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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
January 21, 1905. 
matter succeeded in bringing aid to the plant experimenter. 
Everyone knows that experiments are really very costly, taking 
time, labour, and ground in proportion to the extent of the ex¬ 
periments. The trustees of the Carnegie Institute at Washing¬ 
ton have voted 100,000 dollars to be paid to the experimenter 
in ten annual instalments of 10,000 dollars each. 
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The Eating of Sunflower Seeds. —The findings of Dr. 
Marcou on the husks of Sunflower seeds picked up in the 
streets must be somewhat alarming to the Russians if the 
doctor’s statement comes to their ears. On the husks picked 
up in workshops, restaurants, and other public places he found 
such organisms as Staphylococci, Streptococci, Koch’s bacillus, 
and other microbes. 
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Employees of Mr. J. C. M. Gordon. —The other week this 
gentleman entertained the employees on the estate and their 
friends to a supper and dance. Upwards of 40 sat down to 
table In the absence of Mr. Duff (the land steward), Mr. Kin- 
near (gardener) proposed the health of Mr. J. C. M. Gordon. 
After supper the company adjourned to the kitchen, where 
dancing was kept up till an early hour. 
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Effect of a High Tide in a Garden at Kew. —During the 
recent very high tides affecting the Thames, as well as other 
tidal rivers and estuaries, the Thames rose and flooded one 
of the villa gardens on the north side of Kew Green. Aftei 
the water had subsided, the soil was covered with earth-worms, 
mostly dead. The inference is that the abnormally high tide 
had brought the salt water as far up as Kew, and thus de¬ 
stroyed the worms. 
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A Large Variety of Edelweiss. —To those who are interested 
in the cultivation of the ordinary form of Edelweiss (Leonto- 
podium alpinum) it will be interesting to learn that a giant 
variety is being brought into commerce by Mr. T. Smith, Daisy 
Hill, Newry. The bracts which serve to give the heads of 
this composite their conspicuous appearance are said to be 
4 in. across, which must be nearly twice the size of the ordinary 
one as we usually see it in this country. If it could be propa¬ 
gated from seeds, and remain true, it should be a valuable 
addition to the rock garden. The flowers of the plant are very 
small, and the ornamental part—or, rather, the interesting 
part—of the plant is due to the floral leaves termed bracts. 
The new-comer is named L. a. maximum. 
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International Show, Edinburgh. —We are informed that 
Messrs. Wm. Bull and Sons, King’s Road, Chelsea, are offering 
a silver cup value 10 guineas and £5 cash for competition at 
the International Show of the Royal Caledonian Horticultural 
Society, to be held in Edinburgh on September 13th, 14th, and 
15th next. The cup is offered for the best mew plants sent out 
by the firm. As many gardeners may by this time have for¬ 
gotten who sent out certain plants, Messrs. Bull and Sons 
tabulate a list of no less than 49 species and varieties of flower¬ 
ing plants, foliage plants, and Ferns which they have sent out. 
These include Anfhurium andreanum album, A. a. roseum, 
A. a. salmoneum, Bougainvillea Maud Chettleburgli, Cestrung 
Smithii, Dracaena Victoria, Epiphyllum delicatum, Ficus radi- 
cans variegata, Jasminum nitidium, Maranta insignis, and 
various others. Those having good plants of any of these species 
or other’s sent out by the firm should make a special endeavour 
to vet them in fine form. 
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“ The Botanical Magazine.” —A short account of this 
monthly magazine, devoted to the interests of botany and gar- 
dening, i>s given in “ Knowledge and Scientific News ” for 
January bv Mr. S. A. Scan. During recent years, owing to the 
( , r eat age of Sir J. D. Hooker, combined with his other work, 
he has been receiving assistance in the work of the magazine 
from Mr. W. Botting Hems ley, F.R.S., the keeper of the 'Royal 
Herbarium, Kew. The writer states that the “ Botanical Maga¬ 
zine” has now appeared uninterruptedly for 118 years. It has 
long outlived its numerous rivals and imitators, and it is now' 
doubtful if it is not the “only illustrated serial ever published 
that has enjoyed a century of unbroken vitality.” Although 
primarily devoted to the interests of botany, much information 
is recorded in the form of descriptions of plants, together with 
faithful pictures of the same, so that in after years, when such 
plants are almost forgotten in gardens, and come up again for 
a fresh run of popularity, gardeners and others connected with 
horticulture will have only to turn back to these references to 
get information about what may be long-forgotten garden plants. 
A Garden Village Experiment. —A new model village, says 
“ The Midland Counties’ Herald,” has been conceived on the 
lines of Bournville and the Garden City as the result of Mr. 
.Joseph Rowntree’s enterprise near York. At Earswick, West 
Huntingdon, about a mile from the Rowntree factory, a site 
has been selected for this garden village. About two or three 
years ago Mr. Rowntree purchased 120 acres of land there, and 
already about 40 houses have been built or are in process of 
erection. The estate has been conveyed to trustees by Mr. 
Rowntree, who has transferred a considerable amount of invested 
capital with accumulating rents, the aggregate of which will 
form the endowment of the trust. The roadways will be rela¬ 
tively narrow, but on each side of them will be 6 ft. strips of 
grass in which trees will be planted between the roadway and 
the footpath. Adequate recreation ground has been provided 
for in the plan, and the founder expressed his desire that not 
less than one-tenth of the land shall be laid out as parks and 
open spaces. The houses to be built must not occupy more 
than one-quarter of their sites. The houses already built have 
gardens each of 350 square yards. The houses in the first place 
were intended for those employed at the cocoa works, but the 
definition of working classes in the trust deed is of a very elastic 
character, so that others will be able to take up their residence 
there. The houses are to be artistic in appearance, sanitary 
and well built, yet within the means of working men. The 
houses now occupied are rented 'at 4s. 6d. per week, with an 
additional sum of 8d. in the way of rates. 
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 
The Editor invites enquiries for reply in this column. These 
enquiries may cover any branch of gardening. Questions should be put 
as briefly as possible, and written on one side of the paper only; a 
separate sheet of paper should be used for each question. 
Readers are also invited to give their fellow gardeners the benefit 
of their experience by sending supplementary replies. 
Replies cannot be sent by post, even if a stamped, addressed 
enveope 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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Lilies for Pot Work. 
Would you jilease name half a dozen varieties of Liliums 
that would bloom from the middle to the end of August with 
ordinary treatment for pot work? (Lilium.) 
In the varieties of Lilium speciosum and L. auratum you] 
will have a large number of varieties that naturally bloom in 
August and September. With a little shelter you can manage 
to bring them on earlier if necessary for any given purpose. 
If we were to name varieties to the number you mention, we 
should give L. speciosum Kraetzeri, with white flowers; L. a. 
Melpomene, with rosy-carmine flowers, spotted crimson , L. 
auratum rubro-vittatum, white, with a deep crimson-red band 
along the middle; and L. a. platiphyllum, with very broad 
white segments, the usual yellow band along the middle, and 
thickly spotted all over. The above are four excellent varie¬ 
ties, selected both for their satisfactory behaviour under pot 
culture and because they are now relatively common, and not 
expensive. To the above you might add I,. Henryi, with rich 
orange-yellow flowers, produced even in the open air during 
September, but may be had much earlier, according to the time 
of potting and treatment given. We may, however, advise you 
that it usually grows, much taller than the previously-named 
kinds, attaining a height of 4 ft. to 6 ft. under ordinary treat¬ 
ment. For the sake of variety you might also get L. elegans 
Wallace! or L. Batemanniae; they both have large erect flowers 
of a. rich orange colour, but the former is spotted and the latter 
entirely without spots. You may get either of these to furnish 
a rich orange colour. Both of them are verj dwarf Lilies. 
Several others which we could name, flower about that time in 
the open garden, but are strong and easily grown witlioiit 
being potted. We think, however, that those we name will 
supply what you need. 
Carnations not. Hardy. 
We had a fine lot of plants last September, when we put them 
into cold frames, and ever since November the frames have 
been well matted up, yet mai y of the plants are m a bad way, 
and some dying. The foliage is of poor colour. I should like 
to knew why. (Dianthus.) . 
Without knowing the circumstances other than those you 
mention, we should suppose that the plants have been kept 
