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THE GARDENING WORLD, 
February 25, 1905 . 
these remarks to paper, two of my nephews, little fellows, the 
one six and the other eight years of age, are amusing them¬ 
selves burning the withered pasture, and sometimes when 
they are favoured with a boisterous wind they will have a 
couple of acres ablaze all at one time, and by midsummer 
these burned parts will be the greenest and nicest parts of the 
whole held. 
Another instance of extensive burning is that practised by 
the gamekeepers with the Heather on the Grampian Moun¬ 
tains. Vast stretches are burned every winter or early spring, 
to favour the rearing of the grouse. The modus operandi of 
the keepers is to burn it in strips about eighteen or twenty 
yards in width, and allowing a strip the same width to remain 
untouched, their reason for this being that the mother birds 
can then nest and hatch their brood in the unburned strips 
of Heather, and when hatched the young birds are then 
encouraged to come out of the rank Heather on to the burned 
spaces where they can enjoy the light and sunshine, and thrive 
admirably. The Heather in many places is so rank that if 
it was not burned in strips in this way the young birds would 
all perish immediately after hatching. The burning 
apparently ensures the safety of the young birds, as is 
evidenced by the numerous immense coveys which rise before 
the shooting parties in the grouse drive, and many times 
have I traversed the rugged mountain sides with those parties 
in pursu|| of them. J. C. Peebles. 
Landscape Gardener. 
To the Editor of The Gardening World. 
Sir,—You will be interested to know that Miss M. Agar, 
formerly a student at the Horticultural College, Swanley, and 
afterwards garden mistress at Wycombe Abbey School, has 
been appointed landscape gardener to the Metropolitan Public 
Gardens Association in the place of Miss M ilkinson, who 
has lately resigned that post. 
F. R. Wilkinson (Principal). 
February 21st, 1905. 
Trade Notices. 
Messrs. T. S. Ware, Limited. 
The time is now fast approaching when planters of hardy- 
herbaceous and alpine subjects must make their annual addi¬ 
tions to their collections and make good the deficiencies 
that may have occurred in the same during the winter. The 
Catalogue of Hardy Perennials sent out by Messrs. Thomas 
S. Ware, Limited, Ware’s Nurseries, Feltham, Middlesex, is 
already on our table. It runs to 112 pp., exclusive of the 
index, which is always a valuable addition to a work of refer¬ 
ence. The number of herbaceous and alpine plants here 
listed is very extensive, as they have always been in this 
nursery. Many novelties have recently been added to the 
collection and are now here offered. Amongst the choice sub¬ 
jects we cannot overlook Aconitum V ilsoni and Astilbe Davidi, 
two of the most handsome subjects of recent introduction. 
Cimicifuga simplex has been added to the list under its correct 
name. It is valuable as being the last of this group of the 
Crowfoot family to come into bloom, flowering as it does to 
the end of September or later. Other novelties are Eremurus 
Bungei major, Gypsophila paniculata fl. pi., Corydalis thalic- 
trifolia, Sidalcea Rosy Gem, Senecio tanguticus, more than 
one Kmphoiia, and the recently introduced lucarvillea grandi- 
flora The Chiinnev Bellflower is naturally a tall plant, but 
a hybrid of it named Campanula Fergusoni is only about 2 ft. 
high, with cup-shaped pale blue flowers. It is the product 
of C. carpatica and C. pyramidalis alba. The catalogue is 
illustrated throughout with numerous reproductions from 
photographs and woodcuts. The same firm also sends out a 
catalogue of their tuberous Begonias, which have been grown 
so successfully for some years past at Bexley Heath. A large 
number of varieties, especially the carefully selected double 
ones, have received special names. Improvements are annually 
being made and added to the list. For this year ten new 
double varieties have been named, described, and now offered 
for the first time. A photograph of two full pages shows the 
field of seedling Begonias at Bexley which we described last 
autumn. 
The Anglo-Continental Guano Works. 
On our table is a blotter and diary sent out by the 
Anglo-Continental (late Ohlendorff’s) Guano Works, of 15, 
Leadenhall Street, London. This blotter consists of stiff 
boards, ornamented with drawings of fruits and cereals in 
gold colour. Besides blotting paper and several illustrations 
there is also a diary for each month of the year and calendar 
at the end of the book, all of which will prove useful to those 
who require this convenience. Accompanying the blotter is 
a catalogue of Ohlendorff’s dissolved Peruvian guano and 
Ohlendorff’s manures produced at the works of the firm, hi 
the pamphlet the uses of nitrate of soda, sulphate of ammonia, 
Peruvian guano and special guano manures are all briefly dis¬ 
cussed. The quantity of guano imported by this firm from 
Peru is evidently enormous, making one wonder how- the 
supply can be continued. The deposits must have been laid 
down many years before the country was discovered bv 
Europeans. Several of the special manures are chiefly in¬ 
tended for farmers and those having field crops to raise, but 
Potato manure is also included amongst them. Dissolved 
bones, bone compound, and Ohlendorff’s superphosphate are 
all necessary manures for garden purposes. The firm also 
catalogues sundry raw materials such as bone flour, basic slag, 
nitrates, kainit, sulphate and muriate of potash, and nitrate 
of potash, which is usually considered difficult to get on account 
of the price. Notwithstanding that the firm gives attention 
to every kind of fertiliser they make a special feature of Peru¬ 
vian guano, which has enjoyed many years’ run of popularity. 
Besides nitrogen, which is always one of the most valuable 
constituents of manure, guano also contains a large percent¬ 
age of phosphate. Very often this natural manure can be 
applied to soils securing a good crop without any additional 
fertiliser. A bone factory has also been added to the works 
of the firm on the banks of the Thames. 
Messrs. Barr and Sons. 
The spring bulb catalogue of Messrs. Barr and Sons, 11, 12, 
and 13, King Street, Covent Garden, London, is now on our 
table, and includes a large number of roots and bulbs such as 
Anemones, Begonias, Cannas, Dahlias, Gladioli, Lilies, Tube¬ 
roses, Ranunculus, Tigridias, Montbretias, and others. A 
veiy large number of Lilies (Lilium) is listed, including the 
numerous species and varieties grown by the firm. Besides 
those that are used for planting in the open, others are par¬ 
ticularly valued for indoor decoration during August and 
September. New varieties continue to be added to the list 
differing in size, colour, or form. Information is given con¬ 
cerning the requirements of these Lilies. The catalogue will 
be found to contain numerous rare flowers not often seen in 
gardens even when they happen to be both handsome and 
ornamental. 
Orchid Representative. 
Mr. F. W. Ashton begs to notify his numerous friends and 
patrons that on March 4th, 1905, he terminates his connec¬ 
tion with Messrs. Stanley and Co. (late Stanley, Ashton and 
Co.), and that on March 6th he enters the service of Messrs. 
Hugh Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, Enfield, as Orchid repre¬ 
sentative and traveller. 
He takes this opportunity of tendering his best thanks to 
his clients for their kind support during the past, and trusts 
to be favoured with a continuance of the same in the future, 
assuring in advance his best attention at all times. 
Ripe Strawberries. —At South Brent, on the border of Dart¬ 
moor, ripe Strawberries were being gathered about the middle 
of the month. This would be from the flowers that were ex¬ 
panded during the autumn. 
