March 11. 1905. 
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be sown in heat in April, pricked off and hardened, and planted 
out in June. . . , 
The perennials and annuals are sorts that require to bo dried 
for winter use. This should be done as soon as they come into 
flower, and the best way of doing this is to hang them up in 
bunches on the rafters in the potting shed. After they are 
thoroughly dry they may be rubbed up and placed in jam-jars 
or bottles and made airtight, but they must be dry, or they 
will soon become musty. Arnold. 
The Marquis de Pins. 
In the autumn of 1903 unusual interest was excited at the 
]> a ris Chrysanthemum Show by the appearance of a very line 
collection of seedlings that had been raised by a new grower, 
die Marqus de 1’ins. Some reference was made to them in the 
columns of The Gardening World shortly afterwards, and 
there was every promise that these new varieties would be 
introduced into English collections. Apparently this was done, 
but the results, as far as could be gleaned last season, were 
l,y no means so fortunate as seem to have been expected. 
Whether the English mode of culture or the climate did not 
suit them or what the cause was we do not. know, but those 
who saw the blooms when shown in Paris, and then saw the 
same varieties a year afterwards here in England were at a loss 
to understand their extraordinary behaviour. We all know in 
years gone by many cases similar. Excellent varieties in Eng¬ 
land when grown in America have failed to give that satisfac¬ 
tion there which they did here and vice versa.. The fault, we 
know, did not lie with the raiser, but may have been due to 
the climate or to the cultivator. And so there may be some 
such reason to account for the peculiar difference in the case 
of the seedlings of the Marquis de Pins. 
We are justified in this conclusion by the reports to hand 
of the last Chrysanthemum show in Paris, where the Marquis 
de Pins again exhibited new seedling Chrysanthemums with 
conspicuous success. He gained for them seventeen First-class 
Certificates, a number i'll excess of those obtained by any other 
raiser. In addition to this distinction, the jury awarded to 
this exhibitor a gold medal of honour presented by the 
Minister of Agriculture, so that there can be no doubt that 
so far as his 1904 seedlings are concerned that they were as 
strikingly remarkable as those that were shown the previous 
year. 
It is well to point out that this gentleman lives far away in 
the sunny South, and that he may thus be able to produce 
blooms in a much better condition than some of his rivals who 
live in less favoured districts. But that he does produce them 
is beyond question, for authorities quite competent to discuss 
such questions are unanimous as to their beauty and 
superiority, and the French horticultural press during the past 
season bears evidence to the- fact. 
Why, then, it may be asked, have the majority of English 
growers been less successful ? We can only assume that high 
culture or climate may be the cause. At any rate, we do not. 
despair of seeing next season some of these- novelties in better 
form, for one grower in the North, curiously enough, has 
spoken in high terms of them. A second year’s trial may with 
a different summer give us an object-lesson in the vagaries of 
Queen ’Mum, and, if so, then there- ought, to be some surprises 
in store for us. 
This spring will see the new set of Marquis de Pins’ seed¬ 
lings distributed. Of last year’s we have heard good accounts 
of Marquise de Pins, Mme-. de la Verteville, Souvenir de Lom- 
bez, Triomphe de Montbrun, Mme. Lasies, Mme. Motto de St. 
Pierre, and Ch. Bacque, and although we saw them at the 
Crystal Palace Show, they were not in the same high state of 
perfection that they were as shown by the raiser the previous 
year. 
The new set, however, will be looked for with no- little 
interest. And of these it seems possible from reference to 
reports by those critics upon whose judgment we can reason¬ 
ably rely that the following are likely to be noteworthy addi¬ 
tions to our collections, always provided, of course, that they 
get into the hands of someone who can master the peculiarities 
of their culture, viz., Souvenir de Cologne, Japanese salmon- 
rose; Ginette, rosy-white; Solange, pure white; Souvenir de 
Bailleul, yellow; La Samatanaise, white; Zacharie Bacque, 
apricot; Bois de Boulogne, violet-carmine; Comtesse de 
Potiche, Mme. Magne, Souvenir de 1903, etc. F. N. C. S. 
Hardy Nymphaeas. 
Without undue commendation, I think that this exceedingly 
interesting and enchanting section of Nymphaeas may be de¬ 
signated as the most beautiful of all our aquatics. Whereas 
only a few years ago the common white and yellow Water 
Lilies were allowed to overrun our ponds and lakes, there is 
at the present time, due to the introduction of numerous new 
hybrid varieties, a greatly extended field for selection among 
these exquisite water-loving plants. It is largely due to the 
enterprise and skill of that distinguished French horticulturist, 
M. Latour-MarliaC, that all lovers of water gardening owe so 
much with regard to the improvement and high state of per¬ 
fection which these delightful aquatics have now reached. A 
collection of these new varieties flowering profusely, and vying 
Reduced Diagram of Cruoiferae. (See page 199.) 
with each other with their delicately tinted flowers, which lest 
like glittering jewels upon the surface of the water affords a 
sight of picture-squeness rarely surpassed in the environments 
of the garden. With their aid it is now possible to render the 
surfaces of our ponds and lakes objects of brilliancy surj -iss- 
i'ng in beauty the most refined and artistically laid-out flower¬ 
beds. 
The most favourable month of the whole year for planting 
I have found to be April, as with the increase of solar heat at 
this time of year the temperature of the water will be 
gradually rising, and atmospheric conditions generally are 
more favourable for carrying out. this operation successfully. 
For planting in ponds and lakes the roots should be placed 
in old baskets filled with a good stiff fibrous loam and a 
quantity of well-decomposed manure, afterwards sinking in 
such places.as had been previously decided on. A depth of 
1 ft. to 3 ft. of water is amply sufficient for all kinds of A mer 
Lilies, notwithstanding that we often find strong-growing 
Nymphaeas flourishing exceedingly well when planted in a 
much greater depth of water. Care should be exeicised that 
the strong-growing kinds are allowed ample room for develop¬ 
ment, and the less rampant varieties relegated nearer to the 
water margins. 
I have- seen equally good results attained with Nymphaeas 
when planted in tanks constructed of bricks or stones, having 
their sides and bottoms cemented and divided into several 
compartments. W hen this method is adopted, mounds of 
good stiff yellow loam and leaf-soil about 9 in. high should be 
built up from the- base ; a depth of 1 ft. 6 in. to 2 ft. of 
water is quite sufficient in such instances. 
N. alba may be considered the gem of our native aquatics, 
and associated with it we have the variety plenissima, produc¬ 
ing very large pure white double flowers. N. Laydekeri and 
