758 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
September 23, 1905. 
first-class varieties, but there are many others 
almost as fine in their respective colours, while 
the original M. Potfii and M. crocosmiaefiora 
should not be overlooked. 
Large-flowered. St. John's Wort. 
I have seen a very fine effect produced under trees 
bv a plant which I think is a St. John s-wort, with 
large yellow flowers. Please give me the name of 
it, and say whether it is evergreen. (W. W eedon.) 
In all likelihood the St. John’s-wort you saw 
was Hypericum calycinum. The plant is not 
strictly evergreen, although it may keep green 
till a late period of the year. The foliage gradu¬ 
ally dies away, and the stems likewise, but the 
plant springs' up afresh from the root every 
sprincr. There is another St. John s-wort ot 
similar habit, with large flowers, but they are 
certainly much neater and more refined than those 
of the plant above mentioned. The petals over¬ 
lap one another, and give the flowers a beautiful 
cup-shape. We refer to H. moserianum, a hybrid 
of dwarf habit, which is also hardy, but dies 
down to the root every winter. 
Reviews of Books. 
“ The Vegetable Garden.” Illustrations, de¬ 
scriptions, and culture of the garden vege¬ 
tables of cold and temperate climates. By 
MM. Vilmorin-Andrieux, of Paris. English 
edition published under the direction of W. 
Robinson, author of the “ English Flower 
Garden,” etc. London: John Murray, 
Albemarle Street, W. 1905. 15s. net. 
The above is a new edition of the well- 
known book on “ Vegetables 1 , which has ap¬ 
peared in English translation for many years 
past. The volume is a bulky one, lunning to 
782 pp., including a good index. The vege¬ 
tables are at the same time arranged alpha¬ 
betically throughout, though the index may 
be valuable as showing at a glance what is in 
the book. The number of vegetables dealt 
with is remarkable, including many varieties. 
The volume also deals with an immense num¬ 
ber of herbs rarely used in this country, and 
the names of which gardeners are often but 
vaguely acquainted with, while they are 
seldom called upon to- undertake their culti¬ 
vation. 
Under the heading of Dwarf Kidney Beans 
a great number of varieties are recorded and 
described, including varieties which have 
been raised oil the Continent as well as in 
this) country and elsewhere. Many cf these 
varieties are illustrated with drawings. These 
are followed by tall-growing Kidney Beans 
or edible-podded Kidney Beans, including 
butter and skinless Beans. Scarlet Runners, 
Lima Beans, Doliclios, Asparagus Beans, 
Lab lab or Egyptian Kidney Beans are all 
dealt with in succession, thus showing how 
comprehensive the book is. Readers who 
desire a book that is exhaustive on the sub¬ 
ject of different kinds of vegetables., then- 
methods of culture and uses, could not obtain 
a more comprehensive and useful work than 
tills. Other vegetables amply illustrated and 
described are Gourds, Lettuces, netted and 
other Melons, Onions, Parsnips, garden 
Beans, Rotates, Radishes, and even Straw¬ 
berries, although we are surprised to find 
them included in a book on vegetables. 
Trade Catalogues Received.! 
George Bunyard and Co., Limited, The Royal 
Nurseries, Maidstone.—Fruit Trees and Roses. 
Ernest Poupart, F.R.H.S., Twickenham, S.W . 
—Bulbs. 
Amos Perry, Winchmore Hill, London, K.— 
Bulbs and Tubers. 
William Watson and Sons, Clontarf Nurseries, 
D ublin. —Carnations. 
Ant. Roozen and Son, Overveen, near Haarlem, 
Holland (per Martens and Co., 3, Cross Lane, 
St. Mary-at-Hill, London, E.C., agents).—Bulb 
and Plant Catalogue for Autumn, 1905. 
Contents of this Number. 
Amateur’s letter to amateurs ... 
Cactaceous plants . 
Catchfly, A late flowering. 
Cattleyas ... --r 
Creeper-clad houses . 
Eckford testimonial, The Henry ... 
Enquire within 
Elower garden, The 
Fruit garden, The . 
Gentian blue flower . 
Globe of blossoms, A. 
Golden Lock’s, garden. 
Grass seeds for lawns. 
Herbaceous border, Hardy 
Illustrations, Notes on our ... 
International exhibition at Edinburgh 
Irises, Two choice 
Kitchen garden, The . 
Nasturtium, A greenhouse 
Northern gardens, Our. 
Obituary ... . 
Omphalodes Luciliae ... 
Onion maggot, The . 
Orchids for amateurs. 
Pentstemons 
Plants at the R.H.S., New .,. 
Poultry and pets. Bantams ... 
739 
751 
743 
744 
745 
752 
155 
740 
740 
744 
745 
753 
751 
741 
748 
749 
745 
740 
740 
742 
751 
744 
744 
742 
744 
752 
750 
Prize competitions, Weekly ... 
Roses, Large-flowered single ... 
Stove and greenhouse ... 
Trees and shrubs, Hardy 
Vegetables all the year round... 
Work of the week 
ILLUSTRATIONS 
Astible, The Chinese . 
Beetroot, Thinning . 
Carnation Enchantress 
Globe of blossoms, A . 
Golden Locks 
Gravel-path “scrubber” 
Gunnera manicata 
Heather, The purple . 
Irises, Two choice 
Laird, The late Mr. D. P. ... 
Poppy, A fine Oriental 
Rose cutting for striking 
Succulents (Hardy) for winter 
This Insurance is not confined to Railway Train 
Accidents only, but against All Passenger 
Vehicle Accident*. 
FREE INSURANCE. £100. 
The CASUALTY Insurance Company, 
Limited, will pay to the legal representative of 
any man or woman (railway servants on duty 
excepted) who shall happen to meet with his or 
her death by an accident to a train or to a public 
vehicle, licensed for passenger service, in which he 
or she was riding as an ordinary passenger in any 
part of the United Kingdom on the following 
conditions :— 
1. That at the time of the accident the 
passenger in question had upon his or her person 
this Insurance Coupon or the paper in which it 
is, with his, or her, usual signature written in the 
space provided at the foot. 
2. This paper may he left at his, or her, place 
of abode, so long as the Coupon is signed. 
3. That notice of the accident he given to the 
Company guaranteeing this insurance within 
seven days of its occurrence. 
4. That death result within one month from 
the date of the accident. 
5. That no person can claim in respect of more 
than one of these Coupons. 
6. The insurance will hold good from 6 a.m 
of the morning of publication to 6 a.m. on the 
day of the following publication. 
Signed ..— — 
Address. . 
The due fulfilment of this insurance is guaranteed by 
THE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY Ltd., 
123, PAUL MALL, LONDON, S.W. 
to whom all communications should be made. 
741 
751 
741 
741 
743 
740 
... 747 
... 743 
... 747 
... 745 
... 753 
. 745 
.. • ... 746 
... 746 
(Supplement) 
. 751 
.746 
. 739 
.746 
BIRKBECK BANK. 
ESTABLISHED 1851. 
Current Accounts. 2% Interest allowed on minimum 
monthly balances when not drawn below £100. 
Deposits. 2&% Interest allowed on Deposit Accounts. 
Advances made. Stocks and Shares bought and sold. 
Apply C. F. Ravenscroet, Secretary, 
Southampton Buildings, High Holborn, W.C 
APPARATUS 
FOR 
GREENHOUSES . • 
AND 
CONSERVATORIES, 
Best and Cheapest: will 
burn 12 hours without 
attention. 
Estimates for complete 
apparatus for any sized 
house free on applica¬ 
tion. 
Before orderirg else¬ 
where, send me your 
particulars. 
ALBERT ROBERTS, 
Heating Engineer, 
STOURBRIDGE. 
R EADERS of Advertisements in these 
pages will greatly oblige and assist us by always 
mentioning The Gardening \V orld. 
ANTHRACITE 
Direct from Colliery. 
