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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
September 16, 19Q5 
A Villa Gakden (concluded from page 727.) 
Palms, Aspidistras, Maidenhair Ferns, Rib¬ 
bon Ferns, Tradescantia, Ficus elastica, etc. 
I feel I cannot close this paper without re¬ 
ference to garden labour. It should he well 
understood that a garden, as here repre¬ 
sented, requires none but shilled, practical 
labour, as undoubtedly upon that point rests 
success or failure, pleasure or annoyance. 
Tire writer would have no trouble upon that 
point, being a practical gardener of life-long 
experience; but were I compelled to employ 
extra labour I certainly should not employ 
such casual hands as old" army and navy men, 
the former probably wanting to make trenches 
and the latter to erect a flag staff. 
With a garden as with a ship, it may be A1 
with regard to outfit and seaworthiness, but 
with an incompetent skipper and unskilled 
hands it would most probably get “ stranded ” 
or become a “ derelict.” It will be clearly 
understood that the foregoing is but a general 
outline of arrangements; much more detail 
and scope would be found and practised in the 
actual working. Herbert H. Morris. 
Turkey Court Gardens, Maidstone. 
References to Plans. 
Pears: 3, Pitmaston Duchess; 4, Louise 
Bonne of Jersey ; 5, Beurre Superfine; 6 , 
Doyenne du Comice; 7, Beurre Hardy. 
Gooseberries: 8 , Keepsake and Golden 
Drop: 9 ,Whinham’s Industry and Crown Bob. 
Currants: 10, Raby Castle ; 11, Red 
Dutch. ,. 
Plums : 12, Victoria ; 13, Jefferson ; 14, 
Rivers Czar ; 1, Victoria ; 2, Greengage. _ 
Peaches: 15, Alexander; 16, Hayle s 
Early ; 17, Stirling Castle. 
Roses wall i 18, Pink IVIaman Co diet, iy, 
Souv. d’e Elsie Vardon; 20, White Hainan 
Cochet ; 21, Chesliunt Hybrid ; 22, Climbing 
La France ; 23, Reine Marie Henriette. 
Roses, half standards: 24. Alfred Colomb ; 
25, Baroness Rothschild ; 26, Marie Bau¬ 
mann ; 27, Mrs. S. Crawford ; 28, A. K. W ll- 
liams; 29, Captain Hayward ; 30, Mme. 
Gabriel Luizet; 31, Charles Lefebvre. Dwarf 
Teas and hybrid Teas : 32, Madame Hoste 1. ; 
33. Souv. (Fun Ami T. ; 34, Caroline Testout ; 
35; La France H.T. ; 36, Mrs. W. J. Grant 
H. T. ; 37, Ivillarney H. T. 
Supplementary dwarf Roses, not shown on 
plan : Augustine Guinoisseau, \ iscountess 
Folkestone, Frau Karl Druschki, Kaisenn 
Augusta Victoria. 
Roses, for screen, from left to right, not 
numbered on plan : 1, Crimson Rambler ; 2, 
Gloire de Dijon ; 3, Reine Olga de Wurtem- 
burg ; 4, Thalia ; 5, Chesliunt Hybrid ; 6 , 
Ards Rover; 7, Crimson Rambler ; 8 , Poly- 
antha grandiflora ; 38 (on plan), Moss Rose ; 
39, Sweet Brier. , „ 
Apples, pyramids : 40, Cox s Orange. 1 lp- 
pin ; 41, Duchess of Oldenburg ; 42, Brown¬ 
less Russet; 43, Kerry Pippin; 44, King 
Pippin ; 45, Cox’s Orange. 
Ornamental trees: 46, Mulberry ; 47, m 
border I, variegated Maple; 48, section 1, 
Silver Birch ; 49, Laburnum ; 50, Bay ; 51, 
section 2, Lilac, pink ; 52, Lilac, white ; 53, 
Jasminum nudiflorum; 54, Clematis Jack- 
niannii ; 55, Jasminum officinale; 56, Ivies 
of sorts. 
Section 3 : A, Lily of the Valley ; B, Czar 
Violets ; C, Clove Carnations ; D, Marguerite 
Carnations, following early Potato® ; E, early 
Strawberries, La Grosse Sucree ; F, early Let¬ 
tuce, followed by Tomatos ; G, Radishes, fol¬ 
lowed by Marie Louise Violets for frames ; 
H, Parsley; I, two rows of Peas, Chelsea 
Gem and Gradus ; .T, two rows of Raspberries 
on wire fence ; K, Celery, following Potatos ; 
L, Royal Sovereign and Paxton Strawberries ; 
M, Carrots ; N, Onions ; O, Herbs, Thyme, 
etc. ; P, Ash-ground for Chrysanthemums, 
etc., ripening'off Arums, Azaleas, Hydrangeas, 
etc. ; Q, potting shed ; R, frames ; S, 
fountain. 
Estimated Cost of Garden Outfit. 
First Outfit. 
5 Pear trees, gridiron trained, at 
7s. 6 d. 
3 Peach trees, fan trained, at 7s. 6 d. 
5 Plums, 3 fan, 2 gridiron trained, 
at 5s. 
6 Gooseberries, double cordons, at 
Is. ... 
4 Currants, double cordons, at Is. 
6 Roses for wall at 2s. 
8 half-standard Roses at 2s. 
10 dwarf Roses at Is. 6 d. 
10 climbing Roses for screen at 
2 s. 6 d. 
1 Moss, 1 Sweet Brier, at Is. 
6 Pyramid Apples at 5s. 
1 Mulberry, 1 Bay, at 7s. 6 d. and 5s. 
50 Strawberries at 2s. per dozen ... 
2 Lilacs, 1 Silver Birch, 1 Labur¬ 
num, 1 variegated Maple, at 4s. 
12 climbers for wall, Jasmines, Ivy, 
etc., at 2 s. 6 d. 
24 Raspberries at 2s. dozen 
24 small shrubs, St. John’s Wort, 
etc., at Is. 6 d. 
24 various herbaceous plants at Is. 
24 hardy Ferns at 3s. dozen 
1 Clematis montana for summer¬ 
house roof ... 
24 clumps of herbs at 4s. dozen 
8 standard Limes at 2s. 6 d. 
1 Magnolia 5s., 1 Myrtle at 2s. 6 d. 
2 Wistarias at 2s. 6 d., 2 Py-rus 
japonica at 2 s. 6 d. 
Mowing machine, 12in. 
Roller, 16in. 
Wheelbarrow ... 
60ft. hose gin., reel and fittings 
Spade 2s. 6 d., Potato fork for dig¬ 
ging 2 s. 
Shovel 2s., trowel Is. 6 d., dibble Is. 
2 rakes, 10 and 14-toothed. 
2 draw hoes, 4in. and 6 in. ... 
2 Dutch hoes, 4in. and 6 in. 
Pair edging shears ... . 
Spring grass shears ... 
1 syringe 
1 pair pruning secateurs 
3 water cans, 5 gal., 1 gal., 2 gal. ... 
Garden line Is., 2 brooms Is. 
2 tray baskets ... . 
Thermometer, registering . 
3 cast mixed pots at 3s. 
Rose and fruit labels 100 ... 
£ s. d. 
1 17 6 
12 6 
15 0 
0 6 0 
0 4 0 
0 12 0 
0 16 0 
0 15 0 
15 0 
0 2 0 
1 10 0 
0 12 6 
0 8 0 
10 0 
1 10 0 
0 4 0 
1 16 0 
14 0 
0 6 0 
0 2 6 
0 8 0 
10 0 
0 7 6 
0 10 0 
5 0 0 
2 10 0 
1 10 0 
3 0 0 
04 6 
0 4 6 
0 4 0 
0 16 
0 16 
0 6 6 
0 3 0 
0 12 0 
0 5 6 
0 14 0 
0 2 0 
0 4 6 
0 7 6 
0 9 0 
0 10 0 
£35 13 6 
Estimated Annual Expenses 
Vegetable seeds ... ... ... £1 0 0 
Flower seeds ... ... ... 0 15 0 
100 Hyacinths for pots at 4d. each 1 13 4 
100 Hyacinths for beds at 2gd. each 1 0 10 
100 Tulips for beds at lgd. each ... 0 12 6 
100 Tulips for pots at 2d. each 0 16 8 
100 Freesias at l^d. each ... ... 0 12 6 
2 lbs. raffia at Is. lb. ... ...0 2 0 
6 bushels of potting soil ... 0 12 0 
Gishurst compound, 5 boxes Is. ... 0 5 0 
Pea boughs and flower sticks ... 0 5 0 
Clay’s Fertiliser, \ cwt.0 10 0 
Farmyard manure for vegetables, 
hot beds in frames, etc., 5 cart 
loads at 5s. per load . 150 
Flowers of sulphur and tobacco 
powder ... ... ... 0 2 0 
XL fumigator .£0 5 0 
£9 16 10 
Probable garden labour, average 
2 days per week, at 5s. per day 20 0 0 
£29 16 10 
A Large Flowered Trained 
Chrysanthemum. 
(See Supplement.) 
During the past decade trained Chrysan¬ 
themums may practically be said to have 
almost disappeared from London exhibitions 
of the autumn flower. They practically cul¬ 
minated during the same year as the National 
Chrysanthemum Society celebrated the cen¬ 
tenary of their favourite flower. No> doubt 
there are several reasons to account .for this, 
the principal one being the amount of space 
occupied in a house by a single plant, and 
another the time occupied in training it. 
Growers have chiefly devoted their attention 
to the growing of single stem plants, with 
one to four large flowers on the top. Every 
year shows sucli an influx of new ones that 
these have to be tried alongside of the best 
of the old ones to make sure of having good 
blooms from reliable sorts. 
There are, however, a few growers, and a 
larger number of owners of gardens, who pre¬ 
fer bush plants bearing a considerable num¬ 
ber of flowers of a useful decorative size in 
preference, to' the big blooms, which can 
scarcely be regarded as suitable for most deco¬ 
rative purposes. It is amongst these that we 
should look for recruits of gardeners to grow 
trained specimens, which certainly have their 
uses. A large, well-grown and well-bloomed 
specimen could not be otherwise than effec¬ 
tive in a conservatory where large specimens 
of something are frequently a desideratum. 
The only objection, perhaps, to regularly 
trained specimens is that the flowers cannot 
be cut without spoiling the appearance of the 
plant. In such cases, however, a quantity 
of bush plants could always be grown for the 
sake of affording flowers for cutting. 
The large flowering varieties are not equally 
suited for growing in the form of trained 
specimens. There are, however, varieties, 
both new and old, that are admirably adapted 
for the purpose of gardeners who are in the 
habit of growing bush plants, and who can 
readily single out those that easily make 
trained specimens with a wealth of blossom 
regularly scattered over the whole plant. 
Varieties with blooms of second size would 
probably come in most frequently for this 
sort of work, yet blooms of the largest size, 
such as Vi viand Morrell and its sports, flower 
very freely when trained in the form of speci¬ 
mens. The accompanying illustration shows a 
trained specimen that was grown and exhibited 
at Croydon last autumn. Although this speci¬ 
men is grown in the form of a low dome or 
conn, it could also have been grown as a 
standard with a long stem, and therefore suit¬ 
able for standing in a group of dwarfer plants. 
Only a few years ago some of the local London 
shows were notable for trained specimens, 
which practically were a feature of the show, 
particularly those at Brixton. Some of those 
specimens were trained in the form of rela¬ 
tively narrow and pointed cones, and were cer¬ 
tainly pretty of their kind. The Pompon 
varieties are even better adapted for this 
form'of training, but there is room for all 
classes amongst 'the wealth of Chrysanthe¬ 
mums that are grown either for exhibition or 
for home decoration about London for 
autumn. 
