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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
February 20. 1904. 
Two Little-known Tea Roses.— A recent issue of the “ Rosen 
Zeitung ” gives a coloured plate of two Tea Roses of quite recent 
introduction.. That named Mine. Jacques Oharreton was raised 
by Bonnaire in 1898. It has large and very double flowers of a 
soft yellow shade, more or less tinted with salmon in the centre. 
The buds are fairly elongated, and rather pretty in the half 
expanded state. Mm. Badin was raised by Croibier in 1897, 
and seems to possess even prettier buds than those of the first- 
named. Just as the petals are about to commence unrolling 
the top of the bud is narrowed to a distinct neck. Even in the 
fully expanded .state the centre long retains the conical form, 
and the colour reminds one of that of Mme. Cusin, but the 
blooms are longer than that variety. 
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Rose Philadelphia Rambler. —The above Rambler wa« 
raised from Crimson Rambler crossed with Victor Hugo.. The 
progeny retains the vigorous habit of Crimson Rambler, and 
has inherited some good features from Victor Hugo 1 . It flowers 
about a fortnight earlier than the seed parent, and thus pro¬ 
longs the season. The. flowers are brighter and richer in colour 
than Crimson Rambler, and so much fuller that the petals com¬ 
pletely fill up the centre. The originators—Messrs. Conard 
and Jones Company, West Grove, Pa., U.S.A.—state that the 
variety is very suitable for forcing, and flowers ('an face the sun 
and yet retain their brightness without bleaching like Crimson 
Rambler. They also state that the foliage is not subject to 
mildew. The raisers say that it will not conflict with Crimson 
Rambler in its season of flowering, but, nevertheless, it is in 
every way superior to that well-known variety. 
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What is Viburnum rotundifolium ?—For many years a plant, 
has been recorded from North America under the above name, 
but no plant has reached Ixew, nor does the “ Index Kewensis ” 
seem to know what species is intended, if there is any such 
one. During the last month it was again discussed by Mr. 1 
Joseph Meehan, who says that it is not so well known as the 
two Snowball-trees, "V. Opulus sterilis and V. tomentosum ph- 
catum. He considers it less hardy than those well-known plants, 
but makes a hush of rounded outline. He also states that the 
individual flowers and the whole truss are larger than those 
of V. plicatum, and of a clearer white. Notwithstanding these 
facts, he also admits that the last named is the better of the 
two for general purposes. Probably the plant of which hel 
speaks may he another of the forms of the variable Japanese 
V. tomentosum. 
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What’s in a Name ?—Plants are “ not without honour, except 
in their own country.” We have frequent illustrations of tins 
fact. One has been illustrated in a recent number of “ The 
American Botanist.” A lover of plants had transplanted a 
species of Golden Rod from a pasture into his garden. There 
it grew luxuriantly, making in a short time scores of stems 
as high as a man, each one crowned with a great, plume of 
golden-yellow flowers. One day an old neighbour came along, 
and, seeing this great mass of the Golden Rod, said, “ That’s 
a beauty.” He had never seen anything like that before, and 
he supposed the owner had paid a good deal of money for it. 
This old neighbour, on being asked how much he reckoned it 
would cost, seemed to make a mental calculation on its value, 
based on its relative beauty. At last he said it. had probably 
cost the owner two to three dollars. To this the owner replied 
that it only cost him the labour of bringing it. from the pasture, 
and there was any quantity of it in the pasture behind the 
neighbour’s barn. “ You don’t mean to say that’s yellow weed! ” 
said the neighbour, with a look of disgust; and, on being in¬ 
formed that he was correct, exclaimed, 11 There’s weeds enough 
as it is, ’thout. setting ’em out.” With that, he turned on his 
heel as if he had been imposed upon. 
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The Evergreen Honeysuckle. —The above plant, botanicafly 
known as Lonicera semperflorens, is most often seen in tlio! 
greenhouse or conservatory in this country, notwithstanding 
the fact that it is hardy. Mr. Joseph Meehan, a great autho¬ 
rity on trees and shrubs of all sorts, has been discussing the, 
subject in “ The Florists’ Exchange,” and wondering why we 
always grow it under glass in England. It grows wild in Penn¬ 
sylvania, where the temperature often falls considerably below 
zero. We have seen it. nlanted out of doors in different parts 
of this country, including Aberdeenshire, one of the coldest 
counties in the north-east of Scotland. It was planted against 
a wall, and never had any protection, and under those condi¬ 
tions it certainly proved hardy, but the production of flowers 
was very meagre, and in some years none at all. We believe it 
is hardy, but it requires a warmer summer than we possess, or 
one of longer duration than in most parts of the country, to 
enable the plant to make good growth in summer and to 
ripen the same in autumn. It flowers at the top of the young 
shoots, much in the same way as the common Honeysuckle, 
but, all the same, the growth is by no means so liberal as that 
made under glass. It seems to require a longer season of 
growth than we can give it out of doors in this country. 
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Plant Exhibition in Preston Schools.— Quite recently the 
Preston and Fulwood Horticultural Society convened a meeting 
of the head masters and mistresses of Preston elementary 
schools for the purpose of explaining a scheme which they had 
in view. The proposal was that a number of plants should be 
sent to each school in the town, and the teachers should exer¬ 
cise discretion in distributing these plants amongst the chil¬ 
dren to take home and cultivate. The idea was to have an 
aggregate exhibition of plants from the different schools. The 
intention was to distribute 1,400 plant's, and, to prevent rivalry 
between the schools, each would have a class reserved to itself. 
Furthermore, to encourage variety, different kinds of plants 
would he sent to different schools. The society would under¬ 
take to. give lessons at the different schools for the proper cul¬ 
tivation of the plants. A sub-commit'tee was appointed, im 
eluding representatives of the horticultural society, to arrange 
a scheme and wait upon the Education Committee in order 
to lay the subject before 't on the lines indicated. 
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Bose La Detroit. —The above Rose was raised by Messrs. 
Hopp and Lemke, Grand Rapids, Michigan, five years ago. 
Its parentage was Bridesmaid and Mme. Testout. Quite re¬ 
cently it was christened at a great gathering of people at 
Detroit, under the auspices of Messrs. John Breitmeyer’s Sons, 
of Detroit, who have acquired possession of it, and will put 
it into commerce. The flower is of large size, cup-shaped, and 
very double. The prevailing colour is beautiful sTTell-pink 
shaded in the centre with a soft rose-pink. The reverse of the 
outer petals is creamy-fiesh, shaded to a silvery tint towards 
the base. The foliage is said to resemble that of Mme. Testout, 
being of a dark glossy green and thick texture, so that it is 
well calculated to Withstand mildew. The plant is easy to 
propagate, and very prolific. It is described as the most robust 
Tea Rose of any in cultivation, hut according to our classifica¬ 
tion it should be described as a hybrid Tea, seeing that Caroline 
Testout was one of its parents. That should also be the case 
even from an American point of view, seeing that hybrid Teas 
have been recognised by the writers there for ten years past, af 
least. The plants from which the descriptions were taken 
were raised from cuttings not taken before March 17th and 
April last. Messrs. Breitmeyer declare that its growth is phe¬ 
nomenal, far surpassing American Beauty, Bridesmaid, Bride, 
Mme. Hoste, and others. Judging from illustrations of the 
variety, we should say it closely resembles Caroline Testout in 
form. 
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 
The Editor invites enquiries /or reply in this column. These 
enquiries may cover any branch of gardening. Questions should he 
put as briefly as possible, and written on one side of the paper only; 
a sefar ate sheet of paper should be used for each question. 
Renders are also invited to give their fellow gardeners thebeneft 
o* their experience by sending supplementary replies. 
Replies eannot be sent by post, even if a stamped, addressed 
envelope is enclosed, and the return of specimens cannot be undertaken. 
Anonymous communications are treated in the usual editorial manner. 
Address letters: The Editor, “The Gardening World.” 37 and 
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Planting Lilies. 
What is the best time for planting Lily bulbs recently im 
ported? Will a. wet soil injure them? (P. C. W.) 
You cannot now plant them too soon. Select a time when 
the soil is fairly workable, and not likely to puddle in the work 
ing. If the bulbs appear shrivelled put them in boxes amongst 
fairly moist eoooa-nut fibre or leaf mould, in order that they 
may become a. little more plump before being placed in the open. 
This latter treatment may be ‘carried out in a. potting shed or 
greenhouse. When the bulbs are finally placed in the prepare! 
ground each should be entirely surrounded with a layer of sand, 
either silver sand or that from a pit or river, provided it is clean 
aiid sharp. This sand keeps the bulbs from coming in contact 
