THE GARDENING WORLD, 
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November 12, 1904. 
' ai'ei raorei or less concave, giving the flowers an additional 
interesting appearance. A few of the Outer petals are tubu¬ 
lar. Its parent when in good form has a great amount of red, 
almost obscuring the yellow ground colour. 
A huge bloom- and very pretty is that named Daphne, with 
salmon-terrar.ootta florets, and buff-yellow on the reverse. A 
variety which has come very much in vogue this year is 
Duchess of Sutherland, an incurved Japanese, with broad, 
bright- yello-w, and much interlaced florets, making a huge 
bloom when well grown, of a typ'd that is not very common 
even in the Japanese section. 
Nellie Pcc-kett remains one of the most charming of the 
white incurved Japanese varieties, with glossy c-ui-led florets. 
In well-grown, blooms every petal becomes decidedly curled at 
the tip. Cheitoni make® a very good companion to: the previous 
one, and might well be- described' as- a, yellow Nellie Pockett, 
One year the sport turned up at- five different places, but, 
curiously enough, not all of them were of the same value’. 
The best-, however, has been named as above. Neither of these 
two can be described as large exhibition blooms ; nevertheless, 
when -well grown they stand a good chance of making their 
appearance in winning stands on account of t-lieir distinct and 
charming regularity of form, and the fresh shining appearance 
of the bloom si, best seen in, good -light. Guy Hamilton is: a 
white Jap. with long, drooping florets incurved and curled at¬ 
tire' tips. The variety gives great- satisfaction in the Midlands 
and the North. 
To the incurved variety above m-enticmed we might add Wil¬ 
liam Piddle 1 , a new incurved variety about 6 in. in diameter 
and of a beautiful golden-bronze. The florets naturally form 
a, very close bloom even without dressing. It tur ned up in very 
fine form in winning stands, at the Crystal Palace. The above 
con-s-t-it-uite® only a very small number of the extensive collec¬ 
tion at Earlsiwood. Most of them, however, are not- -only new, 
but they give great satisfaction either' in Australia- or in this 
country, and most of them do remarkably well in this country, 
judging from their behaviour this: year. 
Single varieties. 
A veiy large number of choice single' varieties lias been 
raised at Earlswood at one time or another, but although not 
all grown at the present- time, a- house is devoted to this section 
and is- always filled with new or recent varieties'. A very 
choice new variety for this year- is Mary Richardson, forming- 
a- plant about 5 ft-, in height, and carrying at wealth of blooms 
about 21/ in. to 3 in. in diameter. The florets are of beautiful 
salmon-terra-cotta, a shade that is not at all common amongst 
single®. The disc i® small, and the rays are, on an average, 
produced in three rows. The plant was grown in. a 24-sized 
pot, A very handsome pure white variety is Lady Marguerite 
Douglas, with blooms- 4 in. to 5 in. in dia-meter, making- the 
largest- and best single white variety. It was new last year-, 
. and we gave an. illustration of it in The Gardening World, 
November 14th, 1903, p. 947. 
In striking contrast to this variety were two very fine crim¬ 
son si; that named Felix had blooms 4 in. across; Crown Jewel 
was orange-crimson and 3 in. across. A new'variety for last 
year was Kitty Bourne, a handsome deep yellow variety, with 
blooms 3 in. across and produced in great abundance. It- re¬ 
ceived an Award 1 of Merit- from the ll.H.S. when first brought 
out- Rosa Wells is a new variety for this year, and has blooms 
about 2J in. in diameter and of the deepest- shade of the dark 
crimson va-rie-ties, Those who like dark flowers will be pleased 
with this one. 
A very choice decora,five variety is- Belle of Weybridge, bear¬ 
ing chestnut-crimson flowers 1 . Crimson Gem is a seedling from 
.Scarlet Gem and differs in. being darker than its parent. The 
plant is only 3 ft. high. That named Earlswood Beauty ha® 
flowers of a light shade of -primrose with a large green, eye. A 
good companion to this is- Earlswood Glory, which has broad, 
flat, purel white rays surrounding a large green eye. The plant 
is of dwarf habit. 
Star of Honour is an early variety, with pure white rays 
surrounding a creamy centre. A beautiful variety in its way 
is Souvenir de M. Stevenson, with salmon-pink flowers giving 
place to yellow at the base of the rays, where a- ring of this 
colour surround® the disc. That named Pretty lias pink 
flowers that are sweetly scented, thu® appealing to another 
sense. Mrs. Langtry isi also, sweetly scented and rosy-lilac, so 
that the two make companions, having a harmonious blend of 
colour. Mr®. J. Ferguson is a pink sport from Miss Mary 
Anderson,, forming with thei yellow Annie Holden a beautiful 
trio. 
For the sake of cut flowers Ivblarney is a beautiful variety 
with pure white flo-weirs that produce a fine effect, especially 
for 1 sprays 1 . A very choice 1 light pink: variety is Emily Wells, 
which flowers very profusely. Eureka has pure white florets 
and is popular for exhibition. The same might- be sa-id of 
Edith Pagra-ui, which has rosy-pink rays- and a white ring round 
the yellow disc. T‘o- thei above might be added an, indefinite 
number of varieties-, but they give some conception, of the 
wealth of single varieties grown at Earlswood either for exhibi¬ 
tion or* cut flower 1 purposes 1 . 
Autumn Strawberries. 
These thrive best in a, fairly light soil that has been, trenched 
and well manured, the b e -1 position for the plants being a 
south-weal border, which may be any width, from 10 ft- to 
20 ft., or even 30 ft. Six-feet- beds should be marked out 
long-wise, and can beany desired length, with 2 ft. wide alleys 
between the beds, as this is convenient for placing 6 ft. lights 
over the plants -on frosty nights or wet- weather, when the fruit 
i; l ipening. 
The lights should rest on bricks or inverted pot® at ea,cli 
corner, leaving the side® and ends open, as- the plants require 
abundance of air at all times. In favourable weather the 
lights should be removed during the day. Runners should be 
layered in small sixty-size pots about the middle of July. As 
soon a® these are filled with roots, plant out at 1 ft, apart each 
way, treading the ground perfectly firm before planting. 
St, Joseph and St, Antoine de Pa-doue are good kinds to 
grow. The former bears more freely than- the latter, -but- the 1 
latter produce® larger fruit. 
All runners should be removed from the plants as they 
appear, and all flower spikes until the end of July the follow¬ 
ing season. Keep the beds free from weeds by occasional 
shallow hoeings with the Dutch hoe, loosening the soil as little 
as possible, a-s tire plants thrive best in firm ground. 
Occasional supplies of liquid manure should be given in 
dry weather. When the flower spikes are forward enough, 
they should be- tied to neat sticks, as this is better than placing 
straw cr other material under the fruit, which only acts at 
this season of the year as a- harbour for insect pests. Beside® 
this, the fruit is more exposed to the sun and air, ripening 
more evenly. 
Plants treated in this way fruit freely the first- season, and 
produce' a continual supply of fruit from -about the middle 
of September until November, which are very much appre¬ 
ciated at- the dinner table. After this date the fruit will not 
ripen outside, but the supply can be extended lifting plants 
that are carrying crops of unripe fruit with good balls of soil 
attached, and planting them in frames where there' is sufficient 
heat to keep the temperature from 45 deg. to 50 deg. at night, 
giving air freely during the day in favourable weather. 
These plants often produce finer fruits than those grown 
in pots. East Anglia. 
Apple Blenheim Orange. —Mr. L. J. Smith, sen., of Rose 
Villa, Marlow, has picked from one of his trees a Blenheim 
Orange Apple- weighing lib. 3gOZ. 
Potato Failure in the West of Ireland. —The crops in the 
neighbourhood of Kinvara, Comity Galway, are the worst for a 
great number of years. The Potato crop is the worst on record 
since black ’47. The people will hardly have as much a-s will tid ? 
them over the winter. The question is, what are the unfortu¬ 
nate people to do for seed Potatos in the coming year ? 
