May 13, 1905. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
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A Happy Location for Herbaceous Plants. 
^ IMiile discussing 1 the subject of the 
Garden Beautiful ” in the Bulletin of the 
* ew England Association of Park Superin¬ 
tendents, Mr. J. A. Pettigrew, superinten¬ 
dent of the Boston parks, gives his ideas as 
to the best situation for herbaceous plants. 
He dwells largely upon the object and appro¬ 
priateness, and says that clumps or borders 
of herbaceous plants should have a breadth 
of grassy sward in front of them with a 
shrubbery belt behind them. He does not 
state what distance should intervene between 
the shrubs and herbaceous plants, but we 
are aware that in this country the two are 
often planted too closely in conjunction for 
the best results, as the roots of trees and 
shrubs are highly inimical to the well-being 
of herbaceous plants. Mr. Pettigrew also 
states that the lines of planting should be 
sinuous, bold in places and retreating in 
others. He thinks it is more pleasurable 
to wander in and out of these nooks 
looking for floral treasures than to have 
straight borders which the eye can take in 
at a glance from end to end. He speaks not 
as if he would take the wood to the herbace¬ 
ous border, but rather to select suitable 
spots in parks near plantations where the 
herbaceous plants may be appropriately 
fitted in with their surroundings. This means 
that the outline of the border should be 
adapted to the situation, and that herbace¬ 
ous plants appropriate to their surroundings 
should be selected. He gives preference to 
native plants, or others that would not be 
inharmonious with the setting. Amongst 
plants which he would employ for such a 
situation are Irises, Lilies, Lythrum, Golden 
Rods, Sunflowers, Michaelmas Daisies, Core¬ 
opsis, Rudbeckias, Heleniums, Pyrethrums, 
etc. Whatever plants are selected, he ad¬ 
vises that they be arranged in such a way 
that as few bare places as possible may occur 
after certain specimens have bloomed. He 
thinks this would not be difficult, as most of 
them continue to be ornamental even in 
their seeding and fading season. We may 
also say that many of them throw up a fine 
aftermath of leaves, especially if the flower¬ 
ing stems had been cut down after the plants 
passed out of bloom. He believes in deep 
and efficient digging and manuring, and 
that most plants should be divided at least 
every three years. 
A Snow-white Polyantha (Rose 
Schneewittchen). 
The above name has been given to a 
beautiful variety of Polyantha Rose, derived 
from Rosa multiflora, as the parent or origi¬ 
nal of this section. It was raised by Mr. 
Peter Lambert, of Trier, Germany, and put 
into commerce in 1901. The flowers are 
similar in size to those of Crimson Rambler 
when fully expanded, and are likewise pro¬ 
duced in large branched clusters, which may 
be cut with long stems accompanied by 
their own foliage. TJie buds, when half 
grown, and up to the time they are about to 
expand, are globular, and more or less de¬ 
cidedly tinted with yellow, When fully ex¬ 
panded the petals are, however, pure white 
and numerous, though they do not fill up 
the centre of the bloom, but show a cluster 
of stamens with golden-yellow anthers in 
the centre. Judging from the coloured 
illustration in “Rosen Zeitung,' the leaves 
are moderate in size and neat in form. 
Monument to the late Henri de Vilmorin, 
Our cousins across the Atlantic seem to 
have been more energetic than we are on 
this side in getting up a monument to the 
memory of a great, horticulturist, recently 
deceased, namely, M. Henri de Vilmorin, of 
Paris. The sum already subscribed towards 
getting up a permanent memorial already 
exceeds £1,333 6s. 8d., or as otherwise ex¬ 
pressed, 32,000 francs. On continental Europe 
itself they have also been energetic in sub¬ 
scribing towards this memorial. The results 
are convincing proof of the popularity which 
the Vilmorin family enjoyed, and who ren¬ 
dered such eminent services to the cause 
of horticulture by their experiments, dis¬ 
coveries and improvements which they had 
successfully acquired and added to the 
number of agricultural and horticultural sub¬ 
jects, as well as kitchen and ornamental 
plants. Lovers of plants in all parts of the 
civilised world have recognised the value 
and example of the teaching placed before 
them by that Parisian family of horticultu¬ 
rists. 
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Photographs of Gardening Subjects. 
Open to all Readers. 
(1.) The Editor of The Gardening World 
offers a Prize of £1 Is. Od. for the best 
original photograph showing a view of the 
interior of a Conservatory. The photograph 
must be a view of the reader’s own conser¬ 
vatory, and should not be smaller than half¬ 
plate size. The prize photograph will be used 
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ally commended photographs sent in for com¬ 
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Proprietors of The Gardening World. 
(2.) A prize of £1 Is.is also offered for the 
best original photograph of a Single Flower¬ 
ing Plant for room or table decoration. The 
plant must be one of the reader's own grow¬ 
ing. Fancy (outer) pots may be used, or the 
pots may be draped with ribbons, canvas mat¬ 
ting, crepe paper, or other decoration, but 
such decoration must not be allowed to form 
the most prominent feature of the pictuie. 
Extra prizes of 5s. each will be given 
for any specially commended photographs 
which may be used. Other conditions, as 
above. 
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and be sent to the Editor on or before 
May 25th. 
