September 2, 1905. 
THE GARDEN 1 NO WORLD 
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OTHER PEOPLE’S GARDENS. 
V.—Scarlet’s Park. 
Scarlet’s Park is situated on the renowned 
Bath Road, about two miles from Twyford, 
and five from Maidenhead. It is now in the 
possession of the Rev. H. M. Wells, whose 
head gardener is Mr. J. Botley, a well-known 
writer in the horticultural press, and also a 
first class amateur photographer. The 
grounds are certainly not so extensive as 
some that I have described, but, leaving the 
park and meadow lands out of consideration, 
the gardens are conveniently placed for “ get- 
at-able-ness,” if such a word is allowed. On 
approaching the garden from the gardener’s 
lodge one passes through a part of the veget¬ 
able garden given up to the cultivation of 
Beans, Peas, and green stuff, with a few fruit 
trees dotted about, and bordered by a hedge 
of Lavender. The Rose gai’den is next seen, 
where some of the latest varieties are in 
evidence. Like a good many other “ gentle¬ 
men of the cloth,” the Rev. H. M. Wells 
takes a great interest in Roses, and spends a 
good deal of time in training and trimming 
his bushes and standards. 
Leaving the Roses, we next come to the 
forcing pits, frames, ash beds for Chrysanthe¬ 
mums, Orchid house, and potting sheds, 
which are all well placed for convenience. 
The Orchid house contains some good things, 
not a few having been sent home from the 
East by one of Mr. Wells’s sons, and the 
Chrysanthemum quarter was well Stocked 
with a large number of the newest varieties. 
A walk through a very nice Rose pergola, 
which divides the well-stocked kitchen garden 
into two nearly equal parts, brings one to the 
glass houses, in which were a good selection 
of Carnations, Campanulus, Schizanthus, 
Hydrangeas, etc., in preparation for the con¬ 
servatory. The fernery, which was just 
putting on its new growth when I visited, 
would look at its best a little later on. 
The herbaceous borders are a pretty feature 
of these gardens, a fine strain of St. Brigid 
Anemones being cultivated, as well as good 
breadths of Carnations of the varieties Miss 
A. Campbell, Mrs. Reynolds Hole, Raby 
Castle, etc. The Plum trees on the walls 
and fences fortunately escaped the effects of 
the spring frosts and heavy rains, which have 
so sadly marred the prospects of a good crop 
in this district. I must not omit to mention 
the rock garden, in which Mr. Wells also 
takes great pride, doing most of the arrang¬ 
ing; planting, etc., himself. It was a blaze 
of colour, Aubrietias, Anemones, and Arabis 
(especially the double variety) vieing with 
each other as to which could show the biggest 
patches of bloom. At other times, Poly¬ 
anthus, Gentians, Violets, Primroses, Pansies 
and dozens of rock plants in great profusion 
make this one of the prettiest little comers 
imaginable. jj_ q 
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Diocletian, after his abdication, spent his 
leisure in gardening. “ If you could see the 
Cabbages I raise,” he said to a deputation. 
“ you would not ask me to resume the crown.” 
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Flowers for the Cemetery. —There is to 
be erected, at a cost of £300, a plant-house 
in the grounds of the Eastern Cemetery, Dun¬ 
dee, for the purpose of propagating flowers, 
which will be used for decorating the public 
parks. Through the sale of plants to lair- 
holders it is expected that an income will be 
derived sufficient to pay the upkeep of the 
hoflse. 
The Editor invites enquiries, which may cover 
any branch oj gardening. Questions should be as 
Irrief as possible and mitten on one side of the paper 
only ; a separate sheet of paper should be used for 
each question. Readers are invited to give their 
fellow gardeners the benefit of their experience by send¬ 
ing supplementary replies—see Prize Competitions. 
Replies cannot be amt by post. 
Garden Plans .—Gardeners who would make the 
best use of this column are invited to prepare and 
forward to us a rough outline drawing or plan of their 
A Cold Glasshouse. 
Will you kindly help me to make the best of a 
glasshouse I have. The house runs from my 
parlour to a shed in which the heating appara¬ 
tus is. It is a lean-to, and facing south, about 
5 yards long and 2 yards wide. It is bricked 
up' each side about 3 ft., leaving a path in the 
centre, and in between the bricks and the side 
is soil. Please note the heating apparatus is 
out of order, and I have no intention of getting it 
repaired. At present it is full of Tomatos. 
Please say what flowers, etc., I can plant to nuke 
it look nice in winter. All last winter it was 
bare. I want it different this year. Of course, 
nothing can be done until the Tomatos are off. 
(C. H. Murton.) 
There is scarcely anything that would make a 
show in an unheated house during winter except 
Chrysanthemums, of which there are numerous 
varieties in all sorts of colour and adapted for 
late flowering. Unless you have prepared for this 
contingency, it would be necessary to buy plants 
of some florist or nurseryman, so that you can 
plant them out in the house after the Tomatos 
have been cleared away. Very choice white 
varieties are Western King, Snowdrift, Queen 
of the Exe, Souvenir de Petite Amie, and Miss 
R. Cadbury. Useful crimson varieties are Red 
Canning, Cullingfordii, Putney George, and Hilda 
Tullev. For pink varieties you might select some 
or other of the following:—Princess Victoria 
Pink, Mrs. Barclay, Nellie Bean, and Framfield. 
Very good yellows are W. H. Lincoln, King of 
Plumes, Princess Victoria Yellow, and Mrs. 
Greenfield. A very choice and handsome bronze 
variety is Tuxedo, to which might be added Lord 
Brooke and Mrs. -Sarah Owen. One plant of each 
of the above would be quite sufficient to fill the 
whole of your house, even if the plants were only 
of moderate size. You could, however, select the 
colours which you would prefer, taking the names 
of each colour in The order we have given them. 
Potato Tubers Growing on tbe Stems. 
A customer of mine has just brought me to 
look at a Potato haulm with Potatos growing on 
it. He tells me he has been gardening for fifty 
years and never saw anything like it. They 
are not seed pods for they show the eyes. They 
are exactly like a Potato grown in the soil. Is it 
a rare occurrence? If so, and you would like to 
see it, I will try and obtain the loan of one of 
them. (R. S. Ellis.) 
It is not at all an uncommon thing to see 
Potato tubers growing in the axils of the leaves 
upon Potato stems, but we think it more often 
occurs in field cultures than in gardens. It is 
largely owing to the base of the stem not having 
been covered with soil, and for this reason 
Potatos that behave in this way more often occur 
at the end of the rows where the plough may 
have only partly succeeded in covering them. 
The same thing may often be seen where Potatos 
are left lying upon the ground rather thickly, 
where they may have been pitted or clamped in 
the winter time. The Potatos start growing, but 
being on the surface of the ground, there is 
nothing to cover the young tubers, consequently 
gardens, indicating the position of beds and lawns 
the character and height of the fence or wall ; position 
of vegetable garden, orchard, etc. The north side of 
the garden and any overshadowing buildings should 
be denoted. It should also be slated whether the 
garden is flal or on a declivity, and all large trees 
should be marked. Particulars of the nature of the 
soil will also help us to give satisfactory replies. 
When such plans are received they will be carefully 
filed, with the name and address of the sender, and 
will be consulted by the Editor whenever an enquiry 
is sent. 
they appear growing from the axils of the lower 
leaves of the stem, and when this happens, we 
have often seen other tubers produced in suc¬ 
cession for a considerable distance up the stem. 
There is nothing very abnormal in all this. It 
simply means that the branches thickened to 
form tubers as usual, but not being covered with 
earth they become green and appear abnormal. 
We have little doubt it can be induced artifici¬ 
ally by laying tubers on the ground and allowing 
them to grow at will without being covered with 
soil during the summer months. They are, of 
course, perfectly useless for cooking purposes, 
and would be poisonous owing to the develop¬ 
ment of so much green matter in them. 
Spiraeas Wild or Cultivated. 
It is very kind of you to so promptly answer 
my question in naming the plants in The 
Gardening World for August 12th. I find I 
have not made myself clear. Are the two 
Spiraeas named cultivated or wild species? (B. 
Lockwood.) 
Unless they were purely garden creations they 
must of necessity be wild in some country or 
other. As a matter of fact Spiraea Ulmaria is a 
native of this country, but is often cultivated in 
gardens all the same, especially the double and 
the variegated varieties. S. camtschatica is a 
native of Kamtschatka, and is, of course, always 
a cultivated plant in this country. 
Cactaceous Plants. 
Can you kindly inform me of any descriptive 
handbooks of cactaceous plants and succulent 
plants, together with their prices and where 
obtainable? (G. H. K.) 
The most suitable book for your purpose we 
think would be “ Cactus Culture for Amateurs,” 
by W. Watson. It is sold by L. Upcott Gill, 
Bazaar Buildings, Drury Lane, London, W.C. In 
cloth it is priced at 5s. with postage extra. A 
much smaller book on the same subject entitled 
“ Hints on Cacti and Rare Plants,” is bv A. 
Blank and Co. It is published by A. T. De la 
Mare Printing and Publishing Co., Limited, 
Rheinlander Building, New York, U.S.A. This 
is a very small book or pamphlet in paper covers, 
and is offered at 10 cents. 
Leaves of Water Lilies Tunneled. 
Our Water Lilies in a small pond are very 
much disfigured by some grub that tunnel's 
through the soft substance of the leaves. 1 
should be very grateful if you could suggest a 
means of checking these depredations. (A. J. W.) 
There is a means of checking the progress of 
these water grubs by the use of a weak spray 
of kerosene emulsion. If properly made, there 
should be no free kerosene, and therefore no 
danger to the leaves of the Water Lilies if used 
in a weak, diluted state. It is too lat-e now to 
obtain the full results of the use of such a sprav, 
but it may tend to reduce the number of grubs 
and make it easier for you to still further reduce 
their numbers next year. You should commence 
spraying as soon as you can detect the first 
tunnel made in a leaf. 
