient supply of young plants will spring up the following 
season around the spot where the parent plant existed. Cali¬ 
fornia- 
Aster canescens. 
This herbaceous perennial forms an erect, branching plant, 
12 in. to 24 in. hgh, owing to which it is recommended as a 
useful subject for moderate-sized beds. Tire stout, greenish- 
brown stem arise® from a rosette of linear obtuse leaves, and 
terminates in a spreading head of large, pinkish-violet flowers 
fully 1 in. across. North-west America. 
Ceanothus grandiflora. 
One of the handsomest species of a genus containing a 
number of handsome, Soniferous shrubs that brighten our 
shrubberies on the approach of the dull season. It forms a 
moderate-sized plant, of spreading and erect wand-like branches, 
terminated by large panicles of light lilac flowers. 
Coldbrook. 
“ It is far from the madding crowd, and the whole country 
is one large garden.” These were the words that, induced me 
to spend my holiday at Abergavenny. The scenery in, many 
parts of Wales and the West of England is well known to be 
of the most picturesque, and any attempt of mine to describe 
it would fall far short of doing it justice. My host was most 
certainly right .in his brief description of his locality, as 
enunciated above, for the valley of the Usk, having the ad¬ 
vantage of perfect natural shelter, has a remarkably fine flora, 
the Pteridophyta, being specially vigorous. 
The morning after my arrival my host suggested that I 
should pay a visit to Coldbrook, a large private estate in the 
neighbourhood, as it would be of special interest to me, the 
gardens being in the charge of a lady gardener from Kew. 
Being an old Kewite myself, I needed no persuasion to visit 
Coldbrook, and very soon after six o’clock the next morning I 
presented myself at the gardens and asked to see the head 
gardener. How often. I have had to answer the question, “ Is 
the lady gardener a success ? ” Of course, chivalry has always 
prompted me to say “Most certainly,” but hitherto, I must 
confess, I was not certain on the point. I am glad I went to 
Coldbrook, for I found that my hazardous assertions had been 
quite true. 
I found Miss Newsham busy in the Muscat house, and boldly 
introduced myself as an old Kewite, but not without a certain 
amount of trepidation. However, the hearty grip, of the hand 
with which I was greeted at once dispelled all nervousness, 
and I felt at home. “Icou will find my garden very untidy, 
for we send all our produce to' market now the family are 
abroad,” said my fair conductor, as she led the way into the 
kitchen garden. What a pity every gardener has not so great 
a respect for tidiness, for the garden is a model of order! 
The kitchen garden, which is about two acres in extent, is 
an ideal old-world garden, walled in with high walls, well 
clothed with fruit trees, and with a gentle slope to the south¬ 
west, It is traversed by good broad walks, which are spanned 
Narcissus incomfarabilis Princess Mary. (See p. 770.) 
by arches supporting luxuriant climbers, and on either side of 
tlie walks are well filled herbaceous borders. 
The whole garden is well stocked, but the old fruit trees 
appear to have been neglected for years. However, Miss 
Newsham belongs to that school of gardeners who recognise 
how incumbent, it is that branches' of fruit trees: should be 
thinly disposed, and she has, therefore, set to work systemar 
tieally to rejuvenate the old trees by the gradual elision of all 
crowded and unnecessary growths. It is only experience, 
backed by business acumen, that produces the results already 
visible from this bold attempt to bring back the trees into 
a. profitable condition. Too many gardeners to-day set. to work 
with scarcely any theory as to what they wish to bring about, 
and thus reduce themselves to mere automatons without 
brains. Miss Newsham looks much farther ahead than the 
mere excision of the offending growths, for she looks on prim¬ 
ings as a necessary concomitant of good fruit culture, and recog¬ 
nises it as a means whereby she may obtain a limited crop of 
fruit commensurate with proper size and quality in the in¬ 
dividual fruits. 
While admiring the well-stocked borders and the design of 
