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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
August 6, 1904. 
On the Editor’s Table. 
Pinks. 
A collection! ol these charming and easily-grown plants is 
too seldom met with in private gardens. They seem to have 
gone out of favour, and few nurserymen are interested in 
the production of new sorts. Nevertheless, they are among 
the most beautif ul and sweet perfumed of hardy plants. Their 
delicious fragrance is even more pleasing than that of the 
Carnation. 
Two' nurserymen,, at least, are still interested in this old- 
time flower. They are Mr. James Douglas, Great Bookham, 
Surrey, of Carnation fame, and Mr. B. Ladhams, of Southamp¬ 
ton!. From, Mr. Douglas 1 comes several new sorts of 
the type dear to the heart of the old florists—beau¬ 
tifully laced and blotched—and from Mr. Ladliams 
some new varieties of the border or perpetual flower¬ 
ing kinds. A beginning was made here some two 
years) ago, and a large quantity are now grown. The 
propagation of the Pink from pipings is strongly 
advocated, but I have not been very successful in 
rooting the finer laced sorts from this method. 1 
prefer to layer the strongest growths as Carnations 
are layered, and plant them out about the end of 
September. The weaker growths are left to form a 
plant to grow on for another year. In gardens' where 
Pinks are found to do well two and even threet-year- 
cld plants are much to bei 'desired. The ground bet- 
eomeisi carpeted, and great sheet® of fragrant flowers 
are the result. The finer laced kinds do not, how¬ 
ever, all prove equally hardy. A fine sort—Bodard, 
for instance!—failed to stand the winter. 
In, raising new sorts, at present growers seiem to 
aim at the production, of finely formed flowers with 
smooth edges, like the modern Carnation. I am, of 
op'iinion that the old-fashioned, rough, seirated edge 
is cpiite as charming, such as in Frimbria.ta, Major. 
Many fine white sorts' are now grown. Albion, 
Snowflake, Her Majesty, Mrs. Sinkinsi are all worthy 
of a place in the Pink border. Snowball is well 
named, the flowers becoming quite round. All these 
white sorts, however, are likely to, be eclipsed by 
Snowdrift. This fine variety is being sent out this 
year by Mi". Douglas. The flowers are perfectly 
formed, of snowy whiteness', resembling a Carnation, 
but having the fragrance of the Pink. The sorts 
with coloured' grounds, though not, so much admired, 
are worthy of cultivation. The best I have seen are 
Paddington,, Ernest Ladhams 1 , Homer, Anne Boleyn, 
Rosy Gem, and Charles, and among the newest varie¬ 
ties are Marmion, Mrs. Moreland, and Southampton. 
The last three were raised by Mr. Ladhams, and are 
fine growers, giving abundance of bloom, and are of 
tliei true perpetual flowering type. Among a good 
variety of laced sorts growing here and flowering freely are 
Fred Hopper, Chantilly, Amy (very fine large flower), Goidfrey, 
Miss Pomeroy, Ada Louise, Bertha, Mrs. Waite, Mrs. Pettifer, 
The Rector, and Zurich. Among some of the newer sorts 1 are 
Lufrai, Morna, Oriel, and Rubens', lately sent out by Mr. 
Douglas', and are good additions. A bed of seedling Pinks 
is an interesting feature in any garden, and if the seed is 
obtained from a reliable' source many flowers worth perpetuat¬ 
ing will be found among them. 
The purely single flowers, generally white, with a coloured 
centre, are distinctly beautiful. A place should also be found 
in the Pink border for some of the Hybrid Dianthus and Mule 
Pinks. Napoleon III. is undoubtedly the best of this class. 
ITybridus Floribundus is truly named. On two-year-old plants 
immense quantities of bloom are borne. Lady Campbell is 
also a fine' sort. Lady Dixon, the new hybrid Dianthus, will 
be an acquisition to the Pink border. 
To, the garden lover on the look-out for a new hobby, I 
would recommend Pinks, Tiros. Hat. 
Hopetoun House Gardens', South Queensferry, N.B. 
[A boxful of Pinks, belonging to 1 various sections, accom¬ 
panied the above, and, being very fresh and sweet-scented, 
were doubly welcome. Indeed, their fresh and plump ap¬ 
pearance gave no indication of the sweltering July heat 
through which we have been passing in, London. All were 
double, and included pure white varieties, pink sorts with 
a crimson zone at the base, deeply-fringed ones of similar 
colour, smooth-edged varieties of various colours' and laced 
varieties so dear to the heart of the florist. Though the Pinks 
grow naturally on wall tops, rocks, etc., a cool place is .more 
conducive to their longevity. Open gardens are more suit¬ 
able, than narrow and confined spaces. Though now in prime 
condition in the northern part of Britain, that might have 
been said of them a. month ago, in. this district. They are 
not so much grown, however, as they might, be, except in 
some rural gardens' that would be considered old-fashioned 
though highly interesting.—E d.] 
English Arborictjltural Society. —The members of this 
society paid a visit to the woods and gardens of Bayham Abbey 
Estate, near Tunbridge Wells, the seat of the Marquis of Cam¬ 
den. The estate runs to 12,000 acres, of which 4,000 acres are 
woodland. The woods are beautifully situated, clothing both 
sides of a valley, an 1 abound in Chestnut, Larch, Oak, and 
Beech trees. Bayham Abbey ruins were also visited. The 
society has now a nr jmbership of 800, and is in the twenty-third 
year of its existence 
Calochoktus pulchellus: Flowers bright yellow. (8ee p. 629.) 
